Pixels: | 250 |
Competition: | Scottish Premiership |
Season: | 2017–18 |
Winners: | Celtic 5th Premiership title 49th Scottish title |
Relegated: | Partick Thistle Ross County |
Continentalcup1: | Champions League |
Continentalcup1 Qualifiers: | Celtic |
Continentalcup2: | Europa League |
Continentalcup2 Qualifiers: | Aberdeen Rangers Hibernian |
Matches: | 228 |
Total Goals: | 594 |
League Topscorer: | Kris Boyd (18 goals)[1] [2] |
Biggest Home Win: | [3] (29 April 2018) |
Biggest Away Win: | (4 November 2017) (10 March 2018) (5 May 2018) |
Highest Scoring: | (13 May 2018) |
Longest Wins: | 6 matches: Kilmarnock |
Longest Unbeaten: | 17 matches: Celtic |
Longest Winless: | 12 matches: Ross County |
Longest Losses: | 6 matches: Hamilton Academical |
Highest Attendance: | 59,259 (30 September 2017) |
Lowest Attendance: | 1,272 (16 December 2017) |
Attendance: | 3,632,642 |
Average Attendance: | 15,932 (1,963) |
Prevseason: | 2016–17 |
Nextseason: | 2018–19 |
Updated: | 13 May 2018 |
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.
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]
The following teams have changed division since the 2016–17 season.
Promoted from Scottish Championship
Relegated to Scottish Championship
Aberdeen | Celtic | Dundee | Hamilton Academical | |
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Pittodrie Stadium | Celtic Park | Dens Park | New Douglas Park | |
Capacity: 20,866[7] | Capacity: 60,411[8] | Capacity: 11,506[9] | Capacity: 5,510[10] | |
Heart of Midlothian | Hibernian | |||
Tynecastle Park[11] | Easter Road | |||
Capacity: 20,099[12] | Capacity: 20,421[13] | |||
Kilmarnock | Motherwell | |||
Rugby Park | Fir Park | |||
Capacity: 17,889[14] | Capacity: 13,677[15] | |||
Partick Thistle | Rangers | Ross County | St Johnstone | |
Firhill Stadium | Ibrox Stadium | Victoria Park | McDiarmid Park | |
Capacity: 10,102[16] | Capacity: 50,817[17] | Capacity: 6,541[18] | Capacity: 10,696[19] | |
Team | Manager | Captain | Kit manufacturer | Shirt sponsor |
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Aberdeen | Adidas | Saltire Energy | ||
Celtic | New Balance | Dafabet | ||
Dundee | Puma | McEwan Fraser Legal | ||
Hamilton Academical | Adidas | SuperSeal (H), NetBet (A) | ||
Heart of Midlothian | Umbro | Save the Children | ||
Hibernian | Neil Lennon | David Gray | Macron | Marathonbet |
Kilmarnock | Nike | QTS | ||
Motherwell | Macron | McEwan Fraser Legal | ||
Partick Thistle | Joma | Just Employment Law | ||
Rangers | (interim) | Puma | 32Red | |
Ross County | Steven Ferguson and | Macron | Stanley CRC Evans Offshore | |
St Johnstone | Joma | Alan Storrar Cars | ||
Team | Outgoing manager | Manner of departure | Date of vacancy | Position in table | Incoming manager | Date of appointment |
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Dundee | End of interim | 20 May 2017[20] | Pre-season | 1 June 2017[21] | ||
Kilmarnock | 20 May 2017[22] | 5 June 2017[23] | ||||
Heart of Midlothian | Sacked | 1 August 2017[24] | 28 August 2017[25] | |||
Ross County | 25 September 2017[26] | 10th | 28 September 2017[27] | |||
Kilmarnock | Resigned | 1 October 2017[28] | 12th | 14 October 2017[29] | ||
Rangers | Sacked | 26 October 2017[30] | 4th | (interim) | 26 October 2017 | |
Rangers | End of interim | 22 December 2017[31] | 3rd | 22 December 2017 | ||
Ross County | Resigned | 1 March 2018[32] | 12th | and | 2 March 2018[33] | |
Rangers | Sacked | 1 May 2018[34] | 3rd | (interim) | 1 May 2018 | |
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.
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]
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 \ Round | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 | 24 | 25 | 26 | 27 | 28 | 29 | 30 | 31 | 32 | 33 | 34 | 35 | 36 | 37 | 38 | ||||||||||||||||||||
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3 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | |||||||||||||||||||||
4 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | |||||||||||||||||||||
2 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 4 | 6 | 6 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | |||||||||||||||||||||
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12 | 8 | 7 | 8 | 8 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 5 | 7 | 7 | 6 | 7 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | |||||||||||||||||||||
9 | style=background:#FFCCCC;" | 11 | 8 | 7 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 8 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | ||||||||||||||||||||
6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 6 | 7 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 9 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 7 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | |||||||||||||||||||||
7 | 12 | 12 | style=background:#FFCCCC;" | 11 | 12 | 9 | 9 | 8 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 12 | 12 | 12 | style=background:#FFCCCC;" | 11 | 9 | 10 | style=background:#FFCCCC;" | 11 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 9 | 10 | 9 | 9 | 9 | ||||||||||||||||||
style=background:#FFCCCC;" | 11 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 7 | 8 | 8 | 9 | 9 | 10 | 9 | 8 | 9 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 10 | 10 | style=background:#FFCCCC;" | 11 | style=background:#FFCCCC;" | 11 | 10 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 10 | 9 | 10 | 10 | 10 | ||||||||||||||||||
10 | 10 | style=background:#FFCCCC;" | 11 | 12 | 10 | style=background:#FFCCCC;" | 11 | style=background:#FFCCCC;" | 11 | style=background:#FFCCCC;" | 11 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 10 | style=background:#FFCCCC;" | 11 | style=background:#FFCCCC;" | 11 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | style=background:#FFCCCC;" | 11 | 12 | style=background:#FFCCCC;" | 11 | style=background:#FFCCCC;" | 11 | style=background:#FFCCCC;" | 11 | style=background:#FFCCCC;" | 11 | 10 | 10 | style=background:#FFCCCC;" | 11 | style=background:#FFCCCC;" | 11 | style=background:#FFCCCC;" | 11 | style=background:#FFCCCC;" | 11 | 12 | 12 | style=background:#FFCCCC;" | 11 | style=background:#FFCCCC;" | 11 | style=background:#FFCCCC;" | 11 | style=background:#FFCCCC;" | 11 | style=background:#FFCCCC;" | 11 | |
5 | 7 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 8 | 8 | 9 | 8 | 9 | 9 | style=background:#FFCCCC;" | 11 | style=background:#FFCCCC;" | 11 | 10 | style=background:#FFCCCC;" | 11 | 12 | style=background:#FFCCCC;" | 11 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | style=background:#FFCCCC;" | 11 | style=background:#FFCCCC;" | 11 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 |
Teams play each other twice, once at home and once away.
Teams play every other team once (either at home or away).
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.[36]
Rank | Player | Club | Goals | |
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1 | Kris Boyd | Kilmarnock | 18 | |
2 | Alfredo Morelos | Rangers | 14 | |
3 | Josh Windass | Rangers | 13 | |
4 | Kyle Lafferty | Heart of Midlothian | 12 | |
5 | Alex Schalk | Ross County | 11 | |
6 | Scott Sinclair | Celtic | 10 |
Player | For | Against | Result | Date | Reference | |
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Adam Rooney | Aberdeen | St Johnstone | 3–0 | 30 September 2017 | [37] | |
Odsonne Édouard | Celtic | Motherwell | 5–1 | 2 December 2017 | [38] | |
Gary Mackay-Steven | Aberdeen | Hibernian | 4–1 | 16 December 2017 | [39] | |
Josh Windass | Rangers | Hamilton Academical | 5–3 | 18 February 2018 | [40] | |
Florian Kamberi | Hibernian | Hamilton Academical | 3–1 | 3 April 2018 | [41] | |
Alex Schalk | Ross County | Partick Thistle | 4–0 | 3 April 2018 | [42] | |
Steven MacLean | St Johnstone | Motherwell | 5–1 | 5 May 2018 | [43] | |
Jamie Maclaren | Hibernian | Rangers | 5–5 | 13 May 2018 | [44] |
Rank | Player | Club | Cards | |
---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Graeme Shinnie | Aberdeen | 15 | |
John McGinn | Hibernian | |||
3 | Murray Davidson | St Johnstone | 14 | |
4 | Kyle Lafferty | Heart of Midlothian | 12 | |
Carl McHugh | Motherwell | |||
6 | John Souttar | Heart of Midlothian | 10 |
Rank | Player | Club | Cards | |
---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Ryan Jack | Rangers | 4 | |
2 | Darren O'Dea | Dundee | 2 | |
3 | 38 players | 1 |
Rank | Club | Cards | |
---|---|---|---|
1 | Heart of Midlothian | 86 | |
2 | Hamilton Academical | 82 | |
3 | Rangers | 81 |
Rank | Club | Cards | |
---|---|---|---|
1 | Hamilton Academical | 9 | |
2 | Heart of Midlothian | 5 | |
Motherwell | |||
Rangers | |||
5 | St Johnstone | 4 |
These are the average attendances of the teams.
Month | Manager of the Month | Player of the Month | Ref. | ||
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Manager | Club | Player | Club | ||
August | Tommy Wright | St Johnstone | Michael O'Halloran | St Johnstone | [45] |
September | Brendan Rodgers | Celtic | Louis Moult | Motherwell | |
October | Neil Lennon | Hibernian | Kieran Tierney | Celtic | |
November | Martin Canning | Hamilton Academical | David Templeton | Hamilton Academical | |
December | Steve Clarke | Kilmarnock | Kris Boyd | Kilmarnock | |
January | No awards due to winter break | ||||
February | Steve Clarke | Kilmarnock | Josh Windass | Rangers | |
March | Steve Clarke | Kilmarnock | Stephen O'Donnell | Kilmarnock |
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.
Livingston were promoted to the Premiership.
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.[46]
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.