2009–10 Scottish Premier League

Scottish 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.

Clubs

Promotion and relegation from 2008–09

Promoted from First Division to Premier League

Relegated from Premier League to First Division

Stadia and locations

Aberdeen Celtic Dundee United Falkirk
Pittodrie Stadium Celtic Park Tannadice Park Falkirk Stadium
Capacity: 20,866[3] Capacity: 60,411[4] Capacity: 14,223[5] Capacity: 7,937[6]
Hamilton Academical Heart of Midlothian
New Douglas Park Tynecastle Park
Capacity: 5,510[7] Capacity: 17,420[8]
Hibernian Kilmarnock
Easter Road Rugby Park
Capacity: 16,531[9] Capacity: 17,889[10]
Motherwell Rangers St Johnstone St Mirren
Fir Park Ibrox Stadium McDiarmid Park St Mirren Park
Capacity: 13,677[11] Capacity: 50,817[12] Capacity: 10,696[13] Capacity: 8,023[14]

Personnel and kits

Team Manager Kit manufacturer Kit sponsor
Aberdeen Scotland Mark McGhee Nike Team Recruitment
Celtic Northern Ireland Neil Lennon Nike Carling
Dundee United Scotland Peter Houston Nike Carbrini
Falkirk Scotland Steven Pressley Puma Central Demolition
Hamilton Academical Scotland Billy Reid Nike Reid Furniture
Heart of Midlothian Scotland Jim Jefferies Umbro Ukio Bankas
Hibernian Scotland John Hughes Le Coq Sportif McEwan Fraser
Kilmarnock Scotland Jimmy Calderwood 1869 Smallworld
Motherwell Scotland Craig Brown Canterbury of New Zealand JAXX
Rangers Scotland Walter Smith Umbro Carling
St Johnstone Scotland Derek McInnes Surridge Taylor Wimpey
St Mirren Scotland Gus MacPherson hummel Braehead Shopping Centre

Managerial changes

Team Outgoing manager Date of vacancy Manner of departure Position in table Incoming manager Date of appointment
Aberdeen Scotland Jimmy Calderwood 24 May 2009[15] Resigned Pre-season Scotland Mark McGhee 12 June 2009[16]
Celtic Scotland Gordon Strachan 25 May 2009[17] Resigned England Tony Mowbray 16 June 2009[18]
Hibernian Finland Mixu Paatelainen 29 May 2009[19] Resigned Scotland John Hughes 8 June 2009[20]
Falkirk Scotland John Hughes 8 June 2009[20] Signed by Hibernian Scotland Eddie May 23 June 2009[21]
Motherwell Scotland Mark McGhee 12 June 2009[16] Signed by Aberdeen Republic of Ireland Jim Gannon 27 June 2009[22]
Dundee United Scotland Craig Levein 23 December 2009[23] Signed by Scotland 4th Scotland Peter Houston 23 December 2009[24] (interim)
25 May 2010[25] (permanent)
Motherwell Republic of Ireland Jim Gannon 28 December 2009[26] Sacked 6th Scotland Craig Brown 29 December 2009[27](interim)
27 January 2010[28] (permanent)
Kilmarnock Scotland Jim Jefferies 11 January 2010[29] Mutual consent 11th Scotland Jimmy Calderwood 14 January 2010[30]
Heart of Midlothian Hungary Csaba László 29 January 2010[31] Sacked 5th Scotland Jim Jefferies 29 January 2010[32]
Falkirk Scotland Eddie May 11 February 2010[33] Sacked 12th Scotland Steven Pressley 11 February 2010[34]
Celtic England Tony Mowbray 25 March 2010[35] Sacked 2nd Northern Ireland Neil Lennon 25 March 2010[35] (interim)
9 June 2010[36] (permanent)

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 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; (E) = Eliminated; (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; (RQ) = Qualified to the relegation tournament indicated; (DQ) = Disqualified from tournament.

Results

Matches 1–22

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

Home \ Away[1] ABE CEL DUNFALHAMHOMHIBKILMOTRANSTJSTM
Aberdeen 1–3 0–2 0–1 1–2 1–1 0–2 1–0 0–0 1–0 2–1 1–0
Celtic 1–0 1–1 1–1 2–0 2–1 1–2 3–0 0–0 1–1 5–2 3–1
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 3–3 1–4 2–0 0–1 1–3 0–0 0–0 1–3 1–2 1–3
Hamilton Academical 0–3 1–2 0–1 0–0 2–1 2–0 0–0 2–2 0–1 0–2 1–0
Heart of Midlothian 0–3 2–1 0–0 0–0 0–2 0–0 1–0 1–0 1–2 1–2 1–0
Hibernian 2–0 0–1 1–1 2–0 5–1 1–1 1–0 2–0 1–4 3–0 2–1
Kilmarnock 1–1 1–0 0–2 1–2 3–0 1–2 1–1 0–3 0–0 2–1 1–2
Motherwell 1–1 2–3 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 1–4 2–3 3–1 1–1 2–2 5–1 0–1 2–2 1–2 1–0
St Mirren 1–0 0–2 0–0 1–1 0–2 2–1 1–1 1–0 3–3 0–2 1–1

Source: BBC Sport
1 ^ The 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 \ Away[1] ABE CEL DUNFALHAMHOMHIBKILMOTRANSTJSTM
Aberdeen 4–4 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 1–0 3–0 1–0 3–0 3–1
St Johnstone 0–1 1–1 1–0 1–2 4–1
St Mirren 4–0 1–2 0–0 1–1 0–0 1–1

Source: BBC Sport
1 ^ The 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)

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