2022–23 Scottish Premiership

The 2022–23 Scottish Premiership (known as the cinch Premiership for sponsorship reasons) is the tenth season of the Scottish Premiership, the highest division of Scottish football, and the 126th edition overall of the top national league competition, not including one cancelled due to World War II. The season began on 30 July 2022.[1]

Scottish Premiership
Season2022–23
Dates30 July 2022 – 28 May 2023
ChampionsCeltic
9th Premiership title
53rd Scottish title
Champions LeagueCeltic
Rangers
Matches played210
Goals scored609 (2.9 per match)
Top goalscorerKyogo Furuhashi
(24 goals)
Biggest home winHibernian 6–0 Aberdeen
(28 January 2023)
Biggest away winDundee United 0–9 Celtic
(28 August 2022)
Highest scoringDundee United 0–9 Celtic
(28 August 2022)
Longest winning runCeltic
12 games
Longest unbeaten runCeltic
27 games
Longest winless runDundee United
Motherwell
11 games
Longest losing runDundee United
St Johnstone
6 games
Highest attendance59,621
Celtic 3–2 Rangers (8 April 2023)
Lowest attendance1,283
Livingston 2–1 Ross County (18 March 2023)
Total attendance3,512,739
Average attendance16,727
All statistics correct as of 13 May 2023.

On 7 May, Celtic successfully defended their title, securing a ninth Premiership title and 53rd Scottish league title overall, following a 2–0 victory over Heart of Midlothian.[2][3]

Twelve teams contest the league: Aberdeen, Celtic, Dundee United, Heart of Midlothian, Hibernian, Kilmarnock, Livingston, Motherwell, Rangers, Ross County, St Johnstone and St Mirren.

Teams

The following teams changed division after the 2021–22 season.

Promoted from the Championship

Relegated to the Championship

Stadia and locations
Aberdeen Celtic Dundee United Heart of Midlothian
Pittodrie Stadium Celtic Park Tannadice Park Tynecastle Park
Capacity: 20,866[4] Capacity: 60,411[5] Capacity: 14,223[6] Capacity: 19,852[7]
Hibernian
Location of teams in the 2022–23 Scottish Premiership
 Kilmarnock
Easter Road Rugby Park
Capacity: 20,421[8] Capacity: 15,003[9][10]
Livingston Motherwell
Almondvale Stadium Fir Park
Capacity: 9,713[11] Capacity: 13,677[12]
Rangers Ross County St Johnstone St Mirren
Ibrox Stadium Victoria Park McDiarmid Park St Mirren Park
Capacity: 50,987[13] Capacity: 6,541[14] Capacity: 10,696[15] Capacity: 7,937[16]

Personnel and kits
Team Manager Captain Kit manufacturer Shirt sponsor
Aberdeen Scotland Barry Robson Scotland Graeme Shinnie Adidas TEXO
Celtic Australia Ange Postecoglou Scotland Callum McGregor Adidas Dafabet
Dundee United Republic of Ireland Jim Goodwin England Ryan Edwards Macron QuinnBet
Heart of Midlothian Scotland Steven Naismith (interim) Scotland Craig Gordon Umbro MND Scotland (Home)
Stellar Omada (Away)
Hibernian England Lee Johnson Scotland David Marshall Joma Utilita
Kilmarnock Scotland Derek McInnes Republic of Ireland Alan Power Hummel Brownings The Bakers
Livingston Scotland David Martindale Scotland Nicky Devlin Joma Phoenix Drilling Ltd
Motherwell Scotland Stuart Kettlewell Scotland Stephen O'Donnell Macron Paycare
Rangers England Michael Beale England James Tavernier Castore 32Red (Home and Away)
Unibet (3rd)
Ross County Scotland Malky Mackay England Jack Baldwin Joma Ross-shire Engineering
St Johnstone Scotland Steven MacLean (interim) Scotland Liam Gordon Macron Binn Group
St Mirren Northern Ireland Stephen Robinson Republic of Ireland Joe Shaughnessy Joma Digby Brown

Managerial changes
Team Outgoing manager Manner of departure Date of vacancy Position in table Incoming manager Date of appointment
Hibernian Scotland David Gray End of caretaker spell 15 May 2022[17] Pre-season England Lee Johnson 19 May 2022[18]
Dundee United Scotland Tam Courts Mutual consent 14 June 2022[19] Scotland Jack Ross 20 June 2022[20]
Motherwell Scotland Graham Alexander 29 July 2022[21] Scotland Steven Hammell[note 1] 29 July 2022[21][22]
Dundee United Scotland Jack Ross Sacked 30 August 2022[23] 12th Scotland Liam Fox[note 2] 30 August 2022[23][24]
Rangers Netherlands Giovanni van Bronckhorst 21 November 2022[25] 2nd England Michael Beale 28 November 2022[26]
Aberdeen Republic of Ireland Jim Goodwin 28 January 2023[27] 7th Scotland Barry Robson[note 3] 29 January 2023[28][29]
Motherwell Scotland Steven Hammell 11 February 2023[30] 11th Scotland Stuart Kettlewell[note 4] 11 February 2023[30][31]
Dundee United Scotland Liam Fox Mutual consent 26 February 2023[32] 12th Republic of Ireland Jim Goodwin 1 March 2023[33]
Heart of Midlothian Scotland Robbie Neilson Sacked 9 April 2023[34] 4th Scotland Steven Naismith (interim) 10 April 2023[35]
St Johnstone Scotland Callum Davidson Mutual consent 16 April 2023[36] 9th Scotland Steven MacLean (interim) 16 April 2023[36]

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[lower-alpha 1]
1 Celtic (C, Q) 35 31 2 2 105 28 +77 95 Qualification for the Champions League group stage
2 Rangers (Q) 35 27 4 4 85 34 +51 85 Qualification for the Champions League third qualifying round
3 Aberdeen 35 17 3 15 52 53 −1 54 Qualification for the Europa Conference League third qualifying round
4 Heart of Midlothian 35 14 7 14 58 53 +5 49 Qualification for the Europa Conference League second qualifying round
5 Hibernian 35 14 6 15 51 53 −2 48
6 St Mirren 35 12 9 14 41 53 −12 45
7 Motherwell 35 12 7 16 48 48 0 43
8 Livingston 35 12 6 17 33 56 −23 42
9 St Johnstone 35 10 6 19 35 56 −21 36
10 Kilmarnock 35 9 7 19 31 60 −29 34
11 Ross County 35 9 6 20 33 53 −20 33 Qualification for the Premiership play-off final
12 Dundee United 35 8 7 20 37 62 −25 31 Relegation to the Championship
Updated to match(es) played on 13 May 2023. Source: [37][38]
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).[39]
(C) Champion; (Q) Qualified for the phase indicated
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).

Results

Matches 34–38

After 33 matches, the league splits into two sections of six teams i.e. the top six and the bottom six, with the teams playing every other team in their section once (either at home or away). The exact matches are determined by the position of the teams in the league table at the time of the split.

Season statistics

Scoring
As of matches played on 13 May 2023

Top scorers
Rank Player Club Goals
1 Japan Kyogo Furuhashi Celtic 24
2 Scotland Lawrence Shankland Heart of Midlothian 22
Netherlands Kevin van Veen Motherwell
4 Cape Verde Duk Aberdeen 16
North Macedonia Bojan Miovski Aberdeen
6 England James Tavernier Rangers 15
7 Croatia Antonio Čolak Rangers 13
8 Portugal Jota Celtic 11
England Josh Ginnelly Heart of Midlothian
Colombia Alfredo Morelos Rangers

Hat-tricks
Main article: List of Scottish Professional Football League hat-tricks § Scottish Premiership
Player For Against Score Date Ref.
Japan Kyogo Furuhashi Celtic Dundee United 9–0 (A) 28 August 2022 [42]
Israel Liel Abada
Netherlands Kevin van Veen Motherwell Ross County 5–0 (A) 4 October 2022 [43]
Scotland James Forrest Celtic Hibernian 6–1 (H) 15 October 2022 [44]
Scotland Lawrence Shankland Heart of Midlothian Celtic 3–4 (H) 22 October 2022 [45]
Scotland Kevin Nisbet Hibernian Motherwell 3–2 (A) 8 January 2023 [46]
Scotland Josh Campbell Aberdeen 6–0 (H) 28 January 2023 [47]
Scotland Lawrence Shankland Heart of Midlothian Ross County 6–1 (H) 22 April 2023 [48]
Scotland Jordan White Ross County Dundee United 3–1 (A) 13 May 2023 [49]

Most assists
Rank Player Club Assists
1 Denmark Matt O'Riley Celtic 11
2 Portugal Jota Celtic 10
Australia Aaron Mooy Celtic
4 Croatia Borna Barišić Rangers 9
England James Tavernier Rangers
6 England Ryan Kent Rangers 8
7 England Leighton Clarkson Aberdeen 7
Japan Reo Hatate Celtic
France Élie Youan Hibernian
Scotland Blair Spittal Motherwell
Zambia Fashion Sakala Rangers

Source:[50]

Clean sheets
Rank Player Club Clean
sheets
1 England Joe Hart Celtic 15
2 Netherlands Kelle Roos Aberdeen 12
3 Scotland David Marshall Hibernian 11
4 Scotland Liam Kelly Motherwell 10
Northern Ireland Trevor Carson St Mirren
6 Scotland Ross Laidlaw Ross County 9
7 Scotland Allan McGregor Rangers 8
8 England Shamal George Livingston 7

Source:[51]

Attendances

These are the average attendances of the teams.

Pos Team Total High Low Average Change
1 Aberdeen 280,784 18,666 13,014 15,599 +20.6%†
2 Celtic 998,837 59,621 58,295 58,755 +1.6%†
3 Dundee United 169,362 12,599 7,430 9,409 +23.0%†
4 Heart of Midlothian 314,346 18,980 18,081 18,490 +6.3%†
5 Hibernian 295,583 20,179 13,930 17,387 +12.2%†
6 Kilmarnock[lower-alpha 1] 108,948 9,162 4,463 6,408 +28.5%†
7 Livingston 71,153 9,672 1,283 4,185 +14.3%†
8 Motherwell 100,820 8,610 4,131 5,930 +5.0%†
9 Rangers 884,779 50,104 46,961 49,154 −0.2%†
10 Ross County 78,278 6,690 2,568 4,348 +7.3%†
11 St Johnstone 96,719 7,758 2,899 5,373 +19.3%†
12 St Mirren 114,120 7,937 4,557 6,340 +28.5%†
League total 3,512,739 59,621 1,283 16,727 +5.9%†

Updated to games played on 13 May 2023
Source: [52][53][54][55][56][57][58][59][60][61][62][63]

  1. Club was playing in the Scottish Championship in the previous season.

Awards
Month Manager of the Month Player of the Month
Manager Club Player Club
August Australia Ange Postecoglou Celtic Japan Kyogo Furuhashi Celtic
September/October Croatia Antonio Čolak Rangers
November Scotland David Martindale Livingston Montenegro Sead Hakšabanović Celtic
December England Michael Beale Rangers Japan Kyogo Furuhashi Celtic
January Scotland Robbie Neilson Heart of Midlothian Scotland Kevin Nisbet Hibernian
February Scotland Stuart Kettlewell Motherwell Japan Reo Hatate Celtic
March Scotland Barry Robson Aberdeen Cape Verde Duk Aberdeen
April Netherlands Kevin van Veen Motherwell

Premiership play-offs

The quarter-finals will be contested by the teams placed third and fourth in the 2022–23 Scottish Championship. The winners will advance to the semi-finals to face the team placed second in the Championship. The final will be contested by the semi-final winners and the team placed eleventh in the Premiership, with the winners securing a place in the 2023–24 Scottish Premiership.[64]

Qualified teams
TeamRank
TBC1
Ayr United2
Queen's Park3
Partick Thistle4

First leg
9 May 2023 Partick Thistle 4–3 Queen's Park Glasgow
19:45 Turner 15'
McMillan 28'
Fitzpatrick 69'
Graham 90+7'		 [65] Thomas 33', 87'
Boateng 83'		 Stadium: Firhill Stadium
Attendance: 3,754
Referee: Kevin Clancy

Second leg
12 May 2023 Queen's Park 0–4
(3–8 agg.)		 Partick Thistle Stenhousemuir
19:45 [66] Graham 14'
Tiffoney 28'
Holt 41'
Mullen 82'		 Stadium: Ochilview Park
Attendance: 1,581
Referee: Colin Steven

First leg
19 May 2023 Partick Thistle v Ayr United Glasgow
19:45 Stadium: Firhill Stadium

Second leg
26 May 2023 Ayr United v Partick Thistle Ayr
19:45 Stadium: Somerset Park

First leg
1 June 2023 Semi-final winners v 11th in Premiership
20:00

Second leg
4 June 2023 11th in Premiership v Semi-final winners
16:30

Notes
    1. Hammell was initially named as interim manager, before being appointed on a permanent basis on 11 August 2022.
    2. Fox was initially named as interim manager, before being appointed on a permanent basis on 23 September 2022.
    3. Robson was initially named as interim manager, before being appointed on a permanent basis on 1 May 2023.
    4. Kettlewell was initially named as interim manager, before being appointed on a permanent basis on 22 February 2023.

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