2015–16 in Scottish football

The 2015–16 season was the 119th season of competitive football in Scotland. The domestic season began on 25 July 2015, with the first round of the 2015–16 Scottish Challenge Cup.^[1] The 2015–16 Scottish Professional Football League season commenced on 1 August.^[1]

Football in Scotland

Season	2015–16
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2015–16 in Scottish football
Premiership champions
Celtic
Championship champions
Rangers
League 1 champions
Dunfermline Athletic
League 2 champions
East Fife
Scottish Cup winners
Hibernian
League Cup winners
Ross County
Challenge Cup winners
Rangers
Youth Cup winners
Motherwell
Teams in Europe
Celtic, Aberdeen, Inverness Caledonian Thistle, St Johnstone
Scotland national team
UEFA Euro 2016 qualifying

Transfer deals

Main articles: List of Scottish football transfers summer 2015 and List of Scottish football transfers winter 2015–16

League competitions

Scottish Premiership

Main article: 2015–16 Scottish Premiership

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation[a]
1	Celtic (C)	38	26	8	4	93	31	+62	86	Qualification for the Champions League second qualifying round
2	Aberdeen	38	22	5	11	62	48	+14	71	Qualification for the Europa League first qualifying round
3	Heart of Midlothian	38	18	11	9	59	40	+19	65
4	St Johnstone	38	16	8	14	58	55	+3	56
5	Motherwell	38	15	5	18	47	63	−16	50
6	Ross County	38	14	6	18	55	61	−6	48
7	Inverness Caledonian Thistle	38	14	10	14	54	48	+6	52
8	Dundee	38	11	15	12	53	57	−4	48
9	Partick Thistle	38	12	10	16	41	50	−9	46
10	Hamilton Academical	38	11	10	17	42	63	−21	43
11	Kilmarnock (O)	38	9	9	20	41	64	−23	36	Qualification for the Premiership play-off final
12	Dundee United[b] (R)	38	8	7	23	45	70	−25	28	Relegation to the Championship

Source: SPFL Archive
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored; 4) Play-off (only if deciding champion, UEFA competitions qualification and second stage group allocation).^[3]
(C) Champions; (O) Play-off winners; (R) Relegated
Notes:

1. Teams play each other three times (33 matches), before the league is split into two groups (the top six and the bottom six).
2. Dundee United were deducted three points for fielding an ineligible player in their win over Inverness Caledonian Thistle on 6 May 2016.^[2]

Scottish Championship

Main article: 2015–16 Scottish Championship

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion, qualification or relegation
1	Rangers (C, P)	36	25	6	5	88	34	+54	81	Promotion to the Premiership
2	Falkirk	36	19	13	4	61	34	+27	70	Qualification for the Premiership play-off semi-finals
3	Hibernian	36	21	7	8	59	34	+25	70	Qualification for the Europa League second qualifying round and for the Premiership play-off semi-finals[a]
4	Raith Rovers	36	18	8	10	52	46	+6	62	Qualification for the Premiership play-off quarter-finals
5	Greenock Morton	36	11	10	15	39	42	−3	43
6	St Mirren	36	11	9	16	44	53	−9	42
7	Queen of the South	36	12	6	18	46	56	−10	42
8	Dumbarton	36	10	7	19	35	66	−31	37
9	Livingston (R)	36	8	7	21	37	51	−14	31	Qualification for the Championship play-offs
10	Alloa Athletic (R)	36	4	9	23	22	67	−45	21	Relegation to League One

Source: Soccerway
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Number of goals scored
(C) Champions; (P) Promoted; (R) Relegated
Notes:

1. Hibernian qualified for the Europa League second qualifying round by winning the 2015–16 Scottish Cup.

Scottish League One

Main article: 2015–16 Scottish League One

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion, qualification or relegation
1	Dunfermline Athletic (C, P)	36	24	7	5	83	30	+53	79	Promotion to Scottish Championship
2	Ayr United (O, P)	36	19	4	13	65	47	+18	61	Qualification to Championship play-offs
3	Peterhead	36	16	11	9	72	47	+25	59
4	Stranraer	36	15	6	15	43	49	−6	51
5	Airdrieonians	36	14	7	15	48	50	−2	49
6	Albion Rovers	36	13	10	13	40	44	−4	49
7	Brechin City	36	12	6	18	47	59	−12	42
8	Stenhousemuir	36	11	7	18	46	80	−34	40
9	Cowdenbeath (R)	36	11	6	19	46	72	−26	39	Qualification to League One play-offs
10	Forfar Athletic (R)	36	8	10	18	48	60	−12	34	Relegation to Scottish League Two

Source: BBC Sport
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Number of goals scored
(C) Champions; (O) Play-off winners; (P) Promoted; (R) Relegated

Scottish League Two

Main article: 2015–16 Scottish League Two

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion, qualification or relegation
1	East Fife (C, P)	36	18	8	10	62	41	+21	62	Promotion to Scottish League One
2	Elgin City	36	17	8	11	59	46	+13	59	Qualification to League One play-offs
3	Clyde	36	17	6	13	56	45	+11	57
4	Queen's Park (O, P)	36	15	11	10	46	32	+14	56
5	Annan Athletic	36	16	8	12	69	57	+12	56
6	Berwick Rangers	36	14	7	15	45	50	−5	49
7	Stirling Albion	36	13	9	14	47	46	+1	48
8	Montrose	36	11	10	15	50	70	−20	43
9	Arbroath	36	11	6	19	42	51	−9	39
10	East Stirlingshire (R)	36	9	5	22	41	79	−38	32	Qualification to League Two play-off finals

Source: BBC Sport
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Number of goals scored
(C) Champions; (O) Play-off winners; (P) Promoted; (R) Relegated

Non-league football

Level 5

Main articles: 2015–16 Highland Football League and 2015–16 Lowland Football League

Highland Football League Pos Team v t e Pld Pts 1 Cove Rangers (C) 34 89 2 Formartine United 34 85 3 Brora Rangers 34 85 4 Turriff United 34 68 5 Wick Academy 34 60 6 Inverurie Loco Works 34 58 7 Buckie Thistle 34 58 8 Nairn County 34 57 9 Fraserburgh 34 53 10 Keith 34 52 11 Forres Mechanics 34 49 12 Lossiemouth 34 38 13 Deveronvale 34 32 14 Clachnacuddin 34 32 15 Huntly 34 26 16 Strathspey Thistle 34 20 17 Fort William 34 16 18 Rothes 34 4 Source: BBC Sport (C) Champions

Lowland Football League Pos Team v t e Pld Pts 1 Edinburgh City (C, O, P) 28 73 2 The Spartans 28 58 3 Stirling University 28 56 4 Cumbernauld Colts 28 51 5 East Kilbride 28 49 6 Edinburgh University 28 42 7 BSC Glasgow 28 41 8 Whitehill Welfare 28 40 9 Dalbeattie Star 28 36 10 Gretna 2008 28 36 11 Gala Fairydean Rovers 28 32 12 Selkirk 28 29 13 Vale of Leithen 28 26 14 Preston Athletic 28 22 15 Threave Rovers (R) 28 10 Source: Soccerway (C) Champions; (O) Play-off winners; (P) Promoted; (R) Relegated

Level 6

Main articles: 2015–16 East of Scotland Football League and 2015–16 South of Scotland Football League

East of Scotland Football League Pos Team v t e Pld Pts 1 Leith Athletic (C) 28 72 2 Lothian Thistle Hutchison Vale 28 63 3 Civil Service Strollers 28 55 4 Tynecastle 28 52 5 Hawick Royal Albert 28 48 6 Peebles Rovers 28 43 7 Spartans Reserves 28 41 8 Ormiston 28 41 9 Stirling University Reserves 28 35 10 Heriot-Watt University 28 33 11 Coldstream 28 32 12 Craigroyston 28 32 13 Burntisland Shipyard 28 27 14 Duns 28 14 15 Eyemouth United 28 11 16 Kelso United 0 0 Source: East of Scotland Football League (C) Champions

South of Scotland Football League Pos Team v t e Pld Pts 1 St Cuthbert Wanderers (C) 26 73 2 Edusport Academy 26 63 3 Wigtown & Bladnoch 26 49 4 Crichton 26 47 5 Heston Rovers 26 44 6 Upper Annandale 26 40 7 Lochar Thistle 26 38 8 Mid-Annandale 26 34 9 Newton Stewart 26 33 10 Creetown 26 29 11 Abbey Vale 26 26 12 Nithsdale Wanderers 26 26 13 Fleet Star 26 18 14 Dumfries YMCA 26 6 Source: South of Scotland Football League (C) Champions

SPFL Development League

Main article: 2015–16 SPFL Development League

Honours

Cup honours

Competition	Winner	Score	Runner-up	Match report
2015–16 Scottish Cup	Hibernian	3–2	Rangers	BBC Sport
2015–16 League Cup	Ross County	2–1	Hibernian	BBC Sport
2015–16 Challenge Cup	Rangers	4–0	Peterhead	BBC Sport
2015–16 Youth Cup	Motherwell	5–2	Heart of Midlothian	BBC Sport
2015–16 Junior Cup	Beith Juniors	1–1 4–3 pens.	Pollok	The Herald
2015–16 Amateur Cup	Colville Park	2 – 1	Leven United	Glasgow World

Non-league honours

Senior

Competition	Winner
Highland League	Cove Rangers
Lowland League	Edinburgh City
East of Scotland League	Leith Athletic
South of Scotland League	St Cuthbert Wanderers

Junior

West Region

Division	Winner
2015–16 Super League Premier Division	Auchinleck Talbot
Super League First Division	Cumnock Juniors
Ayrshire District League	Girvan
Central District League First Division	Renfrew
Central District League Second Division	Forth Wanderers

East Region

Division	Winner
2015–16 Superleague	Bonnyrigg Rose Athletic
Premier League	Jeanfield Swifts
North Division	Downfield
South Division	Tranent Juniors

North Region

Division	Winner
2015–16 Superleague	Banks O' Dee
First Division (West)	Buckie Rovers
First Division (East)	Colony Park

Individual honours

PFA Scotland awards

Award	Winner	Team
Players' Player of the Year	Leigh Griffiths[4]	Celtic
Young Player of the Year	Kieran Tierney[4]	Celtic
Manager of the Year	Mark Warburton[4]	Rangers
Championship Player of Year	Lee Wallace[4]	Rangers
League One Player of Year	Faissal El Bakhtaoui[4]	Dunfermline Athletic
League Two Player of Year	Nathan Austin[4]	East Fife

SFWA awards

Award	Winner	Team
Footballer of the Year	Leigh Griffiths[5]	Celtic
Young Player of the Year	Kieran Tierney[6]	Celtic
Manager of the Year	Jim McIntyre[7]	Ross County
International Player of the Year	Matt Ritchie[8]	Bournemouth

Scottish clubs in Europe

Main articles: 2015–16 UEFA Champions League and 2015–16 UEFA Europa League

Celtic, Inverness Caledonian Thistle, Aberdeen and St Johnstone qualified for European competition.^[9]

Celtic

UEFA Champions League

Celtic v Stjarnan

15 July 2015 Second qualifying	Celtic	2 – 0	Stjarnan	Glasgow, Scotland
	Boyata 44' Johansen 56'	BBC Sport		Stadium: Celtic Park Attendance: 48,185 Referee: Daniel Siebert

Stjarnan v Celtic

22 July 2015 Second qualifying	Stjarnan	1 – 4 (1 – 6 agg.)	Celtic	Garðabær, Iceland
	Finsen 7'	BBC Sport	Bitton 33' Mulgrew 49' Griffiths 88' Johansen 90'	Stadium: Samsungvöllur Referee: Jonathan Lardot

Celtic v Qarabağ

29 July 2015 Third qualifying	Celtic	1 – 0	Qarabağ	Glasgow, Scotland
	Boyata 82'	BBC Sport		Stadium: Celtic Park Attendance: 43,011 Referee: Robert Schörgenhofer

Qarabağ v Celtic

5 August 2015 Third qualifying	Qarabağ	0 – 0 (0 – 1 agg.)	Celtic	Baku, Azerbaijan
		BBC Sport		Stadium: Tofiq Bahramov Stadium Referee: Martin Strömbergsson

Celtic v Malmö FF

19 August 2015 Play-off	Celtic	3 – 2	Malmö FF	Glasgow, Scotland
	Griffiths 3', 61' Bitton 10'	BBC Sport	Berget 52', 90'	Stadium: Celtic Park Referee: Felix Brych

Malmö FF v Celtic

25 August 2015 Play-off	Malmö FF	2 – 0 (4 – 3 agg.)	Celtic	Malmö, Sweden
	Rosenberg 23' Boyata 54' (o.g.)	BBC Sport		Stadium: Swedbank Stadion Referee: Milorad Mažić

UEFA Europa League

Ajax v Celtic

17 September 2015 Group A	Ajax	2 – 2	Celtic	Amsterdam, Netherlands
	Fischer 24' Schöne 84'	BBC Sport	Bitton 8' Lustig 42'	Stadium: Amsterdam Arena Referee: Luca Banti

Celtic v Fenerbahçe

1 October 2015 Group A	Celtic	2 – 2	Fenerbahçe	Glasgow, Scotland
	Griffiths 28' Commons 32'	BBC Sport	Fernandão 43', 48'	Stadium: Celtic Park Referee: Kenn Hansen

Molde v Celtic

22 October 2015 Group A	Molde	3 – 1	Celtic	Molde, Norway
	Kamara 11' Forren 18' Elyounoussi 56'	BBC Sport	Commons 55'	Stadium: Aker Stadion Referee: Vladislav Bezborodov

Celtic v Molde

5 November 2015 Group A	Celtic	1 – 2	Molde	Glasgow, Scotland
	Commons 26'	BBC Sport	Elyounoussi 21' Hestad 37'	Stadium: Celtic Park Referee: Slavko Vinčić

Celtic v Ajax

26 November 2015 Group A	Celtic	1 – 2	Ajax	Glasgow, Scotland
	McGregor 3'	BBC Sport	Milik 22' Černý 87'	Stadium: Celtic Park Referee: Felix Zwayer

Fenerbahçe v Celtic

10 December 2015 Group A	Fenerbahçe	1 – 1	Celtic	Istanbul, Turkey
	Marković 39'	BBC Sport	Commons 75'	Stadium: Şükrü Saracoğlu Stadium Referee: Serge Gumienny

Aberdeen

UEFA Europa League

Shkëndija v Aberdeen

2 July 2015 First qualifying	Shkëndija	1 – 1	Aberdeen	Skopje, Macedonia
	Kirovski 84'	BBC Sport	McGinn 79'	Stadium: Philip II Arena[10] Referee: Tolga Özkalfa

Aberdeen v Shkëndija

9 July 2015 First qualifying	Aberdeen	0 – 0 (1 – 1 agg.)	Shkëndija	Aberdeen, Scotland
		BBC Sport		Stadium: Pittodrie Stadium Referee: Nikolaj Hänni

Rijeka v Aberdeen

16 July 2015 Second qualifying	Rijeka	0 – 3	Aberdeen	Rijeka, Croatia
		BBC Sport	Considine 38' Pawlett 52' McLean 75'	Stadium: Stadion Kantrida Referee: Amaury Delerue

Aberdeen v Rijeka

23 July 2015 Second qualifying	Aberdeen	2 – 2 (5 – 2 agg.)	Rijeka	Aberdeen, Scotland
	McGinn 64' Hayes 72'	BBC Sport	Tomasov 58' Kvržić 63'	Stadium: Pittodrie Stadium Attendance: 15,803 Referee: Marco Guida

Kairat v Aberdeen

30 July 2015 Third qualifying	Kairat	2 – 1	Aberdeen	Almaty, Kazakhstan
	Bakayev 13' Islamkhan 22'	BBC Sport	McLean 69'	Stadium: Central Stadium Referee: Tamás Bognar

Aberdeen v Kairat

6 August 2015 Third qualifying	Aberdeen	1 – 1 (2 – 3 agg.)	Kairat	Aberdeen, Scotland
	McLean 84'	BBC Sport	Gohou 59'	Stadium: Pittodrie Stadium Attendance: 20,317 Referee: Miroslav Zelinka

Inverness Caledonian Thistle

UEFA Europa League

Inverness Caledonian Thistle v Astra Giurgiu

16 July 2015 Second qualifying	Inverness Caledonian Thistle	0 – 1	Astra Giurgiu	Inverness, Scotland
		BBC Sport	Budescu 24'	Stadium: Caledonian Stadium Attendance: 5,534 Referee: Ken Henry Johnsen

Astra Giurgiu v Inverness Caledonian Thistle

23 July 2015 Second qualifying	Astra Giurgiu	0 – 0 (1 – 0 agg.)	Inverness Caledonian Thistle	Giurgiu, Romania
		BBC Sport		Stadium: Stadionul Marin Anastasovici Referee: Artyom Kuchin

St Johnstone

UEFA Europa League

Alashkert v St Johnstone

2 July 2015 First qualifying	Alashkert	1 – 0	St Johnstone	Yerevan, Armenia
	Manasyan 59'	BBC Sport		Stadium: Vazgen Sargsyan Republican Stadium[11] Referee: Jakob Kehlet

St Johnstone v Alashkert

9 July 2015 First qualifying	St Johnstone	2 – 1 (2 – 2 agg.)	Alashkert	Perth, Scotland
	O'Halloran 34' McKay 86'	BBC Sport	Gyozalyan 73'	Stadium: McDiarmid Park Referee: Fredy Fautrel

Scotland national team

Main article: Scotland national football team 2000–19 results

Georgia  v  Scotland

4 September 2015 Euro 2016 qualifying	Georgia	1 – 0	Scotland	Tbilisi
	Qazaishvili 37'	BBC Sport		Stadium: Boris Paichadze Dinamo Arena[12] Referee: Ovidiu Hategan

Scotland  v  Germany

7 September 2015 Euro 2016 qualifying	Scotland	2 – 3	Germany	Glasgow
	Hummels 28' (o.g.) McArthur 43'	BBC Sport	Müller 18', 34' Gündoğan 54'	Stadium: Hampden Park Attendance: 50,753 Referee: Björn Kuipers

Scotland  v  Poland

8 October 2015 Euro 2016 qualifying	Scotland	2 – 2	Poland	Glasgow
	Ritchie 45' Fletcher 62'	BBC Sport	Lewandowski 3', 90'	Stadium: Hampden Park Referee: Viktor Kassai

Gibraltar  v  Scotland

11 October 2015 Euro 2016 qualifying	Gibraltar	0 – 6	Scotland	Faro, Portugal
		BBC Sport	Ritchie 24' Maloney 39' Fletcher 52', 56', 85' Naismith 90'	Stadium: Estádio Algarve Attendance: 12,401 Referee: Aleksei Kulbakov

Czech Republic  v  Scotland

24 March 2016 Friendly	Czech Republic	0 – 1	Scotland	Prague
		BBC Sport	Anya 10'	Stadium: Generali Arena Attendance: 14,580 Referee: Paul McLaughlin (Ireland)

Scotland  v  Denmark

29 March 2016 Friendly	Scotland	1 – 0	Denmark	Glasgow
	Ritchie 8'	BBC Sport		Stadium: Hampden Park Attendance: 18,385 Referee: Svein Oddvar Moen (Norway)

Italy  v  Scotland

29 May 2016 Friendly	Italy	1 – 0	Scotland	Ta' Qali, Malta
	Pellè 57'	BBC Sport		Stadium: Ta' Qali National Stadium Attendance: 8,000 Referee: Alan Sant (Malta)

France  v  Scotland

4 June 2016 Friendly	France	3 – 0	Scotland	Metz
	Giroud 8', 35' Koscielny 39'	BBC Sport		Stadium: Stade Saint-Symphorien Attendance: 25,057 Referee: Sébastien Delferière (Belgium)

Women's football

Scottish Women's Premier League

Main article: 2015 Scottish Women's Premier League

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Glasgow City (C, Q)	21	19	2	0	99	11	+88	59	2016–17 Champions League
2	Hibernian (Q)	21	17	2	2	72	20	+52	53
3	Celtic	21	11	2	8	54	28	+26	35
4	Aberdeen	21	10	4	7	32	24	+8	34
5	Spartans	21	8	1	12	44	38	+6	25
6	Rangers	21	8	0	13	30	57	−27	24
7	Stirling University	21	11	3	7	45	31	+14	36
8	Forfar Farmington	21	11	1	9	45	40	+5	34
9	Heart of Midlothian (R)	21	6	4	11	27	52	−25	22	2016 SPWL 2
10	Hamilton Academical (R)	21	7	1	13	24	62	−38	22
11	Hutchison Vale (R)	21	5	3	13	31	65	−34	18
12	Inverness City (R)	21	0	3	18	14	89	−75	3

Source: Scottish Women's FA
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Number of goals scored
(C) Champions; (Q) Qualified for the phase indicated; (R) Relegated

League and Cup honours

Division	Winner
2015 Scottish Women's Premier League	Glasgow City[13]
SWFL First Division	Glasgow Girls
SWFL Second Division North
SWFL Second Division West/South West
SWFL Second Division East/Central
SWFL Second Division South East

Competition	Winner	Score	Runner-up	Match report
2015 Scottish Women's Cup	Glasgow City	3 – 0	Hibernian	BBC Sport
2015 Scottish Women's Premier League Cup	Glasgow City	2 – 1 (AET)	Hibernian	BBC Sport
SWFL First Division Cup
SWFL Second Division Cup

Individual honours

SWPL awards

Award	Winner	Team
Players' Player of the Year
Player of the Year
Manager of the Year
Young Player of the Year

UEFA Women's Champions League

Glasgow City

Chelsea v Glasgow City

8 October 2015 (2015-10-08) Round of 32	Chelsea	1–0	Glasgow City	Wheatsheaf Park, Staines-upon-Thames
20:30	Kirby 39'	Report		Attendance: 1,100 Referee: Olga Zadinová (Czech Republic)

Glasgow City v Chelsea

14 October 2015 (2015-10-14) Round of 32	Glasgow City	0–3 (0–4 agg.)	Chelsea	Excelsior Stadium, Airdrie
20:30		Report	Aluko 22' Kirby 57' Flaherty 61'	Attendance: 1,199 Referee: Bibiana Steinhaus (Germany)

Scotland women's national team

Main article: Scotland women's national football team 2010–19 results

Scotland  v  Norway

17 September 2015 Friendly	Scotland	0–4	Norway	Firhill Stadium, Glasgow
		BBC Sport	Haavi Hegerberg Berge Wold

Slovenia  v  Scotland

22 September 2015 Euro 2017 qualifying	Slovenia	0–3	Scotland	Ajdovščina Stadium, Ajdovščina
		BBC Sport	28', 49', 59' Little	Attendance: 794 Referee: Sandra Bastos (Portugal)

Scotland  v  Belarus

23 October 2015 Euro 2017 qualifying	Scotland	7–0	Belarus	Fir Park, Motherwell
	Ross 44', 66' Weir 46' Corsie 53' Evans 68' Love 89', 90'	BBC Sport		Attendance: 1,367 Referee: Carina Susanna Vitulano (Italy)

North Macedonia  v  Scotland

27 October 2015 Euro 2017 qualifying	North Macedonia	1–4	Scotland	FFM Training Centre, Skopje
	Rochi 44'	BBC Sport	22' Little 27', 28' Corsie 31' Weir	Referee: Anastasia Pustovoitova (Russia)

Scotland  v  North Macedonia

29 November 2015 Euro 2017 qualifying	Scotland	10–0	North Macedonia	St Mirren Park, Paisley
	Ross 3', 59', 61', 87' Love 8', 40', 53' Beattie 24' Lauder 27' Evans 35'	BBC Sport

Sweden  v  Scotland

26 January 2016 Friendly	Sweden	6–0	Scotland	Prioritet Serneke Arena, Gothenburg
	Dahlkvist 40' Eriksson 45' Jakobsson 45+1' Schelin 68' Hammarlund 78', 83'	Scottish FA

Scotland  v  Spain

8 March 2016 Friendly	Scotland	1–1	Spain	Falkirk Stadium, Falkirk
	Mitchell 55'	Scottish FA	90' Torrecilla

Scotland  v  Slovenia

8 April 2016 Euro 2017 qualifying	Scotland	3–1	Slovenia	St Mirren Park, Paisley
	Ross 19', 44' Little 52' (pen.)	BBC Sport	Erman 42'

Scotland  v  Iceland

3 June 2016 Euro 2017 qualifying	Scotland	0–4	Iceland	Falkirk Stadium, Falkirk
		BBC Sport	Gísladóttir 10' Þorsteinsdóttir 62' Jónsdóttir 65' Viðarsdóttir 69'	Attendance: 2,690 Referee: Jana Adamkova

Belarus  v  Scotland

7 June 2016 Euro 2017 qualifying	Belarus	0–1	Scotland	FC Minsk Stadium, Minsk
		BBC Sport	Love 15'	Referee: Marta Frias Acedo

Deaths

• 10 July: Jimmy Murray, 82, Hearts, Falkirk, Clyde, Raith Rovers and Scotland forward.^[14]
• 2 August: Sammy Cox, 91, Queen's Park, Third Lanark, Dundee, Rangers, East Fife and Scotland defender.^[15]
• 6 August: Danny Hegan, 72, Albion Rovers midfielder.^[16]
• 16 August: George Merchant, 89, Dundee and Falkirk forward.^[17]
• 29 August: Graham Leggat, 81, Aberdeen and Scotland forward.^[18]
• 6 September: Ralph Milne, 54, Dundee United winger.^[19]
• 6 September: Hugh Ormond, 92, Dundee United and St Mirren full back.^[20]
• 12 September: Jim Doherty, 61, Albion Rovers and Stranraer midfielder.^[21]
• 1 October: Joe Wark, 67, Motherwell defender.^[22]
• 2 October: Johnny Paton, 92, Celtic winger.^[23]
• 17 October: Johnny Hamilton, 66, Rangers, Hibernian and St Johnstone midfielder.^[24]
• 23 October: Peter Price, 83, St Mirren, Ayr United, Raith Rovers and Albion Rovers forward.^[25]
• 25 October: Matt Watson, 79, Kilmarnock and Queen of the South full-back.^[26]
• 5 November: Brown McMaster, 66, Scottish Football League president (2007–09); Partick Thistle and Stenhousemuir executive.^[27]
• 15 November: Jackie McGugan, 76, St Mirren, Ayr United and Morton defender.^[28]
• 5 December: Willie Coburn, 74, St Johnstone, Forfar and Cowdenbeath defender.^[29]
• 6 December: Ian Burns, 76, Aberdeen and Brechin City wing half.^[30]
• 8 December: Alan Hodgkinson, 79, Scotland goalkeeping coach.^[31]
• 10 December: Arnold Peralta, 26, Rangers midfielder.^[32]
• December: Duncan Lambie, 63, Dundee, St Johnstone and Hibernian forward.^[33]
• 19 January: Joachim Fernandez, 43, Dundee United defender.^[34]
• 22 January: Tommy Bryceland, 76, St Mirren forward and manager.^[35]
• January: John Dowie, 60, Celtic and Clyde defender^[36]
• 28 January: Dave Thomson, 77, Dunfermline Athletic, Queen of the South, Berwick Rangers and East Stirlingshire forward.^[37]
• 28 January: Tommy O'Hara, 62, Queen of the South, Motherwell, Falkirk and Partick Thistle midfielder.^[38]
• 4 February: Harry Glasgow, 76, Clyde, Arbroath and Stenhousemuir defender, Stenhousemuir manager.^[39]
• 24 February: Jim McFadzean, 77, Heart of Midlothian, St Mirren, Raith Rovers, Kilmarnock and Ayr United defender.^[40]
• 4 March: Eddie Blyth, 91, St Mirren forward.^[41]
• 11 March: Billy Ritchie, 79, Rangers, Partick Thistle, Motherwell, Stranraer and Scotland goalkeeper.^[42]
• 22 March: Les Thomson, 79, Falkirk, Stirling Albion and Stenhousemuir centre-half.^[43]
• 31 March: Ian Britton, 61, Dundee United and Arbroath midfielder.^[44]
• 31 March: Jimmy Toner, 91, Dundee inside forward.^[45]
• 7 May: Chris Mitchell, 27, Falkirk, Ayr United, Bradford City, Queen of the South and Clyde midfielder.^[46]
• 8 May: George Ross, 73, Preston North End full back.^[47]
• 11 May: Bobby Carroll, 77, Celtic, St Mirren, Dundee United and Queen of the South winger.^[48]
• 14 May: Jim Finlayson, East Fife, Forfar Athletic and Montrose forward.^[49]
• 14 May: John Coyle, 83, Dundee United, Brechin City and Clyde forward.^[50]
• 25 May: Ian Gibson, 73, Scotland under-23 international.^[51]
• 20 June: Willie Logie, 83, Rangers, Aberdeen, Arbroath, Brechin City and Alloa Athletic wing half.^[52]

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