1987–88 Scottish Premier Division

82nd season of top-tier football league in Scotland March 2026 Scottish Premier Division 1987–88 Celtic 6th Premier Division title 35th Scottish title FalkirkDunfermline AthleticMorton European Cup Celtic UEFA Cup Heart of MidlothianRangersAberdeen Cup Winners' Cup Dundee United Tommy Coyne (33) 264 646 1986–87 1988–89 The 1987–88 Scottish Premier Division season was won by Celtic, ten points ahead of Heart of Midlothian. Due to a league contraction to ten teams Falkirk, Dunfermline Athletic and Morton were relegated. Table main WDL QR 5 2 CEL Celtic HOM Heart of Midlothian RAN Rangers ABD Aberdeen DNU Dundee United HIB Hibernian DND Dundee MOT Motherwell STM St Mirren FAL Falkirk DNF Dunfermline Athletic GMF Morton 31 10 3 79 23 C 23 16 5 74 32 26 8 10 85 34 21 17 6 56 25 16 15 13 54 47 12 19 13 41 42 17 7 20 70 64 13 10 21 37 56 10 15 19 41 64 10 11 23 41 75 R 8 10 26 41 84 R 3 10 31 27 100 R green1 Qualification for the European Cup first round EC1 blue1 Qualification for the UEFA Cup first round UC1 UC1 UC1 yellow1 Qualification for the Cup Winners' Cup first round ECWC1 red1 Relegation to the 1988–89 Scottish First Division R R R complete 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored. Statto Results Matches 1–22 During matches 1-22 each team plays every other team twice (home and away). main FBR grey ABE CEL DND DNU DNF FAL HOM HIB MOR MOT RAN STM Aberdeen 0–1 0–0 1–1 3–0 3–1 0–0 1–1 3–1 1–0 2–0 2–0 Celtic 2–2 5–0 1–2 4–0 3–2 1–0 1–1 3–1 4–1 1–0 1–0 Dundee 1–1 1–1 1–1 5–0 3–1 1–3 2–1 1–0 2–0 0–1 0–2 Dundee United 0–0 0–0 1–3 1–0 3–0 0–3 1–2 3–1 1–1 1–0 2–3 Dunfermline Athletic 0–3 2–1 0–1 0–0 0–0 0–1 3–3 4–1 0–1 0–4 2–0 Falkirk 2–2 0–1 0–3 4–1 0–0 1–5 1–1 2–0 3–0 0–1 1–3 Heart of Midlothian 2–1 1–1 4–2 4–1 3–2 4–2 1–0 3–0 1–0 0–0 0–0 Hibernian 0–2 0–1 0–4 0–1 4–0 1–0 2–1 0–0 1–0 1–0 1–1 Morton 0–0 0–4 4–3 0–1 1–2 4–1 1–2 3–3 1–1 0–3 0–0 Motherwell 0–1 0–2 0–2 2–1 3–2 1–2 0–3 1–0 1–0 0–1 2–1 Rangers 0–1 2–2 2–1 1–1 4–0 4–0 3–2 1–0 7–0 1–0 3–1 St Mirren 1–3 0–1 1–2 2–0 1–1 2–2 1–1 2–2 2–1 1–0 2–2 complete Matches 23–44 During matches 23-44 each team plays every other team twice (home and away). main FBR grey ABE CEL DND DNU DNF FAL HOM HIB MOR MOT RAN STM Aberdeen 0–1 1–0 0–0 1–0 2–0 0–0 0–2 4–0 0–0 1–2 2–1 Celtic 0–0 3–0 0–0 1–0 2–0 2–2 2–0 1–0 1–0 2–0 2–0 Dundee 1–2 1–2 0–2 2–0 4–2 0–0 0–0 1–0 1–2 2–3 2–1 Dundee United 0–2 1–2 1–0 2–2 0–0 0–0 1–2 2–0 3–1 1–1 5–1 Dunfermline Athletic 1–1 0–4 6–1 0–3 0–1 0–4 1–0 1–1 1–1 0–3 2–1 Falkirk 0–2 0–2 0–6 1–2 1–0 2–1 1–0 4–1 0–0 0–5 3–0 Heart of Midlothian 2–2 2–1 2–0 1–1 2–1 1–0 0–0 2–0 1–1 1–1 0–1 Hibernian 0–0 0–2 2–1 0–0 2–0 0–0 0–0 3–1 1–1 0–2 0–0 Morton 0–2 0–4 1–7 0–4 0–3 0–0 0–0 1–1 0–2 3–2 0–2 Motherwell 2–1 0–1 3–3 4–2 3–2 0–0 0–2 0–2 1–0 0–2 2–1 Rangers 0–1 1–2 2–0 1–0 2–2 3–1 1–2 1–1 5–0 1–0 4–0 St Mirren 0–0 1–1 1–0 0–1 4–1 0–0 0–6 1–1 0–0 0–0 0–3 complete Awards Player awards AwardWinnerClubPFA Players' Player of the YearSCO Paul McStayCelticPFA Young Player of the YearSCO John Collins footballer, born 1968HibernianSFWA Footballer of the YearSCO Paul McStayCeltic Manager awards AwardWinnerClubSFWA Manager of the YearSCO Billy McNeillCeltic See also Rangers F.C. 2–2 Celtic F.C. (1987) References Statto Category:Scottish Premier Division seasons 1 Scot