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St Johnstone
2024–25 season
Chief executiveFrancis Smith
ManagerCraig Levein
(until 17 September)
Andy Kirk (interim)
Simo Valakari
(from 1 October)
StadiumMcDiarmid Park
League CupSecond round
← 2023–24
2025–26 →

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

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  Win   Draw   Loss   Postponed

Pre-season and friendlies

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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

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Main article: 2024–25 Scottish Premiership
5 August 2024 1 St Johnstone 1–2 Aberdeen Perth
20:00 Molloy 88 o.g.' Report Devlin 22'
McGrath 62'		 Stadium: McDiarmid Park
Attendance: 9,203
Referee: Kevin Clancy
Note: Game televised on Sky Sports
10 August 2024 2 Kilmarnock 0–3 St Johnstone Kilmarnock
15:00 Wright Red card 16' Report Sidibeh 3', 33'
Kimpioka 81 pen.'		 Stadium: Rugby Park
Attendance: 4,843
Referee: Chris Graham
24 August 2024 3 Dundee United 2–0 St Johnstone Dundee
15:00 Stephenson 54'
Sanders 88 o.g.'		 Report Sidibeh Red card 84' Stadium: Tannadice Park
Attendance: 7,806
31 August 2024 4 St Johnstone 1–2 Motherwell Perth
20:00 Kimpioka 64'
Sanders Red card 90+6'		 Report Casey 11'
Ebiye 90+4'		 Stadium: McDiarmid Park
Referee: Iain Snedden
14 September 2024 5 Hibernian 2–0 St Johnstone Edinburgh
15:00 Kukharevych 45+1'
Boyle 72'		 Report Kimpioka Red card 89' Stadium: Easter Road
Attendance: 15,448
Referee: Nick Walsh
21 September 2024 6 Ross County 3–3 St Johnstone Dingwall
15:00 Hale 19'
Samuel 87'
Wright 90+7'		 Report Wright 44'
Clark 60', 84'		 Stadium: Victoria Park
Attendance: 3,063
Referee: Dan McFarlane
28 September 2024 7 St Johnstone 0–6 Celtic Perth
17:45 Report Furuhashi 35', 45'
Bernardo 43'
McGregor 54'
Maeda 72'
Idah 83'		 Stadium: McDiarmid Park
Attendance: 7,036
Referee: Don Robertson
6 October 2024 8 Rangers 2–0 St Johnstone Glasgow
15:00 Černý 34', 58'
Hagi Red card 81'		 Report Stadium: Ibrox Stadium
Attendance: 44,744
Referee: David Dickinson
18 October 2024 9 St Johnstone 3–0 Ross County Perth
15:00 Kimpioka 16', 45'
Kirk 90+4'		 Report Campbell Red card 31'
Telfer Red card 78'		 Stadium: McDiarmid Park
Attendance: 3,688
Referee: John Beaton
26 October 2024 10 Dundee 1–2 St Johnstone Dundee
15:00 Murray 12' Report Carey 64'
Clark 90'		 Stadium: Dens Park
Attendance: 6,548
Referee: Kevin Clancy
30 October 2024 11 St Mirren 3–1 St Johnstone Paisley
19:45 Tanser 30'
O'Hara 57'
Ayunga 90+3'		 Report Kimpioka 8' Stadium: St Mirren Park
Attendance: 6,042
Referee: Steven McLean
2 November 2024 12 St Johnstone 1–2 Heart of Midlothian Perth
15:00 Clark 68 pen.' Report Clark 23 o.g.'
Vargas 76'		 Stadium: McDiarmid Park
Attendance: 5,917
Referee: Chris Graham
9 November 2024 13 Motherwell 2–1 St Johnstone Motherwell
15:00 Maswanhise 20'
Sparrow 34'		 Report Clark 58 pen.' Stadium: Fir Park
Attendance: 4,306
Referee: Ross Hardie
23 November 2024 14 St Johnstone 1–0 Kilmarnock Perth
15:15 Kirk 53' Report Donnelly Red card 84' Stadium: McDiarmid Park
Attendance: 1,872
Referee: Iain Snedden
30 November 2024 15 St Johnstone 0–1 Rangers Perth
12:00 Report Holt 63 o.g.' Stadium: McDiarmid Park
Attendance: 7,446
Referee: Steven McLean
7 December 2024 16 Aberdeen 1–1 St Johnstone Aberdeen
15:00 Clarkson 56' Report Kirk 25' Stadium: Pittodrie Stadium
Attendance: 15,880
Referee: Ross Hardie
14 December 2024 17 St Johnstone 2–3 St Mirren Perth
15:00 Kirk 52'
Kimpioka 81'		 Report Phillips 10'
Mooney 88'
Idowu 90+9 pen.'		 Stadium: McDiarmid Park
Attendance: 4,001
Referee: Euan Anderson
22 December 2024 18 Heart of Midlothian 2–1 St Johnstone Edinburgh
15:00 Penrice 16'
Spittal 58'		 Report Carey 53 pen.' Stadium: Tynecastle Park
Attendance: 18,676
Referee: John Beaton
26 December 2024 19 St Johnstone v Dundee United Perth
15:00 Stadium: McDiarmid Park
29 December 2024 20 Celtic v St Johnstone Glasgow
15:00 Stadium: Celtic Park

Scottish League Cup

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Main article: 2024–25 Scottish League Cup

Group stage

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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

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17 August 2024 Second round Rangers 2–0 St Johnstone Glasgow
15:00 Dessers 61'
McCausland 90+2'		 Report Stadium: Hampden Park
Referee: Matthew MacDermid

Scottish Cup

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Main article: 2024–25 Scottish Cup
18 January 2025 Fourth round St Johnstone v Motherwell Perth
Stadium: McDiarmid Park

Squad statistics

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Appearances and goals

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As of 22 December 2024[1]
No. Pos Nat Player Total Premiership Scottish Cup League Cup
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
2 DF Croatia CRO Božo Mikulić 5 0 4+1 0 0 0 0 0
3 DF Trinidad and Tobago TRI Andre Raymond 18 0 13+1 0 0 0 4 0
4 DF Scotland SCO Kyle Cameron 16 1 11+2 0 0 0 3 1
5 DF England ENG Jack Sanders 21 1 16+1 0 0 0 4 1
6 DF Scotland SCO Lewis Neilson 17 0 13+3 0 0 0 1 0
7 MF Scotland SCO Jason Holt 13 0 12+1 0 0 0 0 0
8 MF Scotland SCO Cammy MacPherson 12 0 3+4 0 0 0 5 0
9 FW Uganda UGA Uche Ikpeazu 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
10 FW Scotland SCO Nicky Clark 18 5 14+3 5 0 0 0+1 0
11 MF Republic of Ireland IRL Graham Carey 20 3 6+10 2 0 0 4 1
12 GK Scotland SCO Josh Rae 15 0 9+1 0 0 0 5 0
14 MF England ENG Drey Wright 22 1 18 1 0 0 4 0
15 MF Ghana GHA Aaron Essel 14 0 7+4 0 0 0 3 0
16 FW The Gambia GAM Adama Sidibeh 19 4 10+4 2 0 0 2+3 2
17 MF Ukraine UKR Max Kucheriavyi 3 0 0+1 0 0 0 0+2 0
18 DF Northern Ireland NIR Sam McClelland 5 0 1 0 0 0 4 0
20 GK Scotland SCO Ross Sinclair 8 0 8 0 0 0 0 0
22 MF Wales WAL Matthew Smith 21 0 14+2 0 0 0 4+1 0
23 MF Austria AUT Sven Sprangler 14 0 13 0 0 0 0+1 0
24 MF Scotland SCO Josh McPake 7 0 0+5 0 0 0 2 0
27 FW Northern Ireland NIR Makenzie Kirk 20 6 8+8 5 0 0 0+4 1
29 FW Sweden SWE Benjamin Mbunga Kimpioka 21 11 15+1 6 0 0 5 5
30 DF Scotland SCO Barry Douglas 3 0 2+1 0 0 0 0 0
31 GK Scotland SCO Craig Hepburn 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
33 DF Israel ISR David Keltjens 8 0 0+5 0 0 0 3 0
46 MF Poland POL Fran Franczak 4 0 0+1 0 0 0 0+3 0
Departures
7 FW Scotland SCO Stevie May 1 0 0 0 0 0 0+1 0
19 FW Scotland SCO Taylor Steven 4 0 0 0 0 0 1+3 0
21 MF Scotland SCO Connor Smith 2 0 0 0 0 0 1+1 0
28 MF Scotland SCO Alex Ferguson 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
32 DF Scotland SCO Liam Parker 1 0 0 0 0 0 0+1 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
45 FW Scotland SCO Jackson Mylchreest 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

Team statistics

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League table

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Pos Team
 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation[a]
8 Hibernian 18 4 6 8 24 30 −6 18
9 Kilmarnock 18 4 6 8 19 35 −16 18
10 Heart of Midlothian 18 4 4 10 20 27 −7 16
11 Ross County 18 3 6 9 14 35 −21 15 Qualification for the Premiership play-off final
12 St Johnstone 18 4 2 12 21 34 −13 14 Relegation to Championship
Updated to match(es) played on 22 December 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

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Round123456789101112131415161718
GroundHAAHAAHAHAAHAHHAHH
ResultLWLLLDLLWWLLLWLDLL
Position10578101010118699108991112
Updated to match(es) played on 22 December 2024. Source: SPFL
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

League Cup table

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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

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

In

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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]
8 July 2024 Ghana Aaron Essel Ghana Bechem United [11]
16 July 2024 Trinidad and Tobago Andre Raymond Portugal Vilar de Perdizes [12]
19 July 2024 South Africa Arran Cocks England Brooke House College Football Academy [13]
Northern Ireland Makenzie Kirk Scotland Heart of Midlothian Undisclosed [14]
30 August 2024 Scotland Jason Holt Scotland Livingston Free [15]
15 October 2024 Scotland Barry Douglas Poland Lech Poznań [16]
Croatia Božo Mikulić Albania Partizani Tirana [17]

Out

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

Loans in

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Date Player Transferred from Source
5 July 2024 Scotland Kyle Cameron England Notts County [31]
30 July 2024 Scotland Lewis Neilson Scotland Heart of Midlothian [32]

Loans out

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Date Player Transferred to Source
11 July 2024 Scotland Bayley Klimionek Scotland Forfar Athletic [33]
19 July 2024 South Africa Arran Cocks [13]
30 July 2024 Scotland Adam McMillan Scotland Albion Rovers [34]
3 August 2024 Scotland Jackson Mylchreest Scotland Forfar Athletic [35]
21 August 2024 Scotland Stevie May Scotland Livingston [36]
23 August 2024 Scotland Liam Parker Scotland Cove Rangers [37]
30 August 2024 Scotland Joe Ellison Scotland Berwick Rangers [38]
Scotland Taylor Steven Northern Ireland Cliftonville [39]
11 September 2024 Scotland Alex Ferguson Scotland Stirling Albion [40]
13 September 2024 England Oludare Olufunwa Scotland Hamilton Academical [41]
Scotland Connor Smith [42]
8 October 2024 Scotland Ben McCrystal Scotland Berwick Rangers [43]
8 November 2024 Scotland Scott Bright Scotland Brechin City [44]

See also

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List of St Johnstone F.C. seasons

References

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  1. ^ "St Johnstone Stats". Sky Sports. 22 December 2024.
  2. ^ "Scottish Premiership Table". BBC. 15 April 2024.
  3. ^ "Premiership League Table". Scottish Professional Football League. Retrieved 22 December 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. ^ "Aaron Essel signs for Saints". St Johnstone FC. 8 July 2024. Retrieved 10 July 2024.
  12. ^ "Andre Raymond signs for Saints". St Johnstone FC. 16 July 2024. Retrieved 20 July 2024.
  13. ^ a b "Arran Cocks signs for Saints". St Johnstone FC. 19 July 2024. Retrieved 20 July 2024.
  14. ^ "Makenzie Kirk signs for Saints". St Johnstone FC. 19 July 2024. Retrieved 20 July 2024.
  15. ^ "Jason Holt returns to Saints". St Johnstone FC. 30 August 2024. Retrieved 31 August 2024.
  16. ^ "Barry Douglas signs for Saints". St Johnstone FC. 15 October 2024. Retrieved 22 October 2024.
  17. ^ "Deal agreed for Bozo Mikulic". St Johnstone FC. 15 October 2024. Retrieved 22 October 2024.
  18. ^ 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.
  19. ^ "Ballantyne joins the Blues". linfieldfc.com. Linfield FC. 14 June 2024. Retrieved 30 July 2024.
  20. ^ "Callum Booth". x.com. The Spartans FC. 25 May 2024. Retrieved 10 June 2024.
  21. ^ "Callum Booth". marinefc.com. Marine AFC. 5 September 2024. Retrieved 20 September 2024.
  22. ^ "Defender Considine announces retirement". bbc.co.uk. BBC Sport. 8 July 2024. Retrieved 8 July 2024.
  23. ^ "Ali Crawford returns to Cappielow". Greenock Morton FC. 2 August 2024. Retrieved 3 August 2024.
  24. ^ "Chris Kane Signs for Dunfermline". Dunfermline Athletic FC. 22 May 2024. Retrieved 10 June 2024.
  25. ^ "Jack swaps being a Saint for being a Spider". queensparkfc.co.uk. Queens Park FC. 12 June 2024. Retrieved 13 June 2024.
  26. ^ "Dimitar Mitov signs for Aberdeen". St Johnstone FC. 19 June 2024. Retrieved 20 June 2024.
  27. ^ "Liam Gordon departs Saints". St Johnstone FC. 24 June 2024. Retrieved 25 June 2024.
  28. ^ a b "Our thanks to Ryan McGowan and Daniel Phillips". St Johnstone FC. 3 July 2024. Retrieved 3 July 2024.
  29. ^ "Stevenage sign Phillips from St Johnstone". BBC Sport. 4 July 2024. Retrieved 5 July 2024.
  30. ^ "Welcome to Livingston, Ryan McGowan!". Livingston FC. 5 July 2024. Retrieved 5 July 2024.
  31. ^ "Kyle Cameron joins on loan". St Johnstone FC. 5 July 2024. Retrieved 5 July 2024.
  32. ^ "Hearts defender Neilson joins St Johnstone on loan". BBC Sport. 30 July 2024. Retrieved 1 August 2024.
  33. ^ "Welcome to the Loons Bayley Klimionek". Forfar Athletic FC. 11 July 2024. Retrieved 11 July 2024.
  34. ^ "Welcome to Albion Rovers, Adam McMillan!". Albion Rovers FC. 30 July 2024. Retrieved 4 August 2024.
  35. ^ "Welcome to the Loons Jackson Mylchreest". Forfar Athletic FC. 3 August 2024. Retrieved 4 August 2024.
  36. ^ "Stevie May joins the Lions on loan!". Livingston FC. 21 August 2024. Retrieved 22 August 2024.
  37. ^ "Liam Parker Joins On Loan". Cove Rangers FC. 23 August 2024. Retrieved 31 August 2024.
  38. ^ "Good luck, Joe!". St Johnstone FC. 23 August 2024. Retrieved 31 August 2024.
  39. ^ "Steven joins Cliftonville on loan". BBC Sport. 30 August 2024. Retrieved 31 August 2024.
  40. ^ "Stirling Albion Sign Alex Ferguson on Loan from St Johnstone". Stirling Albion FC. 11 September 2024. Retrieved 13 September 2024.
  41. ^ "Oludare Olufunwa joins Accies". Hamilton Academical FC. 13 September 2024. Retrieved 13 September 2024.
  42. ^ "Connor Smith returns to Accies". Hamilton Academical FC. 13 September 2024. Retrieved 13 September 2024.
  43. ^ "McCrystal joins until January". Berwick Rangers FC. 8 October 2024. Retrieved 1 December 2024.
  44. ^ "Scott Bright Signs on Loan". Brechin City FC. 8 November 2024. Retrieved 1 December 2024.
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