The Scottish Football League First Division was the second tier in the
Scottish football league system
The Scottish football league system is a series of generally connected leagues for Scottish football clubs.
The Scottish system is more complicated than many other national league systems, consisting of several completely separate systems or 'gr ...
between 1975 and 2013.
History
The First Division was introduced in
1975–76 to replace the old Scottish Football League Division Two, as the top flight of the
Scottish Football League was renamed from Division One to
Premier Division.
In 1998, the Premier Division clubs broke away from the Scottish Football League to form the
Scottish Premier League. The First Division remained the second tier of the Scottish league system, but was now the top tier of the Scottish Football League. In July 2013, the Scottish Football League and Scottish Premier League merged to form the Scottish Professional Football League (SPFL). The SPFL named its second tier as the
Scottish Championship
The Scottish Championship, known as the cinch Championship for sponsorship reasons, is the second tier of the Scottish Professional Football League, the league competition for men's professional football clubs in Scotland. The Scottish Champio ...
, which effectively replaced the First Division.
Competition
From 1994 until 2013, the First Division consisted of ten teams. From 1998, only the winner of the First Division was promoted to the
Scottish Premier League (SPL), subject to that club meeting the SPL stadium criteria. From 2007, the bottom club in the First Division was automatically relegated to the
Second Division
In sport, the Second Division, also called Division 2 or Division II is usually the second highest division of a league, and will often have promotion and relegation with divisions above and below. Following the rise of Premier League style compet ...
and the second bottom club went into an end of season
play-off
The playoffs, play-offs, postseason or finals of a sports league are a competition played after the regular season by the top competitors to determine the league champion or a similar accolade. Depending on the league, the playoffs may be eithe ...
with the second, third and fourth placed clubs in the Second Division.
The ten teams in the First Division played each other four times with three points for a victory and one point each for a drawn game.
Winners of the First Division
See also
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Sports league attendances
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Scottish Championship
The Scottish Championship, known as the cinch Championship for sponsorship reasons, is the second tier of the Scottish Professional Football League, the league competition for men's professional football clubs in Scotland. The Scottish Champio ...
References
External links
SFL First Division Official SiteScottish Football League First Division clubs' locations
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Scotland
Scotland (, ) is a Countries of the United Kingdom, country that is part of the United Kingdom. Covering the northern third of the island of Great Britain, mainland Scotland has a Anglo-Scottish border, border with England to the southeast ...
1975 establishments in Scotland
2013 disestablishments in Scotland