1993–94 Scottish Premier Division

The 1993–94 Scottish Premier Division season began on 7 August 1993 and was the last season of the twelve-team league, with three teams relegated to make way for the ten-team league the following season. It was also the final season with the rule of awarding two points for a win, with three points given from then on.

Scottish Premier Division

Season	1993–94
Dates	7 August 1993 - 1994
Champions	Rangers 9th Premier Division title 44th Scottish title
Relegated	St Johnstone Raith Rovers Dundee
Champions League	Rangers
Cup Winners' Cup	Dundee United
UEFA Cup	Aberdeen Motherwell
Matches played	264
Goals scored	583 (2.21 per match)
Top goalscorer	Mark Hateley (22)
← 1992–93 1994–95 →

Overview

The 1993–94 Scottish Premier Division season ended in success for Rangers who won the title by three points from nearest rivals Aberdeen to clinch six titles in a row.^[1] St Johnstone, Raith Rovers and Dundee were relegated to the First Division after finishing in the bottom three positions. As champions, Rangers qualified for the Champions League while Aberdeen were joined by third-placed Motherwell in qualifying for the UEFA Cup. Sixth-placed Dundee United qualified for the Cup Winners' Cup after winning the Scottish Cup for the first time.^[2]

Clubs

Promotion and relegation from 1992–93

Promoted from First Division to Premier League

• Raith Rovers
• Kilmarnock

Relegated from Premier Division to First Division

• Falkirk
• Airdrieonians

Stadia and locations

 

 

Aberdeen

 

Celtic

 

Dundee

 

Dundee Utd

 

Hearts

 

Hibernian

 

Kilmarnock

 

Motherwell

 

Partick Thistle

 

Raith Rovers

 

Rangers

 

St. Johnstone

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Location of clubs in the 1993–94 Scottish Premier Division

Team	Location	Stadium
Aberdeen	Aberdeen	Pittodrie Stadium
Celtic	Parkhead, Glasgow	Celtic Park
Dundee	Dundee	Dens Park
Dundee United	Dundee	Tannadice Park
Heart of Midlothian	Gorgie, Edinburgh	Tynecastle Park
Hibernian	Leith, Edinburgh	Easter Road
Kilmarnock	Kilmarnock	Rugby Park
Motherwell	Motherwell	Fir Park
Partick Thistle	Maryhill, Glasgow	Firhill Stadium
Raith Rovers	Kirkcaldy	Stark's Park
Rangers	Ibrox, Glasgow	Ibrox Park
St Johnstone	Perth	McDiarmid Park

Managers

Team	Manager
Aberdeen	Willie Miller
Celtic	Lou Macari
Dundee	Jim Duffy
Dundee United	Ivan Golac
Heart of Midlothian	Sandy Clark
Hibernian	Alex Miller
Kilmarnock	Tommy Burns
Motherwell	Tommy McLean
Partick Thistle	John Lambie
Raith Rovers	Jimmy Nicholl
Rangers	Walter Smith
St Johnstone	Paul Sturrock

Managerial changes

Team	Outgoing manager	Date of vacancy	Manner of departure	Incoming manager	Date of appointment
Dundee United	Jim McLean	July 1993	Retired	Ivan Golac	July 1993
Dundee	Simon Stainrod	August 1993	Became director of football	Jim Duffy	August 1993
Celtic	Liam Brady	6 October 1993	Resigned	Lou Macari	27 October 1993
St Johnstone	John McClelland	November 1993	Sacked	Paul Sturrock	November 1993

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Rangers (C)	44	22	14	8	74	41	+33	58	Qualification for the Champions League qualifying round
2	Aberdeen	44	17	21	6	58	36	+22	55	Qualification for the UEFA Cup preliminary round
3	Motherwell	44	20	14	10	58	43	+15	54
4	Celtic	44	15	20	9	51	38	+13	50
5	Hibernian	44	16	15	13	53	48	+5	47
6	Dundee United	44	11	20	13	47	48	−1	42	Qualification for the Cup Winners' Cup first round
7	Heart of Midlothian	44	11	20	13	37	43	−6	42
8	Kilmarnock	44	12	16	16	36	45	−9	40
9	Partick Thistle	44	12	16	16	46	57	−11	40
10	St Johnstone (R)	44	10	20	14	35	47	−12	40	Relegation to the 1994–95 Scottish First Division
11	Raith Rovers (R)	44	6	19	19	46	80	−34	31
12	Dundee (R)	44	8	13	23	42	57	−15	29

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

Results

Matches 1–22

During matches 1-22 each team plays every other team twice (home and away).

Home \ Away	ABE	CEL	DND	DNU	HOM	HIB	KIL	MOT	PAR	RAI	RAN	STJ
Aberdeen		1–1	1–0	2–0	0–0	4–0	1–0	1–1	2–1	4–1	2–0	0–0
Celtic	0–1		2–1	1–1	0–0	1–1	0–0	2–0	3–0	2–0	0–0	1–0
Dundee	1–1	1–1		1–2	2–0	3–2	1–0	1–2	2–2	0–1	1–1	0–1
Dundee United	1–1	1–0	1–0		0–0	2–2	0–0	0–0	2–2	2–2	1–3	2–0
Heart of Midlothian	1–1	1–0	1–2	1–1		1–0	0–1	2–3	2–1	1–0	2–2	1–1
Hibernian	2–1	1–1	2–0	2–0	0–2		2–1	3–2	0–0	3–2	0–1	0–0
Kilmarnock	1–1	2–2	1–0	1–1	0–0	1–1		0–1	3–1	1–0	0–2	0–0
Motherwell	0–0	2–2	1–0	2–0	2–0	0–2	2–2		1–0	4–1	0–2	1–0
Partick Thistle	3–2	0–1	3–2	1–2	0–0	0–0	0–1	1–0		1–1	1–1	4–1
Raith Rovers	1–1	1–4	2–1	1–1	1–0	1–2	2–2	0–3	2–2		1–1	1–1
Rangers	2–0	1–2	3–1	0–3	2–1	2–1	1–2	1–2	1–1	2–2		2–0
St Johnstone	1–1	2–1	2–1	1–1	2–0	1–3	0–1	3–0	1–3	1–1	1–2

Source: Global Sports Archive
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Matches 23–44

During matches 23-44 each team plays every other team twice (home and away).

Home \ Away	ABE	CEL	DND	DNU	HOM	HIB	KIL	MOT	PAR	RAI	RAN	STJ
Aberdeen		1–1	1–1	1–0	0–1	2–3	3–1	0–0	2–0	4–0	0–0	1–1
Celtic	2–2		1–1	0–0	2–2	1–0	1–0	0–1	1–1	2–1	2–4	1–1
Dundee	0–1	0–2		1–1	0–2	4–0	3–0	1–3	1–0	2–2	1–1	0–1
Dundee United	0–1	1–3	1–1		3–0	3–0	1–3	1–2	2–2	2–3	0–0	0–0
Heart of Midlothian	1–1	0–2	0–2	2–0		1–1	1–1	0–0	1–0	0–1	1–2	2–2
Hibernian	3–1	0–0	2–0	0–1	0–0		0–0	0–2	5–1	3–0	1–0	0–0
Kilmarnock	2–3	2–0	1–0	1–1	0–1	0–3		0–0	1–2	0–0	1–0	0–0
Motherwell	1–1	2–1	3–1	1–2	1–1	0–0	1–0		2–2	3–1	2–1	0–1
Partick Thistle	1–1	1–0	1–0	1–0	0–1	1–0	1–0	0–0		2–2	1–2	0–0
Raith Rovers	0–2	0–0	1–1	0–2	2–2	1–1	3–2	3–3	0–1		1–2	1–1
Rangers	1–1	1–1	0–0	2–1	2–2	2–0	3–0	2–1	5–1	4–0		4–0
St Johnstone	0–1	0–1	1–1	1–1	0–0	2–2	0–1	2–1	1–0	2–0	0–4

Source: Global Sports Archive
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

See also

• 1993–94 in Scottish football
• 1993–94 Dundee United F.C. season
• 1993–94 Rangers F.C. season
• Nine in a row

References

1. The shadows of 1994 as Rangers fans remember the 50 per cent rule that saw off Celtic, Daily Record, 20 September 2021
2. "Scottish Premier Division 1993/94". RSSSF. from the original on 22 September 2008. Retrieved 2008-10-03.