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. The 2015–16 Scottish Professional Football League season commenced on 1 August.
Transfer deals
League competitions
Scottish Premiership
Scottish Championship
Scottish League One
Scottish League Two
Non-league football Level 5
Level 6
SPFL Development League
Honours
Cup honours CompetitionWinnerScoreRunner-upMatch report2015–16 Scottish CupHibernian3–2RangersBBC Sport2015–16 League CupRoss County2–1HibernianBBC Sport2015–16 Challenge CupRangers4–0PeterheadBBC Sport2015–16 Youth CupMotherwell5–2Heart of MidlothianBBC Sport2015–16 Junior CupBeith Juniors1–14–3 pens.PollokThe Herald2015–16 Amateur Cup Colville Park 2 – 1 Leven United Glasgow World
Non-league honours
Senior CompetitionWinner Highland League Cove Rangers Lowland League Edinburgh City East of Scotland League Leith Athletic South of Scotland League St Cuthbert Wanderers
Junior West Region
DivisionWinner2015–16 Super League Premier DivisionAuchinleck TalbotSuper League First DivisionCumnock Juniors Ayrshire District LeagueGirvanCentral District League First DivisionRenfrewCentral District League Second DivisionForth Wanderers
East Region DivisionWinner2015–16 SuperleagueBonnyrigg Rose AthleticPremier LeagueJeanfield SwiftsNorth DivisionDownfieldSouth DivisionTranent Juniors
North Region DivisionWinner2015–16 SuperleagueBanks O' DeeFirst Division (West)Buckie RoversFirst Division (East)Colony Park
Individual honours
PFA Scotland awards
AwardWinnerTeam Players' Player of the Year Leigh Griffiths Celtic Young Player of the Year Kieran Tierney Celtic Manager of the Year Mark Warburton Rangers Championship Player of Year Lee Wallace Rangers League One Player of Year Faissal El Bakhtaoui Dunfermline Athletic League Two Player of Year Nathan Austin East Fife
SFWA awards AwardWinnerTeam Footballer of the Year Leigh Griffiths Celtic Young Player of the Year Kieran Tierney Celtic Manager of the Year Jim McIntyre Ross County International Player of the Year Matt RitchieBournemouth
Scottish clubs in Europe
Celtic, Inverness Caledonian Thistle, Aberdeen and St Johnstone qualified for European competition.
Celtic UEFA Champions League
UEFA Europa League
Aberdeen UEFA Europa League
Inverness Caledonian Thistle UEFA Europa League
St Johnstone UEFA Europa League
Scotland national team
Women's football
Scottish Women's Premier League
League and Cup honours DivisionWinner2015 Scottish Women's Premier LeagueGlasgow CitySWFL First DivisionGlasgow GirlsSWFL Second Division NorthSWFL Second Division West/South WestSWFL Second Division East/CentralSWFL Second Division South East
CompetitionWinnerScoreRunner-upMatch report2015 Scottish Women's CupGlasgow City3 – 0HibernianBBC Sport2015 Scottish Women's Premier League CupGlasgow City2 – 1 (AET)HibernianBBC SportSWFL First Division CupSWFL Second Division Cup
Individual honours
SWPL awards
AwardWinnerTeam Players' Player of the Year Player of the Year Manager of the Year Young Player of the Year
UEFA Women's Champions League
Glasgow City
Scotland women's national team
Deaths 10 July: Jimmy Murray, 82, Hearts, Falkirk, Clyde, Raith Rovers and Scotland forward. 2 August: Sammy Cox, 91, Queen's Park, Third Lanark, Dundee, Rangers, East Fife and Scotland defender. 6 August: Danny Hegan, 72, Albion Rovers midfielder.Sixties Midfielder Hegan Dies 16 August: George Merchant, 89, Dundee and Falkirk forward. 29 August: Graham Leggat, 81, Aberdeen and Scotland forward. 6 September: Ralph Milne, 54, Dundee United winger. 6 September: Hugh Ormond, 92, Dundee United and St Mirren full back. 12 September: Jim Doherty, 61, Albion Rovers and Stranraer midfielder.The Passing Of Former Player Jim Doherty 1 October: Joe Wark, 67, Motherwell defender. 2 October: Johnny Paton, 92, Celtic winger. 17 October: Johnny Hamilton, 66, Rangers, Hibernian and St Johnstone midfielder.Former Hibs player Johnny Hamilton dies aged 66 23 October: Peter Price, 83, St Mirren, Ayr United, Raith Rovers and Albion Rovers forward. 25 October: Matt Watson, 79, Kilmarnock and Queen of the South full-back. 5 November: Brown McMaster, 66, Scottish Football League president (2007–09); Partick Thistle and Stenhousemuir executive. 15 November: Jackie McGugan, 76, St Mirren, Ayr United and Morton defender. 5 December: Willie Coburn, 74, St Johnstone, Forfar and Cowdenbeath defender. 6 December: Ian Burns, 76, Aberdeen and Brechin City wing half. 8 December: Alan Hodgkinson, 79, Scotland goalkeeping coach. 10 December: Arnold Peralta, 26, Rangers midfielder. December: Duncan Lambie, 63, Dundee, St Johnstone and Hibernian forward. 19 January: Joachim Fernandez, 43, Dundee United defender. 22 January: Tommy Bryceland, 76, St Mirren forward and manager. January: John Dowie, 60, Celtic and Clyde defenderDeath of former Celt John Dowie. 28 January: Dave Thomson, 77, Dunfermline Athletic, Queen of the South, Berwick Rangers and East Stirlingshire forward.Dave Thomson 28 January: Tommy O'Hara, 62, Queen of the South, Motherwell, Falkirk and Partick Thistle midfielder.Former Celtic, Motherwell and Partick Thistle star Tommy O'Hara, and his American dream, laid to rest 4 February: Harry Glasgow, 76, Clyde, Arbroath and Stenhousemuir defender, Stenhousemuir manager.Harry Glasgow 24 February: Jim McFadzean, 77, Heart of Midlothian, St Mirren, Raith Rovers, Kilmarnock and Ayr United defender.Tributes pour in for Kilmarnock FC legend Jim McFadzean who has passed away 4 March: Eddie Blyth, 91, St Mirren forward. 11 March: Billy Ritchie, 79, Rangers, Partick Thistle, Motherwell, Stranraer and Scotland goalkeeper. 22 March: Les Thomson, 79, Falkirk, Stirling Albion and Stenhousemuir centre-half. 31 March: Ian Britton, 61, Dundee United and Arbroath midfielder. 31 March: Jimmy Toner, 91, Dundee inside forward. 7 May: Chris Mitchell, 27, Falkirk, Ayr United, Bradford City, Queen of the South and Clyde midfielder. 8 May: George Ross, 73, Preston North End full back. 11 May: Bobby Carroll, 77, Celtic, St Mirren, Dundee United and Queen of the South winger. 14 May: Jim Finlayson, East Fife, Forfar Athletic and Montrose forward. 14 May: John Coyle, 83, Dundee United, Brechin City and Clyde forward. 25 May: Ian Gibson, 73, Scotland under-23 international. 20 June: Willie Logie, 83, Rangers, Aberdeen, Arbroath, Brechin City and Alloa Athletic wing half.
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