the highland football league (hfl) is a league of football clubs operating not just in the scottish highlands, as the name may suggest, but also in the north-east lowlands (moray and aberdeenshire). it is one of the three 'senior' non-leagues (that is a league that is not the scottish football league (sfl), scottish premier league or one of the scottish junior football association's leagues) in scotland. the hfl is a full member of the scottish football association.