1986–87 Scottish Premier Division

Scottish Premier Division
Season	1986–87
Champions	Rangers ; 3rd Premier Division title ; 38th Scottish title
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 7–0 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 (C)	44	31	7	6	85	23	+62	69	Qualification for the European Cup first round
2	Celtic	44	27	9	8	90	41	+49	63	Qualification for the UEFA Cup first round
3	Dundee United	44	24	12	8	85	34	+51	60
4	Aberdeen	44	21	16	7	63	29	+34	58
5	Heart of Midlothian	44	21	14	9	64	43	+21	56
6	Dundee	44	18	12	14	74	57	+17	48
7	St Mirren	44	12	12	20	36	51	−15	36	Qualification for the Cup Winners' Cup first round
8	Motherwell	44	11	12	21	43	64	−21	34
9	Hibernian	44	10	13	21	44	70	−26	33
10	Falkirk	44	8	10	26	31	70	−39	26
11	Clydebank (R)	44	6	12	26	35	93	−58	24	Relegation to the 1987–88 Scottish First Division
12	Hamilton Academical (R)	44	6	9	29	39	93	−54	21	Relegation to the 1987–88 Scottish First Division

Source: Statto
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) Champions; (R) Relegated

Results

Matches 1–22

During matches 1-22 each team plays every other team twice (home and away).

Home \ Away	ABE	CEL	CLY	DND	DNU	FAL	HAM	HOM	HIB	MOT	RAN	STM
Aberdeen		1–1	4–0	2–0	2–0	1–0	2–0	0–1	4–0	2–2	1–0	0–0
Celtic	1–1		6–0	1–0	1–0	4–2	4–1	2–0	5–1	3–1	1–1	2–0
Clydebank	1–3	0–1		0–2	0–0	1–2	2–1	0–3	0–0	2–3	1–4	1–1
Dundee	0–2	0–3	3–3		0–2	3–0	3–3	0–0	3–0	1–1	1–0	2–1
Dundee United	2–1	2–2	2–0	0–3		2–0	3–0	1–0	1–0	4–0	0–0	3–0
Falkirk	3–3	0–1	1–0	0–1	2–1		0–0	2–0	1–1	1–1	1–5	1–1
Hamilton Academical	0–1	1–2	0–1	0–3	1–5	1–2		1–3	1–4	0–3	1–2	1–1
Heart of Midlothian	2–1	1–0	2–1	3–1	2–2	1–0	1–0		1–1	4–0	1–1	0–0
Hibernian	1–1	0–1	3–2	0–3	1–1	1–0	1–3	1–3		0–0	2–1	0–1
Motherwell	0–1	0–4	0–1	0–0	0–2	2–2	1–1	2–3	4–1		0–2	1–1
Rangers	2–0	1–0	4–0	2–1	2–3	1–0	2–0	3–0	3–0	0–1		2–0
St Mirren	1–1	0–1	0–1	4–1	0–1	1–0	2–1	0–0	3–1	1–0	0–1

Source: ^{[citation needed]}
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Matches 23–44

During matches 23-44 each team plays every other team twice (home and away).

Home \ Away	ABE	CEL	CLY	DND	DNU	FAL	HAM	HOM	HIB	MOT	RAN	STM
Aberdeen		1–0	1–1	2–1	0–1	3–1	0–0	2–1	1–0	1–0	1–1	0–1
Celtic	1–1		3–0	2–0	1–1	1–2	8–3	1–1	1–0	3–1	3–1	3–0
Clydebank	0–5	1–1		1–1	1–2	2–1	2–3	1–1	1–2	0–0	0–3	2–1
Dundee	1–1	4–1	4–1		1–1	4–0	7–3	0–1	2–0	4–1	0–4	6–3
Dundee United	0–0	3–2	1–1	1–1		2–1	2–1	3–1	2–1	2–0	0–1	2–0
Falkirk	0–3	1–2	0–0	0–0	1–2		0–2	0–0	1–3	1–0	1–2	0–0
Hamilton Academical	0–2	2–3	0–0	1–1	0–0	0–1		0–1	0–1	4–2	0–2	1–0
Heart of Midlothian	1–1	1–0	3–0	1–3	1–1	4–0	7–0		2–1	1–1	2–5	1–0
Hibernian	1–1	1–4	4–1	2–2	0–2	2–0	1–1	2–2		0–1	0–0	1–0
Motherwell	0–2	1–1	3–2	2–0	1–0	1–0	3–0	0–1	2–1		0–1	1–2
Rangers	0–0	2–0	5–0	2–0	2–0	4–0	2–0	3–0	1–1	1–0		1–0
St Mirren	1–0	1–3	3–1	0–1	2–1	1–0	0–1	0–0	1–1	1–1	1–3

Source: ^{[citation needed]}
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

References

Statto

v t e 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
Football League	1915–16 1916–17 1917–18 1918–19 1919–20 1920–21
Division One / A	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 2017–18 2018–19 2019–20 2020–21 2021–22 2022–23 2023–24 2024–25
Winners	List of champions Winning managers

v t e 1986–87 in European football (UEFA)
Domestic leagues	Albania Austria Belgium Bulgaria Cyprus Czechoslovakia Denmark '86 '87 England Faroe Islands '86 '87 Finland '86 '87 France East Germany West Germany Greece Hungary Iceland '86 '87 Israel Italy 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) Super Cup
Non-UEFA competitions	Intertoto Cup Balkans Cup '86 '87–'88

v t e 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 Tennent's Sixes
European competitions	European Cup European Cup Winners' Cup UEFA Cup Final
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