The 2011–12 season is the 115th season of competitive
football
Football is a family of team sports that involve, to varying degrees, kicking a ball to score a goal. Unqualified, the word ''football'' normally means the form of football that is the most popular where the word is used. Sports commonly c ...
in Scotland.
Overview
''To be announced''
Transfer deals
League competitions
Scottish Premier League
Scottish First Division
Scottish Second Division
Scottish Third Division
Scottish Premier Under-19 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
Summary
* Current
UEFA coefficients
In European football, the UEFA coefficients are statistics based in weighted arithmetic means used for ranking and seeding teams in club and international competitions. Introduced in 1979 for men's football tournaments, and after applied in wome ...
Ranking (No. 25)*Celtic were reinstated taking
Sion
Sion may refer to
* an alternative transliteration of Zion
People
* Sion (name) or Siôn, a Welsh and other given name and surname, including a list of people and fictional characters with the name
* Shion or Sion, a Japanese given name
Pl ...
's place in
Group I Group 1 may refer to:
* Alkali metal, a chemical element classification for Alkali metal
* Group 1 (racing), a historic (until 1981) classification for Touring car racing, applied to standard touring cars. Comparable to modern FIA Group N
* Group On ...
as the Swiss side fielded ineligible players during their tie. Celtic were awarded both of the matches as a 3–0 forfeit, resulting in a boost to their coefficient from 0.5 to 2.0.
Rangers
;2011–12 UEFA Champions League
;2011–12 UEFA Europa League
Celtic
;2011–12 UEFA Europa League
Sion defeated Celtic in the initial two-legged tie by an aggregate score of 3–1. Celtic had played both games under protest to UEFA after Sion fielded five ineligible players over the two games. Sion were forced to forfeit both ties against Celtic after UEFA found them guilty of the charge, with UEFA awarding Celtic 3–0 wins in both legs.
Heart of Midlothian
;2011–12 UEFA Europa League
Dundee United
;2011–12 UEFA Europa League
National teams
Scotland national team
Scotland Under-21 team
Women's football
League and Cup honours
Individual honours
SWF awards
Scotland women's national team
Glasgow City
2011–12 UEFA Women's Champions League
Deaths
*1 July:
Willie Fernie, 82, Celtic and Scotland forward; Kilmarnock manager.
*31 July:
Willie Corbett, 88, Celtic, Dunfermline and Morton defender.
*16 August:
Frank Munro, 63, Dundee United, Aberdeen, Celtic and Scotland defender.
*27 August:
John Parke
John Grubb Parke (September 22, 1827 – December 16, 1900) was a United States Army engineer and a Union general in the American Civil War. Parke's Civil War service was closely associated with Ambrose E. Burnside, often serving him as chi ...
, 74, Hibs defender.
*28 August:
Bernie Gallacher, 44, Aston Villa defender.
* 7 September:
Derek Grierson
Derek Dunlop Grierson (5 October 1931 – 7 September 2011) was a Scottish football player who played mainly as an inside right, best known for his time with Rangers and Falkirk.
Career
Club
Grierson started out at Queen's Park before manag ...
, 79, Queen's Park, Rangers and Falkirk forward.
* 20 November:
David Cargill, 75, Arbroath winger.
* 6 December:
Lawrie Tierney, 52, Hearts and Hibs midfielder.
* 9 January:
Bill Dickie, 82, Motherwell director; Scottish Football Association president.
* 14 February:
Tom McAnearney, 79, Sheffield Wednesday player.
* 28 April:
Tom Spence, 50, Stirling Albion defender; Albion Rovers manager.
* 4 June:
Bobby Black, 85, East Fife and Queen of the South winger.
* 22 June:
Jackie Neilson
John Neilson (1 April 1929 – 22 June 2012) was a Scottish footballer. He played for St Mirren in the Scottish Football League. He also represented the Scottish Football League XI four times. He played in an unofficial match for the Scotland B ...
, 83, St Mirren wing half.
References
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Seasons in Scottish football