2019–20 in Scottish football
The 2019–20 season was the 123rd season of competitive football in Scotland. The domestic season began on 12 July 2019, with the first round of matches in the 2019–20 Scottish League Cup. The 2019–20 Scottish Professional Football League season started on 2 August 2019.
All competitive matches affiliated with the Scottish Football Association were postponed indefinitely on 13 March 2020, due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
Transfer deals
transfer defender Kieran Tierney to Arsenal for £25 million, a record fee for both a player sold by a Scottish club and for a deal involving a Scottish player.League competitions
On 15 April 2020, all divisions in the SPFL below the Scottish Premiership were concluded, and all play-off matches were cancelled, as clubs to curtail the season due to the pandemic. On 18 May, the Premiership was curtailed and Celtic declared champions. Final league standings across the four SPFL leagues were determined by the average number of points per game.Other leagues in Scotland were decided on a points per games basis, or declared null and void.
Scottish Premiership
Scottish Championship
Scottish League One
Scottish League Two
Non-league football
Level 5
Level 6
Honours
Cup honours
Non-league honours
Senior
Junior
;West Region| Division | Winner |
| West Premiership | Auchinleck Talbot |
| West Championship | Blantyre Victoria / Darvel |
| West League One | Shettleston |
| West League Two | Johnstone Burgh |
;East Region
| Division | Winner |
| East Super League North | Null and void |
| East Super League South | Null and void |
| East Premier League North | Null and void |
| East Premier League South | Null and void |
;North Region
| Division | Winner |
| North Superleague | Null and void |
| North First Division | Null and void |
| North Second Division | Null and void |
Individual honours
PFA Scotland awards
Due to the covid-19 pandemic, PFA Scotland cancelled their awards for the 2019-20 season.SFWA awards
Scottish clubs in Europe
Summary
Celtic
;UEFA Champions League;UEFA Europa League
Having lost in Champions League qualifying to CFR Cluj, Celtic dropped into the Europa League playoff round.
;Group Stage
;Knockout Stage
Rangers
;UEFA Europa League;Group Stage
;Knockout Stage
Kilmarnock
;UEFA Europa LeagueAberdeen
;UEFA Europa LeagueScotland national team
Women's football
League and Cup honours
| Competition | Winner | Score | Runner-up | Match report |
| 2019 Scottish Women's Cup | Glasgow City | 4–3 | Hibernian | |
| 2019 Scottish Women's Premier League Cup | Hibernian | 0–0 | Glasgow City | |
| SWFL First Division Cup | ||||
| SWFL Second Division Cup |
Individual honours
SWPL awards
| Award | Winner | Team |
| Players' Player of the Year | ||
| Player of the Year | ||
| Manager of the Year | ||
| Young Player of the Year |
Scottish Women's Premier League
SWPL 1
SWPL 2
UEFA Women's Champions League
Glasgow City
entered the Champions League in the round of 32, and were seeded at that stage. City eliminated Russian side Chertanovo to progress to the last 16, where they defeated Danish club Brøndby after a penalty shootout. This meant that City progressed to the quarter-finals, which were originally scheduled for March 2020 but were rescheduled and reformatted due to the coronavirus pandemic.Hibernian
entered the Champions League in the qualifying group phase. They progressed to the last 32, where they were unseeded, by winning their group.Scotland women's national team
Deaths
- August: Jimmy Fleming, 90, Stirling Albion and Berwick Rangers full back.
- 22 August: Junior Agogo, 40, Hibernian forward.
- 4 September: Kenny Mitchell, 62, Greenock Morton defender.
- 16 September: Bobby Prentice, 65, Heart of Midlothian winger.
- 18 September: Fernando Ricksen, 43, Rangers defender.
- 23 October: John Fleming, 62, referee and SFA official.
- 11 November: Bill Barr, Ayr United chairman.
- 25 November: Martin Harvey, 78, Raith Rovers assistant manager.
- 11 December: Ian Young, 76, Celtic and St Mirren defender.
- 18 December: Tom White, 80, Raith Rovers, St Mirren, Hearts and Aberdeen forward.
- 20 December: Billy Hughes, 70, Scotland forward.
- 22 December: Duncan MacKay, 82, Celtic, Third Lanark and Scotland defender.
- 6 January: Danny Masterton, 65, Ayr United, Clyde and Queen of the South forward.
- 15 January: Bobby Brown, 96, Queen's Park, Rangers, Falkirk and Scotland goalkeeper; St Johnstone and Scotland manager.
- March: Dave Souter, 79, Dundee United, Arbroath, Berwick Rangers, East Fife, Clyde and Dundee winger and defender.
- 30 March: Alex Forsyth, 91, Albion Rovers and East Stirlingshire outside right.
- 11 April: Peter Bonetti, 78, Dundee United goalkeeper.
- 23 April: John Murphy, 77, Ayr United defender.
- April: John Freebairn, Partick Thistle and Montrose goalkeeper.
- 2 May: John Ogilvie, 91, Hibernian defender.
- 26 May: Christian Mbulu, 23, Motherwell defender.