2017–18 in Scottish football

Scotland 2017–18
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2017–18 in Scottish football
Premiership champions
Championship champions
League 1 champions
League 2 champions
Scottish Cup winners
League Cup winners
Challenge Cup winners
Youth Cup winners
Teams in Europe
Celtic, Aberdeen, Rangers, St Johnstone
Scotland national team
2018 FIFA World Cup qualification

The 2017–18 season will be the 121st season of competitive football in Scotland. The domestic season will begin on 15 July 2017, with the first round of matches in the 2017–18 Scottish League Cup. The 2017–18 Scottish Professional Football League season will commence on 5 August.

Transfer deals

Main article: List of Scottish football transfers summer 2017

League competitions

Scottish Premiership

Main article: 2017–18 Scottish Premiership

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion or relegation
1	Celtic  (C) (Q)	38	24	10	4	73	25	+48	82	Qualification for the Champions League first qualifying round
2	Aberdeen  (Q)	38	22	7	9	56	37	+19	73	Qualification for the Europa League (Round TBD)
3	Rangers  (Q)	38	21	7	10	76	50	+26	70	Qualification for the Europa League first qualifying round
4	Hibernian	38	18	13	7	62	46	+16	67	Possible qualification for the Europa League first qualifying round
5	Kilmarnock	38	16	11	11	49	47	+2	59
6	Heart of Midlothian	38	12	13	13	39	39	0	49
7	Motherwell	38	13	9	16	43	49	−6	48
8	St Johnstone	38	12	10	16	42	53	−11	46
9	Dundee	38	6	11	21	40	62	−22	29
10	Hamilton Academical	38	9	6	23	47	68	−21	33
11	Partick Thistle  (Q)	38	8	9	21	31	61	−30	33	Qualification to Premiership play-offs
12	Ross County  (R)	38	6	11	21	40	62	−22	29	Relegation to the Championship

Updated to games played on 13 May 2018
Source: BBC Sport
Rules for classification: 1st points; 2nd goal difference; 3rd number of goals scored.
(C) = Champion; (R) = Relegated; (P) = Promoted; (O) = Play-off winner; (A) = Advances to a further round; (Q) = Qualified to the phase of tournament

Scottish Championship

Main article: 2017–18 Scottish Championship

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion or relegation
1	St. Mirren  (C) (P)	36	23	5	8	63	36	+27	74	Promotion to Scottish Premiership
2	Livingston  (P) (Q)	36	17	11	8	56	37	+19	62	Qualification to Premiership play-off semi-finals
3	Dundee United  (Q)	36	18	7	11	52	42	+10	61	Qualification to Premiership play-off semi-finals
4	Dunfermline Athletic  (Q)	36	16	11	9	60	35	+25	59
5	Inverness Caledonian Thistle	36	16	9	11	53	37	+16	57
6	Queen of the South	36	14	10	12	59	53	+6	52
7	Greenock Morton	36	13	11	12	47	40	+7	50
8	Falkirk	36	12	11	13	45	49	−4	47
9	Dumbarton  (R)	36	7	9	20	27	63	−36	30	Qualification to Championship play-offs
10	Brechin City  (R)	36	0	4	32	20	90	−70	4	Relegation to Scottish League One

Updated to games played on 19 May 2018
Source: BBC Sport
Rules for classification: 1st points; 2nd goal difference; 3rd number of goals scored.
(C) = Champion; (R) = Relegated; (P) = Promoted; (O) = Play-off winner; (A) = Advances to a further round; (Q) = Qualified to the phase of tournament

Scottish League One

Main article: 2017–18 Scottish League One

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Ayr United  (C) (P)	36	24	4	8	92	42	+50	76	Promotion to Scottish Championship
2	Raith Rovers	36	22	9	5	68	32	+36	75	Qualification to League One play-offs
3	Alloa Athletic  (P) (O)	36	17	9	10	56	43	+13	60
4	Arbroath	36	17	8	11	70	51	+19	59
5	Stranraer	36	16	5	15	58	66	−8	53
6	East Fife	36	13	3	20	49	67	−18	42
7	Airdrieonians	36	10	11	15	46	60	−14	41
8	Forfar Athletic	36	11	5	20	40	65	−25	38
10	Queen's Park  (R)	36	7	10	19	42	72	−30	31	Qualification to League One play-off finals
10	Albion Rovers  (R)	36	8	6	22	57	80	−23	30	Relegation to Scottish League Two

Updated to games played on 19 May 2018
Source: BBC Sport
Rules for classification: 1st points; 2nd goal difference; 3rd number of goals scored.
(C) = Champion; (R) = Relegated; (P) = Promoted; (O) = Play-off winner; (A) = Advances to a further round; (Q) = Qualified to the phase of tournament

Scottish League Two

Main article: 2017–18 Scottish League Two

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion or relegation
1	Montrose  (C) (P)	36	23	8	5	60	35	+25	77	Promotion to Scottish League One
2	Peterhead	36	24	4	8	79	39	+40	76	Qualification to League One play-offs
3	Stirling Albion	36	16	7	13	61	52	+9	55
4	Stenhousemuir  (P) (O)	36	15	9	12	56	47	+9	54
5	Clyde	36	14	9	13	52	50	+2	51
6	Elgin City	36	14	7	15	54	61	−7	49
7	Annan Athletic	36	12	11	13	49	41	+8	47
8	Berwick Rangers	36	9	10	17	31	59	−28	37
9	Edinburgh City	36	7	9	20	37	62	−25	30
10	Cowdenbeath  (O)	36	4	10	22	23	56	−33	22	Qualification to League Two play-off finals

Updated to games played on 19 May 2018
Source: BBC Sport
Rules for classification: 1st points; 2nd goal difference; 3rd number of goals scored.
(C) = Champion; (R) = Relegated; (P) = Promoted; (O) = Play-off winner; (A) = Advances to a further round; (Q) = Qualified to the phase of tournament

Non-league football

Main article: 2017–18 Lowland Football League

Highland Football League

Template:2017–18 Highland Football League table

Lowland Football League

2017–18 Lowland Football League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Spartans  (C)	30	23	4	3	64	17	+47	73	Qualification to Scottish League Two play-off semi-finals
2	East Kilbride	30	22	5	3	76	23	+53	71
3	BSC Glasgow	30	20	5	5	71	27	+44	65
4	East Stirlingshire	30	19	7	4	67	31	+36	64
5	Selkirk	30	15	3	12	63	50	+13	48
6	Cumbernauld Colts	30	11	8	11	50	51	−1	41
7	Civil Service Strollers	30	11	7	12	47	44	+3	40
8	Gretna 2008	30	12	4	14	50	56	−6	40
9	Stirling University	30	11	5	14	45	49	−4	38
10	Edusport Academy	30	9	7	14	46	49	−3	34
11	Edinburgh University	30	9	7	14	40	45	−5	34
12	Whitehill Welfare	30	11	1	18	50	66	−16	34
13	Gala Fairydean Rovers	30	8	7	15	43	63	−20	31
14	Dalbeattie Star	30	7	8	15	46	65	−19	29
15	Vale of Leithen	30	8	5	17	44	76	−32	29
16	Hawick Royal Albert  (R)	30	1	3	26	11	108	−97	6	Relegated to East of Scotland Football League

Source: BBC Sport
Rules for classification: 1st points; 2nd goal difference; 3rd number of goals scored.
(C) = Champion; (R) = Relegated; (P) = Promoted; (O) = Play-off winner; (A) = Advances to a further round; (Q) = Qualified to the phase of tournament

SPFL Development League

Main article: 2017–18 SPFL Development League

Honours

Cup honours

Competition	Winner	Score	Runner-up	Match report
2017–18 Scottish Cup
2017–18 League Cup
2017–18 Challenge Cup
2017–18 Youth Cup
2017–18 Junior Cup

Non-league honours

Senior

Competition	Winner
Highland League
Lowland League
East of Scotland League
South of Scotland League

Junior

West Region

Division	Winner
2017–18 Super League Premier Division
Super League First Division
Ayrshire District League
Central District League First Division
Central District League Second Division

East Region

Division	Winner
2017–18 Superleague
Premier League
North Division
South Division

North Region

Division	Winner
2017–18 Superleague
First Division (West)
First Division (East)

Individual honours

PFA Scotland awards

Award	Winner	Team
Players' Player of the Year
Young Player of the Year
Manager of the Year
Championship Player
League One Player
League Two Player

SFWA awards

Award	Winner	Team
Footballer of the Year
Young Player of the Year
Manager of the Year

Scottish clubs in Europe

Main article: 2017–18 UEFA Europa League

Celtic, Aberdeen, Rangers and St Johnstone qualified for European competition.

Celtic

UEFA Champions League

Aberdeen

UEFA Europa League

Rangers

UEFA Europa League

St Johnstone

UEFA Europa League

Scotland national team

Main article: Scotland national football team 2000–19 results

World Cup qualification 1 September 2017	Lithuania	v	Scotland	Vilnius
				Stadium: LFF Stadium

World Cup qualification 4 September 2017	Scotland	v	Malta	Glasgow
				Stadium: Hampden Park

World Cup qualification 5 October 2017	Scotland	v	Slovakia	Glasgow
				Stadium: Hampden Park

World Cup qualification 8 October 2017	Slovenia	v	Scotland

Scottish Women's Premier League

Main article: 2017 Scottish Women's Premier League

Template:2017 Scottish Women's Premier League table

Scotland women's national team

Friendly 7 July 2017	Scotland	v	Republic of Ireland	TBA
TBA WEST

Euro 2017 Group D 19 July 2017	England	v	Scotland	Stadion Galgenwaard, Utrecht
18:00 CEST

Euro 2017 Group D 23 July 2017	Scotland	v	Portugal	Het Kasteel, Rotterdam
18:00 CEST

Euro 2017 Group D 27 July 2017	Scotland	v	Spain	De Adelaarshorst, Deventer
20:45 CEST

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