1981–82 Scottish Premier Division
# 1981–82 Scottish Premier Division

The 1981–82 Scottish Premier Division season was won by Celtic, two points ahead of Aberdeen. The league was won on the final day of the season when Celtic defeated St Mirren 3–0 at Celtic Park on 15 May 1982. Partick Thistle and Airdrieonians were relegated.

## Table

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Celtic (C) | 36 | 24 | 7 | 5 | 79 | 33 | +46 | 55 | Qualification for the European Cup first round |
| 2 | Aberdeen | 36 | 23 | 7 | 6 | 71 | 29 | +42 | 53 | Qualification for the Cup Winners' Cup first round |
| 3 | Rangers | 36 | 16 | 11 | 9 | 57 | 45 | +12 | 43 | Qualification for the UEFA Cup first round |
| 4 | Dundee United | 36 | 15 | 10 | 11 | 61 | 38 | +23 | 40 | Qualification for the UEFA Cup first round |
| 5 | St Mirren | 36 | 14 | 9 | 13 | 49 | 52 | −3 | 37 | |
| 6 | Hibernian | 36 | 11 | 14 | 11 | 38 | 40 | −2 | 36 | |
| 7 | Morton | 36 | 9 | 12 | 15 | 31 | 54 | −23 | 30 | |
| 8 | Dundee | 36 | 11 | 4 | 21 | 46 | 72 | −26 | 26 | |
| 9 | Partick Thistle (R) | 36 | 6 | 10 | 20 | 35 | 59 | −24 | 22 | Relegation to the 1982–83 Scottish First Division |
| 10 | Airdrieonians (R) | 36 | 5 | 8 | 23 | 31 | 76 | −45 | 18 | Relegation to the 1982–83 Scottish First Division |

## Results

### Matches 1–18

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

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

### Matches 19–36

During matches 19–36 each team plays every other team twice (home and away).

| Home \ Away | ABE | AIR | CEL | DND | DNU | HIB | MOR | PAR | RAN | STM |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Aberdeen | | 2–0 | 1–3 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 3–1 | 0–0 | 3–1 | 4–0 | 5–1 |
| Airdrieonians | 0–3 | | 1–5 | 0–2 | 2–0 | 0–2 | 1–1 | 3–1 | 0–1 | 0–2 |
| Celtic | 0–1 | 2–0 | | 4–2 | 3–1 | 6–0 | 1–0 | 2–2 | 2–1 | 3–0 |
| Dundee | 0–5 | 1–0 | 1–3 | | 0–2 | 2–2 | 2–1 | 1–2 | 3–1 | 0–2 |
| Dundee United | 1–2 | 4–0 | 3–0 | 1–1 | | 0–1 | 5–0 | 5–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 |
| Hibernian | 0–3 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 0–1 | | 2–2 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 2–1 |
| Morton | 2–1 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 0–0 | | 0–0 | 1–3 | 0–1 |
| Partick Thistle | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–3 | 0–2 | 1–2 | 1–2 | 4–0 | | 2–0 | 0–0 |
| Rangers | 1–3 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 4–0 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 3–0 | 4–1 | | 3–0 |
| St Mirren | 0–2 | 3–0 | 2–5 | 0–1 | 2–2 | 2–2 | 3–1 | 2–0 | 2–3 | |
