2001–02 in Scottish football

[1] Celtic, domestic treble winners a year earlier, retain their Premier League title.

[3] Airdrieonians, who narrowly missed out on promotion to the Premier League as First Division runners-up, went out of business of 1 May with debts of nearly £3million.

The vacant place in the Third Division was occupied by Gretna, who until then had played in the English non-league system.

Rangers finished second and therefore qualified for a UEFA Champions League place alongside Celtic.

Livingston, in their debut season in Scotland's top division, qualified for the UEFA Cup along with Aberdeen.