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2022–23 Scottish Premiership

The 2022–23 Scottish Premiership (known as the cinch Premiership for sponsorship reasons) was the tenth season of the Scottish Premiership, the highest division of Scottish football, and the 126th edition overall of the top national league competition, not including one cancelled due to World War II. The season began on 30 July 2022.[1]

Scottish Premiership
Season2022–23
Dates30 July 2022 – 28 May 2023
ChampionsCeltic
9th Premiership title
53rd Scottish title
RelegatedDundee United
Champions LeagueCeltic
Rangers
Europa LeagueAberdeen
Europa Conference LeagueHeart of Midlothian
Hibernian
Matches played228
Goals scored670 (2.94 per match)
Top goalscorerKyogo Furuhashi
(27 goals)
Biggest home winHibernian 6–0 Aberdeen
(28 January 2023)
Biggest away winDundee United 0–9 Celtic
(28 August 2022)
Highest scoringDundee United 0–9 Celtic
(28 August 2022)
Longest winning runCeltic
12 games
Longest unbeaten runCeltic
27 games
Longest winless runDundee United
Motherwell
11 games
Longest losing runDundee United
St Johnstone
6 games
Highest attendance59,621
Celtic 3–2 Rangers (8 April 2023)
Lowest attendance1,283
Livingston 2–1 Ross County (18 March 2023)
Total attendance3,826,451
Average attendance16,782

On 7 May, Celtic successfully defended their title, securing a ninth Premiership title and 53rd Scottish league title overall, following a 2–0 victory over Heart of Midlothian.[2][3]

Twelve teams contested the league: Aberdeen, Celtic, Dundee United, Heart of Midlothian, Hibernian, Kilmarnock, Livingston, Motherwell, Rangers, Ross County, St Johnstone and St Mirren.

Teams edit

The following teams changed division after the 2021–22 season.

Promoted from the Championship

Relegated to the Championship

Stadia and locations edit

Aberdeen Celtic Dundee United Heart of Midlothian
Pittodrie Stadium Celtic Park Tannadice Park Tynecastle Park
Capacity: 20,866[4] Capacity: 60,411[5] Capacity: 14,223[6] Capacity: 19,852[7]
       
Hibernian
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Location of teams in the 2022–23 Scottish Premiership
 Kilmarnock
Easter Road Rugby Park
Capacity: 20,421[8] Capacity: 15,003[9][10]
   
Livingston Motherwell
Almondvale Stadium Fir Park
Capacity: 9,713[11] Capacity: 13,677[12]
   
Rangers Ross County St Johnstone St Mirren
Ibrox Stadium Victoria Park McDiarmid Park St Mirren Park
Capacity: 50,987[13] Capacity: 6,541[14] Capacity: 10,696[15] Capacity: 7,937[16]
       

Personnel and kits edit

Team Manager Captain Kit manufacturer Shirt sponsor
Aberdeen   Barry Robson   Graeme Shinnie Adidas TEXO
Celtic   Ange Postecoglou   Callum McGregor Adidas Dafabet
Dundee United   Jim Goodwin   Ryan Edwards Macron QuinnBet
Heart of Midlothian   Steven Naismith (interim)   Craig Gordon Umbro MND Scotland (Home)
Stellar Omada (Away)
Hibernian   Lee Johnson   David Marshall Joma Utilita
Kilmarnock   Derek McInnes   Alan Power Hummel Brownings The Bakers
Livingston   David Martindale   Nicky Devlin Joma Phoenix Drilling Ltd
Motherwell   Stuart Kettlewell   Stephen O'Donnell Macron Paycare
Rangers   Michael Beale   James Tavernier Castore 32Red (Home and Away)
Unibet (3rd)
Ross County   Malky Mackay   Jack Baldwin Joma Ross-shire Engineering
St Johnstone   Steven MacLean   Liam Gordon Macron Binn Group
St Mirren   Stephen Robinson   Joe Shaughnessy Joma Digby Brown

Managerial changes edit

Team Outgoing manager Manner of departure Date of vacancy Position in table Incoming manager Date of appointment
Hibernian   David Gray End of caretaker spell 15 May 2022[17] Pre-season   Lee Johnson 19 May 2022[18]
Dundee United   Tam Courts Mutual consent 14 June 2022[19]   Jack Ross 20 June 2022[20]
Motherwell   Graham Alexander 29 July 2022[21]   Steven Hammell[note 1] 29 July 2022[21][22]
Dundee United   Jack Ross Sacked 30 August 2022[23] 12th   Liam Fox[note 2] 30 August 2022[23][24]
Rangers   Giovanni van Bronckhorst 21 November 2022[25] 2nd   Michael Beale 28 November 2022[26]
Aberdeen   Jim Goodwin 28 January 2023[27] 7th   Barry Robson[note 3] 29 January 2023[28][29]
Motherwell   Steven Hammell 11 February 2023[30] 11th   Stuart Kettlewell[note 4] 11 February 2023[30][31]
Dundee United   Liam Fox Mutual consent 26 February 2023[32] 12th   Jim Goodwin 1 March 2023[33]
Heart of Midlothian   Robbie Neilson Sacked 9 April 2023[34] 4th   Steven Naismith (interim) 10 April 2023[35]
St Johnstone   Callum Davidson Mutual consent 16 April 2023[36] 9th   Steven MacLean[note 5] 16 April 2023[36][37]

Format edit

In the initial phase of the season, the 12 teams played a round-robin tournament whereby each team plays each one of the other teams three times. After 33 games, the league split into two sections of six teams, with each team playing each other in that section. The league attempts to balance the fixture list so that teams in the same section play each other twice at home and twice away, but sometimes this is impossible. A total of 228 matches were played, with 38 matches played by each team.

League table edit

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation[a]
1 Celtic (C) 38 32 3 3 114 34 +80 99 Qualification for the Champions League group stage
2 Rangers 38 29 5 4 93 37 +56 92 Qualification for the Champions League third qualifying round
3 Aberdeen 38 18 3 17 56 60 −4 57 Qualification for the Europa League play-off round
4 Heart of Midlothian 38 15 9 14 63 57 +6 54 Qualification for the Europa Conference League third qualifying round
5 Hibernian 38 15 7 16 57 59 −2 52 Qualification for the Europa Conference League second qualifying round
6 St Mirren 38 12 10 16 43 61 −18 46
7 Motherwell 38 14 8 16 53 51 +2 50
8 Livingston 38 13 7 18 36 60 −24 46
9 St Johnstone 38 12 7 19 41 59 −18 43
10 Kilmarnock 38 11 7 20 37 62 −25 40
11 Ross County (O) 38 9 7 22 37 60 −23 34 Qualification for the Premiership play-off final
12 Dundee United (R) 38 8 7 23 40 70 −30 31 Relegation to Championship
Source: [38][39]
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored; 4) Head-to-Head points; 5) Head-to-Head goal difference; 6) Play-off (only if deciding champion, UEFA competitions qualification, second stage group allocation or relegation).[40]
(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).

Results edit

Matches 34–38 edit

After 33 matches, the league splits into two sections of six teams i.e. the top six and the bottom six, with the teams playing every other team in their section once (either at home or away). The exact matches are determined by the position of the teams in the league table at the time of the split.

Season statistics edit

Scoring edit

Top scorers edit

Rank Player Club Goals
1   Kyogo Furuhashi Celtic 27
2   Kevin van Veen Motherwell 25
3   Lawrence Shankland Heart of Midlothian 24
4   Duk Aberdeen 16
  Bojan Miovski Aberdeen
  James Tavernier Rangers
7   Antonio Čolak Rangers 14
8   Josh Ginnelly Heart of Midlothian 12
  Kevin Nisbet Hibernian
  Fashion Sakala Rangers

Hat-tricks edit

Main article: List of Scottish Professional Football League hat-tricks § Scottish Premiership
Player For Against Score Date Ref.
  Kyogo Furuhashi Celtic Dundee United 9–0 (A) 28 August 2022 [43]
  Liel Abada
  Kevin van Veen Motherwell Ross County 5–0 (A) 4 October 2022 [44]
  James Forrest Celtic Hibernian 6–1 (H) 15 October 2022 [45]
  Lawrence Shankland Heart of Midlothian Celtic 3–4 (H) 22 October 2022 [46]
  Kevin Nisbet Hibernian Motherwell 3–2 (A) 8 January 2023 [47]
  Josh Campbell Aberdeen 6–0 (H) 28 January 2023 [48]
  Lawrence Shankland Heart of Midlothian Ross County 6–1 (H) 22 April 2023 [49]
  Jordan White Ross County Dundee United 3–1 (A) 13 May 2023 [50]

Clean sheets edit

Rank Player Club Clean
sheets
1   Joe Hart Celtic 16
2   Kelle Roos Aberdeen 13
3   David Marshall Hibernian 11
  Liam Kelly Motherwell
5   Trevor Carson St Mirren 10
6   Ross Laidlaw Ross County 9
7   Allan McGregor Rangers 8
8   Shamal George Livingston 7
9   Sam Walker Kilmarnock 6
  Remi Matthews St Johnstone

Source:[51]

Attendances edit

These are the average attendances of the teams.

Pos Team Total High Low Average Change
1 Celtic 1,116,725 59,621 58,295 58,775 +1.6%†
2 Rangers 933,207 50,104 46,961 49,116 −0.3%†
3 Heart of Midlothian 351,978 18,980 18,081 18,525 +6.6%†
4 Hibernian 331,926 20,179 13,930 17,469 +12.8%†
5 Aberdeen 297,087 18,666 13,014 15,636 +20.9%†
6 Dundee United 179,768 12,599 7,430 9,461 +23.7%†
7 Kilmarnock[a] 123,253 9,162 4,463 6,487 +30.1%†
8 St Mirren 121,610 7,937 4,557 6,400 +29.7%†
9 Motherwell 112,080 8,610 4,131 5,898 +4.4%†
10 St Johnstone 101,081 7,758 2,899 5,320 +18.1%†
11 Ross County 82,978 6,690 2,568 4,367 +7.7%†
12 Livingston 75,748 9,672 1,283 3,986 +8.9%†
League total 3,826,451 59,621 1,283 16,782 +6.2%†

Source: [52][53][54][55][56][57][58][59][60][61][62][63]

  1. ^ Club was playing in the Scottish Championship in the previous season.

Awards edit

Month Manager of the Month Player of the Month
Manager Club Player Club
August   Ange Postecoglou Celtic   Kyogo Furuhashi Celtic
September/October   Antonio Čolak Rangers
November   David Martindale Livingston   Sead Hakšabanović Celtic
December   Michael Beale Rangers   Kyogo Furuhashi Celtic
January   Robbie Neilson Heart of Midlothian   Kevin Nisbet Hibernian
February   Stuart Kettlewell Motherwell   Reo Hatate Celtic
March   Barry Robson Aberdeen   Duk Aberdeen
April   Kevin van Veen Motherwell

The SPFL Premiership manager of the year was Ange Postecoglou of Celtic.

The SPFL Premiership player of the year was Kyogo Furuhashi of Celtic.

Premiership play-offs edit

The quarter-finals were contested by the teams placed third and fourth in the 2022–23 Scottish Championship. The winners advanced to the semi-finals to face the team placed second in the Championship. The final was contested by the semi-final winners and the team placed eleventh in the Premiership, with the winners securing a place in the 2023–24 Scottish Premiership.[64]

Qualified teams edit

Team Rank
Ross County 1
Ayr United 2
Queen's Park 3
Partick Thistle 4

Quarter-finals edit

First leg edit

9 May 2023 Partick Thistle 4–3 Queen's Park Glasgow
19:45 Turner   15'
McMillan   28'
Fitzpatrick   69'
Graham   90+7'		 [65] Thomas   33', 87'
Boateng   83'		 Stadium: Firhill Stadium
Attendance: 3,754
Referee: Kevin Clancy

Second leg edit

12 May 2023 Queen's Park 0–4
(3–8 agg.)		 Partick Thistle Stenhousemuir
19:45 [66] Graham   14'
Tiffoney   28'
Holt   41'
Mullen   82'		 Stadium: Ochilview Park
Attendance: 1,581
Referee: Colin Steven

Semi-finals edit

First leg edit

19 May 2023 Partick Thistle 3–0 Ayr United Glasgow
19:45 McMillan   16'
Graham   50', 72'		 [67] Stadium: Firhill Stadium
Attendance: 7,012
Referee: Greg Aitken

Second leg edit

26 May 2023 Ayr United 0–5
(0–8 agg.)		 Partick Thistle Ayr
19:45 [68] McMillan   7'
Tiffoney   27', 54'
Lawless   63'
Holt   88'		 Stadium: Somerset Park
Attendance: 5,811
Referee: Colin Steven

Final edit

First leg edit

1 June 2023 Partick Thistle 2–0 Ross County Glasgow
20:00 Fitzpatrick   9'
Graham   45'		 [69] Stadium: Firhill Stadium
Attendance: 7,291
Referee: David Munro

Second leg edit

4 June 2023 Ross County 3–1 (a.e.t.)
(3–3 agg.)
(5–4 p)		 Partick Thistle Dingwall
16:30 Dhanda   71' (pen.)
Murray   72'
Harmon   90'		 [70] Fitzpatrick   43' Stadium: Victoria Park
Attendance: 4,533
Referee: Nick Walsh
Penalties
Dhanda  
Murray  
White  
Baldwin  
Harmon  
Watson  
Sims  		 Muirhead  
Holt  
Turner  
Graham  
McMillan  
Bannigan  
Docherty  

Notes edit

  1. ^ Hammell was initially named as interim manager, before being appointed on a permanent basis on 11 August 2022.
  2. ^ Fox was initially named as interim manager, before being appointed on a permanent basis on 23 September 2022.
  3. ^ Robson was initially named as interim manager, before being appointed on a permanent basis on 1 May 2023.
  4. ^ Kettlewell was initially named as interim manager, before being appointed on a permanent basis on 22 February 2023.
  5. ^ MacLean was initially named as interim manager, before being appointed on a permanent basis on 27 May 2023.

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