Lowland Football League

Lowland League

Country	Scotland
Confederation	UEFA
Founded	2013
Number of teams	16
Level on pyramid	5
Promotion to	Scottish League Two
Relegation to	East of Scotland Football League South of Scotland Football League
Domestic cup(s)	Scottish Cup SFA South Regional Challenge Cup
League cup(s)	Lowland League Cup
Current champions	East Kilbride
Most championships	Edinburgh City (2 titles)
Website	slfl.co.uk
Current season

The Scottish Lowland Football League (commonly known as the Lowland League) is a football league operating in southern and central Scotland. 16 teams currently compete in the league with teams drawn from the Scottish Lowlands area of Scotland. Since 2015 it has been known as the Ferrari Packaging Lowland League for sponsorship reasons.

Starting with the 2014–15 season, promotion to the Scottish Professional Football League is via an annual play-off with the champions of the Highland Football League, the winners playing-off with the bottom club in League Two. Additionally, the bottom placed club will face relegation to the 2015–16 East of Scotland Football League or South of Scotland Football League depending on their geographical location. Consequently, it now stands at a new Level 5 on the Scottish football pyramid, on a par with the Highland League and above the Lowlands-based regional leagues.

As a creation of the Scottish Football Association, the Lowland League is a full member of the same organisation.

The Lowland League was founded by a unanimous vote of members of the Scottish Football Association (SFA) on 11 June 2013, who had for some time intended on instituting a football pyramid including promotion and relegation from Scottish football's senior divisions down to its junior and amateur levels. The league would be composed of teams drawn from the South of Scotland, East of Scotland and junior leagues, who met on 17 June 2013 to elect between them the founder-members of the new league.

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