2025–26 Queen of the South F.C. season

The 2025–26 season is Queen of the South's fourth consecutive season back in the third tier of Scottish football, in Scottish League One. Queens are also competing in the Challenge Cup, League Cup and the Scottish Cup.

Summary Queens finished third in Scottish League One for the second successive season, in their fourth season back in Scottish Football's third tier and their league position qualified the club for the semi-final stage of the play-offs, where they played Stenhousemuir. The semi-final ended 2-2 on aggregate after the second leg and 3-3 on aggregate after extra-time, with the Warriors progressing to the play-off final, after winning the penalty shoot-out 4-3.

Queens reached the third round of the Challenge Cup, losing 1-0 to Raith Rovers at Stark's Park.

The Doonhamers were knocked out after the first round of the League Cup after the completion of fixtures in Group B that included Edinburgh City, Partick Thistle, Ross County and Stranraer.

Queens reached the third round of the Scottish Cup, losing 2-1 to Dunfermline Athletic at East End Park.

Results and fixtures

Pre season

Scottish League One

Championship play-offs

Scottish League Cup

Scottish Challenge Cup

Scottish Cup

Player statistics Captains

Squad

Disciplinary record

Number Nation Position Name Scottish League One Challenge Cup League Cup Scottish Cup Play-offs Total1GKRoss Stewart4010210000712DFMichael Hewitt4010000010603MFTaylor Charters2020001000504MFReece Lyon7010000000805DFMatty Douglas90101000101206DFJack Hannah4110000000517MFLiam Smith4000100000508MFBenjamin Luissint50001010108010MFKai Kennedy1001000001012011MFBrennan Dickenson50000010006012DFCallum Penman10000000001014MFBen Johnstone40201000007015DFNiall Rogerson30100000004016MFZander MacKenzie40000000004018MFJack Stott801010001011020MFSeb Mason20000000002021MFEuan Ross00100000001022FWFreddie O'Donoghue10100000002026GKLawton Green10000000001027MFBilly Gray10000000001028FWKurtis Guthrie70001000008088FWNicky Clark100000001020 Total 8711408130601182

Top scorers Last updated 9 May 2026 PositionNationNameScottish League OneLeague CupChallenge CupScottish CupPlay-offsTotal1 Reece Lyon92101132 Kurtis Guthrie61400113 Kai Kennedy8000084 Jack Stott 601007= Nicky Clark5000276 Matty Douglas600006= Liam Smith 4020068 Michael Hewitt311005= Brennan Dickenson40100510 Benjamin Luissint 30100411 Freddie O'Donoghue00300312 Taylor Charters101002= Jordan Allan20000214 Euan Ross001001

Clean sheets

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Team statistics Scottish League One League table

Results by round

League Cup table

Challenge Cup table

2025–26 Scottish Challenge Cup

Management statistics Last updated 11 May 2026 NameFromToPWDLWin%Peter Murphy

Transfers

Players in PlayerFromFee Jordan Allan FalkirkFree Liam Smith Queen of the SouthFree Ross Stewart Queen of the SouthFree Benjamin Luissint Queen of the SouthFree Matty Douglas Queen of the SouthFree Brennan Dickenson Queen of the SouthFree Harry McLinden Queen of the SouthFree Euan Ross Queen of the SouthFree Mark Thomson Queen of the SouthFree Reece Lyon Queen of the SouthFree Jack Hannah MiddlesbroughFree Kai Kennedy Queen of the SouthFree Niall Rogerson Queen of the SouthFree Taylor Charters Carlisle UnitedFree Michael Hewitt Queen of the SouthFree Ben Johnstone Queen of the SouthFree Kurtis Guthrie Jersey BullsFree Jack Stott MiddlesbroughFree Cole Burke KilmarnockLoan Callum Penman St MirrenLoan Freddie O'Donoghue Carlisle UnitedLoan Zander MacKenzie Partick ThistleLoan Kian Leslie KilmarnockLoan Corey Armour KilmarnockLoan Menzi Mazwi Birmingham CityLoan Seb Mason Carlisle UnitedLoan Nicky Clark Ross CountyFree Jamie Sneddon FalkirkFree

Players out PlayerToFee Kyle DohertyFree AgentFree Josh WalkerFree AgentFree Daniel ChurchFree AgentFree Lewis O'Donnell Dundee UnitedLoan Fraser Bryden Ayr UnitedLoan Taylor Charters Carlisle UnitedLoan Jack Hannah MiddlesbroughLoan Murray Johnson HibernianLoan Oscar MacIntyre HibernianLoan Harry Cochrane ArbroathFree Adam Brooks CrusadersFree Jack Brydon Kelty HeartsFree Mark ThomsonFree AgentFree Harry McLinden Forfar AthleticLoan Freddie O'Donoghue Carlisle UnitedLoan Billy Gray Dalbeattie StarLoan Kylan Hunter Dalbeattie StarLoan Corey Armour KilmarnockLoan

See also List of Queen of the South F.C. seasons

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