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Scottish Premier League

Football League
CountriesScotland
ConfederationUEFA
Founded1998
Number of teams12
Levels1
Relegation toScottish First Division
Domestic cupScottish Cup, League Cup
International cupChampions League, Europa League
Current championsRangers
Most championshipsCeltic (6), Rangers (6)
TV partnersSky Sports, ESPN, BBC Scotland

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The Scottish Premier League (SPL, currently known as the Clydesdale Bank Premier League for sponsorship reasons) is a professional league competition for association football clubs. It is the top level of the Scottish football league system, above the Scottish Football League.

More people in Scotland watch their domestic top-level league than any other European nation. the Scottish Premier League is ranked 16th in the UEFA rankings of European leagues, which are based on the performances of member clubs in European competitions. A total of 18 clubs have competed in the SPL since its inauguration in 1998 � 99, but only two have won the title, the Old Firm of Celtic and Rangers (six each).

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Motherwell v Rangers live preview - Football News Tweet this news
Football News---Scottish Premier League- leaders Rangers will be looking forward to getting back to action when they visit Motherwell on Boxing Day - weather permitting. ... - Date : Thu, 23 Dec 2010 17:08:07 GMT+00:00
Scottish football's decline will continue while self-interest reigns - The Guardian (blog) Tweet this news
The Guardian (blog)--If the -Scottish Premier League- had its way, the current 12 team set-up would be disbanded for the onset of next season. That was their idea in September, ... - Date : Thu, 23 Dec 2010 17:21:26 GMT+00:00
Celtic v St Johnstone live preview - Football News Tweet this news
Football News--Celtic host St Johnstone in the -Scottish Premier League- on Boxing Day in a clash that should be take place despite the poor weather. ... - Date : Thu, 23 Dec 2010 17:08:01 GMT+00:00
SCOTTISH PREMIER NEWS - Sportinglife.com Tweet this news
Sportinglife.com--Celtic will be without Gary Hooper for the Clydesdale Bank -Premier League- clash against St Johnstone after the striker was ruled out for up to six weeks ... - Date : Thu, 23 Dec 2010 14:41:24 GMT+00:00
Scottish FA president George Peat calls for SPL season to be switched to the ... - Goal.com Tweet this news
Goal.com--The -Scottish Premier League- has implemented plans to introduce a winter break into the schedule to avoid the disruption of the cold weather but Peat has ... - Date : Thu, 23 Dec 2010 14:09:47 GMT+00:00
Scottish Premier League: Kilmarnock defeat Hibernian 2 - 1 - Wikinews Tweet this news
Wikinews--In the -Scottish Premier League- (SPL), Kilmarnock FC defeated Hibernian FC 2-1 on Saturday. Nine minutes into the game in Rugby Park, Kilmarnock, Scotland, ... - Date : Mon, 20 Dec 2010 15:15:04 GMT+00:00
Two SPL games rearran - Peterborough Today Tweet this news
Peterborough Today--The -Scottish Premier League- have announced the rearranged dates for two fixtures postponed earlier this week. Last Sunday's Clydesdale Bank Premier League ... - Date : Tue, 07 Dec 2010 23:08:37 GMT+00:00
SCOTTISH PREMIER NEWS - Sportinglife.com Tweet this news
Sportinglife.com---...- representatives to explain how they intend to make Tynecastle safe ahead of Saturday's scheduled Clydesdale Bank -Premier League- clash against Aberdeen. ... - Date : Tue, 07 Dec 2010 16:48:27 GMT+00:00
Cooper ready for Dons critics - Teamtalk.com Tweet this news
Teamtalk.com---...- in after Mark McGhee was sacked after leading the Dons to six consecutive defeats and four points from a possible 39 in the -Scottish Premier League-. ... - Date : Tue, 07 Dec 2010 18:04:43 GMT+00:00
Miller treble keeps Rangers top - SuperSport.com Tweet this news
SuperSport.com--Rangers cemented their position on top of the -Scottish Premier League- as Kenny Miller's hat-trick secured a 3-2 win over 10-man Kilmarnock on Saturday. ... - Date : Sat, 20 Nov 2010 14:42:16 GMT+00:00

SPL members for 2010 � 11 :
Club Position in 2009-10 First season in top division First season of current spell in top division Last title
Aberdeen 9th 1905 � 06 1905 � 06 1984 � 85
Celtic 2nd 1890 � 91 1890 � 91 2007 � 08
Dundee United 3rd 1925 � 26 1996 � 97 1982 � 83
Hamilton Academical 7th 1906 � 07 2008 � 09
Heart of Midlothian 6th 1890 � 91 1983 � 84 1959 � 60
Hibernian 4th 1895 � 96 1999 � 2000 1951 � 52
Inverness CT 1st, First Division 2004 � 05 2010 � 11
Kilmarnock 11th 1899 � 1900 1992 � 93 1964 � 65
Motherwell 5th 1903 � 04 1985 � 86 1931 � 32
Rangers 1st (Champions) 1890 � 91 1890 � 91 2009 � 10
St. Johnstone 8th 1924 � 25 2009 � 10
St. Mirren 10th 1890 � 91 2006 � 07

Former SPL members :
Club
 Position
in 2009 � 10		 First season
in top division		 Last season in
top division		 Last title
Falkirk 12th (relegated) 1905 � 06 2009 � 10
Gretna N/A 2007 � 08 2007 � 08
Dunfermline Athletic 3rd, First Division 1926 � 27 2006 � 07
Livingston 1st, Third Division 2001 � 02 2005 � 06
Dundee 2nd, First Division 1893 � 94 2004 � 05 1961 � 62
Partick Thistle 6th, First Division 1897 � 98 2003 � 04

Former SPL members :
Manager Club Appointed
SCO Billy Reid Hamilton Academical 2 June 2005
SCO Walter Smith Rangers 10 January 2007
SCO Derek McInnes St. Johnstone 27 November 2007
GB Terry Butcher Inverness Caledonian Thistle 27 January 2009
SCO Peter Houston Dundee United 23 December 2009
SCO Jim Jefferies Heart of Midlothian 29 January 2010
NI Neil Lennon Celtic 25 March 2010
NI Danny Lennon St Mirren 7 June 2010
FI Mixu Paatelainen Kilmarnock 23 June 2010
SCO Colin Calderwood Hibernian 18 October 2010
SCO Craig Brown Aberdeen 10 December 2010
Vacant Motherwell N/A

Former SPL members :
Stadium Capacity Club Notes
Celtic Park 60,832 Celtic The biggest club stadium in Scotland by seating capacity.
Ibrox Stadium 51,082 Rangers
Pittodrie Stadium 22,199 Aberdeen The first all-seater stadium in the United Kingdom.
Easter Road 20,421 Hibernian
Rugby Park 18,128 Kilmarnock
Tynecastle Stadium 17,420 Heart of Midlothian
Tannadice Park 14,209 Dundee United
Fir Park 13,742 Motherwell
McDiarmid Park 10,673 St. Johnstone First purpose built all seater stadium in Scotland.
St. Mirren Park 8,016 St. Mirren
Caledonian Stadium 7,819 Inverness C.T.
New Douglas Park 6,000 Hamilton Academical

Championships :
Season Winner Runner-up Relegated Top Scorer Players' Player of the Year Writers' Player of the Year
1998 � 99 Rangers Celtic Dunfermline Athletic Henrik Larsson 29 (Celtic) Henrik Larsson (Celtic) Henrik Larsson (Celtic)
1999 � 2000 Rangers Celtic No Relegation Mark Viduka 25 (Celtic) Mark Viduka (Celtic) Barry Ferguson (Rangers)
2000 � 01 Celtic Rangers St. Mirren Henrik Larsson 35 (Celtic) Henrik Larsson (Celtic) Henrik Larsson (Celtic)
2001 � 02 Celtic Rangers St. Johnstone Henrik Larsson 29 (Celtic) Lorenzo Amoruso (Rangers) Paul Lambert (Celtic)
2002 � 03 Rangers Celtic No Relegation Henrik Larsson 28 (Celtic) Barry Ferguson (Rangers) Barry Ferguson (Rangers)
2003 � 04 Celtic Rangers Partick Thistle Henrik Larsson 30 (Celtic) Chris Sutton (Celtic) Jackie McNamara (Celtic)
2004 � 05 Rangers Celtic Dundee John Hartson 25 (Celtic) John Hartson (Celtic) /
Fernando Ricksen (Rangers)		 John Hartson (Celtic)
2005 � 06 Celtic Heart of Midlothian Livingston Kris Boyd 32 (15 � Kilmarnock, 17 � Rangers) Shaun Maloney (Celtic) Craig Gordon (Hearts)
2006 � 07 Celtic Rangers Dunfermline Athletic Kris Boyd 20 (Rangers) Shunsuke Nakamura (Celtic) Shunsuke Nakamura (Celtic)
2007 � 08 Celtic Rangers Gretna Scott McDonald 25 (Celtic) Aiden McGeady (Celtic) Carlos Cuéllar (Rangers)
2008 � 09 Rangers Celtic Inverness CT Kris Boyd 27 (Rangers) Scott Brown (Celtic) Gary Caldwell (Celtic)
2009 � 10 Rangers Celtic Falkirk Kris Boyd 23 (Rangers) Steven Davis (Rangers) David Weir (Rangers)

All-time SPL table :
P
Club
Ssn
Pld
W
D
L
F
A
GD
Pts
PPG
1st
2nd
3rd
4th
1 Celtic 12 452 329 67 56 1043 375 +668 1054   6 6
2 Rangers 12 452 308 85 59 985 361 +624 1009   6 5 1
3 Hearts 12 452 185 112 155 595 533 +62 667   1 4 1
4 Aberdeen 12 452 157 109 186 535 639 −104 580   1 4
5 Kilmarnock 12 452 154 109 189 536 642 −106 571   3
6 Hibernian 11 416 152 106 158 584 581 +3 562   2 2
7 Motherwell 12 452 146 108 198 552 684 −132 546   1 1
8 Dundee United 12 452 129 127 196 506 683 −178 514   1
9 Dunfermline 8 302 78 79 145 295 483 −188 313   1
10 Dundee 7 262 80 61 121 308 412 −104 301  
11 Inverness CT 5 190 60 48 82 222 253 −31 228  
12 St. Johnstone 5 186 51 54 81 196 261 −65 207   1
13 Falkirk 5 190 51 48 91 197 277 −80 201  
14 Livingston 5 190 48 45 97 205 306 −101 189   1
15 St. Mirren 5 190 42 52 96 158 278 −120 178  
16 Hamilton Academical 2 76 25 15 36 69 99 −30 90  
17 Partick Thistle 2 76 14 19 43 76 125 −49 61  
18 Gretna 1 38 5 8 25 32 83 −51 13  

Top scorers : Top 10 SPL scorers
Rank Player Club(s) Goals
1 Kris Boyd Kilmarnock (2001 � 2006)
Rangers (2006 � 2010)		 164
2 Henrik Larsson Celtic (1998 � 2004) 158
3 Scott McDonald Motherwell (2004 � 2007)
Celtic (2007 � 2010)		 93
4 Derek Riordan Hibernian (2001 � 2006)
Celtic (2006 � 2008)
Hibernian (2008 � present)		 92
5 John Hartson Celtic (2001 � 2006) 88
6 Kenny Miller Hibernian (1999 � 2000)
Rangers (2000 � 2001)
Celtic (2006 � 2007)
Rangers (2008 � present)		 75
7 Nacho Novo Dundee (2002 � 2004)
Rangers (2004 � 2010)		 73
8 Stevie Crawford Dunfermline Athletic (2000 � 2004)
Dundee United (2005)
Aberdeen (2005 � 2006)
Dunfermline Athletic (2006 � 2007)		 63
Chris Sutton Celtic (2000 � 2006)
10 Colin Nish Kilmarnock (2003 � 2008)
Hibernian (2008 � present)		 62

2009 �10 Scottish Premier League

TeamsAberdeen, Celtic, Dundee United, Falkirk, Hamilton Academical, Heart of Midlothian, Hibernian, Kilmarnock, Motherwell, Rangers, St. Johnstone, St. Mirren
Seasons1998 �99, 1999 �2000, 2000 �01, 2001 �02, 2002 �03, 2003 �04, 2004 �05, 2005 �06, 2006 �07, 2007 �08, 2008 �09, 2009 �10

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