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This is an accepted version of this page This is the latest accepted revision, reviewed on 5 January 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 ...
A national second tier of Scottish league football was established in season 1893–94, as Division Two.Until the 1921–22 season, promotion was not automatic but decided by Scottish Football League clubs on a ballot basis, thus some champion teams were able to retain the title.
The Scottish Football League remained the highest division of the Scottish football league system until 1998, when the Scottish Premier League was founded. The Scottish Football League also added a second major cup competition in 1946, when it founded the League Cup, invititation to which is restricted to the 42 members of the league.
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 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]
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 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 Premiership, known as the William Hill Premiership for sponsorship reasons, [1] is the top division of the Scottish Professional Football League (SPFL), the league competition for men's professional football clubs in Scotland. The Scottish Premiership was established in July 2013, after the SPFL was formed by a merger of the ...