Disambiguation evidence for SPL via surface form

"Scottish Premier League"


As subject (43)

Triples where this entity appears as subject under the label "Scottish Premier League".

Predicate Object
abbreviation SPL self-linksurface differs
competitionType club competition
confederation UEFA
continent Europe
country Scotland
domesticCup Scottish Cup NERFINISHED
folded 2013
founded 1998
governingAssociation Scottish Football Association (SFA) NERFINISHED
governingBodyRelation operated independently of Scottish Football League
hasDivisionRank first tier
inauguralSeason 1998–99
instanceOf defunct sports league
instanceOf football league
languageOfName English
leagueCup Scottish League Cup NERFINISHED
levelInPyramid 1
location Scotland NERFINISHED
mostSuccessfulClub Celtic F.C. NERFINISHED
mostSuccessfulClub Rangers F.C. NERFINISHED
numberOfTeamsAtFormation 10
numberOfTeamsLater 12
organiser member clubs
partOf Scottish Professional Football League
surface form: Scottish Professional Football League system (after 2013, via successor)
positionInSystem top division of Scottish football
primaryBroadcaster BT Sport (various periods) NERFINISHED
primaryBroadcaster ESPN UK
surface form: ESPN (UK) (various periods)
primaryBroadcaster Setanta Sports
surface form: Setanta Sports (various periods)
primaryBroadcaster Sky Sports
surface form: Sky Sports (various periods)
promotionTo none (top tier)
qualificationFor UEFA Champions League
qualificationFor UEFA Europa League NERFINISHED
reasonForDissolution merger into Scottish Professional Football League
region Europe
relegationTo Scottish Football League
surface form: Scottish First Division
replacedBy Scottish Premiership NERFINISHED
seasonFormat round-robin league
shortName SPL NERFINISHED
sport association football
successorCompetition Scottish Premiership NERFINISHED
timePeriod early 21st century
timePeriod late 20th century
topScorerRecordHolder Kris Boyd
surface form: Kris Boyd (most SPL goals)