Season | 2005–06 |
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Dates | 29 July 2005 – 7 May 2006 |
Champions | Celtic 4th Premier League title 40th Scottish title |
Relegated | Livingston |
Champions League | Celtic Hearts |
UEFA Cup | Rangers Gretna |
Intertoto Cup | Hibernian |
Matches played | 228 |
Goals scored | 644 (2.82 per match) |
Top goalscorer | Kris Boyd (32) |
Biggest home win | Hibernian 7–0 Livingston |
Biggest away win | Dunfermline 1–8 Celtic |
← 2004–05 2006–07 → |
The 2005–06 Scottish Premier League was won by Celtic, with a 17-point margin over their nearest challengers Hearts in the first season under the management of Gordon Strachan. Rangers, who finished third, failed to finish a Scottish top flight campaign as champions or runners-up for the first time since 1988.
As league champions, Celtic qualified for the UEFA Champions League, with runners-up Hearts also qualifying. This marked the first time since 1995 that a club outside the Old Firm of Celtic and Rangers finished in the top two. Third-placed Rangers qualified for the UEFA Cup, as did Scottish Second Division champions Gretna, who took the Scottish Cup place despite losing the final to Hearts.
Livingston were relegated, and Scottish First Division winners St Mirren were promoted.
Kris Boyd was the top scorer with 32 goals (17 for Rangers after 15 for Kilmarnock).
Teams
[edit]Promotion and relegation from 2004–05
[edit]Promoted from First Division to Premier League
Relegated from Premier League to First Division
Stadia and locations
[edit]Aberdeen | Celtic | Dundee United | Falkirk |
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Pittodrie Stadium | Celtic Park | Tannadice Park | Falkirk Stadium |
Capacity: 20,866[1] | Capacity: 60,411[2] | Capacity: 14,223[3] | Capacity: 7,937[4] |
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Dunfermline Athletic |
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Heart of Midlothian | |
East End Park | Tynecastle Park | ||
Capacity: 12,509[5] | Capacity: 17,420[6] | ||
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Hibernian | Inverness Caledonian Thistle | ||
Easter Road | Caledonian Stadium | ||
Capacity: 16,531[7] | Capacity: 7,500[8] | ||
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Kilmarnock | Livingston | Motherwell | Rangers |
Rugby Park | Almondvale Stadium | Fir Park | Ibrox Stadium |
Capacity: 17,889[9] | Capacity: 10,016[10] | Capacity: 13,677[11] | Capacity: 50,817[12] |
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Personnel
[edit]Managerial changes
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22 May 2005 | Resigned | Pre-season | ![]() |
1 June 2005 |
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25 May 2005 | Resigned | ![]() |
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29 June 2005 | End of caretaker spell | ![]() |
30 June 2005 | |
Heart of Midlothian | ![]() |
21 October 2005 | Mutual consent | 1st | ![]() |
8 November 2005 |
Dundee United | ![]() |
10 January 2006 | Sacked | 9th | ![]() |
13 January 2006 |
Inverness Caledonian Thistle | ![]() |
13 January 2006 | Signed by Dundee United | 7th | ![]() |
28 January 2006 |
Livingston | ![]() |
11 February 2006 | Resigned | 12th | ![]() |
15 February 2005 |
Heart of Midlothian | ![]() |
22 March 2006 | Sacked | 2nd | ![]() |
22 March 2006 |
League table
[edit]Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation[a] |
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1 | Celtic (C) | 38 | 28 | 7 | 3 | 93 | 37 | +56 | 91 | Qualification for the Champions League group stage |
2 | Heart of Midlothian | 38 | 22 | 8 | 8 | 71 | 31 | +40 | 74 | Qualification for the Champions League second qualifying round |
3 | Rangers | 38 | 21 | 10 | 7 | 67 | 37 | +30 | 73 | Qualification for the UEFA Cup first round |
4 | Hibernian | 38 | 17 | 5 | 16 | 61 | 56 | +5 | 56 | Qualification for the UEFA Intertoto Cup second round[b] |
5 | Kilmarnock | 38 | 15 | 10 | 13 | 63 | 64 | −1 | 55 | |
6 | Aberdeen | 38 | 13 | 15 | 10 | 46 | 40 | +6 | 54 | |
7 | Inverness Caledonian Thistle | 38 | 15 | 13 | 10 | 51 | 38 | +13 | 58 | |
8 | Motherwell | 38 | 13 | 10 | 15 | 55 | 61 | −6 | 49 | |
9 | Dundee United | 38 | 7 | 12 | 19 | 41 | 66 | −25 | 33 | |
10 | Falkirk | 38 | 8 | 9 | 21 | 35 | 64 | −29 | 33 | |
11 | Dunfermline Athletic | 38 | 8 | 9 | 21 | 33 | 68 | −35 | 33 | |
12 | Livingston (R) | 38 | 4 | 6 | 28 | 25 | 79 | −54 | 18 | Relegation to the Scottish First Division |
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored
(C) Champions; (R) Relegated
Notes:
- ^ Teams played each other three times (33 matches), before the league split into two groups (the top six and the bottom six) for the last five matches.
- ^ Hibernian qualified for the 2006 UEFA Intertoto Cup by being the highest place applicant for the competition.
Results
[edit]Matches 1–22
[edit]During matches 1–22 each team played every other team twice (home and away).
Matches 23–33
[edit]During matches 23–33 each team played every other team once (either at home or away).
Matches 34–38
[edit]During matches 34–38 each team played every other team in their half of the table once.
Top scorers
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Kilmarnock / Rangers | 32 |
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Celtic | 18 |
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Inverness CT | 16 |
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Hibernian | 16 |
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Hearts | 16 |
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Celtic | 16 |
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Hearts | 14 |
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Rangers | 14 |
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Celtic | 13 |
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Kilmarnock | 13 |
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Dunfermline Athletic | 12 |
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Motherwell | 11 |
Source: SPL official website
Attendances
[edit]The average attendances for SPL clubs during the 2005/06 season are shown below:
Team | Average |
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Celtic | 58,149 |
Rangers | 49,245 |
Hearts | 16,767 |
Hibernian | 13,816 |
Aberdeen | 12,727 |
Dundee United | 8,197 |
Kilmarnock | 7,070 |
Dunfermline Athletic | 6,260 |
Motherwell | 6,250 |
Falkirk | 5,515 |
Inverness CT | 5,061 |
Livingston | 4,938 |
Source: SPL official website
Monthly awards
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References
[edit]- ^ "Aberdeen Football Club". Scottish Professional Football League. Retrieved 11 November 2013.
- ^ "Celtic Football Club". Scottish Professional Football League. Retrieved 11 November 2013.
- ^ "Dundee United Football Club". Scottish Professional Football League. Retrieved 11 November 2013.
- ^ "Falkirk Football Club". Scottish Professional Football League. Retrieved 11 November 2013.
- ^ "Dunfermline Athletic Football Club". Scottish Professional Football League. Retrieved 11 November 2013.
- ^ "Heart of Midlothian Football Club". Scottish Professional Football League. Archived from the original on 22 October 2013. Retrieved 11 November 2013.
- ^ "Hibernian Football Club". Scottish Professional Football League. Retrieved 11 November 2013.
- ^ "Inverness Caledonian Thistle Football Club". Scottish Professional Football League. Retrieved 11 November 2013.[permanent dead link]
- ^ "Kilmarnock Football Club". Scottish Professional Football League. Retrieved 11 November 2013.
- ^ "Livingston Football Club". Scottish Professional Football League. Retrieved 11 November 2013.
- ^ "Motherwell Football Club". Scottish Professional Football League. Retrieved 11 November 2013.
- ^ "Rangers Football Club". Scottish Professional Football League. Retrieved 4 November 2015.
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