The 2014–15 Scottish Premiership was the second season of the Scottish Premiership, the highest division of Scottish football. The season began on 9 August 2014 and ended on the 31 May 2015. Celtic were the defending champions.
Twelve teams contested the league: Aberdeen, Celtic, Dundee, Dundee United, Hamilton Academical, Inverness CT, Kilmarnock, Motherwell, Partick Thistle, Ross County, St Johnstone and St Mirren. Due to the relegation of Edinburgh-based teams Heart of Midlothian and Hibernian in 2014, this season marked the first time in football history in which a capital city had no representatives in the top league.
On 2 May, Celtic clinched their fourth title in a row after Aberdeen lost 1–0 away at Dundee United, leaving Celtic 11 points clear with three games to play.
Teams Dundee were promoted from the Scottish Championship. Heart of Midlothian were relegated from the Scottish Premiership.
Hibernian finished in the play-off position in the Scottish Premiership. They lost to Hamilton Academical who took the final place in the second edition of the competition, a result which left the Scottish capital Edinburgh without a club in the top flight of Scottish football for the 2014–15 season.
Stadiums by capacity and locations
Aberdeen Celtic Dundee Dundee United Pittodrie Stadium, Aberdeen Celtic Park, Glasgow Dens Park, Dundee Tannadice Park, Dundee Capacity: 20,897 Capacity: 60,355 Capacity: 11,506 Capacity: 14,229 Hamilton Academical Inverness Caledonian Thistle New Douglas Park, Hamilton Caledonian Stadium, Inverness Capacity: 6,078 Capacity: 7,800 Kilmarnock Motherwell Rugby Park, Kilmarnock Fir Park, Motherwell Capacity: 18,128 Capacity: 13,677 Partick Thistle Ross County St Johnstone St Mirren Firhill Stadium, Glasgow Victoria Park, Dingwall McDiarmid Park, Perth St Mirren Park, Paisley Capacity: 10,102 Capacity: 6,541 Capacity: 10,696 Capacity: 8,023
Personnel and kits
Team Manager Captain Kit manufacturer Shirt sponsorAberdeen Adidas Saltire EnergyCeltic Nike MagnersDundee Puma Hangar RecordsDundee United Nike CalorHamilton Academical 1874 Accies, Nike M&H Logistics (H), Life Skills Centres (A)Inverness CT Erreà SubwayKilmarnock Erreà QTSMotherwell Macron Cash ConvertersPartick Thistle Joma macbRoss County Carbrini Stanley CRC Evans OffshoreSt Johnstone Joma GS Brown ConstructionSt Mirren Carbrini JD Sports
Managerial changes
Team Outgoing manager Manner of departure Date of vacancy Position in table Incoming manager Date of appointment St Mirren End of contract 12 May 2014 Pre-season 13 May 2014 Celtic Resigned 22 May 2014 Pre-season 6 June 2014 Ross County Sacked 28 August 2014 12th 9 September 2014 Motherwell Resigned 2 November 2014 11th 13 December 2014 St Mirren Sacked 9 December 2014 11th 29 January 2015 Hamilton Academical Signed by Norwich City 9 January 2015 3rd 23 January 2015 Kilmarnock Resigned 6 February 2015 8th 6 February 2015 (interim)
Tournament format and regulations
Basic In the initial phase of the season, the 12 teams played a round-robin tournament whereby each team played each one of the other teams three times. After 33 games, the league split into two sections of six teams, with each team playing each other in that section. The league attempts to balance the fixture list so that teams in the same section play each other twice at home and twice away, but sometimes this is impossible. A total of 228 matches were played, with 38 matches played by each team.
Promotion and relegation The team that finished 12th (St Mirren) was relegated to the Championship, while the champion of that league (Heart of Midlothian) was promoted to the Premiership for the 2015–16 season. The team that finished 11th in the Premiership (Motherwell) played the winner of the Championship playoffs (Rangers) in two playoff games, with the winner (Motherwell) securing a Premiership spot for the 2015–16 season.
League table
Results
Matches 1–22 Teams played each other twice, once at home, once away.
Matches 23–33 Teams played every other team once (either at home or away).
Matches 34–38 After 33 matches, the league split into two sections of six teams each, with teams playing every other team in their section once (either at home or away). The exact matches were determined upon the league table at the time of the split.
Top six
Bottom six
Top scorers
RankPlayerClubGoals1 Adam RooneyAberdeen182 Leigh GriffithsCeltic14 Nadir ÇiftçiDundee United144 Greg StewartDundee135 Anthony AndreuHamilton Academical12 John SuttonMotherwell127 Ali CrawfordHamilton Academical118 Billy McKayInverness Caledonian Thistle10 Liam BoyceRoss County10 Kris CommonsCeltic10 Awards Annual awards Award Winner Club PFA Scotland Premiership Player of the Year Stefan Johansen Celtic PFA Scotland Premiership Young Player of the Year Jason Denayer Celtic PFA Scotland Premiership Manager of the Year John Hughes Inverness Caledonian Thistle PFA Scotland Goal of the Season Stevie Mallan St Mirren PFA Scotland Premiership Team of the Year Goalkeeper Craig Gordon(Celtic) Defenders Shay Logan(Aberdeen) Jason Denayer(Celtic) Virgil van Dijk(Celtic) Graeme Shinnie(Inverness Caledonian Thistle) Midfielders Stuart Armstrong(Dundee United) Scott Brown(Celtic) Stefan Johansen(Celtic) Forwards Nadir Çiftçi(Dundee United) Adam Rooney(Aberdeen) Greg Stewart(Dundee)
Premiership play-offs
Quarter-final
First leg
Second leg
Rangers won 3–2 on aggregate.
Semi-final
First leg
Second leg
Rangers won 2–1 on aggregate.
Final
First leg
Second leg
Motherwell won 6–1 on aggregate. Attendances Source:
# Football club Average attendance 1 Celtic FC 44,585 2 Aberdeen FC 13,359 3 Dundee United FC 8,113 4 Dundee FC 6,966 5 St. Johnstone FC 4,592 6 Motherwell FC 4,286 7 Kilmarnock FC 4,076 8 St. Mirren FC 3,869 9 Partick Thistle FC 3,777 10 Inverness Caledonian Thistle FC 3,733 11 Ross County FC 3,525 12 Hamilton Academical FC 2,877
See also Nine in a row
References
External links Official website