2024–25 Scottish Premiership
119th season of top-tier football league in Scotland
Football league season
| Season | 2024–25 |
|---|---|
| Dates | 3 August 2024 – 18 May 2025 |
← 2023–24 2025–26 → | |
The 2024–25 Scottish Premiership will be the twelfth season of the Scottish Premiership, the highest division of Scottish football, and the 128th edition overall of the top national league competition, not including one cancelled due to World War II. Celtic are the defending champions. The season will begin on 3 August 2024.[1]
Twelve teams contest the league. As of 19 May 2024, eleven teams have secured their Premiership status: Aberdeen, Celtic, Dundee, Dundee United, Heart of Midlothian, Hibernian, Kilmarnock, Motherwell, Rangers, St Johnstone and St Mirren.
Teams
The following teams changed division after the 2023–24 season.
Promoted from the Championship
Relegated to the Championship
- Livingston
Stadia and locations
| Aberdeen | Celtic | Dundee | Dundee United |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pittodrie Stadium | Celtic Park | Dens Park | Tannadice Park |
| Capacity: 20,866[2] | Capacity: 60,411[3] | Capacity: 11,775[4] | Capacity: 14,223[5] |
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| Heart of Midlothian |   Dundee Edinburgh Glasgow  class=notpageimage| Location of teams in the 2024–25 Scottish Premiership | Hibernian | |
| Tynecastle Park | Easter Road | ||
| Capacity: 19,852[6] | Capacity: 20,421[7] | ||
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| Kilmarnock | Motherwell | ||
| Rugby Park | Fir Park | ||
| Capacity: 15,003[8][9] | Capacity: 13,677[10] | ||
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| Rangers | St Johnstone | St Mirren | |
| Ibrox Stadium | McDiarmid Park | St Mirren Park | |
| Capacity: 50,987[11] | Capacity: 10,696[12] | Capacity: 7,937[13] | Capacity: |
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Premiership football clubs in Dundee
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Premiership football clubs in Edinburgh
Personnel and kits
| Team | Manager | Captain | Kit manufacturer | Shirt sponsor |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aberdeen |  Jimmy Thelin |  Graeme Shinnie | Adidas | TEXO |
| Celtic |  Brendan Rodgers | Callum McGregor | Adidas | Dafabet |
| Dundee | Tony Docherty |  Joe Shaughnessy | Macron | Crown Engineering Services |
| Dundee United | Jim Goodwin | Ross Docherty | Erreà | Bartercard |
| Heart of Midlothian | Steven Naismith | Craig Gordon | Umbro | Stellar Omada |
| Hibernian | TBC | TBC | Joma | Bevvy.com |
| Kilmarnock | Derek McInnes | Kyle Vassell | Hummel | James Frew Ltd |
| Motherwell | Stuart Kettlewell | Liam Kelly | Macron | G4 Claims |
| Rangers |  Philippe Clement |  James Tavernier | Castore | Unibet |
| St Johnstone | Craig Levein | Liam Gordon | Macron | GS Brown Construction |
| St Mirren | Stephen Robinson | Mark O'Hara | Macron | Digby Brown |
Managerial changes
| Team | Outgoing manager | Manner of departure | Date of vacancy | Position in table | Incoming manager | Date of appointment |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aberdeen | Peter Leven | End of interim spell | 19 May 2024[14] | Pre-season | Jimmy Thelin | 3 June 2024[14] |
| Hibernian | David Gray | 19 May 2024[15] |
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 table
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation[a] |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Aberdeen | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Qualification for the Champions League play-off round |
| 2 | Celtic | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Qualification for the Champions League second qualifying round |
| 3 | Dundee | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Qualification for the Europa League second qualifying round[b] |
| 4 | Dundee United | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Qualification for the Conference League second qualifying round |
| 5 | Heart of Midlothian | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 6 | Hibernian | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 7 | Kilmarnock | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 8 | Motherwell | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 9 | Rangers | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 10 | St Johnstone | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 11 | St Mirren | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Qualification for the Premiership play-off final |
| 12 | TBD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Relegation to Championship |
First match(es) will be played: 3 August 2024. Source: [16][17]
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).[18]
Notes:
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).[18]
Notes:
- ^ Teams play each other three times (33 matches), before the league is split into two groups (the top six and the bottom six).
- ^ The winners of the 2024–25 Scottish Cup also qualify for the Europa League. If the cup winners qualify for the Champions League via league position, the berth reserved for the cup winners (Europa League play-off round) passes to the third-placed team, and the berths for the Europa League second qualifying round and the Conference League second qualifying round are passed down to the fourth- and fifth-placed teams.
References
- ^ "Key dates for Season 2024/25". SPFL. 22 January 2024. Retrieved 15 April 2024.
- ^ "Aberdeen Football Club". Scottish Professional Football League. Archived from the original on 13 August 2018. Retrieved 11 November 2013.
- ^ "Celtic Football Club". Scottish Professional Football League. Archived from the original on 8 January 2014. Retrieved 11 November 2013.
- ^ "Dundee Football Club". Scottish Professional Football League. Retrieved 11 November 2013.
- ^ "Dundee United Football Club". Scottish Professional Football League. Archived from the original on 26 May 2019. Retrieved 11 November 2013.
- ^ "Heart of Midlothian Football Club". Scottish Professional Football League. Retrieved 18 May 2020.
- ^ "Hibernian Football Club". Scottish Professional Football League. Archived from the original on 8 January 2014. Retrieved 11 November 2013.
- ^ "Kilmarnock Football Club". Scottish Professional Football League. Archived from the original on 3 May 2017. Retrieved 11 November 2013.
- ^ "Rugby Park". killiefc.com. Retrieved 23 April 2023.
- ^ "Motherwell Football Club". Scottish Professional Football League. Archived from the original on 6 May 2017. Retrieved 11 November 2013.
- ^ "Rangers Football Club". Scottish Professional Football League. Archived from the original on 20 December 2014. Retrieved 4 November 2015.
- ^ "St Johnstone Football Club". Scottish Professional Football League. Archived from the original on 3 May 2017. Retrieved 11 November 2013.
- ^ "St Mirren Football Club". Scottish Professional Football League. Archived from the original on 16 November 2020. Retrieved 25 December 2018.
- ^ a b "Jimmy Thelin: Aberdeen agree deal for Elfsborg coach to join in summer". BBC Sport. 16 April 2024. Retrieved 4 May 2024.
- ^ "Hibernian sack head coach Nick Montgomery and add Malky Mackay as sporting director". BBC Sport. 14 May 2024. Retrieved 14 May 2024.
- ^ "Scottish Premiership Table". BBC. 15 April 2024.
- ^ "Premiership League Table". Scottish Professional Football League. Retrieved 15 April 2024.
- ^ "The Rules of the Scottish Professional Football League (Rule Number C35-C37)" (PDF). SPFL. Archived (PDF) from the original on 28 September 2022. Retrieved 24 September 2022.
External links
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