1987–88 Scottish Football League

Statistics of the Scottish Football League in season 1987–88.

Scottish Premier Division

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Celtic (C)	44	31	10	3	79	23	+56	72	Qualification for the European Cup first round
2	Heart of Midlothian	44	23	16	5	74	32	+42	62	Qualification for the 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	Qualification for the 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 the 1988–89 Scottish 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) Champions; (R) Relegated

Scottish First Division

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion or relegation
1	Hamilton Academical (C, P)	44	22	12	10	67	39	+28	56	Promotion to the Premier Division
2	Meadowbank Thistle	44	20	12	12	71	37	+34	52
3	Clydebank	44	21	7	16	59	61	−2	49
4	Forfar Athletic	44	16	16	12	67	58	+9	48
5	Raith Rovers	44	19	7	18	81	76	+5	45
6	Airdrieonians	44	16	13	15	65	68	−3	45
7	Queen of the South	44	14	15	15	56	67	−11	43
8	Partick Thistle	44	16	9	19	60	64	−4	41
9	Clyde	44	16	6	22	73	75	−2	38
10	Kilmarnock	44	13	11	20	55	60	−5	37
11	East Fife (R)	44	13	10	21	61	76	−15	36	Relegation to the Second Division
12	Dumbarton (R)	44	12	12	20	51	70	−19	36	Relegation to the Second Division

Source: RSSSF^{[dead link]} and statto^[1]
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) Champions; (P) Promoted; (R) Relegated

Scottish Second Division

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion
1	Ayr United (C, P)	39	27	7	5	95	31	+64	61	Promotion to the First Division
2	St Johnstone (P)	39	26	9	4	75	23	+52	61	Promotion to the First Division
3	Queen's Park	39	21	9	9	64	44	+20	51
4	Brechin City	39	20	8	11	56	40	+16	48
5	Stirling Albion	39	18	10	11	60	51	+9	46
6	East Stirlingshire	39	15	13	11	52	48	+4	43
7	Alloa Athletic	39	16	8	15	50	46	+4	40
8	Montrose	39	12	11	16	45	51	−6	35
9	Arbroath	39	10	14	15	54	66	−12	34
10	Stenhousemuir	39	12	9	18	49	58	−9	33
11	Cowdenbeath	39	9	13	17	50	67	−17	31
12	Albion Rovers	39	10	11	18	45	75	−30	31
13	Berwick Rangers	39	6	4	29	33	78	−45	16
14	Stranraer	39	4	8	27	34	84	−50	16

Source: "1987-1988 Second Division - SPFL Archive". SPFL. Retrieved 2021-04-29.
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) Champions; (P) Promoted

v t e 1987–88 in Scottish football
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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
Related to national team	Results Euro 1988 qualifying (Group 7) Rous Cup
Club seasons
Premier Division	Aberdeen Celtic Dundee Dundee United Dunfermline Athletic Falkirk Heart of Midlothian Hibernian Morton Motherwell Rangers St. Mirren
First Division	Airdrieonians Clyde Clydebank Dumbarton East Fife Forfar Athletic Hamilton Academical Kilmarnock Meadowbank Thistle Partick Thistle Queen of the South Raith Rovers
Second Division	Albion Rovers Alloa Athletic Arbroath Ayr United Brechin City Berwick Rangers Cowdenbeath East Stirlingshire Montrose Queen's Park St. Johnstone Stenhousemuir Stirling Albion Stranraer

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