2024–25 Motherwell F.C. season

Motherwell
2024–25 season
Chairman	James McMahon; (until 1 August) ; Kyrk Macmillan
Manager	Stuart Kettlewell; (until 27 January) ; Stephen Frail (Caretaker) ; (27 January-17 February) ; Michael Wimmer ; (from 17 February)
Stadium	Fir Park
Premiership	8th
Scottish Cup	Fourth round
League Cup	Semi-final
Top goalscorer	League: Two Players (5); All: Two Players (5)
Highest home attendance	8,728 vs Rangers ; (29 December 2024)
Lowest home attendance	2,587 vs Edinburgh City ; (13 July 2024)
Average home league attendance	5,807 (5 January 2025)
	← 2023–24 2025–26 →

The 2024–25 season is Motherwell's fortieth consecutive season in the top flight of Scottish football, having been promoted from the Scottish First Division at the end of the 1984–85 season.

Season review

Preseason

On 20 May 2024, Motherwell announced that they would have a 7-day training camp in the Netherlands from 24 June, during which they would play two friendly matches, against Twente and DSVD Deurningen.^[1]

On 24 May, Motherwell announced their retained and released list, with Liam Kelly, Callan Elliot, Calum Butcher, Barry Maguire and Blair Spittal all leaving the club at the end of the season when their contracts expire, whilst Matthew Connelly, Stephen O'Donnell, Bevis Mugabi, Callum Slattery and Sam Nicholson had all been offered new contracts, with Paul McGinn and Aston Oxborough both extending their contracts until the summer of 2025. Meanwhile youth team players, Olly Whyte, Max Ross, Ewan Wilson and Mark Ferrie all extended their contract until the summer of 2025, whilst Shay Nevans, Robbie Garcia, Arran Bone, Kyle Aitken, Josh Bogan and Adam MacDonald would be leaving the club at the end of their contracts.^[2]

On 30 May, Jonathan Obika announced his retirement from football and joined the coaching staff at Motherwell.^[3]

On 31 May, Motherwell announced that they had signed Sam Nicholson to a permanent two-year contract, after joining the club on loan from Colorado Rapids in January 2024.^[4]

June

On 3 June, Motherwell announced that Stephen O'Donnell had signed a new two-year contract with the club.^[5]

On 7 June, Motherwell announced that Bevis Mugabi would be leaving the club having turned down a new contract with the club following the expiration of his last one at the end of the previous season.^[6]

On 11 June, Motherwell announced the signing of Kofi Balmer to a two-year contract, with the option of a third, from Crystal Palace.^[7]

On 12 June, Motherwell announced the signing of free-agent Tom Sparrow to a two-year contract, with the option of a third, after he'd left Stoke City at the end of his contract.^[8]

On 15 June, Motherwell announced the signing of free-agent John Koutroumbis to a two-year contract, after he'd left Perth Glory at the end of his contract.^[9]

On 19 June, Motherwell announced the signing of free-agent Ross Callachan to a one-year contract, with the option of an additional year, after he'd left Ross County at the end of his contract the previous month.^[10]

On 20 June, Motherwell announced that Ross Tierney left the club to return to Bohemians for an undisclosed fee.^[11] Later the same day, Motherwell announced the signing of Zach Robinson, to a two-year contract following the completion of his AFC Wimbledon contract, and of Filip Stuparević to a two-year contract, with an option of a third, after his Domžale contract had expired.^[12]^[13] Motherwell also announced that Callum Slattery had signed a new one-year contract, with the option of an additional year.^[14]

On 24 June, Motherwell announced the signing of free-agent Liam Gordon to a two-year contract, after he'd turned down a new contract with St Johnstone.^[15]

On 28 June, Motherwell announced the season-long loan signing of Krisztián Hegyi from West Ham United.^[16]

July

On 2 July, Motherwell announced the signing of Steve Seddon to a one-year contract, with the option of another, after leaving Oxford United.^[17]

On 12 July, Motherwell announced that they had signed professional contracts with Eight academy graduates, Jack McConnell, Jon-Joe Friel, Jay Gillies, Andrew Arnott, Zander McAllister, Rocco McColm, Nathan Lawson and Harry McLean.^[18] Later the same day Motherwell announced that Matthew Connelly had signed a new one-year contract with the club.^[19]

On 15 July, Motherwell announced Paul McGinn as their new club captain and Stephen O'Donnell as their new vice-captain.^[20] Later the same day Motherwell announced the season-long loan signing of Marvin Kaleta from Wolverhampton Wanderers.^[21]

On 16 July, Motherwell announced that Theo Bair had left the club to join AJ Auxerre for an undisclosed fee.^[22]

On 17 July, Motherwell announced that Olly Whyte had joined Cowdenbeath on loan until January 2025.^[23]

On 30 July, Motherwell announced the signing of Apostolos Stamatelopoulos from Newcastle Jets for an undisclosed fee, on a contract until 2027.^[24]

August

On 13 August, Motherwell announced the return of Tony Watt on a season-long loan deal from Dundee United.^[25]

On 14 August, goalkeeper Matthew Connelly joined East Kilbride on loan until January.^[26]

On 18 August, Motherwell announced the signing of free-agent Tawanda Maswanhise on a short-term contract until January.^[27]

On 30 August, Motherwell announced the return of Jack Vale to the club, on a season-long loan deal from Blackburn Rovers.^[28] Later the same day, Motherwell announced the season-long loan signing of Jair Tavares from Hibernian,^[29] whilst Luca Ross joined Annan Athletic on loan until January 2025.^[30]

September

On 21 September, Max Ross joined Albion Rovers on loan until January.^[31]

On 26 September, Mark Ferrie joined Bonnyrigg Rose on loan until January.^[32]

On 27 September, Filip Stuparević joined Greenock Morton on loan for the remainder of the season, whilst Brannan McDermott joined Broomhill on loan until January.^[33]^[34]

On 30 September, Dylan Wells joined Edinburgh City on loan until January.^[35]

October

On 10 October, Motherwell announced that Aston Oxborough had signed a new contract with the club, until the summer of 2027 with the option of a further year.^[36] The following day, 11 October, Motherwell announced that Tawanda Maswanhise had also extended his contract with the club, until the summer of 2026, with the option of an additional year.^[37]

On 17 October, Motherwell announced that Ewan Wilson had extended his contract with the club until the summer of 2027, with the option of an additional year.^[38]

January

On 5 January, Callum Slattery returned to the first team in Motherwell's 2-0 win over Aberdeen after over a year out due to injury.^[39]

On 7 January, Motherwell announced the signing of Kai Andrews on loan from Coventry City for the remainder of the season.^[40]

On 9 January, Motherwell announced that Olly Whyte, Matthew Connelly, Luca Ross, Max Ross, Mark Ferrie Brannan McDermott, and Dylan Wells all had had their loan deals extended until the end of the season.^[41]

On the morning of 11 January, Motherwell announced that Krisztián Hegyi had been recalled by West Ham United and that Archie Mair had joined on loan from Norwich City for the remainder of the season.^[42]

On 23 January, Motherwell announced the loan signing of Ellery Balcombe from Brentford for the remainder of the season.^[43] The following day, 24 January, Motherwell announced the loan signing of Luke Armstrong from Carlisle United until the end of the season.^[44]

On 25 January, before their league match against St Johnstone, Motherwell announced the signing of free-agent Dominic Thompson on a contract to the end of the season.^[45]

On 27 January, the Motherwell board announced that they had accepted Stuart Kettlewell's resignation, with Stephen Frail taking charger for their game against Celtic on 2 February.^[46]

February

On 1 February, Motherwell announced the loan signings of Luke Plange from Crystal Palace and Will Dickson from Manchester City both until the end of the season.^[47]^[48]

On 3 February, Motherwell announced the signing of free-agent Calum Ward on a contract until the end of the season.^[49]

On 17 February, Motherwell announced the appointment of Michael Wimmer as their new Manager.^[50]

Squad

As of match played 22 February 2025

No.	Name	Position	Date of birth (Age)	Signed from	Signed in	Contract ends	Apps.	Goals
Goalkeepers
1	Archie Mair	GK	(2001-02-10) 10 February 2001 (age 24)	on loan from Norwich City	2025^[42]	2025^[42]	2	0
13	Aston Oxborough	GK	(1998-05-09) 9 May 1998 (age 26)	Unattached	2022^[51]	2027(+1)^[36]	29	0
61	Calum Ward	GK	(2000-10-17) 17 October 2000 (age 24)	Unattached	2025^[49]	2025^[49]	0	0
88	Ellery Balcombe	GK	(1999-10-15) 15 October 1999 (age 25)	on loan from Brentford	2025^[43]	2025^[43]	4	0
Defenders
2	Stephen O'Donnell	DF	(1992-05-11)11 May 1992 (aged 32)	Kilmarnock	2020^[52]	2026^[5]	173	5
3	Steve Seddon	DF	(1997-12-25) 25 December 1997 (age 27)	Unattached	2024^[17]	2025(+1)^[17]	13	0
4	Liam Gordon	DF	(1996-01-26) 26 January 1996 (age 29)	St Johnstone	2024^[15]	2026^[15]	29	1
5	Kofi Balmer	DF	(2000-09-19) 19 September 2000 (age 24)	Unattached	2024^[7]	2026 (+1)^[7]	18	1
15	Dan Casey	DF	(1997-10-29) 29 October 1997 (age 27)	Unattached	2023^[53]	2025^[54]	75	5
16	Paul McGinn	DF	(1990-10-22) 22 October 1990 (age 34)	Hibernian	2022^[55]	2025^[2]	92	2
20	Shane Blaney	DF	(1999-01-20) 20 January 1999 (age 26)	Sligo Rovers	2022^[56]	2025^[56]	54	3
21	Marvin Kaleta	DF	(2004-09-14) 14 September 2004 (age 20)	on loan from Wolverhampton Wanderers	2024^[21]	2025^[21]	26	0
22	John Koutroumbis	DF	(1998-03-06) 6 March 1998 (age 26)	Unattached	2024^[9]	2026^[9]	3	0
23	Ewan Wilson	DF	(2004-11-19) 19 November 2004 (age 20)	Academy	2021^[57]	2027 (+1)^[38]	36	1
56	Dominic Thompson	DF	(2000-07-26) 26 July 2000 (age 24)	Unattached	2025^[45]	2025^[45]	4	0
Midfielders
6	Davor Zdravkovski	MF	(1998-03-20) 20 March 1998 (age 26)	Unattached	2023^[58]	2025^[58]	55	1
7	Tom Sparrow	MF	(2002-12-06) 6 December 2002 (age 22)	Unattached	2024^[8]	2026 (+1)^[8]	26	3
8	Callum Slattery	MF	(1999-02-08)8 February 1999 (aged 25)	Southampton	2021^[59]	2025 (+1)^[14]	99	10
11	Andy Halliday	MF	(1991-10-11) 11 October 1991 (age 33)	Heart of Midlothian	2024^[60]	2025^[60]	49	5
12	Harry Paton	MF	(1998-05-23) 23 May 1998 (age 26)	Unattached	2023^[61]	2025^[62]	55	2
18	Ross Callachan	MF	(1993-09-04) 4 September 1993 (age 31)	Unattached	2024^[10]	2025 (+1)^[10]	1	0
38	Lennon Miller	MF	(2006-08-25) 25 August 2006 (age 18)	Academy	2022^[63]	2026^[64]	65	6
54	Kai Andrews	MF	(2006-08-06) 6 August 2006 (age 18)	on loan from Coventry City	2025^[40]	2025^[40]	4	0
Forwards
9	Zach Robinson	FW	(2002-06-11) 11 June 2002 (age 22)	Unattached	2023^[12]	2025^[12]	19	2
14	Apostolos Stamatelopoulos	FW	(1999-04-09) 9 April 1999 (age 25)	Newcastle Jets	2024^[24]	2027^[24]	18	5
19	Sam Nicholson	FW	(1995-01-20) 20 January 1995 (age 30)	Colorado Rapids	2024^[4]	2026^[4]	26	2
24	Moses Ebiye	FW	(1997-04-28) 28 April 1997 (age 27)	Unattached	2024^[65]	2025^[65]	34	6
52	Tony Watt	FW	(1993-12-29) 29 December 1993 (age 31)	on loan from Dundee United	2024^[25]	2025^[25]	92	20
55	Tawanda Maswanhise	FW	(2002-11-20) 20 November 2002 (age 22)	Unattached	2024^[27]	2026(+1)^[37]	27	5
57	Luke Plange	FW	(2002-11-04) 4 November 2002 (age 22)	on loan from Crystal Palace	2025^[47]	2025^[47]	3	0
58	Will Dickson	FW	(2004-11-25) 25 November 2004 (age 20)	on loan from Manchester City	2025^[48]	2025^[48]	1	0
59	Luke Armstrong	FW	(1996-07-02) 2 July 1996 (age 28)	on loan from Carlisle United	2025^[44]	2025^[44]	4	1
77	Jack Vale	FW	(2001-03-03) 3 March 2001 (age 23)	on loan from Blackburn Rovers	2024^[28]	2025^[28]	21	3
90	Jair Tavares	FW	(2001-02-13) 13 February 2001 (age 24)	on loan from Hibernian	2024^[29]	2025^[29]	8	0
Development team
32	Zack Flatman	DF	(2007-02-03) 3 February 2007 (age 18)	Academy	2023	2025^[2]	0	0
33	Derin Marshall	DF	(2007-03-16) 16 March 2007 (age 17)	Academy	2023	2025^[2]	0	0
34	Scott Williamson	DF	(2007-03-12) 12 March 2007 (age 17)	Academy	2023	2025^[2]	0	0
35	Campbell Forrest	MF	(2007-10-10) 10 October 2007 (age 17)	Academy	2023	2025^[2]	0	0
36	Ross Nelson	DF	(2007-07-25) 25 July 2007 (age 17)	Academy	2023	2025^[2]	0	0
37	Mikey Booth	MF	(2007-08-25) 25 August 2007 (age 17)	Academy	2023	2025^[2]	0	0
39	Devon Johnston	FW	(2007-06-21) 21 June 2007 (age 17)	Academy	2023	2025^[2]	0	0
40	Zack Tomany	FW	(2007-04-06) 6 April 2007 (age 17)	Academy	2023	2025^[2]	0	0
41	Jack McConnell	GK	(2008-06-20) 20 June 2008 (age 16)	Academy	2024^[18]		0	0
42	Jon-Joe Friel	DF	(2008-02-02) 2 February 2008 (age 17)	Academy	2024^[18]		0	0
43	Jay Gillies	DF	(2008-02-05) 5 February 2008 (age 17)	Academy	2024^[18]		0	0
44	Andrew Arnott	DF	(2008-05-07) 7 May 2008 (age 16)	Academy	2024^[18]		0	0
45	Zander McAllister	MF	(2008-04-22) 22 April 2008 (age 16)	Academy	2024^[18]		0	0
46	Rocco McColm	MF	(2008-09-29) 29 September 2008 (age 16)	Academy	2024^[18]		0	0
47	Nathan Lawson	FW	(2008-02-24) 24 February 2008 (age 17)	Academy	2024^[18]		0	0
48	Harry McLean	FW	(2008-06-19) 19 June 2008 (age 16)	Academy	2024^[18]		0	0
U18
Away on loan
17	Filip Stuparević	FW	(2000-08-30) 30 August 2000 (age 24)	Unattached	2023^[13]	2025^[13]	4	1
25	Max Ross	DF	(2006-04-10) 10 April 2006 (age 18)	Academy	2022^[63]	2025^[2]	0	0
26	Olly Whyte	MF	(2006-11-27) 27 November 2006 (age 18)	Academy	2023	2025^[2]	0	0
27	Dylan Wells	MF	(2006-03-20) 20 March 2006 (age 18)	Academy	2022^[63]	2026^[66]^[2]	6	0
28	Luca Ross	FW	(2006-08-11) 11 August 2006 (age 18)	Academy	2022^[63]	2025^[2]	5	1
29	Mark Ferrie	FW	(2005-12-02) 2 December 2005 (age 19)	Academy	2022^[63]	2025^[2]	12	0
30	Brannan McDermott	DF	(2006-03-01) 1 March 2006 (age 18)	Academy	2022^[63]	2025^[2]	1	0
31	Matthew Connelly	GK	(2003-03-02) 2 March 2003 (age 21)	Academy	2019	2025^[19]	0	0
Left during the season
1	Krisztián Hegyi	GK	(2002-09-24) 24 September 2002 (age 22)	on loan from West Ham United	2024^[16]	2025^[16]	2	0
14	Theo Bair	FW	(1999-08-27) 27 August 1999 (age 25)	Unattached	2023^[67]	2025^[67]	41	15

Transfers

In

Date	Position	Name	From	Fee	Ref
1 June 2024	MF	Sam Nicholson	Colorado Rapids	Free	^[4]
11 June 2024	DF	Kofi Balmer	Crystal Palace	Undisclosed	^[7]
12 June 2024	MF	Tom Sparrow	Unattached	Free	^[8]
15 June 2024	DF	John Koutroumbis	Unattached	Free	^[9]
19 June 2024	MF	Ross Callachan	Unattached	Free	^[10]
20 June 2024	FW	Zach Robinson	Unattached	Free	^[12]
20 June 2024	FW	Filip Stuparević	Unattached	Free	^[13]
24 June 2024	DF	Liam Gordon	St Johnstone	Free	^[15]
2 July 2024	DF	Steve Seddon	Unattached	Free	^[17]
30 July 2024	FW	Apostolos Stamatelopoulos	Newcastle Jets	Undisclosed	^[24]
18 August 2024	FW	Tawanda Maswanhise	Unattached	Free	^[27]
25 January 2025	DF	Dominic Thompson	Unattached	Free	^[45]
3 February 2025	GK	Calum Ward	Unattached	Free	^[49]

Loans in

Date from	Position	Name	From	Date to	Ref.
28 June 2024	GK	Krisztián Hegyi	West Ham United	11 January 2024	^[16]^[42]
15 July 2024	DF	Marvin Kaleta	Wolverhampton Wanderers	End of season	^[21]
13 August 2024	FW	Tony Watt	Dundee United	End of season	^[25]
30 August 2024	FW	Jack Vale	Blackburn Rovers	End of season	^[28]
30 August 2024	FW	Jair Tavares	Hibernian	End of season	^[29]
7 January 2025	MF	Kai Andrews	Coventry City	End of season	^[40]
11 January 2025	GK	Archie Mair	Norwich City	End of season	^[42]
23 January 2025	GK	Ellery Balcombe	Brentford	End of season	^[43]
24 January 2025	FW	Luke Armstrong	Carlisle United	End of season	^[44]
1 February 2025	FW	Luke Plange	Crystal Palace	End of season	^[47]
1 February 2025	FW	Will Dickson	Manchester City	End of season	^[48]

Out

Date	Position	Name	To	Fee	Ref.
9 June 2024	FW	Muhammad Adam	Stranraer	Undisclosed	^[68]
20 June 2024	MF	Ross Tierney	Bohemians	Undisclosed	^[11]
16 July 2024	FW	Theo Bair	AJ Auxerre	Undisclosed	^[22]

Loans out

Date from	Position	Name	To	Date to	Ref.
17 July 2024	MF	Olly Whyte	Cowdenbeath	End of season	^[23]^[41]
14 August 2024	GK	Matthew Connelly	East Kilbride	End of season	^[26]^[41]
30 August 2024	FW	Luca Ross	Annan Athletic	End of season	^[30]^[41]
21 September 2024	DF	Max Ross	Albion Rovers	End of season	^[31]^[41]
26 September 2024	FW	Mark Ferrie	Bonnyrigg Rose	End of season	^[32]^[41]
27 September 2024	DF	Brannan McDermott	Broomhill	End of season	^[34]^[41]
27 September 2024	FW	Filip Stuparević	Greenock Morton	End of season	^[33]
30 September 2024	MF	Dylan Wells	Edinburgh City	End of season	^[35]^[41]

Friendlies

28 June 2024	Twente	2–2	Motherwell	Deurningen, Netherlands
19:00 BST (UTC+1)	Miller 26' Ebiye 78'	Report	Rots 47', 77'	Stadium: Sporthal Hoge Vonder

30 June 2024	DSVD Deurningen	0–8	Motherwell	Deurningen, Netherlands
14:00 BST (UTC+1)		Report	Ebiye Robinson Stuparević Nicholson

6 July 2024	Motherwell	2–1	Livingston	Motherwell
15:00 BST (UTC+1)	Blaney 29' Ebiye 39'	Report	Yengi 60'	Stadium: Fir Park

9 July 2024	Linlithgow Rose	2–4	Motherwell	Linlithgow
19:45 BST (UTC+1)	Sneddon 75' McGiff 85'	Report	Miller 20' Ebiye 76', 86' Paton 90+3'	Stadium: Prestonfield

Competitions

Overview

Competition	First match	Last match	Starting round	Final position	Record
Competition	First match	Last match	Starting round	Final position	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Win %
Premiership	3 August 2024		Matchday 1		27	9	4	14	30	46	−16	033.33
Scottish Cup	18 January 2025	18 January 2025	Fourth round	Fourth round	1	0	0	1	0	1	−1	000.00
League Cup	13 July 2024	3 November 2024	Group Stage	Semi-Final	7	4	2	1	11	5	+6	057.14
Total					35	13	6	16	41	52	−11	037.14

Last updated: 22 February 2025
Source: Soccerway

Premiership

League table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation^[a]
8	Ross County	27	8	8	11	30	48	−18	32
9	Kilmarnock	27	8	7	12	31	42	−11	31
10	Motherwell	27	9	4	14	30	46	−16	31
11	Dundee	27	7	6	14	39	58	−19	27	Qualification for the Premiership play-off final
12	St Johnstone	27	6	3	18	30	53	−23	21	Relegation to Championship

Updated to match(es) played on 23 February 2025. Source: ^[69]^[70]
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).^[71]
Notes:

^ Teams play each other three times (33 matches), before the league is split into two groups (the top six and the bottom six).

Results summary


Overall								Home						Away
Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
27	9	4	14	30	46	−16	31	5	3	5	17	22	−5	4	1	9	13	24	−11

Last updated: 22 February 2025.
Source: SPFL

Results

3 August 2024 1	Motherwell	0–0	Ross County	Motherwell
15:00 BST (UTC+1)		Report	Nightingale 71' White 84'	Stadium: Fir Park Attendance: 4,353 Referee: John Beaton

10 August 2024 2	Rangers	2–1	Motherwell	Glasgow
15:00 BST (UTC+1)	Dessers 13' Černý 24' Pröpper 53' Yılmaz 89'	Report	Pröpper 17' (o.g.)	Stadium: Hampden Park Attendance: 48,529 Referee: Kevin Clancy
Note: Match played at Hampden Park instead of Rangers regular home, Ibrox Stadium, due to renovation work.^[72]

25 August 2024 3	Motherwell	3–1	Heart of Midlothian	Motherwell
15:00 BST (UTC+1)	McGinn 24' Halliday 42' O'Donnell 59' Sparrow 81'	Report	Kent 45+1' Devlin 58' Salazar 62' Oda 65' Kingsley 76'	Stadium: Fir Park Attendance: 6,895 Referee: John Beaton

31 August 2024 4	St Johnstone	1–2	Motherwell	Perth
15:00 BST (UTC+1)	MacPherson 51' Kimpioka 64' Sanders 67'	Report	Casey 11' Ebiye 90+4'	Stadium: McDiarmid Park Attendance: 3,629 Referee: Iain Shedden

14 September 2024 5	Aberdeen	2–1	Motherwell	Aberdeen
15:00 BST (UTC+1)	Nilsen 23' Guèye 27', 80' 71' Rubežić 64' Besuijen 90+3'	Report	Zdravkovski 23' O'Donnell 23' Robinson 52' Vale 67' McGinn 85' Ebiye 88'	Stadium: Pittodrie Stadium Attendance: 17,155 Referee: Chris Graham

28 September 2024 6	Motherwell	2–1	St Mirren	Motherwell
15:00 BST (UTC+1)	Miller 19' (pen.), 44' O'Donnell 45+5' Casey 47' Halliday 48' Balmer 51' Watt 90+4'	Report	Phillips 9' Fraser 17' Olusanya 36' Tanser 43' 61' O'Hara 50'	Stadium: Fir Park Attendance: 5,214 Referee: Lloyd Wilson

5 October 2024 7	Hibernian	1–2	Motherwell	Edinburgh
15:00 BST (UTC+1)	Triantis 16' 77' Ekpiteta 47' Campbell 56' Hoilett 59' Kwon 90+4'	Report	Zdravkovski 22' Wilson 31' Stamatelopoulos 56' Halliday 80' Sparrow 83'	Stadium: Easter Road Referee: Matthew MacDermid

19 October 2024 8	Motherwell	0–1	Dundee	Motherwell
15:00 BST (UTC+1)		Report	Cameron 38' Astley 71' Portales 78'	Stadium: Fir Park Attendance: 5,084 Referee: Euan Anderson

27 October 2024 9	Motherwell	0–3	Celtic	Motherwell
15:00 GMT (UTC)	O'Donnell 59' Gordon 90+3'	Report	McCowan 27' Bernardo 50' Johnston 56' 90+5' Idah 88'	Stadium: Fir Park Attendance: 8,692 Referee: David Dickinson

30 October 2024 10	Dundee United	1–2	Motherwell	Dundee
19:45 GMT (UTC)	Stephenson 20' Dalby 36' Adegboyega 61' Ferry 80'	Report	Maswanhise 23', 74' Wilson 40' Blaney 45+3' Stamatelopoulos 52' Kaleta 85'	Stadium: Tannadice Park Attendance: 8,415 Referee: Lloyd Wilson

9 November 2024 12	Motherwell	2–1	St Johnstone	Motherwell
15:00 GMT (UTC)	Maswanhise 20' Sparrow 34' Balmer 80'	Report	Clark 58' (pen.)	Stadium: Fir Park Attendance: 4,306 Referee: Ross Hardie

23 November 2024 13	Ross County	2–1	Motherwell	Dingwall
15:00 GMT (UTC)	Hale 47' Nisbet 54' Randall 90+2'	Report	Miller 59' Robinson 83'	Stadium: Victoria Park Attendance: 3,410 Referee: Chris Graham

30 November 2024 14	Motherwell	0–3	Hibernian	Motherwell
15:00 GMT (UTC)		Report	Hoilett 26' Kukharevych 38' Cadden 77' Campbell 81'	Stadium: Fir Park Attendance: 5,212 Referee: Grant Irvine

4 December 2024 15	Dundee	4–1	Motherwell	Dundee
19:45 GMT (UTC)	Adewumi 14' Koumetio 29' Tiffoney 60' Cameron 63', 67' McGhee 79'	Report	Stamatelopoulos 19' Seddon 61' Miller 78'	Stadium: Dens Park Attendance: 5,381 Referee: John Beaton

7 December 2024 16	St Mirren	0–1	Motherwell	Paisley
15:00 GMT (UTC)	Taylor 34' Gogić 42' 90+3' Kiltie 58' Olusanya 62'	Report	Blaney 32' Seddon 69' Stamatelopoulos 77' Watt 90+4'	Stadium: St Mirren Park Attendance: 6,111 Referee: Dan McFarlane

14 December 2024 17	Motherwell	4–3	Dundee United	Motherwell
15:00 GMT (UTC)	Stamatelopoulos 1', 40' 75' Halliday 33' Gordon 45' Sparrow 67'	Report	Babunski 3' Dalby 7' (pen.), 54' Ševelj 45' Gallagher 48' Moult 87'	Stadium: Fir Park Attendance: 4,473 Referee: Nick Walsh

20 December 2024 18	Motherwell	1–1	Kilmarnock	Motherwell
19:45 GMT (UTC)	Gordon 17' Paton 56' Casey 77'	Report	Watson 45' Polworth 74' Armstrong 78' Wright 85' Magennis 90+3'	Stadium: Fir Park Attendance: 4,966 Referee: Chris Graham

26 December 2024 19	Celtic	4–0	Motherwell	Glasgow
15:00 GMT (UTC)	Engels 45+1' (pen.) Idah 45+4' Maeda 57' Kühn 74' Hatate 81'	Report	Maswanhise 11' Watt 41' Casey 42' Sparrow 45+5' Paton 71'	Stadium: Celtic Park Attendance: 58,687 Referee: Ross Hardie

29 December 2024 20	Motherwell	2–2	Rangers	Motherwell
15:00 GMT (UTC)	Stamatelopoulos 16' Maswanhise 35' Miller 53' Sparrow 90' Watt 90+9' Nicholson 90+12'	Report	Pröpper 14' Igamane 50', 68' Sterling 87' Černý 90+9'	Stadium: Fir Park Attendance: 8,728 Referee: Kevin Clancy

2 January 2025 21	Heart of Midlothian	1–0	Motherwell	Edinburgh
15:00 GMT (UTC)	Drammeh 7' Ad.Forrester 66' Devlin 67' Grant 83'	Report	Casey 65'	Stadium: Tynecastle Park Attendance: 18,715 Referee: Calum Scott

5 January 2025 22	Motherwell	2–0	Aberdeen	Motherwell
14:30 GMT (UTC)	Zdravkovski 8' Maswanhise 15' 45' Wilson 34'	Report	Rubežić 43' Palaversa 70' Shinnie 85'	Stadium: Fir Park Attendance: 5,308 Referee: Nick Walsh

8 January 2025 11	Kilmarnock	0–0	Motherwell	Kilmarnock
19:45 GMT (UTC)	Watkins 42'	Report	Halliday 38' Wilson 71'	Stadium: Rugby Park Attendance: 4,601 Referee: Don Robertson

11 January 2025 23	Hibernian	3–1	Motherwell	Edinburgh
15:00 GMT (UTC)	Boyle 27', 81' (pen.) Triantis 30' Iredale 75'	Report	Blaney 42' Casey 45+3' Slattery 76' O'Donnell 80' Vale 90+3'	Stadium: Easter Road Attendance: 15,829 Referee: Colin Steven

25 January 2025 24	St Johnstone	2–1	Motherwell	Perth
15:00 GMT (UTC)	Kucheriavyi 22' Steven 86' Mikulić 88'	Report	Halliday 4' (pen.) Sparrow 47' Thompson 61' Paton 70' Armstrong 90+1'	Stadium: McDiarmid Park Attendance: 3,892 Referee: Kevin Clancy

2 February 2025 25	Motherwell	1–3	Celtic	Motherwell
15:00 GMT (UTC)	Armstrong 23'	Report	Maeda 1' Idah 29' Jota 90+4'	Stadium: Fir Park Attendance: 8,293 Referee: Calum Scott

15 February 2025 26	Motherwell	0–3	Ross County	Motherwell
15:00 GMT (UTC)	Balmer 68'	Report	Hale 32', 59' Chilvers 77' Tomkinson 83' Ashworth 88' Randall 89'	Stadium: Fir Park Attendance: 3,973 Referee: Iain Snedden

22 February 2025 27	Dundee United	1–0	Motherwell	Dundee
15:00 GMT (UTC)	Dalby 31'	Report	Gordon 43' Slattery 71'	Stadium: Tannadice Park Attendance: 9,044 Referee: Chris Graham

26 February 2025 28	Motherwell	v	Dundee	Motherwell
19:45 GMT (UTC)				Stadium: Fir Park

1 March 2025 29	Rangers	v	Motherwell	Glasgow
15:00 GMT (UTC)				Stadium: Ibrox Stadium

15 March 2025 30	Motherwell	v	St Mirren	Motherwell
15:00 GMT (UTC)				Stadium: Fir Park

29 March 2025 31	Aberdeen	v	Motherwell	Aberdeen
15:00 GMT (UTC)				Stadium: Pittodrie Stadium

5 April 2025 32	Kilmarnock	v	Motherwell	Kilmarnock
15:00 BST (UTC+1)				Stadium: Rugby Park

12 April 2025 33	Motherwell	v	Heart of Midlothian	Motherwell
15:00 BST (UTC+1)				Stadium: Fir Park

Scottish Cup

18 January 2025 Fourth round	St Johnstone	1–0	Motherwell	Perth
15:00 GMT (UTC)	Kirk 9' Griffith 57' Kimpioka 90+3'	Report	Blaney 52' Sparrow 62'	Stadium: McDiarmid Park Attendance: 3,892 Referee: John Beaton

League Cup

Group stage

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	PW	PL	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification	MOT	PAR	MON	CLY	EDI
1	Motherwell	4	2	1	1	0	7	2	+5	9	Qualification for the second round	—	0–0p	—	—	3–0
2	Partick Thistle	4	2	1	0	1	11	5	+6	8		—	—	3–2	2–3	—
3	Montrose	4	2	0	1	1	6	5	+1	7		1–1p	—	—	—	2–1
4	Clyde	4	2	0	0	2	9	6	+3	6		1–3	—	0–1	—	—
5	Edinburgh City	4	0	0	0	4	1	16	−15	0		—	0–6	—	0–5	—

Source: ^[73]
Rules for classification: 1) goal difference, 2) goals scored, 3) away goals scored, 4) matches won, 5) away matches won, 6) drawing of lots.^[74]

13 July 2024 1	Motherwell	3–0	Edinburgh City	Motherwell
15:00 BST (UTC+1)	Balmer 43' Casey 56' O'Donnell 61'	^[75]	Jones 42' Lynch 89'	Stadium: Fir Park Attendance: 2,587 Referee: Calum Scott

16 July 2024 2	Montrose	1–1 (4–5 p)	Motherwell	Montrose
19:45 BST (UTC+1)	Shrive 86'	^[76]	Blaney 31' Paton 78'	Stadium: Links Park Attendance: 1,036 Referee: Colin Steven
	Penalties
	Gardyne Shrive Machado Maciver-Redwood Brown		Stuparević Blaney Miller O'Donnell Ebiye

20 July 2024 3	Clyde	1–3	Motherwell	Hamilton
15:00 BST (UTC+1)	Houston 19' Hamilton 62' Scullion 79'	^[77]	Gordon 7' Ebiye 12' Zdravkovski 45+2' Miller 65' (pen.) Stuparević 86'	Stadium: New Douglas Park Attendance: 1,948 Referee: https://spfl.co.uk/league/league-cup/results/2441571

28 July 2024 4	Motherwell	0–0 (1–3 p)	Partick Thistle	Motherwell
15:00 BST (UTC+1)	Blaney 48'	^[78]	Williams 51'	Stadium: Fir Park Attendance: 5,695 Referee: David Dickinson
	Penalties
	Seddon O'Donnell Ebiye Wells		Muirhead Turner Graham Stanway McBeth

Knockout phase

18 August 2024 Second round	Motherwell	1–0 (a.e.t.)	Kilmarnock	Motherwell
14:00 BST (UTC+1)	Casey 48' Ebiye 96' Sparrow 105'	^[79]	Findlay 44' 51' Lyons 87' O'Hara 90+5' Watson 95' Deas 110'	Stadium: Fir Park Attendance: 4,371 Referee: Nick Walsh

20 September 2024 Quarter-Final	Motherwell	2–1	Dundee United	Motherwell
19:45 BST (UTC+1)	Robinson 45' McGinn 61' Zdravkovski 90' Miller 90+1' (pen.)	Report	Sibbald 45+3' Adegboyega 54' Moult 83' Gallagher 85' Ubochioma 87' Docherty 90+1'	Stadium: Fir Park Attendance: 8,327 Referee: John Beaton

3 November 2024 Semi-Final	Motherwell	1–2	Rangers	Glasgow
15:00 GMT (UTC)	Halliday 25' Balmer 39' Seddon 52'		Bajrami 41' 81' Dessers 49' Diomande 89' Černý 90+5'	Stadium: Hampden Park Attendance: 37,077 Referee: Nick Walsh

Squad statistics

Appearances

As of match played 22 February 2025

No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Total		Premiership		Scottish Cup		League Cup
No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
1	GK	SCO	Archie Mair	2	0	1	0	1	0	0	0
2	DF	SCO	Stephen O'Donnell	26	2	16+3	1	0+1	0	6	1
3	DF	ENG	Steve Seddon	13	0	8+2	0	0	0	2+1	0
4	DF	SCO	Liam Gordon	29	1	23	1	0	0	6	0
5	DF	NIR	Kofi Balmer	18	1	13+1	0	1	0	2+1	1
6	MF	MKD	Davor Zdravkovski	24	0	12+6	0	0	0	6	0
7	MF	WAL	Tom Sparrow	25	3	11+10	3	0+1	0	0+3	0
8	MF	ENG	Callum Slattery	5	1	1+3	1	0+1	0	0	0
9	FW	ENG	Zach Robinson	19	2	7+5	1	0	0	5+2	1
11	MF	SCO	Andy Halliday	35	4	24+3	3	1	0	6+1	1
12	MF	CAN	Harry Paton	16	0	7+6	0	0	0	3	0
13	GK	ENG	Aston Oxborough	27	0	22	0	0	0	5	0
14	FW	AUS	Apostolos Stamatelopoulos	18	5	13+3	5	0	0	1+1	0
15	DF	IRL	Dan Casey	31	2	21+2	1	1	0	7	1
16	DF	SCO	Paul McGinn	12	1	7+3	1	0	0	2	0
18	MF	SCO	Ross Callachan	1	0	0+1	0	0	0	0	0
19	FW	SCO	Sam Nicholson	10	0	2+7	0	1	0	0	0
20	DF	IRL	Shane Blaney	17	1	10+1	0	1	0	4+1	1
21	DF	COD	Marvin Kaleta	26	0	13+8	0	1	0	1+3	0
22	DF	AUS	John Koutroumbis	3	0	1+2	0	0	0	0	0
23	DF	SCO	Ewan Wilson	34	1	22+4	1	1	0	7	0
24	FW	NGA	Moses Ebiye	28	4	3+18	2	0+1	0	2+4	2
27	MF	SCO	Dylan Wells	4	0	0+1	0	0	0	1+2	0
29	FW	SCO	Mark Ferrie	2	0	0	0	0	0	0+2	0
30	DF	SCO	Brannan McDermott	1	0	0	0	0	0	0+1	0
38	MF	SCO	Lennon Miller	28	4	21	2	0	0	6+1	2
52	FW	SCO	Tony Watt	22	1	10+10	1	0+1	0	0+1	0
54	MF	WAL	Kai Andrews	4	0	1+2	0	1	0	0	0
55	FW	ZIM	Tawanda Maswanhise	28	5	15+8	5	1	0	2+2	0
56	DF	ENG	Dominic Thompson	4	0	2+2	0	0	0	0	0
57	FW	ENG	Luke Plange	3	0	0+3	0	0	0	0	0
58	FW	ENG	Will Dickson	1	0	0+1	0	0	0	0	0
59	FW	ENG	Luke Armstrong	4	1	3+1	1	0	0	0	0
77	FW	WAL	Jack Vale	7	0	2+4	0	1	0	0	0
88	GK	ENG	Ellery Balcombe	4	0	4	0	0	0	0	0
90	FW	POR	Jair Tavares	8	0	2+5	0	0	0	0+1	0
Players away from the club on loan:
17	FW	SRB	Filip Stuparević	4	1	0	0	0	0	1+3	1
Players who left Motherwell during the season:
1	GK	HUN	Krisztián Hegyi	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	0

Goal scorers

As of match played 22 February 2025

Ranking	Nation	Number	Name	Scottish Premiership	League Cup	Total
1	FW	14	Apostolos Stamatelopoulos	5	0	5
1	FW	55	Tawanda Maswanhise	5	0	5
3	MF	11	Andy Halliday	3	1	4
	FW	24	Moses Ebiye	2	2	4
	MF	38	Lennon Miller	2	2	4
6	MF	7	Tom Sparrow	3	0	3
7	DF	2	Stephen O'Donnell	1	1	2
	DF	15	Dan Casey	1	1	2
	FW	9	Zach Robinson	1	1	2
10	DF	16	Paul McGinn	1	0	1
	FW	52	Tony Watt	1	0	1
	DF	4	Liam Gordon	1	0	1
	DF	23	Ewan Wilson	1	0	1
	MF	8	Callum Slattery	1	0	1
	FW	59	Luke Armstrong	1	0	1
	DF	5	Kofi Balmer	0	1	1
	DF	20	Shane Blaney	0	1	1
	FW	17	Filip Stuparević	0	1	1
			Own goal	1	0	1
TOTALS				30	11	41

Clean sheets

As of match played 22 February 2025

Ranking	Nation	Number	Name	Scottish Premiership	League Cup	Total
1	GK	13	Aston Oxborough	4	2	6
2	GK	1	Krisztián Hegyi	0	1	1
TOTALS				4	3	7

Disciplinary record

As of match played 22 February 2025

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