The 2017–18 season was the 121st season of competitive

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. The domestic season began on 15 July 2017, with the first round of matches in the

2017–18 Scottish League Cup The 2017–18 Scottish League Cup (also known as the Betfred Cup for sponsorship reasons) was the 72nd season of Scotland's second-most prestigious football knockout competition. The format for the 2017–18 competition remained the same as th ...

. The 2017–18 Scottish Professional Football League season commenced on 5 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

Development League Champions

Honours

Cup honours

Non-league honours

Senior

Junior

;West Region ;East Region ;North Region

Individual honours

PFA Scotland awards

SFWA awards

SPFL awards

Scottish clubs in Europe

Summary

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, Rangers and St Johnstone qualified for European competition. Rangers and St Johnstone were both eliminated in the first qualifying round, which prompted some administrators and coaches to suggest that Scottish football should adopt a summer season.

Celtic

;UEFA Champions League Celtic started in the second qualifying round of the

2017–18 UEFA Champions League The 2017–18 UEFA Champions League was the 63rd season of Europe's premier club football tournament organised by UEFA, and the 26th season since it was renamed from the European Champion Clubs' Cup to the UEFA Champions League. The final was pla ...

, and were drawn against the winners of a first round tie between Linfield and Fiorita. ;UEFA Europa League Celtic finished third in their Champions League group, which meant that they progressed to the last 32 of the Europa League.

Aberdeen

;UEFA Europa League Aberdeen started in the second qualifying round of the

2017–18 UEFA Europa League The 2017–18 UEFA Europa League was the 47th season of Europe's secondary club football tournament organised by UEFA, and the 9th season since it was renamed from the UEFA Cup to the UEFA Europa League. The final was played at the Parc Olympi ...

, and were drawn against the winners of a first round tie between Ordabasy and

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Rangers

;UEFA Europa League

St Johnstone

;UEFA Europa League

Scotland national team

Women's football

League and Cup honours

Individual honours

SWPL awards

Scottish Women's Premier League

UEFA Women's Champions League

Glasgow City

Glasgow City entered the Champions League in the

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Hibernian

Scotland women's national team

Deaths

*2 July: Billy Cook, 77, Kilmarnock defender. *2 July: John McCormick, 80, Third Lanark and Aberdeen defender. *5 July: John McKenzie, 91, Partick Thistle, Dumbarton and Scotland winger. *15 July:

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, 92, Heart of Midlothian, Clyde and Hibernian wing half. *19 July:

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, 82, Clyde, Albion Rovers and Stenhousemuir wing half. *2 August: Dave Caldwell, 85, Aberdeen and Morton left back. *15 August: Joe McGurn, 52, St Johnstone, Alloa and Stenhousemuir forward. *16 August: John Ogston, 78, Aberdeen goalkeeper. *12 September: Bert McCann, 84, Dundee United, Queen's Park, Motherwell, Hamilton and Scotland wing half. *18 September: Paul Wilson, 66, Celtic, Motherwell and Partick Thistle midfielder. *1 October: John Swinburne, 87, Motherwell director. *6 October:

Ian McNeill John McKeand "Ian" McNeill (24 February 1932 – 6 October 2017) was a Scottish professional footballer and manager. Playing at inside forward, McNeill started his career at Aberdeen, making his first team debut in January 1951. McNeill moved to ...

, 85, Aberdeen forward and Ross County manager. *9 October:

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, 81, Dundee United, East Fife, Arbroath and Brechin City forward. *31 October: Stefano Salvatori, 49, Hearts midfielder. *15 November: Bert Ormond, 86, Falkirk, Airdrieonians and Dumbarton forward. *28 November: Jimmy McEwan, 88, Arbroath and Raith Rovers winger. *26 December: Willie Penman, 78, Rangers inside forward. *2 January: Mike McCartney, 63, Gretna manager. *2 January: Felix Reilly, 84, Dunfermline and East Fife forward. *9 January: Tommy Lawrence, 77, Scotland goalkeeper. *10 January: John McGlashan, 50, Montrose, Dundee, Arbroath and Ross County midfielder; Arbroath manager. *9 February:

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, 36, Celtic and Hibernian midfielder. *19 February: John Orr, 72, Kilmarnock chairman (2001–03). *28 February:

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, 70, Alloa Athletic and St Johnstone forward. *4 March: Alex Rennie, 69, Stirling Albion, St Johnstone and Dundee United defender; St Johnstone and Stenhousemuir manager. *6 March: John Kurila, 76, Celtic wing half. *19 March: George Meek, 84, Hamilton winger. *28 March: Ron Mailer, 85, Dunfermline wing half. *4 April:

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, 61, Rangers and Hibernian midfielder. *10 April: John Lambie, 77, Falkirk and St Johnstone defender; Hamilton, Partick Thistle and Falkirk manager. *27 April:

George Mulhall George Mulhall (8 May 1936 – 27 April 2018) was a Scottish football player and manager. Born in Falkirk, Mulhall played as an outside left for Aberdeen and Sunderland. He was capped three times for Scotland. He became the manager of Bradfor ...

, 81, Aberdeen, Morton and Scotland winger. *May:

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, 79, Falkirk, St Johnstone and Stirling Albion centre half / centre forward. *28 May:

Neale Cooper Neale James Cooper (24 November 1963 – 28 May 2018) was a Scottish football player and coach. He played as a midfielder during the 1980s and 1990s, most prominently for the Aberdeen team managed by Alex Ferguson, and later played for Aston ...

, 54, Aberdeen, Rangers, Dunfermline and Ross County midfielder; Ross County and Peterhead manager. *2 June: John Ritchie, 70, Cowdenbeath, Brechin City and Dundee United goalkeeper; Brechin City manager. *14 June: Allan Presslie, 77, Caledonian, Arbroath, Buckie Thistle and Elgin City centre half. *21 June:

Johnny Hubbard John Gaulton Hubbard, MBE (16 December 1930 – 21 June 2018) was a South African footballer. Hubbard spent the majority of his career at Scottish club Rangers, and later played for English club Bury before ending his career back in Scotland ...

, 87, Rangers and Ayr United winger. *23 June: Douglas Rae, 87, Morton chairman. *26 June: Harold Davis, 85, East Fife, Rangers and Partick Thistle wing half; Queen's Park and Queen of the South manager. *c.26 June: Ronnie Sheed, 71, Kilmarnock and Partick Thistle midfielder.

Notes and references

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