The 2018–19 season was the 122nd season of competitive

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. 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

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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

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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

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. Group stage Celtic finished second in

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, and progressed to the knockout rounds. Knockout stage

Aberdeen

;UEFA Europa League Having finished second in the

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, Aberdeen started in the second qualifying round of the

Rangers

;UEFA Europa League Rangers started in the first qualifying round of the

, where they were drawn to play Macedonian club Shkupi. Group stage

Hibernian

;UEFA Europa League Hibernian started in the first qualifying round of the

, and were paired with Faroese club

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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

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Scotland women's national team

With a 2–1 win against

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in the final round of group fixtures, Scotland qualified for their first

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finals tournament by winning UEFA Group 2.

Deaths

*8 July:

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, 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:

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, 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:

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, 90, referee. *13 November: David Stewart, 71, Ayr United and Scotland goalkeeper. *16 November:

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, 84, Morton midfielder. *19 November:

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, 76, East Fife goalkeeper and forward. *22 November: Len Campbell, 71, Dumbarton wing half. *1 January:

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, 91, Hearts and Dumbarton defender. *24 January:

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, 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:

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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:

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, 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:

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, 87, Motherwell full-back.

References

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