The 2026–27 Scottish Premiership (known as the William Hill Premiership for sponsorship reasons) is the 14th season of the Scottish Premiership, the highest division of Scottish football, and the 130th edition overall of the top national league competition, not including one cancelled due to World War II. The season began on 31 July 2026.
Twelve teams are contesting the league: Aberdeen, Celtic, Dundee, Dundee United, Falkirk, Heart of Midlothian, Hibernian, Kilmarnock, Motherwell, Rangers, St Johnstone and St Mirren.
Teams The following teams changed division after the 2025–26 season.
Promoted from the 2025–26 Championship St Johnstone
Relegated to the 2026–27 Championship Livingston
Stadium and locations
TeamStadiumCapacityPhotoAberdeenPittodrie Stadium19,274CelticCeltic Park60,411DundeeDens Park11,775Dundee UnitedTannadice Park14,223FalkirkFalkirk Stadium7,937Heart of MidlothianTynecastle Park19,852HibernianEaster Road20,421KilmarnockRugby Park15,003MotherwellFir Park13,677RangersIbrox Stadium51,700St JohnstoneMcDiarmid Park10,696St MirrenSt Mirren Park8,000
Personnel and kits
TeamManagerCaptainKit manufacturerShirt sponsor (front)Shirt sponsor (back)Shirt sponsor (sleeve)Shorts sponsorAberdeen MacronTexo GroupMaxAmaze, EIS Waste ServicesRAM TubularsTexo GroupCeltic AdidasDafabetNoneCeltic FC FoundationNoneDundee MacronCrown Engineering ServicesMKM Building Supplies, John Clark BMWGA VansDrainBlitzDundee United ErreàQuinn CasinoJF Kegs, Norman Jamieson LtdTrade-MartPaint-Tec Accident Repair CentreFalkirk O'NeillsMcEwan Fraser LegalManiqui Nightclub (Home)Horizon Reinforcing & Crane Hire (Away)Total TicketsWater & Pipeline Services HummelStellar OmadaFanHub, loveholidaysASC Edinburgh LtdNoneHibernian ReebokBevvy.comWhisky Row, Dunedin ITSBKCapital Credit UnionKilmarnock HummelJames Frew LtdJames Frew Ltd, Blackwood Plant HireRedrock AutomationA&L MechanicalMotherwell MacronLimeFire Suppression Scotland, KwiffDX Home ImprovementsTCLRangers UmbroUnibetSEKO Logistics, Pipeline Energy SolutionsBOXT BoilersNoneSt Johnstone PumaMandMSidey, A&B TaxisAIIR EnvironmentalSaints in the CommunitySt Mirren MacronConsiliumUltimate Home Solutions, Macklin MotorsGennaro Glass & GlazingKPP Chartered Accountants
Managerial changes Team Outgoing manager Manner of departure Date of vacancy Position in table Incoming manager Date of appointmentMotherwell Jens Berthel AskouJoined Toulouse21 May 2026Pre-season 18 June 2026Rangers Joined Red Bull Salzburg17 June 2026 17 June 2026Heart of Midlothian Joined Rangers 25 June 2026Hibernian Sacked16 September 2026 9th 24 September 2026
Format In the initial phase of the season, the 12 teams will play a round-robin tournament whereby each team plays each one of the other teams three times. After 33 games, the league splits into two sections of six teams, with each team playing each other in that section once. 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 will be played, with 38 matches played by each team.
League table
Results Matches 1–33 In Matches 1–22, all teams play each other twice, once at home and once away. And in Matches 23–33, all 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.
Season statistics
Top scorers Rank Player Club Goals1 Josh FowlerSt Johnstone42 Kevin NisbetAberdeen3 Camilo DuránCeltic Kasper HøghCeltic Benjamin NygrenCeltic Joe WestleyDundee James WilsonHeart of Midlothian Martin BoyleHibernian Lawrence ShanklandRangers Killian PhillipsSt Mirren Source:
Hat-tricks
PlayerForAgainstScore DateRef. Kasper HøghCelticKilmarnock1–5 (A)9 August 2026
Clean sheets Rank Player Club Cleansheets1 Ivor PandurRangers42 Jacob ChapmanSt Mirren33 Marius MüllerAberdeen2 Viljami SinisaloCeltic Owen GoodmanDundee Jack WaltonDundee United Max StryjekKilmarnock Alex PaulsenMotherwell9 Sam JohnstoneCeltic1 Scott BainFalkirk Beau ReusHeart of Midlothian Source:
Awards MonthManager of the MonthPlayer of the MonthManagerClubPlayerClub August Craig McLeish St Mirren Camilo Durán Celtic September October November December January February March April
References
External links Official website