2008–09 Scottish Premier League
| Season | 2008–09 |
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| Champions | Rangers |
| Relegated | Inverness Caledonian Thistle |
| Champions League |
Rangers Celtic |
| Europa League |
Heart of Midlothian Falkirk Aberdeen Motherwell |
| Goals scored | 548 |
| Average goals/game | 2.40 |
| Top goalscorer | Kris Boyd (27) |
| Biggest home win | Celtic 7–0 St Mirren (28 February) |
| Biggest away win |
Kilmarnock 0–4 Rangers (9 November) Dundee United 0–4 Motherwell (18 January) |
| Highest scoring | Rangers 7–1 Hamilton Academical (6 December) |
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The 2008–09 Scottish Premier League season was the eleventh season of the Scottish Premier League and the second season under the sponsorship of the Clydesdale Bank. It began on 9 August 2008 with a game between Falkirk and Rangers. After the 33rd round of matches, the league split in half and each team played a further five matches against the teams in their half of the league.
Champions Rangers qualified directly for the Champions League, while second-placed Celtic qualified for the qualifying rounds. Four teams qualified for the new Europa League: Hearts and Aberdeen via league position, Falkirk via the Scottish Cup, and Motherwell by the Fair Play initiative. Inverness were relegated after their fifth season in the SPL and were replaced by St Johnstone for the following season's competition.
The championship was determined on the final day of the season. Leaders Rangers travelled to Tannadice to play Dundee United knowing that a win would secure the title. They achieved this comfortably, courtesy of a 3–0 victory. The goals were scored by Kyle Lafferty, Pedro Mendes and the league's top goalscorer, Kris Boyd. Celtic needed to win their final match of the season against Hearts and hope that Rangers failed to win, but their goalless draw was rendered meaningless. It was also Rangers first title in 4 years.
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