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2015–16 in Scottish football

The 2015–16 season was the 119th season of competitive football in Scotland. The domestic season began on 25 July 2015, with the first round of the 2015–16 Scottish Challenge Cup.[1] The 2015–16 Scottish Professional Football League season commenced on 1 August.[1]

Football in Scotland
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2015–16 in Scottish football
Premiership champions
Celtic
Championship champions
Rangers
League 1 champions
Dunfermline Athletic
League 2 champions
East Fife
Scottish Cup winners
Hibernian
League Cup winners
Ross County
Challenge Cup winners
Rangers
Youth Cup winners
Motherwell
Teams in Europe
Celtic, Aberdeen, Inverness Caledonian Thistle, St Johnstone
Scotland national team
UEFA Euro 2016 qualifying

Transfer deals edit

Main articles: List of Scottish football transfers summer 2015 and List of Scottish football transfers winter 2015–16

League competitions edit

Scottish Premiership edit

Main article: 2015–16 Scottish Premiership
Pos Team
 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation[a]
1 Celtic (C) 38 26 8 4 93 31 +62 86 Qualification for the Champions League second qualifying round
2 Aberdeen 38 22 5 11 62 48 +14 71 Qualification for the Europa League first qualifying round
3 Heart of Midlothian 38 18 11 9 59 40 +19 65
4 St Johnstone 38 16 8 14 58 55 +3 56
5 Motherwell 38 15 5 18 47 63 −16 50
6 Ross County 38 14 6 18 55 61 −6 48
7 Inverness Caledonian Thistle 38 14 10 14 54 48 +6 52
8 Dundee 38 11 15 12 53 57 −4 48
9 Partick Thistle 38 12 10 16 41 50 −9 46
10 Hamilton Academical 38 11 10 17 42 63 −21 43
11 Kilmarnock (O) 38 9 9 20 41 64 −23 36 Qualification for the Premiership play-off final
12 Dundee United[b] (R) 38 8 7 23 45 70 −25 28 Relegation to the Championship
Source: SPFL Archive
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored; 4) Play-off (only if deciding champion, UEFA competitions qualification and second stage group allocation).[3]
(C) Champions; (O) Play-off winners; (R) Relegated
Notes:
  1. ^ Teams play each other three times (33 matches), before the league is split into two groups (the top six and the bottom six).
  2. ^ Dundee United were deducted three points for fielding an ineligible player in their win over Inverness Caledonian Thistle on 6 May 2016.[2]

Scottish Championship edit

Main article: 2015–16 Scottish Championship
Pos Team
 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion, qualification or relegation
1 Rangers (C, P) 36 25 6 5 88 34 +54 81 Promotion to Premiership
2 Falkirk 36 19 13 4 61 34 +27 70 Qualification for the Premiership play-off semi-finals
3 Hibernian 36 21 7 8 59 34 +25 70 Qualification for the Europa League second qualifying round and for the Premiership play-off semi-finals[a]
4 Raith Rovers 36 18 8 10 52 46 +6 62 Qualification for the Premiership play-off quarter-finals
5 Greenock Morton 36 11 10 15 39 42 −3 43
6 St Mirren 36 11 9 16 44 53 −9 42
7 Queen of the South 36 12 6 18 46 56 −10 42
8 Dumbarton 36 10 7 19 35 66 −31 37
9 Livingston (R) 36 8 7 21 37 51 −14 31 Qualification for the Championship play-offs
10 Alloa Athletic (R) 36 4 9 23 22 67 −45 21 Relegation to League One
Source: Soccerway
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Number of goals scored
(C) Champions; (P) Promoted; (R) Relegated
Notes:
  1. ^ Hibernian qualified for the Europa League second qualifying round by winning the 2015–16 Scottish Cup.

Scottish League One edit

Main article: 2015–16 Scottish League One
Pos Team
 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion, qualification or relegation
1 Dunfermline Athletic (C, P) 36 24 7 5 83 30 +53 79 Promotion to Scottish Championship
2 Ayr United (O, P) 36 19 4 13 65 47 +18 61 Qualification to Championship play-offs
3 Peterhead 36 16 11 9 72 47 +25 59
4 Stranraer 36 15 6 15 43 49 −6 51
5 Airdrieonians 36 14 7 15 48 50 −2 49
6 Albion Rovers 36 13 10 13 40 44 −4 49
7 Brechin City 36 12 6 18 47 59 −12 42
8 Stenhousemuir 36 11 7 18 46 80 −34 40
9 Cowdenbeath (R) 36 11 6 19 46 72 −26 39 Qualification to League One play-offs
10 Forfar Athletic (R) 36 8 10 18 48 60 −12 34 Relegation to Scottish League Two
Source: BBC Sport
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Number of goals scored
(C) Champions; (O) Play-off winners; (P) Promoted; (R) Relegated

Scottish League Two edit

Main article: 2015–16 Scottish League Two
Pos Team
 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion, qualification or relegation
1 East Fife (C, P) 36 18 8 10 62 41 +21 62 Promotion to Scottish League One
2 Elgin City 36 17 8 11 59 46 +13 59 Qualification to League One play-offs
3 Clyde 36 17 6 13 56 45 +11 57
4 Queen's Park (O, P) 36 15 11 10 46 32 +14 56
5 Annan Athletic 36 16 8 12 69 57 +12 56
6 Berwick Rangers 36 14 7 15 45 50 −5 49
7 Stirling Albion 36 13 9 14 47 46 +1 48
8 Montrose 36 11 10 15 50 70 −20 43
9 Arbroath 36 11 6 19 42 51 −9 39
10 East Stirlingshire (R) 36 9 5 22 41 79 −38 32 Qualification to League Two play-off finals
Source: BBC Sport
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Number of goals scored
(C) Champions; (O) Play-off winners; (P) Promoted; (R) Relegated

Non-league football edit

Level 5 edit

Main articles: 2015–16 Highland Football League and 2015–16 Lowland Football League

Level 6 edit

Main articles: 2015–16 East of Scotland Football League and 2015–16 South of Scotland Football League

SPFL Development League edit

Main article: 2015–16 SPFL Development League

Honours edit

Cup honours edit

Competition Winner Score Runner-up Match report
2015–16 Scottish Cup Hibernian 3–2 Rangers BBC Sport
2015–16 League Cup Ross County 2–1 Hibernian BBC Sport
2015–16 Challenge Cup Rangers 4–0 Peterhead BBC Sport
2015–16 Youth Cup Motherwell 5–2 Heart of Midlothian BBC Sport
2015–16 Junior Cup Beith Juniors 1–1
4–3 pens. 		Pollok The Herald
2015–16 Amateur Cup Colville Park 2 – 1 Leven United Glasgow World

Non-league honours edit

Senior edit

Competition Winner
Highland League Cove Rangers
Lowland League Edinburgh City
East of Scotland League Leith Athletic
South of Scotland League St Cuthbert Wanderers

Junior edit

West Region
Division Winner
2015–16 Super League Premier Division Auchinleck Talbot
Super League First Division Cumnock Juniors
Ayrshire District League Girvan
Central District League First Division Renfrew
Central District League Second Division Forth Wanderers
East Region
Division Winner
2015–16 Superleague Bonnyrigg Rose Athletic
Premier League Jeanfield Swifts
North Division Downfield
South Division Tranent Juniors
North Region
Division Winner
2015–16 Superleague Banks O' Dee
First Division (West) Buckie Rovers
First Division (East) Colony Park

Individual honours edit

PFA Scotland awards edit

Award Winner Team
Players' Player of the Year Leigh Griffiths[4] Celtic
Young Player of the Year Kieran Tierney[4] Celtic
Manager of the Year Mark Warburton[4] Rangers
Championship Player of Year Lee Wallace[4] Rangers
League One Player of Year Faissal El Bakhtaoui[4] Dunfermline Athletic
League Two Player of Year Nathan Austin[4] East Fife

SFWA awards edit

Award Winner Team
Footballer of the Year Leigh Griffiths[5] Celtic
Young Player of the Year Kieran Tierney[6] Celtic
Manager of the Year Jim McIntyre[7] Ross County
International Player of the Year Matt Ritchie[8] Bournemouth

Scottish clubs in Europe edit

Main articles: 2015–16 UEFA Champions League and 2015–16 UEFA Europa League

Celtic, Inverness Caledonian Thistle, Aberdeen and St Johnstone qualified for European competition.[9]

Celtic edit

UEFA Champions League
15 July 2015 Second qualifying Celtic   2 – 0   Stjarnan Glasgow, Scotland
Boyata   44'
Johansen   56'		 BBC Sport Stadium: Celtic Park
Attendance: 48,185
Referee: Daniel Siebert  
22 July 2015 Second qualifying Stjarnan   1 – 4
(1 – 6 agg.)		   Celtic Garðabær, Iceland
Finsen   7' BBC Sport Bitton   33'
Mulgrew   49'
Griffiths   88'
Johansen   90'		 Stadium: Samsungvöllur
Referee: Jonathan Lardot  
29 July 2015 Third qualifying Celtic   1 – 0   Qarabağ Glasgow, Scotland
Boyata   82' BBC Sport Stadium: Celtic Park
Attendance: 43,011
Referee: Robert Schörgenhofer  
5 August 2015 Third qualifying Qarabağ   0 – 0
(0 – 1 agg.)		   Celtic Baku, Azerbaijan
BBC Sport Stadium: Tofiq Bahramov Stadium
Referee: Martin Strömbergsson  
19 August 2015 Play-off Celtic   3 – 2   Malmö FF Glasgow, Scotland
Griffiths   3', 61'
Bitton   10'		 BBC Sport Berget   52', 90' Stadium: Celtic Park
Referee: Felix Brych  
25 August 2015 Play-off Malmö FF   2 – 0
(4 – 3 agg.)		   Celtic Malmö, Sweden
Rosenberg   23'
Boyata   54' (o.g.)		 BBC Sport Stadium: Swedbank Stadion
Referee: Milorad Mažić  
UEFA Europa League
17 September 2015 Group A Ajax   2 – 2   Celtic Amsterdam, Netherlands
Fischer   24'
Schöne   84'		 BBC Sport Bitton   8'
Lustig   42'		 Stadium: Amsterdam Arena
Referee: Luca Banti  
1 October 2015 Group A Celtic   2 – 2   Fenerbahçe Glasgow, Scotland
Griffiths   28'
Commons   32'		 BBC Sport Fernandão   43', 48' Stadium: Celtic Park
Referee: Kenn Hansen  
22 October 2015 Group A Molde   3 – 1   Celtic Molde, Norway
Kamara   11'
Forren   18'
Elyounoussi   56'		 BBC Sport Commons   55' Stadium: Aker Stadion
Referee: Vladislav Bezborodov  
5 November 2015 Group A Celtic   1 – 2   Molde Glasgow, Scotland
Commons   26' BBC Sport Elyounoussi   21'
Hestad   37'		 Stadium: Celtic Park
Referee: Slavko Vinčić  
26 November 2015 Group A Celtic   1 – 2   Ajax Glasgow, Scotland
McGregor   3' BBC Sport Milik   22'
Černý   87'		 Stadium: Celtic Park
Referee: Felix Zwayer  
10 December 2015 Group A Fenerbahçe   1 – 1   Celtic Istanbul, Turkey
Marković   39' BBC Sport Commons   75' Stadium: Şükrü Saracoğlu Stadium
Referee: Serge Gumienny  

Aberdeen edit

UEFA Europa League
2 July 2015 First qualifying Shkëndija   1 – 1   Aberdeen Skopje, Macedonia
Kirovski   84' BBC Sport McGinn   79' Stadium: Philip II Arena[10]
Referee: Tolga Özkalfa  
9 July 2015 First qualifying Aberdeen   0 – 0
(1 – 1 agg.)		   Shkëndija Aberdeen, Scotland
BBC Sport Stadium: Pittodrie Stadium
Referee: Nikolaj Hänni  
16 July 2015 Second qualifying Rijeka   0 – 3   Aberdeen Rijeka, Croatia
BBC Sport Considine   38'
Pawlett   52'
McLean   75'		 Stadium: Stadion Kantrida
Referee: Amaury Delerue  
23 July 2015 Second qualifying Aberdeen   2 – 2
(5 – 2 agg.)		   Rijeka Aberdeen, Scotland
McGinn   64'
Hayes   72'		 BBC Sport Tomasov   58'
Kvržić   63'		 Stadium: Pittodrie Stadium
Attendance: 15,803
Referee: Marco Guida  
30 July 2015 Third qualifying Kairat   2 – 1   Aberdeen Almaty, Kazakhstan
Bakayev   13'
Islamkhan   22'		 BBC Sport McLean   69' Stadium: Central Stadium
Referee: Tamás Bognar  
6 August 2015 Third qualifying Aberdeen   1 – 1
(2 – 3 agg.)		   Kairat Aberdeen, Scotland
McLean   84' BBC Sport Gohou   59' Stadium: Pittodrie Stadium
Attendance: 20,317
Referee: Miroslav Zelinka  

Inverness Caledonian Thistle edit

UEFA Europa League
16 July 2015 Second qualifying Inverness Caledonian Thistle   0 – 1   Astra Giurgiu Inverness, Scotland
BBC Sport Budescu   24' Stadium: Caledonian Stadium
Attendance: 5,534
Referee: Ken Henry Johnsen  
23 July 2015 Second qualifying Astra Giurgiu   0 – 0
(1 – 0 agg.)		   Inverness Caledonian Thistle Giurgiu, Romania
BBC Sport Stadium: Stadionul Marin Anastasovici
Referee: Artyom Kuchin  

St Johnstone edit

UEFA Europa League
2 July 2015 First qualifying Alashkert   1 – 0   St Johnstone Yerevan, Armenia
Manasyan   59' BBC Sport Stadium: Vazgen Sargsyan Republican Stadium[11]
Referee: Jakob Kehlet  
9 July 2015 First qualifying St Johnstone   2 – 1
(2 – 2 agg.)		   Alashkert Perth, Scotland
O'Halloran   34'
McKay   86'		 BBC Sport Gyozalyan   73' Stadium: McDiarmid Park
Referee: Fredy Fautrel  

Scotland national team edit

Main article: Scotland national football team 2000–19 results
4 September 2015 Euro 2016 qualifying Georgia   1 – 0   Scotland Tbilisi
Qazaishvili   37' BBC Sport Stadium: Boris Paichadze Dinamo Arena[12]
Referee: Ovidiu Hategan  
7 September 2015 Euro 2016 qualifying Scotland   2 – 3   Germany Glasgow
Hummels   28' (o.g.)
McArthur   43'		 BBC Sport Müller   18', 34'
Gündoğan   54'		 Stadium: Hampden Park
Attendance: 50,753
Referee: Björn Kuipers  
8 October 2015 Euro 2016 qualifying Scotland   2 – 2   Poland Glasgow
Ritchie   45'
Fletcher   62'		 BBC Sport Lewandowski   3', 90' Stadium: Hampden Park
Referee: Viktor Kassai  
11 October 2015 Euro 2016 qualifying Gibraltar   0 – 6   Scotland Faro, Portugal
BBC Sport Ritchie   24'
Maloney   39'
Fletcher   52', 56', 85'
Naismith   90'		 Stadium: Estádio Algarve
Attendance: 12,401
Referee: Aleksei Kulbakov  
24 March 2016 Friendly Czech Republic   0 – 1   Scotland Prague
BBC Sport Anya   10' Stadium: Generali Arena
Attendance: 14,580
Referee: Paul McLaughlin (Ireland)
29 March 2016 Friendly Scotland   1 – 0   Denmark Glasgow
Ritchie   8' BBC Sport Stadium: Hampden Park
Attendance: 18,385
Referee: Svein Oddvar Moen (Norway)
29 May 2016 Friendly Italy   1 – 0   Scotland Ta' Qali, Malta
Pellè   57' BBC Sport Stadium: Ta' Qali National Stadium
Attendance: 8,000
Referee: Alan Sant (Malta)
4 June 2016 Friendly France   3 – 0   Scotland Metz
Giroud   8', 35'
Koscielny   39'		 BBC Sport Stadium: Stade Saint-Symphorien
Attendance: 25,057
Referee: Sébastien Delferière (Belgium)

Women's football edit

Scottish Women's Premier League edit

Main article: 2015 Scottish Women's Premier League
Pos Team
 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Glasgow City (C, Q) 21 19 2 0 99 11 +88 59 2016–17 Champions League
2 Hibernian (Q) 21 17 2 2 72 20 +52 53
3 Celtic 21 11 2 8 54 28 +26 35
4 Aberdeen 21 10 4 7 32 24 +8 34
5 Spartans 21 8 1 12 44 38 +6 25
6 Rangers 21 8 0 13 30 57 −27 24
7 Stirling University 21 11 3 7 45 31 +14 36
8 Forfar Farmington 21 11 1 9 45 40 +5 34
9 Heart of Midlothian (R) 21 6 4 11 27 52 −25 22 2016 SPWL 2
10 Hamilton Academical (R) 21 7 1 13 24 62 −38 22
11 Hutchison Vale (R) 21 5 3 13 31 65 −34 18
12 Inverness City (R) 21 0 3 18 14 89 −75 3
Source: Scottish Women's FA
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Number of goals scored
(C) Champions; (Q) Qualified for the phase indicated; (R) Relegated

League and Cup honours edit

Division Winner
Scottish Women's Premier League Glasgow City[13]
SWFL First Division Glasgow Girls
SWFL Second Division North
SWFL Second Division West/South West
SWFL Second Division East/Central
SWFL Second Division South East
Competition Winner Score Runner-up Match report
Scottish Women's Cup Glasgow City 3 – 0 Hibernian BBC Sport
Scottish Women's Premier League Cup Glasgow City 2 – 1 (AET) Hibernian BBC Sport
SWFL First Division Cup
SWFL Second Division Cup

Individual honours edit

SWPL awards edit

Award Winner Team
Players' Player of the Year
Player of the Year
Manager of the Year
Young Player of the Year

UEFA Women's Champions League edit

Glasgow City edit

8 October 2015 (2015-10-08) Round of 32 Chelsea   1–0   Glasgow City Wheatsheaf Park, Staines-upon-Thames
20:30 Kirby   39' Report Attendance: 1,100
Referee: Olga Zadinová (Czech Republic)
14 October 2015 (2015-10-14) Round of 32 Glasgow City   0–3
(0–4 agg.)		   Chelsea Excelsior Stadium, Airdrie
20:30 Report Aluko   22'
Kirby   57'
Flaherty   61'		 Attendance: 1,199
Referee: Bibiana Steinhaus (Germany)

Scotland women's national team edit

Main article: Scotland women's national football team 2010–19 results
17 September 2015 Friendly Scotland   0–4   Norway Firhill Stadium, Glasgow
BBC Sport   Haavi
  Hegerberg
  Berge
  Wold
22 September 2015 Euro 2017 qualifying Slovenia   0–3   Scotland Ajdovščina Stadium, Ajdovščina
BBC Sport   28', 49', 59' Little Attendance: 794
Referee: Sandra Bastos (Portugal)
23 October 2015 Euro 2017 qualifying Scotland   7–0   Belarus Fir Park, Motherwell
Ross   44', 66'
Weir   46'
Corsie   53'
Evans   68'
Love   89', 90'		 BBC Sport Attendance: 1,367
Referee: Carina Susanna Vitulano (Italy)
27 October 2015 Euro 2017 qualifying North Macedonia   1–4   Scotland FFM Training Centre, Skopje
Rochi   44' BBC Sport   22' Little
  27', 28' Corsie
  31' Weir		 Referee: Anastasia Pustovoitova (Russia)
29 November 2015 Euro 2017 qualifying Scotland   10–0   North Macedonia St Mirren Park, Paisley
Ross   3', 59', 61', 87'
Love   8', 40', 53'
Beattie   24'
Lauder   27'
Evans   35'		 BBC Sport
26 January 2016 Friendly Sweden   6–0   Scotland Prioritet Serneke Arena, Gothenburg
Dahlkvist   40'
Eriksson   45'
Jakobsson   45+1'
Schelin   68'
Hammarlund   78', 83'		 Scottish FA
8 March 2016 Friendly Scotland   1–1   Spain Falkirk Stadium, Falkirk
Mitchell   55' Scottish FA   90' Torrecilla
8 April 2016 Euro 2017 qualifying Scotland   3–1   Slovenia St Mirren Park, Paisley
Ross   19', 44'
Little   52' (pen.)		 BBC Sport Erman   42'
3 June 2016 Euro 2017 qualifying Scotland   0–4   Iceland Falkirk Stadium, Falkirk
BBC Sport Gísladóttir   10'
Þorsteinsdóttir   62'
Jónsdóttir   65'
Viðarsdóttir   69'		 Attendance: 2,690
Referee: Jana Adamkova  
7 June 2016 Euro 2017 qualifying Belarus   0–1   Scotland FC Minsk Stadium, Minsk
BBC Sport Love   15' Referee: Marta Frias Acedo  

Deaths edit

  • 10 July: Jimmy Murray, 82, Hearts, Falkirk, Clyde, Raith Rovers and Scotland forward.[14]
  • 2 August: Sammy Cox, 91, Queen's Park, Third Lanark, Dundee, Rangers, East Fife and Scotland defender.[15]
  • 6 August: Danny Hegan, 72, Albion Rovers midfielder.[16]
  • 16 August: George Merchant, 89, Dundee and Falkirk forward.[17]
  • 29 August: Graham Leggat, 81, Aberdeen and Scotland forward.[18]
  • 6 September: Ralph Milne, 54, Dundee United winger.[19]
  • 6 September: Hugh Ormond, 92, Dundee United and St Mirren full back.[20]
  • 12 September: Jim Doherty, 61, Albion Rovers and Stranraer midfielder.[21]
  • 1 October: Joe Wark, 67, Motherwell defender.[22]
  • 2 October: Johnny Paton, 92, Celtic winger.[23]
  • 17 October: Johnny Hamilton, 66, Rangers, Hibernian and St Johnstone midfielder.[24]
  • 23 October: Peter Price, 83, St Mirren, Ayr United, Raith Rovers and Albion Rovers forward.[25]
  • 25 October: Matt Watson, 79, Kilmarnock and Queen of the South full-back.[26]
  • 5 November: Brown McMaster, 66, Scottish Football League president (2007–09); Partick Thistle and Stenhousemuir executive.[27]
  • 15 November: Jackie McGugan, 76, St Mirren, Ayr United and Morton defender.[28]
  • 5 December: Willie Coburn, 74, St Johnstone, Forfar and Cowdenbeath defender.[29]
  • 6 December: Ian Burns, 76, Aberdeen and Brechin City wing half.[30]
  • 8 December: Alan Hodgkinson, 79, Scotland goalkeeping coach.[31]
  • 10 December: Arnold Peralta, 26, Rangers midfielder.[32]
  • December: Duncan Lambie, 63, Dundee, St Johnstone and Hibernian forward.[33]
  • 19 January: Joachim Fernandez, 43, Dundee United defender.[34]
  • 22 January: Tommy Bryceland, 76, St Mirren forward and manager.[35]
  • January: John Dowie, 60, Celtic and Clyde defender[36]
  • 28 January: Dave Thomson, 77, Dunfermline Athletic, Queen of the South, Berwick Rangers and East Stirlingshire forward.[37]
  • 28 January: Tommy O'Hara, 62, Queen of the South, Motherwell, Falkirk and Partick Thistle midfielder.[38]
  • 4 February: Harry Glasgow, 76, Clyde, Arbroath and Stenhousemuir defender, Stenhousemuir manager.[39]
  • 24 February: Jim McFadzean, 77, Heart of Midlothian, St Mirren, Raith Rovers, Kilmarnock and Ayr United defender.[40]
  • 4 March: Eddie Blyth, 91, St Mirren forward.[41]
  • 11 March: Billy Ritchie, 79, Rangers, Partick Thistle, Motherwell, Stranraer and Scotland goalkeeper.[42]
  • 22 March: Les Thomson, 79, Falkirk, Stirling Albion and Stenhousemuir centre-half.[43]
  • 31 March: Ian Britton, 61, Dundee United and Arbroath midfielder.[44]
  • 31 March: Jimmy Toner, 91, Dundee inside forward.[45]
  • 7 May: Chris Mitchell, 27, Falkirk, Ayr United, Bradford City, Queen of the South and Clyde midfielder.[46]
  • 8 May: George Ross, 73, Preston North End full back.[47]
  • 11 May: Bobby Carroll, 77, Celtic, St Mirren, Dundee United and Queen of the South winger.[48]
  • 14 May: Jim Finlayson, East Fife, Forfar Athletic and Montrose forward.[49]
  • 14 May: John Coyle, 83, Dundee United, Brechin City and Clyde forward.[50]
  • 25 May: Ian Gibson, 73, Scotland under-23 international.[51]
  • 20 June: Willie Logie, 83, Rangers, Aberdeen, Arbroath, Brechin City and Alloa Athletic wing half.[52]

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  10. ^ "Aberdeen: Gordon Marshall to be new goalkeeping coach". BBC Sport. BBC. 24 June 2015. Retrieved 2 July 2015. Meanwhile, the venue for the first leg of Aberdeen's Europa League first-round qualifying tie against Shkendija on 2 July has been changed. They will now take on the Macedonian side in the capital, Skopje, after Uefa confirmed it had been moved from the Gradski Stadium in Tetovo. The tie, which will kick off at 8.05pm British time, has been switched because the stadium Shkendija share with three other clubsis being rebuilt and will not be ready to host the Aberdeen match.
  11. ^ McLauchlin, Brian (1 July 2015). "Europa League: St Johnstone adapt for heat of Armenian battle". BBC Sport. BBC. Retrieved 2 July 2015. The match is being played in the Vazgen Sargsyan Republican Stadium instead of the home side's smaller Alashkert Stadium, which is also in the Armenian capital.
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  16. ^ Sixties Midfielder Hegan Dies
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  20. ^ "Hugh Ormond". Archived from the original on 2015-11-18. Retrieved 2015-10-27.
  21. ^ The Passing Of Former Player Jim Doherty
  22. ^ "Joe Wark: 1947 – 2015". www.motherwellfc.co.uk. Motherwell FC. 1 October 2015. Retrieved 1 October 2015.
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