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Scottish Premiership

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Scottish Premiership
Founded2013; 12 years ago (2013)
CountryScotland
ConfederationUEFA
Number of teams12
Level on pyramid1
Relegation toScottish Championship
Domestic cup(s)Scottish Cup
League cup(s)Scottish League Cup
Current championsCeltic (11th title)
(2024–25)
Most championshipsCeltic
(11 titles)
TV partnersSky Sports
Premier Sports
BBC Scotland
Websitespfl.co.uk
Current: 2025–26 Scottish Premiership

The Scottish Premiership, also known as the William Hill Premiership,[1] is the first 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]

2025–26 season
Club Location Stadium Capacity Notes
Aberdeen Aberdeen Pittodrie Stadium 20,866 [3]
Celtic Glasgow Celtic Park 60,411 [4]
Dundee Dundee Dens Park 11,775 [5]
Dundee United Dundee Tannadice Park 14,223 [6]
Falkirk Falkirk Falkirk Stadium 7,937 [7]
Heart of Midlothian Edinburgh Tynecastle Stadium 19,852 [8]
Hibernian Edinburgh Easter Road 20,421 [9]
Kilmarnock Kilmarnock Rugby Park 15,003 [10]
Livingston Livingston Almondvale Stadium 9,713 [11]
Motherwell Motherwell Fir Park 13,677 [12]
Rangers Glasgow Ibrox Stadium 51,700 [13]
St. Mirren Paisley St. Mirren Park 7,937 [14]
Season Winner Runner-up Third place
2013–14 Celtic Motherwell Aberdeen
2014–15 Celtic (2) Aberdeen Inverness CT
2015–16 Celtic (3) Aberdeen Heart of Midlothian
2016–17 Celtic (4) Aberdeen Rangers
2017–18 Celtic (5) Aberdeen Rangers
2018–19 Celtic (6) Rangers Kilmarnock
2019–20[A] Celtic (7) Rangers Motherwell
2020–21 Rangers Celtic Hibernian
2021–22 Celtic (8) Rangers Heart of Midlothian
2022–23 Celtic (9) Rangers Aberdeen
2023–24 Celtic (10) Rangers Heart of Midlothian
2024–25 Celtic (11) Rangers Hibernian

Media coverage

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Country/region Broadcaster Language
 United Kingdom Sky Sports English
Premier Sports
BBC Scotland (Highlights)
Worldwide YouTube (Highlights)
  1. The 2019–20 season was suspended in March 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Scotland. The season was subsequently curtailed on 18 May 2020 and a points per game average was used to calculate a final table.[15]

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. "Aberdeen Football Club". Scottish Professional Football League.
  4. "Celtic Football Club". Scottish Professional Football League.
  5. "Dundee Football Club". Scottish Professional Football League.
  6. "Dundee United Football Club". Scottish Professional Football League.
  7. "Falkirk Football Club". Scottish Professional Football League.
  8. "Heart of Midlothian Football Club". Scottish Professional Football League.
  9. "Hibernian Football Club". Scottish Professional Football League.
  10. "Kilmarnock Football Club". Scottish Professional Football League.
  11. "Livingston Football Club". Scottish Professional Football League.
  12. "Motherwell Football Club". Scottish Professional Football League.
  13. "Rangers Football Club". Scottish Professional Football League.
  14. "St. Mirren Football Club". Scottish Professional Football League.
  15. "Celtic champions & Hearts relegated after SPFL ends season". BBC Sport. 18 May 2020.

Other websites

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