The 2022–23 season is the 126th 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 Sco ...
. The domestic season began on 9 July 2022 with the first
Scottish League Cup
The Scottish League Cup (also known as the Viaplay Cup for sponsorship reasons) is a football competition open to all Scottish Professional Football League (SPFL) clubs. First held in 1946–47, it is the oldest national League Cup in exist ...
group stage matches, and the first round of matches in the
2022–23 Scottish Premiership
The 2022–23 Scottish Premiership (known as the cinch Premiership for sponsorship reasons) is the tenth season of the Scottish Premiership, the highest division of Scottish football, and the 126th edition overall of the top national league com ...
were played on 30 July.
Transfer deals
League competitions
Scottish Premiership
Scottish Championship
Scottish League One
Scottish League Two
Non-league football
Level 5
Level 6
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=Lowland
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Honours
Cup honours
Non-league honours
Individual honours
PFA Scotland awards
SFWA awards
Scottish clubs in Europe
Summary
Celtic
;UEFA Champions League
Celtic entered the
2022–23 UEFA Champions League in the group stage, having won the
2021–22 Scottish Premiership
The 2021–22 Scottish Premiership (known as the cinch Premiership for sponsorship reasons) was the ninth season of the Scottish Premiership, the highest division of Scottish football, and the 125th edition overall of the top national league co ...
.
Rangers
;UEFA Champions League
Rangers entered the
2022–23 UEFA Champions League in the third qualifying round, having finished second in the
2021–22 Scottish Premiership
The 2021–22 Scottish Premiership (known as the cinch Premiership for sponsorship reasons) was the ninth season of the Scottish Premiership, the highest division of Scottish football, and the 125th edition overall of the top national league co ...
.
Heart of Midlothian
;UEFA Europa League
Hearts entered the
2022–23 UEFA Europa League in the playoff round, having finished third in the
2021–22 Scottish Premiership
The 2021–22 Scottish Premiership (known as the cinch Premiership for sponsorship reasons) was the ninth season of the Scottish Premiership, the highest division of Scottish football, and the 125th edition overall of the top national league co ...
.
;UEFA Europa Conference League
Dundee United
;UEFA Europa Conference League
Dundee United entered the
2022–23 UEFA Europa Conference League in the third qualifying round, after finishing fourth in the
2021–22 Scottish Premiership
The 2021–22 Scottish Premiership (known as the cinch Premiership for sponsorship reasons) was the ninth season of the Scottish Premiership, the highest division of Scottish football, and the 125th edition overall of the top national league co ...
.
Motherwell
;UEFA Europa Conference League
Motherwell entered the
2022–23 UEFA Europa Conference League in the second qualifying round, after finishing fifth in the
2021–22 Scottish Premiership
The 2021–22 Scottish Premiership (known as the cinch Premiership for sponsorship reasons) was the ninth season of the Scottish Premiership, the highest division of Scottish football, and the 125th edition overall of the top national league co ...
.
Scotland national team
Women's football
League honours
Cup honours
Individual honours
SWPL awards
Scottish Women's Premier League
UEFA Women's Champions League
Rangers
A Ranger is typically someone in a military/paramilitary or law enforcement role specializing in patrolling a given territory, called “ranging”. The term most often refers to:
* Park ranger or forest ranger, a person charged with protecting and ...
and
Glasgow City qualified for the
Women's Champions League.
Rangers
Glasgow City
Scotland women's national team
Deaths
*1 July:
Drew Busby
Andrew Douglas Busby (8 December 1947 – 1 July 2022) was a Scottish footballer who played for Third Lanark, Airdrieonians, Hearts, Toronto Blizzard and Morton. Busby also served Queen of the South as their player-manager.
Career
Busby s ...
, 74, Third Lanark, Partick Thistle, Airdrieonians, Heart of Midlothian, Morton and Queen of the South forward; Queen of the South manager.
*2 July:
Andy Goram, 58, Hibernian, Rangers, Motherwell, Hamilton Academical, Queen of the South, Elgin City and Scotland goalkeeper.
*8 July:
Harry Mowbray
Henry Mowbray (1 May 1947 – 8 July 2022) was a Scottish professional footballer who played as a defender.
Career
Mowbray was recruited from Blairhall Colliery in junior football before being signed by Cowdenbeath in 1966. After one season ...
, 75, Cowdenbeath and St Mirren defender.
*9 July:
Davie Robb
David Thomson Robb (15 December 1947 – 9 July 2022) was a Scottish footballer who played for Aberdeen, Tampa Bay Rowdies, Norwich City, Philadelphia Fury, Vancouver Whitecaps, Tulsa Roughnecks, Dunfermline Athletic and the Scotland natio ...
, 74, Aberdeen, Dunfermline Athletic and Scotland forward.
*9 July:
Adam Strachan
Adam Strachan (24 February 1987 – 9 July 2022) was a Scottish professional footballer. Strachan came through the youth system at Partick Thistle and played 111 matches for the senior side, including a season in the Scottish Premier League. Af ...
, 35, Partick Thistle, Ross County, Clyde, Arbroath, Dumbarton and Albion Rovers midfielder.
*10 July:
Ken Armstrong, 63, Kilmarnock defender.
*1 August:
John Hughes, 79, Celtic and Scotland forward; Stranraer manager.
*11 August:
Pat Liney
Patrick Liney (14 July 1936 – 10 August 2022) was a Scottish professional footballer who played as a goalkeeper. He played for clubs in both Scotland and England for Dalry Thistle, Dundee, St Mirren, Bradford Park Avenue and Bradford City ...
, 86, Dundee and St Mirren goalkeeper.
*August:
Billy Hodgson
William Hodgson (9 July 1935 – 2022) was a Scottish footballer who played as a winger or inside forward.
Career
Born in Glasgow, Scotland, Hodgson started his career with Dunoon Athletic before joining St Johnstone in 1954. He had a ...
, 87, St. Johnstone and Hamilton Academical outside-right.
*8 September:
Dave Smith, Dundee manager.
*11 September: Chris Robinson, 71, Heart of Midlothian chairman and chief executive.
*12 September:
Ken Brownlee, 87, Aberdeen, Third Lanark and St Johnstone wing half.
*25 September:
Roy MacLaren, 92, St Johnstone goalkeeper.
*8 October:
John Duncan, 73, Dundee forward.
*20 October:
Jimmy Millar, 87, Dunfermline Athletic, Rangers, Dundee United and Scotland forward; Raith Rovers manager.
*30 October:
Sammy Wilson, 85, Falkirk and Dundee forward.
*15 November:
Jimmy O'Rourke, 76, Hibernian, St Johnstone and Motherwell forward.
*20 November:
Norrie Davidson, 88, Aberdeen, Heart of Midlothian, Dundee United, Partick Thistle and St Mirren forward.
*c.29 November: Alex Lamond, St Johnstone chairman.
*14 December:
Alex Duchart
Alexander Duchart (3 May 1933 – 14 December 2022) was a Scottish footballer who played as a left winger for Hibernian, Third Lanark, Southend United, East Fife, Dumbarton and Falkirk before transferring into the English Southern League (N ...
, 89, Hibernian, Third Lanark, East Fife, Dumbarton and Falkirk winger.
*c.14 December: Jim Boyd, 66, Clyde and Motherwell defender.
*1 January:
Frank McGarvey
Francis Peter McGarvey (17 March 1956 – 1 January 2023) was a Scottish professional footballer who played as a forward, mostly for Celtic and St Mirren. He also played seven times in international matches for Scotland.
Career
McGarvey was ...
, 66, St Mirren, Celtic, Queen of the South, Clyde and Scotland forward; Queen of the South manager.
Retirements
* 18 June 2022:
Paul Caddis, 34, former
Scotland
Scotland (, ) is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. Covering the northern third of the island of Great Britain, mainland Scotland has a border with England to the southeast and is otherwise surrounded by the Atlantic Ocean to th ...
,
Celtic and
Dundee United defender.
* 22 June 2022:
Jamie Ness
Jamie Ness (born 2 March 1991) is a Scottish footballer who plays as a midfielder for Forfar Athletic.
Ness began his career with Rangers and made his debut for the first team in January 2011. He then scored against Celtic in the Scottish Cup ...
, 31, former
Rangers
A Ranger is typically someone in a military/paramilitary or law enforcement role specializing in patrolling a given territory, called “ranging”. The term most often refers to:
* Park ranger or forest ranger, a person charged with protecting and ...
,
Dundee and
Forfar Athletic midfielder.
[https://www.glasgowtimes.co.uk/sport/20227364, Ex-Rangers midfielder Jamie Ness retires from football aged 31, Glasgow Evening Times, 22 June 2022]
Notes and references
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