2016–17 in Scottish football

The 2016–17 season was the 120th season of competitive football in Scotland. The domestic season began on 16 July 2016, with the first round of the 2016–17 Scottish League Cup.^[1] The 2016–17 Scottish Professional Football League season commenced on 6 August.^[1]

Football in Scotland

Season	2016–17
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2016–17 in Scottish football
Premiership champions
Celtic
Championship champions
Hibernian
League 1 champions
Livingston
League 2 champions
Arbroath
Scottish Cup winners
Celtic
League Cup winners
Celtic
Challenge Cup winners
Dundee United
Youth Cup winners
Celtic
Teams in Europe
Celtic, Aberdeen, Heart of Midlothian, Hibernian
Scotland national team
2018 FIFA World Cup qualification

Transfer deals

Main articles: List of Scottish football transfers summer 2016 and List of Scottish football transfers winter 2016–17

League competitions

Scottish Premiership

Main article: 2016–17 Scottish Premiership

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation^[a]
1	Celtic (C)	38	34	4	0	106	25	+81	106	Qualification for the Champions League second qualifying round^[b]
2	Aberdeen	38	24	4	10	74	35	+39	76	Qualification for the Europa League second qualifying round
3	Rangers	38	19	10	9	56	44	+12	67	Qualification for the Europa League first qualifying round
4	St Johnstone	38	17	7	14	50	46	+4	58
5	Heart of Midlothian	38	12	10	16	55	52	+3	46
6	Partick Thistle	38	10	12	16	38	54	−16	42
7	Ross County	38	11	13	14	48	58	−10	46
8	Kilmarnock	38	9	14	15	36	56	−20	41
9	Motherwell	38	10	8	20	46	69	−23	38
10	Dundee	38	10	7	21	38	62	−24	37
11	Hamilton Academical (O)	38	7	14	17	37	56	−19	35	Qualification for the Premiership play-off final
12	Inverness Caledonian Thistle (R)	38	7	13	18	44	71	−27	34	Relegation to the Scottish Championship

Source: Scottish Premiership, Soccerway
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored; 4) Play-off (only if deciding champion, UEFA competitions qualification and second stage group allocation).^[2]
(C) Champions; (O) Play-off winners; (R) Relegated
Notes:

1. Teams played each other three times (33 matches), before the league split into two groups (the top six and the bottom six) for the last five matches.
2. Since the winners of the 2016–17 Scottish Cup, Celtic, qualified for European competition based on league position, the spot awarded to the Scottish cup winners (Europa League second qualifying round) was passed to the second-placed team and the spot awarded to the second-placed team (Europa League first qualifying round) was passed to the fourth-placed team.

Scottish Championship

Main article: 2016–17 Scottish Championship

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion, qualification or relegation
1	Hibernian (C, P)	36	19	14	3	59	25	+34	71	Promotion to the Premiership
2	Falkirk	36	16	12	8	58	40	+18	60	Qualification for the Premiership play-off semi-finals
3	Dundee United	36	15	12	9	50	42	+8	57	Qualification for the Premiership play-off quarter-finals
4	Greenock Morton	36	13	13	10	44	41	+3	52
5	Dunfermline Athletic	36	12	12	12	46	43	+3	48
6	Queen of the South	36	11	10	15	46	52	−6	43
7	St Mirren	36	9	12	15	52	56	−4	39
8	Dumbarton	36	9	12	15	46	56	−10	39
9	Raith Rovers (R)	36	10	9	17	35	52	−17	39	Qualification for the Championship play-offs
10	Ayr United (R)	36	7	12	17	33	62	−29	33	Relegation to League One

Source: Soccerway
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Number of goals scored
(C) Champions; (P) Promoted; (R) Relegated

Scottish League One

Main article: 2016–17 Scottish League One

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion, qualification or relegation
1	Livingston (C, P)	36	26	3	7	80	32	+48	81	Promotion to Scottish Championship
2	Alloa Athletic	36	17	11	8	69	44	+25	62	Qualification to Championship play-offs
3	Airdrieonians	36	16	4	16	61	66	−5	52
4	Brechin City (O, P)	36	15	5	16	43	49	−6	50
5	East Fife	36	12	10	14	41	44	−3	46
6	Queen's Park	36	12	10	14	37	51	−14	46
7	Stranraer	36	12	8	16	46	50	−4	44
8	Albion Rovers	36	11	9	16	41	48	−7	42
9	Peterhead (R)	36	10	10	16	44	59	−15	40	Qualification to League One play-offs
10	Stenhousemuir (R)	36	11	6	19	45	64	−19	39	Relegation to Scottish League Two

Updated to match(es) played on 6 May 2017. Source: Soccerway
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Number of goals scored
(C) Champions; (O) Play-off winners; (P) Promoted; (R) Relegated

Scottish League Two

Main article: 2016–17 Scottish League Two

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion, qualification or relegation
1	Arbroath (C, P)	36	18	12	6	63	36	+27	66	Promotion to League One
2	Forfar Athletic (O, P)	36	18	10	8	69	49	+20	64	Qualification to League One play-offs
3	Annan Athletic	36	18	4	14	61	58	+3	58
4	Montrose	36	14	10	12	44	53	−9	52
5	Elgin City	36	14	9	13	67	47	+20	51
6	Stirling Albion	36	12	11	13	50	59	−9	47
7	Edinburgh City	36	11	10	15	38	45	−7	43
8	Berwick Rangers	36	10	10	16	50	65	−15	40
9	Clyde	36	10	8	18	49	64	−15	38
10	Cowdenbeath (O)	36	9	8	19	40	55	−15	35	Qualification to League Two play-off finals

Source: BBC Sport
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Number of goals scored
(C) Champions; (O) Play-off winners; (P) Promoted

Non-league football

Level 5

Main articles: 2016–17 Highland Football League and 2016–17 Lowland Football League

Highland Football League Pos Team v t e Pld Pts 1 Buckie Thistle (C) 34 82 2 Cove Rangers 34 82 3 Brora Rangers 34 81 4 Formartine United 34 73 5 Fraserburgh 34 63 6 Forres Mechanics 34 58 7 Turriff United 34 58 8 Wick Academy 34 53 9 Inverurie Loco Works 34 50 10 Keith 34 47 11 Clachnacuddin 34 41 12 Lossiemouth 34 38 13 Nairn County 34 34 14 Huntly 34 34 15 Deveronvale 34 30 16 Rothes 34 26 17 Fort William 34 11 18 Strathspey Thistle 34 9 Source: Highland Football League (C) Champions

Lowland Football League Pos Team v t e Pld Pts 1 East Kilbride (C) 30 75 2 East Stirlingshire 30 68 3 The Spartans 30 56 4 Stirling University 30 53 5 Dalbeattie Star 30 47 6 Cumbernauld Colts 30 47 7 BSC Glasgow 30 42 8 Whitehill Welfare 30 40 9 Gretna 2008 30 40 10 Gala Fairydean Rovers 30 40 11 Edinburgh University 30 37 12 Civil Service Strollers 30 37 13 Vale of Leithen 30 37 14 Hawick Royal Albert 30 25 15 Selkirk 30 23 16 Preston Athletic (R) 30 16 Source: Soccerway (C) Champions; (R) Relegated

Level 6

Main articles: 2016–17 East of Scotland Football League and 2016–17 South of Scotland Football League

East of Scotland Football League Pos Team v t e Pld Pts 1 Lothian Thistle Hutchison Vale (C) 20 53 2 Leith Athletic 20 47 3 Tynecastle 20 43 4 Heriot-Watt University 20 39 5 Coldstream 20 31 6 Stirling University Reserves 20 30 7 Eyemouth United 20 23 8 Peebles Rovers 20 19 9 Ormiston 20 12 10 Tweedmouth Rangers 20 12 11 Burntisland Shipyard 20 10 12 Duns 0 0 Source: East of Scotland Football League (C) Champions

South of Scotland Football League Pos Team v t e Pld Pts 1 Edusport Academy (C, P) 26 68 2 Wigtown & Bladnoch 26 66 3 St Cuthbert Wanderers 26 60 4 Threave Rovers 26 40 5 Mid-Annandale 26 40 6 Newton Stewart 26 39 7 Heston Rovers 26 38 8 Abbey Vale 26 38 9 Lochar Thistle 26 35 10 Creetown 26 31 11 Lochmaben 26 26 12 Upper Annandale 26 21 13 Nithsdale Wanderers 26 21 14 Dumfries YMCA 26 1 Source: South of Scotland Football League (C) Champions; (P) Promoted

SPFL Development League

Main article: 2016–17 SPFL Development League

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion, qualification or relegation
1	Ross County (C)	32	20	6	6	63	40	+23	66	League winners
2	Hamilton Academical	32	19	7	6	72	39	+33	64
3	Celtic	32	19	6	7	61	26	+35	63
4	Hibernian	32	19	4	9	67	43	+24	61
5	Motherwell	32	17	6	9	66	39	+27	57
6	Rangers	32	15	6	11	53	47	+6	51
7	Falkirk	32	14	7	11	57	52	+5	49
8	Partick Thistle	32	15	3	14	61	64	−3	48
9	Aberdeen	32	14	4	14	56	58	−2	46
10	Dunfermline Athletic	32	13	5	14	45	53	−8	44
11	Heart of Midlothian	32	12	7	13	48	46	+2	43
12	Kilmarnock	32	9	5	18	51	68	−17	32
13	St Mirren	32	9	4	19	46	70	−24	31
14	Dundee United	32	7	9	16	49	66	−17	30
15	Dundee	32	7	7	18	32	57	−25	28
16	Inverness Caledonian Thistle	32	7	6	19	32	66	−34	27
17	St Johnstone	32	5	10	17	34	59	−25	25

Updated to match(es) played on 5 May 2017. Source: SPFL
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Number of goals scored
(C) Champions

Honours

Cup honours

Competition	Winner	Score	Runner-up	Match report
2016–17 Scottish Cup	Celtic	2–1	Aberdeen	BBC Sport
2016–17 League Cup	Celtic	3–0	Aberdeen	BBC Sport
2016–17 Challenge Cup	Dundee United	2–1	St Mirren	BBC Sport
2016–17 Youth Cup	Celtic	3–0	Rangers	BBC Sport
2016–17 Junior Cup	Glenafton Athletic	2–1	Auchinleck Talbot	BBC Sport
2016–17 Amateur Cup	Colville Park	1 – 0	Southside	Glasgow World

Non-league honours

Senior

Competition	Winner
Highland League	Buckie Thistle
Lowland League	East Kilbride
East of Scotland League	Lothian Thistle Hutchison Vale
South of Scotland League	Edusport Academy

Junior

West Region

Division	Winner
2016–17 Super League Premier Division	Glenafton Athletic
Super League First Division	Girvan
Ayrshire District League	Darvel Juniors
Central District League First Division	Cambuslang Rangers
Central District League Second Division	Glasgow Perthshire

East Region

Division	Winner
2016–17 Superleague	Kelty Hearts
Premier League	Sauchie Juniors
North Division	Kirriemuir Thistle
South Division	Dunbar United

North Region

Division	Winner
2016–17 Superleague	Banks O'Dee
First Division (West)	Spey Valley United
First Division (East)	Ellon United

Individual honours

PFA Scotland awards

Award	Winner	Team
Players' Player of the Year	Scott Sinclair	Celtic
Young Player of the Year	Kieran Tierney	Celtic
Manager of the Year	Brendan Rodgers	Celtic
Championship Player of Year	John McGinn	Hibernian
League One Player of Year	Liam Buchanan	Livingston
League Two Player of Year	Shane Sutherland	Elgin City

SFWA awards

Award	Winner	Team
Footballer of the Year	Scott Sinclair	Celtic
Young Player of the Year	Kieran Tierney	Celtic
Manager of the Year	Brendan Rodgers	Celtic
International Player of the Year	Robert Snodgrass	Hull City/ West Ham United

Scottish clubs in Europe

Main articles: 2016–17 UEFA Champions League and 2016–17 UEFA Europa League

Celtic, Aberdeen, Heart of Midlothian and Hibernian qualified for European competition.^[3][4]

Celtic

UEFA Champions League

Lincoln Red Imps   v   Celtic

12 July 2016 2QR	Lincoln Red Imps	1 – 0	Celtic	Gibraltar
	Casciaro   48'	BBC Sport report		Stadium: Victoria Stadium Referee: Andreas Ekberg

Celtic   v   Lincoln Red Imps

20 July 2016 2QR	Celtic	3 – 0 (3 – 1 agg.)	Lincoln Red Imps	Glasgow, Scotland
	Lustig   23' Griffiths   26' Roberts   29'	BBC Sport report		Stadium: Celtic Park Referee: Bartosz Frankowski

Astana   v   Celtic

27 July 2016 3QR	Astana	1 – 1	Celtic	Astana, Kazakhstan
	Logvinenko   19'	BBC Sport report	78' Griffiths	Stadium: Astana Arena Referee: Paolo Silvio Mazzoleni

Celtic   v   Astana

3 August 2016 3QR	Celtic	2 – 1 (3 – 2 agg.)	Astana	Glasgow, Scotland
	Griffiths   45+3' (pen.) Dembele   90+2' (pen.)	BBC Sport report	62' Ibraimi	Stadium: Celtic Park Referee: Istvan Kovacs

Celtic   v   Hapoel Be'er Sheva

17 August 2016 PO	Celtic	5 – 2	Hapoel Be'er Sheva	Glasgow, Scotland
	Rogic   9' Griffiths   39', 45+1' Dembele   73' Brown   85'	BBC Sport report	55' Maranhao   57' Melikson	Stadium: Celtic Park Attendance: 52,659 Referee: Damir Skomina

Hapoel Be'er Sheva   v   Celtic

23 August 2016 PO	Hapoel Be'er Sheva	2 – 0 (4 – 5 agg.)	Celtic	Be'er Sheva, Israel
	Sahar   21' Hoban   48'	BBC Sport report		Stadium: Turner Stadium Attendance: 15,383 Referee: Bas Nijhuis

Barcelona   v   Celtic

13 September 2016 Group C	Barcelona	7 – 0	Celtic	Barcelona, Spain
	Messi   3', 27', 60' Neymar   50' Iniesta   59' Suárez   75', 88'	BBC Sport report		Stadium: Camp Nou Attendance: 73,290 Referee: Ovidiu Hategan

Celtic   v   Manchester City

28 September 2016 Group C	Celtic	3 – 3	Manchester City	Glasgow, Scotland
	Dembélé   3', 47' Sterling   20' (o.g.)	BBC Sport report	11' Fernandinho   28' Sterling   55' Nolito	Stadium: Celtic Park Attendance: 57,592 Referee: Nicola Rizzoli

Celtic   v   Borussia Mönchengladbach

19 October 2016 Group C	Celtic	0 – 2	Borussia Mönchengladbach	Glasgow, Scotland
		BBC Sport report	57' Stindl   77' Hahn	Stadium: Celtic Park Attendance: 57,814 Referee: Anastasios Sidiropoulos

Borussia Mönchengladbach   v   Celtic

1 November 2016 Group C	Borussia Mönchengladbach	1 – 1	Celtic	Mönchengladbach, Germany
	Stindl   32'	BBC Sport report	76' (pen.) Dembele	Stadium: Borussia Park Attendance: 46,283 Referee: Jorge Sousa

Celtic   v   Barcelona

23 November 2016 Group C	Celtic	0 – 2	Barcelona	Glasgow, Scotland
		BBC Sport report	24', 55' (pen.) Messi	Stadium: Celtic Park Attendance: 57,937 Referee: Daniele Orsato

Manchester City   v   Celtic

6 December 2016 Group C	Manchester City	1 – 1	Celtic	Manchester, England
	Iheanacho   8'	BBC Sport report	4' Roberts	Stadium: Etihad Stadium Attendance: 51,297 Referee: Slavko Vinčić

Aberdeen

UEFA Europa League

Aberdeen   v   CS Fola Esch

30 June 2016 1QR	Aberdeen	3 – 1	CS Fola Esch	Aberdeen, Scotland
	Logan   68' McGinn   90+3' Rooney   90+7' (pen.)	BBC Sport report	70' Klein	Stadium: Pittodrie Stadium Attendance: 12,570 Referee: Mads Kristoffersen

CS Fola Esch   v   Aberdeen

7 July 2016 1QR	CS Fola Esch	1 – 0 (2 – 3 agg.)	Aberdeen	Esch-sur-Alzette, Luxembourg
	Hadji   45'	BBC Sport report		Stadium: Stade Émile Mayrisch Referee: Ola Hobber Nilsen

Aberdeen   v   Ventspils

14 July 2016 2QR	Aberdeen	3 – 0	Ventspils	Aberdeen, Scotland
	Stockley   71' Rooney   75' Burns   90+1'	BBC Sport report		Stadium: Pittodrie Stadium Attendance: 10,672 Referee: João Pinheiro

Ventspils   v   Aberdeen

21 July 2016 2QR	Ventspils	0 – 1 (0 – 4 agg.)	Aberdeen	Ventspils, Latvia
		BBC Sport report	79' Rooney	Stadium: Ventspils Olimpiskais Stadions Referee: Danilo Grujic

Aberdeen   v   Maribor

28 July 2016 3QR	Aberdeen	1 – 1	Maribor	Aberdeen, Scotland
	Hayes   88'	BBC Sport report	83' Novakovic	Stadium: Pittodrie Stadium Attendance: 17,105 Referee: Tore Hansen

Maribor   v   Aberdeen

4 August 2016 3QR	Maribor	1 – 0 (2 – 1 agg.)	Aberdeen	Maribor, Slovenia
	Shinnie   90+4' (o.g.)	BBC Sport report		Stadium: Ljudski vrt Referee: Nikola Popov

Heart of Midlothian

UEFA Europa League

Heart of Midlothian   v   FC Infonet

30 June 2016 1QR	Heart of Midlothian	2 – 1	FC Infonet	Edinburgh, Scotland
	Buaben   28' (pen.) Kalimullin   36' (o.g.)	BBC Sport report	21' Harin	Stadium: Tynecastle Stadium Attendance: 14,417 Referee: Vilhjalmur Thorarinsson

FC Infonet   v   Heart of Midlothian

6 July 2016 1QR	FC Infonet	2 – 4 (3 – 6 agg.)	Heart of Midlothian	Tallinn, Estonia
	Harin   51' Voskoboinikov   63'	BBC Sport report	2' Paterson   9', 52' Rossi   45+1' Ozturk	Stadium: Lasnamäe KJH Stadium Referee: Petr Ardeleánu

Birkirkara   v   Heart of Midlothian

14 July 2016 2QR	Birkirkara	0 – 0	Heart of Midlothian	Paola, Malta
		BBC Sport report		Stadium: Hibernians Stadium Referee: Ivaylo Stoyanov

Heart of Midlothian   v   Birkirkara

21 July 2016 2QR	Heart of Midlothian	1 – 2 (1 – 2 agg.)	Birkirkara	Edinburgh, Scotland
	Sammon   73'	BBC Sport report	55' Bubalovic   67' Herrera	Stadium: Tynecastle Stadium Attendance: 14,301 Referee: Ville Nevalainen

Hibernian

UEFA Europa League

Hibernian   v   Brøndby IF

14 July 2016 2QR	Hibernian	0 – 1	Brøndby IF	Edinburgh. Scotland
		BBC Sport report	1' Wilczek	Stadium: Easter Road Attendance: 13,454 Referee: Juan Martínez Munuera

Brøndby IF   v   Hibernian

21 July 2016 2QR	Brøndby IF	0 – 1 (a.e.t.) (1 – 1 agg.) (5–3 p)	Hibernian	Brøndbyvester, Denmark
		BBC Sport report	62' Gray	Stadium: Brøndby Stadium Referee: Marius Avram
	Penalties
	Larsson   Nørgaard   Stückler   Wilczek   Holst		McGinn   Hanlon   Holt   Boyle

Scotland national team

Main article: Scotland national football team 2000–19 results

Malta   v   Scotland

4 September 2016 World Cup qualification	Malta	1 – 5	Scotland	Ta' Qali
	Effiong   13'	BBC Sport report	9', 61' (pen.), 84' Snodgrass   53' Martin   78' Fletcher	Stadium: Ta' Qali National Stadium Attendance: 15,069 Referee: Yevhen Aranovsky (Ukraine)

Scotland   v   Lithuania

8 October 2016 World Cup qualification	Scotland	1 – 1	Lithuania	Glasgow
	McArthur   89'	BBC Sport report	59' Černych	Stadium: Hampden Park Attendance: 35,966 Referee: Tobias Stieler (Germany)

Slovakia   v   Scotland

11 October 2016 World Cup qualification	Slovakia	3 – 0	Scotland	Trnava
	Mak   18', 56' Nemec   68'	BBC Sport report		Stadium: Štadión Antona Malatinského Attendance: 11,098 Referee: Martin Strömbergsson (Sweden)

England   v   Scotland

11 November 2016 World Cup qualification	England	3 – 0	Scotland	London
	Sturridge   24' Lallana   50' Cahill   61'	BBC Sport report		Stadium: Wembley Stadium Attendance: 87,258 Referee: Cüneyt Çakir (Turkey)

Scotland   v   Canada

22 March 2017 Friendly match	Scotland	1 – 1	Canada	Edinburgh
	Naismith   35'	BBC Sport report	11' Aird	Stadium: Easter Road Attendance: 9,158 Referee: Jakob Kehlet (Denmark)

Scotland   v   Slovenia

26 March 2017 World Cup qualification	Scotland	1 – 0	Slovenia	Glasgow
	Martin   88'	BBC Sport report		Stadium: Hampden Park Attendance: 20,435 Referee: Björn Kuipers (Netherlands)

Scotland   v   England

10 June 2017 World Cup qualification	Scotland	2 – 2	England	Glasgow
	Griffiths   87', 90'	BBC Sport report	70' Oxlade-Chamberlain   93' Kane	Stadium: Hampden Park Attendance: 48,520 Referee: Paolo Tagliavento (Italy)

Women's football

Scottish Women's Premier League

Main article: 2016 Scottish Women's Premier League

SWPL 1

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Glasgow City (C)	21	20	0	1	78	12	+66	60	2017–18 Champions League
2	Hibernian (Q)	21	17	1	3	76	17	+59	52
3	Celtic	21	13	0	8	50	30	+20	39
4	Stirling University	21	9	1	11	28	45	−17	28
5	Rangers	21	9	0	12	35	57	−22	27
6	Spartans	21	7	1	13	24	54	−30	22
7	Aberdeen	21	5	1	15	17	46	−29	16
8	Forfar Farmington (R)	21	2	0	19	12	59	−47	6	2017 SWPL 2

Updated to match(es) played on 30 October 2016. Source: Soccerway
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Number of goals scored
(C) Champions; (Q) Qualified for the phase indicated; (R) Relegated

SWPL2

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Hamilton Academical (C, P)	21	17	0	4	87	25	+62	51	2017 SWPL 1
2	Heart of Midlothian	21	15	4	2	71	16	+55	49
3	Glasgow Girls	21	16	1	4	59	21	+38	49
4	Hutchison Vale^[a]	21	9	4	8	52	42	+10	31
5	Jeanfield Swifts	21	9	1	11	70	45	+25	28
6	Buchan	21	6	3	12	46	58	−12	21
7	Queen's Park (R)	21	3	0	18	22	115	−93	9	2017 SWFL 1
8	Inverness City (R)	21	2	1	18	24	109	−85	7

Updated to match(es) played on 30 October 2016. Source: Soccerway
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Number of goals scored
(C) Champions; (P) Promoted; (R) Relegated
Notes:

1. Hutchison Vale were deducted three points for fielding an ineligible player in their win over Heart of Midlothian on 21 August 2016. The result was reversed and Hearts were awarded a 3-0 win.^[5]

League and Cup honours

Division	Winner
SWPL 1	Glasgow City^[6]
SWPL 2
SWFL 1 North	East Fife
SWFL 1 South	Motherwell
SWFL 2 North	Granite City
SWFL 2 South West	Renfrew
SWFL 2 Central	Partick Thistle
SWFL 2 East	Dundee United

Competition	Winner	Score	Runner-up	Match report
Scottish Women's Cup	Hibernian	1–1 a.e.t. (6–5 pen)	Glasgow City	BBC Sport
Scottish Women's Premier League Cup	Hibernian	2–1	Glasgow City	BBC Sport
SWFL First Division Cup
SWFL Second Division Cup

Individual honours

Jane Ross and Caroline Weir were both nominated for the (English) PFA Women's Players' Player of the Year award.^[7]

SWPL awards

Award	Winner	Team
Players' Player of the Year
Player of the Year
Manager of the Year
Young Player of the Year

UEFA Women's Champions League

Glasgow City

Eskilstuna United   v   Glasgow City

6 October 2016 (2016-10-06) Round of 32	Eskilstuna United	1–0	Glasgow City	Eskilstuna, Sweden
19:00	Larsson   52'	UEFA		Stadium: Tunavallen Referee: Tania Fernandes Morais (Luxembourg)

Glasgow City   v   Eskilstuna United

13 October 2016 (2016-10-13) Round of 32	Glasgow City	1–2 (1–3 agg.)	Eskilstuna United	Airdrie, Scotland
19:45	Crilly   46'	UEFA	Schough   7', 58'	Stadium: Excelsior Stadium Referee: Stéphanie Frappart (France)

Hibernian

Hibernian   v   Bayern Munich

5 October 2016 (2016-10-05) Round of 32	Hibernian	0–6	Bayern Munich	Edinburgh, Scotland
19:30		UEFA	Van der Gragt   6' Miedema   26', 57' Leupolz   38', 63' Behringer   67' (pen.)	Stadium: Easter Road Attendance: 2,551 Referee: Esther Staubli (Switzerland)

Bayern Munich   v   Hibernian

12 October 2016 (2016-10-12) Round of 32	Bayern Munich	4–1 (10–1 agg.)	Hibernian	Munich, Germany
18:00	Gerhart   6', 38' Evans   33' Miedema   72'	UEFA	Harrison   39'	Stadium: Grünwalder Stadion Referee: Marte Sørø, (Norway)

Scotland women's national team

Main article: Scotland women's national football team 2010–19 results

The Scotland women's national football team qualified for a major tournament for the first time.^[8][9] A loss by Finland against Portugal confirmed that Scotland would finish qualifying as one of the six best runners-up, guaranteeing a place in UEFA Women's Euro 2017.^[8][9]

Iceland   v   Scotland

20 September 2016 Euro 2017 qualifying	Iceland	1–2	Scotland	Reykjavik
18:00 WEST	Friðriksdóttir   39'	BBC Sport	29', 56' (pen.) Ross	Stadium: Laugardalsvöllur Attendance: 6,468

Scotland   v   Netherlands

20 October 2016 Friendly	Scotland	0–7	Netherlands	Livingston
19:00 WEST		BBC Sport		Stadium: Almondvale Stadium Attendance: 1,326

Denmark   v   Scotland

20 January 2017 Friendly	Denmark	2–2	Scotland	Larnaca, Cyprus
15:00 EET	Harder   5' Rasmussen   31'	Scottish FA	21' Ross   71' Cuthbert	Stadium: GSZ Stadium

Denmark   v   Scotland

23 January 2017 Friendly	Denmark	1–1	Scotland	Paralimni, Cyprus
11:00 EET	Brown   4' (o.g.)	BBC Sport	77' (pen.) Little	Stadium: Paralimni Stadium

New Zealand   v   Scotland

1 March 2017 Cyprus Cup group stage	New Zealand	2–3	Scotland	Larnaca
14:30 EET	White   20' Hearn   90+2'	BBC Sport	9' J Ross   83' Cuthbert   87' Little	Stadium: Ammochostos Stadium

Scotland   v   South Korea

3 March 2017 Cyprus Cup group stage	Scotland	0–2	South Korea	Nicosia
17:30 EET		Scottish FA	48' Kim   74' (pen.) Cho	Stadium: GSP Stadium

Austria   v   Scotland

6 March 2017 Cyprus Cup group stage	Austria	1–3	Scotland	Larnaca
17:30 EET	Billa   65'	BBC Sport	58' J. Ross   78' L. Ross   90' Evans	Stadium: GSZ Stadium

Scotland   v   Wales

8 March 2017 Cyprus Cup fifth-place play-off	Scotland	0–0	Wales	Paralimni
14:30 EET		Scottish FA		Stadium: Tasos Markos Stadium

Belgium   v   Scotland

11 April 2017 Friendly	Belgium	5–0	Scotland	Leuven
19:00 CEST	Coutereels   Mermans   Wullaert   Blom	BBC Sport		Stadium: Den Dreef

Scotland   v   Romania

9 June 2017 Friendly	Scotland	2–0	Romania	Falkirk
	Evans   2' Ross   47'	BBC Sport		Stadium: Falkirk Stadium

Sweden   v   Scotland

13 June 2017 Friendly	Sweden	1–0	Scotland	Växjö
	Seger   84'	BBC Sport		Stadium: Myresjöhus Arena

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