Scottish Premier League 2006-07

Infobox Football league season
competition = Bank of Scotland Premier League
season = 2006–07
winners = Celtic
promoted =
relegated = Dunfermline
continentalcup1 = Champions League
continentalcup1 qualifiers = Celtic, Rangers
continentalcup2 = UEFA Cup
continentalcup2 qualifiers = Aberdeen, Dunfermline
continentalcup3 = Intertoto Cup
continentalcup3 qualifiers = "None"
league topscorer = Kris Boyd (20)
biggest home win = Motherwell 5–0 Kilmarnock (30 Sep)
biggest away win = Motherwell 1–7 Hibernian (18 Nov)
highest attendance =
lowest attendance =
prevseason = 2005–06
nextseason = 2007–08

The 2006–07 Scottish Premier League season was the ninth season of the Scottish Premier League. It began on July 29 2006.

The league champions, Celtic and runners-up, Rangers, qualified for the UEFA Champions League. The team finishing third, Aberdeen qualified for the UEFA Cup, as did the Scottish Cup finalists Dunfermline Athletic. However, being the bottom-placed team in the SPL, Dunfermline were also relegated to the First Division.

Promotion and relegation from 2005–06

Promoted from First Division to Premier League
*St. Mirren

Relegated from Premier League to First Division
*Livingston

Events

*On April 22 2007 Celtic beat Kilmarnock 2–1 to win the title for the second season running with a last-minute winner from Shunsuke Nakamura.

*On May 12 2007 Dunfermline Athletic were relegated to the First Division after a 2–1 defeat at Inverness and St. Mirren came back from 2–0 down to win 3–2 at Motherwell.

*On May 20 2007 Aberdeen beat Rangers 2–0 at home in their final game of the season to qualify for the UEFA Cup.

*For the second consecutive season, the top scorer was Kris Boyd of Rangers, with 20 goals.

Final table

Fb cl footer|s= |nt=*Dunfermline gained UEFA Cup place as fellow Scottish Cup finalists Celtic had already qualified for Europe via Champions League
* No Scottish side competed in the Intertoto Cup in the 2007-08 season after Inverness CT withdrew their application
* After 33 games (at which point each team had played each other three times) the table split into a top six and bottom six, and teams played one further game against each side in their half. Teams stayed in their half of the league regardless of their points total.|date=March 2008

Monthly awards

ee also

*Celtic F.C. season 2006-07
*Dundee United F.C. season 2006-07
*Hibernian F.C. season 2006-07
*Kilmarnock F.C. season 2006-07
*Rangers F.C. season 2006-07