Scottish Premiership 2017/18

Scottish Premiership 2017/18
master	Celtic Glasgow
Champions League qualification	Celtic Glasgow
Europa League qualification	FC Aberdeen Glasgow Rangers Hibernian Edinburgh
Cup winners	Celtic Glasgow
Relegation ↓	Partick Thistle
Relegated	Partick Thistle Ross County
Teams	12
Games	228 + 6 relegation games
Gates	594  (ø 2.61 per game)
spectator	3,573,594  (ø 15,674 per game)
Top scorer	Kris Boyd ( Kilmarnock FC )
← Premiership 2016/17 Premiership 2018/19 →
Championship 2017/18 (II) ↓

The Scottish Premiership 2017/18 was the fifth edition of the highest Scottish football division for men. The league was officially played as the Ladbrokes Scottish Premiership . It was also the 121st edition of the top soccer division within the Scottish Football League in which the Scottish champions were determined. The season began on August 5, 2017 with the opening game between Celtic Glasgow and Heart of Midlothian and ended with the 38th matchday on May 13, 2018. There was a winter break between January 1 and 19.

After the regular season, which is referred to as the 1st round and in which all teams competed three times against each other, the final 2nd round began, which was divided into two groups of the championship and relegation play-offs . The eleventh placed in the Premiership then competed in relegation games , in which the second, third and fourth placed of the championship took part. The bottom of the table was relegated directly.

As a climber from last year's championship , Hibernian Edinburgh is taking part in the Premiership . The defending champion is Celtic Glasgow .

The championship won for the 49th time in the club's history Celtic Glasgow. It was also the seventh title in a row. With a 5-0 home win at Old Firm against the Glasgow Rangers , the Bhoys were able to win the championship on matchday 35 and thus qualified as champions for the following 2018/19 Champions League season . The FC Aberdeen to Glasgow Rangers and Hibernian qualified for the Europa League . Celtic won the Scottish Cup and League Cup in the same season, making them the second national triple in a row and the fifth overall.

societies

Glasgow Hamilton Motherwell Dundee Perth Dingwall Edinburgh Aberdeen Kilmarnock

Location of the clubs in the 2017/18 Scottish Premiership

society	city	Stadion	capacity
Aberdeen FC	Aberdeen	Pittodrie Stadium	21,421
Dundee FC	Dundee	Dens Park	12,085
Celtic Glasgow	Glasgow	Celtic Park	60,355
Glasgow Rangers	Glasgow	Ibrox Stadium	50,947
Hamilton Academical	Hamilton	New Douglas Park	06,000
Heart of Midlothian	Edinburgh	Tynecastle Park	17,529
Hibernian Edinburgh	Edinburgh	Easter Road	20,421
FC Kilmarnock	Kilmarnock	Rugby park	18,128
Motherwell FC	Motherwell	Fir Park	13,677
Partick Thistle	Glasgow	Firhill Stadium	10.102
Ross County	Dingwall	Global Energy Stadium	06,541
St. Johnstone FC	Perth	McDiarmid Park	10,696

1 round

table

Pl.	society	Sp.	S.	U	N	Gates	Diff.	Points
1.	Celtic Glasgow (M, P, L)	33	22nd	9	2	064:210	+43	75
2.	Glasgow Rangers	33	19th	5	9	067:380	+29	62
3.	Aberdeen FC	33	19th	5	9	050:360	+14	62
4th	Hibernian Edinburgh (N)	33	16	11	6th	049:350	+14	59
5.	FC Kilmarnock	33	15th	10	8th	045:390	+6	55
6th	Heart of Midlothian	33	11	13	9	035:300	+5	46
7th	Motherwell FC	33	10	8th	15th	036:430	−7	38
8th.	St. Johnstone FC	33	10	8th	15th	032:470	−15	38
9.	Hamilton Academical	33	8th	6th	19th	043:600	−17	30th
10.	Dundee FC	33	8th	6th	19th	031:530	−22	30th
11.	Ross County	33	6th	8th	19th	038:570	−19	26th
12.	Partick Thistle	33	6th	7th	20th	026:570	−31	25th

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

Legend
1st round 2017/18:
Participation in the championship play-offs Participation in the relegation play-offs
At the end of the 2016/17 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 2016/17

2nd round

Championship play-offs

Closing table

Pl.	society	Sp.	S.	U	N	Gates	Diff.	Points	bonus	total
1.	Celtic Glasgow (M, P, L)	5	2	1	2	009: 400	+5	07th	75	82
2.	Aberdeen FC	5	3	2	0	006: 100	+5	11	62	73
3.	Glasgow Rangers	5	2	2	1	009:120	−3	08th	62	70
4th	Hibernian Edinburgh (N)	5	2	2	1	013:110	+2	08th	59	67
5.	FC Kilmarnock	5	1	1	3	004: 800	−4	04th	55	59
6th	Heart of Midlothian	5	1	0	4th	004: 900	−5	03	46	49
Stand: Final stand

Legend
2nd round
	Scottish champion and participation in the 1st qualifying round for the 2018/19 UEFA Champions League
	Participation in the 2nd qualifying round for the 2018/19 UEFA Europa League
	Participation in the 1st qualifying round for the 2018/19 UEFA Europa League
At the end of the 2016/17 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	Motherwell FC	5	3	1	1	007: 600	+1	10	38	48
8th.	St. Johnstone FC	5	2	2	1	010: 600	+4	08th	38	46
9.	Dundee FC	5	3	0	2	005: 400	+1	09	30th	39
10.	Hamilton Academical	5	1	0	4th	004: 800	−4	03	30th	33
11.	Partick Thistle	5	2	2	1	005: 400	+1	08th	25th	33
12.	Ross County	5	0	3	2	002: 500	−3	03	26th	29
Stand: Final stand

Legend
2nd round
	Participation in the relegation
	Relegated to the Scottish Championship

Relegation

Participants in the relegation games for a place for the following season 2018/19 were Livingston FC , Dundee United and Dunfermline Athletic from this year's championship . Then there was the penultimate from this year's Premiership Partick Thistle . 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 from the championship. The final round was played between the eleventh placed from the Premiership and the winner of the second round. The winner of the third round received a place for the new season in the Premiership.

First round

The games were played on May 1st and 4th, 2018.

	total		First leg	Return leg
Dunfermline Athletic	1: 2	Dundee United	0-0	1: 2

Second round

The games were played on May 7th and 11th, 2018.

	total		First leg	Return leg
Dundee United	3: 4	Livingston FC	2: 3	1: 1

Third round

The games were played on May 17 and 20, 2018.

	total		First leg	Return leg
Livingston FC	3: 1	Partick Thistle	2: 1	1-0

Staff and sponsors

society	logo	Trainer	captain	Outfitter	Main sponsor
Aberdeen FC		Derek McInnes	Graeme Shinnie	Adidas	Saltire Energy
Celtic Glasgow		Brendan Rodgers	Scott Brown	New Balance	Dafabet
Dundee FC		Neil McCann	Darren O'Dea	puma	McEwan Fraser Legal
Hamilton Academical		Martin Canning	Dougie Imrie	Adidas	SuperSeal (H), NetBet (A)
Heart of Midlothian		Craig Levein	Christophe Berra	Umbro	Save the Children
Hibernian Edinburgh		Neil Lennon	David Gray	Macron	Marathon bet
FC Kilmarnock		Steve Clarke	Steven Smith	Nike	QTS
Motherwell FC		Steve Robinson	Carl McHugh	Macron	Motorpoint
Glasgow Rangers		Graeme Murty	Lee Wallace	puma	32Red
Partick Thistle		Alan Archibald	Abdul Osman	Joma	Just Employment Law
Ross County		Jim McIntyre	Andrew Davies	Macron	Stanley CRC Evans Offshore
St. Johnstone FC		Tommy Wright	Steven Anderson	Joma	Alan Storrar Cars

Stages

Aberdeen FC	Celtic Glasgow	Dundee FC	Hamilton Academical	Heart of Midlothian	Hibernian Edinburgh
Pittodrie Stadium	Celtic Park	Dens Park	New Douglas Park	Tynecastle Park	Easter Road
Places: 20,866	Places: 60,411	Seats: 11,504	Seats: 5,510	Places: 20,099	Places: 20,421

FC Kilmarnock	Motherwell FC	Partick Thistle	Glasgow Rangers	Ross County	St. Johnstone FC
Rugby park	Fir Park	Firhill Stadium	Ibrox Stadium	Victoria Park	McDiarmid Park
Places: 17,889	Places: 13,677	Places: 10,102	Places: 50,817	Places: 6.541	Places: 10,696

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.		Kris Boyd		FC Kilmarnock	18th
02.		Alfredo Morelos		Glasgow Rangers	14th
03.		Josh Windass		Glasgow Rangers	13
04th		Kyle Lafferty		Heart of Midlothian	12
05.		Alex Schalk		Ross County	11
06th		Scott Sinclair		Celtic Glasgow	10
07th		Moussa Dembélé		Celtic Glasgow	09
		Odsonne Édouard		Celtic Glasgow
		Leigh Griffiths		Celtic Glasgow
		Florian Kamberi		Hibernian Edinburgh
		Steven MacLean		St. Johnstone FC
		Simon Murray 1		Dundee FC
		Adam Rooney		Aberdeen FC
Stand: Final stand

¹Simon Murray moved on loan from Hibernian Edinburgh to Dundee FC during the season .

Spectator table

The audience table shows the home games attended. The order is sorted according to the audience average.

	society	spectator	per game	Home games
01.	Celtic Glasgow	979.722	57,631	17th
02.	Glasgow Rangers	884,595	49.144	18th
03.	Heart of Midlothian	293,370	18,336	16
04th	Hibernian Edinburgh	324.776	18,043	18th
05.	Aberdeen FC	264.167	15,539	17th
06th	Dundee FC	101,049	5,944	17th
07th	Motherwell FC	100,746	5,597	18th
08th.	FC Kilmarnock	96.151	5,342	18th
09.	Partick Thistle	79,381	4,669	17th
10.	Ross County	82.284	4,571	18th
11.	St. Johnstone FC	69.092	3,838	18th
12.	Hamilton Academical	52.092	3,064	17th
total		3,331,773	15,866	210
Status: April 29, 2018, source: weltfussball.de

Awards during the season

month	Trainer of the month	Player of the month
August 2017	Tommy Wright ( St. Johnstone FC )	Michael O'Halloran (St. Johnstone FC)
September 2017	Brendan Rodgers ( Celtic Glasgow )	Louis Moult ( Motherwell FC )
October 2017	Neil Lennon ( Hibernian Edinburgh )	Kieran Tierney (Celtic Glasgow)
November 2017	Martin Canning ( Hamilton Academical )	David Templeton (Hamilton Academical)
December 2017	Steve Clarke ( Kilmarnock FC )	Kris Boyd (Kilmarnock FC)
January 2018	Winter break (no allocation)	Winter break (no allocation)
February 2018	Steve Clarke (Kilmarnock FC)	Josh Windass ( Glasgow Rangers )
March 2018	Steve Clarke (Kilmarnock FC)	Stephen O'Donnell (Kilmarnock FC)

Change of coach

society		Trainer	reason	date	Table position	successor
	Heart of Midlothian	Ian Cathro	Dismiss	August 1, 2017	Summer break	Craig Levein
	Ross County	Jim McIntyre	Dismiss	25th September 2017	10.	Owen Coyle
	FC Kilmarnock	Lee McCulloch	resignation	October 1, 2017	12.	Steve Clarke
	Glasgow Rangers	Pedro Caixinha	Dismiss	October 26, 2017	4th	Graeme Murty
	Ross County	Owen Coyle	resignation	1st March 2018	12.	Stuart Kettlewell

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 : Scott Bain (7/0), Dorus de Vries (6/0), Craig Gordon (26/0) Defense : Kristoffer Ajer (24/0), Dedryck Boyata (28/2), Cristian Gamboa (2/0), Jack Hendry (11/0), Mikael Lustig (26/1), Jozo Šimunović (15/0), Kieran Tierney (32/3) Midfield : Stuart Armstrong (27/3), Nir Biton (14/0), Scott Brown (34/0), Kouassi Eboue (6/0), James Forrest (35/8), Jonny Hayes (15/1), Ewan Henderson (1/0), Callum McGregor (36/7), Charly Musonda (4/0), Olivier Ntcham (29/5), Tom Rogić (23/5) Attack : Odsonne Édouard (22/9), Moussa Dembélé (25/9), Leigh Griffiths (25/9), Calvin Miller (3/0), Patrick Roberts (12/0), Scott Sinclair (35/10), Michael Johnston (3/0) Coach : Brendan Rodgers

reporting

In the UK, the games will be broadcast by Sky Sports and BT Sport . In Germany, the pay TV channel Sport1 + broadcasts some games live.

See also

• Old Firm
• Edinburgh Derby
• 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. ^ SPFL announces Ladbrokes as title sponsor. spfl.co.uk/, May 13, 2015, accessed May 29, 2017 . 
2. ↑ Key dates announced for Season 17/18. spfl.co.uk, February 1, 2017, accessed May 28, 2017 . 
3. ↑ Scotland Premiership 2017/18 spectators. weltfussball.de, accessed on April 29, 2018 . 
4. ↑ ^{a b c d e f g h} Awards Season 2017/18. (No longer available online.) Spfl.co.uk, archived from the original on May 31, 2016 ; accessed on March 9, 2018 (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.