2016–17 Scottish Premiership

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Scottish Premiership
Ladbrokes Premiership
Season 2016–17
2017–18 →

The 2016–17 Scottish Premiership (known as the Ladbrokes Scottish Premiership for sponsorship reasons) will be the fourth season of the Scottish Premiership, the highest division of Scottish football. The season will begin on 6 August 2016.[1] Celtic are the defending champions.

Twelve teams will contest the league. The teams involved are Aberdeen, Celtic, Dundee, Hamilton Academical, Heart of Midlothian, Inverness CT, Kilmarnock, Motherwell, Partick Thistle, Rangers, Ross County and St Johnstone.

Teams

The following teams have changed division since the 2015–16 season.

Stadia and locations

Aberdeen Celtic Dundee Hamilton Academical
Pittodrie Stadium Celtic Park Dens Park New Douglas Park
Capacity: 20,897[2] Capacity: 60,355[3] Capacity: 11,506[4] Capacity: 6,018[5]
Inside Pittodrie Stadium. - geograph.org.uk - 109557.jpg Celtic Park New.jpg Dens stand.jpg New Douglas Park - 1.jpg
Heart of Midlothian
Location of teams in 2015–16 Scottish Premiership
 Inverness Caledonian Thistle
Tynecastle Stadium Caledonian Stadium
Capacity: 17,529[6] Capacity: 7,800[7]
Tynecastle Stadium 2007.jpg Caledonianstadium.jpg
Kilmarnock Motherwell
Rugby Park Fir Park
Capacity: 18,128[8] Capacity: 13,677[9]
Rugby Park.jpg Fir Park, Motherwell. - geograph.org.uk - 219204.jpg
Partick Thistle Rangers Ross County St Johnstone
Firhill Stadium Ibrox Stadium Victoria Park McDiarmid Park
Capacity: 10,102[10] Capacity: 50,817[11] Capacity: 6,541[12] Capacity: 10,696[13]
JHS@Firhill.jpg Ibrox Inside.jpg Victoria park 2.jpg McDiarmid Park.jpg

Personnel and kits

Team Manager Captain Kit manufacturer Shirt sponsor
Aberdeen Scotland Derek McInnes Scotland Ryan Jack Adidas Saltire Energy
Celtic Northern Ireland Brendan Rodgers Scotland Scott Brown New Balance Dafabet
Dundee Scotland Paul Hartley Northern Ireland James McPake Puma McEwan Fraser Legal
Hamilton Academical Scotland Martin Canning TBC Adidas Nevis (H), Scotia Aid (A)
Heart of Midlothian Scotland Robbie Neilson Turkey Alim Öztürk Puma Save the Children
Inverness CT Republic of Ireland Richie Foran TBC Carbrini McEwan Fraser Legal
Kilmarnock England Lee Clark TBC Erreà QTS
Motherwell Scotland Mark McGhee Scotland Keith Lasley Macron Cash Converters
Partick Thistle Scotland Alan Archibald Ghana Abdul Osman Joma Kingsford Capital Management
Rangers England Mark Warburton Scotland Lee Wallace Puma 32Red
Ross County Scotland Jim McIntyre England Andrew Davies Macron Stanley CRC Evans Offshore
St Johnstone Northern Ireland Tommy Wright Scotland Dave Mackay Joma Invest in Perth

Managerial changes

Team Outgoing manager Manner of departure Date of vacancy Position in table Incoming manager Date of appointment
Celtic Norway Ronny Deila Resigned 15 May 2016 [14] Pre-season Northern Ireland Brendan Rodgers 20 May 2016[15]
Inverness CT Scotland John Hughes Resigned 20 May 2016[16] Republic of Ireland Richie Foran 30 May 2016[17]

Tournament format and regulations

Basic

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.

League table

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Results

Matches 1–22

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

Home ╲ Away ABE CEL DND HAM HOM INV KIL MOT PAR RAN ROS STJ
Aberdeen a
Celtic a
Dundee
Hamilton Academical a
Heart of Midlothian
Inverness Caledonian Thistle a a
Kilmarnock
Motherwell a
Partick Thistle
Rangers a
Ross County a
St Johnstone

Source: Scottish Premiership
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

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

Home ╲ Away ABE CEL DND HAM HOM INV KIL MOT PAR RAN ROS STJ
Aberdeen a
Celtic a
Dundee
Hamilton Academical a
Heart of Midlothian
Inverness Caledonian Thistle a a
Kilmarnock
Motherwell a
Partick Thistle
Rangers a
Ross County a
St Johnstone

Source: Scottish Premiership
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 league splits into two sections of six teams each, with teams playing every other team in their section once (either at home or away). The exact matches are determined upon the league table at the time of the split.

Premiership play-offs

The quarter-finals will be contested between the 3rd and 4th placed teams in the Scottish Championship. The winners will advance to the semi-finals to face the 2nd placed team in the Championship, and the winners of that tie will advance to the final to play-off against the 11th placed team in the Premiership, with the winners securing a place in the 2017–18 Scottish Premiership.

References

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External links

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