Scottish Premier League
The Scottish Premier League (short: SPL) was from 1999 to 2013, the highest football league in Scotland. It was, after the main sponsor Clydesdale Bank, also known as the Clydesdale Bank Premier League. The Scottish played out from the season 2013/14 in the newly formed Scottish Premiership.
The two most successful teams were Celtic and Rangers out of the approximately 600,000 inhabitants, the largest city in Scotland. Since last 1985, the Aberdeen FC won the championship, the two made from these clubs among themselves. The Rangers have won the championship 33 times and 54 times the trophy. Celtic has been able to win the championship 44 times and 36 times the trophy. Record title holder of the Scottish Premier League Celtic Glasgow with 8 trophies. Last Scottish champion in the Scottish Premier League season 2012/13 was Celtic.
System
The twelve teams in the league contributed a season 38 games out: After 33 games in which all teams competed against each other three times, the league was divided into two groups with the six best and worst teams. Now the teams of each group played once each against each other either for the championship ( group of six best teams) or to the descent ( group of six worst teams). After this further five matches then the season was over. ( Thus, at the end of the season as the seventh Place more points than the sixth- Place. )
The first table of the group with the six best clubs was Scottish champion. The-table group with the six worst clubs dismounted and was replaced by the Master of the First Division, provided that certain economic criteria ( eg Vollprofitum ) and restrictions on its stadium (pure -seater stadium, etc.).
History
Since 1890 is played in Scotland in league play. Initially there was the Scottish Football League ( SFL ) from a, from 1894 of two squadrons ( " Division One " and " Division Two "). For the 1975/76 season years, the professional league system was reorganized under the umbrella of the SFL. The ten best in the formerly 18 Premier League clubs formed the new " Premier Division " and the remaining 28 professional cuff distributed to the now second-class Division One and a new third division, which was named Division Two. For the 1994/95 season was added a fourth-rate ( " Division Three" ) and at all levels played at this time ten teams.
1998 decided the Premier Division, to secede from the Scottish Football League and to establish the Scottish Premier League. The ten clubs promised each of them a better marketing and consequently higher income. Above all, the system was that all clubs are involved to Third Division to the sponsor money from the league abolished.
By 2000, ten teams played in the Scottish Premier League, then an increase to twelve teams, it was decided to guarantee the recognition by the SFL clubs. To avoid a bloated game plan, the game system was changed to the above-mentioned manner.
In August 2006, the introduction of an SPL 2 was proposed by the SPL's CEO Lex gold. However, this proposal is controversial among supporters of many First Division clubs because the clubs would have to meet tough requirements ( Vollprofitum, pure -seater stadium with at least 3,000 seats ).
The biggest win in the history of the SPL was held on November 6, 2010 at 9:0 from Celtic against FC Aberdeen instead.
Members of the Scottish Premier League
In the last season 2012/13 the following twelve teams played in the Scottish Premier League. For the following seasons in the highest Scottish League Scottish Premiership see.
- Aberdeen FC
- Celtic Glasgow
- Dundee United
- Heart of Midlothian
- Hibernian Edinburgh
- Inverness Caledonian Thistle
- FC Kilmarnock
- FC Motherwell
- FC Dundee
- Ross County
- FC St. Johnstone
- FC St. Mirren