2024–25 Scottish Premiership

The 2024–25 Scottish Premiership (known as the William Hill Premiership for sponsorship reasons) was the twelfth season of the Scottish Premiership, the highest division of Scottish football, and the 128th edition overall of the top national league competition, not including one cancelled due to World War II. The season began on 3 August 2024.

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2024–25 Scottish Premiership

On 26 April 2025, Celtic successfully defended their title, securing their fourth Premiership title in a row, and a record-tying 55th Scottish league title overall, following a 5–0 victory away to Dundee United.

Twelve teams contested the league: Aberdeen, Celtic, Dundee, Dundee United, Heart of Midlothian, Hibernian, Kilmarnock, Motherwell, Rangers, Ross County, St Johnstone and St Mirren.

Teams

2024–25 Scottish Premiership

The following teams changed division after the 2023–24 season.

Personnel and kits

<table><thead><tr><th>Team</th><th>Manager</th><th>Captain</th><th>Kit manufacturer</th><th>Shirt sponsor (front)</th><th>Shirt sponsor (back)</th><th>Shirt sponsor (sleeve)</th><th>Shorts sponsor</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td>Aberdeen</td><td>Jimmy Thelin</td><td>Graeme Shinnie</td><td>Adidas</td><td>Texo Group</td><td>MaxAmaze, EIS Waste Services</td><td>RAM Tubulars</td><td>Texo Group</td></tr><tr><td>Celtic</td><td>Brendan Rodgers</td><td>Callum McGregor</td><td>Adidas</td><td>Dafabet</td><td>Magners</td><td>Celtic FC Foundation</td><td>None</td></tr><tr><td>Dundee</td><td>Tony Docherty</td><td>Joe Shaughnessy</td><td>Macron</td><td>Crown Engineering Services</td><td>MKM Building Supplies, John Clark BMW</td><td>GA Vans</td><td>DrainBlitz</td></tr><tr><td>Dundee United</td><td>Jim Goodwin</td><td>Ross Docherty</td><td>Erreà</td><td>Quinn Casino</td><td>JF Kegs, Norman Jamieson Ltd</td><td>Trade-Mart</td><td>Paint-Tec Accident Repair Centre</td></tr><tr><td>Heart of Midlothian</td><td>Liam Fox (interim)</td><td>Lawrence Shankland</td><td>Umbro</td><td>Stellar Omada</td><td>FanHub, loveholidays</td><td>ASC Edinburgh Ltd</td><td>None</td></tr><tr><td>Hibernian</td><td>David Gray</td><td>Joe Newell</td><td>Joma</td><td>Bevvy.com</td><td>Whisky Row, Dunedin IT</td><td>SBK</td><td>Capital Credit Union</td></tr><tr><td>Kilmarnock</td><td>Derek McInnes</td><td>Kyle Vassell</td><td>Hummel</td><td>James Frew Ltd</td><td>James Frew Ltd, Blackwood Plant Hire</td><td>Redrock Automation</td><td>A&L Mechanical</td></tr><tr><td>Motherwell</td><td>Michael Wimmer</td><td>Paul McGinn</td><td>Macron</td><td>G4 Claims</td><td>Fire Suppression Scotland, Phoenix Specialist Solutions</td><td>DX Home Improvements</td><td>TCL</td></tr><tr><td>Rangers</td><td>Barry Ferguson (interim)</td><td>James Tavernier</td><td>Castore</td><td>Unibet</td><td>SEKO Logistics</td><td>BOXT Life</td><td>AIM Building and Maintenance</td></tr><tr><td>Ross County</td><td>Don Cowie</td><td>Connor Randall</td><td>Macron</td><td>Ross-shire Engineering</td><td>Ross-shire Engineering</td><td>Mikeysline (Away)</td><td>None</td></tr><tr><td>St Johnstone</td><td>Simo Valakari</td><td>Nicky Clark</td><td>Macron</td><td>GS Brown Construction</td><td>Sidey Solutions, A & B Taxis Perth</td><td>Saints in the Community</td><td>CHAS Children's Hospice</td></tr><tr><td>St Mirren</td><td>Stephen Robinson</td><td>Mark O'Hara</td><td>Macron</td><td>Consilium Plumbing and Heating</td><td>Ultimate Home Solutions, Macklin Motors</td><td>Gennaro Glass & Glazing</td><td>KPP Chartered Accountants</td></tr></tbody></table>

Managerial changes

<table><thead><tr><th>Team</th><th>Outgoing manager</th><th>Manner of departure</th><th>Date of vacancy</th><th>Position in table</th><th>Incoming manager</th><th>Date of appointment</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td>Aberdeen</td><td>Peter Leven</td><td>End of interim spell</td><td>19 May 2024</td><td>Pre-season</td><td>Jimmy Thelin</td><td>3 June 2024</td></tr><tr><td>St Johnstone</td><td>Craig Levein</td><td>Sacked</td><td>17 September 2024</td><td>10th</td><td>Andy Kirk (interim)</td><td>17 September 2024</td></tr><tr><td>Heart of Midlothian</td><td>Steven Naismith</td><td>22 September 2024</td><td>12th</td><td>Liam Fox (interim)</td><td>22 September 2024</td></tr><tr><td>St Johnstone</td><td>Andy Kirk</td><td>End of interim spell</td><td>1 October 2024</td><td>11th</td><td>Simo Valakari</td><td>1 October 2024</td></tr><tr><td>Heart of Midlothian</td><td>Liam Fox</td><td>15 October 2024</td><td>12th</td><td>Neil Critchley</td><td>15 October 2024</td></tr><tr><td>Motherwell</td><td>Stuart Kettlewell</td><td>Resigned</td><td>27 January 2025</td><td>5th</td><td>Stephen Frail (interim)</td><td>27 January 2025</td></tr><tr><td>Stephen Frail</td><td>End of interim spell</td><td>17 February 2025</td><td>8th</td><td>Michael Wimmer</td><td>17 February 2025</td></tr><tr><td>Rangers</td><td>Philippe Clement</td><td>Sacked</td><td>23 February 2025</td><td>2nd</td><td>Barry Ferguson (interim)</td><td>24 February 2025</td></tr><tr><td>Heart of Midlothian</td><td>Neil Critchley</td><td>26 April 2025</td><td>8th</td><td>Liam Fox (interim)</td><td>26 April 2025</td></tr></tbody></table>

Format

2024–25 Scottish Premiership

In the initial phase of the season, the 12 teams will play a round-robin tournament whereby each team plays each one of the other teams three times. After 33 games, the league splits into two sections of six teams, with each team playing each other in that section. The league attempts to balance the fixture list so that teams in the same section play each other twice at home and twice away, but sometimes this is impossible. A total of 228 matches will be played, with 38 matches played by each team.

League table

2024–25 Scottish Premiership

<table><thead><tr><th>Pos</th><th>Team</th><th>Pld</th><th>W</th><th>D</th><th>L</th><th>GF</th><th>GA</th><th>GD</th><th>Pts</th><th>Qualification or relegation</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td>1</td><td>Celtic (C)</td><td>38</td><td>29</td><td>5</td><td>4</td><td>112</td><td>26</td><td>+86</td><td>92</td><td>Qualification for the Champions League play-off round</td></tr><tr><td>2</td><td>Rangers</td><td>38</td><td>22</td><td>9</td><td>7</td><td>80</td><td>41</td><td>+39</td><td>75</td><td>Qualification for the Champions League second qualifying round</td></tr><tr><td>3</td><td>Hibernian</td><td>38</td><td>15</td><td>13</td><td>10</td><td>62</td><td>50</td><td>+12</td><td>58</td><td>Qualification for the Europa League second qualifying round</td></tr><tr><td>4</td><td>Dundee United</td><td>38</td><td>15</td><td>8</td><td>15</td><td>45</td><td>54</td><td>−9</td><td>53</td><td>Qualification for the Conference League second qualifying round</td></tr><tr><td>5</td><td>Aberdeen</td><td>38</td><td>15</td><td>8</td><td>15</td><td>48</td><td>61</td><td>−13</td><td>53</td><td>Qualification for the Europa League play-off round</td></tr><tr><td>6</td><td>St Mirren</td><td>38</td><td>14</td><td>8</td><td>16</td><td>53</td><td>59</td><td>−6</td><td>50</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>7</td><td>Heart of Midlothian</td><td>38</td><td>15</td><td>7</td><td>16</td><td>52</td><td>47</td><td>+5</td><td>52</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>8</td><td>Motherwell</td><td>38</td><td>14</td><td>7</td><td>17</td><td>46</td><td>63</td><td>−17</td><td>49</td></tr><tr><td>9</td><td>Kilmarnock</td><td>38</td><td>12</td><td>8</td><td>18</td><td>45</td><td>64</td><td>−19</td><td>44</td></tr><tr><td>10</td><td>Dundee</td><td>38</td><td>11</td><td>8</td><td>19</td><td>57</td><td>77</td><td>−20</td><td>41</td></tr><tr><td>11</td><td>Ross County (R)</td><td>38</td><td>9</td><td>10</td><td>19</td><td>37</td><td>65</td><td>−28</td><td>37</td><td>Qualification for the Premiership play-off final</td></tr><tr><td>12</td><td>St Johnstone (R)</td><td>38</td><td>9</td><td>5</td><td>24</td><td>38</td><td>68</td><td>−30</td><td>32</td><td>Relegation to Championship</td></tr></tbody></table>

Results

Matches 1–22 & Matches 23–33

In Matches 1–22, all teams play each other twice, once at home and once away. And in Matches 23–33, all teams play each other once, either home or away.

Matches 34–38

After 33 matches, the league was split into two sections of six teams, i.e. the top six and the bottom six, with the teams playing every other team in their section once (either at home or away). The exact matches were determined by the position of the teams in the league table at the time of the split.

Season statistics

Top scorers

<table><thead><tr><th>Rank</th><th>Player</th><th>Club</th><th>Goals</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td>1</td><td>Cyriel Dessers</td><td>Rangers</td><td>18</td></tr><tr><td>2</td><td>Daizen Maeda</td><td>Celtic</td><td>16</td></tr><tr><td>Simon Murray</td><td>Dundee</td></tr><tr><td>4</td><td>Sam Dalby</td><td>Dundee United</td><td>15</td></tr><tr><td>Martin Boyle</td><td>Hibernian</td></tr><tr><td>6</td><td>Adam Idah</td><td>Celtic</td><td>13</td></tr><tr><td>Nicolas Kühn</td><td>Celtic</td></tr><tr><td>8</td><td>Václav Černý</td><td>Rangers</td><td>12</td></tr><tr><td>Hamza Igamane</td><td>Rangers</td></tr><tr><td>Ronan Hale</td><td>Ross County</td></tr></tbody></table>

Hat-tricks

<table><thead><tr><th>Player</th><th>For</th><th>Against</th><th>Score</th><th>Date</th><th>Ref.</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td>Hamza Igamane</td><td>Rangers</td><td>Hibernian</td><td>3–3 (A)</td><td>5 January 2025</td><td></td></tr></tbody></table>

Clean sheets

<table><thead><tr><th>Rank</th><th>Player</th><th>Club</th><th>Clean sheets</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td>1</td><td>Kasper Schmeichel</td><td>Celtic</td><td>19</td></tr><tr><td>2</td><td>Jack Walton</td><td>Dundee United</td><td>12</td></tr><tr><td>3</td><td>Jack Butland</td><td>Rangers</td><td>10</td></tr><tr><td>4</td><td>Craig Gordon</td><td>Heart of Midlothian</td><td>8</td></tr><tr><td>5</td><td>Jordan Smith</td><td>Hibernian</td><td>7</td></tr></tbody></table>

Awards

2024–25 Scottish Premiership

<table><thead><tr><th>Month</th><th>Manager of the Month</th><th>Player of the Month</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td>Manager</td><td>Club</td><td>Player</td><td>Club</td></tr><tr><td>August</td><td>Jimmy Thelin</td><td>Aberdeen</td><td>Callum McGregor</td><td>Celtic</td></tr><tr><td>September</td><td>Brendan Rodgers</td><td>Celtic</td><td>Lennon Miller</td><td>Motherwell</td></tr><tr><td>October</td><td>Jimmy Thelin</td><td>Aberdeen</td><td>Nicky Devlin</td><td>Aberdeen</td></tr><tr><td>November</td><td>Brendan Rodgers</td><td>Celtic</td><td>Sam Dalby</td><td>Dundee United</td></tr><tr><td>December</td><td>David Gray</td><td>Hibernian</td><td>Nicky Cadden</td><td>Hibernian</td></tr><tr><td>January</td><td>Neil Critchley</td><td>Heart of Midlothian</td><td>Hamza Igamane</td><td>Rangers</td></tr><tr><td>February</td><td>David Gray</td><td>Hibernian</td><td>Daizen Maeda</td><td>Celtic</td></tr><tr><td>March</td></tr><tr><td>April</td><td>Jimmy Thelin</td><td>Aberdeen</td><td>Simon Murray</td><td>Dundee</td></tr></tbody></table>

Premiership play-offs

2024–25 Scottish Premiership

The quarter-final was contested by the teams placed third and fourth in the 2024–25 Scottish Championship, Ayr United and Partick Thistle. Partick Thistle advanced to the semi-final to face the team placed second in the Championship, Livingston. The final was contested by Livingston and the team placed eleventh in the Premiership, Ross County, with winners Livingston securing a place in the 2025–26 Scottish Premiership.

Qualified teams

<table><thead><tr><th>Team</th><th>Rank</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td>Ross County</td><td>1</td></tr><tr><td>Livingston</td><td>2</td></tr><tr><td>Ayr United</td><td>3</td></tr><tr><td>Partick Thistle</td><td>4</td></tr></tbody></table>