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The following table lists every Scottish club that has won a major domestic trophy (League, Scottish Cup or League Cup). The figures in brackets show the number of times each club has finished as runners–up in the competition concerned.
| League | FA Cup | Lge Cup | Total | Europe | Grand Total | |
| Rangers | 54 (30) | 33 (17) | 27 (7) | 114 (54) | 2 (1) | 116 (55) |
| Celtic | 46 (31) | 36 (18) | 15 (15) | 97 (64) | 1 (1) | 98 (65) |
| Aberdeen | 4 (14) | 7 (8) | 6 (7) | 17 (29) | 1 (0) | 18 (29) |
| Heart of Midlothian | 4 (14) | 8 (6) | 4 (3) | 16 (23) | 16 (23) | |
| Queen's Park | 10 (2) | 10 (2) | 10 (2) | |||
| Hibernian | 4 (6) | 2 (11) | 3 (6) | 9 (23) | 9 (23) | |
| Kilmarnock | 1 (4) | 3 (5) | 1 (5) | 5 (14) | 5 (14) | |
| Dundee United | 1 (0) | 2 (8) | 2 (5) | 5 (13) | 0 (1) | 5 (14) |
| Dundee | 1 (4) | 1 (4) | 3 (3) | 5 (11) | 5 (11) | |
| Motherwell | 1 (7) | 2 (5) | 1 (2) | 4 (14) | 4 (14) | |
| St. Mirren | 3 (3) | 1 (2) | 4 (5) | 4 (5) | ||
| East Fife | 1 (2) | 3 (0) | 4 (2) | 4 (2) | ||
| Dumbarton | 2 (0) | 1 (5) | 3 (5) | 3 (5) | ||
| Third Lanark | 1 (0) | 2 (4) | 0 (1) | 3 (5) | 3 (5) | |
| Vale of Leven | 3 (4) | 3 (4) | 3 (4) | |||
| Clyde | 3 (3) | 3 (3) | 3 (3) | |||
| Falkirk | 0 (2) | 2 (2) | 0 (1) | 2 (5) | 2 (5) | |
| Dunfermline | 2 (3) | 0 (3) | 2 (6) | 2 (6) | ||
| Partick Thistle | 1 (0) | 1 (3) | 2 (3) | 2 (3) | ||
| Renton | 2 (3) | 2 (3) | 2 (3) | |||
| Airdrieonians | 0 (4) | 1 (3) | 1 (7) | 1 (7) | ||
| Morton | 0 (1) | 1 (1) | 1 (2) | 1 (2) | ||
| St. Johnstone | 1 (0) | 0 (2) | 1 (2) | 1 (2) | ||
| Raith Rovers | 0 (1) | 1 (1) | 1 (2) | 1 (2) | ||
| Livingston | 1 (0) | 1 (0) | 1 (0) | |||
| St. Bernard's | 1 (0) | 1 (0) | 1 (0) |
This section features a few of the less predictable (or less well–remembered) winners of Scottish trophies (and runners–up).
| The last team apart from Rangers and Celtic to win the Scottish League (1985); also won it in 1955, 1980 and 1984 |
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Aberdeen |
| Finished runners–up in the League four times in a row, 1924–6; won the Cup in 1924, beating Hibernian in the final; runners–up in the Cup in 1975, 1992 and 1995; folded in 2002 despite finishing as runners–up in the First Division and narrowly missing promotion to the Premier Division |
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Airdrieonians |
| Runners–up in the Scottish League Cup final, 2002 – losing 4–0 to Rangers |
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Ayr United |
| Scottish cup winners in 1883, after losing the previous two finals (both to Queen's Park) – all three after replays; also runners–up in 1887 and 1891; declared joint champions with Rangers, after the Scottish League's first season (1890–1), when the teams finished level on points and a play–off for the title finished in a 2–2 draw; won the title outright the following year. The only club that has won the Scottish League but has never played in the Premier League |
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Dumbarton |
| Founded 1946; admitted to the Scottish League 2002; reached the Scottish Cup final in 2006, losing on penalties to Hearts; promoted to the SPL 2007; folded in 2008 after its main financial backer (English businessman and philanthropist Brooks Mileson) withdrew funds due to ill health and financial difficulties |
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Gretna |
| Scotland's third most successful club, after Celtic and Rangers: 4 League titles (most recently 1960), 8 Scottish Cups (2012 – beating local rivals Hibernian 5–1 in the final), 4 League Cups (1963) |
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Heart of Midlothian |
| Runners–up in the Scottish League Cup final, 2014 (lost to Aberdeen on penalties) |
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Inverness Caledonian Thistle |
| The only team apart from Rangers and Celtic to win the Scottish League between 1904 and World War II (1932); runners–up to Celtic in 2013 and 2014; also finished as runners–up four times, 1927–34 (to Rangers each time); also won the Scottish Cup in 1952 and 1991, and have been losing finalists five times (most recently in 2011) |
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Motherwell |
| Lost 3–2 to Rangers in the 2008 Scottish Cup final |
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Queen of the South |
| Scotland's oldest club (founded 1867): Scottish Cup winners in its first three years (1874–6), and ten times in its first 20 years – still more times than any club other than Celtic and Rangers; also the only Scottish club to appear in an FA Cup final (1884 and 1885). Plays home games at Hampden Park |
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Queen's Park |
| Based in West Dunbartonshire: Scottish Cup winners in 1885 and 1888: challenged and beat the English cup holders West Bromwich Albion in 1888, to claim the title "Champions of the World" |
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Renton |
| Elected to the Scottish League 1994; promoted to the Premier Division 2012; lost the 2010 Scottish Cup final 3–0 to Dundee United |
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Ross County |
| Edinburgh's "third club": Scottish cup winners in 1895, refused entry into the Scottish league in its first three years (1890–3) on grounds of professionalism; effectively went bankrupt in 1942 |
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St. Bernard's |
| First major trophy was the 2014 Scottish Cup – beating Dundee United in the final |
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St. Johnstone |
| Scottish League Cup winners, 2012; also won the Scottish Cup in 1926, 1959 and 1987 |
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St. Mirren |
| Scottish champions in 1904; Cup winners 1889 and 1905; Cup runners–up in 1928 and 1958, League Cup runners–up in 1960; liquidated in 1967 amid allegations of boardroom corruption |
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Third Lanark |
| Based in Alexandria, West Dunbartonshire: Scottish Cup winners in its fourth, fifth and sixth years (1877–9); also lost three consecutive finals (1883–5), and a fourth in 1890. Founder members of the Scottish League, but withdrew after failing to win a game in its second season |
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Vale of Leven |
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