1976–77 Scottish Premier Division
# 1976–77 Scottish Premier Division

The 1976–77 Scottish Premier Division season was won by Celtic, nine points ahead of Rangers. Heart of Midlothian and Kilmarnock were relegated.

## Table

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Celtic (C) | 36 | 23 | 9 | 4 | 79 | 39 | +40 | 55 | Qualification for the European Cup first round |
| 2 | Rangers | 36 | 18 | 10 | 8 | 62 | 37 | +25 | 46 | Qualification for the Cup Winners' Cup first round |
| 3 | Aberdeen | 36 | 16 | 11 | 9 | 56 | 42 | +14 | 43 | Qualification for the UEFA Cup first round |
| 4 | Dundee United | 36 | 16 | 9 | 11 | 54 | 45 | +9 | 41 | Qualification for the UEFA Cup first round |
| 5 | Partick Thistle | 36 | 11 | 13 | 12 | 40 | 44 | −4 | 35 | |
| 6 | Hibernian | 36 | 8 | 18 | 10 | 34 | 35 | −1 | 34 | |
| 7 | Motherwell | 36 | 10 | 12 | 14 | 57 | 60 | −3 | 32 | |
| 8 | Ayr United | 36 | 11 | 8 | 17 | 44 | 68 | −24 | 30 | |
| 9 | Heart of Midlothian (R) | 36 | 7 | 13 | 16 | 49 | 66 | −17 | 27 | Relegation to the 1977–78 Scottish First Division |
| 10 | Kilmarnock (R) | 36 | 4 | 9 | 23 | 32 | 71 | −39 | 17 | Relegation to the 1977–78 Scottish First Division |

## Results

### Matches 1–18

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

| Home \ Away | ABE | AYR | CEL | DNU | HOM | HIB | KIL | MOT | PAR | RAN |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Aberdeen | | 0–2 | 2–0 | 0–1 | 4–1 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 0–2 | 2–1 |
| Ayr United | 0–0 | | 2–4 | 1–4 | 1–1 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 3–2 | 1–1 | 0–2 |
| Celtic | 4–1 | 2–0 | | 2–0 | 5–1 | 4–2 | 1–0 | 2–2 | 2–1 | 1–0 |
| Dundee United | 2–3 | 0–1 | 1–2 | | 1–2 | 1–0 | 4–0 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 0–1 |
| Heart of Midlothian | 1–1 | 1–2 | 0–3 | 1–1 | | 2–2 | 4–0 | 3–2 | 1–0 | 1–3 |
| Hibernian | 0–0 | 2–0 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 3–1 | | 0–0 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 0–0 |
| Kilmarnock | 1–2 | 0–1 | 1–3 | 1–2 | 2–2 | 0–1 | | 2–2 | 1–3 | 1–0 |
| Motherwell | 1–3 | 2–4 | 2–2 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 2–0 | | 1–1 | 0–2 |
| Partick Thistle | 2–1 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 3–1 | 0–0 | | 4–3 |
| Rangers | 1–0 | 5–1 | 2–2 | 2–3 | 3–2 | 2–1 | 3–0 | 4–1 | 2–1 | |

### Matches 19–36

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

| Home \ Away | ABE | AYR | CEL | DNU | HOM | HIB | KIL | MOT | PAR | RAN |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Aberdeen | | 1–0 | 2–1 | 3–2 | 2–2 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 3–1 | 1–1 | 3–3 |
| Ayr United | 0–5 | | 0–2 | 1–4 | 0–1 | 2–3 | 3–1 | 4–1 | 2–1 | 1–1 |
| Celtic | 2–2 | 3–0 | | 5–1 | 2–2 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 2–2 |
| Dundee United | 3–2 | 2–2 | 1–0 | | 1–1 | 2–1 | 3–0 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 0–0 |
| Heart of Midlothian | 2–1 | 2–2 | 3–4 | 1–2 | | 0–1 | 2–2 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 0–1 |
| Hibernian | 0–0 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 1–2 | 1–1 | | 2–0 | 0–2 | 0–0 | 1–1 |
| Kilmarnock | 1–2 | 6–1 | 0–4 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 1–1 | | 1–1 | 0–0 | 0–4 |
| Motherwell | 1–1 | 4–1 | 3–0 | 4–0 | 1–1 | 2–2 | 5–4 | | 3–0 | 3–1 |
| Partick Thistle | 2–2 | 0–2 | 2–4 | 1–5 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 2–0 | | 2–1 |
| Rangers | 1–0 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 3–0 | 4–2 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 | |
