The 2018–19 season was the 122nd 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 Sc ...
. 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
Lyon,, ; Occitan language, Occitan: ''Lion'', hist. ''Lionés'' also spelled in English as Lyons, is the List of communes in France with over 20,000 inhabitants, third-largest city and Urban area (France), second-largest metropolitan area of F ...
for €22 million (about £19.7 million), a record transfer fee received by a Scottish club.
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
In sports, a reserve team is a team composed of players under contract to a club but who do not normally play in matches for the first team. Reserve teams often include back-up players from the first team, young players who need playing time to i ...
competition.
Honours
Non-league honours
Senior
Junior
;West Region
;East Region
;North Region
Reserve honours
Individual honours
PFA Scotland awards
SFWA awards
SPFL awards
Scottish clubs in Europe
Summary
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
The 2018–19 UEFA Europa League was the 48th season of Europe's secondary club football tournament organised by UEFA, and the 10th season since it was renamed from the UEFA Cup to the UEFA Europa League.
The final was played at the Olympic Sta ...
.
Group stage
Celtic finished second in
Group B
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, and progressed to the knockout rounds.
Knockout stage
Aberdeen
;UEFA Europa League
Having finished second in the
2017–18 Scottish Premiership
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, Aberdeen started in the second qualifying round of the
2018–19 UEFA Europa League
The 2018–19 UEFA Europa League was the 48th season of Europe's secondary club football tournament organised by UEFA, and the 10th season since it was renamed from the UEFA Cup to the UEFA Europa League.
The final was played at the Olympic Sta ...
.
Rangers
;UEFA Europa League
Rangers started in the first qualifying round of the
2018–19 UEFA Europa League
The 2018–19 UEFA Europa League was the 48th season of Europe's secondary club football tournament organised by UEFA, and the 10th season since it was renamed from the UEFA Cup to the UEFA Europa League.
The final was played at the Olympic Sta ...
, 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
The 2018–19 UEFA Europa League was the 48th season of Europe's secondary club football tournament organised by UEFA, and the 10th season since it was renamed from the UEFA Cup to the UEFA Europa League.
The final was played at the Olympic Sta ...
, and were paired with Faroese club
Runavík
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Port
Founded in 1916, Runavík has an important port, originally used predominantly by fishing boats but n ...
.
Scotland national team
Women's football
League and Cup honours
Individual honours
SWPL awards
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
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* Professional qualification, attributes developed by obtaining academic degrees or through professional exper ...
.
Scotland women's national team
With a 2–1 win against
Albania
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in the final round of group fixtures, Scotland qualified for their first
World Cup
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finals tournament by winning
UEFA Group 2.
Deaths
*8 July:
Alan Gilzean
Alan John Gilzean (; 22 October 1938 – 8 July 2018) was a Scottish professional footballer, active from 1955 to 1975. A striker, Gilzean played most prominently for Dundee and Tottenham Hotspur, and also appeared in 22 international games for ...
, 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
Allan Ball (26 February 1943 – 21 July 2018) was an English footballer. Born in Hetton-le-Hole in County Durham, Ball played as a goalkeeper, spending most of his professional career with Scottish club Queen of the South in Dumfries. Ball ...
, 75, Queen of the South goalkeeper.
*c.23 July:
Jimmy Copeland, 76, Kilmarnock, Dumbarton, Montrose and Clyde forward.
*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.
*13 November:
William Mullan
William Joseph Mullan (30 March 1928 – 13 November 2018) was a Scottish football referee.
Refereeing career
In 1962, Mullan became a referee in the Scottish Division One. Three years later, he was appointed as a FIFA referee.
In 1972, Mullan ...
, 90, referee.
*13 November:
David Stewart, 71, Ayr United and Scotland goalkeeper.
*16 November:
Flemming Nielsen
Flemming Gert Nielsen, known simply as Flemming Nielsen, (24 February 1934 – 16 November 2018) was a Danish football player in the midfielder position, who won a silver medal with the Denmark national football team at the 1960 Summer O ...
, 84, Morton midfielder.
*19 November:
George Yardley
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, 76, East Fife goalkeeper and forward.
*22 November:
Len Campbell, 71, Dumbarton wing half.
*1 January:
Freddie Glidden
Frederick Glidden (7 September 1927 – 1 January 2019) was a Scottish professional footballer who spent most of his career with Heart of Midlothian.
Career Early years
Raised in Stoneyburn, Glidden played for several different juvenile sides ...
, 91, Hearts and Dumbarton defender.
*24 January:
Hugh McIlvanney
Hugh McIlvanney (2 February 1934 – 24 January 2019) was a Scottish sports journalist who had long stints with the British Sunday newspapers ''The Observer'' (30 years until 1993) and then 23 years with ''The Sunday Times'' (1993–2016). Aft ...
, 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
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, 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.
*12 April:
Ivor Broadis
Ivan Arthur "Ivor" Broadis (18 December 1922 – 12 April 2019) was an English professional footballer.
During a career spanning nineteen years from 1942 to 1961, Broadis represented Carlisle United, Sunderland, Manchester City, Newcastle United ...
, 96, Queen of the South forward.
*22 April:
Billy McNeill
William McNeill (2 March 1940 – 22 April 2019) was a Scottish football player and manager. He had a long association with Celtic, spanning more than sixty years as a player, manager and club ambassador. McNeill captained Celtic's 'Lisbon Lio ...
, 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
Lawrence Grant Leslie (17 March 1935 – 4 June 2019) was a Scottish professional footballer who played as a goalkeeper for Hibernian, Airdrie, West Ham United, Stoke City, Millwall and Southend United. Internationally, he represented Scotlan ...
, 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
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, 87, Motherwell full-back.
References
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