The 2021–22 season is the 125th season of competitive football in Scotland. The domestic season began on the weekend of 10 July 2021 with the first Scottish League Cup 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 Highland
Lowland
Honours Cup honours
CompetitionWinner ScoreRunner-up Match report2021–22 Scottish CupRangers2–0 Heart of MidlothianBBC Sport2021–22 League CupCeltic2–1HibernianBBC Sport2021–22 Challenge CupRaith Rovers3–1Queen of the SouthBBC SportAuchinleck Talbot3–1Bonnyrigg Rose AthleticEdinburghNews2021–22 Youth CupRangers2–1Heart of MidlothianBBC Sport2021–22 Junior CupAuchinleck Talbot2–0Yoker AthleticDaily Record2021–22 Amateur Cup Tower Hearts 1–1 (4–3 pens.) Fallin The National
Non-league honours LevelCompetitionWinner5 Highland LeagueFraserburgh Lowland LeagueBonnyrigg Rose Athletic6Midlands LeagueCarnoustie PanmureNorth Caledonian LeagueInvergordonNorth SuperleagueBanks O' Dee6 Tranent Juniors South of Scotland LeagueSt Cuthbert Wanderers Darvel7North First DivisionStonehaven West of Scotland League Tier 7 8North Second DivisionRothie Rovers Whitburn Finnart
Individual honours PFA Scotland awards AwardWinnerTeam Players' Player of the Year Callum McGregor Celtic Young Player of the Year Liel Abada Celtic Manager of the Year Ange Postecoglou Celtic Championship Player of Year Michael McKenna Arbroath League One Player of Year Dylan Easton Airdrieonians League Two Player of Year Joe Cardle Kelty Hearts
SFWA awards AwardWinnerTeam Footballer of the Year Craig Gordon Heart of Midlothian Young Player of the Year Calvin Ramsay Aberdeen Manager of the Year Ange Postecoglou Celtic International Player of the Year John McGinn Aston Villa
Scottish clubs in Europe
Summary
ClubCompetitionsStarted roundFinal roundCoef.RangersUEFA Champions LeagueThird qualifying roundThird qualifying round23.500UEFA Europa League Play-off roundFinalCelticUEFA Champions LeagueSecond qualifying roundSecond qualifying round9.500UEFA Europa League Third qualifying roundGroup stageUEFA Europa Conference League Knockout play-offKnockout play-offSt Johnstone UEFA Europa League Third qualifying roundThird qualifying round1.000UEFA Conference League Play-off roundPlay-off roundHibernianUEFA Conference League Second qualifying roundThird qualifying round2.500AberdeenUEFA Conference LeagueSecond qualifying roundPlay-off round3.000Total39.500Average7.900
Rangers UEFA Champions League
Rangers entered the 2021–22 UEFA Champions League 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 table, the league was given two places in the 2021–22 UEFA Champions League. 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 in the third qualifying round.
UEFA Europa Conference League
Hibernian UEFA Europa Conference League
Hibernian qualified for the 2021–22 UEFA Europa Conference League and entered in the second qualifying round.
Aberdeen UEFA Europa Conference League
Aberdeen qualified for the 2021–22 UEFA Europa Conference League and entered in the second qualifying round.
Scotland national team
Women's football
SWPL 1
SWPL 2
League honours Division Winner 2021–22 SWF Championship North Montrose 2021–22 SWF Championship South Gartcairn 2021 Scottish Women's Football League North/East Bayside 2021 Scottish Women's Football League West/South West Bishopton Ladies 2021 Scottish Women's Football League Central/South East Motherwell Development 2021 Highlands and Islands League Inverness Caledonian Thistle Development
Cup honours CompetitionWinnerScoreRunner-upMatch report2021–22 Scottish Women's CupCeltic3–2 Glasgow CityBBC Sport2021–22 SWPL CupCeltic1–0Glasgow CityBBC SportSWF Championship Cup Dryburgh Athletic 1–0 MontroseSWF2021 Scottish Women's Football League Cup Bishopton 4–0 Bayside Daily Record2021 Scottish Women's Football League Plate Murieston 1–0 Ayr United Development Anyone's Game2021 Highlands and Islands League Cup Sutherland 3–2 Clachnacuddin Northern Times
Individual honours
AwardWinnerTeam Players' Player of the Year Priscila Chinchilla Glasgow City Players' Young Player of the Year Jacynta Galabadaarachchi Celtic SWPL 1 Player of the Year Priscila Chinchilla Glasgow City SWPL 2 Player of the Year Danni McGinley Dundee United W.F.C. SWPL Coach of the Year Malky Thomson Rangers W.F.C. SWF Championship North Player Aimee Ridgeway Montrose SWF Championship South Player Rachel Howie Gartcairn SWFL Player of the Year Rachel Scott Ayr United
UEFA Women's Champions League Glasgow City and Celtic 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.Jimmy Gabriel, former Dundee, Everton and Scotland midielder dies at 80 11 July: Charlie Gallagher, 80, Celtic and Dumbarton forward.Celtic great and Lisbon Lion Charlie Gallagher dies aged 80 14 July: Ken Ronaldson, 75, Aberdeen forward. c. 14 July: John Anderson, 84, Greenock Morton and Third Lanark winger.Vale John Anderson 20 July: Billy Reid, 83, Motherwell and Airdrieonians wing half.Billy Reid 21 July: Tommy Leishman, 83, Hibernian, Stranraer and St Mirren wing half.Linfield pay Tommy Leishman tribute following death of club legend 26 July: Ally Dawson, 63, Rangers, Airdrieonians and Scotland defender; Hamilton Academical manager. 30 July: John May, 79, Forfar Athletic forward.John May, Forfar teacher who played against Rangers dies aged 79 13 August: Bobby Stein, 82, Raith Rovers, Montrose and East Stirlingshire right back.Robert 'Bobby' Stein 25 August: Alan Ewing, 52, Stranraer midfielder.Alan Ewing: Linfield and Coleraine pay tribute to former player who passed away aged 52 25 August: Bobby Waddell, 81, Dundee, East Fife and Montrose forward. 25 September: Ian Riddell, St Mirren and Berwick Rangers left-back.Ian Riddell c.26 September: Bert Ferguson, 67, Ayr United, St Mirren and Stranraer winger.Bert Ferguson 9 October: Billy Lamont, 85, Hamilton Academical goalkeeper and East Stirlingshire, Falkirk and Dumbarton manager.Ex-Falkirk and East Stirlingshire manager Billy Lamont dies at age of 85 17 October: George Kinnell, 83, Aberdeen midfielder.In Memoriam|George Kinnell October: Frank MacGregor, 83, Clyde full back.Frank MacGregor: Tributes paid to Johnstone Burgh legend 26 October: Walter Smith, 73, Dundee United and Dumbarton defender; Rangers and Scotland manager. October: Walter Cameron, Arbroath full back.Remembering Walter Cameorn 4 November: Paul Kelly, 57, Alloa Athletic, Stenhousemuir, Stranraer and East Stirlingshire midfielder.Paul Kelly 1964-2021 6 November: Jim Kerray, 85, Raith Rovers, Dunfermline Athletic, St. Johnstone, Stirling Albion and Falkirk forward.Jim Kerray 14 November: Bertie Auld, 83, Celtic, Dumbarton, Hibernian and Scotland midfielder; Partick Thistle, Hibernian, Hamilton Academical and Dumbarton manager. 24 November: Frank Burrows, 77, Raith Rovers central defender.Former Cardiff City and Swansea City manager Frank Burrows dies 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, 75, Celtic manager. January: Bob Stirrat, East Fife defender.Bob Stirrat 3 February: Alex Ingram, 77, Queen's Park and Ayr United forward. 4 February: Davie Cattanach, 75, Stirling Albion, Celtic and Falkirk wing half.Death of former Celtic 'Quality Street Gang' player David Cattanach 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.Andy Geddes, 1959-2022 18 April: Graham Fyfe, 70, Rangers, Hibernian and Dumbarton winger. 10 June: Bobby Hope, 78, Scotland midfielder.West Bromwich Albion legend Bobby Hope dies at age of 78 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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