2023–24 Scottish Premiership

The 2023–24 Scottish Premiership (known as the cinch Premiership for sponsorship reasons) is the eleventh season of the Scottish Premiership, the highest division of Scottish football, and the 127th edition overall of the top national league competition, not including one cancelled due to World War II. Celtic are the defending champions. The season began on 5 August 2023.[1]

Scottish Premiership
Season2023–24
Dates5 August 2023 –
19 May 2024
Matches played51
Goals scored125 (2.45 per match)
Top goalscorerMatt O'Riley
(6 goals)
Biggest home winRangers 4–0 Livingston
(12 August 2023)
Aberdeen 4–0 Ross County
(24 September 2023)
Rangers 4–0 Hibernian
(21 October 2023)
Biggest away winLivingston 0–3 Celtic
(23 September 2023)
St Mirren 0–3 Rangers
(8 October 2023)
Heart of Midlothian 1–4 Celtic
(22 October 2023)
Highest scoringCeltic 4–2 Ross County
(5 August 2023)
Longest winning runCeltic
(6 games)
Longest unbeaten runCeltic
(9 games)
Longest winless runSt Johnstone
(8 games)
Longest losing runMotherwell
(4 games)
Highest attendance58,928
Celtic 3–0 Dundee
(16 September 2023)
Lowest attendance2,039
Livingston 2–0 Motherwell
(7 October 2023)
Total attendance842,180
Average attendance16,513
2024–25 →
All statistics correct as of 24 October 2023.

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

Teams

The following teams changed division after the 2022–23 season.

Promoted from the Championship

Relegated to the Championship

Stadia and locations
Aberdeen Celtic Dundee Heart of Midlothian
Pittodrie Stadium Celtic Park Dens Park Tynecastle Park
Capacity: 20,866[2] Capacity: 60,411[3] Capacity: 11,775[4] Capacity: 19,852[5]
Hibernian
Location of teams in the 2023–24 Scottish Premiership
 Kilmarnock
Easter Road Rugby Park
Capacity: 20,421[6] Capacity: 15,003[7][8]
Livingston Motherwell
Almondvale Stadium Fir Park
Capacity: 9,713[9] Capacity: 13,677[10]
Rangers Ross County St Johnstone St Mirren
Ibrox Stadium Victoria Park McDiarmid Park St Mirren Park
Capacity: 50,987[11] Capacity: 6,541[12] Capacity: 10,696[13] Capacity: 7,937[14]
Premiership football clubs in Edinburgh
Premiership football clubs in Glasgow

Personnel and kits
Team Manager Captain Kit manufacturer Shirt sponsor
Aberdeen Scotland Barry Robson Scotland Graeme Shinnie Adidas TEXO
Celtic Northern Ireland Brendan Rodgers Scotland Callum McGregor Adidas Dafabet
Dundee Scotland Tony Docherty Republic of Ireland Joe Shaughnessy Macron Crown Engineering Services
Heart of Midlothian Scotland Steven Naismith Scotland Craig Gordon Umbro MND Scotland (Home)
Stellar Omada (Away)
Hibernian Scotland Nick Montgomery Scotland Paul Hanlon Joma Bevvy.com
Kilmarnock Scotland Derek McInnes Northern Ireland Kyle Vassell Hummel James Frew Ltd
Livingston Scotland David Martindale Scotland Mikey Devlin Joma Emptez
Motherwell Scotland Stuart Kettlewell Scotland Liam Kelly Macron G4 Claims
Rangers Belgium Philippe Clement England James Tavernier Castore Unibet
Ross County Scotland Malky Mackay England Jack Baldwin Joma Ross-shire Engineering
St Johnstone Scotland Steven MacLean Scotland Liam Gordon Macron GS Brown Construction
St Mirren Northern Ireland Stephen Robinson Scotland Mark O'Hara Macron Digby Brown

Managerial changes
Team Outgoing manager Manner of departure Date of vacancy Position in table Incoming manager Date of appointment
Dundee England Gary Bowyer End of contract 10 May 2023[15] Pre-season Scotland Tony Docherty 29 May 2023[16]
Celtic Australia Ange Postecoglou Signed by Tottenham Hotspur 6 June 2023[17] Northern Ireland Brendan Rodgers 19 June 2023[18]
Hibernian England Lee Johnson Sacked 27 August 2023[19] 12th Scotland Nick Montgomery 11 September 2023[20]
Rangers England Michael Beale 1 October 2023[21] 3rd Belgium Philippe Clement 15 October 2023[22]

Format

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
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation[lower-alpha 1]
1 Celtic 9 8 1 0 23 6 +17 25 Qualification for the Champions League league phase
2 Rangers 9 6 0 3 17 5 +12 18 Qualification for the Champions League third qualifying round
3 St Mirren 8 4 3 1 11 10 +1 15 Qualification for the Europa League second qualifying round
4 Heart of Midlothian 9 3 2 4 8 9 −1 11 Qualification for the Conference League second qualifying round
5 Kilmarnock 9 2 4 3 11 12 −1 10
6 Motherwell 8 3 1 4 7 9 −2 10
7 Livingston 9 2 4 3 9 15 −6 10
8 Aberdeen 8 2 3 3 10 10 0 9
9 Hibernian 9 2 3 4 13 16 −3 9
10 Dundee 8 1 5 2 7 10 −3 8
11 Ross County 8 2 2 4 6 12 −6 8 Qualification for the Premiership play-off final
12 St Johnstone 8 0 4 4 3 11 −8 4 Relegation to the Championship
Updated to match(es) played on 24 October 2023. Source: [23][24]
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored; 4) Head-to-Head points; 5) Head-to-Head goal difference; 6) Play-off (only if deciding champion, UEFA competitions qualification, second stage group allocation or relegation).[25]
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).

Results

Matches 34–38

After 33 matches, the league splits 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 are determined by the position of the teams in the league table at the time of the split.

Season statistics
As of 24 October 2023

Top scorers
Rank Player Club Goals
1 Denmark Matt O'Riley Celtic 6
2 Japan Kyogo Furuhashi Celtic 5
Senegal Abdallah Sima Rangers
4 North Macedonia Bojan Miovski Aberdeen 4
5 7 players 3

Source:[27]

Most assists
Rank Player Club Assists
1 Scotland Callum McGregor Celtic 3
Scotland Daniel Armstrong Kilmarnock
3 14 players 2

Source:[28]

Clean sheets
Rank Player Club Clean
sheets
1 England Jack Butland Rangers 6
2 Scotland Zander Clark Heart of Midlothian 4
3 Netherlands Kelle Roos Aberdeen 3
England Joe Hart Celtic
Northern Ireland Trevor Carson Dundee
Scotland David Marshall Hibernian
Scotland Ross Laidlaw Ross County
8 4 players 2

Source:[29]

Awards
Month Manager of the Month Player of the Month
Manager Club Player Club
August Northern Ireland Stephen Robinson St Mirren Australia Ryan Strain St Mirren
September Northern Ireland Brendan Rodgers Celtic Denmark Matt O'Riley Celtic

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