Celtic Celtic was the highest-paid club in the Scottish Premiership in the 2019/2020 season. In that season, the average yearly player compensation was 1.12 million US dollars, while Hamilton, the lowest-paying team in the Scottish Premiership, paid 51.44 thousand US dollars. In international competitions, Scotland's national team played in one major tournament during this period, the 2018 FIFA World Cup in Russia. At the time, they were placed third in their group after playing three matches. The winner of each group advances to the next stage, and the two losers play a final match to determine which country finishes first in the pool. Celtic became the first British club to pay its players a collective total of one billion pounds ($1.3 billion) over five years from 2011. They did so by issuing shares to some of their players. Both Rangers and Celtic have been accused of using their financial clout to block rivals from recruiting key staff members. This is particularly the case at Ibrox where there has never been an assistant manager or fitness coach with the title of head coach. Instead, former players have been given these roles without any opportunity to manage at a higher level than the junior squad. Both clubs have also been criticized for using their financial strength as justification for buying top-level talent with expensive contracts. This practice is known as "financial doping" and is banned in European football.