2011–12 Scottish Premier League

Clydesdale Bank Premier League
Season	2011–12
Matches played	128
Goals scored	332 (2.59 per match)
Top goalscorer	Nikica Jelavić (12)
Biggest home win	Celtic 5–0 St. Mirren (26 November 2011)
Biggest away win	Dunfermline Athletic 0–4 Rangers (21 August 2011)
Highest scoring	Kilmarnock 3–6 Inverness CT (5 November 2011)
Longest winning run	10 games Celtic
Longest unbeaten run	15 games Rangers
Longest winless run	9 games Hibernian
Longest losing run	4 games Dunfermline Athletic
Highest attendance	58,658 Celtic v Rangers (28 December 2011)^[1]
Lowest attendance	1,607 St. Johnstone v Aberdeen (13 December 2011)^[1]
Average attendance	13,918^[2] As of 1 January 2011
← 2010–11

The 2011–12 Scottish Premier League is 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.^[3]

A total of twelve teams are contesting the league: eleven sides that competed in the 2010–11 SPL and one club promoted from the First Division. The new entry is 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,^[4] the league has re-gained an additional third qualifying round berth for the UEFA Champions League.

Teams

Inverness Caledonian Thistle

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	60,832
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	20,241
Inverness Caledonian Thistle	Caledonian Stadium, Inverness	7,500
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	Brown, CraigCraig Brown	Foster, RickyRicky Foster	Adidas	Team Recruitment
Celtic	Lennon, NeilNeil Lennon	Brown, ScottScott Brown	Nike	Tennents
Dundee United	Houston, PeterPeter Houston	Daly, JonJon Daly	Nike	Calor
Dunfermline	McIntyre, JimJim McIntyre	McCann, AustinAustin McCann	Puma	The Purvis Group
Hearts	Sergio, PauloPaulo Sergio	Zaliukas, MariusMarius Zaliukas	Umbro	Wonga.com
Hibernian	Fenlon, PatPat Fenlon	Murray, IanIan Murray	Puma	Crabbie's
Inverness CT	Butcher, TerryTerry Butcher	Foran, RichieRichie Foran	Erreà	Orion Group
Kilmarnock	Shiels, KennyKenny Shiels	Pascali, ManuelManuel Pascali	Killie 1869	verve.net
Motherwell	McCall, StuartStuart McCall	Craigan, StephenStephen Craigan	Puma	Cash Converters
Rangers	McCoist, AllyAlly McCoist	Weir, DavidDavid Weir	Umbro	Tennents
St Johnstone	Steve Lomas	Morris, JodyJody Morris	Joma	GS Brown Construction
St Mirren	Lennon, DannyDanny Lennon	Goodwin, JimJim Goodwin	Carbrini	Fila (Home), Braehead Shopping Centre(Away)

Managerial changes

Team	Outgoing manager	Manner of departure	Date of vacancy	Position in table	Incoming manager	Date of appointment
Rangers	Smith, WalterWalter Smith	End of contract	15 May 2011^[5]	Pre-season	McCoist, AllyAlly McCoist	1 June 2011^[6]
Heart of Midlothian	Jefferies, JimJim Jefferies	Contract terminated	2 August 2011^[7]	9th	Sergio, PauloPaulo Sergio	3 August 2011^[8]
St. Johnstone	McInnes, DerekDerek McInnes	Signed by Bristol City	19 October 2011^[9]	4th	Lomas, SteveSteve Lomas	3 November 2011^[10]
Hibernian	Calderwood, ColinColin Calderwood	Contract terminated	6 November 2011^[11]	9th	Fenlon, PatPat Fenlon	25 November 2011^[12]

League table

As of 2 January 2012 (UTC)

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Celtic	22	17	2	3	44	15	+29	53	2012–13 UEFA Champions League Third qualifying round
2	Rangers	22	16	3	3	40	12	+28	51	2012–13 UEFA Champions League Third qualifying round
3	Motherwell	20	10	4	6	24	24	0	34	2012–13 UEFA Europa League Third qualifying round
4	Heart of Midlothian	22	9	5	8	25	15	+10	32	2012–13 UEFA Europa League Second qualifying round
5	St. Johnstone	21	9	5	7	26	20	+6	32
6	Dundee United	22	6	8	8	31	35	−4	26
7	Kilmarnock	21	6	8	7	27	31	−4	26
8	St. Mirren	22	6	8	8	23	29	−6	26
9	Aberdeen	22	6	6	10	25	29	−4	24
10	Inverness Caledonian Thistle	21	5	4	12	28	40	−12	19
11	Hibernian	21	3	6	12	19	36	−17	15
12	Dunfermline Athletic	20	3	5	12	20	46	−26	14	Relegation to the 2012–13 Scottish First Division

Updated to games played on 2 January 2012
Source: BBC website
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 1-22

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

Home \ Away¹	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		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		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		1–0		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 games played on 2 January 2012
Source: BBC website
¹The home team is listed in the left-hand column.
Colours: 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 \ Away¹	ABE	CEL	DUN	DNF	HOM	HIB	INV	KIL	MOT	RAN	STJ	STM
Aberdeen			a				a
Celtic
Dundee United
Dunfermline Athletic
Heart of Midlothian						a
Hibernian
Inverness Caledonian Thistle
Kilmarnock
Motherwell
Rangers		a
St. Johnstone			a
St. Mirren

Updated to games played on start of season
Source:
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 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.

Statistics

Top goalscorers

As of 2 January 2012 (UTC)^[13]

Rank	Scorer	Team	Goals
1	Nikica Jelavić	Rangers	12
2	Gary Hooper	Celtic	11
2	Jon Daly	Dundee United	11
4	Francisco Sandaza	St. Johnstone	9
	Steven Naismith	Rangers
	Anthony Stokes	Celtic
7	Scott Vernon	Aberdeen	8
	Garry O'Connor	Hibernian
	Paul Heffernan	Kilmarnock
10	Grégory Tadé	Inverness	7
	Andrew Shinnie	Inverness
	Michael Higdon	Motherwell
13	Kyle Lafferty	Rangers	6
	Dean Shiels	Kilmarnock
	Jamie Murphy	Motherwell

Clean sheets by goalkeeper

As of 2 January 2012 (UTC)^[1]

Rank	Player	Team	Cleansheets
1	Allan McGregor	Rangers	12
2	Fraser Forster	Celtic	11
3	Peter Enckelman	St. Johnstone	10
4	Darren Randolph	Motherwell	9
5	Marian Kello	Hearts	8
6	Craig Samson	St. Mirren	6
7	Paul Gallacher	Dunfermline	4
	Dušan Perniš	Dundee United
	Cameron Bell	Kilmarnock
10	David Gonzalez	Aberdeen	3
	Graham Stack	Hibernian
	Jamie MacDonald	Hearts

Top assistants

As of 01:17, 29 December 2011 (UTC)^[14]

Rank	Player	Team	Goals
1	Steven Davis	Rangers	10
2	David Templeton	Hearts	8
3	Nicky Law	Motherwell	7
3	Anthony Stokes	Celtic	7
5	Jonny Hayes	Inervness	6
6	Tom Hateley	Motherwell	5
	Nikica Jelavić	Rangers
	Francisco Sandaza	St. Johnstone
	Paul Dixon	Dundee United
	Gary Hooper	Celtic

Disciplinary by player

As of 2 January 2012 (UTC)^[15]

Rank	Player	Team	Yellow	Red	Points
1	Ian Black	Hearts	4	2	8
1	Keith Lasley	Motherwell	6	1	8
3	Sean O'Hanlon	Hibernian	7	0	7
3	Maurice Edu	Rangers	5	1	7
5	Thomas Piermayr	Inverness	6	0	6
	Nigel Hasselbaink	St. Mirren	4	1	6
	James Fowler	Kilmarnock	4	1	6
	Dorin Goian	Rangers	4	1	6
	David Davis	Inverness	4	1	6

Fair play

As of 2 January 2012 (UTC)^[16]

Rank	Team	Yellow	Red	Points
1	Celtic	21	2	25
2	Kilmarnock	29	0	29
3	Dundee United	29	1	31
4	Motherwell	30	2	34
4	St. Mirren	32	1	34
6	St. Johnstone	35	0	35
6	Dunfermline	33	2	37
8	Hearts	37	2	41
9	Inverness	37	4	45
9	Rangers	37	4	45
11	Hibernian	49	0	49
11	Aberdeen	37	6	49

Awards

Player of the Month

Last updated 9 December 2011

Month	Name	Club
July/August	Paul Gallacher^[17]	Dunfermline Athletic
September	Steven Davis^[18]	Rangers
October	Keith Lasley^[19]	Motherwell
November	Gary Hooper^[20]	Celtic

Manager of the Month

Last updated 17 November 2011

Month	Name	Club
July/August	Stuart McCall^[21]	Motherwell
September	Ally McCoist^[18]	Rangers
October	Stuart McCall^[22]	Motherwell
November	Neil Lennon^[20]	Celtic

References

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^ "Walter Smith says a final goodbye to a troubled Rangers". BBC Sport (British Broadcasting Corporation). 2 August 2011. http://www.guardian.co.uk/football/2011/may/15/walter-smith-rangers. Retrieved 2 August 2011.
^ "Ally McCoist confirmed as Smith's successor at Rangers". BBC Sport. 22 February 2011. http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/r/rangers/9404913.stm.
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^ "Scottish Premier League stats". ESPN. http://soccernet.espn.go.com/stats/fairplay/_/league/sco.1/scottish-premier-league?cc=5739.
^ "Pars keeper Paul Gallacher wins player of month award". BBC Sport. 8 September 2011. http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/14834543.stm. Retrieved 27 September 2011.
^ ^a ^b "McCoist and Davis net SPL awards double for Rangers". BBC Sport. http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/15307172.stm. Retrieved 14 October 2011.
^ "Motherwell's Keith Lasley named SPL player of month". BBC Sport. http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/15577143.stm. Retrieved 17 November 2011.
^ ^a ^b "Celtic's Neil Lennon, Gary Hooper and James Forrest win awards". BBC. http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/16110735.stm. Retrieved 9 December 2011.
^ McCall wins Manager of the Month
^ "Motherwell's Stuart McCall wins October award". BBC. http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/15581058.stm. Retrieved 17 November 2011.

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