1992–93 Scottish Premier Division
87th season of top-tier football league in Scotland
Football league season
Season | 1992–93 |
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Champions | Rangers 8th Premier Division title 43rd Scottish title |
Relegated | Falkirk Airdrieonians |
Champions League | Rangers |
Cup Winners' Cup | Aberdeen |
UEFA Cup | Celtic Dundee United Heart of Midlothian |
Matches played | 264 |
Goals scored | 699 (2.65 per match) |
Top goalscorer | Ally McCoist (34) |
← 1991–92 1993–94 → |
The 1992–93 Scottish Premier Division season ended in success for Rangers who won the title by nine points from nearest rivals Aberdeen and 13 points above third place rival Celtic to clinch five titles in a row. Falkirk and Airdrieonians finished 11th and 12th respectively and were relegated to the First Division.
Heart of Midlothian obtained a place in the UEFA Cup following the 1993 Polish football scandal.[citation needed]
Clubs
Stadia and locations
Airdrieonians
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Location of clubs in the 1992–93 Scottish Premier DivisionManagers
Team | Manager |
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Aberdeen | Willie Miller |
Airdrieonians | Alex MacDonald |
Celtic | Liam Brady |
Dundee | Simon Stainrod |
Dundee United | Jim McLean |
Falkirk | Jim Jefferies |
Heart of Midlothian | Sandy Clark |
Hibernian | Alex Miller |
Motherwell | Tommy McLean |
Partick Thistle | John Lambie |
Rangers | Walter Smith |
St Johnstone | John McClelland |
Managerial changes
Team | Outgoing manager | Date of vacancy | Manner of departure | Incoming manager | Date of appointment |
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St Johnstone | Alex Totten | 14 December 1992 | Sacked | John McClelland | December 1992 |
Heart of Midlothian | Joe Jordan | 3 May 1993 | Sacked | Sandy Clark | 3 May 1993 |
League table
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
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1 | Rangers (C) | 44 | 33 | 7 | 4 | 97 | 35 | +62 | 73 | Qualification for the Champions League first round |
2 | Aberdeen | 44 | 27 | 10 | 7 | 87 | 36 | +51 | 64 | Qualification for the Cup Winners' Cup first round |
3 | Celtic | 44 | 24 | 12 | 8 | 68 | 41 | +27 | 60 | Qualification for the UEFA Cup first round |
4 | Dundee United | 44 | 19 | 9 | 16 | 56 | 49 | +7 | 47 | |
5 | Heart of Midlothian | 44 | 15 | 14 | 15 | 46 | 51 | −5 | 44 | |
6 | St Johnstone | 44 | 10 | 20 | 14 | 52 | 66 | −14 | 40 | |
7 | Hibernian | 44 | 12 | 13 | 19 | 54 | 64 | −10 | 37 | |
8 | Partick Thistle | 44 | 12 | 12 | 20 | 50 | 71 | −21 | 36 | |
9 | Motherwell | 44 | 11 | 13 | 20 | 46 | 62 | −16 | 35 | |
10 | Dundee | 44 | 11 | 12 | 21 | 48 | 68 | −20 | 34 | |
11 | Falkirk (R) | 44 | 11 | 7 | 26 | 60 | 86 | −26 | 29 | Relegation to the 1993–94 Scottish First Division |
12 | Airdrieonians (R) | 44 | 6 | 17 | 21 | 35 | 70 | −35 | 29 |
Source: RSSSF
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) Champions; (R) Relegated
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) Champions; (R) Relegated
Results
Matches 1–22
During matches 1-22 each team plays every other team twice (home and away).
Home \ Away | ABE | AIR | CEL | DND | DNU | FAL | HOM | HIB | MOT | PAR | RAN | STJ |
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Aberdeen | 0–0 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 0–1 | 3–1 | 6–2 | 3–0 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 0–1 | 3–0 | |
Airdrieonians | 1–2 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 1–2 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 0–2 | 2–2 | 1–1 | 0–2 | |
Celtic | 2–2 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 3–2 | 1–1 | 2–3 | 1–1 | 1–2 | 0–1 | 3–1 | |
Dundee | 1–2 | 2–0 | 0–1 | 1–3 | 1–2 | 1–3 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 0–2 | 4–3 | 1–1 | |
Dundee United | 2–2 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 0–4 | 2–1 | |
Falkirk | 0–1 | 5–1 | 4–5 | 2–2 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 1–2 | 2–2 | |
Heart of Midlothian | 1–0 | 1–3 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 3–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 | |
Hibernian | 1–3 | 2–2 | 1–2 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 3–1 | 0–0 | 2–2 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 3–1 | |
Motherwell | 2–1 | 2–0 | 1–3 | 1–3 | 0–1 | 3–1 | 1–3 | 1–2 | 0–2 | 1–4 | 3–3 | |
Partick Thistle | 0–7 | 1–0 | 2–3 | 6–3 | 0–1 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 2–2 | 2–2 | 1–4 | 1–0 | |
Rangers | 3–1 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 3–1 | 3–2 | 4–0 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 4–2 | 3–0 | 1–0 | |
St Johnstone | 0–3 | 3–0 | 0–0 | 4–0 | 2–0 | 3–2 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 1–5 |
Source: [citation needed]
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.
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 | AIR | CEL | DND | DNU | FAL | HOM | HIB | MOT | PAR | RAN | STJ |
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Aberdeen | 7–0 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 2–2 | 3–2 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 1–1 | |
Airdrieonians | 1–1 | 0–1 | 2–2 | 1–3 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 3–1 | 1–2 | 2–2 | 0–1 | 1–1 | |
Celtic | 1–0 | 4–0 | 2–0 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 5–1 | |
Dundee | 1–2 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 0–4 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 3–1 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 1–3 | 1–0 | |
Dundee United | 3–0 | 1–4 | 2–3 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 0–1 | 0–3 | 0–0 | 3–1 | 0–0 | 1–2 | |
Falkirk | 1–4 | 0–1 | 0–3 | 1–0 | 1–2 | 6–0 | 3–3 | 1–3 | 4–2 | 1–2 | 2–2 | |
Heart of Midlothian | 1–2 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 3–1 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 2–3 | 2–0 | |
Hibernian | 1–2 | 3–1 | 3–1 | 1–3 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 3–4 | 2–2 | |
Motherwell | 0–2 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 1–2 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 2–3 | 0–4 | 1–1 | |
Partick Thistle | 1–3 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 2–0 | 0–4 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 0–3 | 0–1 | 3–0 | 1–1 | |
Rangers | 2–0 | 2–2 | 1–0 | 3–0 | 1–0 | 5–0 | 2–1 | 3–0 | 1–0 | 3–1 | 2–0 | |
St Johnstone | 0–2 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 1–4 | 1–0 | 3–1 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 1–1 |
Source: [citation needed]
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.
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