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The 2006–07 Scottish Premier League season was the ninth season of the
Scottish Premier League The Scottish Premier League (SPL) was the Scottish football league system, top-level league competition for professional Association football, football clubs in Scotland. The league was founded in 1998, when it broke away from the Scottish Foo ...
. It began on 29 July 2006. The league champions,
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and runners-up,
Rangers A ranger is typically someone in a law enforcement or military/paramilitary role specializing in patrolling a given territory, called "ranging" or "scouting". The term most often refers to: * Park ranger or forest ranger, a person charged with prot ...
, qualified for the
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on the return of
Walter Smith Walter Ferguson Smith (24 February 1948 – 26 October 2021) was a Scottish football player, manager and director, primarily associated with his two spells as manager of Glasgow club Rangers. A defender, Smith's playing career consiste ...
as manager following a brief and disastrous reign by
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Paul Le Guen. The team finishing third,
Aberdeen Aberdeen ( ; ; ) is a port city in North East Scotland, and is the List of towns and cities in Scotland by population, third most populous Cities of Scotland, Scottish city. Historically, Aberdeen was within the historic county of Aberdeensh ...
qualified for the
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, as did the
Scottish Cup The Scottish Football Association Challenge Cup,Dunfermline Athletic Dunfermline Athletic Football Club is a Scottish professional football club based in the city of Dunfermline, Fife. Founded in 1885, the club currently compete in the after winning the 2022–23 Scottish League One title. Dunfermline play at ...
. However, being the bottom-placed team in the SPL, Dunfermline were also relegated to the First Division.


Teams


Promotion and relegation from 2005–06

Promoted from First Division to
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* St Mirren Relegated from
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to First Division * Livingston


Stadia and locations


Personnel


Managerial changes


Events

*On 22 April 2007
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beat
Kilmarnock Kilmarnock ( ; ; , ), meaning "the church of Mernóc", is a town and former burgh in East Ayrshire situated in southwest Scotland. The town has served as the administrative centre of East Ayrshire Council since 1996 and is the region's main ...
2–1 to win the title for the second season running thanks to goals from Jan Vennegoor of Hesselink and
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who scored a free-kick in the dying second of the match to clinch the title for
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 Foot ...
*On 12 May 2007
Dunfermline Athletic Dunfermline Athletic Football Club is a Scottish professional football club based in the city of Dunfermline, Fife. Founded in 1885, the club currently compete in the after winning the 2022–23 Scottish League One title. Dunfermline play at ...
were relegated to the First Division after a 2–1 defeat at Inverness CT and St Mirren came back from 2–0 down to win 3–2 at
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. *On 20 May 2007
Aberdeen Aberdeen ( ; ; ) is a port city in North East Scotland, and is the List of towns and cities in Scotland by population, third most populous Cities of Scotland, Scottish city. Historically, Aberdeen was within the historic county of Aberdeensh ...
beat
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2–0 at home in their final game of the season to qualify for the UEFA Cup. *For the second consecutive season, the top scorer was
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of
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, with 20 goals.


League table


Results


Matches 1–22

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


Matches 23–33

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


Matches 34–38

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


Top six


Bottom six


Goals


Top scorers


Hat-tricks


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: Source
SPL official website
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Monthly awards


See also

* 2006–07 Celtic F.C. season * 2006–07 Dundee United F.C. season * 2006–07 Hibernian F.C. season * 2006–07 Kilmarnock F.C. season * 2006–07 Rangers F.C. season


References

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