Scottish Premier League 2010/11

Clydesdale Bank Premier League
master	Glasgow Rangers
Champions League qualification	Glasgow Rangers
Europe League	Celtic Glasgow
Europa League qualification	Heart of Midlothian Dundee United
Cup winners	Celtic Glasgow
Relegated	Hamilton Academical
Teams	12
Games	228
Gates	584  (ø 2.56 per game)
Top scorer	Kenny Miller (Glasgow Rangers)
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First Division 2010/11 ↓

The Scottish Premier League was played for the 13th time in 2010/11 . It was also the 114th edition of the highest soccer division within the Scottish Football League in which the Scottish champions were determined. In the 2010/11 season, 12 clubs competed against each other in a total of 38 match days. Each team played once at home and away against every other team in the first round. Then the league was divided into two halves, in which the teams played against each other again. In the event of a tie, the goal difference counted .

The Glasgow Rangers won the Scottish Championship for the 54th time in the club's history. The Rangers qualified as champions for the 2011/12 Champions League season . Runner-up and cup winners Celtic Glasgow , as well as third-placed Heart of Midlothian and fourth-placed Dundee United qualified for the Europa League . Hamilton Academical rose at the end of the season in the First Division . With 21 goals Kenny Miller of the Glasgow Rangers was top scorer.

1 round

table

Pl.	society	Sp.	S.	U	N	Gates	Diff.	Points
1.	Glasgow Rangers (M, L)	33	26th	2	5	072:280	+44	80
2.	Celtic Glasgow	33	25th	4th	4th	072:210	+51	79
3.	Heart of Midlothian	33	18th	7th	8th	047:310	+16	61
4th	Dundee United (P)	33	14th	10	9	044:410	+3	52
5.	FC Kilmarnock	33	13	8th	12	047:410	+6	47
6th	Motherwell FC	33	13	5	15th	036:430	−7	44
7th	Inverness Caledonian Thistle (N)	33	10	11	12	044:420	+2	41
8th.	Hibernian Edinburgh	33	10	6th	17th	036:520	−16	36
9.	St. Johnstone FC	33	8th	10	15th	018:390	−21	34
10.	Aberdeen FC	33	9	4th	20th	034:540	−20	31
11.	FC St. Mirren	33	7th	7th	19th	031:540	−23	28
12.	Hamilton Academical	33	3	10	20th	020:550	−35	19th

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

Legend
2010/11 season
	Participation in the championship play-offs
	Participation in the relegation play-offs
At the end of the 2009/10 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.	Glasgow Rangers (M, L)	5	4th	1	0	016: 100	+15	13	80	93
2.	Celtic Glasgow	5	4th	1	0	013: 100	+12	13	79	92
3.	Heart of Midlothian	5	0	2	3	006:140	−8	02	61	63
4th	Dundee United (P)	5	3	0	2	011: 900	+2	09	52	61
5.	FC Kilmarnock	5	0	2	3	006:140	−8	02	47	49
6th	Motherwell FC	5	0	2	3	004:170	−13	02	44	46

Legend
2010/11 season
	Scottish champion and participation in the third qualifying round of the 2011/12 UEFA Champions League
	Cup winners and participation in the 2011/12 UEFA Europa League play-offs
	Participation in the third qualifying round of the 2011/12 UEFA Europa League
	Participation in the 2nd qualifying round of the 2011/12 UEFA Europa League
At the end of the 2009/10 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	Inverness Caledonian Thistle (N)	5	4th	0	1	008: 200	+6	12	41	53
8th.	St. Johnstone FC	5	3	1	1	005: 400	+1	10	34	44
9.	Aberdeen FC	5	2	1	2	005: 500	± 0	07th	31	38
10.	Hibernian Edinburgh	5	0	1	4th	003: 900	−6	01	36	37
11.	FC St. Mirren	5	1	2	2	002: 300	−1	05	28	33
12.	Hamilton Academical	5	2	1	2	004: 400	± 0	07th	19th	26th

2010/11 season
	Relegated to the first division
At the end of the 2009/10 season
(N)	Newcomer from the First Division

The Glasgow Rangers championship team

(Players with at least 5 appearances were considered; the games and goals are given in brackets)

1.

Glasgow Rangers

Goal : Allan McGregor (37 / -) Defense : Kyle Bartley (5/1), Madjid Bougherra (31/1), Kirk Broadfoot (8 / -), Richard Foster (15 / -), Saša Papac (34/3), David Weir (37 / -), Steven Whittaker (36/4) Midfield : Steven Davis (37/4), Maurice Edu (33/2), John Fleck (13 / -), Kyle Hutton (7 / -), Lee McCulloch (21 / -), Jamie Ness (11 / -), Vladimír Weiss (23/5), Gregg Wylde (15 / -) Storm : James Beattie (7 / -), El-Hadji Diouf (15/1), Nikica Jelavic (23/16), David Healy (8/1), Kyle Lafferty (31/11), Kenny Miller (18/21 ), Steven Naismith (31/11) Trainer : Walter Smith

Goalscorer

Pl.	Surname	team	Gates
01	Kenny Miller	Glasgow Rangers	021st
02	Gary Hooper	Celtic Glasgow	017th
03	David Goodwillie	Dundee United	016
04th	Conor Sammon	FC Kilmarnock	015th
	Anthony Stokes	Hibernian Edinburgh / Celtic Glasgow
06th	Michael Higdon	FC St. Mirren	014th
07th	Nikica Jelavic	Glasgow Rangers	013
	Adam Rooney	Inverness Caledonian Thistle
	Rudolf Skácel	Heart of Midlothian
10	Nick Blackman	Motherwell FC / Aberdeen FC	012

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 2010/11 at Statto.com
• Scottish Premier League 2010/11 in the Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation database
• Scottish Premier League 2010/11 at www.kicker.de