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FM21 21.4.0

Domestic Top Division · Scotland · Tier 1

Scottish Premiership

Holders

Celtic

Football Manager 2021 · database 21.4.0

Reputation
1343 of 5 stars calc
Teams calc
12
Players calc
478
League strength calc
110.46
Foreign players calc
33.68%
Homegrown calc
57.32%
Continental rank calc
14

Format and rules

Short name
Scottish Premiership
Abbreviation
SP
Nation
Scotland
Parent competition
—
Governing body
—
Season
—
League games
—
Playable
Yes
View only
No
Common contract end month (calc)
5
Common contract end day (calc)
31
Reputation vs top division
100%
Continental rank (calc)
14
Required coaching badge
Continental Pro License
Wage budget % of turnover
—

Stages

StageTeamsPromotionRelegation
13 rounds · split after round 3 · 6 play-off places (Brazilian U20 Ceará State Championship)121 Scottish Championship
21 rounds6
31 rounds6
42

Competition format is stored game data. Common contract end day and month are calculated by fm-reader from contracted squad players.

Teams

12
TeamEntryLast positionPrediction (calc)Players (calc)Reputation
CelticMember12526,850
RangersMember21606,800
AberdeenMember43375,750
HibernianMember74275,350
Dundee UnitedMember16435,300
KilmarnockMember88435,100
MotherwellMember35445,100
St. JohnstoneMember69465,050
St. MirrenMember910315,000
LivingstonMember57314,950
Ross CountyMember1012344,950
Hamilton AcademicalMember1111304,850

Final tables

202020192018201720162015201420132012201120102009200820072006200520042003200220012000199919981997199619951994199319921991199019891988198719861985198419831982198119801979197819771976197519741973197219711970196919681967196619651964196319621961196019591958195719561955195419531952195119501949194819471939193819371936193519341933193219311930192919281927192619251924192319221921192019191918191719161915191419131912191119101909190819071906190519041903190219011900189918981897189618951894189318921891

League profile (calc)

MeasureAverageMedianLowest teamHighest team
Current ability110.46107.3898.13133.25
Expected potential122.90119.66111.50143.88
Value£1,513,906£363,763£69,459£8,540,763
Sale value£2,212,945£767,932£114,292£10,049,199
Weekly wage£4,616£1,548£753£21,669
Age27.2226.7325.9228.95
Highest team CA average
Rangers
Lowest team CA average
Ross County

Calculated by fm-reader over 12 member teams with best-sixteen summaries. Every measure summarises the teams' averages, not all players directly. Teams without a summary are absent.

League strength (calc)

TeamPlayers usedCA16PA16Average ageAverage valueAverage weekly wage
Rangers16133.25142.0028.76£6,418,766£17,368
Celtic16132.94143.8826.49£8,540,763£21,669
Hibernian16112.31123.6926.69£564,229£3,131
Aberdeen16111.63126.0027.53£591,834£2,936
Motherwell16109.63119.6326.44£540,228£1,468
Livingston16108.25118.7526.77£243,730£1,460
Dundee United16106.50118.5026.47£397,366£1,949
St. Johnstone16105.75116.0628.11£205,629£1,059
Kilmarnock16105.50123.2528.95£330,161£1,628
St. Mirren16102.88119.6926.00£148,651£913
Hamilton Academical1698.75111.8125.92£116,062£753
Ross County1698.13111.5028.51£69,459£1,059

Calculated by fm-reader from the same sixteen highest-CA players per team, or fewer if the squad is smaller. Squad includes loans in, excludes loans out and matches the team's gender. PA uses expected potential for range codes; value is the average player value within those sixteen.

Most titles (calc)

Rangers542011
Celtic512020
Aberdeen41985
Heart Of Midlothian41960
Hibernian41952
Dundee United11983
Kilmarnock11965
Dundee11962
Motherwell11932
Third Lanark11904
Dumbarton11892

Counted by the site from the past winners below.

Derbies in this competition

Best in the competition

PlayerClubPositionsCA
Odsonne EdouardCelticST (C)146
James ForrestCelticM/AM (R)143
Callum McGregorCelticDM, M/AM (LC)143
Alfredo MorelosRangersST (C)139
Ryan KentRangersAM (RL)138
Ryan ChristieCelticM/AM (RLC)136
Allan McGregorRangersGK136
James TavernierRangersD/WB (R)136
Connor GoldsonRangersD (C)135
Scott BrownCelticDM, M (C)134
Kristoffer AjerCelticD (C), DM, M (C)134
Christopher JullienCelticD (C)134
Steven DavisRangersM (RC), AM (C)134
Borna BarisicRangersD/WB (L)134
Ryan JackRangersDM, M (C)134
Olivier NtchamCelticM/AM (C)133
Glen KamaraRangersDM, M/AM (C)133
Joe AriboRangersM/AM (C)133
Tom RogićCelticAM (C)132
Jermain DefoeRangersST (C)132

Highest current ability among contracted players of the member clubs, matched to the competition’s gender. Loans retain their contracted club in this comparison.

Best young players

PlayerClubAgeCAPA
David TurnbullCeltic20124149
Ewan HendersonCeltic20103140
Lewis FergusonAberdeen20116135
Nathan PattersonRangers18105131
Connor McLennanAberdeen20103126
Dean CampbellAberdeen19100120
Ethan ErhahonSt. Mirren1996120
Adam BrooksCeltic1665115
Matthew AndersonCeltic1665110
Jamie GullanHibernian2089110
Matthew ShielsRangers195395
Aaron SteeleSt. Johnstone184487
Cameron BallantyneSt. Johnstone207285

Under 21 at the game start, by stored fixed potential (range codes cannot be ranked).

Past winners

123
SeasonWinnerRunner-upThirdFinal venue
2019–20 Celtic RangersMotherwell —
2018–19 Celtic RangersKilmarnock —
2017–18 Celtic AberdeenRangers —
2016–17 Celtic AberdeenRangers —
2015–16 Celtic AberdeenHeart Of Midlothian —
2014–15 Celtic AberdeenInverness Caledonian Thistle —
2013–14 Celtic MotherwellAberdeen —
2012–13 Celtic MotherwellSt. Johnstone —
2011–12 Celtic RangersMotherwell —
2010–11 Rangers CelticHeart Of Midlothian —
2009–10 Rangers CelticDundee United —
2008–09 Rangers CelticHeart Of Midlothian —
2007–08 Celtic RangersMotherwell —
2006–07 Celtic RangersAberdeen —
2005–06 Celtic Heart Of MidlothianRangers —
2004–05 Rangers CelticHibernian —
2003–04 Celtic RangersHeart Of Midlothian —
2002–03 Rangers CelticHeart Of Midlothian —
2001–02 Celtic RangersLivingston —
2000–01 Celtic RangersHibernian —
1999–00 Rangers CelticHeart Of Midlothian —
1998–99 Rangers CelticSt. Johnstone —
1997–98 Celtic RangersHeart Of Midlothian —
1996–97 Rangers CelticDundee United —
1995–96 Rangers CelticAberdeen —
1994–95 Rangers MotherwellHibernian —
1993–94 Rangers AberdeenMotherwell —
1992–93 Rangers AberdeenCeltic —
1991–92 Rangers Heart Of MidlothianCeltic —
1990–91 Rangers AberdeenCeltic —
1989–90 Rangers AberdeenHeart Of Midlothian —
1988–89 Rangers AberdeenCeltic —
1987–88 Celtic Heart Of MidlothianRangers —
1986–87 Rangers CelticDundee United —
1985–86 Celtic Heart Of MidlothianDundee United —
1984–85 Aberdeen CelticDundee United —
1983–84 Aberdeen CelticDundee United —
1982–83 Dundee United CelticAberdeen —
1981–82 Celtic AberdeenRangers —
1980–81 Celtic AberdeenRangers —
1979–80 Aberdeen CelticSt. Mirren —
1978–79 Celtic RangersDundee United —
1977–78 Rangers AberdeenDundee United —
1976–77 Celtic RangersAberdeen —
1975–76 Rangers CelticHibernian —
1974–75 Rangers HibernianCeltic —
1973–74 Celtic HibernianRangers —
1972–73 Celtic RangersHibernian —
1971–72 Celtic AberdeenRangers —
1970–71 Celtic AberdeenSt. Johnstone —
1969–70 Celtic RangersHibernian —
1968–69 Celtic RangersDunfermline Athletic —
1967–68 Celtic RangersHibernian —
1966–67 Celtic RangersClyde —
1965–66 Celtic RangersKilmarnock —
1964–65 Kilmarnock Heart Of MidlothianDunfermline Athletic —
1963–64 Rangers KilmarnockCeltic —
1962–63 Rangers KilmarnockPartick Thistle —
1961–62 Dundee RangersCeltic —
1960–61 Rangers KilmarnockThird Lanark —
1959–60 Heart Of Midlothian KilmarnockRangers —
1958–59 Rangers Heart Of MidlothianMotherwell —
1957–58 Heart Of Midlothian RangersCeltic —
1956–57 Rangers Heart Of MidlothianKilmarnock —
1955–56 Rangers AberdeenHeart Of Midlothian —
1954–55 Aberdeen CelticRangers —
1953–54 Celtic Heart Of MidlothianPartick Thistle —
1952–53 Rangers HibernianEast Fife —
1951–52 Hibernian RangersEast Fife —
1950–51 Hibernian RangersDundee —
1949–50 Rangers HibernianHeart Of Midlothian —
1948–49 Rangers DundeeHibernian —
1947–48 Hibernian RangersPartick Thistle —
1946–47 Rangers HibernianAberdeen —
1938–39 Rangers CelticAberdeen —
1937–38 Celtic Heart Of MidlothianRangers —
1936–37 Rangers AberdeenCeltic —
1935–36 Celtic RangersAberdeen —
1934–35 Rangers CelticHeart Of Midlothian —
1933–34 Rangers MotherwellCeltic —
1932–33 Rangers MotherwellHeart Of Midlothian —
1931–32 Motherwell RangersCeltic —
1930–31 Rangers CelticMotherwell —
1929–30 Rangers MotherwellAberdeen —
1928–29 Rangers CelticMotherwell —
1927–28 Rangers CelticMotherwell —
1926–27 Rangers MotherwellCeltic —
1925–26 Celtic Airdrieonians (Ext.)Heart Of Midlothian —
1924–25 Rangers Airdrieonians (Ext.)Hibernian —
1923–24 Rangers Airdrieonians (Ext.)Celtic —
1922–23 Rangers Airdrieonians (Ext.)Celtic —
1921–22 Celtic RangersRaith Rovers —
1920–21 Rangers CelticHeart Of Midlothian —
1919–20 Rangers CelticMotherwell —
1918–19 Celtic RangersGreenock Morton —
1917–18 Rangers CelticKilmarnock —
1916–17 Celtic Greenock MortonRangers —
1915–16 Celtic RangersGreenock Morton —
1914–15 Celtic Heart Of MidlothianRangers —
1913–14 Celtic RangersHeart Of Midlothian —
1912–13 Rangers CelticHeart Of Midlothian —
1911–12 Rangers CelticClyde —
1910–11 Rangers AberdeenFalkirk —
1909–10 Celtic FalkirkRangers —
1908–09 Celtic DundeeClyde —
1907–08 Celtic FalkirkRangers —
1906–07 Celtic DundeeRangers —
1905–06 Celtic Heart Of MidlothianAirdrieonians (Ext.) —
1904–05 Celtic RangersThird Lanark —
1903–04 Third Lanark Heart Of MidlothianCeltic —
1902–03 Hibernian DundeeRangers —
1901–02 Rangers CelticHeart Of Midlothian —
1900–01 Rangers CelticHibernian —
1899–00 Rangers CelticHibernian —
1898–99 Rangers Heart Of MidlothianCeltic —
1897–98 Celtic RangersHibernian —
1896–97 Heart Of Midlothian HibernianRangers —
1896 Celtic RangersHibernian —
1894–95 Heart Of Midlothian CelticRangers —
1893–94 Celtic Heart Of MidlothianSt. Bernard's —
1892–93 Celtic RangersSt. Mirren —
1891–92 Dumbarton CelticHeart Of Midlothian —
1890–91 Rangers DumbartonCeltic —

Awards

Records

Longest losing run Partick Thistle 10 games 2003
Longest unbeaten run Celtic 56 games 2016
Most games without scoring Dunfermline Athletic 9 games 2006
Lowest attendance Gretna v Inverness Caledonian Thistle 431 attendance 2008
Most goals in a match Kenny Miller, Rangers v St. Mirren 5 goals 2000
Youngest goalscorer Fraser Fyvie, Aberdeen v Heart Of Midlothian 6,150 days (about 16 years) 2010
Highest attendance Celtic v St. Mirren 60,440 attendance 2001
Youngest player Scott Robinson, Heart Of Midlothian v Inverness Caledonian Thistle 5,889 days (about 16 years) 2008
Oldest player Andy Millen, St. Mirren v Heart Of Midlothian 15,619 days (about 42 years) 2008
Record win Celtic v Aberdeen 9–0 2010

Officials

12
Willie CollumScotland141
Bobby MaddenScotland136
Alan MuirScotland133
Kevin ClancyScotland123
Steven McLeanScotland122
John BeatonScotland122
Andrew DallasScotland112
Don RobertsonScotland111
Euan AndersonScotland111
Alan NewlandsScotland105
Nick WalshScotland100
David MunroScotland100

Across versions

VersionReputationLevelTeamsHolders
FM27 27.0.0138112Celtic
FM26 26.2.0141112Celtic
FM26 26.0.0141112Celtic
FM24 24.3.0142112Celtic
FM23 23.4.0143112Celtic
FM23 23.3.0143112Celtic
FM23 23.0.0143112Celtic
FM22 22.4.0139112Rangers
FM22 22.3.0139112Rangers
FM22 22.1.0139112Rangers
FM22 22.0.1139112Rangers
FM22 22.0.0139112Rangers
FM21 21.4.0134112Celtic
FM21 21.3.0134112Celtic
FM21 21.1.1134112Celtic
FM21 21.0.1134112Celtic
FM21 21.0.0134112Celtic
FM20 20.4.0126112Celtic
FM20 20.3.0126112Celtic
FM20 20.1.0126112Celtic
FM20 20.0.1126112Celtic
FM20 20.0.0126112Celtic
FM19 19.3.0121112Celtic
FM19 19.1.0121112Celtic
FM19 19.0.1121112Celtic
FM19 19.0.0121112Celtic
FM18 18.3.0119112Celtic
FM18 18.1.0119112Celtic
FM18 18.0.0119112Celtic
FM17 17.3.0120112Celtic
FM17 17.0.0124112Celtic
FM16 16.3.0124112Celtic
FM16 16.0.1124112Celtic
FM16 16.0.0124112Celtic
FM15 15.3.0124112Celtic
FM15 15.0.0124112Celtic
FM14 14.3.0117112Celtic
FM14 14.0.0117112Celtic
FM13 13.3.0117112Celtic
FM13 13.0.0117112Celtic
FM12 12.2.0—112Rangers
FM12 12.0.0—112Rangers
FM11 11.0.0——12Rangers
FM10 10.0.0——12Rangers