1988–89 Scottish Premier Division

83rd season of top-tier football league in Scotland March 2026 Scottish Premier Division 1988–89 Rangers 4th Premier Division title 39th Scottish title European Cup Rangers UEFA Cup Aberdeen Dundee United Hibernian Cup Winners' Cup Celtic Mark McGhee, Charlie Nicholas (16) 180 422 Celtic 7–1 St Mirren 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 main WDL QR 5 2 RAN Rangers ABD Aberdeen CEL Celtic DNU Dundee United HIB Hibernian HOM Heart of Midlothian STM St Mirren DND Dundee MOT Motherwell HAM Hamilton Academical 26 4 6 62 26 C 18 14 4 51 25 21 4 11 66 44 16 12 8 44 26 13 9 14 37 36 9 13 14 35 42 11 7 18 39 55 9 10 17 34 48 7 13 16 35 44 6 2 28 19 76 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 1989–90 Scottish First Division R complete 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored. Statto 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 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 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 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 complete Awards Player awards AwardWinnerClubPFA Players' Player of the YearNED Theo SneldersAberdeenPFA Young Player of the YearSCO Billy McKinlayDundee UnitedSFWA Footballer of the YearSCO Richard GoughRangers Manager awards AwardWinnerClubSFWA Manager of the YearSCO Graeme SounessRangers See also Nine in a row References Statto Category:Scottish Premier Division seasons 1 Scot