1992–93 Scottish Premier Division
# 1992–93 Scottish Premier Division

The 1992–93 Scottish Premier Division season ended in success for Rangers who won the title by nine points from nearest rivals Aberdeen and 13 points above third place rival Celtic to clinch five titles in a row. Falkirk and Airdrieonians finished 11th and 12th respectively and were relegated to the First Division.

Heart of Midlothian obtained a place in the UEFA Cup following the 1993 Polish football scandal.

## Clubs

### Stadia and locations

| Team | Location | Stadium |
| - | - | - |
| Aberdeen | Aberdeen | Pittodrie Stadium |
| Airdrieonians | Airdrie | Broomfield Park |
| Celtic | Parkhead, Glasgow | Celtic Park |
| Dundee | Dundee | Dens Park |
| Dundee United | Dundee | Tannadice Park |
| Falkirk | Falkirk | Brockville Park |
| Heart of Midlothian | Gorgie, Edinburgh | Tynecastle Park |
| Hibernian | Leith, Edinburgh | Easter Road |
| Motherwell | Motherwell | Fir Park |
| Partick Thistle | Maryhill, Glasgow | Firhill Stadium |
| Rangers | Ibrox, Glasgow | Ibrox Park |
| St Johnstone | Perth | McDiarmid Park |

### Managers

| Team | Manager |
| - | - |
| Aberdeen | Willie Miller |
| Airdrieonians | Alex MacDonald |
| Celtic | Liam Brady |
| Dundee | Simon Stainrod |
| Dundee United | Jim McLean |
| Falkirk | Jim Jefferies |
| Heart of Midlothian | Sandy Clark |
| Hibernian | Alex Miller |
| Motherwell | Tommy McLean |
| Partick Thistle | John Lambie |
| Rangers | Walter Smith |
| St Johnstone | John McClelland |

**Managerial changes**

| Team | Outgoing manager | Date of vacancy | Manner of departure | Incoming manager | Date of appointment |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| St Johnstone | Alex Totten | 14 December 1992 | Sacked | John McClelland | December 1992 |
| Heart of Midlothian | Joe Jordan | 3 May 1993 | Sacked | Sandy Clark | 3 May 1993 |

## League table

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Rangers (C) | 44 | 33 | 7 | 4 | 97 | 35 | +62 | 73 | Qualification for the Champions League first round |
| 2 | Aberdeen | 44 | 27 | 10 | 7 | 87 | 36 | +51 | 64 | Qualification for the Cup Winners' Cup first round |
| 3 | Celtic | 44 | 24 | 12 | 8 | 68 | 41 | +27 | 60 | Qualification for the UEFA Cup first round |
| 4 | Dundee United | 44 | 19 | 9 | 16 | 56 | 49 | +7 | 47 | Qualification for the UEFA Cup first round |
| 5 | Heart of Midlothian | 44 | 15 | 14 | 15 | 46 | 51 | −5 | 44 | Qualification for the UEFA Cup first round |
| 6 | St Johnstone | 44 | 10 | 20 | 14 | 52 | 66 | −14 | 40 | |
| 7 | Hibernian | 44 | 12 | 13 | 19 | 54 | 64 | −10 | 37 | |
| 8 | Partick Thistle | 44 | 12 | 12 | 20 | 50 | 71 | −21 | 36 | |
| 9 | Motherwell | 44 | 11 | 13 | 20 | 46 | 62 | −16 | 35 | |
| 10 | Dundee | 44 | 11 | 12 | 21 | 48 | 68 | −20 | 34 | |
| 11 | Falkirk (R) | 44 | 11 | 7 | 26 | 60 | 86 | −26 | 29 | Relegation to the 1993–94 Scottish First Division |
| 12 | Airdrieonians (R) | 44 | 6 | 17 | 21 | 35 | 70 | −35 | 29 | Relegation to the 1993–94 Scottish First Division |

## Results

### Matches 1–22

During matches 1-22 each team plays every other team twice (home and away).

| Home \ Away | ABE | AIR | CEL | DND | DNU | FAL | HOM | HIB | MOT | PAR | RAN | STJ |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Aberdeen | | 0–0 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 0–1 | 3–1 | 6–2 | 3–0 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 0–1 | 3–0 |
| Airdrieonians | 1–2 | | 1–1 | 0–0 | 1–2 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 0–2 | 2–2 | 1–1 | 0–2 |
| Celtic | 2–2 | 2–0 | | 1–0 | 2–0 | 3–2 | 1–1 | 2–3 | 1–1 | 1–2 | 0–1 | 3–1 |
| Dundee | 1–2 | 2–0 | 0–1 | | 1–3 | 1–2 | 1–3 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 0–2 | 4–3 | 1–1 |
| Dundee United | 2–2 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 0–1 | | 2–0 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 0–4 | 2–1 |
| Falkirk | 0–1 | 5–1 | 4–5 | 2–2 | 1–1 | | 2–1 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 1–2 | 2–2 |
| Heart of Midlothian | 1–0 | 1–3 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 3–0 | | 1–0 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 |
| Hibernian | 1–3 | 2–2 | 1–2 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 3–1 | 0–0 | | 2–2 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 3–1 |
| Motherwell | 2–1 | 2–0 | 1–3 | 1–3 | 0–1 | 3–1 | 1–3 | 1–2 | | 0–2 | 1–4 | 3–3 |
| Partick Thistle | 0–7 | 1–0 | 2–3 | 6–3 | 0–1 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 2–2 | 2–2 | | 1–4 | 1–0 |
| Rangers | 3–1 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 3–1 | 3–2 | 4–0 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 4–2 | 3–0 | | 1–0 |
| St Johnstone | 0–3 | 3–0 | 0–0 | 4–0 | 2–0 | 3–2 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 1–5 | |

### Matches 23–44

During matches 23-44 each team plays every other team twice (home and away).

| Home \ Away | ABE | AIR | CEL | DND | DNU | FAL | HOM | HIB | MOT | PAR | RAN | STJ |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Aberdeen | | 7–0 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 2–2 | 3–2 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 1–1 |
| Airdrieonians | 1–1 | | 0–1 | 2–2 | 1–3 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 3–1 | 1–2 | 2–2 | 0–1 | 1–1 |
| Celtic | 1–0 | 4–0 | | 2–0 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 5–1 |
| Dundee | 1–2 | 1–1 | 0–1 | | 0–4 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 3–1 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 1–3 | 1–0 |
| Dundee United | 3–0 | 1–4 | 2–3 | 1–0 | | 2–1 | 0–1 | 0–3 | 0–0 | 3–1 | 0–0 | 1–2 |
| Falkirk | 1–4 | 0–1 | 0–3 | 1–0 | 1–2 | | 6–0 | 3–3 | 1–3 | 4–2 | 1–2 | 2–2 |
| Heart of Midlothian | 1–2 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 3–1 | | 1–0 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 2–3 | 2–0 |
| Hibernian | 1–2 | 3–1 | 3–1 | 1–3 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 0–0 | | 1–0 | 0–1 | 3–4 | 2–2 |
| Motherwell | 0–2 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 1–2 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 0–0 | | 2–3 | 0–4 | 1–1 |
| Partick Thistle | 1–3 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 2–0 | 0–4 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 0–3 | 0–1 | | 3–0 | 1–1 |
| Rangers | 2–0 | 2–2 | 1–0 | 3–0 | 1–0 | 5–0 | 2–1 | 3–0 | 1–0 | 3–1 | | 2–0 |
| St Johnstone | 0–2 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 1–4 | 1–0 | 3–1 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 1–1 | |
