1979–80 Scottish Premier Division

Scottish Premier Division
Season	1979–80
Champions	Aberdeen
Relegated	Dundee Hibernian
European Cup	Aberdeen
UEFA Cup	St Mirren Dundee United
Cup Winners' Cup	Celtic
Matches played	180
Goals scored	484 (2.69 per match)
Top goalscorer	Doug Somner (25)
Biggest home win	Celtic 5–0 Kilmarnock
Biggest away win	Hibernian 0–5 Rangers
← 1978–79 1980–81 →

The 1979–80 Scottish Premier Division season was won by Aberdeen, one point ahead of Celtic. Dundee and Hibernian were relegated. St Mirren's 3rd place was their highest finishing position in the league since the 1892-93 season.^[1]

Table


Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Aberdeen !Aberdeen (C)	36	19	10	7	68	36	+32	48	1980–81 European Cup First round
2	Celtic !Celtic	36	18	11	7	61	38	+23	47	1980–81 European Cup Winners' Cup First round
3	St Mirren !St Mirren	36	15	12	9	56	46	+10	42	1980–81 UEFA Cup First round
4	Dundee United !Dundee United	36	12	13	11	43	30	+13	37	1980–81 UEFA Cup First round
5	Rangers !Rangers	36	15	7	14	50	46	+4	37
6	Morton !Morton	36	14	8	14	51	46	+5	36
7	Partick Thistle !Partick Thistle	36	11	14	11	43	47	−4	36
8	Kilmarnock !Kilmarnock	36	11	11	14	36	52	−16	33
9	Dundee !Dundee (R)	36	10	6	20	47	73	−26	26	Relegation to First Division
10	Hibernian !Hibernian (R)	36	6	6	24	29	69	−40	18	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

1979–80 Scottish Premier Division – Statto

↑ "Weekly Howl". When Saturday Comes. Retrieved 5 September 2012.

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

1979–80 in European football (UEFA)

« 1978–79 1980–81 »

Domestic leagues	Albania Austria Belgium Bulgaria Cyprus Czechoslovakia Denmark '79 '80 England Estonia '79 '80 Faroe Islands '79 '80 Finland '79 '80 France East Germany West Germany Greece Hungary Iceland '79 '80 Israel Italy Latvia '79 '80 Lithuania '79 '80 Luxembourg Malta Netherlands Northern Ireland Norway '79 '80 Poland Portugal Republic of Ireland Romania Scotland Soviet Union '79 '80 Spain Sweden '79 '80 Switzerland Turkey Yugoslavia

Domestic cups	Albania Austria Belgium Bulgaria Cyprus Czechoslovakia Denmark England Faroe Islands '79 '80 Finland '79 '80 France East Germany West Germany Greece Hungary Iceland '79 '80 Israel Italy Liechtenstein Luxembourg Malta Netherlands Northern Ireland Norway '79 '80 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

1979–80 in Scottish football

« 1978–79 1980–81 »

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 UEFA Euro 1980 qualifying Group 2 British Home Championship

Club seasons

Premier Division	Aberdeen Celtic Dundee Dundee United Hibernian Kilmarnock Morton Partick Thistle Rangers St. Mirren

First Division	Airdrieonians Arbroath Ayr United Berwick Rangers Clyde Clydebank Dunfermline Athletic Dumbarton Hamilton Academical Heart of Midlothian Motherwell Raith Rovers St. Johnstone Stirling Albion

Second Division	Albion Rovers Alloa Athletic Brechin City Cowdenbeath East Fife East Stirlingshire Falkirk Forfar Athletic Meadowbank Thistle Montrose Queen of the South Queen's Park Stenhousemuir Stranraer

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