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.
Twelve teams contested the league: Aberdeen, Celtic, Dundee United, Heart of Midlothian, Hibernian, Kilmarnock, Livingston, Motherwell, Rangers, Ross County, St Johnstone and St Mirren.
On 7 May 2023, 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.
Teams The following teams changed division after the 2021–22 season.
Promoted from the Championship Kilmarnock
Relegated to the Championship Dundee
Stadia and locations AberdeenCelticDundee UnitedHeart of MidlothianPittodrie StadiumCeltic ParkTannadice ParkTynecastle ParkCapacity: 20,866Capacity: 60,411Capacity: 14,223Capacity: 19,852HibernianKilmarnockEaster RoadRugby ParkCapacity: 20,421Capacity: 15,003LivingstonMotherwellAlmondvale StadiumFir ParkCapacity: 9,713Capacity: 13,677RangersRoss CountySt JohnstoneSt MirrenIbrox StadiumVictoria ParkMcDiarmid ParkSt Mirren ParkCapacity: 50,987Capacity: 6,541Capacity: 10,696Capacity: 7,937
Personnel and kits
TeamManagerCaptainKit manufacturerShirt sponsorAberdeen AdidasTEXOCeltic AdidasDafabetDundee United MacronQuinnBetHeart of Midlothian (interim) UmbroMND Scotland (Home)Stellar Omada (Away)Hibernian JomaUtilitaKilmarnock HummelBrownings The BakersLivingston JomaPhoenix Drilling LtdMotherwell MacronPaycareRangers Castore32Red (Home and Away)Unibet (3rd)Ross County JomaRoss-shire EngineeringSt Johnstone Steven MacLean MacronBinn GroupSt Mirren JomaDigby Brown
Managerial changes 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 Pre-season Lee Johnson 19 May 2022 Dundee United Tam Courts Mutual consent 14 June 2022 Jack Ross 20 June 2022 Motherwell Graham Alexander 29 July 2022 Steven HammellHammell was initially named as interim manager, before being appointed on a permanent basis on 11 August 2022. 29 July 2022 Dundee United Jack Ross Sacked 30 August 2022 12th Liam FoxFox was initially named as interim manager, before being appointed on a permanent basis on 23 September 2022. 30 August 2022 Rangers Giovanni van Bronckhorst 21 November 2022 2nd Michael Beale 28 November 2022 Aberdeen Jim Goodwin 28 January 2023 7th Barry RobsonRobson was initially named as interim manager, before being appointed on a permanent basis on 1 May 2023. 29 January 2023 Motherwell Steven Hammell 11 February 2023 11th Stuart KettlewellKettlewell was initially named as interim manager, before being appointed on a permanent basis on 22 February 2023. 11 February 2023 Dundee United Liam Fox Mutual consent 26 February 2023 12th Jim Goodwin 1 March 2023 Heart of Midlothian Robbie Neilson Sacked 9 April 2023 4th Steven Naismith (interim) 10 April 2023 St Johnstone Callum Davidson Mutual consent 16 April 2023 9th Steven MacLeanMacLean was initially named as interim manager, before being appointed on a permanent basis on 27 May 2023. 16 April 2023
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
Results
Matches 1–22 Teams play each other twice, once at home and once away.
Matches 23–33 Teams play each other once, either home or away.
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.
Top six
Bottom six
Season statistics Top scorers Rank Player Club Goals1 Kyōgo FuruhashiCeltic272 Kevin van VeenMotherwell253 Lawrence ShanklandHeart of Midlothian244 DukAberdeen16 Bojan MiovskiAberdeen James TavernierRangers7 Antonio ČolakRangers148 Josh GinnellyHeart of Midlothian12 Kevin NisbetHibernian Fashion SakalaRangers
Hat-tricks
PlayerForAgainstScore DateRef. Kyōgo FuruhashiCelticDundee United9–0 (A)28 August 2022 Liel Abada Kevin van VeenMotherwellRoss County5–0 (A)4 October 2022 James ForrestCelticHibernian6–1 (H)15 October 2022 Lawrence ShanklandHeart of MidlothianCeltic3–4 (H)22 October 2022 Kevin NisbetHibernianMotherwell3–2 (A)8 January 2023 Josh CampbellAberdeen6–0 (H)28 January 2023 Lawrence ShanklandHeart of MidlothianRoss County6–1 (H)22 April 2023 Jordan WhiteRoss CountyDundee United3–1 (A)13 May 2023
Clean sheets Rank Player Club Cleansheets1 Joe HartCeltic162 Kelle RoosAberdeen133 David MarshallHibernian11 Liam KellyMotherwell5 Trevor CarsonSt Mirren106 Ross LaidlawRoss County97 Allan McGregorRangers88 Shamal GeorgeLivingston79 Sam WalkerKilmarnock6 Remi MatthewsSt Johnstone Source:
Attendances These are the average attendances of the teams.
Awards MonthManager of the MonthPlayer of the MonthManagerClubPlayerClubAugust Ange PostecoglouCeltic Kyōgo Furuhashi CelticSeptember/October Antonio Čolak RangersNovember David Martindale Livingston Sead Hakšabanović CelticDecember Michael Beale Rangers Kyōgo Furuhashi CelticJanuary Robbie Neilson Heart of Midlothian Kevin Nisbet HibernianFebruary Stuart Kettlewell Motherwell Reo Hatate CelticMarch Barry RobsonAberdeen Duk AberdeenApril Kevin van Veen Motherwell
The SPFL Premiership manager of the year was Ange Postecoglou of Celtic.
The SPFL Premiership player of the year was Kyōgo Furuhashi of Celtic. Annual awards Award Winner Club William Hill Premiership Player of the Year Kyogo Furuhashi Celtic PFA Scotland Premiership Player of the Year Kyogo Furuhashi Celtic PFA Scotland SPFL Young Player of the Year Malik Tillman Rangers PFA Scotland SPFL Manager of the Year Ange Postecoglou Celtic PFA Scotland Goal of the Season Jota Celtic SFWA Player of the Year Kyogo Furuhashi Celtic PFA Scotland Team of the Year Goalkeeper Joe Hart(Celtic) Defenders James Tavernier(Rangers) Cameron Carter-Vickers(Celtic) Carl Starfelt(Celtic) Greg Taylor(Celtic) Midfielders Malik Tillman(Rangers) Callum McGregor(Celtic) Reo Hatate(Celtic) Forwards Luis Lopes(Aberdeen) Kyogo Furuhashi(Celtic) Kevin van Veen(Motherwell)
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.
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
References
External links Official website