1986–87 Scottish Premier Division

81st season of top-tier football league in Scotland March 2026 Scottish Premier Division 1986–87 Rangers 3rd Premier Division title 38th Scottish title ClydebankHamilton Academical European Cup Rangers UEFA Cup CelticDundee UnitedAberdeen Cup Winners' Cup St Mirren Brian McClair (35) 264 670 Heart of Midlothian 7–0 Hamilton Academical Clydebank 0–5 Aberdeen 1985–86 1987–88 The 1986–87 Scottish Premier Division season was won by Rangers, six points ahead of Celtic. Clydebank and Hamilton Academical were relegated. Table main WDL QR 5 2 RAN Rangers CEL Celtic DNU Dundee United ABD Aberdeen HOM Heart of Midlothian DND Dundee STM St Mirren MOT Motherwell HIB Hibernian FAL Falkirk CLB Clydebank HAM Hamilton Academical 31 7 6 85 23 C 27 9 8 90 41 24 12 8 66 36 21 16 7 63 29 21 14 9 64 43 18 12 14 74 57 12 12 20 36 51 11 12 21 43 64 10 13 21 44 70 8 10 26 31 70 6 12 26 35 93 R 6 9 29 39 93 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 1987–88 Scottish First Division 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 CLY DND DNU FAL HAM HOM HIB MOT RAN STM Aberdeen 1–1 4–0 2–0 2–0 1–0 2–0 0–1 4–0 2–2 1–0 0–0 Celtic 1–1 6–0 1–0 1–0 4–2 4–1 2–0 5–1 3–1 1–1 2–0 Clydebank 1–3 0–1 0–2 0–0 1–2 2–1 0–3 0–0 2–3 1–4 1–1 Dundee 0–2 0–3 3–3 0–2 3–0 3–3 0–0 3–0 1–1 1–0 2–1 Dundee United 2–1 2–2 2–0 0–3 2–0 3–0 1–0 1–0 4–0 0–0 3–0 Falkirk 3–3 0–1 1–0 0–1 2–1 0–0 2–0 1–1 1–1 1–5 1–1 Hamilton Academical 0–1 1–2 0–1 0–3 1–5 1–2 1–3 1–4 0–3 1–2 1–1 Heart of Midlothian 2–1 1–0 2–1 3–1 2–2 1–0 1–0 1–1 4–0 1–1 0–0 Hibernian 1–1 0–1 3–2 0–3 1–1 1–0 1–3 1–3 0–0 2–1 0–1 Motherwell 0–1 0–4 0–1 0–0 0–2 2–2 1–1 2–3 4–1 0–2 1–1 Rangers 2–0 1–0 4–0 2–1 2–3 1–0 2–0 3–0 3–0 0–1 2–0 St Mirren 1–1 0–1 0–1 4–1 0–1 1–0 2–1 0–0 3–1 1–0 0–1 complete Matches 23–44 During matches 23-44 each team plays every other team twice (home and away). main FBR grey ABE CEL CLY DND DNU FAL HAM HOM HIB MOT RAN STM Aberdeen 1–0 1–1 2–1 0–1 3–1 0–0 2–1 1–0 1–0 1–1 0–1 Celtic 1–1 3–0 2–0 1–1 1–2 8–3 1–1 1–0 3–1 3–1 3–0 Clydebank 0–5 1–1 1–1 1–2 2–1 2–3 1–1 1–2 0–0 0–3 2–1 Dundee 1–1 4–1 4–1 1–1 4–0 7–3 0–1 2–0 4–1 0–4 6–3 Dundee United 0–0 3–2 1–1 1–1 2–1 2–1 3–1 2–1 2–0 0–1 2–0 Falkirk 0–3 1–2 0–0 0–0 1–2 0–2 0–0 1–3 1–0 1–2 0–0 Hamilton Academical 0–2 2–3 0–0 1–1 0–0 0–1 0–1 0–1 4–2 0–2 1–0 Heart of Midlothian 1–1 1–0 3–0 1–3 1–1 4–0 7–0 2–1 1–1 2–5 1–0 Hibernian 1–1 1–4 4–1 2–2 0–2 2–0 1–1 2–2 0–1 0–0 1–0 Motherwell 0–2 1–1 3–2 2–0 1–0 1–0 3–0 0–1 2–1 0–1 1–2 Rangers 0–0 2–0 5–0 2–0 2–0 4–0 2–0 3–0 1–1 1–0 1–0 St Mirren 1–0 1–3 3–1 0–1 2–1 1–0 0–1 0–0 1–1 1–1 1–3 complete Awards Player awards AwardWinnerClubPFA Players' Player of the YearSCO Brian McClairCelticPFA Young Player of the YearSCO Robert Fleck footballerRangersSFWA Footballer of the YearSCO Brian McClairCeltic Manager awards AwardWinnerClubSFWA Manager of the YearSCO Jim McLeanDundee United References Statto Category:Scottish Premier Division seasons Category:1986–87 Scottish Football League Scot