The Scottish football league system is a series of generally unconnected
leagues for Scottish football clubs. The Scottish system is more
complicated than many other national league systems, consisting
of two completely separate systems of leagues and clubs, senior football and junior
football. The two systems have nothing to do with the ages of the players
involved.
In senior football in Scotland there is one national
league, the Scottish Professional Football League (which has four divisions). There are
also several regional leagues (most notably the Highland Football League), but there is no regular promotion
or relegation between the regional leagues and the national league.
Rangers are the current record holders with 54
titles. One senior club based in England (Berwick Rangers) plays in the Scottish system in the Scottish League Two. A small number of English amateur clubs
in the lowest levels of the game, based on or around theAnglo-Scottish border, also compete in the Scottish system
for geographical and travel reasons.
Overall, the
structure of football in Scotland is
among the most fractured and multi-faceted in Europe, being unique in having a plurality of
adult male governing bodies (with Seniors, Juniors, Amateurs and Welfarers -
see below). It is not uncommon for a given town or county to have clubs in as
many as three or four separate systems. Scottish football is also unusual in
the modern era for retaining a non-pyramid league system, and as a
result it is near impossible for clubs at the bottom of the system to progress
to the top, or for weak clubs to be relegated down the leagues. While
discussions about the creation of a pyramid system have existed for many
decades, no serious action has ever been taken by the Scottish Football Association (SFA) or the leagues. Gretna's resignation from
the Scottish Football League injected new life into this debate, with then SFA
chief executive, Gordon Smith, starting discussions with the
regional and junior leagues.
On the 7 May 2013 Scottish Premier League clubs
unanimously agreed on the introduction of a pyramid structure to Scottish
football along with the reintroduction of a single governing body for all 42
senior clubs, a revised financial distribution model, and the possibility of a promotion/relegation play-off
between the top two divisions.
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Level
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League(s)/Division(s)
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1
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Scottish Professional Football League Scottish
Premiership
(Scottish Premiership) 12 clubs |
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2
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Scottish Professional Football League Scottish Championship
(Scottish Championship) 10 clubs |
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3
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Scottish Professional Football League Scottish League One
(Scottish League One) 10 clubs |
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4
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Scottish Professional Football League Scottish League Two
(Scottish League Two) 10 clubs |
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5
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Scottish Highland Football League
(Press & Journal Highland Football League) 18 clubs |
Scottish Lowland Football League
(Lowland Football League) 12 clubs |
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