Scottish Football League Championships

By Ben Jardine · 1 min read

Scottish Football League Championships 1890-91 to 2024-25

Discover every Scottish League Club that finished in the Top 5 finish of Scottish League for the last 128 seasons.
The Scottish Premiership (SPL) is the elite league in Scotland, and consists of a single division of 12 teams.
It has existed since 1998. Before then the top league was the Premier Division of the Scottish Football League. Use the filter to explore our Scottish Football League Winners.

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Season		Champions			Runners-Up			Third			Fourth			Fifth	Notes
1890-91		Dumberton & Rangers			Dumberton & Rangers			Celtic			Cambuslang			Third Lanark
1891-92		Dumberton			Celtic			Heart of Midlothian			Leith Athletci			Rangers
1892-93		Celtic			Rangers			St Mirren			Third Lanark			Heart of Midlothian
1893-94		Celtic			Heart of Midlothian			St Bernard's			Rangers			Dumberton
1894-95		Heart of Midlothian			Celtic			Rangers			Third Lanark			St Mirren
1895-96		Celtic			Rangers			Hibernian			Heart of Midlothian			Dundee
1896-97		Heart of Midlothian			Hibernian			Rangers			Celtic			Dundee
1897-98		Celtic			Rangers			Hibernian			Heart of Midlothian			Third Lanark
1898-99		Rangers			Heart of Midlothian			Celtic			Hibernian			St Mirren
1899-1900		Rangers			Celtic			Hibernian			Heart of Midlothian			Kilmarnock
1900-01		Rangers			Celtic			Hibernian			MORTON			Third Lanark
1901-02		Rangers			Celtic			Heart of Midlothian			Third Lanark			St Mirren
1902-03		Hibernian			Dundee			Rangers			Heart of Midlothian			Celtic
1903-04		Third Lanark			Heart of Midlothian			Rangers			Celtic			Dundee
1904-05		Celtic			Rangers		#N/A	Third Lanark			Airdrieonians			Hibernian
1905-06		Celtic			Heart of Midlothian			Airdrieonians			Rangers			Partick Thistle
1906-07		Celtic			Dundee			Rangers			Airdrieonians			Falkirk
1907-08		Celtic			Falkirk			Rangers			Dundee			Hibernian
1908-09		Celtic			Dundee			Clyde			Rangers			Airdrieonians
1909-10		Celtic			Falkirk			Rangers			Aberdeen			Clyde
1910-11		Rangers			Aberdeen			Falkirk			Partick Thistle			Celtic
1911-12		Rangers			Celtic			Clyde			Heart of Midlothian			Partick Thistle
1912-13		Rangers			Celtic			Heart of Midlothian			Airdrieonians			Falkirk
1913-14		Celtic			Rangers			Heart of Midlothian			MORTON			Falkirk
1914-15		Celtic			Heart of Midlothian			Rangers			Greenock Morton			Ayr United
1915-16		Celtic			Rangers			Greenock Morton			Ayr United			Heart of Midlothian
1916-17		Celtic			Greenock Morton			Rangers			Airdrieonians			Third Lanark
1917-18		Rangers			Celtic			Kilmarnock			Greenock Morton			Motherwell
1918-19		Celtic			Rangers			Greenock Morton			Partick Thistle			Motherwell
1919-20		Rangers			Celtic			Motherwell			Dundee			Clydebank
1920-21		Rangers			Celtic			Heart of Midlothian			Dundee			Motherwell
1921-22		Celtic			Rangers			Raith Rovers			Dundee			Falkirk
1922-23		Rangers			Airdrieonians			Celtic			Falkirk			Aberdeen
1923-24		Rangers			Airdrieonians			Celtic			Raith Rovers			Dundee
1924-25		Rangers			Airdrieonians			Hibernian			Celtic			Cowdenbeath
1925-26		Celtic			Airdrieonians			Heart of Midlothian			St Mirren			Motherwell	Rangers 6th
1926-27		Rangers			Motherwell			Celtic			Airdrieonians			Dundee
1927-28		Rangers			Celtic			Motherwell			Heart of Midlothian			St Mirren
1928-29		Rangers			Celtic			Motherwell			Heart of Midlothian			Queen's Park
1929-30		Rangers			Motherwell			Aberdeen			Celtic			St Mirren
1930-31		Rangers			Celtic			Motherwell			Partick Thistle			Heart of Midlothian
1931-32		Motherwell			Rangers			Celtic			Third Lanark			St Mirren
1932-33		Rangers			Motherwell			Heart of Midlothian			Celtic			St Johnstone
1933-34		Rangers			Motherwell			Celtic			Queen of the South			Aberdeen
1934-35		Rangers			Celtic			Heart of Midlothian			Hamilton Academical			St Johnstone
1935-36		Celtic			Rangers			Aberdeen			Motherwell			Heart of Midlothian
1936-37		Rangers			Aberdeen			Celtic			Motherwell			Heart of Midlothian
1937-38		Celtic			Heart of Midlothian			Rangers			Falkirk			Motherwell
1938-39		Rangers			Celtic			Aberdeen			Heart of Midlothian			Falkirk
1946-47		Rangers			Hibernian			Aberdeen			Heart of Midlothian			Partick Thistle	Celtic 7th
1947-48		Hibernian			Rangers			Partick Thistle			Dundee			St Mirren	Celtic 12th
1948-49		Rangers			Dundee			Hibernian			East Fife			Falkirk	Celtic 6th
1949-50		Rangers			Hibernian			Heart of Midlothian			East Fife			Celtic
1950-51		Hibernian			Rangers			Dundee			Heart of Midlothian			Aberdeen	Celtic 7th
1951-52		Hibernian			Rangers			East Fife			Heart of Midlothian			Raith Rovers	Celtic 9th
1952-53		Rangers			Hibernian			East Fife			Heart of Midlothian			Clyde	Celtic 8th
1953-54		Celtic			Heart of Midlothian			Partick Thistle			Rangers			Hibernian
1954-55	#N/A	Aberdeen			Celtic			Rangers			Heart of Midlothian			Hibernian
1955-56		Rangers			Aberdeen			Heart of Midlothian			Hibernian			Celtic
1956-57		Rangers			Heart of Midlothian			Kilmarnock			Raith Rovers			Celtic
1957-58		Heart of Midlothian			Rangers			Celtic			Clyde			Kilmarnock
1958-59		Rangers			Heart of Midlothian			Motherwell			Dundee			Airdrieonians	Celtic 6th
1959-60		Heart of Midlothian			Kilmarnock			Rangers			Dundee			Motherwell	Celtic 9th
1960-61		Rangers			Kilmarnock			Third Lanark			Celtic			Motherwell
1961-62	#N/A	Dundee			Rangers			Celtic			Dunfermline Athletic			Kilmarnock
1962-63		Rangers			Kilmarnock			Partick Thistle			Celtic			Heart of Midlothian
1963-64		Rangers			Kilmarnock			Celtic			Heart of Midlothian			Dunfermline Athletic
1964-65	#N/A	Kilmarnock			Heart of Midlothian			Dunfermline Athletic			Hibernian			Rangers	Celtic 8th
1965-66		Celtic			Rangers			Kilmarnock			Dunfermline Athletic			Dundee United
1966-67		Celtic			Rangers			Clyde			Aberdeen			Hibernian
1967-68		Celtic			Rangers			Hibernian			Dunfermline Athletic			Aberdeen
1968-69		Celtic			Rangers			Dunfermline Athletic			Kilmarnock			Dundee United
1969-70		Celtic			Rangers			Hibernian			Heart of Midlothian			Dundee United
1970-71		Celtic			Aberdeen		#N/A	St Johnstone			Rangers			Dundee
1971-72		Celtic			Aberdeen			Rangers			Hibernian			Dundee
1972-73		Celtic			Rangers			Hibernian			Aberdeen			Dundee
1973-74		Celtic			Hibernian			Rangers			Aberdeen			Dundee
1974-75		Rangers			Hibernian			Celtic			Dundee United			Aberdeen
1975-76		Rangers			Celtic			Hibernian			Motherwell			Heart of Midlothian
1976-77		Celtic			Rangers			Aberdeen			Dundee United			Partick Thistle
1977-78		Rangers			Aberdeen			Dundee United			Hibernian			Celtic
1978-79		Celtic			Rangers			Dundee United			Aberdeen			Hibernian
1979-80		Aberdeen			Celtic			St Mirren			Dundee United			Rangers
1980-81		Celtic			Aberdeen			Rangers			St Mirren			Dundee United
1981-82		Celtic			Aberdeen			Rangers			Dundee United			St Mirren
1982-83		Dundee United			Celtic			Aberdeen			Rangers			St Mirren
1983-84		Aberdeen			Celtic			Dundee United			Rangers			Heart of Midlothian
1984-85		Aberdeen			Celtic			Dundee United			Rangers			St Mirren
1985-86		Celtic			Heart of Midlothian			Dundee United			Aberdeen			Rangers
1986-87		Rangers			Celtic			Dundee United			Aberdeen			Heart of Midlothian
1987-88		Celtic			Heart of Midlothian			Rangers			Aberdeen			Dundee United
1988-89		Rangers			Aberdeen			Celtic			Dundee United			Hibernian
1989-90		Rangers			Aberdeen			Heart of Midlothian			Dundee United			Celtic
1990-91		Rangers			Aberdeen			Celtic			Dundee United			Heart of Midlothian
1991-92		Rangers			Heart of Midlothian			Celtic			Dundee United			Hibernian
1992-93		Rangers			Aberdeen			Celtic			Dundee United			Heart of Midlothian
1993-94		Rangers			Aberdeen			Motherwell			Celtic			Hibernian
1994-95		Rangers			Motherwell			Hibernian			Celtic			Falkirk
1995-96		Rangers			Celtic			Aberdeen			Heart of Midlothian			Hibernian
1996-97		Rangers			Celtic			Dundee United			Heart of Midlothian			Dunfermline Athletic

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Note: In cases where two teams share the same number of points, goal difference has been used to establish their positions.

*Deducted 10 points & relegated

About the author: Ben Jardine

Ben Jardine is the managing editor of My Football Facts and has covered football since 2014. He writes across football statistics, history and current affairs, from all-time records and World Cup deep dives to live transfer-window coverage, with a focus on rigorously fact-checked, data-led analysis. Connect with Ben on LinkedIn.

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