1988–89 Scottish Premier Division

Scottish Premier Division

Season	1988–89
Champions	Rangers
European Cup	Rangers
UEFA Cup	Aberdeen Dundee United Hibernian
Cup Winners' Cup	Celtic
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	1989–90 European Cup First round
2	Aberdeen	36	18	14	4	51	25	+26	50	1989–90 UEFA Cup First round
3	Celtic	36	21	4	11	66	44	+22	46	1989–90 European Cup Winners' Cup First round
4	Dundee United	36	16	12	8	44	26	+18	44	1989–90 UEFA Cup First round
5	Hibernian	36	13	9	14	37	36	+1	35
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 First Division

Source: Statto
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored
(C) = Champion; (R) = Relegated; (P) = Promoted; (E) = Eliminated; (O) = Play-off winner; (A) = Advances to a further round.
Only applicable when the season is not finished:
(Q) = Qualified to the phase of tournament indicated; (TQ) = Qualified to tournament, but not yet to the particular phase indicated; (RQ) = Qualified to the relegation tournament indicated; (DQ) = Disqualified from tournament.

References

• Statto