2005–06 Scottish Premier League

100th season of top-tier football league in Scotland April 2016 March 2026 Scottish Premier League 2005–06 29 July 2005 – 7 May 2006 Celtic 4th Premier League title 40th Scottish title Livingston Champions League CelticHearts UEFA Cup RangersGretna Intertoto Cup Hibernian 228 644 Kris Boyd (32) Hibernian 7–0 Livingston Dunfermline 1–8 Celtic 2004–05 2006–07 The 2005–06 Scottish Premier League was won by Celtic, with a 17-point margin over their nearest challengers Hearts in the first season under the management of Gordon Strachan. Rangers, who finished third, failed to finish a Scottish top flight campaign as champions or runners-up for the first time since 1988. As league champions, Celtic qualified for the UEFA Champions League, with runners-up Hearts also qualifying. This marked the first time since 1995 that a club outside the Old Firm of Celtic and Rangers finished in the top two. Third-placed Rangers qualified for the UEFA Cup, as did Scottish Second Division champions Gretna, who took the Scottish Cup place despite losing the final to Hearts. Livingston were relegated, and Scottish First Division winners St Mirren were promoted. Kris Boyd was the top scorer with 32 goals (17 for Rangers after 15 for Kilmarnock). Teams Promotion and relegation from 2004–05 Promoted from First Division to Premier League Falkirk Relegated from Premier League to First Division Dundee Stadia and locations Aberdeen Celtic Dundee United Falkirk Pittodrie Stadium Celtic Park Tannadice Park Falkirk Stadium Capacity: 20,866http://spfl.co.uk/clubs/aberdeen/ Aberdeen Football Club Scottish Professional Football League 11 November 2013 Capacity: 60,411http://spfl.co.uk/clubs/celtic/ Celtic Football Club Scottish Professional Football League 11 November 2013 Capacity: 14,223http://spfl.co.uk/clubs/dundee-united/ Dundee United Football Club Scottish Professional Football League 11 November 2013 Capacity: 7,937http://spfl.co.uk/clubs/falkirk/ Falkirk Football Club Scottish Professional Football League 11 November 2013 200px 200px 200px 200px Dunfermline AthleticUK Scotland 400 center Location of teams in 2005–06 Scottish Premier League UK Scotland 6 57.159387 -2.088979 Aberdeen left UK Scotland 6 56.474765 -2.968894 Dundee United right UK Scotland 6 56.075308 -3.441906 Dunfermline Athletic right UK Scotland 6 56.018151 -3.756666 Falkirk top UK Scotland 6 55.939167 -3.232222 Hearts left UK Scotland 6 55.961667 -3.165556 Hibernian right UK Scotland 6 57.494976 -4.217345 Inverness Caledonian Thistle left UK Scotland 6 55.604321 -4.508300 Kilmarnock left UK Scotland 6 55.886167 -3.522872 Livingston right UK Scotland 6 55.853207 -4.309243 Rangers left UK Scotland 6 55.849705 -4.205414 UK Scotland 6 55.780279 -3.980205 UK Scotland TransparentPlaceholder.png 55.88 -4.28 Celtic top UK Scotland TransparentPlaceholder.png 55.75 -3.40 Motherwell bottom Heart of Midlothian East End Park Tynecastle Park Capacity: 12,509http://spfl.co.uk/clubs/dunfermline-athletic/ Dunfermline Athletic Football Club Scottish Professional Football League 11 November 2013 Capacity: 17,420http://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 dead dmy-all 200px 200px Hibernian Inverness Caledonian Thistle Easter Road Caledonian Stadium Capacity: 16,531http://spfl.co.uk/clubs/hibernian/ Hibernian Football Club Scottish Professional Football League 11 November 2013 Capacity: 7,500http://spfl.co.uk/clubs/inverness/ Inverness Caledonian Thistle Football Club Scottish Professional Football League 11 November 2013 April 2019 InternetArchiveBot yes 200px 200px Kilmarnock Livingston Motherwell Rangers Rugby Park Almondvale Stadium Fir Park Ibrox Stadium Capacity: 17,889http://spfl.co.uk/clubs/kilmarnock/ Kilmarnock Football Club Scottish Professional Football League 11 November 2013 Capacity: 10,016http://spfl.co.uk/clubs/livingston/ Livingston Football Club Scottish Professional Football League 11 November 2013 Capacity: 13,677http://spfl.co.uk/clubs/motherwell/ Motherwell Football Club Scottish Professional Football League 11 November 2013 Capacity: 50,817http://spfl.co.uk/clubs/rangers/ Rangers Football Club Scottish Professional Football League 4 November 2015 200px 200px 200px 200px Personnel Team Manager Aberdeen Scotland Jimmy Calderwood Celtic Scotland Gordon Strachan Dundee UnitedScotland Craig Brewster Dunfermline AthleticScotland Jim Leishman FalkirkScotland John Hughes Heart of MidlothianLithuania Valdas Ivanauskas HibernianEngland Tony Mowbray Inverness Caledonian ThistleScotland Charlie Christie KilmarnockScotland Jim Jefferies LivingstonScotland John Robertson MotherwellEngland Terry Butcher RangersScotland Alex McLeish Managerial changes Team Outgoing manager Date of vacancy Manner of departure Position in table Incoming manager Date of appointment LivingstonScotland Richard Gough22 May 2005ResignedPre-seasonScotland Paul Lambert1 June 2005 Celtic Northern Ireland Martin O'Neill 25 May 2005ResignedScotland Gordon Strachan1 June 2005 Heart of MidlothianScotland Steven PressleyScotland John McGlynn29 June 2005End of caretaker spellScotland George Burley30 June 2005 Heart of MidlothianScotland George Burley21 October 2005Mutual consent1stEngland Graham Rix8 November 2005 Dundee UnitedScotland Gordon Chisholm10 January 2006Sacked9thScotland Craig Brewster13 January 2006 Inverness Caledonian ThistleScotland Craig Brewster13 January 2006Signed by Dundee United7thScotland Charlie Christie28 January 2006 LivingstonScotland Paul Lambert11 February 2006Resigned12thScotland John Robertson15 February 2005 Heart of MidlothianEngland Graham Rix22 March 2006Sacked2ndLithuania Valdas Ivanauskas22 March 2006 League table main WDL complete Scottish Professional Football League CEL HOM RAN HIB KIL ABE INV MOT DNU FAL DNF LIV CLGS CL2Q UC1 IC REL 13 15 10 46 40 28 7 3 93 37 C 7 12 19 41 66 8 9 21 33 68 8 9 21 35 64 22 8 8 71 31 17 5 16 61 56 15 13 10 51 38 15 10 13 63 64 4 6 28 25 79 R 13 10 15 55 61 21 10 7 67 37 Aberdeen Celtic Dundee United Dunfermline Athletic Falkirk Heart of Midlothian Hibernian Inverness Caledonian Thistle Kilmarnock Livingston Motherwell Rangers yes 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. 5 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored QR green1 Qualification for the Champions League group stage green2 Qualification for the Champions League second qualifying round blue1 Qualification for the UEFA Cup first round #CCCCFF Qualification for the UEFA Intertoto Cup second round red1 Relegation to the Scottish First Division Hibernian qualified for the 2006 UEFA Intertoto Cup by being the highest place applicant for the competition. Results Matches 1–22 During matches 1–22 each team played every other team twice (home and away). main FBR grey ABE CEL DUN DNF FAL HOM HIB INV KIL LIV MOT RAN Aberdeen 1–3 2–0 0–0 3–0 1–1 0–1 0–0 1–2 0–0 2–2 3–2 Celtic 2–0 2–0 0–1 3–1 1–1 3–2 2–1 4–2 2–1 5–0 3–0 Dundee United 1–1 2–4 2–1 2–1 0–3 1–0 1–1 0–0 2–0 1–1 0–0 Dunfermline Athletic 0–2 0–4 2–1 0–1 1–4 1–2 0–1 0–1 0–1 0–3 3–3 Falkirk 1–2 0–3 1–3 1–2 2–2 0–2 0–2 1–2 1–1 0–1 1–1 Heart of Midlothian 2–0 2–3 3–0 2–0 5–0 4–0 0–0 1–0 2–1 2–1 1–0 Hibernian 1–2 0–1 2–1 1–1 2–3 2–0 1–2 4–2 3–0 2–1 2–1 Inverness Caledonian Thistle 1–1 1–1 1–1 2–1 0–3 0–1 2–0 2–2 3–0 1–2 0–1 Kilmarnock 4–2 0–1 2–1 3–2 1–1 2–4 2–2 2–2 3–0 4–1 2–3 Livingston 0–0 0–5 1–0 1–1 0–2 1–4 1–2 1–1 0–3 1–2 2–2 Motherwell 3–1 4–4 4–5 1–0 5–0 1–1 1–3 0–2 2–2 1–0 0–1 Rangers 0–0 3–1 3–0 5–1 2–2 1–0 0–3 1–1 3–0 3–0 2–0 complete Matches 23–33 During matches 23–33 each team played every other team once (either at home or away). main FBR grey ABE CEL DUN DNF FAL HOM HIB INV KIL LIV MOT RAN Aberdeen null null null 1–0 null 1–0 null 2–2 3–0 2–2 2–0 Celtic 3–0 3–3 null 2–1 1–0 null 2–1 null null null null Dundee United 1–1 null null null 1–1 null 2–4 2–2 3–1 null 1–4 Dunfermline Athletic 1–0 1–8 1–1 1–1 null null 2–2 null null 1–1 null Falkirk null null 1–0 null 1–2 0–0 1–4 null null null 1–2 Heart of Midlothian 1–2 null null 4–0 null 4–1 null null null 3–0 1–1 Hibernian null 1–2 3–1 3–1 null null 0–2 2–1 7–0 null null Inverness Caledonian Thistle 0–1 null null null null 0–0 null 3–3 null 0–1 2–3 Kilmarnock null 1–4 null 1–0 2–1 1–0 null null 3–1 2–0 null Livingston null 0–2 null 0–1 0–1 2–3 null 2–1 null null null Motherwell null 1–3 2–0 null 3–1 null 2–2 null null 2–1 null Rangers null 0–1 null 1–0 null null 2–0 null 4–0 4–1 1–0 complete Matches 34–38 During matches 34–38 each team played every other team in their half of the table once. Top six main FBR grey ABE CEL HOM HIB KIL RAN Aberdeen 2–2 null 4–0 0–0 null Celtic null null 1–1 2–0 0–0 Heart of Midlothian 1–0 3–0 null 2–0 null Hibernian null null 2–1 null 1–2 Kilmarnock null null null 3–1 1–3 Rangers 1–1 null 2–0 null null complete Bottom six main FBR grey DUN DNF FAL INV LIV MOT Dundee United 0–1 0–2 null null null Dunfermline Athletic null null 0–1 3–2 null Falkirk null 0–0 null 1–0 1–1 Inverness Caledonian Thistle 1–0 null 2–0 null null Livingston 3–1 null null 0–1 0–1 Motherwell 1–1 2–3 null 0–1 null complete Top scorers Player Club Goals SCO Kris Boyd Kilmarnock / Rangers 32 WAL John Hartson Celtic 18 SCO Craig Dargo Inverness CT 16 SCO Derek Riordan Hibernian 16 CZE Rudi Skácel Hearts 16 POL Maciej Żurawski Celtic 16 SCO Paul Hartley Hearts 14 DEN Peter Løvenkrands Rangers 14 SCO Shaun Maloney Celtic 13 SCO Steven Naismith Kilmarnock 13 SCO Mark Burchill Dunfermline Athletic 12 IRE Richie Foran Motherwell 11 Source: SPL official website Attendances The average attendances for SPL clubs during the 2005/06 season are shown below: TeamAverageCeltic58,149Rangers49,245Hearts16,767Hibernian13,816Aberdeen12,727Dundee United8,197Kilmarnock7,070Dunfermline Athletic6,260Motherwell6,250Falkirk5,515Inverness CT5,061Livingston4,938 Source: SPL official website Awards Monthly awards Scottish Premier League monthly awards MonthManagerPlayerYoung PlayerAugustScotland George Burley (Hearts)Czech Republic Rudolf Skácel (Hearts)Scotland Steven Naismith (Kilmarnock)SeptemberScotland George Burley (Hearts)Scotland Andy Webster (Hearts)Scotland Kevin Thomson (Hibernian)OctoberScotland Gordon Strachan (Celtic)Bulgaria Stilian Petrov (Celtic)Scotland Darryl Duffy (Falkirk)NovemberEngland Tony Mowbray (Hibernian)Scotland Kris Boyd (Kilmarnock)Ireland Aiden McGeady (Celtic)DecemberScotland Craig Brewster (Inverness CT)Denmark Peter Løvenkrands (Rangers)Scotland Calum Elliot (Hearts)JanuaryScotland Alex McLeish (Rangers)Scotland Kris Boyd (Rangers)Scotland Steven Naismith (Kilmarnock)FebruaryScotland Jimmy Calderwood (Aberdeen)Poland Maciej Żurawski (Celtic)Scotland Charlie Mulgrew (Dundee United)MarchEngland Terry Butcher (Motherwell)Scotland Steven Naismith (Kilmarnock)Scotland Brian McLean (Motherwell)AprilScotland Jimmy Calderwood (Aberdeen)Scotland Paul Hartley (Hearts)Scotland Steven Smith (Rangers) Annual awards Player awards AwardWinnerClubPFA Players' Player of the YearSCO Shaun MaloneyCelticPFA Young Player of the YearSCO Shaun MaloneyCelticSFWA Footballer of the YearSCO Craig GordonHeart of MidlothianSFWA Young Player of the YearSCO Steven NaismithKilmarnock Manager awards AwardWinnerClubSFWA Manager of the YearSCO Gordon StrachanCeltic References Category:Scottish Premier League seasons 1 Scot