2014–15 in Scottish football

Football in Scotland
Season 2014–15
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2014–15 in Scottish football
Premiership champions
Championship champions
Heart of Midlothian
League 1 champions
League 2 champions
Albion Rovers
Scottish Cup winners
League Cup winners
Celtic
Challenge Cup winners
Livingston
Youth Cup winners
Teams in Europe
Celtic, Aberdeen, Motherwell, St. Johnstone
Scotland national team
UEFA Euro 2016 qualifying

The 2014–15 season is the 118th season of competitive football in Scotland. The domestic season began on 26 July 2014, with the start of the Challenge Cup.[1] The 2014–15 Scottish Professional Football League season commenced on 9 August, the weekend after the conclusion of the 2014 Commonwealth Games.[1]

Transfer deals

League competitions

Scottish Premiership

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Celtic (C) 35 27 4 4 78 17 +61 85 Qualification to Champions League second qualifying round
2 Aberdeen (Q) 35 23 5 7 56 30 +26 74 Qualification to Europa League first qualifying round
3 Inverness Caledonian Thistle 34 16 8 10 46 36 +10 56
4 Dundee United 34 16 4 14 53 50 +3 52
5 St. Johnstone 35 15 7 13 32 33 −1 52
6 Dundee 35 11 11 13 45 52 −7 44
7 Hamilton Academical 35 14 7 14 47 50 −3 49
8 Partick Thistle 35 12 8 15 46 39 +7 44
9 Kilmarnock 35 10 8 17 38 53 −15 38
10 Ross County 35 10 8 17 41 59 −18 38
11 Motherwell 35 9 5 21 34 60 −26 32 Qualification to Scottish Premiership play-offs
12 St. Mirren 35 7 3 25 26 63 −37 24 Relegation to Scottish Championship
Updated to match(es) played on 2 May 2015. Source: Scottish Premiership
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored
(C) Champion; (Q) Qualified to the phase indicated.

Scottish Championship

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion, qualification or relegation
1 Heart of Midlothian (C, P) 36 29 4 3 96 26 +70 91 Promotion to the 2015–16 Scottish Premiership
2 Hibernian 36 21 7 8 70 32 +38 70 Qualification to the semi-finals of the promotion play-offs
3 Rangers 36 19 10 7 69 39 +30 67 Qualification to the quarter-finals of the promotion play-offs
4 Queen of the South 36 17 9 10 58 41 +17 60
5 Falkirk 36 14 11 11 48 48 0 53
6 Raith 36 12 7 17 42 65 −23 43
7 Dumbarton 36 9 7 20 36 79 −43 34
8 Livingston[lower-alpha 1] 36 8 8 20 41 53 −12 27
9 Alloa Athletic 36 6 9 21 34 56 −22 27 Qualification to the relegation play-off
10 Cowdenbeath (R) 36 7 4 25 31 86 −55 25 Relegation to the 2015–16 Scottish League One
Updated to match(es) played on 2 May 2015. Source: BBC Sport
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Number of goals scored
(C) Champion; (P) Promoted; (R) Relegated.
Notes:
  1. ↑ Livingston were deducted 5 points due to failure of tax payments.

Scottish League One

Pos
Team
 Pld
 W
 D
 L
 GF
 GA
 GD
 Pts
Qualification or relegation
1 Greenock Morton (C) (P) 36 22 3 11 65 40+25 69 Promotion to the 2015–16 Scottish Championship
2 Stranraer (Q) 36 20 7 9 59 38+21 67 Qualification to the Scottish Championship play-offs
3 Forfar Athletic (Q) 36 20 6 10 59 41+18 66
4 Brechin City (Q) 36 15 14 7 58 46+12 59
5 Airdrieonians 36 16 10 10 53 39+14 58
6 Peterhead 36 14 9 13 51 54−3 51
7 Dunfermline Athletic 36 13 9 14 46 48−2 48
8 Ayr United 36 9 7 20 45 60−15 34
9 Stenhousemuir (Q) 36 8 5 23 42 63−21 29 Scottish League One play-offs
10 Stirling Albion (R) 36 4 8 24 35 84−49 20 Relegation to the 2015–16 Scottish League Two

Updated to games played on 2 May 2015.
Source: BBC Sport
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.

Scottish League Two

Pos
Team
 Pld
 W
 D
 L
 GF
 GA
 GD
 Pts
Qualification or relegation
1 Albion Rovers (C) (P) 36 22 5 9 61 33+28 71 Promotion to the 2015–16 Scottish League One
2 Queen's Park (Q) 36 17 10 9 51 34+17 61 Qualification to the Scottish League One play-offs
3 Arbroath (Q) 36 16 8 12 65 46+19 56
4 East Fife (Q) 36 15 8 13 56 48+8 53
5 Annan Athletic 36 14 8 14 56 560 50
6 Clyde 36 13 8 15 40 50−10 47
7 Elgin City 36 12 9 15 55 58−3 45
8 Berwick Rangers 36 11 10 15 60 57+3 43
9 East Stirlingshire 35 13 4 18 40 66−26 43
10 Montrose (Q) 36 9 6 21 42 78−36 33 Scottish League Two play-offs

Updated to games played on 2 May 2015.
Source: BBC Sport
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.

SPFL Development League

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.

Honours

Cup honours

Competition Winner Score Runner-up Match report
2014–15 Scottish Cup
2014–15 League Cup Celtic 2–0 Dundee United BBC Sport
2014–15 Challenge Cup Livingston 4–0 Alloa Athletic BBC Sport
2014–15 Youth Cup
2014–15 Junior Cup

Non-league honours

Senior

Competition Winner
Highland League Brora Rangers
Lowland League Edinburgh City
East of Scotland League
South of Scotland League Wigtown & Bladnoch

Junior

West Region
Division Winner
2014–15 Super League Premier Division
Super League First Division
Ayrshire District League Ardrossan Winton Rovers
Central District League First Division
Central District League Second Division Rossvale
East Region
Division Winner
2014–15 Superleague
Premier League
North Division
South Division Haddington Athletic
North Region
Division Winner
2014–15 Superleague Hermes
First Division (West)
First Division (East) Bridge of Don Thistle

Individual honours

PFA Scotland awards

Award Winner Team
Players' Player of the Year
Young Player of the Year
Manager of the Year
Championship Player
League One Player
League Two Player

SFWA awards

Award Winner Team
Footballer of the Year
Young Player of the Year
Manager of the Year

Scottish clubs in Europe

Celtic

Celtic played their first two home European ties in 2014–15 at Murrayfield Stadium in Edinburgh because their normal home stadium, Celtic Park, was used for the opening ceremony of the 2014 Commonwealth Games.[2] In their third qualifying round tie, Celtic lost 4–1 to Legia Warsaw in Poland and 2–0 at Murrayfield, which appeared to give Legia a 6–1 aggregate victory.[3] The result of the second game was annulled by UEFA because Legia had fielded a player who should have been serving a suspension.[4] Celtic were instead given a 3–0 victory in the second leg, which meant that they won the tie on the away goals rule.[4] Celtic progressed to the Champions League playoff round, but then dropped into the Europa League groups after losing 2–1 on aggregate to Slovenian club Maribor.[5]

2014–15 UEFA Champions League
2014–15 UEFA Europa League

Aberdeen

2014–15 UEFA Europa League

Motherwell

2014–15 UEFA Europa League

St. Johnstone

2014–15 UEFA Europa League

Scotland national team

Women's football

League and Cup honours

Division Winner
Scottish Women's Premier League Glasgow City[7]
SWFL First Division Falkirk Ladies
SWFL Second Division North Dee Vale
SWFL Second Division West/South West Mill United
SWFL Second Division East/Central East Fife
SWFL Second Division South East Boroughmuir Thistle
Competition Winner Score Runner-up Match report
Scottish Women's Cup Glasgow City 5 – 0 Spartans BBC Sport
Scottish Women's Premier League Cup Glasgow City 3 – 0 Hibernian BBC Sport
SWFL First Division Cup Hearts 3 – 1 Dunfermline Athletic Hearts FC
SWFL Second Division Cup Renfrew Ladies 9 – 3 Hamilton Caledonian The Gazette

Individual honours

SWPL awards

Award Winner Team
Players' Player of the Year Denise O'Sullivan Glasgow City
Player of the Year Kerry Montgomery Spartans
Manager of the Year Debbi McCulloch Spartans
Young Player of the Year Erin Cuthbert Rangers

Scottish Women's Premier League

Pos
Team
 Pld
 W
 D
 L
 GF
 GA
 GD
 Pts
Qualification or relegation
1 Glasgow City (C) 21 20 0 1 87 13+74 60 2015–16 UEFA Women's Champions League Qualifying round
2 Rangers 21 13 4 4 71 24+47 43
3 Hibernian 21 14 1 6 63 32+31 43
4 Spartans 21 12 2 7 60 30+30 38
5 Celtic 21 9 2 10 55 32+23 29
6 Aberdeen 21 6 3 12 41 44−3 21
7 Hamilton Academical 21 11 3 7 46 33+13 36
8 Inverness City 21 8 2 11 40 73−33 26
9 Hutchison Vale 21 6 6 9 21 57−36 24
10 Forfar Farmington 21 5 4 12 33 85−52 19
11 Queen's Park (R) 21 3 3 15 26 64−38 12 Relegation to SWFL First Division
12 Buchan LFC (R) 21 4 0 17 30 94−64 12

Updated to games played on 2 November 2014.
Source: Scottish Women's FA
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.

Scotland women's national team

Glasgow City

2014–15 UEFA Women's Champions League

Deaths

Notes and references

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 "Dates revealed for season 2014/15 SPFL kick off". BBC Sport. BBC. 17 April 2014. Retrieved 17 April 2014.
  2. ↑ "Celtic choose Murrayfield for Champions League qualifiers". BBC Sport (BBC). 13 March 2014. Retrieved 4 July 2014.
  3. ↑ BBC Sport
  4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 The Guardian
  5. ↑ Europa League draw: Everton face Lille and Wolfsburg, BBC Sport
  6. ↑ "Gordon Strachan: Scotland boss impressed by James Forrest". BBC Sport. BBC. 15 December 2014. Retrieved 15 December 2014.
  7. ↑ "Glasgow City secure their eighth successive SWPL title". BBC Sport. BBC. 2 October 2014. Retrieved 2 October 2014.
  8. ↑ "Obituary: Andy Jardine, footballer, bowler, painter and salesman". The Scotsman. 18 July 2014. Retrieved 16 July 2014.
  9. ↑ "Former Cheltenham Town player Jim Geddes dies, aged 84". Gloucestershire Echo. 12 July 2014. Retrieved 16 July 2014.
  10. ↑ "Scotland team doctor Professor Stewart Hillis dies aged 70". Glasgow Evening Times (Herald & Times Group). 22 July 2014. Retrieved 22 July 2014.
  11. ↑ "Professor Stewart Hillis OBE". Partick Thistle FC. 22 July 2014. Retrieved 22 July 2014.
  12. ↑ Ross, Graeme (30 July 2014). "Obituary: Morris Stevenson, footballer". The Scotsman. Retrieved 31 July 2014.
  13. ↑ "Alex Forbes 1925-2014". www.arsenal.com. Arsenal FC. 28 July 2014. Retrieved 28 July 2014.
  14. ↑ "Sammy Conn". Evening Times. 19 August 2014. Retrieved 19 August 2014.
  15. ↑ Collin, Iain (29 August 2014). "Hibs legend Bobby Kinloch dies aged 79". The Scotsman. Retrieved 29 August 2014.
  16. ↑ "Obituary: Willie Finlay, East Fife footballer". The Scotsman. 9 September 2014. Retrieved 21 September 2014.
  17. ↑ Heaney, Bill. "Obituary: Thomas (Tim) Dunion Whalen, Dumbarton FC footballer and toolmaker". The Scotsman.
  18. ↑ Vallance, Matt (1 October 2014). "William Neil". The Herald (Herald & Times Group). Retrieved 2 October 2014.
  19. ↑ "Former Celt Divers dies". Football365. 23 September 2014. Retrieved 25 September 2014.
  20. ↑ "Hugh 'Dick' Doherty: Death of Celtic's oldest former player". BBC News. BBC. 30 September 2014. Retrieved 1 October 2014.
  21. ↑
  22. ↑
  23. ↑ ALLOA ATHLETIC : 1946/47 - 2013/14
  24. ↑ OBITUARY – ALEX BAIN 1936- 2014.
  25. ↑ Wilson, Joe (10 November 2014). "7-1 GOAL HERO, SAMMY WILSON, PASSES AWAY". www.celticfc.net. Celtic FC. Retrieved 12 November 2014.
  26. ↑ Maxwell, Tom (12 November 2014). "Obituary: Sammy Reid, footballer". The Scotsman. Retrieved 12 November 2014.
  27. ↑ Wobschall, Leon (13 November 2014). "Leeds United: Former Whites striker Storrie passes away". Yorkshire Evening Post. Retrieved 23 November 2014.
  28. ↑ "Football broadcaster Arthur Montford dies, aged 85". BBC News. BBC. 26 November 2014. Retrieved 26 November 2014.
  29. ↑ "Death of former Celt, Jimmy Duncan". www.celticfc.net. Celtic FC. 5 December 2014. Retrieved 21 December 2014.
  30. ↑ Tommy Todd
  31. ↑ Tom Mealyou
  32. ↑ "JOHN BAXTER". Hibernian FC. 12 December 2014. Retrieved 13 December 2014.
  33. ↑ "Pat Holton". www.acciesfc.co.uk. Hamilton Academical FC. 19 December 2014. Retrieved 21 December 2014.
  34. ↑ "Obituary: James Dunn Junior, footballer". The Scotsman. 6 January 2015. Retrieved 7 January 2015.
  35. ↑ John McPhee
  36. ↑ "Obituary: Danny Malloy, footballer". The Scotsman. 19 January 2015. Retrieved 23 January 2015.
  37. ↑ Douglas Cromb: Obituary
  38. ↑ LONG-SERVING GOALKEEPER DEREK ROBERTSON PASSES AWAY
  39. ↑ Heaney, Bill (17 February 2015). "Obituary: Nick Sharkey, footballer". The Scotsman. Retrieved 17 February 2015.
  40. ↑ Ex-Scots keeper Tom McQueen, father of Gordon, dies at 85
  41. ↑ "Kilmarnock have announced former defender Andy King has died". www.skysports.com. BSkyB. 24 February 2015. Retrieved 25 February 2015.
  42. ↑ Wilson, Fraser (6 March 2015). "RIP Chips and Pottsy.. Stuart McGrady's tragic passing brings Junior Football family together". Daily Record. Retrieved 10 March 2015.
  43. ↑ "Dave Mackay of Scotland, Hearts, Tottenham and Derby, dies aged 80". The Guardian. 2 March 2015. Retrieved 3 March 2015.
  44. ↑ "Former Raith Rovers chairman Turnbull Hutton has died". BBC Sport. BBC. 6 April 2015. Retrieved 6 April 2015.
  45. ↑ "Tommy Preston, Hibs legend, dies aged 82". The Scotsman. 16 April 2015. Retrieved 17 April 2015.