The 2018–19 season was the 122nd season of competitive football in Scotland. The domestic season began on 14 July 2018, with the first round of matches in the 2018–19 Scottish League Cup. The 2018–19 Scottish Professional Football League season commenced on 4 August.
Transfer deals
Celtic sold striker Moussa Dembélé to Lyon for €22 million (about £19.7 million), a record transfer fee received by a Scottish club at the time.
League competitions
Scottish Premiership
Scottish Championship
Scottish League One
Scottish League Two
Non-league football Level 5
Level 6
SPFL Reserve League
In 2018, the Development League was abolished and replaced by a reserve team competition.
Honours
CompetitionWinnerScoreRunner-upMatch report2018–19 Scottish CupCeltic2–1Heart of MidlothianBBC Sport2018–19 League CupCeltic1–0AberdeenBBC Sport2018–19 Challenge CupRoss County3–1Connah's Quay NomadsBBC Sport2018–19 Youth CupRangers3–2CelticBBC Sport2018–19 Junior CupAuchinleck Talbot2–0Largs ThistleBBC SportEast Kilbride2–1Bonnyrigg Rose AthleticEdinburgh Evening News2018–19 Amateur Cup Colville Park 2 – 0 Eastfield Glasgow World
Non-league honours Senior CompetitionWinner Highland League Cove Rangers Lowland League East Kilbride East of Scotland League Bonnyrigg Rose Athletic South of Scotland League Stranraer reserves
Junior West Region
DivisionWinnerPremiershipAuchinleck TalbotChampionshipRutherglen GlencairnLeague OneGartcairn JuniorsLeague TwoLanark United
East Region DivisionWinnerSuperleagueLochee UnitedPremier League NorthDundee North EndPremier League SouthPumpherston
North Region DivisionWinnerSuperleagueBanks O' DeeNorth First DivisionBanchory St. TernanNorth Second DivisionBuchanhaven Hearts
Reserve honours Competition Winner Runner-up Ref Reserve League Rangers Celtic Reserve League 2 Livingston Ayr United Reserve League Cup Heart of Midlothian Motherwell Reserve Challenge Cup Ayr United Livingston
Individual honours PFA Scotland awards
AwardWinnerTeam Players' Player of the Year James Forrest Celtic Young Player of the Year Ryan Kent Rangers Manager of the Year Steve Clarke Kilmarnock Championship Player of Year Stephen Dobbie Queen of the South League One Player of Year Bobby Linn Arbroath League Two Player of Year Blair Henderson Edinburgh City
SFWA awards AwardWinnerTeam Footballer of the Year James Forrest Celtic Young Player of the Year David Turnbull Motherwell Manager of the Year Steve Clarke Kilmarnock International Player of the Year James Forrest Celtic
SPFL awards Award Winner Team Premiership Manager Steve Clarke Kilmarnock Premiership Player James Forrest Celtic Championship Manager Steve Ferguson andStuart Kettlewell Ross County Championship Player Stephen Dobbie Queen of the South League One Manager Dick Campbell Arbroath League One Player Bobby Linn Arbroath League Two Manager Danny Lennon Clyde League Two Player Blair Henderson Edinburgh City
Scottish clubs in Europe
Summary ClubCompetitionsStarted roundFinal roundCoef.CelticUEFA Champions LeagueFirst qualifying roundThird qualifying round11.5UEFA Europa LeaguePlay-off roundRound of 32AberdeenUEFA Europa LeagueSecond qualifying round0.5RangersUEFA Europa LeagueFirst qualifying roundGroup Stage11.0HibernianUEFA Europa LeagueFirst qualifying roundThird qualifying round4.0Total27.0Average6.750
Celtic UEFA Champions League Celtic started in the first qualifying round of the 2018–19 UEFA Champions League, and were drawn against Armenian club Alashkert.
UEFA Europa League Having lost in the third qualifying round of the Champions League, Celtic dropped into the play-off round of the 2018–19 UEFA Europa League.
Group stage
Celtic finished second in Group B, and progressed to the knockout rounds.
Knockout stage
Aberdeen UEFA Europa League
Having finished second in the 2017–18 Scottish Premiership, Aberdeen started in the second qualifying round of the 2018–19 UEFA Europa League.
Rangers UEFA Europa League
Rangers started in the first qualifying round of the 2018–19 UEFA Europa League, where they were drawn to play Macedonian club Shkupi.
Group stage
Hibernian UEFA Europa League
Hibernian started in the first qualifying round of the 2018–19 UEFA Europa League, and were paired with Faroese club Runavík.
Scotland national team
Women's football League and Cup honours DivisionWinner2018 SWPL 1Glasgow City2018 SWPL 2Motherwell2018 SWFL First Division (North)Dundee United2018 SWFL First Division (South)Hibernian 23s2018 SWFL Second Division (West)Ayr United2018 SWFL Second Division (Central)Glasgow City Development2018 SWFL Second Division (East)Kelty Hearts CC2018 SWFL Second Division (North)Montrose
CompetitionWinnerScoreRunner-upMatch report2018 Scottish Women's CupHibernian8–0MotherwellBBC Sport2018 SWPL CupHibernian9–0CelticBBC SportSWFL First Division CupCeltic Academy1–0Hibernian 23sSWFL Second Division Cup
Individual honours SWPL awards
AwardWinnerTeam Players' Player of the Year Player of the Year Manager of the Year Young Player of the Year
Scottish Women's Premier League
SWPL 1
SWPL 2
UEFA Women's Champions League
Glasgow City Glasgow City entered the Champions League in the qualifying round.
Scotland women's national team
With a 2–1 win against Albania in the final round of group fixtures, Scotland qualified for their first World Cup finals tournament by winning UEFA Group 2.
Deaths
8 July: Alan Gilzean, 79, Dundee and Scotland forward. 14 July: Davie McParland, 83, Partick Thistle winger; Partick Thistle, Queen's Park and Hamilton Academical manager; Celtic assistant manager. 21 July: Allan Ball, 75, Queen of the South goalkeeper. c.23 July: Jimmy Copeland, 76, Kilmarnock, Dumbarton, Montrose and Clyde forward.Jimmy Copeland 10 August: Alan Hercher, 52, Inverness Caledonian Thistle midfielder. September: George O'Hara, Dundee and Queen of the South forward. 24 September: Jim Brogan, 74, Celtic, Ayr United and Scotland full-back. 31 October: Johnny Graham, 73, Third Lanark, Dundee United, Falkirk, Hibernian and Ayr United midfielder.Tributes to club legends 13 November: William Mullan, 90, referee. 13 November: David Stewart, 71, Ayr United and Scotland goalkeeper. 16 November: Flemming Nielsen, 84, Morton midfielder. 19 November: George Yardley, 76, East Fife goalkeeper and forward. 22 November: Len Campbell, 71, Dumbarton wing half. 1 January: Freddie Glidden, 91, Hearts and Dumbarton defender. 24 January: Hugh McIlvanney, 84, journalist. 5 February: Joe Fascione, 74, Dundee United winger. 9 February: Katharina Lindner, 39, Glasgow City forward. 9 February: Ian Ross, 72, Berwick Rangers manager. 17 February: Johnny Valentine, 88, Queen's Park, Rangers and St Johnstone defender. 4 March: Eric Caldow, 84, Rangers, Stirling Albion and Scotland defender; Stranraer manager. 7 March: Bobby Campbell, 77, Greenock Morton, St Mirren and Motherwell inside right.Former Morton star who was a key player in one of the club's best-ever sides has died 12 April: Ivor Broadis, 96, Queen of the South forward. 22 April: Billy McNeill, 79, Celtic and Scotland defender; Clyde, Aberdeen and Celtic manager. 29 April: Stevie Chalmers, 83, Dumbarton, Celtic, Morton, Partick Thistle and Scotland forward. 13 May: George Smith, 75, referee. 26 May: Harry Hood, 74, Clyde, Celtic, Motherwell and Queen of the South forward; Albion Rovers and Queen of the South manager. 4 June: Lawrie Leslie, 84, Hibernian, Airdrie and Scotland goalkeeper. 17 June: Ian MacFarlane, 86, Aberdeen full-back. 19 June: Ernie Collumbine, 80/81, Stenhousemuir, East Stirlingshire, St Johnstone and Clydebank wing-half. 24 June: Bobby Brown, 87, Motherwell full-back.
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