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Scottish League One

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Scottish League One
Founded2013; 12 years ago (2013)
CountryScotland
ConfederationUEFA
Number of teams10
Level on pyramid3
Promotion toScottish Championship
Relegation toScottish League Two
Domestic cup(s)Scottish Cup
League cup(s)Scottish League Cup
Scottish Challenge Cup
Current championsArbroath (2nd title)
(2024–25 [en])
Most championshipsArbroath
Dunfermline Athletic
(2 titles)
TV partnersBBC ALBA
Websitespfl.co.uk
Current: 2025–26 Scottish League One [en]

The Scottish League One, also known as the William Hill League One,[1] is the third division of the Scottish Professional Football League (SPFL). The League was established in July 2013, after the merger of the Scottish Premier League and Scottish Football League.[2] The Scottish League One was previously known as the Scottish Football League Second Division.

2025–26 season
Team Location Stadium Capacity Notes
Alloa Athletic Alloa [en] Recreation Park [en] 3,100 [3]
Cove Rangers Cove Bay [en] Balmoral Stadium [en] 2,602 [4]
East Fife Methil Bayview Stadium 1,980 [5]
Hamilton Academical Cumbernauld Broadwood Stadium 8,086 [6][7]
Inverness Caledonian Thistle Inverness Caledonian Stadium 7,512 [8]
Kelty Hearts Kelty [en] New Central Park 2,181 [9]
Montrose Montrose [en] Links Park [en] 4,936 [10]
Peterhead Peterhead Balmoor Stadium [en] 3,150 [11]
Queen of the South Dumfries Palmerston Park 8,690 [12]
Stenhousemuir Stenhousemuir [en] Ochilview Park [en] 3,746 [13]
Season Winner Runner-up Third place Fourth place
2013–14 [en] Rangers Dunfermline Athletic Stranraer Ayr United
2014–15 [en] Greenock Morton Stranraer Forfar Athletic Brechin City
2015–16 [en] Dunfermline Athletic Ayr United Peterhead Stranraer
2016–17 [en] Livingston Alloa Athletic Airdrieonians Brechin City
2017–18 [en] Ayr United Raith Rovers Alloa Athletic Arbroath
2018–19 [en] Arbroath Forfar Athletic Raith Rovers Montrose
2019–20 [en][A] Raith Rovers Falkirk Airdrieonians Montrose
2020–21 [en] Partick Thistle Airdrieonians Cove Rangers Montrose
2021–22 [en] Cove Rangers Airdrieonians Montrose Queen's Park
2022–23 [en] Dunfermline Athletic (2) Falkirk Airdrieonians Alloa Athletic
2023–24 [en] Falkirk Hamilton Academical Alloa Athletic Montrose
2024–25 [en] Arbroath (2) Cove Rangers Queen of the South Stenhousemuir
  1. The 2019–20 Scottish League One was suspended in March 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Scotland. The season was subsequently curtailed on 15 April 2020 and a points per game average was used to calculate a final table.[14]

References

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  1. "WILLIAM HILL AND SPFL AGREE LANDMARK TITLE SPONSORSHIP DEAL". spfl.co.uk. 7 June 2024.
  2. "SPFL: New Scottish league brands unveiled". BBC Sport. 24 July 2013.
  3. "Alloa Athletic Football Club". Scottish Professional Football League.
  4. "Cove Rangers Football Club". Scottish Professional Football League.
  5. "East Fife Football Club". Scottish Professional Football League.
  6. "Hamilton Academical Football Club". Scottish Professional Football League.
  7. "Accies plan Cumbernauld move as Clyde stay in Hamilton". BBC Sport. 1 May 2025.
  8. "Inverness Caledonian Football Club". Scottish Professional Football League.
  9. "Kelty Hearts Football Club". Scottish Professional Football League.
  10. "Montrose Football Club". Scottish Professional Football League.
  11. "Peterhead Football Club". Scottish Professional Football League.
  12. "Queen of the South Football Club". Scottish Professional Football League.
  13. "Stenhousemuir Football Club". Scottish Professional Football League.
  14. "Dundee Utd, Raith & Cove win titles & reconstruction talks start after Dundee vote". BBC Sport. BBC.

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