The 2022–23 season was the 126th season of competitive

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. The domestic season began on 9 July 2022 with the first

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group stage matches, and the first round of matches in the

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were played on 30 July.

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

;UEFA Champions League Celtic entered the 2022–23 UEFA Champions League in the group stage, having won the 2021–22 Scottish Premiership.

Rangers

;UEFA Champions League Rangers entered the 2022–23 UEFA Champions League in the third qualifying round, having finished second in the 2021–22 Scottish Premiership.

Heart of Midlothian

;UEFA Europa League Hearts entered the 2022–23 UEFA Europa League in the playoff round, having finished third in the 2021–22 Scottish Premiership. ;UEFA Europa Conference League

Dundee United

;UEFA Europa Conference League Dundee United entered the 2022–23 UEFA Europa Conference League in the third qualifying round, after finishing fourth in the 2021–22 Scottish Premiership.

Motherwell

;UEFA Europa Conference League Motherwell entered the 2022–23 UEFA Europa Conference League in the second qualifying round, after finishing fifth in the 2021–22 Scottish Premiership.

Scotland national team

Women's football

SWPL 1

Regular season

Top six

Bottom six

SWPL 2

League honours

Cup honours

Individual honours

UEFA Women's Champions League

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and Glasgow City qualified for the Women's Champions League.

Rangers

Glasgow City

Scotland women's national team

Deaths

*1 July:

Drew Busby Andrew Douglas Busby (8 December 1947 – 1 July 2022) was a Scottish footballer who played for Third Lanark, Airdrieonians, Hearts, Toronto Blizzard and Morton. Busby also served Queen of the South as their player-manager. Career Busby s ...

, 74, Third Lanark, Partick Thistle, Airdrieonians, Heart of Midlothian, Morton and Queen of the South forward; Queen of the South manager. *2 July:

Andy Goram Andrew Lewis Goram (13 April 1964 – 2 July 2022) was a Scottish footballer who played as a goalkeeper. Born in Bury, Lancashire, England, he started his career with Oldham Athletic and Hibernian, but he is best remembered for playing for ...

, 58, Hibernian, Rangers, Motherwell, Hamilton Academical, Queen of the South, Elgin City and Scotland goalkeeper. *8 July: Harry Mowbray, 75, Cowdenbeath and St Mirren defender. *9 July: Davie Robb, 74, Aberdeen, Dunfermline Athletic and Scotland forward. *9 July: Adam Strachan, 35, Partick Thistle, Ross County, Clyde, Arbroath, Dumbarton and Albion Rovers midfielder. *10 July: Ken Armstrong, 63, Kilmarnock defender. *1 August:

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, 79, Celtic and Scotland forward; Stranraer manager. *11 August:

Pat Liney Patrick Liney (14 July 1936 – 10 August 2022) was a Scottish professional footballer who played as a goalkeeper. He played for clubs in both Scotland and England for Dalry Thistle, Dundee, St Mirren, Bradford Park Avenue and Bradford City. ...

, 86, Dundee and St Mirren goalkeeper. *August: Billy Hodgson, 87, St Johnstone and Hamilton Academical outside-right. *8 September: Dave Smith, Dundee manager. *11 September: Chris Robinson, 71, Heart of Midlothian chairman and chief executive. *12 September: Ken Brownlee, 87, Aberdeen, Third Lanark and St Johnstone wing half. *25 September: Roy MacLaren, 92, St Johnstone goalkeeper. *8 October: John Duncan, 73, Dundee forward. *20 October: Jimmy Millar, 87, Dunfermline Athletic, Rangers, Dundee United and Scotland forward; Raith Rovers manager. *30 October: Sammy Wilson, 85, Falkirk and Dundee forward. *15 November: Jimmy O'Rourke, 76, Hibernian, St Johnstone and Motherwell forward. *20 November:

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, 88, Aberdeen, Heart of Midlothian, Dundee United, Partick Thistle and St Mirren forward. *c.29 November: Alex Lamond, St Johnstone chairman. *14 December: Alex Duchart, 89, Hibernian, Third Lanark, East Fife, Dumbarton and Falkirk winger. *c.14 December: Jim Boyd, 66, Clyde and Motherwell defender. *1 January:

Frank McGarvey Francis Peter McGarvey (17 March 1956 – 1 January 2023) was a Scottish professional footballer who played as a forward, mostly for Celtic and St Mirren. He also played seven times in international matches for Scotland. Career McGarvey wa ...

, 66, St Mirren, Celtic, Queen of the South, Clyde and Scotland forward; Queen of the South manager. *January: Andy Graham, 66, Dundee United, Forfar Athletic, Raith Rovers, Stirling Albion and Kilmarnock goalkeeper. *23 January: Patrizio Billio, 48, Dundee and Aberdeen midfielder. *6 February: Billy Thomson, 64, Partick Thistle, St Mirren, Dundee United, Clydebank, Motherwell, Rangers, Dundee and Scotland goalkeeper. *21 February: Ron Gordon, 68, Hibernian chairman. *1 March: Allan McGraw, 83, Morton and Hibernian forward; Morton manager. *14 March: Chris Shevlane, 80, Hearts, Celtic, Hibernian and Morton defender. *14 March: John Sweeney, 88, Dunfermline Athletic left-back. *21 March:

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, 85, Queen's Park and Scotland left-back. *13 April: Willie Callaghan, 56, Dunfermline, Cowdenbeath, Clyde, Albion Rovers, Montrose, Meadowbank Thistle, Livingston and Partick Thistle forward. *c.16 April: Eddie Colquhoun, 78, Scotland centre-back. *11 May: Andy Provan, 79, St Mirren winger. *22 May: Hugh Strachan, 84, Motherwell, Greenock Morton, Kilmarnock and Partick Thistle defender. *24 May: Harry Gould, 74, Grade one referee. *10 June:

Adrian Sprott Adrian Sprott (23 March 1962 – 10 June 2023) was a Scottish association football, footballer who played as a defender (association football), defender or winger (association football), winger for Meadowbank Thistle F.C., Meadowbank Thistle, H ...

, 61, Meadowbank Thistle, Hamilton Academical and Stenhousemuir player. *15 June:

Gordon McQueen Gordon McQueen (26 June 1952 – 15 June 2023) was a Scottish professional footballer who played as a centre-back for St Mirren, Leeds United and Manchester United, in addition to the Scotland national team. McQueen started his footballing ca ...

, 70, St Mirren and Scotland defender; Airdrieonians manager. *26 June: Craig Brown, 82, Rangers, Dundee and Falkirk wing half; Clyde, Scotland, Motherwell and Aberdeen manager.

Retirements

* 18 June 2022:

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, 34, former

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and

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defender. * 22 June 2022:

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, 31, former

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and

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midfielder.https://www.glasgowtimes.co.uk/sport/20227364, Ex-Rangers midfielder Jamie Ness retires from football aged 31, Glasgow Evening Times, 22 June 2022

Notes and references

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