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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. [4] 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.
The league was formed in June 2013 following a merger between the Scottish Premier League and the Scottish Football League. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] As well as operating its league competition, which consists of the top four levels of the Scottish football league system , the SPFL also operates two domestic cup competitions, the Scottish League Cup and the ...
The Scottish Football League (SFL) is a defunct league featuring professional and semi-professional football clubs mostly from Scotland. [note 2] From its foundation in 1890 until the breakaway Scottish Premier League (SPL) was formed in 1998, the SFL was the top level of football in Scotland.
The league was founded in 1998, when it broke away from the Scottish Football League (SFL). 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.
The Scottish Professional Football League (SPFL) is an association football league in Scotland. It comprises the top four divisions of the Scottish football league system. The league was established in 2013, following a merger of the Scottish Premier League (SPL; tier one) and the Scottish Football League (SFL; tiers two to four). The Scottish ...
The 2023–24 Scottish Premiership (known as the cinch Premiership for sponsorship reasons) was the eleventh season of the Scottish Premiership, the highest division of Scottish football, and the 127th edition overall of the top national league competition, not including one cancelled due to World War II. The season began on 5 August 2023.
A Scottish football league system was first instituted in 1890, with the creation of the Scottish Football League. A second national cup competition, the Scottish League Cup, was created in the 1946–47 season. This page details the team and individual records set in these competitions.
The Scottish Professional Football League is formed by a merger of the Scottish Premier League and Scottish Football League. [204] A new Lowland Football League is formed, as part of wider league reconstruction. [205] Celtic sell Victor Wanyama to Southampton for £12.5 million, a record at the time for a fee received by a Scottish club. [206]