Scottish Premiership 2018/19

Scottish Premiership 2018/19
master	Celtic Glasgow
Champions League qualification	Celtic Glasgow
Europa League qualification	Glasgow Rangers FC, Kilmarnock FC, Aberdeen
Cup winners	Celtic Glasgow
Relegation ↓	FC St. Mirren
Relegated	Dundee FC
Teams	12
Games	228 + 6 relegation games
Gates	578  (ø 2.54 per game)
spectator	3,641,850  (ø 15,973 per game)
Top scorer	Alfredo Morelos (Glasgow Rangers, 18 goals)
← Premiership 2017/18 Premiership 2019/20 →
Championship 2018/19 (II) ↓

In 2018/19, the Scottish Premiership was the sixth event as the highest Scottish men's football division under this name. The league was officially played as the Ladbrokes Scottish Premiership . It was also the 122nd edition of the top soccer division within the Scottish Football League in which the Scottish champions were determined. The season began on August 4, 2018 and ended after two rounds with the 38th matchday on May 19, 2019. There was a winter break between December 31, 2018 and January 18, 2019.

After the regular season, which was referred to as the 1st round and in which all teams compete against each other three times, the final 2nd round began, which was divided into two groups of the championship and relegation play-offs . The eleventh place in the Premiership then competed in relegation games , in which the second, third and fourth placed of the Scottish Championship participated. The bottom of the table was relegated directly.

As promoters from last year's championship , FC St. Mirren and FC Livingston took part in the Premiership . The defending champion was Celtic Glasgow .

The championship won for the 50th time in the club's history Celtic Glasgow. It was also the eighth title in a row. With a 3-0 away win on May 4, 2019 against FC Aberdeen , the Bhoys were able to win the championship on matchday 35 and thus qualified as champions for the following 2019/20 Champions League season . The Glasgow Rangers , the FC Kilmarnock and Aberdeen FC qualified for the Europa League . Celtic won the Scottish Cup and League Cup that same season, making them their third national triple in a row and their sixth overall.

The FC Dundee rose after five seasons in the first class again from the 2nd division. FC St. Mirren took part in the relegation, but were able to secure relegation after two draws against Dundee United with a win on penalties.

societies

Dundee Glasgow Hamilton Edinburgh Aberdeen Kilmarnock Motherwell Paisley Perth Livingston

Location of the clubs of the Scottish Premiership 2018/19

society	city	Stadion	capacity
Aberdeen FC	Aberdeen	Pittodrie Stadium	20,961
Dundee FC	Dundee	Dens Park	12,085
Celtic Glasgow	Glasgow	Celtic Park	60,355
Glasgow Rangers	Glasgow	Ibrox Stadium	50,947
Hamilton Academical	Hamilton	New Douglas Park	06,000
Heart of Midlothian	Edinburgh	Tynecastle Park	17,529
Hibernian Edinburgh	Edinburgh	Easter Road	20,421
FC Kilmarnock	Kilmarnock	Rugby park	18,128
Livingston FC	Livingston	Tony Macaroni Arena	08,716
Motherwell FC	Motherwell	Fir Park	13,677
St. Johnstone FC	Perth	McDiarmid Park	10,696
FC St. Mirren	Paisley	St. Mirren Park	08,023

1 round

Closing table

Pl.	society	Sp.	S.	U	N	Gates	Diff.	Points
1.	Celtic Glasgow (M, P, L)	33	24	5	4th	071:170	+54	77
2.	Glasgow Rangers	33	19th	9	5	073:240	+49	66
3.	FC Kilmarnock	33	16	10	7th	046:280	+18	58
4th	Aberdeen FC	33	17th	7th	9	052:370	+15	58
5.	Hibernian Edinburgh	33	14th	10	9	049:340	+15	52
6th	Heart of Midlothian	33	15th	5	13	038:410	−3	50
7th	St. Johnstone FC	33	13	5	15th	032:440	−12	44
8th.	Motherwell FC	33	13	4th	16	037:470	−10	43
9.	Livingston FC (N)	33	11	9	13	035:330	+2	42
10.	Hamilton Academical	33	7th	4th	22nd	021:690	−48	25th
11.	FC St. Mirren (N)	33	5	6th	22nd	024:610	−37	21st
12.	Dundee FC	33	4th	6th	23	025:680	−43	18th
Stand: Final stand

Placement criteria: 1st points - 2nd goal difference - 3rd goals scored

Legend
1st round 2018/19:
Participation in the championship play-offs Participation in the relegation play-offs
At the end of the 2017/18 season
(M)	Champion of the previous year
(P)	Cup winner of the previous year
(L)	League cup winner of the previous year
(N)	Newcomer from the Scottish Championship 2017/18

2nd round

Championship play-offs

Closing table

Pl.	society	Sp.	S.	U	N	Gates	Diff.	Points	bonus	total
1.	Celtic Glasgow (M, P, L)	5	3	1	1	006: 300	+3	10	77	87
2.	Glasgow Rangers	5	4th	0	1	009: 300	+6	12	66	78
3.	FC Kilmarnock	5	3	0	2	004: 300	+1	09	58	67
4th	Aberdeen FC	5	3	0	2	005: 700	−2	09	58	67
5.	Hibernian Edinburgh	5	0	2	3	002: 500	−3	02	52	54
6th	Heart of Midlothian	5	0	1	4th	004: 900	−5	01	50	51

Legend
2nd round
	Scottish champion and participation in the first qualifying round for the 2019/20 UEFA Champions League
	Participation in the 1st qualifying round for the 2019/20 UEFA Europa League
At the end of the 2017/18 season
(M)	Champion of the previous year
(P)	Cup winner of the previous year
(L)	League cup winner of the previous year

Relegation play-offs

table

Pl.	society	Sp.	S.	U	N	Gates	Diff.	Points	bonus	total
7th	St. Johnstone FC	5	2	2	1	006: 400	+2	08th	44	52
8th.	Motherwell FC	5	2	2	1	009: 900	± 0	08th	43	51
9.	Livingston FC (N)	5	0	2	3	007:110	−4	02	42	44
10.	Hamilton Academical	5	2	2	1	007: 600	+1	08th	25th	33
11.	FC St. Mirren (N)	5	3	2	0	010: 500	+5	11	21st	32
12.	Dundee FC	5	1	0	4th	006:100	−4	03	18th	21st

Legend
2nd round
	Participation in the relegation
	Relegated to the Scottish Championship
At the end of the 2017/18 season
(N)	Newcomer from the Scottish Championship

Relegation

Participants in the relegation games for a place for the following 2019/20 season were Ayr United , Inverness Caledonian Thistle and Dundee United from this year's championship . There was also the penultimate from this year's Premiership. The winner of each round was determined in two games, whereby in the first round the teams that were in 3rd and 4th place at the end of the season met each other. Then the winner of this game played in the second round against the second from the championship. The final round was played between the eleventh placed from the Premiership and the winner of the second round. The winner of the third round received a place for the new season in the Premiership.

First round

The games were played on May 7th and 11th, 2019.

	total		First leg	Return leg
Ayr United	2: 4	Inverness Caledonian Thistle	1: 3	1: 1

Second round

The games were played on May 14th and 17th, 2019.

	total		First leg	Return leg
Inverness Caledonian Thistle	0: 4	Dundee United	0: 1	0: 3

Third round

The games were played on May 23 and 26, 2019.

	total		First leg	Return leg
Dundee United	1: 1 (0: 2 i.E.)	FC St. Mirren	0-0	1: 1 a.d.

Staff and sponsors

society	logo	Trainer	captain	Outfitter	Main sponsor
Aberdeen FC		Derek McInnes	Graeme Shinnie	Adidas	Saltire Energy
Celtic Glasgow		Neil Lennon ( interim )	Scott Brown	New Balance	Dafabet
Dundee FC		James McPake ( interim )	Kenny Miller	puma	McEwan Fraser Legal
Hamilton Academical		Brian Rice	Darian MacKinnon	Adidas	Euro Mechanical Handling
Heart of Midlothian		Craig Levein	Christophe Berra	Umbro	Save the Children
Hibernian Edinburgh		Paul Heckingbottom	David Gray	Macron	Marathon bet
FC Kilmarnock		Steve Clarke	Kris Boyd	Nike	QTS
Livingston FC		Gary Holt	Craig Halkett	FBT	Tony Macaroni
Motherwell FC		Steve Robinson	Peter Hartley	Macron	BetPark
Glasgow Rangers		Steven Gerrard	James Tavernier	bumblebee	32Red
St. Johnstone FC		Tommy Wright	Joe Shaughnessy	BLK	Binn Group
FC St. Mirren		Oran Kearney	Stephen McGinn	Joma	Skyview Capital

statistics

List of goalscorers

If the number of goals is the same, the players are sorted alphabetically by surname or artist name.

Pl.	Nat.	Surname	logo	team	Gates
01.		Alfredo Morelos		Glasgow Rangers	18th
02.		Sam Cosgrove		Aberdeen FC	17th
03.		Odsonne Édouard		Celtic Glasgow	15th
		David Turnbull		Motherwell FC
05.		James Tavernier		Glasgow Rangers	14th
06th		Scott Arfield		Glasgow Rangers	11
		James Forrest		Celtic Glasgow
		Eamonn Brophy		FC Kilmarnock
09.		Steven Naismith		Heart of Midlothian	10
10.		Ryan Christie		Celtic Glasgow	9
		Scott Sinclair		Celtic Glasgow
		Greg Stewart		FC Kilmarnock
13.		Jermain Defoe		Glasgow Rangers	8th
		Florian Kamberi		Hibernian Edinburgh
		Kenny Miller		Dundee FC Livingston FC
Final score

Awards during the season

month	Trainer of the month	Player of the month
August 2018	Craig Levein ( Heart of Midlothian )	Tony Watt ( St. Johnstone FC )
September 2018	Gary Holt ( Livingston FC )	Steven Naismith (Heart of Midlothian)
October 2018	Brendan Rodgers ( Celtic Glasgow )	James Forrest (Celtic Glasgow)
November 2018	Tommy Wright (St. Johnstone FC)	Ryan Christie (Celtic Glasgow)
December 2018	Derek McInnes ( Aberdeen FC )	Sam Cosgrove (Aberdeen FC)
January 2019	Winter break (no allocation)	Winter break (no allocation)
February 2019	Steve Robinson ( Motherwell FC )	Jake Hastie (Motherwell FC)
March 2019	Paul Heckingbottom ( Hibernian Edinburgh )	Odsonne Édouard (Celtic Glasgow)
April 2019	Steven Gerrard ( Glasgow Rangers )	Scott Arfield (Glasgow Rangers)

Change of coach

society		Trainer	reason	date	Table position	successor
	Glasgow Rangers	Jimmy Nicholl	End of the interim period	4th May 2018	Summer break	Steven Gerrard
	FC St. Mirren	Jack Ross	Transfer to Sunderland AFC	May 25, 2018	Summer break	Alan Stubbs
	Livingston FC	David Hopkin	End of contract	June 30, 2018	Summer break	Kenny Miller
	Livingston FC	Kenny Miller	Termination of contract	23rd August 2018	9.	Gary Holt
	FC St. Mirren	Alan Stubbs	Discharge	3rd September 2018	11.	Oran Kearney
	Dundee FC	Neil McCann	Discharge	October 16, 2018	12.	Jim McIntyre
	Hamilton Academical	Martin Canning	Termination of contract	29 January 2019	10.	Brian Rice
	Hibernian Edinburgh	Neil Lennon	Termination of contract	January 30, 2019	8th.	Eddie May ( interim )
	Hibernian Edinburgh	Eddie May	Interim trainer	February 13, 2019	8th.	Paul Heckingbottom
	Celtic Glasgow	Brendan Rodgers	Moved to Leicester City	26th February 2019	1.	Neil Lennon ( interim )
	Dundee FC	Jim McIntyre	Discharge	May 13, 2019	12.	James McPake ( interim )

The championship team from Celtic Glasgow

(Players with at least one stake were taken into account; stakes and goals are given in brackets)

1.

Celtic Glasgow

Goal : Scott Bain (20/0), Craig Gordon (18/0) Defense : Kristoffer Ajer (28/0), Filip Benković (20/2), Dedryck Boyata (19/1), Cristian Gamboa (1/0), Jack Hendry (4/0), Emilio Izaguirre (14 (0), Mikael Lustig (27/2), Tony Ralston (4/1), Jozo Šimunović (18/2), Kieran Tierney (21/0) Jeremy Toljan (10/0) Midfield : Daniel Arzani (1/0), Nir Biton (7/0), Scott Brown (30/1), Ryan Christie (23/9), Kouassi Eboue (2/0), James Forrest (33/11), Jonny Hayes (16/0), Ewan Henderson (5/0), Callum McGregor (35/3), Charly Musonda (4/0), Olivier Ntcham (20/3), Tom Rogić (21/3) Attack : Vakoun Issouf Bayo (1/0), Odsonne Édouard (32/15), Oliver Burke (14/4), Karamoko Dembélé (1/0), Leigh Griffiths (11/2), Scott Sinclair (33/9) , Michael Johnston (14/5), Timothy Weah (13/3) Coach : Brendan Rodgers / Neil Lennon

See also

• Old Firm
• Edinburgh Derby
• Player of the Month
• Manager of the Month
• List of top scorer in the Scottish Premiership

Web links

• Official website of the Scottish Premiership

Individual evidence

1. ^ SPFL announces Ladbrokes as title sponsor. spfl.co.uk/, May 13, 2015, accessed April 13, 2018 . 
2. ↑ Key dates announced for Season 2018/19. spfl.co.uk, February 20, 2018, accessed April 13, 2018 . 
3. ↑ Scottish Premiership table , spfl.co.uk
4. ↑ Scottish Premiership Topscorers , BBC.com