2015–16 SPFL Development League
| Season | 2015–16 |
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| Champions | Celtic |
| Longest unbeaten run | 26 matches Celtic |
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The 2015–16 SPFL Development League was the 18th season of the highest youth Scottish football league and the second season under the "Development League" format. It began in August 2015 and ended in May 2016.
Changes
The league remained at 17 teams. All twelve 2015–16 Scottish Premiership clubs participated in the league, with Dunfermline Athletic, Falkirk, Hibernian, Rangers and St Mirren making up the numbers.[1] Eligible players were those born in 1996 or later, but five players of any age were permitted in the matchday squad of 18.
Development League table
| Pos |
Team
|
Pld |
W |
D |
L |
GF |
GA |
GD |
Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Celtic | 32 | 28 | 4 | 0 | 71 | 15 | +56 | 88 |
| 2 | Hamilton Academical | 32 | 19 | 5 | 8 | 66 | 48 | +18 | 62 |
| 3 | Aberdeen | 32 | 16 | 6 | 10 | 58 | 42 | +16 | 54 |
| 4 | St Johnstone | 32 | 15 | 7 | 10 | 61 | 50 | +11 | 52 |
| 5 | St Mirren | 32 | 15 | 6 | 11 | 52 | 52 | 0 | 51 |
| 6 | Motherwell | 32 | 13 | 8 | 11 | 50 | 45 | +5 | 47 |
| 7 | Hibernian | 32 | 13 | 4 | 15 | 41 | 46 | −5 | 43 |
| 8 | Dundee United | 32 | 10 | 10 | 12 | 64 | 57 | +7 | 40 |
| 9 | Dundee | 32 | 10 | 10 | 12 | 44 | 55 | −11 | 40 |
| 10 | Kilmarnock | 32 | 11 | 6 | 15 | 49 | 50 | −1 | 39 |
| 11 | Falkirk | 32 | 10 | 8 | 14 | 55 | 64 | −9 | 38 |
| 12 | Heart of Midlothian | 32 | 10 | 8 | 14 | 39 | 54 | −15 | 38 |
| 13 | Rangers | 32 | 11 | 4 | 17 | 47 | 54 | −7 | 37 |
| 14 | Inverness Caledonian Thistle | 32 | 9 | 9 | 14 | 39 | 52 | −13 | 36 |
| 15 | Ross County | 32 | 10 | 6 | 16 | 39 | 65 | −26 | 36 |
| 16 | Partick Thistle | 32 | 10 | 5 | 17 | 53 | 65 | −12 | 35 |
| 17 | Dunfermline Athletic | 32 | 7 | 4 | 21 | 38 | 63 | −25 | 25 |
Updated to games played on 14 May 2016.
Source: SPFL
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored
(C) = Champion; (R) = Relegated; (P) = Promoted; (E) = Eliminated; (O) = Play-off winner; (A) = Advances to a further round.
Only applicable when the season is not finished:
(Q) = Qualified to the phase of tournament indicated; (TQ) = Qualified to tournament, but not yet to the particular phase indicated; (RQ) = Qualified to the relegation tournament indicated; (DQ) = Disqualified from tournament.
Matches
Teams played each other twice, once at home, once away.
| Home ╲ Away | ABE | CEL | DND | DUN | DNF | FAL | HAM | HOM | HIB | INV | KIL | MOT | PAR | RAN | ROS | STJ | STM |
| Aberdeen | 1–1 | 4–1 | 0–2 | 4–0 | 5–3 | 1–0 | 1–2 | 1–0 | 4–0 | 2–3 | 2–1 | 3–0 | 2–5 | 1–0 | 3–2 | 2–0 | |
| Celtic | 1–0 | 2–1 | 4–1 | 4–1 | 3–2 | 4–1 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 4–0 | 3–0 | 4–0 | 3–0 | 3–0 | 4–0 | 2–0 | 2–2 | |
| Dundee | 1–1 | 2–2 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 0–2 | 2–0 | 3–3 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 1–2 | 1–3 | 3–1 | 1–4 | 0–0 | 2–2 | 3–1 | |
| Dundee United | 2–1 | 0–1 | 2–2 | 3–0 | 1–1 | 9–1 | 3–3 | 1–3 | 2–3 | 4–0 | 1–1 | 3–2 | 3–3 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 2–4 | |
| Dunfermline Athletic | 1–3 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 2–5 | 2–3 | 1–2 | 2–0 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 0–2 | 1–1 | 4–1 | 0–1 | 2–0 | 4–2 | 1–4 | |
| Falkirk | 2–1 | 0–1 | 0–4 | 0–0 | 2–2 | 3–3 | 4–1 | 3–3 | 1–0 | 1–3 | 0–3 | 1–2 | 1–4 | 6–0 | 4–3 | 1–1 | |
| Hamilton Academical | 3–2 | 1–1 | 4–1 | 2–1 | 2–3 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 4–0 | 1–1 | 0–3 | 3–2 | 3–0 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 5–1 | |
| Heart of Midlothian | 3–1 | 0–1 | 3–0 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 2–2 | 0–4 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 2–6 | 1–0 | 1–4 | 0–1 | 1–1 | |
| Hibernian | 4–2 | 0–5 | 0–1 | 3–2 | 0–1 | 2–1 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 0–3 | 2–1 | 2–4 | 2–0 | 4–0 | 1–1 | 1–0 | |
| Inverness Caledonian Thistle | 0–2 | 1–2 | 3–1 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 3–3 | 3–1 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 3–1 | 2–2 | 3–1 | 1–3 | 1–0 | 1–3 | |
| Kilmarnock | 0–2 | 0–1 | 5–0 | 3–1 | 3–1 | 0–2 | 1–2 | 1–2 | 1–0 | 3–2 | 0–1 | 3–3 | 1–0 | 2–3 | 2–3 | 0–1 | |
| Motherwell | 1–2 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 4–3 | 2–2 | 3–1 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 1–2 | 1–0 | 2–2 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 1–2 | |
| Partick Thistle | 1–1 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 1–2 | 3–1 | 2–1 | 0–2 | 2–0 | 3–5 | 2–2 | 2–1 | 1–2 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 2–5 | 1–2 | |
| Rangers | 0–1 | 0–1 | 2–4 | 4–1 | 3–0 | 1–2 | 0–4 | 2–2 | 3–0 | 2–0 | 2–2 | 2–2 | 0–3 | 0–4 | 1–2 | 0–1 | |
| Ross County | 0–0 | 1–2 | 0–1 | 0–2 | 3–1 | 2–2 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 2–4 | 2–1 | 2–4 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 2–3 | 1–2 | |
| St Johnstone | 2–2 | 0–1 | 2–1 | 2–2 | 1–0 | 6–1 | 4–3 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 3–2 | 3–1 | 4–2 | 0–2 | 3–0 | 3–3 | |
| St Mirren | 1–1 | 0–2 | 1–2 | 2–1 | 1–5 | 0–2 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 3–1 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 3–2 | 1–2 | 3–4 | 1–0 | 2–1 |
Updated to games played on 726 May 2016.
Source: SPFL
1 ^ The home team is listed in the left-hand column.
Colours: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.
References
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