Scottish Premiership 2013-14

Scottish Premiership 2013-14
master	Celtic Glasgow
Champions League qualification	Celtic Glasgow
Europa League qualification	Aberdeen FC Motherwell FC St. Johnstone FC
Cup winners	St. Johnstone FC
Relegation ↓	Hibernian Edinburgh
Relegated	Hibernian Edinburgh Heart of Midlothian
Teams	12
Games	228 + 6 relegation games
Gates	626  (ø 2.75 per game)
Top scorer	Kris Commons (Celtic Glasgow)
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Championship 2013/14 (II) ↓

The Scottish Premiership 2013/14 was the first edition of the highest Scottish football division since it was founded in 2013. It was also the 117th edition of the highest division within the Scottish Football League in which the Scottish champions were determined. The new league replaced the Scottish Premier League and was run by the Scottish Football Association. The season started on August 2, 2013 and ended on May 11, 2014.

In the new season, after the 1st round and the final 2nd round with the championship and relegation play-offs, there were relegation games between the eleventh place in the Premiership and the second, third and fourth in the championship . This was the last time in the highest Scottish football league in the 1996/97 season .

As a newly promoted from the First Division came Partick Thistle in the Premiership . Celtic Glasgow started the season as defending champions . With a 5-1 away win against Partick Thistle seven game days before the end of the season, Celtic was able to successfully defend the title from the previous year. It was also the third consecutive championship for the club, as well as the 45th in the club's history since the first title in the 1892/93 season . The goalkeeper of Celtic Fraser Forster also set a new record with 1,256 minutes without conceding a goal, breaking Bobby Clark's Scottish record from the 1970/71 season .

societies

Glasgow Motherwell Dundee Perth Edinburgh Kilmarnock Aberdeen Paisley Dingwall Inverness

Location of the clubs of the Scottish Premiership 2013/14

society	city	Stadion	capacity
Celtic Glasgow	Glasgow	Celtic Park	60,355
Dundee United	Dundee	Tannadice Park	14,229
Aberdeen FC	Aberdeen	Pittodrie Stadium	21,421
FC Kilmarnock	Kilmarnock	Rugby park	18,128
Motherwell FC	Motherwell	Fir Park	13,677
St. Johnstone FC	Perth	McDiarmid Park	10,696
FC St. Mirren	Paisley	St. Mirren Park	08,023
Heart of Midlothian	Edinburgh	Tynecastle Stadium	17,529
Hibernian Edinburgh	Edinburgh	Easter Road	20,421
Inverness Caledonian Thistle	Inverness	Caledonian Stadium	07,800
Partick Thistle	Glasgow	Firhill Stadium	10.102
Ross County	Dingwall	Global Energy Stadium	06,541

1 round

table

Pl.	society	Sp.	S.	U	N	Gates	Diff.	Points
1.	Celtic Glasgow (M, P)	33	28	4th	1	082:160	+66	88
2.	Aberdeen FC	33	19th	6th	8th	047:300	+17	63
3.	Motherwell FC	33	19th	3	11	055:500	+5	60
4th	Dundee United	33	15th	9	9	057:400	+17	54
5.	Inverness Caledonian Thistle	33	15th	7th	11	040:350	+5	52
6th	St. Johnstone FC	33	14th	6th	13	041:340	+7	48
7th	Hibernian Edinburgh	33	8th	10	15th	029:440	−15	34
8th.	FC Kilmarnock	33	9	6th	18th	041:570	−16	33
9.	Ross County	33	8th	7th	18th	038:560	−18	31
10.	FC St. Mirren (L)	33	8th	7th	18th	034:550	−21	31
11.	Partick Thistle (N)	33	6th	12	15th	036:570	−21	30th
12.	Heart of Midlothian 1st	33	7th	7th	19th	033:590	−26	13

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

¹The Heart of Midlothian was deducted 15 points for filing for bankruptcy.

Legend
1 round
	Participation in the championship play-offs
	Participation in the relegation play-offs
At the end of the 2012/13 season
(M)	Master of the Acting Master
(P)	reigning cup winner
(L)	reigning league cup winner
(N)	Newcomers

2nd round

Championship play-offs

Closing table

Pl.	society	Sp.	S.	U	N	Gates	Diff.	Points	bonus	total
1.	Celtic Glasgow (M, P)	5	3	2	0	020: 900	+11	11	88	99
2.	Motherwell FC	5	3	1	1	009:100	−1	10	60	70
3.	Aberdeen FC	5	1	2	2	006: 800	−2	05	63	68
4th	Dundee United	5	1	1	3	008:100	−2	04th	54	58
5.	Inverness Caledonian Thistle	5	1	2	2	004: 900	−5	05	52	57
6th	St. Johnstone FC	5	1	2	2	007: 800	−1	05	48	53

Legend
2013/14 season
	Scottish champion and participation in the second qualifying round of the 2014/15 UEFA Champions League
	Participation in the 2nd qualifying round of the 2014/15 UEFA Europa League
	Participation in the 1st qualifying round of the 2014/15 UEFA Europa League
At the end of the 2012/13 season
(M)	Champion of the previous year
(P)	Cup winner of the previous year

Relegation play-offs

Closing table

Pl.	society	Sp.	S.	U	N	Gates	Diff.	Points	bonus	total
7th	Ross County	5	3	0	2	006: 600	± 0	09	31	40
8th.	FC St. Mirren (L)	5	2	2	1	005: 300	+2	08th	31	39
9.	FC Kilmarnock	5	2	0	3	004: 900	−5	06th	33	39
10.	Partick Thistle (N)	5	2	2	1	010: 800	+2	08th	30th	38
11.	Hibernian Edinburgh	5	0	1	4th	002: 700	−5	01	34	35
12.	Heart of Midlothian 1st	5	3	1	1	012: 600	+6	10	13	23

¹The Heart of Midlothian was deducted 15 points for filing for bankruptcy.

2013/14 season
	Participation in the relegation
	Relegated to the championship
At the end of the 2012/13 season
(L)	League cup winner of the previous year
(N)	Newcomer from the First Division

Relegation

For the first time since the 1996/97 season , relegation games were played for a place in the Scottish first division. Participants were Hamilton Academical from FC Falkirk and Queen of the South from this year's championship . In addition, there was the eleven-placed team from the Premiership Hibernian Edinburgh . The winner of each round was determined in two games, whereby in the first round the teams that were in 3rd and 4th place at the end of the season met each other. Then the winner of this game played in the second round against the second-placed team from the championship. The last round was played between the 11th place from the Premiership against the winner of the second round. The winner of the third round received a place for the new season of the Premiership.

First round

The games were played on May 6 and 10, 2014.

	total		First leg	Return leg
Queen of the South	3: 4	FC Falkirk	2: 1	1: 3 a.d.

Second round

The games were played on May 13th and 18th, 2014.

	total		First leg	Return leg
FC Falkirk	1: 2	Hamilton Academical	1: 1	0: 1

Third round

The games were played on May 21st and 25th, 2014.

	total		First leg	Return leg
Hamilton Academical	2: 2 (4: 3 on account)	Hibernian Edinburgh	0: 2	2: 0 a.d.

statistics

List of goalscorers

Kris Commons was the top scorer with 27 goals

Pl.	Surname	team	Gates
01.	Kris Commons	Celtic Glasgow	27
02.	Kris Boyd	FC Kilmarnock	22nd
	John Sutton	Motherwell FC
04th	Stevie May	St. Johnstone FC	20th
	Anthony Stokes	Celtic Glasgow
06th	Billy McKay	Inverness Caledonian Thistle	18th
07th	Niall McGinn	Aberdeen FC	13
	Steven Thompson	FC St. Mirren
09.	Lionel Ainsworth	Motherwell FC	11
	Nadir Çiftçi	Dundee United
	Kris Doolan	Partick Thistle
	Callum Paterson	Heart of Midlothian
13.	Henri Anier	Motherwell FC	09
	Melvin de Leeuw	Ross County
15th	Stuart Armstrong	Dundee United	08th
	Kallum Higginbotham	Partick Thistle
	Steven MacLean	St. Johnstone FC

The championship team from Celtic Glasgow

(Players with at least one stake were taken into account; stakes and goals are given in brackets)

1.

Celtic Glasgow

Goal : Fraser Forster (37/0), Łukasz Załuska (1/0) Defense : Adam Matthews (23/1), Emilio Izaguirre (34/0), Efe Ambrose (38/2), Virgil van Dijk (36/5), Charlie Mulgrew (28/6), Steven Mouyokolo (2/0) , Mikael Lustig (16/0), Eoghan O'Connell (1/0), Darnell Fisher (12/0) Midfield : Nir Biton (15 (0), Scott Brown (38/2), Kris Commons (34/27), Stefan Johansen (16/2), John Herron (1/0), Biram Kayal (13/0), James Forrest (16/4), Liam Henderson (8/1), Filip Twardzik (1/0) Attack : Giorgos Samaras (20/7), Anthony Stokes (33/20), Derk Boerrierter (15/1), Amido Baldé (20/3), Teemu Pukki (25/7), Leigh Griffiths (13/7), Trainer : Neil Lennon

Awards during the season

month	Trainer of the month	Player of the month	Young professional of the month
August 2013	Terry Butcher ( Inverness CT )	Richie Foran (Inverness CT)	Stuart Bannigan ( Partick Thistle )
September 2013	Derek McInnes ( Aberdeen FC )	Billy McKay (Inverness CT)	Andrew Robertson ( Dundee United )
October 2013	Tommy Wright ( St. Johnstone FC )	Stevie May (St. Johnstone FC)	Blair Spittal ( FC Queen's Park )
November 2013	Jackie McNamara (Dundee United)	Andrew Robertson (Dundee United)	Ryan Gauld (Dundee United)
December 2013	Neil Lennon ( Celtic Glasgow )	Kris Commons (Celtic Glasgow)	John McGinn ( FC St. Mirren )
January 2014	Neil Lennon (Celtic Glasgow)	Fraser Forster (Celtic Glasgow)	Craig Slater ( Kilmarnock FC )
February 2014	Derek McInnes (Aberdeen FC)	Adam Rooney (Aberdeen FC)	Sam Stanton ( Hibernian Edinburgh )
March 2014	Neil Lennon (Celtic Glasgow)	Rory McAllister ( Peterhead FC )	Liam Henderson (Celtic Glasgow)
April 2014	Gary Locke ( Heart of Midlothian )	Kenny McLean (FC St. Mirren)	Callum Paterson (Heart of Midlothian)

Change of coach

society		Trainer	reason	date	Table position	successor	source
	St. Johnstone FC	Steve Lomas	Transfer to Millwall FC	06/06/2013	Summer break	Tommy Wright
	FC Kilmarnock	Kenny Shiels	Discharge	06/25/2013	Summer break	Allan Johnston
	Hibernian Edinburgh	Pat Fenlon	resignation	01/11/2013	7th	Terry Butcher
	Inverness CT	Terry Butcher	Moved to Hibernian Edinburgh	11/12/2013	2.	John Hughes

See also

• Edinburgh Derby
• New Firm
• Player of the Month
• Manager of the Month
• List of top scorer in the Scottish Premiership

Web links

• Official website of the Scottish Premiership

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Press Release - SPL Clubs agree change. spfl.co.uk, May 7, 2013, accessed March 27, 2014 . 
2. ↑ Five-star Celtic seal third successive title. (No longer available online.) Celtic FC, March 26, 2014, archived from the original on March 28, 2014 ; accessed on March 27, 2014 (English). 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.  
3. ^ Celtic crush Partick Thistle to make it three SPL titles in a row. theguardian.com, March 26, 2014, accessed March 27, 2014 . 
4. ^ Scottish football: Celtic Glasgow secures 45th championship. spiegel.de, March 26, 2014, accessed on March 27, 2014 . 
5. ↑ ^{a b} "Hearts placed into administration and deducted 15 points" bbc.co.uk (English)
6. ↑ Butcher voted Manager of Month spfl.co.uk (English)
7. ↑ McKay voted Player of the Month spfl.co.uk (English)
8. ↑ Wright lands Premiership award spfl.co.uk (English)
9. ↑ Ryan Gauld: Dundee United teenager wins November award bbc.co.uk (English)
10. ↑ Celtic: Kris Commons named SPFL Premiership player of month bbc.co.uk (English)
11. ↑ Celtic's Fraser Forster is January's SPFL player of the month bbc.co.uk (English)
12. ^ Steve Lomas: Millwall appoint St Johnstone manager. BBC Sport , June 6, 2013, accessed April 2, 2014 . 
13. ^ Kilmarnock: Allan Johnston becomes new manager. BBC Sport, June 11, 2013, accessed April 2, 2014 . 
14. ^ Hibernian: Terry Butcher takes over after Inverness CT agree deal. BBC Sport, November 12, 2013, accessed April 2, 2014 . 
15. ↑ Inverness CT: John Hughes confirmed as new manager. BBC Sport, December 4, 2013, accessed April 2, 2014 .