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2023–24 Scottish Premiership

The 2023–24 Scottish Premiership (known as the cinch Premiership for sponsorship reasons) was the eleventh season of the Scottish Premiership, the highest division of Scottish football, and the 127th edition overall of the top national league competition, not including one cancelled due to World War II. The season began on 5 August 2023.[1]

On 15 May, Celtic successfully defended their title, securing a tenth Premiership title and 54th Scottish league title overall, following a 5–0 victory away to Kilmarnock.[2][3]

Twelve teams contested the league: Aberdeen, Celtic, Dundee, Heart of Midlothian, Hibernian, Kilmarnock, Livingston, Motherwell, Rangers, Ross County, St Johnstone and St Mirren.

Teams

The following teams changed division after the 2022–23 season.

Promoted from the Championship

Relegated to the Championship

Stadia and locations

Premiership football clubs in Edinburgh
Heart of Midlothian
Hibernian
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Premiership football clubs in Edinburgh
Premiership football clubs in Glasgow
Celtic
Rangers
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Premiership football clubs in Glasgow

Personnel and kits

Managerial changes

Format

In the initial phase of the season, the 12 teams will play a round-robin tournament whereby each team plays each of the other teams three times. After 33 games, the league splits into two sections of six teams, with each team playing each other once in that section. The league attempts to balance the fixture list so that teams in the same section play each other twice at home and twice away, but sometimes this is impossible. A total of 228 matches will be played, with 38 matches played by each team.

League table

Source: [36][37]
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored; 4) Head-to-Head points; 5) Head-to-Head goal difference; 6) Play-off (only if deciding champion, UEFA competitions qualification, second stage group allocation or relegation).[38]
(C) Champions; (O) Play-off winners; (R) Relegated
Notes:
  1. ^ Teams play each other three times (33 matches), before the league is split into two groups (the top six and the bottom six).
  2. ^ As the winners of the 2023–24 Scottish Cup, Celtic, qualified for the Champions League, the berth reserved for the cup winners (Europa League play-off round) passed to the third-placed team. The berths for the Europa League second qualifying round and the Conference League second qualifying round were passed down to the fourth- and fifth-placed teams.

Results

Matches 34–38

After 33 matches, the league splits into two sections of six teams i.e. the top six and the bottom six, with the teams playing every other team in their section once (either at home or away). The exact matches are determined by the position of the teams in the league table at the time of the split.

Season statistics

Top scorers

Source:[42]

Clean sheets

Source:[43]

Awards

The SPFL Premiership manager of the year was Derek McInnes of Kilmarnock.

The SPFL Premiership player of the year was Lawrence Shankland of Heart of Midlothian.

Premiership play-offs

The quarter-final was contested by the teams placed third and fourth in the 2023–24 Scottish Championship, Partick Thistle and Airdrieonians. Partick Thistle advanced to the semi-final to face the team placed second in the Championship, Raith Rovers. The final was contested by Raith Rovers and the team placed eleventh in the Premiership, Ross County, who won the tie to secure a place in the 2024–25 Scottish Premiership.[44]

Qualified teams

Quarter-final

First leg

Second leg

Semi-final

First leg

Second leg

Final

First leg

Second leg

References

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  3. ^ "O'Riley double helps Celtic thrash Kilmarnock and clinch 54th league title". Guardian. 15 May 2024. Retrieved 16 May 2024.
  4. ^ "Aberdeen Football Club". Scottish Professional Football League. Archived from the original on 13 August 2018. Retrieved 11 November 2013.
  5. ^ "Celtic Football Club". Scottish Professional Football League. Archived from the original on 8 January 2014. Retrieved 11 November 2013.
  6. ^ "Dundee Football Club". Scottish Professional Football League. Retrieved 11 November 2013.
  7. ^ "Heart of Midlothian Football Club". Scottish Professional Football League. Retrieved 18 May 2020.
  8. ^ "Hibernian Football Club". Scottish Professional Football League. Archived from the original on 8 January 2014. Retrieved 11 November 2013.
  9. ^ "Kilmarnock Football Club". Scottish Professional Football League. Archived from the original on 3 May 2017. Retrieved 11 November 2013.
  10. ^ "Rugby Park". killiefc.com. Retrieved 23 April 2023.
  11. ^ "Livingston Football Club". Scottish Professional Football League. Archived from the original on 16 September 2020. Retrieved 11 November 2013.
  12. ^ "Motherwell Football Club". Scottish Professional Football League. Archived from the original on 6 May 2017. Retrieved 11 November 2013.
  13. ^ "Rangers Football Club". Scottish Professional Football League. Archived from the original on 20 December 2014. Retrieved 4 November 2015.
  14. ^ "Ross County Football Club". Scottish Professional Football League. Archived from the original on 2 July 2017. Retrieved 11 November 2013.
  15. ^ "St Johnstone Football Club". Scottish Professional Football League. Archived from the original on 3 May 2017. Retrieved 11 November 2013.
  16. ^ "St Mirren Football Club". Scottish Professional Football League. Archived from the original on 16 November 2020. Retrieved 25 December 2018.
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  21. ^ "Lee Johnson: Hibernian sack manager after 'disappointing start to domestic campaign'". BBC Sport. 27 August 2023. Retrieved 27 August 2023.
  22. ^ "Hibernian: Nick Montgomery named new manager after leaving Central Coast Mariners". BBC Sport. 11 September 2023. Retrieved 11 September 2023.
  23. ^ "Rangers: Michael Beale sacked as manager; Steven Davis takes interim charge". BBC Sport. 1 October 2023. Retrieved 1 October 2023.
  24. ^ "Philippe Clement: Rangers appoint former Monaco head coach as manager". BBC Sport. 15 October 2023. Retrieved 15 October 2023.
  25. ^ "St Johnstone: Steven MacLean leaves manager's post after winless start". BBC Sport. 29 October 2023. Retrieved 29 October 2023.
  26. ^ "Craig Levein: St Johnstone appoint former Scotland and Hearts manager as team boss". BBC Sport. 5 November 2023. Retrieved 5 November 2023.
  27. ^ "Ross County part company with manager Malky Mackay". BBC Sport. 15 November 2023. Retrieved 15 November 2023.
  28. ^ "Ross County appoint Derek Adams for third spell after Morecambe exit". BBC Sport. 20 November 2023. Retrieved 20 November 2023.
  29. ^ "Barry Robson: Aberdeen sack manager after nine months in charge". BBC Sport. 31 January 2024. Retrieved 31 January 2024.
  30. ^ "Neil Warnock: Aberdeen appoint veteran as interim manager". BBC Sport. 5 February 2024. Retrieved 5 February 2024.
  31. ^ "Ross County: Manager Derek Adams resigns after 12 games". BBC Sport. 7 February 2024. Retrieved 7 February 2024.
  32. ^ "Ross County: Don Cowie replaces Derek Adams on interim basis". BBC Sport. 8 February 2024. Retrieved 8 February 2024.
  33. ^ "Neil Warnock: Aberdeen manager steps down after Scottish Cup win". BBC Sport. 9 March 2024. Retrieved 9 March 2024.
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  38. ^ "The Rules of the Scottish Professional Football League (Rule Number C35-C37)" (PDF). SPFL. Archived (PDF) from the original on 28 September 2022. Retrieved 24 September 2022.
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  43. ^ "Premiership Clean Sheets Table". Footy Stats. 16 March 2024. Retrieved 16 March 2024.
  44. ^ "SPFL play-off schedule 2023/24". SPFL. 25 April 2024. Retrieved 3 May 2024.
  45. ^ "Airdrie and Partick level after thrilling play-off first leg". BBC Sport. 7 May 2024. Retrieved 7 May 2024.
  46. ^ "Graham sends Partick Thistle into play-off semi-final". BBC Sport. 10 May 2024. Retrieved 10 May 2024.
  47. ^ "Rovers seize advantage in Premiership play-off with Thistle". BBC Sport. 14 May 2024. Retrieved 15 May 2024.
  48. ^ "Raith Rovers 1–2 Partick Thistle". BBC Sport. 17 May 2024. Retrieved 17 May 2024.
  49. ^ "Raith Rovers 1–2 Ross County". BBC Sport. 23 May 2024. Retrieved 23 May 2024.
  50. ^ "Ross County 4–0 Raith Rovers". BBC Sport. 26 May 2024. Retrieved 26 May 2024.

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