2025–26 Heart of Midlothian F.C. season

Heart of Midlothian
2025–26 season
ChairmanAnn Budge
ManagerDerek McInnes
StadiumTynecastle Park
Premiership1st (Ongoing)
Scottish CupFourth round
League CupSecond round, lost to St Mirren
Top goalscorerLeague:
Lawrence Shankland
Cláudio Braga
(8 each)

All:
Lawrence Shankland
Cláudio Braga
(11 each)
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 are competing in the Scottish League Cup and are expected to compete in the 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

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

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

17 January 2026 Fourth round Heart of Midlothian v Falkirk Tynecastle Park
20:00

First team player statistics

Captains

Lawrence Shankland continued as club captain under new manager Derek McInnes.[18] He was originally appointed captain in 2022 under Robbie Neilson.[18]

No Pos Country Name No of games Notes
9 FW Shankland 20 Team Captain
2 DF Kent 1 Vice Captain
14 MF Devlin 1 Vice Captain

Last updated: 13 December 2025
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 13 December 2025

During the 2025–26 campaign, Hearts have used twenty-nine 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
2 DF  ENG Frankie Kent 11 0 5+2 0 0+0 0 4+0 0
3 DF  SCO Stephen Kingsley 15 2 7+5 1 0+0 0 1+2 1
4 DF  SCO Craig Halkett 18 5 14+0 3 0+0 0 3+1 2
5 DF  SCO Jamie McCart 5 0 0+5 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
6 MF  COD Beni Baningime 12 0 8+1 0 0+0 0 2+1 0
7 FW  BEL Elton Kabangu 14 1 0+9 0 0+0 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 20 11 16+0 8 0+0 0 4+0 3
10 FW  POR Cláudio Braga 22 11 14+3 8 0+0 0 2+3 3
11 FW  BFA Pierre Landry Kaboré 9 2 5+3 2 0+0 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 22 0 17+0 0 0+0 0 4+1 0
15 DF  AUT Michael Steinwender 16 1 5+8 0 0+0 0 2+1 1
16 MF  SCO Blair Spittal 14 0 5+6 0 0+0 0 2+1 0
17 MF  SCO Alan Forrest 13 0 3+6 0 0+0 0 3+1 0
18 DF  SCO Harry Milne 21 1 17+0 1 0+0 0 3+1 0
19 DF  SCO Stuart Findlay 21 4 17+0 3 0+0 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 8 2 1+3 0 0+0 0 3+1 2
22 MF  ISL Tómas Bent Magnússon 15 1 5+9 1 0+0 0 1+0 0
25 GK  GER Alexander Schwolow 13 0 13+0 0 0+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 8 0 0+7 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 21 2 16+1 1 0+0 0 3+1 1
32 DF  SCO Adam Forrester 1 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+1 0
40 MF  BRA Eduardo Ageu 3 0 0+3 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
89 MF  GRE Alexandros Kyziridis 20 5 13+4 3 0+0 0 2+1 2
  • Last updated: 13 December 2025
  • Source: Match Reports[19][20]
  • 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 thirty-four yellow cards and no red cards. The table below shows the number of cards and type shown to each player.

Last updated 13 December 2025
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 7 0 0 0 1 0 8 0
6 MF Beni Baningime 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
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 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 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
17 MF Alan Forrest 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
18 DF Harry Milne 6 0 0 0 1 0 7 0
19 DF Stuart Findlay 3 0 0 0 0 0 3 0
22 MF Tómas Bent Magnússon 2 0 0 0 1 0 3 0
31 MF Oisin McEntee 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
89 MF Alexandros Kyziridis 5 0 0 0 0 0 5 0
Total 39 0 0 0 5 0 44 0

Goal scorers

Last updated 13 December 2025

Place Position Nation Name Premiership Scottish Cup League Cup Total
1 FW Lawrence Shankland 8 0 3 11
FW Cláudio Braga 8 0 3 11
3 DF Craig Halkett 3 0 2 5
MF Alexandros Kyziridis 3 0 2 5
4 DF Stuart Findlay 3 0 1 4
5 FW James Wilson 0 0 2 2
FW Pierre Landry Kaboré 2 0 0 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 Tomas Bent Magnusson 1 0 0 1
Own goals 3 0 0 3
Total 34 0 17 51

Clean sheets

R Pos Nat Name Premiership Scottish Cup League Cup Total
1 GK Alexander Schwolow 7 0 0 7
2 GK Ryan Fulton 0 0 2 2
= GK Zander Clark 1 0 1 2
3 GK Craig Gordon 0 0 0 0
Total 8 0 3 11

Last updated: 13 December 2025
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 17 11 5 1 34 13 +21 38 Qualification for the Champions League play-off round
2 Celtic 16 10 2 4 26 13 +13 32 Qualification for the Champions League second qualifying round
3 Motherwell 18 7 9 2 26 15 +11 30 Qualification for the Conference League second qualifying round[b]
4 Rangers 16 7 8 1 23 13 +10 29
5 Hibernian 18 6 7 5 28 20 +8 25
Updated to match(es) played on 20 December 2025. Source: [21][22]
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).[23]
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: [24]
Rules for classification: 1) goal difference, 2) goals scored, 3) away goals scored, 4) matches won, 5) away matches won, 6) drawing of lots.[25]

Division summary

Round1234567891011121314151617
GroundHAHAAHHAHAHHAAHAA
ResultWWDWWWWWWDWDLDDWW
Position11211111111111111
Updated to match(es) played on 13 December 2025. Source:
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Management statistics

Last updated 13 December 2025
Name From To P W D L Win%[note 1]
Derek McInnes 12 July 2025 22 15 6 1 068.18

Home attendances

Last updated on 13 December 2025

  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[26]
Premiership 27 September 2025 3–0 Falkirk 18,919[27]
Premiership 4 October 2025 1–0 Hibernian 18,760[28]
Premiership 26 October 2025 3–1 Celtic 18,774[29]
Premiership 1 November 2025 4–0 Dundee 18,767[10]
Premiership 9 November 2025 2–2 Dundee United 18,755[30]
Premiership 3 December 2025 1–1 Kilmarnock 18,508[31]
Total attendance: 171,534
Total league attendance: 149,822
Average league attendance: 18,727

Last updated: 13 December 2025
Source: Match reports in Results

Club

Management

On 19 May 2025, Derek McInnes[32] was appointed as Head Coach on a four-year contract.[33] He replaced interim Head Coach Liam Fox, who managed the club for the final four games of the previous season.[34][35] McInnes also brought Paul Sheerin and Alan Archibald to Tynecastle, who were previously his First Team coaches at Kilmarnock.[36]

On 30 June, it was announced that Ann Budge would be stepping down as Club Chair in December 2025.[37]

Playing kit

Hearts kits are manufactured by Hummel for the 2025–26 season, replacing Umbro.[38] Hummel agreed a five-year deal with the club.[39] Stellar Omada continues as Hearts main sponsor, in the second of a three-year deal.[40]

Deaths

The following players and people associated with the club died over the course of the season. Former striker Jimmy Bone,[41] former coach and scout Gary Kirk,[42] and former forward Tommy Murray.[43]

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.[48][49]
  3. ^ Club Record Transfer Fee[60][61]

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