1976–77 Scottish Premier Division

Scottish Premier Division
Season	1976–77
Champions	Celtic
Relegated	Heart of Midlothian Kilmarnock
European Cup	Celtic
UEFA Cup	Aberdeen Dundee United
Cup Winners' Cup	Rangers
Matches played	180
Goals scored	507 (2.82 per match)
Top goalscorer	Willie Pettigrew (21)
Biggest home win	Kilmarnock 6–1 Ayr United
Biggest away win	Ayr United 0–5 Aberdeen
← 1975–76 1977–78 →

The 1976–77 Scottish Premier Division season was won by Celtic, six points ahead of Rangers. Heart of Midlothian and Kilmarnock were relegated.

Table


Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Celtic !Celtic (C)	36	23	9	4	79	39	+40	55	1977–78 European Cup First round
2	Rangers !Rangers	36	18	10	8	62	37	+25	46	1977–78 European Cup Winners' Cup First round
3	Aberdeen !Aberdeen	36	16	11	9	56	42	+14	43	1977–78 UEFA Cup First round
4	Dundee United !Dundee United	36	16	9	11	54	45	+9	41	1977–78 UEFA Cup First round
5	Partick Thistle !Partick Thistle	36	11	13	12	40	44	−4	35
6	Hibernian !Hibernian	36	8	18	10	34	35	−1	34
7	Motherwell !Motherwell	36	10	12	14	57	60	−3	32
8	Ayr United !Ayr United	36	11	8	17	44	68	−24	30
9	Heart of Midlothian !Heart of Midlothian (R)	36	7	13	16	49	66	−17	27	Relegation to First Division
10	Kilmarnock !Kilmarnock (R)	36	4	9	23	32	71	−39	17	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

1976–77 Scottish Premier Division – Statto

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

1976–77 in European football (UEFA)

« 1975–76 1977–78 »

Domestic leagues	Albania Austria Belgium Bulgaria Cyprus Czechoslovakia Denmark '76 '77 England Estonia '76 '77 Faroe Islands '76 '77 Finland '76 '77 France East Germany West Germany Greece Hungary Iceland '76 '77 Israel Italy Latvia '76 '77 Lithuania '76 '77 Luxembourg Malta Netherlands Northern Ireland Norway '76 '77 Poland Portugal Republic of Ireland Romania Scotland Soviet Union '76 '77 Spain Sweden '76 '77 Switzerland Turkey Yugoslavia

Domestic cups	Albania Austria Belgium Bulgaria Cyprus Czechoslovakia Denmark England Faroe Islands '76 '77 Finland '76 '77 France East Germany West Germany Greece Hungary Iceland '76 '77 Israel Italy Liechtenstein Luxembourg Malta Netherlands Northern Ireland Norway '76 '77 Poland Portugal Republic of Ireland Romania San Marino Scotland Soviet Union Spain Sweden Switzerland Turkey Wales Yugoslavia

League cups	England Poland Republic of Ireland Scotland Switzerland

UEFA competitions	European Cup (Final) Cup Winners' Cup (Final) UEFA Cup (Final) Intertoto Cup Super Cup

1976–77 in Scottish football

« 1975–76 1977–78 »

Domestic leagues	Football League Premier Division First Division Second Division Highland League

Domestic cups	Scottish Cup (Final) League Cup (Final) Junior Cup

European competitions	European Cup European Cup Winners' Cup UEFA Cup

Related to national team	Results World Cup 1978 qualifying (Group 7) British Home Championship

Club seasons

Premier Division	Aberdeen Ayr United Celtic Dundee United Heart of Midlothian Hibernian Kilmarnock Motherwell Partick Thistle Rangers

First Division	Airdrieonians Arbroath Clydebank Dundee Dumbarton East Fife Falkirk Hamilton Academical Montrose Morton Queen of the South Raith Rovers St. Johnstone St. Mirren

Second Division	Albion Rovers Alloa Athletic Berwick Rangers Brechin City Clyde Cowdenbeath Dunfermline Athletic East Stirlingshire Forfar Athletic Meadowbank Thistle Queen's Park Stenhousemuir Stirling Albion Stranraer

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