1988–89 Scottish Premier Division
# 1988–89 Scottish Premier Division

The 1988–89 Scottish Premier Division season was won by Rangers, six points ahead of Aberdeen. Hamilton Academical were relegated.

## Table

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Rangers (C) | 36 | 26 | 4 | 6 | 62 | 26 | +36 | 56 | Qualification for the European Cup first round |
| 2 | Aberdeen | 36 | 18 | 14 | 4 | 51 | 25 | +26 | 50 | Qualification for the UEFA Cup first round |
| 3 | Celtic | 36 | 21 | 4 | 11 | 66 | 44 | +22 | 46 | Qualification for the Cup Winners' Cup first round |
| 4 | Dundee United | 36 | 16 | 12 | 8 | 44 | 26 | +18 | 44 | Qualification for the UEFA Cup first round |
| 5 | Hibernian | 36 | 13 | 9 | 14 | 37 | 36 | +1 | 35 | Qualification for the UEFA Cup first round |
| 6 | Heart of Midlothian | 36 | 9 | 13 | 14 | 35 | 42 | −7 | 31 | |
| 7 | St Mirren | 36 | 11 | 7 | 18 | 39 | 55 | −16 | 29 | |
| 8 | Dundee | 36 | 9 | 10 | 17 | 34 | 48 | −14 | 28 | |
| 9 | Motherwell | 36 | 7 | 13 | 16 | 25 | 44 | −19 | 27 | |
| 10 | Hamilton Academical (R) | 36 | 6 | 2 | 28 | 19 | 76 | −57 | 14 | Relegation to the 1989–90 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 | HAM | HOM | HIB | MOT | RAN | STM |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Aberdeen | | 2–2 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 1–1 |
| Celtic | 1–3 | | 2–3 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 3–1 | 3–1 | 7–1 |
| Dundee | 1–1 | 1–0 | | 0–3 | 5–2 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 0–1 |
| Dundee United | 2–2 | 1–0 | 2–0 | | 1–0 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 0–1 |
| Hamilton Academical | 0–1 | 0–8 | 1–0 | 0–4 | | 0–4 | 0–3 | 1–0 | 0–2 | 2–4 |
| Heart of Midlothian | 1–1 | 0–2 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 3–2 | | 1–2 | 2–2 | 1–2 | 1–2 |
| Hibernian | 1–2 | 3–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 0–0 | | 1–0 | 0–1 | 2–0 |
| Motherwell | 1–1 | 1–3 | 1–1 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 1–1 | | 0–2 | 1–2 |
| Rangers | 1–0 | 5–1 | 2–0 | 0–1 | 3–1 | 3–0 | 0–0 | 2–1 | | 2–1 |
| St Mirren | 1–1 | 2–3 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 1–1 | |

### Matches 19–36

During matches 19-36 each team plays every other team a further two times (home and away).

| Home \ Away | ABE | CEL | DND | DNU | HAM | HOM | HIB | MOT | RAN | STM |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Aberdeen | | 0–0 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 3–0 | 3–0 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 1–2 | 3–1 |
| Celtic | 0–0 | | 2–1 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 4–2 | 1–0 | 1–2 | 1–2 | 2–1 |
| Dundee | 2–0 | 0–3 | | 0–1 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 1–2 | 2–1 | 1–2 | 2–1 |
| Dundee United | 1–1 | 2–0 | 2–1 | | 0–0 | 0–0 | 4–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 1–4 |
| Hamilton Academical | 0–2 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 0–5 | | 0–2 | 0–3 | 0–2 | 0–1 | 2–1 |
| Heart of Midlothian | 1–0 | 0–1 | 3–1 | 0–0 | 2–0 | | 2–1 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 2–0 |
| Hibernian | 1–2 | 1–3 | 1–1 | 1–2 | 2–1 | 1–0 | | 2–0 | 0–1 | 1–0 |
| Motherwell | 0–2 | 2–2 | 1–0 | 1–2 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 0–0 | | 2–1 | 4–0 |
| Rangers | 0–3 | 4–1 | 3–1 | 2–0 | 3–0 | 4–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 | | 3–1 |
| St Mirren | 1–3 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 3–1 | 2–1 | 0–2 | |
