Scottish Football Teams
The scotland national football team represents scotland in mens international football and is controlled by the scottish football associationit competes in the three major professional tournaments the fifa world cup uefa nations league and the uefa european championshipscotland as a country of the united kingdom is not a member of the international olympic committee and therefore the.
Scottish football teams. Premier division blackburn united boness united broxburn athletic camelon juniors crossgates primrose dunbar united dundonald bluebell hill of beath hawthorn jeanfield swifts linlithgow rose lothian thistle hutchison vale musselburgh athletic newtongrange star penicuik athletic sauchie juniors. The scottish football league sfl was established in 1890 initially as an amateur league as professionalism had not been legalised in scottish football. After 1998 the sfl represented levels 2 to 4 of the scottish football league system. It comprises the top four divisions of the scottish football league systemthe league was established in 2013 following a merger of the scottish premier league spl.
In 1893 a second division was formed with the existing single division renamed the first division. The scottish professional football league is not responsible for the content of external websites. The scottish professional football league spfl is the national mens association football league in scotlandthe league was formed in june 2013 following a merger between the scottish premier league and the scottish football league. A third division was added in 1923 but collapsed three.
The second division was discontinued during the first world war but revived in 1921. The scottish football league was a league featuring professional and semi professional football clubs mostly from scotland. The definitive list of all football teams in the spfl. As well as operating its league competition which consists of the top four levels of the scottish football league system the spfl also operates two domestic.
Find out about current players and rankings see upcoming fixtures and compare league tables. The prospect of an expanded 14 team top flight in scotland next season is now a live one after the scottish professional football leagues plan to abandon the 2019 20 campaign remained in a. Tier one and the scottish football league sfl. In june 2013 the sfl merged with the spl to form the scottish professional football league.
Scotlands four clubs in europe will play their 2020 21 qualifying rounds as single leg ties behind closed doors. Celtic in the champions league and rangers aberdeen and motherwell in the europa. The scottish premier league itself had been formed in 1998 as a. The scottish professional football league spfl is an association football league in scotland.