2025–26 Dunfermline Athletic F.C. season

Dunfermline Athletic
2025–26 season
ChairmanDavid Cook[1]
(until 27 August)
Jim Leishman[2]
(from 27 August)
ManagerNeil Lennon
StadiumEast End Park
Dunfermline, Scotland
(capacity: 11,480)
Scottish CupFourth round
League CupGroup stage
Challenge CupSecond round

The 2025–26 season was Dunfermline Athletic's third season back in the Scottish Championship, following their promotion from Scottish League One.

Results and fixtures

Pre-season

26 June 2025 Friendly PFC Slavia Sofia 1 – 1 Dunfermline Athletic Bansko, Bulgaria
15:00 Report Cooper Stadium: St Petar Stadium
28 June 2025 Friendly East Kilbride 1 – 0 Dunfermline Athletic East Kilbride, Scotland
15:00 Robertson 9' Report Stadium: K-Park Training Academy
Referee: Sean Murdoch
5 July 2025 Friendly Kelty Hearts 1 – 3 Dunfermline Athletic Kelty, Scotland
15:00 Moore 45' Report Cooper 18'
Young 54'
Fyfe 90'		 Stadium: New Central Park
Attendance: 1,272
Referee: Jordan Curran
8 July 2025 Friendly East Fife 1 – 3 Dunfermline Athletic Methil, Scotland
19:30 Jones 85' Report Gilmour 44'
Mcleod 49'
Kane 85'		 Stadium: Bayview Stadium
Attendance: 876
Referee: Alastair Grieve

Scottish Championship

Main article: 2025–26 Scottish Championship
2 August 2025 1 Greenock Morton 0 – 0 Dunfermline Athletic Greenock, Scotland
15:00 Report Stadium: Cappielow
Attendance: 2,497
Referee: Dan McFarlane
9 August 2025 2 Dunfermline Athletic 2 – 0 Airdrieonians Dunfermline, Scotland
15:00 J.Tod 40'
A.Tod 43'		 Report Stadium: East End Park
Attendance: 5,598
Referee: Ryan Lee
22 August 2025 3 Raith Rovers 2 – 0 Dunfermline Athletic Kirkcaldy, Scotland
19:45 Stevenson 2'
Vaughan 78'		 Report Stadium: Stark's Park
Attendance: 6,511
Referee: David Dickinson
30 August 2025 4 Dunfermline Athletic 2 – 2 Ross County Dunfermline, Scotland
15:00 Chilokoa-Mullen 23'
Rudden 58'		 Report Hale 36', 89' Stadium: East End Park
Attendance: 4,828
Referee: Nick Walsh
13 September 2025 5 Arbroath 0 – 5 Dunfermline Athletic Arbroath, Scotland
19:45 Report A.Tod 20', 45+1', 58'
Rudden 65'
MacLeod 76'		 Stadium: Gayfield Park
Attendance: 2,074
Referee: David Dickinson
19 September 2025 6 St Johnstone 2 – 1 Dunfermline Athletic Perth, Scotland
19:45 Fotheringham 51'
McPake 83'		 Report MacLeod 83' Stadium: McDiarmid Park
Attendance: 6,232
Referee: Matthew Macdermid
23 September 2025 7 Dunfermline Athletic 0 – 1 Ayr United Dunfermline, Scotland
19:45 Chilokoa-Mullen  47' Report McKenzie 9'
Watret  90+2'		 Stadium: East End Park
Attendance: 4,910
Referee: Dan McFarlane
27 September 2025 8 Dunfermline Athletic 0 – 2 Partick Thistle Dunfermline, Scotland
15:00 Cáceres  44' Report Watt 1'
Chalmers 10'		 Stadium: East End Park
Attendance: 5,629
Referee: Duncan Nicolson
4 October 2025 9 Dunfermline Athletic 0 – 0 Queen's Park Dunfermline, Scotland
15:00 Report Stadium: East End Park
Attendance: 4,602
Referee: Grant Irvine
17 October 2025 10 Dunfermline Athletic 2 – 0 Raith Rovers Dunfermline, Scotland
19:45 Stewart 19'
Kane 79'		 Report Stadium: East End Park
Attendance: 6,753
Referee: Nick Walsh
21 October 2025 11 Airdrieonians 0 – 4 Dunfermline Athletic Airdrie, Scotland
19:45 McStravick  40' Report A.Tod 39', 42'
M.Todd 47'
Kane 90'		 Stadium: Excelsior Stadium
Referee: Calum Scott
25 October 2025 12 Ross County 3 – 2 Dunfermline Athletic Dingwall, Scotland
15:00 Fraser 2'
White 3'
Hale 67'		 Report A.Tod 45+1'
Randall 53 o.g.'		 Stadium: Victoria Park
Attendance: 2,771
Referee: Duncan Nicolson
31 October 2025 13 Ayr United 0 – 1 Dunfermline Athletic Ayr, Scotland
19:45 Report Stewart 42' Stadium: Somerset Park
Attendance: 2,015
Referee: Grant Irvine
8 November 2025 14 Dunfermline Athletic 2 – 2 St Johnstone Dunfermline, Scotland
15:00 Stewart 8'
A.Tod 90+1'		 Report McAlear 30'
Smith 66'		 Stadium: East End Park
Attendance: 6,894
Referee: Ross Hardie
22 November 2025 15 Dunfermline Athletic 1 – 0 Greenock Morton Dunfermline, Scotland
15:00 Gilmour 16' Report Stadium: East End Park
Attendance: 4,989
Referee: Colin Steven
25 November 2025 16 Partick Thistle 1 – 0 Dunfermline Athletic Glasgow, Scotland
19:45 Fitzpatrick 25' Report Stadium: Firhill Stadium
Attendance: 2,893
Referee: Calum Scott
6 December 2025 17 Dunfermline Athletic 1 – 2 Arbroath Dunfermline, Scotland
15:00 Stewart 61' Report Kabongolo 75', 90+4' Stadium: East End Park
Attendance: 4,900
Referee: David Dickinson
13 December 2025 18 Queen's Park 1 – 1 Dunfermline Athletic Glasgow, Scotland
15:00 Fieldson 40' Report Gilmour 81' Stadium: Lesser Hampden
Attendance: 906
Referee: Iain Snedden
20 December 2025 19 Dunfermline Athletic 2 – 3 Ayr United Dunfermline, Scotland
15:00 Ngwenya 63', 65' Report McKenzie 5'
Dowds 26'
King 45+4'		 Stadium: East End Park
Attendance: 4,961
Referee: Calum Scott
27 December 2025 20 Raith Rovers v Dunfermline Athletic Kirkcaldy, Scotland
15:00 Stadium: Stark's Park

Scottish League Cup

Main article: 2025–26 Scottish League Cup group stage

Group stage

12 July 2025 1 Heart of Midlothian 4 – 1 Dunfermline Athletic Edinburgh, Scotland
17:15 Wilson 3'
Shankland 76', 79'
Kingsley 90+1'		 Report Cooper 38' Stadium: Tynecastle Park
Attendance: 12,940
Referee: Lloyd Wilson
19 July 2025 2 Dumbarton 0 – 4 Dunfermline Athletic Dumbarton, Scotland
15:00 Report Cooper 14', 59'
Kane 45+1'
A.Tod 55'		 Stadium: Dumbarton Football Stadium
Attendance: 1,026
Referee: George Calder
22 July 2025 3 Dunfermline Athletic 2 – 1 Hamilton Academical Dunfermline, Scotland
19:45 A.Tod 39'
Kilday 70 o.g.'		 Report Shaw 69' Stadium: East End Park
Attendance: 2,582
Referee: Daniel Graves
26 July 2025 4 Dunfermline Athletic 2 – 0 Stirling Albion Dunfermline, Scotland
15:00 A.Tod 75'
MacLeod 90+4 pen.'		 Report Stadium: East End Park
Attendance: 2,389
Referee: Graham Grainger

Scottish Challenge Cup

Main article: 2025–26 Scottish Challenge Cup
16 December 2025 Second round Queen of the South 4 – 3 Dunfermline Athletic Dumfries, Scotland
19:45 Guthrie 6'
Scott 11'
O'Donoghue 74'
Dickenson 76'		 Report MacLeod 41'
Stewart 79', 83'		 Stadium: Palmerston Park
Attendance: 484
Referee: Jamie Wilkie
Note: Match postponed due to Storm Bram.

Scottish Cup

Main article: 2025–26 Scottish Cup
29 November 2025 Third round Dunfermline Athletic 2 – 1 Queen of the South Dunfermline, Scotland
15:00 Kane 7', 15' Report J.Tod 4 o.g.' Stadium: East End Park
Attendance: 2,127
Referee: Dan McFarlane
17 January 2026 Fourth round Dunfermline Athletic v Hibernian Dunfermline, Scotland
12:30 Stadium: East End Park

Squad statistics

Appearances and goals

As of match played 20 December 2025
No. Pos Nat Player Total Championship League Cup Challenge Cup Scottish Cup
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
1 GK  TUR Deniz Mehmet 6 0 1 0 4 0 1 0 0 0
2 DF  SCO Jeremiah Chilokoa-Mullen 23 1 18 1 4 0 0 0 1 0
3 DF  MWI Kieran Ngwenya 4 2 1 2 0+2 0 1 0 0 0
4 DF  SCO Kyle Benedictus 14 0 8+1 0 4 0 1 0 0 0
5 MF  SCO Chris Hamilton 16 0 9+2 0 0+3 0 1 0 1 0
6 DF  SCO Ewan Otoo 16 0 6+4 0 4 0 1 0 0+1 0
7 MF  ENG Kane Ritchie-Hosler 20 0 3+11 0 2+2 0 1 0 0+1 0
8 MF  SCO Charlie Gilmour 23 2 17 2 4 0 1 0 0+1 0
9 FW  SCO Zak Rudden 6 2 4+1 2 0 0 1 0 0 0
10 MF  SCO Matty Todd 19 1 9+6 1 0+2 0 0+1 0 1 0
11 DF  NIR Shea Kearney 16 0 9+3 0 2+2 0 0 0 0 0
12 MF  PER Jefferson Cáceres 14 0 9+4 0 0 0 0 0 0+1 0
14 MF  MOZ Alfons Amade 18 0 8+6 0 2+1 0 0 0 0+1 0
15 DF  SCO Sam Fisher 1 0 0+1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
16 FW  SCO Rory MacLeod 15 3 8+4 1 0+2 1 1 1 0 0
18 DF  GHA Nurudeen Abdulai 11 0 10 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
19 FW  ENG Barney Stewart 11 6 6+4 4 0 0 0+1 2 0 0
20 FW  SCO Chris Kane 17 5 3+10 2 3 1 0 0 1 2
22 DF  SCO Keith Bray 15 0 6+5 0 0+2 0 1 0 1 0
23 DF  SCO Alasdair Davidson 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
25 MF  SCO Sam Young 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
26 MF  SCO Andrew Tod 22 11 17+1 8 2+1 3 0 0 1 0
27 DF  SCO Liam Hoggan 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
30 MF  SCO Freddie Rowe 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
31 DF  SCO John Tod 16 1 11 1 4 0 0 0 1 0
33 MF  SCO Josh Cooper 14 3 4+5 0 4 3 1 0 0 0
34 MF  SCO Lucas Fyfe 4 0 0+2 0 1 0 0+1 0 0 0
35 MF  ENG Tashan Oakley-Boothe 20 0 5+9 0 3+1 0 0+1 0 1 0
36 GK  SCO Thomas Margetts 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
37 MF  SCO Danny Dobbie 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
40 GK  ENG Billy Terrell 12 0 11 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
47 DF  SCO Robbie Fraser 18 0 16+1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
54 GK  NIR Mason Munn 8 0 7+1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Players who left during the season:
17 FW  SCO Connor Young 6 0 3+1 0 1+1 0 0 0 0 0
24 FW  SCO Taylor Sutherland 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
28 MF  SCO Ewan McLeod 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
29 FW  SCO Jake Sutherland 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
32 FW  SCO Mark Beveridge 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

Goalscorers

As of match played 20 December 2025
Ranking Position Nation Name Total Scottish Championship Scottish League Cup Scottish Challenge Cup Scottish Cup
1 MF Andrew Tod 11 8 3
2 FW Barney Stewart 6 4 2
3 FW Chris Kane 5 2 1 2
4 MF Josh Cooper 3 3
5 MF Charlie Gilmour 2 2
DF Kieran Ngwenya 2 2
FW Zak Rudden 2 2
6 DF Jeremiah Chilokoa-Mullen 1 1
MF Matty Todd 1 1
DF John Tod 1 1
Total 37 24 8 3 2

Disciplinary record

As of match played 20 December 2025
Squad number Position Nation Name Total Scottish Championship Scottish League Cup Scottish Challenge Cup Scottish Cup
1 GK Deniz Mehmet 1 1
2 DF Jeremiah Chilokoa-Mullen 6 1 6 1
4 DF Kyle Benedictus 1 2
5 MF Chris Hamilton 4 3 1
8 MF Charlie Gilmour 8 7 1
9 FW Zak Rudden 1 1
11 DF Shea Kearney 3 2 1
12 MF Jefferson Cáceres 1 1 1 1
14 MF Alfons Amade 1 1
16 FW Rory MacLeod 2 2
17 FW Connor Young 1 1
18 DF Nurudeen Abdulai 1 1
22 DF Keith Bray 1 1
26 MF Andrew Tod 1 1
31 DF John Tod 3 3
33 MF Josh Cooper 1 1
35 MF Tashan Oakley-Boothe 2 2
40 GK Billy Terrell 1 1
47 DF Robbie Fraser 1 1
Total 41 2 35 2 4 0 1 0 1 0

Club statistics

League table

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion, qualification or relegation
4 Ayr United 19 6 9 4 25 22 +3 27 Qualification for the Premiership play-off quarter-final
5 Raith Rovers 19 6 6 7 20 18 +2 24
6 Dunfermline Athletic 19 6 5 8 26 21 +5 23
7 Greenock Morton 19 4 9 6 17 24 −7 21
8 Queen's Park 18 3 8 7 18 27 −9 17
Updated to match(es) played on 20 December 2025. Source: [3]
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 for deciding promotion, play-off participation and relegation).[4]

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: [5]
Rules for classification: 1) goal difference, 2) goals scored, 3) away goals scored, 4) matches won, 5) away matches won, 6) drawing of lots.[6]

Transfers

References

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