1975–76 Scottish Premier Division

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Scottish Premier Division
Season	1975–76
Champions	Rangers
Relegated	Dundee St. Johnstone
European Cup	Rangers
UEFA Cup	Celtic Hibernian
Cup Winners' Cup	Heart of Midlothian
Matches played	180
Goals scored	501 (2.78 per match)
Top goalscorer	Kenny Dalglish (24)
Biggest home win	Hibernian 5–0 St. Johnstone
Biggest away win	Ayr United 2–7 Celtic
← 1974–75 1976–77 →

The 1975–76 Scottish Premier Division season was won by Rangers, six points ahead of Celtic. Dundee and St. Johnstone were relegated. This was the first season of the Premier Division, the highest level of Scottish football. The Scottish First Division, previously the top flight of Scottish football became the second flight.

Table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Rangers (C)	36	23	8	5	60	24	+36	54	1976–77 European Cup First round
2	Celtic	36	21	6	9	71	42	+29	48	1976–77 UEFA Cup First round
3	Hibernian	36	18	7	11	55	43	+12	43	1976–77 UEFA Cup First round
4	Motherwell	36	16	8	12	57	49	+8	40
5	Heart of Midlothian	36	13	9	14	39	45	−6	35	1976–77 European Cup Winners' Cup First round
6	Ayr United	36	14	5	17	46	59	−13	33
7	Aberdeen	36	11	10	15	49	50	−1	32
8	Dundee United	36	12	8	16	46	48	−2	32
9	Dundee (R)	36	11	10	15	49	62	−13	32	Relegation to the First Division
10	St Johnstone (R)	36	3	5	28	29	79	−50	11	Relegation to the First Division

Source: Statto
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) = Champion; (R) = Relegated; (P) = Promoted; (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; (DQ) = Disqualified from tournament.

References

1975–76 Scottish Premier Division – Statto

v t e Scottish Premier League

2011–12 teams	Aberdeen Celtic Dundee United Dunfermline Athletic Heart of Midlothian Hibernian Inverness Caledonian Thistle Kilmarnock Motherwell Rangers St. Johnstone St. Mirren

Future teams	Ross County

Former teams	Dundee Falkirk Gretna Hamilton Academical Livingston Partick Thistle

Scottish Football League	1890–91 1891–92 1892–93

First Division	1893–94 1894–95 1895–96 1896–97 1897–98 1898–99 1899–1900 1900–01 1901–02 1902–03 1903–04 1904–05 1905–06 1906–07 1907–08 1908–09 1909–10 1910–11 1911–12 1912–13 1913–14 1914–15 1915–16 1916–17 1917–18 1918–19 1919–20 1920–21 1921–22 1922–23 1923–24 1924–25 1925–26 1926–27 1927–28 1928–29 1929–30 1930–31 1931–32 1932–33 1933–34 1934–35 1935–36 1936–37 1937–38 1938–39 1939–40 1940–41 1941–42 1942–43 1943–44 1944–45 1945–46 1946–47 1947–48 1948–49 1949–50 1950–51 1951–52 1952–53 1953–54 1954–55 1955–56 1956–57 1957–58 1958–59 1959–60 1960–61 1961–62 1962–63 1963–64 1964–65 1965–66 1966–67 1967–68 1968–69 1969–70 1970–71 1971–72 1972–73 1973–74 1974–75

Premier Division	1975–76 1976–77 1977–78 1978–79 1979–80 1980–81 1981–82 1982–83 1983–84 1984–85 1985–86 1986–87 1987–88 1988–89 1989–90 1990–91 1991–92 1992–93 1993–94 1994–95 1995–96 1996–97 1997–98

Premier League	1998–99 1999–2000 2000–01 2001–02 2002–03 2003–04 2004–05 2005–06 2006–07 2007–08 2008–09 2009–10 2010–11 2011–12 2012–13

Clubs Foreign players Hat-tricks scored Highest scoring games Monthly awards Club owners

v t e 1975–76 in European football (UEFA)

Domestic leagues	Albania Austria Belgium Bulgaria Cyprus Czechoslovakia Denmark '75 '76 England Estonia '75 '76 Faroe Islands '75 '76 Finland '75 '76 France East Germany West Germany Greece Hungary Iceland '75 '76 Israel Italy Latvia '75 '76 Lithuania '75 '76 Luxembourg Malta Netherlands Northern Ireland Norway '75 '76 Poland Portugal Republic of Ireland Romania Scotland Soviet Union '75 '76 Spain Sweden '75 '76 Switzerland Turkey Yugoslavia

Domestic cups	Albania Austria Belgium Bulgaria Cyprus Czechoslovakia Denmark England Faroe Islands '75 '76 Finland '75 '76 France East Germany West Germany Greece Hungary Iceland '75 '76 Israel Italy Liechtenstein Luxembourg Malta Netherlands Northern Ireland Norway '75 '76 Poland Portugal Republic of Ireland Romania San Marino Scotland Soviet Union Spain Sweden Switzerland Turkey Wales Yugoslavia

League cups	England Republic of Ireland Scotland Switzerland

UEFA competitions	European Cup (Final) Cup Winners' Cup (Final) UEFA Cup (Final) Intertoto Cup Super Cup

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