1955–56 Scottish Division One

Scottish Division One
Season	1955–56
Champions	Rangers
Relegated	Clyde Stirling Albion
← 1954–55 1956–57 →

The 1955–56 Scottish Division One was won by Rangers by six points over nearest rival Aberdeen. Clyde and Stirling Albion finished 17th and 18th respectively and were relegated to the 1956–57 Scottish Second Division.

League reconstruction

Following league reconstruction League Division one was expanded from 16 to 18 teams this season with Airdrieonians and Dunfermline Athletic being promoted from the previous season with all First Division teams staying up.

League table

P	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Rangers	34	22	8	4	85	27	58	52
2	Aberdeen	34	18	10	6	87	50	37	46
3	Heart of Midlothian	34	19	7	8	99	47	52	45
4	Hibernian	34	19	7	8	86	50	36	45
5	Celtic	34	16	9	9	55	39	16	41
6	Queen of the South	34	16	5	13	69	73	−5	37
7	Airdrieonians	34	14	8	12	85	96	−11	36
8	Kilmarnock	34	12	10	12	52	45	7	34
9	Partick Thistle	34	13	7	14	62	60	2	33
10	Motherwell	34	11	11	12	53	59	−6	33
11	Raith Rovers	34	12	9	13	58	75	−17	33
12	East Fife	34	13	5	16	61	69	−8	31
13	Dundee	34	12	6	16	56	65	−9	30
14	Falkirk	34	11	6	17	58	75	−17	28
15	St Mirren	34	10	7	17	57	70	−13	27
16	Dunfermline Athletic	34	10	6	18	42	82	−40	26
17	Clyde	34	8	6	20	50	74	−24	22
18	Stirling Albion	34	4	5	25	23	82	−59	13

References

Scottish Football Archive

Top division football seasons in Scotland

Football League	1890–91 1891–92 1892–93

Division One	1893–94 1894–95 1895–96 1896–97 1897–98 1898–99 1899–1900 1900–01 1901–02 1902–03 1903–04 1904–05 1905–06 1906–07 1907–08 1908–09 1909–10 1910–11 1911–12 1912–13 1913–14 1914–15 1915–16 1916–17 1917–18 1918–19 1919–20 1920–21 1921–22 1922–23 1923–24 1924–25 1925–26 1926–27 1927–28 1928–29 1929–30 1930–31 1931–32 1932–33 1933–34 1934–35 1935–36 1936–37 1937–38 1938–39 1939–40 1940–41 1941–42 1942–43 1943–44 1944–45 1945–46 1946–47 1947–48 1948–49 1949–50 1950–51 1951–52 1952–53 1953–54 1954–55 1955–56 1956–57 1957–58 1958–59 1959–60 1960–61 1961–62 1962–63 1963–64 1964–65 1965–66 1966–67 1967–68 1968–69 1969–70 1970–71 1971–72 1972–73 1973–74 1974–75

Premier Division	1975–76 1976–77 1977–78 1978–79 1979–80 1980–81 1981–82 1982–83 1983–84 1984–85 1985–86 1986–87 1987–88 1988–89 1989–90 1990–91 1991–92 1992–93 1993–94 1994–95 1995–96 1996–97 1997–98

Premier League	1998–99 1999–2000 2000–01 2001–02 2002–03 2003–04 2004–05 2005–06 2006–07 2007–08 2008–09 2009–10 2010–11 2011–12 2012–13

Premiership	2013–14 2014–15 2015–16

1955–56 in European football (UEFA)

« 1954–55 1956–57 »

Domestic leagues	Albania '55 '56 Austria Belgium Bulgaria '55 '56 Czechoslovakia '55 '56 Denmark England Finland '55 '56 France East Germany '55 '56 West Germany (Finals) Greece Hungary '55 '56 Iceland '55 '56 Italy Luxembourg Netherlands Northern Ireland Norway Poland '55 '56 Portugal Republic of Ireland Romania '55 '56 Scotland Soviet Union '55 '56 Spain Sweden Switzerland Yugoslavia

Domestic cups	Belgium Bulgaria Denmark England Finland '55 '56 France East Germany '56 West Germany Greece Hungary Iceland '55 '56 Luxembourg Northern Ireland Norway '55 '56 Poland Portugal Republic of Ireland Romania '55 '56 Scotland Soviet Union '55 Spain Switzerland Wales

League cups	Scotland

UEFA competitions	European Cup (Final)

Others	Inter-Cities Fairs Cup (Group stage)

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