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Scottish Premiership

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Scottish Premiership
Founded2013; 13 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
International cup(s)UEFA Champions League
UEFA Europa League
UEFA Conference League
Current championsCeltic (11th title)
(2024–25 [en])
Most championshipsCeltic
(11 titles)
TV partnersSky Sports
Premier Sports
BBC Scotland
Websitespfl.co.uk
Current: 2025–26 Scottish Premiership [en]

The Scottish Premiership, 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.[1]

Main article: List of Scottish Professional Football League clubs [en]

Season Winner Runner-up Third place
2013–14 [en] Celtic Motherwell Aberdeen
2014–15 [en] Celtic (2) Aberdeen Inverness CT
2015–16 [en] Celtic (3) Aberdeen Heart of Midlothian
2016–17 [en] Celtic (4) Aberdeen Rangers
2017–18 [en] Celtic (5) Aberdeen Rangers
2018–19 [en] Celtic (6) Rangers Kilmarnock
2019–20 [en][A] Celtic (7) Rangers Motherwell
2020–21 [en] Rangers Celtic Hibernian
2021–22 [en] Celtic (8) Rangers Heart of Midlothian
2022–23 [en] Celtic (9) Rangers Aberdeen
2023–24 [en] Celtic (10) Rangers Heart of Midlothian
2024–25 [en] Celtic (11) Rangers Hibernian
2025–26 [en]
2026–27 [en]
  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.[2]

References

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  1. "SPFL: New Scottish league brands unveiled". BBC Sport. 24 July 2013.
  2. "Celtic champions & Hearts relegated after SPFL ends season". BBC Sport. 18 May 2020.

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