The 2014–15 season was the 118th season of competitive

football in Scotland Association football is one of the national sports of Scotland and the most popular sport in the country. There is a long tradition of "football" games in Orkney, Lewis and southern Scotland, especially the Scottish Borders, although many of ...

. The domestic season began on 26 July 2014, with the start of the

Challenge Cup The Rugby Football League Challenge Cup, commonly known just as the Challenge Cup is a Single-elimination tournament, knockout rugby league cup competition organised by the Rugby Football League, held annually since 1896, it is the world's old ...

. The

2014–15 Scottish Professional Football League Statistics of the Scottish Professional Football League The Scottish Professional Football League (SPFL) is the national men's association football league in Scotland. The league was formed in June 2013 following a merger between the Scottish ...

season commenced on 9 August, the weekend after the conclusion of the

2014 Commonwealth Games The 2014 Commonwealth Games (), officially known as the XX Commonwealth Games and commonly known as Glasgow 2014 (; ), were an international multi-sport event celebrated in the tradition of the Commonwealth Games as governed by the Commonwea ...

Transfer deals

League competitions

Scottish Premiership

Scottish Championship

Scottish League One

Scottish League Two

Non-league football

Level 5

Level 6

SPFL Development League

Honours

Cup honours

Non-league honours

Senior

Junior

;West Region ;East Region ;North Region

Individual honours

PFA Scotland awards

SFWA awards

Scottish clubs in Europe

Celtic

Celtic Celtic, Celtics or Keltic may refer to: Language and ethnicity *pertaining to Celts, a collection of Indo-European peoples in Europe and Anatolia **Celts (modern) *Celtic languages **Proto-Celtic language *Celtic music *Celtic nations Sports Foot ...

played their first two home European ties in 2014–15 at

Murrayfield Stadium Murrayfield Stadium is a rugby union stadium located in the Murrayfield area of Edinburgh, Scotland. The stadium is owned by the Scottish Rugby Union (SRU) who has its headquarters based at the stadium, and is the national stadium of the Scotla ...

Edinburgh Edinburgh is the capital city of Scotland and one of its 32 Council areas of Scotland, council areas. The city is located in southeast Scotland and is bounded to the north by the Firth of Forth and to the south by the Pentland Hills. Edinburgh ...

because their normal home stadium,

Celtic Park Celtic Park is a Soccer-specific stadium, football stadium and the home of Scottish Premiership team Celtic F.C., Celtic, in the Parkhead area of Glasgow, Scotland. With a capacity of 60,832, it is the largest List of football stadiums in Sco ...

, was used for the opening ceremony of the

. In their third qualifying round tie, Celtic lost 4–1 to Legia Warsaw in Poland and 2–0 at Murrayfield, which appeared to give Legia a 6–1 aggregate victory. The result of the second game was annulled by UEFA because Legia had fielded a player who should have been serving a suspension. Celtic were instead given a 3–0 victory in the second leg, which meant that they won the tie on the

away goals rule The away goals rule is a method of tiebreaking in association football and other sports when teams play each other twice, once at each team's home ground. Under the away goals rule, if the total goals scored by each team are equal, the team that ...

.The Guardian
/ref> Celtic progressed to the Champions League playoff round, but then dropped into the Europa League groups after losing 2–1 on aggregate to Slovenian club

Maribor Maribor ( , , ; also known by other #Name, historical names) is the List of cities and towns in Slovenia, second-largest city in Slovenia and the largest city of the traditional region of Styria (Slovenia), Lower Styria. It is the seat of the ...

. ;2014–15 UEFA Champions League ;2014–15 UEFA Europa League

Aberdeen

;2014–15 UEFA Europa League

Motherwell

;2014–15 UEFA Europa League

St Johnstone

;2014–15 UEFA Europa League

Scotland national team

Women's football

Scottish Women's Premier League

League and Cup honours

Individual honours

SWPL awards

UEFA Women's Champions League

Glasgow City

=Qualifying round

= Group 4
Matches

=Knockout Phase

Scotland women's national team

Deaths

*4 July: Andy Jardine, 78, Dumbarton fullback. *11 July: Jim Geddes, 84, Motherwell defender and midfielder. *21 July:

Stewart Hillis William Stewart Hillis (28 September 1943 − 21 July 2014) was a Scottish physician who held a professorship in cardiology and exercise medicine. He was doctor for the Scotland national football team for 228 full international matches, part of ...

, 70, Scotland national team doctor. *22 July:

Morris Stevenson Morris John Stevenson (16 April 1943 – 22 July 2014) was a Scottish footballer who played as a forward. Career Stevenson began his professional career in 1960 with Motherwell and played in twelve league matches over a two-year period. A 1962 ...

, 71, Motherwell, Hibernian, Morton, Dundee United and Berwick Rangers inside forward. *28 July: Alex Forbes, 89, Scotland wing half. *17 August: Sammy Conn, 52, Falkirk, Albion Rovers, Clydebank, Airdrieonians and Cowdenbeath midfielder and Cowdenbeath manager. *27 August: Bobby Kinloch, 79, Hibernian, Greenock Morton, Berwick Rangers, Raith Rovers and Dunfermline Athletic player. *4 September: Willie Finlay, 88, East Fife, Clyde and Raith Rovers defender. *21 September: Tim Whalen, 83, Dumbarton forward. *22 September: Billy Neil, 75, Airdrieonians and Queen's Park defender. *23 September: John Divers, 74, Celtic and Partick Thistle forward. *30 September: Hugh Doherty, 93, Celtic winger. *25 October:

Gerry Burrell Gerald Burrell (6 September 1924 – 25 October 2014) was a professional footballer, who played in the Scottish Football League for St Mirren and Dundee and in the English Football League for Huddersfield Town and Chesterfield during the 1940s ...

, 90, St Mirren and Dundee winger. *26 October: Jim Sharkey, 80, Celtic, Airdrieonians and Raith Rovers forward. *29 October: Archie Murphy, 81, Alloa Athletic wing-half. *November:

Alex Bain Alexander or Alex Bain may refer to: *Alexander Bain (philosopher) (1818–1903), Scottish philosopher. *Alexander Bain (inventor) (1810–1877), Scottish inventor and engineer * Alex Bain (footballer) (Alexander Edward Bain, 1936–2014), British ...

, 78, Motherwell and Falkirk centre forward *8 November: Sammy Wilson, 82, St Mirren and Celtic inside forward. *9 November: Sammy Reid, 75, Motherwell, Falkirk, Clyde, Berwick Rangers and Dumbarton inside forward. *13 November:

Jim Storrie James Storrie (31 March 1940 – 11 November 2014) was a Scottish professional footballer and manager, best known as a centre forward who helped Leeds United gain promotion in 1964 to the First Division. Playing career Born in Kirkintilloch, Du ...

, 74, Airdrie, Aberdeen and St Mirren centre forward; St Johnstone manager. *26 November:

Arthur Montford Arthur Montford (25 May 1929 – 26 November 2014) was a Scottish Television sports journalist, best known for his 32-year tenure as the presenter of Scottish Television's '' Scotsport''. Although he was most associated with football, he covere ...

, 85, ''Scotsport'' commentator. *1 December: Jimmy Duncan, 83, Celtic, St Mirren, Albion Rovers, Dundee United and Stranraer winger. *7 December:

Tommy Todd Tommy Todd (1 June 1926 – 7 December 2014) was a Scottish footballer who played as a centre-forward for Airdrieonians and Hamilton Academical in the Scottish Football League and Crewe Alexandra, Derby County and Rochdale in the (English) Footb ...

, 88, Hamilton Academical inside forward. *7 December: Tom Mealyou, Berwick Rangers goalkeeper. *12 December: John Baxter, 78, Hibernian, Falkirk and Clydebank wing half. *19 December: Pat Holton, 78, Hamilton, Motherwell and St Johnstone full back. *31 December: Jimmy Dunn, 91, Wolves and Derby County forward. *4 January:

John McPhee John Angus McPhee (born March 8, 1931) is an American author. He is considered one of the pioneers of creative nonfiction. He is a four-time finalist for the Pulitzer Prize in the category General Nonfiction, and he won that award on the fourt ...

, 77, Motherwell defender. *14 January: Danny Malloy, 84, Dundee and Clyde defender. *21 January: Douglas Cromb, 84, Hibernian chairman. *29 January: Derek Robertson, 65, St Johnstone goalkeeper. *8 February:

Nick Sharkey Dominic "Nick" Sharkey (4 May 1943 – 8 February 2015) was a Scottish footballer who played for Sunderland as a forward. Club career Sharkey began his career with Sunderland, where he made his debut on 9 April 1960 against Scunthorpe United in ...

, 71, Sunderland forward. *10 February: Tom McQueen, 85, Leith Athletic, Alloa, Hibs, East Fife, Berwick Rangers and Stranraer goalkeeper. *23 February:

Andy King Andrew or Andy King may refer to: *Andrew King (astrophysicist) (born 1947), British astrophysicist *Andrew King (architect), Canadian architect and cross-disciplinary artist *Andrew King (mayor) (born 1960 or 1961), former mayor of Hamilton, New Z ...

, 72, Kilmarnock defender. *1 March:

Stuart McGrady Stuart Ian McGrady (8 April 1985 – 1 March 2015) was a Scottish professional footballer who played as a forward for Ayr United, Cumnock Juniors, Queen's Park and Maybole Maybole (, ) is a town and former burgh of barony and police bur ...

, 29, Ayr United and Queen's Park striker. *2 March:

Dave Mackay David Craig Mackay (14 November 1934 – 2 March 2015) was a Scottish football player and manager. Mackay was best known for a highly successful playing career with Heart of Midlothian, the double-winning Tottenham Hotspur side of 1961 an ...

, 80, Hearts and Scotland wing half. *20 March: Eddie Mulheron, 72, Clyde defender. *5 April: Turnbull Hutton, 68, Raith Rovers chairman. *16 April:

Tommy Preston Thomas Baxter Preston (3 October 1932 – 16 April 2015) was a Scottish footballer who played for Hibernian and St Mirren. Preston appeared for Hibernian in the 1958 Scottish Cup Final and made over 300 appearances for the club in all competi ...

, 82, Hibernian forward. *29 April:

Gary Liddell Gary Liddell (27 August 1954 – 29 April 2015) was a Scottish professional footballer who played as a striker. Active in both England and Scotland between 1972 and 1983, Liddell made over 150 career League appearances. Career Born in Stirling ...

, 60, Hearts forward. *11 May: John Hewie, 87, Scotland defender. *13 May: Eric Bakie, 87, Aberdeen, Dunfermline and St Johnstone wing half. *19 May:

Joe Carr Joseph Benedict Carr (22 February 1922 – 3 June 2004) was an Irish amateur golfer. Early life Carr was born in Inchicore, a suburb of Dublin, Ireland, to George and Margaret Mary "Missie" Waters (the fifth of seven children). At 10 days ol ...

, 83, St Johnstone and Dumbarton winger. *21 May: Ernie Hannigan, 72, Queen of the South and Morton winger. *4 June: Jørgen Ravn, 75, Aberdeen forward. *6 June:

Colin Jackson Colin Ray Jackson, (born 18 February 1967) is a British former sprint and hurdling athlete who specialised in the 110 metres hurdles. During a career in which he represented Great Britain and Wales, he won an Olympic silver medal, became w ...

, 68, Rangers, Morton, Partick Thistle and Scotland defender. *7 June: Stephen Gove, 55, Brechin City forward.Sad death of former Montrose man
/ref>

Notes and references

{{DEFAULTSORT:2014-15 in Scottish football Seasons in Scottish football