2006–07 Scottish Premier League
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Season | 2006–07 |
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Dates | 29 July 2006 – 20 May 2007 |
Champions | Celtic 5th Premier League title 41st Scottish title |
Relegated | Dunfermline |
Champions League | Celtic Rangers |
UEFA Cup | Aberdeen Dunfermline |
Intertoto Cup | None |
Matches played | 228 |
Goals scored | 560 (2.46 per match) |
Top goalscorer | Kris Boyd (20) |
Biggest home win | Motherwell 5–0 Kilmarnock (30 September) |
Biggest away win | Motherwell 1–6 Hibernian (18 November) |
← 2005–06 2007–08 → |
The 2006–07 Scottish Premier League season was the ninth season of the Scottish Premier League. It began on 29 July 2006.
The league champions, Celtic and runners-up, Rangers, qualified for the UEFA Champions League on the return of Walter Smith as manager following a brief and disastrous reign by Frenchman Paul Le Guen. The team finishing third, Aberdeen qualified for the UEFA Cup, as did the Scottish Cup finalists Dunfermline Athletic. However, being the bottom-placed team in the SPL, Dunfermline were also relegated to the First Division.
Teams
[edit]Promotion and relegation from 2005–06
[edit]Promoted from First Division to Premier League
Relegated from Premier League to First Division
Stadia and locations
[edit]Aberdeen | Celtic | Dundee United | Dunfermline Athletic |
---|---|---|---|
Pittodrie Stadium | Celtic Park | Tannadice Park | East End Park |
Capacity: 20,866[1] | Capacity: 60,411[2] | Capacity: 14,223[3] | Capacity: 12,509[4] |
Falkirk |
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Heart of Midlothian | |
Falkirk Stadium | Tynecastle Park | ||
Capacity: 7,937[5] | Capacity: 17,420[6] | ||
Hibernian | Inverness Caledonian Thistle | ||
Easter Road | Caledonian Stadium | ||
Capacity: 16,531[7] | Capacity: 7,500[8] | ||
Kilmarnock | Motherwell | Rangers | St Mirren |
Rugby Park | Fir Park | Ibrox Stadium | Love Street |
Capacity: 17,889[9] | Capacity: 13,677[10] | Capacity: 50,817[11] | Capacity: 10,800[12] |
Personnel
[edit]Managerial changes
[edit]Team | Outgoing manager | Date of vacancy | Manner of departure | Position in table | Incoming manager | Date of appointment |
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Rangers | 8 May 2006 | Sacked | Pre-season | 9 May 2006 | ||
Motherwell | 17 May 2006 | Signed by Sydney FC | 17 May 2006 | |||
Hibernian | 13 October 2006 | Signed by West Bromwich Albion | 7th | 31 October 2006 | ||
Dunfermline Athletic | 26 October 2006 | Became Director of Football | 11th | 10 November 2006 | ||
Dundee United | 29 October 2006 | Sacked | 12th | 30 October 2006 | ||
Rangers | 4 January 2007 | Mutual consent | 2nd | 10 January 2007 | ||
Heart of Midlothian | 20 March 2007 | Mutual consent | 4th | 20 March 2007 (caretaker) 30 July 2007 (permanent) |
Events
[edit]- On 22 April 2007 Celtic beat Kilmarnock 2–1 to win the title for the second season running thanks to goals from Jan Vennegoor of Hesselink and Shunsuke Nakamura who scored a free-kick in the dying second of the match to clinch the title for Celtic
- On 12 May 2007 Dunfermline Athletic were relegated to the First Division after a 2–1 defeat at Inverness CT and St Mirren came back from 2–0 down to win 3–2 at Motherwell.
- On 20 May 2007 Aberdeen beat Rangers 2–0 at home in their final game of the season to qualify for the UEFA Cup.
- For the second consecutive season, the top scorer was Kris Boyd of Rangers, with 20 goals.
League table
[edit]Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation[a] |
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1 | Celtic (C) | 38 | 26 | 6 | 6 | 65 | 34 | +31 | 84 | Qualification for the Champions League third qualifying round |
2 | Rangers | 38 | 21 | 9 | 8 | 61 | 32 | +29 | 72 | Qualification for the Champions League second qualifying round |
3 | Aberdeen | 38 | 19 | 8 | 11 | 55 | 38 | +17 | 65 | Qualification for the UEFA Cup first round |
4 | Heart of Midlothian | 38 | 17 | 10 | 11 | 47 | 35 | +12 | 61 | |
5 | Kilmarnock | 38 | 16 | 7 | 15 | 47 | 54 | −7 | 55 | |
6 | Hibernian | 38 | 13 | 10 | 15 | 56 | 46 | +10 | 49 | |
7 | Falkirk | 38 | 15 | 5 | 18 | 49 | 47 | +2 | 50 | |
8 | Inverness Caledonian Thistle | 38 | 11 | 13 | 14 | 42 | 48 | −6 | 46 | |
9 | Dundee United | 38 | 10 | 12 | 16 | 40 | 59 | −19 | 42 | |
10 | Motherwell | 38 | 10 | 8 | 20 | 41 | 61 | −20 | 38 | |
11 | St Mirren | 38 | 8 | 12 | 18 | 31 | 51 | −20 | 36 | |
12 | Dunfermline Athletic (R) | 38 | 8 | 8 | 22 | 26 | 55 | −29 | 32 | Relegation to the Scottish First Division and qualification for UEFA Cup second qualifying round[b] |
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored
(C) Champions; (R) Relegated
Notes:
- ^ Teams played each other three times (33 matches), before the league split into two groups (the top six and the bottom six) for the last five matches.
- ^ As Celtic, the Scottish Cup winners, qualified for the Champions League via their league position, the place in the UEFA Cup was passed to Dunfermline Athletic, the cup runner-up.
Results
[edit]Matches 1–22
[edit]During matches 1–22 each team played every other team twice (home and away).
Matches 23–33
[edit]During matches 23–33 each team played every other team once (either at home or away).
Matches 34–38
[edit]During matches 34–38 each team played every other team in their half of the table once.
Goals
[edit]Top scorers
[edit]Scorer | Team | Appearances | Goals | Average |
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Rangers | 32 | 20 | 0.63 | |
Motherwell | 32 | 15 | 0.47 | |
Kilmarnock | 37 | 15 | 0.41 | |
Falkirk | 16 | 14 | 0.86 | |
Hibernian | 18 | 13 | 0.72 | |
Aberdeen | 36 | 13 | 0.36 | |
Celtic | 21 | 13 | 0.62 | |
Kilmarnock | 33 | 12 | 0.36 | |
Rangers | 32 | 11 | 0.34 | |
Dundee United | 29 | 11 | 0.38 | |
St Mirren | 33 | 11 | 0.33 | |
Inverness CT | 27 | 10 | 0.37 | |
Dundee United | 28 | 10 | 0.36 | |
Aberdeen | 27 | 9 | 0.33 | |
Celtic | 37 | 9 | 0.24 | |
Heart of Midlothian | 27 | 8 | 0.30 |
Hat-tricks
[edit]Scorer | For | Against | Date |
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Celtic | Dundee United | 14 October 2006 | |
Falkirk | Dundee United | 28 October 2006 | |
Falkirk | Dunfermline Athletic | 4 November 2006 | |
Celtic | St Mirren | 12 November 2006 | |
Falkirk | Inverness CT | 30 December 2006 | |
Celtic | St Mirren | 20 January 2007 | |
Rangers | Kilmarnock | 11 February 2007 | |
Rangers | Aberdeen | 17 March 2007 | |
Dundee United | Heart of Midlothian | 17 March 2007 |
Attendances
[edit]Overall 3.7 million spectators attended an average per match of just over 8,090. The average and highest attendances for SPL clubs during the 2006/07 season are shown below:
Club | Average | Highest |
---|---|---|
Celtic | 57,928 | 59,659 |
Rangers | 49,955 | 50,488 |
Hearts | 16,937 | 17,369 |
Hibernian | 14,587 | 16,747 |
Aberdeen | 12,475 | 20,045 |
Dundee United | 7,147 | 12,329 |
Kilmarnock | 6,807 | 13,506 |
Dunfermline Athletic | 6,106 | 8,561 |
Motherwell | 5,877 | 11,745 |
St Mirren | 5,609 | 10,251 |
Falkirk | 5,387 | 7,245 |
Inverness CT | 4,879 | 7,522 |
Source: SPL official website
Monthly awards
[edit]Month | Manager | Player | Young Player |
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August | |||
September | |||
October | |||
November | |||
December | |||
January | |||
February | |||
March | |||
April |
See also
[edit]- 2006–07 Celtic F.C. season
- 2006–07 Dundee United F.C. season
- 2006–07 Hibernian F.C. season
- 2006–07 Kilmarnock F.C. season
- 2006–07 Rangers F.C. season
References
[edit]- ^ "Aberdeen Football Club". Scottish Professional Football League. Retrieved 11 November 2013.
- ^ "Celtic Football Club". Scottish Professional Football League. Retrieved 11 November 2013.
- ^ "Dundee United Football Club". Scottish Professional Football League. Retrieved 11 November 2013.
- ^ "Dunfermline Athletic Football Club". Scottish Professional Football League. Retrieved 11 November 2013.
- ^ "Falkirk Football Club". Scottish Professional Football League. Retrieved 11 November 2013.
- ^ "Heart of Midlothian Football Club". Scottish Professional Football League. Archived from the original on 22 October 2013. Retrieved 11 November 2013.
- ^ "Hibernian Football Club". Scottish Professional Football League. Retrieved 11 November 2013.
- ^ "Inverness Caledonian Thistle Football Club". Scottish Professional Football League. Retrieved 11 November 2013.[permanent dead link]
- ^ "Kilmarnock Football Club". Scottish Professional Football League. Retrieved 11 November 2013.
- ^ "Motherwell Football Club". Scottish Professional Football League. Retrieved 11 November 2013.
- ^ "Rangers Football Club". Scottish Professional Football League. Retrieved 4 November 2015.
- ^ "St Mirren Football Club". Scottish Professional Football League. Retrieved 4 November 2015.