2019–20 in Scottish football

2019–20 in Scottish football
2019–20 in Scottish football
Premiership champions
	Celtic
Championship champions
	Dundee United
League 1 champions
	Raith Rovers
League 2 champions
	Cove Rangers
Scottish Cup winners
	Celtic
League Cup winners
	Celtic
Challenge Cup winners
	Inverness Caledonian Thistle; and Raith Rovers (shared)
Teams in Europe
	Celtic, Rangers, Kilmarnock, Aberdeen
Scotland national team
	UEFA Euro 2020 qualifying

The 2019–20 season was the 123rd season of competitive football in Scotland. The domestic season began on 12 July 2019, with the first round of matches in the 2019–20 Scottish League Cup. The 2019–20 Scottish Professional Football League season started on 2 August 2019.^[2]

All competitive matches affiliated with the Scottish Football Association were postponed indefinitely on 13 March 2020, due to the COVID-19 pandemic.^[3]

Transfer deals

Celtic transfer defender Kieran Tierney to Arsenal for £25 million, a record fee for both a player sold by a Scottish club and for a deal involving a Scottish player.^[4]

League competitions

On 15 April 2020, all divisions in the SPFL below the Scottish Premiership were concluded, and all play-off matches were cancelled, as clubs chose to curtail the season due to the pandemic.^[1] On 18 May, the Premiership was curtailed and Celtic declared champions. Final league standings across the four SPFL leagues were determined by the average number of points per game.^[1]

Other leagues in Scotland were decided on a points per games basis, or declared null and void.

Scottish Premiership

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	PPG	Qualification or relegation^[a]
1	Celtic (C)	30	26	2	2	89	19	+70	80	2.67	Qualification for the Champions League first qualifying round
2	Rangers	29	21	4	4	64	19	+45	67	2.31	Qualification for the Europa League second qualifying round^[b]
3	Motherwell	30	14	4	12	41	38	+3	46	1.53	Qualification for the Europa League first qualifying round
4	Aberdeen	30	12	9	9	40	36	+4	45	1.50	Qualification for the Europa League first qualifying round
5	Livingston	30	10	9	11	41	39	+2	39	1.30
6	St Johnstone	29	8	12	9	28	46	−18	36	1.24
7	Hibernian	30	9	10	11	42	49	−7	37	1.23
8	Kilmarnock	30	9	6	15	31	41	−10	33	1.10
9	St Mirren	30	7	8	15	24	41	−17	29	0.97
10	Ross County	30	7	8	15	29	60	−31	29	0.97
11	Hamilton Academical	30	6	9	15	30	50	−20	27	0.90
12	Heart of Midlothian (R)	30	4	11	15	31	52	−21	23	0.77	Relegation to the Championship

Source: BBC SPFL
Rules for classification: 1) Points per game; 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).^[6]
(C) Champions; (R) Relegated
Notes:

^ All play-off matches were cancelled, as clubs voted to curtail the season due to the COVID-19 pandemic.^[5]
^ Since the 2019–20 Scottish Cup was postponed and could not be completed by the UEFA registration deadline of 3 August 2020, the spot awarded to the Scottish Cup winners (Europa League second qualifying round) was passed to the second-placed team, while the fourth-placed team also qualified for European competition.

Scottish Championship

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	PPG	Promotion, qualification or relegation^[a]
1	Dundee United (C)	28	18	5	5	52	22	+30	59	2.11	Promotion to the Premiership
2	Inverness Caledonian Thistle	27	14	3	10	39	32	+7	45	1.67
3	Dundee	27	11	8	8	32	31	+1	41	1.52
4	Ayr United	27	12	4	11	38	35	+3	40	1.48
5	Arbroath	26	10	6	10	24	26	−2	36	1.38
6	Dunfermline Athletic	28	10	7	11	41	36	+5	37	1.32
7	Greenock Morton	28	10	6	12	45	52	−7	36	1.29
8	Alloa Athletic	28	7	10	11	33	43	−10	31	1.11
9	Queen of the South	28	7	7	14	28	40	−12	28	1.00
10	Partick Thistle (R)	27	6	8	13	32	47	−15	26	0.96	Relegation to League One

Source: SPFL
Rules for classification: 1) Points per game.
(C) Champions; (R) Relegated
Notes:

^ All play-off matches were cancelled, as clubs voted to curtail the season due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Scotland.^[7]

Scottish League One

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	PPG	Promotion, qualification or relegation^[a]
1	Raith Rovers (C)	28	15	8	5	49	33	+16	53	1.89	Promotion to the Championship
2	Falkirk	28	14	10	4	54	18	+36	52	1.86
3	Airdrieonians	28	14	6	8	38	27	+11	48	1.71
4	Montrose	28	15	2	11	48	38	+10	47	1.68
5	East Fife	28	12	9	7	44	36	+8	45	1.61
6	Dumbarton	28	11	5	12	35	44	−9	38	1.36
7	Clyde	28	9	7	12	35	43	−8	34	1.21
8	Peterhead	27	7	5	15	30	44	−14	26	0.96
9	Forfar Athletic	28	6	6	16	26	47	−21	24	0.86
10	Stranraer (R)	27	2	10	15	28	57	−29	16	0.59	Relegation to League Two

Source: SPFL
Rules for classification: 1) Points per game.
(C) Champions; (R) Relegated
Notes:

^ All play-off matches were cancelled, as clubs voted to curtail the season due to the COVID-19 pandemic.^[8]

Scottish League Two

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	PPG	Promotion^[a]
1	Cove Rangers (C)	28	22	2	4	76	34	+42	68	2.43	Promotion to League One
2	Edinburgh City	27	17	4	6	49	28	+21	55	2.04
3	Elgin City	28	12	7	9	48	34	+14	43	1.54
4	Cowdenbeath	27	12	5	10	37	35	+2	41	1.52
5	Queen's Park	28	11	7	10	37	35	+2	40	1.43
6	Stirling Albion	28	10	6	12	34	35	−1	36	1.29
7	Annan Athletic	27	9	4	14	33	54	−21	31	1.15
8	Stenhousemuir	28	7	8	13	32	48	−16	29	1.04
9	Albion Rovers	26	6	6	14	37	51	−14	24	0.92
10	Brechin City	27	4	5	18	31	60	−29	17	0.63

Source: SPFL
Rules for classification: 1) Points per game.
(C) Champions
Notes:

^ All play-off matches were cancelled, as clubs voted to curtail the season due to the COVID-19 pandemic.^[9]

Non-league football

Level 5

Highland Football League
Pos	Team v t e	Pld	Pts	PPG
1	Brora Rangers (C)	26	72	2.77
2	Fraserburgh	23	55	2.39
3	Rothes	23	53	2.30
4	Buckie Thistle	24	53	2.21
5	Inverurie Loco Works	28	59	2.11
6	Formartine United	23	44	1.91
7	Nairn County	22	39	1.77
8	Forres Mechanics	27	43	1.59
9	Wick Academy	25	32	1.28
10	Keith	27	34	1.26
11	Deveronvale	27	31	1.15
12	Huntly	27	24	0.89
13	Strathspey Thistle	22	19	0.86
14	Turriff United	27	18	0.67
15	Clachnacuddin	27	16	0.59
16	Fort William	20	10	0.50
17	Lossiemouth	28	13	0.46

Source: Highland Football League BBC Sport Soccerway
(C) Champions

Lowland Football League
Pos	Team v t e	Pld	Pts	PPG
1	Kelty Hearts (C)	25	68	2.72
2	Bonnyrigg Rose Athletic	24	62	2.58
3	BSC Glasgow	22	51	2.32
4	East Stirlingshire	26	53	2.04
5	The Spartans	25	49	1.96
6	Civil Service Strollers	23	39	1.70
7	East Kilbride	23	37	1.61
8	Caledonian Braves	26	36	1.38
9	Cumbernauld Colts	27	36	1.33
10	University of Stirling	25	31	1.24
11	Gala Fairydean Rovers	25	27	1.08
12	Berwick Rangers	24	24	1.00
13	Gretna 2008	24	12	0.50
14	Edinburgh University	25	12	0.48
15	Dalbeattie Star	23	11	0.48
16	Vale of Leithen	23	8	0.35

Source: SLFL BBC Sport Soccerway
(C) Champions

Level 6

East of Scotland Football League Premier Division
Pos	Team v t e	Pld	Pts	PPG
1	Bo'ness United (C, P)	21	47	2.24
2	Hill of Beath Hawthorn	18	37	2.06
3	Broxburn Athletic	19	38	2.00
4	Tranent Juniors	20	34	1.70
5	Camelon Juniors	20	34	1.70
6	Jeanfield Swifts	16	26	1.63
7	Dundonald Bluebell	18	27	1.50
8	Penicuik Athletic	18	27	1.50
9	Linlithgow Rose	17	24	1.41
10	Musselburgh Athletic	21	27	1.29
11	Dunbar United	21	23	1.10
12	Crossgates Primrose	21	23	1.10
13	Sauchie Juniors	22	20	0.91
14	Blackburn United	20	18	0.90
15	Whitehill Welfare	18	16	0.89
16	Newtongrange Star	22	15	0.68

Source: East of Scotland Football League
(C) Champions;
(P) Promoted

South of Scotland Football League
Pos	Team v t e	Pld	Pts
1	Threave Rovers	20	53
2	Stranraer reserves	16	43
3	Abbey Vale	17	41
4	Bonnyton Thistle	20	40
5	Mid-Annandale	23	40
6	Newton Stewart	22	34
7	Nithsdale Wanderers	18	25
8	Heston Rovers	22	25
9	St Cuthbert Wanderers	23	23
10	Caledonian Braves reserves	19	21
11	Lochar Thistle	22	19
12	Upper Annandale	18	18
13	Wigtown & Bladnoch	22	16
14	Lochmaben	21	15
15	Creetown	17	13
16	Dumfries YMCA	0	0

Source: South of Scotland Football League

Honours

Cup honours

Competition	Winner	Score	Runner-up	Match report
2019–20 Scottish Cup	Celtic	3–3 (a.e.t.) (4–3 pens.)	Heart of Midlothian	BBC Sport
2019–20 League Cup	Celtic	1–0	Rangers	BBC Sport
2019–20 Challenge Cup	Inverness CT and Raith Rovers (trophy shared); Final cancelled.^[12]
2019–20 Youth Cup	Competition unfinished. Final never played. (Killie v Aberdeen).
2019–20 Junior Cup	Competition scrapped Cancelled at the semi-final stage.^[13]
2019–20 South Challenge Cup	Dunipace	3–1	Broomhill
2019–20 Amateur Cup	Tollcross Thistle	4–4 (a.e.t.) (3–2 pens.)	Drumchapel Amateurs	Edinburgh News

Non-league honours

Senior

Level	Competition	Winner
5	Highland League	Brora Rangers^[14]
5	Lowland League	Kelty Hearts^[15]
6	East of Scotland League Premier Division	Bo'ness United^[16]
6	South of Scotland League	Null and void
7	East of Scotland League First Division	Conference A: Lothian Thistle Hutchison Vale^[16] Conference B: Tynecastle^[16]

Junior

West Region

Division	Winner
West Premiership	Auchinleck Talbot^[a]
West Championship	Blantyre Victoria / Darvel (joint winners)^[a]
West League One	Shettleston^[a]
West League Two	Johnstone Burgh^[a]

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d Season suspended in March 2020. Champions were calculated using 'points per game' algorithm with a 'margin for error', announced on 21 April which would recognise the club which 'would have likely gone on to win their respective league titles'.^[17]^[18]

East Region

Division	Winner
East Super League North	Null and void^[19]
East Super League South
East Premier League North
East Premier League South

North Region

Division	Winner
North Superleague	Null and void^[20]
North First Division
North Second Division

Individual honours

PFA Scotland awards

Due to the covid-19 pandemic, PFA Scotland cancelled their awards for the 2019–20 season.^[21]

SFWA awards

Award	Winner	Team
Footballer of the Year	Odsonne Edouard^[22]	Celtic
Young Player of the Year	Lewis Ferguson^[23]	Aberdeen
Manager of the Year	Neil Lennon^[24]	Celtic
International Player of the Year	John McGinn^[25]	Aston Villa

Scottish clubs in Europe

Summary

Club	Competitions	Started round	Final round	Coef.
Celtic	UEFA Champions League	First qualifying round	Third qualifying round	16.5
Celtic	UEFA Europa League	Play-off round	Round of 32	16.5
Rangers	UEFA Europa League	First qualifying round	Round of 16	18.0
Aberdeen	UEFA Europa League	First qualifying round	Third qualifying round	3.5
Kilmarnock	UEFA Europa League	First qualifying round		1.0
Total				39.0
Average				9.750

Celtic

UEFA Champions League

9 July 2019 QR1	Sarajevo	1–3	Celtic	Sarajevo
	Oremuš 29'	BBC Sport	Johnston 35' Edouard 51' Sinclair 85'	Stadium: Koševo City Stadium Referee: Glenn Nyberg (Sweden)

17 July 2019 QR1	Celtic	2–1 (5–2 agg.)	Sarajevo	Glasgow
	Christie 26' McGregor 76'	BBC Sport	Tatar 63'	Stadium: Celtic Park Attendance: 58,662 Referee: Alain Durieux (Luxembourg)

24 July 2019 QR2	Celtic	5–0	Nõmme Kalju	Glasgow
	Ajer 36' Christie 44' (pen.), 65' Griffiths 45+3' McGregor 77'	BBC Sport		Stadium: Celtic Park Referee: Jakob Kehlet (Denmark)

30 July 2019 QR2	Nõmme Kalju	0–2 (0–7 agg.)	Celtic	Tallinn
		BBC Sport	Kulinits 10' (o.g.) Shved 90+3'	Stadium: A Le Coq Arena Referee: Benoît Millot (France)

7 August 2019 QR3	CFR Cluj	1–1	Celtic	Cluj-Napoca
	Rondon 28'	BBC Sport	Forrest 37'	Stadium: Stadionul Dr. Constantin Rădulescu Referee: Srđan Jovanović (Serbia)

13 August 2019 QR3	Celtic	3–4 (4–5 agg.)	CFR Cluj	Glasgow
	Forrest 51' Edouard 61' Christie 76'	BBC Sport	Deac 27' Omrani 74' (pen.), 80' Tucudean 90+8'	Stadium: Celtic Park Referee: Andris Treimanis (Latvia)

UEFA Europa League

Having lost in Champions League qualifying to CFR Cluj, Celtic dropped into the Europa League playoff round.^[26]

22 August 2019 PO	Celtic	2–0	AIK	Glasgow
	Forrest 48' Edouard 73'	BBC Sport		Stadium: Celtic Park Referee: Tamás Bognár (Hungary)

29 August 2019 PO	AIK	1–4 (1–6 agg.)	Celtic	Stockholm
	Larsson 33' (pen.)	BBC Sport	Forrest 17' Linnér 34' (o.g.) Jullien 87' Morgan 90+3'	Stadium: Friends Arena Referee: Nikola Dabanović (Montenegro)

Group Stage

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification	CEL	CLJ	LAZ	REN
1	Celtic	6	4	1	1	10	6	+4	13	Advance to knockout phase	—	2–0	2–1	3–1
2	CFR Cluj	6	4	0	2	6	4	+2	12	Advance to knockout phase	2–0	—	2–1	1–0
3	Lazio	6	2	0	4	6	9	−3	6		1–2	1–0	—	2–1
4	Rennes	6	1	1	4	5	8	−3	4		1–1	0–1	2–0	—

Source: UEFA
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers

19 September 2019 Group E	Rennes	1–1	Celtic	Rennes
	Niang 37' (pen.)	BBC Sport	Christie 59' (pen.)	Stadium: Roazhon Park Referee: José María Sánchez Martínez (Spain)

3 October 2019 Group E	Celtic	2–0	CFR Cluj	Glasgow
	Edouard 20' Elyounoussi 59'	BBC Sport		Stadium: Celtic Park Referee: Daniel Siebert (Germany)

24 October 2019 Group E	Celtic	2–1	Lazio	Glasgow
	Christie 67' Jullien 89'	BBC Sport	Lazzari 40'	Stadium: Celtic Park Referee: Ivan Bebek (Croatia)

7 November 2019 Group E	Lazio	1–2	Celtic	Rome
	Immobile 7'	BBC Sport	Forrest 38' Ntcham 90+5'	Stadium: Stadio Olimpico Referee: Tobias Stieler (Germany)

28 November 2019 Group E	Celtic	3–1	Rennes	Glasgow
	Morgan 21' Christie 45+1' Johnston 74'	BBC Sport	Hunou 89'	Stadium: Celtic Park Referee: Espen Eskås (Norway)

12 December 2019 Group E	CFR Cluj	2–0	Celtic	Cluj-Napoca
	Burca 48' Djokovic 70'	BBC Sport		Stadium: Stadionul Dr. Constantin Rădulescu Attendance: 12,890 Referee: Halis Özkahya

Knockout Stage

20 February 2020 Last 32	Copenhagen	1–1	Celtic	Copenhagen
	N'Doye 52'	BBC Sport	Edouard 14'	Stadium: Parken Stadium Referee: Sergey Karasev (Russia)

27 February 2020 Last 32	Celtic	1–3 (2–4 agg.)	Copenhagen	Glasgow
	Edouard 83' (pen.)	BBC Sport	Santos 51' Biel 85' N'Doye 88'	Stadium: Celtic Park Referee: Artur Manuel Soares Dias (Portugal)

Rangers

UEFA Europa League

9 July 2019 QR1	St Joseph's	0–4	Rangers	Gibraltar
		BBC Sport	Jack 50' Ojo 56' Goldson 68' Morelos 77'	Stadium: Victoria Stadium Referee: Nejc Kajtazovic (Slovenia)

18 July 2019 QR1	Rangers	6–0 (10–0 agg.)	St Joseph's	Glasgow
	Aribo 3' Morelos 45+1', 57' (pen.), 66' Defoe 77', 86'	BBC Sport		Stadium: Ibrox Stadium Attendance: 45,718 Referee: Christopher Jäger (Austria)

25 July 2019 QR2	Rangers	2–0	Progrès Niederkorn	Glasgow
	Aribo 20' Ojo 54'	BBC Sport		Stadium: Ibrox Stadium Referee: Espen Eskas (Norway)

1 August 2019 QR2	Progrès Niederkorn	0–0 (0–2 agg.)	Rangers	Luxembourg
		BBC Sport		Stadium: Stade Josy Barthel Referee: Ivaylo Stoyanov (Bulgaria)

8 August 2019 QR3	FC Midtjylland	2–4	Rangers	Herning
	Onyeka 58' Kaba 63'	BBC Sport	Morelos 43' Aribo 52' Katić 56' Arfield 70'	Stadium: MCH Arena Referee: Kristo Tohver (Estonia)

15 August 2019 QR3	Rangers	3–1 (7–3 agg.)	FC Midtjylland	Glasgow
	Morelos 14', 49' Ojo 39'	BBC Sport	Evander 72'	Stadium: Ibrox Stadium Referee: Marco Di Bello (Italy)

22 August 2019 PO	Legia Warsaw	0–0	Rangers	Warsaw
		BBC Sport		Stadium: Polish Army Stadium Referee: Benoît Bastien (France)

29 August 2019 PO	Rangers	1–0 (1–0 agg.)	Legia Warsaw	Glasgow
	Morelos 90+1'	BBC Sport		Stadium: Ibrox Stadium Referee: Slavko Vinčić (Slovenia)

Group Stage

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification	POR	RAN	YB	FEY
1	Porto	6	3	1	2	8	9	−1	10	Advance to knockout phase	—	1–1	2–1	3–2
2	Rangers	6	2	3	1	8	6	+2	9	Advance to knockout phase	2–0	—	1–1	1–0
3	Young Boys	6	2	2	2	8	7	+1	8		1–2	2–1	—	2–0
4	Feyenoord	6	1	2	3	7	9	−2	5		2–0	2–2	1–1	—

Source: UEFA
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers

19 September 2019 Group G	Rangers	1–0	Feyenoord	Glasgow
	Ojo 24'	BBC Sport		Stadium: Ibrox Stadium Referee: Antonio Miguel Mateu Lahoz (Spain)

3 October 2019 Group G	Young Boys	2–1	Rangers	Bern
	Assale 50' Fassnacht 90+3'	BBC Sport	Morelos 44'	Stadium: Stade de Suisse Referee: Manuel Schüttengruber

24 October 2019 Group G	Porto	1–1	Rangers	Porto
	Díaz 36'	BBC Sport	Morelos 44'	Stadium: Estadio Dragao Referee: Nikola Dabanović

7 November 2019 Group G	Rangers	2–0	Porto	Glasgow
	Morelos 69' Davis 73'	BBC Sport		Stadium: Ibrox Stadium Referee: Davide Massa

28 November 2019 Group G	Feyenoord	2–2	Rangers	Rotterdam
	Toornstra 33' Sinisterra 68'	BBC Sport	Morelos 52', 65'	Stadium: De Kuip Referee: Damir Skomina (Slovenia)

12 December 2019 Group G	Rangers	1–1	Young Boys	Glasgow
	Morelos 30'	BBC Sport	Barisic 89' (o.g.)	Stadium: Ibrox Stadium Attendance: 49,015 Referee: Felix Brych (Germany)

Knockout Stage

20 February 2020 Last 32	Rangers	3–2	Braga	Glasgow
	Hagi 67', 82' Aribo 75'	BBC Sport	Fransérgio 11' Ruiz 59'	Stadium: Ibrox Stadium Referee: Xavier Estrada Fernández (Spain)

27 February 2020 Last 32	Braga	0–1 (2–4 agg.)	Rangers	Braga
		BBC Sport	Kent 61'	Stadium: Estádio Municipal Referee: Andreas Ekberg (Sweden)

12 March 2020 Last 16	Rangers	1–3	Bayer Leverkusen	Glasgow
	Edmundson 75'	BBC Sport	Havertz 37' (pen.) Aránguiz 67' Bailey 88'	Stadium: Ibrox Stadium Referee: Szymon Marciniak (Poland)

6 August 2020^[27] Last 16	Bayer Leverkusen	1–0 (4–1 agg.)	Rangers	Leverkusen
	Diaby 51'	BBC Sport		Stadium: BayArena Referee: Danny Makkelie (Netherlands)

Kilmarnock

UEFA Europa League

11 July 2019 QR1	Connah's Quay Nomads	1–2	Kilmarnock	Rhyl
	Taylor 75' (o.g.)	BBC Sport	Brophy 82' (pen.) Findlay 90+2'	Stadium: Belle Vue Referee: Erik Lambrechts (Belgium)

18 July 2019 QR1	Kilmarnock	0–2 (2–3 agg.)	Connah's Quay Nomads	Kilmarnock
		BBC Sport	Morris 50', 80' (pen.)	Stadium: Rugby Park Referee: Ferenc Karakó (Hungary)

Aberdeen

UEFA Europa League

11 July 2019 QR1	Aberdeen	2–1	RoPS	Aberdeen
	McGinn 36' Cosgrove 48'	BBC Sport	Jäntti 90+3'	Stadium: Pittodrie Stadium Referee: Kaspar Sjöberg (Sweden)

18 July 2019 QR1	RoPS	1–2 (2–4 agg.)	Aberdeen	Rovaniemi
	Kada 2'	BBC Sport	Cosgrove 27' (pen.) Ferguson 90+4'	Stadium: Keskuskenttä Referee: Umit Ozturk (Turkey)

25 July 2019 QR2	Chikhura Sachkhere	1–1	Aberdeen	Tbilisi
	Koripadze 41' (pen.)	BBC Sport	Cosgrove 68' (pen.)	Stadium: Boris Paichadze Dinamo Arena Referee: Horatiu Fesnic (Romania)

1 August 2019 QR2	Aberdeen	5–0 (6–1 agg.)	Chikhura Sachkhere	Aberdeen
	Cosgrove 9', 20', 80' Leigh 58' Wright 64'	BBC Sport		Stadium: Pittodrie Stadium Referee: Rade Obrenovic (Slovenia)

8 August 2019 QR3	Rijeka	2–0	Aberdeen	Rijeka
	Čolak 62' (pen.) Murić 87'	BBC Sport		Stadium: Stadion Rujevica Referee: Ricardo de Burgos Bengoetxea (Spain)

15 August 2019 QR3	Aberdeen	0–2 (0–4 agg.)	Rijeka	Aberdeen
		BBC Sport	Lončar 10' Čolak 32'	Stadium: Pittodrie Stadium Referee: Harald Lechner (Austria)

Scotland national team

6 September 2019 Euro 2020 qualifying	Scotland	1–2	Russia	Glasgow
	McGinn 10'	BBC Sport	Dzyuba 40' O'Donnell 59' (o.g.)	Stadium: Hampden Park Attendance: 32,432 Referee: Anastasios Sidiropoulos (Greece)

9 September 2019 Euro 2020 qualifying	Scotland	0–4	Belgium	Glasgow
		BBC Sport	Lukaku 9' Vermaelen 24' Alderweireld 32' de Bruyne 82'	Stadium: Hampden Park Attendance: 25,524 Referee: Pawel Gil (Poland)

10 October 2019 Euro 2020 qualifying	Russia	4–0	Scotland	Moscow
	Dzyuba 57', 70' Ozdoev 60' Golovin 84'	BBC Sport		Stadium: Luzhniki Stadium Attendance: 55,703 Referee: Jakob Kehlet (Denmark)

13 October 2019 Euro 2020 qualifying	Scotland	6–0	San Marino	Glasgow
	McGinn 12', 27', 45+1' Shankland 65' Findlay 67' Armstrong 86'	BBC Sport		Stadium: Hampden Park Attendance: 20,699 Referee: Jérôme Brisard (France)

16 November 2019 Euro 2020 qualifying	Cyprus	1–2	Scotland	Nicosia
	Efrem 47'	BBC Sport	Christie 12' McGinn 53'	Stadium: GSP Stadium Referee: Harald Lechner (Austria)

19 November 2019 Euro 2020 qualifying	Scotland	3–1	Kazakhstan	Glasgow
	McGinn 48', 90+1' Naismith 64'	BBC Sport	Zaynutdinov 34'	Stadium: Hampden Park Referee: Bas Nijhuis (Netherlands)

Women's football

Glasgow City won their 13th consecutive Scottish national title in the 2019 season, which was completed on 24 November with the Scottish Women's Cup final.

2019 was officially the last season of the SWFL First Division and SWFL Second Division, after 20 years (replaced by the SWF Championship and SWFL regional divisions).

League and Cup honours

Division	Winner
2019 SWPL 1	Glasgow City^[28]
2019 SWPL 2	Heart of Midlothian^[29]
2019 SWFL First Division (North)	Aberdeen F.C. Women^[30]
2019 SWFL First Division (South)	Glasgow City Development^[31]
2019 SWFL Second Division (North/East)	Dundee City^[30]
2019 SWFL Second Division (West/South West)	Morton^[32]
2019 SWFL Second Division (West/Central)	Bishopton^[30]
2019 SWFL Second Division (South East/Central)	Edinburgh Caledonia^[33]

Competition	Winner	Score	Runner-up	Match report
2019 Scottish Women's Cup	Glasgow City	4–3	Hibernian	BBC Sport
2019 Scottish Women's Premier League Cup	Hibernian	(p) 0–0	Glasgow City	BBC Sport
2019 SWFL First Division Cup	Celtic Academy	6–0	Renfrew	She Kicks
2019 SWFL Second Division Cup	Morton	3–2 (a.e.t.)	Dryburgh Athletic	She Kicks

Individual honours

SWPL awards

Award	Winner	Team
Players' Player of the Year
Player of the Year
Manager of the Year
Young Player of the Year

Scottish Women's Premier League

SWPL 1

SWPL 1
Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Glasgow City (C, Q)	21	20	0	1	104	11	+93	60	Qualification for the Champions League qualifying round
2	Hibernian	21	16	1	4	83	15	+68	49
3	Celtic	21	16	1	4	64	19	+45	49
4	Rangers	21	11	1	9	35	57	−22	34
5	Spartans	21	6	4	11	25	42	−17	22
6	Motherwell	21	5	4	12	24	67	−43	19
7	Forfar Farmington	21	2	3	16	15	78	−63	9
8	Stirling University (R)	21	0	2	19	14	75	−61	2	Relegation to SWPL 2

Updated to match(es) played on 18 November 2019. Source: ^[34]
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Number of goals scored
(C) Champions; (Q) Qualified for the phase indicated; (R) Relegated

SWPL 2

SWPL 2
Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Heart of Midlothian (C)	21	14	5	2	70	14	+56	47	Promotion to SWPL 1
2	Hamilton Academical	21	12	5	4	84	19	+65	41
3	Dundee United	21	10	4	7	46	30	+16	34
4	F.C. Kilmarnock	21	9	6	6	48	28	+20	33
5	Partick Thistle	21	8	6	7	44	27	+17	30
6	Glasgow Girls	21	8	4	9	50	28	+22	28
7	St Johnstone	21	6	4	11	50	35	+15	22
8	Hutchison Vale	21	0	0	21	9	220	−211	0

Updated to match(es) played on 18 November 2019. Source: ^[35]
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Number of goals scored
(C) Champions

UEFA Women's Champions League

Glasgow City

Glasgow City entered the Champions League in the round of 32,^[36] and were seeded at that stage.^[37] City eliminated Russian side Chertanovo to progress to the last 16, where they defeated Danish club Brøndby after a penalty shootout.^[38] This meant that City progressed to the quarter-finals, which were originally scheduled for March 2020 but were rescheduled and reformatted due to the coronavirus pandemic.^[39]

11 September 2019 Last 32	Chertanovo	0–1	Glasgow City	Moscow
20:00 MSK			Lauder 11'	Stadium: Gorodok Stadium Referee: P. Pavlikova (Slovakia)

26 September 2019 Last 32	Glasgow City	4–1 (5–1 agg.)	Chertanovo	Glasgow
19:30 BST	Lauder 7', 76' Shine 29' McLauchlan 67'	BBC Sport	Komissarova 3'	Stadium: Petershill Park Referee: Marta Huerta de Aza (Spain)

16 October 2019 Last 16	Brøndby	0–2	Glasgow City	Brøndbyvester
18:00 CEST		BBC Sport	Henriksen 1' (o.g.) Abel 60' (o.g.)	Stadium: Brøndby Stadium Referee: E. Augustyn (Poland)

31 October 2019 Last 16	Glasgow City	0–2 (a.e.t.) (2–2 agg.) (3–1 p)	Brøndby	Glasgow
19:30 GMT		BBC Sport	Christiansen 6' Lindhardt	Stadium: Petershill Park Referee: Sara Persson (Sweden)

21 August 2020^[39] QF	Glasgow City	–	Wolfsburg	San Sebastián
				Stadium: Anoeta Stadium

Hibernian

Hibernian entered the Champions League in the qualifying group phase.^[36] They progressed to the last 32, where they were unseeded, by winning their group.^[37]

7 August 2019 (2019-08-07) Qualifying group 3	Hibernian	3–0	Tbilisi Nike	Beltinci
15:00 BST	Cavanagh 17' Napier 68', 90+3'	BBC Sport		Stadium: Beltinci Sports Park Referee: I. Allayiotou (Cyprus)

10 August 2019 (2019-08-10) Qualifying group 3	Hibernian	2–1	Cardiff Met.	Beltinci
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[6] All play-off matches were cancelled, as clubs voted to curtail the season due to the COVID-19 pandemic.^[5]

[table_note_res_EL2Q0.94662636748824-7] Since the 2019–20 Scottish Cup was postponed and could not be completed by the UEFA registration deadline of 3 August 2020, the spot awarded to the Scottish Cup winners (Europa League second qualifying round) was passed to the second-placed team, while the fourth-placed team also qualified for European competition.

[10] All play-off matches were cancelled, as clubs voted to curtail the season due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Scotland.^[7]

[12] All play-off matches were cancelled, as clubs voted to curtail the season due to the COVID-19 pandemic.^[8]

[14] All play-off matches were cancelled, as clubs voted to curtail the season due to the COVID-19 pandemic.^[9]

[westjuniors-24] Season suspended in March 2020. Champions were calculated using 'points per game' algorithm with a 'margin for error', announced on 21 April which would recognise the club which 'would have likely gone on to win their respective league titles'.^[17]^[18]

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2019–20 in Scottish football

Transfer deals

League competitions

Scottish Premiership

Scottish Championship

Scottish League One

Scottish League Two

Non-league football

Level 5

Level 6

Honours

Cup honours

Non-league honours

Senior

Junior

Individual honours

PFA Scotland awards

SFWA awards

Scottish clubs in Europe

Summary

Celtic

Rangers

Kilmarnock

Aberdeen

Scotland national team

Women's football

League and Cup honours

Individual honours

SWPL awards

Scottish Women's Premier League

SWPL 1

SWPL 2

UEFA Women's Champions League

Glasgow City

Hibernian

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