2025–26 St Johnstone F.C. season

St Johnstone
2025–26 season
Chief executiveFrancis Smith
ManagerSimo Valakari
StadiumMcDiarmid Park
Scottish CupThird round
League CupSecond round
Challenge CupThird round

The 2025–26 season is St Johnstone's first season in the Scottish Championship and their first season back in the second tier of Scottish football following their relegation from the Scottish Premiership at the end of the 2024–25 season. Saints will also compete in the League Cup, Scottish Cup, and for the first time in 16 years, the Challenge Cup.

Competitions

  Win   Draw   Loss   Postponed

Pre-season and friendlies

5 July 2025 Forfar Athletic 1–1 St Johnstone Forfar
14:00 BST Morrison 33' Report Gullan 9 pen.' Stadium: Station Park
Attendance: 992
Referee: Duncan Nicolson
8 July 2025 St Johnstone 0–1 Falkirk Perth
19:30 BST Report Arfield 9' Stadium: McDiarmid Park
Attendance: 2,004
Referee: Greg Soutar
15 July 2025 St Johnstone 1–1 Dundee United Perth
19:45 BST Kirk 86' Report Esselink 18' Stadium: McDiarmid Park
Referee: Nick Walsh

Scottish Championship

2 August 2025 1 St Johnstone 5–1 Partick Thistle Perth
15:00 Gullan 17'
McPake 28', 37', 48'
Mallan 82'
Report Reading 15' Stadium: McDiarmid Park
Attendance: 4,991
Referee: Ross Hardie
8 August 2025 2 Ross County 0–1 St Johnstone Dingwall
19:45 Report Ikpeazu 82' Stadium: Victoria Park
Attendance: 3,185
Referee: Dan McFarlane
23 August 2025 3 St Johnstone 3–0 Arbroath Perth
15:00 Baird 31'
Holt 60'
Mallan 71 pen.'
Report Stadium: McDiarmid Park
Referee: Peter Stuart
30 August 2025 4 St Johnstone 1–1 Greenock Morton Perth
15:00 McPake 83' Report Brophy 22' Stadium: McDiarmid Park
Referee: Grant Irvine
13 September 2025 5 Raith Rovers 0–2 St Johnstone Kirkcaldy
15:00 Report Sidibeh 29'
McPake 88'
Stadium: Stark's Park
Attendance: 5,163
Referee: Chris Graham
19 September 2025 6 St Johnstone 2–1 Dunfermline Athletic Perth
19:45 Fotheringham 51'
McPake 83'
Report MacLeod 83' Stadium: McDiarmid Park
Attendance: 6,232
Referee: Matthew Macdermid
23 September 2025 7 Airdrieonians 1–2 St Johnstone Airdrie
19:45 Cooper 74'
Reid  90+7'
Report Gullan 9'
Diabate 19'  90+6'
Stadium: Excelsior Stadium
Attendance: 1,874
Referee: Lloyd Wilson
27 September 2025 8 Queen's Park 1–2 St Johnstone Glasgow
15:00 Fowler 43' Report Fotheringham 37'
McPake 89'
Stadium: Lesser Hampden
Attendance: 893
Referee: Peter Stuart
4 October 2025 9 St Johnstone 0–0 Ayr United Perth
15:00 Report Stadium: McDiarmid Park
Attendance: 4,277
Referee: Ryan Lee
11 October 2025 10 St Johnstone 0–0 Ross County Perth
15:00 Report Stadium: McDiarmid Park
Attendance: 3,750
Referee: David Dickinson
18 October 2025 11 Arbroath 3–1 St Johnstone Arbroath
15:00 Marshall 51', 62'
Reilly 57'
Report McPake 5' Stadium: Gayfield Park
Attendance: 2,788
Referee: Duncan Nicolson
25 October 2025 12 Greenock Morton 0–4 St Johnstone Greenock
15:00 Report Diabate 5'
Gullan 12', 34'
McPake 26'
Stadium: Cappielow
Attendance: 2,068
Referee: Euan Anderson
1 November 2025 13 St Johnstone 3–0 Airdrieonians Perth
15:00 Sidibeh 25', 53', 73' Report Stadium: McDiarmid Park
Attendance: 4,607
Referee: Greg Soutar
8 November 2025 14 Dunfermline Athletic 2–2 St Johnstone Dunfermline
15:00 Stewart 8'
A.Tod 90+1'
Report McAlear 30'
Smith 66'
Stadium: East End Park
Attendance: 6,894
Referee: Ross Hardie
15 November 2025 15 St Johnstone 4–3 Queen's Park Perth
15:00 Gullan 16', 30 pen.'
Stanton 18'
Baird 84'
Report Drozd 59'
Fowler 62 pen.'
Friel 90+2'
Stadium: McDiarmid Park
Attendance: 4,012
Referee: Alastair Grieve
22 November 2025 16 Partick Thistle 2–1 St Johnstone Glasgow
15:00 O'Reilly 6'
Watt 45+2'
Report McPake 71' Stadium: Firhill Stadium
Attendance: 5,461
Referee: Don Robertson
6 December 2025 17 St Johnstone 0–0 Raith Rovers Perth
15:00 Report Stadium: McDiarmid Park
Attendance: 4,113
Referee: Lloyd Wilson
12 December 2025 18 Ayr United 2–4 St Johnstone Ayr
19:45 McKenzie 8'
Murphy 14'
Report Foulds 47'
McPake 77', 88'
Fotheringham 90+2'
Stadium: Somerset Park
Attendance: 1,946
Referee: Colin Steven
20 December 2025 19 St Johnstone 5–0 Greenock Morton Perth
15:00 McPake 12'
Stanton 24'
Gullan 39', 70'
Sidibeh 76'
Report Stadium: McDiarmid Park
Attendance: 4,363
Referee: Colin Steven
27 December 2025 20 Ross County v St Johnstone Dingwall
15:00 Stadium: Victoria Park

Scottish League Cup

Group stage

12 July 2025 Group stage East Kilbride 1–3 St Johnstone East Kilbride
15:00 Robertson 7' Report Gullan 52'
Sidibeh 60'
Kirk 81'
Stadium: K-Park Training Academy
Attendance: 690
Referee: Daniel Graves
19 July 2025 Group stage Inverness CT 0–1 St Johnstone Inverness
15:00 Report Ikpeazu 90' Stadium: Caledonian Stadium
Attendance: 1,585
Referee: Graham Grainger
22 July 2025 Group stage St Johnstone 3–1 Raith Rovers Perth
19:45 Gullan 27'
McPake 51'
Kirk 80'
Report Hamilton 57' Stadium: McDiarmid Park
Attendance: 3,358
Referee: Greg Soutar
26 July 2025 Group stage St Johnstone 8–0 Elgin City Perth
15:00 Tumilty 3'
Kirk 20', 79'
Gullan 42', 45+1'
Stanton 65'
Ikpeazu 78'
Sprangler 84'
Report Ritchie  7' Stadium: McDiarmid Park
Attendance: 2,398
Referee: Peter Stuart

Knockout phase

16 August 2025 Second round St Johnstone 0–1 (a.e.t.) Motherwell Perth
15:00 Report Fadinger 109' Stadium: McDiarmid Park
Attendance: 4,330
Referee: David Dickinson

Scottish Challenge Cup

16 December 2025 Second round Heart of Midlothian B 0–1 St Johnstone Edinburgh
19:45 Report Gullan 76' Stadium: Ainslie Park
Referee: Josh Hay
Note: Match postponed due to Storm Bram.
6 January 2026 Third round St Johnstone v Ross County Perth
19:45 Stadium: McDiarmid Park

Scottish Cup

29 November 2025 Third round St Johnstone 1–2 (a.e.t.) Cove Rangers Perth
15:00 Ikpeazu 24' Report Megginson 73'
Emslie 100'
Stadium: McDiarmid Park
Attendance: 2,024
Referee: Chris Graham

Squad statistics

Appearances and goals

As of 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]
1 GK  ENG Toby Steward 26 0 19 0 5 0 1 0 1 0
2 DF  SCO Reghan Tumilty 13 1 3+4 0 3+1 1 1 0 1 0
3 DF  ENG Cheick Diabate 24 2 18 2 3+2 0 0 0 1 0
4 DF  WAL Morgan Boyes 22 0 11+5 0 5 0 1 0 0 0
5 DF  CRO Božo Mikulić 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
6 MF  PAN Víctor Griffith 3 0 0+2 0 0 0 1 0 0 0
7 MF  SCO Jason Holt 23 1 18 1 5 0 0 0 0 0
8 MF  SWE Jonathan Svedberg 14 0 7+3 0 1+2 0 1 0 0 0
9 FW  GAM Adama Sidibeh 24 6 16+1 5 5 1 0+1 0 0+1 0
10 FW  SCO Jamie Gullan 24 13 16+1 8 5 4 0+1 1 1 0
11 MF  SCO Sam Stanton 12 3 3+6 2 0+2 1 1 0 0 0
14 DF  ENG Matty Foulds 19 1 11+2 1 4 0 1 0 0+1 0
15 DF  SCO Jack Baird 20 2 14+1 2 3+1 0 1 0 0 0
17 FW  WAL Louis Lloyd 3 0 0+1 0 0 0 0+1 0 0+1 0
18 FW  UGA Uche Ikpeazu 16 4 0+11 1 0+4 2 0 0 1 1
20 GK  SCO Ross Sinclair 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
21 FW  SCO Kai Fotheringham 14 3 9+4 3 0 0 0 0 0+1 0
22 MF  SCO Stevie Mallan 13 1 6+3 1 2+1 0 0 0 1 0
23 MF  AUT Sven Sprangler 20 1 3+10 0 3+2 1 1 0 1 0
24 MF  SCO Josh McPake 24 14 18 13 4+1 1 0 0 1 0
33 DF  SCO Liam Smith 12 1 10+1 1 0 0 0 0 1 0
35 DF  SCO Adam Forrester 9 0 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
37 FW  GER Jannik Wanner 8 0 0+7 0 0 0 1 0 0 0
39 GK  SCO Kyle Thomson 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
42 MF  SCO Reece McAlear 24 1 19 1 3+1 0 0 0 1 0
46 MF  POL Fran Franczak 8 0 0+4 0 1+1 0 1 0 0+1 0
52 DF  SCO Arran Brookfield 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Departures
15 MF  GHA Aaron Essel 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
19 FW  SCO Taylor Steven 4 0 0 0 1+3 0 0 0 0 0
27 FW  NIR Makenzie Kirk 7 4 0+2 0 2+3 4 0 0 0 0
31 GK  SCO Craig Hepburn 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
38 MF  SCO Scott Bright 3 0 0+2 0 0+1 0 0 0 0 0
45 FW  SCO Jackson Mylchreest 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
51 FW  SCO Murray Binnie 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

Team statistics

League table

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion, qualification or relegation
1 St Johnstone 19 12 5 2 42 17 +25 41 Promotion to the Scottish Premiership
2 Partick Thistle 19 10 6 3 28 19 +9 36 Qualification for the Premiership play-off semi-final
3 Arbroath 19 9 5 5 26 23 +3 32 Qualification for the Premiership play-off quarter-final
4 Ayr United 19 6 9 4 25 22 +3 27
5 Raith Rovers 19 6 6 7 20 18 +2 24
Updated to match(es) played on 20 December 2025. Source: [2]
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).[3]

League Cup table

Pos Team Pld W PW PL L GF GA GD Pts Qualification STJ RAI ICT EKB ELG
1 St Johnstone 4 4 0 0 0 15 2 +13 12 Qualification for the second round 3–1 8–0
2 Raith Rovers 4 2 0 0 2 13 9 +4 6 5–1 2–4
3 Inverness Caledonian Thistle 4 2 0 0 2 9 8 +1 6 0–1 2–0
4 East Kilbride 4 2 0 0 2 11 12 −1 6 1–3 2–6
5 Elgin City 4 0 0 0 4 2 19 −17 0 1–5 1–4
Source: [4]
Rules for classification: 1) goal difference, 2) goals scored, 3) away goals scored, 4) matches won, 5) away matches won, 6) drawing of lots.[5]

Transfers

In

Date Player Transferred from Fee Source
1 June 2025 Jack Baird Greenock Morton Free [6]
Morgan Boyes [7]
Jamie Gullan Raith Rovers [8]
17 June 2025 Sam Stanton [9]
Reghan Tumilty Hamilton Academical [10]
3 July 2025 Matty Foulds Harrogate Town [11]
7 July 2025 Cheick Diabate Exeter City [12]
14 July 2025 Louis Lloyd Caernarfon Town Undisclosed [13]
17 July 2025 Stevie Mallan Unattached Free [14]
18 July 2025 Reece McAlear Livingston Undisclosed [15]
25 August 2025 Kai Fotheringham Dundee United [16]
27 August 2025 Liam Smith Bohemian Free [17]

Out

Date Player Transferred to Fee Source
19 May 2025 Graham Carey Livingston Free [18][19]
Arran Cocks Broadmeadow Magic [18]
Nicky Clark Ross County [18][20]
Barry Douglas [18]
Alex Ferguson Kelty Hearts [18][21]
Benjamin Mbunga Kimpioka Sivasspor [18][22]
Bailey Klimionek Brechin City [18][23]
Max Kucheriavyi [18]
Cammy MacPherson Greenock Morton [18][24]
Stevie May Livingston [18][25][26]
Sam McClelland [18]
Ben McCrystal Berwick Rangers [18][27]
Adam McMillan [18]
Liam Parker Cove Rangers [18][28]
Dominic Shiels Hamilton Academical [18]
Matthew Smith Newport County [18][29]
12 June 2025 Drey Wright Dundee [30]
17 June 2025 Josh Rae Raith Rovers [31]
19 June 2025 Daniels Balodis Tatran Prešov [32]
15 July 2025 Andre Raymond Ilves Undisclosed [33]
16 July 2025 Callan Hamill Arsenal [34]
1 September 2025 Makenzie Kirk Portsmouth [35]

Loans in

Date Player Transferred from Source
8 July 2025 Toby Steward Portsmouth [36]
7 August 2025 Adam Forrester Heart of Midlothian [37]
9 September 2025 Jannik Wanner Livingston [38]

Loans out

Date Player Transferred to Source
18 July 2025 Craig Hepburn Brechin City [39]
28 July 2025 Murray Binnie Jeanfield Swifts [40]
15 August 2025 Jackson Mylchreest Cove Rangers [41]
29 August 2025 Taylor Steven Arbroath [42]
10 September 2025 Scott Bright Forfar Athletic [43]

See also

References

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  2. ^ "Championship Table". Scottish Professional Football League. Retrieved 20 December 2025.
  3. ^ "The Rules of the Scottish Professional Football League" (PDF). SPFL. pp. 38–39. Retrieved 20 October 2019.
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  5. ^ "Format". SPFL. Retrieved 7 June 2023.
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