2008–09_Scottish_Premier_League

2008–09 Scottish Premier League

2008–09 Scottish Premier League

103rd season of top-tier football league in Scotland


The 2008–09 Scottish Premier League season was the eleventh season of the Scottish Premier League and the second season under the sponsorship of the Clydesdale Bank. It began on 9 August 2008 with a game between Falkirk and Rangers.[1] After the 33rd round of matches, the league split in half and each team played a further five matches against the teams in their half of the league.

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Champions Rangers qualified directly for the Champions League, while second-placed Celtic qualified for the qualifying rounds. Four teams qualified for the new Europa League: Hearts and Aberdeen via league position, Falkirk via the Scottish Cup, and Motherwell by the Fair Play initiative. Inverness were relegated after their fifth season in the SPL and were replaced by St Johnstone for the following season's competition.

The championship was determined on the final day of the season. Leaders Rangers travelled to Tannadice to play Dundee United knowing that a win would secure the title. Meanwhile, Celtic needed to win their final match of the season against Hearts at Celtic Park and hope that Rangers failed to win to clinch the title. In the end, Rangers achieved this comfortably, courtesy of a 3–0 victory with goals scored by Kyle Lafferty, Pedro Mendes and the league's top goalscorer, Kris Boyd, clinching their first title in 4 years.[2] Meanwhile, Celtic drew Hearts 0-0.[2]

Clubs

Promotion and relegation from 2007–08

Promoted from First Division to Premier League

Relegated from Premier League

Stadia and locations

More information Aberdeen, Celtic ...

Personnel and kits

Managerial changes

More information Team, Outgoing manager ...

Events

League table

More information Pos, Team ...
Source: Scottish Professional Football League
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored
(C) Champions; (R) Relegated
Notes:
  1. Teams played each other three times (33 matches), before the league split into two groups (the top six and the bottom six) for the last five matches.
  2. Scotland were awarded an additional Europa League place as the association finished in third place of the UEFA Fair Play ranking. Motherwell earned this place as winners of the Scottish Fair Play ranking.
  3. Since Rangers, the winners of the Scottish Cup, already qualified for the Champions League via their league position, Falkirk, the losing finalist, earned a spot in the Europa League.

Results

Matches 1–22

During their first 22 matches, each team played every other team home and away.

More information Home \ Away, ABE ...
Source: BBC Sport
Legend: 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).

More information Home \ Away, ABE ...
Source: BBC Sport
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Matches 34–38

During matches 34–38 each team play every other team in their half of the table once.

More information Home \ Away, ABE ...

Goals

Top scorers

Last updated: 24 May 2009
Source: BBC Sport Archived 6 January 2009 at the Wayback Machine

Hat-tricks

More information Scorer, For ...

Attendances

More information Team, Stadium ...

Awards

Monthly awards

Clydesdale Bank Premier League Awards

More information Award, Recipient ...

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References

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  27. Aberdeen 0–0 Rangers Soccerbase, 24 January 2009
  28. Aberdeen 2–1 Falkirk Soccerbase, 13 December 2008
  29. Hibernian 1–1 Hearts Soccerbase, 19 October 2008
  30. Hibernian 2–0 St Mirren Soccerbase, 17 January 2009
  31. Dundee Utd 0–3 Rangers Soccerbase, 24 May 2009
  32. Dundee Utd 1–1 Inverness CT Soccerbase, 14 February 2009
  33. Kilmarnock 0–4 Rangers Soccerbase, 9 November 2008
  34. Kilmarnock 1–2 Falkirk Soccerbase, 25 October 2008
  35. Falkirk 0–1 Rangers Soccerbase, 5 April 2009
  36. Falkirk 0–1 Dundee Utd Soccerbase, 3 March 2009
  37. Motherwell 0–1 Rangers Soccerbase, 12 November 2008
  38. Motherwell 2–2 Inverness CT Soccerbase, 13 May 2009
  39. St Mirren played their final game at Love Street on 3 January 2009
  40. St Mirren 2–0 Inverness CT Soccerbase, 13 December 2008
  41. Inverness CT 1–2 Celtic Soccerbase, 18 October 2008
  42. Inverness CT 2–0 Kilmarnock Soccerbase, 7 February 2009
  43. Hamilton 0–1 Rangers Soccerbase, 28 February 2009
  44. Hamilton 1–1 Falkirk Soccerbase, 8 November 2008
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