1996-97 in Scottish football Totally Explained

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The 1996-1997 season was the 100th season of competitive football in Scotland. Season 1995/96 saw a playoff system introduced between the second bottom of the Premier Division and the second top team from the First Division.

Scottish Premier Division

P	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Rangers	36	25	5	6	85	33	52	80
2	Celtic	36	23	6	7	78	32	46	75
3	Dundee United	36	17	9	10	46	33	13	60
4	Hearts	36	14	10	12	46	43	3	52
5	Dunfermline Athletic	36	12	9	15	52	65	-13	45
6	Aberdeen	36	10	14	12	45	54	-9	44
7	Kilmarnock	36	11	6	19	41	61	-20	39
8	Motherwell	36	8	11	16	44	55	-11	38
9	Hibernian	36	9	11	16	38	55	-17	38
10	Raith Rovers	36	6	7	23	29	73	-44	25

Champions: Rangers
Relegated: Raith Rovers

Premier Division/Division One playoff

Hibernian 1-0 Airdrieonians
Airdrieonians 2-4 Hibernian (Hibernian win 5-2 on aggregate)

Scottish League Division One

P	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	St. Johnstone	36	24	8	4	74	23	51	80
2	Airdrieonians	36	15	15	6	56	34	22	60
3	Dundee	36	15	13	8	47	33	14	58
4	St. Mirren	36	17	7	12	48	41	7	58
5	Falkirk	36	15	9	12	42	39	3	54
6	Partick Thistle	36	12	12	12	49	48	1	48
7	Stirling Albion	36	12	10	14	54	61	-7	46
8	Morton	36	12	9	15	42	41	1	45
9	Clydebank	36	7	7	22	31	59	-28	28
10	East Fife	36	2	8	26	28	92	-64	14

Promoted: St. Johnstone
Relegated: Clydebank, East Fife

Scottish League Division Two

P	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Ayr United	36	23	8	5	61	33	28	77
2	Hamilton Academical	36	22	8	6	75	28	47	74
3	Livingston	36	18	10	8	56	38	18	64
4	Clyde	36	14	10	12	42	39	3	52
5	Queen of the South	36	13	8	15	55	57	-2	47
6	Stenhousemuir	36	11	11	14	49	43	6	44
7	Brechin City	36	10	11	15	36	49	-13	41
8	Stranraer	36	9	9	18	29	51	-22	36
9	Dumbarton	36	9	8	19	44	66	-22	35
10	Berwick Rangers	36	4	11	21	32	75	-43	23

Promoted: Ayr United, Hamilton Academical
Relegated: Dumbarton, Berwick Rangers

Scottish League Division Thee

P	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Inverness CT	36	23	7	6	70	37	33	76
2	Forfar Athletic	36	19	10	7	74	45	29	67
3	Ross County	36	20	7	9	58	41	17	67
4	Alloa Athletic	36	16	7	13	50	47	3	55
5	Albion Rovers	36	13	10	13	50	47	3	49
6	Montrose	36	12	7	17	46	62	-16	43
7	Cowdenbeath	36	10	9	17	38	51	-13	39
8	Queen's Park	36	9	9	18	46	59	-13	36
9	East Stirlingshire	36	8	9	19	36	58	-22	33
10	Arbroath	36	6	13	17	31	52	-21	31

Promoted: Inverness CT, Forfar Athletic

Cup honours

Competition	Winner	Score	Runner-up	Details
Scottish Cup	Kilmarnock	1-0	Falkirk	Scottish Cup 1996-97
League Cup	Rangers	4-3	Heart of Midlothian
Challenge Cup	Stranraer	1-0	St. Johnstone
Junior Cup	Pollok	3-1	Tayport

Performance in Europe

Club	Competition(s)	Progress	Coef.
Rangers	UEFA Champions League		5.00
Hearts	UEFA Cup Winners' Cup	Qualifying round	1.00
Aberdeen	UEFA Cup	Second round	5.00
Celtic	UEFA Cup	First round	1.50

Average coefficient - 3.125

Individual Honours

SPFA awards

Award	Player	Club
Players' Player of the Year	Paolo di Canio	Celtic
Young Player of the Year	Robbie Winters	Dundee United

SFWA awards

Award	Player	Club
Footballer of the Year	Brian Laudrup	Rangers
Young Player of the Year	Unknown	Unknown
Manager of the Year	Walter Smith	Rangers

Scotland national team

Note that scores are shown Scotland first

Date	Venue	Opponents	Score	Competition	Scotland scorers
August 31 1996	Ernst Happel Stadion, Vienna (A)	Austria	0-0	WCQ
October 5 1996	Daugava Stadium, Riga (A)	Latvia	2-0	WCQ	John Collins, Darren Jackson
November 10 1996	Ibrox Stadium, Glasgow (H)	Sweden	1-0	WCQ	John McGinlay
February 11 1997	Stade Louis II, Monaco (A)	Estonia	0-0	WCQ
March 29 1997	Rugby Park, Kilmarnock (H)	Estonia	2-0	WCQ	Tom Boyd, own goal
April 2 1997	Celtic Park, Glasgow (H)	Austria	2-0	WCQ	Kevin Gallacher (2)
April 30 1997	Ullevi, Gothenburg (A)	Sweden	1-2	WCQ	Kevin Gallacher
May 27 1997	Rugby Park, Kilmarnock (H)	Wales	0-1	F
June 1 1997	Ta' Qali Stadium, Valletta (A)	Malta	3-2	F	Darren Jackson (2), Christian Dailly
June 8 1997	Dinamo Stadium, Minsk (A)	Belarus	1-0	WCQ	Gary McAllister (pen.)

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