2016–17 Scottish Professional Football League

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Scottish Professional Football League
Season2016–17
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Statistics of the Scottish Professional Football League in season 2016–17.

Scottish Premiership

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation[a]
1 Celtic (C) 38 34 4 0 106 25 +81 106 Qualification for the Champions League second qualifying round[b]
2 Aberdeen 38 24 4 10 74 35 +39 76 Qualification for the Europa League second qualifying round
3 Rangers 38 19 10 9 56 44 +12 67 Qualification for the Europa League first qualifying round
4 St Johnstone 38 17 7 14 50 46 +4 58
5 Heart of Midlothian 38 12 10 16 55 52 +3 46
6 Partick Thistle 38 10 12 16 38 54 −16 42
7 Ross County 38 11 13 14 48 58 −10 46
8 Kilmarnock 38 9 14 15 36 56 −20 41
9 Motherwell 38 10 8 20 46 69 −23 38
10 Dundee 38 10 7 21 38 62 −24 37
11 Hamilton Academical (O) 38 7 14 17 37 56 −19 35 Qualification for the Premiership play-off final
12 Inverness Caledonian Thistle (R) 38 7 13 18 44 71 −27 34 Relegation to the Scottish Championship
Source: Scottish Premiership, Soccerway
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored; 4) Play-off (only if deciding champion, UEFA competitions qualification and second stage group allocation).[1]
(C) Champions; (O) Play-off winners; (R) Relegated
Notes:
  1. ^ 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.
  2. ^ Since the winners of the 2016–17 Scottish Cup, Celtic, qualified for European competition based on league position, the spot awarded to the Scottish cup winners (Europa League second qualifying round) was passed to the second-placed team and the spot awarded to the second-placed team (Europa League first qualifying round) was passed to the fourth-placed team.

Scottish Championship

Template:2016–17 Scottish Championship table

Scottish League One

Template:2016–17 Scottish League One table

Scottish League Two

Template:2016–17 Scottish League Two table

Award winners

Month Premiership
player
Championship
player
League One
player
League Two
player
Premiership
manager
Championship
manager
League One
manager
League Two
manager
Ref
August Liam Boyce
(Ross County)
Jason Cummings
(Hibernian)
Jordan Kirkpatrick
(Alloa Athletic)
Josh Peters
(Forfar Athletic)
Brendan Rodgers
(Celtic)
Neil Lennon
(Hibernian)
Jack Ross
(Alloa Athletic)
Gary Bollan
(Forfar Athletic)
[2]
September Moussa Dembélé
(Celtic)
Cammy Bell
(Dundee United)
Jamie Insall
(East Fife)
Thomas O'Brien
(Forfar Athletic)
Richie Foran
(Inverness CT)
Peter Houston
(Falkirk)
Gary Naysmith
(East Fife)
Gary Bollan
(Forfar Athletic)
October Adam Barton
(Partick Thistle)
Thomas O'Ware
(Greenock Morton)
Liam Buchanan
(Livingston)
Shane Sutherland
(Elgin City)
Brendan Rodgers
(Celtic)
Jim Duffy
(Greenock Morton)
David Hopkin
(Livingston)
Jim Weir
(Elgin City)
November
December
January
February
March
April

See also

References

  1. ^ "Premiership 2016/2017 - Season rules". Scoresway. Retrieved 1 September 2016.
  2. ^ "SPFL monthly awards". www.spfl.co.uk. Scottish Professional Football League. May 28, 2014.