1979–80 Scottish Premier Division

74th season of top-tier football league in Scotland March 2026 Scottish Premier Division 1979–80 Aberdeen 1st Premier Division title 2nd Scottish title DundeeHibernian European Cup Aberdeen UEFA Cup St MirrenDundee United Cup Winners' Cup Celtic Doug Somner (25) 180 484 Celtic 5–0 Kilmarnock Hibernian 0–5 Aberdeen 1978–79 1980–81 The 1979–80 Scottish Premier Division season was won by Aberdeen, one point ahead of Celtic. Dundee and Hibernian were relegated. St Mirren's 3rd place was their highest finishing position in the league since the 1892-93 season.http://www.wsc.co.uk/weekly-howl/112-2008/743-weekly-howl-04-04-08 Weekly Howl When Saturday Comes 5 September 2012 https://web.archive.org/web/20160215200951/http://www.wsc.co.uk/weekly-howl/112-2008/743-weekly-howl-04-04-08 15 February 2016 dead Table main WDL QR 5 2 ABD Aberdeen CEL Celtic STM St Mirren DNU Dundee United RAN Rangers GMF Morton PAR Partick Thistle KIL Kilmarnock DND Dundee HIB Hibernian 19 10 7 68 36 C 18 11 7 61 38 15 12 9 56 49 12 13 11 43 30 15 7 14 50 46 14 8 14 51 46 11 14 11 43 47 11 11 14 36 52 10 6 20 47 73 R 6 6 24 29 67 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 1980–81 Scottish First Division R R complete 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored. Statto and 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 HIB KIL MOR PAR RAN STM Aberdeen 0–0 2–1 2–1 1–1 1–2 1–0 1–1 3–2 2–0 Celtic 1–3 2–2 1–0 4–0 2–0 3–1 2–1 1–0 2–2 Dundee 1–3 0–2 1–1 3–0 0–2 1–0 1–1 1–4 1–3 Dundee United 1–1 3–0 2–0 1–0 0–0 2–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 Hibernian 0–5 1–1 2–0 0–2 1–2 3–2 0–1 2–1 2–1 Kilmarnock 1–3 1–1 1–1 0–0 3–1 0–2 0–1 1–0 1–1 Morton 3–2 1–0 2–0 4–1 2–0 3–1 2–1 0–1 0–0 Partick Thistle 1–1 1–1 3–0 2–2 1–0 1–1 0–1 4–3 1–2 Rangers 2–2 1–1 1–0 2–1 1–0 1–0 3–1 0–0 1–2 St Mirren 1–1 0–0 2–1 2–1 2–0 3–1 2–2 3–0 4–1 complete Matches 19–36 main FBR grey ABE CEL DND DNU HIB KIL MOR PAR RAN STM Aberdeen 1–2 3–0 0–3 3–0 3–1 1–2 1–1 3–1 2–0 Celtic 1–2 3–0 2–2 3–0 5–0 3–2 5–1 1–0 3–1 Dundee 0–4 5–1 1–0 2–1 3–1 4–3 2–2 3–1 4–1 Dundee United 1–3 0–1 3–0 2–0 4–0 2–0 2–1 0–0 0–0 Hibernian 1–1 1–3 5–2 0–2 1–1 1–1 2–1 1–3 0–2 Kilmarnock 0–4 2–0 3–1 1–0 1–0 1–1 0–1 2–1 1–1 Morton 1–0 0–1 1–1 0–0 1–1 1–2 1–3 0–1 2–1 Partick Thistle 1–0 0–0 2–3 1–1 2–1 0–0 1–4 2–1 1–1 Rangers 0–1 2–2 2–0 2–1 2–0 2–1 2–2 2–1 3–1 St Mirren 2–2 2–1 4–2 3–2 2–1 2–2 0–3 1–2 2–1 complete Awards AwardWinnerClubPFA Players' Player of the YearSCO Davie Provan footballer born 1956CelticPFA Young Player of the YearSCO John MacDonald footballer, born 1961RangersSFWA Footballer of the YearSCO Gordon StrachanAberdeen References 1979–80 Scottish Premier Division – Statto Category:Scottish Premier Division seasons Category:1979–80 Scottish Football League Scot