The 2022–23 season is the 126th season of competitive

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. The domestic season began on 9 July 2022 with the first

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group stage matches, and the first round of matches in the

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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

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

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Rangers

;UEFA Champions League Rangers entered the 2022–23 UEFA Champions League in the third qualifying round, having finished second in the

Heart of Midlothian

;UEFA Europa League Hearts entered the 2022–23 UEFA Europa League in the playoff round, having finished third in the

. ;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

Motherwell

;UEFA Europa Conference League Motherwell entered the 2022–23 UEFA Europa Conference League in the second qualifying round, after finishing fifth in the

Scotland national team

Women's football

League honours

Cup honours

Individual honours

SWPL awards

Scottish Women's Premier League

UEFA Women's Champions League

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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

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, 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

, 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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