The 2026–27 season is the 146th season of competitive football by Heart of Midlothian (Hearts). Hearts are competing in the Scottish Premiership for the sixth consecutive season, having been promoted from the Scottish Championship at the end of the 2020–21 season.
In addition to the domestic league, they are also competing in the League Cup and will compete in the Scottish Cup. In European competition, Hearts entered the UEFA Champions League in the second qualifying round, where they were eliminated by Sturm Graz. They subsequently entered the UEFA Europa League, losing to Benfica in the third qualifying round, before defeating Rapid Wien on penalties in the play-off round of the UEFA Conference League to reach the league phase.
Results and fixtures
Pre-season / friendlies
Scottish Premiership
Scottish League Cup
UEFA Champions League
Second qualifying round
UEFA Europa League
Third qualifying round
UEFA Conference League
Play-off round
League phase
First team player statistics Captains Craig Halkett was appointed as Club Captain under new manager Wouter Vrancken. He replaced Lawrence Shankland who left during the close season.
Stephen Kingsley, Harry Milne, Jamie McCart and Blair Spittal were initially appointed as Vice Captains.
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Squad information Last updated 19 September 2026 During the 2026–27 campaign, Hearts have used twenty-eight players in competitive games. The table below shows the number of appearances and goals scored by each player. {| class="wikitable" style="font-size: 100%; text-align: center;" |- ! style="background:maroon; color:white;" scope="col" rowspan="2" width="10%" align="center"|Number ! style="background:maroon; color:white;" scope="col" rowspan="2" width="10%" align="center"|Position ! style="background:maroon; color:white;" scope="col" rowspan="2" width="10%" align="center"|Nation ! style="background:maroon; color:white;" scope="col" rowspan="2" width="20%" align="center"|Name ! style="background:maroon; color:white;" scope="col" colspan="2" align="center"|Totals ! style="background:maroon; color:white;" scope="col" colspan="2" align="center"|Premiership ! style="background:maroon; color:white;" scope="col" colspan="2" align="center"|League Cup ! style="background:maroon; color:white;" scope="col" colspan="2" align="center"|Scottish Cup ! style="background:maroon; color:white;" scope="col" colspan="2" align="center"|Europe |- ! style="background:maroon; color:white;" scope="col" width=60 align="center"|Apps ! style="background:maroon; color:white;" scope="col" width=60 align="center"|Goals ! style="background:maroon; color:white;" scope="col" width=60 align="center"|Apps ! style="background:maroon; color:white;" scope="col" width=60 align="center"|Goals ! style="background:maroon; color:white;" scope="col" width=60 align="center"|Apps ! style="background:maroon; color:white;" scope="col" width=60 align="center"|Goals ! style="background:maroon; color:white;" scope="col" width=60 align="center"|Apps ! style="background:maroon; color:white;" scope="col" width=60 align="center"|Goals ! style="background:maroon; color:white;" scope="col" width=60 align="center"|Apps ! style="background:maroon; color:white;" scope="col" width=60 align="center"|Goals
! colspan=14 style=background:#dcdcdc; text-align:center| Players transferred or loaned out during the season who made an appearance
Appearances (starts and substitute appearances) and goals include those in the Scottish Premiership, Scottish Cup, Scottish League Cup, Champions League, Europa League and Conference League.
Disciplinary record During the 2026–27 season, Hearts players have been shown twenty-three yellow cards and two red cards. The table below shows the number of cards shown to each player. Last updated 19 September 2026 NumberPositionNationNamePremiershipLeague CupScottish CupEuropeTotal2 DF Christian Borchgrevink 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 03 DF Stephen Kingsley 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 05 DF Jamie McCart 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 06 MF Oisin McEntee 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 2 010 FW Cláudio Braga 1 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 4 011 FW Pierre Landry Kaboré 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 2 015 MF Josh McPake 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 016 MF Blair Spittal 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 017 DF Stuart Findlay 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 118 DF Harry Milne 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 021 FW James Wilson 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 022 MF Tómas Bent Magnússon 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 2 123 DF Jordi Altena 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 029 MF Sabah Kerjota 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 031 MF Yan Dhanda 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 077 FW Amadou Ba-Sy 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 078 MF Laurent Mendy 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 Total 10 1 1 0 0 0 12 1 23 2
Goal scorers Last updated 19 September 2026 PlacePositionNationNamePremiershipLeague CupScottish CupEuropeTotal1FWJames Wilson310152MFCalvin Miller120143FWCláudio Braga210034MFTom Renaud10012MFJosh McPake20002MFRogers Mato020025DFOisin McEntee10001MFTómas Bent Magnússon00011DFChristian Borchgrevink01001FWPierre Landry Kaboré00011MFLaurent Mendy10001MFSabah Kerjota10001FWJJ Williams01001MFYan Dhanda01001DFStephen Kingsley10001 Own goals10012 Total1490629
Clean sheets {| class="wikitable" style="font-size: 95%; text-align: center;" |- ! style="background:maroon; color:white;" scope="col" width=60| ! style="background:maroon; color:white;" scope="col" width=60| ! style="background:maroon; color:white;" scope="col" width=60| ! style="background:maroon; color:white;" scope="col" width=150|Name ! style="background:maroon; color:white;" scope="col" width=90|Premiership ! style="background:maroon; color:white;" scope="col" width=90|League Cup ! style="background:maroon; color:white;" scope="col" width=90|Scottish Cup ! style="background:maroon; color:white;" scope="col" width=90|Europe ! style="background:maroon; color:white;" scope="col" width=90|Total |- | 1 |GK | |Beau Reus |1 |1 |0 |0 |2 |- | 25 |GK | |Alexander Schwolow |0 |0 |0 |0 |0 |- | 28 |GK | |Zander Clark |0 |0 |0 |0 |0 |- | 30 |GK | |Ryan Fulton |0 |0 |0 |0 |0 |- | 34 |GK | |Kieran Wright |0 |0 |0 |0 |0 |- ! colspan=4 | Total !1||1||0||0||2
Team statistics League table
League summary
UEFA Conference League table
Management statistics Last updated 19 September 2026 NameFromToPWDLWin%
Home attendances Last updated on 19 September 2026
{| class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:center; font-size:90%" |- ! style="background:maroon; color:white;" scope="col" width=100 | Comp ! style="background:maroon; color:white;" scope="col" width=120 | Date ! style="background:maroon; color:white;" scope="col" width=60 | Score ! style="background:maroon; color:white;" scope="col" width=250 class="unsortable" | Opponent ! style="background:maroon; color:white;" scope="col" width=150 | Attendance |- |Champions League||28 July 2026||bgcolor="#FFCCCC"|0–2||Sturm Graz||17,861 |- |Scottish Premiership||9 August 2026||bgcolor="#CCFFCC"|4–0||Dundee United||18,602 |- |Europa League||13 August 2026||bgcolor="#FFFFCC"|1–1||Benfica||17,068 |- |League Cup||16 August 2026||bgcolor="#CCFFCC"|6–2||Inverness Caledonian Thistle||15,327 |- |Conference League||20 August 2026||bgcolor="#FFFFCC"|2–2||Rapid Wien||18,112 |- |Scottish Premiership||29 August 2026||bgcolor="#CCFFCC"|2–1||St Johnstone||18,714 |- |Scottish Premiership||6 September 2026||bgcolor="#CCFFCC"|2–1||Dundee||18,721 |- |bgcolor="#C0C0C0"| |bgcolor="#C0C0C0"| |bgcolor="#C0C0C0"| | Total attendance:
|bgcolor="#C0C0C0"| |bgcolor="#C0C0C0"| |bgcolor="#C0C0C0"| | Total league attendance:
|bgcolor="#C0C0C0"| |bgcolor="#C0C0C0"| |bgcolor="#C0C0C0"| | Average league attendance: |
Club Management On 17 June 2026, with three years left on their contracts Derek McInnes, Alan Archibald and Paul Sheerin left their respective positions as Head and Assistant coaches. With compensation agreed they joined fellow Scottish Premiership side Rangers. Set piece coach Ross Grant also departed during the close season, joining Celtic.
On 25 June 2026, Wouter Vrancken was appointed as Head Coach on a two-year contract. Vrancken's assistant managers were subsequently announced as Tim Smolders and Céderique Tulleners. In July, Liam Ross joined the coaching staff as set plays coach.
First team staff NameRoleHead CoachWouter VranckenAssistant CoachTim SmoldersAssistant CoachCéderique TullenersSet Plays CoachLiam RossGoalkeeping CoachGordon MarshallGoalkeeping Coach AnalystJamie MacDonald
Board NameRoleChairmanCalum PatersonChief Executive OfficerAndrew McKinlayNon Executive DirectorJames AndersonNon Executive DirectorClaire Hammond Non Executive DirectorRalph FindlayNon Executive DirectorJames FranksFoundation of Hearts chairmanGerry MallonChief Financial OfficerEuan Forbes
Deaths The following players and people associated with the club died over the course of the season: former winger Bobby Ross and former full back George Peden.
International selection Over the course of the season, a number of the Hearts squad were called up for international duty. Josh McPake and James Wilson were called up to represent Scotland; Sabah Kerjota to represent Albania, Pierre Landry Kaboré to represent Burkina Faso and MJ Kamson-Kamara to represent Sierra Leone.
In addition, Liam McFarlane was called up to Scotland's under-21 squad and Aron Benjaminsen to the Faroe Islands under-21 squad.
Transfers
Players in Player From Fee Stuart Findlay Oxford UnitedFree Josh McPake St JohnstoneFree Rogers Mato VardarFree MJ Kamson-Kamara Lincoln CityCompensation Calvin Miller FalkirkUndisclosed Amadou Ba-Sy FC RouenUndisclosed Malachi Fagan-Walcott York CityUndisclosed Sabri Guendouz BeerschotUndisclosed Tom Renaud VersaillesFree Cormac Daly Nottingham ForestFree Beau Reus BeverenFree Laurent Mendy Forest Green RoversUndisclosed Kieran Wright RangersFree JJ Williams Rhode IslandUndisclosed Aron Benjaminsen Víkingur GøtaUndisclosed Leart Kabashi Grasshopper ClubUndisclosed
Players out Player To Fee Lawrence Shankland RangersUndisclosed Beni BaningimeFree Alan Forrest DundeeFree Frankie Kent Oxford UnitedFree Lewis Neilson FalkirkFree Bobby McLuckie Greenock MortonFree Gregor Crookston Hamilton AcademicalFree Kai SmutekFree Michael Steinwender VfL BochumUndisclosed Islam Chesnokov FC Tobol Undisclosed Cammy Devlin RangersFree Craig Gordon Retired Macaulay Tait St Johnstone Undisclosed Alexander Schwolow Mainz 05 Undisclosed Alexandros Kyziridis Çorum Undisclosed Alfie Osborne Chelsea Undisclosed Sander Kartum AalesundFree
Loans in
Loans out Player To Fee Kenneth Vargas KalamataLoan Harry Stone Ayr UnitedLoan Calem Nieuwenhof Perth GloryLoan Callum Sandilands Greenock MortonLoan Jack Lyon Bonnyrigg RoseCo-operation loan Tommy North Edinburgh CityCo-operation loan Stanley WilsonCo-operation loan Matthew Gillies StenhousemuirCo-operation loan Gus StevensonCo-operation loan Liam McFarlane Partick ThistleLoan Cormac Daly ArbroathLoan Adam Forrester Ross CountyLoan Connor Dow East FifeCo-operation loan MJ Kamson-Kamara KilmarnockLoan
See also List of Heart of Midlothian F.C. seasons
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