2011–12 Scottish Premier League

A total of twelve teams contested the league: eleven sides that competed in the 2010–11 SPL and one club promoted from the First Division.The new entry was First Division champions Dunfermline Athletic, who replaced relegated Hamilton Academical.Since Scotland climbed from sixteenth to fifteenth place in the UEFA association coefficient rankings at the end of the 2010–11 season,[5] the league re-gained an additional third qualifying round berth for the UEFA Champions League.Despite finishing in the second qualifying position for the 2012–13 UEFA Champions League, the eventual liquidation of Rangers allowed Motherwell to take their place in the competition for the first time in the club's history.[6][7] The team ending the 2010–11 season at the bottom of the table, Hamilton Academical, were relegated to the 2011–12 Scottish First Division.
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