2009–10 Scottish First Division


The 2009–10 Scottish First Division was the fifteenth season of the First Division in its current format of ten teams.

Club locations

Promotion and relegation from 2008–09

SPL & First Division

Relegated from Premier League to First Division
Promoted from First Division to Scottish Premier League
Relegated from First Division to Second Division
Relegated from First Division to Third Division
Promoted from Second Division to First Division

Results

Teams play each other four times in this league. In the first half of the season each team plays every other team twice and then does the same in the second half of the season.

First half of season

Second half of season

Top scorers

Sources:
RankScorerTeamGoals
1 Adam RooneyInverness CT24
2 Gary HarkinsDundee15
3 Richie ForanInverness CT12
3 Leigh GriffithsDundee12
5 John BairdAirdrie United11
6 Liam BuchananPartick Thistle10
6 Derek HolmesQueen of the South10
6 Peter WeathersonGreenock Morton10
9 Willie GibsonDunfermline Athletic10
9 Jonny HayesInverness CT10

First Division Play-offs

Times are BST

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.
First legs
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Second legs
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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.
First leg
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Second leg
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Kits and shirt sponsors

Stadia