The 2015–16 season was the 119th season of competitive

football in Scotland Association football ( sco, fitbaa, gd, ball-coise) is one of the national sports of Scotland and the most popular sport in the country. There is a long tradition of "football" games in Orkney, Lewis and southern Scotland, especially the Sco ...

. The domestic season began on 25 July 2015, with the first round of the

2015–16 Scottish Challenge Cup The 2015–16 Scottish Challenge Cup, known as the Petrofac Training Cup due to sponsorship reasons, was the 25th season of the competition. It was competed for by 32 clubs, which include the 30 members of the 2015–16 Scottish Championship, 20 ...

. The

2015–16 Scottish Professional Football League Statistics of the Scottish Professional Football League in season 2015–16. Scottish Premiership Scottish Championship Scottish League One Scottish League Two Award winners Yearly Monthly See also *2015–16 in Scottish ...

season commenced on 1 August.

Transfer deals

League competitions

Scottish Premiership

Scottish Championship

Scottish League One

Scottish League Two

Non-league football

Level 5

Level 6

SPFL Development League

Honours

Cup honours

Non-league honours

Senior

Junior

;West Region ;East Region ;North Region

Individual honours

PFA Scotland awards

SFWA awards

Scottish clubs in Europe

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Inverness Caledonian Thistle Inverness Caledonian Thistle Football Club, commonly known as Caley Thistle, is a professional football club based in Inverness, Scotland. The team currently competes in the Scottish Championship, the second tier of the Scottish Professional F ...

Aberdeen Aberdeen (; sco, Aiberdeen ; gd, Obar Dheathain ; la, Aberdonia) is a city in North East Scotland, and is the third most populous city in the country. Aberdeen is one of Scotland's 32 local government council areas (as Aberdeen City), and ...

and

St Johnstone St Johnstone Football Club is a professional association football club in Perth, Scotland which is a member of the Scottish Premiership for the 2022–23 season. The club's name is derived from St John's Toun ''aka'' Saint Johnstoun – an old ...

qualified for European competition.

Celtic

;UEFA Champions League ;UEFA Europa League

Aberdeen

;UEFA Europa League

Inverness Caledonian Thistle

;UEFA Europa League

St Johnstone

;UEFA Europa League

Scotland national team

Women's football

Scottish Women's Premier League

League and Cup honours

Individual honours

SWPL awards

UEFA Women's Champions League

Glasgow City

Scotland women's national team

Deaths

*10 July: Jimmy Murray, 82, Hearts, Falkirk, Clyde, Raith Rovers and Scotland forward. *2 August:

Sammy Cox Samuel Richmond Cox (13 April 1924 – 2 August 2015) was a Scottish footballer who played for Queen's Park, Third Lanark, Dundee, Rangers, East Fife, Scotland and the Scottish League XI. Career Club Cox was born in Darvel, Ayrshire, Scotla ...

, 91, Queen's Park, Third Lanark, Dundee, Rangers, East Fife and Scotland defender. *6 August: Danny Hegan, 72, Albion Rovers midfielder. *16 August: George Merchant, 89, Dundee and Falkirk forward. *29 August:

Graham Leggat Graham Leggat (20 June 1934 – 29 August 2015) was a Scottish international footballer. Playing career Born in Aberdeen, Leggat started his career at his home town club as a right winger. He was part of the Aberdeen team that won the Scottish ...

, 81, Aberdeen and Scotland forward. *6 September:

Ralph Milne Ralph Milne (13 May 1961 – 6 September 2015) was a Scottish professional footballer whose clubs included Dundee United, Charlton Athletic, Bristol City and Manchester United. He played as both an attacking midfielder or a winger. He began his ...

, 54, Dundee United winger. *6 September: Hugh Ormond, 92, Dundee United and St Mirren full back. *12 September: Jim Doherty, 61, Albion Rovers and Stranraer midfielder. *1 October: Joe Wark, 67, Motherwell defender. *2 October: Johnny Paton, 92, Celtic winger. *17 October: Johnny Hamilton, 66, Rangers, Hibernian and St Johnstone midfielder. *23 October:

Peter Price Peter or Pete Price may refer to: * Peter O. Price (born 1941), former journalist and CEO of the National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences *Peter Price (bishop) Peter Bryan Price (born 17 May 1944) is a retired English Anglican bishop ...

, 83, St Mirren, Ayr United, Raith Rovers and Albion Rovers forward. *25 October: Matt Watson, 79, Kilmarnock and Queen of the South full-back. *5 November: Brown McMaster, 66, Scottish Football League president (2007–09); Partick Thistle and Stenhousemuir executive. *15 November:

Jackie McGugan John Hannah "Jackie" McGugan (12 June 1939 – 15 November 2015) was a Scottish footballer, who played for Pollok, St Mirren, Leeds United, Tranmere Rovers, Ayr United, Greenock Morton and Cambridge City. McGugan was part of the St Mirren t ...

, 76, St Mirren, Ayr United and Morton defender. *5 December:

Willie Coburn Willie Simpson Coburn (13 April 1941 – 5 December 2015) was a Scottish footballer who played as a full-back. He spent much of his career with St Johnstone and also played for Forfar Athletic and Cowdenbeath. Coburn joined St Johnstone from C ...

, 74, St Johnstone, Forfar and Cowdenbeath defender. *6 December:

Ian Burns Ian Burns may refer to: * Ian Burns (snooker player) Ian Burns (born 11 March 1985) is an English professional snooker player. Burns turned professional in 2012 after qualifying in his first attempt of the Q School and gained a two-year tour ...

, 76, Aberdeen and Brechin City wing half. *8 December:

Alan Hodgkinson Alan Hodgkinson MBE (16 August 1936 – 8 December 2015) was an English professional football goalkeeper and goalkeeping coach. Playing career Hodgkinson signed for Sheffield United from Worksop Town on 1 August 1953, and made 675 first-team ap ...

, 79, Scotland goalkeeping coach. *10 December: Arnold Peralta, 26, Rangers midfielder. *December: Duncan Lambie, 63, Dundee, St Johnstone and Hibernian forward. *19 January: Joachim Fernandez, 43, Dundee United defender. *22 January:

Tommy Bryceland Tommy Bryceland (1 March 1939 – 22 January 2016) was a Scottish football player and manager. He played for St Mirren, Norwich City and Oldham Athletic and then returned to St Mirren for a stint as player-manager. A scheming inside-forward ( ...

, 76, St Mirren forward and manager. *January: John Dowie, 60, Celtic and Clyde defender *28 January: Dave Thomson, 77, Dunfermline Athletic, Queen of the South, Berwick Rangers and East Stirlingshire forward. *28 January:

Tommy O'Hara Thomas O'Hara (17 August 1952 – 27 January 2016) was a professional footballer who played as a midfielder. Active in Scotland and the United States, O'Hara made over 350 career league appearances. He also earned one international cap with the ...

, 62, Queen of the South, Motherwell, Falkirk and Partick Thistle midfielder. *4 February:

Harry Glasgow Henry Bird "Harry" Glasgow (20 June 1939 – 4 February 2016) was a Scottish football player and manager. Glasgow began his career with Falkirk, where he made four appearances, all of which came in cup competitions. He spent a season on loan a ...

, 76, Clyde, Arbroath and Stenhousemuir defender, Stenhousemuir manager. *24 February:

Jim McFadzean James McFadzean (20 August 1938 – 24 February 2016) was a Scottish footballer who played as a forward. McFadzean is best known for his part in the 1964-65 title winning Kilmarnock Kilmarnock (, sco, Kilmaurnock; gd, Cill Mheàrnaig ( ...

, 77, Heart of Midlothian, St Mirren, Raith Rovers, Kilmarnock and Ayr United defender. *4 March: Eddie Blyth, 91, St Mirren forward. *11 March:

Billy Ritchie William Ritchie (11 September 1936 – 10 March 2016) was a Scottish professional footballer who was best known for his time with Rangers. Ritchie started his career at local side Bathgate Thistle before moving to Rangers in 1955. He played b ...

, 79, Rangers, Partick Thistle, Motherwell, Stranraer and Scotland goalkeeper. *22 March: Les Thomson, 79, Falkirk, Stirling Albion and Stenhousemuir centre-half. *31 March: Ian Britton, 61, Dundee United and Arbroath midfielder. *31 March:

Jimmy Toner James Toner (23 August 1924 – 31 March 2016) was a Scottish footballer, who played for Dundee and Leeds United. He won two Scottish League Cup winner's medals with Dundee.

, 91, Dundee inside forward. *7 May: Chris Mitchell, 27, Falkirk, Ayr United, Bradford City, Queen of the South and Clyde midfielder. *8 May: George Ross, 73, Preston North End full back. *11 May:

Bobby Carroll Robert Carroll (13 May 1938 – 11 May 2016) was a Scottish footballer who played for Celtic, St Mirren, Dundee United, Coleraine F.C., Coleraine and Queen of the South F.C., Queen of the South. He was Celtic's first ever goalscorer in European ...

, 77, Celtic, St Mirren, Dundee United and Queen of the South winger. *14 May: Jim Finlayson, East Fife, Forfar Athletic and Montrose forward. *14 May: John Coyle, 83, Dundee United, Brechin City and Clyde forward. *25 May: Ian Gibson, 73, Scotland under-23 international. *20 June:

Willie Logie William Logie (20 September 1932 – 20 June 2016) was a Scottish footballer, who played for Cambuslang Rangers, Rangers, Aberdeen, Arbroath, Brechin City, and Alloa Athletic Alloa Athletic Football Club is a Scottish association football ...

, 83, Rangers, Aberdeen, Arbroath, Brechin City and Alloa Athletic wing half.

Notes and references

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