1961–62 Scottish Division One

Scottish Division One
Season	1961–62
Champions	Dundee
Relegated	St Johnstone; Stirling Albion
	← 1960–61 1962–63 →

The 1961–62 Scottish Division One was won by Dundee by three points over nearest rival Rangers.^[1] It is the only Scottish League title win in Dundee's history. St Johnstone and Stirling Albion finished 17th and 18th respectively and were relegated to the 1962-63 Second Division. St Johnstone were relegated on goal average, with the teams in 15th, 16th and 17th all finishing on 25 points.

League table[]

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GR	Pts
1	Dundee (C)	34	25	4	5	80	46	1.739	54
2	Rangers	34	22	7	5	84	31	2.710	51
3	Celtic	34	19	8	7	81	37	2.189	46
4	Dunfermline Athletic	34	19	5	10	77	46	1.674	43
5	Kilmarnock	34	16	10	8	74	58	1.276	42
6	Hearts	34	16	6	12	55	49	1.122	38
7	Partick Thistle	34	16	3	15	60	55	1.091	35
8	Hibernian	34	14	5	15	58	72	0.806	33
9	Motherwell	34	13	6	15	65	62	1.048	32
10	Dundee United	34	13	6	15	70	71	0.986	32
11	Third Lanark	34	13	5	16	59	60	0.983	31
12	Aberdeen	34	10	9	15	60	73	0.822	29
13	Raith Rovers	34	10	7	17	51	73	0.699	27
14	Falkirk	34	11	4	19	45	68	0.662	26
15	Airdrieonians	34	9	7	18	57	78	0.731	25
16	St Mirren	34	10	5	19	52	80	0.650	25
17	St Johnstone (R)	34	9	7	18	35	61	0.574	25
18	Stirling Albion (R)	34	6	6	22	34	76	0.447	18

Source: RSSSF
(C) Champion; (R) Relegated

Results[]

Home \ Away	ABE	AIR	CEL	DND	DNU	DNF	FAL	HOM	HIB	KIL	MOT	PAR	RAI	RAN	STJ	STM	STI	THI
Aberdeen		1–1	0–0	3–1	1–3	1–4	2–2	0–2	1–2	3–3	3–0	1–3	3–3	1–0	1–1	3–1	7–0	2–1
Airdrieonians	7–1		1–0	1–2	3–3	3–1	2–3	2–3	4–2	0–2	2–1	1–0	2–4	2–5	2–2	3–1	0–1	0–2
Celtic	2–0	3–0		2–1	3–1	2–1	3–0	2–2	4–3	2–2	1–1	5–1	0–1	1–1	3–1	7–1	5–0	1–0
Dundee	2–1	5–1	2–1		4–1	1–2	2–1	2–0	1–0	5–3	1–3	3–2	5–4	0–0	2–1	2–0	2–2	2–1
Dundee United	2–2	3–3	4–5	1–2		3–2	4–1	0–1	4–0	1–2	1–1	3–5	4–2	2–3	3–0	3–1	2–0	3–0
Dunfermline Athletic	4–0	6–2	0–3	1–2	4–1		2–1	2–1	4–0	2–0	2–1	4–2	3–0	1–0	0–1	7–0	3–0	1–1
Falkirk	0–1	1–0	3–1	1–3	1–2	1–2		0–2	1–4	0–1	4–2	1–1	3–0	1–7	0–1	3–3	1–0	2–0
Heart of Midlothian	1–1	4–1	2–1	0–2	2–1	3–2	2–3		4–2	3–3	2–6	2–0	0–1	0–1	1–1	2–2	0–0	2–1
Hibernian	1–1	2–2	1–1	1–3	3–2	1–2	2–2	1–4		3–2	1–2	3–0	3–2	0–0	3–2	2–1	3–1	1–3
Kilmarnock	4–2	4–2	3–2	1–1	5–3	2–2	2–0	2–0	4–2		1–2	1–1	2–3	0–1	2–0	4–3	2–1	2–2
Motherwell	1–3	5–2	0–4	2–4	2–1	1–1	3–0	1–2	5–1	0–2		1–3	3–0	2–2	2–2	2–1	5–3	0–3
Partick Thistle	4–2	1–0	1–2	3–0	4–2	1–0	1–2	3–1	4–1	2–4	1–0		3–2	1–4	3–0	0–1	2–0	2–0
Raith Rovers	3–1	1–1	0–4	2–3	0–0	2–2	1–2	0–1	0–2	2–2	0–3	1–0		1–3	1–1	4–0	2–1	4–3
Rangers	2–4	4–0	2–2	1–5	0–1	1–0	4–0	2–1	3–0	1–1	2–1	2–1	6–0		2–0	4–0	4–1	3–0
St Johnstone	4–1	0–3	0–3	0–3	1–2	2–5	2–1	0–2	0–2	0–2	1–1	1–0	0–0	0–4		0–3	2–0	1–2
St Mirren	3–2	0–2	0–5	1–1	1–1	4–1	2–0	0–1	2–3	2–1	2–1	1–3	5–1	1–1	1–3		3–1	1–2
Stirling Albion	3–0	2–2	1–0	2–3	0–1	2–3	3–0	3–1	0–1	2–2	2–4	0–0	0–3	0–6	0–3	0–3		2–0
Third Lanark	3–5	3–0	1–1	1–3	7–2	1–1	1–4	1–0	1–2	3–1	2–1	4–2	2–1	0–3	1–2	5–2	1–1

Source:^{[citation needed]}
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

References[]

^ 1961/62 – Scottish league champions, Dundee FC

[1] 1961/62 – Scottish league champions, Dundee FC

[1]

v t Top division football seasons in Scotland
Football League	1890–91 1891–92 1892–93
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v t 1961–62 in Scottish football
« 1960–61 1962–63 »
Domestic leagues	Football League Division One Division Two
Domestic cups	Scottish Cup (Final) League Cup (Final)
European competitions	European Cup European Cup Winners' Cup Inter-Cities Fairs Cup
Related to national team	Results 1962 World Cup qualifying (Group 8) British Home Championship
Club seasons
Division One	Aberdeen Celtic Dundee Dundee United Heart of Midlothian Hibernian Rangers
Division Two	Dumbarton

v t 1961–62 in European football (UEFA)
« 1960–61 1962–63 »
Domestic leagues	Albania Austria Belgium Bulgaria Cyprus Czechoslovakia Denmark '61 '62 England Faroe Islands '61 '62 Finland '61 '62 France East Germany West Germany (Finals) Greece Hungary Iceland '61 '62 Israel Italy Luxembourg Malta Netherlands Northern Ireland Norway Poland '61 '62 Portugal Republic of Ireland Romania Scotland Soviet Union '61 '62 Spain Sweden '61 '62 Switzerland Turkey Yugoslavia
Domestic cups	Albania '61 Bulgaria Cyprus England Faroe Islands Finland France West Germany Greece Iceland '61 '62 Israel Italy Norway '61 '62 Republic of Ireland Romania Scotland Soviet Union '61 '62 Spain Wales Yugoslavia
League cups	England Scotland
UEFA competitions	European Cup (Final) Cup Winners' Cup (Final)
Non-UEFA competitions	Inter-Cities Fairs Cup (Final) Intertoto Cup Balkans Cup '60–'61 '61–'63