Football in Scotland is a popular professional sport. Founded in 1873,[1] Scotland has the second oldest national football association in the world. The national cup competition, the Scottish Cup , was started in the 1873–74 season. Its trophy is the oldest national sporting trophy in the world.[2] A Scottish football league system was first instituted in 1890, with the creation of the Scottish Football League . A second national cup competition, the Scottish League Cup , was created in the 1946–47 season. This page details the team and individual records set in these competitions.
League competitions [ edit ] Team records [ edit ] Titles Most top-flight league titles: 55, Rangers [3] Most consecutive league titles: 9, joint record :[4] Celtic (1965–66 to 1973–74)[4] Rangers (1988–89 to 1996–97)[4] Celtic (2011–12 to 2019–20)[4] Longest gap between title wins: 61 years, Hearts (1897 to 1958) Top-flight appearances Most appearances: 126 completed seasons, Celtic (1890–present)[5] Largest victories Streaks Longest top flight unbeaten run : 62 games, Celtic (20 November 1915 – 21 April 1917)[7] [8] Longest top flight unbeaten run (games in all national competitions) : 69 games (56 in the league), Celtic (15 May 2016 – 13 December 2017) [9] [10] Most consecutive top flight wins : 25, Celtic (2003–04 ) Unbeaten league season : Attendances Individual [ edit ] Goals Appearances Goalkeepers Titles Scottish Cup [ edit ] Team records [ edit ] Most final wins: 41, Celtic [17] Most consecutive final wins: 4, Celtic (2016–17 to 2019–20 ) Most final appearances: 60, Celtic (includes cancelled 1909 fixture ) Most consecutive final defeats: 3, Vale of Leven (1882–83 to 1884–85) Most consecutive final appearances: 8, Rangers (1975–76 to 1982–83 )[17] Longest gap between final wins : 114 years, Hibernian (1901–02 to 2015–16 ) Most final appearances without winning: 2, Hamilton Academical (1910–11, 1934–35) Most final appearances without defeat: 2, St Johnstone (2013–14 , 2020–21 ) Longest winning streak in finals: 14, Rangers (1929–30, 1931–32, 1933–34, 1934–35, 1935–36, 1947–48, 1948–49, 1949–50, 1952–53, 1959–60, 1961–62, 1962–63, 1963–64, 1965–66) Longest losing streak in finals: 10, Hibernian (1913–14, 1922–23, 1923–24, 1946–47, 1957–58, 1971–72, 1978–79, 2000–01, 2011–12, 2012–13) Biggest final wins: 5 goals, joint record: Most goals in a final: 7: Most goals by a runner-up: 3: Queen's Park: Lost 3–4 against Celtic (1899–1900) Celtic: Lost 3–4 against Hearts (1900–01) Dundee United: Lost 3–4 against Motherwell (1990–91) Hearts: Lost on penalties against Celtic after the game finished 3–3 (aet ) (2019–20) Most final losses: 18, joint record: Celtic and Rangers (excludes cancelled 1909 fixture) Most common pairing in the final: 15, Celtic v Rangers (7 wins each, 1908–09 was withheld)[17] Most wins while playing at tier 2 : 1, joint record: Attendances Individual [ edit ] Scottish League Cup [ edit ] Team records [ edit ] Most final wins: 28, Rangers Most consecutive final wins: 5, Celtic (1965–66 – 1969–70) Most final appearances: 36, joint record: Celtic and Rangers Most consecutive final defeats: 4, Celtic (1970–71 – 1973–74) Most consecutive final appearances: 14, Celtic (1964–65 – 1977–78)[17] Most final appearances without winning: 3, Dunfermline Athletic (1949–50, 1991–92, 2005–06) Most final appearances without losing: 3, East Fife (1947–48, 1949–50, 1953–54) Longest gap between final wins : 21 years, Aberdeen (1955–56 – 1976–77) Longest winning streak in finals: 9, Rangers (1990–91, 1992–93, 1993–94, 1996–97, 1998–99, 2001–02, 2002–03, 2004–05, 2007–08) Longest losing streak in finals: 5, joint record: Kilmarnock (1952–53, 1960–61, 1962–63, 2000–01, 2006–07), Dundee United (1981–82, 1984–85, 1997–98, 2007–08, 2014–15) Biggest final win: 6 goals: Most goals in a final: 9: Most goals by a runner-up: 3: Dundee : Lost 3–5 against Celtic (1967–68 ) Hibernian: Lost 3–6 against Celtic (1974–75) Aberdeen: Drew 3–3 against Rangers but lost on penalties (1987–88 ) Hearts : Lost 3–4 against Rangers (1996–97 ) Most final losses: 15, Celtic Most common pairing in the final: 16, Celtic v Rangers (9 Rangers wins, 7 Celtic wins)[17] Most wins while playing at tier 2 : 1, joint record: Attendances Individual Transfers [ edit ] Record transfer fees paid [ edit ] Rank Player From To Fee Date Notes 1 Tore Andre Flo Chelsea Rangers £12,000,000 23 November 2000 [21] 2 Odsonne Édouard Paris Saint-Germain Celtic £9,000,000 15 June 2018 [22] 3= Christopher Jullien Toulouse Celtic £7,000,000 28 June 2019 [23] 3= Ryan Kent Liverpool Rangers £7,000,000 2 September 2019 [24] 5 Michael Ball Everton Rangers £6,500,000 20 August 2001 [25] 6 Jota Benfica Celtic £6,465,000 1 July 2022 [26] [citation needed ] 7= Cameron Carter-Vickers Tottenham Hotspur Celtic £6,000,000 10 June 2022 [27] 7= Chris Sutton Chelsea Celtic £6,000,000 11 July 2000 [28] 7= John Hartson Coventry City Celtic £6,000,000 2 August 2001 [29] 10 Mikel Arteta Barcelona Rangers £5,800,000 29 June 2002
Record transfer fees received [ edit ] Rank Player From To Fee Date Notes 1= Kieran Tierney Celtic Arsenal £25,000,000 8 August 2019 [30] 1= Jota Celtic Al-Ittihad £25,000,000 3 July 2023 [31] [32] 3 Moussa Dembélé Celtic Olympique Lyonnais £19,700,000 31 August 2018 [33] 4 Calvin Bassey Rangers Ajax £19,580,000 20 July 2022 [34] 5 Odsonne Édouard Celtic Crystal Palace £14,000,000 31 August 2021 [35] 6 Kristoffer Ajer Celtic Brentford £13,500,000 21 July 2021 [36] [37] 7 Victor Wanyama Celtic Southampton £12,500,000 11 July 2013 [38] 8= Virgil van Dijk Celtic Southampton £11,500,000 1 September 2015 [39] [40] 8= Nathan Patterson Rangers Everton £11,500,000 4 January 2022 [41] 10 Fraser Forster Celtic Southampton £10,000,000 9 August 2014 [42]
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