Scottish Professional Football League

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football league system professional sports league sports organization

The Scottish Professional Football League is the national league system for professional football clubs in Scotland, organizing multiple tiers of competition including the Premiership, Championship, League One, and League Two.

Aliases (16)

Scottish football league system ×10
Scottish Championship ×9
Scottish League Two ×5
Scottish League One ×4
SPFL ×3
Scottish Premiership clubs ×3
Scottish Professional Football League clubs ×3
Scottish league system ×3
Scottish League One clubs ×2
Scottish Championship clubs ×1
Scottish League Two title ×1
Scottish Premiership ×1
Scottish Premiership season ×1
Scottish Professional Football League Board ×1
Scottish Professional Football League system ×1
Scottish Professional Football League system (after 2013, via successor) ×1

Statements (46)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	football league system → professional sports league → sports organization →
abbreviation	SPFL →
basedInCity	Glasgow →
confederation	UEFA →
continentalQualification	UEFA Champions League → UEFA Europa Conference League → UEFA Europa League →
country	Scotland →
domesticCupQualifierFor	Scottish Cup →
domesticLeagueCupQualifierFor	Scottish League Cup →
founded	2013 →
fourthTier	Scottish League Two →
governingBody	Scottish Professional Football League Board →
governsLevel	top four tiers of Scottish league football →
hasPlayOffs	yes →
headquartersLocation	Glasgow →
inception	2013-06-27 →
jurisdiction	Scottish football league system →
language	English →
memberClubsType	professional football clubs →
nationalAssociation	Scottish Football Association →
numberOfDivisions	4 →
organizes	league competitions for professional football clubs in Scotland →
organizesCompetition	Scottish Championship → Scottish League One → Scottish League Two → Scottish Premiership →
organizesSeasonFormat	round-robin league →
playOffsUsedFor	promotion and relegation between divisions →
predecessorOrganization	Scottish Football League → Scottish Premier League →
promotionRelegationSystem	yes →
regionServed	Scotland →
replaced	Scottish Football League → Scottish Premier League →
seasonStartYear	2013–14 →
secondTier	Scottish Championship →
shortName	SPFL →
sport	association football →
thirdTier	Scottish League One →
tierLevelRange	1–4 →
topDivision	Scottish Premiership →
topLevelCompetition	Scottish Premiership →
website	https://spfl.co.uk →

Referenced by (83)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Ayr United F.C. → Dunfermline Athletic F.C. → Dunfermline Athletic F.C. ("Scottish Championship") → East Fife F.C. → East Fife F.C. ("Scottish League Two") → Falkirk F.C. → Falkirk F.C. → Falkirk F.C. ("Scottish Championship") → Forfar Athletic F.C. → Hamilton Academical F.C. → Partick Thistle F.C. → Partick Thistle F.C. ("Scottish Championship") → Queen’s Park F.C. → Raith Rovers F.C. → Raith Rovers F.C. ("Scottish Championship") → St Johnstone F.C. → Stevie Crawford → Stirling Albion F.C. →	league
Aberdeen F.C. → Celtic F.C. → Rangers F.C. → Scottish Challenge Cup → Scottish League Cup → Scottish Professional Football League ("Scottish Professional Football League Board") → St Mirren F.C. →	governingBody
Dunfermline Athletic F.C. ("Scottish football league system") → Falkirk F.C. ("Scottish league system") → Falkirk F.C. ("Scottish league system") → Hamilton Academical F.C. ("Scottish league system") →	participatesIn
Petrofac Training Cup ("Scottish football league system") → Ramsdens Cup ("Scottish football league system") → Scottish Premier Division ("Scottish football league system") → Scottish Premier League ("Scottish Professional Football League system (after 2013, via successor)") →	partOf
Cowdenbeath F.C. ("Scottish Championship") → Cowdenbeath F.C. ("Scottish League One") → Cowdenbeath F.C. ("Scottish League Two") →	hasPlayedInLeague
Ramsdens Cup ("Scottish Championship") → Ramsdens Cup ("Scottish League One") → Ramsdens Cup ("Scottish League Two") →	includesClubsFrom
Scottish Professional Football League ("Scottish Championship") → Scottish Professional Football League ("Scottish League One") → Scottish Professional Football League ("Scottish League Two") →	organizesCompetition
Premier Sports Cup ("Scottish Premiership clubs") → Premier Sports Cup ("Scottish Championship clubs") → Premier Sports Cup ("Scottish League One clubs") →	participants
Petrofac Training Cup ("Scottish Premiership clubs") → Scottish Challenge Cup ("Scottish Premiership clubs") →	excludes
Hamilton Academical F.C. ("Scottish Championship") → Stirling Albion F.C. ("Scottish League Two title") →	hasWon
IRN-BRU Cup ("Scottish football league system") → Scottish Challenge Cup ("Scottish football league system") →	isPartOf
Ramsdens Cup → Scottish League Cup →	organisedBy
Betfred Cup ("SPFL") → Scottish Challenge Cup →	organiser
Scottish Football League → Scottish Premier League →	replacedBy
Scottish Professional Football League ("SPFL") →	abbreviation
The Pars →	associatedCompetition
Scottish Premiership Manager of the Season →	associatedWith
Rovers →	associatedWithLeagueSystem
Sky Sports →	broadcasts
Scottish Football Association →	coordinatesWith
Hibernian F.C. →	countryLeague
Scottish Cup ("Scottish Professional Football League clubs") →	eligibleClubs
Scottish League Cup ("Scottish Professional Football League clubs") →	eligibleTeams
Motherwell →	footballLeague
East Stirlingshire F.C. →	formerLeague
Scottish Professional Football League ("Scottish League Two") →	fourthTier
St Johnstone F.C. ("Scottish Premiership") →	hasPrimaryCompetition
BT Sport →	holdsBroadcastRightsFor
Scottish Professional Football League ("Scottish football league system") →	jurisdiction
Cowdenbeath F.C. ("Scottish football league system") →	leagueSystem
Falkirk F.C. ("Scottish Professional Football League system") →	memberOf
Scottish Football League →	mergedInto
IRN-BRU Cup ("Scottish Professional Football League clubs") →	participantType
Queen’s Park F.C. ("Scottish football league system") →	playsIn
Scottish Challenge Cup ("Scottish League One clubs") →	primaryParticipants
Scottish Premiership Manager of the Season ("Scottish Premiership season") →	scope
Scottish Professional Football League ("Scottish Championship") →	secondTier
Scottish Professional Football League ("SPFL") →	shortName
Scottish Professional Football League ("Scottish League One") →	thirdTier
Scottish Premier League ("Scottish football league system") →	topDivisionOf