# 1961–62 Scottish Division One

The 1961–62 Scottish Division One was won by Dundee by three points over nearest rival Rangers. It is the only Scottish League title win in Dundee's history. St Johnstone and Stirling Albion finished 17th and 18th respectively and were relegated to the 1962-63 Second Division. St Johnstone were relegated on goal average, with the teams in 15th, 16th and 17th all finishing on 25 points.

## League table

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GR | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 1 | Dundee (C) | 34 | 25 | 4 | 5 | 80 | 46 | 1.739 | 54 | Qualified for the European Cup |
| 2 | Rangers | 34 | 22 | 7 | 5 | 84 | 31 | 2.710 | 51 | Qualified for the Cup Winners' Cup |
| 3 | Celtic | 34 | 19 | 8 | 7 | 81 | 37 | 2.189 | 46 | Invited for the Inter-Cities Fairs Cup |
| 4 | Dunfermline Athletic | 34 | 19 | 5 | 10 | 77 | 46 | 1.674 | 43 | Invited for the Inter-Cities Fairs Cup |
| 5 | Kilmarnock | 34 | 16 | 10 | 8 | 74 | 58 | 1.276 | 42 | |
| 6 | Hearts | 34 | 16 | 6 | 12 | 55 | 49 | 1.122 | 38 | |
| 7 | Partick Thistle | 34 | 16 | 3 | 15 | 60 | 55 | 1.091 | 35 | |
| 8 | Hibernian | 34 | 14 | 5 | 15 | 58 | 72 | 0.806 | 33 | Invited for the Inter-Cities Fairs Cup |
| 9 | Motherwell | 34 | 13 | 6 | 15 | 65 | 62 | 1.048 | 32 | |
| 10 | Dundee United | 34 | 13 | 6 | 15 | 70 | 71 | 0.986 | 32 | |
| 11 | Third Lanark | 34 | 13 | 5 | 16 | 59 | 60 | 0.983 | 31 | |
| 12 | Aberdeen | 34 | 10 | 9 | 15 | 60 | 73 | 0.822 | 29 | |
| 13 | Raith Rovers | 34 | 10 | 7 | 17 | 51 | 73 | 0.699 | 27 | |
| 14 | Falkirk | 34 | 11 | 4 | 19 | 45 | 68 | 0.662 | 26 | |
| 15 | Airdrieonians | 34 | 9 | 7 | 18 | 57 | 78 | 0.731 | 25 | |
| 16 | St Mirren | 34 | 10 | 5 | 19 | 52 | 80 | 0.650 | 25 | |
| 17 | St Johnstone (R) | 34 | 9 | 7 | 18 | 35 | 61 | 0.574 | 25 | Relegated to the Second Division |
| 18 | Stirling Albion (R) | 34 | 6 | 6 | 22 | 34 | 76 | 0.447 | 18 | Relegated to the Second Division |

## Results

| Home \ Away | ABE | AIR | CEL | DND | DNU | DNF | FAL | HOM | HIB | KIL | MOT | PAR | RAI | RAN | STJ | STM | STI | THI |
| Aberdeen | | 1–1 | 0–0 | 3–1 | 1–3 | 1–4 | 2–2 | 0–2 | 1–2 | 3–3 | 3–0 | 1–3 | 3–3 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 3–1 | 7–0 | 2–1 |
| Airdrieonians | 7–1 | | 1–0 | 1–2 | 3–3 | 3–1 | 2–3 | 2–3 | 4–2 | 0–2 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 2–4 | 2–5 | 2–2 | 3–1 | 0–1 | 0–2 |
| Celtic | 2–0 | 3–0 | | 2–1 | 3–1 | 2–1 | 3–0 | 2–2 | 4–3 | 2–2 | 1–1 | 5–1 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 3–1 | 7–1 | 5–0 | 1–0 |
| Dundee | 2–1 | 5–1 | 2–1 | | 4–1 | 1–2 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 5–3 | 1–3 | 3–2 | 5–4 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 2–2 | 2–1 |
| Dundee United | 2–2 | 3–3 | 4–5 | 1–2 | | 3–2 | 4–1 | 0–1 | 4–0 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 3–5 | 4–2 | 2–3 | 3–0 | 3–1 | 2–0 | 3–0 |
| Dunfermline Athletic | 4–0 | 6–2 | 0–3 | 1–2 | 4–1 | | 2–1 | 2–1 | 4–0 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 4–2 | 3–0 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 7–0 | 3–0 | 1–1 |
| Falkirk | 0–1 | 1–0 | 3–1 | 1–3 | 1–2 | 1–2 | | 0–2 | 1–4 | 0–1 | 4–2 | 1–1 | 3–0 | 1–7 | 0–1 | 3–3 | 1–0 | 2–0 |
| Heart of Midlothian | 1–1 | 4–1 | 2–1 | 0–2 | 2–1 | 3–2 | 2–3 | | 4–2 | 3–3 | 2–6 | 2–0 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 2–2 | 0–0 | 2–1 |
| Hibernian | 1–1 | 2–2 | 1–1 | 1–3 | 3–2 | 1–2 | 2–2 | 1–4 | | 3–2 | 1–2 | 3–0 | 3–2 | 0–0 | 3–2 | 2–1 | 3–1 | 1–3 |
| Kilmarnock | 4–2 | 4–2 | 3–2 | 1–1 | 5–3 | 2–2 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 4–2 | | 1–2 | 1–1 | 2–3 | 0–1 | 2–0 | 4–3 | 2–1 | 2–2 |
| Motherwell | 1–3 | 5–2 | 0–4 | 2–4 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 3–0 | 1–2 | 5–1 | 0–2 | | 1–3 | 3–0 | 2–2 | 2–2 | 2–1 | 5–3 | 0–3 |
| Partick Thistle | 4–2 | 1–0 | 1–2 | 3–0 | 4–2 | 1–0 | 1–2 | 3–1 | 4–1 | 2–4 | 1–0 | | 3–2 | 1–4 | 3–0 | 0–1 | 2–0 | 2–0 |
| Raith Rovers | 3–1 | 1–1 | 0–4 | 2–3 | 0–0 | 2–2 | 1–2 | 0–1 | 0–2 | 2–2 | 0–3 | 1–0 | | 1–3 | 1–1 | 4–0 | 2–1 | 4–3 |
| Rangers | 2–4 | 4–0 | 2–2 | 1–5 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 4–0 | 2–1 | 3–0 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 6–0 | | 2–0 | 4–0 | 4–1 | 3–0 |
| St Johnstone | 4–1 | 0–3 | 0–3 | 0–3 | 1–2 | 2–5 | 2–1 | 0–2 | 0–2 | 0–2 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 0–4 | | 0–3 | 2–0 | 1–2 |
| St Mirren | 3–2 | 0–2 | 0–5 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 4–1 | 2–0 | 0–1 | 2–3 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 1–3 | 5–1 | 1–1 | 1–3 | | 3–1 | 1–2 |
| Stirling Albion | 3–0 | 2–2 | 1–0 | 2–3 | 0–1 | 2–3 | 3–0 | 3–1 | 0–1 | 2–2 | 2–4 | 0–0 | 0–3 | 0–6 | 0–3 | 0–3 | | 2–0 |
| Third Lanark | 3–5 | 3–0 | 1–1 | 1–3 | 7–2 | 1–1 | 1–4 | 1–0 | 1–2 | 3–1 | 2–1 | 4–2 | 2–1 | 0–3 | 1–2 | 5–2 | 1–1 | |