2012–13 in Scottish football

Football in Scotland
Season 2012–13
2011–12 Scotland 2013–14
2012–13 in Scottish football
Premier League champions
Celtic
First Division champions
Partick Thistle
Second Division champions
Queen of the South
Third Division champions
Rangers
Scottish Cup winners
Celtic
League Cup winners
St Mirren
Challenge Cup winners
Queen of the South
Youth Cup winners
Celtic
Teams in Europe
Celtic, Dundee United,
Heart of Midlothian, Motherwell,
St Johnstone
Scotland national team
World Cup 2014 qualifying

The 2012–13 season was the 116th season of competitive football in Scotland. The season began on 28 July 2012, with the start of the Challenge Cup.[1]

Transfer deals

League Competitions

Scottish Premier League

The participation of Rangers was dependent on the outcome of a vote by SPL clubs on whether or not a "newco" Rangers will be allowed an SPL licence.[2] When the fixture list was published on 18 June 2012, Rangers were replaced by the term "Club 12", pending the outcome of the vote.[2][3] Eight clubs publicly declared that they would oppose the newco Rangers, which would mean that it could not enter the SPL.[4] The vote took place on 4 July 2012, and the newco Rangers were refused entry to the SPL.[5] Dundee were promoted from the Scottish First Division after finishing second in the 2011-12 season.[5]

Pos
Team
Pld
W
D
L
GF
GA
GD
Pts
Promotion or relegation
1 Celtic (C) 38 24 7 7 92 35 +57 79 2013–14 UEFA Champions League second qualifying round
2 Motherwell 38 18 9 11 67 51 +16 63 2013–14 UEFA Europa League third qualifying round
3 St Johnstone 38 14 14 10 45 44 +1 56 2013–14 UEFA Europa League second qualifying round
4 Inverness Caledonian Thistle 38 13 15 10 64 60 +4 54
5 Ross County 38 13 14 11 47 48 1 53
6 Dundee United 38 11 14 13 51 62 11 47
7 Hibernian2 38 13 12 13 49 52 3 512013–14 UEFA Europa League second qualifying round
8 Aberdeen2 38 11 15 12 41 43 2 48
9 Kilmarnock 38 11 12 15 52 53 1 45
10 Heart of Midlothian 38 11 11 16 40 49 9 44
11 St Mirren 38 9 14 15 47 60 13 41
12 Dundee (R) 38 7 9 22 28 66 38 30 Relegation to 2013–14 Scottish First Division

Source: Scottish Premier League
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored
1 Since the winners of 2012–13 Scottish Cup, Celtic are already qualified to 2013–14 UEFA Champions League, the runners–up Hibernian secured a spot in 2013–14 UEFA Europa League in the second qualifying round.
2 Teams in the bottom half at the time of the split may not overtake a team in the top 6 at the time of the split.
(C) = Champion; (R) = Relegated; (P) = Promoted; (E) = Eliminated; (O) = Play-off winner; (A) = Advances to a further round.
Only applicable when the season is not finished:
(Q) = Qualified to the phase of tournament indicated; (TQ) = Qualified to tournament, but not yet to the particular phase indicated; (RQ) = Qualified to the relegation tournament indicated; (DQ) = Disqualified from tournament.

Scottish First Division

Pos
Team
Pld
W
D
L
GF
GA
GD
Pts
Promotion or relegation
1 Partick Thistle (C) (P) 36 23 9 4 76 28+48 78 Promotion to the 2013–14 Scottish Premiership
2 Greenock Morton 36 20 7 9 73 47+26 67
3 Falkirk 36 15 8 13 52 48+4 53
4 Livingston 36 14 10 12 58 56+2 52
5 Hamilton Academical 36 14 9 13 52 45+7 51
6 Raith Rovers 36 11 13 12 45 483 46
7 Dumbarton 36 13 4 19 58 8325 43
8 Cowdenbeath 36 8 12 16 51 6514 36
9 Dunfermline Athletic (R) 36 14 7 15 62 59+3 034 Qualification to the Scottish First Division Play-offs
10 Airdrie United (R) 36 5 7 24 41 8948 22 Relegation to the 2013–14 Scottish League One

Updated to games played on 19 May 2013.
Source: Scottish Football League
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored
(C) = Champion; (R) = Relegated; (P) = Promoted; (E) = Eliminated; (O) = Play-off winner; (A) = Advances to a further round.
Only applicable when the season is not finished:
(Q) = Qualified to the phase of tournament indicated; (TQ) = Qualified to tournament, but not yet to the particular phase indicated; (RQ) = Qualified to the relegation tournament indicated; (DQ) = Disqualified from tournament.
Dunfermline Athletic were deducted 15 points for entering administration.

Scottish Second Division

Pos
Team
Pld
W
D
L
GF
GA
GD
Pts
Promotion or relegation
1 Queen of the South (C) (P) 36 29 5 2 92 23+69 92 Promotion to the 2013–14 Scottish First Division
2 Alloa Athletic (P) 36 20 7 9 62 35+27 67 Qualification to the Scottish First Division Play-offs
3 Brechin City 36 19 4 13 72 59+13 61
4 Forfar Athletic 36 17 3 16 67 747 54
5 Arbroath 36 15 7 14 47 5710 52
6 Stenhousemuir 36 12 13 11 59 590 49
7 Ayr United 36 12 5 19 53 6512 41
8 Stranraer 36 10 7 19 43 7128 37
9 East Fife (O) 36 8 8 20 50 6515 32 Qualification to the Scottish Second Division Play-offs
10 Albion Rovers (R) 36 7 3 26 45 8237 24 Relegation to the 2013–14 Scottish Third Division

Updated to games played on 19 May 2013.
Source: Scottish Football League
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored
(C) = Champion; (R) = Relegated; (P) = Promoted; (E) = Eliminated; (O) = Play-off winner; (A) = Advances to a further round.
Only applicable when the season is not finished:
(Q) = Qualified to the phase of tournament indicated; (TQ) = Qualified to tournament, but not yet to the particular phase indicated; (RQ) = Qualified to the relegation tournament indicated; (DQ) = Disqualified from tournament.

Scottish Third Division

Pos
Team
Pld
W
D
L
GF
GA
GD
Pts
Qualification or relegation
1 Rangers (C) (P) 36 25 8 3 87 29+58 83 Promotion to the 2013–14 Scottish League One
2 Peterhead 36 17 8 11 52 28+24 59 Qualification to the Scottish Second Division Play-offs
3 Queen's Park 36 16 8 12 60 54+6 56
4 Berwick Rangers 36 14 7 15 59 55+4 49
5 Elgin City 36 13 10 13 67 692 49
6 Montrose 36 12 11 13 60 688 47
7 Stirling Albion 36 12 9 15 59 58+1 45
8 Annan Athletic 36 11 10 15 54 6511 43
9 Clyde 36 12 4 20 42 6624 40
10 East Stirlingshire 36 8 5 23 49 9748 29

Updated to games played on 19 May 2013.
Source: Scottish Football League
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored
(C) = Champion; (R) = Relegated; (P) = Promoted; (E) = Eliminated; (O) = Play-off winner; (A) = Advances to a further round.
Only applicable when the season is not finished:
(Q) = Qualified to the phase of tournament indicated; (TQ) = Qualified to tournament, but not yet to the particular phase indicated; (RQ) = Qualified to the relegation tournament indicated; (DQ) = Disqualified from tournament.

Scottish Premier Under-20 League

Pos
Team
Pld
W
D
L
GF
GA
GD
Pts
1 Celtic (C) 28 20 4 4 55 21+34 64
2 Aberdeen 28 17 6 5 77 34+43 57
3 Hibernian 28 14 6 8 57 36+21 48
4 St Mirren 28 14 5 9 53 49+4 47
5 Dundee United 28 14 3 11 54 41+13 45
6 Inverness Caledonian Thistle 28 13 5 10 50 47+3 44
7 St Johnstone 28 13 2 13 41 509 41
8 Hamilton Academical 28 10 8 10 42 475 38
9 Heart of Midlothian 28 10 7 11 46 493 37
10 Dunfermline Athletic 28 11 3 14 44 528 36
11 Kilmarnock 28 11 1 16 47 6518 34
12 Falkirk 28 9 5 14 29 323 32
13 Motherwell 28 9 4 15 48 568 31
14 Ross County 28 6 5 17 29 5223 23
15 Dundee 28 5 4 19 31 7241 19

Source: Scottish Premier League
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored
(C) = Champion; (R) = Relegated; (P) = Promoted; (E) = Eliminated; (O) = Play-off winner; (A) = Advances to a further round.
Only applicable when the season is not finished:
(Q) = Qualified to the phase of tournament indicated; (TQ) = Qualified to tournament, but not yet to the particular phase indicated; (RQ) = Qualified to the relegation tournament indicated; (DQ) = Disqualified from tournament.

Honours

Cup honours

Competition Winner Score Runner-up Match report
2012–13 Scottish Cup Celtic 3 – 0 Hibernian Report
2012–13 League Cup St Mirren 3 – 2 Heart of Midlothian Report
2012–13 Challenge Cup Queen of the South 1 – 1 (a.e.t.)
6 – 5 pens.
Partick Thistle Report
2012–13 Youth Cup Celtic 3 – 1 Dunfermline Athletic Report
2012–13 Junior Cup Auchinleck Talbot 1 – 0 Linlithgow Rose Report

Non-league honours

Senior

Competition Winner
2012–13 Highland League Cove Rangers
East of Scotland League Whitehill Welfare
South of Scotland League Dalbeattie Star

Junior

West Region

Division Winner
2012-13 Super League Premier Division Auchinleck Talbot
Super League First Division Hurlford United
Ayrshire League Kilwinning Rangers
Central League Division One Greenock Juniors
Central League Division Two Cambuslang Rangers

East Region

Division Winner
2012-13 Superleague Linlithgow Rose
Premier League Newtongrange Star
North Division Kirriemuir Thistle
Central Division Kinnoull
South Division Fauldhouse United

North Region

Division Winner
2012-13 Superleague Culter
Division One New Elgin
Division Two Colony Park

Individual honours

PFA Scotland awards

The PFA Scotland awards took place in Glasgow on 5 May 2013, with the following winners:[6]

Award Winner Team
Players' Player of the Year England Michael Higdon Motherwell
Young Player of the Year Scotland Leigh Griffiths Hibernian on loan from Wolves
Manager of the Year Scotland Allan Johnston Queen of the South
First Division Player England Lyle Taylor Falkirk
Second Division Player Scotland Nicky Clark Queen of the South
Third Division Player Scotland Lee Wallace Rangers

SFWA awards

Award Winner Team
Footballer of the Year Scotland Leigh Griffiths[7] Hibernian on loan from Wolves
Young Player of the Year Scotland Stuart Armstrong[8] Dundee United
Manager of the Year Northern Ireland Neil Lennon[9] Celtic

Scottish clubs in Europe

Summary

Club Competitions Started round Final round Coef. Top Scorer
Celtic UEFA Champions League Third qualifying round Round of 16 16.0 Greece Giorgos Samaras, 5
Motherwell UEFA Champions League Third qualifying round Third qualifying round 1.5
UEFA Europa League Play-off round Play-off round
Heart of Midlothian UEFA Europa League Play-off round Play-off round 1.5 Scotland David Templeton, 1
Dundee United UEFA Europa League Third qualifying round Third qualifying round 1.0 Republic of Ireland Willo Flood, 1
Scotland Keith Watson, 1
St Johnstone UEFA Europa League Second qualifying round Second qualifying round 0.5 France Grégory Tadé, 1
Total 20.5
Average 4.3

Celtic

2012–13 UEFA Champions League

Motherwell

2012–13 UEFA Champions League
2012–13 UEFA Europa League

Heart of Midlothian

2012–13 UEFA Europa League

Dundee United

2012–13 UEFA Europa League

St Johnstone

2012–13 UEFA Europa League

Scotland national team

Women's football

League and Cup honours

Division Winner
2012 Scottish Women's Premier League Glasgow City[10]
SWFL First Division Hibernian Reserves
SWFL Second Division North Stonehaven
SWFL Second Division West Murieston United
SWFL Second Division East Dunfermline Athletic
SWFL Second Division South East Hearts
Competition Winner Score Runner-up Match report
2012 Scottish Women's Cup Glasgow City 1 – 0 Forfar Farmington BBC Sport
Scottish Women's Premier League Cup Glasgow City 5 – 1 Spartans BBC Sport
SWFL First Division Cup Queen's Park 0 – 0
(3 – 2 pens)
Paisley Saints SWFitba
SWFL Second Division Cup Hearts 6 – 1 Aberdeen Reserves Hearts FC

Individual honours

SWF awards

The SWF awards evening took place at Hampden Park, Glasgow on 23 November 2012 and the winners were as follows:[11]

Award Winner Team
Players' Player of the Year Jane Ross Glasgow City
International Player of the Year Rhonda Jones Celtic
Manager of the Year Mark Nisbet Forfar Farmington
Premier Division Player of the Year Natalie Ross Celtic
First Division Player Lesley Blair Airdrie Ladies
Second Division Player Laura-Anne Johnston Dundee City

Scottish Women's Premier League

Pos
Team
Pld
W
D
L
GF
GA
GD
Pts
Qualification or relegation
1 Glasgow City (C) 21 20 0 1 143 10+133 60 2013–14 UEFA Women's Champions League Qualifying round
2 Forfar Farmington 21 14 2 5 50 23+27 44
3 Celtic 21 14 1 6 72 19+53 43
4 Hibernian 21 14 1 6 80 31+49 43
5 Spartans 21 8 2 11 42 497 26
6 Aberdeen 21 5 1 15 18 9476 16
7 Hamilton Academical 21 10 6 5 74 42+32 36
8 Hutchison Vale 21 9 3 9 61 654 30
9 Rangers 21 7 3 11 37 414 24
10 Falkirk 21 7 2 12 36 7135 23
11 Inverness City (R) 21 4 3 14 38 8749 15 Relegation to SWFL First Division
12 FC Kilmarnock Ladies (R) 21 1 2 18 23 142119 5

Updated to games played on 4 November 2012.
Source: Scottish Women's FA
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored
(C) = Champion; (R) = Relegated; (P) = Promoted; (E) = Eliminated; (O) = Play-off winner; (A) = Advances to a further round.
Only applicable when the season is not finished:
(Q) = Qualified to the phase of tournament indicated; (TQ) = Qualified to tournament, but not yet to the particular phase indicated; (RQ) = Qualified to the relegation tournament indicated; (DQ) = Disqualified from tournament.

Scotland women's national team

Glasgow City

2012–13 UEFA Women's Champions League

Deaths

Notes and references

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