The 2015–16 season was the 119th season of competitive
football in Scotland
Association football 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 Scottish Borders, although many of ...
. The domestic season began on 25 July 2015, with the first round of the
2015–16 Scottish Challenge Cup.
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 Foot ...
,
Inverness Caledonian Thistle,
Aberdeen
Aberdeen ( ; ; ) is a port city in North East Scotland, and is the List of towns and cities in Scotland by population, third most populous Cities of Scotland, Scottish city. Historically, Aberdeen was within the historic county of Aberdeensh ...
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, 91, Queen's Park, Third Lanark, Dundee, Rangers, East Fife and Scotland defender.
*6 August:
Danny Hegan, 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 Scottis ...
, 81, Aberdeen and Scotland forward.
*6 September:
Ralph Milne, 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, 67, Motherwell defender.
*2 October:
Johnny Paton, 92, Celtic winger.
*17 October:
Johnny Hamilton, 66, Rangers, Hibernian and St Johnstone midfielder.
*23 October:
Peter Price, 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, 79, Scotland goalkeeping coach.
*10 December:
Arnold Peralta, 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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