2019–20 Scottish Premiership
The 2019–20 Scottish Premiership was the seventh season of the Scottish Premiership, the highest division of Scottish football. The fixtures were published on 21 June 2019 and the season began on 3 August 2019. Celtic were the defending champions.
Twelve teams contested the league: Aberdeen, Celtic, Hamilton Academical, Heart of Midlothian, Hibernian, Kilmarnock, Livingston, Motherwell, Rangers, Ross County, St Johnstone and St Mirren.
On 13 March 2020, the Scottish football season was suspended with immediate effect due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The Premiership was curtailed on 18 May 2020, with average points per game used to determine final league positions. As a result, Celtic won a ninth consecutive title, whilst Hearts were relegated to the Championship, a decision which prompted the Edinburgh-based club to pursue legal action.
Teams
The following teams have changed division since the 2018–19 season.Promoted from Scottish Championship
- Ross County
- Dundee
Stadia and locations
Personnel and kits
| Team | Manager | Captain | Kit manufacturer | Shirt sponsor |
| Aberdeen |  |  | Adidas | Saltire Energy |
| Celtic |  | | New Balance | Dafabet |
| Hamilton Academical | | | Adidas | Euro Mechanical Handling |
| Heart of Midlothian |  | | Umbro | Save the Children |
| Hibernian | | | Macron | Hibernian Community Foundation |
| Kilmarnock | |  | Nike | QTS |
| Livingston | | | Nike | Phoenix Drilling Ltd |
| Motherwell | | | Macron | Paddy Power |
| Rangers | | | Hummel | 32Red |
| Ross County | and | | Macron | McEwan Fraser Legal |
| St Johnstone | | | Macron | Binn Group |
| St Mirren | | | Joma | Skyview Capital |
Managerial changes
Format
In the initial phase of the season, the 12 teams play a round-robin tournament whereby each team plays each one of the other teams three times. After 33 games, the league splits into two sections of six teams, with each team playing each other in that section. The league attempts to balance the fixture list so that teams in the same section play each other twice at home and twice away, but sometimes this is impossible. A total of 228 matches were due be playedLeague summary
League table
Positions by round
Results
Matches 1–22
Teams play each other twice, once at home and once away.Matches 23–33
Teams play each other once, either home or away.Matches 34–38
It was intended that after 33 matches, the league would split into two sections of six teams i.e. the top six and the bottom six, with the teams playing every other team in their section once. The exact matches would be determined by the position of the teams in the league table at the time of the split. However, the season's premature finish, due to the COVID-19 pandemic, meant that this split was never applied.Season statistics
Scoring
Top scorers
| Rank | Player | Club | Goals |
| 1 |  Odsonne Édouard | Celtic | 22 |
| 2 | Jermain Defoe | Rangers | 13 |
| 3 |  Christian Doidge | Hibernian | 12 |
| 3 |  Alfredo Morelos | Rangers | 12 |
| 5 | Sam Cosgrove | Aberdeen | 11 |
| 5 | Ryan Christie | Celtic | 11 |
| 7 | James Forrest | Celtic | 10 |
Hat-tricks
| Player | For | Against | Score | Date |
| Ryan Christie | Celtic | St Johnstone | 7–0 | 3 August 2019 |
| Jermain Defoe | Rangers | Hibernian | 6–1 | 11 August 2019 |
| Jermain Defoe | Rangers | Hamilton Academical | 5–0 | 6 October 2019 |
| Christian Doidge | Hibernian | St Johnstone | 1–4 | 9 November 2019 |
 Lyndon Dykes | Livingston | Ross County | 4–0 | 21 December 2019 |
| Leigh Griffiths | Celtic | St Mirren | 5–0 | 7 March 2020 |