2022–23_in_Scottish_football

2022–23 in Scottish football
	Premiership champions
	Celtic
	Championship champions
	Dundee
	League 1 champions
	Dunfermline Athletic
	League 2 champions
	Stirling Albion
	Scottish Cup winners
	Celtic
	League Cup winners
	Celtic
	Challenge Cup winners
	Hamilton Academical
	Youth Cup winners
	Celtic
	Teams in Europe
	Celtic, Rangers, Heart of Midlothian, Dundee United, Motherwell
	Scotland national team
	UEFA Euro 2024 qualifying

2022–23 in Scottish football

Scottish Football

The 2022–23 season was the 126th season of competitive football in Scotland. The domestic season began on 9 July 2022 with the first Scottish League Cup group stage matches, and the first round of matches in the 2022–23 Scottish Premiership were played on 30 July.^[1]

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Deaths

1 July: Drew Busby, 74, Third Lanark, Partick Thistle, Airdrieonians, Heart of Midlothian, Morton and Queen of the South forward; Queen of the South manager.^[34]
2 July: Andy Goram, 58, Hibernian, Rangers, Motherwell, Hamilton Academical, Queen of the South, Elgin City and Scotland goalkeeper.^[35]
8 July: Harry Mowbray, 75, Cowdenbeath and St Mirren defender.^[36]
9 July: Davie Robb, 74, Aberdeen, Dunfermline Athletic and Scotland forward.^[37]
9 July: Adam Strachan, 35, Partick Thistle, Ross County, Clyde, Arbroath, Dumbarton and Albion Rovers midfielder.^[38]
10 July: Ken Armstrong, 63, Kilmarnock defender.^[39]
1 August: John Hughes, 79, Celtic and Scotland forward; Stranraer manager.^[40]
11 August: Pat Liney, 86, Dundee and St Mirren goalkeeper.^[41]
August: Billy Hodgson, 87, St Johnstone and Hamilton Academical outside-right.^[42]
8 September: Dave Smith, Dundee manager.^[43]
11 September: Chris Robinson, 71, Heart of Midlothian chairman and chief executive.^[44]
12 September: Ken Brownlee, 87, Aberdeen, Third Lanark and St Johnstone wing half.^[45]
25 September: Roy MacLaren, 92, St Johnstone goalkeeper.^[46]
8 October: John Duncan, 73, Dundee forward.^[47]
20 October: Jimmy Millar, 87, Dunfermline Athletic, Rangers, Dundee United and Scotland forward; Raith Rovers manager.^[48]
30 October: Sammy Wilson, 85, Falkirk and Dundee forward.^[49]
15 November: Jimmy O'Rourke, 76, Hibernian, St Johnstone and Motherwell forward.^[50]
20 November: Norrie Davidson, 88, Aberdeen, Heart of Midlothian, Dundee United, Partick Thistle and St Mirren forward.^[51]
c.29 November: Alex Lamond, St Johnstone chairman.^[52]
14 December: Alex Duchart, 89, Hibernian, Third Lanark, East Fife, Dumbarton and Falkirk winger.^[53]
c.14 December: Jim Boyd, 66, Clyde and Motherwell defender.^[54]
1 January: Frank McGarvey, 66, St Mirren, Celtic, Queen of the South, Clyde and Scotland forward; Queen of the South manager.^[55]
January: Andy Graham, 66, Dundee United, Forfar Athletic, Raith Rovers, Stirling Albion and Kilmarnock goalkeeper.^[56]
23 January: Patrizio Billio, 48, Dundee and Aberdeen midfielder.^[57]
6 February: Billy Thomson, 64, Partick Thistle, St Mirren, Dundee United, Clydebank, Motherwell, Rangers, Dundee and Scotland goalkeeper.^[58]
21 February: Ron Gordon, 68, Hibernian chairman.^[59]
1 March: Allan McGraw, 83, Morton and Hibernian forward; Morton manager.^[60]
14 March: Chris Shevlane, 80, Hearts, Celtic, Hibernian and Morton defender.^[61]
14 March: John Sweeney, 88, Dunfermline Athletic left-back.^[62]
21 March: Willie Bell, 85, Queen's Park and Scotland left-back.^[63]
13 April: Willie Callaghan, 56, Dunfermline, Cowdenbeath, Clyde, Albion Rovers, Montrose, Meadowbank Thistle, Livingston and Partick Thistle forward.^[64]^[65]
c.16 April: Eddie Colquhoun, 78, Scotland centre-back.^[66]
11 May: Andy Provan, 79, St Mirren winger.^[67]
22 May: Hugh Strachan, 84, Motherwell, Greenock Morton, Kilmarnock and Partick Thistle defender.^[68]
24 May: Harry Gould, 74, Grade one referee.^[69]
10 June: Adrian Sprott, 61, Meadowbank Thistle, Hamilton Academical and Stenhousemuir player.^[70]
15 June: Gordon McQueen, 70, St Mirren and Scotland defender; Airdrieonians manager.^[71]
26 June: Craig Brown, 82, Rangers, Dundee and Falkirk wing half; Clyde, Scotland, Motherwell and Aberdeen manager.^[72]

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[2] Teams play each other three times (33 matches), before the league is split into two groups (the top six and the bottom six).

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Competition	Winner	Score	Runner-up	Match report
2022–23 Scottish Cup	Celtic	3–1	Inverness Caledonian Thistle	BBC Sport
2022–23 League Cup	Celtic	2–1	Rangers	BBC Sport
2022–23 Challenge Cup	Hamilton Academical	1–0	Raith Rovers	BBC Sport
2022–23 South Challenge Cup	The Spartans	2–1	Drumchapel United
2022–23 Youth Cup	Celtic	6–5 (aet)	Rangers	BBC Sport
2022–23 Junior Cup	Cumnock Juniors	1–0	Rutherglen Glencairn	BBC Sport

Level	Competition	Winner
5	Highland League	Brechin City
5	Lowland League	The Spartans
6	Midlands League	Carnoustie Panmure
	North Caledonian League	Loch Ness
	North Premier Division	Culter
	East of Scotland League Premier Division	Linlithgow Rose
	South of Scotland League	Abbey Vale
	West of Scotland League Premier Division	Beith Juniors
7	North Championship	Sunnybank
	East of Scotland League First Division	Dunbar United
	West of Scotland League First Division	Gartcairn
8	East of Scotland League Second Division	Whitburn
8	West of Scotland League Second Division	Renfrew
9	East of Scotland League Third Division	Bo'ness Athletic
9	West of Scotland League Third Division	Vale of Clyde
10	West of Scotland League Fourth Division	West Park United

Award	Winner	Team
Players' Player of the Year	Kyogo Furuhashi^[17]	Celtic
Young Player of the Year	Malik Tillman^[17]	Rangers
Manager of the Year	Ange Postecoglou^[17]	Celtic
Championship Player	Dipo Akinyemi^[17]	Ayr United
League One Player	Calum Gallagher^[17]	Airdrieonians
League Two Player	Charlie Reilly^[17]	Albion Rovers

Club	Competitions	Started round	Final round	Coef.
Celtic	UEFA Champions League	Group stage	Group stage	6.000
Rangers	UEFA Champions League	Third qualifying round	Group stage	6.500
Heart of Midlothian	UEFA Europa League	Play-off round	Play-off round	4.000
Heart of Midlothian	UEFA Conference League	Group stage	Group stage	4.000
Dundee United	UEFA Conference League	Third qualifying round	Third qualifying round	1.000
Motherwell	UEFA Conference League	Second qualifying round	Second qualifying round	0.000
Total				17.500
Average				3.500

6 September 2022 Group F	Celtic	0–3	Real Madrid	Glasgow
		Report	Vinícius 56' Modrić 60' Hazard 77'	Stadium: Celtic Park Attendance: 57,057 Referee: Sandro Schärer (Switzerland)

2022–23 in Scottish football

Premiership champions
Celtic
Championship champions
Dundee
League 1 champions
Dunfermline Athletic
League 2 champions
Stirling Albion
Scottish Cup winners
Celtic
League Cup winners
Celtic
Challenge Cup winners
Hamilton Academical
Youth Cup winners
Celtic
Teams in Europe
Celtic, Rangers, Heart of Midlothian, Dundee United, Motherwell
Scotland national team
UEFA Euro 2024 qualifying

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation^{[lower-alpha 1]}
1	Celtic (C)	38	32	3	3	114	34	+80	99	Qualification for the Champions League group stage
2	Rangers	38	29	5	4	93	37	+56	92	Qualification for the Champions League third qualifying round
3	Aberdeen	38	18	3	17	56	60	−4	57	Qualification for the Europa League play-off round
4	Heart of Midlothian	38	15	9	14	63	57	+6	54	Qualification for the Europa Conference League third qualifying round
5	Hibernian	38	15	7	16	57	59	−2	52	Qualification for the Europa Conference League second qualifying round
6	St Mirren	38	12	10	16	43	61	−18	46

7	Motherwell	38	14	8	16	53	51	+2	50
8	Livingston	38	13	7	18	36	60	−24	46
9	St Johnstone	38	12	7	19	41	59	−18	43
10	Kilmarnock	38	11	7	20	37	62	−25	40
11	Ross County (O)	38	9	7	22	37	60	−23	34	Qualification for the Premiership play-off final
12	Dundee United (R)	38	8	7	23	40	70	−30	31	Relegation to Championship

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion, qualification or relegation
1	Dundee (C, P)	36	17	12	7	66	40	+26	63	Promotion to the Premiership
2	Ayr United	36	16	10	10	61	43	+18	58	Qualification for the Premiership play-off semi-final
3	Queen's Park	36	17	7	12	63	52	+11	58	Qualification for the Premiership play-off quarter-final
4	Partick Thistle	36	16	9	11	65	45	+20	57	Qualification for the Premiership play-off quarter-final
5	Greenock Morton	36	15	12	9	53	43	+10	57
6	Inverness Caledonian Thistle	36	15	10	11	52	47	+5	55
7	Raith Rovers	36	11	10	15	46	49	−3	43
8	Arbroath	36	6	16	14	29	47	−18	34
9	Hamilton Academical (R)	36	7	10	19	31	63	−32	31	Qualification for the Championship play-offs
10	Cove Rangers (R)	36	7	10	19	38	75	−37	31	Relegation to League One

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion, qualification or relegation
1	Dunfermline Athletic (C, P)	36	23	12	1	63	21	+42	81	Promotion to the Championship
2	Falkirk	36	19	10	7	70	39	+31	67	Qualification for the Championship play-offs
3	Airdrieonians (O, P)	36	17	9	10	82	51	+31	60
4	Alloa Athletic	36	17	6	13	56	47	+9	57
5	Queen of the South	36	16	6	14	59	59	0	54
6	Edinburgh	36	15	6	15	60	55	+5	51
7	Montrose	36	13	9	14	50	55	−5	48
8	Kelty Hearts	36	10	10	16	39	54	−15	40
9	Clyde (R)	36	5	9	22	35	68	−33	24	Qualification for the League One play-offs
10	Peterhead (R)	36	3	7	26	19	84	−65	16	Relegation to League Two

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion, qualification or relegation
1	Stirling Albion (C, P)	36	21	10	5	67	37	+30	73	Promotion to League One
2	Dumbarton	36	18	8	10	49	39	+10	62	Qualification for the League One play-offs
3	Annan Athletic (O, P)	36	14	9	13	61	51	+10	51
4	East Fife	36	14	8	14	54	50	+4	50
5	Forfar Athletic	36	13	9	14	37	43	−6	48
6	Stenhousemuir	36	12	11	13	51	55	−4	47
7	Stranraer	36	12	9	15	43	57	−14	45
8	Bonnyrigg Rose	36	11	9	16	36	47	−11	42
9	Elgin City	36	11	7	18	44	62	−18	40
10	Albion Rovers (R)	36	11	6	19	47	48	−1	39	Qualification for the League Two play-off final

Award	Winner	Team
Footballer of the Year	Kyogo Furuhashi^[18]	Celtic
Young Player of the Year	Max Johnston^[19]	Motherwell
Manager of the Year	Ange Postecoglou^[20]	Celtic

14 September 2022 Group F	Shakhtar Donetsk	1–1	Celtic	Warsaw
	Mudryk 29'	Report	Bondarenko 10' (o.g.)	Stadium: Stadion Wojska Polskiego Attendance: 20,697 Referee: Glenn Nyberg (Sweden)

5 October 2022 Group F	RB Leipzig	3–1	Celtic	Leipzig
	Nkunku 27' Silva 64', 77'		Jota 47'	Stadium: Red Bull Arena Attendance: 45,228 Referee: Espen Eskås (Norway)

11 October 2022 Group F	Celtic	0–2	RB Leipzig	Glasgow
		Report	Werner 75' Forsberg 84'	Stadium: Celtic Park Attendance: 57,565 Referee: Halil Umut Meler (Turkey)

25 October 2022 Group F	Celtic	1–1	Shakhtar Donetsk	Glasgow
	Giakoumakis 34'	Report	Mudryk 58'	Stadium: Celtic Park Attendance: 57,478 Referee: Serdar Gözübüyük (Netherlands)

2 November 2022 Group F	Real Madrid	5–1	Celtic	Madrid
	Modrić 6' (pen.) Rodrygo 21' (pen.) Asensio 51' Vinícius 61' Valverde 71'	Report	Jota 84'	Stadium: Santiago Bernabéu Stadium Attendance: 52,511 Referee: Stéphanie Frappart (France)

2 August 2022 QR3	Union SG	2–0	Rangers	Leuven
	Teuma 27' Vanzeir 76' (pen.)	Report		Stadium: Den Dreef Attendance: 1,100 Referee: Irfan Peljto (Bosnia and Herzegovina)

9 August 2022 QR3	Rangers	3–0 (3–2 agg.)	Union SG	Glasgow
	Tavernier 45' (pen.) Colak 58' Tillman 78'	Report		Stadium: Ibrox Stadium Attendance: 48,454 Referee: Anastasios Sidiropoulos (Greece)

16 August 2022 PO	Rangers	2–2	PSV Eindhoven	Glasgow
	Čolak 40' Lawrence 70'	Report	Sangaré 37' Obispo 78'	Stadium: Ibrox Stadium Attendance: 49,097 Referee: Daniele Orsato (Italy)

24 August 2022 PO	PSV Eindhoven	0–1 (2–3 agg.)	Rangers	Eindhoven
		Report	Čolak 60'	Stadium: Philips Stadion Attendance: 34,893 Referee: Szymon Marciniak (Poland)

7 September 2022 Group A	Ajax	4–0	Rangers	Amsterdam
	Álvarez 17' Berghuis 32' Kudus 33' Bergwijn 80'	Report		Stadium: Johan Cruyff Arena Attendance: 52,862 Referee: Tobias Stieler (Germany)

14 September 2022 Group A	Rangers	0–3	Napoli	Glasgow
		Report	Politano 68' (pen.) Raspadori 85' Ndombele 90+1'	Stadium: Ibrox Stadium Attendance: 50,121 Referee: Antonio Mateu Lahoz (Spain)

4 October 2022 Group A	Liverpool	2–0	Rangers	Liverpool
	Alexander-Arnold 7' Salah 53' (pen.)	Report		Stadium: Anfield Attendance: 49,512 Referee: Clément Turpin (France)

12 October 2022 Group A	Rangers	1–7	Liverpool	Glasgow
	Arfield 17'	Report	Firmino 24', 55' Núñez 66' Salah 76', 80', 81' Elliott 87'	Stadium: Ibrox Stadium Attendance: 48,820 Referee: Slavko Vinčić (Slovenia)

26 October 2022 Group A	Napoli	3–0	Rangers	Naples
	Simeone 11', 16' Østigård 80'	Report		Stadium: Stadio Diego Armando Maradona Attendance: 39,835 Referee: Halil Umut Meler (Turkey)

1 November 2022 Group A	Rangers	1–3	Ajax	Glasgow
	Tavernier 87' (pen.)	Report	Berghuis 4' Kudus 29' Conceição 89'	Stadium: Ibrox Stadium Attendance: 48,817 Referee: Glenn Nyberg (Sweden)

18 August 2022 PO	Zürich	2–1	Heart of Midlothian	St. Gallen
	Guerrero 32' Džemaili 34'	Report	Shankland 22' (pen.)	Stadium: Kybunpark Attendance: 7,958 Referee: Bartosz Frankowski (Poland)

25 August 2022 PO	Heart of Midlothian	0–1 (1–3 agg.)	Zürich	Edinburgh
		Report	Rohner 80'	Stadium: Tynecastle Park Attendance: 17,225 Referee: Lawrence Visser (Belgium)

8 September 2022 Group A	Heart of Midlothian	0–4	İstanbul Başakşehir	Edinburgh
		Report	Kaldırım 26' Ndayishimiye 67' Kingsley 75' (o.g.) Özcan 82'	Stadium: Tynecastle Park Attendance: 15,131 Referee: Krzysztof Jakubik (Poland)

2022–23_in_Scottish_football

Transfer deals

League competitions

Scottish Premiership

Scottish Championship

Scottish League One

Scottish League Two

Non-league football

Level 5

Level 6

Highland

Lowland

Honours

Cup honours

Non-league honours

Individual honours

PFA Scotland awards

SFWA awards

Scottish clubs in Europe

Summary

Celtic

Rangers

Heart of Midlothian

Dundee United

Motherwell

Scotland national team

Women's football

SWPL 1

Regular season

Top six

Bottom six

SWPL 2

League honours

Cup honours

Individual honours

Scottish Women's Premier League

UEFA Women's Champions League

Rangers

Glasgow City

Scotland women's national team

Deaths

Retirements

Notes and references

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15 September 2022 Group A	RFS Riga	0–2	Heart of Midlothian	Riga
		Report	Shankland 43' (pen.) Forrest 90+3'	Stadium: Skonto Stadium Attendance: 6,747 Referee: Aleksandar Stavrev (North Macedonia)

6 October 2022 Group A	Heart of Midlothian	0–3	Fiorentina	Edinburgh
		Report	Mandragora 4' Kouamé 42' Jović 79'	Stadium: Tynecastle Park Attendance: 17,243 Referee: Erik Lambrechts (Belgium)

13 October 2022 Group A	Fiorentina	5–1	Heart of Midlothian	Florence
	Jović 6' Biraghi 22' González 32', 79' (pen.) Barák 38'	Report	Humphrys 47'	Stadium: Stadio Artemio Franchi Attendance: 18,576 Referee: Ivan Bebek (Croatia)

27 October 2022 Group A	Heart of Midlothian	2–1	RFS Riga	Edinburgh
	Shankland 3' Halliday 12'	Report	Friesenbichler 39'	Stadium: Tynecastle Park Attendance: 15,863 Referee: Bram Van Driessche (Belgium)

3 November 2022 Group A	İstanbul Başakşehir	3–1	Heart of Midlothian	Istanbul
	Ndayishimiye 4' Gürler 33' Özcan 64'	Report	Atkinson 90'	Stadium: Başakşehir Fatih Terim Stadium Attendance: 4,824 Referee: Goga Kikacheishvili (Georgia)

4 August 2022 QR3	Dundee United	1–0	AZ Alkmaar	Dundee
	Middleton 61'	Report		Stadium: Tannadice Park Attendance: 10,181 Referee: Vítor Ferreira (Portugal)

11 August 2022 QR3	AZ Alkmaar	7–0 (7–1 agg.)	Dundee United	Alkmaar
	Pavlidis 21', 36' Reijnders 31', 41' Evjen 44' D. de Wit 46' Lahdo 74'	Report		Stadium: AFAS Stadion Attendance: 11,005 Referee: Antonio Mateu Lahoz (Spain)

21 July 2022 QR2	Motherwell	0–1	Sligo Rovers	Motherwell
		Report	Keena 27'	Stadium: Fir Park Attendance: 7,227^[25] Referee: Kári Á Høvdanum (Faroe Islands)

28 July 2022 QR2	Sligo Rovers	2–0 (3–0 agg.)	Motherwell	Sligo
	Blaney 4' Mata 90+1'	Report		Stadium: The Showgrounds Attendance: 3,876^[26] Referee: Bojan Pandžić (Sweden)

21 September 2022 Nations League B	Scotland	3–0	Ukraine	Glasgow
	McGinn 70' Dykes 80', 87'	Report		Stadium: Hampden Park Attendance: 42,846 Referee: Maurizio Mariani (Italy)