2012–13 Scottish Premier Under-20 League

December 2023 October 2013 Clydesdale Bank Under-20 Premier League 2012–13 Celtic Under-19s 2011–12 2013–14 The 2012–13 Scottish Premier Under 20 League (also known as the Clydesdale Bank Under-20 Premier League due to sponsorship reasons) was the fifteenth season of the Scottish Premier under-20 League, the highest youth Scottish football league, and also the first season under the new under 20 format. It began in August 2012 and ended in May 2013. Changes The league was converted from under-19 to under-20 and was expanded from 12 to 15 teams. Dundee were promoted to take Rangers' place in the Premier League, due to the latter losing SPL membership. In addition, the under-20 sides of the relegated Scottish Premier League club Dunfermline Athletic and the clubs finishing third and fourth in the Scottish Football League took up a place in the new league. A position in the league for teams outside the SPL was based on their youth academy's elite status.http://www.falkirkherald.co.uk/sport/falkirk-fc/pressley-welcomes-under-20-league-vote-1-2234561 Pressley welcomes under-20 league vote Falkirk Herald falkirkherald.co.uk 14 April 2012 2 August 2012 The definition of an under-20 player is a player who has not attained the age of 19 years on 31 December of the year before the relevant season commences.http://www.scotprem.com/content/default.asp?page=s2&newsid=11259 Under-20 League Scottish Premier League scotprem.com 12 April 2012 2 August 2012 Additionally, a limited number of overage players are allowed to compete in each fixture.http://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/sport/football/sfa-performance-director-mark-wotte-1119120 FA performance director Mark Wotte hails SPL's decision to start an Under-20s league Daily Record dailyrecord.co.uk 13 April 2012 2 August 2012 The under-20 league was adopted in order to promote the development of youth footballers and to assist in their progression to the full professional game, when compared to the under-18 or under-19 format.http://sport.stv.tv/football/clubs/aberdeen/303285-spl-to-create-under-20-league/ SPL to create Under-20 league 12 April 2012 STV Sport sport.stv.tv 1 August 2012 2 November 2013 https://web.archive.org/web/20131102004002/http://sport.stv.tv/football/clubs/aberdeen/303285-spl-to-create-under-20-league/ dead League table main WDL 5 CEL Celtic ABE Aberdeen HIB Hibernian STM St Mirren DUN Dundee United INV Inverness Caledonian Thistle STJ St Johnstone HAM Hamilton Academical HOM Heart of Midlothian DNF Dunfermline Athletic KIL Kilmarnock FAL Falkirk MOT Motherwell ROS Ross County DND Dundee 20 4 4 55 21 17 6 5 77 34 14 6 8 57 36 14 5 9 53 49 14 3 11 54 41 13 5 10 50 47 13 2 13 41 50 10 8 10 42 47 10 7 11 46 49 11 3 14 44 52 11 1 16 47 65 9 5 14 29 32 9 4 15 48 56 6 5 17 29 52 5 4 19 31 72 C R1 #ccffcc 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored. Scottish Premier League Matches Teams played each other twice, once at home, once away. main FBR grey ABE CEL DND DUN DNF FAL HAM HOM HIB INV KIL MOT ROS STJ STM Aberdeen 0–1 6–0 2–0 4–1 0–0 4–1 6–1 3–1 2–1 6–1 5–1 2–1 6–0 4–0 Celtic 1–1 3–0 3–2 1–0 1–0 4–1 3–0 1–2 1–1 2–0 3–1 3–0 1–2 1–0 Dundee 1–4 0–4 0–4 1–2 2–1 0–0 1–2 1–3 1–3 1–3 1–2 2–1 0–1 1–1 Dundee United 1–1 1–1 5–1 1–0 1–0 2–3 0–2 4–2 1–2 4–1 3–0 2–0 2–3 5–2 Dunfermline Athletic 0–1 1–2 0–5 1–2 1–3 4–1 3–2 1–1 3–2 3–1 2–1 0–2 0–3 3–1 Falkirk 3–3 0–1 3–0 1–0 1–0 1–1 0–2 0–2 0–2 4–1 1–1 2–1 1–2 0–1 Hamilton Academical 2–0 1–3 4–0 1–0 3–3 2–1 2–2 0–0 2–2 1–0 2–3 2–2 2–0 0–2 Heart of Midlothian 1–3 0–0 3–3 2–3 2–3 0–1 1–2 1–0 1–1 1–1 4–2 2–0 0–4 3–1 Hibernian 4–1 2–1 3–1 2–3 0–2 1–0 0–1 2–2 0–0 5–1 1–4 1–1 4–0 8–1 Inverness Caledonian Thistle 2–3 0–1 1–1 1–5 1–0 1–2 3–1 3–2 2–3 2–1 1–2 0–2 4–0 3–2 Kilmarnock 3–0 1–3 3–4 3–0 5–1 1–0 3–2 0–3 0–3 5–2 4–2 2–0 1–4 0–1 Motherwell 0–4 1–3 2–3 2–3 0–0 1–1 3–1 1–1 1–2 2–3 4–2 1–0 5–1 0–1 Ross County 2–2 0–2 2–0 0–0 1–6 1–0 1–2 2–4 1–3 2–3 0–1 2–1 0–0 3–4 St Johnstone 3–2 1–3 5–1 1–0 1–3 0–1 2–1 2–0 2–1 0–1 2–3 0–4 0–1 1–2 St Mirren 2–2 3–2 1–0 4–0 4–1 3–2 1–1 0–2 1–1 2–3 5–0 2–1 5–1 1–1 complete Scottish Premier League References External links 2012–13 Scottish Premier Under-20 League at Scotprem Under Category:SPFL Development League Scottish Premier Under-20 League