1915–16 Scottish Football League

Football league season

Scottish Football LeagueSeason| 1915–16

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Champions| Celtic
Relegated| N/A

← 1914–15 (Div 1)
← 1914–15 (Div 2)

1916–17 →

Statistics of the Scottish Football League in season 1915–16. The competition was won by Celtic by eleven points over nearest rival Rangers. Division Two was abandoned due to the outbreak of World War I.

## Scottish League

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1  | Celtic (C) | 38  | 32  | 3  | 3  | 116  | 32  | +84  | 67
2  | Rangers | 38  | 25  | 6  | 7  | 87  | 39  | +48  | 56
3  | Morton | 37  | 22  | 7  | 8  | 86  | 35  | +51  | 51
4  | Ayr United | 38  | 20  | 8  | 10  | 72  | 45  | +27  | 48
5  | Heart of Midlothian | 37  | 20  | 6  | 11  | 66  | 45  | +21  | 46
6  | Partick Thistle | 38  | 19  | 8  | 11  | 65  | 41  | +24  | 46
7  | Hamilton Academical | 38  | 19  | 3  | 16  | 68  | 76  | −8  | 41
8  | Dundee | 38  | 18  | 4  | 16  | 56  | 49  | +7  | 40
9  | Dumbarton | 38  | 13  | 11  | 14  | 54  | 64  | −10  | 37
10  | Kilmarnock | 38  | 12  | 11  | 15  | 46  | 49  | −3  | 35
11  | Aberdeen | 38  | 11  | 12  | 15  | 51  | 64  | −13  | 34
12  | Falkirk | 38  | 12  | 9  | 17  | 45  | 61  | −16  | 33
13  | St Mirren | 38  | 13  | 4  | 21  | 50  | 67  | −17  | 30
14  | Motherwell | 38  | 11  | 8  | 19  | 55  | 82  | −27  | 30
15  | Airdrieonians | 38  | 11  | 8  | 19  | 44  | 74  | −30  | 30
16  | Third Lanark | 38  | 9  | 11  | 18  | 40  | 56  | −16  | 29
17  | Clyde | 38  | 11  | 7  | 20  | 49  | 71  | −22  | 29
18  | Queen's Park | 38  | 11  | 6  | 21  | 53  | 100  | −47  | 28
19  | Hibernian | 38  | 9  | 7  | 22  | 44  | 71  | −27  | 25
20  | Raith Rovers | 38  | 9  | 5  | 24  | 30  | 65  | −35  | 23

Source: "1915-1916 SFL - SPFL Archive". SPFL. Retrieved 2021-05-01.
(C) Champions

## Results

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Home \ Away  | ABE | AIR | AYR | CEL | CLY | DUM | DND | FAL | HAM | HOM | HIB | KIL | MOR | MOT | PAR | QPA | RAI | RAN | STM | THI

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Aberdeen |  | 2–1  | 1–1  | 0–4  | 1–1  | 2–2  | 2–0  | 2–0  | 1–3  | 1–1  | 1–1  | 2–0  | 0–1  | 5–0  | 1–1  | 5–1  | 2–1  | 0–0  | 2–1  | 1–1
Airdrieonians | 1–1  |  | 3–1  | 0–5  | 4–1  | 2–1  | 1–2  | 2–3  | 1–1  | 0–0  | 1–0  | 0–0  | 0–0  | 4–0  | 0–2  | 3–0  | 2–1  | 0–1  | 0–0  | 1–0
Ayr United | 2–1  | 2–0  |  | 0–4  | 2–0  | 3–1  | 1–2  | 4–1  | 1–0  | 3–1  | 2–3  | 2–0  | 1–1  | 3–2  | 0–0  | 4–1  | 1–1  | 1–0  | 1–1  | 6–0
Celtic | 3–1  | 6–0  | 3–1  |  | 5–0  | 6–0  | 3–0  | 2–1  | 5–1  | 0–0  | 3–1  | 2–0  | 0–0  | 3–1  | 5–0  | 6–2  | 6–0  | 2–2 | 0–2  | 4–1
Clyde | 3–2  | 1–2  | 1–3  | 1–3  |  | 3–1  | 2–0  | 3–2  | 1–2  | 1–4  | 2–1  | 1–1  | 2–3  | 1–2  | 1–2  | 0–1  | 1–0  | 0–2  | 4–1  | 2–2
Dumbarton | 2–1  | 3–1  | 0–3  | 1–2  | 2–1  |  | 1–1  | 3–1  | 7–0  | 1–1  | 2–1  | 1–1  | 1–1  | 0–0  | 2–0  | 2–4  | 1–0  | 1–3  | 2–0  | 1–1
Dundee | 1–1  | 4–0  | 2–0  | 0–2  | 1–0  | 0–1  |  | 3–3  | 3–1  | 1–0  | 2–1  | 2–0  | 0–1  | 1–3  | 3–0  | 7–1  | 3–0  | 2–0  | 1–0  | 1–0
Falkirk | 0–3  | 3–2  | 1–0  | 0–2  | 1–2  | 1–2  | 2–0  |  | 2–1  | 1–1  | 1–1  | 0–0  | 0–0  | 0–1  | 1–0  | 3–2  | 0–0  | 2–0  | 2–1  | 1–1
Hamilton Academical | 2–0  | 2–1  | 2–3  | 2–3  | 3–1  | 1–1  | 4–4  | 0–1  |  | 3–2 | 3–2  | 5–2  | 5–2  | 3–1  | 1–0  | 5–2  | 2–0  | 0–1  | 4–1  | 2–1
Heart of Midlothian | 1–2  | 1–1  | 0–5  | 2–0  | 3–1  | 3–1  | 1–0  | 0–2  | 3–0  |  | 1–3 | 0–1  | 2–0  | 4–0  | 1–0  | 5–3  | 2–1  | 1–2  | 3–1  | 2–0
Hibernian | 0–0  | 3–0  | 3–1  | 0–4  | 0–1  | 1–1  | 0–2  | 2–1  | 1–3  | 1–2  |  | 1–0  | 0–2  | 1–2  | 0–4  | 3–0  | 1–0  | 2–3  | 2–1  | 0–1
Kilmarnock | 5–0  | 4–0  | 0–1  | 0–3  | 0–1  | 5–1  | 2–0  | 1–3  | 3–0  | 3–1  | 0–0  |  | 1–1  | 1–0  | 1–1  | 4–0  | 2–0  | 0–3  | 1–1  | 1–1
Morton | 3–0  | 8–2  | 0–1  | 0–1  | 3–0  | 3–1  | 3–1  | 6–0  | 8–1  |  | 5–1  | 2–0  |  | 1–0  | 0–1  | 5–0  | 4–0  | 2–0  | 3–0  | 2–0
Motherwell | 2–2  | 3–2  | 0–3  | 1–3  | 2–2  | 4–2  | 3–0  | 1–1  | 0–3  | 1–3  | 1–1  | 1–1  | 2–3  |  | 2–2  | 2–1  | 1–4  | 2–2  | 3–1  | 3–4
Partick Thistle | 3–0  | 4–1  | 1–1  | 0–4  | 2–3  | 0–0  | 2–0  | 5–2  | 0–1  | 0–2  | 4–1  | 4–0  | 3–2  | 3–1  |  | 5–0  | 2–0  | 5–2  | 4–0  | 1–0
Queen's Park | 0–1  | 3–0  | 2–2  | 0–1  | 2–2  | 0–2  | 2–0  | 2–1  | 2–1  | 0–3  | 4–2  | 1–2  | 4–4  | 1–4  | 1–1  |  | 4–1  | 0–6 | 2–1  | 0–0
Raith Rovers | 3–1  | 1–1  | 0–4  | 0–2  | 2–0  | 1–0  | 0–2  | 3–1  | 2–0  | 1–2  | 1–1  | 1–1  | 2–1  | 1–0  | 2–0  | 0–3  |  | 1–3  | 0–1  | 0–1
Rangers | 4–0  | 3–0  | 5–2  | 3–0 | 2–2  | 2–2  | 3–2  | 1–0  | 3–0  | 0–4  | 4–2  | 3–1  | 1–0  | 4–1  | 0–1  | 6–0 | 3–0  |  | 4–0  | 4–0
St Mirren | 3–2  | 2–4  | 1–0  | 0–5  | 1–0  | 1–2  | 1–2  | 2–1  | 5–0  | 4–1  | 3–1  | 3–0  | 1–3  | 5–0  | 0–2  | 1–2  | 2–0  | 1–1  |  | 1–0
Third Lanark | 6–2  | 0–1  | 1–1  | 0–4  | 1–1  | 4–0  | 2–1  | 0–0  | 0–1  | 1–3  | 3–0  | 1–2  | 1–3  | 1–3  | 0–0  | 0–0  | 2–0  | 0–1  | 3–0  |

Source: [citation needed]
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

## See also

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* 1915–16 in Scottish football

## References

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Domestic leagues|

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Domestic cups|

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Related to national team|

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Club seasons

Division One|

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Scottish Football League (1890-2013)

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Divisions|

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Top division football seasons in Scotland

Football League|

* 1890–91
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Division One|

* 1893–94
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Football League|

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Division One / A|

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Premiership|

* 2013–14
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Winners|

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Domestic leagues|

* Austria
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* Ireland
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