2013–14 Scottish Premiership

108th season of top-tier football league in Scotland October 2013 October 2020 Scottish Premiership 2013–14 2 August 2013 – 11 May 2014 Celtic1st Premiership title45th Scottish title HibernianHeart of Midlothian Champions League Celtic Europa League MotherwellAberdeenSt Johnstone 228 626 Kris Commons (27 goals) Celtic 6–0 Inverness CT(27 April 2014) Motherwell 0–5 Celtic(6 December 2013) Kilmarnock 2–5 Celtic(28 September 2013)St Mirren 4–3 St Johnstone(19 October 2013)Inverness CT 3–4 Aberdeen(21 December 2013)Motherwell 4–3 Partick Thistle(15 February 2014)Celtic 5-2 Aberdeen(3 May 2014) 15 gameshttp://www.espnfc.com/scottish-premiership/45/statistics/performance?season=2013&seasonType=1 2013–14 Scottish Premiership statistics ESPN FC 23 August 2017Celtic 26 gamesCeltic 13 gamesHibernian 6 gamesHibernian 52,670Celtic 1–0 Partick Thistle(1 January 2014) 1,892St Johnstone 1–0 Motherwell(25 February 2014) 2,331,965 10,183 (12px312) 2012–13 2014–15 The 2013–14 Scottish Premiership was the first season of the Scottish Premiership, the highest division of Scottish football.https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/23435136 SPFL: New Scottish league brands unveiled BBC Sport BBC 24 July 2013 24 July 2013 The season began on 2 August 2013 and concluded on 11 May 2014.http://www.scotprem.com/content/default.asp?page=s49 Key dates Scottish Premier League 18 June 2013 dead https://web.archive.org/web/20130705063057/http://www.scotprem.com/content/default.asp?page=s49 5 July 2013 This was the first season of the competition being part of the newly formed Scottish Professional Football League after the merger of the Scottish Premier League and the Scottish Football League.https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/22864944 SFL clubs vote in favour of merger with SPL BBC 12 June 2013 18 June 2013 This season also featured the introduction of an end of season play-off between the 11th-placed team in the top flight and the teams placed 2nd–4th in the Scottish Championship, to determine whether a second team will be relegated from the league.https://www.theguardian.com/football/2013/jun/12/scottish-football-league-scottish-premier-league Scottish Football League 'swallowed up' by Scottish Premier League The Guardian 12 June 2013 Press Association 18 June 2013 Twelve teams contested the league. Partick Thistle (champions) were promoted from the 2012–13 First Division, replacing Dundee (relegated). Heart of Midlothian were deducted 15 points (one-third of the previous season's total) for entering administration during the close season.https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/22944291 Hearts: SPL side to enter administration BBC BBC Sport 17 June 2013 17 June 2013 McLauchlin, Brian On 26 March, Celtic clinched their third title in a row and 45th in total after a 5–1 away win against Partick Thistle. https://www.theguardian.com/football/2014/mar/26/celtic-partick-thistle-scottish-premier-league-match-report Celtic crush Partick Thistle to make it three SPL titles in a row 26 March 2014 The Guardian 26 March 2014 https://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/football/teams/celtic/10724728/Partick-Thistle-1-Celtic-5-match-report.html Partick Thistle 1 Celtic 5 26 March 2014 The Daily Telegraph 26 March 2014 It is the earliest that the title has been won since the 1928–29 season, when Rangers won it on 16 March,http://www.thescore.ie/celtic-title-1383544-Mar2014/ Stokes leads the way as five-goal Celtic win 45th Scottish title 26 March 2014 The Score 26 March 2014 dead https://web.archive.org/web/20140327234236/http://www.thescore.ie/celtic-title-1383544-Mar2014/ 27 March 2014 http://www.independent.ie/sport/soccer/celtic-make-it-three-titles-in-a-row-with-victory-over-partick-thistle-30129170.html Celtic make it three titles in a row with victory over Partick Thistle 26 March 2014 Irish Independent 26 March 2014 until the 2020–21 Season when Rangers won the title on 7 March. Teams UK Scotland 350 right Location of teams in Scottish Premier League 2013–14 UK Scotland Red_pog.svg 6 57.159167 -2.088889 Aberdeen UK Scotland Green_pog.svg 6 55.849711 -4.205589 top UK Scotland Orange_pog.svg 6 56.474703 -2.948961 Dundee United UK Scotland Red_pog.svg 6 55.939058 -3.2323 bottom UK Scotland Green_pog.svg 6 55.961667 -3.165556 Hibernian UK Scotland Blue_pog.svg 6 57.494722 -4.2175 Inverness Caledonian Thistle UK Scotland Blue_pog.svg 6 55.604225 -4.508122 Kilmarnock left UK Scotland Orange_pog.svg 6 55.779947 -3.980078 UK Scotland Red_pog.svg 6 55.881584 -4.269841 UK Scotland 6 57.595863 -4.419276 Ross County UK Scotland Blue_pog.svg 6 56.424722 -3.4075 St Johnstone bottom UK Scotland Black_pog.svg 6 55.853056 -4.428611 St Mirren left UK Scotland TransparentPlaceholder.png 6 55.88 -4.21 Celtic right UK Scotland TransparentPlaceholder.png 6 55.939058 -2.70 Heart of Midlothian bottom UK Scotland TransparentPlaceholder.png 6 55.78 -3.51 Motherwell bottom UK Scotland TransparentPlaceholder.png 56.00 -4.2 Partick Thistle left Dundee were relegated from the 2012–13 Scottish Premier League. Partick Thistle, who won the 2012–13 Scottish First Division, were promoted. Stadia and locations Team Stadium CapacityAberdeenPittodrie Stadium, Aberdeen 21,421http://spfl.co.uk/clubs/aberdeen/ Aberdeen Football Club Scottish Professional Football League 11 November 2013CelticCeltic Park, Glasgow 60,355http://spfl.co.uk/clubs/celtic/ Celtic Football Club Scottish Professional Football League 11 November 2013Dundee UnitedTannadice Park, Dundee 14,229http://spfl.co.uk/clubs/dundee-united/ Dundee United Football Club Scottish Professional Football League 11 November 2013Heart of MidlothianTynecastle Stadium, Edinburgh 17,529http://spfl.co.uk/clubs/hearts/ Heart of Midlothian Football Club Scottish Professional Football League 11 November 2013 https://web.archive.org/web/20131022121754/http://spfl.co.uk/clubs/hearts/ 22 October 2013 deadHibernianEaster Road, Edinburgh 20,421http://spfl.co.uk/clubs/hibernian/ Hibernian Football Club Scottish Professional Football League 11 November 2013Inverness Caledonian ThistleCaledonian Stadium, Inverness 7,800http://spfl.co.uk/clubs/inverness-caledonian-thistle/ Inverness Caledonian Thistle Football Club Scottish Professional Football League 11 November 2013KilmarnockRugby Park, Kilmarnock 18,128http://spfl.co.uk/clubs/kilmarnock/ Kilmarnock Football Club Scottish Professional Football League 11 November 2013MotherwellFir Park, Motherwell 13,677http://spfl.co.uk/clubs/motherwell/ Motherwell Football Club Scottish Professional Football League 11 November 2013Partick ThistleFirhill Stadium, Glasgow 10,102http://spfl.co.uk/clubs/partick/ Partick Thistle Football Club Scottish Professional Football League 11 November 2013 6 May 2017 https://web.archive.org/web/20170506192335/http://spfl.co.uk/clubs/partick/ dead Ross CountyVictoria Park, Dingwall 6,541http://spfl.co.uk/clubs/ross-county/ Ross County Football Club Scottish Professional Football League 11 November 2013St JohnstoneMcDiarmid Park, Perth 10,696http://spfl.co.uk/clubs/st-johnstone/ St Johnstone Football Club Scottish Professional Football League 11 November 2013St MirrenSt Mirren Park, Paisley 8,023http://spfl.co.uk/clubs/st-mirren/ St Mirren Football Club Scottish Professional Football League 11 November 2013 Personnel and kits Note: Flags indicate national team as has been defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality. Team Manager Captain Kit manufacturer Shirt sponsorAberdeen SCO Derek McInnes SCO Russell Anderson Adidas Team RecruitmentCeltic NIR Neil Lennon SCO Scott Brown footballer, born June 1985 Nike MagnersDundee United SCO Jackie McNamara IRL Seán Dillon Nike CalorHeart of Midlothian SCO Gary Locke Scottish footballer SCO Danny Wilson footballer born 1991 Adidas Wonga.comHibernian ENG Terry Butcher SCO Liam Craig Nikehttp://www.hibernianfc.co.uk/news/20130530/hibernian-announce-nike_2262950_3195509 Hibernian announce Nike hibernianfc.co.uk Hibernian FC 30 May 2013 30 May 2013 Crabbie'sInverness CT SCO John Hughes footballer born 1964 IRL Richie Foran Erreà Orion GroupKilmarnock SCO Allan Johnston ITA Manuel Pascali Killie 1869 QTSMotherwell SCO Stuart McCall SCO Keith Lasley Puma Cash ConvertersPartick Thistle SCO Alan Archibald SCO Sean Welsh Joma macbRoss County SCO Derek Adams SCO Richard Brittain Diadora Stanley CRC Evans OffshoreSt Johnstone NIR Tommy Wright Northern Ireland footballer SCO Dave Mackay footballer born 1980 Joma GS Brown ConstructionSt Mirren SCO Danny Lennon IRL Jim Goodwin Diadora Blacks Outdoor Retail Managerial changes Team Outgoing manager Manner of departure Date of vacancy Position in table Incoming manager Date of appointment St Johnstone NIR Steve Lomas Signed by Millwall 6 June 2013https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/22783747 Steve Lomas: Millwall appoint St Johnstone manager BBC Sport BBC 6 June 2013 12 June 2013 Pre-season NIR Tommy Wright Northern Ireland footballer 10 June 2013https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/22839127 St Johnstone appoint Tommy Wright as new manager BBC Sport BBC 10 June 2013 12 June 2013 Kilmarnock NIR Kenny Shiels Sacked 11 June 2013https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/22855329 Kilmarnock part company with manager Kenny Shiels BBC Sport BBC 11 June 2013 12 June 2013 SCO Allan Johnston 25 June 2013https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/23028129 Kilmarnock: Allan Johnston becomes new manager John Barnes BBC Sport BBC 25 June 2013 4 December 2013 Hibernian IRL Pat Fenlon Resigned 1 November 2013https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/24776959 Hibernian: Manager Pat Fenlon exits Easter Road BBC Sport BBC 1 November 2013 1 November 2013 7th ENG Terry Butcher 12 November 2013 Inverness CT ENG Terry Butcher Signed by Hibernian 12 November 2013https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/24897952 Hibernian: Terry Butcher takes over after Inverness CT agree deal BBC Sport BBC 12 November 2013 7 December 2013 2nd SCO John Hughes footballer born 1964 4 December 2013https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/25203280 Inverness CT: John Hughes confirmed as new manager BBC Sport BBC 4 December 2013 4 December 2013 League table main WDL QR CEL Celtic MOT Motherwell ABE Aberdeen DUN Dundee United ICT Inverness Caledonian Thistle STJ St Johnstone ROS Ross County STM St Mirren KIL Kilmarnock PAR Partick Thistle HIB Hibernian HOM Heart of Midlothian 31 6 1 102 25 C 22 4 12 64 60 20 8 10 53 38 16 10 12 65 50 16 9 13 44 44 15 8 15 48 42 y 11 7 20 44 62 10 9 19 39 58 11 6 21 45 66 8 14 16 46 65 8 11 19 31 51 R 10 8 20 45 65 -15 R Heart of Midlothian were deducted 15 points for entering administration green1 Qualification for the Champions League second qualifying round CL2 blue1 Qualification for the Europa League second qualifying round blue1 Qualification for the Europa League second qualifying round St Johnstone, as winners of the 2013–14 Scottish Cup, qualified for the Europa League second qualifying round. EL2 EL2Qcup blue2 Qualification for the Europa League first qualifying round EL1 red2 Qualification for the Premiership play-off final PPO red1 Relegation to the Championship RSC 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored. complete SPFL Archive Results Matches 1–22 Teams play each other twice, once at home, once away. main FBR grey ABE CEL DUN HOM HIB INV KIL MOT PAR ROS STJ STM Aberdeen 0–2 1–0 1–3 1–0 1–0 2–1 0–1 4–0 1–0 0–0 2–0 Celtic 3–1 1–1 2–0 1–0 2–2 4–0 2–0 1–0 2–1 2–1 1–0 Dundee United 1–2 0–1 4–1 2–2 0–1 1–0 2–2 4–1 1–0 4–0 4–0 Heart of Midlothian 2–1 1–3 0–0 1–0 0–2 0–4 0–1 0–2 2–2 0–2 0–2 Hibernian 0–2 1–1 1–1 2–1 0–2 3–0 0–1 1–1 0–0 0–0 2–0 Inverness Caledonian Thistle 3–4 0–1 1–1 2–0 3–0 2–1 2–0 1–2 1–2 1–0 3–0 Kilmarnock 0–1 2–5 1–4 2–0 1–2 1–2 0–2 2–1 2–0 0–0 2–1 Motherwell 1–3 0–5 0–4 2–1 1–0 2–0 2–1 1–0 3–1 4–0 3–0 Partick Thistle 0–3 1–2 0–0 1–1 0–1 0–0 1–1 1–5 3–3 0–1 0–3 Ross County 1–0 1–4 2–4 2–1 0–2 0–3 1–2 1–2 1–3 1–0 3–0 St Johnstone 0–2 0–1 3–0 1–0 1–2 4–0 3–1 2–0 1–1 4–0 2–0 St Mirren 1–1 0–4 4–1 1–1 0–0 0–0 1–1 0–1 1–2 2–1 4–3 complete BBC Sport Matches 23–33 Teams play every other team once (either at home or away). main FBR grey ABE CEL DUN HOM HIB INV KIL MOT PAR ROS STJ STM Aberdeen 2–1 1–1 null null 0–1 2–1 null null null 1–0 null Celtic null null null null 5–0 null 3–0 null 1–1 3–0 3–0 Dundee United null 0–2 null null 2–1 3–2 3–1 null null 0–1 3–2 Heart of Midlothian 1–1 0–2 1–2 2–0 null null null null null null 2–1 Hibernian 0–2 0–4 1–3 null null null 3–3 null 2–1 null 2–3 Inverness Caledonian Thistle null null null 0–0 0–0 null 1–2 1–0 null null 2–2 Kilmarnock null 0–3 null 4–2 1–1 2–0 null null 2–2 1–2 null Motherwell 2–2 null null 4–1 null null 1–2 4–3 2–1 null null Partick Thistle 3–1 1–5 1–1 2–4 3–1 null 1–1 null null null null Ross County 1–1 null 3–0 1–2 null 1–2 null null 1–1 null 2–1 St Johnstone null null null 3–3 2–0 0–1 null 3–0 1–1 0–1 null St Mirren 0–1 null null null null null 2–0 3–2 0–0 null 0–1 complete BBC Sport 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. Top six main FBR grey ABE CEL DUN INV MOT STJ Aberdeen null null null 0–1 1–1 Celtic 5–2 3–1 6–0 null null Dundee United 1–3 null null 5–1 null Inverness Caledonian Thistle 0–0 null 1–1 null 2–0 Motherwell null 3–3 null 2–1 2–1 St Johnstone null 3–3 2–0 null null complete BBC Sport Bottom six main FBR grey HOM HIB KIL PAR ROS STM Heart of Midlothian null 5–0 2–4 2–0 null Hibernian 1–2 0–1 1–1 null null Kilmarnock null null 1–2 null 1–0 Partick Thistle null null null 2–3 1–1 Ross County null 1–0 2–1 null null St Mirren 1–1 2–0 null null 1–0 complete BBC Sport Season statistics Celtic goalkeeper Fraser Forster set a new Scottish league record for length of time played without conceding a goal, which had been previously set by Bobby Clark in 1970–71.https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/26306540 Fraser Forster: Celtic clean sheet record a team effort BBC Sport BBC 22 February 2014 22 February 2014 Forster's streak ended at 1,256 minutes.https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/25892139 Aberdeen 2–1 Celtic BBC Sport BBC 25 February 2014 25 February 2014 Top scorers RankScorerClubGoalshttps://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/scottish-premiership/top-scorers Scottish Premiership Top Scorers BBC 21 December 20131SCO Kris CommonsCeltic272SCO Kris BoydKilmarnock22ENG John SuttonMotherwell224IRL Anthony StokesCeltic20SCO Stevie MaySt Johnstone 206NIR Billy MckayInverness CT187NIR Niall McGinnAberdeen13SCO Steven ThompsonSt Mirren139ENG Lionel AinsworthMotherwell11TUR Nadir ÇiftçiDundee United11SCO Kris DoolanPartick Thistle11SCO Callum PatersonHeart of Midlothian11 Assists RankPlayerClubAssistshttp://soccernet.espn.go.com/stats/assists/_/league/sco.1/scottish-premier-league?cc=5739 https://archive.today/20130102230918/http://soccernet.espn.go.com/stats/assists/_/league/sco.1/scottish-premier-league?cc=5739 dead 2 January 2013 Scotland Stats: Assists Leaders – 2012–13 ESPN Soccernet Entertainment and Sports Programming Network (ESPN) 23 August 20121ENG Kallum HigginbothamPartick Thistle102HON Emilio IzaguirreCeltic9ENG Lionel AinsworthMotherwell94IRL Anthony StokesCeltic8SCO Iain VigursMotherwell86SCO Kris CommonsCeltic77 SCO Ryan GauldDundee United6SCO Paul CairneyHibernian6GRE Georgios SamarasCeltic6 Premiership play-offs For the first time since the 1996–97 season, promotion and relegation involving a place in the top division of the Scottish football league system was determined in part by a play-off system.https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/22353579 Scottish Premier League considers play-off introduction BBC Sport BBC Andy Campbell 30 April 2013 11 December 2013 The previous system used was a straight head-to-head between the team that had finished 9th (second bottom) in the Premier Division and the runner-up in the First Division. The new system involved the teams from second to fourth place in the Championship, with the first contest between the third and fourth place teams.http://spfl.co.uk/play-offs/ Play-offs spfl.co.uk Scottish Professional Football League 28 December 2013 dead https://web.archive.org/web/20131225065839/http://spfl.co.uk/play-offs/ 25 December 2013 The winner progressed to a tie with the second place Championship team. The winner of that second tie then progressed to the promotion and relegation deciding playoff against the 11th place team in the Premiership. y y y Quarter-final Semi-final Final 3 Falkirk 1 3 4 4 Queen of the South 2 1 3 2 Hamilton Academical 1 1 2 3 Falkirk 1 0 1 1 Hibernian 2 0 2 (3) 2 Hamilton Academical 0 2 2 (4) Quarter-final First leg 6 May 2014 2–1 19:45 Report Queen of the South Falkirk McHugh 56 90 Alston 8 Palmerston Park, Dumfries 1,996 John McKendrick Second leg 10 May 2014 3–1 yes 15:00 Report Falkirk Queen of the South Loy 53Sibbald 70Alston 118 McHugh 36 Falkirk Stadium, Falkirk 4,427 Calum Murray Falkirk won 4–3 on aggregate, advanced to Semi-final. Semi-final First leg 13 May 2014 1–1 19:45 Report Falkirk Hamilton Academical Beck 80 MacKinnon 61 Falkirk Stadium, Falkirk 4,194 John Beaton Second leg 18 May 2014 1–0 15:00 Report Hamilton Academical Falkirk Andreu 16 New Douglas Park, Hamilton 4,678 Kevin Clancy Hamilton Academical won 2–1 on aggregate, advanced to Final. Final First leg 21 May 2014 0–2 19:45 Report Hamilton Academical Hibernian Cummings 39 55 New Douglas Park, Hamilton 5,322 Bobby Madden Second leg 25 May 2014 0–2 yes 15:30 Report Hibernian Hamilton Academical Scotland 13Andreu 90+3 Thomson McGivern Craig Tudur Jones Cummings 3–4 Gillespie Andreu Antoine-Curier Scotland Easter Road, Edinburgh 18,031 Willie Collum 2–2 on aggregate. Hamilton Academical won 4–3 on penalties, earning promotion to the Premiership. Hibernian were relegated to the Championship.https://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/football/teams/hibernian/10855286/Hibernian-0-Hamilton-Academical-2-Hamilton-win-4-3-on-penalties-match-report.html Hibernian 0 Hamilton Academical 2; Hamilton win 4-3 on penalties: match report The Daily Telegraph 25 May 2014 27 July 2018 Awards Annual awards Award Winner Club SPL Player of the Year SCO Kris Commons SCO Celtic SPL Young Player of the Year SCO Andy Robertson SCO Dundee United PFA Scotland Players' Player of the Year SCO Kris Commons SCO Celtic PFA Scotland Young Player of the Year SCO Andy Robertson SCO Dundee United PFA Scotland Team of the YearDerek Mcinnes Named Pfa Scotland Manager Of The Year https://www.afc.co.uk/en/news/derek-mcinnes-named-pfa-scotland-manager-of-the-year Aberdeen F.C. 24 April 2014 27 September 2026 Goalkeeper SCO Fraser Forster (Celtic) Defence SCO Graeme Shinnie (Inverness Caledonian Thistle) NED Virgil van Dijk (Celtic) SCO Mark Reynolds (Aberdeen) SCO Andy Robertson (Dundee United) Midfield SCO Stuart Armstrong (Dundee United) SCO Peter Pawlett (Aberdeen) SCO Kris Commons (Celtic) Forwards SCO Stevie May (St Johnstone) SCO Kris Boyd (Kilmarnock) TUR Nadir Çiftçi (Dundee United) Attendances Source:https://www.european-football-statistics.co.uk/attn/archive/sco/avesco14.htm Historical attendances www.european-football-statistics.co.uk # Football club Average attendance 1 Celtic FC 47,079 2 Heart of Midlothian FC 14,123 3 Aberdeen FC 12,918 4 Hibernian FC 11,027 5 Dundee United FC 7,599 6 Motherwell FC 5,175 7 Partick Thistle FC 5,001 8 St. Mirren FC 4,511 9 Kilmarnock FC 4,250 10 St. Johnstone FC 3,806 11 Ross County FC 3,787 12 Inverness Caledonian Thistle FC 3,558 See also Nine in a row References 30em External links Official Site https://web.archive.org/web/20180612143554/https://spfl.co.uk/premiership/ 12 June 2018 Category:Scottish Premiership seasons 1 scot