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2006–07 in Scottish football

The 2006–07 season was the 110th season of competitive football in Scotland. [1]

Notable events

2006

2007

The 2007 UEFA Cup Final was played at Hampden Park, Glasgow.

Major transfer deals

2006

Jan Vennegoor of Hesselink moved from PSV Eindhoven to Celtic for £3.4m

Celtic made preparations for the Champions League with the high-profile signings of Jan Vennegoor of Hesselink from PSV Eindhoven, Jiri Jarosik from Chelsea and Thomas Gravesen from Real Madrid while Stilyan Petrov left to join former boss Martin O'Neill at Aston Villa. Celtic also signed former Rangers striker Kenny Miller on a free transfer from Wolverhampton Wanderers. Rangers, under new manager Paul Le Guen, brought in several players including Jérémy Clément from Paris Saint Germain and Filip Sebo from Austria Vienna while Peter Løvenkrands departed for Schalke 04. Hearts paid £200,000 for PAOK Salonika defender Hristos Karipidis and sold Rudi Skácel to Southampton after a dispute between the player and the club. Hibs brought in English League Two defenders Rob Jones and Shelton Martis but lost last season's top scorer Derek Riordan who joined Celtic.

Domestic

In

Out

2007

Celtic further strengthened their squad with the signings of Paul Hartley from Hearts and Mark Brown from Inverness, while Steven Pressley was also signed after being released by Hearts. Shaun Maloney joined Aston Villa after contract negotiations broke down. New Rangers manager Walter Smith brought in defenders David Weir, Andy Webster and Ugo Ehiogu and spent £2m on Hibs' highly rated midfielder Kevin Thomson. Hearts looked to boost their European qualification hopes with the signing of a further four players on loan from FBK Kaunas as well as Laryea Kingston from Terek Grozny. New Dunfermline boss Stephen Kenny brought in loan signings James O'Brien from Celtic, Adam Hammill from Liverpool and Stephen Glass from Hibs with the club bottom of the SPL.

Domestic

In

Out

Managerial changes

League competitions

Scottish Premier League

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. ^ As Celtic, the Scottish Cup winners, qualified for the Champions League via their league position, the place in the UEFA Cup was passed to Dunfermline Athletic, the cup runner-up.

Scottish First Division

Source: "2006-2007 First Division - SPFL Archive". SPFL. Retrieved 29 April 2021.
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) Champions; (P) Promoted; (R) Relegated

Scottish Second Division

Source: "2006–2007 Second Division - SPFL Archive". SPFL (in Malay). Retrieved 29 April 2021.
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) Champions; (P) Promoted; (R) Relegated
Notes:
  1. ^ The 2nd, 3rd and 4th placed teams will be entered into a play-off with the First Division's 9th placed team. The winning team were awarded a place in the 2007–08 First Division, Airdrie United were relegated and Stirling Albion were promoted.
  2. ^ The 9th placed team were entered into a play-off with the Third Division's 2nd, 3rd and 4th placed teams. The winning team were awarded a place in the 2007–08 Second Division, Stranraer were relegated and Queen's Park were promoted.

Scottish Third Division

Source: Soccerway
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) Champions; (O) Play-off winners; (P) Promoted
Notes:
  1. ^ The 2nd, 3rd and 4th placed teams will be entered into a play-off with the Second Division's 9th placed team. The winning team will be awarded a place in the 2007–08 Second Division, Stranraer were relegated and Queen's Park were promoted.

Cup honours

Non-league honours

Senior honours

Junior honours

West Region

East Region

North Region

Individual honours

SPFA awards

SWFA awards

Scottish clubs in Europe

Summary

Average coefficient – 6.750

Celtic

Heart of Midlothian

Rangers

Gretna

Hibernian

Scotland national team

Key

Deaths

References

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  3. ^ "Scotland U19 1-2 Spain U19". BBC Sport website. 29 July 2006.
  4. ^ "Malofeev relishing temporary job". BBC Sport website. 24 October 2006.
  5. ^ "Romanov issues warning to players". BBC Sport website. 27 October 2006.
  6. ^ "Riabovas to take over at Hearts". BBC Sport website. 14 November 2006.
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  10. ^ "McLaren and Dundee part company". BBC Sport website. 20 December 2006.
  11. ^ "Gers strip Ferguson of captaincy". BBC Sport website. 1 January 2007.
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  51. ^ "Airdrie part company with manager". BBC Sport website. 14 November 2006.
  52. ^ "Black appointed new Airdrie boss". BBC Sport website. 17 November 2006.
  53. ^ "McLeish unveiled as Scotland boss". BBC Sport website. 29 January 2007.
  54. ^ "Robertson resigns Montrose post". BBC Sport website. 17 January 2007.
  55. ^ "Weir is new manager at Montrose". BBC Sport website. 8 February 2007.
  56. ^ "Ayr United part ways with Connor". BBC Sport website. 26 February 2007.
  57. ^ "Watt in charge at Somerset Park". BBC Sport website. 22 March 2007.
  58. ^ "Hearts part with boss Ivanauskas". BBC Sport website. 20 March 2007.
  59. ^ "Korobochka to remain with Hearts". BBC Sport website. 30 July 2007.
  60. ^ "Campbell axed by Partick Thistle". BBC Sport website. 27 March 2007.
  61. ^ "McCall takes control at Firhill". BBC Sport website. 25 May 2007.
  62. ^ "Robertson positive after sacking". BBC Sport website. 16 April 2007.
  63. ^ "Proctor takes over at Livingston". BBC Sport website. 22 May 2007.
  64. ^ "McCall set to depart Doonhamers". BBC Sport website. 26 April 2007.
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  66. ^ "Leitch quits post at Ross County". BBC Sport website. 30 April 2007.
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  68. ^ "Chapman surprise at Rovers sack". BBC Sport website. 7 May 2007.
  69. ^ "Albion Rovers appoint McCormack". BBC Sport website. 31 May 2007.
  70. ^ a b c d e The score of the Scottish team is shown first.
  71. ^ Scotland's score is shown first.
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