Season | 2019–20 |
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Dates | 3 August 2019 – 17 May 2020 |
Matches played | 179 |
Goals scored | 490 (2.74 per match) |
Top goalscorer | Odsonne Édouard (22 goals)[1][2] |
Biggest home win | Celtic 7–0 St Johnstone[3] (3 August 2019) |
Biggest away win | St Johnstone 0–4 Rangers[3] (22 September 2019) Aberdeen 0–4 Celtic[3] (27 October 2019) Ross County 0–4 Rangers[3] (30 October 2019) Motherwell 0–4 Celtic[3] (5 February 2020) |
Highest scoring | Celtic 7–0 St Johnstone[3] (3 August 2019) Motherwell 2–5 Celtic[3] (10 August 2019) Rangers 6–1 Hibernian[3] (11 August 2019) Heart of Midlothian 5–2 St Mirren[3] (9 November 2019) |
Longest winning run | 11 matches[3] Celtic |
Longest unbeaten run | 16 matches[3] Rangers |
Longest winless run | 11 matches[3] Hamilton Academical |
Longest losing run | 7 matches[3] Kilmarnock |
Highest attendance | 59,131[3] Celtic 2–1 Aberdeen (21 December 2019) |
Lowest attendance | 1,075[3] Hamilton Academical 2–1 Livingston (28 September 2019) |
Total attendance | 2,741,726[3] |
Average attendance | 15,316[3](![]() |
← 2018–19 2020–21 →
All statistics correct as of 11 March 2020. |
The 2019–20 Scottish Premiership (known as the Ladbrokes Premiership for sponsorship reasons) is the seventh and current season of the Scottish Premiership, the highest division of Scottish football. The fixtures were published on 21 June 2019 and the season began on 3 August 2019.[4] Celtic are the defending champions.
Twelve teams contest the league: Aberdeen, Celtic, Hamilton Academical, Heart of Midlothian, Hibernian, Kilmarnock, Livingston, Motherwell, Rangers, Ross County, St Johnstone and St Mirren.
On 13 March 2020 all SPFL leagues were indefinitely suspended due to the COVID-19 coronavirus outbreak.[5]
The following teams have changed division since the 2018–19 season.
Promoted from Scottish Championship
Relegated to Scottish Championship
Aberdeen | Celtic | Hamilton Academical | Heart of Midlothian |
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Pittodrie Stadium | Celtic Park | New Douglas Park | Tynecastle Park |
Capacity: 20,866[8] | Capacity: 60,411[9] | Capacity: 6,018[10] | Capacity: 20,099[11] |
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Hibernian | Kilmarnock | ||
Easter Road | Rugby Park | ||
Capacity: 20,421[12] | Capacity: 17,889[13] | ||
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Livingston | Motherwell | ||
Almondvale Stadium | Fir Park | ||
Capacity: 9,512[14] | Capacity: 13,677[15] | ||
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Rangers | Ross County | St Johnstone | St Mirren |
Ibrox Stadium | Victoria Park | McDiarmid Park | St Mirren Park |
Capacity: 50,817[16] | Capacity: 6,541[17] | Capacity: 10,696[18] | Capacity: 7,937[19] |
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Team | Manager | Captain | Kit manufacturer | Shirt sponsor |
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Aberdeen | ![]() |
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Adidas | Saltire Energy |
Celtic | ![]() |
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New Balance | Dafabet |
Hamilton Academical | ![]() |
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Adidas | Euro Mechanical Handling |
Heart of Midlothian | ![]() |
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Umbro | Save the Children |
Hibernian | ![]() |
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Macron | Hibernian Community Foundation |
Kilmarnock | ![]() |
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Nike | QTS |
Livingston | ![]() |
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Nike | Phoenix Drilling Ltd |
Motherwell | ![]() |
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Macron | Paddy Power (unbranded) |
Rangers | ![]() |
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Hummel | 32Red |
Ross County | ![]() ![]() |
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Macron | McEwan Fraser Legal |
St Johnstone | ![]() |
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Macron | Binn Group |
St Mirren | ![]() |
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Joma | Skyview Capital |
Team | Outgoing manager | Manner of departure | Date of vacancy | Position in table | Incoming manager | Date of appointment |
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Kilmarnock | ![]() |
Signed by Scotland | 20 May 2019[20] | Pre-season | ![]() |
16 June 2019[21] |
Celtic | ![]() |
End of interim spell | 25 May 2019[22] | ![]() |
31 May 2019[23] | |
St Mirren | ![]() |
Mutual consent | 26 June 2019[24] | ![]() |
29 June 2019[25] | |
Heart of Midlothian | ![]() |
Sacked | 31 October 2019[26] | 11th | ![]() |
7 December 2019[27] |
Hibernian | ![]() |
4 November 2019[28] | 10th | ![]() |
15 November 2019[29] | |
Kilmarnock | ![]() |
17 December 2019[30] | 5th | ![]() |
30 December 2019[31] |
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.
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation[a] |
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1 | Celtic (X) | 30 | 26 | 2 | 2 | 89 | 19 | +70 | 80 | Qualification for the Champions League first qualifying round |
2 | Rangers (X) | 29 | 21 | 4 | 4 | 64 | 19 | +45 | 67 | Qualification for the Europa League first qualifying round |
3 | Motherwell (Y) | 30 | 14 | 4 | 12 | 41 | 38 | +3 | 46 | |
4 | Aberdeen | 30 | 12 | 9 | 9 | 40 | 36 | +4 | 45 | |
5 | Livingston | 30 | 10 | 9 | 11 | 41 | 39 | +2 | 39 | |
6 | Hibernian | 30 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 42 | 49 | −7 | 37 | |
7 | St Johnstone | 29 | 8 | 12 | 9 | 28 | 46 | −18 | 36 | |
8 | Kilmarnock | 30 | 9 | 6 | 15 | 31 | 41 | −10 | 33 | |
9 | St Mirren | 30 | 7 | 8 | 15 | 24 | 41 | −17 | 29 | |
10 | Ross County | 30 | 7 | 8 | 15 | 29 | 60 | −31 | 29 | |
11 | Hamilton Academical (Z) | 30 | 6 | 9 | 15 | 30 | 50 | −20 | 27 | Qualification for the Premiership play-off final |
12 | Heart of Midlothian (Z) | 30 | 4 | 11 | 15 | 31 | 52 | −21 | 23 | Relegation to the Championship |
Teams play each other twice, once at home and once away.
Teams play each other once, either home or away.
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.
Rank | Player | Club | Goals |
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1 | ![]() |
Celtic | 22 |
2 | ![]() |
Rangers | 13 |
3 | ![]() |
Hibernian | 12 |
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Rangers | ||
5 | ![]() |
Aberdeen | 11 |
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Celtic | ||
7 | ![]() |
Celtic | 10 |
Player | For | Against | Score | Date |
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Celtic | St Johnstone | 7–0 (H) | 3 August 2019 |
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Rangers | Hibernian | 6–1 (H) | 11 August 2019 |
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Rangers | Hamilton Academical | 5–0 (H) | 6 October 2019 |
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Hibernian | St Johnstone | 1–4 (A) | 9 November 2019 |
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Livingston | Ross County | 4–0 (H) | 21 December 2019 |
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Celtic | St Mirren | 5–0 (H) | 7 March 2020 |
These are the average attendances of the teams.
Pos | Team | Total | High | Low | Average | Change |
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1 | Celtic | 869,160 | 59,131 | 54,584 | 57,944 | +0.3% |
2 | Rangers | 689,327 | 50,012 | 47,583 | 49,237 | −0.7% |
3 | Heart of Midlothian | 251,262 | 19,313 | 14,681 | 16,750 | −4.6% |
4 | Hibernian | 250,923 | 20,197 | 14,486 | 16,728 | −5.7% |
5 | Aberdeen | 207,540 | 16,410 | 12,325 | 13,836 | −7.3% |
6 | Kilmarnock | 87,844 | 9,196 | 4,083 | 5,856 | −15.1% |
7 | Motherwell | 83,618 | 8,822 | 3,191 | 5,574 | +2.3% |
8 | St Mirren | 80,647 | 7,332 | 4,240 | 5,376 | +0.5% |
9 | Ross County[a] | 65,302 | 6,575 | 3,301 | 4,664 | +21.2% |
10 | St Johnstone | 65,461 | 8,743 | 2,231 | 4,091 | +5.1% |
11 | Livingston | 49,598 | 8,640 | 1,076 | 3,542 | −3.3% |
12 | Hamilton Academical | 41,044 | 5,300 | 1,075 | 2,565 | −9.3% |
League total | 2,741,726 | 59,131 | 1,075 | 15,316 | −4.1% |
Month | Manager of the Month | Player of the Month | Ref. | ||
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Manager | Club | Player | Club | ||
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Celtic | ![]() |
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September | ![]() |
Rangers | ![]() |
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October | ![]() |
Kilmarnock | ![]() |
Celtic | |
November | ![]() |
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Hibernian | |
December | ![]() |
Rangers | ![]() |
Hibernian | |
January | ![]() |
Livingston | ![]() |
Celtic | |
February | ![]() |
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Ross County | |
March | |||||
April |
The quarter-finals will be contested between the third and fourth placed teams in the Scottish Championship. The winners will advance to the semi-finals to face the second placed team in the Championship, and the winners of that tie will advance to the final to play-off against the 11th placed team in the Premiership, with the winners securing a place in the 2020–21 Scottish Premiership.
The SPFL permits Sky Sports and BT Sport up to six live home matches between the broadcasters from each club - although this is only four for Rangers and Celtic. Sky Sports and BT Sport's deal allows them to broadcast 30 games each (and the play-offs for BT). The deal roughly provides £21m to SPFL per season.[45] This is the final season of the contract; from 2020–21, Sky Sports will have exclusive rights to Scottish Premiership matches.[46]
Sky Sports hold the rights to Saturday night highlights - however, they do not broadcast a dedicated programme and instead merely show the goals of the Premiership matches on Sky Sports News in their Goals Express programme - which primarily is focused on goals from the English Football League. Gaelic-language channel BBC Alba has the rights to broadcast the repeat in full of 38 Saturday 3pm matches "as live" at 5.30pm. The main Premiership highlights programme is BBC Scotland's Sportscene programme, which shows in-depth highlights of all six Premiership matches every weekend. The SPFL also uploads the goals from every Premiership match onto its YouTube channel - available from 6pm on a Sunday for UK and Ireland viewers and 10pm on a Saturday for those worldwide.