The 2021–22 season is the 125th 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 the weekend of 10 July 2021 with the first
Scottish League Cup
The Scottish League Cup, also known as the Premier Sports Cup for sponsorship reasons, is a football competition open to all Scottish Professional Football League (SPFL) clubs. First held in 1946–47, it is the oldest national League cup in ...
group stage matches. Most regional leagues began on the weekend of 17 July and the opening round of matches in the
2021–22 Scottish Professional Football League were played on 31 July.
Transfer deals
League competitions
Scottish Premiership
Scottish Championship
Scottish League One
Scottish League Two
Non-league football
Level 5
Level 6
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Honours
Cup honours
Non-league honours
Individual honours
PFA Scotland awards
SFWA awards
Scottish clubs in Europe
Summary
Rangers
UEFA Champions League
Rangers entered the
2021–22 UEFA Champions League
The 2021–22 UEFA Champions League was the 67th season of Europe's premier club football tournament organised by UEFA, and the 30th season since it was renamed from the European Champion Clubs' Cup to the UEFA Champions League.
Real Madrid de ...
in the third qualifying round.
UEFA Europa League
Celtic
UEFA Champions League
Due to Scotland rising into the top fifteen places of the
UEFA coefficient
In European football, the UEFA coefficients are statistics based in weighted arithmetic means used for ranking and seeding teams in club and international competitions. Introduced in 1979 for men's football tournaments (country rankings only), ...
table, the league was given two places in the
2021–22 UEFA Champions League
The 2021–22 UEFA Champions League was the 67th season of Europe's premier club football tournament organised by UEFA, and the 30th season since it was renamed from the European Champion Clubs' Cup to the UEFA Champions League.
Real Madrid de ...
. Celtic entered the competition in the second qualifying round.
UEFA Europa League
UEFA Europa Conference League
St Johnstone
UEFA Europa League
As winners of the
2020–21 Scottish Cup, St Johnstone entered the
2021–22 UEFA Europa League
The 2021–22 UEFA Europa League was the 51st season of Europe's secondary club football tournament organised by UEFA, and the 13th season since it was renamed from the UEFA Cup to the UEFA Europa League.
Eintracht Frankfurt defeated Rangers ...
in the third qualifying round.
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UEFA Europa Conference League
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Hibernian
UEFA Europa Conference League
Hibernian qualified for the 2021–22 UEFA Europa Conference League
The 2021–22 UEFA Europa Conference League was the inaugural season of the UEFA Europa Conference League, Europe's tertiary club football tournament organised by UEFA.
The final was played at the Arena Kombëtare in Tirana, Albania, with Rom ...
and entered in the second qualifying round.[
]
Aberdeen
UEFA Europa Conference League
Aberdeen qualified for the 2021–22 UEFA Europa Conference League
The 2021–22 UEFA Europa Conference League was the inaugural season of the UEFA Europa Conference League, Europe's tertiary club football tournament organised by UEFA.
The final was played at the Arena Kombëtare in Tirana, Albania, with Rom ...
and entered in the second qualifying round.[
]
Scotland national team
Women's football
SWPL 1
SWPL 2
League honours
Cup honours
Individual honours
UEFA Women's Champions League
Glasgow City and 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 ...
qualified for the Women's Champions League.
Glasgow City
Celtic
Scotland women's national team
Deaths
* 10 July: Jimmy Gabriel, 80, Dundee and Scotland defender.
* 11 July: Charlie Gallagher, 80, Celtic and Dumbarton forward.
* 14 July: Ken Ronaldson, 75, Aberdeen forward.
* c. 14 July: John Anderson, 84, Greenock Morton and Third Lanark winger.
* 20 July: Billy Reid, 83, Motherwell and Airdrieonians wing half.
* 21 July: Tommy Leishman, 83, Hibernian, Stranraer and St Mirren wing half.
* 26 July: Ally Dawson, 63, Rangers, Airdrieonians and Scotland defender; Hamilton Academical manager.
* 30 July: John May, 79, Forfar Athletic forward.
* 13 August: Bobby Stein, 82, Raith Rovers, Montrose and East Stirlingshire right back.
* 25 August: Alan Ewing, 52, Stranraer midfielder.
* 25 August: Bobby Waddell, 81, Dundee, East Fife and Montrose forward.
* 25 September: Ian Riddell, St Mirren and Berwick Rangers left-back.
* c.26 September: Bert Ferguson, 67, Ayr United, St Mirren and Stranraer winger.
* 9 October: Billy Lamont, 85, Hamilton Academical goalkeeper and East Stirlingshire, Falkirk and Dumbarton manager.
* 17 October: George Kinnell, 83, Aberdeen midfielder.
* October: Frank MacGregor, 83, Clyde full back.
*26 October: Walter Smith
Walter Ferguson Smith (24 February 1948 – 26 October 2021) was a Scottish football player, manager and director, primarily associated with his two spells as manager of Glasgow club Rangers.
A defender, Smith's playing career consiste ...
, 73, Dundee United and Dumbarton defender; Rangers and Scotland manager.
* October: Walter Cameron, Arbroath full back.
*4 November: Paul Kelly, 57, Alloa Athletic, Stenhousemuir, Stranraer and East Stirlingshire midfielder.
*6 November: Jim Kerray, 85, Raith Rovers, Dunfermline Athletic, St. Johnstone, Stirling Albion and Falkirk forward.
*14 November: Bertie Auld, 83, Celtic, Dumbarton, Hibernian and Scotland midfielder; Partick Thistle, Hibernian, Hamilton Academical and Dumbarton manager.
*24 November: Frank Burrows
Frank Burrows (30 January 1944 – 24 November 2021) was a Scottish football player and manager who played as a central defender.
Life and career
Frank Burrows began his football career at Scottish club Raith Rovers. In 1965, he moved south t ...
, 77, Raith Rovers central defender.
*26 November: Doug Cowie, 95, Dundee and Scotland centre-half and wing-half.
*14 December: Kenny Hope, 80, referee.
*15 December: Willie McSeveney, 92, Dunfermline Athletic and Motherwell defender.
*December: George Ryden, 81, Dundee, St Johnstone and Stirling Albion centre-half.
*25 January: Wim Jansen
Wilhelmus Marinus Antonius "Wim" Jansen (; 28 October 1946 – 25 January 2022) was a Dutch professional association football, football player and manager.
As a midfielder or defender (association football), defender, he spent most of his caree ...
, 75, Celtic manager.
*January: Bob Stirrat, East Fife defender.
*3 February: Alex Ingram, 77, Queen's Park and Ayr United forward.
*4 February: Davie Cattanach, 75, Stirling Albion, Celtic and Falkirk wing half.
*19 February: Doug Baillie, 85, Airdrie, Rangers, Third Lanark, Falkirk and Dunfermline Athletic centre-half.
*27 February: Alan Anderson, 82, Falkirk, Alloa Athletic, Hearts and Scotland centre-half.
*3 March: Frank Connor, 86, Celtic, St Mirren, Albion Rovers and Cowdenbeath goalkeeper; Cowdenbeath, Berwick Rangers and Raith Rovers manager.
*13 March: Paul Hampshire, 40, Raith Rovers, Berwick Rangers and East Fife midfielder.
*March: Tom NcNiven, 87, Hibs caretaker manager and trainer.
*March: Andy Geddes, 62, Dundee forward.
*18 April: Graham Fyfe, 70, Rangers, Hibernian and Dumbarton winger.
*10 June: Bobby Hope, 78, Scotland midfielder.
*14 June: Davie Wilson, 85, Rangers, Dundee United, Dumbarton and Scotland winger; Dumbarton and Queen of the South manager.
*25 June: Finn Døssing, 81, Dundee United forward.
*25 June: Alan Salisbury, 65, St. Johnstone forward.Former player Alan Salisbury passes away
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Notes and references
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Seasons in Scottish football
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Football
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Football
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