Hearts returned for pre-season training on 28 June,[2] with those participating in Euro 2024 and Copa América having staggered returns.[3] They drew in a closed door friendly against Partick Thistle,[4] before heading to Tenerife for a training camp.[5] Hearts returned to Edinburgh to take on Leyton Orient, as part of the club's 150th Anniversary celebrations[6] and remembering the Football Battalion.[7]
Last updated: 2 January 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 2 January 2025
During the 2024–25 campaign, Hearts have used twenty-six players in competitive games. The table below shows the number of appearances and goals scored by each player.
During the 2024–25 season, Hearts players have so far been issued fifty-seven yellow cards and zero red cards. The table below shows the number of cards and type shown to each player.
Updated to match(es) played on 2 January 2025. Source: [15][16] 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).[17] Notes:
^Teams play each other three times (33 matches), before the league is split into two groups (the top six and the bottom six).
The club began the season under the management of Steven Naismith, and assistants Gordon Forrest and Frankie McAvoy. Shortly after the first league game of the season, the management team signed a new contract until 2026.[18] Their deals were previously due to expire in 2025.[19]
After a run of eight straight defeats, and finding themselves at the bottom of the league with just one point,[20] the club parted company with Naismith[21] and his assistants.[22] Including the end of the 23/24 season, Hearts had only achieved one win in fifteen competitive fixtures[23] and experienced the worst start to any season in the club's history.[24]
Hearts CEO Andrew McKinlay stated that Results and performances have fallen below the standards expected at this football club and, unfortunately, there is little evidence of any potential upturn in fortunes.[25]
Hearts kits are manufactured by Umbro for the 2024–25 season,[27] entering the final year of their contract with the club.[28]Stellar Omada, became the club's main sponsor on a three-year deal, replacing MND Scotland.[29] Stellar Omada previously sponsored the club's away kit.[30]