title: 1987–88 Scottish Premier Division
text: # 1987–88 Scottish Premier Division
  
  The 1987–88 Scottish Premier Division season was won by Celtic, ten points ahead of Heart of Midlothian. Due to a league contraction to ten teams Falkirk, Dunfermline Athletic and Morton were relegated.
  
  ## Table
  
  | Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | 1 | Celtic (C) | 44 | 31 | 10 | 3 | 79 | 23 | +56 | 72 | Qualification for the European Cup first round |
  | 2 | Heart of Midlothian | 44 | 23 | 16 | 5 | 74 | 32 | +42 | 62 | Qualification for the UEFA Cup first round |
  | 3 | Rangers | 44 | 26 | 8 | 10 | 85 | 34 | +51 | 60 | Qualification for the UEFA Cup first round |
  | 4 | Aberdeen | 44 | 21 | 17 | 6 | 56 | 25 | +31 | 59 | Qualification for the UEFA Cup first round |
  | 5 | Dundee United | 44 | 16 | 15 | 13 | 54 | 47 | +7 | 47 | Qualification for the Cup Winners' Cup first round |
  | 6 | Hibernian | 44 | 12 | 19 | 13 | 41 | 42 | −1 | 43 | |
  | 7 | Dundee | 44 | 17 | 7 | 20 | 70 | 64 | +6 | 41 | |
  | 8 | Motherwell | 44 | 13 | 10 | 21 | 37 | 56 | −19 | 36 | |
  | 9 | St Mirren | 44 | 10 | 15 | 19 | 41 | 64 | −23 | 35 | |
  | 10 | Falkirk (R) | 44 | 10 | 11 | 23 | 41 | 75 | −34 | 31 | Relegation to the 1988–89 Scottish First Division |
  | 11 | Dunfermline Athletic (R) | 44 | 8 | 10 | 26 | 41 | 84 | −43 | 26 | Relegation to the 1988–89 Scottish First Division |
  | 12 | Morton (R) | 44 | 3 | 10 | 31 | 27 | 100 | −73 | 16 | Relegation to the 1988–89 Scottish First Division |
  
  ## Results
  
  ### Matches 1–22
  
  During matches 1-22 each team plays every other team twice (home and away).
  
  | Home \ Away | ABE | CEL | DND | DNU | DNF | FAL | HOM | HIB | MOR | MOT | RAN | STM |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | Aberdeen | | 0–1 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 3–0 | 3–1 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 3–1 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 2–0 |
  | Celtic | 2–2 | | 5–0 | 1–2 | 4–0 | 3–2 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 3–1 | 4–1 | 1–0 | 1–0 |
  | Dundee | 1–1 | 1–1 | | 1–1 | 5–0 | 3–1 | 1–3 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 0–1 | 0–2 |
  | Dundee United | 0–0 | 0–0 | 1–3 | | 1–0 | 3–0 | 0–3 | 1–2 | 3–1 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 2–3 |
  | Dunfermline Athletic | 0–3 | 2–1 | 0–1 | 0–0 | | 0–0 | 0–1 | 3–3 | 4–1 | 0–1 | 0–4 | 2–0 |
  | Falkirk | 2–2 | 0–1 | 0–3 | 4–1 | 0–0 | | 1–5 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 3–0 | 0–1 | 1–3 |
  | Heart of Midlothian | 2–1 | 1–1 | 4–2 | 4–1 | 3–2 | 4–2 | | 1–0 | 3–0 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 |
  | Hibernian | 0–2 | 0–1 | 0–4 | 0–1 | 4–0 | 1–0 | 2–1 | | 0–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 1–1 |
  | Morton | 0–0 | 0–4 | 4–3 | 0–1 | 1–2 | 4–1 | 1–2 | 3–3 | | 1–1 | 0–3 | 0–0 |
  | Motherwell | 0–1 | 0–2 | 0–2 | 2–1 | 3–2 | 1–2 | 0–3 | 1–0 | 1–0 | | 0–1 | 2–1 |
  | Rangers | 0–1 | 2–2 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 4–0 | 4–0 | 3–2 | 1–0 | 7–0 | 1–0 | | 3–1 |
  | St Mirren | 1–3 | 0–1 | 1–2 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 2–2 | 1–1 | 2–2 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 2–2 | |
  
  ### Matches 23–44
  
  During matches 23-44 each team plays every other team twice (home and away).
  
  | Home \ Away | ABE | CEL | DND | DNU | DNF | FAL | HOM | HIB | MOR | MOT | RAN | STM |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | Aberdeen | | 0–1 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 0–2 | 4–0 | 0–0 | 1–2 | 2–1 |
  | Celtic | 0–0 | | 3–0 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 2–2 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 2–0 |
  | Dundee | 1–2 | 1–2 | | 0–2 | 2–0 | 4–2 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 1–2 | 2–3 | 2–1 |
  | Dundee United | 0–2 | 1–2 | 1–0 | | 2–2 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 1–2 | 2–0 | 3–1 | 1–1 | 5–1 |
  | Dunfermline Athletic | 1–1 | 0–4 | 6–1 | 0–3 | | 0–1 | 0–4 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 0–3 | 2–1 |
  | Falkirk | 0–2 | 0–2 | 0–6 | 1–2 | 1–0 | | 2–1 | 1–0 | 4–1 | 0–0 | 0–5 | 3–0 |
  | Heart of Midlothian | 2–2 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 1–0 | | 0–0 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 0–1 |
  | Hibernian | 0–0 | 0–2 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | | 3–1 | 1–1 | 0–2 | 0–0 |
  | Morton | 0–2 | 0–4 | 1–7 | 0–4 | 0–3 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 1–1 | | 0–2 | 3–2 | 0–2 |
  | Motherwell | 2–1 | 0–1 | 3–3 | 4–2 | 3–2 | 0–0 | 0–2 | 0–2 | 1–0 | | 0–2 | 2–1 |
  | Rangers | 0–1 | 1–2 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 2–2 | 3–1 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 5–0 | 1–0 | | 4–0 |
  | St Mirren | 0–0 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 4–1 | 0–0 | 0–6 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–3 | |
  