The 2021–22 season is the 125th 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 the weekend of 10 July 2021 with the first
Scottish League Cup
The Scottish League Cup (also known as the Viaplay Cup for sponsorship reasons) is a football competition open to all Scottish Professional Football League (SPFL) clubs. First held in 1946–47, it is the oldest national League Cup in existen ...
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
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Honours
Cup honours
Non-league honours
Individual honours
PFA Scotland awards
SFWA awards
Scottish clubs in Europe
Summary
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
In European football, the UEFA coefficients are statistics based in weighted arithmetic means used for ranking and seeding teams in club and international competitions. Introduced in 1979 for men's football tournaments, and after applied in wome ...
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
UEFA Europa Conference League
Hibernian qualified for the
2021–22 UEFA Europa Conference League
The 2021–22 UEFA Europa Conference League was the inaugural season of the UEFA Europa Conference League, Europe's tertiary club football tournament organised by UEFA.
The final was played at the Arena Kombëtare in Tirana, Albania, with Roma ...
and entered in the second qualifying round.
Aberdeen
UEFA Europa Conference League
Aberdeen qualified for the
2021–22 UEFA Europa Conference League
The 2021–22 UEFA Europa Conference League was the inaugural season of the UEFA Europa Conference League, Europe's tertiary club football tournament organised by UEFA.
The final was played at the Arena Kombëtare in Tirana, Albania, with Roma ...
Celtic
Celtic, Celtics or Keltic may refer to:
Language and ethnicity
*pertaining to Celts, a collection of Indo-European peoples in Europe and Anatolia
**Celts (modern)
*Celtic languages
**Proto-Celtic language
* Celtic music
*Celtic nations
Sports Fo ...
qualified for the Women's Champions League.
Glasgow City
Celtic
Scotland women's national team
Deaths
* 10 July:
Jimmy Gabriel
James Gabriel (10 October 1940 – 10 July 2021) was a Scottish football defensive midfielder and defender who earned two caps with the Scotland national football team. Chiefly associated with English clubs Everton and Southampton, Gabriel pla ...
, 80, Dundee and Scotland defender.
* 11 July: Charlie Gallagher, 80, Celtic and Dumbarton forward.
* 14 July: Ken Ronaldson, 75, Aberdeen forward.
* c. 14 July:
John Anderson John Anderson may refer to:
Business
*John Anderson (Scottish businessman) (1747–1820), Scottish merchant and founder of Fermoy, Ireland
* John Byers Anderson (1817–1897), American educator, military officer and railroad executive, mentor of ...
, 84, Greenock Morton and Third Lanark winger.
* 20 July: Billy Reid, 83, Motherwell and Airdrieonians wing half.
* 21 July:
Tommy Leishman
Thomas Leishman (3 September 1937 – 21 July 2021) was a Scottish professional footballer, who played as a wing-half.
Life and playing career
Born in Stenhousemuir, Scotland, Leishman played for St Mirren before Liverpool signed him for £1 ...
, 83, Hibernian, Stranraer and St Mirren wing half.
* 26 July:
Ally Dawson
Alistair John Dawson (25 February 1958 – 26 July 2021) was a Scottish professional football defender who spent most of his career at Rangers.
In 2011, Dawson was inducted into Rangers' Hall of Fame.
Playing career
Dawson was signed as a s ...
, 63, Rangers, Airdrieonians and Scotland defender; Hamilton Academical manager.
* 30 July: John May, 79, Forfar Athletic forward.
* 13 August:
Bobby Stein
Robert Stein (1938/9 – 13 August 2021) was a Scottish professional footballer who played for Broxburn Athletic, Raith Rovers, Montrose and East Stirlingshire
East Stirlingshire Football Club is a Scotland, Scottish association football ...
, 82, Raith Rovers, Montrose and East Stirlingshire right back.
* 25 August: Alan Ewing, 52, Stranraer midfielder.
* 25 August: Bobby Waddell, 81, Dundee, East Fife and Montrose forward.
* 25 September: Ian Riddell, St Mirren and Berwick Rangers left-back.
* c.26 September: Bert Ferguson, 67, Ayr United, St Mirren and Stranraer winger.
* 9 October: Billy Lamont, 85, Hamilton Academical goalkeeper and East Stirlingshire, Falkirk and Dumbarton manager.
* 17 October:
George Kinnell
George Kinnell (22 December 1937 – 16 October 2021) was a Scottish footballer who played in the Football League for Middlesbrough, Oldham Athletic, Sunderland and Stoke City.
Career
Born in Cowdenbeath, Kinnell started his career in Scotl ...
, 83, Aberdeen midfielder.
* October: Frank MacGregor, 83, Clyde full back.
*26 October:
Walter Smith
Walter Ferguson Smith (24 February 1948 – 26 October 2021) was a Scottish association football player, manager and director, primarily associated with his two spells as manager of Glasgow club Rangers.
A defender, Smith's playing car ...
, 73, Dundee United and Dumbarton defender; Rangers and Scotland manager.
* October: Walter Cameron, Arbroath full back.
*4 November: Paul Kelly, 57, Alloa Athletic, Stenhousemuir, Stranraer and East Stirlingshire midfielder.
*6 November:
Jim Kerray
James Rillay Kerray (2 December 1935 – 6 November 2021) was a Scottish professional footballer
A football player or footballer is a sportsperson who plays one of the different types of football. The main types of football are association ...
, 85, Raith Rovers, Dunfermline Athletic, St. Johnstone, Stirling Albion and Falkirk forward.
*14 November:
Bertie Auld
Robert Auld (23 March 1938 – 14 November 2021) was a Scottish football player and manager. He was a member of Celtic's Lisbon Lions, who won the 1967 European Cup Final.
As a player, he made more than 200 appearances in the Scottish League f ...
, 83, Celtic, Dumbarton, Hibernian and Scotland midfielder; Partick Thistle, Hibernian, Hamilton Academical and Dumbarton manager.
*24 November:
Frank Burrows
Frank Burrows (30 January 1944 – 24 November 2021) was a Scottish football player and manager who played as a central defender.
Life and career
Frank Burrows began his football career at Scottish club Raith Rovers. In 1965 he moved south to ...
, 77, Raith Rovers central defender.
*26 November: Doug Cowie, 95, Dundee and Scotland centre-half and wing-half.
*14 December:
Kenny Hope
Kenneth James "Kenny" Hope (6 July 1941 – 14 December 2021) was a football referee from Scotland. He officiated the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul. He is referenced in Willie Miller
William Ferguson Miller MBE (born 2 May 1955) is a Scotti ...
, 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
Wilhelmus Marinus Antonius Jansen (; 28 October 1946 – 25 January 2022) was a Dutch professional football player and manager.
As a midfielder or defender, he spent most of his career at Feyenoord, winning honours including the European Cup ...
, 75, Celtic manager.
*January: Bob Stirrat, East Fife defender.
*3 February:
Alex Ingram
Alexander David Ingram (2 January 1945 – 3 February 2022) was a Scottish professional footballer who played as a forward. He spent most of his career at Ayr United and since 2008 was the vice chairman of Ayr United.
Playing career
Ingram owe ...
, 77, Queen's Park and Ayr United forward.
*4 February: Davie Cattanach, 75, Stirling Albion, Celtic and Falkirk wing half.
*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
Frank Connor (13 February 1936 – 3 March 2022) was a Scottish football player and manager.
Career
As a player, he played for Celtic, Portadown, St Mirren, Derry City, Albion Rovers and Cowdenbeath. After coaching at Celtic and Albion Rov ...
, 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.
*18 April: Graham Fyfe, 70, Rangers, Hibernian and Dumbarton winger.
*10 June:
Bobby Hope
Robert Hope (28 September 1943 – 10 June 2022) was a Scottish footballer who made more than 400 appearances as a midfielder in the Football League. He spent most of his club career at West Bromwich Albion, where he played more than 300 league ...