Scottish Premier League

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defunct football league sports league top-tier football league

The Scottish Premier League was the top professional football league in Scotland from 1998 to 2013, featuring the country’s leading clubs before it was replaced by the Scottish Premiership.

Aliases (6)

Statements (49)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	defunct football league → sports league → top-tier football league →
abbreviation	SPL →
competitionFormat	double round-robin followed by split →
confederation	UEFA →
country	Scotland →
dissolved	2013 →
domesticCup	Scottish Cup →
featuredClub	Aberdeen F.C. → Celtic F.C. → Dundee United F.C. → Heart of Midlothian F.C. → Hibernian F.C. → Inverness Caledonian Thistle F.C. → Kilmarnock F.C. → Motherwell F.C. → Rangers F.C. → St Johnstone F.C. →
firstSeason	1998–99 Scottish Premier League →
founded	1998 →
governingBody	Scottish Premier League board →
headquartersLocation	Glasgow →
inception	1998-07-01 →
lastSeason	2012–13 Scottish Premier League →
leagueCup	Scottish League Cup →
levelOnPyramid	1 →
memberOf	European Professional Football Leagues →
mostSuccessfulClub	Celtic F.C. → Rangers F.C. →
numberOfTeams	12 →
officialLanguage	English →
organisedBy	Scottish Premier League Ltd →
precededBy	Scottish Football League Premier Division →
promotionTo	none →
qualificationFor	UEFA Champions League → UEFA Europa League →
regionServed	Scotland →
relegationTo	Scottish First Division →
replacedBy	Scottish Premiership → Scottish Professional Football League →
seasonStructure	annual →
sport	association football →
televisionPartner	BT Sport → ESPN UK → Setanta Sports → Sky Sports →
topDivisionOf	Scottish football league system →
topScorerRecordHolder	Kris Boyd →

Referenced by (33)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Aberdeen F.C. ("Scottish Premiership") → Celtic F.C. ("Scottish Premiership") → Hibernian F.C. ("Scottish Premiership") → Rangers F.C. ("Scottish Premiership") → St Johnstone F.C. ("Scottish Premiership") → St Mirren F.C. ("Scottish Premiership") → Stevie Crawford →	league
Hibernian F.C. ("Scottish Premiership") → Scottish Premiership Manager of the Season ("Scottish Premiership") →	competition
Dunfermline Athletic F.C. → Partick Thistle F.C. →	formerLeague
Scottish Challenge Cup ("Scottish Premiership") → Scottish League Cup ("Scottish Premiership") →	relatedCompetition
Scottish Premier Division → Scottish Premier League ("Scottish Premiership") →	replacedBy
Celtic F.C. ("Scottish Premiership") →	domesticCompetition
Scottish Premier League ("Scottish Premier League board") →	governingBody
Cowdenbeath F.C. ("Scottish Premiership (historical top tier predecessor leagues)") →	hasPlayedInLeague
Scottish Premier League ("2012–13 Scottish Premier League") →	lastSeason
DaMarcus Beasley →	leagueParticipatedIn
Brendan Rodgers ("Scottish Premiership") →	managedLeague
Scottish Premier League ("Scottish Premier League Ltd") →	organisedBy
Scottish Professional Football League ("Scottish Premiership") →	organizesCompetition
Mikel Arteta →	playedInLeague
Scottish Professional Football League →	predecessorOrganization
Scottish Professional Football League →	replaced
Scottish Challenge Cup ("Scottish Premiership") →	separateFrom
Scottish Premier Division →	successorLeague
Scottish Professional Football League ("Scottish Premiership") →	topDivision
Scottish Football League →	topDivisionName
Scottish Professional Football League ("Scottish Premiership") →	topLevelCompetition
Aberdeen F.C. ("Scottish Premiership") →	wonCompetition
Hibernian F.C. ("Scottish league championship") →	wonTitle