The Scottish Premiership is the top tier of Scottish football. First formed in 1890 as the Scottish Football League, Scotland’s top tier has been renamed several times in the intervening period – having been known simply as the Scottish Premier League between 1998 and 2013.
Contested by 12 teams each year, a typical Scottish Premiership season runs for 38 games, with the league splitting into two separate halves after 33 games. At this point, the top six teams play their remaining fixtures against each other, with the same set-up applied to the bottom six.
Scottish Championship is a relative new league, but it should be seen as the new name of an old league, one of the oldest actually. The original Scottish Football League was inaugurated in 1890 (which could be compared with the English Football League founded in 1888).
In 1893, the league started to allow professional players and a second division was also established. Until 1946 the top-flight was called Division One, when it changed to Division A for nine seasons until it became Division One again. In 1975, the name of the top-flight once again change its name, this time to Premier Division.
The Scottish league would change name to Scottish Football Premier League in 1975 and since 2013 the first division has been called Scottish Premiership.
The easiest way to refer to historical records and statistics is the call the league Scottish Championship, which include all names and versions since 1890
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Scottish Premiership is the top level of the Scottish Professional Football League The second division is since 2013 known as Scottish Championship (previously the first level in Scottish Football League). An overview of the current national league system is presented in table 1.
Celtic and Rangers last played in the Scottish Premiership at Ibrox when the home side won 3-0 on January 2, 2025.
Before that, the sides played in the Scottish League Cup final 2024 when, after a 3-3 draw and extra time, Celtic won the match on penalties.
The first Celtic v Rangers encounter of the season was on Sunday, September 1, 2024 at Celtic Park when Celtic beat the visitors 3-0.
