1992–93 Scottish Premier Division

Scottish Premier Division
Season	1992–93
Champions	Rangers ; 8th Premier Division title ; 43rd Scottish title
Relegated	Falkirk; Airdrieonians
Champions League	Rangers
Cup Winners' Cup	Aberdeen
UEFA Cup	Celtic; Dundee United; Heart of Midlothian
Matches played	264
Goals scored	699 (2.65 per match)
Top goalscorer	Ally McCoist (34)
	← 1991–92 1993–94 →

The 1992–93 Scottish Premier Division season ended in success for Rangers who won the title by nine points from nearest rivals Aberdeen and 13 points above third place rival Celtic to clinch five titles in a row. Falkirk and Airdrieonians finished 11th and 12th respectively and were relegated to the First Division.

Heart of Midlothian obtained a place in the UEFA Cup following the 1993 Polish football scandal.^{[citation needed]}

Clubs

Stadia and locations

Location of clubs in the 1992–93 Scottish Premier Division

Team	Location	Stadium
Aberdeen	Aberdeen	Pittodrie Stadium
Airdrieonians	Airdrie	Broomfield Park
Celtic	Parkhead, Glasgow	Celtic Park
Dundee	Dundee	Dens Park
Dundee United	Dundee	Tannadice Park
Falkirk	Falkirk	Brockville Park
Heart of Midlothian	Gorgie, Edinburgh	Tynecastle Park
Hibernian	Leith, Edinburgh	Easter Road
Motherwell	Motherwell	Fir Park
Partick Thistle	Maryhill, Glasgow	Firhill Stadium
Rangers	Ibrox, Glasgow	Ibrox Park
St Johnstone	Perth	McDiarmid Park

Managers

Team	Manager
Aberdeen	Willie Miller
Airdrieonians	Alex MacDonald
Celtic	Liam Brady
Dundee	Simon Stainrod
Dundee United	Jim McLean
Falkirk	Jim Jefferies
Heart of Midlothian	Sandy Clark
Hibernian	Alex Miller
Motherwell	Tommy McLean
Partick Thistle	John Lambie
Rangers	Walter Smith
St Johnstone	John McClelland

Managerial changes

Team	Outgoing manager	Date of vacancy	Manner of departure	Incoming manager	Date of appointment
St Johnstone	Alex Totten	14 December 1992	Sacked	John McClelland	December 1992^[1]
Heart of Midlothian	Joe Jordan	3 May 1993	Sacked	Sandy Clark	3 May 1993

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Rangers (C)	44	33	7	4	97	35	+62	73	Qualification for the Champions League first round
2	Aberdeen	44	27	10	7	87	36	+51	64	Qualification for the Cup Winners' Cup first round
3	Celtic	44	24	12	8	68	41	+27	60	Qualification for the UEFA Cup first round
4	Dundee United	44	19	9	16	56	49	+7	47
5	Heart of Midlothian	44	15	14	15	46	51	−5	44
6	St Johnstone	44	10	20	14	52	66	−14	40
7	Hibernian	44	12	13	19	54	64	−10	37
8	Partick Thistle	44	12	12	20	50	71	−21	36
9	Motherwell	44	11	13	20	46	62	−16	35
10	Dundee	44	11	12	21	48	68	−20	34
11	Falkirk (R)	44	11	7	26	60	86	−26	29	Relegation to the 1993–94 Scottish First Division
12	Airdrieonians (R)	44	6	17	21	35	70	−35	29	Relegation to the 1993–94 Scottish First Division

Source: RSSSF
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	AIR	CEL	DND	DNU	FAL	HOM	HIB	MOT	PAR	RAN	STJ
Aberdeen		0–0	1–1	2–1	0–1	3–1	6–2	3–0	2–0	2–0	0–1	3–0
Airdrieonians	1–2		1–1	0–0	1–2	2–0	1–0	2–0	0–2	2–2	1–1	0–2
Celtic	2–2	2–0		1–0	2–0	3–2	1–1	2–3	1–1	1–2	0–1	3–1
Dundee	1–2	2–0	0–1		1–3	1–2	1–3	1–1	2–1	0–2	4–3	1–1
Dundee United	2–2	0–0	1–1	0–1		2–0	1–1	1–0	1–1	2–1	0–4	2–1
Falkirk	0–1	5–1	4–5	2–2	1–1		2–1	2–1	1–0	0–1	1–2	2–2
Heart of Midlothian	1–0	1–3	0–1	1–0	1–0	3–0		1–0	1–0	2–1	1–1	1–1
Hibernian	1–3	2–2	1–2	0–0	2–1	3–1	0–0		2–2	1–0	0–0	3–1
Motherwell	2–1	2–0	1–3	1–3	0–1	3–1	1–3	1–2		0–2	1–4	3–3
Partick Thistle	0–7	1–0	2–3	6–3	0–1	1–2	1–1	2–2	2–2		1–4	1–0
Rangers	3–1	2–0	1–1	3–1	3–2	4–0	2–0	1–0	4–2	3–0		1–0
St Johnstone	0–3	3–0	0–0	4–0	2–0	3–2	1–1	1–1	2–0	1–1	1–5

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	AIR	CEL	DND	DNU	FAL	HOM	HIB	MOT	PAR	RAN	STJ
Aberdeen		7–0	1–1	0–0	0–0	2–2	3–2	2–0	1–0	1–0	1–0	1–1
Airdrieonians	1–1		0–1	2–2	1–3	0–1	0–0	3–1	1–2	2–2	0–1	1–1
Celtic	1–0	4–0		2–0	0–1	1–0	1–0	2–1	1–1	0–0	2–1	5–1
Dundee	1–2	1–1	0–1		0–4	2–1	1–0	3–1	1–1	0–1	1–3	1–0
Dundee United	3–0	1–4	2–3	1–0		2–1	0–1	0–3	0–0	3–1	0–0	1–2
Falkirk	1–4	0–1	0–3	1–0	1–2		6–0	3–3	1–3	4–2	1–2	2–2
Heart of Midlothian	1–2	1–1	1–0	0–0	1–0	3–1		1–0	0–0	1–1	2–3	2–0
Hibernian	1–2	3–1	3–1	1–3	2–1	1–1	0–0		1–0	0–1	3–4	2–2
Motherwell	0–2	0–0	2–0	1–2	2–0	2–1	2–1	0–0		2–3	0–4	1–1
Partick Thistle	1–3	1–1	0–1	2–0	0–4	0–1	1–1	0–3	0–1		3–0	1–1
Rangers	2–0	2–2	1–0	3–0	1–0	5–0	2–1	3–0	1–0	3–1		2–0
St Johnstone	0–2	1–0	1–1	1–1	1–4	1–0	3–1	2–0	0–0	0–0	1–1