2022–23 Scottish Premiership

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Scottish Premiership
Season 2022–23
Champions Celtic
9th Premiership title
53rd Scottish title
Relegated Dundee United
Champions League Celtic
Rangers
Europa League Aberdeen
Europa Conference League Heart of Midlothian
Hibernian
Matches played 228
Goals scored 670 (2.94 per match)
Top goalscorer Kyogo Furuhashi
(27 goals)
Biggest home win Hibernian 6–0 Aberdeen
(28 January 2023)
Biggest away win Dundee United 0–9 Celtic
(28 August 2022)
Highest scoring Dundee United 0–9 Celtic
(28 August 2022)
Longest winning run Celtic
12 games
Longest unbeaten run Celtic
27 games
Longest winless run Dundee United
Motherwell
11 games
Longest losing run Dundee United
St Johnstone
6 games
Highest attendance 59,621
Celtic 3–2 Rangers (8 April 2023)
Lowest attendance 1,283
Livingston 2–1 Ross County (18 March 2023)
Total attendance 3,826,451
Average attendance 16,782
All statistics correct as of 28 May 2023.

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]

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

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

Promoted from the Championship

Relegated to the Championship

Stadia and locations

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]
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Hibernian
Location of teams in the 2022–23 Scottish Premiership
 Kilmarnock
Easter Road Rugby Park
Capacity: 20,421[8] Capacity: 15,003[9][10]
Easter Road 2010.JPG 200px
Livingston Motherwell
Almondvale Stadium Fir Park
Capacity: 9,713[11] Capacity: 13,677[12]
Almondvale Stadium, Livingston.jpg Fir Park, Motherwell. - geograph.org.uk - 219204.jpg
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]
Ibrox Inside.jpg Victoria park 2.jpg McDiarmid Park.jpg StMirren(2).jpg

Personnel and kits

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

Managerial changes

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

Format

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

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation[lower-alpha 1]
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]
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

Matches 34–38

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

Scoring

Top scorers

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

Hat-tricks

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

Most assists

Rank Player Club Assists
1 Denmark Matt O'Riley Celtic 12
2 Portugal Jota Celtic 11
3 Australia Aaron Mooy Celtic 10
4 Croatia Borna Barišić Rangers 9
England James Tavernier Rangers
6 England Leighton Clarkson Aberdeen 8
Japan Reo Hatate Celtic
England Ryan Kent Rangers
9 France Élie Youan Hibernian 7
Scotland Daniel Armstrong Kilmarnock
Scotland Blair Spittal Motherwell
Zambia Fashion Sakala Rangers

Source:[51]

Clean sheets

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

Source:[52]

Attendances

These are the average attendances of the teams.

Pos Team Total High Low Average Change
1 {{fb team Celtic |oc=}} 1,116,725 59,621 58,295 58,775 0.016288278318607+1.6%†
2 {{fb team Rangers |oc=}} 933,207 50,104 46,961 49,116 -0.99701601607697−0.2%†
3 {{fb team Heart of Midlothian |oc=}} 351,978 18,980 18,081 18,525 0.065512481306799+6.5%†
4 {{fb team Hibernian |oc=}} 331,926 20,179 13,930 17,469 0.12754147034144+12.7%†
5 {{fb team Aberdeen |oc=}} 297,087 18,666 13,014 15,636 0.20862642034475+20.8%†
6 {{fb team Dundee United |oc=}} 179,768 12,599 7,430 9,461 0.23705543933054+23.7%†
7 {{fb team Kilmarnock[lower-alpha 1] |oc=}} 123,253 9,162 4,463 6,487 0.30130391173521+30.1%†
8 {{fb team St Mirren |oc=}} 121,610 7,937 4,557 6,400 0.29712201053912+29.7%†
9 {{fb team Motherwell |oc=}} 112,080 8,610 4,131 5,898 0.044078597981944+4.4%†
10 {{fb team St Johnstone |oc=}} 101,081 7,758 2,899 5,320 0.18143459915612+18.1%†
11 {{fb team Ross County |oc=}} 82,978 6,690 2,568 4,367 0.077473476437207+7.7%†
12 {{fb team Livingston |oc=}} 75,748 9,672 1,283 3,986 0.089071038251366+8.9%†
League total 3,826,451 59,621 1,283 16,782 +6.2%†

Source: [53][54][55][56][57][58][59][60][61][62][63][64]

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

Awards

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

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.[65]

Qualified teams

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

Quarter-finals

First leg

Second leg

Semi-finals

First leg

Second leg

Final

First leg

Second leg

Notes

  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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