2006–07 Scottish Premier League

Scottish Premier League
Season 2006–07
Champions Celtic
Relegated Dunfermline
Champions League Celtic
Rangers
UEFA Cup Aberdeen
Dunfermline
Intertoto Cup None
Top goalscorer Kris Boyd (20)
Biggest home win Motherwell 5–0 Kilmarnock (30 September)
Biggest away win Motherwell 1–6 Hibernian (18 November)

The 2006–07 Scottish Premier League season was the ninth season of the Scottish Premier League. It began on 29 July 2006.

The league champions, Celtic and runners-up, Rangers, qualified for the UEFA Champions League on the return of Walter Smith as manager following a brief and disastrous reign by Frenchman Paul Le Guen. The team finishing third, Aberdeen qualified for the UEFA Cup, as did the Scottish Cup finalists Dunfermline Athletic. However, being the bottom-placed team in the SPL, Dunfermline were also relegated to the First Division.

Promotion and relegation from 2005–06

Promoted from First Division to Premier League

Relegated from Premier League to First Division

Events

League table

Pos
Team
Pld
W
D
L
GF
GA
GD
Pts
Qualification or relegation
1 Celtic (C) 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 55 38+17 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 41 6120 38
11 St Mirren 38 8 12 18 31 5120 36
12 Dunfermline Athletic (R) 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.

2006–07 Scottish Premier League
Winners
Celtic
41st Title

Results

Matches 1–22

During matches 1–22 each team played every other team twice (home and away).

Home ╲ Away ABE CEL DUNDNFFALHOMHIBINVKILMOTRANSTM
Aberdeen 01 31 10 21 13 21 11 31 21 12 20
Celtic 10 22 10 10 21 21 30 41 21 20 20
Dundee United 31 14 00 12 01 03 31 10 11 21 10
Dunfermline Athletic 03 12 21 03 12 04 00 32 02 11 21
Falkirk 02 01 51 10 11 21 31 12 01 10 11
Heart of Midlothian 01 21 40 11 00 31 41 02 41 01 01
Hibernian 11 22 21 20 01 22 20 22 31 21 51
Inverness Caledonian Thistle 11 11 00 10 32 00 00 34 01 21 12
Kilmarnock 10 12 00 51 21 00 21 11 12 22 11
Motherwell 02 11 23 21 42 01 16 14 50 12 00
Rangers 10 11 22 20 40 20 30 01 30 11 11
St Mirren 11 13 13 00 10 22 10 11 01 20 23

Source:
1 ^ The home team is listed in the left-hand column.
Colours: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Matches 23–33

During matches 23–33 each team played every other team once (either at home or away).

Home ╲ Away ABE CEL DUNDNFFALHOMHIBINVKILMOTRANSTM
Aberdeen 12 24 30 10 11
Celtic 21 21 40 20 01 31
Dundee United 03 00 15 00 11
Dunfermline Athletic 01 10 11 01 00
Falkirk 12 01 10 02 12 21
Heart of Midlothian 14 04 10 10 10 11
Hibernian 00 20 01 20 02
Inverness Caledonian Thistle 12 10 13 11 30 21
Kilmarnock 12 10 02 32 13
Motherwell 02 20 02 10 01 01
Rangers 30 50 21 00 11
St Mirren 02 01 11 02 00 01

Source:
1 ^ The home team is listed in the left-hand column.
Colours: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Matches 34–38

During matches 34–38 each team played every other team in their half of the table once.

Top six

Home ╲ Away ABE CEL HOMHIBKILRAN
Aberdeen 22 30 20
Celtic 21 20
Heart of Midlothian 11 20
Hibernian 12 01 33
Kilmarnock 13 10
Rangers 01 21 01

Source:
1 ^ The home team is listed in the left-hand column.
Colours: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Bottom six

Home ╲ Away DUN DNF FALINVMOTSTM
Dundee United 11 00 02
Dunfermline Athletic 10 03 41
Falkirk 20 10 02
Inverness Caledonian Thistle 21 20
Motherwell 33 23
St Mirren 01 01

Source:
1 ^ The home team is listed in the left-hand column.
Colours: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Goals

Top scorers

Scorer Team Appearances Goals Average
Scotland Kris Boyd Rangers 32 20 0.63
Australia Scott McDonald Motherwell 32 15 0.47
Scotland Steven Naismith Kilmarnock 37 15 0.41
Republic of Ireland Anthony Stokes Falkirk 16 14 0.86
New Zealand Chris Killen Hibernian 18 13 0.72
Scotland Darren Mackie Aberdeen 36 13 0.36
Netherlands Jan Vennegoor of Hesselink Celtic 21 13 0.62
Scotland Colin Nish Kilmarnock 33 12 0.36
Scotland Charlie Adam Rangers 32 11 0.34
Scotland Barry Robson Dundee United 29 11 0.38
England John Sutton St Mirren 33 11 0.33
Scotland Craig Dargo Inverness CT 27 10 0.37
Republic of Ireland Noel Hunt Dundee United 28 10 0.36
England Steve Lovell Aberdeen 27 9 0.33
Japan Shunsuke Nakamura Celtic 37 9 0.24
Lithuania Andrius Velicka Heart of Midlothian 27 8 0.30

Hat-tricks

Scorer For Against Date
Japan Nakamura, ShunsukeShunsuke Nakamura Celtic Dundee United 14 October 2006
Republic of Ireland Stokes, AnthonyAnthony Stokes Falkirk Dundee United 28 October 2006
Republic of Ireland Stokes, AnthonyAnthony Stokes Falkirk Dunfermline Athletic 4 November 2006
Denmark Gravesen, ThomasThomas Gravesen Celtic St Mirren 12 November 2006
Republic of Ireland Stokes, AnthonyAnthony Stokes Falkirk Inverness CT 30 December 2006
Netherlands Vennegoor of Hesselink, JanJan Vennegoor of Hesselink Celtic St Mirren 20 January 2007
Scotland Boyd, KrisKris Boyd Rangers Kilmarnock 11 February 2007
Scotland Boyd, KrisKris Boyd Rangers Aberdeen 17 March 2007
Scotland Robson, BarryBarry Robson Dundee United Heart of Midlothian 17 March 2007

Attendances

Overall 3.7 million spectators attended an average per match of just over 8,090. The average and highest attendances for SPL clubs during the 2006/07 season are shown below:

Club Average Highest
Celtic 57,928 59,659
Rangers 49,955 50,488
Hearts 16,937 17,369
Hibernian 14,587 16,747
Aberdeen 12,475 20,045
Dundee United 7,147 12,329
Kilmarnock 6,807 13,506
Dunfermline Athletic 6,106 8,561
Motherwell 5,877 11,745
St Mirren 5,609 10,251
Falkirk 5,387 7,245
Inverness CT 4,879 7,522

Monthly awards

MonthManagerPlayerYoung Player
AugustScotland Jim Jefferies (Kilmarnock)Trinidad and Tobago Russell Latapy (Falkirk)Republic of Ireland Aiden McGeady (Celtic)
SeptemberScotland Gordon Strachan (Celtic) Scotland Allan McGregor (Rangers) Republic of Ireland Aiden McGeady (Celtic)
OctoberScotland Charlie Christie (Inverness CT) England Lee Naylor (Celtic) Republic of Ireland Anthony Stokes (Falkirk)
November Scotland Craig Levein (Dundee United) Scotland Russell Anderson (Aberdeen) Republic of Ireland Anthony Stokes (Falkirk)
December Scotland John Hughes (Falkirk) Poland Artur Boruc (Celtic) Scotland Darren Barr (Falkirk)
January Scotland Gordon Strachan (Celtic) Netherlands Jan Vennegoor of Hesselink (Celtic) Scotland Christophe Berra (Hearts)
February Scotland Maurice Malpas (Motherwell) Japan Shunsuke Nakamura (Celtic) Scotland Lewis Stevenson (Hibernian)
March Scotland Craig Levein (Dundee United) Scotland Alan Hutton (Rangers) Scotland Steven Naismith (Kilmarnock)
April Republic of Ireland Stephen Kenny (Dunfermline Athletic) Northern Ireland Neil Lennon (Celtic) Scotland Mark Reynolds (Motherwell)

See also

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