The 2016–17 Scottish Premiership (known as the Ladbrokes Premiership for sponsorship reasons) was the fourth season of the Scottish Premiership, the highest division of Scottish football. The fixtures were published on 17 June 2016.[5] The season began on 6 August 2016.[6]Celtic were the defending champions.
On 2 April 2017, Celtic won their sixth consecutive title and 48th overall after a 5-0 win away to Hearts, with eight matches still to play and would go on to complete the season unbeaten.[7][8][9]
Teams
The following teams have changed division since the 2015–16 season.
a.^ Initially interim, made permanent 15 March 2017
Format
In the initial phase of the season, each of the twelve teams play the other eleven teams three times. After 33 rounds, the league splits into two sections, a top six and a bottom six, with each team playing all the other teams in their section once. The league attempts to balance the fixture list so that teams in the same section have played 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.
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.
Source: Scottish Premiership Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win. For upcoming matches, an "a" indicates there is an article about the rivalry between the two participants.
Matches 23–33
Teams play every other team once (either at home or away).
Source: Scottish Premiership Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win. For upcoming matches, an "a" indicates there is an article about the rivalry between the two participants.
Matches 34–38
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.
Source: Scottish Premiership Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win. For upcoming matches, an "a" indicates there is an article about the rivalry between the two participants.
Source: Scottish Premiership Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win. For upcoming matches, an "a" indicates there is an article about the rivalry between the two participants.
The quarter-final was contested between the 3rd and 4th placed teams (Dundee United and Greenock Morton) in the Scottish Championship. After defeating Greenock Morton 5–1 over two legs, Dundee United advanced to the semi-finals to face the 2nd placed team (Falkirk) in the Championship. Dundee United progressed to the play-off final following a 4–3 aggregate victory, but then lost 1–0 on aggregate to Hamilton Academical in the final. Hamilton therefore retained their place in the Premiership for the 2017–18 season.
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^Dowden, Martin (13 August 2016). "Inverness CT 2–3 Ross County". bbc.co.uk/sport. BBC Sport. Archived from the original on 16 August 2016. Retrieved 16 October 2016.
^English, Tom (10 September 2016). "Celtic 5–1 Rangers". bbc.co.uk/sport. BBC Sport. Archived from the original on 10 September 2016. Retrieved 16 October 2016.
^McLaughlin, Chris (5 February 2017). "St Johnstone 2–5 Celtic". bbc.co.uk/sport. BBC Sport. Archived from the original on 12 February 2017. Retrieved 5 February 2017.
^Dowden, Martin (15 February 2017). "Aberdeen 7–2 Motherwell". bbc.co.uk/sport. BBC Sport. Archived from the original on 15 February 2017. Retrieved 15 February 2017.
^Dowden, Martin (31 March 2017). "Dundee 0–7 Aberdeen". bbc.co.uk/sport. BBC Sport. Archived from the original on 31 March 2017. Retrieved 31 March 2017.
^Dowden, Martin (28 April 2017). "Ross County 4–0 Inverness CT". bbc.co.uk/sport. BBC Sport. Archived from the original on 28 April 2017. Retrieved 28 April 2017.