1988–89 Scottish Premier Division

Scottish Premier Division
Season	1988–89
Champions	Rangers ; 4th Premier Division title ; 39th Scottish title
European Cup	Rangers
UEFA Cup	Aberdeen; Dundee United; Hibernian
Cup Winners' Cup	Celtic
Matches played	180
Goals scored	422 (2.34 per match)
Top goalscorer	Mark McGhee, Charlie Nicholas (16)
Biggest home win	Celtic 7–1 St Mirren
Biggest away win	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

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Rangers (C)	36	26	4	6	62	26	+36	56	Qualification for the European Cup first round
2	Aberdeen	36	18	14	4	51	25	+26	50	Qualification for the UEFA Cup first round
3	Celtic	36	21	4	11	66	44	+22	46	Qualification for the Cup Winners' Cup first round
4	Dundee United	36	16	12	8	44	26	+18	44	Qualification for the UEFA Cup first round
5	Hibernian	36	13	9	14	37	36	+1	35	Qualification for the UEFA Cup first round
6	Heart of Midlothian	36	9	13	14	35	42	−7	31
7	St Mirren	36	11	7	18	39	55	−16	29
8	Dundee	36	9	10	17	34	48	−14	28
9	Motherwell	36	7	13	16	25	44	−19	27
10	Hamilton Academical (R)	36	6	2	28	19	76	−57	14	Relegation to the 1989–90 Scottish First Division

Source: Statto
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) Champions; (R) Relegated

During matches 1-18 each team plays every other team twice (home and away).

Home \ Away	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

Source: ^{[citation needed]}
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

During matches 19-36 each team plays every other team a further two times (home and away).

Home \ Away	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

Source: ^{[citation needed]}
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.