Season | 2009–10 |
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Dates | 15 August 2009 – 9 May 2010 |
Champions | Rangers 6th Premier League title 53rd Scottish title |
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 |
← 2008–09 2010–11 → |
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 |
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Pittodrie Stadium | Celtic Park | Tannadice Park | Falkirk Stadium |
Capacity: 20,866[3] | Capacity: 60,411[4] | Capacity: 14,223[5] | Capacity: 7,937[6] |
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Hamilton Academical | Heart of Midlothian | ||
New Douglas Park | Tynecastle Park | ||
Capacity: 5,510[7] | Capacity: 17,420[8] | ||
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Hibernian | Kilmarnock | ||
Easter Road | Rugby Park | ||
Capacity: 16,531[9] | Capacity: 17,889[10] | ||
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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] |
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Personnel and kits
Team | Manager | Kit manufacturer | Kit sponsor |
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Aberdeen | ![]() |
Nike | Team Recruitment |
Celtic | ![]() |
Nike | Carling |
Dundee United | ![]() |
Nike | Carbrini |
Falkirk | ![]() |
Puma | Central Demolition |
Hamilton Academical | ![]() |
Nike | Reid Furniture |
Heart of Midlothian | ![]() |
Umbro | Ukio Bankas |
Hibernian | ![]() |
Le Coq Sportif | McEwan Fraser |
Kilmarnock | ![]() |
1869 | Smallworld |
Motherwell | ![]() |
Canterbury of New Zealand | JAXX |
Rangers | ![]() |
Umbro | Carling |
St Johnstone | ![]() |
Surridge | Taylor Wimpey |
St Mirren | ![]() |
hummel | Braehead Shopping Centre |
Managerial changes
Team | Outgoing manager | Date of vacancy | Manner of departure | Position in table | Incoming manager | Date of appointment |
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Aberdeen | ![]() |
24 May 2009[15] | Resigned | Pre-season | ![]() |
12 June 2009[16] |
Celtic | ![]() |
25 May 2009[17] | Resigned | ![]() |
16 June 2009[18] | |
Hibernian | ![]() |
29 May 2009[19] | Resigned | ![]() |
8 June 2009[20] | |
Falkirk | ![]() |
8 June 2009[20] | Signed by Hibernian | ![]() |
23 June 2009[21] | |
Motherwell | ![]() |
12 June 2009[16] | Signed by Aberdeen | ![]() |
27 June 2009[22] | |
Dundee United | ![]() |
23 December 2009[23] | Signed by Scotland | 4th | ![]() |
23 December 2009[24] (interim) 25 May 2010[25] (permanent) |
Motherwell | ![]() |
28 December 2009[26] | Sacked | 6th | ![]() |
29 December 2009[27](interim) 27 January 2010[28] (permanent) |
Kilmarnock | ![]() |
11 January 2010[29] | Mutual consent | 11th | ![]() |
14 January 2010[30] |
Heart of Midlothian | ![]() |
29 January 2010[31] | Sacked | 5th | ![]() |
29 January 2010[31] |
Falkirk | ![]() |
11 February 2010[32] | Sacked | 12th | ![]() |
11 February 2010[33] |
Celtic | ![]() |
25 March 2010[34] | Sacked | 2nd | ![]() |
25 March 2010[34] (interim) 9 June 2010[35] (permanent) |
Events
- 21 April – Inverness Caledonian Thistle won promotion to the Scottish Premier League as First Division champions following a 1–0 defeat for their nearest challengers Dundee against Raith Rovers.[36]
- 25 April – Rangers clinch the championship by winning 1–0 against Hibernian at Easter Road.[2]
- 5 May – The 6–6 draw between Motherwell and Hibernian at Fir Park breaks the SPL record for the most goals scored in a single SPL match.[37][38]
- 8 May – Falkirk were relegated after goalless draw against Kilmarnock at Rugby Park.[39]
League table
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
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1 | Rangers (C) | 38 | 26 | 9 | 3 | 82 | 28 | +54 | 87 | Qualification for the Champions League group stage |
2 | Celtic | 38 | 25 | 6 | 7 | 75 | 39 | +36 | 81 | Qualification for the Champions League third qualifying round |
3 | Dundee United | 38 | 17 | 12 | 9 | 55 | 47 | +8 | 63 | Qualification for the Europa League play-off round[a] |
4 | Hibernian | 38 | 15 | 9 | 14 | 58 | 55 | +3 | 54 | Qualification for the Europa League third qualifying round |
5 | Motherwell | 38 | 13 | 14 | 11 | 52 | 54 | −2 | 53 | Qualification for the 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 the First Division |
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) Champions; (R) Relegated
Notes:
- ^ by winning the Scottish Cup.
Results
Matches 1–22
During their first 22 matches, each team played every other team home and away.
Matches 23–33
During matches 23–33 each team played every other team once (either at home or away).
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)
Top six |
Bottom six
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Attendances
- As of 14:51, 9 May 2010 (UTC)
Source: SPL
Team | Stadium | Capacity | Highest | Lowest | Average |
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Aberdeen | Pittodrie Stadium | 22,199 | 16,803 | 6,097 | 10,461 |
Celtic | Celtic Park | 60,355 | 58,500 | 24,000 | 45,582 |
Dundee United | Tannadice Park | 14,209 | 11,100 | 5,598 | 7,821 |
Falkirk | Falkirk Stadium | 9,706[40] | 7,049 | 4,321 | 5,635 |
Hamilton Academical | New Douglas Park | 6,096 | 5,343 | 2,003 | 3,005 |
Heart of Midlothian | Tynecastle Stadium | 17,420 | 17,126 | 12,325 | 14,484 |
Hibernian | Easter Road | 17,500[41] | 16,949 | 9,185 | 12,164 |
Kilmarnock | Rugby Park | 18,128 | 10,662 | 4,068 | 5,919 |
Motherwell | Fir Park | 13,742 | 9,355 | 3,544 | 5,307 |
Rangers | Ibrox Stadium | 51,082 | 50,321 | 44,291 | 47,564 |
St Johnstone | McDiarmid Park | 10,673 | 7,807 | 2,993 | 4,717 |
St Mirren | St Mirren Park | 8,016 | 6,164 | 3,009 | 4,414 |
Goals
Top scorers
- As of 12:14, 10 May 2010 (UTC)
Sources: SPL BBC Archived 6 January 2009 at the Wayback Machine
Rank | Scorer | Team | Goals |
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1 | ![]() |
Rangers | 23 |
2 | ![]() |
Hibernian | 21 |
3 | ![]() |
Rangers | 18 |
4 | ![]() |
Dundee United | 13 |
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Hibernian | ||
6 | ![]() |
Motherwell | 12 |
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Celtic | ||
8 | ![]() |
Motherwell | 11 |
9 | ![]() |
Celtic | 10 |
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Celtic[42] | ||
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Celtic |
Hat-tricks
Scorer | For | Against | Date |
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St Johnstone | Motherwell | 26 December 2009[43] |
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Rangers | Dundee United | 30 December 2009[44] |
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Dundee United | Falkirk | 23 January 2010[45] |
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Hibernian | Motherwell | 5 May 2010[46] |
5 player scored 5 goals
Awards
Monthly awards
Month | Manager of the Month | Player of the Month | Young Player of the Month | |||
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Manager | Club | Player | Club | Player | Club | |
August | ![]() |
Celtic | ![]() |
Dundee United | ![]() |
Motherwell |
September | ![]() |
Hibernian | ![]() |
Hibernian | ![]() |
Heart of Midlothian |
October | ![]() |
Motherwell | ![]() |
Hibernian | ![]() |
Motherwell |
November | ![]() |
Dundee United | ![]() |
Dundee United | ![]() |
Aberdeen |
December | ![]() |
Rangers | ![]() |
Rangers | ![]() |
Hibernian |
January | ![]() |
Motherwell | ![]() |
Rangers | ![]() |
Aberdeen |
February | ![]() |
Motherwell | ![]() |
Rangers | ![]() |
Kilmarnock |
March | ![]() |
Dundee United | ![]() |
Celtic | ![]() |
Falkirk |
April | ![]() |
Hamilton Academical | ![]() |
Rangers | ![]() |
St Mirren |
Clydesdale Bank Premier League Awards
Award | Recipient |
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Player of the Season | ![]() |
Manager of the Season | ![]() |
Young Player of the Season | ![]() |
Goal of the Season | ![]() |
Save of the Season | ![]() |
Under-19 League Player of the Season | ![]() |
Best Club Media Relations | Motherwell[73] |
SPL Family Champions | St Mirren[73] |
Best Community Initiative | Hibernian[73] |
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