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The Scottish Football League (SFL; Scottish Gaelic: Lìg Ball-coise na h-Alba) is a defunct league featuring professional and semi-professional football clubs mostly from Scotland. [ note 2 ] From its foundation in 1890 until the breakaway Scottish Premier League (SPL) was formed in 1998, the SFL was the top level of football in Scotland .
The Scottish Professional Football League is formed by a merger of the Scottish Premier League and Scottish Football League. [204] A new Lowland Football League is formed, as part of wider league reconstruction. [205] Celtic sell Victor Wanyama to Southampton for £12.5 million, a record at the time for a fee received by a Scottish club. [206]
The early history of games like football in Scotland is uncertain, but it is possible that variations reached Scotland from France or England. [1]Games of "football" were played in Scotland in the Middle Ages, but medieval football bears little resemblance to association football (soccer).
This is an accepted version of this page This is the latest accepted revision, reviewed on 11 February 2025. Football league List of Scottish football champions The trophies awarded to the Scottish champions prior to 1998 (top) and subsequently (bottom) Founded 1890 (Scottish Football League) 1998 (Scottish Premier League) 2013 (Scottish Premiership) Number of clubs 12 Current champions Celtic ...
The Scottish football league system is a series of generally connected leagues for Scottish football clubs.. The Scottish system is more complicated than many other national league systems, consisting of several completely separate systems or 'grades' of leagues and clubs.
The Scottish Professional Football League (SPFL) is the national men's association football league in Scotland. The league was formed in June 2013 following a merger between the Scottish Premier League and the Scottish Football League .
Association football is one of the national sports of Scotland [1] and the most popular sport in the country. [2] There is a long tradition of "football" games in Orkney, Lewis and southern Scotland, especially the Scottish Borders, although many of these include carrying the ball and passing by hand, and despite bearing the name "football" bear little resemblance to association football.
This structure remained in place until 1998, when the teams then in the Premier Division broke away to form the Scottish Premier League, which supplanted the Premier Division as the highest level of football in Scotland. [4] In 2013 the two leagues merged to form the new Scottish Professional Football League, ending the 123-year existence of ...