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What is Club Academy Scotland?

Club Academy Scotland (CAS) is the Scottish FA’s structure that defines, operates and partially funds the Academy system in this country, alongside a games programme. It governs the development of players from the age of 11 to 19.

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

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