List of Scottish Premier League clubs

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The following is a list of teams who have played in the Scottish Premier League at any time following its formation in 1998. Current Scottish Premier League teams are indicated in bold.

Club	Town/City	Number of seasons spent in SPL	Number of spells in SPL	First season in most recent spell in top division of Scottish football	Most recent season in SPL	All spells in SPL	Position at end of 2007-08 season (SPL unless otherwise indicated)	Highest final position in SPL	Managers
Aberdeen	Aberdeen	11	1	1905–06	2008–09	1998–present	4th	3rd	Alex Miller 1997-98 Ebbe Skovdahl 1999-02 Steve Paterson 2002-04 Jimmy Calderwood 2004-Present
Celtic	Glasgow	11	1	1890–91	2008–09	1998–present	1st(Champions)	1st	Jozef Vengloš 1998-99 John Barnes 1999-2000 Martin O'Neill 2000-05 Gordon Strachan 2005-Present
Dundee	Dundee	7	1	1998–99	2004–05	1998–2005	Scottish First Division 2nd	5th	Jocky Scott 1998-2000 Ivano Bonetti 2000-02 Jim Duffy 2002-05
Dundee United	Dundee	11	1	1996–97	2008–09	1998–Present	5th	5th	Paul Sturrock 1998-2000 Alex Smith 2000-02 Paul Hegarty 2002-03 Ian McCall 2003-05 Gordon Chisholm 2005-06 Craig Brewster 2006 Craig Levein 2006-Present
Dunfermline Athletic	Dunfermline	8	2	2000–01	2006–07	1998–99 2000–07	Scottish First Division 5th	4th	Bert Paton 1993-99 Dick Campbell 1999 Jimmy Calderwood 1999-2004 David Hay 2004-05 Jim Leishman 2005-06 Stephen Kenny 2006-07
Falkirk	Falkirk	4	1	2005–06	2008–09	2005–Present	7th	7th	John Hughes 2003-Present
Gretna	Gretna	1	1	2007–2008	2007–08	2007–2008	12th(Relegated)	12th	Davie Irons 2007-08
Hamilton Academical	Hamilton	1	1	2008–2009	2008–09	2008–Present	Scottish First Division 1st(Champions)	-	Billy Reid 2005-Present
Hearts	Edinburgh	11	1	1983–84	2008-09	1998–Present	8th	2nd	Jim Jeffries 1995-00 Craig Levein 2000-04 John Robertson 2004-05 George Burley 2005 Graham Rix 2005-06 Valdas Ivanauskas 2006-07 Stephen Frail 2007-2008
Hibernian	Edinburgh	10	1	1999–00	2008–09	1999–Present	6th	3rd	Alex McLeish 1998-01 Franck Sauzée 2001-02 Bobby Williamson 2002-04 Tony Mowbray 2004-06 John Collins 2006-07 Mixu Paatelainen 2008-Present
Inverness CT	Inverness	5	1	2004–05	2008–09	2004–Present	9th	7th	John Robertson 2002-04 Craig Brewster 2004-06 Charlie Christie 2006-07 Craig Brewster 2007-Present
Kilmarnock	Kilmarnock	11	1	1993–94	2008–09	1998–Present	11th	4th	Bobby Williamson 1996-02 Jim Jefferies 2002-Present
Livingston	Livingston	5	1	2001–02	2005–06	2001–06	Scottish First Division 7th	3rd	Jim Leishman 2000-03 Marcio Maximo 2003 David Hay 2003-04 Allan Preston 2004 Richard Gough 2004-05 Paul Lambert 2005-06 John Robertson 2006-07
Motherwell	Motherwell	11	1	1985–86	2008–09	1998–present	3rd	3rd	Harri Kampman 1998 Billy Davies 1998-01 Eric Black 2001-02 Terry Butcher 2002-06 Maurice Malpas 2006-07 Mark McGhee 2007-Present
Partick Thistle	Glasgow	2	1	2002–03	2003–04	2002–04	Scottish First Division 6th	10th	John Lambie 1999-03 Gerry Collins 2003 Gerry Britton & Derek Whyte 2003-2004
Rangers	Glasgow	11	1	1890–91	2008–09	1998–present	2nd	1st	Dick Advocaat 1998-2001 Alex McLeish 2001-06 Paul Le Guen 2006-07 Walter Smith 2007-Present
St. Johnstone	Perth	4	1	1997–98	2001–02	1998–2002	Scottish First Division 3rd	3rd	Sandy Clark 1998-2001 Billy Stark 2001-04
St. Mirren	Paisley	4	2	2006–07	2008–09	2000–01 2006–Present	10th	10th	Tom Hendrie 1998-2002 Gus McPherson 2003-Present