including 2019-20 season
This document lists all clubs which have appeared in the Scottish Football League and Scottish Premier League and shows the periods they have spent in each division. The divisions are designated using Roman numerals as follows
Divisions
i Scottish League Div 1/'A' Div 1890-1975, Premier Division 1975-98,
Scottish Premier League from 1998
ii Scottish League Div 2/'B' Div 1893-1975, Div 1 from 1975-2012, Championship from 2012
iii Scottish League Div 3 1923-26, 'C' Div 1946-55, Div 2 from 1975-2012, Div 1 from 2012
iv Scottish League Div 3 from 1994-2012, Div 2 from 2012
r indicates a club which resigned during a season x indicates a club which was expelled during the season
For each club the club name is followed by the date the club joined the league or the period(s) of league membership and any previous names of the club during league membership (these are cross-referenced in the text). This is followed by the list of divisions the club has played in and the period(s) spent in each division. To the right of the division number is shown the total number of seasons spent in the division with the longest consecutive period given in square brackets. The total number of seasons spent in the League is given to the left of the highest division played in. There was no competition between 1938-39 and 1946-47 seasons due to WWII.
A B C D E F G H I J K L M N P Q R S T V
Aberdeen (1904)
98 i 97 [89] 1905-
ii 1 [1] 1904-05
Abercorn (1890-1915)
25 i 4 [3] 1890-93, 1896-97
ii 21 [18] 1893-96, 1898-1915
Airdrieonians (1894-2002)
101 i 60 [33] 1903-36, 1947-48, 1950-54, 1955-65, 1966-73, 1974-75,
1980-82, 1991-93
ii 41 [9] 1894-1903, 1936-47, 1948-50, 1954-55, 1965-66, 1973-74,
1975-80, 1982-91, 1993-02
Airdrie United (2002) Newly formed club took over defunct Clydebank's place
10 ii 5 [3] 2004-07, 2008-10
iii 5 [2] 2002-04, 2007-08, 2010-
Albion Rovers (1903-15, 1919)
98 i 9 [4] 1919-23, 1934-37, 1938-39*, 1948-49
ii 53 [26] 1903-15, 1923-34, 1937-38, 1946-48, 1949-75, 1989-90
iii 19 [14] 1975-89, 1990-94, 2011-
iv 17 [17] 1994-2011
Alloa Athletic (1921)
84 i 1 [1] 1922-23
ii 53 [29] 1921-22, 1923-39*, 1946-75, 1977-78, 1982-84, 1985-86
1989-90, 2000-01, 2002-03
iii 25 [8] 1975-77, 1978-82, 1984-85, 1986-89, 1990-94, 1998-00, 2001-02
2003-11
iv 5 [4] 1994-98, 2011-
Arbroath (1921)
84 i 9 [4] 1935-39*, 1959-60, 1968-69, 1972-75
ii 45 [14] 1921-35, 1946-59, 1960-68, 1969-72, 1975-80, 2001-03
iii 22 [14] 1980-94, 1998-01, 2003-05, 2008-10, 2011-
iv 8 [4] 1994-98, 2005-08, 2010-11
Armadale (1921-32x) (expelled from league Nov 1932, record expunged)
10 ii 10 [10] 1921-32x
Arthurlie (1901-15, 1923-29) (resigned from league Apr 1929, record stood)
20 ii 19 [14] 1901-15, 1924-29
iii 1 [1] 1923-24
Ayr (1897-1910) (see also Ayr United)
13 ii 13 [13] 1897-1910
Ayr Parkhouse (1903-04, 1906-10) (see also Ayr United)
5 ii 5 [4] 1903-04, 1906-10
Ayr United (1910) (merger in 1910 of Ayr and Ayr Parkhouse)
95 i 35 [12] 1913-25, 1928-36, 1937-39*, 1956-57, 1959-61, 1966-67,
1969-78
ii 50 [10] 1910-13, 1925-28, 1936-37, 1946-56, 1957-59, 1961-66,
1967-69, 1978-86, 1988-95, 1997-2004, 2009-10, 2011-
iii 10 [5] 1986-88, 1995-97, 2004-09, 2010-11
Bathgate (1921-29) (resigned from league Mar 1929, record expunged)
7 ii 7 [7] 1921-29r
Beith (1923-26)
3 iii 3 [3] 1923-26
Berwick Rangers (1951)
61 ii 22 [20] 1955-75, 1979-81
iii 30 [16] 1951-55, 1975-79, 1981-97, 2000-05, 2007-08
iv 9 [4] 1997-00, 2005-07, 2008-
Bo'ness (1921-32x) (expelled from league Nov 1932, record expunged)
10 i 1 [1] 1927-28
ii 9 [6] 1921-27, 1928-32x
Brechin City (1923-26, 1929)
79 ii 39 [21] 1929-39, 1954-75, 1983-87, 1990-91, 1993-94, 2003-04, 2005-06
iii 35 [8] 1923-26, 1946-54, 1975-83, 1987-90, 1991-93, 1994-95, 1996-98, 2002-03,
2004-05, 2006-
iv 5 [4] 1995-96, 1998-02
Broxburn United (1921-26)
5 ii 5 [5] 1921-26
Caledonian Thistle - see Inverness Caledonian Thistle
Cambuslang (1890-92)
2 i 2 [2] 1890-92
Celtic (1890)
115 i 115 [115] 1890-
Clackmannan (1921-22, 1923-26)
4 ii 1 [1] 1921-22
iii 3 [3] 1923-26
Clyde (1891)
114 i 63 [18] 1891-93, 1894-1900, 1906-24, 1926-51, 1952-56, 1957-61,
1962-63, 1964-72, 1973-75
ii 36 [9] 1893-94, 1900-06, 1924-26, 1951-52, 1956-57, 1961-62,
1963-64, 1972-73, 1975-76, 1978-80, 1982-91, 1993-94, 2000-09
iii 13 [6] 1976-78, 1980-82, 1991-93, 1994-00, 2009-10
iv 2 [2] 2010-
Clydebank (1) (1914-31)
15 i 7 [5] 1917-22, 1923-24, 1925-26
ii 8 [5] 1914-15, 1922-23, 1924-25, 1926-31
Clydebank (2) (1966-2002)
36 i 3 [2] 1977-78, 1985-87
ii 29 [10] 1966-75, 1976-77, 1978-85, 1987-97, 1998-00
iii 4 [2] 1975-76, 1997-98, 2000-02
Cowdenbeath (1905)
94 i 11 [10] 1924-34, 1970-71
ii 48 [24] 1905-24, 1934-39*, 1946-70, 1971-75, 1992-93, 2010-11
iii 24 [17] 1975-92, 1993-94, 2001-03, 2006-08, 2009-10, 2011-
iv 11 [7] 1994-01, 2003-06, 2008-09
Cowlairs (1890, 1893-95)
3 i 1 [1] 1890-91
ii 2 [2] 1893-95
Dumbarton (1890-97, 1906)
106 i 19 [9] 1890-96, 1913-22, 1972-75, 1984-85
ii 65 [25] 1896-97, 1906-13, 1922-54, 1955-72, 1975-84, 1985-88,
1992-94, 1995-96
iii 14 [4] 1954-55, 1988-92, 1994-95, 1996-97, 2002-06, 2009-
iv 8 [5] 1997-02, 2006-09
Dumbarton Harp (1923-25r) (resigned from league February 1925, record expunged)
1 iii 1 [1] 1923-25r
Dundee (1893)
110 i 91 [43] 1893-38*, 1947-76, 1979-80, 1981-90, 1992-94, 1998-2005, 2012-13
ii 19 [6] 1938-47, 1976-79, 1980-81, 1990-92, 1994-98, 2005-12, 2013-
Dundee Hibernian - see Dundee United
Dundee United (1910-22, 1923) (Dundee Hibernian to 1923)
88 i 55 [35] 1925-27, 1929-30, 1931-32, 1960-95, 1996-
ii 33 [21] 1910-22, 1923-25, 1927-29, 1930-31, 1932-60, 1995-96
Dundee Wanderers (1894-95)
1 ii 1 [1] 1894-95
Dunfermline Athletic (1912)
87 i 38 [14] 1926-28, 1934-37, 1955-57, 1958-72, 1973-75, 1987-88,
1989-92, 1996-99, 2000-07, 2011-12,
ii 43 [11] 1912-26, 1928-34, 1937-55, 1957-58, 1972-73, 1975-76,
1979-83, 1986-87, 1988-89, 1992-96, 1999-00, 2007-11
2012-
iii 6 [3] 1976-79, 1983-86
Dykehead (1923-26)
3 iii 3 [3] 1923-26
East Fife (1921)
84 i 14 [10] 1930-31, 1948-58, 1971-74
ii 41 [13] 1921-30, 1931-48, 1958-71, 1974-78, 1984-88, 1996-97
iii 21 [8] 1978-84, 1988-95, 1997-99, 2003-04, 2008-
iv 8 [4] 1999-2003, 2004-08
East Stirling/Clydebank - see East Stirlingshire
East Stirlingshire (1900) (known as East Stirling/Clydebank in 1964-65 season)
99 i 2 [2] 1932-33, 1963-64
ii 53 [17] 1900-23, 1924-32, 1933-39, 1948-49, 1955-63, 1964-75,
1980-82
iii 26 [12] 1923-24, 1946-48, 1949-55, 1975-80, 1982-94
iv 18 [18] 1994-
Edinburgh City (1931-49)
11 ii 8 [8] 1931-39
iii 3 [3] 1946-49
Elgin City (2000)
12 iv 12 [12] 2000-
Falkirk (1902)
103 i 68 [30] 1905-35, 1936-51, 1952-59, 1961-69, 1970-74, 1986-88,
1991-93, 1994-96, 2005-10
ii 32 [9] 1902-05, 1935-36, 1951-52, 1959-61, 1969-70, 1974-77,
1980-86, 1988-91, 1993-94, 1996-2005, 2010-
iii 3 [3] 1977-80
Forfar Athletic (1921)
84 ii 51 [26] 1921-25, 1926-39, 1949-75, 1984-92
iii 27 [9] 1925-26, 1946-49, 1975-84, 1992-94, 1995-96, 1997-99, 2000-07
2010-
iv 6 [3] 1994-95, 1996-97, 1999-00, 2007-10
Galston (1923-26) (resigned from league Jan 1926)
2 iii 2 [2] 1923-26r
Greenock Morton (1893) (known as Morton to 1993)
112 i 54 [27] 1900-27, 1929-33, 1937-38, 1946-49, 1950-52, 1964-66,
1967-75, 1978-83, 1984-85, 1987-88
ii 51 [12] 1893-1900, 1927-29, 1933-37, 1938-39*, 1949-50, 1952-64,
1966-67, 1975-78, 1983-84, 1985-87, 1988-94, 1995-01, 2007-
iii 6 [3] 1994-95, 2001-02, 2003-07
iv 1 [1] 2002-03
Gretna (2002-2007) (Dissolved at the end of the 2007-08 season)
6 i 1 [1] 2007-08
ii 1 [1] 2006-07
iii 1 [1] 2005-06
iv 3 [3] 2002-05
Hamilton Academical (1897) (known as Hamilton Academicals to 1966)
108 i 42 [34] 1906-47, 1953-54, 1965-66, 1986-87, 1988-89, 2007-11
ii 60 [20] 1897-1906, 1947-53, 1954-65, 1966-86, 1987-88, 1989-96, 1997-99
2004-07, 2011-
iii 5 [3] 1996-97, 1999-00, 2001-04
iv 1 [1] 2000-01
Heart Of Midlothian (1890)
115 i 111 [80] 1890-1977, 1978-79, 1980-81, 1983-
ii 4 [2] 1977-78, 1979-80, 1981-83
Helensburgh (1923-26)
3 iii 3 [3] 1923-26
Hibernian (1893)
112 i 106 [40] 1895-1931, 1933-80, 1981-98, 1999-
ii 6 [2] 1893-95, 1931-33, 1980-81, 1998-99
Inverness Caledonian Thistle (1994) (Caledonian Thistle until 1996)
18 i 7 [5] 2004-09, 2010-
ii 6 [5] 1999-2004, 2009-10
iii 2 [2] 1997-99
iv 3 [3] 1994-97
Johnstone (1911-26)
9 ii 8 [8] 1911-25
iii 1 [1] 1925-26
Kilmarnock (1895)
110 i 84 [41] 1899-47, 1954-73, 1974-75, 1976-77, 1979-81, 1982-83,
1993-
ii 25 [7] 1895-99, 1947-54, 1973-74, 1975-76, 1977-79, 1981-82,
1983-89, 1990-93
iii 1 [1] 1989-90
King's Park (1921-39)
18 ii 18 [18] 1921-39
Leith Athletic (1891-1915, 1924-26, 1927-53)
45 i 6 [4] 1891-95, 1930-32
ii 31 [20] 1895-1915, 1927-30, 1932-39*, 1947-48
iii 8 [5] 1924-26, 1946-47, 1948-53
Linthouse (1895-1900)
5 ii 5 [5] 1895-1900
Livingston (1974) (Meadowbank Thistle until 1995)
38 i 5 [5] 2001-06
ii 14 [6] 1983-85, 1987-93, 1999-01, 2006-09, 2011-
iii 17 [9] 1974-83, 1985-87, 1993-95, 1996-99, 2010-11
iv 2 [1] 1995-96, 2009-10
Lochgelly United (1914-26)
6 ii 4 [4] 1914-24
iii 2 [2] 1924-26
Meadowbank Thistle - see Livingston
Mid-Annandale (1923-26)
3 iii 3 [3] 1923-26
Montrose (1923-26, 1929)
79 ii 37 [24] 1929-39, 1955-79, 1985-87, 1991-92
iii 25 [9] 1923-26, 1946-55, 1979-85, 1987-91, 1992-94, 1995-96
iv 17 [15] 1994-95, 1996-
Morton - see Greenock Morton
Motherwell (1893)
112 i 96 [43] 1903-1953, 1954-68, 1969-79, 1982-84, 1985-
ii 16 [10] 1893-1903, 1953-54, 1968-69, 1979-82, 1984-85
Nithsdale Wanderers (1923-27)
4 ii 2 [2] 1925-27
iii 2 [2] 1923-25
Northern (1893-94)
1 ii 1 [1] 1893-94
Partick Thistle (1893)
112 i 80 [61] 1897-99, 1900-1901, 1902-70, 1971-75, 1976-82, 1992-96,
2002-04, 2013-
ii 27 [10] 1893-97, 1899-1900, 1901-02, 1970-71, 1975-76, 1982-92,
1996-98, 2001-02, 2004-05, 2006-13,
iii 5 [3] 1998-01, 2005-06
Peebles Rovers (1923-26)
3 iii 3 [3] 1923-26
Peterhead (2000)
12 ii 6 [6] 2005-11
iii 6 [5] 2000-05, 2011-
Port Glasgow Athletic (1893-1911)
18 i 8 [8] 1902-10
ii 10 [9] 1893-1902, 1910-11
Queen's Park (1900)
105 i 42 [22] 1900-22, 1923-39*, 1946-48, 1956-58
ii 28 [17] 1922-23, 1948-56, 1958-75, 1981-83
iii 20 [11] 1975-81, 1983-94, 2000-01, 2007-09
iv 15 [6] 1994-00, 2001-07, 2009-
Queen Of The South (1923)
82 i 20 [10] 1933-50, 1951-59, 1962-64
ii 41 [15] 1925-33, 1950-51, 1959-62, 1964-79, 1981-82, 1986-89, 2002-
iii 21 [13] 1923-25, 1979-81, 1982-86, 1989-02
Raith Rovers (1902)
101 i 36 [14] 1910-26*, 1927-29, 1938-39, 1949-62, 1967-70, 1993-94,
1995-97
ii 55 [8] 1902-10, 1926-27, 1929-38, 1946-49, 1962-67, 1970-75,
1976-77, 1978-84, 1987-93, 1994-95, 1997-02, 2003-05, 2009-
iii 10 [4] 1975-76, 1977-78, 1984-87, 2002-03, 2005-09
Rangers (1890)
115 i 116 [115] 1890-2012
ii
iii
iv 1 2012-13
Renton (1890x, 1891-97r) (expelled from league Oct 1890, resigned from
league Oct 1897)
6 i 3 [3] 1890x, 1891-94,
ii 3 [3] 1894-97r
Ross County (1994)
20 1 1 [1] 2012-
ii 12 [7] 2000-07, 2008-12
iii 2 [1] 1999-00, 2007-08
iv 5 [5] 1994-99
Royal Albert (1923-26)
3 iii 3 [3] 1923-26
St. Bernard's (1893-1939)
40 i 7 [7] 1893-1900
ii 33 [33] 1900-39
St. Johnstone (1911)
88 i 41 [13] 1924-30, 1932-39*, 1960-62, 1963-76, 1983-84, 1990-94, 1997-02, 2009-
ii 44 [14] 1911-24, 1930-32, 1946-60, 1962-63, 1976-83, 1984-85, 2002-09
1988-90, 1994-97
iii 3 [3] 1985-88
St. Mirren (1890)
115 i 94 [45] 1890-1935, 1936-67, 1968-71, 1977-92, 2000-01, 2006-
ii 21 [7] 1935-36, 1967-68, 1971-77, 1992-2000, 2001-06
Solway Star (1923-26)
3 iii 3 [3] 1923-26
Stenhousemuir (1921)
84 ii 47 [47] 1921-75
iii 31 [23] 1975-98, 1999-2004, 2009-
iv 6 [5] 1998-99, 2004-09
Stirling Albion (1946)
66 i 11 [3] 1949-50, 1951-52, 1953-56, 1958-60, 1961-62, 1965-68
ii 28 [7] 1947-49, 1950-51, 1952-53, 1956-58, 1960-61, 1962-65,
1968-75, 1977-81, 1991-94, 1996-98, 2007-08, 2010-11
iii 24 [10] 1946-47, 1975-77, 1981-91, 1994-96, 1998-01, 2004-07, 2008-10, 2011-
iv 3 [3] 2001-04
Stranraer (1949)
63 ii 23 [20] 1955-75, 1994-95, 1998-99, 2005-06,
iii 35 [19] 1949-55, 1975-94, 1995-98, 1999-03, 2004-05, 2006-07, 2008-09
iv 5 [3] 2003-04, 2007-08, 2009-
Third Lanark (1890-1967) (defunct 1967)
70 i 58 [35] 1890-1925, 1928-29, 1931-34, 1935-53, 1957-65
ii 12 [4] 1925-28, 1929-31, 1934-35, 1953-57, 1965-67
Thistle (1893-94)
1 i 1 [1] 1893-94
Vale Of Leven (1890-92, 1905-26)
17 i 2 [2] 1890-92
ii 13 [13] 1905-24
iii 2 [2] 1924-26
Division One continued throughout WWI but Division Two was suspended in 1915 and didn't resume until 1921.
Aberdeen, Dundee and Raith Rovers did not compete between 1917 and 1919 due to war-time travelling difficulties although they did retain full membership of Division One
Both divisions were suspended during WWII. After the war clubs were placed in Divisions A and B according to their 1939-40 status except that Queen's Park and Morton were placed in Division A and St. Johnstone, Ayr United, Albion Rovers, Arbroath, Cowdenbeath and Alloa Athletic were placed in Division B. Former Division Two clubs Brechin City, East Stirlingshire, Forfar Athletic and Montrose were placed in Division C along with new club Stirling Albion, the now defunct Edinburgh City and Leith Athletic, and Dundee Res, Dundee Utd Res and St. Johnstone Res.
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