2006–07 Scottish Premier League


The 2006–07 Scottish Premier League season was the ninth season of the Scottish Premier League. It began on 29 July 2006.
The league champions, Celtic and runners-up, Rangers, qualified for the UEFA Champions League on the return of Walter Smith as manager following a brief and disastrous reign by Frenchman Paul Le Guen. The team finishing third, Aberdeen qualified for the UEFA Cup, as did the Scottish Cup finalists Dunfermline Athletic. However, being the bottom-placed team in the SPL, Dunfermline were also relegated to the First Division.

Teams

Promotion and relegation from 2005–06

Promoted from First Division to Premier League
Relegated from Premier League to First Division

Personnel

TeamManager
Aberdeen

Events

League table


Results

Matches 1–22

During matches 1–22 each team played every other team twice.

Matches 23–33

During matches 23–33 each team played every other team once.

Matches 34–38

During matches 34–38 each team played every other team in their half of the table once.

Goals

Hat-tricks

ScorerForAgainstDate
Sortname|Shunsuke|Nakamura

Attendances

Overall 3.7 million spectators attended an average per match of just over 8,090. The average and highest attendances for SPL clubs during the 2006/07 season are shown below:
ClubAverageHighest
Celtic57,92859,659
Rangers49,95550,488
Hearts16,93717,369
Hibernian14,58716,747
Aberdeen12,47520,045
Dundee United7,14712,329
Kilmarnock6,80713,506
Dunfermline Athletic6,1068,561
Motherwell5,87711,745
St Mirren5,60910,251
Falkirk5,3877,245
Inverness CT4,8797,522

Source:

Awards

Monthly awards

MonthManagerPlayerYoung Player
August

Annual awards

Player awards
AwardWinnerClub
PFA Players' Player of the Yearsortname|Shunsuke|Nakamura