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2017–18 Scottish Premiership

The 2017–18 Scottish Premiership (known as the Ladbrokes Premiership for sponsorship reasons) was the fifth season of the Scottish Premiership, the highest division of Scottish football. The fixtures were published on 23 June 2017.[4] The season began on 5 August 2017.[5] Celtic were the defending champions.

Scottish Premiership
Season2017–18
Dates5 August 2017 – 13 May 2018
ChampionsCeltic
5th Premiership title
49th Scottish title
RelegatedPartick Thistle
Ross County
Champions LeagueCeltic
Europa LeagueAberdeen
Rangers
Hibernian
Matches played228
Goals scored594 (2.61 per match)
Top goalscorerKris Boyd (18 goals)[1][2]
Biggest home winCeltic 5–0 Rangers[3]
(29 April 2018)
Biggest away winSt Johnstone 0–4 Celtic[3]
(4 November 2017)
Dundee 0–4 St Johnstone[3]
(10 March 2018)
Motherwell 1–5 St Johnstone[3]
(5 May 2018)
Highest scoringHibernian 5–5 Rangers[3]
(13 May 2018)
Longest winning run6 matches:[3]
Kilmarnock
Longest unbeaten run17 matches:[3]
Celtic
Longest winless run12 matches:[3]
Ross County
Longest losing run6 matches:[3]
Hamilton Academical
Highest attendance59,259[3]
Celtic 2–2 Hibernian
(30 September 2017)
Lowest attendance1,272[3]
Hamilton Academical 3–2 Ross County
(16 December 2017)
Total attendance3,632,642[3]
Average attendance15,932 (1,963)[3]
All statistics correct as of 13 May 2018.

Twelve teams contested the league: Aberdeen, Celtic, Dundee, Hamilton Academical, Heart of Midlothian, Hibernian, Kilmarnock, Motherwell, Partick Thistle, Rangers, Ross County and St Johnstone.

The season's average attendance was 15,932, the highest level since 2006–07.[3]

On 29 April 2018, Celtic won their seventh consecutive title and 49th overall after a 5–0 win at home to Rangers.[6]

Teams

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The following teams have changed division since the 2016–17 season.

Stadia and locations

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AberdeenCelticDundeeHamilton Academical
Pittodrie StadiumCeltic ParkDens ParkNew Douglas Park
Capacity: 20,866[7]Capacity: 60,411[8]Capacity: 11,506[9]Capacity: 5,510[10]
Heart of Midlothian
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Location of teams in 2017–18 Scottish Premiership
Hibernian
Tynecastle Park[11]Easter Road
Capacity: 20,099[12]Capacity: 20,421[13]
KilmarnockMotherwell
Rugby ParkFir Park
Capacity: 17,889[14]Capacity: 13,677[15]
Partick ThistleRangersRoss CountySt Johnstone
Firhill StadiumIbrox StadiumVictoria ParkMcDiarmid Park
Capacity: 10,102[16]Capacity: 50,817[17]Capacity: 6,541[18]Capacity: 10,696[19]

Personnel and kits

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TeamManagerCaptainKit manufacturerShirt sponsor
Aberdeen Derek McInnes Graeme ShinnieAdidasSaltire Energy
Celtic Brendan Rodgers Scott BrownNew BalanceDafabet
Dundee Neil McCann Darren O'DeaPumaMcEwan Fraser Legal
Hamilton Academical Martin Canning Dougie ImrieAdidasSuperSeal (H), NetBet (A)
Heart of Midlothian Craig Levein Christophe BerraUmbroSave the Children
Hibernian Neil Lennon David GrayMacronMarathonbet
Kilmarnock Steve Clarke Steven SmithNikeQTS
Motherwell Steve Robinson Carl McHughMacronMcEwan Fraser Legal
Partick Thistle Alan Archibald Abdul OsmanJomaJust Employment Law
Rangers Jimmy Nicholl (interim) Lee WallacePuma32Red
Ross County Steven Ferguson and Stuart Kettlewell Andrew DaviesMacronStanley CRC Evans Offshore
St Johnstone Tommy Wright Steven AndersonJomaAlan Storrar Cars

Managerial changes

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TeamOutgoing managerManner of departureDate of vacancyPosition in tableIncoming managerDate of appointment
Dundee Neil McCannEnd of interim20 May 2017[20]Pre-season Neil McCann1 June 2017[21]
Kilmarnock Lee McCulloch20 May 2017[22] Lee McCulloch5 June 2017[23]
Heart of Midlothian Ian CathroSacked1 August 2017[24] Craig Levein28 August 2017[25]
Ross County Jim McIntyre25 September 2017[26]10th Owen Coyle28 September 2017[27]
Kilmarnock Lee McCullochResigned1 October 2017[28]12th Steve Clarke14 October 2017[29]
Rangers Pedro CaixinhaSacked26 October 2017[30]4th Graeme Murty (interim)26 October 2017[30]
Rangers Graeme MurtyEnd of interim22 December 2017[31]3rd Graeme Murty22 December 2017[31]
Ross County Owen CoyleResigned1 March 2018[32]12th Steven Ferguson and Stuart Kettlewell2 March 2018[33]
Rangers Graeme MurtySacked1 May 2018[34]3rd Jimmy Nicholl (interim)1 May 2018[34]

Format

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Basic

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In the initial phase of the season, the 12 teams will play a round-robin tournament whereby each team plays each one of the other teams three times. After 33 games, the league splits into two sections of six teams, with each team playing each other in that section. The league attempts to balance the fixture list so that teams in the same section play each other twice at home and twice away, but sometimes this is impossible. A total of 228 matches will be played, with 38 matches played by each team.

Prize money

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In April 2018, the SPFL confirmed the prize money to be allocated to the league members at the conclusion of the competitions. The Premiership winners would receive £3.176 million, with a total pot of £24.5m to be distributed across the four divisions.[35]

League summary

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League table

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PosTeam
PldWDLGFGAGDPtsQualification or relegation[a]
1Celtic (C)38241047325+4882Qualification for the Champions League first qualifying round[b]
2Aberdeen3822795637+1973Qualification for the Europa League second qualifying round
3Rangers38217107650+2670Qualification for the Europa League first qualifying round
4Hibernian38181376246+1667
5Kilmarnock381611114947+259
6Heart of Midlothian381213133939049
7Motherwell38139164349−648
8St Johnstone381210164253−1146
9Dundee38116213657−2139
10Hamilton Academical3896234768−2133
11Partick Thistle (R)3889213161−3033Qualification for the Premiership play-off final
12Ross County (R)38611214062−2229Relegation to the Championship
Source: Soccerway BBC
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).[36]
(C) Champions; (R) Relegated
Notes:
  1. ^ Teams play each other three times (33 matches) before the league is split into two groups (the top six and the bottom six).
  2. ^ Since the winners of the 2017–18 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.

Positions by round

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The table lists the positions of teams after each week of matches. In order to preserve chronological progress, any postponed matches are not included in the round at which they were originally scheduled, but added to the full round they were played immediately afterwards. For example, if a match is scheduled for matchday 13, but then postponed and played between days 16 and 17, it will be added to the standings for day 16.

Leader – Qualification to Champions League first qualifying round
Qualification to Europa League first qualifying round
Qualification to Premiership play-off final
Relegation to 2018–19 Scottish Championship
Team \ Round1234567891011121314151617181920212223242526272829303132333435363738
Celtic12121111111111111111111111111111111111
Aberdeen34312222222222233322223322333332332222
Rangers46654353334444322233332233222223223333
Hibernian23566646675333444444444444444444444444
Kilmarnock8910101112121211111111101010108886767777655555555555
Heart of Midlothian128788777757767766555555555566666666666
Motherwell911875565443555555678886666777787777777
St Johnstone61233434566676677767678888988878888888
Dundee712121112998891012121211910111010101010999891010101010910999
Hamilton Academical1154478899109898889999999101011111099999109101010
Partick Thistle1010111210111111121212101111121212121211121111111110101111111112121111111111
Ross County57999101010108898991111101112111212121212121212121211111212121212

Source: BBC Sport

Results

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Matches 1–22

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Teams play each other twice, once at home and once away.

Home \ AwayABECELDNDHAMHOMHIBKILMOTPARRANROSSTJ
Aberdeen—0–32–12–00–04–11–10–21–01–22–13–0
Celtic3–0—1–03–14–12–21–15–12–00–04–01–1
Dundee0–10–2—1–32–11–10–00–13–02–11–23–2
Hamilton Academical2–21–43–0—1–21–11–21–20–01–43–20–1
Heart of Midlothian0–04–02–01–1—0–01–21–01–11–30–01–0
Hibernian0–12–22–11–31–0—1–12–23–11–22–11–2
Kilmarnock1–30–21–12–20–10–3—1–05–12–10–21–2
Motherwell0–11–11–11–32–10–12–0—3–01–22–02–0
Partick Thistle3–40–12–11–01–10–10–23–2—2–22–01–0
Rangers3–00–24–10–20–02–31–12–03–0—2–11–3
Ross County1–20–10–22–11–20–12–23–21–11–3—1–1
St Johnstone0–30–40–22–10–01–11–24–11–00–30–0—
Source: Scottish Premiership
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.
For upcoming matches, an "a" indicates there is an article about the rivalry between the two participants.

Matches 23–33

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Teams play every other team once (either at home or away).

Home \ AwayABECELDNDHAMHOMHIBKILMOTPARRANROSSTJ
Aberdeen—0–21–03–0——3–1————4–1
Celtic——0–0—3–11–0————3–00–0
Dundee————1–10–1—0–1——1–40–4
Hamilton Academical—1–21–2—0–3——2–02–13–5——
Heart of Midlothian2–0—————1–11–13–0——1–0
Hibernian2–0——3–12–0——2–12–0———
Kilmarnock—1–03–22–0—2–2————3–22–0
Motherwell0–20–0————0–1—1–12–22–0—
Partick Thistle0–01–21–2———0–1——0–2——
Rangers2–02–34–0—2–01–20–1—————
Ross County2–4——2–21–11–1——4–01–2——
St Johnstone———1–0—1–1—0–01–31–42–0—
Source: Scottish Premiership
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.
For upcoming matches, an "a" indicates there is an article about the rivalry between the two participants.

Matches 34–38

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After 33 matches, the league splits into two sections of six teams i.e. the top six and the bottom six, with the teams playing every other team in their section once (either at home or away). The exact matches are determined by the position of the teams in the league table at the time of the split.[37]

Season statistics

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Top scorers

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As of matches played on 13 May 2018
RankPlayerClubGoals
1 Kris BoydKilmarnock18
2 Alfredo MorelosRangers14
3 Josh WindassRangers13
4 Kyle LaffertyHeart of Midlothian12
5 Alex SchalkRoss County11
6 Scott SinclairCeltic10

Source:[1][2][38]

Hat-tricks

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PlayerForAgainstResultDateReference
Adam RooneyAberdeenSt Johnstone3–030 September 2017[39]
Odsonne ÉdouardCelticMotherwell5–12 December 2017[40]
Gary Mackay-StevenAberdeenHibernian4–116 December 2017[41]
Josh WindassRangersHamilton Academical5–318 February 2018[42]
Florian KamberiHibernianHamilton Academical3–13 April 2018[43]
Alex SchalkRoss CountyPartick Thistle4–03 April 2018[44]
Steven MacLeanSt JohnstoneMotherwell5–15 May 2018[45]
Jamie MaclarenHibernianRangers5–513 May 2018[46]

Discipline

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Player

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Club

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Attendances

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These are the average attendances of the teams.

PosTeamTotalHighLowAverageChange
1Celtic1,096,35659,25953,88357,702+5.6%†
2Rangers934,29850,21547,27249,173+0.6%†
3Heart of Midlothian331,72532,85215,35718,429+12.9%†
4Hibernian344,35520,19315,45918,123+17.7%†
5Aberdeen299,73420,52813,53115,775+24.8%†
6Dundee113,0009,1934,8635,947−7.5%†
7Motherwell108,9699,9743,1965,448+21.5%†
8Kilmarnock102,42411,4903,3375,390+8.6%†
9Ross County86,2606,5903,0214,540+10.7%†
10Partick Thistle84,3938,2642,4524,441+3.7%†
11St Johnstone72,3716,8872,0373,809−13.3%†
12Hamilton Academical58,8075,4061,2723,095+22.3%†
League total3,632,64259,2591,27215,932+14.1%†

Updated to games played on 13 May 2018
Source: [49][50][51][52][53][54][55][56][57][58][59][60]

Awards

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MonthManager of the MonthPlayer of the MonthRef.
ManagerClubPlayerClub
August Tommy WrightSt Johnstone Michael O'HalloranSt Johnstone[61]
September Brendan RodgersCeltic Louis MoultMotherwell
October Neil LennonHibernian Kieran TierneyCeltic
November Martin CanningHamilton Academical David TempletonHamilton Academical
December Steve ClarkeKilmarnock Kris BoydKilmarnock
JanuaryNo awards due to winter break
February Steve ClarkeKilmarnock Josh WindassRangers
March Steve ClarkeKilmarnock Stephen O'DonnellKilmarnock

Premiership play-offs

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The quarter-final will be contested between the third and fourth-placed teams (Dundee United and Dunfermline Athletic) in the Scottish Championship, with the winners advancing to the semi-final to face the second-placed Championship side (Livingston). The last remaining Championship team will play-off against the eleventh-placed Premiership team in the final, with the winners securing the last place in the 2018–19 Scottish Premiership.

Quarter-final

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First leg

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1 May 2018 Dunfermline Athletic 0–0 Dundee United Dunfermline
19:45BBC ReportStadium: East End Park
Attendance: 6,474
Referee: Bobby Madden

Second leg

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4 May 2018 Dundee United 2–1
(2–1 agg.)		 Dunfermline Athletic Dundee
19:45McDonald 57'
Stanton 70'		BBC ReportMcManus 14'Stadium: Tannadice Park
Attendance: 7,994
Referee: Willie Collum

Semi-final

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First leg

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7 May 2018 Dundee United 2–3 Livingston Dundee
19:45Mikkelsen 3'
Ralston 28'		BBC ReportDe Vita 2'
Mullin 77'
Pittman 80'		Stadium: Tannadice Park
Attendance: 5,610
Referee: Nick Walsh

Second leg

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11 May 2018 Livingston 1–1
(4–3 agg.)		 Dundee United Livingston
19:45Lithgow 6'BBC ReportFraser 21'Stadium: Almondvale Stadium
Attendance: 4,508
Referee: Don Robertson

Final

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First leg

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17 May 2018 Livingston 2–1 Partick Thistle Livingston
19:45Jacobs 13'
Pittman 74'		BBC ReportDoolan 10'Stadium: Almondvale Stadium
Attendance: 5,469
Referee: Craig Thomson

Second leg

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20 May 2018 Partick Thistle 0–1
(1–3 agg.)		 Livingston Glasgow
15:30ReportJacobs 46'Stadium: Firhill Stadium
Attendance: 7,122
Referee: John Beaton

Livingston were promoted to the Premiership.

Broadcasting

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Live Matches

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The SPFL permits Sky Sports and BT Sport to show up to six live home matches between the broadcasters from each club - although this is only four for Rangers and Celtic. Sky Sports and BT Sport's deal allows them to broadcast 30 games each (and the play-offs for BT). The deal roughly provides £21m to SPFL per season.[62]

Highlights

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Sky Sports hold the rights to Saturday night highlights - however, they do not broadcast a dedicated programme and instead merely show the goals of the Premiership matches on Sky Sports News in their Goals Express programme - which primarily is focused on goals from the English Football League. Gaelic-language channel BBC Alba has the rights to broadcast the repeat in full of 38 Saturday 3pm matches "as live" at 5.30pm. The main Premiership highlights programme is BBC Scotland's Sportscene programme hosted on a Sunday which shows in depth highlights of all six Premiership matches every weekend. STV show the goals the weekend matches on Monday nights during the Sport section of their News at Six programme as well as during their weeknight football-debate show on STV2. The SPFL also uploads the goals from every Premiership match onto its YouTube channel - available from 6pm on a Sunday for UK and Ireland viewers and 10pm on a Saturday for those worldwide.

See also

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References

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