Scottish Premiership
Association football top division in Scotland
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The Scottish Premiership, known as the cinch Premiership for sponsorship reasons, 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 Scottish Premier League and Scottish Football League. There are 12 teams in this division, with each team playing 38 matches per season. Sixteen different clubs have played in the Scottish Premiership since its creation in the 2013–14 season. Celtic are the current league champions, having won the 2022–23 Scottish Premiership.
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Watch the best of County's stunning win over Thistle Watch the best of Ross County's stunning Scottish Premiership play-off final win over Partick Thistle, in which they came back from 3-0 down.BBC Sport - Published | |
Watch: Sportscene - Ross County v Partick Thistle highlightsWatch highlights of the second leg of the Scottish Premiership play-off final between Ross County and Partick Thistle on BBC Scotland's Sportscene.BBC Sport - Published | |
Scottish Premiership play-off final: Ross County v Partick Thistle (agg 0-2) Listen to Sportsound commentary and follow live text updates as Partick Thistle host Ross County in the second leg of the Scottish Premiership play-off final.BBC Sport - Published | |
Watch the best bits of Thistle's win over County Watch the best bits as second-tier side Partick Thistle beat top flight Ross County in the first leg of the Scottish Premiership play-off final.BBC Sport - Published | |
Watch: Sportscene highlights of Partick Thistle v Ross County Watch highlights of the first leg of the Scottish Premiership play-off final between Partick Thistle and Ross County on BBC Scotland's Sportscene.BBC Sport - Published | |
Can County prevent Thistle making play-off history? Will Ross County extend their stay in the Scottish Premiership or will Partick Thistle make play-off history?BBC Sport - Published | |
Who has been your Premiership club's standout player? It's been another captivating season in the Scottish Premiership, but who you think was your team's player of the season?BBC Sport - Published | |
Fourth place goes to the wire as Hibs shock Celtic Hibernian upset Scottish Premiership champions Celtic at Easter Road to move two point behind Hearts in the race for Europe - with an Edinburgh derby on the final day to decide fourth spot.BBC Sport - Published | |
Rangers draw ends Hearts' hopes of third place Rangers ended Hearts' hopes of claiming third place in the Scottish Premiership as they earned a draw to end the season unbeaten at Ibrox.BBC Sport - Published | |
United all but relegated after defeat to Kilmarnock Dundee United are staring at Scottish Premiership relegation after an abysmal defeat to fellow strugglers Kilmarnock, who took a huge step towards safety and can no longer finish bottom.BBC Sport - Published | |
Scottish Premiership: All 12 teams play penultimate matches Listen to Open all Mics on Sportsound and follow live text updates as all 12 teams play their penultimate Scottish Premiership matches.BBC Sport - Published | |
Scottish Premiership set for record crowd figures The Scottish Premiership is due to break its overall attendance record on Wednesday when all 12 teams meet in the penultimate round of fixtures.BBC Sport - Published | |
'Nowhere for Dundee Utd to hide' - Middleton Glenn Middleton says "there is no hiding place" as Dundee United seek to escape relegation in their final two Scottish Premiership matches.BBC Sport - Published | Rangers win delivers Hibs third-place blow James Tavernier marks his 400th Rangers appearance with his 101st goal as Hibernian suffer a severe blow to their hopes of finishing third in the Scottish Premiership.BBC Sport - Published |
Scottish Premiership: Hibernian keep up Euro chase against Rangers Hibernian and Rangers meet for the fourth and final time in this season's Scottish Premiership. Follow radio and text coverage.BBC Sport - Published | St Johnstone secure safety by beating Kilmarnock St Johnstone secure their Scottish Premiership survival after a narrow win against 10-man Kilmarnock, whose own troubles worsened.BBC Sport - Published |
United's survival hopes dealt blow with Livi loss Dundee United's Scottish Premiership survival hopes take another bitter blow as they fall to defeat against off-form Livingston in West LothianBBC Sport - Published | Hearts beat Aberdeen to boost hopes of third Hearts keep their hopes of a third-place finish in the Scottish Premiership alive as they come from behind to deservedly beat Aberdeen at Tynecastle.BBC Sport - Published |
Thistle beat Ayr to take three-goal first-leg lead Partick Thistle will take a three-goal lead to Ayr United after a commanding first-leg showing in their Scottish Premiership play-off semi-final.BBC Sport - Published | European bounty at stake for Hearts and Aberdeen The race for third place in the Scottish Premiership could be decided, while the tension in the four-way fight to avoid the drop will only intensify. Here's your guide to the Premiership weekend.BBC Sport - Published |
Scottish Premiership: Hearts host Aberdeen in first of five games Listen to Sportsound commentary and follow text updates as Hearts host Aberdeen in the first of five Scottish Premiership games.BBC Sport - Published | Watch: Premiership play-off semi-final - Partick Thistle v Ayr Watch Partick Thistle take on Ayr United and follow live text of the Scottish Premiership play-off semi-final first leg.BBC Sport - Published |
White treble moves County above floundering Utd Jordan White's hat trick lifts Ross County off the foot of the Scottish Premiership and leaves Dundee United floundering at the bottom.BBC Sport - Published | Partick rout Queen's Park to set up Ayr semi-final Partick Thistle will play Ayr United in the Scottish Premiership play-off semi-final after an 8-3 aggregate win over Queen's Park.BBC Sport - Published |
Is final Old Firm game dead rubber or harbinger? The destiny of the Scottish Premiership has already been settled but is season's final derby a dead rubber or harbinger of next season?BBC Sport - Published | Bowyer leaves as Dundee boss after winning title Gary Bowyer leaves his post as Dundee manager less than a week after leading the club back to the Scottish Premiership.BBC Sport - Published |
Who made it into Michael Stewart's top Premiership picks? BBC Scotland pundit Michael Stewart picks his top seven candidates for player of the season in the Scottish Premiership.BBC Sport - Published | Thistle edge Queen's Park in seven-goal thriller Partick Thistle edge a seven-goal thriller in the first leg of their Scottish Premiership play-off quarter-final against Queen's Park thanks to Brian Graham's late strike.BBC Sport - Published |
The VARdict - did referees get big calls right? Former referee Stuart Dougall joins Alasdair Lamont to go over the weekend's big decisions in the Scottish Premiership.BBC Sport - Published | Celtic set 'ridiculous standard' to dispel doubts Manger Ange Postecoglou praises the "absolutely ridiculous standard" his squad set in making it back-to-back Scottish Premiership titles.BBC Sport - Published |
'There's just no stopping Celtic' Celtic's players and supporters savour clinching another Scottish Premiership titleBBC Sport - Published | Rangers' Cantwell dents Aberdeen European push Todd Cantwell's volley gets Rangers back to winning ways and dents Aberdeen's push to seal third place in the Scottish Premiership.BBC Sport - Published |
Celtic seal title with victory at 10-man HeartsCeltic clinch their second successive Scottish Premiership title under Ange Postecoglou as Kyogo Furuhashi's 30th goal of the season helped overcome stubborn 10-man Hearts at Tynecastle.BBC Sport - Published | Scottish Premiership: Celtic aim to clinch title at Hearts Celtic can clinch successive Scottish Premiership titles at Hearts, with Rangers also in action against Aberdeen.BBC Sport - Published |
County within point at bottom after Livingston win Ross County secure a vital three points for their Scottish Premiership survival hopes as they record a 2-0 home victory against Livingston.BBC Sport - Published | St Johnstone v Dundee Utd - listen to live Sportsound commentary Listen to commentary of St Johnstone v Dundee United in the Scottish Premiership at McDiarmid Park.BBC Sport - Published |
Scottish Premiership: Eight teams play in first round of post-split fixtures Listen to commentary of St Johnstone v Dundee United and follow text updates from the four Scottish Premiership matches, plus to conclusion of Leagues 1 and 2.BBC Sport - Published | Dundee promoted after eight-goal title epicDundee edge an astonishing eight-goal title decider against Queen's Park to clinch promotion straight back to the Scottish Premiership.BBC Sport - Published |
Who will suffer Scottish Premiership relegation?BBC Scotland uses data to examine which clubs are most likely to finish the season in the Scottish Premiership's bottom two.BBC Sport - Published | Is Scottish football doing enough for young players?BBC Scotland examines why so few youngsters are getting the chance to play regularly in the Scottish Premiership.BBC Sport - Published |
Aberdeen stun Rangers to hasten Celtic title hopes Liam Scales' incredible opener sets Aberdeen on course to victory over Rangers and gives parent club Celtic the chance to seal the Scottish Premiership title in their first post-split game.BBC Sport - Published | Scottish Premiership: Aberdeen host Rangers at Pittodrie Listen to Sportsound commentary and follow live text updates of the final match before the Scottish Premiership split as Aberdeen take on Rangers.BBC Sport - Published |
Celtic two wins from title despite Motherwell draw Celtic suffer a minor bump in their pursuit towards back-to-back Scottish Premiership titles after they drop points at home for the first time in almost a year in a draw with Motherwell.BBC Sport - Published | |
