Season | 2022–23 |
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Dates | 30 July 2022 – 28 May 2023 |
Champions | Celtic 9th Premiership title 53rd Scottish title |
Relegated | Dundee United |
Champions League | Celtic Rangers |
Europa League | Aberdeen |
Europa Conference League | Heart of Midlothian Hibernian |
Matches played | 228 |
Goals scored | 670 (2.94 per match) |
Top goalscorer | Kyogo Furuhashi (27 goals) |
Biggest home win | Hibernian 6–0 Aberdeen (28 January 2023) |
Biggest away win | Dundee United 0–9 Celtic (28 August 2022) |
Highest scoring | Dundee United 0–9 Celtic (28 August 2022) |
Longest winning run | Celtic 12 games |
Longest unbeaten run | Celtic 27 games |
Longest winless run | Dundee United Motherwell 11 games |
Longest losing run | Dundee United St Johnstone 6 games |
Highest attendance | 59,621 Celtic 3–2 Rangers (8 April 2023) |
Lowest attendance | 1,283 Livingston 2–1 Ross County (18 March 2023) |
Total attendance | 3,826,451 |
Average attendance | 16,782 |
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The 2022–23 Scottish Premiership (known as the cinch Premiership for sponsorship reasons) was 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]
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 contested the league: Aberdeen, Celtic, Dundee United, Heart of Midlothian, Hibernian, Kilmarnock, Livingston, Motherwell, Rangers, Ross County, St Johnstone and St Mirren.
The following teams changed division after the 2021–22 season.
Promoted from the Championship
Relegated to the Championship
Aberdeen | Celtic | Dundee United | Heart of Midlothian |
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Pittodrie Stadium | Celtic Park | Tannadice Park | Tynecastle Park |
Capacity: 20,866[4] | Capacity: 60,411[5] | Capacity: 14,223[6] | Capacity: 19,852[7] |
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Hibernian |
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Kilmarnock | |
Easter Road | Rugby Park | ||
Capacity: 20,421[8] | Capacity: 15,003[9][10] | ||
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Livingston | Motherwell | ||
Almondvale Stadium | Fir Park | ||
Capacity: 9,713[11] | Capacity: 13,677[12] | ||
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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] |
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Team | Manager | Captain | Kit manufacturer | Shirt sponsor |
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Aberdeen | ![]() |
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Adidas | TEXO |
Celtic | ![]() |
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Adidas | Dafabet |
Dundee United | ![]() |
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Macron | QuinnBet |
Heart of Midlothian | ![]() |
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Umbro | MND Scotland (Home) Stellar Omada (Away) |
Hibernian | ![]() |
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Joma | Utilita |
Kilmarnock | ![]() |
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Hummel | Brownings The Bakers |
Livingston | ![]() |
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Joma | Phoenix Drilling Ltd |
Motherwell | ![]() |
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Macron | Paycare |
Rangers | ![]() |
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Castore | 32Red (Home and Away) Unibet (3rd) |
Ross County | ![]() |
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Joma | Ross-shire Engineering |
St Johnstone | ![]() |
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Macron | Binn Group |
St Mirren | ![]() |
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Joma | Digby Brown |
Team | Outgoing manager | Manner of departure | Date of vacancy | Position in table | Incoming manager | Date of appointment |
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Hibernian | ![]() |
End of caretaker spell | 15 May 2022[17] | Pre-season | ![]() |
19 May 2022[18] |
Dundee United | ![]() |
Mutual consent | 14 June 2022[19] | ![]() |
20 June 2022[20] | |
Motherwell | ![]() |
29 July 2022[21] | ![]() |
29 July 2022[21][22] | ||
Dundee United | ![]() |
Sacked | 30 August 2022[23] | 12th | ![]() |
30 August 2022[23][24] |
Rangers | ![]() |
21 November 2022[25] | 2nd | ![]() |
28 November 2022[26] | |
Aberdeen | ![]() |
28 January 2023[27] | 7th | ![]() |
29 January 2023[28][29] | |
Motherwell | ![]() |
11 February 2023[30] | 11th | ![]() |
11 February 2023[30][31] | |
Dundee United | ![]() |
Mutual consent | 26 February 2023[32] | 12th | ![]() |
1 March 2023[33] |
Heart of Midlothian | ![]() |
Sacked | 9 April 2023[34] | 4th | ![]() |
10 April 2023[35] |
St Johnstone | ![]() |
Mutual consent | 16 April 2023[36] | 9th | ![]() |
16 April 2023[36][37] |
In the initial phase of the season, the 12 teams played a round-robin tournament whereby each team plays each one of the other teams three times. After 33 games, the league split 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 were played, with 38 matches played by each team.
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation[a] |
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1 | Celtic (C) | 38 | 32 | 3 | 3 | 114 | 34 | +80 | 99 | Qualification for the Champions League group stage |
2 | Rangers | 38 | 29 | 5 | 4 | 93 | 37 | +56 | 92 | Qualification for the Champions League third qualifying round |
3 | Aberdeen | 38 | 18 | 3 | 17 | 56 | 60 | −4 | 57 | Qualification for the Europa League play-off round |
4 | Heart of Midlothian | 38 | 15 | 9 | 14 | 63 | 57 | +6 | 54 | Qualification for the Europa Conference League third qualifying round |
5 | Hibernian | 38 | 15 | 7 | 16 | 57 | 59 | −2 | 52 | Qualification for the Europa Conference League second qualifying round |
6 | St Mirren | 38 | 12 | 10 | 16 | 43 | 61 | −18 | 46 | |
7 | Motherwell | 38 | 14 | 8 | 16 | 53 | 51 | +2 | 50 | |
8 | Livingston | 38 | 13 | 7 | 18 | 36 | 60 | −24 | 46 | |
9 | St Johnstone | 38 | 12 | 7 | 19 | 41 | 59 | −18 | 43 | |
10 | Kilmarnock | 38 | 11 | 7 | 20 | 37 | 62 | −25 | 40 | |
11 | Ross County (O) | 38 | 9 | 7 | 22 | 37 | 60 | −23 | 34 | Qualification for the Premiership play-off final |
12 | Dundee United (R) | 38 | 8 | 7 | 23 | 40 | 70 | −30 | 31 | Relegation to Championship |
Matches 1–22[edit]Teams play each other twice, once at home and once away.
Source: [41] Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win. For upcoming matches, an "a" indicates there is an article about the rivalry between the two participants. |
Matches 23–33[edit]Teams play each other once, either home or away.
Source: [41] Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win. For upcoming matches, an "a" indicates there is an article about the rivalry between the two participants.
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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.
Top six[edit]
Source: [42] Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win. For upcoming matches, an "a" indicates there is an article about the rivalry between the two participants. |
Bottom six[edit]
Source: [42] Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win. For upcoming matches, an "a" indicates there is an article about the rivalry between the two participants.
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Rank | Player | Club | Goals |
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1 | ![]() |
Celtic | 27 |
2 | ![]() |
Motherwell | 25 |
3 | ![]() |
Heart of Midlothian | 24 |
4 | ![]() |
Aberdeen | 16 |
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Aberdeen | ||
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Rangers | ||
7 | ![]() |
Rangers | 14 |
8 | ![]() |
Heart of Midlothian | 12 |
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Hibernian | ||
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Rangers |
Player | For | Against | Score | Date | Ref. |
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Celtic | Dundee United | 9–0 (A) | 28 August 2022 | [43] |
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Motherwell | Ross County | 5–0 (A) | 4 October 2022 | [44] |
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Celtic | Hibernian | 6–1 (H) | 15 October 2022 | [45] |
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Heart of Midlothian | Celtic | 3–4 (H) | 22 October 2022 | [46] |
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Hibernian | Motherwell | 3–2 (A) | 8 January 2023 | [47] |
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Aberdeen | 6–0 (H) | 28 January 2023 | [48] | |
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Heart of Midlothian | Ross County | 6–1 (H) | 22 April 2023 | [49] |
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Ross County | Dundee United | 3–1 (A) | 13 May 2023 | [50] |
Rank | Player | Club | Clean sheets |
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1 | ![]() |
Celtic | 16 |
2 | ![]() |
Aberdeen | 13 |
3 | ![]() |
Hibernian | 11 |
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Motherwell | ||
5 | ![]() |
St Mirren | 10 |
6 | ![]() |
Ross County | 9 |
7 | ![]() |
Rangers | 8 |
8 | ![]() |
Livingston | 7 |
9 | ![]() |
Kilmarnock | 6 |
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St Johnstone |
Source:[51]
These are the average attendances of the teams.
Pos | Team | Total | High | Low | Average | Change |
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1 | Celtic | 1,116,725 | 59,621 | 58,295 | 58,775 | +1.6%† |
2 | Rangers | 933,207 | 50,104 | 46,961 | 49,116 | −0.3%† |
3 | Heart of Midlothian | 351,978 | 18,980 | 18,081 | 18,525 | +6.6%† |
4 | Hibernian | 331,926 | 20,179 | 13,930 | 17,469 | +12.8%† |
5 | Aberdeen | 297,087 | 18,666 | 13,014 | 15,636 | +20.9%† |
6 | Dundee United | 179,768 | 12,599 | 7,430 | 9,461 | +23.7%† |
7 | Kilmarnock[a] | 123,253 | 9,162 | 4,463 | 6,487 | +30.1%† |
8 | St Mirren | 121,610 | 7,937 | 4,557 | 6,400 | +29.7%† |
9 | Motherwell | 112,080 | 8,610 | 4,131 | 5,898 | +4.4%† |
10 | St Johnstone | 101,081 | 7,758 | 2,899 | 5,320 | +18.1%† |
11 | Ross County | 82,978 | 6,690 | 2,568 | 4,367 | +7.7%† |
12 | Livingston | 75,748 | 9,672 | 1,283 | 3,986 | +8.9%† |
League total | 3,826,451 | 59,621 | 1,283 | 16,782 | +6.2%† |
Month | Manager of the Month | Player of the Month | ||
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Manager | Club | Player | Club | |
August | ![]() |
Celtic | ![]() |
Celtic |
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Rangers | ||
November | ![]() |
Livingston | ![]() |
Celtic |
December | ![]() |
Rangers | ![]() |
Celtic |
January | ![]() |
Heart of Midlothian | ![]() |
Hibernian |
February | ![]() |
Motherwell | ![]() |
Celtic |
March | ![]() |
Aberdeen | ![]() |
Aberdeen |
April | ![]() |
Motherwell |
The SPFL Premiership manager of the year was Ange PostecoglouofCeltic.
The SPFL Premiership player of the year was Kyogo FuruhashiofCeltic.
The quarter-finals were contested by the teams placed third and fourth in the 2022–23 Scottish Championship. The winners advanced to the semi-finals to face the team placed second in the Championship. The final was 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]
Team | Rank |
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Ross County | 1 |
Ayr United | 2 |
Queen's Park | 3 |
Partick Thistle | 4 |
9 May 2023 | Partick Thistle | 4–3 | Queen's Park | Glasgow |
19:45 | Turner ![]() McMillan ![]() Fitzpatrick ![]() Graham ![]() |
[65] | Thomas ![]() Boateng ![]() |
Stadium: Firhill Stadium Attendance: 3,754 Referee: Kevin Clancy |
12 May 2023 | Queen's Park | 0–4 (3–8 agg.) | Partick Thistle | Stenhousemuir |
19:45 | [66] | Graham ![]() Tiffoney ![]() Holt ![]() Mullen ![]() |
Stadium: Ochilview Park Attendance: 1,581 Referee: Colin Steven |
19 May 2023 | Partick Thistle | 3–0 | Ayr United | Glasgow |
19:45 | McMillan ![]() Graham ![]() |
[67] | Stadium: Firhill Stadium Attendance: 7,012 Referee: Greg Aitken |
26 May 2023 | Ayr United | 0–5 (0–8 agg.) | Partick Thistle | Ayr |
19:45 | [68] | McMillan ![]() Tiffoney ![]() Lawless ![]() Holt ![]() |
Stadium: Somerset Park Attendance: 5,811 Referee: Colin Steven |
1 June 2023 | Partick Thistle | 2–0 | Ross County | Glasgow |
20:00 | Fitzpatrick ![]() Graham ![]() |
[69] | Stadium: Firhill Stadium Attendance: 7,291 Referee: David Munro |
4 June 2023 | Ross County | 3–1 (a.e.t.) (3–3 agg.) (5–4 p) | Partick Thistle | Dingwall |
16:30 | Dhanda ![]() Murray ![]() Harmon ![]() |
[70] | Fitzpatrick ![]() |
Stadium: Victoria Park Attendance: 4,533 Referee: Nick Walsh |
Penalties | ||||
Dhanda ![]() Murray ![]() White ![]() Baldwin ![]() Harmon ![]() Watson ![]() Sims ![]() |
Muirhead ![]() Holt ![]() Turner ![]() Graham ![]() McMillan ![]() Bannigan ![]() Docherty ![]() |
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