1995–96 Scottish Premier Division

Scottish Premier Division
Season	1995–96
Champions	Rangers
Relegated	Falkirk
Champions League	Rangers
UEFA Cup	Celtic, Aberdeen
Cup Winners Cup	Hearts
Goals scored	477
Average goals/game	2.65
Top goalscorer	Pierre van Hooijdonk (26)
Biggest home win	Rangers 7–0 Hibernian (30 Dec)
Biggest away win	Hearts 0-4 Celtic (23 Sep)
Highest attendance	47,312, Rangers 1–1 Celtic (17 Mar)
Lowest attendance	2,320, Partick Thistle 0–3 Raith Rovers (3 Mar)
Average attendance	15,035
← 1994–95 1996–97 →

The 1995–96 Scottish Premier Division season was the first season involving a relegation playoff with the Scottish First Division. The season began on 26 August 1995.

1 Overview
2 Promotion and relegation from 1994–95
3 Events
4 Table
5 Results
- 5.1 Matches 1–18
- 5.2 Matches 19–36
6 Top scorers
7 References

Overview

The 1995–96 Scottish Premier Division season ended in success for Rangers who won the title by four points from nearest rivals Celtic to clinch eight titles in a row. Falkirk were relegated to the First Division after finishing bottom with Partick Thistle also being relegated after losing the relegation playoff to Dundee United. As champions, Rangers qualified for the Champions League while Celtic were joined by third-placed Aberdeen in qualifying for the UEFA Cup. Fourth-placed Hearts qualified for the Cup Winners' Cup as Scottish Cup runners-up.^[1]

The season began on 26 August with the first goal of the season scored by Aberdeen's John Inglis as they won 3–2 away to Falkirk. The regular league season ended on 4 May with Hibernian's Darren Jackson netting a late winner in a 1–0 win at home to Partick Thistle to claim the final goal of the season.

Promotion and relegation from 1994–95

Promoted from First Division to Premier League

Raith Rovers

Relegated from Premier Division to First Division

Dundee United

Events

14 October: Gordon Durie hits the first hat-trick of the season in a 4–0 win at Partick Thistle.
28 April: Rangers win the title at Ibrox as a Paul Gascoigne hat-trick helps them to a 3–1 win over Aberdeen.

Table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Rangers (C)	36	27	6	3	85	25	+60	87	1996–97 UEFA Champions League Qualifying round
2	Celtic	36	24	11	1	74	25	+49	83	1996–97 UEFA Cup Qualifying round
3	Aberdeen	36	16	7	13	52	45	+7	55	1996–97 UEFA Cup Qualifying round
4	Heart of Midlothian	36	16	7	13	55	53	+2	55	1996–97 UEFA Cup Winners' Cup Qualifying round
5	Hibernian	36	11	10	15	43	57	−14	43
6	Raith Rovers	36	12	7	17	41	57	−16	43
7	Kilmarnock	36	11	8	17	39	54	−15	41
8	Motherwell	36	9	12	15	28	39	−11	39
9	Partick Thistle (R)	36	8	6	22	29	62	−33	30	Relegation to the First Division
10	Falkirk (R)	36	6	6	24	31	60	−29	24	Relegation to the First Division

Source: Soccerbot
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(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 1–18

During matches 1–18 each team plays every other team twice (home and away).

Home \ Away¹	ABE	CEL	FAL	HOM	HIB	KIL	MOT	PAR	RAI	RAN
Aberdeen		2–3	3–1	1–2	1–2	4–1	1–0	3–0	3–0	0–1
Celtic	2–0		1–0	3–1	2–2	4–2	1–1	2–1	0–0	0–2
Falkirk	2–3	0–1		2–0	2–0	0–2	0–0	0–1	2–1	0–2
Heart of Midlothian	1–2	0–4	4–1		2–1	2–1	1–1	3–0	4–2	0–2
Hibernian	1–1	0–4	2–1	2–2		2–0	4–2	3–0	1–2	1–4
Kilmarnock	1–2	0–0	4–0	3–1	0–3		1–1	2–1	5–1	0–2
Motherwell	2–1	0–2	1–1	0–0	0–2	3–0		1–1	0–2	0–0
Partick Thistle	1–0	1–2	1–1	2–0	1–1	1–1	1–0		0–2	0–4
Raith Rovers	1–0	0–1	0–1	1–1	3–0	2–0	0–0	3–1		2–2
Rangers	1–1	3–3	2–0	4–1	0–1	1–0	2–1	1–0	4–0

Source: Soccerbot
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.

Matches 19–36

During matches 19–36 each team plays every other team a further two times (home and away).

Home \ Away¹	ABE	CEL	FAL	HOM	HIB	KIL	MOT	PAR	RAI	RAN
Aberdeen		1–2	2–1	1–1	2–1	3–0	2–1	1–0	1–0	0–1
Celtic	5–0		4–0	4–0	2–1	1–1	1–0	4–0	4–1	0–0
Falkirk	1–1	0–0		0–2	1–1	4–2	0–1	1–2	2–3	0–4
Heart of Midlothian	1–3	1–2	2–1		1–1	1–0	4–0	2–5	2–0	2–0
Hibernian	1–2	1–2	2–1	2–1		1–1	0–0	1–0	1–1	0–2
Kilmarnock	1–1	0–0	1–0	0–2	3–2		0–1	2–1	2–0	0–3
Motherwell	1–0	0–0	1–0	1–1	3–0	0–1		0–2	1–0	1–3
Partick Thistle	1–1	2–4	0–3	0–1	0–0	0–1	0–2		0–3	1–2
Raith Rovers	2–2	1–3	1–0	1–3	1–0	1–1	2–0	0–2		2–4
Rangers	3–1	1–1	3–2	0–3	7–0	3–0	3–2	5–0	4–0

Top scorers

Player	Goals	Team
Pierre van Hooijdonk	26	Celtic
Gordon Durie	17	Rangers
Ally McCoist	16	Rangers
Paul Gascoigne	14	Rangers
Paul Wright	13	Kilmarnock
John Collins	11	Celtic
John Robertson	11	Heart of Midlothian
Darren Jackson	10	Hibernian
Colin Cameron	10	Raith Rovers
Scott Booth	9	Aberdeen
Joe Miller		Aberdeen
Keith Wright		Hibernian

Source: Soccerbot

References

^ "Scottish Premier Division 1995/96". Soccerbot. http://www.soccerbot.com/scot/tables/sdprem96.htm. Retrieved 4 June 2008.

Scottish Premier League

2011–12 teams	Aberdeen Celtic Dundee United Dunfermline Athletic Heart of Midlothian Hibernian Inverness Caledonian Thistle Kilmarnock Motherwell Rangers St. Johnstone St. Mirren

Former teams	Dundee Falkirk Gretna Hamilton Academical Livingston Partick Thistle

Scottish Football League	1890–91 1891–92 1892–93

First Division	1893–94 1894–95 1895–96 1896–97 1897–98 1898–99 1899–1900 1900–01 1901–02 1902–03 1903–04 1904–05 1905–06 1906–07 1907–08 1908–09 1909–10 1910–11 1911–12 1912–13 1913–14 1914–15 1915–16 1916–17 1917–18 1918–19 1919–20 1920–21 1921–22 1922–23 1923–24 1924–25 1925–26 1926–27 1927–28 1928–29 1929–30 1930–31 1931–32 1932–33 1933–34 1934–35 1935–36 1936–37 1937–38 1938–39 1939–40 1940–41 1941–42 1942–43 1943–44 1944–45 1945–46 1946–47 1947–48 1948–49 1949–50 1950–51 1951–52 1952–53 1953–54 1954–55 1955–56 1956–57 1957–58 1958–59 1959–60 1960–61 1961–62 1962–63 1963–64 1964–65 1965–66 1966–67 1967–68 1968–69 1969–70 1970–71 1971–72 1972–73 1973–74 1974–75

Premier Division	1975–76 1976–77 1977–78 1978–79 1979–80 1980–81 1981–82 1982–83 1983–84 1984–85 1985–86 1986–87 1987–88 1988–89 1989–90 1990–91 1991–92 1992–93 1993–94 1994–95 1995–96 1996–97 1997–98

Premier League	1998–99 1999–2000 2000–01 2001–02 2002–03 2003–04 2004–05 2005–06 2006–07 2007–08 2008–09 2009–10 2010–11 2011–12

Clubs Foreign players Hat-tricks scored Highest scoring games Monthly awards Club owners

1995–96 in Scottish football

Domestic leagues	Premier Division · First Division · Second Division · Third Division

Domestic cups	Scottish Cup (Final) · League Cup (Final) · Challenge Cup (Final) · Junior Cup

European competitions	Champions League · UEFA Cup Winners' Cup · UEFA Cup

Related to national team	Results · 1998 World Cup qualifying (Group 4)

Club seasons

Premier League	Dundee United · Rangers

1995–96 in European football (UEFA)

Domestic leagues	Albania · Andorra · Armenia · Austria · Azerbaijan · Belarus '95 '96 · Belgium · Bosnia and Herzegovina · Bulgaria · Croatia · Cyprus · Czech Republic · Denmark · England · Estonia · Faroe Islands '95 '96 · Finland '95 '96 · France · Georgia · Germany · Greece · Hungary · Iceland '95 '96 · Israel · Italy · Kazakhstan '95 '96 · Latvia '95 '96 · Lithuania · Luxembourg · Macedonia · Malta · Moldova · Netherlands · Northern Ireland · Norway '95 '96 · Poland · Portugal · Republic of Ireland · Romania · Russia '95 '96 · San Marino · Scotland · Slovakia · Slovenia · Spain · Sweden '95 '96 · Switzerland · Turkey · Ukraine · Wales · FR Yugoslavia

Domestic cups	Albania · Andorra · Armenia · Austria · Azerbaijan · Belarus · Belgium · Bosnia and Herzegovina · Bulgaria · Croatia · Cyprus · Czech Republic · Denmark · England · Estonia · Faroe Islands '95 '96 · Finland '95 '96 · France · Georgia · Germany · Greece · Hungary · Iceland '95 '96 · Israel · Italy · Latvia '95 '96 · Liechtenstein · Lithuania · Luxembourg · Republic of Macedonia · Malta · Moldova · Netherlands · Northern Ireland · Norway '95 '96 · Poland · Portugal · Republic of Ireland · Romania · Russia · San Marino · Scotland · Slovakia · Slovenia · Spain · Sweden '95 '96 · Switzerland · Turkey · Ukraine · Wales · Yugoslavia

League cups	England · Finland '95 '96 · France · Iceland · Israel · Northern Ireland · Republic of Ireland · Scotland · Wales

UEFA competitions	Champions League (Qualifying, group stage, knockout stage, Final) · Cup Winners' Cup (Final) · UEFA Cup (Final) · Intertoto Cup · Super Cup