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 17, rising to Under-18 level from August 2018.

Clubs are assessed against set criteria and a set of Measureable 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, Celtic, Hamilton Academical, Heart of Midlothian, Hibernian, Kilmarnock, Motherwell, Rangers

Performance (Progressive) Level 

Ayr United, Dundee United, Greenock Morton, Inverness Caledonian Thistle, Partick Thistle, Ross County, St Johnstone, St Mirren

Performance Level 

Dundee, Fife Elite Football Academy, Queen's Park