Football records in Scotland
is a popular professional sport. Founded in 1873, Scotland has the second oldest national football association in the world. The national cup competition, the Scottish Cup, was started in the 1873–74 season. Its trophy is the oldest national sporting trophy in the world. A Scottish football league system was first instituted in 1890, with the creation of the Scottish Football League. A second national cup competition, the Scottish League Cup, was created in the 1946–47 season. This page details the team and individual records set in these competitions.League competitions
Team records
;Titles
- Most top-flight league titles: 54, Rangers
- Most consecutive league titles: 9,
- * Celtic
- * Rangers
- * Celtic
- Most league runners up: 32, Rangers
;Top-flight appearances
- Most appearances: 123 completed seasons, Celtic
;Largest victories
;Streaks
- Longest top flight unbeaten run: 62 games, Celtic
- *Longest top flight unbeaten run : 69 games, Celtic
- Most consecutive top flight wins: 25, Celtic
- Unbeaten league season:
- *Celtic P18 W15 D3 L0, 1897–98
- *Rangers P18 W18 D0 L0, 1898–99
- *Celtic P38 W34 D4 L0, 2016–17
;Attendances
;Goals
- Most top flight goals in a career: 410, Jimmy McGrory
- Most top flight goals in a season: 52, Willie MacFadyen
- Most top flight goals in a game: 8, Jimmy McGrory
- Most top flight hat-tricks: 48, Jimmy McGrory
;Appearances
;Goalkeepers
- Longest period of time without conceding a goal: 1,215 minutes, Fraser Forster
;Titles
Team records
- Most final wins: 39, Celtic
- Most consecutive final wins: 3, joint record:
- *Queen's Park
- *Vale of Leven
- *Queen's Park
- *Rangers
- *Rangers
- *Rangers
- *Aberdeen
- *Celtic
- Most final appearances: 58, Celtic
- Most consecutive final defeats: 3, Vale of Leven
- Most consecutive final appearances: 8, Rangers
- Longest gap between final wins: 114 years, Hibernian
- Most final appearances without winning: 2, Hamilton Academical
- Most final appearances without defeat: 1, joint record: St Bernard's, Inverness CT, St Johnstone
- Longest winning streak in finals: 14, Rangers
- Longest losing streak in finals: 10, Hibernian
- Biggest final wins: 5 goals, joint record:
- *Renton 6–1 Cambuslang,
- *Rangers 5–0 St Mirren,
- *Celtic 6–1 Hibernian,
- Most goals in a final: 7:
- *Renton 6–1 Cambuslang,
- *Celtic 4–3 Queen's Park,
- *Hearts 4–3 Celtic,
- *Celtic 6–1 Hibernian
- *Motherwell 4–3 Dundee United
- Most goals by a runner-up: 3:
- *Queen's Park: Lost 3–4 against Celtic
- *Celtic: Lost 3–4 against Hearts
- *Dundee United: Lost 3–4 against Motherwell
- Most final losses:18, joint record: Celtic, Rangers
- Most common pairing in the final: 15, Celtic v Rangers
;Attendances
Team records
- Most final wins: 27, Rangers
- Most consecutive final wins: 5, Celtic
- Most final appearances: 35, Rangers
- Most consecutive final defeats: 4, Celtic
- Most consecutive final appearances: 14, Celtic
- Most final appearances without winning: 3, Dunfermline Athletic
- Most final appearances without losing: 3, East Fife
- Longest gap between final wins: 21 years, Aberdeen
- Longest winning streak in finals: 9, Rangers
- Longest losing streak in finals: 5, joint record:
- *Kilmarnock,
- *Dundee United
- Biggest final win: 6 goals:
- *Celtic 7–1 Rangers,
- Most goals in a final: 9:
- *Celtic 6–3 Hibernian,
- Most goals by a runner-up: 3:
- *Dundee: Lost 3–5 against Celtic
- *Hibernian: Lost 3–6 against Celtic
- *Aberdeen: Drew 3–3 against Rangers but lost on penalties
- *Hearts: Lost 3–4 against Rangers
- Most final losses: 15, Celtic
- Most common pairing in the final: 15, Celtic v Rangers
;Attendances
- Highest attendance: 107,609, Celtic v Rangers at Hampden Park, 25 October 1965
;Individual
Record transfer fees received
Most successful clubs by titles
