Scottish Premiership 2022-23 | ||
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Season information | ||
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Dates | 30 July 2022–28 May 2023 | |
Winners | Celtic 9th Premiership title 53rd Scottish title | |
Relegated | Dundee United | |
Domestic cup winners | ||
Scottish Cup | Celtic | |
Scottish League Cup | Celtic (21st title) | |
Continental cup qualifiers | ||
Champions League | Celtic Rangers | |
Conference League | Heart of Midlothian | |
Season statistics | ||
Matches played | 228 | |
Goals scored | 670 | |
Average | (2.94 per match) | |
Top goalscorer | Kyogo Furuhashi (27 goals) | |
Biggest home win | Hibernian 6–0 Aberdeen (28 January 2023) | |
Biggest away win | Dundee United 0–9 Celtic (28 August 2022) | |
Highest scoring | Dundee United 0–9 Celtic (28 August 2022) | |
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The 2022–23 Scottish Premiership (known as the cinch Premiership for sponsorship reasons) was the tenth season of the Scottish Premiership, the highest division of Scottish football, and the 126th edition overall of the top national league competition, not including one cancelled due to World War II. The season began on 30 July 2022. Celtic successfully defended their title, securing a ninth Premiership title and 53rd Scottish league title overall, following a 2–0 victory over Heart of Midlothian on 7 May 2023.
Twelve teams contest the league: Aberdeen, Celtic, Dundee United, Heart of Midlothian, Hibernian, Kilmarnock, Livingston, Motherwell, Rangers, Ross County, St Johnstone and St Mirren.
Teams[]
The following teams changed division after the 2021–22 season.
Promoted from the Championship
Relegated to the Championship
Stadia and locations[]
Aberdeen | Celtic | Dundee United | Heart of Midlothian |
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Pittodrie Stadium | Celtic Park | Tannadice Park | Tynecastle Park |
Capacity: 20,866 | Capacity: 60,411 | Capacity: 14,223 | Capacity: 19,852 |
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Hibernian | Kilmarnock | ||
Easter Road | Rugby Park | ||
Capacity: 20,421 | Capacity: 17,889 | ||
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Livingston | Motherwell | ||
Almondvale Stadium | Fir Park | ||
Capacity: 9,713 | Capacity: 13,677 | ||
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Rangers | Ross County | St Johnstone | St Mirren |
Ibrox Stadium | Victoria Park | McDiarmid Park | St Mirren Park |
Capacity: 50,817 | Capacity: 6,541 | Capacity: 10,696 | Capacity: 7,937 |
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Personnel and kits[]
Team | Manager | Captain | Kit manufacturer | Shirt sponsor |
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Aberdeen | ![]() |
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Adidas | TEXO |
Celtic | ![]() |
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Adidas | Dafabet |
Dundee United | ![]() |
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Macron | QuinnBet |
Heart of Midlothian | ![]() |
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Umbro | MND Scotland (Home) Stellar Omada (Away) |
Hibernian | ![]() |
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Joma | Utilita |
Kilmarnock | ![]() |
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Hummel | Brownings The Bakers |
Livingston | ![]() |
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Joma | Phoenix Drilling Ltd |
Motherwell | ![]() |
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Macron | Paycare |
Rangers | ![]() |
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Castore | 32Red (Home and Away) Unibet (3rd) |
Ross County | ![]() |
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Joma | Ross-shire Engineering |
St Johnstone | ![]() |
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Macron | Binn Group |
St Mirren | ![]() |
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Joma | Digby Brown |
Managerial changes[]
Team | Outgoing manager | Manner of departure | Date of vacancy | Position in table | Incoming manager | Date of appointment |
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Hibernian | ![]() |
End of caretaker spell | 15 May 2022 | Pre-season | ![]() |
19 May 2022 |
Dundee United | ![]() |
Mutual consent | 14 June 2022 | ![]() |
20 June 2022 | |
Motherwell | ![]() |
29 July 2022 | ![]() |
11 August 2022 | ||
Dundee United | ![]() |
Sacked | 30 August 2022 | 12th | ![]() |
23 September 2022 |
Rangers | ![]() |
21 November 2022 | 2nd | ![]() |
28 November 2022 | |
Aberdeen | ![]() |
28 January 2023 | 7th | ![]() |
29 January 2023 | |
Motherwell | ![]() |
11 February 2023 | 11th | ![]() |
11 February 2023 | |
Dundee United | ![]() |
Mutual consent | 26 February 2023 | 12th | ![]() |
1 March 2023 |
Heart of Midlothian | ![]() |
Sacked | 9 April 2023 | 4th | ![]() |
10 April 2023 |
St Johnstone | ![]() |
Mutual consent | 16 April 2023 | 9th | ![]() |
16 April 2023 |
Format[]
In the initial phase of the season, the 12 teams will play a round-robin tournament whereby each team plays each one of the other teams three times. After 33 games, the league splits into two sections of six teams, with each team playing each other 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 summary[]
League table[]
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
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1 | Celtic (C) | 38 | 32 | 3 | 3 | 114 | 34 | +80 | 99 | Qualification for the Champions League group stage |
2 | Rangers | 38 | 29 | 5 | 4 | 93 | 37 | +56 | 92 | Qualification for the Champions League third qualifying round |
3 | Aberdeen (Y) | 38 | 18 | 3 | 17 | 56 | 60 | −4 | 57 | Qualification for the Europa Conference League third qualifying round |
4 | Heart of Midlothian (T) | 38 | 15 | 9 | 14 | 63 | 57 | +6 | 54 | Qualification for the Europa Conference League second qualifying round |
5 | Hibernian | 38 | 15 | 7 | 16 | 57 | 59 | −2 | 52 | |
6 | St Mirren | 38 | 12 | 10 | 16 | 43 | 61 | −18 | 46 | |
7 | Motherwell | 38 | 14 | 8 | 16 | 53 | 51 | +2 | 50 | |
8 | Livingston | 38 | 13 | 7 | 18 | 36 | 60 | −24 | 46 | |
9 | St Johnstone | 38 | 12 | 7 | 19 | 41 | 59 | −18 | 43 | |
10 | Kilmarnock | 38 | 11 | 7 | 20 | 37 | 62 | −25 | 40 | |
11 | Ross County (Q) | 38 | 9 | 7 | 22 | 37 | 60 | −23 | 34 | Qualification for the Premiership play-off final |
12 | Dundee United (R) | 38 | 8 | 7 | 23 | 40 | 70 | −30 | 31 | Relegation to the Championship |
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).
(C) Champion; (Q) Qualified to the phase indicated; (R) Relegated; (T) Qualified, but not yet to the particular phase indicated; (Y) Assured of Europa Conference League qualification, but may still qualify for the Europa League
- Teams play each other three times (33 matches), before the league is split into two groups (the top six and the bottom six).
Premiership play-offs[]
The quarter-finals will be contested by the teams placed third and fourth in the 2022–23 Scottish Championship. The winners will advance to the semi-finals to face the team placed second in the Championship. The final will be contested by the semi-final winners and the team placed eleventh in the Premiership, with the winners securing a place in the 2023–24 Scottish Premiership.
Qualified teams[]
Team | Rank |
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TBC | 1 |
Ayr United | 2 |
Queen's Park | 3 |
Partick Thistle | 4 |
Quarter-finals[]
First leg[]
9 May 2023 | Partick Thistle | 4–3 | Queen's Park | Glasgow | |
19:45 | Turner ![]() McMillan ![]() Fitzpatrick ![]() Graham ![]() |
Report | Thomas ![]() Boateng ![]() |
Stadium: Firhill Stadium Attendance: 3,754 Referee: Kevin Clancy |
Second leg[]
12 May 2023 | Queen's Park | 0–4 (3–8 agg.)
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Partick Thistle | Stenhousemuir | |
19:45 | Report | Graham ![]() Tiffoney ![]() Holt ![]() Mullen ![]() |
Stadium: Ochilview Park Attendance: 1,581 Referee: Colin Steven |
Semi-finals[]
First leg[]
19 May 2023 | Partick Thistle | 3–0 | Ayr United | Glasgow | |
19:45 | McMillan ![]() Graham ![]() |
Report | Stadium: Firhill Stadium Attendance: 7,012 Referee: Greg Aitken |
Second leg[]
26 May 2023 | Ayr United | 0–5 (0–8 agg.)
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Partick Thistle | Ayr | |
19:45 | Report | McMillan ![]() Tiffoney ![]() Lawless ![]() Holt ![]() |
Stadium: Somerset Park Referee: Colin Steven |
Final[]
First leg[]
1 June 2023 | Partick Thistle | 2–0 | Ross County | Glasgow | |
20:00 | Fitzpatrick ![]() Graham ![]() |
Report | Smith ![]() |
Stadium: Firhill Stadium Attendance: 7,291 Referee: David Munro |
Second leg[]
4 June 2023 | Ross County | 3–1 (3–3 agg.) (5–4 pen)
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Partick Thistle | Dingwall | |
16:30 | Dhanda ![]() Murray ![]() Harmon ![]() |
Fitzpatrick ![]() |
Stadium: Victoria Park Attendance: 4,533 Referee: Nick Walsh | ||
Penalties | |||||
Dhanda ![]() Murray ![]() White ![]() Baldwin ![]() Harmon ![]() Watson ![]() Sims ![]() |
Muirhead ![]() Holt ![]() Turner ![]() Graham ![]() McMillan ![]() Bannigan ![]() Docherty ![]() |
Results[]
Matches 1–22[]Teams play each other twice, once at home and once away. |
Matches 23–33[]Teams play each other once, either home or away. |
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 six[] |
Bottom six[] |
Season statistics[]
Scoring[]
Top scorers[]
Rank | Player | Club | Goals |
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1 | ![]() |
Celtic | 27 |
2 | ![]() |
Motherwell | 25 |
3 | ![]() |
Heart of Midlothian | 24 |
4 | ![]() |
Aberdeen | 16 |
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Aberdeen | ||
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Rangers | ||
7 | ![]() |
Rangers | 14 |
8 | ![]() |
Heart of Midlothian | 12 |
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Hibernian | ||
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Rangers |
Hat-tricks[]
Player | For | Against | Score | Date |
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Celtic | Dundee United | 9–0 (A) | 28 August 2022 |
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Motherwell | Ross County | 5–0 (A) | 4 October 2022 |
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Celtic | Hibernian | 6–1 (H) | 15 October 2022 |
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Heart of Midlothian | Celtic | 3–4 (H) | 22 October 2022 |
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Hibernian | Motherwell | 3–2 (A) | 8 January 2023 |
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Aberdeen | 6–0 (H) | 28 January 2023 | |
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Heart of Midlothian | Ross County | 6–1 (H) | 22 April 2023 |
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Ross County | Dundee United | 3–1 (A) | 13 May 2023 |
Most assists[]
Rank | Player | Club | Assists |
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1 | ![]() |
Celtic | 12 |
2 | ![]() |
Celtic | 11 |
3 | ![]() |
Celtic | 10 |
4 | ![]() |
Rangers | 9 |
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Rangers | ||
6 | ![]() |
Aberdeen | 8 |
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Celtic | ||
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Rangers | ||
9 | ![]() |
Hibernian | 7 |
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Kilmarnock | ||
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Motherwell | ||
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Rangers |
Clean sheets[]
Rank | Player | Club | Clean sheets |
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1 | ![]() |
Celtic | 16 |
2 | ![]() |
Aberdeen | 13 |
3 | ![]() |
Hibernian | 11 |
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Motherwell | ||
5 | ![]() |
St Mirren | 10 |
6 | ![]() |
Ross County | 9 |
7 | ![]() |
Rangers | 8 |
8 | ![]() |
Livingston | 7 |
9 | ![]() |
Kilmarnock | 6 |
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St Johnstone |
Awards[]
Month | Manager of the Month | Player of the Month | ||
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Manager | Club | Player | Club | |
August | ![]() |
Celtic | ![]() |
Celtic |
September/October | ![]() |
Rangers | ||
November | ![]() |
Livingston | ![]() |
Celtic |
December | ![]() |
Rangers | ![]() |
Celtic |
January | ![]() |
Heart of Midlothian | ![]() |
Hibernian |
February | ![]() |
Motherwell | ![]() |
Celtic |
March | ![]() |
Aberdeen | ![]() |
Aberdeen |
April | ![]() |
Motherwell |
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