The 2023–24 season is the 127th season of competitive

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. The domestic season began on 15 July with the first

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group stage matches, before the opening round of matches in the

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were played on 6 August.

Transfer deals

League competitions

Scottish Premiership

Scottish Championship

Scottish League One

Scottish League Two

Non-league football

Level 5

Level 6

=Highland

=Lowland

Honours

Cup honours

Non-league honours

Individual honours

PFA Scotland awards

SFWA awards

Scottish clubs in Europe

Summary

Celtic

;UEFA Champions League Having won the Premiership, Celtic qualified for the Champions League and entered in the group stage. They were drawn in

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with

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, Atletico Madrid and

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Rangers

;UEFA Champions League Having finished in second place of the Premiership, Rangers qualified for the Champions League and entered in the third qualifying round. ;UEFA Europa League Having lost in the Champions League play-off, Rangers dropped into the Europa League and were drawn in

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with

Real Betis Real Betis Balompié, known as Real Betis () is a Spanish professional association football, football club based in Seville, Andalusia, Spain. It plays in La Liga, the Spanish football league system, top flight of Spanish football. It plays home ...

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and

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. Having won their group, Rangers received a bye to the last 16 of the Europa League.

Aberdeen

Having finished in third place of the Premiership, Aberdeen qualified for the

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and entered in the play-off round. ;UEFA Europa Conference League Having lost in the Europa League play-off, Aberdeen dropped into the Europa Conference League and were drawn in

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with

Eintracht Frankfurt Eintracht Frankfurt e.V. () is a German professional sports club based in Frankfurt, Hesse. It is best known for its football club, which was founded on 8 March 1899. The club currently plays in the Bundesliga, the top tier of the German footb ...

PAOK Salonika PAOK FC (, ), short for "Pan-Thessalonian Athletic Club of Constantinopolitans" (), and commonly known as PAOK Thessaloniki, PAOK Salonika or simply PAOK, is a Greek professional football club based in Thessaloniki, Macedonia, Greece. PAOK ...

and

HJK Helsinki Helsingin Jalkapalloklubi (), commonly known as HJK Helsinki (), or simply as HJK (), is a Finnish football club based in Helsinki. The club competes in Veikkausliiga, the top division of the Finnish football league system. Founded in 1907, the ...

Heart of Midlothian

;UEFA Europa Conference League Having finished in fourth place of the Premiership, Hearts qualified for the

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and entered in the third qualifying round.

Hibernian

;UEFA Europa Conference League Having finished in fifth place of the Premiership, Hibs qualified for the

and entered in the second qualifying round.

Scotland national team

Scotland qualified for

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, after a 1–0 win for

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against

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on 15 October 2023 meant that they were guaranteed to finish in a qualifying position.

Women's football

League and Cup honours

Individual honours

Scottish Women's Premier League

SWPL 1

=Regular season

=Top six

=Bottom six

SWPL 2

UEFA Women's Champions League

Glasgow City

Celtic

Scotland women's national team

Deaths

*July: Paul Watchman, 70, Clyde midfielder. (announced 18 July) *24 July:

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, 69, Rangers forward. *30 July: Benny Rooney, 80, Celtic, Dumbarton, Dundee United, St Johnstone and Partick Thistle defender; Greenock Morton, Partick Thistle and Albion Rovers manager. *13 August:

Joe Caven John Brown "Joe" Caven (11 October 1936 – 13 August 2023) was a Scottish footballer, best known for playing with Greenock Morton and Airdrieonians in the Scottish Football League. He was a centre forward. Born in Kirkintilloch, Caven also ...

, 86, Airdrieonians, Raith Rovers, Greenock Morton and Stirling Albion forward. *23 August: Hugh Murney, 84, Morton, Dumbarton and Queen of the South wing-half. *17 September:

Ronnie McKinnon Ronald MacKinnon (20 August 1940 – 17 September 2023), known as Ronnie McKinnon, was a Scottish professional footballer who played for Rangers and the Scotland national team. Club career McKinnon, a central defender who had been a winger i ...

, 83, Rangers and Scotland defender. *27 September: Jim Forrest, 79, Rangers, Aberdeen and Scotland forward. *1 October:

Frank McDougall Douglas Francis McDougall (21 February 1958 – 1 October 2023) was a Scottish professional footballer who played as a striker for Clydebank, St Mirren and Aberdeen in the 1970s and 1980s. Playing career Early career McDougall was brought up ...

, 65, Clydebank, St Mirren and Aberdeen forward. *5 October: Bill Munro, 89, Kilmarnock and East Stirlingshire forward; Clydebank and Airdrie manager. *10 October: Willie Hinshelwood, 90, Greenock Morton and Hamilton Academical defender. *23 October:

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, 76, Brechin City, Arbroath, Raith Rovers and Greenock Morton winger. *October: David Curlett, 91, Kilmarnock, Dundee and Ayr United centre forward and wing half. (announced 24 October) *13 November: Gordon Wallace, 74, Raith Rovers, Dundee United, Berwick Rangers and Cowdenbeath forward. *November: Billy McPhee, 74, Rangers, East Fife and Berwick Rangers forward. (announced 18 November) *9 December: Willie McCulloch, 75, Alloa Athletic, Airdrieonians and Berwick Rangers midfielder; Cowdenbeath manager. *29 December: Ian Dair, 69, Cowdenbeath right-half. *15 January:

Denis Connaghan Denis Connaghan (9 January 1945 – 14 January 2024) was a Scottish football goalkeeper, who played for Celtic, St Mirren, Morton and Clyde. Connaghan began his career at Celtic, but was released in 1963. After a spell in junior football w ...

, 79, St Mirren, Celtic, Greenock Morton and Clyde goalkeeper. *27 January: Stuart Gray, 50, Celtic and Greenock Morton full-back. *30 January: Ally Shewan, 83, Aberdeen left-back. *12 February: Tam Gourlay, 74, Airdrieonians, Partick Thistle and East Stirlingshire goalkeeper. *February:

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, 92, Airdrie, Rangers and Scotland inside forward; Airdrie manager. *23 February: Harry Melrose, 88, Dunfermline Athletic, Aberdeen and Berwick Rangers winger and inside forward, Berwick Rangers and Dunfermline Athletic manager. *March: John Lough, 89, Heart of Midlothian and Arbroath defender. (announced 5 March) *March: Raymond Edgar, 68, Hamilton Academical, Queen's Park, Clyde and East Stirlingshire midfielder and winger. (announced 8 March) *20 March: Jan Szpula, 101, Alloa Athletic and Stirling Albion winger. *29 March:

Iain McChesney Iain McChesney (29 July 1944 – 29 March 2024) was a Scottish professional footballer with Scottish Football League club Queen of the South from Dumfries. McChesney is the longest serving player in the club's history, playing with them from 19 ...

, 79, Queen of the South defender. *16 April: Dave Moyes, 68, Berwick Rangers, Meadowbank Thistle and Dunfermline Athletic defender. *3 May:

Jim Rodger James McPhail Rodger (15 September 1933 – 3 May 2024) was a Scottish footballer. An inside forward and a right winger, Rodger played for Rangers A ranger is typically someone in a law enforcement or military/paramilitary role specializing in p ...

, 90, Rangers, St Mirren, Hearts, Queen of the South and East Fife winger. *20 May: Gerry Collins, 69, Stranraer, Albion Rovers, Ayr United, Hamilton Academical and Partick Thistle defender; Partick Thistle manager. *18 June: Billy Abercromby, 65, St Mirren, Partick Thistle, Dunfermline Athletic, Cowdenbeath and East Stirlingshire midfielder. *27 June:

Landry Nguémo Joël Landry Tsafack Nguémo (28 November 1985 – 27 June 2024) was a Cameroonian professional footballer who played as a defensive midfielder for Nancy, Bordeaux and Saint-Étienne in France and for Scottish club Celtic on loan. Nguémo playe ...

, 38, Celtic midfielder.

Notes and references

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