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.^[1]

Scottish Premiership

Season	2024–25
Dates	3 August 2024 – 18 May 2025
Champions	Celtic 11th Premiership title 55th Scottish title
Relegated	Ross County St Johnstone
Champions League	Celtic Rangers
Europa League	Aberdeen Hibernian
Conference League	Dundee United
Matches played	228
Goals scored	675 (2.96 per match)
Top goalscorer	Cyriel Dessers (18 goals)
Biggest home win	Rangers 6–0 Ross County (24 August 2024) Rangers 6–0 Kilmarnock (4 December 2024) Celtic 6–0 Dundee (5 February 2025)
Biggest away win	St Johnstone 0–6 Celtic (28 September 2024) Dundee 0–6 Heart of Midlothian (1 February 2025)
Highest scoring	Motherwell 4–3 Dundee United (14 December 2024) Dundee 3–4 Rangers (29 March 2025)
Longest winning run	Aberdeen Celtic 7 games
Longest unbeaten run	Celtic 18 games
Longest winless run	Aberdeen 14 games
Longest losing run	Ross County 7 games
Highest attendance	59,612 Celtic 3–0 Rangers (1 September 2024)
Lowest attendance	1,872 St Johnstone 1–0 Kilmarnock (23 November 2024)
Total attendance	3,944,758
Average attendance	17,302
← 2023–24 2025–26 → All statistics correct as of 18 May 2025.

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.^[2]

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

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

Promoted from the Championship Dundee United Relegated to the Championship Livingston Stadia and locations Aberdeen Celtic Dundee Dundee United Pittodrie Stadium Celtic Park Dens Park Tannadice Park Capacity: 20,866[3] Capacity: 60,411[4] Capacity: 11,775[5] Capacity: 14,223[6] Heart of Midlothian Dundee Edinburgh Glasgow Aberdeen Kilmarnock Motherwell Ross County St Johnstone St Mirren Dundee teams: Dundee Dundee United Edinburgh teams: Hearts Hibernian Glasgow teams: Celtic Rangers Location of teams in the 2024–25 Scottish Premiership Hibernian Tynecastle Park Easter Road Capacity: 19,852[7] Capacity: 20,421[8] Kilmarnock Motherwell Rugby Park Fir Park Capacity: 15,003[9][10] Capacity: 13,677[11] Rangers Ross County St Johnstone St Mirren Ibrox Stadium Victoria Park McDiarmid Park St Mirren Park Capacity: 51,700[12] Capacity: 6,541[13] Capacity: 10,696[14] Capacity: 7,937[15]

Dundee

Dundee United

Premiership football clubs in Dundee

Heart of Midlothian

Hibernian

Premiership football clubs in Edinburgh

Celtic

Rangers

Premiership football clubs in Glasgow

Personnel and kits

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

Managerial changes

Team	Outgoing manager	Manner of departure	Date of vacancy	Position in table	Incoming manager	Date of appointment
Aberdeen	Peter Leven	End of interim spell	19 May 2024[16]	Pre-season	Jimmy Thelin	3 June 2024[17]
St Johnstone	Craig Levein	Sacked	17 September 2024[18]	10th	Andy Kirk (interim)	17 September 2024[18]
Heart of Midlothian	Steven Naismith		22 September 2024[19]	12th	Liam Fox (interim)	22 September 2024[19]
St Johnstone	Andy Kirk	End of interim spell	1 October 2024[20]	11th	Simo Valakari	1 October 2024[20]
Heart of Midlothian	Liam Fox		15 October 2024[21]	12th	Neil Critchley	15 October 2024[21]
Motherwell	Stuart Kettlewell	Resigned	27 January 2025[22]	5th	Stephen Frail (interim)	27 January 2025[22]
	Stephen Frail	End of interim spell	17 February 2025[23]	8th	Michael Wimmer	17 February 2025[23]
Rangers	Philippe Clement	Sacked	23 February 2025[24]	2nd	Barry Ferguson (interim)	24 February 2025[25]
Heart of Midlothian	Neil Critchley		26 April 2025[26]	8th	Liam Fox (interim)	26 April 2025[26]

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[a]
1	Celtic (C)	38	29	5	4	112	26	+86	92	Qualification for the Champions League play-off round
2	Rangers	38	22	9	7	80	41	+39	75	Qualification for the Champions League second qualifying round
3	Hibernian	38	15	13	10	62	50	+12	58	Qualification for the Europa League second qualifying round
4	Dundee United	38	15	8	15	45	54	−9	53	Qualification for the Conference League second qualifying round
5	Aberdeen	38	15	8	15	48	61	−13	53	Qualification for the Europa League play-off round[b]
6	St Mirren	38	14	8	16	53	59	−6	50
7	Heart of Midlothian	38	15	7	16	52	47	+5	52
8	Motherwell	38	14	7	17	46	63	−17	49
9	Kilmarnock	38	12	8	18	45	64	−19	44
10	Dundee	38	11	8	19	57	77	−20	41
11	Ross County (R)	38	9	10	19	37	65	−28	37	Qualification for the Premiership play-off final
12	St Johnstone (R)	38	9	5	24	38	68	−30	32	Relegation to Championship

Source: ^[27][28]
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).^[29]
(C) Champions; (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. Aberdeen qualified for the Europa League play-off round as the 2024–25 Scottish Cup winners.

Results

Matches 1–22 Teams play each other twice, once at home and once away. Home \ Away ABE CEL DND DUN HOM HIB KIL MOT RAN ROS STJ STM Aberdeen — 0–1 4–1 1–0 3–2 1–3 2–0 2–1 2–1 1–2 1–1 3–1 Celtic 2–2 — 2–0 2–0 2–0 3–0 4–0 4–0 3–0 5–0 4–0 3–0 Dundee 1–2 3–3 — 1–2 3–1 4–1 2–3 4–1 1–1 0–3 1–2 2–2 Dundee United 1–0 0–0 2–2 — 0–1 3–2 1–1 1–2 0–1 3–0 2–0 2–0 Heart of Midlothian 1–1 1–4 2–0 0–1 — 1–2 1–2 1–0 0–0 1–1 2–1 4–0 Hibernian 3–3 0–2 2–2 1–1 1–1 — 1–0 1–2 3–3 3–1 2–0 1–2 Kilmarnock 4–0 0–2 1–1 3–3 1–0 1–1 — 0–0 1–0 0–1 0–3 2–0 Motherwell 2–0 0–3 0–1 4–3 3–1 0–3 1–1 — 2–2 0–0 2–1 2–1 Rangers 3–0 3–0 1–0 1–1 1–0 1–0 6–0 2–1 — 6–0 2–0 2–1 Ross County 0–1 1–2 2–0 1–1 2–2 0–0 2–1 2–1 0–3 — 3–3 1–2 St Johnstone 1–2 0–6 1–3 1–2 1–2 1–1 1–0 1–2 0–1 3–0 — 2–3 St Mirren 2–1 0–3 1–2 0–1 2–1 3–0 2–2 0–1 2–1 0–0 2–1 — Source: [30] Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win. For upcoming matches, an "a" indicates there is an article about the rivalry between the two participants.

Matches 23–33 Teams play each other once, either home or away. Home \ Away ABE CEL DND DUN HOM HIB KIL MOT RAN ROS STJ STM Aberdeen — — — 2–2 0–0 — 1–0 4–1 2–2 — — 0–3 Celtic 5–1 — 6–0 3–0 3–0 — 5–1 — 2–3 — — — Dundee 1–2 — — — 0–6 — 3–2 — 3–4 — 1–1 2–0 Dundee United — — 2–4 — — 1–3 — 1–0 1–3 — 1–0 — Heart of Midlothian — — — 0–1 — — 3–2 — 1–3 2–0 — 3–1 Hibernian 2–0 2–1 4–0 — 2–1 — — 3–1 — — 3–0 — Kilmarnock — — — 1–0 — 1–1 — 2–0 2–4 — 3–1 — Motherwell — 1–3 2–1 — 0–0 — — — — 0–3 — 2–2 Rangers — — — — — 0–2 — 1–2 — 4–0 3–1 0–2 Ross County 0–1 1–4 3–1 0–1 — 1–1 1–0 — — — — — St Johnstone 0–0 1–0 — — 1–2 — — 2–1 — 1–0 — — St Mirren — 2–5 — 0–1 — 0–0 5–1 — — 3–2 0–1 — Source: [30] Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win. For upcoming matches, an "a" indicates there is an article about the rivalry between the two participants.

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.

Top six Home \ Away ABE CEL DUN HIB RAN STM Aberdeen — 1–5 — 1–0 — — Celtic — — — 3–1 — 1–1 Dundee United 2–1 0–5 — — — 0–2 Hibernian — — 3–1 — 2–2 — Rangers 4–0 1–1 3–1 — — — St Mirren 1–0 — — 2–2 2–2 — Source: [31] Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Bottom six Home \ Away DND HOM KIL MOT ROS STJ Dundee — — — 1–2 1–1 — Heart of Midlothian 0–1 — — 3–0 — 2–1 Kilmarnock 3–2 0–1 — — 2–0 — Motherwell — — 3–0 — — 3–2 Ross County — 1–3 — 1–1 — — St Johnstone 0–2 — 0–2 — 2–1 — Source: [32] Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Season statistics

Top scorers

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

Source:^[33]

Hat-tricks

Main article: List of Scottish Professional Football League hat-tricks § Scottish Premiership

Player	For	Against	Score	Date	Ref.
Hamza Igamane	Rangers	Hibernian	3–3 (A)	5 January 2025	[34]

Clean sheets

Rank	Player	Club	Clean sheets
1	Kasper Schmeichel	Celtic	19
2	Jack Walton	Dundee United	12
3	Jack Butland	Rangers	10
4	Craig Gordon	Heart of Midlothian	8
5	Jordan Smith	Hibernian	7

Source:^[35]

Awards

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

Premiership play-offs

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.^[36]

Qualified teams

Team	Rank
Ross County	1
Livingston	2
Ayr United	3
Partick Thistle	4

	Quarter-final							Semi-final							Final
															1	Ross County	1	2	3
								2	Livingston	2	2	4			2	Livingston	1	4	5
	3	Ayr United	1	0	1			4	Partick Thistle	0	0	0
	4	Partick Thistle	0	2	2

Quarter-final

First leg

Partick Thistle v Ayr United

6 May 2025	Partick Thistle	0–1	Ayr United	Glasgow
19:45		[37]	Murphy 55'	Stadium: Firhill Stadium Attendance: 5,250 Referee: David Dickinson

Second leg

Ayr United v Partick Thistle

9 May 2025	Ayr United	0–2 (1–2 agg.)	Partick Thistle	Ayr
19:45		[38]	Graham 6', 88'	Stadium: Somerset Park Attendance: 5,308 Referee: Nick Walsh

Semi-final

First leg

Partick Thistle v Livingston

13 May 2025	Partick Thistle	0–2	Livingston	Glasgow
19:45		[39]	Pittman 39' Wilson 52'	Stadium: Firhill Stadium Attendance: 5,470 Referee: Don Robertson

Second leg

Livingston v Partick Thistle

16 May 2025	Livingston	2–0 (4–0 agg.)	Partick Thistle	Livingston
19:45	Brandon 40' May 67'	[40]		Stadium: Almondvale Stadium Attendance: 3,432 Referee: Kevin Clancy

Final

First leg

Livingston v Ross County

22 May 2025	Livingston	1–1	Ross County	Livingston
20:00	Wilson 45'	[41]	Hale 90' (pen.)	Stadium: Almondvale Stadium Attendance: 2,643 Referee: John Beaton

Second leg

Ross County v Livingston

26 May 2025	Ross County	2–4 (3–5 agg.)	Livingston	Dingwall
20:00	Nisbet 7' Hale 24'	[42]	Smith 39' Wilson 57' Muirhead 61' Yengi 90+6'	Stadium: Victoria Park Attendance: 4,138 Referee: Nick Walsh