2009–10 Scottish Premier League
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| Season | 2009–10 |
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| Champions | Rangers |
| 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 |
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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.
Contents
Promotion and relegation from 2008–09
Promoted from First Division to Premier League
Relegated from Premier League to First Division
Events
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- 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.[3]
- 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.[4][5]
- 8 May – Falkirk were relegated after goalless draw against Kilmarnock at Rugby Park.[6]
League table
| Pos |
Team |
Pld |
W |
D |
L |
GF |
GA |
GD |
Pts |
Qualification or relegation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Rangers (C) | 38 | 26 | 9 | 3 | 82 | 28 | +54 | 87 | 2010–11 UEFA Champions League Group stage |
| 2 | Celtic | 38 | 25 | 6 | 7 | 75 | 39 | +36 | 81 | 2010–11 UEFA Champions League Third qualifying round |
| 3 | Dundee United | 38 | 17 | 12 | 9 | 55 | 47 | +8 | 63 | 2010–11 UEFA Europa League Play-off round 1 |
| 4 | Hibernian | 38 | 15 | 9 | 14 | 58 | 55 | +3 | 54 | 2010–11 UEFA Europa League Third qualifying round |
| 5 | Motherwell | 38 | 13 | 14 | 11 | 52 | 54 | −2 | 53 | 2010–11 UEFA 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 First Division |
Source: BBC Sport
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored
1by winning the Scottish Cup.
(C) = Champion; (R) = Relegated; (P) = Promoted; (E) = Eliminated; (O) = Play-off winner; (A) = Advances to a further round.
Only applicable when the season is not finished:
(Q) = Qualified to the phase of tournament indicated; (TQ) = Qualified to tournament, but not yet to the particular phase indicated; (RQ) = Qualified to the relegation tournament indicated; (DQ) = Disqualified from tournament.
Results
Matches 1–22
During their first 22 matches, each team played every other team home and away.
| Home ╲ Away | ABE | CEL | DUN | FAL | HAM | HOM | HIB | KIL | MOT | RAN | STJ | STM |
| Aberdeen | 1–3 | 0–2 | 0–1 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 0–2 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 1–0 | |
| Celtic | 1–0 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 1–2 | 3–0 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 5–2 | 3–1 | |
| Dundee United | 0–1 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 0–3 | 3–3 | 3–2 | |
| Falkirk | 0–0 | 3–3 | 1–4 | 2–0 | 0–1 | 1–3 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 1–3 | 1–2 | 1–3 | |
| Hamilton Academical | 0–3 | 1–2 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 2–2 | 0–1 | 0–2 | 1–0 | |
| Heart of Midlothian | 0–3 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–2 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 1–2 | 1–2 | 1–0 | |
| Hibernian | 2–0 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 5–1 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 1–4 | 3–0 | 2–1 | |
| Kilmarnock | 1–1 | 1–0 | 0–2 | 1–2 | 3–0 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 0–3 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 1–2 | |
| Motherwell | 1–1 | 2–3 | 2–2 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 1–3 | 3–1 | 0–0 | 1–3 | 2–0 | |
| Rangers | 0–0 | 2–1 | 7–1 | 4–1 | 4–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 3–0 | 6–1 | 3–0 | 2–1 | |
| St Johnstone | 1–0 | 1–4 | 2–3 | 3–1 | 1–1 | 2–2 | 5–1 | 0–1 | 2–2 | 1–2 | 1–0 | |
| St Mirren | 1–0 | 0–2 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 0–2 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 3–3 | 0–2 | 1–1 |
Source: BBC Sport
1 ^ The home team is listed in the left-hand column.
Colours: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.
Matches 23–33
During matches 23–33 each team played every other team once (either at home or away).
| Home ╲ Away | ABE | CEL | DUN | FAL | HAM | HOM | HIB | KIL | MOT | RAN | STJ | STM |
| Aberdeen | 4–4 | 2–2 | 0–1 | 0–3 | 1–3 | 2–1 | ||||||
| Celtic | 1–0 | 2–0 | 3–1 | 2–1 | 3–0 | |||||||
| Dundee United | 3–0 | 0–2 | 1–0 | 3–0 | 0–0 | |||||||
| Falkirk | 3–1 | 0–2 | 1–3 | 0–1 | 2–1 | |||||||
| Hamilton Academical | 1–1 | 0–1 | 2–2 | 4–1 | 0–0 | 1–0 | ||||||
| Heart of Midlothian | 3–2 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 1–4 | |||||||
| Hibernian | 2–2 | 0–1 | 2–4 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 2–1 | ||||||
| Kilmarnock | 2–0 | 4–4 | 1–2 | 0–2 | 3–2 | 1–1 | ||||||
| Motherwell | 0–1 | 3–1 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 1–1 | |||||||
| Rangers | 3–1 | 1–0 | 3–0 | 1–0 | 3–0 | 3–1 | ||||||
| St Johnstone | 0–1 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 1–2 | 4–1 | |||||||
| St Mirren | 4–0 | 1–2 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 1–1 |
Source: BBC Sport
1 ^ The home team is listed in the left-hand column.
Colours: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.
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
1 ^ The home team is listed in the left-hand column. Colours: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win. For coming matches, an a indicates there is an article about the match. |
Bottom six
1 ^ The home team is listed in the left-hand column. Colours: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win. |
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