2015–16 SPFL Development League

SPFL Development League
Season2015–16
ChampionsCeltic
Longest unbeaten run26 matches
Celtic

The 2015–16 SPFL Development League was the 18th season of the highest youth Scottish football league and the second season under the "Development League" format. It began in August 2015 and ended in May 2016.

Changes

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The league remained at 17 teams. All twelve 2015–16 Scottish Premiership clubs participated in the league, with Dunfermline Athletic, Falkirk, Hibernian, Rangers and St Mirren making up the numbers.[1] Eligible players were those born in 1996 or later, but five players of any age were permitted in the matchday squad of 18.

Development League table

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
1 Celtic 32 28 4 0 71 15 +56 88
2 Hamilton Academical 32 19 5 8 66 48 +18 62
3 Aberdeen 32 16 6 10 58 42 +16 54
4 St Johnstone 32 15 7 10 61 50 +11 52
5 St Mirren 32 15 6 11 52 52 0 51
6 Motherwell 32 13 8 11 50 45 +5 47
7 Hibernian 32 13 4 15 41 46 −5 43
8 Dundee United 32 10 10 12 64 57 +7 40
9 Dundee 32 10 10 12 44 55 −11 40
10 Kilmarnock 32 11 6 15 49 50 −1 39
11 Falkirk 32 10 8 14 55 64 −9 38
12 Heart of Midlothian 32 10 8 14 39 54 −15 38
13 Rangers 32 11 4 17 47 54 −7 37
14 Inverness Caledonian Thistle 32 9 9 14 39 52 −13 36
15 Ross County 32 10 6 16 39 65 −26 36
16 Partick Thistle 32 10 5 17 53 65 −12 35
17 Dunfermline Athletic 32 7 4 21 38 63 −25 25
Updated to match(es) played on 14 May 2016. Source: SPFL
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.

Matches

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Teams played each other twice, once at home, once away.

Home \ Away ABE CEL DND DUN DNF FAL HAM HOM HIB INV KIL MOT PAR RAN ROS STJ STM
Aberdeen 1–1 4–1 0–2 4–0 5–3 1–0 1–2 1–0 4–0 2–3 2–1 3–0 2–5 1–0 3–2 2–0
Celtic 1–0 2–1 4–1 4–1 3–2 4–1 2–0 1–0 4–0 3–0 4–0 3–0 3–0 4–0 2–0 2–2
Dundee 1–1 2–2 1–1 1–0 0–2 2–0 3–3 1–2 1–1 1–2 1–3 3–1 1–4 0–0 2–2 3–1
Dundee United 2–1 0–1 2–2 3–0 1–1 9–1 3–3 1–3 2–3 4–0 1–1 3–2 3–3 1–1 2–0 2–4
Dunfermline Athletic 1–3 0–1 0–1 2–5 2–3 1–2 2–0 0–1 0–0 0–2 1–1 4–1 0–1 2–0 4–2 1–4
Falkirk 2–1 0–1 0–4 0–0 2–2 3–3 4–1 3–3 1–0 1–3 0–3 1–2 1–4 6–0 4–3 1–1
Hamilton Academical 3–2 1–1 4–1 2–1 2–3 2–0 2–0 2–1 4–0 1–1 0–3 3–2 3–0 2–1 1–0 5–1
Heart of Midlothian 3–1 0–1 3–0 2–0 2–1 2–2 0–4 2–1 1–0 0–0 0–1 2–6 1–0 1–4 0–1 1–1
Hibernian 4–2 0–5 0–1 3–2 0–1 2–1 0–1 0–1 1–0 0–3 2–1 2–4 2–0 4–0 1–1 1–0
Inverness Caledonian Thistle 0–2 1–2 3–1 1–1 2–0 2–1 3–3 3–1 0–0 1–1 3–1 2–2 3–1 1–3 1–0 1–3
Kilmarnock 0–2 0–1 5–0 3–1 3–1 0–2 1–2 1–2 1–0 3–2 0–1 3–3 1–0 2–3 2–3 0–1
Motherwell 1–2 1–2 1–1 4–3 2–2 3–1 1–0 1–1 1–2 1–0 2–2 2–0 1–0 1–1 0–1 1–2
Partick Thistle 1–1 0–1 1–1 1–2 3–1 2–1 0–2 2–0 3–5 2–2 2–1 1–2 0–1 1–0 2–5 1–2
Rangers 0–1 0–1 2–4 4–1 3–0 1–2 0–4 2–2 3–0 2–0 2–2 2–2 0–3 0–4 1–2 0–1
Ross County 0–0 1–2 0–1 0–2 3–1 2–2 1–1 2–1 1–0 2–4 2–1 2–4 2–1 1–0 2–3 1–2
St Johnstone 2–2 0–1 2–1 2–2 1–0 6–1 4–3 2–1 0–0 0–0 3–2 3–1 4–2 0–2 3–0 3–3
St Mirren 1–1 0–2 1–2 2–1 1–5 0–2 1–2 1–1 3–1 2–0 2–1 3–2 1–2 3–4 1–0 2–1
Updated to match(es) played on 726 May 2016. Source: SPFL
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

References

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  1. ^ "SPFL Development League Fixtures Season 2015/16" (PDF). www.spfl.co.uk. Scottish Professional Football League. Archived from the original (PDF) on 10 July 2015. Retrieved 10 July 2015.
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