1988–89 Scottish Premier Division

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Scottish Premier Division
Season	1988–89
Champions	Rangers
European Cup	Rangers
UEFA Cup	Aberdeen Dundee United Hibernian
Cup Winners' Cup	Celtic
Matches played	180
Goals scored	422 (2.34 per match)
Top goalscorer	Mark McGhee, Charlie Nicholas (16)
Biggest home win	Celtic 7–1 St Mirren
Biggest away win	Hamilton Academical 0–8 Celtic
← 1987–88 1989–90 →

The 1988–89 Scottish Premier Division season was won by Rangers, six points ahead of Aberdeen. Hamilton Academical were relegated.

Table[]

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Rangers (C)	36	26	4	6	62	26	+36	56	Qualification for the European Cup first round
2	Aberdeen	36	18	14	4	51	25	+26	50	Qualification for the UEFA Cup first round
3	Celtic	36	21	4	11	66	44	+22	46	Qualification for the Cup Winners' Cup first round
4	Dundee United	36	16	12	8	44	26	+18	44	Qualification for the UEFA Cup first round
5	Hibernian	36	13	9	14	37	36	+1	35	Qualification for the UEFA Cup first round
6	Heart of Midlothian	36	9	13	14	35	42	−7	31
7	St Mirren	36	11	7	18	39	55	−16	29
8	Dundee	36	9	10	17	34	48	−14	28
9	Motherwell	36	7	13	16	25	44	−19	27
10	Hamilton Academical (R)	36	6	2	28	19	76	−57	14	Relegation to the 1989–90 Scottish First Division

Source: Statto
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) Champion; (R) Relegated

Results[]

Matches 1–18[]

During matches 1-18 each team plays every other team twice (home and away).

Home \ Away	ABE	CEL	DND	DNU	HAM	HOM	HIB	MOT	RAN	STM
Aberdeen		2–2	1–0	1–1	1–1	1–0	0–0	2–1	2–1	1–1
Celtic	1–3		2–3	1–0	2–1	1–0	1–0	3–1	3–1	7–1
Dundee	1–1	1–0		0–3	5–2	1–1	2–1	1–1	0–0	0–1
Dundee United	2–2	1–0	2–0		1–0	0–0	1–1	1–1	0–1	0–1
Hamilton Academical	0–1	0–8	1–0	0–4		0–4	0–3	1–0	0–2	2–4
Heart of Midlothian	1–1	0–2	1–1	0–0	3–2		1–2	2–2	1–2	1–2
Hibernian	1–2	3–1	1–1	1–1	1–0	0–0		1–0	0–1	2–0
Motherwell	1–1	1–3	1–1	1–2	1–1	2–0	1–1		0–2	1–2
Rangers	1–0	5–1	2–0	0–1	3–1	3–0	0–0	2–1		2–1
St Mirren	1–1	2–3	0–0	0–1	2–0	1–1	0–1	1–0	1–1

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

Matches 19–36[]

During matches 19-36 each team plays every other team a further two times (home and away).

Home \ Away	ABE	CEL	DND	DNU	HAM	HOM	HIB	MOT	RAN	STM
Aberdeen		0–0	2–0	1–0	3–0	3–0	2–0	0–0	1–2	3–1
Celtic	0–0		2–1	1–0	2–0	4–2	1–0	1–2	1–2	2–1
Dundee	2–0	0–3		0–1	1–0	2–1	1–2	2–1	1–2	2–1
Dundee United	1–1	2–0	2–1		0–0	0–0	4–1	1–1	1–1	1–4
Hamilton Academical	0–2	2–0	1–0	0–5		0–2	0–3	0–2	0–1	2–1
Heart of Midlothian	1–0	0–1	3–1	0–0	2–0		2–1	0–0	2–0	2–0
Hibernian	1–2	1–3	1–1	1–2	2–1	1–0		2–0	0–1	1–0
Motherwell	0–2	2–2	1–0	1–2	1–0	1–1	0–0		2–1	4–0
Rangers	0–3	4–1	3–1	2–0	3–0	4–0	1–0	1–0		3–1
St Mirren	1–3	0–1	1–1	0–1	1–0	1–1	3–1	2–1	0–2

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

See also[]

Nine in a row

References[]

Statto

v t Top division football seasons in Scotland
Football League	1890–91 1891–92 1892–93
Division One	1893–94 1894–95 1895–96 1896–97 1897–98 1898–99 1899–1900 1900–01 1901–02 1902–03 1903–04 1904–05 1905–06 1906–07 1907–08 1908–09 1909–10 1910–11 1911–12 1912–13 1913–14 1914–15
Football League	1915–16 1916–17 1917–18 1918–19 1919–20 1920–21
Division One / A	1921–22 1922–23 1923–24 1924–25 1925–26 1926–27 1927–28 1928–29 1929–30 1930–31 1931–32 1932–33 1933–34 1934–35 1935–36 1936–37 1937–38 1938–39 1939–40 1940–41 1941–42 1942–43 1943–44 1944–45 1945–46 1946–47 1947–48 1948–49 1949–50 1950–51 1951–52 1952–53 1953–54 1954–55 1955–56 1956–57 1957–58 1958–59 1959–60 1960–61 1961–62 1962–63 1963–64 1964–65 1965–66 1966–67 1967–68 1968–69 1969–70 1970–71 1971–72 1972–73 1973–74 1974–75
Premier Division	1975–76 1976–77 1977–78 1978–79 1979–80 1980–81 1981–82 1982–83 1983–84 1984–85 1985–86 1986–87 1987–88 1988–89 1989–90 1990–91 1991–92 1992–93 1993–94 1994–95 1995–96 1996–97 1997–98
Premier League	1998–99 1999–2000 2000–01 2001–02 2002–03 2003–04 2004–05 2005–06 2006–07 2007–08 2008–09 2009–10 2010–11 2011–12 2012–13
Premiership	2013–14 2014–15 2015–16 2016–17 2017–18 2018–19 2019–20 2020–21 2021–22
Winners	List of champions Winning managers

v t 1988–89 in Scottish football
« 1987–88 1989–90 »
Domestic leagues	Football League Premier Division First Division Second Division Highland League
Domestic cups	Scottish Cup (Final) League Cup (Final) Tennent's Sixes
European competitions	European Cup European Cup Winners' Cup UEFA Cup
Related to national team	Results 1990 World Cup qualifying (Group 5) Rous Cup
Club seasons
Premier Division	Aberdeen Celtic Dundee Dundee United Heart of Midlothian Hibernian Rangers
First Division	Clydebank
Second Division	Dumbarton

v t 1988–89 in European football (UEFA)
Domestic leagues	Albania Austria Belgium Bulgaria Cyprus Czechoslovakia Denmark '88 '89 England Faroe Islands '88 '89 Finland '88 '89 France East Germany West Germany Greece Hungary Iceland '88 '89 Israel Italy Luxembourg Malta Netherlands Northern Ireland Norway '88 '89 Poland Portugal Republic of Ireland Romania San Marino Scotland Soviet Union '88 '89 Spain Sweden '88 '89 Switzerland Turkey Yugoslavia
Domestic cups	Albania Bulgaria Cyprus England Faroe Islands Finland France East Germany West Germany Greece Hungary Iceland '88 '89 Israel Italy Netherlands Northern Ireland Norway '88 '89 Romania Scotland Soviet Union Spain Sweden Turkey Wales Yugoslavia
League cups	England Northern Ireland Scotland Soviet Union '89
Supercups	West Germany
UEFA competitions	European Cup (Final) Cup Winners' Cup (Final) UEFA Cup (Final) Super Cup
Non-UEFA competitions	Intertoto Cup Balkans Cup '87–'88 '88–'89

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