2008–09 in Scottish football
| Season | 2008–09 | |||
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| 2008–09 in Scottish football | ||
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| Premier League champions | ||
| Rangers | ||
| First Division champions | ||
| St Johnstone | ||
| Second Division champions | ||
| Raith Rovers | ||
| Third Division champions | ||
| Dumbarton | ||
| Scottish Cup winners | ||
| Rangers | ||
| League Cup winners | ||
| Celtic | ||
| Challenge Cup winners | ||
| Airdrie United | ||
| Junior Cup winners | ||
| Auchinleck Talbot | ||
| Teams in Europe | ||
| Celtic, Hibernian, Motherwell, Queen of the South, Rangers | ||
| Scotland national team | ||
| 2010 World Cup qualification |
The 2008–09 season was the 112th season of competitive football in Scotland.
Source: BBC Sport
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored
1 Scotland was among the best three associations in the UEFA Fair Play ranking and thus received an additional spot in the 2009–10 UEFA Europa League. Since Celtic, the winners of the Scottish Fair Play ranking, already qualified for the UEFA Champions League 2009–10, Motherwell, being the second place team in the ranking, earned a spot in the first qualifying round of the UEFA Europa League 2009–10.
2 Since Rangers, the winners of the 2008–09 Scottish Cup, already qualified for the UEFA Champions League 2009–10, Falkirk, being the losing finalist, earned a spot in the second qualifying round of the UEFA Europa League 2009–10.
(C) = Champion; (R) = Relegated; (P) = Promoted; (E) = Eliminated; (O) = Play-off winner; (A) = Advances to a further round.
Only applicable when the season is not finished:
(Q) = Qualified to the phase of tournament indicated; (TQ) = Qualified to tournament, but not yet to the particular phase indicated; (RQ) = Qualified to the relegation tournament indicated; (DQ) = Disqualified from tournament.
Source: BBC Sport
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored
First Division Play-offs:The 9th placed team will be entered into a play-off with the Second Division's 2nd, 3rd and 4th placed teams. The winning team will be awarded a place in the 2009–10 First Division
(C) = Champion; (R) = Relegated; (P) = Promoted; (E) = Eliminated; (O) = Play-off winner; (A) = Advances to a further round.
Only applicable when the season is not finished:
(Q) = Qualified to the phase of tournament indicated; (TQ) = Qualified to tournament, but not yet to the particular phase indicated; (RQ) = Qualified to the relegation tournament indicated; (DQ) = Disqualified from tournament.
*Livingston were relegated to Third Division for breaching league rules on insolvency. ^Airdrie United were losing playoff finalists and were due to be playing in the Second Division next season. However, due to Livingston's demotion to the Third Division, they were allowed to play in the First Division for the 2009–10 season.
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