The 2017–18 season was Falkirk's fifth season in the Scottish Championship and their seventh consecutive season in the second-tier of Scottish football following their relegation from the Scottish Premier League at the end of the 2009–10 season. Falkirk also competed in the League Cup, Challenge Cup and the Scottish Cup.
Summary
Management Falkirk began the 2017–18 season under the management of Peter Houston who had guided the club to a Premiership play-off place in his previous two seasons. On 24 September, Houston left his position as manager following a poor start to the season. Paul Hartley was appointed as his replacement on 4 October and guided the club to safety with an eighth-place finish at the end of the season.
Results and fixtures
Scottish Championship
Scottish League Cup
Group stage Results
Knockout stage
Scottish Challenge Cup
Scottish Cup
Player statistics
|colspan="12"|Players who left the club during the 2017–18 season
Club statistics
League table
Division summary
Transfers
Players in PlayerFromFee David Mitchell DundeeFree Alex Harris HibernianFree Rory Loy DundeeFree Robbie Mutch AberdeenFree Conrad Balatoni Ayr UnitedFree Jordan McGhee HeartsFree Louis Longridge Hamilton AcademicalLoan Reghan Tumilty Ross CountyLoan Thomas Robson SunderlandFree Andrew Nelson SunderlandLoan Sean Welsh Partick ThistleFree Alex Jakubiak WatfordLoan Ryan Blair Swansea CityLoan Conor Hazard CelticLoan
Players out PlayerToFee Bob McHugh Greenock MortonFree David McCracken PeterheadFree Luke Leahy WalsallFree John Baird Inverness CTFree Fraser Aird Dunfermline AthleticFree Robbie Mutch DumbartonLoan Scott Shepherd Edinburgh CityLoan Luca Gasparotto Greenock MortonLoan Conrad Balatoni Torquay UnitedFree Nathan Austin Inverness CTFree James Craigen Dunfermline AthleticFree Lee Miller LivingstonFree Tony Gallacher Liverpool£200,000 Mark Kerr Ayr UnitedFree Myles Hippolyte St MirrenFree
See also List of Falkirk F.C. seasons
References