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Scottish Premier League
Scottish Premier League
Country Scotland Scotland
Confederation UEFA
Founded 1998
Folded 2013
Level on pyramid 1
Domestic cup(s) Scottish Cup
League Cup
UEFA cup(s) Champions League
Europa League
Most successful club Celtic (8 times)
Website Official website

The Scottish Premier League (SPL) was the top level league competition for professional football clubs in Scotland. The league was founded in 1998, when it broke away from the Scottish Football League (SFL). It was abolished in 2013, when the SPL and SFL merged to form the new Scottish Professional Football League, with its top division being known as the Scottish Premiership. A total of 19 clubs competed in the SPL, but only the Old Firm clubs, Celtic and Rangers won the league championship.

Former Scottish Premier League members[]

Club First Season in SPL Last Season in SPL
Dunfermline Athletic 1926-27 2006-07
Dundee 1893-94 2004-05
Gretna 2007-08 2007-08
Inverness CT 2004-05 2008-09
Livingston 2001-02 2005-06
Partick Thistle 1897-98 2003-04

Statistics[]

League champions, runners-up, relegations[]

Season Winner Runner-up Relegated Top Scorer Players' Player of the Year Writers' Player of the Year
1998-99 Rangers Celtic Dunfermline Athletic Henrik Larsson (29) (Celtic) Henrik Larsson
(Celtic)
Henrik Larsson
(Celtic)
1999-00 Rangers Celtic No Relegation Mark Viduka (25) (Celtic) Mark Viduka
(Celtic)
Barry Ferguson
(Rangers)
2000-01 Celtic Rangers St. Mirren Henrik Larsson (35) (Celtic) Henrik Larsson
(Celtic)
Henrik Larsson
(Celtic)
2001-02 Celtic Rangers St. Johnstone Henrik Larsson (29) (Celtic) Lorenzo Amoruso
(Rangers)
Paul Lambert
(Celtic)
2002-03 Rangers Celtic No Relegation Henrik Larsson (28) (Celtic) Barry Ferguson
(Rangers)
Barry Ferguson
(Rangers)
2003-04 Celtic Rangers Partick Thistle Henrik Larsson (30) (Celtic) Chris Sutton
(Celtic)
Jackie McNamara
(Celtic)
2004-05 Rangers Celtic Dundee John Hartson (25) (Celtic) John Hartson (Celtic)
Fernando Ricksen (Rangers)
John Hartson (Celtic)
2005-06 Celtic Heart of Midlothian Livingston Kris Boyd (32) (15 - Kilmarnock, 17 - Rangers) Shaun Maloney (Celtic) Craig Gordon (Hearts)
2006-07 Celtic Rangers Dunfermline Athletic Kris Boyd (20) (Rangers) Shunsuke Nakamura (Celtic) Shunsuke Nakamura (Celtic)
2007-08 Celtic Rangers Gretna Scott McDonald (25) (Celtic) Aiden McGeady (Celtic) Carlos Cuéllar (Rangers)
2008-09 Rangers Celtic Inverness CT Kris Boyd (27) (Rangers) Scott Brown (Celtic) Gary Caldwell (Celtic)
2009-10 Rangers Celtic Falkirk Kris Boyd (23) (Rangers) Steven Davis (Rangers) David Weir (Rangers)

Top Scottish Premier League scorers[]

Top 10 Scottish Premier League scorers of all-time[]

Rank Player Club Goals
1 Flag of Scotland Kris Boyd Kilmarnock (1999-2006)
Rangers (2006-present)
164
2 Flag of Sweden Henrik Larsson Celtic (1998-2004) 158
3 Flag of Australia Scott McDonald Motherwell (2004-2007)
Celtic (2007-2010)
93
4 Flag of Wales John Hartson Celtic (2001-2006) 88
5 Flag of Scotland Derek Riordan Hibernian (2001-2006)
Celtic (2006-2008)
Hibernian (2008-present)
84
6 Flag of Spain Nacho Novo Dundee (2002-2004)
Rangers (2004-present)
73
7 Flag of Scotland Stevie Crawford Hibernian (1998-2000)
Dunfermline Athletic (1999-2004)
Dundee United (2005)
Aberdeen (2005-2006)
Dunfermline Athletic (2006-2008)
65
Flag of England Chris Sutton Celtic (2000-2006)
9 Flag of Scotland Colin Nash Kilmarnock (2003–2008)
Hibernian (2008–present)
61
10 Flag of Scotland Billy Dodds Aberdeen (1994-1998)
Dundee United (1998-1999)
Rangers (1999-2003)
Dundee United (2003-2006)
60

External links[]

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