2022–23 Scottish Premiership

The 2022–23 Scottish Premiership (known as the cinch Premiership for sponsorship reasons) is 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. Celtic are the defending champions. The season began on 30 July 2022.[1]

Scottish Premiership
Season2022–23
Dates30 July 2022 – 28 May 2023
Champions LeagueCeltic
Rangers
Matches played185
Goals scored543 (2.94 per match)
Top goalscorerKyogo Furuhashi
(22 goals)
Biggest home winHibernian 6–0 Aberdeen
(28 January 2023)
Biggest away winDundee United 0–9 Celtic
(28 August 2022)
Highest scoringDundee United 0–9 Celtic
(28 August 2022)
Longest winning runCeltic
12 games
Longest unbeaten runCeltic
24 games
Longest winless runDundee United
Motherwell
11 games
Longest losing runDundee United
St Johnstone
6 games
Highest attendance59,621
Celtic 3–2 Rangers (8 April 2023)
Lowest attendance1,283
Livingston 2–1 Ross County (18 March 2023)
Total attendance3,094,752
Average attendance16,819
All statistics correct as of 8 April 2023.

Twelve teams contest 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[2] Capacity: 60,411[3] Capacity: 14,223[4] Capacity: 19,852[5]
Hibernian
Location of teams in the 2022–23 Scottish Premiership
 Kilmarnock
Easter Road Rugby Park
Capacity: 20,421[6] Capacity: 17,889[7]
Livingston Motherwell
Almondvale Stadium Fir Park
Capacity: 9,713[8] Capacity: 13,677[9]
Rangers Ross County St Johnstone St Mirren
Ibrox Stadium Victoria Park McDiarmid Park St Mirren Park
Capacity: 50,987[10] Capacity: 6,541[11] Capacity: 10,696[12] Capacity: 7,937[13]

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 Robbie Neilson 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 Callum Davidson 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[14] Pre-season England Lee Johnson 19 May 2022[15]
Dundee United Scotland Tam Courts Mutual consent 14 June 2022[16] Scotland Jack Ross 20 June 2022[17]
Motherwell Scotland Graham Alexander 29 July 2022[18] Scotland Steven Hammell 11 August 2022[19]
Dundee United Scotland Jack Ross Sacked 30 August 2022[20] 12th Scotland Liam Fox 23 September 2022[21]
Rangers Netherlands Giovanni van Bronckhorst 21 November 2022[22] 2nd England Michael Beale 28 November 2022[23]
Aberdeen Republic of Ireland Jim Goodwin 28 January 2023[24] 7th Scotland Barry Robson 29 January 2023[25]
Motherwell Scotland Steven Hammell 11 February 2023[26] 11th Scotland Stuart Kettlewell 22 February 2023[27]
Dundee United Scotland Liam Fox Mutual consent 26 February 2023[28] 12th Republic of Ireland Jim Goodwin 1 March 2023[29]

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. 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 summary

League table
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation[lower-alpha 1]
1 Celtic (T, Y) 31 29 1 1 98 23 +75 88 Qualification for the Champions League group stage
2 Rangers (T, Y) 31 24 4 3 76 30 +46 76 Qualification for the Champions League third qualifying round
3 Aberdeen (Y) 31 15 2 14 49 52 −3 47 Qualification for the Europa Conference League third qualifying round
4 Heart of Midlothian 31 13 6 12 50 47 +3 45 Qualification for the Europa Conference League second qualifying round
5 St Mirren 31 12 8 11 36 42 −6 44
6 Hibernian 30 12 4 14 46 49 −3 40
7 Livingston 31 11 6 14 31 50 −19 39
8 Motherwell 31 10 6 15 42 45 −3 36
9 St Johnstone (Z) 31 9 5 17 33 51 −18 32
10 Kilmarnock (Z) 31 7 7 17 26 54 −28 28
11 Ross County (Z) 31 7 6 18 27 45 −18 27 Qualification for the Premiership play-off final
12 Dundee United (Z) 30 5 7 18 30 56 −26 22 Relegation to the Championship
Updated to match(es) played on 8 April 2023. Source: [30][31]
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).[32]
(T) Qualified, but not yet for the particular phase indicated; (Y) Assured of a top six place; (Z) Assured of a bottom six place
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
As of matches played on 8 April 2023

Top scorers
Rank Player Club Goals
1 Japan Kyogo Furuhashi Celtic 22
2 Scotland Lawrence Shankland Heart of Midlothian 18
Netherlands Kevin van Veen Motherwell
4 Cape Verde Duk Aberdeen 15
North Macedonia Bojan Miovski Aberdeen
England James Tavernier Rangers
7 Croatia Antonio Čolak Rangers 13
8 Portugal Jota Celtic 11
9 Israel Liel Abada Celtic 10
United States Malik Tillman Rangers

Hat-tricks
Main article: List of Scottish Professional Football League hat-tricks § Scottish Premiership
Player For Against Score Date Ref.
Japan Kyogo Furuhashi Celtic Dundee United 9–0 (A) 28 August 2022 [34]
Israel Liel Abada
Netherlands Kevin van Veen Motherwell Ross County 5–0 (A) 4 October 2022 [35]
Scotland James Forrest Celtic Hibernian 6–1 (H) 15 October 2022 [36]
Scotland Lawrence Shankland Heart of Midlothian Celtic 3–4 (H) 22 October 2022 [37]
Scotland Kevin Nisbet Hibernian Motherwell 3–2 (A) 8 January 2023 [38]
Scotland Josh Campbell Aberdeen 6–0 (H) 28 January 2023 [39]

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

Source:[40]

Clean sheets
Rank Player Club Clean
sheets
1 England Joe Hart Celtic 14
2 Northern Ireland Trevor Carson St Mirren 10
3 Netherlands Kelle Roos Aberdeen 9
Scotland David Marshall Hibernian
5 Scotland Liam Kelly Motherwell 8
Scotland Allan McGregor Rangers
Scotland Ross Laidlaw Ross County
8 England Shamal George Livingston 6

Source:[41]

Attendances

These are the average attendances of the teams.

Pos Team Total High Low Average Change
1 Aberdeen 243,498 18,025 13,014 15,218 +17.6%†
2 Celtic 940,051 59,621 58,295 58,753 +1.6%†
3 Dundee United 141,674 12,599 7,430 9,444 +23.5%†
4 Heart of Midlothian 277,887 18,980 18,081 18,525 +6.6%†
5 Hibernian 259,117 20,179 13,930 17,274 +11.5%†
6 Kilmarnock[lower-alpha 1] 95,696 9,162 4,463 6,379 +28.0%†
7 Livingston 67,177 9,672 1,283 4,198 +14.7%†
8 Motherwell 88,261 8,610 4,131 5,884 +4.2%†
9 Rangers 739,011 50,066 48,376 49,267 0.0%†
10 Ross County 68,530 6,690 2,568 4,283 +5.7%†
11 St Johnstone 75,895 7,758 2,899 5,421 +20.4%†
12 St Mirren 98,945 7,394 4,557 6,184 +25.3%†
League total 3,094,752 59,621 1,283 16,819 +6.4%†

Updated to games played on 8 April 2023
Source: [42][43][44][45][46][47][48][49][50][51][52][53]

  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

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