1986–87 Scottish Premier Division

Scottish Premier Division
Season	1986–87
Champions	Rangers
Relegated	Clydebank Hamilton Academical
European Cup	Rangers
UEFA Cup	Celtic Dundee United Aberdeen
Cup Winners' Cup	St Mirren
Matches played	264
Goals scored	670 (2.54 per match)
Top goalscorer	Brian McClair (35)
Biggest home win	Heart of Midlothian 7 Hamilton Academical
Biggest away win	Clydebank 0–5 Aberdeen
← 1985–86 1987–88 →

The 1986–87 Scottish Premier Division season was won by Rangers, six points ahead of Celtic. Clydebank and Hamilton Academical were relegated.

Table


Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Rangers !Rangers (C)	44	31	7	6	85	23	+62	69	1987–88 European Cup First round
2	Celtic !Celtic	44	27	9	8	90	41	+49	63	1987–88 UEFA Cup First round
3	Dundee United !Dundee United	44	24	12	8	85	34	+51	60
4	Aberdeen !Aberdeen	44	21	16	7	63	29	+34	58
5	Heart of Midlothian !Heart of Midlothian	44	21	14	9	64	43	+21	56
6	Dundee !Dundee	44	18	12	14	74	57	+17	48
7	St Mirren !St Mirren	44	12	12	20	36	51	−15	36	1987–88 European Cup Winners' Cup First round
8	Motherwell !Motherwell	44	11	12	21	43	64	−21	34
9	Hibernian !Hibernian	44	10	13	21	44	70	−26	33
10	Falkirk !Falkirk	44	8	10	26	31	70	−39	26
11	Clydebank !Clydebank (R)	44	6	12	26	35	93	−58	24	Relegation to First Division
12	Hamilton Academical !Hamilton Academical (R)	44	6	9	29	39	93	−54	21	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

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

1986–87 in European football (UEFA)

« 1985–86 1987–88 »

Domestic leagues	Albania Austria Belgium Bulgaria Cyprus Czechoslovakia Denmark '86 '87 England Estonia '86 '87 Faroe Islands '86 '87 Finland '86 '87 France East Germany West Germany Greece Hungary Iceland '86 '87 Israel Italy Latvia '86 '87 Lithuania '86 '87 Luxembourg Malta Netherlands Northern Ireland Norway '86 '87 Poland Portugal Republic of Ireland Romania San Marino Scotland Soviet Union '86 '87 Spain Sweden '86 '87 Switzerland Turkey Yugoslavia

Domestic cups	Albania Austria Belgium Bulgaria Cyprus Czechoslovakia Denmark England Faroe Islands '86 '87 Finland '86 '87 France East Germany West Germany Greece Hungary Iceland '86 '87 Israel Italy Liechtenstein Luxembourg Malta Netherlands Northern Ireland Norway '86 '87 Poland Portugal Republic of Ireland Romania San Marino Scotland Soviet Union Spain Sweden Switzerland Turkey Wales Yugoslavia

League cups	England Israel Northern Ireland Republic of Ireland Scotland Soviet Union '86 '87

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

1986–87 in Scottish football

« 1985–86 1987–88 »

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 Euro 1988 qualifying (Group 7) Rous Cup

Club seasons

Premier Division	Aberdeen Celtic Clydebank Dundee Dundee United Falkirk Hamilton Academical Heart of Midlothian Hibernian Motherwell Rangers St. Mirren

First Division	Airdrieonians Brechin City Clyde Dumbarton Dunfermline Athletic East Fife Forfar Athletic Kilmarnock Montrose Morton Partick Thistle Queen of the South

Second Division	Albion Rovers Alloa Athletic Arbroath Ayr United Berwick Rangers Cowdenbeath East Stirlingshire Meadowbank Thistle Queen's Park Raith Rovers St. Johnstone Stenhousemuir Stirling Albion Stranraer

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