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 S ...
. 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 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
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 Foo ...
,
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 Fo ...
,
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), a ...
and
St Johnstone 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, Scotland. ...
, 91, Queen's Park, Third Lanark, Dundee, Rangers, East Fife and Scotland defender.
*6 August:
Danny Hegan
Daniel Hegan (14 June 1943 – 6 August 2015) was a Scottish-born professional footballer, who represented Northern Ireland at international level.
Career
Hegan won seven caps for Northern Ireland in a career that saw him make 207 appearances for ...
, 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
Joe Wark (9 October 1947 – 1 October 2015) was a Scottish professional footballer who spent his entire professional career with Motherwell, making 464 appearances in the Scottish Football League
The Scottish Football League (SFL) was a leag ...
, 67, Motherwell defender.
*2 October:
Johnny Paton
John Aloysius Paton (2 April 1923 – 2 October 2015) was a Scottish professional football player, manager, coach, scout and later a professional snooker referee. He began his career in Scotland with Celtic and played in the Football League for ...
, 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) (born 1944), English bishop
* Peter Price (politician) (born 1942), English polit ...
, 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, 76, St Mirren, Ayr United and Morton defender.
*5 December:
Willie Coburn, 74, St Johnstone, Forfar and Cowdenbeath defender.
*6 December:
Ian Burns, 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 a ...
, 79, Scotland goalkeeping coach.
*10 December:
Arnold Peralta
Arnold Fabián Peralta Sosa (29 March 1989 – 10 December 2015) was a Honduran footballer who played as a defensive midfielder.
He began his career at Vida in 2008, and five years later he joined Scottish club Rangers, where he won the Scot ...
, 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, 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, 62, Queen of the South, Motherwell, Falkirk and Partick Thistle midfielder.
*4 February:
Harry Glasgow, 76, Clyde, Arbroath and Stenhousemuir defender, Stenhousemuir manager.
*24 February:
Jim McFadzean, 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, 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, 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, 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, 83, Rangers, Aberdeen, Arbroath, Brechin City and Alloa Athletic wing half.
Notes and references
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