2012–13 Scottish Premier Under-20 League
Football league season
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The 2012–13 Scottish Premier Under 20 League (also known as the Clydesdale Bank Under-20 Premier League due to sponsorship reasons) was the fifteenth season of the Scottish Premier under-20 League, the highest youth Scottish football league, and also the first season under the new under 20 format. It began in August 2012 and ended in May 2013.
| Season | 2012–13 |
|---|---|
| Champions | Celtic Under-19s |
← 2011–12 2013–14 → | |
Changes
The league was converted from under-19 to under-20 and was expanded from 12 to 15 teams. Dundee were promoted to take Rangers' place in the Premier League, due to the latter losing SPL membership. In addition, the under-20 sides of the relegated Scottish Premier League club Dunfermline Athletic and the clubs finishing third and fourth in the Scottish Football League took up a place in the new league. A position in the league for teams outside the SPL was based on their youth academy's elite status.[1]
The definition of an under-20 player is a player who has not attained the age of 19 years on 31 December of the year before the relevant season commences.[2] Additionally, a limited number of overage players are allowed to compete in each fixture.[3] The under-20 league was adopted in order to promote the development of youth footballers and to assist in their progression to the full professional game, when compared to the under-18 or under-19 format.[4]
League table
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Celtic (C) | 28 | 20 | 4 | 4 | 55 | 21 | +34 | 64 |
| 2 | Aberdeen | 28 | 17 | 6 | 5 | 77 | 34 | +43 | 57 |
| 3 | Hibernian | 28 | 14 | 6 | 8 | 57 | 36 | +21 | 48 |
| 4 | St Mirren | 28 | 14 | 5 | 9 | 53 | 49 | +4 | 47 |
| 5 | Dundee United | 28 | 14 | 3 | 11 | 54 | 41 | +13 | 45 |
| 6 | Inverness Caledonian Thistle | 28 | 13 | 5 | 10 | 50 | 47 | +3 | 44 |
| 7 | St Johnstone | 28 | 13 | 2 | 13 | 41 | 50 | −9 | 41 |
| 8 | Hamilton Academical | 28 | 10 | 8 | 10 | 42 | 47 | −5 | 38 |
| 9 | Heart of Midlothian | 28 | 10 | 7 | 11 | 46 | 49 | −3 | 37 |
| 10 | Dunfermline Athletic | 28 | 11 | 3 | 14 | 44 | 52 | −8 | 36 |
| 11 | Kilmarnock | 28 | 11 | 1 | 16 | 47 | 65 | −18 | 34 |
| 12 | Falkirk | 28 | 9 | 5 | 14 | 29 | 32 | −3 | 32 |
| 13 | Motherwell | 28 | 9 | 4 | 15 | 48 | 56 | −8 | 31 |
| 14 | Ross County | 28 | 6 | 5 | 17 | 29 | 52 | −23 | 23 |
| 15 | Dundee | 28 | 5 | 4 | 19 | 31 | 72 | −41 | 19 |
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) Champions
Matches
Teams played each other twice, once at home, once away.