2014–15 SPFL Development League

SPFL Development League
Season 2014–15
Champions Aberdeen

The 2014–15 SPFL Development League will be the 17th season of the highest youth Scottish football league and the first season under the new "Development League" format. It will begin in August 2014, ending in May 2015.

Changes

This year the league was again expanded, this time from 16 teams to 17 teams. It retained all 16 of the sides from the previous season, with newly promoted Scottish Premiership club Dundee admitted to the league. Eligible players were those born in 1995 or later, but five players of any age were permitted in the matchday squad of 18.[1]

League table

Pos
Team
 Pld
 W
 D
 L
 GF
 GA
 GD
 Pts
1 Aberdeen 30 24 1 5 83 35+48 73
2 Celtic 29 19 6 4 61 26+35 63
3 Hamilton Academical 29 20 1 8 77 33+44 61
4 Rangers 29 15 5 9 58 42+16 50
5 Hibernian 30 13 10 7 73 52+21 49
6 Falkirk 30 14 6 10 43 430 48
7 Partick Thistle 30 14 3 13 54 67−13 45
8 Dundee 29 12 4 13 38 50−12 40
9 Motherwell 30 11 6 13 54 50+4 39
10 St Johnstone 30 11 6 13 39 44−5 39
11 St Mirren 30 9 9 12 40 49−9 36
12 Kilmarnock 29 10 5 14 43 51−8 35
13 Dundee United 30 10 4 16 51 59−8 34
14 Dunfermline Athletic 31 10 3 18 51 56−5 33
15 Heart of Midlothian 32 8 3 21 46 78−32 27
16 Ross County 30 4 11 15 49 77−28 23
17 Inverness Caledonian Thistle 30 5 7 18 31 79−48 22

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 DNDDUNDNFFALHAMHOMHIBINVKILMOTPARRANROSSTJSTM
Aberdeen 2–1 3–0 4–5 5–1 1–2 2–0 4–0 1–1 5–4 5–1 2–1 1–3 3–0 3–0 3–0
Celtic 0–3 2–1 2–0 2–0 2–0 3–1 1–1 5–0 2–0 3–2 0–1 1–0 1–1
Dundee 3–2 0–0 3–1 0–5 3–2 3–1 2–1 1–2 3–3 1–0 1–2 1–0 5–1 1–1 0–1
Dundee United 0–2 2–2 1–3 0–1 2–0 0–1 0–2 2–0 0–1 3–2 1–3 1–2 9–2 2–1
Dunfermline Athletic 1–2 0–3 0–1 0–1 1–0 1–3 1–4 0–1 5–0 0–2 2–2 1–2 3–2 3–1 0–1 1–2
Falkirk 1–2 0–0 2–1 0–1 0–2 0–0 2–1 2–2 2–0 1–0 3–1 2–0 5–2 4–1 2–1
Hamilton Academical 4–1 0–2 2–0 2–0 6–1 8–1 1–2 7–1 3–0 1–0 6–1 3–0 2–0 2–1 5–1
Heart of Midlothian 0–4 1–3 0–0 3–6 2–1 1–2 1–3 1–2 6–1 1–1 2–5 2–3 0–3 1–6 3–1 0–2
Hibernian 2–3 7–0 6–2 3–2 2–2 1–4 2–3 3–2 7–0 1–3 4–2 4–1 1–1 1–1 2–2
Inverness Caledonian Thistle 0–3 0–3 1–2 1–0 3–2 1–4 1–3 3–2 2–1 1–4 0–2 3–3 1–1 1–2 1–1
Kilmarnock 1–3 2–3 2–0 3–4 0–0 0–1 2–1 4–0 1–2 5–1 0–4 2–1 1–1 0–2 2–0
Motherwell 1–3 2–0 3–4 1–0 2–1 0–1 4–1 2–2 1–1 1–2 2–0 1–1 2–2 2–3 1–4
Partick Thistle 1–4 0–2 0–1 3–3 1–6 4–3 4–2 3–2 2–2 1–1 2–1 2–1 1–0 4–3 3–2
Rangers 2–3 1–6 3–1 4–1 4–0 0–0 5–1 1–4 1–0 2–1 3–0 6–1 3–0 1–1
Ross County 0–1 2–6 2–0 3–3 3–4 2–1 2–3 1–1 2–2 1–2 2–2 1–1 3–1 2–2 2–4
St Johnstone 1–3 1–2 0–0 2–1 0–1 1–0 2–0 2–1 4–0 3–2 0–1 1–2 0–1 2–2 1–0
St Mirren 1–3 1–0 2–1 1–3 1–1 1–2 2–1 2–2 0–0 0–1 1–5 3–0 1–3 2–2 0–0

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

As of 22 April 2015[2]
Rank Scorer Team Goals
1 Lawrence Shankland Aberdeen 25
2 Eamonn Brophy Hamilton Academical 22
3 Ryan Hardie Rangers 18
4 Lewis Allan Hibernian 13
5 Cammy Smith Aberdeen 12
6 Dom Thomas Motherwell 11
7 Calum Ferguson Inverness Caledonian Thistle 10
Dylan Mackin Motherwell

References

  1. ↑ Development League kicks off, SPFL
  2. ↑ "Top Scorers". www.spfl.co.uk. Retrieved 28 March 2015.

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