Scottish football season to start on 25 July with Petrofac Training Cup

Livingston are Petrofac Training Cup holders

Scotland's new football season will start on 25 July with the first round of the Petrofac Training Cup, with the Premiership beginning the following weekend.

The top-flight's opening round of fixtures will coincide with the first round of the League Cup.

Scottish Championship, League One and League Two clubs will begin their league campaigns on 8 August.

The fixture lists for the league season are expected to be announced in June.

Either one or two Scottish League Cup first-round matches scheduled for the weekend of Saturday 1 August might be moved because of the involvement of a Premiership club starting their top-flight campaign at the same time.