Club Academy Scotland

Clubs are assessed against set criteria and a set of Measurable Performance Outcomes (MPOs), which take into account performance in areas like domestic and international appearances for home-grown players, coaching qualifications, facilities, talent identification and sports science and medicine set-ups.

Following the auditing process, the clubs have been streamed into the following categories:

Elite Level

• Aberdeen FC

• Celtic FC

• Dundee United FC

• Heart of Midlothian FC

• Hibernian FC

• Kilmarnock FC

• Motherwell FC

• Rangers FC

• St Mirren FC

Performance (Progressive) and Performance Level

• Ayr United FC

• Dundee FC

• Dunfermline Athletic FC

• Falkirk FC

• Greenock Morton FC

• Inverness Caledonian Thistle FC

• Livingston FC

• Partick Thistle FC

• Ross County FC

• St Johnstone FC

Advanced Youth Level

• Alloa Athletic FC

• Edinburgh City FC

• Elgin City FC

• Montrose FC

• Queen of the South FC

• Queen's Park FC