2013–14 SPFL U20 League

SPFL U20 League
Season 2013–14
Champions Celtic
Top goalscorer Jason Cummings (22)
(Hibernian)

The 2013–14 SPFL Under 20 League was the sixteenth season of the highest youth Scottish football league, the second season under the new under 20 format and the first season since the inception of the Scottish Professional Football League. It began in August 2013 ended in May 2014.[1] Celtic won the league championship, one point ahead of nearest challengers Rangers.[2]

Changes

This year the league was again expanded, this time from 15 teams to 16 teams. It retained 14 of the sides from the previous season, with newly promoted Scottish Premiership club Partick Thistle replacing relegated Dundee. Scottish League One side Rangers were also admitted to the league.

League table

Pos
Team
Pld
W
D
L
GF
GA
GD
Pts
1 Celtic 30 21 2 7 60 27+33 65
2 Rangers 30 19 7 4 62 30+32 64
3 Hibernian 30 17 8 5 71 38+33 59
4 Hamilton Academical 30 15 6 9 56 45+11 51
5 Motherwell 30 15 3 12 61 54+7 48
6 Inverness Caledonian Thistle 30 13 4 13 56 51+5 43
7 Kilmarnock 30 11 6 13 48 535 39
8 Falkirk 30 10 9 11 48 6113 39
9 Aberdeen 30 11 5 14 50 511 38
10 Dunfermline Athletic 30 10 6 14 51 532 36
11 St Johnstone 30 9 8 13 51 587 35
12 Dundee United 30 10 4 16 40 433 34
13 Ross County 30 10 4 16 43 6320 34
14 Partick Thistle 30 9 6 15 37 6124 33
15 St Mirren 30 9 5 16 37 5316 32
16 Heart of Midlothian 30 7 5 18 40 7030 26

Source: SPFL
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored
(C) = Champion; (R) = Relegated; (P) = Promoted; (E) = Eliminated; (O) = Play-off winner; (A) = Advances to a further round.
Only applicable when the season is not finished:
(Q) = Qualified to the phase of tournament indicated; (TQ) = Qualified to tournament, but not yet to the particular phase indicated; (RQ) = Qualified to the relegation tournament indicated; (DQ) = Disqualified from tournament.

Matches

Teams played each other twice, once at home, once away.

Home ╲ Away[1] ABE CEL DUNDNFFALHAMHOMHIBINVKILMOTPARRANROSSTJSTM
Aberdeen 22 21 30 02 31 40 16 01 30 32 23 12 13 14 23
Celtic 12 10 21 20 30 20 02 13 21 30 40 20 50 22 32
Dundee United 10 02 00 01 24 50 12 23 10 32 21 22 13 01 30
Dunfermline Athletic 20 10 30 22 34 50 33 03 23 43 11 02 30 30 32
Falkirk 22 23 31 10 31 42 22 20 42 15 04 04 21 11 00
Hamilton Academical 21 13 10 20 11 51 04 32 01 00 11 00 01 30 40
Heart of Midlothian 05 21 02 02 11 23 22 21 02 30 51 14 40 42 13
Hibernian 21 10 11 71 42 11 32 23 11 21 20 00 50 12 02
Inverness Caledonian Thistle 24 23 32 31 22 01 20 13 30 23 32 12 30 30 10
Kilmarnock 12 01 13 00 32 33 21 33 33 01 10 12 51 30 10
Motherwell 30 05 00 21 43 24 32 03 20 23 41 12 12 32 20
Partick Thistle 11 10 03 21 11 13 12 20 42 20 05 03 10 22 11
Rangers 02 02 10 54 50 21 11 20 22 20 12 40 10 22 40
Ross County 11 12 23 11 30 13 11 24 20 50 03 40 23 21 33
St Johnstone 31 01 31 03 12 13 20 13 22 22 33 41 22 61 20
St Mirren 00 12 10 21 42 31 11 12 10 26 12 03 12 01 30

Source: SPFL
1 ^ The home team is listed in the left-hand column.
Colours: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Top scorers

Rank Scorer Team Goals[3]
1 Jason Cummings Hibernian 22
2 Kyle MacLeod Ross County 16
Chris Kane St. Johnstone 16
4 Adam Evans Inverness Caledonian Thistle 13
Craig Moore Motherwell 13
Tony Dingwall Ross County 13
7 Ryan Christie Inverness Caledonian Thistle 12
Chris Duggan Partick Thistle 12
9 Denny Johnstone Celtic 11
Andy Ryan Hamilton Academical 11

References

  1. "U20 League fixtures". www.spfl.co.uk. Scottish Professional Football League. 6 August 2013. Retrieved 26 April 2014.
  2. Kyle, Gregor (9 May 2014). "Dundee United 0 Celtic 2: Celtic youths seal five-in-a-row in final day of drama in the Under-20 league". Daily Record (Trinity Mirror). Retrieved 9 May 2014.
  3. "U20 Top Scorers". www.spfl.co.uk. Retrieved 8 May 2014.

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