1975–76 Scottish Premier Division

Scottish Premier Division
Season	1975–76
Champions	Rangers
Relegated	Dundee St Johnstone
European Cup	Rangers
UEFA Cup	Celtic Hibernian
Cup Winners' Cup	Heart of Midlothian
Matches played	180
Goals scored	501 (2.78 per match)
Top goalscorer	Kenny Dalglish (24)
Biggest home win	Hibernian 5–0 St Johnstone
Biggest away win	Ayr United 2–7 Celtic
← 1974–75 1976–77 →

The 1975–76 Scottish Premier Division season was won by Rangers, six points ahead of Celtic. Dundee and St Johnstone were relegated. This was the first season of the Premier Division, the highest level of Scottish football. The Scottish First Division, previously the top flight of Scottish football became the second flight.

Table


Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Rangers !Rangers (C)	36	23	8	5	60	24	+36	54	1976–77 European Cup First round
2	Celtic !Celtic	36	21	6	9	71	42	+29	48	1976–77 UEFA Cup First round
3	Hibernian !Hibernian	36	18	7	11	55	43	+12	43	1976–77 UEFA Cup First round
4	Motherwell !Motherwell	36	16	8	12	57	49	+8	40
5	Heart of Midlothian !Heart of Midlothian	36	13	9	14	39	45	−6	35	1976–77 European Cup Winners' Cup First round
6	Ayr United !Ayr United	36	14	5	17	46	59	−13	33
7	Aberdeen !Aberdeen	36	11	10	15	49	50	−1	32
8	Dundee United !Dundee United	36	12	8	16	46	48	−2	32
9	Dundee !Dundee (R)	36	11	10	15	49	62	−13	32	Relegation to First Division
10	St Johnstone !St Johnstone (R)	36	3	5	28	29	79	−50	11	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

1975–76 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

1975–76 in European football (UEFA)

« 1974–75 1976–77 »

Domestic leagues	Albania Austria Belgium Bulgaria Cyprus Czechoslovakia Denmark '75 '76 England Estonia '75 '76 Faroe Islands '75 '76 Finland '75 '76 France East Germany West Germany Greece Hungary Iceland '75 '76 Israel Italy Latvia '75 '76 Lithuania '75 '76 Luxembourg Malta Netherlands Northern Ireland Norway '75 '76 Poland Portugal Republic of Ireland Romania Scotland Soviet Union '75 '76 Spain Sweden '75 '76 Switzerland Turkey Yugoslavia

Domestic cups	Albania Austria Belgium Bulgaria Cyprus Czechoslovakia Denmark England Faroe Islands '75 '76 Finland '75 '76 France East Germany West Germany Greece Hungary Iceland '75 '76 Israel Italy Liechtenstein Luxembourg Malta Netherlands Northern Ireland Norway '75 '76 Poland Portugal Republic of Ireland Romania San Marino Scotland Soviet Union Spain Sweden Switzerland Turkey Wales Yugoslavia

League cups	England Republic of Ireland Scotland Switzerland

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

1975–76 in Scottish football

« 1974–75 1976–77 »

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

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

European competitions	European Cup European Cup Winners' Cup UEFA Cup

Related to national team	Results Euro 1976 qualifying (Group 4) British Home Championship

Club seasons

Premier Division	Aberdeen Ayr United Celtic Dundee Dundee United Heart of Midlothian Hibernian Motherwell Rangers St. Johnstone

First Division	Airdrieonians Arbroath Clyde Dumbarton Dunfermline Athletic East Fife Falkirk Hamilton Academical Kilmarnock Montrose Morton Partick Thistle Queen of the South St. Mirren

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

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