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The Scottish Premier League Golden Boot was a football award presented to the leading goalscorer at every end of season of the Scottish Premier League (SPL). The Scottish Premier League (SPL) replaced the Scottish Premier Division as the top flight of Scottish football for the 1998–99 season, but was replaced by the Scottish Premiership as the top division by the end of the 2012–13 season ...
More than 30 players have scored at least 200 domestic league goals in Scottish league football. This includes the appearances and goals of former players, in domestic league competitions only, specifically the Scottish Premier League (1998–2013), Scottish Football League (1890–2013) and Scottish Professional Football League (2013–present).
The top flight of Scottish football has contained 12 clubs since the 2000–01 season, the longest period without change in the history of the Scottish football league system. [5] During this period the Scottish Premier League, and now the Scottish Premiership, has operated a "split" format, that is, split in two phases as is explained below.
This is an accepted version of this page This is the latest accepted revision, reviewed on 21 February 2025. Football league List of Scottish football champions The trophies awarded to the Scottish champions prior to 1998 (top) and subsequently (bottom) Founded 1890 (Scottish Football League) 1998 (Scottish Premier League) 2013 (Scottish Premiership) Number of clubs 12 Current champions Celtic ...
Jimmy McGrory, Celtic's all-time top goalscorer and the record scorer in British football history. Most goals in all competitions: Jimmy McGrory, 522. [104] Most League goals: Jimmy McGrory, 396. [84] Most Scottish Cup goals: Jimmy McGrory, 74. [85] Most League Cup goals: Bobby Lennox, 63. [86] Most European goals: Henrik Larsson, 35. [105]
The Tartan Ball and Boot awards were awarded in 2018–19 (the only season to date) by the Scottish Professional Football League (SPFL) and are produced by the official SPFL matchday ball supplier, Mitre. The Tartan Ball is awarded to the highest goalscorer in each of the four SPFL divisions (Premiership, Championship, League One, and League ...
The 1980s was Aberdeen's most successful in terms of trophies won, with three league championships, four Scottish Cups and two Scottish League Cups added to the two European trophies. Aberdeen's most recent trophy win was in 2014, when they defeated Inverness Caledonian Thistle in the Scottish League Cup final .
It was abolished in 2013, when the SPL and SFL merged to form the new Scottish Professional Football League, [1] with its top division being known as the Scottish Premiership. A total of 19 clubs competed in the SPL, but only the Old Firm clubs of Glasgow—Celtic and Rangers— won the league championship.