2024–25 Scottish Premiership

(Redirected from 2024-25 Scottish Premiership) 119th season of top-tier football league in Scotland

Football league season

Scottish Premiership
Season	2024–25
Dates	3 August 2024 – 18 May 2025
Matches played	122
Goals scored	351 (2.88 per match)
Top goalscorer	Sam Dalby (10 goals)
Biggest home win	Rangers 6–0 Ross County (24 August 2024) Rangers 6–0 Kilmarnock (4 December 2024)
Biggest away win	St Johnstone 0–6 Celtic (28 September 2024)
Highest scoring	Motherwell 4–3 Dundee United (14 December 2024)
Longest winning run	Aberdeen Celtic 7 games
Longest unbeaten run	Celtic 18 games
Longest winless run	Aberdeen Hibernian 9 games
Longest losing run	Heart of Midlothian 5 games
Highest attendance	59,612 Celtic 3–0 Rangers (1 September 2024)
Lowest attendance	1,872 St Johnstone 1–0 Kilmarnock (23 November 2024)
Total attendance	2,025,568
Average attendance	16,740
← 2023–24 2025–26 → All statistics correct as of 2 January 2025.

The 2024–25 Scottish Premiership (known as the William Hill Premiership for sponsorship reasons) is the twelfth season of the Scottish Premiership, the highest division of Scottish football, and the 128th edition overall of the top national league competition, not including one cancelled due to World War II. Celtic are three-time defending champions. The season began on 3 August 2024.

Twelve teams contest the league: Aberdeen, Celtic, Dundee, Dundee United, Heart of Midlothian, Hibernian, Kilmarnock, Motherwell, Rangers, Ross County, St Johnstone and St Mirren.

Teams

The following teams changed division after the 2023–24 season.

Promoted from the Championship

Dundee United

Relegated to the Championship

Livingston

Stadia and locations

Aberdeen	Celtic	Dundee	Dundee United
Pittodrie Stadium	Celtic Park	Dens Park	Tannadice Park
Capacity: 20,866	Capacity: 60,411	Capacity: 11,775	Capacity: 14,223

Heart of Midlothian	DundeeEdinburghGlasgowAberdeen Kilmarnock Motherwell Ross County St Johnstone St MirrenDundee teams: Dundee Dundee UnitedEdinburgh teams: Hearts HibernianGlasgow teams: Celtic Rangers class=notpageimage\| Location of teams in the 2024–25 Scottish Premiership		Hibernian
Tynecastle Park			Easter Road
Capacity: 19,852			Capacity: 20,421

Kilmarnock			Motherwell
Rugby Park			Fir Park
Capacity: 15,003			Capacity: 13,677

Rangers	Ross County	St Johnstone	St Mirren
Ibrox Stadium	Victoria Park	McDiarmid Park	St Mirren Park
Capacity: 51,700	Capacity: 6,541	Capacity: 10,696	Capacity: 7,937

Dundee

Dundee Unitedclass=notpageimage| Premiership football clubs in Dundee

Heart of Midlothian

Hibernianclass=notpageimage| Premiership football clubs in Edinburgh

Celtic

Rangersclass=notpageimage| Premiership football clubs in Glasgow

Personnel and kits

Team	Manager	Captain	Kit manufacturer	Shirt sponsor (front)	Shirt sponsor (back)	Shirt sponsor (sleeve)	Shorts sponsor
Aberdeen	Jimmy Thelin	Graeme Shinnie	Adidas	Texo Group	None	RAM Tubulars	Texo Group
Celtic	Brendan Rodgers	Callum McGregor	Adidas	Dafabet	Magners	Celtic FC Foundation	None
Dundee	Tony Docherty	Joe Shaughnessy	Macron	Crown Engineering Services	MKM Building Supplies, John Clark BMW	GA Vans	DrainBlitz
Dundee United	Jim Goodwin	Ross Docherty	Erreà	Quinn Casino	JF Kegs, Norman Jamieson Ltd	Trade-Mart	Paint-Tec Accident Repair Centre
Heart of Midlothian	Neil Critchley	Lawrence Shankland	Umbro	Stellar Omada	FanHub, loveholidays	ASC Edinburgh Ltd	None
Hibernian	David Gray	Joe Newell	Joma	Bevvy.com	Whisky Row, Dunedin IT	SBK	Capital Credit Union
Kilmarnock	Derek McInnes	Kyle Vassell	Hummel	James Frew Ltd	James Frew Ltd, Blackwood Plant Hire	Redrock Automation	A&L Mechanical
Motherwell	Stuart Kettlewell	Paul McGinn	Macron	G4 Claims	Fire Suppression Scotland, Phoenix Specialist Solutions	DX Home Improvements	TCL
Rangers	Philippe Clement	James Tavernier	Castore	Unibet	SEKO Logistics	BOXT Life	AIM Building and Maintenance
Ross County	Don Cowie	Connor Randall	Macron	Ross-shire Engineering	Ross-shire Engineering	Mikeysline (Away)	None
St Johnstone	Simo Valakari	Nicky Clark	Macron	GS Brown Construction	Sidey Solutions, A & B Taxis Perth	Saints in the Community	CHAS Children's Hospice
St Mirren	Stephen Robinson	Mark O'Hara	Macron	Consilium Plumbing and Heating	Ultimate Home Solutions, Macklin Motors	Gennaro Glass & Glazing	KPP Chartered Accountants

Managerial changes

Team	Outgoing manager	Manner of departure	Date of vacancy	Position in table	Incoming manager	Date of appointment
Aberdeen	Peter Leven	End of interim spell	19 May 2024	Pre-season	Jimmy Thelin	3 June 2024
St Johnstone	Craig Levein	Sacked	17 September 2024	10th	Andy Kirk (interim)	17 September 2024
Heart of Midlothian	Steven Naismith	Sacked	22 September 2024	12th	Liam Fox (interim)	22 September 2024
St Johnstone	Andy Kirk	End of interim spell	1 October 2024	11th	Simo Valakari	1 October 2024
Heart of Midlothian	Liam Fox	End of interim spell	15 October 2024	12th	Neil Critchley	15 October 2024

Format

In the initial phase of the season, the 12 teams will play a round-robin tournament whereby each team plays each one of the other teams three times. After 33 games, the league splits into two sections of six teams, with each team playing each other in that section. The league attempts to balance the fixture list so that teams in the same section play each other twice at home and twice away, but sometimes this is impossible. A total of 228 matches will be played, with 38 matches played by each team.

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Celtic	19	16	2	1	52	7	+45	50	Qualification for the Champions League play-off round
2	Rangers	19	12	3	4	34	13	+21	39	Qualification for the Champions League second qualifying round
3	Dundee United	20	9	7	4	30	21	+9	34	Qualification for the Europa League second qualifying round
4	Aberdeen	20	10	4	6	32	28	+4	34	Qualification for the Conference League second qualifying round
5	St Mirren	21	8	3	10	27	34	−7	27
6	Motherwell	20	8	3	9	25	34	−9	27
7	Hibernian	21	6	7	8	28	32	−4	25
8	Kilmarnock	21	6	6	9	25	36	−11	24
9	Dundee	20	6	4	10	30	36	−6	22
10	Ross County	21	5	7	9	21	38	−17	22
11	Heart of Midlothian	21	5	5	11	24	31	−7	20	Qualification for the Premiership play-off final
12	St Johnstone	21	4	3	14	23	41	−18	15	Relegation to Championship

Updated to match(es) played on 2 January 2025. Source:
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored; 4) Head-to-Head points; 5) Head-to-Head goal difference; 6) Play-off (only if deciding champion, UEFA competitions qualification, second stage group allocation or relegation).
Notes:

Teams play each other three times (33 matches), before the league is split into two groups (the top six and the bottom six).
The winners of the 2024–25 Scottish Cup also qualify for the Europa League. If the cup winners qualify for the Champions League via league position, the berth reserved for the cup winners (Europa League play-off round) passes to the third-placed team, and the berths for the Europa League second qualifying round and the Conference League second qualifying round are passed down to the fourth- and fifth-placed teams.

Results

Matches 1–22

Teams play each other twice, once at home and once away.

Home \ Away	ABE	CEL	DND	DUN	HOM	HIB	KIL	MOT	RAN	ROS	STJ	STM
Aberdeen	—	0–1	4–1	1–0	3–2	1–3	2–0	2–1	2–1	1–2	1–1	3–1
Celtic	2–2	—	2–0	8 Jan	2–0	3–0	4–0	4–0	3–0	5–0	4–0	5 Jan
Dundee	1–2	14 Jan	—	1–2	3–1	4–1	2–3	4–1	9 Jan	0–3	1–2	2–2
Dundee United	1–0	0–0	2–2	—	5 Jan	3–2	1–1	1–2	0–1	3–0	2–0	2–0
Heart of Midlothian	1–1	1–4	2–0	0–1	—	1–2	1–2	1–0	0–0	1–1	2–1	4–0
Hibernian	3–3	0–2	2–2	1–1	1–1	—	1–0	1–2	5 Jan	3–1	2–0	1–2
Kilmarnock	4–0	0–2	1–1	3–3	1–0	1–1	—	8 Jan	1–0	5 Jan	0–3	2–0
Motherwell	5 Jan	0–3	0–1	4–3	3–1	0–3	1–1	—	2–2	0–0	2–1	2–1
Rangers	15 Jan	3–0	1–0	1–1	1–0	1–0	6–0	2–1	—	6–0	2–0	2–1
Ross County	0–1	1–2	2–0	1–1	2–2	0–0	2–1	2–1	0–3	—	3–3	1–2
St Johnstone	1–2	0–6	5 Jan	1–2	1–2	1–1	1–0	1–2	0–1	3–0	—	2–3
St Mirren	2–1	0–3	1–2	0–1	2–1	3–0	2–2	0–1	2–1	0–0	2–1	—

Updated to match(es) played on 2 January 2025. Source:
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.
For upcoming matches, an "a" indicates there is an article about the rivalry between the two participants.

Matches 23–33

Teams play each other once, either home or away.

Home \ Away	ABE	CEL	DND	DUN	HOM	HIB	KIL	MOT	RAN	ROS	STJ	STM
Aberdeen	—	—	—	1 Mar	12 Jan	—	22 Feb	29 Mar	12 Apr	—	—	25 Jan
Celtic	26 Feb	—	25 Jan	15 Feb	29 Mar	—	12 Apr	—	15 Mar	—	—	—
Dundee	15 Feb	—	—	—	1 Feb	—	3–2	—	29 Mar	—	1 Mar	5 Apr
Dundee United	—	—	15 Mar	—	—	26 Feb	—	22 Feb	26 Jan	—	12 Apr	—
Heart of Midlothian	—	—	—	5 Apr	—	—	25 Jan	—	16 Feb	15 Mar	—	26 Feb
Hibernian	1 Feb	22 Feb	12 Apr	—	1 Mar	—	—	11 Jan	—	—	29 Mar	—
Kilmarnock	—	—	—	1 Feb	—	15 Mar	—	5 Apr	26 Feb	—	15 Feb	—
Motherwell	—	2 Feb	26 Feb	—	12 Apr	—	—	—	—	15 Feb	—	15 Mar
Rangers	—	—	—	—	—	5 Apr	—	1 Mar	—	2 Feb	12 Jan	22 Feb
Ross County	5 Apr	11 Jan	22 Feb	29 Mar	—	25 Jan	1 Mar	—	—	—	—	—
St Johnstone	15 Mar	5 Apr	—	—	22 Feb	—	—	25 Jan	—	26 Feb	—	—
St Mirren	—	1 Mar	—	11 Jan	—	16 Feb	29 Mar	—	—	12 Apr	1 Feb	—

Matches 34–38

After 33 matches, the league splits into two sections of six teams i.e. the top six and the bottom six, with the teams playing every other team in their section once (either at home or away). The exact matches are determined by the position of the teams in the league table at the time of the split.

Season statistics

Top scorers

Rank	Player	Club	Goals
1	Sam Dalby	Dundee United	10
2	Kyogo Furuhashi	Celtic	8
2	Bruce Anderson	Kilmarnock	8
4	Nicolas Kühn	Celtic	7
	Simon Murray	Dundee
	Václav Černý	Rangers
7	Callum McGregor	Celtic	6
	Cyriel Dessers	Rangers
	Nicky Clark	St Johnstone
	Benjamin Mbunga Kimpioka	St Johnstone
	Toyosi Olusanya	St Mirren

Source:

Clean sheets

Rank	Player	Club	Clean sheets
1	Kasper Schmeichel	Celtic	15
2	Jack Butland	Rangers	9
3	Jack Walton	Dundee United	7
4	Robby McCrorie	Kilmarnock	4
4	Ross Laidlaw	Ross County	4
6	Dimitar Mitov	Aberdeen	3
6	Craig Gordon	Heart of Midlothian	3
8	Josef Bursik	Hibernian	2
	Jordan Smith	Hibernian
	Aston Oxborough	Motherwell
	Liam Kelly	Rangers
	Josh Rae	St Johnstone
	Ellery Balcombe	St Mirren

Source:

Awards

Month	Manager of the Month		Player of the Month
Month	Manager	Club	Player	Club
August	Jimmy Thelin	Aberdeen	Callum McGregor	Celtic
September	Brendan Rodgers	Celtic	Lennon Miller	Motherwell
October	Jimmy Thelin	Aberdeen	Nicky Devlin	Aberdeen
November	Brendan Rodgers	Celtic	Sam Dalby	Dundee United

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