St Mirren start 2022/23 by hosting Motherwell on July 30; Buddies face champions Celtic for first time on September 17 and Rangers on October 8; second meeting of the season with the Gers on weekend of November 12/13 will be last game before the World Cup
Friday 17 June 2022 14:25, UK
St Mirren will begin their 2022/23 Scottish Premiership campaign at home to Motherwell on July 30.
The Buddies - who finished ninth last term - will then face Aberdeen on August 6, Ross County on August 13, Dundee United on August 20 and Hibernian on August 27.
On September 17, they meet current champions Celtic for the first time - with two further clashes on January 14 and March 4 - and on October 8, they take on Rangers at Ibrox - with further clashes on November 12 and April 15.
The match against the Gers on November 12 is the last St Mirren will play before the season pauses for the World Cup and, just over a month later on December 17, they will resume with a trip to Motherwell.
On Christmas Eve, they face Aberdeen at Pittodrie, before finishing the year with the midweek trip to Livingston on December 28. The final match prior to the split is at home to Kilmarnock on April 22.
All fixtures subject to change.
July
30: Motherwell (h)
August
6: Aberdeen (a)
13: Ross County (h)
20: Dundee United (a)
27: Hibernian (h)
September
3: St Johnstone (a)
10: Hearts (a)
17: Celtic (h)
October
1: Livingston (h)
8: Rangers (a)
15: Kilmarnock (h)
22: Dundee United (h)
29: Hibernian (a)
November
5: Ross County (a)
9: St Johnstone (h)
12: Rangers (h)
December
17: Motherwell (a)
24: Aberdeen (h)
28: Livingston (a)
January
2: Kilmarnock (a)
7: Hearts (h)
14: Celtic (a)
28: Motherwell (h)
February
1: Aberdeen (a)
4: Hibernian (h)
18: Ross County (h)
25: St Johnstone (a)
March
4: Celtic (h)
18: Dundee United (a)
April
1: Livingston (h)
8: Hearts (a)
15: Rangers (a)
22: Kilmarnock (h)
Post-split dates
May 6
May 13
May 20
May 24
May 27
The Scottish Premiership season will begin on the weekend of July 30/31.
It will take a break in the middle of the season to accommodate the first ever winter World Cup, pausing on the weekend of November 12/13, before resuming on the weekend of December 17/18.
The season will end on the weekend of May 27/28.
The Premier Sports Cup final will be held on Sunday February 26 while the date for the Scottish Cup final is yet to be confirmed.
The Europa League final will be played on May 31 in Budapest, the Europa Conference League final will be on June 7 in Prague and the Champions League final is scheduled for June 10 in Istanbul.
SPFL chief executive Neil Doncaster expects another "gripping" season of Scottish Premiership football, live on Sky Sports.
"We've enjoyed a really positive relationship with Sky for many, many years. It's been a great partnership, we've seen audiences growing in terms of viewers on Sky Sports in recent years and I think a huge part of that is the partnership and the way in which we've developed that partnership with Sky.
"We're very grateful for the support that Sky continues to give the whole of the Scottish game and we're really looking forward to Sky Sports again exclusively presenting the cinch Premiership live again next season.
"There's a huge amount to look forward to and part of that is indeed the women's game.
"Next season the top two divisions of the women's league will come under the remit of the SPFL and we're very excited about that.
"I think it's a hugely exciting development in the game in Scotland. We've seen the growth in women's football across the globe and we want to be a part of that.
"It's been led very much by the clubs and we're certainly hopeful that we'll be able to give whatever support we can to maximise the potential that undoubtedly exists in women's football in Scotland."
Video Assistant Referees will be introduced in the Scottish Premiership from the middle of the new season.
All 42 Scottish Professional Football League clubs voted on the proposal with 41 in favour and the technology will be implemented after December's World Cup in Qatar.
Doncaster said: "We were keen not to be early adopters of this technology. We've seen some of the teething problems that its introduction has caused in some other leagues so we were keen to ensure we took advantage of the learnings from those leagues before we implemented it in Scotland.
"We're not quite ready to launch at the start of the season but, in partnership with the Scottish FA, we're very hopeful that VAR will launch partway through the season and hopefully achieve less controversy than perhaps we've seen in recent seasons.
"It's a difficult job that the referees have so any support that they can have I'm sure will be appreciated."
