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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 ...
As of 2024, Scotland's top-flight league championship has been won 55 times by Rangers, 54 times by Celtic. Nine other clubs have won the remaining 19 championships, with three clubs tied for third place with 4 apiece. The last time the championship was won by a club other than Rangers or Celtic was in 1984–85, by Aberdeen.
The English football champions are the winners of the top-level league in English men's football, which since the 1992–93 season has been called the Premier League. Following the codification of professional football by the Football Association in 1885, [ 1 ] the Football League was established in 1888, after meetings initiated by Aston Villa ...
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.
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 First Division was still the second tier in the Scottish league system, but was the top level of the Scottish Football League rather than the second. The Scottish Premier League and Scottish Football League merged in 2013 to form the Scottish Professional Football League, with the second tier becoming known as the Scottish Championship.
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]