The 2016–17 Scottish Premiership (known as the
Ladbrokes Premiership for sponsorship reasons) was the fourth season of the
Scottish Premiership
The Scottish Premiership, also known as the William Hill (bookmaker), William Hill Premiership for sponsorship reasons, is a professional association football league in Scotland and the highest level of the Scottish football league system. Th ...
, the highest division of
Scottish football. The fixtures were published on 17 June 2016. The season began on 6 August 2016.
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
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were the defending champions.
Twelve teams contested the league:
Aberdeen
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,
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
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,
Dundee
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,
Hamilton Academical,
Heart of Midlothian,
Inverness CT,
Kilmarnock,
Motherwell
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,
Partick Thistle,
Rangers,
Ross County and
St Johnstone.
On 2 April 2017, Celtic won their sixth consecutive title and 48th overall after a 5–0 win away to Hearts, with eight matches still to play and would go on to complete the season
unbeaten.
Teams
The following teams have changed division since the 2015–16 season.
To Premiership
Promoted from
Scottish Championship
The Scottish Championship known as the William Hill (bookmaker), William Hill Championship for sponsorship reasons, is the second tier of the Scottish Professional Football League, the league competition for men's professional association footb ...
*
Rangers
From Premiership
Relegated to
Scottish Championship
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*
Dundee United
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Stadia and locations
Personnel and kits
Managerial changes
a.Initially interim, made permanent 15 March 2017
Format
In the initial phase of the season, each of the twelve teams play the other eleven teams three times. After 33 rounds, the league splits into two sections, a top six and a bottom six, with each team playing all the other teams in their section once. The league attempts to balance the fixture list so that teams in the same section have played 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
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.
Source
BBC Sport
Results
Matches 1–22
Teams play each other twice, once at home and 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 i.e. the top six and the bottom six, with the teams playing every other team in their section once (either at home or away). The exact matches are determined by the position of the teams in the league table at the time of the split.
Top six
Bottom six
Season statistics
Top scorers
Hat-tricks
;Notes
* (H) – Home; (A) – Away
*
4 Player scored 4 goals
Awards
Premiership play-offs
The quarter-final was contested between the 3rd and 4th placed teams (
Dundee United
Dundee United Football Club is a Scotland, Scottish professional association football, football club based in the city of Dundee. Formed in 1909, originally as Dundee Hibernian, the club changed to the present name in 1923. United are nickname ...
and
Greenock Morton) in the
Scottish Championship
The Scottish Championship known as the William Hill (bookmaker), William Hill Championship for sponsorship reasons, is the second tier of the Scottish Professional Football League, the league competition for men's professional association footb ...
. After defeating Greenock Morton 5–1 over two legs, Dundee United advanced to the semi-finals to face the 2nd placed team (
Falkirk
Falkirk ( ; ; ) is a town in the Central Lowlands of Scotland, historically within the county of Stirlingshire. It lies in the Forth Valley, northwest of Edinburgh and northeast of Glasgow.
Falkirk had a resident population of 32,422 at the ...
) in the Championship. Dundee United progressed to the play-off final following a 4–3 aggregate victory, but then lost 1–0 on aggregate to
Hamilton Academical in the final. Hamilton therefore retained their place in the Premiership for the
2017–18 season.
Quarter-final
First leg
Second leg
Semi-final
First leg
Second leg
Final
First leg
Second leg
Attendances
These are the average attendances of the teams.
See also
*
Nine in a row
References
External links
Official website
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Scot
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