2014–15 SPFL Development League

The 2014–15 SPFL Development League was the 17th season of the highest youth Scottish football league and the first season under the new "Development League" format. It began in August 2014 and ended in May 2015, with Aberdeen winning the league championship.[1]

SPFL Development League
Season2014–15
ChampionsAberdeen
Top goalscorerLawrence Shankland (29)

Changes

The league was again expanded, this time from 16 teams to 17 teams. It retained all 16 of the sides from the previous season, with newly promoted Scottish Premiership club Dundee admitted to the league. Eligible players were those born in 1995 or later, but five players of any age were permitted in the matchday squad of 18.[2]

League table
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
1 Aberdeen 32 25 2 5 87 37 +50 77
2 Celtic 32 21 6 5 70 31 +39 69
3 Hamilton Academical 32 20 2 10 78 42 +36 62
4 Rangers 32 17 6 9 67 46 +21 57
5 Hibernian 32 13 12 7 75 54 +21 51
6 Falkirk 32 15 6 11 46 46 0 51
7 Partick Thistle 32 14 4 14 58 72 −14 46
8 Motherwell 32 13 6 13 61 50 +11 45
9 St Johnstone 32 12 6 14 40 46 −6 42
10 Dundee United 32 12 4 16 57 60 −3 40
11 Dundee 32 12 4 16 40 57 −17 40
12 Kilmarnock 32 11 6 15 49 59 −10 39
13 St Mirren 32 10 9 13 44 54 −10 39
14 Dunfermline Athletic 32 10 3 19 52 59 −7 33
15 Heart of Midlothian 32 8 3 21 46 78 −32 27
16 Ross County 32 4 13 15 54 82 −28 25
17 Inverness Caledonian Thistle 32 5 8 19 33 84 −51 23
Updated to match(es) played on unknown. Source: SPFL
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.

Matches

Teams played 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 2–1 3–0 4–5 3–1 5–1 1–2 2–0 4–0 1–1 5–4 5–1 2–1 1–3 3–0 3–0 3–0
Celtic 0–3 2–1 2–0 1–1 2–0 2–0 3–1 1–1 5–0 4–1 2–0 3–2 0–1 1–0 2–0 1–1
Dundee 3–2 0–0 3–1 0–5 3–2 3–1 2–1 1–2 3–3 1–2 1–0 1–2 1–0 5–1 1–1 0–1
Dundee United 0–2 2–2 4–1 1–3 0–1 2–0 0–1 0–2 2–0 0–1 3–2 1–3 1–2 9–2 2–1 2–0
Dunfermline Athletic 1–2 0–3 0–1 0–1 1–0 1–3 1–4 0–1 5–0 0–2 2–2 1–2 3–2 3–1 0–1 1–2
Falkirk 1–2 0–0 2–1 0–1 0–2 0–0 2–1 2–2 2–0 1–0 0–3 3–1 2–0 5–2 4–1 2–1
Hamilton Academical 4–1 0–2 2–0 2–0 6–1 8–1 1–2 1–1 7–1 3–0 1–0 6–1 3–0 2–0 2–1 5–1
Heart of Midlothian 0–4 1–3 0–0 3–6 2–1 1–2 1–3 1–2 6–1 1–1 2–5 2–3 0–3 1–6 3–1 0–2
Hibernian 1–1 2–3 7–0 6–2 3–2 2–2 1–4 2–3 3–2 7–0 1–3 4–2 4–1 1–1 1–1 2–2
Inverness Caledonian Thistle 0–3 0–3 1–2 1–0 3–2 0–3 1–4 1–3 3–2 2–1 1–4 0–2 3–3 1–1 1–2 1–1
Kilmarnock 1–3 2–3 2–0 3–4 0–0 0–1 2–1 4–0 1–2 5–1 0–4 2–1 1–1 3–3 0–2 2–0
Motherwell 1–3 2–0 3–4 1–0 2–1 0–1 4–0 4–1 2–2 1–1 1–2 2–0 1–1 2–2 2–3 1–4
Partick Thistle 1–4 0–2 0–1 3–3 1–6 4–3 4–2 3–2 2–2 2–2 1–1 2–1 2–1 1–0 4–3 3–2
Rangers 2–3 1–6 3–1 4–1 4–0 0–0 4–0 5–1 1–4 1–0 2–1 3–0 3–2 6–1 3–0 1–1
Ross County 0–1 2–6 2–0 3–3 3–4 2–1 2–3 1–1 2–2 1–2 2–2 1–1 3–1 2–2 2–2 2–4
St Johnstone 1–3 1–2 1–0 0–0 2–1 0–1 1–0 2–0 2–1 4–0 3–2 0–1 1–2 0–1 2–2 1–0
St Mirren 1–3 4–3 1–0 2–1 1–3 1–1 1–2 2–1 2–2 0–0 0–1 1–5 3–0 1–3 2–2 0–0
Source: SPFL
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Top scorers
As of 18 May 2015[3]
Rank Scorer Team Goals
1 Lawrence Shankland Aberdeen 29
2 Eamonn Brophy Hamilton Academical 23
3 Ryan Hardie Rangers 19
4 Lewis Allan Hibernian 13
Cammy Smith Aberdeen
6 Dom Thomas Motherwell 12
James Thomas Dunfermline Athletic

References
  1. Third, Paul (30 April 2015). "Aberdeen win the SPFL Development League". Press & Journal. Retrieved 7 December 2015.
  2. Development League kicks off, SPFL
  3. "Top Scorers". www.spfl.co.uk. Archived from the original on 6 March 2015. Retrieved 15 May 2015.
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