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St Johnstone
2024–25 season
Chief executiveStan Harris
ManagerCraig Levein
StadiumMcDiarmid Park
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The 2024–25 season is St Johnstone's twelfth season in the Scottish Premiership and their sixteenth consecutively (following four in the former Scottish Premier League) in the top flight of Scottish football. Saints also competed in the League Cup and the Scottish Cup.

Competitions

  Win   Draw   Loss   Postponed

Pre-season and friendlies

28 June 2024 Nairn County 1–6 St Johnstone Nairn
20:00 BST Greig 68' Report Mylchreest 24'
Parker 31'
Steven 71'
McClelland 74'
Keltjens 80'
May 90'		 Stadium: Station Park
Referee: Harry Bruce
29 June 2024 Huntly 0–2 St Johnstone Huntly
20:00 BST May 3 pen.'
Ellison 77'		 Stadium: Christie Park
6 July 2024 Arbroath 0–1 St Johnstone Arbroath
20:00 BST Report McPake 52' Stadium: Gayfield Park
Attendance: 1,043
Referee: Greg Soutar

Scottish Premiership

Main article: 2024–25 Scottish Premiership
5 August 2024 1 St Johnstone v Aberdeen Perth
20:00 Stadium: McDiarmid Park
10 August 2024 2 Kilmarnock v St Johnstone Kilmarnock
15:00 Stadium: Rugby Park
24 August 2024 3 Dundee United v St Johnstone Dundee
15:00 Stadium: Tannadice Park
31 August 2024 4 St Johnstone v Motherwell Perth
20:00 Stadium: McDiarmid Park

Scottish League Cup

Main article: 2024–25 Scottish League Cup

Group stage

13 July 2024 1 Brechin City 1–2 St Johnstone Brechin
15:00 Moreland 90+1' Report Carey 45+2 pen.'
Cameron 65'		 Stadium: Glebe Park
Attendance: 1,075
Referee: Craig Napier
20 July 2024 2 St Johnstone 2–0 Greenock Morton Perth
15:00 Kimpioka 12', 44' Report Stadium: McDiarmid Park
Attendance: 2,403
Referee: Iain Sneddon
23 July 2024 3 Alloa Athletic 3–2 St Johnstone Alloa
19:45 Neill 54'
Rankin 83', 88'		 Report Kimpioka 55'
Essel Red card 64'
Sanders 90+1'		 Stadium: Recreation Park
Attendance: 1,112
Referee: Colin Steven
27 July 2024 4 St Johnstone 5–1 East Fife Perth
15:00 Sidibeh 15', 44'
Kimpioka 28', 90+1'
Kirk 88'		 Report Trouten 64' Stadium: McDiarmid Park
Attendance: 2,424
Referee: Don Robertson

Knockout phase

17 August 2024 Second round Rangers v St Johnstone Glasgow
15:00 Stadium: Ibrox Stadium

Squad statistics

Appearances and goals

As of 27 July 2024[1]
No. Pos Nat Player Total Premiership Scottish Cup League Cup
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
3 DF Trinidad and Tobago TRI Andre Raymond 3 0 0 0 0 0 3 0
4 DF Scotland SCO Kyle Cameron 2 1 0 0 0 0 2 1
5 DF England ENG Jack Sanders 3 1 0 0 0 0 3 1
7 FW Scotland SCO Stevie May 1 0 0 0 0 0 0+1 0
8 MF Scotland SCO Cammy MacPherson 4 0 0 0 0 0 4 0
10 FW Scotland SCO Nicky Clark 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
11 MF Republic of Ireland IRL Graham Carey 3 1 0 0 0 0 3 1
12 GK Scotland SCO Josh Rae 4 0 0 0 0 0 4 0
14 MF England ENG Drey Wright 3 0 0 0 0 0 3 0
15 DF Ghana GHA Aaron Essel 3 0 0 0 0 0 3 0
16 FW The Gambia GAM Adama Sidibeh 4 2 0 0 0 0 1+3 2
17 MF Ukraine UKR Max Kucheriavyi 2 0 0 0 0 0 0+2 0
18 DF Northern Ireland NIR Sam McClelland 4 0 0 0 0 0 4 0
19 FW Scotland SCO Taylor Steven 4 0 0 0 0 0 1+3 0
20 GK Scotland SCO Ross Sinclair 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
21 MF Scotland SCO Connor Smith 2 0 0 0 0 0 1+1 0
22 MF Wales WAL Matthew Smith 4 0 0 0 0 0 3+1 0
23 MF Austria AUT Sven Sprangler 1 0 0 0 0 0 0+1 0
24 MF Scotland SCO Josh McPake 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
27 FW Northern Ireland NIR Makenzie Kirk 3 1 0 0 0 0 0+3 1
28 MF Scotland SCO Alex Ferguson 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
29 FW Sweden SWE Benjamin Mbunga Kimpioka 4 5 0 0 0 0 4 5
32 DF Scotland SCO Liam Parker 1 0 0 0 0 0 0+1 0
33 DF Israel ISR David Keltjens 3 0 0 0 0 0 3 0
38 MF Scotland SCO Scott Bright 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
42 DF England ENG Oludare Olufunwa 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
46 MF Poland POL Fran Franczak 3 0 0 0 0 0 0+3 0
Departures
45 FW Scotland SCO Jackson Mylchreest 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

Team statistics

League table

Pos Team
 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation[a]
8 Kilmarnock 12 3 3 6 15 25 −10 12
9 Ross County 13 2 6 5 10 21 −11 12
10 St Johnstone 13 3 1 9 16 27 −11 10
11 Heart of Midlothian 13 2 3 8 14 20 −6 9 Qualification for the Premiership play-off final
12 Hibernian 12 1 5 6 11 18 −7 8 Relegation to Championship
Updated to match(es) played on 10 November 2024. Source: [2][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 if deciding champion, UEFA competitions qualification, second stage group allocation or relegation).[4]
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).

Results by round

Round1
Ground
Result
Position
Source: SPFL
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

League Cup table

Pos Team
 Pld W PW PL L GF GA GD Pts Qualification STJ ALL EFI GMO BRE
1 St Johnstone 4 3 0 0 1 11 5 +6 9 Qualification for the second round — — 5–1 2–0 —
2 Alloa Athletic 4 2 1 0 1 7 5 +2 8 3–2 — p0–0 — —
3 East Fife 4 2 0 1 1 8 5 +3 7 — — — 3–0 4–0
4 Greenock Morton 4 2 0 0 2 3 6 −3 6 — 2–1 — — 1–0
5 Brechin City 4 0 0 0 4 2 10 −8 0 1–2 1–3 — — —
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

Main articles: List of Scottish football transfers summer 2024 and List of Scottish football transfers winter 2024–25

In

Date Player Transferred from Fee Source
30 May 2024 Uganda Uche Ikpeazu England Port Vale Free [7]
10 June 2024 Scotland Josh Rae Scotland Airdrieonians [8]
20 June 2024 Scotland Josh McPake Scotland Stirling Albion [9]
England Jack Sanders Scotland Kilmarnock [10]
5 July 2024 Scotland Kyle Cameron England Notts County Loan [11]
8 July 2024 Ghana Aaron Essel Ghana Bechem United Free [12]
16 July 2024 Trinidad and Tobago Andre Raymond Portugal Vilar de Perdizes Free [13]
19 July 2024 South Africa Arran Cocks England Brooke House College Football Academy [14]
Northern Ireland Makenzie Kirk Scotland Heart of Midlothian Undisclosed [15]
30 July 2024 Scotland Lewis Neilson Loan [16]

Out

Date Player Transferred to Fee Source
31 May 2024 Scotland Cammy Ballantyne Northern Ireland Linfield Free [17][18]
Scotland Callum Booth Scotland The Spartans [17][19]
Malta James Brown [17]
Scotland Andrew Considine Retired [17][20]
Scotland Ali Crawford Scotland Greenock Morton Free [17][21]
Scotland Tony Gallacher [17]
Scotland Chris Kane Scotland Dunfermline Athletic [17][22]
Scotland Jack Willis Scotland Queen's Park [17][23]
19 June 2024 Bulgaria Dimitar Mitov Scotland Aberdeen Undisclosed [24]
24 June 2024 Scotland Liam Gordon Scotland Motherwell Free [25]
4 July 2024 Trinidad and Tobago Daniel Phillips England Stevenage [26][27]
5 July 2024 Australia Ryan McGowan Scotland Livingston [26][28]
11 July 2024 Scotland Bayley Klimionek Scotland Forfar Athletic Loan [29]
19 July 2024 South Africa Arran Cocks [14]
30 July 2024 Scotland Adam McMillan Scotland Albion Rovers [30]
3 August 2024 Scotland Jackson Mylchreest Scotland Forfar Athletic [31]

See also

List of St Johnstone F.C. seasons

References

  1. ^ "St Johnstone Stats". Sky Sports. 27 July 2024.
  2. ^ "Scottish Premiership Table". BBC. 15 April 2024.
  3. ^ "Premiership League Table". Scottish Professional Football League. Retrieved 10 November 2024.
  4. ^ "The Rules of the Scottish Professional Football League (Rule Number C35-C37)" (PDF). SPFL. Archived (PDF) from the original on 28 September 2022. Retrieved 24 September 2022.
  5. ^ "Summary - League Cup Group F". Soccerway. Retrieved 28 May 2024.
  6. ^ "Format". SPFL. Retrieved 7 June 2023.
  7. ^ "Deal agreed for Uche Ikpeazu". St Johnstone FC. 30 May 2024. Retrieved 10 June 2024.
  8. ^ "Goalkeeper Josh Rae signs for Saints". St Johnstone FC. 10 June 2024. Retrieved 10 June 2024.
  9. ^ "Josh McPake signs for Saints". St Johnstone FC. 20 June 2024. Retrieved 25 June 2024.
  10. ^ "Jack Sanders signs for Saints". St Johnstone FC. 20 June 2024. Retrieved 25 June 2024.
  11. ^ "Kyle Cameron joins on loan". St Johnstone FC. 5 July 2024. Retrieved 5 July 2024.
  12. ^ "Aaron Essel signs for Saints". St Johnstone FC. 8 July 2024. Retrieved 10 July 2024.
  13. ^ "Andre Raymond signs for Saints". St Johnstone FC. 16 July 2024. Retrieved 20 July 2024.
  14. ^ a b "Arran Cocks signs for Saints". St Johnstone FC. 19 July 2024. Retrieved 20 July 2024.
  15. ^ "Makenzie Kirk signs for Saints". St Johnstone FC. 19 July 2024. Retrieved 20 July 2024.
  16. ^ "Hearts defender Neilson joins St Johnstone on loan". BBC Sport. 30 July 2024. Retrieved 1 August 2024.
  17. ^ a b c d e f g h "Squad Update: End of season 2023/24". www.afc.co.uk. St Johnstone FC. 31 May 2024. Retrieved 10 June 2024.
  18. ^ "Ballantyne joins the Blues". linfieldfc.com. Linfield FC. 14 June 2024. Retrieved 30 July 2024.
  19. ^ "Callum Booth". x.com. The Spartans FC. 25 May 2024. Retrieved 10 June 2024.
  20. ^ "Defender Considine announces retirement". bbc.co.uk. BBC Sport. 8 July 2024. Retrieved 8 July 2024.
  21. ^ "Ali Crawford returns to Cappielow". Greenock Morton FC. 2 August 2024. Retrieved 3 August 2024.
  22. ^ "Chris Kane Signs for Dunfermline". Dunfermline Athletic FC. 22 May 2024. Retrieved 10 June 2024.
  23. ^ "Jack swaps being a Saint for being a Spider". queensparkfc.co.uk. Queens Park FC. 12 June 2024. Retrieved 13 June 2024.
  24. ^ "Dimitar Mitov signs for Aberdeen". St Johnstone FC. 19 June 2024. Retrieved 20 June 2024.
  25. ^ "Liam Gordon departs Saints". St Johnstone FC. 24 June 2024. Retrieved 25 June 2024.
  26. ^ a b "Our thanks to Ryan McGowan and Daniel Phillips". St Johnstone FC. 3 July 2024. Retrieved 3 July 2024.
  27. ^ "Stevenage sign Phillips from St Johnstone". BBC Sport. 4 July 2024. Retrieved 5 July 2024.
  28. ^ "Welcome to Livingston, Ryan McGowan!". Livingston FC. 5 July 2024. Retrieved 5 July 2024.
  29. ^ "Welcome to the Loons Bayley Klimionek". Forfar Athletic FC. 11 July 2024. Retrieved 11 July 2024.
  30. ^ "Welcome to Albion Rovers, Adam McMillan!". Albion Rovers FC. 30 July 2024. Retrieved 4 August 2024.
  31. ^ "Welcome to the Loons Jackson Mylchreest". Forfar Athletic FC. 3 August 2024. Retrieved 4 August 2024.
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