2011–12 Scottish Premier League
The 2011–12 Scottish Premier League was the fourteenth season of the Scottish Premier League, the highest division of Scottish football, since its inception in 1998. The season started on 23 July 2011 and ended on 13 May 2012.
| Season | 2011–12 |
|---|---|
| Dates | 23 July 2011 – 13 May 2012 |
| Champions | Celtic 7th Premier League title 43rd Scottish title |
| Relegated | Dunfermline Athletic Rangers |
| Champions League | Celtic Motherwell |
| Europa League | Hearts Dundee United St Johnstone |
| Matches played | 228 |
| Goals scored | 601 (2.64 per match) |
| Top goalscorer | Gary Hooper (24) |
| Biggest home win | Celtic 5–0 St Mirren (26 November 2011) Rangers 5–0 Dundee United (2 May 2012) Celtic 5–0 Hearts (13 May 2012) |
| Biggest away win | Kilmarnock 0–6 Celtic (7 April 2012) |
| Highest scoring | Kilmarnock 3–6 Inverness CT (5 November 2011) |
| Longest winning run | 17 games Celtic |
| Longest unbeaten run | 21 games Celtic |
| Longest winless run | 11 games St Mirren |
| Longest losing run | 5 games Dunfermline Athletic |
| Highest attendance | 58,875 Celtic v Hearts (13 May 2012) |
| Lowest attendance | 1,607 St Johnstone v Aberdeen (13 December 2011) |
| Average attendance | 13,861 |
← 2010–11 2012–13 → | |
A total of twelve teams contested the league: eleven sides that competed in the 2010–11 SPL and one club promoted from the First Division. The new entry was First Division champions Dunfermline Athletic, who replaced relegated Hamilton Academical.
Since Scotland climbed from sixteenth to fifteenth place in the UEFA association coefficient rankings at the end of the 2010–11 season, the league re-gained an additional third qualifying round berth for the UEFA Champions League. However, it lost that berth again the following season. Despite finishing in the second qualifying position for the 2012–13 UEFA Champions League, the eventual liquidation of Rangers allowed Motherwell to take their place in the competition for the first time in the club's history.
On 7 April, Celtic won the title after a 6–0 away win against Kilmarnock at Rugby Park. It was their first title in four years.