2011–12 Scottish Premier League

The 2011–12 Scottish Premier League was the fourteenth season of the Scottish Premier League, the highest division of Scottish football, since its inception in 1998. The season started on 23 July 2011[4] and ended on 13 May 2012.

Scottish Premier League
Season2011–12
Dates23 July 2011 – 13 May 2012
ChampionsCeltic
7th Premier League title
43rd Scottish title overall
RelegatedDunfermline Athletic
Champions LeagueCeltic
Motherwell
Europa LeagueHearts
Dundee United
St Johnstone
Matches played228
Goals scored601 (2.64 per match)
Top goalscorerGary Hooper (24)
Biggest home winCeltic 5–0 St Mirren
(26 November 2011)
Rangers 5–0 Dundee United
(2 May 2012)
Celtic 5–0 Hearts
(13 May 2012)
Biggest away winKilmarnock 0–6 Celtic
(7 April 2012)
Highest scoringKilmarnock 3–6 Inverness CT
(5 November 2011)
Longest winning run17 games[1]
Celtic
Longest unbeaten run21 games[1]
Celtic
Longest winless run11 games[1]
St Mirren
Longest losing run5 games[1]
Dunfermline Athletic
Highest attendance58,875[2]
Celtic v Hearts
(13 May 2012)
Lowest attendance1,607[2]
St Johnstone v Aberdeen
(13 December 2011)
Average attendance13,861[3]
As of 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 Dunfermline Athletic, who replaced relegated Hamilton Academical.

Since Scotland climbed from sixteenth to fifteenth place in the UEFA association coefficient rankings at the end of the 2010–11 season,[5] the league re-gained an additional third qualifying round berth for the UEFA Champions League. However, it lost that berth again the following season. Despite finishing in the second qualifying position for the 2012–13 UEFA Champions League, 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 Rugby Park. It was their first title in four years.[6][7]

Teams
Location of teams in Scottish Premier League 2011–12

The team ending the 2010–11 season at the bottom of the table, Hamilton Academical, were relegated to the 2011–12 Scottish First Division. Hamilton were replaced by Dunfermline Athletic, champions of the First Division.

Stadia and locations
Team Stadium Capacity
Aberdeen Pittodrie Stadium, Aberdeen 22,199
Celtic Celtic Park, Glasgow 60,355
Dundee United Tannadice Park, Dundee 14,209
Dunfermline Athletic East End Park, Dunfermline 12,509
Heart of Midlothian Tynecastle Stadium, Edinburgh 17,420
Hibernian Easter Road, Edinburgh 20,421
Inverness Caledonian Thistle Caledonian Stadium, Inverness 7,918
Kilmarnock Rugby Park, Kilmarnock 18,128
Motherwell Fir Park, Motherwell 13,742
Rangers Ibrox Stadium, Glasgow 51,082
St Johnstone McDiarmid Park, Perth 10,673
St Mirren St Mirren Park, Paisley 8,016

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.

Team Manager Captain Kit manufacturer Shirt sponsor
Aberdeen Craig Brown Russell Anderson adidas Team Recruitment
Celtic Neil Lennon Scott Brown Nike Tennents
Dundee United Peter Houston Jon Daly Nike Calor
Dunfermline Jim Jefferies Austin McCann Puma The Purvis Group
Hearts Paulo Sergio Marius Zaliukas Umbro Wonga.com
Hibernian Pat Fenlon Ian Murray Puma Crabbie's
Inverness CT Terry Butcher Richie Foran Erreà Orion Group
Kilmarnock Kenny Shiels Manuel Pascali Killie 1869 verve.net
Motherwell Stuart McCall Stephen Craigan Puma Cash Converters
Rangers Ally McCoist Steven Davis Umbro Tennents
St Johnstone Steve Lomas Jody Morris Joma GS Brown Construction
St Mirren Danny Lennon Jim Goodwin diadora diadora

Managerial changes
Team Outgoing manager Manner of departure Date of vacancy Position in table Incoming manager Date of appointment
Rangers Walter Smith End of contract 15 May 2011[8] Pre-season Ally McCoist 1 June 2011[9]
Heart of Midlothian Jim Jefferies Contract terminated 2 August 2011[10] 9th Paulo Sergio 3 August 2011[11]
St Johnstone Derek McInnes Signed by Bristol City 19 October 2011[12] 4th Steve Lomas 3 November 2011[13]
Hibernian Colin Calderwood Contract terminated 6 November 2011[14] 9th Pat Fenlon 25 November 2011[15]
Dunfermline Jim McIntyre Contract terminated 16 March 2012[16] 12th Jim Jefferies 20 March 2012[17]

League table
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Celtic (C) 38 30 3 5 84 21 +63 93 Qualification for the Champions League third qualifying round
2 Rangers 38 26 5 7 77 28 +49 73 Liquidated, reformed and admitted to the Third Division[lower-alpha 1]
3 Motherwell 38 18 8 12 49 44 +5 62 Qualification for the Champions League third qualifying round
4 Dundee United 38 16 11 11 62 50 +12 59 Qualification for the Europa League third qualifying round
5 Heart of Midlothian 38 15 7 16 45 43 +2 52 Qualification for the Europa League play-off round[lower-alpha 2]
6 St Johnstone 38 14 8 16 43 50 −7 50 Qualification for the Europa League second qualifying round[lower-alpha 2]
7 Kilmarnock 38 11 14 13 44 61 −17 47
8 St Mirren 38 9 16 13 39 51 −12 43
9 Aberdeen 38 9 14 15 36 44 −8 41
10 Inverness Caledonian Thistle 38 10 9 19 42 60 −18 39
11 Hibernian 38 8 9 21 40 67 −27 33
12 Dunfermline Athletic (R) 38 5 10 23 40 82 −42 25 Relegation to the First Division
Source: SPFL Archive
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) Champion; (R) Relegated.
Notes:
  1. Rangers were deducted 10 points for entering administration.[18] As Rangers did not exit administration by 31 March, they were ineligible to compete in Europe in the 2012–13 season. Rangers were unable to agree a CVA with their creditors and the club's holding company entered proceedings to be liquidated.[19] After being reformed in a new corporate structure, Rangers were admitted into the 2012–13 Scottish Third Division in time for the start of the season.[20]
  2. Hearts qualified for the Europa League as 2011–12 Scottish Cup winners. Since they finished fifth in the league, the sixth-placed team, St Johnstone, also qualified for the Europa League.

Results

Matches 1–22

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

Home \ Away ABE CEL DUN DNF HOM HIB INV KIL MOT RAN STJ STM
Aberdeen 0–1 3–1 4–0 0–0 1–0 2–1 2–2 1–2 1–2 0–0 2–2
Celtic 2–1 5–1 2–1 1–0 0–0 2–0 2–1 4–0 1–0 0–1 5–0
Dundee United 1–2 0–1 0–1 1–0 3–1 3–1 1–1 1–3 0–1 0–0 1–1
Dunfermline Athletic 3–3 0–3 1–4 0–2 2–2 3–3 1–1 2–4 0–4 0–3 0–0
Heart of Midlothian 3–0 2–0 0–1 4–0 2–0 2–1 0–1 2–0 0–2 1–2 2–0
Hibernian 0–0 0–2 3–3 0–1 1–3 1–1 1–1 0–1 0–2 3–2 1–2
Inverness Caledonian Thistle 2–1 0–2 2–3 1–1 1–1 0–1 2–1 2–3 0–2 0–1 2–1
Kilmarnock 2–0 3–3 1–1 3–2 0–0 4–1 3–6 0–0 1–0 1–2 2–1
Motherwell 1–0 1–2 0–0 3–1 1–0 4–3 3–0 0–0 0–3 0–3 1–1
Rangers 2–0 4–2 3–1 2–1 1–1 1–0 2–1 2–0 3–0 0–0 1–1
St Johnstone 1–2 0–2 3–3 0–1 2–0 3–1 2–0 2–0 0–3 0–2 0–1
St Mirren 1–0 0–2 2–2 2–1 0–0 2–3 1–2 3–0 0–1 2–1 0–0
Updated to match(es) played on 7 February 2012. Source: BBC website
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Matches 23–33

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

Home \ Away ABE CEL DUN DNF HOM HIB INV KIL MOT RAN STJ STM
Aberdeen 1–1 3–1 1–0 0–1 0–0 0–0
Celtic 2–1 2–0 1–0 1–0 2–0
Dundee United 3–0 3–0 4–0 1–1 2–1 0–0
Dunfermline Athletic 1–2 2–3 1–1 0–2 1–4 1–1
Heart of Midlothian 3–0 0–4 0–2 2–0 5–2
Hibernian 0–0 0–5 0–2 1–1 2–3 0–0
Inverness Caledonian Thistle 1–0 2–3 1–1 1–4 0–0
Kilmarnock 0–6 0–3 1–1 1–3 2–0 0–0
Motherwell 1–0 3–0 0–1 1–2 3–2
Rangers 1–1 3–2 1–2 4–0 0–1 3–1
St Johnstone 1–5 3–1 2–1 0–0 1–2
St Mirren 1–1 0–2 4–2 0–0 0–3
Updated to match(es) played on 7 April 2012. Source: BBC Sport
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

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.

Season statistics

Clean sheets
As of 31 May 2012[2]
Rank Player Team Clean sheets
1 Fraser Forster Celtic 21
2 Allan McGregor Rangers 17
3 Darren Randolph Motherwell 15
4 Dušan Perniš Dundee United 13
Craig Samson St Mirren 13
6 Peter Enckelman St Johnstone 10
7 Cameron Bell Kilmarnock 9
8 Marián Kello Hearts 8
9 Jason Brown Aberdeen 6
Ryan Esson Inverness CT 6

Awards

Monthly awards
As of 31 May 2012
Month Manager Player Young Player
July/August Stuart McCall[23] (Motherwell) Paul Gallacher[24] (Dunfermline Athletic) Johnny Russell[25] (Dundee United)
September Ally McCoist[26] (Rangers) Steven Davis[26] (Rangers) James Forrest[27] (Celtic)
October Stuart McCall[28] (Motherwell) Keith Lasley[29] (Motherwell) Kenny McLean[30] (St Mirren)
November Neil Lennon[31] (Celtic) Gary Hooper[31] (Celtic) James Forrest[27] (Celtic)
December Neil Lennon[32] (Celtic) Paul McGowan[33] (St Mirren) Victor Wanyama[32] (Celtic)
January Craig Brown[34] (Aberdeen) Scott Brown[35] (Celtic) Henrik Ojamaa[36] (Motherwell)
February Neil Lennon[37] (Celtic) Charlie Mulgrew[38] (Celtic) Gary Mackay-Steven[39] (Dundee United)
March Peter Houston[40] (Dundee United) Jon Daly[41] (Dundee United) Gary Mackay-Steven[40] (Dundee United)
April Neil Lennon[42] (Celtic) Charlie Mulgrew[43] (Celtic) Shaun Hutchinson[44] (Motherwell)

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