2006–07 in Scottish football

2006–07 in Scottish football
Premier League champions
Celtic
First Division champions
Gretna
Second Division champions
Greenock Morton
Third Division champions
Berwick Rangers
Scottish Cup winners
Celtic
League Cup winners
Hibernian
Challenge Cup winners
Ross County
Junior Cup winners
Linlithgow Rose
Teams in Europe
Celtic, Gretna, Hibernian, Heart of Midlothian, Rangers
Scotland national team
UEFA Euro 2008 qualifying

The 2006–07 season was the 110th season of competitive football in Scotland. [1]

Notable events

2006

2007

Major transfer deals

2006

Celtic made preparations for the Champions League with the high profile signings of Jan Vennegoor of Hesselink from PSV Eindhoven, Jiri Jarosik from Chelsea and Thomas Gravesen from Real Madrid while Stilyan Petrov left to join former boss Martin O'Neill at Aston Villa. Celtic also signed former Rangers striker Kenny Miller on a free transfer from Wolverhampton Wanderers. Rangers, under new manager Paul Le Guen, brought in several players including Jérémy Clément from Paris Saint Germain and Filip Sebo from Austria Vienna while Peter Løvenkrands departed for Schalke 04. Hearts paid £200,000 for PAOK Salonika defender Hristos Karipidis and sold Rudi Skácel to Southampton after a dispute between the player and the club. Hibs brought in English League Two defenders Rob Jones and Shelton Martis but lost last season's top scorer Derek Riordan who joined Celtic.

Domestic

In

Out

2007

Celtic further strengthened their squad with the signings of Paul Hartley from Hearts and Mark Brown from Inverness, while Steven Pressley was also signed after being released by Hearts. Shaun Maloney joined Aston Villa after contract negotiations broke down. New Rangers manager Walter Smith brought in defenders David Weir, Andy Webster and Ugo Ehiogu and spent £2m on Hibs' highly rated midfielder Kevin Thomson. Hearts looked to boost their European qualification hopes with the signing of a further four players on loan from FBK Kaunas as well as Laryea Kingston from Terek Grozny. New Dunfermline boss Stephen Kenny brought in loan signings James O'Brien from Celtic, Adam Hammill from Liverpool and Stephen Glass from Hibs with the club bottom of the SPL.

Domestic

In

Out

Managerial changes

Team Outgoing manager Manner of departure Date of vacancy Replaced by Date of appointment
Motherwell England Terry Butcher Resigned 17 May 2006[36] Scotland Maurice Malpas 4 August 2006[36]
Dundee Republic of Ireland Alan Kernaghan Sacked 20 April 2006[37] Scotland Alex Rae 24 May 2006[38]
Raith Rovers Scotland Gordon Dalziel Mutual consent 1 September 2006 Scotland Craig Levein 5 September 2006[39]
Hibernian England Tony Mowbray Resigned 13 October 2006[40] Scotland John Collins 31 October 2006[41]
Cowdenbeath Finland Mixu Paatelainen Resigned 21 October 2006[42] Scotland Brian Welsh 30 October 2006[43]
Dunfermline Athletic Scotland Jim Leishman Resigned 26 October 2006[44] Republic of Ireland Stephen Kenny 18 November 2006[45]
Dundee United Scotland Craig Brewster Sacked 29 October 2006[46] Scotland Craig Levein 30 October 2006[47]
Raith Rovers Scotland Craig Levein Resigned 30 October 2006[47] Scotland John McGlynn 20 November 2006[48]
Stenhousemuir Scotland Des McKeown Resigned 1 November 2006[49] Scotland Campbell Money 10 November 2006[50]
Airdrie United Scotland Sandy Stewart Sacked 13 November 2006[51] Scotland Kenny Black 17 November 2006[52]
Rangers France Paul Le Guen Mutual consent 4 January 2007[14] Scotland Walter Smith 10 January 2007[17]
Scotland Scotland Walter Smith Resigned 10 January 2007[17] Scotland Alex McLeish 29 January 2007[53]
Montrose Scotland David Robertson Resigned 17 January 2007[54] Scotland Jim Weir 8 February 2007[55]
Ayr United Scotland Bobby Connor Sacked 26 February 2007[56] Scotland Neil Watt 22 March 2007[57]
Heart of Midlothian Lithuania Valdas Ivanauskas Mutual consent 20 March 2007[58] Ukraine Anatoly Korobochka 30 July 2007[59]
Partick Thistle Scotland Dick Campbell Sacked 27 March 2007[60] Scotland Ian McCall 25 May 2007[61]
Livingston Scotland John Robertson Sacked 15 April 2007[62] England Mark Proctor 23 May 2007[63]
Queen of the South Scotland Ian McCall Resigned 28 April 2007[64] Scotland Gordon Chisholm 7 May 2007[65]
Ross County Scotland Scott Leitch Resigned 30 April 2007[66] Scotland Dick Campbell 17 May 2007[67]
Albion Rovers Scotland Jim Chapman Sacked 7 May 2007[68] Scotland John McCormack 31 May 2007[69]

League Competitions

Scottish Premier League

Pos
Team
Pld
W
D
L
GF
GA
GD
Pts
Qualification or relegation
1 Celtic 38 26 6 6 65 34+31 84 2007–08 UEFA Champions League Third qualifying round
2 Rangers 38 21 9 8 61 32+29 72 2007–08 UEFA Champions League Second qualifying round
3 Aberdeen 38 19 8 11 56 37+19 65 2007–08 UEFA Cup First round
4 Heart of Midlothian 38 17 10 11 47 35+12 61
5 Kilmarnock 38 16 7 15 47 547 55
6 Hibernian 38 13 10 15 56 46+10 49
7 Falkirk 38 15 5 18 49 47+2 50
8 Inverness Caledonian Thistle 38 11 13 14 42 486 46
9 Dundee United 38 10 12 16 40 5919 42
10 Motherwell 38 10 8 20 44 5713 38
11 St Mirren 38 8 12 18 31 5120 36
12 Dunfermline Athletic 38 8 8 22 26 5529 32 Relegation to First Division

Source:
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored

  • Dunfermline gained UEFA Cup place as fellow Scottish Cup finalists Celtic had already qualified for Europe via Champions League
  • No Scottish side competed in the Intertoto Cup in the 2007–08 season after Inverness CT withdrew their application
  • After 33 games (at which point each team had played each other three times) the table split into a top six and bottom six, and teams played one further game against each side in their half. Teams stayed in their half of the league regardless of their points total.
    (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.

Scottish First Division

P Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion or relegation
1 Gretna 36199870403066 Promoted to 2007–08 Scottish Premier League
2 St Johnstone 36198965422365
3 Dundee 36165154842653
4 Hamilton Academical 361411114647153
5 Clyde 3611141046351147
6 Livingston 361112134146545
7 Partick Thistle 361291547631645
8 Queen of the South 3610111534542041
9 Airdrie United 361171839501140
Relegated to Second Division 2007–08
10 Ross County 369101740571737

Scottish Second Division

P Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion or relegation
1 Greenock Morton 36245776324477
Promoted To First Division 2007–08
2 Stirling Albion 36216967392869
3 Raith Rovers 361881050331762 Lost in Play-offs
4 Brechin City 361861261451660
5 Ayr United 36148144647150
6 Cowdenbeath 36136175956345
7 Alloa Athletic 361191647702342
8 Peterhead 36118176062241
9 Stranraer 361091745742939
Relegated to Third Division2007–08
10 Forfar Athletic 36472537905319

Scottish Third Division

P Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion
1 Berwick Rangers 36243951292275 Promoted to Second Division 2007–08
2 Arbroath 362241061332870 Lost in Play-offs
3 Queen's Park 362151057282968 Promoted to Second Division 2007–08
4 East Fife 36207959372267 Lost in Play-offs
5 Dumbarton 361851352371559
6 Albion Rovers 36146165661548
7 Stenhousemuir 361351853631044
8 Montrose 361142142622037
9 Elgin City 36922539693029
10 East Stirlingshire 36632727785121

Cup honours

Competition Winner Score Runner-up Report
Scottish Cup 2006–07 Celtic 1 – 0 Dunfermline Athletic Wikipedia article
League Cup 2006–07 Hibernian 5 – 1 Kilmarnock Wikipedia article
Challenge Cup 2006–07 Ross County 1 – 1 (a.e.t.)
(5 – 4 pen.)
Clyde Wikipedia article
Youth Cup Rangers 5 – 0 Celtic
Junior Cup 2006–07 Linlithgow Rose 2 – 1 (a.e.t.) Kelty Hearts The Herald

Non-league honours

Senior honours

Competition Winner
Highland League 2006–07 Keith
East of Scotland League Annan Athletic
South of Scotland League Threave Rovers

Junior honours

West Region

Division Winner
Premier League Pollok
Division One Irvine Meadow XI
Ayrshire League Kilbirnie Ladeside
Central League Division One Kirkintilloch Rob Roy
Central League Division Two Ashfield

East Region

Division Winner
Super League Linlithgow Rose
Premier League Glenrothes
North Division Forfar West End
Central Division Dundonald Bluebell
South Division Newtongrange Star

North Region

Division Winner
Premier League Culter
Division One East End
Division Two Fochabers

Individual Honours

SPFA awards

Award Winner Team
Players' Player of the Year Japan Shunsuke Nakamura Celtic
Young Player of the Year Scotland Steven Naismith Kilmarnock
Manager of the Year Scotland Gordon Strachan Celtic

SWFA awards

Award Winner Team
Footballer of the Year Japan Shunsuke Nakamura Celtic
Young player of the Year Scotland Scott Brown Hibernian
Manager of the Year Scotland Gordon Strachan Celtic

Scottish clubs in Europe

Summary

Club Competition(s) Progress Coef.
Celtic UEFA Champions League Round of 16 11.00
Heart of Midlothian UEFA Champions League
UEFA Cup
Third qualifying round
First round
2.50
Rangers UEFA Cup Round of 16 13.00
Gretna UEFA Cup Second qualifying round 0.50
Hibernian UEFA Intertoto Cup Third round N/A

Average coefficient - 6.750

Celtic

Date Venue Opponents Score[70] Celtic scorer(s) Report
Champions League Group stage
13 September Old Trafford, Manchester (A) England Manchester United 2–3 Jan Vennegoor of Hesselink, Shunsuke Nakamura BBC Sport
26 September Celtic Park, Glasgow (H) Denmark FC Copenhagen 1–0 Kenny Miller (pen.) BBC Sport
17 October Celtic Park, Glasgow (H) Portugal Benfica 3–0 Kenny Miller (2), Stephen Pearson BBC Sport
1 November Estádio da Luz, Lisbon (A) Portugal Benfica 0–3 BBC Sport
21 November Celtic Park, Glasgow (H) England Manchester United (H) 1–0 Shunsuke Nakamura BBC Sport
6 December Parken Stadium, Copenhagen (A) Denmark FC Copenhagen 1–3 Jiří Jarošík BBC Sport
Champions League Round of 16
20 February Celtic Park, Glasgow (H) Italy A.C. Milan 0–0 BBC Sport
7 March San Siro, Milan (A) Italy A.C. Milan 0–1 (a.e.t.) BBC Sport

Heart of Midlothian

Date Venue Opponents Score[70] Hearts scorer(s) Report
Champions League Second qualifying round
26 July Murrayfield Stadium, Edinburgh (H) Bosnia and Herzegovina NK Široki Brijeg 3–0 Branimir Anic (o.g.), Ibrahim Tall, Roman Bednář BBC Sport
2 August Pecara Stadium, Široki Brijeg (A) Bosnia and Herzegovina NK Široki Brijeg 0–0 BBC Sport
Champions League Third qualifying round
9 August Murrayfield Stadium, Edinburgh (H) Greece AEK Athens 1–2 Saulius Mikoliunas BBC Sport
23 August Olympic Stadium, Athens (A) Greece AEK Athens 0–3 BBC Sport
UEFA Cup First round
14 September Murrayfield Stadium, Edinburgh (H) Czech Republic Sparta Prague 0–2 BBC Sport
28 September AXA Arena, Prague (A) Czech Republic Sparta Prague 0–0 BBC Sport

Rangers

Date Venue Opponents Score[70] Rangers scorer(s) Report
UEFA Cup First round
14 September Aker stadion, Molde (A) Norway Molde FK 0–0 BBC Sport
28 September Ibrox Stadium, Glasgow (H) Norway Molde FK 2–0 Thomas Buffel, Barry Ferguson BBC Sport
UEFA Cup Group stage
19 October Stadio Armando Picchi, Livorno (A) Italy Livorno 3–2 Charlie Adam, Kris Boyd (pen.), Nacho Novo BBC Sport
2 November Ibrox Stadium, Glasgow (H) Israel Maccabi Haifa 2–0 Nacho Novo, Charlie Adam (pen.) BBC Sport
23 November Stade de l'Abbé-Deschamps, Auxerre (A) France Auxerre 2–2 Nacho Novo, Kris Boyd BBC Sport
14 December Ibrox Stadium, Glasgow (H) Serbia and Montenegro Partizan Belgrade 1–0 Alan Hutton BBC Sport
UEFA Cup Round of 32
14 February Bloomfield Stadium, Tel Aviv (A) Israel Hapoel Tel Aviv 1–2 Nacho Novo BBC Sport
22 February Ibrox Stadium, Glasgow (H) Israel Hapoel Tel Aviv 4–0 Barry Ferguson (2), Kris Boyd, Charlie Adam BBC Sport
UEFA Cup Round of 16
8 March Ibrox Stadium, Glasgow (H) Spain Osasuna 1–1 Brahim Hemdani BBC Sport
14 March Estadio Reyno de Navarra, Pamplona (A) Spain Osasuna 0–1 BBC Sport

Gretna

Date Venue Opponents Score[70] Gretna scorer(s) Report
UEFA Cup Second qualifying round
10 August Fir Park, Motherwell (H) Republic of Ireland Derry City 1–5 Ryan McGuffie BBC Sport
24 August Brandywell Stadium, Derry (A) Republic of Ireland Derry City 2–2 David Graham, Ryan Baldacchino BBC Sport

Hibernian

Date Venue Opponents Score[70] Hibernian scorer(s) Report
UEFA Intertoto Cup Second round
2 July Easter Road, Edinburgh (H) Latvia Dinaburg 5–0 Chris Killen, Scott Brown, Ivan Sproule, David Murphy, Steven Fletcher BBC Sport
8 July Celtnieks Stadium, Daugavpils (A) Latvia Dinaburg 3–0 Amadou Konte (2), Ivan Sproule BBC Sport
UEFA Intertoto Cup Third round
15 July Fionia Park, Odense (A) Denmark Odense BK 0–1 BBC Sport
22 July Easter Road, Edinburgh (H) Denmark Odense BK 2–1 Rob Jones, Paul Dalglish BBC Sport

Scotland national team

Date Venue Opponents Score[71] Competition Scotland scorer(s) Report
2 September Celtic Park, Glasgow (H)  Faroe Islands 6–0 ECQ(B) Darren Fletcher, James McFadden, Kris Boyd (2, 1 pen.),
Kenny Miller (pen.), Garry O'Connor
BBC Sport
6 September S Dariaus ir S.Gireno SC, Kaunas (A)  Lithuania 2–1 ECQ(B) Christian Dailly, Kenny Miller BBC Sport
7 October Hampden Park, Glasgow (H)  France 1–0 ECQ(B) Gary Caldwell BBC Sport
11 October Olympic Stadium, Kiev (A)  Ukraine 0–2 ECQ(B) BBC Sport
24 March Hampden Park, Glasgow (H)  Georgia 2–1 ECQ(B) Kris Boyd, Craig Beattie BBC Sport
28 March Stadio San Nicola, Bari (A)  Italy 0–2 ECQ(B) BBC Sport
30 May Gerhard Hanappi Stadium, Vienna (A)  Austria 1–0 Friendly Garry O'Connor BBC Sport
6 June Svangaskard Stadium, Toftir (A)  Faroe Islands 2–0 ECQ(B) Shaun Maloney, Garry O'Connor BBC Sport
Key

Deaths

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