2017–18 in Scottish football

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Football in Scotland
Season2017–18
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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
Celtic
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 is the 121st season of competitive football in Scotland. The domestic season began on 15 July 2017, with the first round of matches in the 2017–18 Scottish League Cup.[1] The 2017–18 Scottish Professional Football League season commenced on 5 August.[1]

Transfer deals

Main articles: List of Scottish football transfers summer 2017 and List of Scottish football transfers winter 2017–18

League competitions

Scottish Premiership

Main article: 2017–18 Scottish Premiership
Pos Team
 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation[a]
1 Celtic (C) 38 24 10 4 73 25 +48 82 Qualification for the Champions League first qualifying round[b]
2 Aberdeen 38 22 7 9 56 37 +19 73 Qualification for the Europa League second qualifying round
3 Rangers 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
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 11 6 21 36 57 −21 39
10 Hamilton Academical 38 9 6 23 47 68 −21 33
11 Partick Thistle (R) 38 8 9 21 31 61 −30 33 Qualification for the Premiership play-off final
12 Ross County (R) 38 6 11 21 40 62 −22 29 Relegation to the Championship
Source: Soccerway BBC
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).[2]
(C) Champions; (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. ^ Since the winners of the 2017–18 Scottish Cup, Celtic, qualified for European competition based on league position, the spot awarded to the Scottish Cup winners (Europa League second qualifying round) was passed to the second-placed team and the spot awarded to the second-placed team (Europa League first qualifying round) was passed to the fourth-placed team.

Scottish Championship

Main article: 2017–18 Scottish Championship
Pos Team
 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion, qualification or relegation
1 St Mirren (C, P) 36 23 5 8 63 36 +27 74 Promotion to the Premiership
2 Livingston (O, P) 36 17 11 8 56 37 +19 62 Qualification for the Premiership play-off semi-final
3 Dundee United 36 18 7 11 52 42 +10 61 Qualification for the Premiership play-off quarter-final
4 Dunfermline Athletic 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 for the Championship play-offs
10 Brechin City (R) 36 0 4 32 20 90 −70 4 Relegation to League One
Source: Soccerway
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored; 4) Points in head-to-head matches; 5) Goal difference in hth matches; 6). Goals scored in hth matches; 7). Play-off (only for deciding promotion, play-off participation and relegation).[3]
(C) Champions; (O) Play-off winners; (P) Promoted; (R) Relegated

Scottish League One

Main article: 2017–18 Scottish League One

Template:2017–18 Scottish League One table

Scottish League Two

Main article: 2017–18 Scottish League Two

Template:2017–18 Scottish League Two table

Non-league football

Main articles: 2017–18 Highland Football League and 2017–18 Lowland Football League
Highland Football League Lowland Football League
Template:2017–18 Highland Football League table Template:2017–18 Lowland Football League table

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 Celtic 2–0 Motherwell BBC Sport
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
2017–18 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 articles: 2017–18 UEFA Champions League and 2017–18 UEFA Europa League

Celtic, Aberdeen, Rangers and St Johnstone qualified for European competition. Rangers and St Johnstone were both eliminated in the first qualifying round, which prompted some administrators and coaches to suggest that Scottish football should adopt a summer season.[4][5]

Celtic

UEFA Champions League

Celtic started in the second qualifying round of the 2017–18 UEFA Champions League, and were drawn against the winners of a first round tie between Linfield and Fiorita.[6]

14 July 2017 QR2 Linfield Northern Ireland 0–2 Scotland Celtic Belfast
BBC Sport Sinclair 17'
Rogic 22'		 Stadium: Windsor Park
Referee: Alejandro Hernández Hernández (Spain)
19 July 2017 QR2 Celtic Scotland 4–0
(6–0 agg.)		 Northern Ireland Linfield Glasgow
Sinclair 4', 54'
Rogic 46'
Armstrong 90+2'		 BBC Sport Stadium: Celtic Park
Referee: Stephan Klossner (Switzerland)
26 July 2017 QR3 Celtic Scotland 0–0 Norway Rosenborg Glasgow
BBC Sport Stadium: Celtic Park
Referee: Tiago Martins (Portugal)
2 August 2017 QR3 Rosenborg Norway 0–1
(0–1 agg.)		 Scotland Celtic Trondheim
BBC Sport Forrest 69' Stadium: Lerkendal Stadion
Referee: Jonathan Lardot (Belgium)
16 August 2017 PO Celtic Scotland 5–0 Kazakhstan Astana Glasgow
Postnikov 32' (o.g.)
Sinclair 42', 60'
Forrest 79'
Shitov 88' (o.g.)		 BBC Sport Stadium: Celtic Park
Referee: Ovidiu Hategan (Romania)
22 August 2017 PO Astana Kazakhstan 4–3
(4–8 agg.)		 Scotland Celtic Astana
Ajer 26' (o.g.)
Muzhikov 48'
Twumasi 49', 69'		 BBC Sport Sinclair 33'
Ntcham 80'
Griffiths 90'		 Stadium: Astana Arena
Referee: Pavel Královec (Czech Republic)
12 September 2017 Group B Celtic Scotland 0–5 France Paris Saint-Germain Glasgow
BBC Sport Neymar 19'
Mbappé 34'
Cavani 40' (pen.), 85'
Lustig 83' (o.g.)		 Stadium: Celtic Park
Attendance: 57,562
Referee: Daniele Orsato (Italy)
27 September 2017 Group B Anderlecht Belgium 0–3 Scotland Celtic Brussels
BBC Sport Griffiths 38'
Roberts 50'
Sinclair 90+3'		 Stadium: Constant Vanden Stock Stadium
Attendance: 19,898
Referee: Jesús Gil Manzano (Spain)
18 October 2017 Group B Bayern Munich Germany 3–0 Scotland Celtic Munich
Müller 17'
Kimmich 29'
Hummels 51'		 Report Stadium: Allianz Arena
Attendance: 70,000
Referee: Sergei Karasev (Russia)
31 October 2017 Group B Celtic Scotland 1–2 Germany Bayern Munich Glasgow
McGregor 74' Report Coman 22'
Martinez 77'		 Stadium: Celtic Park
Attendance: 58,269
Referee: Danny Makkelie (Netherlands)
22 November 2017 Group B Paris Saint-Germain France 7–1 Scotland Celtic Paris
Neymar 9', 22'
Cavani 28', 79'
Mbappé 35'
Verratti 75'
Alves 80'		 Report Dembele 1' Stadium: Parc des Princes
Attendance: 46,288
Referee: Anastasios Sidiropoulos
5 December 2017 Group B Celtic Scotland 0–1 Belgium Anderlecht Glasgow
Report Simunovic 62' (o.g.) Stadium: Celtic Park
Attendance: 57,931
Referee: Matej Jug
UEFA Europa League

Celtic finished third in their Champions League group, which meant that they progressed to the last 32 of the Europa League.[7]

15 February 2018 R32 Celtic Scotland v Russia Zenit St Petersburg Glasgow
Stadium: Celtic Park
22 February 2018 R32 Zenit St Petersburg Russia v Scotland Celtic Saint Petersburg
Stadium: Krestovsky Stadium

Aberdeen

UEFA Europa League

Aberdeen started in the second qualifying round of the 2017–18 UEFA Europa League, and were drawn against the winners of a first round tie between Ordabasy and Široki Brijeg.[8]

13 July 2017 QR2 Aberdeen Scotland 1–1 Bosnia and Herzegovina Široki Brijeg Aberdeen
Christie 17' BBC Sport Marković 69' Stadium: Pittodrie Stadium
Referee: Erik Lambrechts
20 July 2017 QR2 Široki Brijeg Bosnia and Herzegovina 0–2
(1–3 agg.)		 Scotland Aberdeen Široki Brijeg
BBC Sport 72' Stewart
78' Mackay-Steven		 Stadium: Stadion Pecara
Referee: Michael Tykgaard
27 July 2017 QR3 Aberdeen Scotland 2–1 Cyprus Apollon Limassol Aberdeen
Christie 4'
Shinnie 78'		 BBC Sport 59' Jander Stadium: Pittodrie Stadium
Referee: Mattias Gestranius (Finland)
3 August 2017 QR3 Apollon Limassol Cyprus 2–0
(3–2 agg.)		 Scotland Aberdeen Larnaca
Schembri 17'
Zelaya 86'		 BBC Sport Stadium: AEK Arena
Referee: Stephan Klossner (Switzerland)

Rangers

UEFA Europa League
29 June 2017 QR1 Rangers Scotland 1–0 Luxembourg Progrès Niederkorn Glasgow
Miller 37' BBC Sport Stadium: Ibrox Stadium
Referee: Mohammed Al-Hakim (Sweden)
4 July 2017 QR1 Progrès Niederkorn Luxembourg 2–0
(2–1 agg.)		 Scotland Rangers Luxembourg City
Francoise 66'
Thill 75'		 BBC Sport Stadium: Stade Josy Barthel

St Johnstone

UEFA Europa League
29 June 2017 QR1 St Johnstone Scotland 1–2 Lithuania Trakai Perth
Shaughnessy 32' BBC Sport 14' Maksimov
36' Silenas		 Stadium: McDiarmid Park
Referee: Fran Jovic
6 July 2017 QR1 Trakai Lithuania 1–0
(3–1 agg.)		 Scotland St Johnstone Vilnius
Maksimov 88' BBC Sport Stadium: LFF Stadium

Scotland national team

Main article: Scotland national football team 2000–19 results
1 September 2017 World Cup qualification Lithuania  0–3  Scotland Vilnius
BBC Sport 25' Armstrong
30' Robertson
72' McArthur		 Stadium: LFF Stadium
Attendance: 5,067
Referee: Carlos del Cerro Grande (Spain)
4 September 2017 World Cup qualification Scotland  2–0  Malta Glasgow
Berra 9'
Griffiths 49'		 BBC Sport Stadium: Hampden Park
Attendance: 26,371
Referee: Jakob Kehlet (Denmark)
5 October 2017 World Cup qualification Scotland  1–0  Slovakia Glasgow
Skrtel 89' (o.g.) BBC Sport Stadium: Hampden Park
Referee: Milorad Mažić (Serbia)
8 October 2017 World Cup qualification Slovenia  2–2  Scotland Ljubljana
Bezjak 52', 72' BBC Sport 32' Griffiths
88' Snodgrass		 Stadium: Stožice Stadium
Referee: Jonas Eriksson (Sweden)
9 November 2017 Friendly match Scotland  0–1  Netherlands Aberdeen
BBC Sport 40' Depay Stadium: Pittodrie Stadium
Attendance: 17,883
Referee: Ruddy Buquet

Women's football

League and Cup honours

Division Winner
2017 SWPL Glasgow City[9]
2017 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 Hibernian 3–0 Glasgow City BBC Sport
Scottish Women's Premier League Cup Hibernian 4–1 Celtic 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

Main article: 2017 Scottish Women's Premier League

Template:2017 Scottish Women's Premier League table

UEFA Women's Champions League

Glasgow City

Glasgow City entered the Champions League in the round of 32.[10]

4 October 2017 (2017-10-04) Round of 32 BIIK Kazygurt Kazakhstan 3–0 Scotland Glasgow City Shymkent
Kirgizbaeva
Korte
Gabelia 		BBC Sport Stadium: Kazhymukan Munaitpasov Stadium
Referee: Eleni Antoniou (Greece)
12 October 2017 (2017-10-12) Round of 32 Glasgow City Scotland 4–1
(4–4 agg.)		 Kazakhstan BIIK Kazygurt Glasgow
Abbi Grant (3)
Noelle Murray		 BBC Sport Chinwendu Ihezuo Stadium: Petershill Park[11]

Hibernian

22 August 2017 (2017-08-22) Qualifying group 2 Hibernian Scotland 5–0 Wales Swansea City Cluj-Napoca, Romania
Small 11'
Turner 18'
Graham 42' (pen.), 87'
Hunter 48'		 BBC Sport Stadium: Cluj Arena
Referee: Julia-Stefanie Baier (Austria)
25 August 2017 (2017-08-25) Qualifying group 2 Zhytlobud-2 Kharkiv Ukraine 1–1 Scotland Hibernian Cluj-Napoca, Romania
Malakhova 43' BBC Sport Graham 80' Stadium: Cluj Arena
Referee: Julia-Stefanie Baier (Austria)
28 August 2017 (2017-08-28) Qualifying group 2 Hibernian Scotland 1–1 Romania Olimpia Cluj Cluj-Napoca, Romania
Graham 84' BBC Sport Lunca 5' Stadium: Cluj Arena
Referee: Florence Guillemin (France)

Scotland women's national team

Main article: Scotland women's national football team 2010–19 results
7 July 2017 Friendly Scotland  1–0  Republic of Ireland Kirkcaldy
Murray 85' BBC Sport Stadium: Stark's Park
19 July 2017 Euro 2017 Group D England  6–0  Scotland Utrecht
18:00 CEST Taylor 11', 26', 53'
White 32'
Nobbs 87'
Duggan 90+3'		 UEFA Stadium: Stadion Galgenwaard
Attendance: 5,578
Referee: Esther Staubli (Switzerland)
23 July 2017 Euro 2017 Group D Scotland  1–2  Portugal Rotterdam
18:00 CEST Cuthbert 68' UEFA 27' C. Mendes
72' Leite		 Stadium: Het Kasteel
Attendance: 3,123
Referee: Katalin Kulcsár (Hungary)
27 July 2017 Euro 2017 Group D Scotland  1–0  Spain Deventer
20:45 CEST Weir 42' UEFA Stadium: De Adelaarshorst
Attendance: 4,840
Referee: Jana Adámková (Czechia)
14 September 2017 Friendly Hungary  0–3  Scotland Telki
BBC Sport 15' Clelland
27' Emslie
89' Ross		 Stadium: Telki Training Centre
19 October 2017 2019 WCQ Group 2 Belarus  1–2  Scotland Minsk
Kharlanova 25' BBC Sport 28' Ross
62' (o.g.) Kozyupa		 Stadium: FC Minsk Stadium
Referee: Nelli Stepanyan (Armenia)
24 October 2017 2019 WCQ Group 2 Scotland  5–0  Albania Paisley
Begolli 21' (o.g.)
Brown 33'
Ross 54'
Emslie 56'
Evans 82'		 BBC Sport Stadium: St Mirren Park
Referee: Dimitrina Milkova (Bulgaria)
5 April 2018 2019 WCQ Group 2 Switzerland  –  Scotland
10 April 2018 2019 WCQ Group 2 Scotland  –  Poland
7 June 2018 2019 WCQ Group 2 Scotland  –  Belarus
12 June 2018 2019 WCQ Group 2 Poland  –  Scotland

Deaths

Notes and references

  1. ^ a b "Key dates". Scottish Professional Football League. Retrieved 13 April 2017.
  2. ^ "Premiership 2017/2018 - Season rules". Scoresway. Retrieved 1 June 2017.
  3. ^ "Championship 2017/2018 - Season rules". Scoresway. Retrieved 22 April 2017.
  4. ^ "Stephen Craigan insists Scotland should give summer football a chance". BBC Sport. BBC. 9 July 2017. Retrieved 11 July 2017.
  5. ^ "Motherwell's Burrows calls for summer football feasibility study". BBC Sport. BBC. 2 July 2017. Retrieved 11 July 2017.
  6. ^ "Champions League qualifying: Celtic play Linfield or SP La Fiorita, The New Saints face Europa". BBC Sport. BBC. 19 June 2017. Retrieved 19 June 2017.
  7. ^ Lamont, Alasdair (11 December 2017). "Europa League round of 32: Celtic drawn to face Zenit St Petersburg". BBC Sport. BBC. Retrieved 11 December 2017.
  8. ^ "Europa League qualifiers: Scottish, Welsh and Northern Irish teams learn opponents". BBC Sport. BBC. 19 June 2017. Retrieved 19 June 2017.
  9. ^ Southwick, Andrew (12 November 2017). "Glasgow City beat Hibs to wrap up 11th successive SWPL title". BBC Sport. BBC. Retrieved 12 November 2017.
  10. ^ "Women's Champions League: Hibernian Ladies 5–0 Swansea City Ladies". BBC Sport. BBC. 22 August 2017. Retrieved 22 August 2017.
  11. ^ "Glasgow City return to Petershill Park for domestic and European fixtures". BBC Sport. BBC. 18 September 2017. Retrieved 20 September 2017.
  12. ^ "Vale Billy Cook". Football Federation Australia. 5 July 2017. Retrieved 6 July 2017.
  13. ^ "Bàs am "Firhill Flyer"". BBC News (in Scottish Gaelic). BBC. 5 July 2017. Retrieved 5 July 2017.
  14. ^ Wright, Tom (21 July 2017). "DAVIE LAING". Hibs Historical Trust. Retrieved 21 July 2017.
  15. ^ Naysmith, Stephen (29 July 2017). "Joe Walters obituary: He was a well known Scottish footballer of the 1950's and '60's". The Herald. Retrieved 24 August 2017.
  16. ^ "Aberdeen FC pays tribute to 1950s Dons hero Dave". Evening Express. Retrieved 18 August 2017.
  17. ^ "Club statement – Joe McGurn". St Johnstone FC. 16 August 2017. Retrieved 16 August 2017.
  18. ^ paid as former Dons goalie John Ogston dies aged 78
  19. ^ "A Motherwell Great Passes On – Bert McCann". Fir Park Corner. 20 September 2017. Retrieved 24 September 2017.
  20. ^ "Death of former Celt, Paul Wilson". Celtic FC. 18 September 2017. Retrieved 18 September 2017.
  21. ^ "John Swinburne: 1930–2017". Motherwell FC. 1 October 2017. Retrieved 26 October 2017.
  22. ^ "Ian McNeill 1932–2017". Chelsea FC. 7 October 2017. Retrieved 7 October 2017.
  23. ^ Milne, Scott (12 October 2017). "Dundee United 'soccer juggler' dies after long illness – The Courier". The Courier. Dundee. Retrieved 12 October 2017.
  24. ^ "Stefano Salvatori: Hearts' Scottish Cup hero dies at 49". BBC Sport. BBC. 1 November 2017. Retrieved 1 November 2017.
  25. ^ Bert Ormond
  26. ^ "Aston Villa's 'oldest player' has died". Birmingham Mail. 28 November 2017.
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