Highland Football League
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| Country | Scotland |
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| Founded | 1893 |
| First season | 1893–94 |
| Number of teams | 18 |
| Level on pyramid | 5 |
| Promotion to | Scottish League Two |
| Domestic cup(s) | Scottish Cup |
| League cup(s) | Highland League Cup |
| Current champions |
Cove Rangers (5th title) (2015–16) |
| Most championships |
Clachnacuddin Caledonian (18 titles each) |
| Website | highlandfootballleague.com |
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The Scottish Highland Football League (commonly known as the Highland League) is a part-time professional senior football league in the north of Scotland. The league, which is the fifth level within Scottish football, is a full member of the Scottish Football Association. It currently consists of 18 teams from the Scottish Highlands as well as the lowlands of Moray and Aberdeenshire.
Until the reorganisation of Scottish football during the 2012–13 season, the league was historically one of the senior leagues in Scottish football. The others being the Scottish Premier League and Scottish Football League, along with the East of Scotland and South of Scotland Leagues. Since the 2014–15 season, the league (along with the newly formed Lowland Football League) is a feeder division for SPFL's Scottish League Two. The Highland Football League champions play the winners of the Lowland Football League for a chance to face the bottom club in League Two.
All current league members are full members of the Scottish Football Association so qualify automatically for the following season's first round of the Scottish Cup. The league champions and the runner-up team receive a bye into the cup's second round. Since 2014, the season's league champion team has also gained a place in the Scottish Challenge Cup; this was extended to the top four clubs from 2016.
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