The 2022–23 Highland Football League (known as the Breedon Highland League for sponsorship reasons) was the 120th season of the

Highland Football League The Scottish Highland Football League (SHFL, commonly known as the Highland League) is a senior football league based in the north of Scotland. The league sits at level 5 on the Scottish football league system, acting as a feeder to the Scott ...

, and the 9th season as part of the fifth tier of the Scottish football pyramid system.

Fraserburgh Fraserburgh (; ), locally known as the Broch, is a town in Aberdeenshire (unitary), Aberdeenshire, Scotland, with a population recorded in the United Kingdom Census 2011, 2011 Census as 13,100. It lies in Buchan in the northeastern corner of th ...

were the reigning champions, but were unable to defend their title. The championship title was decided in the final round of fixtures with Buckie Thistle and

Brechin City Brechin City Football Club is a Scottish football club based in the townDespite the name of the football club, Brechin is not an official city. Brechin was historically known as a city because it has a cathedral. of Brechin in Angus. The club w ...

facing off against each other at Victoria Park. Brechin City won 2–0 – inflicting Buckie Thistle's first home league defeat since August 2019 – to win the league by two points. Brechin City played the winners of the

2022–23 Lowland Football League The 2022–23 Scottish Lowland Football League was the 10th season of the Lowland Football League, part of the fifth tier of the Scottish football pyramid system. Bonnyrigg Rose Athletic were the reigning champions, but were unable to defend th ...

( The Spartans) in the Pyramid play-off, losing on penalties after drawing 3–3 on aggregate.

Teams

Banks O' Dee joined having become the first club to be promoted into the Highland League, replacing Fort William whose 37-year stay in the division came to an end.

From Highland League

Relegated to

North Caledonian League The North Caledonian Football Association is a senior football association operating throughout the Highlands and Islands of Scotland and is a recognised body of the Scottish Football Association (SFA) and as such has its senior football competit ...

* Fort William

To Highland League

Promoted from North Superleague * Banks O' Dee

Stadia and locations

All grounds are equipped with floodlights as required by league regulations.

League table

Results

Highland League play-off

Subject to the tier 6 champion clubs meeting the required licensing criteria for promotion, a play-off was scheduled to take place between the winners of the 2022–23 Midlands Football League ( Carnoustie Panmure),

2022–23 North Caledonian Football League The 2022–23 North Caledonian Football League (known for sponsorship reasons as the Macleod & MacCallum North Caledonian League) was the 114th season of the North Caledonian Football League, and the second season as part of the sixth tier of the ...

(

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) and the

2022–23 North Region Junior Football League The 2022–23 North Region Junior Football League was the 21st season of the North Region Junior Football League for SJFA North Region member clubs, and the 2nd season with its top division as part of the sixth tier of the Scottish football pyram ...

( Culter), with the winners then playing the team finishing bottom of the Highland League ( Strathspey Thistle). However, none of the tier 6 champions had the required SFA licence and as such there was no promotion to, or relegation from, the Highland League.

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:2022-23 Highland Football League Highland Football League seasons 2022–23 in Scottish football leagues SCO