2020–21 in Scottish football

2020–21 in Scottish football
	Premiership champions
	Championship champions
	League 1 champions
	League 2 champions
	Scottish Cup winners
	League Cup winners
	Challenge Cup winners
	Youth Cup winners
	Teams in Europe
	Celtic ,Rangers , Motherwell Aberdeen
	Scotland national team
	2020–21 UEFA Nations League B; 2022 FIFA World Cup qualification

The 2020–21 season will be the 124th season of competitive football in Scotland.

Transfer deals

League competitions

Scottish Premiership

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation^[a]
1	Rangers (C)	38	32	6	0	92	13	+79	102	Qualification for the Champions League third qualifying round
2	Celtic	38	22	11	5	78	29	+49	77	Qualification for the Champions League second qualifying round
3	Hibernian	38	18	9	11	48	35	+13	63	Qualification for the Europa Conference League second qualifying round
4	Aberdeen	38	15	11	12	36	38	−2	56
5	St Johnstone	38	11	12	15	36	46	−10	45	Qualification for the Europa League third qualifying round^[b]
6	Livingston	38	12	9	17	42	54	−12	45

7	St Mirren	38	11	12	15	37	45	−8	45
8	Motherwell	38	12	9	17	39	55	−16	45
9	Dundee United	38	10	14	14	32	50	−18	44
10	Ross County	38	11	6	21	35	66	−31	39
11	Kilmarnock (R)	38	10	6	22	43	54	−11	36	Qualification for the Premiership play-off final
12	Hamilton Academical (R)	38	7	9	22	34	67	−33	30	Relegation to Championship

Source: ^[1]
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).^[2]
(C) Champions; (R) Relegated
Notes:

^ Teams play each other three times (33 matches), before the league is split into two groups (the top six and the bottom six).
^ St Johnstone qualified as the 2020–21 Scottish Cup winners.

Scottish Championship

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion, qualification or relegation
1	Heart of Midlothian (C, P)	27	17	6	4	63	24	+39	57	Promotion to the Premiership
2	Dundee (O, P)	27	12	9	6	49	40	+9	45	Qualification for the Premiership play-off semi-final
3	Raith Rovers	27	12	7	8	45	36	+9	43	Qualification for the Premiership play-off quarter-final
4	Dunfermline Athletic	27	10	9	8	38	34	+4	39	Qualification for the Premiership play-off quarter-final
5	Inverness Caledonian Thistle	27	8	12	7	36	31	+5	36
6	Queen of the South	27	9	5	13	38	51	−13	32
7	Arbroath	27	7	9	11	28	34	−6	30
8	Ayr United	27	6	11	10	31	37	−6	29
9	Greenock Morton (O)	27	6	11	10	22	33	−11	29	Qualification for the Championship play-offs
10	Alloa Athletic (R)	27	5	7	15	30	60	−30	22	Relegation to League One

Source: SPFL
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored; 4) Head-to-to head points; 5) Head-to-head goal difference; 6) 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

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion, qualification or relegation
1	Partick Thistle (C, P)	22	11	7	4	40	18	+22	40	Promotion to the Championship
2	Airdrieonians	22	12	2	8	35	24	+11	38	Qualification for the Championship play-offs
3	Cove Rangers	22	10	6	6	28	18	+10	36
4	Montrose	22	9	6	7	33	33	0	33
5	Falkirk	22	9	5	8	29	26	+3	32

6	East Fife	22	10	3	9	30	33	−3	33
7	Peterhead	22	9	2	11	24	27	−3	29
8	Clyde	22	8	2	12	27	38	−11	26
9	Dumbarton (O)	22	7	4	11	14	24	−10	25	Qualification for the League One play-offs
10	Forfar Athletic (R)	22	4	5	13	18	37	−19	17	Relegation to League Two

Source: SPFL
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored; 4) Head-to-to head points; 5) Head-to-head goal difference; 6) Play-off (only for deciding promotion, play-off participation and relegation).^[4]
(C) Champions; (O) Play-off winners; (P) Promoted; (R) Relegated

Scottish League Two

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion, qualification or relegation
1	Queen's Park (C, P)	22	17	3	2	43	13	+30	54	Promotion to League One
2	Edinburgh City	22	12	2	8	40	27	+13	38	Qualification for the League One play-offs
3	Elgin City	22	12	2	8	39	28	+11	38
4	Stranraer	22	11	5	6	36	25	+11	38
5	Stirling Albion	22	10	6	6	32	22	+10	36

6	Stenhousemuir	22	7	5	10	25	35	−10	26
7	Albion Rovers	22	7	4	11	25	38	−13	25
8	Annan Athletic	22	5	7	10	25	27	−2	22
9	Cowdenbeath	22	5	6	11	15	32	−17	21
10	Brechin City (R)	22	2	4	16	13	46	−33	10	Qualification for the League Two play-off final

Source: SPFL
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored; 4) Head-to-to head points; 5) Head-to-head goal difference; 6) Play-off (only for deciding promotion, play-off participation and relegation).^[5]
(C) Champions; (P) Promoted; (R) Relegated

Non-league football

Level 5

Highland Football League
Pos	Team v t e	Pld	Pts	PPG
1	Brora Rangers (C)	3	9	3.00
2	Fraserburgh	3	9	3.00
3	Buckie Thistle	2	6	3.00
4	Formartine United	2	6	3.00
5	Inverurie Loco Works	2	6	3.00
6	Keith	2	3	1.50
7	Rothes	2	3	1.50
8	Huntly	3	2	0.67
9	Lossiemouth	2	1	0.50
10	Deveronvale	3	1	0.33
11	Strathspey Thistle	0	0	—
12	Clachnacuddin	1	0	0.00
13	Nairn County	2	0	0.00
14	Wick Academy	2	0	0.00
15	Fort William	1	0	0.00
16	Turriff United	2	0	0.00

Source: Highland Football League BBC Sport Soccerway
(C) Champions

Lowland Football League
Pos	Team v t e	Pld	Pts	PPG
1	Kelty Hearts (C, O, P)	13	36	2.77
2	East Kilbride	12	29	2.42
3	Bonnyrigg Rose Athletic	12	29	2.42
4	BSC Glasgow	13	30	2.31
5	East Stirlingshire	12	26	2.17
6	Gala Fairydean Rovers	12	22	1.83
7	Bo'ness United	10	18	1.80
8	The Spartans	12	18	1.50
9	University of Stirling	15	22	1.47
10	Berwick Rangers	13	16	1.23
11	Civil Service Strollers	14	17	1.21
12	Caledonian Braves	14	13	0.93
13	Gretna 2008	11	10	0.91
14	Cumbernauld Colts	14	11	0.79
15	Dalbeattie Star	10	5	0.50
16	Edinburgh University	15	5	0.33
17	Vale of Leithen	12	0	0.00

Source: SLFL BBC Sport Soccerway
(C) Champions;
(O) Play-off winners;
(P) Promoted

Level 6

East of Scotland Football League Premier Division
Pos	Team v t e	Pld	Pts
1	Tranent Juniors	12	28
2	Jeanfield Swifts	9	23
3	Linlithgow Rose	11	22
4	Musselburgh Athletic	11	22
5	Camelon Juniors	10	20
6	Lothian Thistle Hutchison Vale	10	19
7	Penicuik Athletic	8	16
8	Dundonald Bluebell	8	16
9	Newtongrange Star	12	16
10	Broxburn Athletic	11	16
11	Sauchie Juniors	11	15
12	Hill of Beath Hawthorn	10	15
13	Tynecastle	11	14
14	Dunbar United	13	11
15	Crossgates Primrose	11	10
16	Blackburn United	12	3
17	Inverkeithing Hillfield Swifts	10	3
18	Whitehill Welfare	10	1

Source: East of Scotland Football League

South of Scotland Football League
Pos	Team v t e	Pld	Pts
1	Stranraer reserves	11	26
2	Threave Rovers	7	18
3	St Cuthbert Wanderers	7	16
4	Newton Stewart	9	15
5	Nithsdale Wanderers	8	15
6	Abbey Vale	8	14
7	Upper Annandale	9	12
8	Wigtown & Bladnoch	8	12
9	Caledonian Braves reserves	6	10
10	Lochar Thistle	11	10
11	Lochmaben	8	6
12	Mid-Annandale	7	4
13	Heston Rovers	10	4
14	Creetown	7	4

Source: South of Scotland Football League

West of Scotland Football League
Pos	Team v t e	Pld	Pts
1	Clydebank	7	19
2	Troon	7	16
3	Kilwinning Rangers	7	15
4	Irvine Meadow XI	7	13
5	Darvel	5	12
6	Largs Thistle	7	11
7	Blantyre Victoria	7	10
8	Hurlford United	7	10
9	Rossvale	9	9
10	Beith Juniors	5	7
11	Kirkintilloch Rob Roy	7	6
12	Bonnyton Thistle	8	6
13	Rutherglen Glencairn	6	3
14	Cumbernauld United	7	0
15	Benburb	0	0

Source: West of Scotland Football League

West of Scotland Football League
Pos	Team v t e	Pld	Pts
1	Annbank United	7	17
2	Bellshill Athletic	7	14
3	Muirkirk Juniors	7	11
4	Renfrew	5	9
5	Craigmark Burntonians	7	9
6	Glasgow University	6	8
7	Kello Rovers	5	7
8	St Roch's	5	7
9	Maryhill	6	7
10	Maybole Juniors	6	6
11	Ashfield	5	4
12	Ardeer Thistle	6	0

Source: West of Scotland Football League

West of Scotland Football League
Pos	Team v t e	Pld	Pts
1	Neilston	8	24
2	Greenock Juniors	8	19
3	Johnstone Burgh	7	19
4	St Cadoc's	8	18
5	Port Glasgow	9	18
6	Forth Wanderers	7	10
7	Wishaw	8	10
8	Gartcairn	7	7
9	Vale of Clyde	7	5
10	Carluke Rovers	7	4
11	Irvine Victoria	7	3
12	Lugar Boswell Thistle	7	2
13	Vale of Leven	6	0

Source: West of Scotland Football League

West of Scotland Football League
Pos	Team v t e	Pld	Pts
1	Kilsyth Rangers	6	16
2	Drumchapel United	7	12
3	Thorniewood United	5	10
4	Lanark United	6	10
5	Yoker Athletic	7	10
6	Glasgow Perthshire	5	4
7	East Kilbride Thistle	5	4
8	Newmains United	4	3
9	St Anthony's	5	2

Source: West of Scotland Football League

Honours

Cup honours

Competition	Winner	Score	Runner-up	Match report
2020–21 Scottish Cup
2020–21 League Cup
2020–21 Challenge Cup
2020–21 South Challenge Cup
2020–21 Youth Cup
2020–21 Junior Cup

Non-league honours

Senior

Level	Competition	Winner
5	Highland League
5	Lowland League
6	East of Scotland League Premier Division
	South of Scotland League
	West of Scotland League
7	East of Scotland League First Division
	West of Scotland League First Division

Junior

East Region

Division	Winner
East Super League North
East Super League South

North Region

Division	Winner
North Superleague
North Division One
North Division Two

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

Summary

Club	Competitions	Started round
Celtic	UEFA Champions League	First qualifying round
Rangers	UEFA Europa League	First or Second qualifying round
Motherwell	UEFA Europa League	First qualifying round
TBC	UEFA Europa League	First or Second qualifying round
Total
Average

Celtic

UEFA Champions League

Celtic will Enter the First qualifying round of the UEFA Champions League, their opponent is yet to be decided.

Rangers

UEFA Europa League

Rangers will enter the First qualifying round of the UEFA Europa league, their opponent is yet to be decided. They will enter the Second qualifying round if Celtic win the 2019–20 Scottish Cup or if the cup is not completed by the UEFA deadline.

Motherwell

UEFA Europa League

Motherwell will enter the First qualifying round of the UEFA Europa league their opponent is yet to be decided.

TBC

UEFA Europa League

As fourth place finishers in the 2019–20 Scottish Premiership, Aberdeen will enter the First qualifying round if Celtic win the 2019–20 Scottish Cup or if the cup is not completed by the UEFA deadline.

Scotland national team

4 September 2020 2020–21 Nations League B	Scotland	v	Israel	Glasgow
				Stadium: Hampden Park

7 September 2020 2020–21 Nations League B

Czech Republic

v

Scotland

8 October 2020^[6]^[7]^[8] Euro 2020 play-offs	Scotland	v	Israel	Glasgow
				Stadium: Hampden Park

11 October 2020 2020–21 Nations League B	Scotland	v	Slovakia	Glasgow
				Stadium: Hampden Park

14 October 2020 2020–21 Nations League B	Scotland	v	Czech Republic	Glasgow
				Stadium: Hampden Park

15 November 2020 2020–21 Nations League B

Slovakia

v

Scotland

18 November 2020 2020–21 Nations League B

Israel

v

Scotland

Women's football

League and Cup honours

Division	Winner
2020 SWPL 1
2020 SWPL 2
2020 SWF Championship (North)
2020 SWF Championship (South)

Competition	Winner	Score	Runner-up	Match report
Scottish Women's Cup
Scottish Women's Premier League Cup
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

SWPL 1

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Rangers	1	1	0	3	0	+3	3	Qualification for the Champions League qualifying round
2	Celtic	1	1	0	2	1	+1	3
3	Hibernian	1	1	0	1	0	+1	3
4	Motherwell	1	1	0	1	0	+1	3
5	Glasgow City	1	0	1	1	2	−1	0
6	Forfar Farmington	1	0	1	0	1	−1	0
7	Spartans	1	0	1	0	1	−1	0	Qualification for the play-offs
8	Heart of Midlothian	1	0	1	0	3	−3	0	Relegation to SWPL 2

Updated to match(es) played on 23 February 2020. Source: ^[9]
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Number of goals scored

SWPL 2

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Hamilton Academical	1	1	0	0	5	0	+5	3	Promotion to SWPL 1
2	Dundee United	1	1	0	0	8	4	+4	3	Qualification for the play-offs
3	St Johnstone	1	1	0	0	4	2	+2	3
4	Partick Thistle	1	1	0	0	2	0	+2	3
5	Kilmarnock	1	0	1	0	1	1	0	1
6	Aberdeen	1	0	1	0	1	1	0	1
7	Queen's Park	1	0	0	1	2	4	−2	0
8	Glasgow Women	1	0	0	1	0	2	−2	0	Qualification for the play-offs
9	Boroughmuir Thistle	1	0	0	1	4	8	−4	0	Relegation to the Championship
10	Stirling University	1	0	0	1	0	5	−5	0	Relegation to the Championship

Updated to match(es) played on 23 February 2020. Source: ^[10]
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Number of goals scored

UEFA Women's Champions League

Scotland women's national team

18 September 2020^[11] Euro 2021 qualifying

Cyprus

–

Scotland

22 September 2020^[11] Euro 2021 qualifying

Scotland

–

Portugal

23 October 2020^[11] Euro 2021 qualifying

Scotland

–

Albania

27 October 2020^[11] Euro 2021 qualifying

Finland

–

Scotland

27 November 2020^[11] Euro 2021 qualifying

Portugal

–

Scotland

1 December 2020^[11] Euro 2021 qualifying

Scotland

–

Finland

Notes and references

^ "Summary - Premiership". Soccerway. Archived from the original on 25 March 2021. Retrieved 21 July 2021.
^ "The Rules of the Scottish Professional Football League" (PDF). SPFL. Archived (PDF) from the original on 11 November 2020. Retrieved 24 November 2020.
^ "The Rules of the Scottish Professional Football League" (PDF). SPFL. pp. 38–39. Retrieved 20 October 2019.
^ "The Rules of the Scottish Professional Football League" (PDF). SPFL. pp. 38–39. Retrieved 20 October 2019.
^ "The Rules of the Scottish Professional Football League" (PDF). SPFL. pp. 38–39. Retrieved 20 October 2019.
^ "Coronavirus: Scotland Euro play-off rescheduled for June". BBC Sport. BBC. 17 March 2020. Retrieved 17 March 2020.
^ "UEFA postpones all June national team matches". www.uefa.com. UEFA. 1 April 2020. Retrieved 1 April 2020.
^ "Euro 2020 play-offs: 8 October semis for Scotland, N Ireland & Republic". BBC Sport. BBC. 17 June 2020. Retrieved 17 June 2020.
^ "Summary - SWPL1". Soccerway. Retrieved 23 February 2020.
^ "Summary - SWPL2". Soccerway. Retrieved 23 February 2020.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f "Scotland: Women's Euro 2021 qualifiers to resume in September". BBC Sport. BBC. 27 May 2020. Retrieved 27 May 2020.

[1] Teams play each other three times (33 matches), before the league is split into two groups (the top six and the bottom six).

[table_note_res_ELPO0.70194344301799-2] St Johnstone qualified as the 2020–21 Scottish Cup winners.

[Soccerway2-3] "Summary - Premiership". Soccerway. Archived from the original on 25 March 2021. Retrieved 21 July 2021.

[4] "The Rules of the Scottish Professional Football League" (PDF). SPFL. Archived (PDF) from the original on 11 November 2020. Retrieved 24 November 2020.

[5] "The Rules of the Scottish Professional Football League" (PDF). SPFL. pp. 38–39. Retrieved 20 October 2019.

[6] "The Rules of the Scottish Professional Football League" (PDF). SPFL. pp. 38–39. Retrieved 20 October 2019.

[7] "The Rules of the Scottish Professional Football League" (PDF). SPFL. pp. 38–39. Retrieved 20 October 2019.

[8] "Coronavirus: Scotland Euro play-off rescheduled for June". BBC Sport. BBC. 17 March 2020. Retrieved 17 March 2020.

[uefaapr01-9] "UEFA postpones all June national team matches". www.uefa.com. UEFA. 1 April 2020. Retrieved 1 April 2020.

[10] "Euro 2020 play-offs: 8 October semis for Scotland, N Ireland & Republic". BBC Sport. BBC. 17 June 2020. Retrieved 17 June 2020.

[soccerway-11] "Summary - SWPL1". Soccerway. Retrieved 23 February 2020.

[soccerway2-12] "Summary - SWPL2". Soccerway. Retrieved 23 February 2020.

[resched-13] ^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f "Scotland: Women's Euro 2021 qualifiers to resume in September". BBC Sport. BBC. 27 May 2020. Retrieved 27 May 2020.

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2020–21 in Scottish football

Premiership champions

Championship champions

League 1 champions

League 2 champions

Scottish Cup winners

League Cup winners

Challenge Cup winners

Youth Cup winners

Teams in Europe
Celtic ,Rangers , Motherwell Aberdeen
Scotland national team
2020–21 UEFA Nations League B 2022 FIFA World Cup qualification

v t e 2020–21 in Scottish football
« 2019–20 2021–22 »
Domestic leagues	SPFL Premiership Championship League One League Two Highland Lowland East of Scotland South of Scotland West of Scotland North Caledonian SJFA East Premiership ~~SJFA North Superleague~~ ~~SPFL Reserve League~~ Women's Premier League '20 '20–2021 Women's Championship '20 '20–21
Domestic cups	Scottish Cup Final League Cup Group stage Final ~~Challenge Cup~~ South Region Challenge Cup ~~Junior Cup~~ ~~Youth Cup~~ Women's Cup ~~'20 '21~~ Women's Premier League Cup '20 ~~'21 (spring)~~
European competitions	Champions League Europa League Youth League
Related to national team	Results Men's Women's 2022 FIFA World Cup qualification (UEFA) 2020–21 UEFA Nations League UEFA Women's Euro 2022 qualifying
Transfers	Summer 2020 Winter 2020–21
Club seasons
Premiership	Aberdeen Celtic Dundee United Hamilton Academical Hibernian Kilmarnock Livingston Motherwell Rangers Ross County St Johnstone St Mirren
Championship	Alloa Athletic Arbroath Ayr United Dundee Dunfermline Athletic Greenock Morton Heart of Midlothian Inverness Caledonian Thistle Queen of the South Raith Rovers
League One	Airdrieonians Clyde Cove Rangers Dumbarton East Fife Falkirk Forfar Athletic Montrose Partick Thistle Peterhead

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League cups	England Iceland Israel Portugal Republic of Ireland '20 Scotland Wales
Supercups	Albania Andorra Armenia Azerbaijan Belarus Belgium Bulgaria Croatia Cyprus England Estonia '20 '21 Faroe Islands France Georgia Germany Iceland Israel Italy Kazakhstan Kosovo Lithuania Malta Netherlands Poland Portugal Republic of Ireland '20 '21 Romania Russia San Marino Spain Turkey Ukraine
UEFA competitions	Champions League qualifying phase and play-off round group stage knockout phase Final Europa League qualifying phase and play-off round Champions Path Main Path group stage knockout phase Final Super Cup ~~Youth League~~
International competitions	UEFA Euro 2020 qualification 2022 FIFA World Cup qualification 2020–21 UEFA Nations League League A League B League C League D 2021 FIFA U-20 World Cup 2021 FIFA U-17 World Cup 2021 Euro Under-21 qualification 2021 Euro Under-19 qualification 2021 Euro Under-17 qualification Football at the 2020 Summer Olympics