2018–19 in Scottish football

The 2018–19 season was the 122nd season of competitive football in Scotland. The domestic season began on 14 July 2018, with the first round of matches in the 2018–19 Scottish League Cup. The 2018–19 Scottish Professional Football League season commenced on 4 August.

Football in Scotland

Season	2018–19
← 2017–18 2019–20 →

2018–19 in Scottish football
Premiership champions
Celtic
Championship champions
Ross County
League 1 champions
Arbroath
League 2 champions
Peterhead
Scottish Cup winners
Celtic
League Cup winners
Celtic
Challenge Cup winners
Ross County
Youth Cup winners
Rangers
Teams in Europe
Celtic, Aberdeen, Rangers, Hibernian
Scotland national team
2018–19 UEFA Nations League C UEFA Euro 2020 qualifying

Transfer deals

Main articles: List of Scottish football transfers summer 2018 and List of Scottish football transfers winter 2018–19

Celtic sold striker Moussa Dembélé to Lyon for €22 million (about £19.7 million), a record transfer fee received by a Scottish club.[1][2]

League competitions

Scottish Premiership

Main article: 2018–19 Scottish Premiership

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation[lower-alpha 1]
1	Celtic (C)	38	27	6	5	77	20	+57	87	Qualification for the Champions League first qualifying round
2	Rangers	38	23	9	6	82	27	+55	78	Qualification for the Europa League first qualifying round[lower-alpha 2]
3	Kilmarnock	38	19	10	9	50	31	+19	67
4	Aberdeen	38	20	7	11	57	44	+13	67
5	Hibernian	38	14	12	12	51	39	+12	54
6	Heart of Midlothian	38	15	6	17	42	50	−8	51
7	St Johnstone	38	15	7	16	38	48	−10	52
8	Motherwell	38	15	6	17	46	56	−10	51
9	Livingston	38	11	11	16	42	44	−2	44
10	Hamilton Academical	38	9	6	23	28	75	−47	33
11	St Mirren (O)	38	8	8	22	34	66	−32	32	Qualification for the Premiership play-off final
12	Dundee (R)	38	5	6	27	31	78	−47	21	Relegation to the Championship

Source: Soccerway BBC SPFL
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored; 4) Play-off (only if deciding champion, UEFA competitions qualification and second stage group allocation).[3]
(C) Champion; (O) Play-off winner; (R) Relegated.
Notes:

1. Teams play each other three times (33 matches), before the league is split into two groups (the top six and the bottom six).
2. Since the winners of the 2018–19 Scottish Cup, Celtic, qualified for European competition based on league position, the spot awarded to the Scottish Cup winners (Europa League first qualifying round) was passed to the fourth-placed team.

Scottish Championship

Main article: 2018–19 Scottish Championship

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion, qualification or relegation
1	Ross County (C, P)	36	21	8	7	63	34	+29	71	Promotion to the Premiership
2	Dundee United	36	19	8	9	49	40	+9	65	Qualification for the Premiership play-off semi-final
3	Inverness Caledonian Thistle	36	14	14	8	48	40	+8	56	Qualification for the Premiership play-off quarter-final
4	Ayr United	36	15	9	12	50	38	+12	54
5	Greenock Morton	36	11	13	12	36	45	−9	46
6	Partick Thistle	36	12	7	17	43	52	−9	43
7	Dunfermline Athletic	36	11	8	17	33	40	−7	41
8	Alloa Athletic	36	10	9	17	39	53	−14	39
9	Queen of the South (O)	36	9	11	16	41	48	−7	38	Qualification for the Championship play-offs
10	Falkirk (R)	36	9	11	16	37	49	−12	38	Relegation to League One

Source: SPFL
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored; 4) Points in head-to-head matches; 5) Goal difference in hth matches; 6). Goals scored in hth matches; 7). Play-off (only for deciding promotion, play-off participation and relegation).[4]
(C) Champion; (O) Play-off winner; (P) Promoted; (R) Relegated.

Scottish League One

Main article: 2018–19 Scottish League One

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion, qualification or relegation
1	Arbroath (C, P)	36	20	10	6	63	38	+25	70	Promotion to the Championship
2	Forfar Athletic	36	19	6	11	54	47	+7	63	Qualification for the Championship play-offs
3	Raith Rovers	36	16	12	8	74	48	+26	60
4	Montrose	36	15	6	15	49	50	−1	51
5	Airdrieonians	36	14	6	16	51	44	+7	48
6	Dumbarton	36	12	10	14	60	60	0	46
7	East Fife	36	13	7	16	49	56	−7	46
8	Stranraer	36	11	9	16	45	57	−12	42
9	Stenhousemuir (R)	36	10	7	19	35	61	−26	37	Qualification for the League One play-offs
10	Brechin City (R)	36	9	9	18	42	61	−19	36	Relegation to League Two

Source: SPFL
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Number of goals scored
(C) Champion; (P) Promoted; (R) Relegated.

Scottish League Two

Main article: 2018–19 Scottish League Two

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion, qualification or relegation
1	Peterhead (C, P)	36	24	7	5	65	29	+36	79	Promotion to League One
2	Clyde[lower-alpha 1] (O, P)	36	23	5	8	63	35	+28	74	Qualification for the League One play-offs
3	Edinburgh City	36	20	7	9	58	31	+27	67
4	Annan Athletic	36	20	6	10	70	39	+31	66
5	Stirling Albion	36	13	8	15	44	45	−1	47
6	Cowdenbeath	36	12	7	17	46	46	0	43
7	Queen's Park[lower-alpha 1]	36	11	10	15	44	47	−3	43
8	Elgin City	36	13	4	19	52	67	−15	43
9	Albion Rovers[lower-alpha 1]	36	7	6	23	32	71	−39	27
10	Berwick Rangers (R)	36	5	4	27	27	91	−64	19	Qualification for the League Two play-off final

Source: SPFL
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Number of goals scored
(C) Champion; (O) Play-off winner; (P) Promoted; (R) Relegated.
Notes:

1. Albion Rovers and Queen's Park were awarded 3–0 technical victories against Clyde in February 2019 after Clyde fielded an ineligible player. The original matches had finished 1–0 to Clyde and 1–1 respectively.[5][6]

Non-league football

Level 5

Main articles: 2018–19 Highland Football League and 2018–19 Lowland Football League

Highland Football League Pos Team Pld Pts 1 Cove Rangers (C, O, P) 34 93 2 Brora Rangers 34 85 3 Fraserburgh 34 79 4 Formartine United 34 72 5 Inverurie Loco Works 34 66 6 Forres Mechanics 34 66 7 Wick Academy 34 52 8 Buckie Thistle 34 49 9 Huntly 34 49 10 Rothes 34 44 11 Nairn County 34 42 12 Deveronvale 34 41 13 Keith 34 37 14 Strathspey Thistle 34 33 15 Turriff United 34 32 16 Clachnacuddin 34 24 17 Lossiemouth 34 8 18 Fort William 34 −7 Source: Highland Football League BBC Sport Soccerway (C) Champion; (O) Play-off winner; (P) Promoted.

Lowland Football League Pos Team Pld Pts 1 East Kilbride (C) 28 72 2 BSC Glasgow 28 61 3 Kelty Hearts 28 54 4 Spartans 28 51 5 Civil Service Strollers 28 49 6 East Stirlingshire 28 39 7 Cumbernauld Colts 28 39 8 Gala Fairydean Rovers 28 34 9 Edusport Academy 28 33 10 Stirling University 28 31 11 Edinburgh University 28 30 12 Gretna 2008 28 29 13 Vale of Leithen 28 29 14 Dalbeattie Star 28 22 15 Whitehill Welfare (R) 28 12 16 Selkirk 0 0 Source: SLFL BBC Sport Soccerway (C) Champion; (R) Relegated.

Level 6

Main articles: 2018–19 East of Scotland Football League and 2018–19 South of Scotland Football League

East of Scotland Football League Championship play-off Pos Team Pld Pts 1 Bonnyrigg Rose Athletic (C, P) 2 6 2 Penicuik Athletic 2 3 3 Broxburn Athletic 2 0 Source: East of Scotland Football League (C) Champion; (P) Promoted.

South of Scotland Football League Pos Team Pld Pts 1 Stranraer reserves (C) 30 88 2 Bonnyton Thistle 30 70 3 Nithsdale Wanderers 30 60 4 Abbey Vale 30 57 5 Upper Annandale 30 57 6 Mid-Annandale 30 55 7 Lochar Thistle 30 53 8 Heston Rovers 30 48 9 Threave Rovers 30 45 10 St Cuthbert Wanderers 30 45 11 Lochmaben 30 29 12 Wigtown & Bladnoch 30 27 13 Newton Stewart 30 22 14 Creetown 30 19 15 Dumfries YMCA 30 11 16 Annan Athletic reserves 30 2 Source: South of Scotland Football League (C) Champion.

SPFL Reserve League

Main article: SPFL Reserve League

In 2018, the Development League was abolished and replaced by a reserve team competition.[7]

Honours

Cup honours

Competition	Winner	Score	Runner-up	Match report
2018–19 Scottish Cup	Celtic	2–1	Heart of Midlothian	BBC Sport
2018–19 League Cup	Celtic	1–0	Aberdeen	BBC Sport
2018–19 Challenge Cup	Ross County	3–1	Connah's Quay Nomads	BBC Sport
2018–19 Youth Cup	Rangers	3–2	Celtic	BBC Sport
2018–19 Junior Cup	Auchinleck Talbot	2–0	Largs Thistle	BBC Sport
2018–19 South Challenge Cup	East Kilbride	2–1	Bonnyrigg Rose Athletic	Edinburgh Evening News

Non-league honours

Senior

Competition	Winner
Highland League	Cove Rangers
Lowland League	East Kilbride
East of Scotland League	Bonnyrigg Rose Athletic
South of Scotland League	Stranraer reserves

Junior

West Region

Division	Winner
Premiership	Auchinleck Talbot
Championship	Rutherglen Glencairn
League One	Gartcairn Juniors
League Two	Lanark United

East Region

Division	Winner
Superleague	Lochee United
Premier League North	Dundee North End
Premier League South	Pumpherston

North Region

Division	Winner
Superleague	Banks O' Dee
North First Division	Banchory St. Ternan
North Second Division	Buchanhaven Hearts

Reserve and Youth

Competition	Winner	Runner-up	Ref
Reserve League	Rangers	Celtic	[8]
Reserve League 2	Livingston	Ayr United	[9][10]
Reserve League Cup	Heart of Midlothian	Motherwell	[11]
Reserve Challenge Cup	Ayr United	Livingston	[12]
Scottish Youth Cup	Rangers	Celtic	[13]

Individual honours

PFA Scotland awards

Award	Winner	Team
Players' Player of the Year	James Forrest[14]	Celtic
Young Player of the Year	Ryan Kent[14]	Rangers
Manager of the Year	Steve Clarke[14]	Kilmarnock
Championship Player	Stephen Dobbie[14]	Queen of the South
League One Player	Bobby Linn[14]	Arbroath
League Two Player	Blair Henderson[14]	Edinburgh City

SFWA awards

Award	Winner	Team
Footballer of the Year	James Forrest[15]	Celtic
Young Player of the Year	David Turnbull[16]	Motherwell
Manager of the Year	Steve Clarke[17]	Kilmarnock

SPFL awards

Award	Winner	Team	Ref
Premiership Manager	Steve Clarke	Kilmarnock	[18]
Premiership Player	James Forrest	Celtic	[19]
Championship Manager	Steve Ferguson and Stuart Kettlewell	Ross County	[20]
Championship Player	Stephen Dobbie	Queen of the South	[21]
League One Manager	Dick Campbell	Arbroath	[22]
League One Player	Bobby Linn	Arbroath	[23]
League Two Manager	Danny Lennon	Clyde	[24]
League Two Player	Blair Henderson	Edinburgh City	[25]
SPFL Tartan Boot	Kevin Nisbet Blair Henderson	Raith Rovers Edinburgh City	[26]
Premiership Tartan Ball	Alfredo Morelos	Rangers	[26]
Championship Tartan Ball	Lawrence Shankland	Ayr United	[26]
League One Tartan Ball	Kevin Nisbet	Raith Rovers	[26]
League Two Tartan Ball	Blair Henderson	Edinburgh City	[26]

Scottish clubs in Europe

Main articles: 2018–19 UEFA Champions League and 2018–19 UEFA Europa League

Summary

Club	Competitions	Started round	Final round	Coef.
Celtic	UEFA Champions League	First qualifying round	Third qualifying round	11.5
	UEFA Europa League	Play-off round	Round of 32
Aberdeen	UEFA Europa League	Second qualifying round		0.5
Rangers	UEFA Europa League	First qualifying round	Group Stage	11.0
Hibernian	UEFA Europa League	First qualifying round	Third qualifying round	4.0
Total				27.0
Average				6.750

Celtic

UEFA Champions League

Celtic started in the first qualifying round of the 2018–19 UEFA Champions League, and were drawn against Armenian club Alashkert.[27]

Alashkert v Celtic

10 July 2018 QR1	Alashkert	0–3	Celtic	Yerevan
		BBC Sport	Edouard  45+1' Forrest  81' McGregor  90'	Stadium: Alashkert Stadium Referee: Danilo Grujic (Serbia)

Celtic v Alashkert

18 July 2018 QR1	Celtic	3–0 (6–0 agg.)	Alashkert	Glasgow
	Dembélé  7', 19' (pen.) Forrest  35'	BBC Sport		Stadium: Celtic Park Referee: Horatiu Fesnic (Romania)

Celtic v Rosenborg

25 July 2018 QR2	Celtic	3–1	Rosenborg	Glasgow
	Edouard  43', 75' Ntcham  46'	BBC Sport	Meling  15'	Stadium: Celtic Park Referee: Bart Vertenten (Belgium)

Rosenborg v Celtic

1 August 2018 QR2	Rosenborg	0–0 (1–3 agg.)	Celtic	Trondheim
		BBC Sport		Stadium: Lerkendal Stadion Referee: Sandro Schärer (Switzerland)

Celtic v AEK Athens

8 August 2018 QR3	Celtic	1–1	AEK Athens	Glasgow
	McGregor  17'	BBC Sport	Klonaridis  44'	Stadium: Celtic Park Referee: Luca Banti (Italy)

AEK Athens v Celtic

14 August 2018 QR3	AEK Athens	2–1 (3–2 agg.)	Celtic	Athens
	Galo  6' Livaja  50'	BBC Sport	Sinclair  78'	Stadium: Olympic Stadium Referee: Vladislav Bezborodov (Russia)

UEFA Europa League

Having lost in the third qualifying round of the Champions League, Celtic dropped into the play-off round of the 2018–19 UEFA Europa League.[28]

Suduva v Celtic

23 August 2018 PO	Suduva	1–1	Celtic	Marijampolė
	Verbickas  13'	BBC Sport	Ntcham  3'	Stadium: Sūduva Stadium Referee: Ivan Bebek (Croatia)

Celtic v Suduva

30 August 2018 PO	Celtic	3–0 (4–1 agg.)	Suduva	Glasgow
	Griffiths  27' McGregor  52' Ajer  61'	BBC Sport		Stadium: Celtic Park Referee: Georgi Kabakov (Bulgaria)

Group stage

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification		SAL	CEL	RBL	ROS
1	Red Bull Salzburg	6	6	0	0	17	6	+11	18	Advance to knockout phase		—	3–1	1–0	3–0
2	Celtic	6	3	0	3	6	8	−2	9			1–2	—	2–1	1–0
3	RB Leipzig	6	2	1	3	9	8	+1	7			2–3	2–0	—	1–1
4	Rosenborg	6	0	1	5	4	14	−10	1			2–5	0–1	1–3	—

Source: UEFA
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers

Celtic finished second in Group B, and progressed to the knockout rounds.[29]

Celtic v Rosenborg

20 September 2018 Group B	Celtic	1–0	Rosenborg	Glasgow
	Griffiths  87'	BBC Sport		Stadium: Celtic Park Referee: Pawel Gil (Poland)

Red Bull Salzburg v Celtic

4 October 2018 Group B	Red Bull Salzburg	3–1	Celtic	Salzburg
	Dabbur  55', 73' (pen.) Minamino  61'	BBC Sport	Edouard  2'	Stadium: Red Bull Arena Referee: Sergey Boyko (Ukraine)

RB Leipzig v Celtic

25 October 2018 Group B	RB Leipzig	2–0	Celtic	Leipzig
	Cunha  31' Bruma  35'	BBC Sport		Stadium: Red Bull Arena Referee: Pavel Královec (Czechia)

Celtic v RB Leipzig

8 November 2018 Group B	Celtic	2–1	RB Leipzig	Glasgow
	Tierney  11' Edouard  79'	BBC Sport	Augustin  78'	Stadium: Celtic Park Referee: Javier Estrada Fernández (Spain)

Rosenborg v Celtic

29 November 2018 Group B	Rosenborg	0–1	Celtic	Trondheim
		BBC Sport	Sinclair  42'	Stadium: Lerkendal Stadion Referee: Halis Özkahya (Turkey)

Celtic v Red Bull Salzburg

13 December 2018 Group B	Celtic	1–2	Red Bull Salzburg	Glasgow
	Ntcham  90+7'	BBC Sport	Dabbur  67' Gulbrandsen  77'	Stadium: Celtic Park Referee: Ruddy Buquet (France)

Knockout stage

Celtic v Valencia

14 February 2019 R32	Celtic	0–2	Valencia	Glasgow
		BBC Sport	Cheryshev  42' Sobrino  49'	Stadium: Celtic Park Referee: Ovidiu Hategan (Romania)

Valencia v Celtic

21 February 2019 R32	Valencia	1–0 (3–0 agg.)	Celtic	Valencia
	Gameiro  70'	BBC Sport		Stadium: Mestalla Referee: Deniz Aytekin (Germany)

Aberdeen

UEFA Europa League

Having finished second in the 2017–18 Scottish Premiership, Aberdeen started in the second qualifying round of the 2018–19 UEFA Europa League.[30]

Aberdeen v Burnley

26 July 2018 QR2	Aberdeen	1–1	Burnley	Aberdeen
	Mackay-Steven  19' (pen.)	BBC Sport	Vokes  80'	Stadium: Pittodrie Stadium Attendance: 20,313 Referee: Daniel Siebert (Germany)

Burnley v Aberdeen

2 August 2018 QR2	Burnley	3–1 (a.e.t.) (4–2 agg.)	Aberdeen	Burnley
	Wood  6' Cork  101' Barnes  114'	BBC Sport	Ferguson  27'	Stadium: Turf Moor Referee: Massimiliano Irrati (Italy)

Rangers

UEFA Europa League

Rangers started in the first qualifying round of the 2018–19 UEFA Europa League, where they were drawn to play Macedonian club Shkupi.[30]

Rangers v Shkupi

12 July 2018 QR1	Rangers	2–0	Shkupi	Glasgow
	Murphy  23' Tavernier  90+2' (pen.)	BBC Sport		Stadium: Ibrox Stadium Attendance: 49,309 Referee: Christian Dingert (Germany)

Shkupi v Rangers

17 July 2018 QR1	Shkupi	0–0 (0–2 agg.)	Rangers	Skopje
		BBC Sport		Stadium: Philip II Arena Referee: Halil Meler (Turkey)

Osijek v Rangers

26 July 2018 QR2	Osijek	0–1	Rangers	Osijek
		BBC Sport	Morelos  18'	Stadium: Stadion Gradski vrt Referee: Pawel Gil (Poland)

Rangers v Osijek

2 August 2018 QR2	Rangers	1–1 (2–1 agg.)	Osijek	Glasgow
	Katić  53'	BBC Sport	Barisic  89'	Stadium: Ibrox Stadium Referee: Dennis Higler (Netherlands)

Rangers v Maribor

9 August 2018 QR3	Rangers	3–1	Maribor	Glasgow
	Morelos  6' Tavernier  50' (pen.) Coulibaly  86'	BBC Sport	Viler  40'	Stadium: Ibrox Stadium Referee: Roi Reinshreiber (Israel)

Maribor v Rangers

16 August 2018 QR3	Maribor	0–0 (1–3 agg.)	Rangers	Maribor
		BBC Sport		Stadium: Ljudski vrt Referee: Jonathan Lardot (Belgium)

Rangers v Ufa

23 August 2018 PO	Rangers	1–0	Ufa	Glasgow
	Goldson  41'	BBC Sport		Stadium: Ibrox Stadium Referee: Daniel Stefański (Poland)

Ufa v Rangers

30 August 2018 PO	Ufa	1–1 (1–2 agg.)	Rangers	Ufa
	Sysuev  32'	BBC Sport	Ejaria  9'	Stadium: Neftyanik Stadium Referee: Tobias Stieler (Germany)

Group stage

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification		VIL	RW	RAN	SPM
1	Villarreal	6	2	4	0	12	5	+7	10[lower-alpha 1]	Advance to knockout phase		—	5–0	2–2	2–0
2	Rapid Wien	6	3	1	2	6	9	−3	10[lower-alpha 1]			0–0	—	1–0	2–0
3	Rangers	6	1	3	2	8	8	0	6			0–0	3–1	—	0–0
4	Spartak Moscow	6	1	2	3	8	12	−4	5			3–3	1–2	4–3	—

Source: UEFA
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers
Notes:

1. Head-to-head points: Villarreal 4, Rapid Wien 1.

Villarreal v Rangers

20 September 2018 Group G	Villarreal	2–2	Rangers	Villarreal
	Bacca  1' Moreno  69'	BBC Sport	Arfield  67' Lafferty  76'	Stadium: Estadio de la Cerámica Referee: Istvan Kovacs (Romania)

Rangers v Rapid Wien

4 October 2018 Group G	Rangers	3–1	Rapid Wien	Glasgow
	Morelos  43', 90+4' Tavernier  84' (pen.)	BBC Sport	Berisha  42'	Stadium: Ibrox Stadium Referee: Ruddy Buquet (France)

Rangers v Spartak Moscow

25 October 2018 Group G	Rangers	0–0	Spartak Moscow	Glasgow
		BBC Sport		Stadium: Ibrox Stadium Referee: Kevin Blom (Netherlands)

Spartak Moscow v Rangers

8 November 2018 Group G	Spartak Moscow	4–3	Rangers	Moscow
	Melgarejo  22' Goldson  35' (o.g.) Luiz Adriano  58' Hanni  59'	BBC Sport	Eremenko  5' (o.g.) Candeias  27' Middleton  41'	Stadium: Otkritie Arena Referee: Ivan Bebek (Croatia)

Rangers v Villarreal

29 November 2018 Group G	Rangers	0–0	Villarreal	Glasgow
		BBC Sport		Stadium: Ibrox Stadium Referee: Matej Jug (Slovenia)

Rapid Wien v Rangers

13 December 2018 Group G	Rapid Wien	1–0	Rangers	Vienna
	Ljubicic  84'	BBC Sport		Stadium: Allianz Stadion Referee: Paolo Silvio Mazzoleni (Italy)

Hibernian

UEFA Europa League

Hibernian started in the first qualifying round of the 2018–19 UEFA Europa League, and were paired with Faroese club Runavík.[30]

Hibernian v Runavík

12 July 2018 QR1	Hibernian	6–1	Runavík	Edinburgh
	Kamberi  3' (pen.), 21', 48' Shaw  29' Mallan  43', 84'	BBC Sport	Knudsen  53'	Stadium: Easter Road Attendance: 12,501 Referee: Manfredas Lukjancukas (Lithuania)

Runavík v Hibernian

19 July 2018 QR1	Runavík	4–6 (5–12 agg.)	Hibernian	Toftir
	Ambrose  1' (o.g.) Olsen  6', 35', 57'	BBC Sport	McGinn  10' Stevenson  16' Gray  45+1' Ambrose  50' Mallan  70', 77'	Stadium: Svangaskard Stadium Referee: Luis Miguel Teixeira (Portugal)

Hibernian v Asteras Tripolis

26 July 2018 QR2	Hibernian	3–2	Asteras Tripolis	Edinburgh
	Ambrose  64' Gray  77' Kamberi  90+3'	BBC Sport	Kyriakopoulous  12', 35'	Stadium: Easter Road Referee: Andreas Ekberg (Sweden)

Asteras Tripolis v Hibernian

2 August 2018 QR2	Asteras Tripolis	1–1 (3–4 agg.)	Hibernian	Tripoli
	Tsilianidis  56'	BBC Sport	McGinn  44'	Stadium: Theodoros Kolokotronis Stadium Referee: Benoit Millot (France)

Hibernian v Molde

9 August 2018 QR3	Hibernian	0–0	Molde	Edinburgh
		BBC Sport		Stadium: Easter Road Referee: Adam Farkas (Hungary)

Molde v Hibernian

16 August 2018 QR3	Molde	3–0 (3–0 agg.)	Hibernian	Molde
	Haaland  35', 82' Aursnes  66'	BBC Sport		Stadium: Aker Stadion Referee: Dennis Higler (Netherlands)

Scotland national team

Main article: Scotland national football team 2000–19 results

Scotland  v  Belgium

7 September 2018 Friendly match	Scotland	0–4	Belgium	Glasgow
		BBC Sport	Lukaku  28' Hazard  46' Batshuayi  52', 60'	Stadium: Hampden Park Attendance: 20,196 Referee: Luca Banti (Italy)

Scotland  v  Albania

10 September 2018 Nations League C	Scotland	2–0	Albania	Glasgow
	Djimsiti  47' (o.g.) Naismith  68'	BBC Sport		Stadium: Hampden Park Referee: Matej Jug (Slovenia)

Israel  v  Scotland

11 October 2018 Nations League C	Israel	2–1	Scotland	Haifa
	Peretz  52' Tierney  74' (o.g.)	BBC Sport	Mulgrew  25' (pen.)	Stadium: Sammy Ofer Stadium Referee: Daniel Stefanski (Poland)

Scotland  v  Portugal

14 October 2018[31] Friendly match	Scotland	1–3	Portugal	Glasgow
	Naismith  90+3'	BBC Sport	Costa  43' Eder  74' Bruma  84'	Stadium: Hampden Park Referee: Ruddy Buquet (France)

Albania  v  Scotland

17 November 2018 Nations League C	Albania	0–4	Scotland	Shkodër
		BBC Sport	Fraser  14' Fletcher  45+2' (pen.) Forrest  55', 67'	Stadium: Loro Boriçi Stadium Referee: Vladislav Bezborodov (Russia)

Scotland  v  Israel

20 November 2018 Nations League C	Scotland	3–2	Israel	Glasgow
	Forrest  34', 43', 64'	BBC Sport	Kayal  9' Zahavi  75'	Stadium: Hampden Park Referee: Tobias Welz (Germany)

Kazakhstan  v  Scotland

21 March 2019 Euro 2020 qualifying	Kazakhstan	3–0	Scotland	Astana
	Pertsukh  6' Vorogovskiy  10' Zainutdinov  51'	BBC Sport		Stadium: Astana Arena Referee: Srđan Jovanović (Serbia)

San Marino  v  Scotland

24 March 2019 Euro 2020 qualifying	San Marino	0–2	Scotland	Serravalle
		BBC Sport	McLean  4' Russell  74'	Stadium: Stadio Olimpico Referee: Manuel Schüttengruber (Austria)

Scotland  v  Cyprus

8 June 2019 Euro 2020 qualifying	Scotland	2–1	Cyprus	Glasgow
	Robertson  61' Burke  89'	BBC Sport	Kousoulos  87'	Stadium: Hampden Park Referee: Ola Hobber Nilsen (Norway)

Belgium  v  Scotland

11 June 2019 Euro 2020 qualifying	Belgium	3–0	Scotland	Brussels
	Lukaku  45+1', 57' De Bruyne  90+2'	BBC Sport		Stadium: King Baudouin Stadium Referee: Petr Ardeleánu (Czech Republic)

Women's football

League and Cup honours

Division	Winner
2018 SWPL 1	Glasgow City[32]
2018 SWPL 2	Motherwell[33]
2018 SWFL First Division (North)	Dundee United
2018 SWFL First Division (South)	Hibernian 23s
2018 SWFL Second Division (West)	Ayr United
2018 SWFL Second Division (Central)	Glasgow City Development
2018 SWFL Second Division (East)	Kelty Hearts CC
2018 SWFL Second Division (North)	Montrose Ladies

Competition	Winner	Score	Runner-up	Match report
Scottish Women's Cup	Hibernian	8–0	Motherwell	BBC Sport
SWPL Cup	Hibernian	9–0	Celtic	BBC Sport
SWFL First Division Cup	Celtic Academy	1–0	Hibernian 23s
SWFL Second Division Cup

Individual honours

SWPL awards

Award	Winner	Team
Players' Player of the Year
Player of the Year
Manager of the Year
Young Player of the Year

Scottish Women's Premier League

Main article: 2018 Scottish Women's Premier League

SWPL 1

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Glasgow City (C, Q)	21	19	2	0	75	12	+63	59	Qualification for the Champions League Round of 32
2	Hibernian (Q)	21	18	2	1	80	17	+63	56	Qualification for the Champions League Qualifying Round
3	Celtic	21	11	3	7	41	31	+10	36
4	Rangers	21	8	1	12	33	46	−13	25
5	Forfar Farmington	21	7	2	12	20	45	−25	23
6	Spartans	21	4	4	13	23	46	−23	16
7	Stirling University	21	4	3	14	17	54	−37	15
8	Hamilton Academical (R)	21	3	3	15	17	55	−38	12	Relegation to SWPL 2

Source: Soccerway
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Number of goals scored
(C) Champion; (Q) Qualified to the phase indicated; (R) Relegated.

SWPL 2

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Motherwell[lower-alpha 1] (C, P)	21	18	2	1	90	19	+71	56	Promotion to SWPL 1
2	FC Kilmarnock[lower-alpha 1]	21	10	5	6	41	32	+9	35
3	Heart of Midlothian	21	10	4	7	39	30	+9	34
4	St Johnstone	21	9	4	8	39	40	−1	31
5	Edinburgh University Hutchison Vale	21	8	6	7	55	43	+12	30
6	Glasgow Girls	21	8	4	9	43	48	−5	28
7	Aberdeen (R)	21	4	3	14	29	53	−24	15	Relegation to SWFL Division 1 – North
8	Central Girls (R)	21	2	2	17	24	95	−71	8

Source: Soccerway
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Number of goals scored
(C) Champion; (P) Promoted; (R) Relegated.
Notes:

1. FC Kilmarnock were awarded a 3–0 win against Motherwell on 22 February 2018 after they failed to hand a team line to their opponents and the referee 45 minutes before kick-off. The match had finished 2–1 to Motherwell.[34]

UEFA Women's Champions League

Glasgow City

Glasgow City entered the Champions League in the qualifying round.[35]

Glasgow City v Anderlecht

7 August 2018 (2018-08-07) Qualifying group 3	Glasgow City	1–2	Anderlecht	Edinburgh
12:30	Ivanuša  90+3'	Report	Van Kerkhoven  24' Van Gorp  82'	Stadium: Oriam Referee: Tanja Subotič

Glasgow City v Martve

10 August 2018 (2018-08-10) Qualifying group 3	Glasgow City	7–0	Martve	Edinburgh
12:30	Grant  4', 23' Howat  46', 68', 86' Love  52' Clark  82'	Report		Stadium: Oriam Referee: Shona Shukrula

Glasgow City v Górnik Łęczna

13 August 2018 (2018-08-13) Qualifying group 3	Glasgow City	2–0	Górnik Łęczna	Edinburgh
16:00	Love  33' Kerr  85'	Report		Stadium: Oriam Referee: Tanja Subotič

Barcelona FA v Glasgow City

12 September 2018 (2018-09-12) Round of 32	Barcelona FA	0–2	Glasgow City	Limassol
15:30		Report	Lauder  3' Crichton  83'	Stadium: Tsirion Stadium Referee: Viola Raudziņa

Glasgow City v Barcelona FA

27 September 2018 (2018-09-27) Round of 32	Glasgow City	0–1 (2–1 agg.)	Barcelona FA	Glasgow
19:30		BBC Sport	Freda  6'	Stadium: Petershill Park Attendance: 511

Barcelona v Glasgow City

17 October 2018 (2018-10-17) Round of 16	Barcelona	5–0	Glasgow City	Barcelona
18:00	Hamraoui Bonmatí Guijarro Andressa Alves Mapi León	BBC Sport		Stadium: Mini Estadi

Glasgow City v Barcelona

1 November 2018 (2018-11-01) Round of 16	Glasgow City	0–3 (0–8 agg.)	Barcelona	Glasgow
19:30		BBC Sport	Duggan  13', 51' Putellas  48'	Stadium: Petershill Park

Scotland women's national team

Main article: Scotland women's national football team 2010–19 results

With a 2–1 win against Albania in the final round of group fixtures, Scotland qualified for their first World Cup finals tournament by winning UEFA Group 2.[36]

Scotland  v   Switzerland

30 August 2018 2019 WCQ Group 2	Scotland	2–1	Switzerland	Paisley
19:35	Cuthbert  2' Little  5'	BBC Sport	Dickenmann  7'	Stadium: St Mirren Park Attendance: 4,098 Referee: Sara Persson

Albania  v  Scotland

4 September 2018 2019 WCQ Group 2	Albania	1–2	Scotland	Shkodër
16:00	Doci  45'	Report	Little  9' J. Ross  68'	Stadium: Loro Boriçi Stadium Referee: Barbara Poxhofer

Scotland  v  United States

13 November 2018 Friendly	Scotland	0–1	United States	Paisley
19:15		BBC Sport	Morgan  39'	Stadium: St Mirren Park Attendance: 3,790 Referee: Amy Fearn

Scotland  v  Norway

17 January 2019 Friendly	Scotland	1–3	Norway	La Manga
17:00	Weir  53' (pen.)	BBC Sport	Hansen Utland

Scotland  v  Iceland

21 January 2019 Friendly	Scotland	1–2	Iceland	La Manga
15:00	Clelland  90'	BBC Sport	Jensen  49', 54'

Scotland  v  Canada

1 March 2019 2019 Algarve Cup	Scotland	0–1	Canada	Lagos
13:15		BBC Sport	Sinclair  80' (pen.)	Stadium: Estadio Municipal de Lagos

Scotland  v  Iceland

4 March 2019 2019 Algarve Cup	Scotland	4–1	Iceland	Parchal
14:00	Arnot  13', 67' Cuthbert  33' Little  55'	BBC Sport	Gunnarsdottir  57'	Stadium: Estadio Municipal da Bela Vista

Scotland  v  Denmark

6 March 2019 2019 Algarve Cup	Scotland	1–0	Denmark	São João da Venda
13:15	J. Ross  34'	BBC Sport		Stadium: Estádio Algarve

Scotland  v  Chile

5 April 2019 Friendly	Scotland	1–1	Chile	San Pedro del Pinatar
18:00	Cuthbert  19'	BBC Sport	Araya  49' (pen.)	Stadium: Pinatar Arena Football Centre

Scotland  v  Brazil

8 April 2019 Friendly	Scotland	1–0	Brazil	San Pedro del Pinatar
19:00	Little  38'	BBC Sport		Stadium: Pinatar Arena Football Centre Referee: Petra Pavlikova

Scotland  v  Jamaica

28 May 2019 Friendly	Scotland	3–2	Jamaica	Glasgow
19:35 BST	Cuthbert  30' Weir  35' Howard  68'	BBC Sport	Shaw  15', 49'	Stadium: Hampden Park Attendance: 18,555

England  v  Scotland

9 June 2019 2019 WC Group D	England	2–1	Scotland	Nice
17:00 BST	Parris  14' (pen.) White  40'	BBC Sport	Emslie  79'	Stadium: Stade de Nice Attendance: 13,188 Referee: Jana Adamkova

Japan  v  Scotland

14 June 2019 2019 WC Group D	Japan	2–1	Scotland	Rennes
14:00 BST	Iwabuchi  23' Sugasawa  37' (pen.)	FIFA	Clelland  88'	Stadium: Roazhon Park Attendance: 13,201 Referee: Lidya Tafesse Abebe (Ethiopia)

Scotland  v  Argentina

19 June 2019 2019 WC Group D	Scotland	3–3	Argentina	Paris
20:00 BST	Little  19' Beattie  49' Cuthbert  69'	FIFA	Menéndez  74' Alexander  79' (o.g.) Bonsegundo  90+4' (pen.)	Stadium: Parc des Princes Attendance: 28,205 Referee: Ri Hyang-ok (North Korea)

Deaths

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• 8 July: Alan Gilzean, 79, Dundee and Scotland forward.[37]
• 14 July: Davie McParland, 83, Partick Thistle winger; Partick Thistle, Queen's Park and Hamilton Academical manager; Celtic assistant manager.[38]
• 21 July: Allan Ball, 75, Queen of the South goalkeeper.[39]
• c.23 July: Jimmy Copeland, 76, Kilmarnock, Dumbarton, Montrose and Clyde forward.[40]
• 10 August: Alan Hercher, 52, Inverness Caledonian Thistle midfielder.[41]
• September: George O'Hara, Dundee and Queen of the South forward.[42]
• 24 September: Jim Brogan, 74, Celtic, Ayr United and Scotland full-back.[43]
• 31 October: Johnny Graham, 73, Third Lanark, Dundee United, Falkirk, Hibernian and Ayr United midfielder.[44]
• 13 November: William Mullan, 90, referee.[45]
• 13 November: David Stewart, 71, Ayr United and Scotland goalkeeper.[46]
• 16 November: Flemming Nielsen, 84, Morton midfielder.[47]
• 19 November: George Yardley, 76, East Fife goalkeeper and forward.[48]
• 22 November: Len Campbell, 71, Dumbarton wing half.[49]
• 1 January: Freddie Glidden, 91, Hearts and Dumbarton defender.[50]
• 24 January: Hugh McIlvanney, 84, journalist.[51]
• 5 February: Joe Fascione, 74, Dundee United winger.[52]
• 9 February: Katharina Lindner, 39, Glasgow City forward.[53]
• 9 February: Ian Ross, 72, Berwick Rangers manager.[54]
• 17 February: Johnny Valentine, 88, Queen's Park, Rangers and St Johnstone defender.[55]
• 4 March: Eric Caldow, 84, Rangers, Stirling Albion and Scotland defender; Stranraer manager.[56]
• 7 March: Bobby Campbell, 77, Greenock Morton, St Mirren and Motherwell inside right.[57]
• 12 April: Ivor Broadis, 96, Queen of the South forward.[58]
• 22 April: Billy McNeill, 79, Celtic and Scotland defender; Clyde, Aberdeen and Celtic manager.[59]
• 29 April: Stevie Chalmers, 83, Dumbarton, Celtic, Morton, Partick Thistle and Scotland forward.[60]
• 13 May: George Smith, 75, referee.[61]
• 26 May: Harry Hood, 74, Clyde, Celtic, Motherwell and Queen of the South forward; Albion Rovers and Queen of the South manager.[62]
• 4 June: Lawrie Leslie, 84, Hibernian, Airdrie and Scotland goalkeeper.[63]
• 17 June: Ian MacFarlane, 86, Aberdeen full-back.[64]
• 19 June: Ernie Collumbine, 80/81, Stenhousemuir, East Stirlingshire, St Johnstone and Clydebank wing-half.[65]
• 24 June: Bobby Brown, 87, Motherwell full-back.[66]

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