Scottish Premier League

This article is about the former Scottish football division (1998–2013). For the current top division, see Scottish Premiership. For the women's football league, see Scottish Women's Premier League.

Scottish Premier League
Founded1998
Folded2013
Country Scotland
ConfederationUEFA
Number of teams12 (2000–2013)
10 (1998–2000)
Level on pyramid1
Most championshipsCeltic (8)[note 1]

The Scottish Premier League (SPL; Scottish Gaelic: Prìomh Lìog na h-Alba) was the top-level league competition for professional football clubs in Scotland. The league was founded in 1998, when it broke away from the Scottish Football League (SFL). It was abolished in 2013, when the SPL and SFL merged to form the new Scottish Professional Football League,[1] with its top division being known as the Scottish Premiership. A total of 19 clubs competed in the SPL, but only the Old Firm clubs of Glasgow—Celtic and Rangers—won the league championship.


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  1. ^ "Scottish Football League clubs vote in favour of a proposed merger with the Scottish Premier League". BBC Sport. Retrieved 12 June 2013.