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Scottish football/soccer : Scottish Premier League 2012/2013 season preview

Rangers kicked out of Scottish Premier League

Having lost the Scottish title on the final day of the 2010/11 campaign, Celtic clinched the championship with an emphatic 6-0 win against Kilmarnock with a month of last season remaining. "It's the best day of my professional life," Celtic manager Neil Lennon said. Lennon's first title in his second full season as manager, and Celtic's first in four years, comes after they came from 15 points beind to overhaul holders Rangers, who began to stumble even before being docked 10 points by the Scottish Premier League for going into administration in February.

Rangers were also ejected from the Scottish Premier League when rival teams voted to exclude the Glasgow giants following their financial crisis. Rangers chief executive Charles Green said the 140-year-old club was "deeply disappointed" with the result of the vote. Rangers, one of the most famous teams in Britain, won a record 54 domestic league titles but has tax debts of 21 million pounds. They will begin the new season in the Third Division, the fourth tier of Scottish football. Club owner Craig Whyte has also been banned for life from any involvement in Scottish footbal.

  • Champinos: Celtic (UEFA Champions League QR3)
  • Third place: Motherwell (UEFA Champions League QR3)
  • Fourth place: Dundee United (UEFA Europa League QR3)
  • Fifth place and Cup winners: Hearts (UEFA Europa League QR4)
  • Sixth place: St. Johnstone (UEFA Europa League QR2)
  • Relegated: Rangers, Dunfermline Athletic
  • Promoted: Ross County, Dundee.

The Scottish Premier League has invited Dundee to play in the top flight to replace Rangers. They were chosen ahead of relegated Dunfermline at the SPL's annual general meeting. Dundee, who have been in administration twice in the last nine years, are replacing a once-mighty giant that could not survive the same process. They finished runners-up in the second tier last season, 24 points behind First Division champions Ross County.

teamtitles2007/082008/092009/102010/112011/12
Celtic4312221
Hearts483635
Aberdeen4449109
Hibernian4674811
DundeeUnited155344
Motherwell136563
Kilmarnock11181157
Dundee1-----
St. Mirren-101110118
Inverness-912-710
St.Johnstone---896
Ross County------

The overall number of titles (since 1891) for each club in the Scottish Premier League and their league standings in the last five seasons.

This page is introduction to the 2012/2013 Scottish Premier League season. Latest news, statistics, results and predictions you can find on our main Euro Football > Scotland page.

#teampoints g.dif. win-draw-loss
1Celtic936330-3-5 (38)
2Rangers634926-5-7 (38)
3Motherwell62518-8-12 (38)
4Dundee United591216-11-11 (38)
5Hearts52215-7-16 (38)
6St. Johnstone50-714-8-16 (38)
7Kilmarnock47-1711-14-13 (38)
8St. Mirren43-129-16-13 (38)
9Aberdeen41-89-14-15 (38)
10Inverness39-1810-9-19 (38)
11Hibernian33-278-9-21 (38)
12Dunfermline25-425-10-23 (38)

The SPL standings for season 2011/2012

Life without Rangers

The Scottish Premier League has been labelled a two-horse race for the past 25 years, with the title swinging backwards and forwards between Ranger and Celtic. Following the news Rangers will begin the 2012/13 season in the Third Division, bookmakers have quickly installed Celtic as favourites to take the title this season at the incredible odds of 1.03. Some critics believe Celtic will have the title sewn up by Christmas and attention now turns to the more interesting battle of which team will finish second. The battle for second place is between Hearts, Motherwell and Dundee United according to bookmakers.

teamoddsteamodds
Celtic1.03Dundee United26
Hearts29Motherwell40
Aberdeen80Johnstone100
Kilmarnock126Hibernian150
Ross County250Inverness250
St. Mirren250Dundee500

The preseason odds for the outright winner of the 2012/13 Scottish football league.

Scottish Cup finals in last five seasons

2008   Rangers - Queen Of The South   3:2
2009   Rangers - Falkirk   1:0
2010   Dundee United - Ross County   3:0
2011   Celtic - Motherwell   3:0
2012   Hearts - Hibernian   5:1

Scottish League Cup finals in last five seasons

2008   Rangers - Dundee United   2:2   (3:2 penalties)
2009   Celtic - Rangers   2:0
2010   Rangers - St. Mirren   1:0
2011   Rangers - Celtic   2:1
2012   Kilmarnock - Celtic   1:0
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key players
(transfer market value in m€)

Aberdeen

Goalkeeper Jamie Langfield (0.6); Defense: Andy Considine (1), Russell Anderson (0.4), Clark Robertson (0.2); Midfield: Jonny Hayes (0.9), Ryan Jack (0.6), Isaac Osbourne (0.5), Niall McGinn (0.5), Peter Pawlett (0.4); Forward: Scott Vernon (0.5), Rory Fallon (0.4).

Celtic Glasgow

Goalkeeper Fraser Forster (2); Defense: Emilio Izaguirre (4.5), Charlie Mulgrew (3.5), Adam Matthews (3); Midfield: Scott Brown (5.5), Joe Ledley (4.8), Biram Kayal (4), Victor Wanyama (3.8), Sung-Yong Ki (3.5); Forward: Gary Hooper (5), Georgios Samaras (4).

Dundee

Goalkeeper Rab Douglas (0.3); Defense: Gary Irvine (0.4), Kyle Benedictus (0.3), Matt Lockwood (0.3); Midfield: Kevin McBride (0.4), Stephen O'Donnell (0.3), Ryan Conroy (0.3), Nicky Riley (0.3); Forward: John Baird (0.4), Steven Milne (0.3), Carl Finnigan (0.3).

Dundee United

Goalkeeper Radoslaw Cierzniak (0.3); Defense: Gavin Gunning (0.5), Sean Dillon (0.5), Brian McLean (0.4), Barry Douglas (0.4); Midfield: Willo Flood (0.6), John Rankin (0.6), Gary Mackay-Steven (0.6); Forward: Jon Daly (1.3), Johnny Russell (0.8), Michael Gardyne (0.4).

Hearts

Goalkeeper Jamie MacDonald (0.4); Defense: Andy Webster (1.5), Marius Zaliukas (1.4), Jamie Hamill (0.8), Ryan McGowan (0.5), Danny Grainger (0.5); Midfield: Andy Driver (1.5), Mehdi Taouil (0.4), Scott Robinson (0.4); Forward: David Templeton (1), John Sutton (0.5).

Hibernian

Goalkeeper Ben Williams (0.4); Defense: Paul Hanlon (0.7), James McPake (0.6), Tim Clancy (0.5), Sean O'Hanlon (0.5); Midfield: David Wotherspoon (0.8), Lewis Stevenson (0.7), Ivan Sproule (0.6), Paul Cairney (0.4); Forward: Leigh Griffiths (0.8), Eoin Doyle (0.3).

Inverness Caledonian Thistle

Goalkeeper Ryan Esson (0.5); Defense: Chris Hogg (0.4), Graeme Shinnie (0.4), Josh Meekings (0.3); Midfield: Richie Foran (0.6), Nick Ross (0.4), Andrew Shinnie (0.4), Owain Tudur Jones (0.4), Aaron Doran (0.2); Forward: Billy McKay (0.3), Shane Sutherland (0.2).

Kilmarnock

Goalkeeper Cammy Bell (0.7); Defense: James Fowler (0.5), Michael Nelson (0.4), Jeroen Tesselaar (0.4), Garry Hay (0.4); Midfield: Gary Harkins (0.7), Liam Kelly (0.7), Manuel Pascali (0.5), Lee Johnson (0.4); Forward: Paul Heffernan (0.6), Rory Boulding (0.3).

Motherwell

Goalkeeper Darren Randolph (0.7); Defense: Tom Hateley (0.7), Steven Saunders (0.6), Stevie Hammell (0.6), Shaun Hutchinson (0.5); Midfield: Keith Lasley (0.7), Nicky Law (0.6), Chris Humphrey (0.6), Omar Daley (0.4); Forward: Jamie Murphy (1), Michael Higdon (0.8).

Ross County

Goalkeeper Michael Fraser (0.3); Defense: Ross Tokely (0.4), Grant Munro (0.4), Scott Boyd (0.4), Mihael Kovacevic (0.3); Midfield: Richard Brittain (0.4), Iain Vigurs (0.4), Paul Lawson (0.3), Martin Scott (0.3), Stuart Kettlewell (0.3); Forward: Colin McMenamin (0.4).

St. Johnstone

Goalkeeper Jonny Tuffey (0.4); Defense: Dave MacKay (0.9), Callum Davidson (0.5), Steven Anderson (0.4), Frazer Wright (0.4); Midfield: Murray Davidson (1), Liam Craig (0.7), Chris Millar (0.6), Kevin Moon (0.4); Forward: Gregory Tade (0.7), Nigel Hasselbaink (0.4).

St. Mirren

Goalkeeper Craig Samson (0.5); Defense: David van Zanten (0.5), Marc McAusland (0.5), Lee Mair (0.4), Darren McGregor (0.4); Midfield: Gary Teale (0.6), Jim Goodwin (0.5), Kenny McLean (0.4); Forward: Paul McGowan (0.9), Steven Thompson (0.7), Dougie Imrie (0.5).

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