Scottish Football League
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The Scottish Football League was the historic organizing body responsible for running Scotland’s national football league system below the top tier before it was replaced by the Scottish Professional Football League.
Observed surface forms (5)
| Surface form | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Scottish First Division | 4 |
| SPFL (historically) | 1 |
| Scottish Football League First Division | 1 |
| Scottish League Championship | 1 |
| Scottish football league system | 1 |
Statements (45)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
football league system
ⓘ
sports governing body ⓘ |
| associatedCupCompetition |
Scottish Challenge Cup
ⓘ
Scottish League Cup ⓘ |
| competitionFormat | round-robin ⓘ |
| competitionStatus | defunct ⓘ |
| competitionType | men's football ⓘ |
| country | Scotland ⓘ |
| dissolved | 2013 ⓘ |
| founded | 1890 ⓘ |
| governanceModel | club-based voting ⓘ |
| governedBy | Scottish Football Association ⓘ |
| governedCompetitionType | league competitions ⓘ |
| governedLevel |
fourth tier
ⓘ
second tier ⓘ third tier ⓘ |
| headquartersLocation | Glasgow ⓘ |
| historicalSignificance | oldest national football league in Scotland ⓘ |
| initialNumberOfClubs | 11 ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| legacy | foundation of modern Scottish league structure ⓘ |
| lowerDivisionName |
First Division
ⓘ
Second Division ⓘ Third Division ⓘ |
| memberType |
professional clubs
ⓘ
semi-professional clubs ⓘ |
| mergedInto | Scottish Professional Football League ⓘ |
| notableChange |
creation of Scottish Premier League in 1998
ⓘ
introduction of Premier Division in 1975 ⓘ |
| organisedBy | member clubs ⓘ |
| promotionSystem | promotion and relegation ⓘ |
| reasonForReplacement | league system reorganisation ⓘ |
| region | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| replacedBy | Scottish Professional Football League ⓘ |
| role |
administering league rules
ⓘ
distributing league revenues ⓘ organising league fixtures ⓘ |
| scope | national league system ⓘ |
| seasonStructure | annual ⓘ |
| shortName | SFL ⓘ |
| sport | association football ⓘ |
| tierCoverage | below top tier of Scottish football ⓘ |
| topDivisionName |
Scottish Premier Division
ⓘ
Scottish Premier League ⓘ |
| typeOfOrganization | league association ⓘ |
Referenced by (23)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
SPFL (historically)
this entity surface form:
Scottish First Division
this entity surface form:
Scottish First Division
subject surface form:
Stephen Nicol
this entity surface form:
Scottish football league system
this entity surface form:
Scottish Football League First Division
this entity surface form:
Scottish First Division
subject surface form:
Scottish Premier League
this entity surface form:
Scottish First Division
this entity surface form:
Scottish League Championship