The 2011–12 Scottish Premier League was the fourteenth season of the Scottish Premier League, the highest division of

Scottish football 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 Sc ...

, since its inception in 1998. The season started on 23 July 2011 and ended on 13 May 2012. A total of twelve teams contested the league: eleven sides that competed in the 2010–11 SPL and one club promoted from the First Division. The new entry was First Division champions

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, who replaced relegated

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. Since Scotland climbed from sixteenth to fifteenth place in the UEFA association coefficient rankings at the end of the 2010–11 season, the league re-gained an additional third qualifying round berth for the

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. However, it lost that berth again the following season. Despite finishing in the second qualifying position for the

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, the eventual liquidation of Rangers allowed Motherwell to take their place in the competition for the first time in the club's history. On 7 April, Celtic won the title after a 6–0 away win against Kilmarnock at

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. It was their first title in four years.

Teams

The team ending the 2010–11 season at the bottom of the table,

, were relegated to the

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. Hamilton were replaced by

, champions of the First Division.

Stadia and locations

Personnel and kits

Note: Flags indicate national team as has been defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

Managerial changes

League table

Results

Matches 1–22

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

Matches 23–33

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

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.

Teams

Stadia and locations

Personnel and kits

Managerial changes

League table

Results

Matches 1–22

Matches 23–33

Matches 34–38

Top six

Bottom six

Season statistics

Top scorers

Top assists

Clean sheets

Awards

Monthly awards

See also