SPFL Reserve League

The SPFL Reserve League is the reserve team league for football in Scotland. The league began in 2018, as the SPFL Development League was replaced by a reserve team (i.e not age-restricted) format.[1][2][3]

SPFL Reserve League
Founded2018
Country Scotland
Divisions2
Number of teams19
Current championsHamilton Academical Reserves
(2019–20)

In its first season, 2018–19, the league included 27 clubs, split into two divisions. At its end, several clubs (Aberdeen, Celtic, Hibernian, Rangers and St Johnstone) intimated that they would withdraw from the Reserve League to arrange their own programme of matches.[4][5] The 2019–20 edition was formed with 19 clubs, with the season being curtailed early due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Scotland; the winners were decided on a 'points per game' calculation.[6][7]

Participating clubs

Reserve League 1

Grounds used in 2019–20 in brackets.[8]

Reserve League 2

Winners
Season Winner Runner-up League 2 Winner
2018–19
[9][10][11][12]		 Rangers Reserves Celtic Reserves Livingston Reserves[13]
2019–20
[6][7][14]		 Hamilton Academical Reserves Heart of Midlothian Reserves Livingston Reserves[15][16]

Reserve Cup

A knockout competition is organised alongside the League. In the 2019–20 season, the leading clubs not involved in the League still entered the Reserve Cup.

Season Winner Runner-up
2018–19[17] Heart of Midlothian Reserves Motherwell Reserves
2019–20[18] Not completed[lower-alpha 1]
  1. Finalists were Aberdeen Reserves and Celtic Reserves.

See also

References
  1. "Reserve Leagues for season 2018/19". SPFL. 23 July 2018. Retrieved 23 July 2018.
  2. "SPFL reintroduces reserve leagues after nine-year absence". BBC Sport. 23 July 2018. Retrieved 23 July 2018.
  3. SPFL reintroduce reserve leagues after nearly a decade's absence, Sky Sports, 24 July 2018
  4. "Reserve League Update". Hibernian FC. 29 May 2019. Retrieved 29 May 2019.
  5. Jack, Christopher (1 May 2019). "Rangers and Celtic set to quit SPFL Reserve League in a bid to boost Academy teams". The Herald. Retrieved 29 May 2019.
  6. Hamilton and Livingston named reserve league winners as SPFL drop hint over competition's future, Daily Record, 16 June 2020
  7. Hamilton Academical and Livingston Named Reserve League Champions, Scottish Professional Football League, 16 June 2020
  8. "SPFL Reserve League fixtures" (PDF). SPFL. Retrieved 29 July 2018.
  9. Falkirk 1-3 Rangers Reserves, Rangers FC
  10. SPFL Reserve League 1 Table, Celtic FC
  11. SPFL Reserve League 2018–19, Soccerway
  12. Rangers win reserve league title on goal difference, BBC Sport, 6 May 2019
  13. SPFL Reserve League 2 2018–19, Soccerway
  14. SPFL Reserve League 2019–20, Soccerway
  15. SPFL Reserve League 2 2019–20, Soccerway
  16. 2019/20 SPFL Reserve League 2 Champions, Livingston FC, 16 June 2020
  17. SPFL Reserve Cup 2018–19, Soccerway
  18. SPFL Reserve Cup 2019–20, Soccerway
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