1987–88 Scottish Premier Division

Scottish Premier Division

Season	1987–88
Champions	Celtic
Relegated	Falkirk Dunfermline Athletic Morton
European Cup	Celtic
UEFA Cup	Heart of Midlothian Rangers Aberdeen
Cup Winners' Cup	Dundee United
Top goalscorer	Tommy Coyne (33)
← 1986–87 1988–89 →

The 1987–88 Scottish Premier Division season was won by Celtic, ten points ahead of Heart of Midlothian. Due to a league contraction to ten teams Falkirk, Dunfermline Athletic and Morton were relegated.

Table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Celtic (C)	44	31	10	3	79	23	+56	72	1988–89 European Cup First round
2	Heart of Midlothian	44	23	16	5	74	32	+42	62	1988–89 UEFA Cup First round
3	Rangers	44	26	8	10	85	34	+51	60
4	Aberdeen	44	21	17	6	56	25	+31	59
5	Dundee United	44	16	15	13	54	47	+7	47	1988–89 European Cup Winners' Cup First round
6	Hibernian	44	12	19	13	41	42	−1	43
7	Dundee	44	17	7	20	70	64	+6	41
8	Motherwell	44	13	10	21	37	56	−19	36
9	St Mirren	44	10	15	19	41	64	−23	35
10	Falkirk (R)	44	10	11	23	41	75	−34	31	Relegation to First Division
11	Dunfermline Athletic (R)	44	8	10	26	41	84	−43	26
12	Morton (R)	44	3	10	31	27	100	−73	16

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

• Statto