2023–24 Livingston F.C. season

The 2023–24 season is Livingston's sixth consecutive season in the Scottish Premiership, the top flight of Scottish football. Livingston will also compete in the League Cup and the Scottish Cup.

Livingston
2023–24 season
ChairmanJohn Ward
ManagerDavid Martindale
StadiumTony Macaroni Arena
Scottish League CupQuarter-final

Season Summary

On 24 September 2023, Livingston announced a takeover of the club with new ownership led by businessman John McIlvogue and his company Baycup Ltd. McIlvogue would be taking up the role of chief commercial officer.[1][2]

Results & fixtures

  Win   Draw   Loss   Postponed

Pre-season
1 July 2023 Livingston 2–0 Queen of the South Tony Macaroni Arena
15:00 Pittman 2'
Bradley 64'
4 July 2023 Livingston 2–0 Alloa Athletic Tony Macaroni Arena
19:45 Brandon 29'
Anderson 66'
10 July 2023 Queen's Park 0–1 Livingston Lesser Hampden
19:45 Report Anderson 50'

Scottish Premiership
Main article: 2023–24 Scottish Premiership
5 August 2023 1 Livingston 0–0 Aberdeen Tony Macaroni Arena
15:00 Report Attendance: 5,630
Referee: John Beaton
12 August 2023 2 Rangers 4–0 Livingston Ibrox Stadium
15:00 Lammers 10'
Danilo 78'
Sima 84'
Dowell 90'		 Report Attendance: 49,320
Referee: Don Robertson
26 August 2023 3 Hibernian 2–3 Livingston Easter Road
15:00 Boyle 61'
Campbell 86'		 Report Obita 8 o.g.'
Anderson 63'
Sangare 75'		 Attendance: 14,932
Referee: Craig Napier
2 September 2023 4 Livingston 1–1 St Mirren Tony Macaroni Arena
15:00 de Lucas 89' Report Nahmani 90+6' Attendance: 2,075
Referee: Nick Walsh
16 September 2023 5 Ross County 1–1 Livingston Victoria Park
15:00 Murray 59' Report Anderson 72' Attendance: 3,160
Referee: Euan Anderson
23 September 2023 6 Livingston 0–3 Celtic Tony Macaroni Arena
12:30 Report Hatate 14 pen.'
Hart Red card 28'
O'Riley 48'
Maeda 90+5'		 Attendance: 8,118
Referee: John Beaton
30 September 2023 7 St Johnstone 1–1 Livingston McDiarmid Park
15:00 Costelloe 36'
Gordon Red card 83'		 Report Kelly 57 pen.' Attendance: 2,691
Referee: Graham Grainger
7 October 2023 8 Livingston 2–0 Motherwell Tony Macaroni Arena
12:30 Anderson 53'
Kelly 62 pen.'		 Report Miller Red card 45+1' Attendance: 2,039
Referee: Don Robertson
21 October 2023 9 Kilmarnock 3–1 Livingston Rugby Park
15:00 Armstrong 16'
Vassell 42', 60'		 Report Kelly 35 pen.' Attendance: 4,679
Referee: Craig Napier

Scottish League Cup
Main article: 2023–24 Scottish League Cup

Group stage
15 July 2023 Group Stage Brechin City 0–3 Livingston Glebe Park
15:00 Report Nouble 41'
Kelly 41'
Montaño 87'		 Attendance: 585
Referee: Colin Steven
22 July 2023 Group Stage Livingston 1–1
(1–4 p)		 Hamilton Academical Tony Macaroni Arena
15:00 Anderson 90' Report Winter 31' Attendance: 923
Referee: Craig Napier
25 July 2023 Group Stage Cove Rangers 0–5 Livingston Balmoral Stadium
19:45 Report Parkes 44'
Obileye 55'
Anderson 59'
Kelly 81', 90+2'		 Attendance: 683
Referee: David Dickinson
29 July 2023 Group Stage Livingston 1–0 Clyde Tony Macaroni Arena
15:00 Anderson 75' Report Attendance: 872
Referee: William Collum

Knockout phase
19 August 2023 Second round Livingston 2–0 Ayr United Tony Macaroni Arena
15:00 Nouble 12'
Montaño 64'		 Report Attendance: 1,304
Referee: Kevin Clancy
27 September 2023 Quarter-final Rangers 4–0 Livingston Ibrox Stadium
20:00 Sima 10', 84'
Yılmaz 66'
Jack 90+2'		 Attendance: 35,420
Referee: William Collum

Scottish Cup
Main article: 2023–24 Scottish Cup

Squad statistics

Appearances

As of 21 October 2023

No. Pos Nat Player TotalPremiershipLeague CupScottish Cup
AppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
1 GK England ENG Shamal George 140905000
3 MF Colombia COL Cristian Montaño 822+105200
4 DF England ENG Tom Parkes 611+202+1100
5 DF Scotland SCO Mikey Devlin 110605000
6 DF England ENG Ayo Obileye 141806100
7 MF Republic of the Congo CGO Dylan Bahamboula 00000000
8 MF Scotland SCO Scott Pittman 1305+203+3000
9 FW Scotland SCO Bruce Anderson 1465+334+2300
10 MF Scotland SCO Stephen Kelly 1223+303+3200
11 FW Scotland SCO Daniel MacKay 802+401+1000
12 DF Scotland SCO Jamie Brandon 130701+5000
14 DF England ENG Miles Welch-Hayes 00000000
16 MF Scotland SCO Steven Bradley 400+400000
17 FW South Africa RSA Aphelele Teto 00000000
18 MF Scotland SCO Jason Holt 150906000
19 FW England ENG Joel Nouble 152905+1200
20 MF Liberia LBR Mohammed Sangare 1315+312+3000
21 DF Saint Kitts and Nevis SKN Michael Nottingham 200+100+1000
22 MF Scotland SCO Andrew Shinnie 1407+203+2000
23 DF Dominican Republic DOM Luiyi de Lucas 1218+112+1000
24 DF Scotland SCO Sean Kelly 54332100
25 MF England ENG Danny Lloyd 300+200+1000
28 FW England ENG Kurtis Guthrie 1403+603+2000
29 MF Scotland SCO James Penrice 1507+206000
32 GK Scotland SCO Jack Hamilton 10001000
35 DF Scotland SCO Calan Ledingham 10000+1000
38 MF Republic of the Congo CGO Scott Bitsindou 00000000
40 MF Nigeria NGA Samson Lawal 200+100+1000
Players who left the club during the season
15 DF Wales WAL Morgan Boyes 300+101+1000

Team statistics

League table
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation[lower-alpha 1]
5 Kilmarnock 9 2 4 3 11 12 −1 10
6 Motherwell 8 3 1 4 7 9 −2 10
7 Livingston 9 2 4 3 9 15 −6 10
8 Aberdeen 8 2 3 3 10 10 0 9
9 Hibernian 9 2 3 4 13 16 −3 9
Updated to match(es) played on 24 October 2023. Source: [3][4]
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).[5]
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).

League Cup table
Pos Team Pld W PW PL L GF GA GD Pts Qualification LIV HAM COV BRE CLY
1 Livingston 4 3 0 1 0 10 1 +9 10 Qualification for the second round — 1–1p — — 1–0
2 Hamilton Academical 4 2 1 1 0 7 4 +3 9 — — 2–2p 1–0 —
3 Cove Rangers 4 2 1 0 1 10 11 −1 8 0–5 — — — 5–2
4 Brechin City 4 1 0 0 3 4 8 −4 3 0–3 — 2–3 — —
5 Clyde 4 0 0 0 4 4 11 −7 0 — 1–3 — 1–2 —
Source: [6]
Rules for classification: 1) goal difference, 2) goals scored, 3) away goals scored, 4) matches won, 5) away matches won, 6) drawing of lots.[7]

Transfers
Main articles: List of Scottish football transfers summer 2023 and List of Scottish football transfers winter 2023–24

See also

List of Livingston F.C. seasons

References
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