Scottish Premier League 2006/07

Scottish Premier League 2006/07
master	Celtic Glasgow
Champions League qualification	Celtic Glasgow Rangers
Uefa cup	Aberdeen FC
UEFA Cup qualification	Dunfermline Athletic
Cup winners	Celtic Glasgow
Relegated	Dunfermline Athletic
Teams	12
Games	228
Gates	560  (ø 2.46 per game)
Top scorer	Kris Boyd (Glasgow Rangers)
← Premier League 2005/06 Premier League 2007/08 →
First Division 2006/07 ↓

The Scottish Premier League was played for the ninth time in 2006/07 . It was also the 110th edition of the highest soccer division within the Scottish Football League in which the Scottish champions were determined. In the 2006/07 season, 12 clubs competed against each other in a total of 38 match days. Each team played three times against each other team, making a total of 33 games. Then the league was divided into two halves, in which these teams played against each other again. In the event of a tie, the goal difference counted .

Celtic Glasgow won the Scottish Championship for the 41st time in the club's history. The Bhoys qualified as champions for the 2007/08 Champions League season . Runner-up Glasgow Rangers also played in the Champions League because of Scotland's improved position in the UEFA five-year standings . The defeated cup finalists Dunfermline Athletic , as well as the third-placed FC Aberdeen qualified for the UEFA Cup . Dunfermline Athletic was relegated to the First Division at the end of the season . With 20 goals, Kris Boyd of the Glasgow Rangers was top scorer.

1 round

table

Pl.	society	Sp.	S.	U	N	Gates	Diff.	Points
1.	Celtic Glasgow (M, L)	33	24	6th	3	059:250	+34	78
2.	Glasgow Rangers	33	19th	8th	6th	054:250	+29	65
3.	Aberdeen FC	33	17th	6th	10	046:330	+13	57
4th	Heart of Midlothian (P)	33	15th	9	9	040:300	+10	54
5.	FC Kilmarnock	33	13	7th	13	043:490	−6	46
6th	Hibernian Edinburgh	33	12	8th	13	049:370	+12	44
7th	FC Falkirk	33	12	4th	17th	040:420	−2	40
8th.	Dundee United	33	10	10	13	039:530	−14	40
9.	Inverness Caledonian Thistle	33	8th	12	13	036:450	−9	36
10.	Motherwell FC	33	10	6th	17th	035:490	−14	36
11.	FC St. Mirren (N)	33	5	12	16	024:470	−23	27
12.	Dunfermline Athletic	33	5	8th	20th	019:490	−30	23

Placement criteria: 1st points - 2nd goal difference - 3rd goals scored

Legend
2006/07 season
	Participation in the championship play-offs
	Participation in the relegation play-offs
At the end of the 2005/06 season
(M)	Champion of the previous year
(P)	Cup winner of the previous year
(L)	League cup winner of the previous year
(N)	Newcomer from the First Division

2nd round

Championship play-offs

Pl.	society	Sp.	S.	U	N	Gates	Diff.	Points	bonus	total
1.	Celtic Glasgow (M, L)	5	2	0	3	006: 900	−3	06th	78	84
2.	Glasgow Rangers	5	2	1	2	007: 700	± 0	07th	65	72
3.	Aberdeen FC	5	2	2	1	009: 500	+4	08th	57	65
4th	Heart of Midlothian (P)	5	2	1	2	007: 500	+2	07th	54	61
5.	FC Kilmarnock	5	3	0	2	004: 500	−1	09	46	55
6th	Hibernian Edinburgh	5	1	2	2	007: 900	−2	05	44	49

Legend
2006/07 season
	Scottish champion and participation in the third qualifying round of the 2007/08 UEFA Champions League
	Participation in the second qualifying round of the 2007/08 UEFA Champions League
	Participation in the 1st round of the 2007/08 UEFA Cup
At the end of the 2005/06 season
(M)	Champion of the previous year
(P)	Cup winner of the previous year
(L)	League cup winner of the previous year

Relegation play-offs

Pl.	society	Sp.	S.	U	N	Gates	Diff.	Points	bonus	total
7th	FC Falkirk	5	3	1	1	009: 500	+4	10	40	50
8th.	Inverness Caledonian Thistle	5	3	1	1	006: 300	+3	10	36	46
9.	Dundee United	5	0	2	3	001: 600	−5	02	40	42
10.	Motherwell FC	5	0	2	3	006:120	−6	02	36	38
11.	FC St. Mirren (N)	5	3	0	2	008: 400	+4	09	27	36
12.	Dunfermline Athletic	5	3	0	2	007: 600	+1	09	23	32

2006/07 season
	Relegated to the first division
At the end of the 2005/06 season
(N)	Newcomer from the First Division

The championship team from Celtic Glasgow

(Players with at least five appearances were taken into account; the appearances and goals are given in brackets)

1.

Celtic Glasgow

Goal: Artur Boruc (36 / -) Defense: Lee Naylor (32 / -); Stephen McManus (31/2); Gary Caldwell (21 / -); Paul Telfer (21 / -); Darren O'Dea (14/2); Steven Pressley (14/1); Mark Wilson (12 / -); Dianbobo Baldé (6 / -); Jean-Joël Perrier-Doumbé (4 / -); John Kennedy (3 / -) Midfield: Shunsuke Nakamura (37/9); Aiden McGeady (34/5); Neil Lennon (31 / -); Jiří Jarošík (25/4); Thomas Gravesen (22/6); Evander Sno (18/1); Stephen Pearson (13/1); Paul Hartley (10 / -); Stilian Petrov (3/2) Attack: Kenny Miller (30/4); Maciej Żurawski (26/6); Jan Vennegoor (21/13); Derek Riordan (16/4); Craig Beattie (16/2); Shaun Maloney (9 / -) Coach: Gordon Strachan

List of goalscorers

space	player	nationality	Club	Gates
1.	Kris Boyd	Scotland	Glasgow Rangers	20th
2.	Scott McDonald	Australia	Motherwell FC	15th
"	Steven Naismith	Scotland	FC Kilmarnock	15th
4th	Anthony Stokes	Ireland	FC Falkirk	13
5.	Jan Vennegoor	Netherlands	Celtic Glasgow	13
"	Chris Killen	New Zealand	Hibernian Edinburgh	13
7th	Colin Nish	Scotland	FC Kilmarnock	12

Awards during the season

month	Trainer of the month	Player of the month
August 2006	Jim Jefferies ( Kilmarnock FC )	Russell Latapy ( Falkirk FC )
September 2006	Gordon Strachan ( Celtic Glasgow )	Allan McGregor (Glasgow Rangers)
October 2006	Charlie Christie ( Inverness Caledonian Thistle )	Lee Naylor (Celtic Glasgow)
November 2006	Craig Levein ( Dundee United )	Russell Anderson ( Aberdeen FC )
December 2006	John Hughes (Falkirk FC)	Artur Boruc (Celtic Glasgow)
January 2007	Gordon Strachan (Celtic Glasgow)	Jan Vennegoor of Hesselink (Celtic Glasgow)
February 2007	Maurice Malpas ( Motherwell FC )	Shunsuke Nakamura (Celtic Glasgow)
March 2007	Craig Levein (Dundee United)	Alan Hutton (Glasgow Rangers)
April 2007	Stephen Kenny ( Dunfermline Athletic )	Neil Lennon (Celtic Glasgow)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Scottish Football League & Scottish Premier League Top goalscorers per division. (No longer available online.) Scottish-football-historical-archive.com, archived from the original on September 27, 2012 ; accessed on April 15, 2015 . Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.  

Web links

• Scottish Premier League 2006/07 at Statto.com
• Scottish Premier League 2006/07 in the Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation database
• Scottish Premier League 2006/07 at www.kicker.de