2015–16 SPFL Development League

SPFL Development League
Season 2015–16
Champions Celtic
Longest unbeaten run 26 matches
Celtic

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 52 520 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 DNDDUNDNFFALHAMHOMHIBINVKILMOTPARRANROSSTJSTM
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

  1. ↑ "SPFL Development League Fixtures Season 2015/16" (PDF). www.spfl.co.uk. Scottish Professional Football League. Retrieved 10 July 2015.

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