2015–16 in Scottish football

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Football in Scotland
Season 2015–16
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2015–16 in Scottish football
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Premiership champions
Celtic
Championship champions
Rangers
League 1 champions
Dunfermline Athletic
League 2 champions
East Fife
Scottish Cup winners
Hibernian
League Cup winners
Ross County
Challenge Cup winners
Rangers
Youth Cup winners
Motherwell
Teams in Europe
Celtic, Aberdeen, Inverness CT, St Johnstone
Scotland national team
UEFA Euro 2016 qualifying

The 2015–16 season is the 119th season of competitive football in Scotland. The domestic season began on 25 July 2015, with the first round of the 2015–16 Scottish Challenge Cup.[1] The 2015–16 Scottish Professional Football League season commenced on 1 August.[1]

Transfer deals

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Main articles: List of Scottish football transfers summer 2015 and List of Scottish football transfers winter 2015–16

League competitions

Scottish Premiership

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Main article: 2015–16 Scottish Premiership
Pos Team
Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation[lower-alpha 1]
1 Celtic (C) 38 26 8 4 93 31 +62 86 Qualification to Champions League second qualifying round
2 Aberdeen 38 22 5 11 62 48 +14 71 Qualification to Europa League first qualifying round
3 Heart of Midlothian 38 18 11 9 59 40 +19 65
4 St Johnstone 38 16 8 14 58 55 +3 56
5 Motherwell 38 15 5 18 47 63 −16 50
6 Ross County 38 14 6 18 55 61 −6 48
7 Inverness Caledonian Thistle 38 14 10 14 54 48 +6 52
8 Dundee 38 11 15 12 53 57 −4 48
9 Partick Thistle 38 12 10 16 41 50 −9 46
10 Hamilton Academical 38 11 10 17 42 63 −21 43
11 Kilmarnock (O) 38 9 9 20 41 64 −23 36 Qualification to Premiership play-off finals
12 Dundee United[lower-alpha 2] (R) 38 8 7 23 45 70 −25 28 Relegation to Scottish Championship
Source: Scottish Premiership, Soccerway (first phase), Soccerway (second phase)
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored; 4) Play-off (only if deciding champion, UEFA competitions qualification and second stage group allocation).[3]
(C) Champion; (O) Play-off winner; (R) Relegated.
Notes:
  1. ↑ Teams play each other three times (33 matches), before the league is split into two groups (the top six and the bottom six).
  2. ↑ Dundee United were deducted three points for fielding an ineligible player in their win over Inverness Caledonian Thistle on 6 May 2016.[2]

Scottish Championship

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Main article: 2015–16 Scottish Championship
Pos Team
Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion, qualification or relegation
1 Rangers (C, P) 36 25 6 5 88 34 +54 81 Promotion to Scottish Premiership
2 Falkirk (Q) 36 19 13 4 61 34 +27 70 Qualification to Premiership play-off semi-finals
3 Hibernian (Q) 36 21 7 8 59 34 +25 70 Qualification to Premiership play-off quarter-finals
4 Raith Rovers (Q) 36 18 8 10 52 46 +6 62
5 Greenock Morton 36 11 10 15 39 42 −3 43
6 St Mirren 36 11 9 16 44 53 −9 42
7 Queen of the South 36 12 6 18 46 56 −10 42
8 Dumbarton 36 10 7 19 35 66 −31 37
9 Livingston (Q, R) 36 8 7 21 37 51 −14 31 Qualification to Championship play-offs
10 Alloa Athletic (R) 36 4 9 23 22 67 −45 21 Relegation to Scottish League One
Updated to match(es) played on 1 May 2016. Source: BBC Sport
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Number of goals scored
(C) Champion; (P) Promoted; (Q) Qualified to the phase indicated; (R) Relegated.

Scottish League One

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Main article: 2015–16 Scottish League One
Pos Team
Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion, qualification or relegation
1 Dunfermline Athletic (C, P) 36 24 7 5 83 30 +53 79 Promotion to Scottish Championship
2 Ayr United (O, P) 36 19 4 13 65 47 +18 61 Qualification to Championship play-offs
3 Peterhead (Q) 36 16 11 9 72 47 +25 59
4 Stranraer (Q) 36 15 6 15 43 49 −6 51
5 Airdrieonians 36 14 7 15 48 50 −2 49
6 Albion Rovers 36 13 10 13 40 44 −4 49
7 Brechin City 36 12 6 18 47 59 −12 42
8 Stenhousemuir 36 11 7 18 46 80 −34 40
9 Cowdenbeath (Q, R) 36 11 6 19 46 72 −26 39 Qualification to League One play-offs
10 Forfar Athletic (R) 36 8 10 18 48 60 −12 34 Relegation to Scottish League Two
Updated to match(es) played on 30 April 2016. Source: BBC Sport
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Number of goals scored
(C) Champion; (O) Play-off winner; (P) Promoted; (Q) Qualified to the phase indicated; (R) Relegated.

Scottish League Two

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Main article: 2015–16 Scottish League Two
Pos Team
Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion, qualification or relegation
1 East Fife (C, P) 36 18 8 10 62 41 +21 62 Promotion to Scottish League One
2 Elgin City (Q) 36 17 8 11 59 46 +13 59 Qualification to League One play-offs
3 Clyde (Q) 36 17 6 13 56 45 +11 57
4 Queen's Park (O, P) 36 15 11 10 46 32 +14 56
5 Annan Athletic 36 16 8 12 69 57 +12 56
6 Berwick Rangers 36 14 7 15 45 50 −5 49
7 Stirling Albion 36 13 9 14 47 46 +1 48
8 Montrose 36 11 10 15 50 70 −20 43
9 Arbroath 36 11 6 19 42 51 −9 39
10 East Stirlingshire (Q, R) 36 9 5 22 41 79 −38 32 Qualification to League Two play-off finals
Updated to match(es) played on 30 April 2016. Source: BBC Sport
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Number of goals scored
(C) Champion; (O) Play-off winner; (P) Promoted; (Q) Qualified to the phase indicated; (R) Relegated.

Highland Football League

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Main article: 2015–16 Highland Football League
Pos Team
Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion, qualification or relegation
1 Cove Rangers (C) 34 29 2 3 98 28 +70 89 Qualification to Scottish League Two play-off semi-finals
2 Formartine United 34 27 4 3 137 35 +102 85
3 Brora Rangers 34 27 4 3 128 35 +93 85
4 Turriff United 34 20 8 6 88 31 +57 68
5 Wick Academy 34 18 6 10 76 42 +34 60
6 Inverurie Loco Works 34 18 4 12 71 43 +28 58
7 Buckie Thistle 34 18 4 12 80 77 +3 58
8 Nairn County 34 17 6 11 75 55 +20 57
9 Fraserburgh 34 15 8 11 63 49 +14 53
10 Keith 34 17 1 16 70 76 −6 52
11 Forres Mechanics 34 15 4 15 60 65 −5 49
12 Lossiemouth 34 12 2 20 46 70 −24 38
13 Deveronvale 34 8 8 18 46 64 −18 32
14 Clachnacuddin 34 10 2 22 59 80 −21 32
15 Huntly 34 7 5 22 49 89 −40 26
16 Strathspey Thistle 34 6 2 26 38 118 −80 20
17 Fort William 34 5 1 28 38 116 −78 16
18 Rothes 34 1 1 32 16 165 −149 4
Source: BBC Sport
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Number of goals scored
(C) Champion.


Lowland Football League

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Main article: 2015–16 Lowland Football League
Pos Team
Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion, qualification or relegation
1 Edinburgh City (C, O, P) 28 24 1 3 74 28 +46 73 Qualification to Scottish League Two play-off semi-finals
2 Spartans 28 18 4 6 74 36 +38 58
3 Stirling University 28 17 5 6 65 32 +33 56
4 Cumbernauld Colts 28 15 6 7 60 42 +18 51
5 East Kilbride 28 14 7 7 68 44 +24 49
6 Edinburgh University 28 13 3 12 51 46 +5 42
7 BSC Glasgow 28 12 5 11 54 51 +3 41
8 Whitehill Welfare 28 12 4 12 47 43 +4 40
9 Dalbeattie Star 28 10 6 12 54 50 +4 36
10 Gretna 2008 28 11 3 14 38 50 −12 36
11 Gala Fairydean Rovers 28 10 2 16 53 61 −8 32
12 Selkirk 28 9 2 17 52 70 −18 29
13 Vale of Leithen 28 7 5 16 38 67 −29 26
14 Preston Athletic 28 6 4 18 28 70 −42 22
15 Threave Rovers (R) 28 3 1 24 30 96 −66 10 Possible relegation to East of Scotland Football League or South of Scotland Football League
Source: BBC Sport, Soccerway
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Number of goals scored
(C) Champion; (O) Play-off winner; (P) Promoted; (R) Relegated.

SPFL Development League

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Main article: 2015–16 SPFL Development League
Pos
Team
Pld
 W
 D
 L
 GF
 GA
 GD
 Pts
1 Celtic 32 28 4 0 71 15 +56 88
2 Hamilton Academical 32 19 5 8 66 48 +18 62
3 Aberdeen 32 16 6 10 58 42 +16 54
4 St Johnstone 32 15 7 10 61 50 +11 52
5 St Mirren 32 15 6 11 52 52 0 51
6 Motherwell 32 13 8 11 50 45 +5 47
7 Hibernian 32 13 4 15 41 46 −5 43
8 Dundee United 32 10 10 12 64 57 +7 40
9 Dundee 32 10 10 12 44 55 −11 40
10 Kilmarnock 32 11 6 15 49 50 −1 39
11 Falkirk 32 10 8 14 55 64 −9 38
12 Heart of Midlothian 32 10 8 14 39 54 −15 38
13 Rangers 32 11 4 17 47 54 −7 37
14 Inverness Caledonian Thistle 32 9 9 14 39 52 −13 36
15 Ross County 32 10 6 16 39 65 −26 36
16 Partick Thistle 32 10 5 17 53 65 −12 35
17 Dunfermline Athletic 32 7 4 21 38 63 −25 25

Updated to games played on 14 May 2016.
Source: SPFL
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored
(C) = Champion; (R) = Relegated; (P) = Promoted; (E) = Eliminated; (O) = Play-off winner; (A) = Advances to a further round.
Only applicable when the season is not finished:
(Q) = Qualified to the phase of tournament indicated; (TQ) = Qualified to tournament, but not yet to the particular phase indicated; (RQ) = Qualified to the relegation tournament indicated; (DQ) = Disqualified from tournament.


Honours

Cup honours

Competition Winner Score Runner-up Match report
2015–16 Scottish Cup Hibernian 3–2 Rangers BBC Sport
2015–16 League Cup Ross County 2–1 Hibernian BBC Sport
2015–16 Challenge Cup Rangers 4–0 Peterhead BBC Sport
2015–16 Youth Cup Motherwell 5–2 Heart of Midlothian BBC Sport
2015–16 Junior Cup Beith Juniors 1–1
4–3 pens.		 Pollok

Non-league honours

Senior

Competition Winner
Highland League Cove Rangers
Lowland League Edinburgh City
East of Scotland League Leith Athletic
South of Scotland League St Cuthbert Wanderers

Junior

West Region
Division Winner
2015–16 Super League Premier Division Auchinleck Talbot
Super League First Division
Ayrshire District League Girvan
Central District League First Division Renfrew
Central District League Second Division Forth Wanderers
East Region
Division Winner
2015–16 Superleague Bonnyrigg Rose Athletic
Premier League
North Division Downfield
South Division Tranent Juniors
North Region
Division Winner
2015–16 Superleague Banks O' Dee
First Division (West) Buckie Rovers
First Division (East) Colony Park

Individual honours

PFA Scotland awards

Award Winner Team
Players' Player of the Year Leigh Griffiths[4] Celtic
Young Player of the Year Kieran Tierney[4] Celtic
Manager of the Year Mark Warburton[4] Rangers
Championship Player Lee Wallace[4] Rangers
League One Player Faissal El Bakhtaoui[4] Dunfermline Athletic
League Two Player Nathan Austin[4] East Fife

SFWA awards

Award Winner Team
Footballer of the Year Leigh Griffiths[5] Celtic
Young Player of the Year Kieran Tierney[6] Celtic
Manager of the Year Jim McIntyre[7] Ross County

Scottish clubs in Europe

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Main articles: 2015–16 UEFA Champions League and 2015–16 UEFA Europa League

Celtic, Inverness Caledonian Thistle, Aberdeen and St Johnstone qualified for European competition.[8]

Celtic

UEFA Champions League
UEFA Europa League

Aberdeen

UEFA Europa League

Inverness Caledonian Thistle

UEFA Europa League

St Johnstone

UEFA Europa League

Scotland national team

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Main article: Scotland national football team 2000–19 results

Women's football

League and Cup honours

Division Winner
Scottish Women's Premier League Glasgow City[12]
SWFL First Division
SWFL Second Division North
SWFL Second Division West/South West
SWFL Second Division East/Central
SWFL Second Division South East
Competition Winner Score Runner-up Match report
Scottish Women's Cup Glasgow City 3 – 0 Hibernian BBC Sport
Scottish Women's Premier League Cup Glasgow City 2 – 1 (AET) Hibernian BBC Sport
SWFL First Division Cup
SWFL Second Division Cup

Individual honours

SWPL awards

Award Winner Team
Players' Player of the Year
Player of the Year
Manager of the Year
Young Player of the Year

Scottish Women's Premier League

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Main article: 2015 Scottish Women's Premier League
Pos
Team
Pld
 W
 D
 L
 GF
 GA
 GD
 Pts
 Qualification or relegation
1 Glasgow City (C) (Q) 21 19 2 0 99 11 +88 59 2016–17 UEFA Women's Champions League
2 Hibernian (Q) 21 17 2 2 72 20 +52 53
3 Celtic 21 11 2 8 54 28 +26 35
4 Aberdeen 21 10 4 7 32 24 +8 34
5 Spartans 21 8 1 12 44 38 +6 25
6 Rangers 21 8 0 13 30 57 −27 24
7 Stirling University 21 11 3 7 45 31 +14 36
8 Forfar Farmington 21 11 1 9 45 40 +5 34
9 Heart of Midlothian (R) 21 6 4 11 27 52 −25 22 2016 SPWL 2
10 Hamilton Academical (R) 21 7 1 13 24 62 −38 22
11 Hutchison Vale (R) 21 5 3 13 31 65 −34 18
12 Inverness City (R) 21 0 3 18 14 89 −75 3

Updated to games played on 1 November 2015.
Source: Scottish Women's FA
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored
(C) = Champion; (R) = Relegated; (P) = Promoted; (E) = Eliminated; (O) = Play-off winner; (A) = Advances to a further round.
Only applicable when the season is not finished:
(Q) = Qualified to the phase of tournament indicated; (TQ) = Qualified to tournament, but not yet to the particular phase indicated; (RQ) = Qualified to the relegation tournament indicated; (DQ) = Disqualified from tournament.


Scotland women's national team

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Main article: Scotland women's national football team 2010–19 results

Deaths

  • 10 July: Jimmy Murray, 82, Hearts, Falkirk, Clyde, Raith Rovers and Scotland forward.[13]
  • 2 August: Sammy Cox, 91, Queen's Park, Third Lanark, Dundee, Rangers, East Fife and Scotland defender.[14]
  • 6 August: Danny Hegan, 72, Albion Rovers midfielder.[15]
  • 16 August: George Merchant, 89, Dundee and Falkirk forward.[16]
  • 29 August: Graham Leggat, 81, Aberdeen and Scotland forward.[17]
  • 6 September: Ralph Milne, 54, Dundee United winger.[18]
  • 6 September: Hugh Ormond, 92, Dundee United and St Mirren full back.[19]
  • 12 September: Jim Doherty, 61, Albion Rovers and Stranraer midfielder.[20]
  • 1 October: Joe Wark, 67, Motherwell defender.[21]
  • 2 October: Johnny Paton, 92, Celtic winger.[22]
  • 17 October: Johnny Hamilton, 66, Rangers, Hibernian and St Johnstone midfielder.[23]
  • 23 October: Peter Price, 83, St Mirren, Ayr United, Raith Rovers and Albion Rovers forward.[24]
  • 25 October: Matt Watson, 79, Kilmarnock and Queen of the South full-back.[25]
  • 5 November: Brown McMaster, 66, Scottish Football League president (2007–09); Partick Thistle and Stenhousemuir executive.[26]
  • 15 November: Jackie McGugan, 76, St Mirren, Ayr United and Morton defender.[27]
  • 5 December: Willie Coburn, 74, St Johnstone, Forfar and Cowdenbeath defender.[28]
  • 6 December: Ian Burns, 76, Aberdeen and Brechin City wing half.[29]
  • 8 December: Alan Hodgkinson, 79, Scotland goalkeeping coach.[30]
  • 10 December: Arnold Peralta, 26, Rangers midfielder.[31]
  • December: Duncan Lambie, 63, Dundee, St Johnstone and Hibernian forward.[32]
  • 19 January: Joachim Fernandez, 43, Dundee United defender.[33]
  • 22 January: Tommy Bryceland, 76, St Mirren forward and manager.[34]
  • January: John Dowie, 60, Celtic and Clyde defender[35]
  • 28 January: Dave Thomson, 77, Dunfermline Athletic, Queen of the South, Berwick Rangers and East Stirlingshire forward.[36]
  • 28 January: Tommy O'Hara, 62, Queen of the South, Motherwell, Falkirk and Partick Thistle midfielder.[37]
  • 4 February: Harry Glasgow, 76, Clyde, Arbroath and Stenhousemuir defender, Stenhousemuir manager.[38]
  • 24 February: Jim McFadzean, 77, Heart of Midlothian, St Mirren, Raith Rovers, Kilmarnock and Ayr United defender.[39]
  • 4 March: Eddie Blyth, 91, St Mirren forward.[40]
  • 11 March: Billy Ritchie, 79, Rangers, Partick Thistle, Motherwell, Stranraer and Scotland goalkeeper.[41]
  • 22 March: Les Thomson, 79, Falkirk, Stirling Albion and Stenhousemuir centre-half.[42]
  • 31 March: Ian Britton, 61, Dundee United and Arbroath midfielder.[43]
  • 31 March: Jimmy Toner, 91, Dundee inside forward.[44]
  • 7 May: Chris Mitchell, 27, Falkirk, Ayr United, Bradford City, Queen of the South and Clyde midfielder.[45]
  • 8 May: George Ross, 73, Preston North End full back.[46]
  • 11 May: Bobby Carroll, 77, Celtic, St Mirren, Dundee United and Queen of the South winger.[47]
  • 14 May: Jim Finlayson, East Fife, Forfar Athletic and Montrose forward.[48]
  • 14 May: John Coyle, 83, Dundee United, Brechin City and Clyde forward.[49]
  • 25 May: Ian Gibson, 73, Scotland under-23 international.[50]

Notes and references

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  15. ↑ Sixties Midfielder Hegan Dies
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  19. ↑ Hugh Ormond
  20. ↑ The Passing Of Former Player Jim Doherty
  21. ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  22. ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  23. ↑ Former Hibs player Johnny Hamilton dies aged 66
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  32. ↑ [1]
  33. ↑ [2]
  34. ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  35. ↑ Death of former Celt John Dowie.
  36. ↑ Dave Thomson
  37. ↑ Former Celtic, Motherwell and Partick Thistle star Tommy O'Hara, and his American dream, laid to rest
  38. ↑ Harry Glasgow
  39. ↑ Tributes pour in for Kilmarnock FC legend Jim McFadzean who has passed away
  40. ↑ Eddie Blyth 1924-2016
  41. ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  42. ↑ Les Thomson 1936-2016
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