1980–81 Scottish Premier Division
# 1980–81 Scottish Premier Division

The 1980–81 Scottish Premier Division title was won by Celtic, with 2 matches still to play on 22 April 1981, after defeating Dundee United 3–2 at Tannadice Park. They finished seven points ahead of closest challengers Aberdeen. Kilmarnock and Heart of Midlothian were relegated.

## Table

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Celtic (C) | 36 | 26 | 4 | 6 | 84 | 37 | +47 | 56 | Qualification for the European Cup first round |
| 2 | Aberdeen | 36 | 19 | 11 | 6 | 61 | 26 | +35 | 49 | Qualification for the UEFA Cup first round |
| 3 | Rangers | 36 | 16 | 12 | 8 | 60 | 32 | +28 | 44 | Qualification for the Cup Winners' Cup first round |
| 4 | St Mirren | 36 | 18 | 8 | 10 | 56 | 47 | +9 | 44 | |
| 5 | Dundee United | 36 | 17 | 9 | 10 | 66 | 42 | +24 | 43 | Qualification for the UEFA Cup first round |
| 6 | Partick Thistle | 36 | 10 | 10 | 16 | 32 | 48 | −16 | 30 | |
| 7 | Airdrieonians | 36 | 10 | 9 | 17 | 36 | 55 | −19 | 29 | |
| 8 | Morton | 36 | 10 | 8 | 18 | 36 | 58 | −22 | 28 | |
| 9 | Kilmarnock (R) | 36 | 5 | 9 | 22 | 23 | 65 | −42 | 19 | Relegation to the 1981–82 Scottish First Division |
| 10 | Heart of Midlothian (R) | 36 | 6 | 6 | 24 | 27 | 71 | −44 | 18 | Relegation to the 1981–82 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 | DNU | HEA | KIL | MOR | PAR | RAN | STM |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Aberdeen | | 4–1 | 2–2 | 1–1 | 4–1 | 2–0 | 6–0 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 3–2 |
| Airdrieonians | 0–4 | | 1–4 | 0–0 | 3–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 1–2 |
| Celtic | 0–2 | 1–1 | | 2–0 | 3–2 | 4–1 | 2–1 | 4–1 | 1–2 | 1–2 |
| Dundee United | 1–3 | 1–0 | 0–3 | | 1–1 | 2–2 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 2–4 | 2–0 |
| Heart of Midlothian | 0–1 | 0–2 | 0–2 | 0–3 | | 2–0 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 1–1 |
| Kilmarnock | 1–1 | 1–1 | 0–3 | 0–1 | 0–1 | | 3–3 | 0–1 | 1–8 | 1–6 |
| Morton | 1–0 | 3–1 | 2–3 | 0–2 | 2–2 | 2–0 | | 1–2 | 2–2 | 1–4 |
| Partick Thistle | 0–1 | 2–1 | 0–1 | 2–3 | 3–2 | 0–1 | 0–0 | | 1–1 | 1–0 |
| Rangers | 1–1 | 0–0 | 3–0 | 1–4 | 3–1 | 2–0 | 0–1 | 4–0 | | 2–0 |
| St Mirren | 0–1 | 2–2 | 0–2 | 2–0 | 1–3 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 0–0 | |

### Matches 19–36

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

| Home \ Away | ABE | AIR | CEL | DNU | HEA | KIL | MOR | PAR | RAN | STM |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Aberdeen | | 3–0 | 4–1 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 0–2 | 0–1 | 3–1 | 0–0 | 1–2 |
| Airdrieonians | 0–0 | | 1–2 | 0–5 | 1–2 | 3–0 | 3–2 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 0–2 |
| Celtic | 1–1 | 2–1 | | 2–1 | 6–0 | 1–1 | 3–0 | 4–1 | 3–1 | 7–0 |
| Dundee United | 0–0 | 4–1 | 2–3 | | 4–1 | 7–0 | 1–0 | 3–2 | 2–1 | 1–2 |
| Heart of Midlothian | 0–2 | 2–3 | 0–3 | 0–4 | | 1–0 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 1–2 |
| Kilmarnock | 1–0 | 0–1 | 1–2 | 0–1 | 2–0 | | 0–0 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 2–0 |
| Morton | 1–3 | 0–1 | 0–3 | 2–0 | 3–0 | 1–0 | | 2–0 | 0–2 | 1–3 |
| Partick Thistle | 1–1 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 0–2 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 3–1 | | 1–1 | 0–0 |
| Rangers | 1–0 | 2–0 | 0–1 | 2–1 | 4–0 | 2–0 | 4–0 | 1–1 | | 1–0 |
| St Mirren | 1–1 | 2–1 | 3–1 | 3–3 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 3–2 | 2–1 | |
