2009–10 Scottish Premier League

Clydesdale Bank Premier League
Season 2009–10
Champions Rangers
Relegated Falkirk
Champions League Rangers
Celtic
Europa League Dundee United
Hibernian
Motherwell
Matches played 228
Goals scored 586 (2.57 per match)
Top goalscorer Kris Boyd (23)
Biggest home win Rangers 7–1 Dundee United
Biggest away win Nine wins by three clear goals[1]
Highest scoring Motherwell 6–6 Hibernian (12)
Highest attendance Celtic v St. Johnstone: 58,500
Celtic v Dundee United: 58,500
Lowest attendance Hamilton Academical v Heart of Midlothian: 2,003
Average attendance Rangers: 47,564

The 2009–10 Scottish Premier League season was the twelfth season of the Scottish Premier League. Rangers were the defending champions and they retained the championship with three games to spare by winning 1–0 against Hibernian at Easter Road on 25 April.[2] The competition began on 15 August 2009 and ended on 9 May 2010.

Contents

Promotion and relegation from 2008–09

Promoted from First Division to Premier League

Relegated from Premier League to First Division

Events

Main article: 2009–10 in Scottish football#Notable events

League table

Pos
 Team
 Pld
 W
 D
 L
 GF
 GA
 GD
 Pts
Qualification or relegation
1 Rangers (C) 38 26 9 3 82 28 +54 87 2010–11 UEFA Champions League Group stage
2 Celtic 38 25 6 7 75 39 +36 81 2010–11 UEFA Champions League Third qualifying round
3 Dundee United 38 17 12 9 55 47 +8 63 2010–11 UEFA Europa League Play-off round 1
4 Hibernian 38 15 9 14 58 55 +3 54 2010–11 UEFA Europa League Third qualifying round
5 Motherwell 38 13 14 11 52 54 −2 53 2010–11 UEFA Europa League Second qualifying round
6 Heart of Midlothian 38 13 9 16 35 46 −11 48
7 Hamilton Academical 38 13 10 15 39 46 −7 49
8 St. Johnstone 38 12 11 15 57 61 −4 47
9 Aberdeen 38 10 11 17 36 52 −16 41
10 St. Mirren 38 7 13 18 36 49 −13 34
11 Kilmarnock 38 8 9 21 29 51 −22 33
12 Falkirk (R) 38 6 13 19 31 57 −26 31 Relegation to the First Division

Source: BBC Sport
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
1by winning the Scottish Cup.
(C) = Champion; (R) = Relegated; (P) = Promoted; (O) = Play-off winner; (A) = Advances to a further round.
Only applicable when the season is not finished:
(Q) = Qualified to the phase of tournament indicated; (TQ) = Qualified to tournament, but not yet to the particular phase indicated; (DQ) = Disqualified from tournament.

Results

Matches 1–22

During their first 22 matches, each team played every other team home and away.

Home \ Away1 ABE CEL DUN FAL HAM HOM HIB KIL MOT RAN STJ STM
Aberdeen 0–2 0–2 0–1 1–2 1–1 0–2 1–0 0–0 1–0 2–1 1–0
Celtic 1–0 0–0 3–1 2–2 2–2 2–0 3–1 4–1 1–0 4–0 4–1
Dundee United 0–1 2–1 2–1 1–1 2–0 1–0 0–0 0–1 0–3 3–3 3–2
Falkirk 0–0 0–2 1–4 2–0 0–1 1–3 0–0 0–0 1–3 1–2 1–3
Hamilton Academical 0–3 0–4 0–1 0–0 2–1 2–0 0–0 2–2 0–1 0–2 1–0
Heart of Midlothian 0–3 0–2 0–0 0–0 0–2 0–0 1–0 1–0 1–2 1–2 1–0
Hibernian 2–0 0–0 1–1 2–0 5–1 1–1 1–0 2–0 1–4 3–0 2–1
Kilmarnock 1–1 1–2 0–2 1–2 3–0 1–2 1–1 0–3 0–0 2–1 1–2
Motherwell 1–1 1–2 2–2 1–0 1–0 1–0 1–3 3–1 0–0 1–3 2–0
Rangers 0–0 2–1 7–1 4–1 4–1 1–1 1–1 3–0 6–1 3–0 2–1
St. Johnstone 1–0 0–2 2–3 3–1 1–1 2–2 5–1 0–1 2–2 1–2 1–0
St. Mirren 1–0 1–1 0–0 1–1 0–2 2–1 1–1 1–0 3–3 0–2 1–1

Source: BBC Sport
1The home team is listed in the left-hand column.
Colours: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Matches 23–33

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

Home \ Away1 ABE CEL DUN FAL HAM HOM HIB KIL MOT RAN STJ STM
Aberdeen 1–1 2–2 0–1 0–3 1–3 2–1
Celtic 1–0 2–0 3–1 2–1 3–0
Dundee United 3–0 0–2 1–0 3–0 0–0
Falkirk 3–1 0–2 1–3 0–1 2–1
Hamilton Academical 1–1 0–1 2–2 4–1 0–0 1–0
Heart of Midlothian 3–2 2–0 2–1 1–0 1–4
Hibernian 2–2 0–1 2–4 1–0 1–1 2–1
Kilmarnock 2–0 4–4 1–2 0–2 3–2 1–1
Motherwell 0–1 3–1 1–0 1–0 1–1
Rangers 3–1 1–1 3–0 1–0 3–0 3–1
St. Johnstone 0–1 1–1 1–0 1–2 4–1
St. Mirren 0–3 1–2 0–0 1–1 0–0 1–1

Source: BBC Sport
1The home team is listed in the left-hand column.
Colours: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Matches 34–38

After 33 matches, the table splits into two groups of six. Each team plays every team in their own half once (either at home or away)

Top six

Home \ Away1 CEL DUN HOM HIB MOT RAN
Celtic 3–2 4–0 2–1
Dundee United 0–2 0–2 1–2
Heart of Midlothian 1–2 0–0 0–2
Hibernian 1–2 0–1
Motherwell 2–3 6–6
Rangers 2–0 3–3
Source: BBC Sport
1The home team is listed in the left-hand column.
Colours: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.
For coming matches, an a indicates there is an article about the match.

Bottom six

Home \ Away1 ABE FAL HAM KIL STJ STM
Aberdeen 1–0 1–3 1–2
Falkirk 0–1 0–0 1–1
Hamilton Academical 3–0 0–0
Kilmarnock 0–0 1–2
St. Johnstone 1–1 2–3 2–2
St. Mirren 0–1 1–0
Source: BBC Sport
1The home team is listed in the left-hand column.
Colours: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Kits and shirt sponsors

Team Kit manufacturer Kit sponsor Notes
Aberdeen Nike Team Recruitment Team Recruitment remain as sponsors. New home & third kits, both with thin horizontal stripes.
Celtic Nike Carling New "Bumblebee" away kit & new International Away Kit featuring green tartan panels.
Dundee United Nike Carbrini Nike replace Hummel as kit manufacturer. New home & away kits to commemorate centenary year.
Falkirk Puma Central Demolition New home and away kits.
Hamilton Academical Nike Reid Furniture Reid Furniture take over as sponsor. New home and away kits.
Heart of Midlothian Umbro Ūkio bankas New home and away kits
Hibernian Le Coq Sportif McEwan Fraser McEwan Fraser replace Whyte & Mackay as sponsor. New home kit & away kits.
Kilmarnock 1869 Smallworld New home kit.
Motherwell Canterbury of New Zealand JAXX Canterbury replace Bukta as kit manufacturer. New home and away kits.
Rangers Umbro Carling New home, away and third kits
St. Johnstone Surridge Taylor Wimpey New home kit & away kits.
St. Mirren Hummel Braehead Shopping Centre New home and away kits.

Stadia and attendances

Location of teams in Scottish Premier League 2009–10
As of 14:51, 9 May 2010 (UTC)
Source: SPL
Team Stadium Capacity Highest Lowest Average
Aberdeen Pittodrie Stadium 22,199 16,803 6,097 10,461
Celtic Celtic Park 60,832 58,500 24,000 45,582
Dundee United Tannadice Park 14,209 11,100 5,598 7,821
Falkirk Falkirk Stadium 9,706[7] 7,049 4,321 5,635
Hamilton Academical New Douglas Park 6,096 5,343 2,003 3,005
Heart of Midlothian Tynecastle Stadium 17,420 17,126 12,325 14,484
Hibernian Easter Road 17,500[8] 16,949 9,185 12,164
Kilmarnock Rugby Park 18,128 10,662 4,068 5,919
Motherwell Fir Park 13,742 9,355 3,544 5,307
Rangers Ibrox Stadium 51,082 50,321 44,291 47,564
St. Johnstone McDiarmid Park 10,673 7,807 2,993 4,717
St. Mirren St. Mirren Park 8,016 6,164 3,009 4,414

Goals

Top scorers

As of 12:14, 10 May 2010 (UTC)
Sources: SPL BBC
Rank Scorer Team Goals
1 Kris Boyd Rangers 23
2 Anthony Stokes Hibernian 21
3 Kenny Miller Rangers 18
4 Jon Daly Dundee United 13
Derek Riordan Hibernian
6 Lukas Jutkiewicz Motherwell 12
Robbie Keane Celtic
8 John Sutton Motherwell 11
9 Marc-Antoine Fortuné Celtic 10
Scott McDonald Celtic[9]
Georgios Samaras Celtic

Hat-tricks

Main article: List of Scottish Premier League hat-tricks
Scorer For Against Date
Peter MacDonald St Johnstone Motherwell 26 December 2009[10]
Kris Boyd 5 Rangers Dundee United 30 December 2009[11]
Jon Daly Dundee United Falkirk 23 January 2010[12]
Colin Nish Hibernian Motherwell 5 May 2010[13]

5 player scored 5 goals

Awards

Monthly awards

Main article: Scottish Premier League monthly awards
Month Manager of the Month Player of the Month Young Player of the Month
Manager Club Player Club Player Club
August Tony Mowbray[14] Celtic Danny Cadamarteri[15] Dundee United Ross Forbes[16] Motherwell
September John Hughes[17] Hibernian Derek Riordan[17] Hibernian Craig Thomson[18] Heart of Midlothian
October Jim Gannon[19] Motherwell Liam Miller[20] Hibernian Lukas Jutkiewicz[19] Motherwell
November Craig Levein[21] Dundee United Andy Webster[21] Dundee United Peter Pawlett[22] Aberdeen
December Walter Smith[23] Rangers Kris Boyd[23] Rangers Anthony Stokes[24] Hibernian
January Craig Brown[25] Motherwell Steven Davis[26] Rangers Fraser Fyvie[27] Aberdeen
February Craig Brown[28] Motherwell David Weir[29] Rangers Chris Maguire[30] Kilmarnock
March Peter Houston[31] Dundee United Robbie Keane[32] Celtic Ryan Flynn[33] Falkirk
April Billy Reid[34] Hamilton Academical Kenny Miller[35] Rangers Graham Carey[36] St. Mirren

Clydesdale Bank Premier League Awards

[37]

Award Recipient
Player of the Season David Weir[38]
Manager of the Season Walter Smith[38]
Young Player of the Season David Goodwillie[39]
Goal of the Season Anthony Stokes[39]
Save of the Season Artur Boruc[39]
Under-19 League Player of the Season Dale Hilson[40]
Best Club Media Relations Motherwell[40]
SPL Family Champions St. Mirren[40]
Best Community Initiative Hibernian[40]

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