2023–24 in Scottish football

The 2023–24 season is the 127th season of competitive football in Scotland. The domestic season began on 15 July with the first Scottish League Cup group stage matches, before the opening round of matches in the 2023–24 Scottish Premiership were played on 6 August.^[1]^[2]

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2023–24 in Scottish football

Premiership champions
Celtic
Championship champions
Dundee United
League 1 champions
Falkirk
League 2 champions
Stenhousemuir
Scottish Cup winners
Celtic
League Cup winners
Rangers
Challenge Cup winners
Airdrieonians
Youth Cup winners
Rangers
Teams in Europe
Celtic, Rangers, Aberdeen, Heart of Midlothian, Hibernian
Scotland national team
UEFA Euro 2024 qualifying

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Transfer deals

League competitions

Scottish Premiership

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Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation^[a]
1	Celtic (C)	38	29	6	3	95	30	+65	93	Qualification for the Champions League league stage
2	Rangers	38	27	4	7	87	32	+55	85	Qualification for the Champions League third qualifying round
3	Heart of Midlothian	38	20	8	10	54	42	+12	68	Qualification for the Europa League play-off round^[b]
4	Kilmarnock	38	14	14	10	46	44	+2	56	Qualification for the Europa League second qualifying round
5	St Mirren	38	13	8	17	46	52	−6	47	Qualification for the Conference League second qualifying round
6	Dundee	38	10	12	16	49	68	−19	42

7	Aberdeen	38	12	12	14	48	52	−4	48
8	Hibernian	38	11	13	14	52	59	−7	46
9	Motherwell	38	10	13	15	56	59	−3	43
10	St Johnstone	38	8	11	19	29	54	−25	35
11	Ross County (O)	38	8	11	19	38	67	−29	35	Qualification for the Premiership play-off final
12	Livingston (R)	38	5	10	23	29	70	−41	25	Relegation to Championship

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Source: ^[3]^[4]
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).^[5]
(C) Champions; (O) Play-off winners; (R) Relegated
Notes:

[a]
Teams play each other three times (33 matches), before the league is split into two groups (the top six and the bottom six).
[b]
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.

Scottish Championship

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Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion, qualification or relegation
1	Dundee United (C, P)	36	22	9	5	73	23	+50	75	Promotion to the Premiership
2	Raith Rovers	36	20	9	7	58	42	+16	69	Qualification for the Premiership play-off semi-final
3	Partick Thistle	36	14	13	9	63	54	+9	55	Qualification for the Premiership play-off quarter-final
4	Airdrieonians	36	15	7	14	44	44	0	52	Qualification for the Premiership play-off quarter-final
5	Greenock Morton	36	12	9	15	43	46	−3	45
6	Dunfermline Athletic	36	11	12	13	43	48	−5	45
7	Ayr United	36	12	8	16	53	61	−8	44
8	Queen's Park	36	11	10	15	50	56	−6	43
9	Inverness Caledonian Thistle (R)	36	10	12	14	41	40	+1	42	Qualification for the Championship play-offs
10	Arbroath (R)	36	6	5	25	35	89	−54	23	Relegation to League One

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Source: ^[6]
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored; 4) Head-to-to head points; 5) Head-to-head goal difference; 6) Play-off (only for deciding promotion, play-off participation and relegation).^[7]
(C) Champions; (P) Promoted; (R) Relegated

Scottish League One

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Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion, qualification or relegation
1	Falkirk (C, P)	36	27	9	0	96	28	+68	90	Promotion to the Championship
2	Hamilton Academical (O, P)	36	22	8	6	73	28	+45	74	Qualification for the Championship play-offs
3	Alloa Athletic	36	16	8	12	60	55	+5	56
4	Montrose	36	15	8	13	58	57	+1	53
5	Cove Rangers	36	14	7	15	58	63	−5	49
6	Kelty Hearts	36	12	8	16	48	63	−15	44
7	Queen of the South	36	11	8	17	46	53	−7	41
8	Annan Athletic	36	9	12	15	55	68	−13	39
9	Stirling Albion (R)	36	10	9	17	39	58	−19	39	Qualification for the League One play-offs
10	Edinburgh City (R)	36	3	5	28	38	98	−60	8^[a]	Relegation to League Two

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Source: ^[9]
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored; 4) Head-to-to head points; 5) Head-to-head goal difference; 6) Play-off (only for deciding promotion, play-off participation and relegation).^[10]
(C) Champions; (O) Play-off winners; (P) Promoted; (R) Relegated
Notes:

[a]
On 25 January 2024, Edinburgh City were deducted 6 points, having failed to pay its players’ wages on time and defaulting its tax obligations to HMRC, as well as not engaging fully in the disciplinary process leading to further breaches of SPFL Rules.^[8]

Scottish League Two

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Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion, qualification or relegation
1	Stenhousemuir (C, P)	36	18	14	4	50	31	+19	68	Promotion to League One
2	Peterhead	36	16	12	8	58	39	+19	60	Qualification for the League One play-offs
3	The Spartans	36	15	13	8	53	43	+10	58
4	Dumbarton (O, P)	36	16	9	11	56	44	+12	57
5	East Fife	36	11	11	14	46	47	−1	44
6	Forfar Athletic	36	9	15	12	38	45	−7	42
7	Elgin City	36	10	10	16	35	59	−24	40
8	Bonnyrigg Rose	36	9	12	15	47	48	−1	39
9	Clyde	36	9	11	16	46	58	−12	38
10	Stranraer (O)	36	9	9	18	38	53	−15	36	Qualification for the League Two play-off final

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Source: ^[11]
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored; 4) Head-to-to head points; 5) Head-to-head goal difference; 6) Play-off (only for deciding promotion, play-off participation and relegation).^[12]
(C) Champions; (O) Play-off winners; (P) Promoted

Non-league football

Level 5

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Highland Football League
Pos	Team v t e	Pld	Pts
1	Buckie Thistle (C)	34	81
2	Brechin City	34	81
3	Fraserburgh	34	78
4	Banks o' Dee	34	72
5	Formartine United	34	72
6	Brora Rangers	34	59
7	Huntly	34	54
8	Nairn County	34	53
9	Turriff United	34	48
10	Inverurie Loco Works	34	44
11	Rothes	34	37
12	Wick Academy	34	36
13	Keith	34	33
14	Forres Mechanics	34	30
15	Lossiemouth	34	29
16	Deveronvale	34	25
17	Clachnacuddin	34	23
18	Strathspey Thistle	34	10

Source: ^[13]^[14]^[15]
(C) Champions

Lowland Football League
Pos	Team v t e	Pld	Pts
1	East Kilbride (C)	34	81
2	Heart of Midlothian B	34	69
3	Bo'ness United	34	67
4	Cumbernauld Colts	34	65
5	Tranent	34	60
6	Celtic B	34	59
7	Civil Service Strollers	34	56
8	Linlithgow Rose	34	50
9	Albion Rovers	34	46
10	Cowdenbeath	34	46
11	University of Stirling	34	46
12	Caledonian Braves	34	45
13	Berwick Rangers	34	42
14	East Stirlingshire	34	40
15	Broomhill	34	39
16	Gala Fairydean Rovers	34	32
17	Gretna 2008	34	12
18	Edinburgh University (R)	34	9

Source: SLFL BBC Sport Soccerway
(C) Champions;
(R) Relegated

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Level 6

Highland

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Midlands Football League
Pos	Team v t e	Pld	Pts
1	Dundee North End (C)	38	104
2	Broughty Athletic	38	103
3	Lochee United	38	93
4	Downfield	38	88
5	Carnoustie Panmure	38	77
6	Kirriemuir Thistle	38	71
7	East Craigie	38	67
8	Montrose Roselea	38	57
9	Tayport	38	56
10	Dundee St James	38	55
11	Dundee Violet	38	48
12	Letham	38	46
13	Scone Thistle	38	41
14	Blairgowrie	38	36
15	Lochee Harp	38	30
16	Brechin Victoria	38	29
17	Arbroath Victoria	38	28
18	Forfar West End	38	27
19	Coupar Angus	38	17
20	Forfar United	38	16

Source: ^[16]
(C) Champions

North Caledonian Football League
Pos	Team v t e	Pld	Pts
1	Invergordon (C)	22	57
2	Loch Ness	22	51
3	Halkirk United	22	47
4	Golspie Sutherland	22	43
5	Fort William	22	41
6	St Duthus	22	29
7	Inverness Athletic	22	23
8	Orkney	22	23
9	Clachnacuddin Reserves	22	20
10	Alness United	22	19
11	Thurso	22	16
12	Bonar Bridge	22	13

Source: North Caledonian Football League
(C) Champions

North Region Premier League
Pos	Team v t e	Pld	Pts
1	Culter (C)	30	77
2	Bridge of Don Thistle	30	63
3	Dyce	30	63
4	Hermes	30	56
5	Rothie Rovers	30	48
6	Ellon United	30	47
7	Fraserburgh United	30	43
8	Sunnybank	30	40
9	Stonehaven	30	36
10	Maud	30	36
11	Newmachar United	30	33
12	Buchanhaven Hearts	30	31
13	Colony Park	30	31
14	East End (O)	30	30
15	Nairn St Ninian (R)	30	20
16	Stoneywood Parkvale (R)	30	6

Source: ^[17]
(C) Champions;
(O) Play-off winners;
(R) Relegated

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Lowland

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East of Scotland Football League
Pos	Team v t e	Pld	Pts
1	Broxburn Athletic (C, O, P)	30	74
2	Musselburgh Athletic	30	63
3	Jeanfield Swifts	30	60
4	Dunbar United	30	56
5	Hutchison Vale	30	55
6	Sauchie Juniors	30	54
7	Hill of Beath Hawthorn	30	50
8	Haddington Athletic	30	44
9	Dundonald Bluebell	30	43
10	Tynecastle	30	37
11	Penicuik Athletic	30	35
12	Luncarty	30	28
13	Glenrothes	30	27
14	Inverkeithing Hillfield Swifts (R)	30	24
15	Crossgates Primrose (R)	30	20
16	Kinnoull (R)	30	12

Source: eosfl.com
(C) Champions;
(O) Play-off winners;
(P) Promoted;
(R) Relegated

South of Scotland Football League
Pos	Team v t e	Pld	Pts
1	Dalbeattie Star (C)	22	54
2	Creetown	22	52
3	Newton Stewart	22	50
4	Abbey Vale	22	48
5	Lochar Thistle	22	42
6	Stranraer reserves	22	37
7	Nithsdale Wanderers	22	36
8	Mid-Annandale	22	25
9	Upper Annandale	22	14
10	Lochmaben	22	10
11	St Cuthbert Wanderers	22	7
12	Wigtown & Bladnoch	22	5

Source: ^[18]
(C) Champions

West of Scotland Football League
Pos	Team v t e	Pld	Pts
1	Beith Juniors (C)	30	60
2	Auchinleck Talbot	30	55
3	St Cadoc's	30	54
4	Clydebank	30	54
5	Largs Thistle	30	53
6	Pollok	30	50
7	Darvel	30	48
8	Cumnock Juniors	30	41
9	Hurlford United	30	40
10	Gartcairn	30	38
11	Benburb	30	38
12	Troon	30	36
13	Glenafton Athletic	30	33
14	Arthurlie (R)	30	32
15	Kirkintilloch Rob Roy (R)	30	27
16	Irvine Meadow XI (R)	30	13

Source: West of Scotland Football League
(C) Champions;
(R) Relegated

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Honours

Cup honours

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Competition	Winner	Score	Runner-up	Match report
2023–24 Scottish Cup	Celtic	1–0	Rangers	BBC Sport
2023–24 League Cup	Rangers	1–0	Aberdeen	BBC Sport
2023–24 Challenge Cup	Airdrieonians	2–1	The New Saints	BBC Sport
2023–24 South Challenge Cup	East Kilbride	2–0	Kirkintilloch Rob Roy	Daily Record
2023–24 Youth Cup	Rangers	2–1	Aberdeen	BBC Sport
2023–24 Junior Cup	Darvel	2–1	Arthurlie	Daily Record

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Non-league honours

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Level	Competition	Winner
5	Highland League	Buckie Thistle
5	Lowland League	East Kilbride
6	Midlands League	Dundee North End
	North Caledonian League	Invergordon
	North Region Premier League	Culter
	East of Scotland League Premier Division	Broxburn Athletic
	South of Scotland League	Dalbeattie Star
	West of Scotland League Premier Division	Beith Juniors
7	North Championship	Islavale
	East of Scotland League First Division	Dunipace
	West of Scotland League First Division	Drumchapel United
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	East of Scotland League Second Division	Bo'ness Athletic
	West of Scotland League Second Division	Ardrossan Winton Rovers
9	East of Scotland League Third Division	West Calder United
9	West of Scotland League Third Division	Lanark United
10	West of Scotland League Fourth Division	Glenvale

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Individual honours

PFA Scotland awards

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Award	Winner	Team
Players' Player of the Year	Lawrence Shankland^[19]	Heart of Midlothian
Young Player of the Year	David Watson^[19]	Kilmarnock
Manager of the Year	John McGlynn^[20]	Falkirk
Championship Player	Brian Graham^[20]	Partick Thistle
League One Player	Callumn Morrison^[20]	Falkirk
League Two Player	Gregor Buchanan^[20]	Stenhousemuir

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SFWA awards

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Award	Winner	Team
Footballer of the Year	Lawrence Shankland^[21]	Heart of Midlothian
Young Player of the Year	David Watson^[22]	Kilmarnock
Manager of the Year	Derek McInnes^[23]	Kilmarnock

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Scottish clubs in Europe

Summary

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Club	Competitions	Started round	Final round	Coef.
Celtic	UEFA Champions League	Group stage		7.0
Rangers	UEFA Champions League	Third qualifying round	Play-off round	16.0
Rangers	UEFA Europa League	Group stage	Last 16	16.0
Aberdeen	UEFA Europa League	Play-off round		5.5
Aberdeen	UEFA Europa Conference League	Group stage		5.5
Heart of Midlothian	UEFA Europa Conference League	Third qualifying round	Play-off round	1.0
Hibernian	UEFA Europa Conference League	Second qualifying round	Play-off round	2.5
Total				32.0
Average				6.4

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Celtic

UEFA Champions League

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Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification	ATM	LAZ	FEY	CEL
1	Atlético Madrid	6	4	2	0	17	6	+11	14	Advance to knockout phase	—	2–0	3–2	6–0
2	Lazio	6	3	1	2	7	7	0	10	Advance to knockout phase	1–1	—	1–0	2–0
3	Feyenoord	6	2	0	4	9	10	−1	6	Transfer to Europa League	1–3	3–1	—	2–0
4	Celtic	6	1	1	4	5	15	−10	4		2–2	1–2	2–1	—

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Source: UEFA
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers

Having won the Premiership, Celtic qualified for the Champions League and entered in the group stage.^[24] They were drawn in Group E with Feyenoord, Atletico Madrid and Lazio.^[25]

19 September 2023 (2023-09-19) Group E	Feyenoord	2–0	Celtic	Rotterdam
20:00 BST	Stengs 45+2' Jahanbakhsh 76'	Report		Stadium: De Kuip Attendance: 44,008^[26] Referee: Irfan Peljto (Bosnia and Herzegovina)

4 October 2023 (2023-10-04) Group E	Celtic	1–2	Lazio	Glasgow
20:00 BST	Furuhashi 12'	Report	Vecino 29' Pedro 90+5'	Stadium: Celtic Park Attendance: 56,063^[27] Referee: Donatas Rumšas (Lithuania)

25 October 2023 (2023-10-25) Group E	Celtic	2–2	Atlético Madrid	Glasgow
20:00 BST	Furuhashi 4' Palma 28'	Report	Griezmann 25' Morata 53'	Stadium: Celtic Park Attendance: 55,844^[28] Referee: Felix Zwayer (Germany)

7 November 2023 (2023-11-07) Group E	Atlético Madrid	6–0	Celtic	Madrid
20:00 GMT	Griezmann 6', 60' Morata 45+2', 76' Lino 66' Saúl 84'	Report		Stadium: Metropolitano Stadium Attendance: 60,863^[29] Referee: Ivan Kružliak (Slovakia)

28 November 2023 (2023-11-28) Group E	Lazio	2–0	Celtic	Rome
17:45 GMT	Immobile 82', 85'	Report		Stadium: Stadio Olimpico Attendance: 50,555^[30] Referee: Halil Umut Meler (Turkey)

13 December 2023 (2023-12-13) Group E	Celtic	2–1	Feyenoord	Glasgow
20:00 GMT	Palma 33' (pen.) Lagerbielke 90+1'	Report	Minteh 82'	Stadium: Celtic Park Referee: Benoît Bastien (France)

Rangers

UEFA Champions League

Having finished in second place of the Premiership, Rangers qualified for the Champions League and entered in the third qualifying round.^[24]

9 August 2023 QR3	Rangers	2–1	Servette	Glasgow
19:45 BST	Tavernier 6' (pen.) Dessers 15'	Report	Bedia 44' (pen.)	Stadium: Ibrox Stadium Attendance: 48,956 Referee: Donatas Rumsas (Lithuania)

15 August 2023 QR3	Servette	1–1 (2–3 agg.)	Rangers	Lancy
19:30 BST	Kutesa 22'	Report	Tavernier 50'	Stadium: Stade de Genève Attendance: 26,000 Referee: Maurizio Mariani (Italy)

22 August 2023 PO	Rangers	2–2	PSV Eindhoven	Glasgow
20:00 BST	Sima 45' Matondo 76'	Report	Sangaré 61' de Jong 80'	Stadium: Ibrox Stadium Attendance: 47,537 Referee: Clément Turpin (France)

30 August 2023 PO	PSV Eindhoven	5–1 (7–3 agg.)	Rangers	Eindhoven
20:00 BST	Saibari 35', 53' de Jong 66' Veerman 78' Goldson 81' (o.g.)	Report	Tavernier 64'	Stadium: Philips Stadion Attendance: 34,560 Referee: José María Sánchez Martínez (Spain)

UEFA Europa League

Having lost in the Champions League play-off, Rangers dropped into the Europa League and were drawn in Group C with Real Betis, Sparta Prague and Aris Limassol.^[31]

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Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification	RAN	SPP	BET	ALI
1	Rangers	6	3	2	1	8	6	+2	11	Advance to round of 16	—	2–1	1–0	1–1
2	Sparta Prague	6	3	1	2	9	7	+2	10	Advance to knockout round play-offs	0–0	—	1–0	3–2
3	Real Betis	6	3	0	3	9	7	+2	9	Transfer to Europa Conference League	2–3	2–1	—	4–1
4	Aris Limassol	6	1	1	4	7	13	−6	4		2–1	1–3	0–1	—

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Source: UEFA
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers

21 September 2023 (2023-09-21) Group C	Rangers	1–0	Real Betis	Glasgow
20:00 BST	Sima 67'	Report		Stadium: Ibrox Stadium Attendance: 45,634 Referee: Lawrence Visser (Belgium)

5 October 2023 (2023-10-05) Group C	Aris Limassol	2–1	Rangers	Limassol
17:45 BST	Moucketou-Moussounda 9' Babicka 59'	Report	Sima 70'	Stadium: Alphamega Stadium Attendance: 3,911^[32] Referee: Horațiu Feșnic (Romania)

26 October 2023 (2023-10-26) Group C	Sparta Prague	0–0	Rangers	Prague
17:45 BST		Report		Stadium: Stadion Letná Referee: Sascha Stegemann (Germany)

9 November 2023 (2023-11-09) Group C	Rangers	2–1	Sparta Prague	Glasgow
20:00 GMT	Danilo 11' Cantwell 20'	Report	Haraslín 77'	Stadium: Ibrox Stadium Attendance: 48,838^[33] Referee: Davide Massa (Italy)

30 November 2023 (2023-11-30) Group C	Rangers	1–1	Aris Limassol	Glasgow
20:00 GMT	McCausland 49'	Report	Shavy Babicka 28'	Stadium: Ibrox Stadium Referee: Rohit Saggi (Norway)

14 December 2023 (2023-12-14) Group C	Real Betis	2–3	Rangers	Seville
20:00 GMT	Miranda 14' Pérez 37'	Report	Sima 10' Dessers 20' Roofe 78'	Stadium: Benito Villamarín Referee: Srđan Jovanović (Serbia)

Having won their group, Rangers received a bye to the last 16 of the Europa League.^[34]

7 March 2024 Last 16	Benfica	2–2	Rangers	Lisbon
20:00 GMT	Di Maria 45+2' (pen.) Goldson 67' (o.g.)	Report	Lawrence 7' Sterling 45+5'	Stadium: Estádio da Luz Attendance: 48,579^[35] Referee: Tobias Stieler (Germany)

14 March 2024 Last 16	Rangers	0–1 (2–3 agg.)	Benfica	Glasgow
17:45 GMT		Report	R. Silva 66'	Stadium: Ibrox Stadium Attendance: 49,943^[36] Referee: Ivan Kružliak (Slovakia)

Aberdeen

Having finished in third place of the Premiership, Aberdeen qualified for the Europa League and entered in the play-off round.^[24]

24 August 2023 PO	BK Hacken	2–2	Aberdeen	Gothenburg
18:00 BST	Layouni 36' Sadiq 69' (pen.)	Report	Miovski 75' Devlin 79'	Stadium: Bravida Arena Attendance: 4,424 Referee: Filip Glova (Slovakia)

31 August 2023 PO	Aberdeen	1–3 (3–5 agg.)	BK Hacken	Aberdeen
19:45 BST	Miovski 55' (pen.)	Report	Sadiq 14', 41' Layouni 81' (pen.)	Stadium: Pittodrie Stadium Attendance: 19,237 Referee: Daniel Siebert (Germany)

UEFA Europa Conference League

Having lost in the Europa League play-off, Aberdeen dropped into the Europa Conference League and were drawn in Group G with Eintracht Frankfurt, PAOK and HJK Helsinki.^[37]

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Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification	PAOK	FRA	ABE	HJK
1	PAOK	6	5	1	0	16	10	+6	16	Advance to round of 16	—	2–1	2–2	4–2
2	Eintracht Frankfurt	6	3	0	3	11	7	+4	9	Advance to knockout round play-offs	1–2	—	2–1	6–0
3	Aberdeen	6	1	3	2	10	10	0	6		2–3	2–0	—	1–1
4	HJK	6	0	2	4	7	17	−10	2		2–3	0–1	2–2	—

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Source: UEFA
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers

21 September 2023 (2023-09-21) Group G	Eintracht Frankfurt	2–1	Aberdeen	Frankfurt
17:45 BST	Marmoush 11' (pen.) Koch 61'	Report	Polvara 22'	Stadium: Waldstadion Attendance: 55,500 Referee: Chrysovalantis Theouli (Cyprus)

5 October 2023 (2023-10-05) Group G	Aberdeen	1–1	HJK	Aberdeen
20:00 BST	Miovski 79'	Report	Radulovic 59'	Stadium: Pittodrie Stadium Attendance: 16,316^[38] Referee: Daniel Stefański (Poland)

26 October 2023 (2023-10-26) Group G	Aberdeen	2–3	PAOK	Aberdeen
20:00 BST	Miovski 50' Polvara 58'	Report	Despodov 73' Vieirinha 84' Schwab 90+6' (pen.)	Stadium: Pittodrie Stadium Attendance: 16,089 Referee: Sebastian Gishamer (Austria)

9 November 2023 (2023-11-09) Group G	PAOK	2–2	Aberdeen	Thessaloniki
17:45 GMT	Taison 23' Samatta 67'	Report	Duk 14' McGrath 70'	Stadium: Toumba Stadium Attendance: 19,019^[39] Referee: Juxhin Xhaja (Albania)

30 November 2023 (2023-11-30) Group G	HJK	2–2	Aberdeen	Helsinki
17:45 GMT	Bandé 16' Hostikka 33'	Report	MacDonald 41' Duk 56'	Stadium: Bolt Arena Referee: Genc Nuza (Kosovo)

14 December 2023 (2023-12-14) Group G	Aberdeen	2–0	Eintracht Frankfurt	Aberdeen
17:45 GMT	Duk 41' Sokler 74'	Report		Stadium: Pittodrie Stadium Referee: Miguel Nogueira (Portugal)

Heart of Midlothian

UEFA Europa Conference League

Having finished in fourth place of the Premiership, Hearts qualified for the Europa Conference League and entered in the third qualifying round.^[24]

10 August 2023 QR3	Rosenborg BK	2–1	Heart of Midlothian	Trondheim
18:00 BST	Frederiksen 14' Nelson 45+1'	Report	Shankland 78'	Stadium: Lerkendal Stadion Attendance: 11,882 Referee: Andrei Chivulete (Romania)

17 August 2023 QR3	Heart of Midlothian	3–1 (4–3 agg.)	Rosenborg BK	Edinburgh
19:45 BST	Shankland 13' Devlin 50', 90+2'	Report	Thorvaldsson 5'	Stadium: Tynecastle Park Attendance: 17,942 Referee: David Fuxman (Israel)

24 August 2023 PO	Heart of Midlothian	1–2	PAOK	Edinburgh
19:45 BST	Shankland 9' (pen.)	Report	Schwab 12' (pen.) A. Živković 75'	Stadium: Tynecastle Park Attendance: 17,409 Referee: Andris Treimanis (Latvia)

31 August 2023 PO	PAOK	4–0 (6–1 agg.)	Heart of Midlothian	Thessaloniki
18:30 BST	Taison 16', 71' Brandon 23' Konstantelias 57'	Report		Stadium: Toumba Stadium Attendance: 19,032 Referee: Guillermo Cuadra Fernández (Spain)

Hibernian

UEFA Europa Conference League

Having finished in fifth place of the Premiership, Hibs qualified for the Europa Conference League and entered in the second qualifying round.^[24]^[40]

27 July 2023 QR2	Inter Club d'Escaldes	2–1	Hibernian	Andorra la Vella
16:00 BST	Gallego 15' Assoubre 71'	Report	Newell 90+1'	Stadium: Estadi Comunal Attendance: 223 Referee: Joni Hyytiä (Finland)

3 August 2023 QR2	Hibernian	6–1 (7–3 agg.)	Inter Club d'Escaldes	Edinburgh
19:15 BST	Boyle 10', 21' Doidge 29' Campbell 48', 61' Youan 65'	Report	De la Torre 83'	Stadium: Easter Road Attendance: 13,840 Referee: Peter Kralovic (Slovakia)

10 August 2023 QR3	Hibernian	3–1	Luzern	Edinburgh
19:30 BST	Newell 46' Vente 72' Obita 90'	Report	Beka 56'	Stadium: Easter Road Attendance: 13,075 Referee: Robertas Valikonis (Lithuania)

17 August 2023 QR3	Luzern	2–2 (3–5 agg.)	Hibernian	Luzern
19:45 BST	Kadák 16' Ademi 67'	Report	Youan 10' Boyle 73'	Stadium: Swissporarena Attendance: 13,987 Referee: Aristotelis Diamantopoulos (Greece)

23 August 2023 PO	Hibernian	0–5	Aston Villa	Edinburgh
17:45 BST		Report	Watkins 17', 33', 48' Bailey 42' Luiz 74' (pen.)	Stadium: Easter Road Attendance: 19,306 Referee: Ricardo de Burgos Bengoetxea (Spain)

31 August 2023 PO	Aston Villa	3–0 (8–0 agg.)	Hibernian	Birmingham
20:00 BST	Duran 11' Bailey 34' Cash 61'	Report		Stadium: Villa Park Attendance: 39,467 Referee: Luca Pairetto (Italy)

Scotland national team

Scotland qualified for UEFA Euro 2024, after a 1–0 win for Spain against Norway on 15 October 2023 meant that they were guaranteed to finish in a qualifying position.^[41]

8 September 2023 Euro 2024 qualifying	Cyprus	0–3	Scotland	Larnaca
		Report	McTominay 6' Porteous 16' McGinn 30'	Stadium: AEK Arena Attendance: 6,633 Referee: Balazs Berke (Hungary)

12 September 2023 Friendly match	Scotland	1–3	England	Glasgow
	Maguire 67' (o.g.)		Foden 32' Bellingham 35' Kane 81'	Stadium: Hampden Park Attendance: 49,129 Referee: Davide Massa (Italy)

12 October 2023 Euro 2024 qualifying	Spain	2–0	Scotland	Seville
	Morata 73' Sancet 86'	Report		Stadium: Estadio de La Cartuja Attendance: 45,623 Referee: Serdar Gözübüyük (Netherlands)

17 October 2023 Friendly match	France	4–1	Scotland	Lille
	Pavard 16', 24' Mbappe 41' (pen.) Coman 70'	Report	Gilmour 11'	Stadium: Stade Pierre-Mauroy Attendance: 44,000 Referee: Tobias Stieler (Germany)

16 November 2023 Euro 2024 qualifying	Georgia	2–2	Scotland	Tbilisi
	Kvaratskhelia 15', 57'	Report	McTominay 49' Shankland 90+2'	Stadium: Boris Paichadze Dinamo Arena Attendance: 44,595 Referee: Aleksandar Stavrev (North Macedonia)

19 November 2023 Euro 2024 qualifying	Scotland	3–3	Norway	Glasgow
	McGinn 13' Østigård 33' (o.g.) Armstrong 59'	Report	Dønnum 3' Larsen 20' Elyounoussi 86'	Stadium: Hampden Park Attendance: 48,318 Referee: Horațiu Feșnic (Romania)

22 March 2024 Friendly match	Netherlands	4–0	Scotland	Amsterdam
	Reijnders 40' Wijnaldum 72' Weghorst 84' Malen 86'	Report		Stadium: Johan Cruyff Arena Attendance: 46,223 Referee: Erik Lambrechts (Belgium)

26 March 2024 Friendly match	Scotland	0–1	Northern Ireland	Glasgow
		Report	Bradley 32'	Stadium: Hampden Park Attendance: 33,452 Referee: Robert Jones (England)

3 June 2024 Friendly match	Gibraltar	0–2	Scotland	Faro/Loulé
		Report	Christie 58' Adams 85'	Stadium: Estadio Algarve Referee: J. Robinson (Northern Ireland)

7 June 2024 Friendly match	Scotland	2–2	Finland	Glasgow
	Hoskonen 54' (o.g.) Shankland 58'	Report	Kallman 72' Antman 85' (pen.)	Stadium: Hampden Park Referee: Łukasz Kuźma (Poland)

14 June 2024 Euro 2024	Germany	5–1	Scotland	Munich
	Wirtz 10' Musiala 19' Havertz 45+1' (pen.) Füllkrug 68' Can 90+3'	Report	Rüdiger 87' (o.g.)	Stadium: Allianz Arena Attendance: 65,052 Referee: Clément Turpin (France)

19 June 2024 Euro 2024	Scotland	1–1	Switzerland	Cologne
	McTominay 13'	Report	Shaqiri 26'	Stadium: RheinEnergieStadion Attendance: 42,711 Referee: Ivan Kružliak (Slovakia)

23 June 2024 Euro 2024	Scotland	0–1	Hungary	Stuttgart
		Report	Csoboth 90+10'	Stadium: MHPArena Attendance: 54,000 Referee: Facundo Tello (Argentina)

Women's football

League and Cup honours

More information Division, Winner ...

Division	Winner
2023–24 SWPL 1	Celtic
2023–24 SWPL 2	Queen's Park
2023–24 SWF Championship	Rossvale
2023–24 SWF League One	Stenhousemuir^[42]

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More information Competition, Winner ...

Competition	Winner	Score	Runner-up	Match report
2023–24 Scottish Women's Cup	Rangers	2–0	Heart of Midlothian	BBC Sport
2023–24 SWPL Cup	Rangers	4–1	Partick Thistle
SWF Championship Cup	Rossvale	1–0^[a]	Dryburgh Athletic	^[43]
SWFL Cup	Glenrothes Strollers	2–1	McDermid Ladies	^[44]

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[a]
After extra time

Individual honours

More information Award, Winner ...

Award	Winner	Team
Players' Player of the Year	Rachel Rowe^[19]	Rangers
Manager of the Year	Jo Potter^[19]	Rangers
Young Player of the Year	Mia McAulay^[19]	Rangers

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Scottish Women's Premier League

SWPL 1

Regular season

More information Pos, Pld ...

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Rangers	22	19	3	0	92	10	+82	60	Qualification for the Top six
2	Celtic	22	18	2	2	102	13	+89	56
3	Glasgow City	22	18	2	2	72	13	+59	56
4	Hibernian	22	12	3	7	60	32	+28	39
5	Heart of Midlothian	22	13	3	6	58	22	+36	42
6	Partick Thistle	22	12	2	8	35	35	0	38
7	Aberdeen	22	8	1	13	34	72	−38	25	Qualification for the Bottom six
8	Motherwell	22	6	1	15	30	56	−26	19
9	Spartans	22	3	4	15	26	57	−31	13
10	Montrose	22	3	4	15	25	86	−61	13
11	Dundee United	22	3	1	18	19	86	−67	10
12	Hamilton Academical	22	2	4	16	17	88	−71	10

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Source: ^[45]
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Number of goals scored

Top six

More information Pos, Pld ...

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Celtic (C)	32	26	4	2	126	18	+108	82	Qualification for the Champions League first round
2	Rangers	32	26	4	2	113	18	+95	82	Qualification for the Champions League first round
3	Glasgow City	32	23	4	5	89	25	+64	73
4	Heart of Midlothian	32	17	3	12	68	41	+27	54
5	Hibernian	32	14	4	14	71	47	+24	46
6	Partick Thistle	32	13	2	17	42	66	−24	41

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Updated to match(es) played on 19 May 2024. Source: ^[46]
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Number of goals scored
(C) Champions

Bottom six

More information Pos, Pld ...

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
7	Motherwell	32	14	3	15	57	66	−9	45
8	Aberdeen	32	12	4	16	57	92	−35	40
9	Montrose	32	9	6	17	46	101	−55	33
10	Spartans	32	7	6	19	44	74	−30	27
11	Dundee United	32	4	3	25	28	109	−81	15	Qualification for the SWPL Play-off Final^[47]^[48]
12	Hamilton Academical (R)	32	3	5	24	31	115	−84	14	Relegation to SWPL2

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Updated to match(es) played on 19 May 2024. Source: ^[49]
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Number of goals scored
(R) Relegated

SWPL 2

UEFA Women's Champions League

Glasgow City

6 September 2023 (2023-09-06) Round 1	Glasgow City	2–0	Shelbourne	Šiauliai
	Lovera 54' Davidson 65'	Report		Stadium: Siauliai central stadium Referee: Ifeoma Kulmala (Finland)

9 September 2023 (2023-09-09) Round 1	Glasgow City	3–0	Gintra	Šiauliai
	Lovera 1' Weir 29' Davidson 67'	Report		Stadium: Siauliai central stadium Attendance: 550^[50] Referee: Andromachi Tsiofliki (Greece)

11 October 2023 (2023-10-11) Round 2	Glasgow City	0–4	Brann	Glasgow
19:35 BST		Report	Engesvik 5', 39' Eikeland 13' Lund 86'	Stadium: Petershill Park Attendance: 865^[51] Referee: Ewa Augustyn (Poland)

18 October 2023 (2023-10-18) Round 2	Brann	2–0 (6–0 agg.)	Glasgow City	Bergen
18:00 BST	Østenstad 34' Lie 86'	Report		Stadium: Brann Stadion Referee: Marta Huerta de Aza (Spain)

Celtic

6 September 2023 (2023-09-06) Round 1	Brøndby	0–1	Celtic	Oslo
		Report	Clark 69'	Stadium: Intility Arena Referee: Gamze Durmuş (Turkey)

9 September 2023 (2023-09-09) Round 1	Vålerenga	2–2 (a.e.t.) (11–10 p)	Celtic	Oslo
	Tvedten 5' Thorsnes 120+3' (pen.)	Report	Loferski 9' Smith 116'	Stadium: Intility Arena Referee: Olatz Rivera Olmedo (Spain)
	Penalties
	Thorsnes Tvedten Thomsen Löfwenius Sigurðardóttir Kovacs Vickius Brekken Pechersky Pettersen Rogic		Clark McAneny Partido Craig Shen Mengyu Burchill Shen Menglu Agnew Hayes Goldie Daugherty

Scotland women's national team

14 July 2023 Friendly	Scotland	3–0	Northern Ireland	Dundee
	Cuthbert 32' Kerr 37' Thomas 39'	Report		Stadium: Dens Park Referee: Lisa Benn (England)

17 July 2023 Friendly	Finland	1–2	Scotland	Tampere
	Pikkujämsä 25'	Report	Weir 13' Watson 19'	Stadium: Tampere Stadium

22 September 2023 Nations League A	England	2–1	Scotland	Sunderland
	Bronze 39' Hemp 45'	Report	Hanson 45+2'	Stadium: Stadium of Light Attendance: 41,947^[52] Referee: Maria Sole Ferrieri Caputi (Italy)

26 September 2023 Nations League A	Scotland	1–1	Belgium	Glasgow
	Howard 90+4'	Report	Missipo 52'	Stadium: Hampden Park Attendance: 7,058^[53] Referee: Eleni Antoniou (Greece)

27 October 2023 Nations League A	Netherlands	4–0	Scotland	Nijmegen
	van de Donk 12' Brugts 32' Beerensteyn 52', 71'	Report		Stadium: Goffertstadion Attendance: 10,850^[54] Referee: Ivana Projkovska (North Macedonia)

31 October 2023 Nations League A	Scotland	0–1	Netherlands	Glasgow
		Report	Brugts 60'	Stadium: Hampden Park Attendance: 5,186^[55] Referee: Jana Adámková (Czech Republic)

1 December 2023 Nations League A	Belgium	1–1	Scotland	Leuven
	Detruyer 30'	Report	Cuthbert 34'	Stadium: Den Dreef Attendance: 4,730^[56] Referee: Olatz Rivera Olmedo (Spain)

5 December 2023 Nations League A	Scotland	0–6	England	Glasgow
		Report	Greenwood 13' James 38', 39' Mead 45+1' Kirby 49' Bronze 90+3'	Stadium: Hampden Park Attendance: 15,320 Referee: Alina Peşu (Romania)

24 February 2024 2024 Pinatar Cup	Philippines	0–2	Scotland	San Pedro del Pinatar
		Report	Thomas 23', 36'	Stadium: Pinatar Arena Attendance: 200 Referee: Jana Adámková (Czech Republic)

27 February 2024 2024 Pinatar Cup	Scotland	1–1 (4–5 p)	Finland	San Pedro del Pinatar
	Thomas 75'	Report	Sevenius 21'	Stadium: Pinatar Arena Attendance: 200 Referee: Jana Adámková (Czech Republic)

5 April 2024 Euro 2025 qualifying	Serbia	0–0	Scotland	Leskovac
		Report		Stadium: Dubočica Stadium Referee: Riem Hussein (Germany)

9 April 2024 Euro 2025 qualifying	Scotland	1–0	Slovakia	Glasgow
	Howard 61'	Report		Stadium: Hampden Park Attendance: 3,127 Referee: Jelena Pejković (Croatia)

31 May 2024 Euro 2025 qualifying	Scotland	4–1	Israel	Glasgow
	Emslie 17', 36' Hanson 30' Thomas 63' (pen.)	Report	Sommer 84'	Stadium: Hampden Park Attendance: None Referee: Deborah Bianchi (Italy)

4 June 2024 Euro 2025 qualifying	Israel	0–5	Scotland	Budaörs (Hungary)
		Report	Thomas 14', 37', 74', 77' Cornet 86'	Stadium: Budaörsi Városi Stadium Attendance: None Referee: Jelena Kumer (Croatia)

Deaths

July: Paul Watchman, 70, Clyde midfielder.^[57] (announced 18 July)
24 July: Trevor Francis, 69, Rangers forward.^[58]
30 July: Benny Rooney, 80, Celtic, Dumbarton, Dundee United, St Johnstone and Partick Thistle defender; Greenock Morton, Partick Thistle and Albion Rovers manager.^[59]
13 August: Joe Caven, 86, Airdrieonians, Raith Rovers, Greenock Morton and Stirling Albion forward.^[60]
23 August: Hugh Murney, 84, Morton, Dumbarton and Queen of the South wing-half.^[61]
17 September: Ronnie McKinnon, 83, Rangers and Scotland defender.^[62]
27 September: Jim Forrest, 79, Rangers, Aberdeen and Scotland forward.^[63]
1 October: Frank McDougall, 65, Clydebank, St Mirren and Aberdeen forward.^[64]
5 October: Bill Munro, 89, Kilmarnock and East Stirlingshire forward; Clydebank and Airdrie manager.^[65]
10 October: Willie Hinshelwood, 90, Greenock Morton and Hamilton Academical defender.^[66]
23 October: John Wilkie, 76, Brechin City, Arbroath, Raith Rovers and Greenock Morton winger.^[67]
October: David Curlett, 91, Kilmarnock, Dundee and Ayr United centre forward and wing half.^[68] (announced 24 October)
13 November: Gordon Wallace, 74, Raith Rovers, Dundee United, Berwick Rangers and Cowdenbeath forward.^[69]
November: Billy McPhee, 74, Rangers, East Fife and Berwick Rangers forward.^[70] (announced 18 November)
9 December: Willie McCulloch, 75, Alloa Athletic, Airdrieonians and Berwick Rangers midfielder; Cowdenbeath manager.^[71]
29 December: Ian Dair, 69, Cowdenbeath right-half.^[72]
15 January: Denis Connaghan, 79, St Mirren, Celtic, Greenock Morton and Clyde goalkeeper.^[73]
27 January: Stuart Gray, 50, Celtic and Greenock Morton full-back.^[74]
30 January: Ally Shewan, 83, Aberdeen left-back.^[75]
12 February: Tam Gourlay, 74, Airdrieonians, Partick Thistle and East Stirlingshire goalkeeper.^[76]
February: Ian McMillan, 92, Airdrie, Rangers and Scotland inside forward; Airdrie manager.^[77]
23 February: Harry Melrose, 88, Dunfermline Athletic, Aberdeen and Berwick Rangers winger and inside forward, Berwick Rangers and Dunfermline Athletic manager.^[78]
March: John Lough, 89, Heart of Midlothian and Arbroath defender.^[79] (announced 5 March)
March: Raymond Edgar, 68, Hamilton Academical, Queen's Park, Clyde and East Stirlingshire midfielder and winger.^[80] (announced 8 March)
20 March: Jan Szpula, 101, Alloa Athletic and Stirling Albion winger.^[81]
29 March: Iain McChesney, 79, Queen of the South defender.^[82]
16 April: Dave Moyes, 68, Berwick Rangers, Meadowbank Thistle and Dunfermline Athletic defender.^[83]
3 May: Jim Rodger, 90, Rangers, St Mirren, Hearts, Queen of the South and East Fife winger.^[84]
20 May: Gerry Collins, 69, Stranraer, Albion Rovers, Ayr United, Hamilton Academical and Partick Thistle defender; Partick Thistle manager.^[85]
18 June: Billy Abercromby, 65, St Mirren, Partick Thistle, Dunfermline Athletic, Cowdenbeath and East Stirlingshire midfielder.^[86]
27 June: Landry Nguémo, 38, Celtic midfielder.^[87]

Scottish Premiership

Scottish Championship

Scottish League One

Scottish League Two

Non-league football

Level 5

Level 6

Highland

Lowland

Cup honours

Non-league honours

Individual honours

PFA Scotland awards

SFWA awards

Summary

Celtic

Rangers

Aberdeen

Heart of Midlothian

Hibernian

League and Cup honours

Individual honours

Scottish Women's Premier League

SWPL 1

Regular season

Top six

Bottom six

SWPL 2

UEFA Women's Champions League

Glasgow City

Celtic

Scotland women's national team

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