2025–26 Heart of Midlothian F.C. season

Heart of Midlothian
2025–26 season
ChairmanAnn Budge
(until 1 December 2025)
Calum Paterson
ManagerDerek McInnes
StadiumTynecastle Park
Premiership1st
Scottish CupFourth round, lost to Falkirk
League CupSecond round, lost to St Mirren
Top goalscorerLeague:
Cláudio Braga (12)
All:
Lawrence Shankland (15)
Cláudio Braga (15)
Highest home attendance18,919 vs. Falkirk, Premiership, 27 September 2025
Lowest home attendance8,722, vs. Dumbarton, League Cup, 23 July 2025

The 2025–26 season is the 145th season of competitive football by Heart of Midlothian. It is the club's fifth season of play back in the top tier of Scottish football since 2020, having been promoted from the Scottish Championship at the end of the previous season,[1] having played just one season in the Scottish Championship. The club had been relegated from the Premiership at the end of the 2019–20 season.

They competed in the Scottish League Cup and Scottish Cup.

Results and fixtures

  Win   Draw   Loss   Postponed

Pre-season / friendlies

2 July 2025 Friendly Heart of Midlothian 1–1 St Mirren Pinatar Arena
Baningime 37' Report Mooney 13'
Note: Closed doors friendly.
4 July 2025 Friendly Heart of Midlothian 3–1 Crawley Town Pinatar Arena
18:00 4' (o.g.)
Forrest 20'
Wilson 69'		 Report Flower 21'
Note: Closed doors friendly.
8 July 2025 Friendly East Kilbride 0–8 Heart of Midlothian K-Park Training Academy
19:45 Report Wilson 15'
Braga 22'
Dhanda 57'
Spittal 60'
Kabangu 62', 72'
Drammeh 68'
Kartum 79'
Note: Closed doors friendly.
26 July 2025 Craig Gordon Testimonial Heart of Midlothian 3–0 Sunderland Tynecastle Park
15:00 Braga
Shankland
Kyziridis 		Hearts Report Attendance: 17,756
Referee: Robertson
Note: Testimonial match for Craig Gordon

Scottish Premiership

Main article: 2025–26 Scottish Premiership
4 August 2025 1 Heart of Midlothian 2–0 Aberdeen Tynecastle Park
20:00 Shinnie 11' (o.g.)
Findlay 73'		 [2] Attendance: 18,677
Referee: Walsh
10 August 2025 2 Dundee United 2–3 Heart of Midlothian Tannadice Park
15:00 Dolček 22', 41' [3] Shankland 19' (pen.)
Findlay 58', 90+4'		 Attendance: 10,874
Referee: Dickinson
23 August 2025 3 Heart of Midlothian 3–3 Motherwell Tynecastle Park
15:00 Milne 65'
Braga 74', 83'		 [4] Slattery 21'
Maswanhise 49'
Longelo 62'		 Attendance: 18,717
Referee: Beaton
30 August 2025 4 Livingston 1–2 Heart of Midlothian Almondvale Stadium
15:00 Smith 26' [5] Braga 47'
Kyziridis 90+1'		 Attendance: 7,770
Referee: Nicolson
13 September 2025 5 Rangers 0–2 Heart of Midlothian Ibrox Stadium
15:00 BST Report Shankland 21', 82', 82' Attendance: 50,697
Referee: McLean
27 September 2025 6 Heart of Midlothian 3–0 Falkirk Tynecastle Park
15:00 Kyziridis 22'
Shankland 41'
Halkett 48'		 [6] Attendance: 18,919
Referee: Wilson
4 October 2025 7 Heart of Midlothian 1–0 Hibernian Tynecastle Park
17:45 Halkett 90+1' [7] Attendance: 18,760
Referee: Dickinson
18 October 2025 8 Kilmarnock 0–3 Heart of Midlothian Rugby Park
17:45 BST [8] Halkett 19'
Braga 57', 61'		 Attendance: 9,026
Referee: Hardie
26 October 2025 9 Heart of Midlothian 3–1 Celtic Tynecastle Park
12:00 GMT Murray 8' (o.g.)
Kyziridis 52'
Shankland 55' (pen.)		 [9] McGregor 12' Attendance: 18,774
Referee: Steven McLean
29 October 2025 10 St Mirren 2–2 Heart of Midlothian St Mirren Park
19:45 BST Nlundulu 28'
Freckleton 55'		 Report Shankland 34'
Braga 70'		 Attendance: 7,105
Referee: MacDermid
1 November 2025 11 Heart of Midlothian 4–0 Dundee Tynecastle Park
15:00
[10] Attendance: 18,767
Referee: Clancy
9 November 2025 12 Heart of Midlothian 1–1 Dundee United Tynecastle Park
15:00 Kucherenko 25' (o.g.) Report Stephenson 45' Attendance: 18,755
Referee: Beaton
23 November 2025 13 Aberdeen 1–0 Heart of Midlothian Pittodrie Stadium
15:00 Keskinen 39' Report Attendance: 17,850
Referee: Dickinson
29 November 2025 14 Motherwell 0–0 Heart of Midlothian Fir Park
15:00 GMT (UTC) Report Attendance: 10,938
Referee: Clancy
3 December 2025 15 Heart of Midlothian 1–1 Kilmarnock Tynecastle Park
17:45 Shankland 49' [11] Anderson 90' Attendance: 18,508
Referee: Beaton
7 December 2025 16 Celtic 1–2 Heart of Midlothian Celtic Park
15:00 Tierney 90+3' Report Braga 43'
McEntee 64'		 Attendance: 58,794
Referee: Robertson
13 December 2025 17 Falkirk 0–2 Heart of Midlothian Falkirk Stadium
20:00 BBC Report Braga 2'
Kingsley 77'		 Attendance: 7,538
Referee: Scott
21 December 2025 18 Heart of Midlothian 2–1 Rangers Tynecastle Park
13:30 Findlay 38'
Shankland 42'		 BBC Report Chermiti 90+5' Attendance: 18,829
Referee: Walsh
27 December 2025 19 Hibernian 3–2 Heart of Midlothian Easter Road
12:30 McGrath 3'
Campbell 45'
Bowie 48'		 Report Shankland 75'
Devlin 89'		 Attendance: 20,035
Referee: Beaton
3 January 2026 20 Heart of Midlothian 1–0 Livingston Tynecastle Park
15:00 Halkett 18' BBC Report Attendance: 18,504
Referee: Graham
11 January 2026 21 Dundee 0–1 Heart of Midlothian Dens Park
14:00 Report Braga 27'
Schwolow  45+5'		 Attendance: 8,525
Referee: Ryan Lee (referee)Lee
14 January 2026 22 Heart of Midlothian 2–0 St Mirren Tynecastle Park
19:45 Baningime  15'
Shankland 60'
Magnusson 80'		 BBC Report Attendance: 18,410
Referee: Clancy
25 January 2026 23 Heart of Midlothian 2–2 Celtic Tynecastle Park
15:00 GMT Findlay 48'
Braga 87'		 Report Nygren 7'
Yang 62'
Trusty  77'		 Attendance: 18,859
Referee: McLean
31 January 2026 24 Dundee United 0–3 Heart of Midlothian Tannadice Park
20:00 Fatah  24'
Camará  75'		 Report Kaboré 11', 81'
Kyziridis 29' (Pen.)		 Attendance: 11,627
Referee: Scott
3 February 2026 25 St Mirren 1–0 Heart of Midlothian St Mirren Park
19:45 BST Freckleton 88' Report Halkett  29' Attendance: 7,151
Referee: McLean
10 February 2026 26 Heart of Midlothian 1–0 Hibernian Tynecastle Park
20:00 GMT Magnússon 88' Report Attendance: 18,766
Referee: Walsh
15 February 2026 27 Rangers 4–2 Heart of Midlothian Ibrox Stadium
16:30 GMT
Report
Attendance: 51,092
Referee: Robertson
21 February 2026 28 Heart of Midlothian 1–0 Falkirk Tynecastle Park
15:00 GMT Chesnokov 45' Report Attendance: 18,820
Referee: Nicolson
28 February 2026 29 Heart of Midlothian 1–0 Aberdeen Tynecastle Park
15:00 GMT Braga 28' Report Attendance: 18,788
Referee: Clancy

Scottish League Cup

Main article: 2025–26 Scottish League Cup

Group stage

12 July 2025 Group E Heart of Midlothian 4–1 Dunfermline Athletic Tynecastle Park
17:15 Wilson 3'
Shankland 76', 79'
Kingsley 90+1'		 [12] Cooper 38' Attendance: 12,940
Referee: Wilson
15 July 2025 Group E Hamilton Academical 0–4 Heart of Midlothian Broadwood Stadium
19:45 [13] Findlay 6'
Kabangu 45+1'
Wilson 69'
Braga 83'		 Attendance: 1,827
Referee: Hardie
19 July 2025 Group E Stirling Albion 0–4 Heart of Midlothian Forthbank Stadium
17:15 [14] Halkett 13', 80'
Braga 23'
Kyziridis 38'		 Attendance: 3,309[15]
Referee: McFarlane
23 July 2025 Group E Heart of Midlothian 4–0 Dumbarton Tynecastle Park
19:45 Shankland 17'
Steinwender 45+3'
Kyziridis 52'
Braga 72'		 [16] Attendance: 8,722
Referee: Snedden

Knockout phase

16 August 2025 Second round St Mirren 1–1 (a.e.t.)
(5–4 p)		 Heart of Midlothian St Mirren Park
15:00 Gogić 34' [17] McEntee 78' Attendance: 4,738
Referee: McLean
Penalties

Scottish Cup

Main article: 2025–26 Scottish Cup
17 January 2026 Fourth round Heart of Midlothian 1–1
(4–5 p)		 Falkirk Tynecastle Park
20:00
[18]
Attendance: 17,109
Referee: Nick Walsh
Penalties

First team player statistics

Captains

Lawrence Shankland continued as club captain under new manager Derek McInnes.[19] He was originally appointed captain in 2022 under Robbie Neilson.[19]

No Pos Country Name No of games Notes
9 FW Shankland 26 Club Captain
4 DF Halkett 6 Vice Captain
2 DF Kent 2 Vice Captain
14 MF Devlin 1 Vice Captain

Last updated: 28 February 2026
Source: Competitive match reports.
Competitive matches only
Matches started as captain only
Country: FIFA nationality; No.: Squad number; P: Position; Name: Player name; No. Games: Number of games started as captain.

Squad information

Last updated 28 February 2026

During the 2025–26 campaign, Hearts have used thirty four players in competitive games. The table below shows the number of appearances and goals scored by each player.

Number Position Nation Name Totals Premiership Scottish Cup League Cup
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
1 GK  SCO Craig Gordon 3 0 2+1 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
2 DF  ENG Frankie Kent 19 0 7+7 0 1+0 0 4+0 0
3 DF  SCO Stephen Kingsley 17 2 9+5 1 0+0 0 1+2 1
4 DF  SCO Craig Halkett 29 6 24+0 4 1+0 0 3+1 2
5 DF  SCO Jamie McCart 14 0 3+10 0 1+0 0 0+0 0
6 MF  COD Beni Baningime 22 0 14+4 0 1+0 0 2+1 0
7 FW  BEL Elton Kabangu 18 1 0+12 0 0+1 0 2+3 1
8 MF  AUS Calem Nieuwenhof 4 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 2+2 0
9 FW  SCO Lawrence Shankland 26 13 21+0 10 1+0 0 4+0 3
10 FW  POR Cláudio Braga 35 15 26+3 12 1+0 0 2+3 3
11 FW  BFA Pierre Landry Kaboré 19 4 10+7 4 0+1 0 1+0 0
12 DF  NOR Christian Borchgrevink 8 0 2+3 0 0+0 0 2+1 0
14 MF  AUS Cameron Devlin 27 1 22+0 1 0+0 0 4+1 0
15 DF  AUT Michael Steinwender 27 1 12+12 0 0+0 0 2+1 1
16 MF  SCO Blair Spittal 19 0 8+7 0 0+1 0 2+1 0
17 MF  SCO Alan Forrest 14 0 3+7 0 0+0 0 3+1 0
18 DF  SCO Harry Milne 32 1 26+1 1 1+0 0 3+1 0
19 DF  SCO Stuart Findlay 33 6 28+0 5 0+1 0 3+1 1
20 MF  ENG Yan Dhanda 1 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+1 0
21 FW  SCO James Wilson 10 2 1+5 0 0+0 0 3+1 2
22 MF  ISL Tómas Bent Magnússon 28 2 13+13 2 1+0 0 1+0 0
23 DF  NED Jordi Altena 8 0 3+4 0 1+0 0 0+0 0
25 GK  GER Alexander Schwolow 24 0 23+0 0 1+0 0 0+0 0
27 MF  NOR Sander Kartum 2 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 1+1 0
28 GK  SCO Zander Clark 7 0 4+0 0 0+0 0 3+0 0
29 MF  ALB Sabah Kerjota 14 0 0+13 0 0+0 0 0+1 0
30 GK  SCO Ryan Fulton 2 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 2+0 0
31 DF  IRL Oisin McEntee 28 2 22+2 1 0+0 0 3+1 1
32 DF  SCO Adam Forrester 2 0 0+0 0 0+1 0 0+1 0
40 MF  BRA Eduardo Ageu 7 0 1+6 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
49 MF  SCO Marc Leonard 7 1 7+0 1 0+0 0 0+0 0
74 MF  UGA Rogers Mato 3 0 0+3 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
89 MF  GRE Alexandros Kyziridis 33 6 25+4 4 1+0 0 2+1 2
99 MF  KAZ Islam Chesnokov 5 1 4+0 1 0+1 0 0+0 0
  • Last updated: 28 February 2026
  • Source: Match Reports[20][21]
  • Ordered by Squad Number.

Appearances (starts and substitute appearances) and goals include those in the Scottish Premiership, Scottish Cup and the Scottish League Cup.

Disciplinary record

During the 2025–26 season, Hearts players were issued with sixty-one yellow cards and three red cards. The table below shows the number of cards and type shown to each player.

Last updated 28 February 2026
Number Position Nation Name Premiership Scottish Cup League Cup Total
2 DF Frankie Kent 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
4 DF Craig Halkett 8 1 1 0 1 0 10 1
5 DF Jamie McCart 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
6 MF Beni Baningime 2 1 0 0 0 0 2 1
7 FW Elton Kabangu 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0
9 FW Lawrence Shankland 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
10 FW Cláudio Braga 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
11 FW Pierre Landry Kaboré 1 0 0 0 1 0 2 0
12 DF Christian Borchgrevink 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
14 MF Cameron Devlin 5 0 0 0 0 0 5 0
15 DF Michael Steinwender 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
16 MF Blair Spittal 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
17 MF Alan Forrest 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
18 DF Harry Milne 8 0 0 0 1 0 9 0
19 DF Stuart Findlay 4 0 0 0 0 0 4 0
22 MF Tómas Bent Magnússon 3 0 0 0 1 0 4 0
25 GK Alexander Schwolow 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 1
31 MF Oisin McEntee 4 0 0 0 0 0 4 0
40 MF Eduardo Ageu 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
49 MF Marc Leonard 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
89 MF Alexandros Kyziridis 5 0 0 0 0 0 5 0
99 MF Islam Chesnokov 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0
Total 53 3 3 0 5 0 61 3

Goal scorers

Last updated 28 February 2026

Place Position Nation Name Premiership Scottish Cup League Cup Total
1 FW Lawrence Shankland 11 1 3 15
FW Cláudio Braga 12 0 3 15
2 DF Craig Halkett 4 0 2 6
DF Stuart Findlay 5 0 1 6
MF Alexandros Kyziridis 4 0 2 6
3 FW Pierre Landry Kaboré 4 0 0 4
4 MF Tomas Bent Magnusson 3 0 0 3
5 FW James Wilson 0 0 2 2
DF Oisin McEntee 1 0 1 2
DF Stephen Kingsley 1 0 1 2
6 FW Elton Kabangu 0 0 1 1
DF Michael Steinwender 0 0 1 1
DF Harry Milne 1 0 0 1
MF Cameron Devlin 1 0 0 1
MF Marc Leonard 1 0 0 1
MF Islam Chesnokov 1 0 0 1
Own goals 3 0 0 3
Total 52 1 17 70

Clean sheets

R Pos Nat Name Premiership Scottish Cup League Cup Total
1 GK Alexander Schwolow 12 0 0 12
2 GK Ryan Fulton 0 0 2 2
= GK Zander Clark 1 0 1 2
= GK Craig Gordon 2 0 0 2
Total 15 0 3 18

Last updated: 28 February 2026
Source: Match reports in Results

Team statistics

League table

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation[a]
1 Heart of Midlothian (V) 30 19 6 5 52 25 +27 63 Qualification for the Champions League play-off round
2 Celtic (V) 30 19 4 7 56 32 +24 61 Qualification for the Champions League second qualifying round
3 Rangers (V) 30 16 12 2 52 25 +27 60 Qualification for the Conference League second qualifying round[b]
4 Motherwell (V) 30 14 11 5 49 23 +26 53
5 Hibernian (V) 30 12 11 7 48 35 +13 47
Updated to match(es) played on 15 March 2026. Source: [22][23]
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored; 4) Head-to-head points; 5) Head-to-head goal difference; 6) Play-off (only if deciding champion, UEFA competition qualification, second stage group allocation, or relegation).[24]
(V) Assured of a top six finish
Notes:
  1. ^ Teams play each other three times (33 matches), before the league is split into two groups (the top six and the bottom six).
  2. ^ The winners of the 2025–26 Scottish Cup will qualify for the Europa League. If the cup winners finish in the top two, the berth reserved for the cup winners (Europa League third qualifying round) passes to the third-placed team, and the berths for the Conference League second qualifying round are passed down to the fourth- and fifth-placed teams.

League Cup table

Pos Team Pld W PW PL L GF GA GD Pts Qualification HOM DNF DUM HAM STI
1 Heart of Midlothian 4 4 0 0 0 16 1 +15 12 Qualification for the second round — 4–1 4–0 — —
2 Dunfermline Athletic 4 3 0 0 1 9 5 +4 9 — — — 2–1 2–0
3 Dumbarton 4 2 0 0 2 2 8 −6 6 — 0–4 — — 1–0
4 Hamilton Academical 4 1 0 0 3 3 7 −4 3 0–4 — 0–1 — —
5 Stirling Albion 4 0 0 0 4 0 9 −9 0 0–4 — — 0–2 —
Source: [25]
Rules for classification: 1) goal difference, 2) goals scored, 3) away goals scored, 4) matches won, 5) away matches won, 6) drawing of lots.[26]

Division summary

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GroundHAHAAHHAHAHHAAHAAHAHAHHAAHAHH
ResultWWDWWWWWWDWDLDDWWWLWWWDWLWLWW
Position11211111111111111111111111111
Updated to match(es) played on 28 February 2026. Source:
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Management statistics

Last updated 28 February 2026
Name From To P W D L Win%[note 1]
Derek McInnes 12 July 2025 35 23 8 4 065.71

Home attendances

Last updated on 28 February 2026

  Win   Draw   Loss

Comp Date Score Opponent Attendance
League Cup 12 July 2025 4–1 Dunfermline Athletic 12,940[12]
League Cup 23 July 2025 4–0 Dumbarton 8,722[16]
Premiership 4 August 2025 2–0 Aberdeen 18,677[2]
Premiership 23 August 2025 3–3 Motherwell 18,712[27]
Premiership 27 September 2025 3–0 Falkirk 18,919[28]
Premiership 4 October 2025 1–0 Hibernian 18,760[29]
Premiership 26 October 2025 3–1 Celtic 18,774[30]
Premiership 1 November 2025 4–0 Dundee 18,767[10]
Premiership 9 November 2025 2–2 Dundee United 18,755[31]
Premiership 3 December 2025 1–1 Kilmarnock 18,508[32]
Premiership 21 December 2025 2–1 Rangers 18,829[33]
Premiership 3 January 2026 1–0 Livingston 18,504[34]
Premiership 14 January 2026 2–0 St Mirren 18,410[35]
Scottish Cup 17 January 2026 1–1 Falkirk 17,109[36]
Premiership 25 November 2025 2–2 Celtic 18,859[37]
Premiership 10 February 2026 1–0 Hibernian 18,766[38]
Premiership 21 February 2026 1–0 Falkirk 18,820[39]
Premiership 21 February 2026 1–0 Aberdeen 18,788[40]
Total attendance: 319,619
Total league attendance: 280,798
Average league attendance: 18,719

Last updated: 28 February 2026
Source: Match reports in Results

Club

Board

On 30 June, it was announced that Ann Budge would be stepping down as Club Chair in December 2025.[41] After 11 years in the role, and having taken the club out of administration in 2014,[42] she was appointed as an Honorary President of Heart of Midlothian.[43]

Calum Paterson was appointed as Club Chair following the AGM in December 2025.[44] Budge waived her right to retain a seat on the club's board.[45]

Management

On 19 May 2025, Derek McInnes[46] was appointed as Head Coach on a four-year contract.[47] He replaced interim Head Coach Liam Fox, who managed the club for the final four games of the previous season.[48][49] McInnes also brought Paul Sheerin and Alan Archibald to Tynecastle, who were previously his First Team coaches at Kilmarnock.[50]

Awards

SPFL awards

Name Award
Derek McInnes Scottish Premiership Manager of the Month Award August 2025[51]
Scottish Premiership Manager of the Month Award September 2025[52]
Scottish Premiership Manager of the Month Award October 2025[53]
Lawrence Shankland Scottish Premiership Player of the month September 2025[54]
Cláudio Braga Scottish Premiership Player of the month October 2025[55]

Playing kit

Hearts kits are manufactured by Hummel for the 2025–26 season, replacing Umbro.[56] Hummel agreed a five-year deal with the club.[57] Stellar Omada continues as Hearts main sponsor, in the second of a three-year deal.[58]

Deaths

The following players and people associated with the club died over the course of the season. Former striker Jimmy Bone,[59] former coach and scout Gary Kirk,[60] and former forward Tommy Murray.[61]

International selection

Over the course of the season, a number of the Hearts squad have been called up for international duty. Craig Gordon[62] and Lawrence Shankland were called up to represent Scotland;[63] Pierre Landry Kaboré represented Burkina Faso[64] at the Africa Cup of Nations[65] and Cameron Devlin has been called up for Australia.[66]

In addition, James Wilson was called up to under-21 squad.[67]

Transfers

See also

Notes

  1. ^ Win% is the percentage of matches won rounded to two decimal places.
  2. ^ Kabangu was on loan at Hearts from Union SG during the 2024–25 season.[72][73]
  3. ^ Club record transfer fee[84][85]
  4. ^ Vargas was on loan at Herediano for the first half of the season, before joining Alajuelense.[124]

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