1989–90 Scottish Premier Division

84th season of top-tier football league in Scotland March 2026 Scottish Premier Division 1989–90 Rangers 5th Premier Division title 40th Scottish title European Cup Rangers UEFA Cup Heart of Midlothian Dundee United Cup Winners' Cup Aberdeen John Robertson (17) 180 412 1988–89 1990–91 The 1989–90 Scottish Premier Division season was won by Rangers, seven points ahead of Aberdeen. Dundee were relegated. Table main WDL QR 5 2 RAN Rangers ABD Aberdeen HOM Heart of Midlothian DNU Dundee United CEL Celtic MOT Motherwell HIB Hibernian DNF Dunfermline Athletic STM St Mirren DND Dundee 20 11 5 48 19 C 17 10 9 56 33 16 12 8 54 35 11 13 12 36 39 10 14 12 37 37 11 12 13 43 47 12 10 14 34 41 11 8 17 37 50 10 10 16 28 48 5 14 17 41 65 R green1 Qualification for the European Cup first round EC1 yellow1 Qualification for the Cup Winners' Cup first round ECWC1 blue1 Qualification for the UEFA Cup first round UC1 UC1 red1 Relegation to the 1990–91 Scottish First Division R complete 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored. RSSSF Results Matches 1–18 During matches 1-18 each team plays every other team twice (home and away). main FBR grey ABE CEL DND DNU DNF HOM HIB MOT RAN STM Aberdeen 1–1 1–0 2–0 2–1 1–3 1–0 1–0 1–0 5–0 Celtic 1–0 4–1 0–1 1–0 2–1 3–1 1–1 1–1 1–1 Dundee 1–1 1–3 4–3 1–2 2–2 0–0 2–1 0–2 3–3 Dundee United 2–0 2–2 0–0 2–1 2–1 1–0 1–1 1–1 0–0 Dunfermline Athletic 0–3 2–0 2–1 1–1 0–2 0–0 1–1 1–1 5–1 Heart of Midlothian 1–1 1–3 6–3 1–1 1–2 1–0 3–0 1–2 4–0 Hibernian 0–3 0–3 3–2 2–0 2–2 1–1 3–2 2–0 3–1 Motherwell 0–0 0–0 3–0 3–2 1–1 1–3 0–2 1–0 3–1 Rangers 1–0 1–0 2–2 2–1 3–0 1–0 3–0 3–0 0–1 St Mirren 0–2 1–0 3–2 1–0 2–0 1–2 0–0 2–2 0–2 complete Matches 19–36 During matches 19-36 each team plays every other team a further two times (home and away). main FBR grey ABE CEL DND DNU DNF HOM HIB MOT RAN STM Aberdeen 1–1 5–2 1–0 4–1 2–2 1–2 2–0 0–0 2–0 Celtic 1–3 1–1 3–0 0–2 1–1 1–1 0–1 0–1 0–3 Dundee 1–1 0–0 1–1 1–0 0–1 2–0 1–2 2–2 1–2 Dundee United 1–1 2–0 1–2 1–0 1–1 1–0 1–1 0–1 2–0 Dunfermline Athletic 2–4 0–0 1–0 0–1 0–1 1–1 0–5 0–1 1–0 Heart of Midlothian 1–0 0–0 0–0 3–2 0–2 2–0 2–0 1–1 0–0 Hibernian 3–2 1–0 1–1 0–0 2–1 1–2 1–2 0–0 0–1 Motherwell 2–2 1–1 3–1 0–1 1–3 0–3 1–0 1–1 2–0 Rangers 2–0 3–0 3–0 3–1 2–0 0–0 0–1 2–1 1–0 St Mirren 1–0 0–2 0–0 0–0 1–2 2–0 0–1 0–0 0–0 complete Awards Player awards AwardWinnerClubPFA Players' Player of the YearSCO Jim BettAberdeenPFA Young Player of the YearSCO Scott CrabbeHeart of MidlothianSFWA Footballer of the YearSCO Alex McLeishAberdeen Manager awards AwardWinnerClubSFWA Manager of the YearSCO Andy RoxburghScotland national team See also Nine in a row Bibliography RSSSF Category:Scottish Premier Division seasons 1 Scot