2009–10 Scottish First Division
Season | 2009–10 |
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Champions | Inverness Caledonian Thistle |
Promoted | Inverness Caledonian Thistle |
Relegated | Airdrie United, Ayr United |
Top goalscorer | Adam Rooney (24) |
Biggest home win | Morton 5–0 Raith Rovers Partick Thistle 5–0 Morton |
Biggest away win | Ayr United 0–7 Inverness CT |
Highest scoring | Ross County 5–3 Airdrie United |
Highest attendance | 6,289: Dunfermline Athletic 0-2 Raith Rovers (29/08/09) |
Lowest attendance | 703: Airdrie United 1-1 Dunfermline Athletic (09/03/10) |
← 2008–09 2010–11 → |
The 2009–10 Scottish First Division was the fifteenth season of the First Division in its current format of ten teams.
Club locations[]
![2009–10 Scottish First Division is located in Scotland](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/67/Scotland_location_map.svg/400px-Scotland_location_map.svg.png)
![Airdrie United Airdrie United](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0c/Red_pog.svg/8px-Red_pog.svg.png)
![Ayr United Ayr United](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0c/Red_pog.svg/8px-Red_pog.svg.png)
![Inverness Caledonian Thistle Inverness Caledonian Thistle](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0c/Red_pog.svg/8px-Red_pog.svg.png)
![Partick Thistle Partick Thistle](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0c/Red_pog.svg/8px-Red_pog.svg.png)
![Raith Rovers Raith Rovers](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0c/Red_pog.svg/8px-Red_pog.svg.png)
Promotion and relegation from 2008–09[]
SPL & First Division[]
Relegated from Premier League to First Division
- Inverness Caledonian Thistle
Promoted from First Division to Scottish Premier League
- St Johnstone
First & Second Divisions[]
Relegated from First Division to Second Division
Relegated from First Division to Third Division
Promoted from Second Division to First Division
- Raith Rovers
- Ayr United
League table[]
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Promotion, qualification or relegation |
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1 | Inverness Caledonian Thistle (C, P) | 36 | 21 | 10 | 5 | 72 | 32 | +40 | 73 | Promotion to the Premier League |
2 | Dundee | 36 | 16 | 13 | 7 | 48 | 34 | +14 | 61 | |
3 | Dunfermline Athletic | 36 | 17 | 7 | 12 | 54 | 44 | +10 | 58 | |
4 | Queen of the South | 36 | 15 | 11 | 10 | 53 | 40 | +13 | 56 | |
5 | Ross County | 36 | 15 | 11 | 10 | 46 | 44 | +2 | 56 | |
6 | Partick Thistle | 36 | 14 | 6 | 16 | 43 | 40 | +3 | 48 | |
7 | Raith Rovers | 36 | 11 | 9 | 16 | 36 | 47 | −11 | 42 | |
8 | Greenock Morton | 36 | 11 | 4 | 21 | 40 | 65 | −25 | 37 | |
9 | Airdrie United (R) | 36 | 8 | 9 | 19 | 41 | 56 | −15 | 33 | Qualification to the First Division Play-offs |
10 | Ayr United (R) | 36 | 7 | 10 | 19 | 29 | 60 | −31 | 31 | Relegation to the Second Division |
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
First Division Play-offs: The 9th place team will be entered into a play-off with the 2nd, 3rd and 4th places of the Second Division. The winner gets a place in the 2010-11 First Division
(C) Champion; (P) Promoted; (R) Relegated
Results[]
Teams play each other four times in this league. In the first half of the season each team plays every other team twice (home and away) and then does the same in the second half of the season.
First half of season[]
Second half of season[]
Top scorers[]
- As of 15 April 2010
Sources: BBC
Rank | Scorer | Team | Goals |
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1 | ![]() |
Inverness CT | 24 |
2 | ![]() |
Dundee | 15 |
3 | ![]() |
Inverness CT | 12 |
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Dundee | ||
5 | ![]() |
Airdrie United | 11 |
6 | ![]() |
Partick Thistle | 10 |
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Queen of the South | ||
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Greenock Morton | ||
9 | ![]() |
Dunfermline Athletic | 10 |
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Inverness CT |
First Division Play-offs[]
Times are BST (UTC+1)
Semi-Finals[]
The ninth placed team in the First Division played the fourth placed team in the Second Division and third placed team in the Second Division played the second placed team in the Second Division. The play-offs were played over two legs, the winning team in each semi-final advanced to the final.
Team 1 | Agg. | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
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Brechin City | 3–1 | Airdrie United | 2–1 | 1–0 |
Cowdenbeath | 3–1 | Alloa Athletic | 1–1 | 2–0 |
First legs
Brechin City | 2–1 | Airdrie United |
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McAllister ![]() King ![]() |
BBC Sport | Gemmill ![]() |
Second legs
Airdrie United | 0–1 | Brechin City |
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BBC Sport | McAllister ![]() |
Alloa Athletic | 0–2 | Cowdenbeath |
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BBC Sport | Wardlaw ![]() McQuade ![]() |
Final[]
The two semi-final winners played each other over two legs. The winning team was awarded a place in the 2010–11 First Division.
Team 1 | Agg. | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
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Cowdenbeath | 3–0 | Brechin City | 0–0 | 3–0 |
First leg
Cowdenbeath | 0–0 | Brechin City |
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BBC Sport |
Second leg
Brechin City | 0–3 | Cowdenbeath |
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BBC Sport | Mbu ![]() Wardlaw ![]() |
Kits and shirt sponsors[]
Team | Kit manufacturer | Kit sponsor | Notes |
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Airdrie United | Surridge Sports | St Andrew's Hospice | New home and away kits. |
Ayr United | Surridge Sports | Paligap | New home and away kits. |
Dundee | Bukta | Viga Athletic Clothing (Home), Bukta (Away) | New home and away kits. |
Dunfermline Athletic | Puma | The Purvis Group | New home and away kits. |
Greenock Morton | Bukta | Millions Chews | New home kit. |
Inverness Caledonian Thistle | Erreà | Flybe | New away kit. |
Partick Thistle | Puma | Ignis asset management | New away kit. |
Queen of the South | Surridge Sports | Peter C Haining Kitchens & Bathrooms | New home and away kits. |
Raith Rovers | Puma | O'Connell's Bar and Diner | New home and away kits. |
Ross County | Adidas | Highnet | New home kit. |
Stadia[]
Team | Stadium | Capacity |
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Airdrie United | Excelsior Stadium | 10,171 |
Dunfermline Athletic | East End Park | 11,998 |
Dundee | Dens Park | 11,856 |
Inverness Caledonian Thistle | Caledonian Stadium | 7,711 |
Greenock Morton | Cappielow Park | 11,612 |
Partick Thistle | Firhill Stadium | 10,887 |
Queen of the South | Palmerston Park | 6,412 |
Ross County | Victoria Park | 6,310 |
Ayr United | Somerset Park | 10,185 |
Raith Rovers | Stark's Park | 10,104 |
References[]
- ^ Livingston F.C. were demoted to the Third Division in response to the club's insolvency. As a result, Airdrie United - beaten play-off finalists from 2008-09 - regained their First Division status.Press Announcement Archived 2009-08-11 at the Wayback Machine, Scottish Football League
- Scottish First Division seasons
- 2009–10 Scottish Football League
- 2009–10 in Scottish football leagues
- 2009–10 in European second tier association football leagues