Scottish Football League First Division
{{Use dmy dates|date=April 2022}}
{{Use British English|date=January 2013}}
{{Infobox football league
| name = Scottish Football League First Division
| country = {{SCO}}
| founded = 1975
1893–1946 (as Division Two)
1946–1956 (as Division B)
1956–1975 (as Division Two)
| folded = 2013
| divisions =
| teams = 10
| promotion = Scottish Premier League
| relegation = Scottish Second Division
| levels = 2
| domest_cup = SFA Cup
SFL Cup
SFL Challenge Cup
| champions = Partick Thistle
| season = 2012–13
| most_champs = Falkirk (7)
St Johnstone (7)
(since 1893)
| website = [http://www.scottishfootballleague.com/football/first/ Official site]
| current =
}}
The Scottish Football League First Division was the second tier in the Scottish football league system between 1975 and 2013. It was replaced by the Scottish Championship.
History
The First Division was introduced in 1975–76 to replace the old Scottish Football League Division Two, as the top flight of the Scottish Football League was renamed from Division One to Premier Division.
In 1998, the Premier Division clubs broke away from the Scottish Football League to form the Scottish Premier League. The First Division remained the second tier of the Scottish league system, but was now the top tier of the Scottish Football League. In July 2013, the Scottish Football League and Scottish Premier League merged to form the Scottish Professional Football League (SPFL). The SPFL named its second tier as the Scottish Championship, which effectively replaced the First Division.
Competition
From 1994 until 2013, the First Division consisted of ten teams. From 1998, only the winner of the First Division was promoted to the Scottish Premier League (SPL), subject to that club meeting the SPL stadium criteria. From 2007, the bottom club in the First Division was automatically relegated to the Second Division and the second bottom club went into an end of season play-off with the second, third and fourth placed clubs in the Second Division.
The ten teams in the First Division played each other four times with three points for a victory and one point each for a drawn game.
Winners of the First Division
{{main|List of winners of the Scottish First Division and predecessors}}
{{incomplete list|date=February 2014}}
| class="wikitable" style="text-align: center;" |
| width=105|Season
! width=180|Winner ! width=180|Runner-up |
|---|
| 1998–99
| Falkirk |
| 1999–00 |
| 2000–01 |
| 2001–02 |
| 2002–03
| Falkirk | Clyde |
| 2003–04
| Inverness Caledonian Thistle | Clyde |
| 2004–05
| Falkirk (2) |
| 2005–06
| St Mirren (2) |
| 2006–07
| Gretna |
| 2007–08
| Dundee |
| 2008–09 |
| 2009–10
| Inverness Caledonian Thistle (2) | Dundee |
| 2010–11 |
| 2011–12
| Dundee |
| 2012–13
| Partick Thistle (2) |
See also
References
{{reflist}}
External links
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20120130062021/http://www.scottishfootballleague.com/football/first/ SFL First Division Official Site]
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20071016213624/http://footballclubs.dyndns.org/?co=scotland&league=2 Scottish Football League First Division clubs' locations]
{{Scottish Football League}}
{{Defunct football competitions in Scotland}}
{{UEFA second leagues}}
Category:1975 establishments in Scotland
Category:2013 disestablishments in Scotland