2018–19 in Scottish football

The 2018–19 season was the 122nd season of competitive football in Scotland. The domestic season began on 14 July 2018, with the first round of matches in the 2018–19 Scottish League Cup. The 2018–19 Scottish Professional Football League season commenced on 4 August.

Transfer deals
Celtic sold striker Moussa Dembélé to Lyon for €22 million (about £19.7 million), a record transfer fee received by a Scottish club at the time.

SPFL Reserve League
In 2018, the Development League was abolished and replaced by a reserve team competition.

Junior

 * West Region


 * East Region


 * North Region

Celtic
Celtic started in the first qualifying round of the 2018–19 UEFA Champions League, and were drawn against Armenian club Alashkert.
 * UEFA Champions League

Having lost in the third qualifying round of the Champions League, Celtic dropped into the play-off round of the 2018–19 UEFA Europa League.
 * UEFA Europa League

Group stage

Celtic finished second in Group B, and progressed to the knockout rounds.

Knockout stage

Aberdeen

 * UEFA Europa League

Having finished second in the 2017–18 Scottish Premiership, Aberdeen started in the second qualifying round of the 2018–19 UEFA Europa League.

Rangers

 * UEFA Europa League

Rangers started in the first qualifying round of the 2018–19 UEFA Europa League, where they were drawn to play Macedonian club Shkupi.

Group stage

Hibernian

 * UEFA Europa League

Hibernian started in the first qualifying round of the 2018–19 UEFA Europa League, and were paired with Faroese club Runavík.

Glasgow City
Glasgow City entered the Champions League in the qualifying round.

Scotland women's national team
With a 2–1 win against Albania in the final round of group fixtures, Scotland qualified for their first World Cup finals tournament by winning UEFA Group 2.

Deaths

 * 8 July: Alan Gilzean, 79, Dundee and Scotland forward.
 * 14 July: Davie McParland, 83, Partick Thistle winger; Partick Thistle, Queen's Park and Hamilton Academical manager; Celtic assistant manager.
 * 21 July: Allan Ball, 75, Queen of the South goalkeeper.
 * c.23 July: Jimmy Copeland, 76, Kilmarnock, Dumbarton, Montrose and Clyde forward.
 * 10 August: Alan Hercher, 52, Inverness Caledonian Thistle midfielder.
 * September: George O'Hara, Dundee and Queen of the South forward.
 * 24 September: Jim Brogan, 74, Celtic, Ayr United and Scotland full-back.
 * 31 October: Johnny Graham, 73, Third Lanark, Dundee United, Falkirk, Hibernian and Ayr United midfielder.
 * 13 November: William Mullan, 90, referee.
 * 13 November: David Stewart, 71, Ayr United and Scotland goalkeeper.
 * 16 November: Flemming Nielsen, 84, Morton midfielder.
 * 19 November: George Yardley, 76, East Fife goalkeeper and forward.
 * 22 November: Len Campbell, 71, Dumbarton wing half.
 * 1 January: Freddie Glidden, 91, Hearts and Dumbarton defender.
 * 24 January: Hugh McIlvanney, 84, journalist.
 * 5 February: Joe Fascione, 74, Dundee United winger.
 * 9 February: Katharina Lindner, 39, Glasgow City forward.
 * 9 February: Ian Ross, 72, Berwick Rangers manager.
 * 17 February: Johnny Valentine, 88, Queen's Park, Rangers and St Johnstone defender.
 * 4 March: Eric Caldow, 84, Rangers, Stirling Albion and Scotland defender; Stranraer manager.
 * 7 March: Bobby Campbell, 77, Greenock Morton, St Mirren and Motherwell inside right.
 * 12 April: Ivor Broadis, 96, Queen of the South forward.
 * 22 April: Billy McNeill, 79, Celtic and Scotland defender; Clyde, Aberdeen and Celtic manager.
 * 29 April: Stevie Chalmers, 83, Dumbarton, Celtic, Morton, Partick Thistle and Scotland forward.
 * 13 May: George Smith, 75, referee.
 * 26 May: Harry Hood, 74, Clyde, Celtic, Motherwell and Queen of the South forward; Albion Rovers and Queen of the South manager.
 * 4 June: Lawrie Leslie, 84, Hibernian, Airdrie and Scotland goalkeeper.
 * 17 June: Ian MacFarlane, 86, Aberdeen full-back.
 * 19 June: Ernie Collumbine, 80/81, Stenhousemuir, East Stirlingshire, St Johnstone and Clydebank wing-half.
 * 24 June: Bobby Brown, 87, Motherwell full-back.