Football in Scotland is a popular professional sport. Founded in 1873,[1] 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.[2] 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.
Rank | Player | From | To | Fee | Date | Notes |
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1 | Tore Andre Flo | Chelsea | Rangers | £12,000,000 | 23 November 2000 | [21] |
2 | Odsonne Édouard | Paris Saint-Germain | Celtic | £9,000,000 | 15 June 2018 | [22] |
3= | Christopher Jullien | Toulouse | Celtic | £7,000,000 | 28 June 2019 | [23] |
3= | Ryan Kent | Liverpool | Rangers | £7,000,000 | 2 September 2019 | [24] |
5 | Michael Ball | Everton | Rangers | £6,500,000 | 20 August 2001 | [25] |
6 | Jota | Benfica | Celtic | £6,465,000 | 1 July 2022 | [26][citation needed] |
7= | Cameron Carter-Vickers | Tottenham Hotspur | Celtic | £6,000,000 | 10 June 2022 | [27] |
7= | Chris Sutton | Chelsea | Celtic | £6,000,000 | 11 July 2000 | [28] |
7= | John Hartson | Coventry City | Celtic | £6,000,000 | 2 August 2001 | [29] |
10 | Mikel Arteta | Barcelona | Rangers | £5,800,000 | 29 June 2002 |
Rank | Player | From | To | Fee | Date | Notes |
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1= | Kieran Tierney | Celtic | Arsenal | £25,000,000 | 8 August 2019 | [30] |
1= | Jota | Celtic | Al-Ittihad | £25,000,000 | 3 July 2023 | [31][32] |
3 | Moussa Dembélé | Celtic | Olympique Lyonnais | £19,700,000 | 31 August 2018 | [33] |
4 | Calvin Bassey | Rangers | Ajax | £19,580,000 | 20 July 2022 | [34] |
5 | Odsonne Édouard | Celtic | Crystal Palace | £14,000,000 | 31 August 2021 | [35] |
6 | Kristoffer Ajer | Celtic | Brentford | £13,500,000 | 21 July 2021 | [36][37] |
7 | Victor Wanyama | Celtic | Southampton | £12,500,000 | 11 July 2013 | [38] |
8= | Virgil van Dijk | Celtic | Southampton | £11,500,000 | 1 September 2015 | [39][40] |
8= | Nathan Patterson | Rangers | Everton | £11,500,000 | 4 January 2022 | [41] |
10 | Fraser Forster | Celtic | Southampton | £10,000,000 | 9 August 2014 | [42] |
Team | Domestic | European | Total | ||||||
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League titles | Scottish Cup | League Cup | Champions League | Cup Winner's Cup | Europa League | Europa Conference League | Super Cup | ||
Rangers | 55 | 34 | 28 | - | 1 | - | - | - | 118 |
Celtic | 53 | 41 | 21 | 1 | - | - | - | - | 116 |
Aberdeen | 4 | 7 | 6 | - | 1 | - | - | 1 | 19 |
Heart of Midlothian | 4 | 8 | 4 | - | - | - | - | - | 16 |
Hibernian | 4 | 3 | 3 | - | - | - | - | - | 10 |
Queen's Park | - | 10 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 10 |
Kilmarnock | 1 | 3 | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | 5 |
Dundee United | 1 | 2 | 2 | - | - | - | - | - | 5 |
Dundee | 1 | 1 | 3 | - | - | - | - | - | 5 |
Motherwell | 1 | 2 | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | 4 |
St Mirren | - | 3 | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | 4 |
East Fife | - | 1 | 3 | - | - | - | - | - | 4 |
Dumbarton | 2 | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 3 |
Third Lanark | 1 | 2 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 3 |
Clyde | - | 3 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 3 |
St Johnstone | - | 2 | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | 3 |
Falkirk | - | 2 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2 |
Dunfermline Athletic | - | 2 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2 |
Partick Thistle | - | 1 | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | 2 |
Inverness Caledonian Thistle | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 |
Greenock Morton | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 |
Airdrieonians | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 |
St Bernard's | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 |
Raith Rovers | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | 1 |
Livingston | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | 1 |
Ross County | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | 1 |
Celtic goalkeeper Fraser Forster's Scottish record for the longest time without conceding a league goal was an unbroken 1,215 minutes coming into the game - it was ended at 1,256 minutes. Celtic had not let in a Scottish Premiership goal since they last played Aberdeen, in a 3–1 win back on 23 November.