1995–96 Scottish Premier Division

Scottish Premier Division
Season	1995–96
Champions	Rangers
Relegated	Falkirk
Champions League	Rangers
UEFA Cup	Celtic Aberdeen
Cup Winners' Cup	Heart of Midlothian
Goals scored	477
Average goals/game	2.65
Top goalscorer	Pierre van Hooijdonk (26)
Biggest home win	Rangers 7–0 Hibernian (30 Dec)
Biggest away win	Hearts 0–4 Celtic (23 Sep)
Highest attendance	47,312, Rangers 1–1 Celtic (17 Mar)
Lowest attendance	2,320, Partick Thistle 0–3 Raith Rovers (3 Mar)
Average attendance	15,035
← 1994–95 1996–97 →

The 1995–96 Scottish Premier Division season was the first season involving a relegation playoff with the Scottish First Division. The season began on 26 August 1995.

Overview

The 1995–96 Scottish Premier Division season ended in success for Rangers who won the title by four points from nearest rivals Celtic to clinch eight titles in a row. Falkirk were relegated to the First Division after finishing bottom with Partick Thistle also being relegated after losing the relegation playoff to Dundee United. As champions, Rangers qualified for the Champions League while Celtic were joined by third-placed Aberdeen in qualifying for the UEFA Cup. Fourth-placed Hearts qualified for the Cup Winners' Cup as Scottish Cup runners-up.^[1]

The season began on 26 August with the first goal of the season scored by Aberdeen's John Inglis as they won 3–2 away to Falkirk. The regular league season ended on 4 May with Hibernian's Darren Jackson netting a late winner in a 1–0 win at home to Partick Thistle to claim the final goal of the season.

Promotion and relegation from 1994–95

Promoted from First Division to Premier League

Raith Rovers

Relegated from Premier Division to First Division

Dundee United

Events

14 October: Gordon Durie hits the first hat-trick of the season in a 4–0 win at Partick Thistle.
28 April: Rangers win the title at Ibrox as a Paul Gascoigne hat-trick helps them to a 3–1 win over Aberdeen.

League table


Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Rangers !Rangers (C)	36	27	6	3	85	25	+60	87	1996–97 UEFA Champions League Qualifying round
2	Celtic !Celtic	36	24	11	1	74	25	+49	83	1996–97 UEFA Cup Qualifying round
3	Aberdeen !Aberdeen	36	16	7	13	52	45	+7	55	1996–97 UEFA Cup Qualifying round
4	Heart of Midlothian !Heart of Midlothian	36	16	7	13	55	53	+2	55	1996–97 UEFA Cup Winners' Cup Qualifying round
5	Hibernian !Hibernian	36	11	10	15	43	57	−14	43
6	Raith Rovers !Raith Rovers	36	12	7	17	41	57	−16	43
7	Kilmarnock !Kilmarnock	36	11	8	17	39	54	−15	41
8	Motherwell !Motherwell	36	9	12	15	28	39	−11	39
9	Partick Thistle !Partick Thistle (R)	36	8	6	22	29	62	−33	30	Relegation to First Division
10	Falkirk !Falkirk (R)	36	6	6	24	31	60	−29	24	Relegation to First Division

Source: Soccerbot
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored
(C) = Champion; (R) = Relegated; (P) = Promoted; (E) = Eliminated; (O) = Play-off winner; (A) = Advances to a further round.
Only applicable when the season is not finished:
(Q) = Qualified to the phase of tournament indicated; (TQ) = Qualified to tournament, but not yet to the particular phase indicated; (RQ) = Qualified to the relegation tournament indicated; (DQ) = Disqualified from tournament.

Results

Matches 1–18

During matches 1–18 each team plays every other team twice (home and away).

Home ╲ Away	Aberdeen !ABE	Celtic !CEL	Falkirk !FAL	Heart of Midlothian !HOM	Hibernian !HIB	Kilmarnock !KIL	Motherwell !MOT	Partick Thistle !PAR	Raith Rovers !RAI	Rangers !RAN
Aberdeen !Aberdeen		2–3	3–1	1–2	1–2	4–1	1–0	3–0	3–0	0–1
Celtic !Celtic	2–0		1–0	3–1	2–2	4–2	1–1	2–1	0–0	0–2
Falkirk !Falkirk	2–3	0–1		2–0	2–0	0–2	0–0	0–1	2–1	0–2
Heart of Midlothian !Heart of Midlothian	1–2	0–4	4–1		2–1	2–1	1–1	3–0	4–2	0–2
Hibernian !Hibernian	1–1	0–4	2–1	2–2		2–0	4–2	3–0	1–2	1–4
Kilmarnock !Kilmarnock	1–2	0–0	4–0	3–1	0–3		1–1	2–1	5–1	0–2
Motherwell !Motherwell	2–1	0–2	1–1	0–0	0–2	3–0		1–1	0–2	0–0
Partick Thistle !Partick Thistle	1–0	1–2	1–1	2–0	1–1	1–1	1–0		0–2	0–4
Raith Rovers !Raith Rovers	1–0	0–1	0–1	1–1	3–0	2–0	0–0	3–1		2–2
Rangers !Rangers	1–1	3–3	2–0	4–1	0–1	1–0	2–1	1–0	4–0

Source: Soccerbot
1 ^{^} The home team is listed in the left-hand column.
Colours: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.
For coming matches, an a indicates there is an article about the match.

Matches 19–36

During matches 19–36 each team plays every other team a further two times (home and away).

Home ╲ Away	Aberdeen !ABE	Celtic !CEL	Falkirk !FAL	Heart of Midlothian !HOM	Hibernian !HIB	Kilmarnock !KIL	Motherwell !MOT	Partick Thistle !PAR	Raith Rovers !RAI	Rangers !RAN
Aberdeen !Aberdeen		1–2	2–1	1–1	2–1	3–0	2–1	1–0	1–0	0–1
Celtic !Celtic	5–0		4–0	4–0	2–1	1–1	1–0	4–0	4–1	0–0
Falkirk !Falkirk	1–1	0–0		0–2	1–1	4–2	0–1	1–2	2–3	0–4
Heart of Midlothian !Heart of Midlothian	1–3	1–2	2–1		1–1	1–0	4–0	2–5	2–0	2–0
Hibernian !Hibernian	1–2	1–2	2–1	2–1		1–1	0–0	1–0	1–1	0–2
Kilmarnock !Kilmarnock	1–1	0–0	1–0	0–2	3–2		0–1	2–1	2–0	0–3
Motherwell !Motherwell	1–0	0–0	1–0	1–1	3–0	0–1		0–2	1–0	1–3
Partick Thistle !Partick Thistle	1–1	2–4	0–3	0–1	0–0	0–1	0–2		0–3	1–2
Raith Rovers !Raith Rovers	2–2	1–3	1–0	1–3	1–0	1–1	2–0	0–2		2–4
Rangers !Rangers	3–1	1–1	3–2	0–3	7–0	3–0	3–2	5–0	4–0

Top scorers

Player	Goals	Team
Pierre van Hooijdonk	26	Celtic
Gordon Durie	17	Rangers
Ally McCoist	16	Rangers
Paul Gascoigne	14	Rangers
Paul Wright	13	Kilmarnock
John Collins	11	Celtic
John Robertson	11	Heart of Midlothian
Darren Jackson	10	Hibernian
Colin Cameron	10	Raith Rovers
Scott Booth	9	Aberdeen
Joe Miller		Aberdeen
Keith Wright		Hibernian

Source: Soccerbot

References

↑ "Scottish Premier Division 1995/96". Soccerbot. Archived from the original on 14 May 2008. Retrieved 4 June 2008.

Top division football seasons in Scotland

Football League	1890–91 1891–92 1892–93

Division One	1893–94 1894–95 1895–96 1896–97 1897–98 1898–99 1899–1900 1900–01 1901–02 1902–03 1903–04 1904–05 1905–06 1906–07 1907–08 1908–09 1909–10 1910–11 1911–12 1912–13 1913–14 1914–15 1915–16 1916–17 1917–18 1918–19 1919–20 1920–21 1921–22 1922–23 1923–24 1924–25 1925–26 1926–27 1927–28 1928–29 1929–30 1930–31 1931–32 1932–33 1933–34 1934–35 1935–36 1936–37 1937–38 1938–39 1939–40 1940–41 1941–42 1942–43 1943–44 1944–45 1945–46 1946–47 1947–48 1948–49 1949–50 1950–51 1951–52 1952–53 1953–54 1954–55 1955–56 1956–57 1957–58 1958–59 1959–60 1960–61 1961–62 1962–63 1963–64 1964–65 1965–66 1966–67 1967–68 1968–69 1969–70 1970–71 1971–72 1972–73 1973–74 1974–75

Premier Division	1975–76 1976–77 1977–78 1978–79 1979–80 1980–81 1981–82 1982–83 1983–84 1984–85 1985–86 1986–87 1987–88 1988–89 1989–90 1990–91 1991–92 1992–93 1993–94 1994–95 1995–96 1996–97 1997–98

Premier League	1998–99 1999–2000 2000–01 2001–02 2002–03 2003–04 2004–05 2005–06 2006–07 2007–08 2008–09 2009–10 2010–11 2011–12 2012–13

Premiership	2013–14 2014–15 2015–16 2016–17

1995–96 in Scottish football

« 1994–95 1996–97 »

Domestic leagues	Football League Premier Division First Division Second Division Third Division Highland League

Domestic cups	Scottish Cup (Final) League Cup (Final) Challenge Cup (Final) Junior Cup

European competitions	Champions League UEFA Cup Winners' Cup UEFA Cup

Related to national team	Results Euro 1996 qualifying (Group 8) Euro 1996

Club seasons

Premier Division	Aberdeen Celtic Falkirk Heart of Midlothian Hibernian Kilmarnock Motherwell Partick Thistle Raith Rovers Rangers

First Division	Airdrieonians Clydebank Dumbarton Dundee Dundee United Dunfermline Athletic Greenock Morton Hamilton Academical St. Johnstone St. Mirren

Second Division	Ayr United Berwick Rangers Clyde East Fife Forfar Athletic Montrose Queen of the South Stenhousemuir Stirling Albion Stranraer

Third Division	Albion Rovers Alloa Athletic Arbroath Brechin City Caledonian Thistle Cowdenbeath East Stirlingshire Livingston Queen's Park Ross County

1995–96 in European football (UEFA)

« 1994–95 1996–97 »

Domestic leagues	Albania Andorra Armenia Austria Azerbaijan Belarus '95 '96 Belgium Bosnia and Herzegovina Bulgaria Croatia Cyprus Czech Republic Denmark England Estonia Faroe Islands '95 '96 Finland '95 '96 France Georgia Germany Greece Hungary Iceland '95 '96 Israel Italy Kazakhstan '95 '96 Latvia '95 '96 Lithuania Luxembourg Macedonia Malta Moldova Netherlands Northern Ireland Norway '95 '96 Poland Portugal Republic of Ireland Romania Russia '95 '96 San Marino Scotland Slovakia Slovenia Spain Sweden '95 '96 Switzerland Turkey Ukraine Wales FR Yugoslavia

Domestic cups	Albania Andorra Armenia Austria Azerbaijan Belarus Belgium Bosnia and Herzegovina Bulgaria Croatia Cyprus Czech Republic Denmark England Estonia Faroe Islands '95 '96 Finland '95 '96 France Georgia Germany Greece Hungary Iceland '95 '96 Israel Italy Latvia '95 '96 Liechtenstein Lithuania Luxembourg Macedonia Malta Moldova Netherlands Northern Ireland Norway '95 '96 Poland Portugal Republic of Ireland Romania Russia San Marino Scotland Slovakia Slovenia Spain Sweden Switzerland Turkey Ukraine Wales Yugoslavia

League cups	England Finland '95 '96 France Iceland Israel Northern Ireland Republic of Ireland Scotland Wales

UEFA competitions	Champions League (Qualifying, group stage, knockout stage, Final) Cup Winners' Cup (Final) UEFA Cup (Final) Intertoto Cup Super Cup

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