2014–15 in Scottish football

The 2014–15 season was the 118th season of competitive football in Scotland. The domestic season began on 26 July 2014, with the start of the Challenge Cup.[1] The 2014–15 Scottish Professional Football League season commenced on 9 August, the weekend after the conclusion of the 2014 Commonwealth Games.[1]

Football in Scotland
Season2014–15
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2014–15 in Scottish football
Premiership champions
Celtic
Championship champions
Heart of Midlothian
League 1 champions
Greenock Morton
League 2 champions
Albion Rovers
Scottish Cup winners
Inverness Caledonian Thistle
League Cup winners
Celtic
Challenge Cup winners
Livingston
Youth Cup winners
Celtic
Teams in Europe
Celtic, Aberdeen, Motherwell, St Johnstone
Scotland national team
UEFA Euro 2016 qualifying

Transfer deals

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League competitions

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Scottish Premiership

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Celtic (C) 38 29 5 4 84 17 +67 92 Qualification for the Champions League second qualifying round
2 Aberdeen 38 23 6 9 57 33 +24 75 Qualification for the Europa League first qualifying round
3 Inverness Caledonian Thistle 38 19 8 11 52 42 +10 65 Qualification for the Europa League second qualifying round[a]
4 St Johnstone 38 16 9 13 34 34 0 57 Qualification for the Europa League first qualifying round
5 Dundee United 38 17 5 16 58 56 +2 56
6 Dundee[b] 38 11 12 15 46 57 −11 45
7 Hamilton Academical 38 15 8 15 50 53 −3 53
8 Partick Thistle 38 12 10 16 48 44 +4 46
9 Ross County 38 12 8 18 46 63 −17 44
10 Kilmarnock 38 11 8 19 44 59 −15 41
11 Motherwell (O) 38 10 6 22 38 63 −25 36 Qualification for the Premiership play-off final
12 St Mirren (R) 38 9 3 26 30 66 −36 30 Relegation to the Championship
Source: SPFL
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored
(C) Champions; (O) Play-off winners; (R) Relegated
Notes:
  1. ^ Inverness Caledonian Thistle qualified for the second qualifying round of the UEFA Europa League by winning the 2014–15 Scottish Cup.
  2. ^ Teams in the bottom six at the time of the split (33 games) cannot pass teams in the top six

Scottish Championship

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion, qualification or relegation
1 Heart of Midlothian (C, P) 36 29 4 3 96 26 +70 91 Promotion to the Premiership
2 Hibernian 36 21 7 8 70 32 +38 70 Qualification for the Premiership play-off semi-final
3 Rangers 36 19 10 7 69 39 +30 67 Qualification for the Premiership play-off quarter-final
4 Queen of the South 36 17 9 10 58 41 +17 60
5 Falkirk 36 14 11 11 48 48 0 53
6 Raith Rovers 36 12 7 17 42 65 −23 43
7 Dumbarton 36 9 7 20 36 79 −43 34
8 Livingston[a] 36 8 8 20 41 53 −12 27
9 Alloa Athletic (O) 36 6 9 21 34 56 −22 27 Qualification for the Championship play-offs
10 Cowdenbeath (R) 36 7 4 25 31 86 −55 25 Relegation to League One
Source: Soccerway
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Number of goals scored
(C) Champions; (O) Play-off winners; (P) Promoted; (R) Relegated
Notes:
  1. ^ Livingston were deducted 5 points due to failure of tax payments.

Scottish League One

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion or relegation
1 Greenock Morton (C, P) 36 22 3 11 65 40 +25 69 Promotion to the Championship
2 Stranraer 36 20 7 9 59 38 +21 67 Qualification for the Championship play-offs
3 Forfar Athletic 36 20 6 10 59 43 +16 66
4 Brechin City 36 15 14 7 58 46 +12 59
5 Airdrieonians 36 16 10 10 53 39 +14 58
6 Peterhead 36 14 9 13 51 54 −3 51
7 Dunfermline Athletic 36 13 9 14 46 48 −2 48
8 Ayr United 36 9 7 20 45 60 −15 34
9 Stenhousemuir (O) 36 8 5 23 42 63 −21 29 Qualification for the League One play-offs
10 Stirling Albion (R) 36 4 8 24 35 84 −49 20 Relegation to League Two
Source: SPFL
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) Champions; (O) Play-off winners; (P) Promoted; (R) Relegated

Scottish League Two

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion or relegation
1 Albion Rovers (C, P) 36 22 5 9 61 33 +28 71 Promotion to League One
2 Queen's Park 36 17 10 9 51 34 +17 61 Qualification for the League One play-offs
3 Arbroath 36 16 8 12 65 46 +19 56
4 East Fife 36 15 8 13 56 48 +8 53
5 Annan Athletic 36 14 8 14 56 56 0 50
6 Clyde 36 13 8 15 40 50 −10 47
7 Elgin City 36 12 9 15 55 58 −3 45
8 Berwick Rangers 36 11 10 15 60 57 +3 43
9 East Stirlingshire 36 13 4 19 40 66 −26 43
10 Montrose (O) 36 9 6 21 42 78 −36 33 Qualification for the League Two play-off final
Source: SPFL
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) Champions; (O) Play-off winners; (P) Promoted

Non-league football

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Level 5

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Level 6

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SPFL Development League

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Honours

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Cup honours

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Competition Winner Score Runner-up Match report
2014–15 Scottish Cup Inverness Caledonian Thistle 2–1 Falkirk BBC Sport
2014–15 League Cup Celtic 2–0 Dundee United BBC Sport
2014–15 Challenge Cup Livingston 4–0 Alloa Athletic BBC Sport
2014–15 Youth Cup Celtic 5–2 Rangers BBC Sport
2014–15 Junior Cup Auchinleck Talbot 2–1 Musselburgh Athletic BBC Sport

Non-league honours

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Senior

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Competition Winner
Highland League Brora Rangers
Lowland League Edinburgh City
East of Scotland League Lothian Thistle Hutchison Vale
South of Scotland League Wigtown & Bladnoch

Junior

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West Region
Division Winner
2014–15 Super League Premier Division Auchinleck Talbot
Super League First Division Pollok
Ayrshire District League Ardrossan Winton Rovers
Central District League First Division Blantyre Victoria
Central District League Second Division Rossvale
East Region
Division Winner
2014–15 Superleague Kelty Hearts
Premier League Tayport
North Division Thornton Hibs
South Division Haddington Athletic
North Region
Division Winner
2014–15 Superleague Hermes
First Division (West) Grantown
First Division (East) Bridge of Don Thistle

Individual honours

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PFA Scotland awards

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Award Winner Team
Players' Player of the Year Stefan Johansen[2] Celtic
Young Player of the Year Jason Denayer[2] Celtic
Manager of the Year John Hughes[3] Inverness Caledonian Thistle
Championship Player of Year Scott Allan[4] Hibernian
League One Player of Year Declan McManus[4] Greenock Morton
League Two Player of Year Bobby Linn[4] Arbroath

SFWA awards

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Award Winner Team
Footballer of the Year Craig Gordon[5] Celtic
Young Player of the Year Ryan Christie[6] Inverness Caledonian Thistle
Manager of the Year John Hughes[7] Inverness Caledonian Thistle
International Player of the Year Ikechi Anya[citation needed] Watford

Scottish clubs in Europe

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Celtic

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Celtic played their first two home European ties in 2014–15 at Murrayfield Stadium in Edinburgh because their normal home stadium, Celtic Park, was used for the opening ceremony of the 2014 Commonwealth Games.[8] In their third qualifying round tie, Celtic lost 4–1 to Legia Warsaw in Poland and 2–0 at Murrayfield, which appeared to give Legia a 6–1 aggregate victory.[9] The result of the second game was annulled by UEFA because Legia had fielded a player who should have been serving a suspension.[10] Celtic were instead given a 3–0 victory in the second leg, which meant that they won the tie on the away goals rule.[10] Celtic progressed to the Champions League playoff round, but then dropped into the Europa League groups after losing 2–1 on aggregate to Slovenian club Maribor.[11]

2014–15 UEFA Champions League
15 July 2014 Second qualifying round KR   0–1   Celtic Reykjavík
20:00 BST Report McGregor   84' Stadium: KR-völlur
Attendance: 2,781
Referee: Andreas Pappas  
22 July 2014 Second qualifying round Celtic   4–0
(5–0 agg.)
  KR Edinburgh
19:45 BST van Dijk   13', 20'
Pukki   27', 71'
Report Stadium: Murrayfield Stadium
Attendance: 36,000
Referee: Andris Treimanis  
30 July 2014 Third qualifying round Legia Warsaw   4–1   Celtic Warsaw
19:45 BST Radovic   10', 36'
Zyro   84'
Kosecki   90+1'
Report McGregor   8' Stadium: Polish Army Stadium
Attendance: 24,000
Referee: Pol van Boekel  
6 August 2014 Third qualifying round Celtic   3–0
(4–4 agg.)
  Legia Warsaw Edinburgh
19:45 BST Report Zyro   36'
Kucharczyk   61'
Stadium: Murrayfield Stadium
Attendance: 35,000
Referee: Paolo Mazzoleni  
20 August 2014 Play-off round NK Maribor   1–1   Celtic Maribor
19:45 BST Bohar   14' Report McGregor   6' Stadium: Ljudski vrt
Referee: Pavel Kralovec  
26 August 2014 Play-off round Celtic   0–1
(1–2 agg.)
  NK Maribor Glasgow
19:45 BST Report Tavares   75' Stadium: Celtic Park
Referee: Viktor Kassai  
2014–15 UEFA Europa League
18 September 2014 Group D Red Bull Salzburg   2–2   Celtic Salzburg
18:00 BST Alan   36'
Soriano   78'
Report Wakaso   14'
Brown   60'
Stadium: Red Bull Arena
Referee: Artur Dias Soares  
2 October 2014 Group D Celtic   1–0   Dinamo Zagreb Glasgow
20:05 BST Commons   6' Report Stadium: Celtic Park
Referee: Sébastien Delferière  
23 October 2014 Group D Celtic   2–1   Astra Giurgiu Glasgow
20:05 BST Scepovic   73'
Johansen   79'
Report Enache   81' Stadium: Celtic Park
Referee: Kristinn Jakobsson  
27 November 2014 Group D Celtic   1–3   Red Bull Salzburg Glasgow
20:05 GMT Johansen   30' Report Alan   8', 13'
Keïta   90'
Stadium: Celtic Park
Referee: Halis Özkahya  
11 December 2014 Group D Dinamo Zagreb   4–3   Celtic Zagreb
18:00 GMT Pjaca   14', 39', 50'
Brozovic   48'
Report Commons   23'
Scepovic   29'
Pivaric   81' (o.g.)
Stadium: Stadion Maksimir
Referee: Gediminas Mazeika  
19 February 2015 Round of 32 Celtic   3–3   Inter Milan Glasgow
20:05 GMT Armstrong   24'
Campagnaro   25' (o.g.)
Guidetti   90+3'
BBC Sport Shaqiri   4'
Palacio   13', 45'
Stadium: Celtic Park
Referee: István Vad  
26 February 2015 Round of 32 Inter Milan   1–0
(4–3 agg.)
  Celtic Milan
18:00 GMT Guarin   88' BBC Sport Stadium: Stadio Giuseppe Meazza
Referee: Ivan Kruzliak  

Aberdeen

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2014–15 UEFA Europa League
3 July 2014 First qualifying round Aberdeen   5–0   Daugava Riga Aberdeen
19:45 BST Logan   33'
McGinn   49'
Rooney   52' (pen), 92'
Hayes   73'
Report Stadium: Pittodrie Stadium
Attendance: 15,184
Referee: Nicolas Rainville  
10 July 2014 First qualifying round Daugava Riga   0–3
(0–8 agg.)
  Aberdeen Riga
17:30 BST Report Rooney   22', 40', 45' Stadium: Daugava Stadium
Attendance: 600
Referee: Mikhail Vilkov  
17 July 2014 Second qualifying round Aberdeen   0–0   Groningen Aberdeen
19:45 BST Report Stadium: Pittodrie Stadium
Attendance: 16,523
Referee: Hugo Miguel  
24 July 2014 Second qualifying round Groningen   1–2
(1–2 agg.)
  Aberdeen Groningen
18:30 BST Kieftenbeld   44' Report Rooney   26' (pen)
McGinn   33'
Stadium: Euroborg
Attendance: 22,550
Referee: Daniel Stefański  
31 July 2014 Third qualifying round Real Sociedad   2–0   Aberdeen San Sebastián
19:30 BST Zurutuza   53'
Canales   68'
Report Stadium: Anoeta Stadium
Attendance: 15,000
Referee: Bastian Dankert  
7 August 2014 Third qualifying round Aberdeen   2–3
(2–5 agg.)
  Real Sociedad Aberdeen
19:45 BST Pawlett   44'
Reynolds   57'
Report Prieto   28', 86' (pen.)
Bergara   90+1'
Stadium: Pittodrie Stadium
Attendance: 17,676
Referee: Eitan Shemeulevitch  

Motherwell

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2014–15 UEFA Europa League
17 July 2014 Second qualifying round Motherwell   2–2   Stjarnan Motherwell
19:45 BST Law   9', 19' Report Finsen   35' (pen), 90+2' (pen) Stadium: Fir Park
Attendance: 4,877
Referee: Michael Johansen  
24 July 2014 Second qualifying round Stjarnan   3–2 (a.e.t.)
(5–4 agg.)
  Motherwell Garðabær
20:15 BST Finsen   38' (pen.)
Toft   85'
A. Jóhannsson   114'
Report Hammell   11'
Ainsworth   66'
Stadium: Stjörnuvöllur
Attendance: 1,021
Referee: Athanasios Giachos  

St Johnstone

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2014–15 UEFA Europa League
17 July 2014 Second qualifying round Luzern   1–1   St Johnstone Lucerne
18:30 BST Schneuwly   67' Report MacLean   47' Stadium: Swissporarena
Attendance: 10,000
Referee: Benoît Bastien  
24 July 2014 Second qualifying round St Johnstone   1–1 (a.e.t.)
(2–2 agg.)
(5–4 p)
  Luzern Perth
19:45 BST May   22' (pen.) Report Schneuwly   60' Stadium: McDiarmid Park
Attendance: 8,486
Referee: Jonathan Lardot  
Penalties
MacLean  
Caddis  
Mackay  
May  
Scobbie  
  Freuler
  Schneuwly
  Thiesson
  Wiss
  Winter
31 July 2014 Third qualifying round St Johnstone   1–2   Spartak Trnava Perth
19:45 BST Mackay   90+3' Report Schranz   34', 63' Stadium: McDiarmid Park
Attendance: 7,001
Referee: Mattias Gestranius  

Scotland national team

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7 September 2014 Group D Germany   2–1   Scotland Dortmund
Muller   18', 70' Report Anya   66' Stadium: Westfalenstadion
Attendance: 60,209
Referee: Svein Oddvar Moen  
11 October 2014 Group D Scotland   1–0   Georgia Glasgow
Khubutia   28' (own goal) Report Stadium: Ibrox Stadium
Attendance: 34,719
Referee: Miroslav Zelinka  
14 October 2014 Group D Poland   2–2   Scotland Warsaw
Maczynski   11'
Milik   76'
Report Maloney   18'
Naismith   57'
Stadium: National Stadium
Attendance: 55,197
Referee: Alberto Undiano Mallenco  
14 November 2014 Group D Scotland   1–0   Republic of Ireland Glasgow
Maloney   74' Report Stadium: Celtic Park
Attendance: 59,239
Referee: Milorad Mazic  
18 November 2014 Friendly Scotland   1–3   England Glasgow
Robertson   83' Oxlade-Chamberlain   32'
Rooney   47', 85'
Stadium: Celtic Park
Attendance: 49,526
Referee: Jonas Eriksson  
25 March 2015[12] Friendly Scotland   1–0   Northern Ireland Glasgow
Berra   85' Report Stadium: Hampden Park
Attendance: 20,117
Referee: Martin Atkinson  
29 March 2015 Group D Scotland   6–1   Gibraltar Glasgow
Maloney   18' (pen.), 34' (pen.)
Fletcher   29', 77', 90'
Naismith   39'
Report Casciaro   19' Stadium: Hampden Park
Attendance: 34,255
Referee: Mattias Gestranius  
5 June 2015 Friendly Scotland   1–0   Qatar Edinburgh
Ritchie   41' Report Stadium: Easter Road
Attendance: 14,270
Referee: Sébastien Delferière  
13 June 2015 Group D Republic of Ireland   1–1   Scotland Dublin
Walters   38' Report O'Shea   47' (o.g.) Stadium: Aviva Stadium
Referee: Nicola Rizzoli  

Women's football

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Scottish Women's Premier League

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Glasgow City (C, Q) 21 20 0 1 87 13 +74 60 2015–16 Champions League
2 Rangers 21 13 4 4 71 24 +47 43
3 Hibernian 21 14 1 6 63 32 +31 43
4 Spartans 21 12 2 7 60 30 +30 38
5 Celtic 21 9 2 10 55 32 +23 29
6 Aberdeen 21 6 3 12 41 44 −3 21
7 Hamilton Academical 21 11 3 7 46 33 +13 36
8 Inverness City 21 8 2 11 40 73 −33 26
9 Hutchison Vale 21 6 6 9 21 57 −36 24
10 Forfar Farmington 21 5 4 12 33 85 −52 19
11 Queen's Park (R) 21 3 3 15 26 64 −38 12 Relegation to SWFL First Division
12 Buchan LFC (R) 21 4 0 17 30 94 −64 12
Source: Scottish Women's FA
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Number of goals scored
(C) Champions; (Q) Qualified for the phase indicated; (R) Relegated

League and Cup honours

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Division Winner
2014 Scottish Women's Premier League Glasgow City[13]
SWFL First Division Falkirk Ladies
SWFL Second Division North Dee Vale
SWFL Second Division West/South West Mill United
SWFL Second Division East/Central East Fife
SWFL Second Division South East Boroughmuir Thistle
Competition Winner Score Runner-up Match report
2014 Scottish Women's Cup Glasgow City 5 – 0 Spartans BBC Sport
2014 Scottish Women's Premier League Cup Glasgow City 3 – 0 Hibernian BBC Sport
SWFL First Division Cup Hearts 3 – 1 Dunfermline Athletic Hearts FC
SWFL Second Division Cup Renfrew Ladies 9 – 3 Hamilton Caledonian The Gazette

Individual honours

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SWPL awards

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Award Winner Team
Players' Player of the Year Denise O'Sullivan Glasgow City
Player of the Year Kerry Montgomery Spartans
Manager of the Year Debbi McCulloch Spartans
Young Player of the Year Erin Cuthbert Rangers

UEFA Women's Champions League

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Glasgow City

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Qualifying round
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Group 4
Matches

9 August 2014 Qualifying round Glasgow City   5–0   Nové Zámky Airdrie, Scotland
19:45 McCulloch   26'
McSorley   28'   90+4'
Lappin   32'
O'Sullivan   61'
Summary Stadium: Excelsior Stadium
Attendance: 276
Referee: Florence Guillemin (France)
11 August 2014 Qualifying round Glasgow City   1–0   Glentoran Belfast United Airdrie, Scotland
20:45 Whyte   40' Report Stadium: Excelsior Stadium
Attendance: 301
Referee: Barbara Bollenberg (Austria)
14 August 2014 Qualifying round Zhytlobud Kharkiv   0–4   Glasgow City Airdrie, Scotland
17:00 Report O'Sullivan   10', 63'
Love   18'
Brown   57'
Stadium: Excelsior Stadium
Attendance: 194
Referee: Florence Guillemin (France)

Standings
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1   Glasgow City (H) 3 3 0 0 10 0 +10 9 Advance to knockout phase
2   Zhytlobud Kharkiv 3 2 0 1 8 5 +3 6
3   Glentoran Belfast United 3 1 0 2 5 8 −3 3
4   Nové Zámky 3 0 0 3 3 13 −10 0
Source: UEFA
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers
(H) Hosts
Knockout Phase
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8 October 2014 Round of 32 Medyk Konin   2–0   Glasgow City Konin, Poland
15:30 Pajor   53'
Sikora   64'
Report Stadium: Miejski Im. Zkotej Jedenastki
Attendance: 3,000
Referee: Sandra Bastos (Portugal)
15 October 2014 Round of 32 Glasgow City   3–0 (a.e.t.)
(3–2 agg.)
  Medyk Konin Airdrie, Scotland
20:30 Love   59'
Fairlie   77'
O'Sullivan   94'
Report Stadium: Excelsior Stadium
Attendance: 775
Referee: Anastasia Pustovoitova (Russia)
9 November 2014 Round of 16 Zürich   2–1   Glasgow City Zürich, Switzerland
17:00 Humm   10'
Stierli   59'
Report Brown   52' Stadium: Letzigrund
Attendance: 1,658
Referee: Stéphanie Frappart (France)
12 November 2014 Round of 16 Glasgow City   4–2
(5–4 agg.)
  Zürich Airdrie, Scotland
20:30 Grant   55'
Ross   64' (pen.)
Love   81'
Lappin   87'
Report Zehnder   45'
Humm   66'
Stadium: Excelsior Stadium
Attendance: 698
Referee: Pernilla Larsson (Sweden)
22 March 2015 Quarter-finals Glasgow City   0–2   Paris Saint-Germain Airdrie, Scotland
17:05 Report Lahmari   19'
Hamraoui   53'
Stadium: Excelsior Stadium
Attendance: 1,785
Referee: Riem Hussein (Germany)
28 March 2015 Quarter-finals Paris Saint-Germain   5–0
(7–0 agg.)
  Glasgow City Paris, France
19:00 Lappin   26' (o.g.)
Delie   54', 68'
Delannoy   65' (pen.)
Dali   87' (pen.)
Report Stadium: Parc des Princes
Attendance: 11,318
Referee: Gyöngyi Gaál (Hungary)

Scotland women's national team

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3 August 2014 Friendly Scotland   1–1   Wales Dumfries
13:00 Corsie   74' Report Wiltshire   58' Stadium: Palmerston Park
20 August 2014 Friendly Portugal   1–1   Scotland Viana do Castelo
18:00 Silva   90' (penalty kick) Report Corsie   Stadium: Estádio Dr. José de Matos
13 September 2014 Group 4 Scotland   9–0   Faroe Islands Motherwell
Little   6'
Weir   10'
Ross   11', 46', 52'
Corsie   57', 80'
Crichton   59'
Beattie   90'
Report Stadium: Fir Park
17 September 2014 Group 4 Sweden   2–0   Scotland Gothenburg
Sjögran   7'
Schelin   76'
Report Stadium: Gamla Ullevi
25 October 2014 Play-offs Scotland   1–2   Netherlands Edinburgh
17:30 Little   49' (pen.) Report Martens   10'
Melis   23' (pen.)
Stadium: Tynecastle Stadium
Referee:   Kateryna Monzul
30 October 2014 Play-offs Netherlands   2–0
(4–1 agg.)
  Scotland Rotterdam
18:00 Martens   51'
Melis   77'
Report Stadium: Sparta Stadion
Referee:   Esther Staubli
8 February 2015 Friendly Northern Ireland   0–4   Scotland Solitude, Belfast
13:30 (GMT) Scottish FA   25', 68' Jane Ross
  27', 48' Caroline Weir
6 March 2015 2015 Cyprus Cup Italy   3–2   Scotland GSZ Stadium, Larnaca
17:30 Cristiana Girelli   18', 67'
Stefania Tarenzi   90'
Scottish FA   69' Emma Mitchell
  80' Kim Little
9 March 2015 2015 Cyprus Cup Scotland   2–1   South Korea GSZ Stadium, Larnaca
14:30 Kim Little   17' (pen.)
Christie Murray   89'
Scottish FA   34' Yeo Min-ji
11 March 2015 2015 Cyprus Cup Netherlands   1–3   Scotland Ammochostos Stadium, Larnaca
13:00 Anouk Hoogendijk   72' Scottish FA   16', 54', 90+2' Kim Little
28 May 2015 Challenge match France   1–0   Scotland Stade Marcel Picot, Nancy
20:00 Delie   BBC Sport

Deaths

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  • 4 July: Andy Jardine, 78, Dumbarton fullback.[14]
  • 11 July: Jim Geddes, 84, Motherwell defender and midfielder.[15]
  • 21 July: Stewart Hillis, 70, Scotland national team doctor.[16][17]
  • 22 July: Morris Stevenson, 71, Motherwell, Hibernian, Morton, Dundee United and Berwick Rangers inside forward.[18]
  • 28 July: Alex Forbes, 89, Scotland wing half.[19]
  • 17 August: Sammy Conn, 52, Falkirk, Albion Rovers, Clydebank, Airdrieonians and Cowdenbeath midfielder and Cowdenbeath manager.[20]
  • 27 August: Bobby Kinloch, 79, Hibernian, Greenock Morton, Berwick Rangers, Raith Rovers and Dunfermline Athletic player.[21]
  • 4 September: Willie Finlay, 88, East Fife, Clyde and Raith Rovers defender.[22]
  • 21 September: Tim Whalen, 83, Dumbarton forward.[23]
  • 22 September: Billy Neil, 75, Airdrieonians and Queen's Park defender.[24]
  • 23 September: John Divers, 74, Celtic and Partick Thistle forward.[25]
  • 30 September: Hugh Doherty, 93, Celtic winger.[26]
  • 25 October: Gerry Burrell, 90, St Mirren and Dundee winger.
  • 26 October: Jim Sharkey, 80, Celtic, Airdrieonians and Raith Rovers forward.[27]
  • 29 October: Archie Murphy, 81, Alloa Athletic wing-half.[28][29]
  • November: Alex Bain, 78, Motherwell and Falkirk centre forward [30]
  • 8 November: Sammy Wilson, 82, St Mirren and Celtic inside forward.[31]
  • 9 November: Sammy Reid, 75, Motherwell, Falkirk, Clyde, Berwick Rangers and Dumbarton inside forward.[32]
  • 13 November: Jim Storrie, 74, Airdrie, Aberdeen and St Mirren centre forward; St Johnstone manager.[33]
  • 26 November: Arthur Montford, 85, Scotsport commentator.[34]
  • 1 December: Jimmy Duncan, 83, Celtic, St Mirren, Albion Rovers, Dundee United and Stranraer winger.[35]
  • 7 December: Tommy Todd, 88, Hamilton Academical inside forward.[36]
  • 7 December: Tom Mealyou, Berwick Rangers goalkeeper.[37]
  • 12 December: John Baxter, 78, Hibernian, Falkirk and Clydebank wing half.[38]
  • 19 December: Pat Holton, 78, Hamilton, Motherwell and St Johnstone full back.[39]
  • 31 December: Jimmy Dunn, 91, Wolves and Derby County forward.[40]
  • 4 January: John McPhee, 77, Motherwell defender.[41]
  • 14 January: Danny Malloy, 84, Dundee and Clyde defender.[42]
  • 21 January: Douglas Cromb, 84, Hibernian chairman.[43]
  • 29 January: Derek Robertson, 65, St Johnstone goalkeeper.[44]
  • 8 February: Nick Sharkey, 71, Sunderland forward.[45]
  • 10 February: Tom McQueen, 85, Leith Athletic, Alloa, Hibs, East Fife, Berwick Rangers and Stranraer goalkeeper.[46]
  • 23 February: Andy King, 72, Kilmarnock defender.[47]
  • 1 March: Stuart McGrady, 29, Ayr United and Queen's Park striker.[48]
  • 2 March: Dave Mackay, 80, Hearts and Scotland wing half.[49]
  • 20 March: Eddie Mulheron, 72, Clyde defender.[50]
  • 5 April: Turnbull Hutton, 68, Raith Rovers chairman.[51]
  • 16 April: Tommy Preston, 82, Hibernian forward.[52]
  • 29 April: Gary Liddell, 60, Hearts forward.
  • 11 May: John Hewie, 87, Scotland defender.[53]
  • 13 May: Eric Bakie, 87, Aberdeen, Dunfermline and St Johnstone wing half.
  • 19 May: Joe Carr, 83, St Johnstone and Dumbarton winger.
  • 21 May: Ernie Hannigan, 72, Queen of the South and Morton winger.
  • 4 June: Jørgen Ravn, 75, Aberdeen forward.
  • 6 June: Colin Jackson, 68, Rangers, Morton, Partick Thistle and Scotland defender.[54]
  • 7 June: Stephen Gove, 55, Brechin City forward.[55]

Notes and references

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