2016–17 Scottish Premiership
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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.
Season | 2016–17 |
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Dates | 6 August 2016 – 21 May 2017 |
Champions | Celtic 4th Premiership title 48th Scottish title |
Relegated | Inverness Caledonian Thistle |
Champions League | Celtic |
Europa League | Aberdeen Rangers St Johnstone |
Matches played | 228 |
Goals scored | 628 (2.75 per match) |
Top goalscorer | Liam Boyce (23 goals)[1][2] |
Biggest home win | Celtic 6–1 Kilmarnock (24 September 2016)[3][4] Aberdeen 7–2 Motherwell (15 February 2017)[3][4] |
Biggest away win | Dundee 0–7 Aberdeen (31 March 2017)[3][4] |
Highest scoring | Aberdeen 7–2 Motherwell (15 February 2017)[3][4] |
Longest winning run | 22 matches:[4] Celtic |
Longest unbeaten run | 38 matches:[4] Celtic |
Longest winless run | 14 matches:[4] Inverness Caledonian Thistle |
Longest losing run | 7 matches:[4] Dundee |
Highest attendance | 58,967[4] Celtic 2–0 Heart of Midlothian (21 May 2017) |
Lowest attendance | 1,548[4] Hamilton Academical 1–1 Ross County (8 April 2017) |
Total attendance | 3,184,955[4] |
Average attendance | 13,969 (4,325)[4] |
← 2015–16 2017–18 → |
Twelve teams contested the league: Aberdeen, Celtic, Dundee, Hamilton Academical, Heart of Midlothian, Inverness CT, Kilmarnock, Motherwell, Partick Thistle, Rangers, Ross County and St Johnstone.
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]