2025–26 Scottish Premiership

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The 2025–26 Scottish Premiership (known as the William Hill Premiership for sponsorship reasons) was the 13th season of the Scottish Premiership, the highest division of Scottish football, and the 129th edition overall of the top national league competition, not including one cancelled due to World War II. The season began on 2 August 2025.[1]

Season2025–26
Dates2 August 2025 – 17 May 2026
ChampionsCeltic
12th Premiership title
56th Scottish title
RelegatedLivingston
Quick facts Season, Dates ...
Scottish Premiership
Season2025–26
Dates2 August 2025 – 17 May 2026
ChampionsCeltic
12th Premiership title
56th Scottish title
RelegatedLivingston
Champions LeagueCeltic
Heart of Midlothian
Conference LeagueMotherwell
Matches228
Goals632 (2.77 per match)
Top goalscorerTawanda Maswanhise
(17 goals)
Biggest home win4 goals (12 matches)
Biggest away winSt Mirren 0–5 Motherwell
(21 February 2026)
Highest scoringFalkirk 3–6 Rangers
(12 April 2026)
Longest winning runCeltic
(7 games)
Longest unbeaten runRangers
(16 games)
Longest winless runLivingston
(31 games)
Longest losing runKilmarnock
(6 games)
Highest attendance58,980
Celtic v Hibernian
(27 September 2025)
Lowest attendance1,564
Livingston v St Mirren
(20 January 2026)
Total attendance4,023,540
Average attendance17,725
All statistics correct as of 17 May 2026.
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On 16 May 2026, the final day of the Scottish Premiership season, Celtic successfully defended their title, securing their fifth Premiership title in a row, and a record-breaking 56th Scottish league title overall, following a 3–1 victory at home to Heart of Midlothian in the final match of the season, denying Hearts their first championship since 1960 and the first non-Old Firm championship since 1985.[2][3]

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

Teams

The following teams changed division after the 2024–25 season.

Promoted from the Championship

Relegated to the Championship

Stadia and locations

2025–26 Scottish Premiership
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St Mirren
12 St Mirren
12 St Mirren
11
Rangers
11 Rangers
11 Rangers
10
Motherwell
10 Motherwell
10 Motherwell
9
Livingston
9 Livingston
9 Livingston
8
Kilmarnock
8 Kilmarnock
8 Kilmarnock
7
Hibernian
7 Hibernian
7 Hibernian
6
Heart of Midlothian
6 Heart of Midlothian
6 Heart of Midlothian
5
Falkirk
5 Falkirk
5 Falkirk
4
Dundee United
4 Dundee United
4 Dundee United
3
Dundee
3 Dundee
3 Dundee
2
Celtic
2 Celtic
2 Celtic
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Aberdeen
1 Aberdeen
1 Aberdeen
Team locations:
1
Aberdeen
2
Celtic
3
Dundee
4
Dundee United
5
Falkirk
6
Heart of Midlothian
7
Hibernian
8
Kilmarnock
9
Livingston
10
Motherwell
11
Rangers
12
St Mirren
More information Team, Stadium ...
Team Stadium Capacity Photo
Aberdeen Pittodrie Stadium 19,274[4]
Celtic Celtic Park 60,411[5]
Dundee Dens Park 11,775[6]
Dundee United Tannadice Park 14,223[7]
Falkirk Falkirk Stadium 7,937[8]
Heart of Midlothian Tynecastle Park 19,852[9]
Hibernian Easter Road 20,421[10]
Kilmarnock Rugby Park 15,003[11][12]
Livingston Almondvale Stadium 9,713[13]
Motherwell Fir Park 13,677[14]
Rangers Ibrox Stadium 51,700[15]
St Mirren St Mirren Park 8,000[16]
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Personnel and kits

More information Team, Manager ...
Team Manager Captain Kit manufacturer Shirt sponsor (front) Shirt sponsor (back) Shirt sponsor (sleeve) Shorts sponsor
Aberdeen Northern Ireland Stephen Robinson Scotland Graeme Shinnie Adidas Texo Group MaxAmaze, EIS Waste Services RAM Tubulars Texo Group
Celtic Northern Ireland Martin O'Neill Scotland Callum McGregor Adidas Dafabet None Celtic FC Foundation None
Dundee Scotland Steven Pressley Scotland Simon Murray Macron Crown Engineering Services MKM Building Supplies, John Clark BMW GA Vans DrainBlitz
Dundee United Republic of Ireland Jim Goodwin Scotland Ross Graham Erreà Quinn Casino JF Kegs, Norman Jamieson Ltd Trade-Mart Paint-Tec Accident Repair Centre
Falkirk Scotland John McGlynn Scotland Coll Donaldson O'Neills Crunchy Carrots Maniqui Nightclub (Home)
Horizon Reinforcing & Crane Hire (Away)		 Total Tickets Water & Pipeline Services
Heart of Midlothian Scotland Derek McInnes Scotland Lawrence Shankland Hummel Stellar Omada FanHub, loveholidays ASC Edinburgh Ltd None
Hibernian Scotland David Gray England Joe Newell Joma Bevvy.com Whisky Row, Dunedin IT SBK Capital Credit Union
Kilmarnock Scotland Neil McCann Northern Ireland Brad Lyons Hummel James Frew Ltd James Frew Ltd, Blackwood Plant Hire Redrock Automation A&L Mechanical
Livingston Canada Scott Arfield (interim) Australia Ryan McGowan Joma Livi Self Storage Simply UK, Label 5 The Centre Livingston John Heaney Electrical
Motherwell Denmark Jens Berthel Askou Scotland Paul McGinn Macron G4 Claims Fire Suppression Scotland, Kwiff DX Home Improvements TCL
Rangers Germany Danny Röhl England James Tavernier Umbro Unibet SEKO Logistics, Pipeline Energy Solutions BOXT Boilers AIM Building and Maintenance
St Mirren Scotland Craig McLeish (interim) Scotland Mark O'Hara Macron Consilium Ultimate Home Solutions, Macklin Motors Gennaro Glass & Glazing KPP Chartered Accountants
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Managerial changes

More information Team, Outgoing manager ...
Team Outgoing manager Manner of departure Date of vacancy Position in table Incoming manager Date of appointment
Rangers Scotland Barry Ferguson End of interim spell 17 May 2025[17] Pre-season Scotland Russell Martin 5 June 2025[18]
Heart of Midlothian Scotland Liam Fox 18 May 2025[19] Scotland Derek McInnes 19 May 2025[20]
Dundee Scotland Tony Docherty Sacked 19 May 2025[21] Scotland Steven Pressley 2 June 2025[22]
Kilmarnock Scotland Derek McInnes Signed by Heart of Midlothian 19 May 2025[20] Scotland Stuart Kettlewell 26 May 2025[23]
Motherwell Germany Michael Wimmer Signed by Jahn Regensburg 23 May 2025[24] Denmark Jens Berthel Askou 12 June 2025[25]
Rangers Scotland Russell Martin Sacked 5 October 2025[26] 8th Scotland Steven Smith (interim) 16 October 2025[27]
Scotland Steven Smith End of interim spell 20 October 2025[28] 6th Germany Danny Röhl 20 October 2025[28]
Celtic Northern Ireland Brendan Rodgers Resigned 27 October 2025[29] 2nd Northern Ireland Martin O'Neill (interim) 27 October 2025[29]
Northern Ireland Martin O'Neill End of interim spell 4 December 2025[30] 2nd France Wilfried Nancy 4 December 2025[30]
Kilmarnock Scotland Stuart Kettlewell Sacked 15 December 2025[31] 11th Scotland Neil McCann 6 January 2026[32]
Aberdeen Sweden Jimmy Thelin 4 January 2026[33] 8th Scotland Peter Leven (interim) 4 January 2026[33]
Celtic France Wilfried Nancy 5 January 2026[34] 2nd Northern Ireland Martin O'Neill 5 January 2026[35]
Livingston Scotland David Martindale Moved to Sporting Director 1 February 2026[36] 12th England Marvin Bartley 1 February 2026[36]
Aberdeen Scotland Peter Leven End of interim spell 12 March 2026[37] 9th Northern Ireland Stephen Robinson 12 March 2026[37]
St Mirren Northern Ireland Stephen Robinson Signed by Aberdeen 12 March 2026[38] 10th Scotland Craig McLeish (interim) 12 March 2026[38]
Livingston England Marvin Bartley Resigned 7 May 2026 12th Canada Scott Arfield (interim) 7 May 2026
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Format

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

League table

More information Pos, Team ...
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation[a]
1 Celtic (C, Q) 38 26 4 8 73 41 +32 82 Qualification for the Champions League play-off round
2 Heart of Midlothian (Q) 38 24 8 6 67 34 +33 80 Qualification for the Champions League second qualifying round
3 Rangers (Y) 38 20 12 6 76 43 +33 72 Qualification for the Conference League second qualifying round[b]
4 Motherwell (Q) 38 16 13 9 59 36 +23 61
5 Hibernian (Z) 38 15 12 11 58 44 +14 57
6 Falkirk 38 14 7 17 50 62 −12 49
7 Dundee United 38 10 15 13 49 60 −11 45
8 Dundee 38 11 9 18 42 61 −19 42
9 Aberdeen 38 11 7 20 40 55 −15 40
10 Kilmarnock 38 10 10 18 50 68 −18 40
11 St Mirren (Q) 38 8 10 20 30 55 −25 34 Qualification for the Premiership play-off final
12 Livingston (R) 38 2 15 21 40 75 −35 21 Relegation to Championship
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Source: [39][40]
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 competition qualification, second stage group allocation, or relegation).[41]
(C) Champions; (Q) Qualified for the phase indicated; (R) Relegated; (Y) Assured of at least the Conference League second qualifying round, but will qualify for the Europa League third qualifying round if Celtic win the Scottish Cup; (Z) Will qualify for the Conference League second qualifying round if Celtic win the Scottish Cup
Notes:
  1. [a]
    Teams play each other three times (33 matches), before the league is split into two groups (the top six and the bottom six).
  2. [b]
    The winners of the 2025–26 Scottish Cup, Celtic or Dunfermline Athletic from the 2025–26 Scottish Championship, qualify for the Europa League third qualifying round. Since Celtic have qualified for the Champions League, if they win the Scottish Cup the Europa League spot will be passed to the third-placed team (Rangers), and the spots for the Conference League second qualifying round will move down one league position meaning the fifth-placed team (Hibernian) will qualify.

Results

Matches 1–33

In Matches 1–22, all teams play each other twice, once at home and once away. In Matches 23–33, all teams play each other once, either home or away.

More information Home \ Away, ABE ...
Home \ Away ABE CEL DND DUN FAL HOM HIB KIL LIV MOT RAN STM ABE CEL DND DUN FAL HOM HIB KIL LIV MOT RAN STM
Aberdeen — 0–2 4–0 1–1 0–1 1–0 1–2 2–1 0–0 1–1 0–2 3–3 — 1–2 2–3 — 1–1 — 2–0 — 6–2 — — —
Celtic 3–1 — 1–0 4–0 4–0 1–2 0–0 4–0 3–0 3–2 1–3 1–0 — — — — 2–0 — 1–2 — 2–1 3–1 — 1–0
Dundee 1–3 2–0 — 0–2 1–0 0–1 1–2 2–1 3–2 1–1 0–3 3–1 — 1–2 — 2–2 — — 3–3 — 2–2 2–1 — —
Dundee United 2–0 2–1 0–1 — 0–3 2–3 1–1 0–2 1–1 0–0 2–2 3–1 0–0 2–0 — — — 0–3 — 1–1 3–2 — — 2–1
Falkirk 1–0 0–1 2–1 2–2 — 0–2 2–2 3–1 1–1 0–0 1–1 1–2 — — 1–0 2–3 — — 4–1 5–1 — — 3–6 1–2
Heart of Midlothian 2–0 3–1 4–0 1–1 3–0 — 1–0 1–1 1–0 3–3 2–1 2–0 1–0 2–2 1–0 — 1–0 — 1–0 — — 3–1 — —
Hibernian 2–0 1–2 2–0 3–3 3–0 3–2 — 2–2 4–0 1–1 0–1 1–1 — — — 3–2 — — — 3–0 0–0 — 0–0 2–0
Kilmarnock 0–1 1–2 0–0 1–1 0–1 0–3 1–3 — 2–2 1–3 0–3 2–0 3–0 2–3 2–2 — — 1–0 — — 2–0 — — 4–3
Livingston 0–1 2–4 2–2 1–3 3–1 1–2 2–2 1–1 — 1–2 1–2 1–1 — — — — 1–2 2–2 — — — 0–2 2–2 1–1
Motherwell 2–0 2–0 1–0 2–0 1–2 0–0 2–0 2–2 3–0 — 1–1 2–0 2–0 — — 2–0 2–3 — 0–0 4–0 — — 1–1 —
Rangers 2–0 0–0 1–1 2–2 0–0 0–2 1–0 3–1 2–1 1–0 — 2–1 4–1 2–2 3–0 4–2 — 4–2 — 5–1 — — — —
St Mirren 0–1 0–1 1–0 2–0 0–2 2–2 0–3 0–0 1–0 0–0 1–1 — 2–0 — 0–0 — — 1–0 — — — 0–5 0–1 —
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Source: [42]
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

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.

Top 6

More information Home \ Away, CEL ...
Home \ Away CEL FAL HOM HIB MOT RAN
Celtic — 3–1 3–1 — — 3–1
Falkirk — — — 1–3 1–0 2–5
Heart of Midlothian — 3–0 — — — 2–1
Hibernian 1–2 — 1–2 — 0–1 —
Motherwell 2–3 — 1–1 — — —
Rangers — — — 1–2 2–3 —
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Source: [43]
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Bottom 6

More information Home \ Away, ABE ...
Home \ Away ABE DND DUN KIL LIV STM
Aberdeen — — 2–0 1–0 — 0–2
Dundee 3–2 — — — 3–0 1–0
Dundee United — 3–0 — — 0–0 —
Kilmarnock — 3–1 3–0 — — —
Livingston 2–2 — — 1–4 — —
St Mirren — — 1–1 0–3 0–2 —
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Source: [43]
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Season statistics

As of 17 May 2026

Top scorers

More information Rank, Player ...
Rank Player Club Goals
1 Zimbabwe Tawanda Maswanhise Motherwell 17
2 Sweden Benjamin Nygren Celtic 16
Scotland Lawrence Shankland Heart of Midlothian
4 Portugal Youssef Chermiti Rangers 15
5 Japan Daizen Maeda Celtic 14
Portugal Cláudio Braga Heart of Midlothian
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Source:[44]

Hat-tricks

Main article: List of Scottish Professional Football League hat-tricks § Scottish Premiership
More information Player, For ...
Player For Against Score Date Ref.
Scotland Barney Stewart Falkirk Hibernian 4–1 (H) 24 January 2026 [45]
England Tyreece John-Jules Kilmarnock St Mirren 4–3 (H) 11 February 2026 [46]
Portugal Youssef Chermiti Rangers Heart of Midlothian 4–2 (H) 15 February 2026 [47]
Falkirk 2–5 (A) 16 May 2026 [48]
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Clean sheets

More information Rank, Player ...
Rank Player Club Clean
sheets
1 England Calum Ward Motherwell 17
2 Germany Alexander Schwolow Heart of Midlothian 15
3 Denmark Kasper Schmeichel Celtic 12
England Jack Butland Rangers
5 Austria Raphael Sallinger Hibernian 11
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Source:[49]

Awards

More information Month, Manager of the Month ...
Month Manager of the Month Player of the Month
Manager Club Player Club
August Scotland Derek McInnes Heart of Midlothian Croatia Ivan Dolček Dundee United
September Scotland Lawrence Shankland Heart of Midlothian
October Portugal Cláudio Braga
November Northern Ireland Martin O'Neill Celtic Zimbabwe Tawanda Maswanhise Motherwell
December Denmark Jens Berthel Askou Motherwell Scotland Elliott Watt
January Germany Danny Röhl Rangers Zimbabwe Tawanda Maswanhise
February Denmark Jens Berthel Askou Motherwell Portugal Youssef Chermiti Rangers
March Republic of Ireland Jim Goodwin Dundee United Scotland Barney Stewart Falkirk
April Northern Ireland Martin O'Neill Celtic Republic of Ireland Will Ferry Dundee United
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Premiership play-offs

The quarter-final was contested by the teams placed third and fourth in the 2025–26 Scottish Championship, Arbroath and Dunfermline Athletic. Dunfermline advanced to the semi-final to face the team placed second in the Championship, Partick Thistle. The final will be contested by the semi-final winner, Partick Thistle, and the team placed eleventh in the Premiership, St Mirren, with the winners securing a place in the 2026–27 Scottish Premiership.[50]

Qualified teams

More information Team, Rank ...
TeamRank
St Mirren1
Partick Thistle2
Arbroath3
Dunfermline Athletic4
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Quarter-finalSemi-finalFinal
1St Mirren
2Partick Thistle2132Partick Thistle
3Arbroath0004Dunfermline Athletic112
4Dunfermline Athletic101

Quarter-final

First leg

5 May 2026 Dunfermline Athletic 1–0 Arbroath Dunfermline
19:45
  • Kane 7'
 [51] Stadium: East End Park
Attendance: 5,079
Referee: Ryan Lee

Second leg

8 May 2026 Arbroath0–0
(0–1 agg.)		 Dunfermline Athletic Arbroath
19:30 [52] Stadium: Gayfield Park
Attendance: 3,689
Referee: David Dickinson

Semi-final

First leg

12 May 2026 Dunfermline Athletic 1–1 Partick Thistle Dunfermline
19:45
[53]
Stadium: East End Park
Attendance: 6,873
Referee: Duncan Nicolson

Second leg

15 May 2026 Partick Thistle 2–1
(3–2 agg.)		Dunfermline AthleticGlasgow
19:45
[54]
Stadium: Firhill Stadium
Attendance: 8,044
Referee: Calum Scott

Final

First leg

21 May 2026 Partick Thistle v St Mirren Glasgow
20:00 Stadium: Firhill Stadium

Second leg

25 May 2026 St Mirren v Partick Thistle Paisley
20:00 Stadium: St Mirren Park

References

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