2023–24 Scottish Premiership

The 2023–24 Scottish Premiership (known as the cinch Premiership for sponsorship reasons) will be the eleventh season of the Scottish Premiership, the highest division of Scottish football, and the 127th edition overall of the top national league competition, not including one cancelled due to World War II. Celtic are the defending champions. The season will begin on 5 August 2023.[1]

Scottish Premiership
Season2023–24
Dates5 August 2023 – 19 May 2024
2024–25 →

Twelve teams contest the league. As of 13 May 2023, nine teams have secured their Premiership status: Aberdeen, Celtic, Dundee, Heart of Midlothian, Hibernian, Livingston, Motherwell, Rangers and St Mirren.

Teams

The following teams changed division after the 2022–23 season.

Promoted from the Championship

Stadia and locations
Aberdeen Celtic Dundee Heart of Midlothian
Pittodrie Stadium Celtic Park Dens Park Tynecastle Park
Capacity: 20,866[2] Capacity: 60,411[3] Capacity: 11,775[4] Capacity: 19,852[5]
Hibernian
Location of teams in the 2023–24 Scottish Premiership
 Livingston
Easter Road Almondvale Stadium
Capacity: 20,421[6] Capacity: 9,713[7]
Motherwell Rangers
Fir Park Ibrox Stadium
Capacity: 13,677[8] Capacity: 50,987[9]
St Mirren
St Mirren Park
Capacity: 7,937[10] Capacity: Capacity: Capacity:

Personnel and kits
Team Manager Captain Kit manufacturer Shirt sponsor
Aberdeen Scotland Barry Robson TBC Adidas TEXO
Celtic Australia Ange Postecoglou Scotland Callum McGregor Adidas Dafabet
Dundee TBC TBC Macron Crown Engineering Services
Heart of Midlothian TBC Scotland Craig Gordon Umbro MND Scotland (Home)
Stellar Omada (Away)
Hibernian England Lee Johnson Scotland David Marshall Joma Utilita
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)
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
Dundee England Gary Bowyer End of contract 10 May 2023[11] Pre-season

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 Aberdeen 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Qualification for the Champions League group stage
2 Celtic 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Qualification for the Champions League third qualifying round
3 Dundee 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Qualification for the Europa League second qualifying round
4 Heart of Midlothian 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Qualification for the Europa Conference League second qualifying round
5 Hibernian 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
6 Livingston 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
7 Motherwell 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
8 Rangers 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
9 St Mirren 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
10 TBD 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
11 TBD 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Qualification for the Premiership play-off final
12 TBD 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Relegation to the Championship
First match(es) will be played on 5 August 2023. Source: [12][13]
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).[14]
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).

References
  1. "Key dates for Season 2023/24". SPFL. 21 December 2022. Retrieved 16 April 2023.
  2. "Aberdeen Football Club". Scottish Professional Football League. Archived from the original on 13 August 2018. Retrieved 11 November 2013.
  3. "Celtic Football Club". Scottish Professional Football League. Archived from the original on 8 January 2014. Retrieved 11 November 2013.
  4. "Dundee Football Club". Scottish Professional Football League. Retrieved 11 November 2013.
  5. "Heart of Midlothian Football Club". Scottish Professional Football League. Retrieved 18 May 2020.
  6. "Hibernian Football Club". Scottish Professional Football League. Archived from the original on 8 January 2014. Retrieved 11 November 2013.
  7. "Livingston Football Club". Scottish Professional Football League. Archived from the original on 16 September 2020. Retrieved 11 November 2013.
  8. "Motherwell Football Club". Scottish Professional Football League. Archived from the original on 6 May 2017. Retrieved 11 November 2013.
  9. "Rangers Football Club". Scottish Professional Football League. Archived from the original on 20 December 2014. Retrieved 4 November 2015.
  10. "St Mirren Football Club". Scottish Professional Football League. Archived from the original on 16 November 2020. Retrieved 25 December 2018.
  11. "Dundee: Gary Bowyer leaves post as manager less than week after title win". BBC Sport. 10 May 2023. Retrieved 10 May 2023.
  12. "Scottish Premiership Table". BBC.
  13. "cinch Premiership League Table". Scottish Professional Football League. Retrieved 16 April 2023.
  14. "The Rules of the Scottish Professional Football League (Rule Number C35-C37)" (PDF). SPFL. Archived (PDF) from the original on 28 September 2022. Retrieved 24 September 2022.
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