2016–17 in Scottish football













Football in Scotland
Season 2016–17




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2016–17 in Scottish football

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Premiership champions

Celtic

Championship champions

Hibernian

League 1 champions

Livingston

League 2 champions

Arbroath

Scottish Cup winners

Celtic

League Cup winners

Celtic

Challenge Cup winners

Dundee United

Youth Cup winners

Celtic

Teams in Europe

Celtic, Aberdeen, Heart of Midlothian, Hibernian

Scotland national team

2018 FIFA World Cup qualification

The 2016–17 season was the 120th season of competitive football in Scotland. The domestic season began on 16 July 2016, with the first round of the 2016–17 Scottish League Cup.[1] The 2016–17 Scottish Professional Football League season commenced on 6 August.[1]




Contents






  • 1 Transfer deals


  • 2 League competitions


    • 2.1 Scottish Premiership


    • 2.2 Scottish Championship


    • 2.3 Scottish League One


    • 2.4 Scottish League Two


    • 2.5 Non-league football


    • 2.6 SPFL Development League




  • 3 Honours


    • 3.1 Cup honours


    • 3.2 Non-league honours


      • 3.2.1 Senior


      • 3.2.2 Junior




    • 3.3 Individual honours


      • 3.3.1 PFA Scotland awards


      • 3.3.2 SFWA awards






  • 4 Scottish clubs in Europe


    • 4.1 Celtic


    • 4.2 Aberdeen


    • 4.3 Heart of Midlothian


    • 4.4 Hibernian




  • 5 Scotland national team


  • 6 Women's football


    • 6.1 Scottish Women's Premier League


      • 6.1.1 SWPL 1


      • 6.1.2 SWPL2




    • 6.2 League and Cup honours


    • 6.3 Individual honours


      • 6.3.1 SWPL awards




    • 6.4 UEFA Women's Champions League


      • 6.4.1 Glasgow City


      • 6.4.2 Hibernian




    • 6.5 Scotland women's national team




  • 7 Deaths


  • 8 Notes and references





Transfer deals




League competitions



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).[2]
(C) Champion; (O) Play-off winner; (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 was passed to the fourth-placed team.




Scottish Championship
















































































































































Pos
Team

Pld

W

D

L

GF

GA

GD

Pts
Promotion, qualification or relegation
1

Hibernian (C, P)
36
19
14
3
59
25
+34
71
Promotion to the Premiership
2

Falkirk
36
16
12
8
58
40
+18
60
Qualification for the Premiership play-off semi-finals
3

Dundee United
36
15
12
9
50
42
+8
57
Qualification for the Premiership play-off quarter-finals
4

Greenock Morton
36
13
13
10
44
41
+3
52
5

Dunfermline Athletic
36
12
12
12
46
43
+3
48

6

Queen of the South
36
11
10
15
46
52
−6
43
7

St Mirren
36
9
12
15
52
56
−4
39
8

Dumbarton
36
9
12
15
46
56
−10
39
9

Raith Rovers (R)
36
10
9
17
35
52
−17
39
Qualification for the Championship play-offs
10

Ayr United (R)
36
7
12
17
33
62
−29
33
Relegation to League One

Source: Soccerway
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Number of goals scored
(C) Champion; (P) Promoted; (R) Relegated.


Scottish League One















































































































































Pos
Team

Pld

W

D

L

GF

GA

GD

Pts
Promotion, qualification or relegation
1

Livingston (C, P)
36
26
3
7
80
32
+48
81
Promotion to Scottish Championship
2

Alloa Athletic
36
17
11
8
69
44
+25
62
Qualification to Championship play-offs
3

Airdrieonians
36
16
4
16
61
66
−5
52
4

Brechin City (O, P)
36
15
5
16
43
49
−6
50
5

East Fife
36
12
10
14
41
44
−3
46

6

Queen's Park
36
12
10
14
37
51
−14
46
7

Stranraer
36
12
8
16
46
50
−4
44
8

Albion Rovers
36
11
9
16
41
48
−7
42
9

Peterhead (R)
36
10
10
16
44
59
−15
40
Qualification to League One play-offs
10

Stenhousemuir (R)
36
11
6
19
45
64
−19
39
Relegation to Scottish League Two

Updated to match(es) played on 6 May 2017. Source: Soccerway
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Number of goals scored
(C) Champion; (O) Play-off winner; (P) Promoted; (R) Relegated.


Scottish League Two














































































































































Pos
Team

Pld

W

D

L

GF

GA

GD

Pts
Promotion, qualification or relegation
1

Arbroath (C, P)
36
18
12
6
63
36
+27
66
Promotion to League One
2

Forfar Athletic (O, P)
36
18
10
8
69
49
+20
64
Qualification to League One play-offs
3

Annan Athletic
36
18
4
14
61
58
+3
58
4

Montrose
36
14
10
12
44
53
−9
52
5

Elgin City
36
14
9
13
67
47
+20
51

6

Stirling Albion
36
12
11
13
50
59
−9
47
7

Edinburgh City
36
11
10
15
38
45
−7
43
8

Berwick Rangers
36
10
10
16
50
65
−15
40
9

Clyde
36
10
8
18
49
64
−15
38
10

Cowdenbeath (O)
36
9
8
19
40
55
−15
35
Qualification to League Two play-off finals

Source: BBC Sport
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Number of goals scored
(C) Champion; (O) Play-off winner; (P) Promoted.


Non-league football












Highland Football League
Lowland Football League





















































































































Pos
Team

Pld

Pts
1

Buckie Thistle (C)
34
82
2

Cove Rangers
34
82
3

Brora Rangers
34
81
4

Formartine United
34
73
5

Fraserburgh
34
63
6

Forres Mechanics
34
58
7

Turriff United
34
58
8

Wick Academy
34
53
9

Inverurie Loco Works
34
50
10

Keith
34
47
11

Clachnacuddin
34
41
12

Lossiemouth
34
38
13

Nairn County
34
34
14

Huntly
34
34
15

Deveronvale
34
30
16

Rothes
34
26
17

Fort William
34
11
18

Strathspey Thistle
34
9

Source: Highland Football League
(C) Champion.










































































































Pos
Team

Pld

Pts
1

East Kilbride (C)
30
75
2

East Stirlingshire
30
68
3

Spartans
30
56
4

Stirling University
30
53
5

Dalbeattie Star
30
47
6

Cumbernauld Colts
30
47
7

BSC Glasgow
30
42
8

Whitehill Welfare
30
40
9

Gretna 2008
30
40
10

Gala Fairydean Rovers
30
40
11

Edinburgh University
30
37
12

Civil Service Strollers
30
37
13

Vale of Leithen
30
37
14

Hawick Royal Albert
30
25
15

Selkirk
30
23
16

Preston Athletic (R)
30
16

Source: Soccerway
(C) Champion;
(R) Relegated.



SPFL Development League


































































































































































































































Pos
Team

Pld

W

D

L

GF

GA

GD

Pts
Promotion, qualification or relegation
1

Ross County (C)
32
20
6
6
63
40
+23
66
League winners
2

Hamilton Academical
32
19
7
6
72
39
+33
64

3

Celtic
32
19
6
7
61
26
+35
63
4

Hibernian
32
19
4
9
67
43
+24
61
5

Motherwell
32
17
6
9
66
39
+27
57
6

Rangers
32
15
6
11
53
47
+6
51
7

Falkirk
32
14
7
11
57
52
+5
49
8

Partick Thistle
32
15
3
14
61
64
−3
48
9

Aberdeen
32
14
4
14
56
58
−2
46
10

Dunfermline Athletic
32
13
5
14
45
53
−8
44
11

Heart of Midlothian
32
12
7
13
48
46
+2
43
12

Kilmarnock
32
9
5
18
51
68
−17
32
13

St Mirren
32
9
4
19
46
70
−24
31
14

Dundee United
32
7
9
16
49
66
−17
30
15

Dundee
32
7
7
18
32
57
−25
28
16

Inverness Caledonian Thistle
32
7
6
19
32
66
−34
27
17

St Johnstone
32
5
10
17
34
59
−25
25

Updated to match(es) played on 5 May 2017. Source: SPFL
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Number of goals scored
(C) Champion.


Honours



Cup honours













































Competition
Winner
Score
Runner-up
Match report

2016–17 Scottish Cup

Celtic

2–1

Aberdeen

BBC Sport

2016–17 League Cup

Celtic

3–0

Aberdeen

BBC Sport

2016–17 Challenge Cup

Dundee United

2–1

St Mirren

BBC Sport

2016–17 Youth Cup

Celtic
3–0

Rangers

BBC Sport

2016–17 Junior Cup

Glenafton Athletic
2–1

Auchinleck Talbot

BBC Sport


Non-league honours



Senior























Competition
Winner

Highland League

Buckie Thistle

Lowland League

East Kilbride

East of Scotland League

Lothian Thistle Hutchison Vale

South of Scotland League

Edusport Academy


Junior


West Region


























Division
Winner

2016–17 Super League Premier Division

Glenafton Athletic

Super League First Division

Girvan

Ayrshire District League

Darvel Juniors

Central District League First Division

Cambuslang Rangers

Central District League Second Division

Glasgow Perthshire

East Region






















Division
Winner

2016–17 Superleague

Kelty Hearts

Premier League

Sauchie Juniors

North Division

Kirriemuir Thistle

South Division

Dunbar United

North Region


















Division
Winner

2016–17 Superleague

Banks O'Dee

First Division (West)

Spey Valley United

First Division (East)

Ellon United


Individual honours



PFA Scotland awards






































Award
Winner
Team

Players' Player of the Year

Scott Sinclair

Celtic

Young Player of the Year

Kieran Tierney

Celtic

Manager of the Year

Brendan Rodgers

Celtic
Championship Player

John McGinn

Hibernian
League One Player

Liam Buchanan

Livingston
League Two Player

Shane Sutherland

Elgin City


SFWA awards























Award
Winner
Team

Footballer of the Year

Scott Sinclair

Celtic

Young Player of the Year

Kieran Tierney

Celtic

Manager of the Year

Brendan Rodgers

Celtic


Scottish clubs in Europe



Celtic, Aberdeen, Heart of Midlothian and Hibernian qualified for European competition.[3][4]



Celtic


UEFA Champions League


Lincoln Red Imps Gibraltar v Scotland Celtic


















Celtic Scotland v Gibraltar Lincoln Red Imps


















Astana Kazakhstan v Scotland Celtic


















Celtic Scotland v Kazakhstan Astana


















Celtic Scotland v Israel Hapoel Be'er Sheva


















Hapoel Be'er Sheva Israel v Scotland Celtic


















Barcelona Spain v Scotland Celtic


















Celtic Scotland v England Manchester City


















Celtic Scotland v Germany Borussia Mönchengladbach


















Borussia Mönchengladbach Germany v Scotland Celtic


















Celtic Scotland v Spain Barcelona


















Manchester City England v Scotland Celtic


















Aberdeen


UEFA Europa League


Aberdeen Scotland v Luxembourg CS Fola Esch


















CS Fola Esch Luxembourg v Scotland Aberdeen


















Aberdeen Scotland v Latvia Ventspils


















Ventspils Latvia v Scotland Aberdeen


















Aberdeen Scotland v Slovenia Maribor


















Maribor Slovenia v Scotland Aberdeen


















Heart of Midlothian


UEFA Europa League


Heart of Midlothian Scotland v Estonia FC Infonet


















FC Infonet Estonia v Scotland Heart of Midlothian


















Birkirkara Malta v Scotland Heart of Midlothian


















Heart of Midlothian Scotland v Malta Birkirkara


















Hibernian


UEFA Europa League


Hibernian Scotland v Denmark Brøndby IF


















Brøndby IF Denmark v Scotland Hibernian




























Scotland national team




Malta  v  Scotland


















Scotland  v  Lithuania


















Slovakia  v  Scotland


















England  v  Scotland


















Scotland  v  Canada


















Scotland  v  Slovenia


















Scotland  v  England


















Women's football



Scottish Women's Premier League




SWPL 1




















































































































Pos
Team

Pld

W

D

L

GF

GA

GD

Pts
Qualification or relegation
1

Glasgow City (C)
20
19
0
1
73
9
+64
57

2017–18 Champions League
2

Hibernian (Q)
20
16
1
3
71
16
+55
49
3

Celtic
20
12
0
8
47
30
+17
36

4

Rangers
20
9
0
11
32
52
−20
27
5

Stirling University
20
8
1
11
27
45
−18
25
6

Spartans
20
7
1
12
23
49
−26
22
7

Aberdeen
20
5
1
14
17
43
−26
16
8

Forfar Farmington (R)
20
2
0
18
12
58
−46
6
2017 SWPL 2

Updated to match(es) played on 23 October 2016. Source: Soccerway
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Number of goals scored
(C) Champion; (Q) Qualified to the phase indicated; (R) Relegated.


SWPL2




















































































































Pos
Team

Pld

W

D

L

GF

GA

GD

Pts
Qualification or relegation
1

Hamilton Academical
20
16
0
4
84
24
+60
48
2017 SWPL 1
2

Heart of Midlothian
20
14
4
2
68
16
+52
46

3

Glasgow Girls
20
15
1
4
56
19
+37
46
4

Hutchison Vale[a]
20
9
4
7
52
39
+13
31
5

Jeanfield Swifts
20
9
1
10
67
42
+25
28
6

Buchan
19
5
3
11
42
55
−13
18
7

Inverness City (R)
20
2
1
17
22
104
−82
7
2017 SWFL 1
8

Queen's Park (R)
19
2
0
17
18
110
−92
6

Updated to match(es) played on 23 October 2016. Source: Soccerway
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Number of goals scored
(R) Relegated.
Notes:




  1. ^ Hutchison Vale were deducted three points for fielding an ineligible player in their win over Heart of Midlothian on 21 August 2016. The result was reversed and Hearts were awarded a 3-0 win.[5]




League and Cup honours







































Division
Winner

SWPL 1

Glasgow City[6]

SWPL 2


SWFL 1 North

East Fife

SWFL 1 South

Motherwell

SWFL 2 North

Granite City

SWFL 2 South West

Renfrew

SWFL 2 Central

Partick Thistle

SWFL 2 East

Dundee United





































Competition
Winner
Score
Runner-up
Match report

Scottish Women's Cup

Hibernian
1–1 a.e.t. (6–5 pen)

Glasgow City

BBC Sport

Scottish Women's Premier League Cup

Hibernian
2–1

Glasgow City

BBC Sport

SWFL First Division Cup





SWFL Second Division Cup






Individual honours


Jane Ross and Caroline Weir were both nominated for the (English) PFA Women's Players' Player of the Year award.[7]



SWPL awards




























Award
Winner
Team
Players' Player of the Year


Player of the Year


Manager of the Year


Young Player of the Year




UEFA Women's Champions League



Glasgow City



Eskilstuna United Sweden v Scotland Glasgow City


















Glasgow City Scotland v Sweden Eskilstuna United


















Hibernian



Hibernian Scotland v Germany Bayern Munich


















Bayern Munich Germany v Scotland Hibernian


















Scotland women's national team



The Scotland women's national football team qualified for a major tournament for the first time.[8][9] A loss by Finland against Portugal confirmed that Scotland would finish qualifying as one of the six best runners-up, guaranteeing a place in UEFA Women's Euro 2017.[8][9]



Iceland  v  Scotland


















Scotland  v  Netherlands


















Denmark  v  Scotland


















Denmark  v  Scotland


















New Zealand  v  Scotland


















Scotland  v  South Korea


















Austria  v  Scotland


















Scotland  v  Wales


















Belgium  v  Scotland


















Scotland  v  Romania


















Sweden  v  Scotland


















Deaths




  • 3 July: Jimmy Frizzell, 79, Greenock Morton inside forward.[10]

  • July: David Nicol, 80, Falkirk, Stirling Albion and Cowdenbeath wing half.[11]

  • 8 July: Jackie McInally, 79, Kilmarnock, Motherwell and Hamilton Academical forward.[12]

  • 21 July: Dick Donnelly, 74, East Fife and Brechin City goalkeeper, journalist and Radio Tay sports broadcaster.[13]

  • 5 August: Joe Davis, 75, Third Lanark and Hibernian defender.[14]

  • 20 August: Rab Stewart, 54, Dunfermline Athletic, Motherwell, Falkirk and Queen of the South forward.[15]

  • 5 September: Max Murray, 80, Queen's Park, Rangers, Third Lanark and Clyde forward.[16]

  • 13 September: Matt Gray, 80, Third Lanark forward.[17]

  • 16 September: Donald Cameron, 77, Ayr United chairman (2005–08).[18]

  • 19 September: Donnie Fraser, Inverness Caledonian Thistle director (2015–16).[19]

  • 20 September: Alan Cousin, 78, Dundee, Hibernian and Falkirk forward.[20]

  • 1 October: David Herd, 82, Scotland forward.[21]

  • 2 October: Jimmy McIntosh, 80, Falkirk wing-half; Forres Mechanics player/manager.[22]

  • 10 October: Gerry Gow, 64, Scotland under-23 midfielder.[23]

  • 10 October: Eddie O'Hara, 80, Falkirk and Morton winger.[24]

  • 16 October: George Peebles, 80, Dunfermline Athletic and Stirling Albion winger; Stirling Albion manager.[25]

  • 19 October: George McKimmie, 65, Dunfermline Athletic forward.[26]

  • 7 November: Eric Murray, 74, Kilmarnock and St Mirren wing half.[27]

  • 8 November: Ian Cowan, 71, Falkirk, Partick Thistle and Dunfermline Athletic forward.[28][29]

  • 16 November: Daniel Prodan, 44, Rangers defender.[30]

  • 25 November: Jim Gillespie, 69, Raith Rovers and Dunfermline Athletic winger.[31]

  • 26 November: David Provan, 75, Rangers, St Mirren and Scotland defender; Albion Rovers manager.[32]

  • 6 December: Dave MacLaren, 82, Dundee goalkeeper.[33]

  • 10 December: Tommy McCulloch, 82, Clyde and Hamilton goalkeeper.[34]

  • 11 December: Charlie McNeil, 53, Stirling Albion winger.[35]

  • 18 January: John Little, 86, Queen's Park, Rangers, Morton and Scotland defender.,[36]

  • 27 January: Billy Simpson, 87, Rangers, Stirling Albion and Partick Thistle forward.[37]

  • 18 February: Roger Hynd, 75, Rangers defender and Motherwell manager.[38]

  • 22 February: Paul Morrison, 42, Arbroath midfielder.[39]

  • 27 February: Alex Young, 80, Hearts and Scotland forward.[40]

  • 2 March: Tommy Gemmell, 73, Celtic, Dundee and Scotland full-back; Dundee and Albion Rovers manager.[41]

  • 22 March: Ken Currie, 91, Heart of Midlothian, Third Lanark, Raith Rovers, Dunfermline Athletic and Stranraer inside forward.[42]

  • 1 April: Stuart Markland, 69, Berwick Rangers, Dundee United and Montrose defender.[43]

  • 21 April: Ugo Ehiogu, 44, Rangers defender.[44]

  • 2 May: Cammy Duncan, 51, Motherwell, Partick Thistle, Ayr United and Albion Rovers goalkeeper.[45]

  • 6 May: Tommy Henaughan, 86, Queen's Park, Kilmarnock and Morton forward.[46]

  • 18 May: Eric Stevenson, 74, Hibernian and Ayr United winger.[47]

  • 19 May: Tommy Ross, 70, Ross County forward.[48]

  • 26 May: Derek Neilson, 58, Brechin City and Berwick Rangers goalkeeper.[49][50]

  • 18 June: Albert Franks, 81, Rangers, Morton and Queen of the South wing half.[51]

  • 27 June: Stéphane Paille, 52, Hearts midfielder.[52]

  • 28 June: John Higgins, 87, Hibernian and St Mirren defender.[53]



Notes and references





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