1979–80 Scottish Premier Division

Scottish Premier Division
Season	1979–80
Champions	Aberdeen ; 1st Premier Division title ; 2nd Scottish title
Relegated	Dundee; Hibernian
European Cup	Aberdeen
UEFA Cup	St Mirren; Dundee United
Cup Winners' Cup	Celtic
Matches	180
Goals	484 (2.69 per match)
Top goalscorer	Doug Somner (25)
Biggest home win	Celtic 5–0 Kilmarnock
Biggest away win	Hibernian 0–5 Aberdeen
	← 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 (C)	36	19	10	7	68	36	+32	48	Qualification for the European Cup first round
2	Celtic	36	18	11	7	61	38	+23	47	Qualification for the Cup Winners' Cup first round
3	St Mirren	36	15	12	9	56	49	+7	42	Qualification for the UEFA Cup first round
4	Dundee United	36	12	13	11	43	30	+13	37	Qualification for the UEFA Cup first round
5	Rangers	36	15	7	14	50	46	+4	37
6	Morton	36	14	8	14	51	46	+5	36
7	Partick Thistle	36	11	14	11	43	47	−4	36
8	Kilmarnock	36	11	11	14	36	52	−16	33
9	Dundee (R)	36	10	6	20	47	73	−26	26	Relegation to the 1980–81 Scottish First Division
10	Hibernian (R)	36	6	6	24	29	67	−38	18	Relegation to the 1980–81 Scottish First Division

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

Results

Matches 1–18

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

Home \ Away	ABE	CEL	DND	DNU	HIB	KIL	MOR	PAR	RAN	STM
Aberdeen		0–0	2–1	2–1	1–1	1–2	1–0	1–1	3–2	2–0
Celtic	1–3		2–2	1–0	4–0	2–0	3–1	2–1	1–0	2–2
Dundee	1–3	0–2		1–1	3–0	0–2	1–0	1–1	1–4	1–3
Dundee United	1–1	3–0	2–0		1–0	0–0	2–0	0–0	0–0	0–0
Hibernian	0–5	1–1	2–0	0–2		1–2	3–2	0–1	2–1	2–1
Kilmarnock	1–3	1–1	1–1	0–0	3–1		0–2	0–1	1–0	1–1
Morton	3–2	1–0	2–0	4–1	2–0	3–1		2–1	0–1	0–0
Partick Thistle	1–1	1–1	3–0	2–2	1–0	1–1	0–1		4–3	1–2
Rangers	2–2	1–1	1–0	2–1	1–0	1–0	3–1	0–0		1–2
St Mirren	1–1	0–0	2–1	2–1	2–0	3–1	2–2	3–0	4–1

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

Matches 19–36

Home \ Away	ABE	CEL	DND	DNU	HIB	KIL	MOR	PAR	RAN	STM
Aberdeen		1–2	3–0	0–3	3–0	3–1	1–2	1–1	3–1	2–0
Celtic	1–2		3–0	2–2	3–0	5–0	3–2	5–1	1–0	3–1
Dundee	0–4	5–1		1–0	2–1	3–1	4–3	2–2	3–1	4–1
Dundee United	1–3	0–1	3–0		2–0	4–0	2–0	2–1	0–0	0–0
Hibernian	1–1	1–3	5–2	0–2		1–1	1–1	2–1	1–3	0–2
Kilmarnock	0–4	2–0	3–1	1–0	1–0		1–1	0–1	2–1	1–1
Morton	1–0	0–1	1–1	0–0	1–1	1–2		1–3	0–1	2–1
Partick Thistle	1–0	0–0	2–3	1–1	2–1	0–0	1–4		2–1	1–1
Rangers	0–1	2–2	2–0	2–1	2–0	2–1	2–2	2–1		3–1
St Mirren	2–2	2–1	4–2	3–2	2–1	2–2	0–3	1–2	2–1

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

Awards

Award	Winner	Club
PFA Players' Player of the Year	Davie Provan	Celtic
PFA Young Player of the Year	John MacDonald	Rangers
SFWA Footballer of the Year	Gordon Strachan	Aberdeen

References

1979–80 Scottish Premier Division – Statto

↑ "Weekly Howl". When Saturday Comes. Archived from the original on 15 February 2016. Retrieved 5 September 2012.

[1] "Weekly Howl". When Saturday Comes. Archived from the original on 15 February 2016. Retrieved 5 September 2012.

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