The 2016–17 season was the 120th season of competitive
football in Scotland
Association football ( sco, fitbaa, gd, ball-coise) is one of the national sports of Scotland and the most popular sport in the country. There is a long tradition of "football" games in Orkney, Lewis and southern Scotland, especially the Sco ...
. The domestic season began on 16 July 2016, with the first round of the
2016–17 Scottish League Cup
The 2016–17 Scottish League Cup (also known as the Betfred Cup for sponsorship reasons) was the 71st season of Scotland's second-most prestigious football knockout competition.
The format for the 2016–17 competition changed from the previo ...
.
The
2016–17 Scottish Professional Football League season commenced on 6 August.
Transfer deals
League competitions
Scottish Premiership
Scottish Championship
Scottish League One
Scottish League Two
Non-league football
Level 5
Level 6
SPFL Development League
Honours
Cup honours
Non-league honours
Senior
Junior
;West Region
;East Region
;North Region
Individual honours
PFA Scotland awards
SFWA awards
Scottish clubs in Europe
Celtic
Celtic, Celtics or Keltic may refer to:
Language and ethnicity
*pertaining to Celts, a collection of Indo-European peoples in Europe and Anatolia
**Celts (modern)
*Celtic languages
**Proto-Celtic language
* Celtic music
*Celtic nations
Sports Fo ...
,
Aberdeen
Aberdeen (; sco, Aiberdeen ; gd, Obar Dheathain ; la, Aberdonia) is a city in North East Scotland, and is the third most populous city in the country. Aberdeen is one of Scotland's 32 local government council areas (as Aberdeen City), and ...
,
Heart of Midlothian and
Hibernian qualified for
European competition The European Competition is a student competition in which students of all ages submit creative, artistic, or written pieces of work on the activities of the European Union. Tendered by European Movement Germany, it is the oldest student competition ...
.
Celtic
;UEFA Champions League
Aberdeen
;UEFA Europa League
Heart of Midlothian
;UEFA Europa League
Hibernian
;UEFA Europa League
Scotland national team
Women's football
Scottish Women's Premier League
SWPL 1
SWPL2
League and Cup honours
Individual honours
Jane Ross and
Caroline Weir
Caroline Elspeth Lillias Weir (born 20 June 1995) is a Scottish professional footballer who plays as an attacking midfielder or forward for Spanish Primera División club Real Madrid CF and the Scotland women's national team.
Club career Elg ...
were both nominated for the (English)
PFA Women's Players' Player of the Year
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award.
SWPL awards
UEFA Women's Champions League
Glasgow City
Hibernian
Scotland women's national team
The
Scotland women's national football team qualified for a major tournament for the first time.
A loss by
Finland
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against
Portugal
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confirmed that
Scotland
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would finish
qualifying
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* Professional qualification, attributes developed by obtaining academic degrees or through professional exper ...
as one of the six best runners-up, guaranteeing a place in
UEFA Women's Euro 2017.
Deaths
*3 July:
Jimmy Frizzell
James Letson Frizzell (16 February 1937 – 3 July 2016) was a Scottish association football player and manager.
Frizzell was appointed a patron of Oldham Athletic's supporters' trust, Trust Oldham in 2004.
Playing career
Frizzell began his ca ...
, 79, Greenock Morton inside forward.
*July: David Nicol, 80, Falkirk, Stirling Albion and Cowdenbeath wing half.
*8 July:
Jackie McInally, 79, Kilmarnock, Motherwell and Hamilton Academical forward.
*21 July:
Dick Donnelly
Charles Richard Donnelly (11 September 1941 – 21 July 2016) was a Scottish footballer, broadcaster, and journalist.
Early and personal life
Donnelly was born in Lochee, Dundee and attended Harris Academy in the city.
He was married with on ...
, 74, East Fife and Brechin City goalkeeper, journalist and
Radio Tay
Radio Tay is a group of two Independent Local Radio stations serving Tayside and northeast Fife in Scotland. Radio Tay is owned and operated by Bauer Radio, based at studios at 6 North Isla Street in Dundee and forms part of Bauer’s Hits Radio ...
sports broadcaster.
*5 August:
Joe Davis, 75, Third Lanark and Hibernian defender.
*20 August:
Rab Stewart
Robert Edward Thorburn Stewart (7 October 1932 – 27 September 1992) was a Scottish professional association football, footballer who played as a Wing half, right half, making nearly 150 appearances in the Scottish Football League. After retiri ...
, 54, Dunfermline Athletic, Motherwell, Falkirk and Queen of the South forward.
*5 September:
Max Murray, 80, Queen's Park, Rangers, Third Lanark and Clyde forward.
*13 September:
Matt Gray, 80, Third Lanark forward.
*16 September: Donald Cameron, 77, Ayr United chairman (2005–08).
*19 September: Donnie Fraser, Inverness Caledonian Thistle director (2015–16).
*20 September:
Alan Cousin
Alan Cousin (7 March 1938 – 20 September 2016) was a Scottish footballer, who played for Dundee, Hibernian, and Falkirk.
Career
At the age of 16, Cousin played rugby in the mornings and football in the afternoons, for Alloa Y.M.C.A. He was n ...
, 78, Dundee, Hibernian and Falkirk forward.
*1 October:
David Herd, 82, Scotland forward.
*2 October:
Jimmy McIntosh
James McLaughlin McIntosh (5 April 1918 – 4 April 2000) was a Scottish professional association football, footballer and manager. As a player McIntosh was a fast, strong, stocky forward.[Gerry Gow
Gerald Gow (29 May 1952 – 10 October 2016) was a footballer who played for Bristol City in the 1970s, making 375 appearances for them in The Football League.
Playing career
Gow made his debut for Bristol City in 1970 at the age of 17.Pontin ...]
, 64, Scotland under-23 midfielder.
*10 October:
Eddie O'Hara, 80, Falkirk and Morton winger.
*16 October:
George Peebles
George Peebles (22 January 1936 – 16 October 2016) was a Scottish football player and manager. He played for Dunfermline Athletic for most of his career, helping the club win the 1960–61 Scottish Cup. Peebles provided an assist for the firs ...
, 80, Dunfermline Athletic and Stirling Albion winger; Stirling Albion manager.
*19 October: George McKimmie, 65, Dunfermline Athletic forward.
*7 November:
Eric Murray, 74, Kilmarnock and St Mirren wing half.
*8 November:
Ian Cowan, 71, Falkirk, Partick Thistle and Dunfermline Athletic forward.
*16 November:
Daniel Prodan
Daniel Claudiu Prodan (23 March 1972 – 16 November 2016) was a Romanian footballer who played mainly as a central defender.
In a career marred by injuries, he played mainly for Steaua București and represented the Romania national team in o ...
, 44, Rangers defender.
*25 November:
Jim Gillespie, 69, Raith Rovers and Dunfermline Athletic winger.
*26 November:
David Provan, 75, Rangers, St Mirren and Scotland defender; Albion Rovers manager.
*6 December:
Dave MacLaren
David MacLaren (12 June 1934 – 6 December 2016) was a footballer who played as a goalkeeper. Although born in Scotland, he spent most of his playing career in England, before turning to management in Malaysia and Australia.
Playing caree ...
, 82, Dundee goalkeeper.
*10 December:
Tommy McCulloch, 82, Clyde and Hamilton goalkeeper.
*11 December:
Charlie McNeil, 53, Stirling Albion winger.
*18 January:
John Little, 86, Queen's Park, Rangers, Morton and Scotland defender.,
*27 January:
Billy Simpson, 87, Rangers, Stirling Albion and Partick Thistle forward.
*18 February:
Roger Hynd
John Roger Shankly Hynd (2 February 194218 February 2017) was a Scottish professional footballer who played as a centre half.
He started his playing career at Rangers, for whom he played in the 1967 European Cup Winners' Cup Final, before mov ...
, 75, Rangers defender and Motherwell manager.
*22 February: Paul Morrison, 42, Arbroath midfielder.
*27 February:
Alex Young, 80, Hearts and Scotland forward.
*2 March:
Tommy Gemmell, 73, Celtic, Dundee and Scotland full-back; Dundee and Albion Rovers manager.
*22 March:
Ken Currie
Ken Currie (born 1960 in North Shields, Northumberland, England) is a Scottish artist and a graduate of Glasgow School of Art (1978–1983). Ken grew up in industrial Glasgow. This has had a significant influence on his early works. In the 19 ...
, 91, Heart of Midlothian, Third Lanark, Raith Rovers, Dunfermline Athletic and Stranraer inside forward.
*1 April:
Stuart Markland, 69, Berwick Rangers, Dundee United and Montrose defender.
*21 April:
Ugo Ehiogu
Ugochuku Ehiogu (; 3 November 1972 – 21 April 2017) was an English professional footballer who played as a centre back from 1989 to 2009. He was the coach of the Tottenham Hotspur U23 team until his death in April 2017.
He played in the Prem ...
, 44, Rangers defender.
*2 May:
Cammy Duncan, 51, Motherwell, Partick Thistle, Ayr United and Albion Rovers goalkeeper.
*6 May:
Tommy Henaughan, 86, Queen's Park, Kilmarnock and Morton forward.
*18 May:
Eric Stevenson, 74, Hibernian and Ayr United winger.
*19 May:
Tommy Ross, 70, Ross County forward.
*26 May:
Derek Neilson, 58, Brechin City and Berwick Rangers goalkeeper.
*18 June:
Albert Franks, 81, Rangers, Morton and Queen of the South wing half.
*27 June:
Stéphane Paille
Stéphane Paille (27 June 1965 – 27 June 2017) was a French professional footballer who played for the France national team as well as for various club sides in France, Portugal, Switzerland and Scotland. After he retired from playing he ...
, 52, Hearts midfielder.
*28 June:
John Higgins, 87, Hibernian and St Mirren defender.
Notes and references
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