2025–26 Dunfermline Athletic F.C. season

Dunfermline Athletic
2025–26 season
ChairmanDavid Cook[1]
ManagerNeil Lennon
StadiumEast End Park
Dunfermline, Scotland
(capacity: 11,480)
League CupGroup stage

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
23 August 2025 3 Raith Rovers v Dunfermline Athletic Kirkcaldy, Scotland
15:00 Stadium: Stark's Park
30 August 2025 4 Dunfermline Athletic v Ross County Dunfermline, Scotland
15:00 Stadium: East End 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

Squad statistics

Appearances and goals

As of match played 9 August 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 Turkey TUR Deniz Mehmet 4 0 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 0
2 DF Scotland SCO Jeremiah Chilokoa-Mullen 6 0 2 0 4 0 0 0 0 0
3 DF Malawi MWI Kieran Ngwenya 2 0 0 0 0+2 0 0 0 0 0
4 DF Scotland SCO Kyle Benedictus 6 0 2 0 4 0 0 0 0 0
5 MF Scotland SCO Chris Hamilton 3 0 0 0 0+3 0 0 0 0 0
6 DF Scotland SCO Ewan Otoo 6 0 2 0 4 0 0 0 0 0
7 MF England ENG Kane Ritchie-Hosler 6 0 2 0 2+2 0 0 0 0 0
8 MF Scotland SCO Charlie Gilmour 6 0 2 0 4 0 0 0 0 0
10 MF Scotland SCO Matty Todd 4 0 0+2 0 0+2 0 0 0 0 0
11 DF Northern Ireland NIR Shea Kearney 6 0 0+2 0 2+2 0 0 0 0 0
14 MF Mozambique MOZ Alfons Amade 4 0 0+1 0 2+1 0 0 0 0 0
15 DF Scotland SCO Sam Fisher 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
16 FW Scotland SCO Rory MacLeod 2 1 0 0 0+2 1 0 0 0 0
17 FW Scotland SCO Connor Young 4 0 2 0 1+1 0 0 0 0 0
20 FW Scotland SCO Chris Kane 3 1 0 0 3 1 0 0 0 0
22 DF Scotland SCO Keith Bray 3 0 0+1 0 0+2 0 0 0 0 0
23 DF Scotland SCO Alasdair Davidson 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
25 MF Scotland SCO Sam Young 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
26 MF Scotland SCO Andrew Tod 5 4 2 1 2+1 3 0 0 0 0
27 DF Scotland SCO Liam Hoggan 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
30 MF Scotland SCO Freddie Rowe 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
31 DF Scotland SCO John Tod 6 1 2 1 4 0 0 0 0 0
32 FW Scotland SCO Mark Beveridge 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
33 MF Scotland SCO Josh Cooper 6 3 2 0 4 3 0 0 0 0
34 MF Scotland SCO Lucas Fyfe 2 0 0+1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0
35 MF England ENG Tashan Oakley-Boothe 6 0 2 0 3+1 0 0 0 0 0
36 GK Scotland SCO Thomas Margetts 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
37 MF Scotland SCO Danny Dobbie 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
40 GK England ENG Billy Terrell 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
54 GK Northern Ireland NIR Mason Munn 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Players who left during the season:
24 FW Scotland SCO Taylor Sutherland 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
28 MF Scotland SCO Ewan McLeod 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
29 FW Scotland SCO Jake Sutherland 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

Goalscorers

As of match played 9 August 2025
Ranking Position Nation Name Total Scottish Championship Scottish League Cup Scottish Challenge Cup Scottish Cup
1 MF Scotland Andrew Tod 4 1 3
2 MF Scotland Josh Cooper 3 3
2 FW Scotland Chris Kane 1 1
FW Scotland Rory MacLeod 1 1
DF Scotland John Tod 1 1
Total 10 2 8 0 0

Disciplinary record

As of match played 3 August 2025
Squad number Position Nation Name Total Scottish Championship Scottish League Cup Scottish Challenge Cup Scottish Cup
Yellow card Red card Yellow card Red card Yellow card Red card Yellow card Red card Yellow card Red card
1 GK Turkey Deniz Mehmet 1 1
8 MF Scotland Charlie Gilmour 1 1
11 DF Northern Ireland Shea Kearney 1 1
17 FW Scotland Connor Young 1 1
31 DF Scotland John Tod 1 1
33 MF Scotland Josh Cooper 1 1
35 MF England Tashan Oakley-Boothe 1 1
Total 7 0 3 0 4 0 0 0 0 0

Club statistics

League table

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion, qualification or relegation
1 St Johnstone 2 2 0 0 6 1 +5 6 Promotion to the Scottish Premiership
2 Arbroath 2 1 1 0 4 2 +2 4 Qualification for the Premiership play-off semi-final
3 Dunfermline Athletic 2 1 1 0 2 0 +2 4 Qualification for the Premiership play-off quarter-final
4 Raith Rovers 2 1 1 0 2 1 +1 4
5 Greenock Morton 2 0 2 0 1 1 0 2
Updated to match(es) played on 9 August 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 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: [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

First team

References

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