Scottish Premier League 2011/12

Scottish Premier League 2011/12
master	Celtic Glasgow
Champions League qualification	Celtic Glasgow FC Motherwell
Europe League	Heart of Midlothian
Europa League qualification	Dundee United FC St. Johnstone
Cup winners	Heart of Midlothian
Relegated	Dunfermline Athletic
Teams	12
Games	228
Gates	601  (ø 2.64 per game)
spectator	3,160,414  (ø 13,861 per game)
Top scorer	Gary Hooper ( Celtic Glasgow )
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The Scottish Premier League was played for the 14th time in 2011/12 . It was also the 115th edition of the highest soccer division within the Scottish Football League in which the Scottish champions were determined. In the 2011/12 season, 12 clubs competed against each other in a total of 38 matchdays. Each team played once at home and away against every other team in the first round. After that, the league was divided into two halves, in which the teams play against each other again. In the event of a tie, the goal difference counted .

The Celtic Glasgow won the Scottish Championship for the 43rd time in the club's history. The Bhoys qualified as champions for the 2012/13 Champions League season . The season was overshadowed by the bankruptcy of the Glasgow Rangers . Despite the runner-up, the Rangers were excluded from the Scottish Premier League and incorporated into the Scottish Third Division in the following season after admission to the Scottish Football League . That's why the third-placed FC Motherwell played in the qualifying round of the Champions League because of the improved position of Scotland in the UEFA five-year standings . The Cup Winners Heart of Midlothian , and the fourth-placed Dundee United and sixth-placed FC St. Johnstone qualified for the Europa League . Dunfermline Athletic was relegated to the First Division at the end of the season . Celtic Glasgow's Gary Hooper was the top scorer with 24 goals .

1 round

table

Pl.	society	Sp.	S.	U	N	Gates	Diff.	Points
1.	Celtic Glasgow (P)	33	26th	3	4th	072:200	+52	81
2.	Glasgow Rangers 1 (M, L)	33	23	4th	6th	065:250	+40	63
3.	Motherwell FC	33	16	7th	10	043:380	+5	55
4th	St. Johnstone FC	33	14th	8th	11	042:360	+6	50
5.	Dundee United	33	13	10	10	055:430	+12	49
6th	Heart of Midlothian	33	14th	6th	13	041:320	+9	48
7th	FC Kilmarnock	33	8th	13	12	036:540	−18	37
8th.	Aberdeen FC	33	8th	12	13	032:380	−6	36
9.	FC St. Mirren	33	7th	14th	12	032:460	−14	35
10.	Inverness Caledonian Thistle	33	8th	8th	17th	036:540	−18	32
11.	Hibernian Edinburgh	33	6th	9	18th	034:620	−28	27
12.	Dunfermline Athletic (N)	33	4th	8th	21st	032:720	−40	20th

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

¹The Glasgow Rangers were deducted 10 points for filing for bankruptcy.

Legend
2011/12 season
	Participation in the championship play-offs
	Participation in the relegation play-offs
At the end of the 2010/11 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 (P)	5	4th	0	1	012: 100	+11	12	81	93
2.	Glasgow Rangers 1 (M, L)	5	3	1	1	012: 300	+9	10	63	73
3.	Motherwell FC	5	2	1	2	006: 600	± 0	07th	55	62
4th	Dundee United	5	3	1	1	007: 700	± 0	10	49	59
5.	Heart of Midlothian	5	1	1	3	004:110	−7	04th	48	52
6th	St. Johnstone FC	5	0	0	5	001:140	−13	00	50	50

¹The Glasgow Rangers were deducted 10 points for filing for bankruptcy. Since the club was still in administration until March 31, 2012, it was not granted a license to participate in the European Cup. In addition, the club could not find an agreement with its creditors and was accordingly put into liquidation and reassigned to the fourth division.

Legend
2011/12 season
	Scottish champion and participation in the third qualifying round of the 2012/13 UEFA Champions League
	Participation in the 3rd qualifying round of the 2012/13 UEFA Champions League
	Cup winners and participation in the 2012/13 UEFA Europa League play-offs
	Participation in the 3rd qualifying round of the 2012/13 UEFA Europa League
	Participation in the 2nd qualifying round of the 2012/13 UEFA Europa League
	Relegated to the third division
At the end of the 2010/11 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 Kilmarnock	5	3	1	1	008: 700	+1	10	37	47
8th.	FC St. Mirren	5	2	2	1	007: 500	+2	08th	35	43
9.	Aberdeen FC	5	1	2	2	004: 600	−2	05	36	41
10.	Inverness Caledonian Thistle	5	2	1	2	006: 600	± 0	07th	32	39
11.	Hibernian Edinburgh	5	2	0	3	006: 500	+1	06th	27	33
12.	Dunfermline Athletic (N)	5	1	2	2	008:100	−2	05	20th	25th

2011/12 season
	Relegated to the first division
At the end of the 2010/11 season
(N)	Newcomer from the First Division

Venues

Stadion society city capacity Ibrox Stadium Glasgow Rangers Glasgow 51,082 Celtic Park Celtic Glasgow Glasgow 60,832 Tynecastle Stadium Heart of Midlothian Edinburgh 18.008 Tannadice Park Dundee United Dundee 14,223 Rugby park FC Kilmarnock Kilmarnock 18,128 Fir Park Motherwell FC Motherwell 13,742 Caledonian Stadium Inverness Caledonian Thistle Inverness 7,819 McDiarmid Park St. Johnstone FC Perth 10,456 Pittodrie Stadium Aberdeen FC Aberdeen 22,200 Easter Road Hibernian Edinburgh Edinburgh 20,421 St. Mirren Park FC St. Mirren Paisley 8,000 East End Park Dunfermline Athletic Dunfermline 12,000

statistics

List of goalscorers

Gary Hooper (Celtic Glasgow) was the top scorer with 24 goals

Pl.	Surname	team	Gates
1	Gary Hooper	Celtic Glasgow	24
2	Jon Daly	Dundee United	19th
3	Michael Higdon	Motherwell FC	14th
	Nikica Jelavic	Glasgow Rangers
	Francisco Sandaza	St. Johnstone FC
6th	Steven Thompson	FC St. Mirren	13
7th	Sone Aluko	Glasgow Rangers	12
	Garry O'Connor	Hibernian Edinburgh
	Dean Shiels	FC Kilmarnock
	Rudolf Skácel	Heart of Midlothian
	Anthony Stokes	Celtic Glasgow

Most assists

Steven Davis (Glasgow Rangers) gave the most assists

Pl.	Surname	team	Assists
1	Steven Davis	Glasgow Rangers	13
2	Kris Commons	Celtic Glasgow	12
3	Anthony Stokes	Celtic Glasgow	10
4th	Paul Dixon	Dundee United	9
	Jonny Hayes	Inverness CT
6th	Tom Hateley	Motherwell FC	8th
	Gary Hooper	Celtic Glasgow
	Nicky Law	Motherwell FC
	Giorgos Samaras	Celtic Glasgow
	Francisco Sandaza	St. Johnstone FC
	David Templeton	Heart of Midlothian

Goalkeeper without conceding a goal

Fraser Forster (Celtic Glasgow) conceded the fewest goals

Pl.	Surname	team	Games without conceding a goal
1	Fraser Forster	Celtic Glasgow	21st
2	Allan McGregor	Glasgow Rangers	17th
3	Darren Randolph	Motherwell FC	15th
4th	Dušan Perniš	Dundee United	13
	Craig Samson	FC St. Mirren
6th	Peter Enckelman	St. Johnstone FC	10
7th	Cammy Bell	FC Kilmarnock	9
8th	Marián Kello	Heart of Midlothian	8th
9	Jason Brown	Aberdeen FC	6th

The championship team from Celtic Glasgow

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

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Celtic Glasgow

Goal : Fraser Forster (33 / -), Łukasz Załuska (5 / -) Defense : Emilio Izaguirre (12 / -), Badr El Kaddouri (6/1), Glenn Loovens (11/1), Daniel Majstorovic (17 / -), Adam Matthews (27 / -), Charlie Mulgrew (30/8) , Cha Du-ri (15/1), Thomas Rogne (17/1), Kelvin Wilson (15 / -), Mark Wilson (7/1) Midfield : Scott Brown (22/3), Kris Commons (24/1), James Forrest (29/7), Biram Kayal (19 / -), Joe Ledley (32/7), Paddy McCourt (13 / -), Dylan McGeouch (6/1), Victor Wanyama (29/4), Ki Sung-yong (30/7) Attack : Mohamed Bangura (10 / -), Gary Hooper (37/24), Georgios Samaras (26/4), Anthony Stokes (34/12) Trainer : Neil Lennon

Awards during the season

month	Trainer of the month	Player of the month	Young professional of the month
July / August 2011	Stuart McCall (Motherwell FC)	Paul Gallacher (Dunfermline Athletic)	Johnny Russell (Dundee United)
September 2011	Ally McCoist (Glasgow Rangers)	Steven Davis (Glasgow Rangers)	James Forrest (Celtic Glasgow)
October 2011	Stuart McCall (Motherwell FC)	Keith Lasley (Motherwell FC)	Kenny McLean (FC St. Mirren)
November 2011	Neil Lennon (Celtic Glasgow)	Gary Hooper (Celtic Glasgow)	James Forrest (Celtic Glasgow)
December 2011	Neil Lennon (Celtic Glasgow)	Paul McGowan (FC St. Mirren)	Victor Wanyama (Celtic Glasgow)
January 2012	Craig Brown (Aberdeen FC)	Scott Brown (Celtic Glasgow)	Henrik Ojamaa (Motherwell FC)
February 2012	Neil Lennon (Celtic Glasgow)	Charlie Mulgrew (Celtic Glasgow)	Gary Mackay-Steven (Dundee United)
March 2012	Peter Houston (Dundee United)	Jon Daly (Dundee United)	Gary Mackay-Steven (Dundee United)
April 2012	Neil Lennon (Celtic Glasgow)	Charlie Mulgrew (Celtic Glasgow)	Shaun Hutchinson (Motherwell FC)

Web links

• Official website of the Scottish Premier League (English)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ^{a b} Scottish record champions before bankruptcy focus.de
2. ↑ ^{a b} Rangers Football Club enters administration bbc.co.uk
3. ↑ Rangers to re-form after creditors' deal is rejected www.bbc.co.uk