2015–16 SPFL Development League
| Season | 2015–16 |
|---|---|
| Champions | Celtic |
| Longest unbeaten run |
26 matches Celtic |
|
← 2014–15 | |
The 2015–16 SPFL Development League is the 18th season of the highest youth Scottish football league and the second season under the "Development League" format. It began in August 2015 and is scheduled to end in April 2016.
Changes
The league remained at 17 teams. All twelve 2015–16 Scottish Premiership clubs will participate in the league, with Dunfermline Athletic, Falkirk, Hibernian, Rangers and St Mirren making up the numbers.[1] Eligible players are those born in 1996 or later, but five players of any age are permitted in the matchday squad of 18.
Development League table
| Pos |
Team |
Pld |
W |
D |
L |
GF |
GA |
GD |
Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Celtic | 26 | 24 | 2 | 0 | 62 | 11 | +51 | 74 |
| 2 | Hamilton Academical | 28 | 18 | 4 | 6 | 60 | 34 | +26 | 58 |
| 3 | St Mirren | 28 | 14 | 5 | 9 | 48 | 46 | +2 | 47 |
| 4 | Aberdeen | 26 | 14 | 4 | 8 | 49 | 34 | +15 | 46 |
| 5 | St Johnstone | 29 | 13 | 6 | 10 | 50 | 46 | +4 | 45 |
| 6 | Motherwell | 28 | 11 | 7 | 10 | 44 | 41 | +3 | 40 |
| 7 | Falkirk | 30 | 10 | 8 | 12 | 54 | 57 | −3 | 38 |
| 8 | Hibernian | 28 | 12 | 2 | 14 | 36 | 44 | −8 | 38 |
| 9 | Partick Thistle | 29 | 10 | 4 | 15 | 47 | 56 | −9 | 34 |
| 10 | Rangers | 27 | 10 | 3 | 14 | 43 | 47 | −4 | 33 |
| 11 | Ross County | 25 | 9 | 5 | 11 | 33 | 43 | −10 | 32 |
| 12 | Dundee | 26 | 8 | 7 | 11 | 34 | 44 | −10 | 31 |
| 13 | Heart of Midlothian | 28 | 8 | 7 | 13 | 32 | 46 | −14 | 31 |
| 14 | Dundee United | 27 | 7 | 9 | 11 | 47 | 50 | −3 | 30 |
| 15 | Inverness Caledonian Thistle | 28 | 8 | 6 | 14 | 31 | 46 | −15 | 30 |
| 16 | Kilmarnock | 28 | 8 | 5 | 15 | 41 | 46 | −5 | 29 |
| 17 | Dunfermline Athletic | 29 | 7 | 4 | 18 | 37 | 57 | −20 | 25 |
Updated to games played on 7 April 2016.
Source: SPFL
Rules for classification:
1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored
(C) = Champion; (R) = Relegated; (P) = Promoted; (E) = Eliminated; (O) = Play-off winner; (A) = Advances to a further round.
Only applicable when the season is not finished:
(Q) = Qualified to the phase of tournament indicated; (TQ) = Qualified to tournament, but not yet to the particular phase indicated; (RQ) = Qualified to the relegation tournament indicated; (DQ) = Disqualified from tournament.
Matches
Teams play each other twice, once at home, once away.
| Home ╲ Away | ABE | CEL | DND | DUN | DNF | FAL | HAM | HOM | HIB | INV | KIL | MOT | PAR | RAN | ROS | STJ | STM |
| Aberdeen | 4–1 | 0–2 | 4–0 | 5–3 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 4–0 | 2–1 | 3–0 | 2–5 | 3–2 | 2–0 | |||||
| Celtic | 1–0 | 2–1 | 4–1 | 4–1 | 3–2 | 4–1 | 2–0 | 4–0 | 3–0 | 4–0 | 3–0 | 3–0 | 4–0 | 2–0 | 2–2 | ||
| Dundee | 1–1 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 0–2 | 2–0 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 1–2 | 3–1 | 1–4 | 0–0 | 2–2 | 3–1 | ||||
| Dundee United | 2–1 | 0–1 | 3–0 | 1–1 | 3–3 | 1–3 | 2–3 | 4–0 | 1–1 | 3–3 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 2–4 | ||||
| Dunfermline Athletic | 1–2 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 2–5 | 2–3 | 2–0 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 4–1 | 2–0 | 4–2 | 1–4 | ||||
| Falkirk | 2–1 | 0–4 | 0–0 | 2–2 | 3–3 | 4–1 | 3–3 | 1–0 | 1–3 | 0–3 | 1–2 | 1–4 | 6–0 | 4–3 | 1–1 | ||
| Hamilton Academical | 3–2 | 1–1 | 4–1 | 2–3 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 4–0 | 1–1 | 0–3 | 3–2 | 3–0 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 5–1 | ||
| Heart of Midlothian | 3–1 | 0–1 | 3–0 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 2–2 | 0–4 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 2–6 | 0–1 | 1–1 | |||
| Hibernian | 4–2 | 0–5 | 0–1 | 3–2 | 0–1 | 2–1 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 0–3 | 2–1 | 2–4 | 2–0 | 1–0 | |||
| Inverness Caledonian Thistle | 0–2 | 1–2 | 3–1 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 3–1 | 1–1 | 3–1 | 2–2 | 1–3 | 1–0 | 1–3 | ||||
| Kilmarnock | 0–2 | 0–1 | 5–0 | 3–1 | 3–1 | 0–2 | 1–2 | 1–2 | 1–0 | 3–2 | 0–1 | 3–3 | 2–3 | 2–3 | 0–1 | ||
| Motherwell | 1–2 | 1–1 | 4–3 | 2–2 | 3–1 | 1–1 | 1–2 | 1–0 | 2–2 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 1–2 | ||||
| Partick Thistle | 1–1 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 1–2 | 3–1 | 2–1 | 0–2 | 2–0 | 3–5 | 2–1 | 1–2 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 2–5 | 1–2 | ||
| Rangers | 0–1 | 0–1 | 2–4 | 4–1 | 3–0 | 1–2 | 0–4 | 2–2 | 3–0 | 2–0 | 2–2 | 0–4 | 1–2 | 0–1 | |||
| Ross County | 0–0 | 1–2 | 3–1 | 2–2 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 2–4 | 2–1 | 2–4 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 2–3 | ||||
| St Johnstone | 2–2 | 0–1 | 2–1 | 2–2 | 1–0 | 4–3 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 3–2 | 3–1 | 0–2 | 3–0 | 3–3 | |||
| St Mirren | 2–1 | 1–5 | 0–2 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 3–1 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 3–2 | 1–2 | 3–4 | 1–0 |
Updated to games played on 7 April 2016.
Source: SPFL
1 ^ The home team is listed in the left-hand column.
Colours: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.
References
- ↑ "SPFL Development League Fixtures Season 2015/16" (PDF). www.spfl.co.uk. Scottish Professional Football League. Retrieved 10 July 2015.
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