1979–80 Scottish Premier Division
# 1979–80 Scottish Premier Division

The 1979–80 Scottish Premier Division season was won by Aberdeen, one point ahead of Celtic. Dundee and Hibernian were relegated. St Mirren's 3rd place was their highest finishing position in the league since the 1892-93 season.

## Table

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Aberdeen (C) | 36 | 19 | 10 | 7 | 68 | 36 | +32 | 48 | Qualification for the European Cup first round |
| 2 | Celtic | 36 | 18 | 11 | 7 | 61 | 38 | +23 | 47 | Qualification for the Cup Winners' Cup first round |
| 3 | St Mirren | 36 | 15 | 12 | 9 | 56 | 49 | +7 | 42 | Qualification for the UEFA Cup first round |
| 4 | Dundee United | 36 | 12 | 13 | 11 | 43 | 30 | +13 | 37 | Qualification for the UEFA Cup first round |
| 5 | Rangers | 36 | 15 | 7 | 14 | 50 | 46 | +4 | 37 | |
| 6 | Morton | 36 | 14 | 8 | 14 | 51 | 46 | +5 | 36 | |
| 7 | Partick Thistle | 36 | 11 | 14 | 11 | 43 | 47 | −4 | 36 | |
| 8 | Kilmarnock | 36 | 11 | 11 | 14 | 36 | 52 | −16 | 33 | |
| 9 | Dundee (R) | 36 | 10 | 6 | 20 | 47 | 73 | −26 | 26 | Relegation to the 1980–81 Scottish First Division |
| 10 | Hibernian (R) | 36 | 6 | 6 | 24 | 29 | 67 | −38 | 18 | Relegation to the 1980–81 Scottish First Division |

## Results

### Matches 1–18

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

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

**Matches 19–36**

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