Scottish Premiership
Scottish Premiership | |
Association | Scottish Football Association |
First edition | 2013/14 |
hierarchy | 1st League |
Teams | 12 teams |
master | Celtic Glasgow |
Record champions | Scottish Premiership: Celtic Glasgow (7) Overall: Glasgow Rangers (54) |
Current season | 2019/20 |
Website | spfl.co.uk |
Qualification for |
Champions League Europa League |
↓ Championship (II)
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The Scottish Premiership (sponsored name Ladbrokes Premiership ) has been the top football league in Scotland and a division of the Scottish Professional Football League since 2013 . It was founded in July 2013 as the successor to the Scottish Premier League . The record champions of the Scottish Premiership are Celtic Glasgow , which won all seven events. The record champions of the Scottish championship are the Glasgow Rangers (most recently in 2011 ) with a total of 54 titles, followed by the reigning champions Celtic Glasgow with 51 championships.
Competition mode
The twelve teams in the league play 38 game days per season: After 33 game days, in which all teams compete against each other three times, the league is divided into two groups with the six best and worst teams. Now the teams of the respective groups play against each other once either for the championship (group of the six best teams) or against relegation (group of the six bad teams). After these five more match days, the season is over. Thus, at the end of the season, for example, the seventh placed can have more points than the sixth placed.
The first in the group with the six best clubs is the Scottish champions . The bottom of the table in the group with the six bad clubs is relegated and is replaced by the master of the Scottish Championship , provided that he meets certain economic criteria (e.g. full profitability) and requirements for his stadium (purely seated stadium, etc.). The bottom of the table plays in playoffs with the second to fourth placed from the championship for his place in the Premiership.
Members of the Scottish Premiership
Location of the clubs of the Scottish Premiership 2019/20 |
The following twelve teams will play in the Scottish Premiership in the 2019/20 season .
- Aberdeen FC
- Celtic Glasgow
- Hamilton Academical
- Heart of Midlothian
- Hibernian Edinburgh
- FC Kilmarnock
- Livingston FC
- Motherwell FC
- Glasgow Rangers
- Ross County
- St. Johnstone FC
- FC St. Mirren
Stages
Aberdeen FC | Celtic Glasgow | Hamilton Academical | Heart of Midlothian | Hibernian Edinburgh | FC Kilmarnock |
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Pittodrie Stadium | Celtic Park | New Douglas Park | Tynecastle Park | Easter Road | Rugby park |
Places: 20,866 | Places: 60,411 | Seats: 5,510 | Places: 20,099 | Places: 20,421 | Places: 8,023 |
Livingston FC | Motherwell FC | Glasgow Rangers | Ross County | St. Johnstone FC | FC St. Mirren |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Tony Macaroni Arena | Fir Park | Ibrox Stadium | Victoria Park | McDiarmid Park | The Paisley 2021 Stadium |
Places: 17,889 | Places: 8,716 | Places: 50,817 | Places: 8,000 | Places: 6.541 | Places: 10,696 |
statistics
season | Scottish Champion (total / SPC) | Top scorer |
Player election of the footballer of the year |
Journalists' election for Footballer of the Year |
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2013/14 | Celtic Glasgow (45/1) | Kris Commons 27 (Celtic Glasgow) | Kris Commons (Celtic Glasgow) | Kris Commons (Celtic Glasgow) |
2014/15 | Celtic Glasgow (46/2) | Adam Rooney 18 (Aberdeen FC) | Stefan Johansen (Celtic Glasgow) | Craig Gordon (Celtic Glasgow) |
2015/16 | Celtic Glasgow (47/3) | Leigh Griffiths 31 (Celtic Glasgow) | Leigh Griffiths (Celtic Glasgow) | Leigh Griffiths (Celtic Glasgow) |
2016/17 | Celtic Glasgow (48/4) | Liam Boyce 23 (Ross County) | Scott Sinclair (Celtic Glasgow) | Scott Sinclair (Celtic Glasgow) |
2017/18 | Celtic Glasgow (49/5) | Kris Boyd 18 (Kilmarnock FC) | Scott Brown (Celtic Glasgow) | Scott Brown (Celtic Glasgow) |
2018/19 | Celtic Glasgow (50/6) | Alfredo Morelos 18 (Glasgow Rangers) | James Forrest (Celtic Glasgow) | James Forrest (Celtic Glasgow) |
2019/20 * | Celtic Glasgow (51/7) | Odsonne Édouard 22 (Celtic Glasgow) |
UEFA five-year ranking
Placement in the UEFA five-year ranking ( previous year's ranking in brackets ). The abbreviations CL and EL after the country coefficients indicate the number of representatives in the 2019/20 season of the Champions League and the Europa League .
- 18. ( 19 ) Cyprus ( league , cup ) - coefficient: 24.925 - CL: 1, EL: 3
- 19. ( 25 ) Serbia ( league , cup ) - coefficient: 22,250 - CL: 1, EL: 3
- 20. ( 26 ) Scotland ( league , cup ) - coefficient: 22,125 - CL: 1, EL: 3
- 21. ( 27 ) Belarus ( league , cup ) - coefficient: 21.875 - CL: 1, EL: 3
- 22. ( 22 ) Sweden ( league , cup ) - coefficient: 20,900 - CL: 1, EL: 3
Status: end of the European Cup season 2018/19
Audience numbers
In the regular 2017/18 season (excluding playoffs), the average attendance was 15,896 people per game. Celtic Glasgow (57,588) and the Glasgow Rangers (49,254) had the highest average attendance figures. In terms of audience interest, there is a huge gap between the two big clubs in the league and the rest.
season | cut | Games | total |
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2013/14 | 10.183 | 228 | 2,331,965 |
2014/15 | 8,806 | 228 | 2,007,768 |
2015/16 | 9,644 | 228 | 2,237,437 |
2016/17 | 13,969 | 228 | 3,184,955 |
2017/18 | 15,932 | 228 | 3,632,642 |
2018/19 | 15,973 | 228 | 3,641,850 |
2019/20 | 15,317 | 179 * | 2,741,726 |
Awards
Since the 2013/14 season, coaches and players have received the Manager of the Month and Player of the Month awards during the season .
See also
- List of Scottish football champions
- List of top scorer in the Scottish Premiership
- List of the highest national soccer divisions
Individual evidence
- ↑ SPFL: New Scottish league brands unveiled BBC Sport (English)
- ↑ UEFA rankings for club competitions. In: UEFA. Retrieved July 14, 2019 .
- ↑ Premiership 2017/2018 - spectators. Retrieved January 20, 2019 .