Football in Scotland is a popular professional sport. Founded in 1873,^[1] Scotland hasthe second oldest national football association in the world. The national cup competition, theScottish Cup, was started in the1873–74 season. Its trophy is the oldest national sporting trophy in the world.^[2] AScottish football league system was first instituted in 1890, with the creation of theScottish Football League. A second national cup competition, theScottish League Cup, was created in the1946–47 season. This page details the team and individual records set in these competitions.

*1890–91 title was shared between Dumbarton and Rangers

Titles

• Most top-flight league titles: 55,Rangers^[3]
• Most consecutive league titles:9, joint record:^[4]
  • Celtic (1965–66 to 1973–74)^[4]
  • Rangers (1988–89 to 1996–97)^[4]
  • Celtic (2011–12 to 2019–20)^[4]
• Longest gap between title wins: 61 years,Hearts (1897 to 1958)

Top-flight appearances

• Most appearances: 127 completed seasons, Celtic (1890–present)^[5]

Largest victories

• Largest top flight home win: 11–0, Celtic vDundee, 26 October 1895^[6]
• Largest top flight away win: 1–11,Airdrieonians vHibernian, 24 October 1959^[6]

Streaks

• Longest top flight unbeaten run: 62 games, Celtic (20 November 1915 – 21 April 1917)^[7][8]
  • Longest top flight unbeaten run (games in all national competitions): 69 games (56 in the league), Celtic (15 May 2016 – 13 December 2017)^[9][10]
• Most consecutive top flight wins: 25, Celtic (2003–04)
• Unbeaten league season:
  • Celtic P18 W15 D3 L0,1897–98^[7]
  • Rangers P18 W18 D0 L0,1898–99^[7]
  • Kilmarnock P18 W14 D4 L0,1898–99 (second level)
  • Rangers P36 W33 D3 L0,2013–14(third level)^[7]
  • Celtic P38 W34 D4 L0,2016–17^[7]
  • Rangers P38 W32 D6 L0,2020–21^[7]
  • Falkirk P36 W27 D9 L0,2023–24 (third level)

Attendances

• Highest attendance: 118,567 -Rangers v Celtic atIbrox Park, 2 January 1939

Goals

• Most top flight goals in a career: 410,Jimmy McGrory (Celtic 397,Clydebank 13)^[11]
• Most top flight goals in a season: 52,Willie MacFadyen (Motherwell,1931–32)^[12]
• Most top flight goals in a game: 8, Jimmy McGrory (Celtic 9Dunfermline Athletic 0, 14 January 1928)
• Most top flight hat-tricks: 48, Jimmy McGrory

Appearances

• Most top flight appearances: 626,Bob Ferrier (Motherwell)^[13]
• Most consecutive appearances with a goal scored: 14,Evelyn Morrison (Falkirk,1928–29)

Goalkeepers

• Longest consecutive period of time without conceding a goal: 1,256 minutes,Fraser Forster (Celtic,2013–14)^[14][15]

Titles

• Most league title wins by a manager 18,Bill Struth (Rangers)
• Most league title wins by a player 13,Sandy Archibald (Rangers)

• Most final wins: 42,Celtic^[16][17]
• Most consecutive final wins: 4, Celtic (2016–17 to2019–20)^[16]
• Most final appearances: 61, Celtic (includes cancelled1909 fixture)^[16]
• Most consecutive final defeats: 3,Vale of Leven (1882–83 to 1884–85)
• Most consecutive final appearances: 8, Rangers (1975–76 to1982–83)^[17]
• Longest gap between final wins: 114 years,Hibernian (1901–02 to2015–16)
• Most final appearances without winning: 2,Hamilton Academical (1910–11, 1934–35)^[16]
• Most final appearances without defeat: 2,St Johnstone (2013–14,2020–21)
• Longest winning streak in finals: 14, Rangers (1929–30, 1931–32, 1933–34, 1934–35, 1935–36, 1947–48, 1948–49, 1949–50, 1952–53, 1959–60, 1961–62, 1962–63, 1963–64, 1965–66)
• Longest losing streak in finals: 10, Hibernian (1913–14, 1922–23, 1923–24, 1946–47, 1957–58, 1971–72, 1978–79, 2000–01, 2011–12, 2012–13)
• Biggest final wins: 5 goals, joint record:
  • Renton 6–1Cambuslang, (1887–88)
  • Rangers 5–0St Mirren, (1933–34)
  • Celtic 6–1 Hibernian, (1971–72)
• Most goals in a final: 7:
  • Renton 6–1 Cambuslang, (1887–88)
  • Celtic 4–3Queen's Park, (1899–1900)
  • Hearts 4–3 Celtic, (1900–01)
  • Celtic 6–1 Hibernian (1971–72)
  • Motherwell 4–3Dundee United (1990–91)
• Most goals by a runner-up: 3:
  • Queen's Park: Lost 3–4 against Celtic (1899–1900)
  • Celtic: Lost 3–4 against Hearts (1900–01)
  • Dundee United: Lost 3–4 against Motherwell (1990–91)
  • Hearts: Lost on penalties against Celtic after the game finished 3–3 (aet) (2019–20)
• Most final losses: 19, Rangers (excludes cancelled 1909 fixture)^[16]
• Most common pairing in the final: 16,Celtic v Rangers (8 Celtic wins, 7 Rangers wins)1908–09 was withheld)^[17]
• Most wins while playing attier 2: 1, joint record:
  • East Fife F.C. (1937–38)
  • Hibernian (2015–16)

Attendances

• Highest attendance: 146,433, Celtic v Aberdeen atHampden Park, 24 April 1937 (1936–37)

• Most cup final wins by manager: 14,Willie Maley (Celtic)
• Most cup final wins by player 8,Bobby Lennox (Celtic)
• Most overall goals:Jimmy McGrory 77 goals (Celtic 74,Clydebank 3)
• Most Scottish Cup goals in a match:John Petrie 13 (Arbroath 36,Bon Accord 0,12 September 1885)^[18][19]

• Most final wins: 28,Rangers^[20]
• Most consecutive final wins: 5,Celtic (1965–66 – 1969–70)^[20]
• Most final appearances: 38, Rangers^[20]
• Most consecutive final defeats: 4, Celtic (1970–71 – 1973–74)
• Most consecutive final appearances: 14, Celtic (1964–65 – 1977–78)^[17]
• Most final appearances without winning: 3,Dunfermline Athletic^[20] (1949–50, 1991–92, 2005–06)
• Most final appearances without losing: 3,East Fife (1947–48, 1949–50, 1953–54)
• Longest gap between final wins: 21 years,Aberdeen (1955–56 – 1976–77)
• Longest winning streak in finals: 9, Rangers (1990–91, 1992–93, 1993–94, 1996–97, 1998–99, 2001–02, 2002–03, 2004–05, 2007–08)
• Longest losing streak in finals: 5, joint record:
  • Kilmarnock (1952–53, 1960–61, 1962–63, 2000–01, 2006–07),
  • Dundee United (1981–82, 1984–85, 1997–98, 2007–08, 2014–15)
• Biggest final win: 6 goals:
  • Celtic 7–1 Rangers, (1957–58)
• Most goals in a final: 9:
  • Celtic 6–3Hibernian, (1974–75)
• Most goals by a runner-up: 3:
  • Dundee: Lost 3–5 against Celtic (1967–68)
  • Hibernian: Lost 3–6 against Celtic (1974–75)
  • Aberdeen: Drew 3–3 against Rangers but lost on penalties (1987–88)
  • Hearts: Lost 3–4 against Rangers (1996–97)
  • Rangers: Drew 3–3 against Celtic but lost on penalties (2024–25)

• Most final losses: 15, Celtic^[20]
• Most common pairing in the final: 17,Celtic v Rangers (9 Rangers wins, 8 Celtic wins)^[17]
• Most wins while playing attier 2: 1, joint record:
  • East Fife F.C. (1947–48)
  • Raith Rovers (1994–95)

Attendances

• Highest attendance: 107,609, Celtic v Rangers atHampden Park, 25 October 1965 (1965–66)

Individual

• Most cup final wins by manager: 6,Scot Symon (East Fife andRangers),Jock Stein (Celtic) andWalter Smith (Rangers)
• Most overall goals:Joe Harper 74 goals (Aberdeen 51,Hibernian 16,Morton 7)

Rank	Player	From	To	Fee	Date	Notes
1	Tore Andre Flo	Chelsea	Rangers	£12,000,000	23 November 2000	[21]
2	Arne Engels	FC Augsburg	Celtic	£10,800,000	31 August 2024	[22]
3	Odsonne Édouard	Paris Saint-Germain	Celtic	£9,000,000	15 June 2018	[23]
4	Adam Idah	Norwich	Celtic	£8,250,000	14 August 2024	[24]
5=	Christopher Jullien	Toulouse	Celtic	£7,000,000	28 June 2019	[25]
5=	Ryan Kent	Liverpool	Rangers	£7,000,000	2 September 2019	[26]
7	Michael Ball	Everton	Rangers	£6,500,000	20 August 2001	[27]
8	Jota	Benfica	Celtic	£6,465,000	1 July 2022	[28][citation needed]
9=	Cameron Carter-Vickers	Tottenham Hotspur	Celtic	£6,000,000	10 June 2022	[29]
9=	Chris Sutton	Chelsea	Celtic	£6,000,000	11 July 2000	[30]
9=	John Hartson	Coventry City	Celtic	£6,000,000	2 August 2001	[31]
9=	Auston Trusty	Sheffield United	Celtic	£6,000,000	31 August 2024

Rank	Player	From	To	Fee	Date	Notes
1	Matt O'Riley	Celtic	Brighton	£30,000,000	27 August 2024	[32]
2=	Kieran Tierney	Celtic	Arsenal	£25,000,000	8 August 2019	[33]
2=	Jota	Celtic	Al-Ittihad	£25,000,000	3 July 2023	[34][35]
4	Moussa Dembélé	Celtic	Olympique Lyonnais	£19,700,000	31 August 2018	[36]
5	Calvin Bassey	Rangers	Ajax	£19,580,000	20 July 2022	[37]
6	Odsonne Édouard	Celtic	Crystal Palace	£14,000,000	31 August 2021	[38]
7	Kristoffer Ajer	Celtic	Brentford	£13,500,000	21 July 2021	[39][40]
8	Victor Wanyama	Celtic	Southampton	£12,500,000	11 July 2013	[41]
9=	Virgil van Dijk	Celtic	Southampton	£11,500,000	1 September 2015	[42][43]
9=	Nathan Patterson	Rangers	Everton	£11,500,000	4 January 2022	[44]

• "League Records".Statto.com. Retrieved24 August 2012.
• "Scottish Football Records".

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