1989–90 Scottish Premier Division

Scottish Premier Division
Season	1989–90
Champions	Rangers ; 5th Premier Division title ; 40th Scottish title
European Cup	Rangers
UEFA Cup	Heart of Midlothian; Dundee United
Cup Winners' Cup	Aberdeen
Matches played	180
Goals scored	412 (2.29 per match)
Top goalscorer	John Robertson (17)
	← 1988–89 1990–91 →

The 1989–90 Scottish Premier Division season was won by Rangers, seven points ahead of Aberdeen. Dundee were relegated.

Table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Rangers (C)	36	20	11	5	48	19	+29	51	Qualification for the European Cup first round
2	Aberdeen	36	17	10	9	56	33	+23	44	Qualification for the Cup Winners' Cup first round
3	Heart of Midlothian	36	16	12	8	54	35	+19	44	Qualification for the UEFA Cup first round
4	Dundee United	36	11	13	12	36	39	−3	35	Qualification for the UEFA Cup first round
5	Celtic	36	10	14	12	37	37	0	34
6	Motherwell	36	11	12	13	43	47	−4	34
7	Hibernian	36	12	10	14	34	41	−7	34
8	Dunfermline Athletic	36	11	8	17	37	50	−13	30
9	St Mirren	36	10	10	16	28	48	−20	30
10	Dundee (R)	36	5	14	17	41	65	−24	24	Relegation to the 1990–91 Scottish First Division

Source: RSSSF
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) Champions; (R) Relegated

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

Home \ Away	ABE	CEL	DND	DNU	DNF	HOM	HIB	MOT	RAN	STM
Aberdeen		1–1	1–0	2–0	2–1	1–3	1–0	1–0	1–0	5–0
Celtic	1–0		4–1	0–1	1–0	2–1	3–1	1–1	1–1	1–1
Dundee	1–1	1–3		4–3	1–2	2–2	0–0	2–1	0–2	3–3
Dundee United	2–0	2–2	0–0		2–1	2–1	1–0	1–1	1–1	0–0
Dunfermline Athletic	0–3	2–0	2–1	1–1		0–2	0–0	1–1	1–1	5–1
Heart of Midlothian	1–1	1–3	6–3	1–1	1–2		1–0	3–0	1–2	4–0
Hibernian	0–3	0–3	3–2	2–0	2–2	1–1		3–2	2–0	3–1
Motherwell	0–0	0–0	3–0	3–2	1–1	1–3	0–2		1–0	3–1
Rangers	1–0	1–0	2–2	2–1	3–0	1–0	3–0	3–0		0–1
St Mirren	0–2	1–0	3–2	1–0	2–0	1–2	0–0	2–2	0–2

Source: ^{[citation needed]}
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

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

Home \ Away	ABE	CEL	DND	DNU	DNF	HOM	HIB	MOT	RAN	STM
Aberdeen		1–1	5–2	1–0	4–1	2–2	1–2	2–0	0–0	2–0
Celtic	1–3		1–1	3–0	0–2	1–1	1–1	0–1	0–1	0–3
Dundee	1–1	0–0		1–1	1–0	0–1	2–0	1–2	2–2	1–2
Dundee United	1–1	2–0	1–2		1–0	1–1	1–0	1–1	0–1	2–0
Dunfermline Athletic	2–4	0–0	1–0	0–1		0–1	1–1	0–5	0–1	1–0
Heart of Midlothian	1–0	0–0	0–0	3–2	0–2		2–0	2–0	1–1	0–0
Hibernian	3–2	1–0	1–1	0–0	2–1	1–2		1–2	0–0	0–1
Motherwell	2–2	1–1	3–1	0–1	1–3	0–3	1–0		1–1	2–0
Rangers	2–0	3–0	3–0	3–1	2–0	0–0	0–1	2–1		1–0
St Mirren	1–0	0–2	0–0	0–0	1–2	2–0	0–1	0–0	0–0

Source: ^{[citation needed]}
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.