Scotland - List of Champions

Champions
1891-1939 (Division One)
1947-1975 ('A' Division/Division One)
1976-2015 (Premier Division)
Summaries
1891-1939
1947-1975
1976-2015
Overall 1891-2015
Wartime Champions (unofficial)
1939-46
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Scottish Football League Champions 1891-1939
1891
1892
1893
1894
1895
1896
1897
1898
1899
1900
1901
1902
1903
1904
1905
1906
1907
1908
1909
1910
1911
1912
1913
1914
1915
1916
1917
1918
1919
1920
1921
1922
1923
1924
1925
1926
1927
1928
1929
1930

*Dumbarton & *Rangers (shared)

-Dumbarton
*Celtic
Celtic
*Heart Of Midlothian
Celtic
Heart Of Midlothian
Celtic
Rangers
Rangers
Rangers
Rangers
*Hibernian
*-Third Lanark
Celtic (after play-off)
Celtic
Celtic
Celtic
Celtic
Celtic
Rangers
Rangers
Rangers
Celtic
Celtic
Celtic
Celtic
Rangers
Celtic
Rangers
Rangers
Celtic
Rangers
Rangers
Rangers
Celtic
Rangers
Rangers
Rangers
Rangers

1931 Rangers
1932 *-Motherwell
1933 Rangers
1934 Rangers
1935 Rangers
1936 Celtic
1937 Rangers
1938 Celtic
1939 Rangers
* indicates club's first title
- indicates club's last title
Notes
Until 1920 clubs which finished equal on points played off for the title.
In 1891 Rangers and Dumbarton were declared joint champions after the play-off
resulted in a 2-2 draw. In 1905 Celtic beat Rangers 2-1 in the title play-off.
Index| Summary 1891| Champions 1947
Summary 1891-1939 (50 championships)
24 Rangers
19 Celtic
2 Dumbarton, Heart Of Midlothian
1 Hibernian, Third Lanark, Motherwell
Index| Champions 1891| War Leagues| Champions 1947
Wartime Leagues 1940-46
During the First World War the Scottish League continued operating pretty much a
s normal, although the Second Division was suspended from 1915, and some of the
more remote clubs (e.g. Aberdeen and Dundee) were temporarily excluded due to tr
avelling difficulties. When war was declared in September 1939, the SFA immediat
ely suspended all football and the League was abandoned after just 5 matches. A
few weeks later an emergency competition was organised before the League closed
down completely for the war from the summer of 1940. It did authorise member clu
bs to organise local competitions amongst themselves and separate leagues were o
rganised in the South from autumn 1940 and in the North East from the following
year. In season 1945-46 the Scottish League took responsibility for league compe
tition once more and operated two national divisions. These championships are un
offical and are not counted in the totals for each club.
Emergency War League 1939-40
Regional League West: Rangers
Regional League East: Falkirk
Championship play-off: Rangers 2 Falkirk 1
Southern League 1941-45
1941
1942
1943
1944
1945

Rangers
Rangers
Rangers
Rangers
Rangers

North-Eastern League 1941-45

1941
1942
1942
1943
1943
1944
1944
1945

(autumn)
(spring)
(autumn)
(spring)
(autumn)
(spring)
(autumn)
(spring)

Rangers reserves
Aberdeen
Aberdeen
Aberdeen
Raith Rovers
Aberdeen
Dundee
Aberdeen

Southern League 1945-46

'A' Division: Rangers
'B' Division: Dundee
Index| Champions 1891| Champions 1947
Scottish Football League Champions 1947-75
1947
1948
1949
1950
1951
1952
1953
1954
1955
1956
1957
1958
1959
1960
1961
1962
1963
1964
1965
1966
1967
1968
1969
1970
1971
1972
1973
1974
1975

Rangers
Hibernian
Rangers
Rangers
Hibernian
-Hibernian
Rangers
Celtic
*Aberdeen
Rangers
Rangers
Heart Of Midlothian
Rangers
-Heart Of Midlothian
Rangers
*-Dundee
Rangers
Rangers
*-Kilmarnock
Celtic
Celtic
Celtic
Celtic
Celtic
Celtic
Celtic
Celtic
Celtic
Rangers

* indicates club's first title

- indicates club's last title
Index| Champions 1891| Summary 1947| Champions 1976
Summary 1947-75 (29 championships)
11
10
3
2
1

Rangers
Celtic
Hibernian
Heart Of Midlothian
Aberdeen, Dundee, Kilmarnock

Index| Champions 1947| Champions 1976

Scottish Football League Champions 1976-2015
The league was re-organised at the end of the 1975-76. The teams finishing in th
e top ten positions of the old Division One in 1974-75 formed the new Premier Di
vision for season 1975-76.
1976
1977
1978
1979
1980
1981
1982
1983
1984
1985
1986
1987
1988
1989
1990
1991
1992
1993
1994
1995
1996
1997
1998
1999
2000
2001
2002
2003
2004
2005
2006
2007
2008
2009
2010
2011
2012
2013
2014
2015

Rangers
Celtic
Rangers
Celtic
Aberdeen
Celtic
Celtic
*-Dundee United
Aberdeen
-Aberdeen
Celtic
Rangers
Celtic
Rangers
Rangers
Rangers
Rangers
Rangers
Rangers
Rangers
Rangers
Rangers
Celtic
Rangers
Rangers
Celtic
Celtic
Rangers
Celtic
Rangers
Celtic
Celtic
Celtic
Rangers
Rangers
-Rangers
Celtic
Celtic
-Celtic

* indicates club's first title

- indicates club's last title
Index| Champions 1947| Summary 1976| Overall summary
Summary 1976-2014 (39 championships)
19 Rangers
16 Celtic
3 Aberdeen
1 Dundee United
Index| Champions 1976| Overall summary

Summary 1891-2014 (118 championships)

54
45
4
2
1

Rangers
Celtic
Heart Of Midlothian, Hibernian, Aberdeen
Dumbarton
Third Lanark, Motherwell, Dundee, Kilmarnock, Dundee United