2006–07 Scottish Premier League
The 2006–07 Scottish Premier League season was the ninth season of the Scottish Premier League. It began on 29 July 2006.
The league champions, Celtic and runners-up, Rangers, qualified for the UEFA Champions League on the return of Walter Smith as manager following a brief and disastrous reign by Frenchman Paul Le Guen. The team finishing third, Aberdeen qualified for the UEFA Cup, as did the Scottish Cup finalists Dunfermline Athletic. However, being the bottom-placed team in the SPL, Dunfermline were also relegated to the First Division.
Teams
Promotion and relegation from 2005–06
Promoted from First Division to Premier League- St Mirren
- Livingston
Stadia and locations
Personnel
| Team | Manager |
| Aberdeen |  Jimmy Calderwood |
| Celtic | Gordon Strachan |
| Dundee United | Craig Levein |
| Dunfermline Athletic |  Stephen Kenny |
| Falkirk | John Hughes |
| Heart of Midlothian |  Anatoliy Korobochka |
| Hibernian | John Collins |
| Inverness Caledonian Thistle | Charlie Christie |
| Kilmarnock | Jim Jefferies |
| Motherwell | Maurice Malpas |
| Rangers | Walter Smith |
| St Mirren | Gus MacPherson |
Managerial changes
Events
- On 22 April 2007 Celtic beat Kilmarnock 2–1 to win the title for the second season running thanks to goals from Jan Vennegoor of Hesselink and Shunsuke Nakamura who scored a free-kick in the dying second of the match to clinch the title for Celtic
- On 12 May 2007 Dunfermline Athletic were relegated to the First Division after a 2–1 defeat at Inverness CT and St Mirren came back from 2–0 down to win 3–2 at Motherwell.
- On 20 May 2007 Aberdeen beat Rangers 2–0 at home in their final game of the season to qualify for the UEFA Cup.
- For the second consecutive season, the top scorer was Kris Boyd of Rangers, with 20 goals.
League table
Results
Matches 1–22
During matches 1–22 each team played every other team twice.Matches 23–33
During matches 23–33 each team played every other team once.Matches 34–38
During matches 34–38 each team played every other team in their half of the table once.Top six
Bottom six
Goals
Top scorers
Hat-tricks
| Scorer | For | Against | Date |
 | Celtic | Dundee United | 14 October 2006 |
 | Falkirk | Dundee United | 28 October 2006 |
| | Falkirk | Dunfermline Athletic | 4 November 2006 |
 | Celtic | St Mirren | 12 November 2006 |
| | Falkirk | Inverness CT | 30 December 2006 |
 | Celtic | St Mirren | 20 January 2007 |
 | Rangers | Kilmarnock | 11 February 2007 |
| | Rangers | Aberdeen | 17 March 2007 |
| | Dundee United | Heart of Midlothian | 17 March 2007 |
Attendances
Overall 3.7 million spectators attended an average per match of just over 8,090. The average and highest attendances for SPL clubs during the 2006/07 season are shown below:| Club | Average | Highest |
| Celtic | 57,928 | 59,659 |
| Rangers | 49,955 | 50,488 |
| Hearts | 16,937 | 17,369 |
| Hibernian | 14,587 | 16,747 |
| Aberdeen | 12,475 | 20,045 |
| Dundee United | 7,147 | 12,329 |
| Kilmarnock | 6,807 | 13,506 |
| Dunfermline Athletic | 6,106 | 8,561 |
| Motherwell | 5,877 | 11,745 |
| St Mirren | 5,609 | 10,251 |
| Falkirk | 5,387 | 7,245 |
| Inverness CT | 4,879 | 7,522 |
Source:
Monthly awards
| Month | Manager | Player | Young Player |
| August | Jim Jefferies |  Russell Latapy | Aiden McGeady |
| September | Gordon Strachan | Allan McGregor | Aiden McGeady |
| October | Charlie Christie |  Lee Naylor | Anthony Stokes |
| November | Craig Levein | Russell Anderson | Anthony Stokes |
| December | John Hughes |  Artur Boruc | Darren Barr |
| January | Gordon Strachan | Jan Vennegoor of Hesselink | Christophe Berra |
| February | Maurice Malpas | Shunsuke Nakamura | Lewis Stevenson |
| March | Craig Levein | Alan Hutton | Steven Naismith |
| April | Stephen Kenny |  Neil Lennon | Mark Reynolds |