2016–17 Scottish Premiership

Scottish Premiership
Season 2016–17
Matches played 81
Goals scored 224 (2.77 per match)
Top goalscorer Scott Sinclair (9 goals)[1][2]
Biggest home win Celtic 6–1 Kilmarnock
(24 September 2016)[3][4]
Biggest away win Kilmarnock 0–4 Aberdeen
(1 October 2016)[3][4]
Highest scoring Celtic 6–1 Kilmarnock
(24 September 2016)[3][4]
Longest winning run 7 matches:[4]
Celtic
Longest unbeaten run 12 matches:[4]
Celtic
Longest winless run 10 matches:[4]
Dundee &
Ross County
Longest losing run 6 matches:[4]
Dundee
Highest attendance 58,348[4]
Celtic 5–1 Rangers
(10 September 2016)
Lowest attendance 1,609[4]
Hamilton Academical 1–0 Ross County
(27 August 2016)
Total attendance 1,091,851[4]
Average attendance 12,845
2017–18 →

All statistics correct as of 30 November 2016.

The 2016–17 Scottish Premiership (known as the Ladbrokes Scottish Premiership for sponsorship reasons) will be the fourth season of the Scottish Premiership, the highest division of Scottish football. The season began on 6 August 2016.[5] The fixtures were published on 17 June 2016.[6] Celtic are the defending champions.

Twelve teams will contest the league. The teams involved are Aberdeen, Celtic, Dundee, Hamilton Academical, Heart of Midlothian, Inverness CT, Kilmarnock, Motherwell, Partick Thistle, Rangers, Ross County and St Johnstone.

Teams

The following teams have changed division since the 2015–16 season.

To Premiership

Promoted from Scottish Championship

From Premiership

Relegated to Scottish Championship

Stadia and locations

Aberdeen Celtic Dundee Hamilton Academical
Pittodrie Stadium Celtic Park Dens Park New Douglas Park
Capacity: 20,866[7] Capacity: 60,411[8] Capacity: 11,506[9] Capacity: 5,510[10]
Heart of Midlothian Inverness Caledonian Thistle
Tynecastle Stadium Caledonian Stadium
Capacity: 17,480[11] Capacity: 7,512[12]
Kilmarnock Motherwell
Rugby Park Fir Park
Capacity: 17,891[13] Capacity: 13,677[14]
Partick Thistle Rangers Ross County St Johnstone
Firhill Stadium Ibrox Stadium Victoria Park McDiarmid Park
Capacity: 10,102[15] Capacity: 50,817[16] Capacity: 6,541[17] Capacity: 10,696[18]

Personnel and kits

Team Manager Captain Kit manufacturer Shirt sponsor
Aberdeen Scotland McInnes, DerekDerek McInnes Scotland Jack, RyanRyan Jack Adidas Saltire Energy
Celtic Northern Ireland Rodgers, BrendanBrendan Rodgers Scotland Brown, ScottScott Brown New Balance Dafabet
Dundee Scotland Hartley, PaulPaul Hartley Northern Ireland McPake, JamesJames McPake Puma McEwan Fraser Legal
Hamilton Academical Scotland Canning, MartinMartin Canning Scotland Devlin, MichaelMichael Devlin Adidas SuperSeal (H), NetBet (A)
Heart of Midlothian Republic of Ireland Daly, JonJon Daly (interim)
Northern Ireland Kirk, AndyAndy Kirk (interim)		 United States Kitchen, PerryPerry Kitchen Puma Save the Children
Inverness CT Republic of Ireland Foran, RichieRichie Foran England Warren, GaryGary Warren Carbrini McEwan Fraser Legal
Kilmarnock England Clark, LeeLee Clark Scotland Smith, StevenSteven Smith Nike QTS
Motherwell Scotland McGhee, MarkMark McGhee Scotland Lasley, KeithKeith Lasley Macron Motorpoint
Partick Thistle Scotland Archibald, AlanAlan Archibald Ghana Osman, AbdulAbdul Osman Joma Kingsford Capital Management
Rangers England Warburton, MarkMark Warburton Scotland Wallace, LeeLee Wallace Puma 32Red
Ross County Scotland McIntyre, JimJim McIntyre Scotland Quinn, PaulPaul Quinn Macron Stanley CRC Evans Offshore
St Johnstone Northern Ireland Wright, TommyTommy Wright Scotland Anderson, StevenSteven Anderson Joma Alan Storrar Cars

Managerial changes

Team Outgoing manager Manner of departure Date of vacancy Position in table Incoming manager Date of appointment
Celtic Norway Deila, RonnyRonny Deila Resigned 15 May 2016 [19] Pre-season Northern Ireland Rodgers, BrendanBrendan Rodgers 20 May 2016[20]
Inverness CT Scotland Hughes, JohnJohn Hughes Resigned 20 May 2016[21] Republic of Ireland Foran, RichieRichie Foran 30 May 2016[22]
Heart of Midlothian Scotland Neilson, RobbieRobbie Neilson Signed by MK Dons 2 December 2016[23] 2nd Republic of Ireland John Daly
Northern Ireland Andy Kirk
(joint-interims)		 2 December 2016[24]

Tournament format and regulations

Basic

In the initial phase of the season, the 12 teams will play a round-robin tournament whereby each team plays each one of the other teams three times. After 33 games, the league splits into two sections of six teams, with each team playing each other in that section. The league attempts to balance the fixture list so that teams in the same section play each other twice at home and twice away, but sometimes this is impossible. A total of 228 matches will be played, with 38 matches played by each team.

League Summary

League Table

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation[lower-alpha 1]
1 Celtic 13 12 1 0 39 11 +28 37 Qualification to Champions League second qualifying round
2 Rangers 16 8 5 3 21 17 +4 29 Qualification to Europa League first qualifying round
3 Heart of Midlothian 16 7 6 3 31 19 +12 27
4 Aberdeen 14 7 3 4 23 14 +9 24
5 St Johnstone 15 6 4 5 22 19 +3 22
6 Kilmarnock 15 4 5 6 14 24 −10 17
7 Ross County 16 3 7 6 17 28 −11 16
8 Hamilton Academical 15 2 9 4 17 21 −4 15
9 Motherwell 15 4 3 8 20 27 −7 15
10 Dundee 16 4 3 9 14 22 −8 15
11 Partick Thistle 15 3 5 7 17 22 −5 14 Qualification to Premiership play-off final
12 Inverness Caledonian Thistle 16 3 5 8 21 32 −11 14 Relegation to Scottish Championship
Updated to match(es) played on 3 December 2016. Source: Soccerway
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored; 4) Play-off (only if deciding champion, UEFA competitions qualification and second stage group allocation).[25]
Notes:
  1. ↑ Teams play each other three times (33 matches), before the league is split into two groups (the top six and the bottom six).

Positions by round

The table lists the positions of teams after each week of matches. In order to preserve chronological progress, any postponed matches are not included in the round at which they were originally scheduled, but added to the full round they were played immediately afterwards. For example, if a match is scheduled for matchday 13, but then postponed and played between days 16 and 17, it will be added to the standings for day 16.

Leader - Qualification to Champions League second qualifying round
Qualification to Europa League first qualifying round
Qualification to Premiership play-off final
Relegation to 2017-18 Scottish Championship
Team \ Round 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38
Aberdeen 7 9 4 7 7 4 2 2 2 2 2 3 2 2 3 4
Celtic 3 5 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
Dundee 1 4 6 5 6 8 9 10 12 12 12 12 11 12 7 10
Hamilton Academical 5 10 11 6 9 10 10 9 10 10 8 10 9 10 10 8
Heart of Midlothian 9 11 5 3 2 2 3 3 3 3 4 4 4 4 4 3
Inverness Caledonian Thistle 12 12 12 12 11 11 8 8 7 6 6 6 6 7 9 12
Kilmarnock 10 6 10 10 10 9 11 11 9 8 7 8 7 9 11 6
Motherwell 4 7 9 8 8 6 5 6 6 9 11 9 10 6 6 9
Partick Thistle 2 3 8 11 12 12 12 12 11 11 9 7 8 11 12 11
Rangers 6 1 1 2 3 5 7 5 4 5 5 2 3 3 2 2
Ross County 11 8 3 4 4 7 6 7 8 7 10 11 12 8 8 7
St Johnstone 8 2 7 9 5 3 4 4 5 4 3 5 5 5 5 5

Source: BBC Sport

Results

Matches 1–22

Teams play each other twice, once at home and once away.

Home ╲ Away ABE CEL DNDHAMHOMINVKILMOTPARRANROSSTJ
Aberdeen 0–1 0–0 1–1 2–1 2–1 4–0
Celtic 4–1 3–0 6–1 2–0 5–1
Dundee 1–3 0–1 1–1 2–1 1–1 2–0 0–2 1–2
Hamilton Academical 1–0 0–1 3–3 1–1 1–2 a 1–1 1–0 1–1
Heart of Midlothian 1–2 2–0 3–1 5–1 3–0 2–0 0–0 2–2
Inverness Caledonian Thistle 1–3 2–2 3–1 3–3 1–1 0–1 2–3 2–1
Kilmarnock 0–4 0–1 2–0 0–0 2–0 1–2 2–2 1–1
Motherwell 3–4 0–0 4–2 1–3 0–3 2–0 4–1 1–2
Partick Thistle 1–2 2–2 1–2 2–0 1–1 1–2 1–1 0–2
Rangers 2–1 a 1–0 1–1 3–0 2–1 2–0 0–0 1–1
Ross County 0–4 1–3 1–1 2–2 a 2–0 1–1 1–1 0–2
St Johnstone 0–0 2–4 2–1 1–0 3–0 0–1 1–2 2–4

Updated to games played on 3 December 2016.
Source: Scottish Premiership
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

Teams play every other team once (either at home or away).

Home ╲ Away ABE CEL DNDHAMHOMINVKILMOTPARRANROSSTJ
Aberdeen a
Celtic a
Dundee
Hamilton Academical
Heart of Midlothian
Inverness Caledonian Thistle a
Kilmarnock
Motherwell a
Partick Thistle
Rangers
Ross County
St Johnstone

Source: Scottish Premiership
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

After 33 matches, the league splits into two sections of six teams each, with teams playing every other team in their section once (either at home or away). The exact matches are determined upon the league table at the time of the split.

Season Statistics

Top Scorers

As of matches played on 30 November 2016[1][2]
Rank Player Club Goals
1 England Scott Sinclair Celtic 9
2 Northern Ireland Liam Boyce Ross County 8
3 France Moussa Dembélé Celtic 7
4 Ivory Coast Souleymane Coulibaly Kilmarnock 6
Scotland Ali Crawford Hamilton Academical
England Louis Moult Motherwell
Scotland Danny Swanson St Johnstone
Scotland Jamie Walker Hearts

Hat-tricks

Player For Against Result Date Reference
Northern Ireland Liam Boyce Ross County Inverness Caledonian Thistle 2–3 (A) 13 August 2016 [26]
France Moussa Dembélé Celtic Rangers 5–1 (H) 10 September 2016 [27]
England Louis Moult4 Motherwell Hamilton Academical 4–2 (H) 17 September 2016 [28]
Notes

Awards

Month Manager of the Month Player of the Month Ref.
Manager Club Player Club
August Northern Ireland Brendan Rodgers Celtic Northern Ireland Liam Boyce Ross County [29]
September Republic of Ireland Richie Foran Inverness CT France Moussa Dembélé Celtic
October Northern Ireland Brendan Rodgers Celtic England Adam Barton Partick Thistle

Premiership play-offs

The quarter-finals will be contested between the 3rd and 4th placed teams in the Scottish Championship. The winners will advance to the semi-finals to face the 2nd placed team in the Championship, and the winners of that tie will advance to the final to play-off against the 11th placed team in the Premiership, with the winners securing a place in the 2017–18 Scottish Premiership.

References

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  2. 1 2 "2016–17 Scottish Premiership scorers". ESPN. Retrieved 22 August 2016.
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  5. ↑ "Start date for 2016/17 league season". SPFL. 25 January 2016. Retrieved 25 January 2016.
  6. ↑ "The SPFL has today unveiled the fixture lists for the 2016/17 Ladbrokes Premiership, Ladbrokes Championship, Ladbrokes League 1 and Ladbrokes League 2 seasons.". spfl.co.uk. 17 June 2016. Retrieved 17 June 2016.
  7. ↑ "Aberdeen Football Club". Scottish Professional Football League. Retrieved 11 November 2013.
  8. ↑ "Celtic Football Club". Scottish Professional Football League. Retrieved 11 November 2013.
  9. ↑ "Dundee Football Club". Scottish Professional Football League. Retrieved 11 November 2013.
  10. ↑ "Hamilton Academical Football Club". Scottish Professional Football League. Retrieved 11 November 2013.
  11. ↑ "Heart of Midlothian Football Club". Scottish Professional Football League. Retrieved 11 November 2013.
  12. ↑ "Inverness Caledonian Thistle Football Club". Scottish Professional Football League. Retrieved 11 November 2013.
  13. ↑ "Kilmarnock Football Club". Scottish Professional Football League. Retrieved 11 November 2013.
  14. ↑ "Motherwell Football Club". Scottish Professional Football League. Retrieved 11 November 2013.
  15. ↑ "Partick Thistle Football Club". Scottish Professional Football League. Retrieved 11 November 2013.
  16. ↑ "Rangers Football Club". Scottish Professional Football League. Retrieved 4 November 2015.
  17. ↑ "Ross County Football Club". Scottish Professional Football League. Retrieved 11 November 2013.
  18. ↑ "St Johnstone Football Club". Scottish Professional Football League. Retrieved 11 November 2013.
  19. ↑ "Ronny Deila: Celtic manager to leave club in summer". BBC Sport. BBC. 20 April 2016. Retrieved 20 May 2016.
  20. ↑ "Brendan Rodgers: Celtic appoint former Liverpool boss as manager". BBC Sport. BBC. 20 May 2016. Retrieved 20 May 2016.
  21. ↑ "John Hughes: Inverness CT announce manager's exit". BBC Sport. BBC. 20 May 2016. Retrieved 20 May 2016.
  22. ↑ "Inverness Caledonian Thistle: Richie Foran given four-year contract". BBC Sport. BBC. 30 May 2016. Retrieved 30 May 2016.
  23. ↑ "Club Statement". Heart of Midlothian FC. 1 December 2016. Retrieved 2 December 2016.
  24. ↑ McLaughlin, Brian (2 December 2016). "Hearts: Levein seeks 'young' coach to succeed Neilson". BBC Sport. BBC. Retrieved 2 December 2016.
  25. ↑ "Premiership 2016/2017 - Season rules". Scoresway. Retrieved 1 September 2016.
  26. ↑ Dowden, Martin (13 August 2016). "Inverness CT 2-3 Ross County". bbc.co.uk/sport. BBC Sport. Retrieved 16 October 2016.
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  29. ↑ "SPFL monthly awards". www.spfl.co.uk. Scottish Professional Football League. Retrieved 8 August 2016.

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