1971–72 Scottish Division One

66th season of top-tier football league in Scotland

Football league season

Scottish Division One
Season	1971–72
Champions	Celtic
Relegated	Clyde Dunfermline
← 1970–71 1972–73 →

The 1971–72 Scottish Division One was won by Celtic by ten points over nearest rival Aberdeen. Clyde and Dunfermline finished 17th and 18th respectively and were relegated to the 1972–73 Second Division.

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Celtic	34	28	4	2	96	28	+68	60	Champion
2	Aberdeen	34	21	8	5	80	26	+54	50
3	Rangers	34	21	2	11	71	38	+33	44
4	Hibernian	34	19	6	9	62	34	+28	44
5	Dundee	34	14	13	7	59	38	+21	41
6	Heart of Midlothian	34	13	13	8	53	49	+4	39
7	Partick Thistle	34	12	10	12	53	54	−1	34
8	St Johnstone	34	12	8	14	52	58	−6	32
9	Dundee United	34	12	7	15	55	70	−15	31
10	Motherwell	34	11	7	16	49	69	−20	29
11	Kilmarnock	34	11	6	17	49	64	−15	28
12	Ayr United	34	9	10	15	40	58	−18	28
13	Morton	34	10	7	17	46	52	−6	27
14	Falkirk	34	10	7	17	44	60	−16	27
15	Airdrieonians	34	7	12	15	44	76	−32	26
16	East Fife	34	5	15	14	34	61	−27	25
17	Clyde	34	7	10	17	33	66	−33	24	Relegated to 1972–73 Second Division
18	Dunfermline Athletic	34	7	9	18	31	50	−19	23	Relegated to 1972–73 Second Division

Source: Soccerbase and League Tables

Results

Home \ Away	ABE	AIR	AYR	CEL	CLY	DND	DNU	DNF	EFI	FAL	HOM	HIB	KIL	MOR	MOT	PAR	RAN	STJ
Aberdeen		5–0	7–0	1–1	4–1	3–0	3–0	2–0	5–0	0–0	2–3	2–1	4–2	1–0	4–1	7–2	0–0	4–2
Airdrieonians	1–2		3–4	0–5	1–1	4–2	1–1	1–0	1–1	2–0	1–1	2–2	0–4	2–4	0–2	1–1	0–3	5–4
Ayr United	1–5	1–1		0–1	0–1	0–0	4–2	1–1	4–0	0–3	1–0	1–2	0–0	1–0	1–1	4–0	1–2	0–0
Celtic	1–1	2–0	2–0		9–1	3–1	3–0	1–0	2–1	2–0	3–2	2–1	5–1	3–1	5–2	3–1	2–1	0–1
Clyde	0–0	0–0	3–0	0–7		1–1	0–3	2–1	0–1	3–1	0–1	2–1	0–3	1–2	2–0	0–2	1–1	1–2
Dundee	1–1	4–1	5–1	1–1	0–0		6–4	1–0	0–0	4–0	0–0	1–2	2–0	0–1	2–0	0–0	2–0	1–3
Dundee United	2–0	5–0	2–2	1–5	3–3	1–1		3–2	2–2	3–5	3–2	1–4	1–2	2–1	2–0	1–0	1–5	3–3
Dunfermline Athletic	1–0	1–0	1–1	1–2	2–2	1–2	0–1		2–2	0–1	1–4	2–1	0–1	2–1	1–1	2–2	0–2	2–1
East Fife	0–1	1–1	2–2	0–3	2–2	2–5	0–1	0–1		2–2	2–2	2–1	2–0	0–6	1–1	1–3	0–1	2–2
Falkirk	0–3	1–2	3–0	0–1	3–1	1–1	1–1	2–1	1–1		2–0	2–3	3–1	2–1	3–0	0–0	0–3	2–4
Heart of Midlothian	1–0	1–1	1–0	4–1	2–0	2–5	3–2	1–1	1–1	1–0		0–2	2–1	6–1	0–0	0–0	2–1	2–1
Hibernian	2–2	1–3	1–0	0–1	1–0	1–0	3–0	2–0	2–1	6–0	0–0		3–2	1–0	1–2	3–0	0–1	7–1
Kilmarnock	0–3	5–2	1–2	1–3	2–1	0–3	2–0	0–0	2–3	2–0	2–2	1–1		4–2	1–0	1–4	1–2	2–0
Morton	0–1	2–2	0–3	1–1	4–0	2–2	1–2	1–0	0–0	3–1	1–1	1–1	1–1		3–2	2–0	1–2	0–1
Motherwell	0–4	0–1	2–2	1–5	4–1	1–3	0–1	4–1	1–1	2–1	5–3	1–1	3–0	3–1		2–1	2–0	2–0
Partick Thistle	2–0	4–2	0–1	1–5	2–2	0–0	3–1	2–0	1–0	1–1	2–2	0–1	2–2	2–0	8–3		3–2	2–1
Rangers	0–2	3–0	4–2	2–3	1–0	2–3	1–0	3–4	3–0	3–1	6–0	1–2	3–1	1–2	4–0	2–1		2–0
St Johnstone	1–1	3–3	2–0	0–3	0–1	0–0	2–0	0–0	0–1	3–2	1–1	0–2	5–1	1–0	5–1	2–1	1–4

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

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Domestic leagues	Football League Division One Division Two Highland League
Domestic cups	Scottish Cup Final League Cup Final Drybrough Cup Junior Cup
European competitions	European Cup European Cup Winners' Cup Final UEFA Cup Texaco Cup
Related to national team	Results Euro 1972 qualifying (Group 5) British Home Championship
Club seasons
Division One	Aberdeen Airdrieonians Ayr United Celtic Clyde Dundee Dundee United Dunfermline Athletic East Fife Falkirk Heart of Midlothian Hibernian Kilmarnock Morton Motherwell Partick Thistle Rangers St. Johnstone
Division Two	Albion Rovers Alloa Athletic Arbroath Berwick Rangers Brechin City Clydebank Cowdenbeath Dumbarton East Stirlingshire Forfar Athletic Hamilton Academical Montrose Queen of the South Queen's Park Raith Rovers St. Mirren Stenhousemuir Stirling Albion Stranraer

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Domestic leagues	Albania Austria Belgium Bulgaria Cyprus Czechoslovakia Denmark '71 '72 England Faroe Islands '71 '72 Finland '71 '72 France East Germany West Germany Greece Hungary Iceland '71 '72 Israel Italy Luxembourg Malta Netherlands Northern Ireland Norway '71 '72 Poland Portugal Republic of Ireland Romania Scotland Soviet Union '71 '72 Spain Sweden '71 '72 Switzerland Turkey Yugoslavia
Domestic cups	Albania Austria Belgium Bulgaria Cyprus Czechoslovakia Denmark England Faroe Islands '71 '72 Finland '71 '72 France East Germany West Germany Greece Hungary Iceland '71 '72 Israel Italy Liechtenstein Luxembourg Malta Netherlands Northern Ireland Norway '71 '72 Poland Portugal Republic of Ireland Romania San Marino Scotland Soviet Union '71 '72 Spain Sweden Switzerland Turkey Wales Yugoslavia
League cups	England Scotland
UEFA competitions	European Cup (Final) Cup Winners' Cup (Final) UEFA Cup (Final)
Non-UEFA competitions	Intertoto Cup Balkans Cup '71 '72