1976–77 Scottish Premier Division

Scottish Premier Division
Season	1976–77
Champions	Celtic ; 1st Premier Division title ; 30th Scottish title
Relegated	Heart of Midlothian; Kilmarnock
European Cup	Celtic
UEFA Cup	Aberdeen; Dundee United
Cup Winners' Cup	Rangers
Matches played	180
Goals scored	507 (2.82 per match)
Top goalscorer	Willie Pettigrew (21)
Biggest home win	Kilmarnock 6–1 Ayr United
Biggest away win	Ayr United 0–5 Aberdeen
	← 1975–76 1977–78 →

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

Source: Statto
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	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

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

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

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