List of Scottish Premier League clubs

The following is a list of teams who have played in the Scottish Premier League at any time following its formation in 1998. Current Scottish Premier League teams are indicated in bold, and founder members are indicated in italics. If the longest spell is the current one, this is shown in bold.

Club	Town or city	Total seasons	Total spells	Longest spell	Last promotion	Last relegation	Years absent	Seasons	Most recent finish	Highest finish
Aberdeen	Aberdeen	13	1	13	1905–06	Never relegated	0	1998–present	9th	3rd
Celtic	Glasgow	13	1	13	1890–91	Never relegated	0	1998–present	2nd	1st
Dundee	Dundee	7	1	7	1998–99	2004–05	6	1998–05	6th First Division	5th
Dundee United	Dundee	13	1	13	1996–97	Never relegated	0	1998–present	4th	4th
Dunfermline Athletic	Dunfermline	8	3	7	2011–12	2006–07	0	1998–99 2000–07 2011–present	1st First Division	4th
Falkirk	Falkirk	5	1	5	2005–06	2009–10	1	2005–10	3rd First Division	7th
Gretna	Gretna	1	1	1	2007–08	2007–08	3	2007–08	n/a^[1]	12th
Hamilton Academical	Hamilton	3	1	3	2008–09	2010–11	0	2008–11	12th Relegated	9th
Heart of Midlothian	Edinburgh	13	1	13	1983–84	Never relegated	0	1998–present	3rd	2nd
Hibernian	Edinburgh	12	1	12	1999–00	Never relegated	0	1999–present	10th	3rd
Inverness CT	Inverness	6	2	5	2010–11	2008–09	0	2004–09 2010–present	7th	7th
Kilmarnock	Kilmarnock	13	1	13	1993–94	Never relegated	0	1998–present	5th	4th
Livingston	Livingston	5	1	5	2001–02	2005–06	5	2001–06	1st Second Division	3rd
Motherwell	Motherwell	13	1	13	1985–86	Never relegated	0	1998–present	6th	3rd
Partick Thistle	Glasgow	2	1	2	2002–03	2003–04	7	2002–04	5th First Division	10th
Rangers	Glasgow	13	1	13	1890–91	Never relegated	0	1998–present	1st	1st
St. Johnstone	Perth	6	2	4	2009–10	2001–02	0	1998–02 2009–present	8th	3rd
St. Mirren	Paisley	6	2	5	2006–07	2000–01	0	2000–01 2006–present	11th	10th

SPL founder members

Teams for 2011–12 season

Below are the confirmed teams for the 2011–12 Scottish Premier League.

Notes

^ Gretna F.C. ceased trading after the 2007–08 season. They were succeeded by Gretna F.C. 2008, who entered the East of Scotland Football League.

Scottish Premier League

2011–12 teams	Aberdeen Celtic Dundee United Dunfermline Athletic Heart of Midlothian Hibernian Inverness Caledonian Thistle Kilmarnock Motherwell Rangers St. Johnstone St. Mirren

Former teams	Dundee Falkirk Gretna Hamilton Academical Livingston Partick Thistle

Scottish Football League	1890–91 1891–92 1892–93

First Division	1893–94 1894–95 1895–96 1896–97 1897–98 1898–99 1899–1900 1900–01 1901–02 1902–03 1903–04 1904–05 1905–06 1906–07 1907–08 1908–09 1909–10 1910–11 1911–12 1912–13 1913–14 1914–15 1915–16 1916–17 1917–18 1918–19 1919–20 1920–21 1921–22 1922–23 1923–24 1924–25 1925–26 1926–27 1927–28 1928–29 1929–30 1930–31 1931–32 1932–33 1933–34 1934–35 1935–36 1936–37 1937–38 1938–39 1939–40 1940–41 1941–42 1942–43 1943–44 1944–45 1945–46 1946–47 1947–48 1948–49 1949–50 1950–51 1951–52 1952–53 1953–54 1954–55 1955–56 1956–57 1957–58 1958–59 1959–60 1960–61 1961–62 1962–63 1963–64 1964–65 1965–66 1966–67 1967–68 1968–69 1969–70 1970–71 1971–72 1972–73 1973–74 1974–75

Premier Division	1975–76 1976–77 1977–78 1978–79 1979–80 1980–81 1981–82 1982–83 1983–84 1984–85 1985–86 1986–87 1987–88 1988–89 1989–90 1990–91 1991–92 1992–93 1993–94 1994–95 1995–96 1996–97 1997–98

Premier League	1998–99 1999–2000 2000–01 2001–02 2002–03 2003–04 2004–05 2005–06 2006–07 2007–08 2008–09 2009–10 2010–11 2011–12

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