Scottish Premier League

The Scottish Premier League (SPL) was the top level league competition for professional football clubs in Scotland. The league was founded in 1998, when it broke away from the Scottish Football League (SFL). It was abolished in 2013, when the SPL and SFL merged to form the new Scottish Professional Football League, with its top division being known as the Scottish Premiership. A total of 19 clubs competed in the SPL, but only the Old Firm clubs, Celtic and Rangers won the league championship.
===Former Scottish Premier League members===
Club 	First Season in SPL	Last Season in SPL
Dunfermline Athletic	1926-27 	2006-07
Dundee 	1893-94 	2004-05
Gretna 	2007-08 	2007-08
Inverness CT 	2004-05 	2008-09
Livingston 	2001-02 	2005-06
Partick Thistle 	1897-98 	2003-04
==Stadiums==
Stadium 	Capacity	Club 	Notes
Celtic Park 	60,832 	Celtic 	The biggest club stadium in Scotland by seating capacity.
Ibrox Stadium 	51,082 	Rangers 	Ibrox holds UEFA Elite stadium status.
Pittodrie Stadium 	22,199 	Aberdeen 	The first all-seater stadium in the United Kingdom
Easter Road 	20,250 	Hibernian 	
Rugby Park 	18,128 	Kilmarnock 	
Tynecastle Stadium	17,420 	Heart of Midlothian 	
Tannadice Park 	14,209 	Dundee United 	
Fir Park 	13,742 	Motherwell 	
McDiarmid Park 	10,673 	St. Johnstone 	First purpose built all seater stadium in the country
St. Mirren Park 	8,016 	St. Mirren 	
Caledonian Stadium	7,819 	Inverness C.T. 	
New Douglas Park 	6,000 	Hamilton Academical	
==Statistics==
===League champions, runners-up, relegations===
Season 	Winner 	Runner-up 	Relegated 	Top Scorer 	Players' Player of the Year 	Writers' Player of the Year
1998-99	Rangers	Celtic 	Dunfermline Athletic	Henrik Larsson (29)	Henrik Larsson 	Henrik Larsson
1999-00	Rangers	Celtic 	No Relegation 	Mark Viduka (25) 	Mark Viduka 	Barry Ferguson
2000-01	Celtic 	Rangers 	St. Mirren 	Henrik Larsson (35)	Henrik Larsson 	Henrik Larsson
2001-02	Celtic 	Rangers 	St. Johnstone 	Henrik Larsson (29)	Lorenzo Amoruso 	Paul Lambert
2002-03	Rangers	Celtic 	No Relegation 	Henrik Larsson (28)	Barry Ferguson 	Barry Ferguson
2003-04	Celtic 	Rangers 	Partick Thistle 	Henrik Larsson (30)	Chris Sutton 	Jackie McNamara
2004-05	Rangers	Celtic 	Dundee 	John Hartson (25) 	John Hartson Fernando Ricksen	John Hartson
2005-06	Celtic 	Heart of Midlothian	Livingston 	Kris Boyd (32) 	Shaun Maloney 	Craig Gordon
2006-07	Celtic 	Rangers 	Dunfermline Athletic	Kris Boyd (20) 	Shunsuke Nakamura 	Shunsuke Nakamura
2007-08	Celtic 	Rangers 	Gretna 	Scott McDonald (25)	Aiden McGeady 	Carlos Cuéllar
2008-09	Rangers	Celtic 	Inverness CT 	Kris Boyd (27) 	Scott Brown 	Gary Caldwell
2009-10	Rangers	Celtic 	Falkirk 	Kris Boyd (23) 	Steven Davis 	David Weir
===Top Scottish Premier League scorers===
===Top 10 Scottish Premier League scorers of all-time===
Rank	Player 	Club 	Goals
1 	Kris Boyd 	Kilmarnock Rangers 	164
2 	Henrik Larsson 	Celtic 	158
3 	Scott McDonald 	Motherwell Celtic 	93
4 	John Hartson 	Celtic 	88
5 	Derek Riordan 	Hibernian Celtic Hibernian 	84
6 	Nacho Novo 	Dundee Rangers 	73
7 	Stevie Crawford	Hibernian Dunfermline Athletic Dundee United Aberdeen Dunfermline Athletic	65
7 	Chris Sutton 	Celtic 	65
9 	Colin Nash 	Kilmarnock (2003–2008) Hibernian (2008–present) 	61
10 	Billy Dodds 	Aberdeen Dundee United Rangers Dundee United 	60
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