1994–95 Scottish Premier Division

Scottish Premier Division
Season	1994–95
Champions	Rangers
Relegated	Dundee United
Champions League	Rangers
UEFA Cup	Motherwell Raith Rovers
Cup Winners' Cup	Celtic
Goals scored	453
Average goals/game	2.52
Top goalscorer	Tommy Coyne (16)
Biggest home win	Dundee United 6–1 Motherwell (21 January)
Biggest away win	Dundee United 0–3 Rangers (4 December)
← 1993–94 1995–96 →

The 1994–95 Scottish Premier Division season began on 13 August 1994 and was the first season of the new-look ten team league.

Overview

The 1994–95 Scottish Premier Division season ended in success for Rangers who won the title by fifteen points from nearest rivals Motherwell to clinch seven titles in a row. Dundee United were relegated to the First Division after finishing bottom with Aberdeen surviving the relegation playoff against Dunfermline Athletic. As champions, Rangers qualified for the Champions League while Motherwell were joined by League Cup winners Raith Rovers in qualifying for the UEFA Cup. Fourth-placed Celtic qualified for the Cup Winners' Cup as Scottish Cup winners.^[1]

The season began on 13 August with the first goal of the season scored by Hibernian's Billy Findlay as they won 5–0 at home to Dundee United. The regular league season ended on 13 May, with the relegation/promotion play-off following on the 21st and 25th.

Promotion and relegation from 1993–94

Promoted from First Division to Premier League

Falkirk

Relegated from Premier Division to First Division

League table


Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Rangers !Rangers (C)	36	20	9	7	60	35	+25	69	1995–96 UEFA Champions League Qualifying round
2	Motherwell !Motherwell	36	14	12	10	50	50	0	54	1995–96 UEFA Cup Preliminary round
3	Hibernian !Hibernian	36	12	17	7	49	37	+12	53
4	Celtic !Celtic	36	11	18	7	39	33	+6	51	1995–96 UEFA Cup Winners' Cup First round
5	Falkirk !Falkirk	36	12	12	12	48	47	+1	48
6	Heart of Midlothian !Heart of Midlothian	36	12	7	17	44	51	−7	43
7	Kilmarnock !Kilmarnock	36	11	10	15	40	48	−8	43
8	Partick Thistle !Partick Thistle	36	10	13	13	40	50	−10	43
9	Aberdeen !Aberdeen	36	10	11	15	43	46	−3	41
10	Dundee United !Dundee United (R)	36	9	9	18	40	56	−16	36	Relegation to First Division

Source: RSSSF
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.

Results

Matches 1–18

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

Home ╲ Away	Aberdeen !ABE	Celtic !CEL	Dundee United !DUN	Falkirk !FAL	Heart of Midlothian !HOM	Hibernian !HIB	Kilmarnock !KIL	Motherwell !MOT	Partick Thistle !PAR	Rangers !RAN
Aberdeen !Aberdeen		0–0	3–0	2–2	3–1	0–0	0–1	1–3	1–1	2–2
Celtic !Celtic	0–0		2–1	0–2	3–0	3–0	1–1	2–2	0–0	1–3
Dundee United !Dundee United	2–1	2–2		1–0	5–2	0–0	2–2	1–1	0–1	0–3
Falkirk !Falkirk	2–1	1–1	1–3		2–1	0–0	3–3	0–1	2–1	0–2
Heart of Midlothian !Heart of Midlothian	2–0	1–0	2–1	1–1		0–1	3–0	1–2	3–0	1–1
Hibernian !Hibernian	2–2	0–2	5–0	2–2	2–1		0–0	2–2	3–0	2–1
Kilmarnock !Kilmarnock	2–1	0–0	0–2	1–1	3–1	0–0		0–1	2–0	1–2
Motherwell !Motherwell	0–1	1–1	1–1	5–3	1–1	1–1	3–2		3–1	2–1
Partick Thistle !Partick Thistle	2–1	1–2	2–0	1–2	0–1	2–2	2–0	2–2		0–2
Rangers !Rangers	1–0	0–2	2–0	1–1	3–0	2–0	2–0	2–1	3–0

Source: RSSSF
1 ^{^} The home team is listed in the left-hand column.
Colours: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.
For coming matches, an a indicates there is an article about the match.

Matches 19–36

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

Home ╲ Away	Aberdeen !ABE	Celtic !CEL	Dundee United !DUN	Falkirk !FAL	Heart of Midlothian !HOM	Hibernian !HIB	Kilmarnock !KIL	Motherwell !MOT	Partick Thistle !PAR	Rangers !RAN
Aberdeen !Aberdeen		2–0	2–1	0–0	3–1	0–0	0–1	0–2	3–1	2–0
Celtic !Celtic	2–0		1–1	2–0	1–1	1–1	2–1	1–1	1–3	3–0
Dundee United !Dundee United	0–0	0–1		1–0	1–1	0–1	1–2	6–1	2–0	0–2
Falkirk !Falkirk	0–2	1–2	3–1		2–0	1–0	2–0	3–0	1–3	2–3
Heart of Midlothian !Heart of Midlothian	1–2	0–1	2–0	0–1		2–0	2–2	2–0	0–1	2–1
Hibernian !Hibernian	4–2	0–2	4–0	0–2	3–1		2–1	2–0	1–2	1–1
Kilmarnock !Kilmarnock	3–1	0–1	2–0	2–1	3–2	1–2		2–0	0–0	0–1
Motherwell !Motherwell	2–1	1–0	2–1	2–2	1–2	0–0	2–0		1–2	1–3
Partick Thistle !Partick Thistle	2–2	0–0	1–3	0–0	3–1	2–2	2–2	0–0		1–1
Rangers !Rangers	3–2	1–1	1–1	2–2	1–0	3–1	3–0	0–2	1–1

Top scorers

Player	Goals	Team
Tommy Coyne	16	Motherwell
Billy Dodds	15	Aberdeen
Mark Hateley	13	Rangers

Source:=http://www.rsssf.com/tabless/scot95.html RSSSF

References

↑ "Scottish Premier Division 1995/96". Soccerbot. Archived from the original on 14 May 2008. Retrieved 2008-06-04.

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 2016–17

1994–95 in European football (UEFA)

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Domestic leagues	Albania Armenia '94 '95 Austria Azerbaijan Belarus Belgium Bosnia and Herzegovina Bulgaria Croatia Cyprus Czech Republic Denmark England Estonia Faroe Islands '94 '95 Finland '94 '95 France Georgia Germany Greece Hungary Iceland '94 '95 Israel Italy Kazakhstan '94 '95 Latvia '94 '95 Lithuania Luxembourg Macedonia Malta Moldova Netherlands Northern Ireland Norway '94 '95 Poland Portugal Republic of Ireland Romania Russia '94 '95 San Marino Scotland Slovakia Slovenia Spain Sweden '94 '95 Switzerland Turkey Ukraine Wales FR Yugoslavia

Domestic cups	Albania Andorra Armenia Austria Azerbaijan Belarus Belgium Bosnia and Herzegovina Bulgaria Croatia Cyprus Czech Republic Denmark England Estonia Faroe Islands '94 '95 Finland '94 '95 France Georgia Germany Greece Hungary Iceland '94 '95 Israel Italy Latvia '94 '95 Liechtenstein Lithuania Luxembourg Macedonia Malta Moldova Netherlands Northern Ireland Norway '94 '95 Poland Portugal Republic of Ireland Romania Russia San Marino Scotland Slovakia Slovenia Spain Sweden Switzerland Turkey Ukraine Wales Yugoslavia

League cups	England Finland '94 '95 France Israel Northern Ireland Republic of Ireland Scotland Wales

UEFA competitions	Champions League (Qualifying, Group stage, knockout stage, Final) Cup Winners' Cup (Final) UEFA Cup (Final) Intertoto Cup Super Cup

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