# 2023–24 Falkirk F.C. season

The 2023–24 season was Falkirk's fifth season in League One following their relegation from the Championship at the end of the 2018–19 season. Falkirk also competed in the League Cup, Challenge Cup and the Scottish Cup.

## Summary

Falkirk would exit the League Cup in the group stages, but would progress to the semi-final of the Challenge Cup, losing out on the final to Welsh champions The New Saints. They would also exit the Scottish Cup at the fourth round, losing to Bonnyrigg Rose.
John McGlynn would take charge of Falkirk for his second full season in charge, leading the club back to the Championship for the first time since 2019 as invincible title winners.
McGlynn would be voted Manager of the Year at the PFA Scotland awards in May 2024.

## Results and fixtures

Win  Draw  Loss  Postponed

### Scottish Cup
## Squad statistics

    As of (UTC) 4 May 2024
| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Total | Total | League One | League One | League Cup | League Cup | Challenge Cup | Challenge Cup | Scottish Cup | Scottish Cup |
| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| 1 | GK | SCO | Sam Long | 25 | 0 | 19+0 | 0 | 4+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 |
| 2 | DF | SCO | Tom Lang | 36 | 6 | 26+0 | 3 | 4+0 | 2 | 4+0 | 1 | 2+0 | 0 |
| 3 | DF | SCO | Leon McCann | 42 | 0 | 31+2 | 0 | 2+1 | 0 | 4+0 | 0 | 2+0 | 0 |
| 4 | MF | SCO | Stephen McGinn | 17 | 0 | 4+9 | 0 | 4+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 5 | DF | SCO | Liam Henderson | 38 | 9 | 28+2 | 7 | 0+2 | 0 | 4+0 | 1 | 2+0 | 1 |
| 6 | DF | SCO | Coll Donaldson | 42 | 2 | 31+1 | 2 | 4+0 | 0 | 4+0 | 0 | 2+0 | 0 |
| 7 | MF | SCO | Callumn Morrison | 40 | 25 | 32+0 | 23 | 4+0 | 0 | 2+0 | 2 | 2+0 | 0 |
| 8 | MF | SCO | Brad Spencer | 41 | 5 | 32+2 | 5 | 3+0 | 0 | 2+1 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 |
| 10 | MF | SCO | Aidan Nesbitt | 39 | 12 | 25+9 | 12 | 0+0 | 0 | 3+0 | 0 | 2+0 | 0 |
| 11 | FW | GHA | Alfredo Agyeman | 42 | 8 | 12+21 | 6 | 4+0 | 2 | 1+2 | 0 | 0+2 | 0 |
| 14 | MF | SCO | Finn Yeats | 44 | 1 | 31+3 | 0 | 4+0 | 0 | 4+0 | 1 | 2+0 | 0 |
| 15 | MF | SCO | Dylan Tait | 15 | 2 | 10+5 | 2 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 17 | FW | SCO | Ross MacIver | 45 | 18 | 33+2 | 14 | 4+0 | 3 | 2+2 | 0 | 2+0 | 1 |
| 18 | FW | SCO | Gary Oliver | 36 | 5 | 6+23 | 5 | 3+0 | 0 | 2+1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 19 | FW | SCO | Ryan Shanley | 17 | 2 | 2+14 | 2 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 20 | DF | SCO | Layton Bisland | 15 | 0 | 6+5 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 1+2 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 21 | FW | IRL | Ola Lawal | 18 | 1 | 0+10 | 1 | 2+2 | 0 | 2+1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 23 | MF | SCO | Ethan Ross | 33 | 2 | 9+22 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1+1 | 1 |
| 26 | DF | SCO | Sean Mackie | 19 | 0 | 11+3 | 0 | 2+0 | 0 | 0+2 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 29 | MF | SCO | Calvin Miller | 40 | 11 | 26+5 | 9 | 0+4 | 1 | 2+1 | 0 | 2+0 | 1 |
| 31 | GK | SCO | Nicky Hogarth | 21 | 0 | 17+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 3+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 |
| 34 | FW | SCO | Harrison Howe | 1 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| Players who left the club during the 2023–24 season ||||||||
| 9 | FW | SCO | Jordan Allan | 22 | 2 | 1+14 | 1 | 0+2 | 0 | 2+1 | 1 | 0+2 | 0 |
| 22 | DF | SCO | Brad McKay | 5 | 0 | 0+2 | 0 | 0+3 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 27 | GK | SCO | Owen Hayward | 0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 30 | MF | SCO | Scott Honeyman | 3 | 0 | 0+2 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 32 | MF | SCO | Rhys Walker | 2 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 33 | DF | SCO | Logan Sinclair | 0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |

## Team statistics
### League table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Promotion, qualification or relegation |
| 1 | Falkirk (C, P) | 36 | 27 | 9 | 0 | 96 | 28 | +68 | 90 | Promotion to the Championship |
| 2 | Hamilton Academical (O, P) | 36 | 22 | 8 | 6 | 73 | 28 | +45 | 74 | Qualification for the Championship play-offs |
| 3 | Alloa Athletic | 36 | 16 | 8 | 12 | 60 | 55 | +5 | 56 | Qualification for the Championship play-offs |
| 4 | Montrose | 36 | 15 | 8 | 13 | 58 | 57 | +1 | 53 | Qualification for the Championship play-offs |
| 5 | Cove Rangers | 36 | 14 | 7 | 15 | 58 | 63 | −5 | 49 | |

### League cup table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | PW | PL | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | PAR | FAL | DUN | SPA | PET |
| 1 | Partick Thistle | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 5 | +2 | 9 | Qualification for the second round | — | 2–2p | — | 2–1 | — |
| 2 | Falkirk | 4 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 5 | +3 | 8 | | — | — | 0–1 | — | 4–1 |
| 3 | Dundee United | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 3 | +2 | 6 | | 1–2 | — | — | — | 3–0 |
| 4 | The Spartans | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 6 | | — | 1–2 | 1–0 | — | — |
| 5 | Peterhead | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 10 | −7 | 1 | | 1–1p | — | — | 1–2 | — |