2015–16 Scottish Premiership

Scottish Premiership
Season	2015–16
← 2014–15 2016–17 → All statistics correct as of 22 March 2015.

The 2015–16 Scottish Premiership will be the third season of the Scottish Premiership, the highest division of Scottish football. The season will begin on 1 August 2015.^[1]

Twelve teams contest the league, with eight teams having already secured their place in the division: Aberdeen, Celtic, Dundee, Dundee United, Hamilton Academical, Heart of Midlothian, Inverness CT and St. Johnstone.

Teams

Promoted from Scottish Championship

Heart of Midlothian

Stadiums by capacity and locations

Aberdeen	Celtic	Dundee	Dundee United
Pittodrie Stadium	Celtic Park	Dens Park	Tannadice Park
Capacity: 20,897^[2]	Capacity: 60,355^[3]	Capacity: 11,506^[4]	Capacity: 14,229^[5]

Aberdeen Dundee Utd Dundee Hearts Inverness Caledonian Thistle St. Johnstone Celtic Hamilton Location of teams in 2014–15 Scottish Premiership		Hamilton Academical	Heart of Midlothian	Inverness Caledonian Thistle	St Johnstone
		New Douglas Park	Tynecastle Stadium	Caledonian Stadium	McDiarmid Park
		Capacity: 6,078^[6]	Capacity: 17,529^[7]	Capacity: 7,800^[8]	Capacity: 10,696^[9]

Personnel and kits

Team	Manager	Captain	Kit manufacturer	Shirt sponsor
Aberdeen	McInnes, DerekDerek McInnes	Anderson, RussellRussell Anderson	Adidas	Saltire Energy
Celtic	Deila, RonnyRonny Deila	Brown, ScottScott Brown	New Balance	Magners
Dundee	Hartley, PaulPaul Hartley	Thomson, KevinKevin Thomson	Puma	Hangar Records
Dundee United	McNamara, JackieJackie McNamara	Dillon, SeánSeán Dillon	Nike	Calor
Hamilton Academical	Canning, MartinMartin Canning	Canning, MartinMartin Canning	1874 Accies, Nike	M&H Logistics (H), Life Skills Centres (A)
Heart of Midlothian	Neilson, RobbieRobbie Neilson	TBC	PUMA	Save the Children
Inverness CT	Hughes, JohnJohn Hughes	Foran, RichieRichie Foran	Erreà	Subway
St. Johnstone	Wright, TommyTommy Wright	Mackay, DaveDave Mackay	Joma	GS Brown Construction

Managerial changes

Team	Outgoing manager	Manner of departure	Date of vacancy	Position in table	Incoming manager	Date of appointment

League table

Pos	Team	Qualification or relegation
1	Aberdeen	Qualification to Champions League second qualifying round
2	Celtic	Qualification to Europa League first qualifying round
3	Dundee	Qualification to Europa League first qualifying round
4	Dundee United
5	Hamilton Academical
6	Heart of Midlothian
7	Inverness Caledonian Thistle
8	St. Johnstone
9	TBC
10	TBC
11	TBC	Qualification to Scottish Premiership play-offs
12	TBC	Relegation to Scottish Championship

Updated to match(es) played on 12 April 2015. Source: Scottish Premiership
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored

Results

Matches 1–22

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

Matches 23–33

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

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.

Premiership Play-offs

Quarter-final

First leg

	v

Second leg

	v

Semi-final

First leg

	v

Second leg

	v

Final

First leg

	v

Second leg

	v

Season statistics

Top goalscorers

Rank	Player	Team	Goals

References

↑ "Scottish Premiership 2015/16 campaign set for start on August 1". STV. 30 April 2015. Retrieved 30 April 2015.
↑ "Aberdeen Football Club". Scottish Professional Football League. Retrieved 11 November 2013.
↑ "Celtic Football Club". Scottish Professional Football League. Retrieved 11 November 2013.
↑ "Dundee Football Club". Scottish Professional Football League. Retrieved 11 November 2013.
↑ "Dundee United Football Club". Scottish Professional Football League. Retrieved 11 November 2013.
↑ "Hamilton Academical Football Club". Scottish Professional Football League. Retrieved 11 November 2013.
↑ "Hearts Football Club". Scottish Professional Football League. Retrieved 11 November 2013.
↑ "Inverness Caledonian Thistle Football Club". Scottish Professional Football League. Retrieved 11 November 2013.
↑ "St. Johnstone Football Club". Scottish Professional Football League. Retrieved 11 November 2013.

External links

Official website

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