Scottish Premiership 2014/15

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Scottish Premiership 2014/15
master Celtic Glasgow
Champions League
qualification		 Celtic Glasgow
Europa League
qualification		 FC Aberdeen
Inverness Caledonian Thistle
FC St. Johnstone
Cup winners Inverness Caledonian Thistle
Relegation ↓ Motherwell FC
Relegated FC St. Mirren
Teams 12
Games 228 + 6 relegation games
Gates 601  (ø 2.64 per game)
spectator 1,919,345  (ø 8418 per game)
Top scorer IrelandIreland Adam Rooney
( Aberdeen FC )
← Premiership 2013/14

The Scottish Premiership in 2014/15 was the second edition of the highest Scottish football division since it was founded in 2013. It was also the 118th edition of the highest division within the Scottish Football League in which the Scottish champions were determined. The league was run by the Scottish Football Association and began on August 9, 2014 and ended with the 38th matchday in May 2015. After the regular season, which was referred to as the 1st round and in which all teams compete against each other three times, the final 2nd round, which was divided into two groups with championship and relegation play-offs . The eleventh place in the Premiership then met the second, third and fourth of the championship , with which it came to relegation games .

As promoters from last year's championship , FC Dundee and Hamilton Academical took part in the Premiership . Hamilton Academical prevailed in the relegation against Hibernian Edinburgh . The Hibs followed the direct relegated Heart of Midlothian in the championship . For the first time in 124 years, not a single club from the Scottish capital Edinburgh is playing in the first division. Celtic Glasgow started the season as defending champions .

The championship won for the 46th time in the club's history Celtic Glasgow. The decisive factor was a 5-0 home win on Matchday 35 by Celtic over Dundee FC , and the simultaneous defeat of the pursuer, Aberdeen FC, who lost to Dundee United .

The Bhoys qualified as champions for the following Champions League season 2015/16 . Second, third and fourth-placed Aberdeen FC, Inverness Caledonian Thistle (also cup winners ) and St. Johnstone FC qualified for the 2015/16 UEFA Europa League . The FC Motherwell played in the relegation against the Rangers and retained after two wins the game class. The last placed FC St. Mirren relegated straight to the championship .

societies

Location of the clubs of the Scottish Premiership 2014/15
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
Dundee FC Dundee Dens Park 12,085
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
Hamilton Academical Hamilton New Douglas Park 06,000
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)  33  25th  4th  4th 070:170 +53 79
 2. Aberdeen FC (L)  33  22nd  5  6th 054:280 +26 71
 3. Inverness Caledonian Thistle  33  17th  7th  9 046:340 +12 58
 4th Dundee United  33  15th  4th  14th 053:490  +4 49
 5. St. Johnstone FC (P)  33  14th  6th  13 029:320  −3 48
 6th Dundee FC (N)  33  11  11  11 045:450  ± 0 44
 7th Hamilton Academical (N)  33  12  7th  14th 042:480  −6 43
 8th. Partick Thistle  33  10  8th  15th 041:380  +3 38
 9. FC Kilmarnock  33  10  8th  15th 035:460 −11 38
10. Ross County  33  10  7th  16 039:560 −17 37
11. Motherwell FC  33  9  4th  20th 033:570 −24 31
12. FC St. Mirren  33  6th  3  24 022:590 −37 21st

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

Legend
1 round
Participation in the championship play-offs
Participation in the relegation play-offs
At the end of the 2013/14 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 Scottish Championship

2nd round

Championship play-offs

Closing table

Pl. society Sp. S. U N Gates Diff. Points bonus total
 1. Celtic Glasgow (M)  5  4th  1  0 014: 000 +14 13 79 92
 2. Aberdeen FC (L)  5  1  1  3 003: 500  −2 04th 71 75
 3. Inverness Caledonian Thistle  5  2  1  2 006: 800  −2 07th 58 65
 4th St. Johnstone FC (P)  5  2  3  0 005: 200  +3 09 48 57
 5. Dundee United  5  2  1  2 005: 700  −2 07th 49 56
 6th Dundee FC (N)  5  0  1  4th 001:120 −11 01 44 45
Legend
2nd round
Scottish champion and participation in the 2nd qualifying round for the 2015/16 UEFA Champions League
Participation in the 1st qualifying round for the 2015/16 UEFA Europa League
At the end of the 2013/14 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 Scottish Championship

Relegation play-offs

Closing table

Pl. society Sp. S. U N Gates Diff. Points bonus total
 7th Hamilton Academical (N)  5  3  1  1 008: 500  +3 10 43 53
 8th. Partick Thistle  5  2  2  1 007: 600  +1 08th 38 46
 9. Ross County  5  2  1  2 007: 700  ± 0 07th 37 44
10. FC Kilmarnock  5  1  0  4th 009:130  −4 03 38 41
11. Motherwell FC  5  1  2  2 005: 600  −1 05 31 36
12. FC St. Mirren  5  3  0  2 008: 700  +1 09 21st 30th
Legend
2nd round
Participation in the relegation
Relegated to the Scottish Championship
At the end of the 2013/14 season
(N) Newcomer from the Scottish Championship

Relegation

Participants in the relegation games for a place for the following Scottish Premiership season 2015/16 are Hibernian Edinburgh , the Glasgow Rangers and Queen of the South from this year's championship . In addition, there is the eleven-placed team from this year's Premiership, FC Motherwell . The winner of each round is determined in two games, whereby in the first round the teams that were in 3rd and 4th place at the end of the championship season met. After that, the winner of this game plays in the second round against the second-placed team from the championship. The last round will be played between the 11th place from the Premiership and the winner of the second round. The winner of the third round receives a place for the new season of the Premiership.

First round

The games were played on May 9th and 17th, 2015.

total First leg Return leg
Queen of the South 2: 3 Glasgow Rangers 1: 2 1: 1

Second round

The games will be played on May 20 and 23, 2015.

total First leg Return leg
Glasgow Rangers 2: 1 Hibernian Edinburgh 2-0 0: 1

Third round

The games will be played on May 28 and 31, 2015.

total First leg Return leg
Glasgow Rangers 1: 6 Motherwell FC 1: 3 0: 3

statistics

List of goalscorers

If the number of goals is the same, the players are sorted alphabetically by surname or artist name.

Pl. Nat. Surname logo team Gates
01. IrelandIreland Adam Rooney FC Aberdeen.svg Aberdeen FC 18th
02. TurkeyTurkey Nadir Çiftçi Dundee United.svg Dundee United 14th
ScotlandScotland Leigh Griffiths Celtic fc.svg Celtic Glasgow
04th ScotlandScotland Greg Stewart Dundee FC.svg Dundee FC 13
05. FranceFrance Tony Andreu 1 Hamilton.svg Hamilton Academical 12
EnglandEngland John Sutton Motherwell FC
07th ScotlandScotland Ali Crawford Hamilton.svg Hamilton Academical 11
8th. Northern IrelandNorthern Ireland Liam Boyce Ross County 10
ScotlandScotland Kris Commons Celtic fc.svg Celtic Glasgow
Northern IrelandNorthern Ireland Billy McKay 2 Inverness CT
11. ScotlandScotland Kris Doolan Partick Thistle FC Logo.svg Partick Thistle 9
ScotlandScotland Brian Graham St. Johnstone FC
ScotlandScotland Gary Mackay-Steven 3 Celtic fc.svg Celtic Glasgow
ScotlandScotland Michael O'Halloran St. Johnstone FC
EnglandEngland Tope Obadeyi Coats of arms of None.svg FC Kilmarnock
Status: end of season
1Anthony Andreu moved to Norwich City during the season .
2Billy Mckay joined Wigan Athletic during the season .
3Gary Mackay-Steven transferred during the season from Dundee United to Celtic Glasgow .

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
Celtic fc.svg

Awards during the season

month Trainer of the month Player of the month Young professional of the month
August 2014 ScotlandScotland John Hughes ( Inverness CT ) ScotlandScotland Ross Draper (Inverness CT) ScotlandScotland Ryan Christie (Inverness CT)
September 2014 ScotlandScotland Allan Johnston ( Kilmarnock FC ) Northern IrelandNorthern Ireland Paul Paton ( Dundee United ) ScotlandScotland Jason Cummings ( Hibernian Edinburgh )
October 2014 ScotlandScotland Alex Neil ( Hamilton Academical ) SwedenSweden John Guidetti ( Celtic Glasgow ) ScotlandScotland Lewis Macleod ( Glasgow Rangers )
November 2014 NorwayNorway Ronny Deila (Celtic Glasgow) ScotlandScotland David Clarkson ( Dundee FC ) ScotlandScotland Charlie Telfer (Dundee United)
December 2014 ScotlandScotland Derek McInnes ( Aberdeen FC ) ScotlandScotland Ryan Jack (Aberdeen FC) ScotlandScotland Stephen Mallan ( FC St. Mirren )
January 2015 ScotlandScotland John Hughes (Inverness CT) ScotlandScotland Greg Stewart (Dundee FC) ScotlandScotland Chris Kane ( St. Johnstone FC )
February 2015 ScotlandScotland Jim McIntyre ( Ross County ) NorwayNorway Stefan Johansen (Celtic Glasgow) ScotlandScotland Ryan Christie (Inverness CT)
March 2015 ScotlandScotland Jim McIntyre (Ross County) ItalyItaly Raffaele De Vita (Ross County) BelgiumBelgium Jason Denayer (Celtic Glasgow)
April 2015 NorwayNorway Ronny Deila (Celtic Glasgow) ScotlandScotland Leigh Griffiths (Celtic Glasgow) ScotlandScotland Jason Cummings (Hibernian Edinburgh)

Change of coach

society Trainer reason date Table position successor source
St mirren fc.svg FC St. Mirren ScotlandScotland Danny Lennon End of contract May 12, 2014 Summer break ScotlandScotland Tommy Craig
Celtic fc.svg Celtic Glasgow Northern IrelandNorthern Ireland Neil Lennon resignation May 22, 2014 Summer break NorwayNorway Ronny Deila
Ross County ScotlandScotland Derek Adams Discharge August 28, 2014 12. ScotlandScotland Jim McIntyre
Motherwell FC ScotlandScotland Stuart McCall resignation 2nd November 2014 11. EnglandEngland Ian Baraclough
St mirren fc.svg FC St. Mirren ScotlandScotland Tommy Craig Discharge December 9, 2014 11. ScotlandScotland Gary Teale
Hamilton.svg Hamilton Academical ScotlandScotland Alex Neil Move to Norwich City January 9, 2015 3. ScotlandScotland Martin Canning
Coats of arms of None.svg FC Kilmarnock ScotlandScotland Allan Johnston resignation February 6, 2015 8th. ScotlandScotland Gary Locke (interim)

Sponsors

society Outfitter Main sponsor
Aberdeen FC Adidas Saltire Energy
Celtic Glasgow Nike Magners
Dundee FC puma Hangar Records
Dundee United Nike Calor
Hamilton Academical Nike M&H Logistics (home), Life Skills Centers (away)
Inverness Caledonian Thistle Erreà Subway
FC Kilmarnock Erreà QTS
Motherwell FC Macron Cash converters
Partick Thistle Joma Cott
Ross County Diadora Stanley CRC Evans Offshore
St. Johnstone FC Joma GS Brown Construction
FC St. Mirren Carbrini Sportswear JD Sports

See also

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Scottish Premiership 2014/15 campaign set for start on August 9. stv.tv, March 6, 2014, accessed on May 26, 2014 (English).
  2. ↑ Celtic win Scottish Premiership title after Aberdeen lose. BBC Sport, May 2, 2015, accessed June 1, 2015 .
  3. ↑ BBC Sport's list of goalscorers
  4. ↑ a b c d e f g h i Awards Season 2014/15. (No longer available online.) Spfl.co.uk, archived from the original on May 31, 2016 ; accessed on May 10, 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. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / spfl.co.uk
  5. ^ Danny Lennon: St Mirren decide not to offer manager new contract. BBC Sport , May 15, 2014, accessed May 26, 2014 .
  6. ^ St Mirren: Tommy Craig appointed as Danny Lennon's successor. BBC Sport, May 13, 2014, accessed June 13, 2014 .
  7. ↑ Celtic: Neil Lennon exits but will help find successor. BBC Sport, May 22, 2014, accessed May 26, 2014 .
  8. ^ Celtic: Ronny Deila named new manager of Scottish champions. BBC Sport, June 6, 2014, accessed June 13, 2014 .
  9. ↑ Ross County sack manager Derek Adams. BBC Sport, August 28, 2014, accessed August 31, 2014 .
  10. ^ Ross County: Jim McIntyre joins from Queen of the South. BBC Sport, September 9, 2014, accessed September 14, 2014 .
  11. ^ Stuart McCall: Motherwell manager resigns after five straight defeats. BBC Sport, November 2, 2014, accessed November 9, 2014 .
  12. ↑ Motherwell: Ian Baraclough is new manager at Fir Park. BBC Sport, December 13, 2014, accessed December 13, 2014 .
  13. ^ St Mirren: Tommy Craig exits as manager after 19 games. BBC Sport, December 9, 2014, accessed December 13, 2014 .
  14. ^ St Mirren: Gary Teale gets manager's job until the end of season. BBC Sport, January 29, 2015, accessed February 14, 2015 .
  15. ↑ Alex Neil: Norwich City appoint Hamilton player-manager as boss. BBC Sport, January 9, 2015, accessed January 10, 2015 .
  16. ^ Hamilton Academical: Martin Canning becomes new manage. BBC Sport, January 23, 2015, accessed January 24, 2015 .
  17. ^ Allan Johnston: Kilmarnock manager relieved of duties. BBC Sport, February 6, 2015, accessed February 14, 2015 .