# 1916–17 Scottish Football League

Statistics of the Scottish Football League in season 1916–17. The competition was won by Celtic by ten points over nearest rival Morton.

## League table

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| 1 | Celtic | 38 | 27 | 10 | 1 | 79 | 17 | +62 | 64 |
| 2 | Morton | 38 | 24 | 6 | 8 | 72 | 39 | +33 | 54 |
| 3 | Rangers | 38 | 24 | 5 | 9 | 68 | 32 | +36 | 53 |
| 4 | Airdrieonians | 38 | 21 | 8 | 9 | 71 | 38 | +33 | 50 |
| 5 | Third Lanark | 38 | 19 | 11 | 8 | 53 | 37 | +16 | 49 |
| 6 | Kilmarnock | 38 | 18 | 7 | 13 | 69 | 46 | +23 | 43 |
| 7 | St Mirren | 38 | 15 | 10 | 13 | 49 | 43 | +6 | 40 |
| 8 | Motherwell | 38 | 16 | 6 | 16 | 57 | 59 | −2 | 38 |
| 9 | Dumbarton | 38 | 12 | 11 | 15 | 56 | 73 | −17 | 35 |
| 9 | Partick Thistle | 38 | 14 | 7 | 17 | 44 | 43 | +1 | 35 |
| 9 | Hamilton Academical | 38 | 13 | 9 | 16 | 54 | 73 | −19 | 35 |
| 12 | Clyde | 38 | 10 | 14 | 14 | 41 | 53 | −12 | 34 |
| 12 | Falkirk | 38 | 12 | 10 | 16 | 58 | 57 | +1 | 34 |
| 14 | Heart of Midlothian | 38 | 14 | 4 | 20 | 44 | 59 | −15 | 32 |
| 15 | Ayr United | 38 | 12 | 7 | 19 | 47 | 59 | −12 | 31 |
| 16 | Dundee | 38 | 13 | 4 | 21 | 58 | 71 | −13 | 30 |
| 16 | Hibernian | 38 | 10 | 10 | 18 | 57 | 72 | −15 | 30 |
| 18 | Queen's Park | 38 | 11 | 7 | 20 | 56 | 81 | −25 | 29 |
| 19 | Raith Rovers | 38 | 8 | 7 | 23 | 42 | 91 | −49 | 23 |
| 20 | Aberdeen | 38 | 7 | 7 | 24 | 36 | 68 | −32 | 21 |

### Notes

* ↑ Aberdeen, Dundee and Raith Rovers were not relegated but withdrew from the league due to travelling difficulties. Clydebank were elected to maintain an even number of teams.

## Results

| Home \ Away | ABE | AIR | AYR | CEL | CLY | DUM | DND | FAL | HAM | HOM | HIB | KIL | MOR | MOT | PAR | QPA | RAI | RAN | STM | THI |
| Aberdeen | | 1–2 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 2–4 | 5–1 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 2–0 | 2–4 | 1–2 | 3–1 | 1–1 | 0–1 |
| Airdrieonians | 3–1 | | 1–0 | 1–2 | 3–0 | 2–1 | 2–3 | 1–0 | 2–2 | 3–2 | 3–1 | 3–2 | 2–1 | 3–1 | 3–1 | 3–0 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 7–0 | 1–0 |
| Ayr United | 1–0 | 1–1 | | 0–1 | 1–1 | 3–1 | 1–2 | 2–2 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 0–2 | 0–3 | 1–2 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 1–3 | 2–1 | 0–1 |
| Celtic | 1–0 | 3–1 | 5–0 | | 0–0 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 6–1 | 1–0 | 3–1 | 0–2 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 3–2 | 5–0 | 0–0 | 3–0 | 2–0 |
| Clyde | 2–0 | 1–1 | 1–4 | 0–5 | | 2–2 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 0–1 | 2–1 | 1–1 |
| Dumbarton | 1–1 | 1–1 | 3–1 | 1–3 | 5–1 | | 4–3 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 4–1 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 1–4 | 3–1 | 2–1 | 0–2 | 2–2 | 0–3 | 2–1 | 2–3 |
| Dundee | 1–1 | 2–2 | 2–1 | 1–2 | 0–1 | 4–1 | | 1–2 | 3–1 | 2–3 | 3–1 | 0–2 | 3–1 | 0–2 | 5–1 | 2–1 | 6–2 | 2–1 | 0–2 | 0–1 |
| Falkirk | 4–2 | 0–0 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 3–3 | 2–3 | 2–0 | | 4–0 | 2–1 | 0–1 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 3–1 | 0–1 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 0–2 | 0–2 | 1–1 |
| Hamilton Academical | 4–1 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 0–4 | 2–1 | 3–1 | 2–4 | 1–1 | | 1–0 | 4–1 | 3–0 | 0–1 | 2–4 | 0–1 | 2–0 | 3–1 | 3–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 |
| Heart of Midlothian | 2–0 | 1–4 | 1–2 | 0–1 | 0–3 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 1–6 | 3–1 | | 2–1 | 0–0 | 4–1 | 1–3 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 1–3 | 1–2 | 2–1 |
| Hibernian | 3–3 | 1–1 | 1–4 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 3–1 | 1–2 | 1–2 | 4–3 | 0–2 | | 2–1 | 2–4 | 2–3 | 1–0 | 5–1 | 3–3 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 1–1 |
| Kilmarnock | 7–0 | 1–3 | 1–2 | 2–2 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 3–0 | 4–1 | 4–0 | 3–0 | 1–3 | | 3–2 | 3–0 | 0–1 | 4–2 | 3–0 | 4–1 | 1–4 | 2–1 |
| Morton | 2–0 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 0–1 | 3–1 | 3–1 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 3–0 | 3–2 | 1–1 | 2–1 | | 2–1 | 3–2 | 4–2 | 7–0 | 1–0 | 0–3 | 3–0 |
| Motherwell | 1–2 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 0–4 | 3–3 | 3–0 | 4–2 | 1–0 | 2–2 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 0–2 | | 2–3 | 4–1 | 2–2 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 0–2 |
| Partick Thistle | 4–0 | 0–0 | 3–0 | 0–2 | 1–0 | 6–0 | 3–0 | 1–0 | 5–0 | 0–0 | 0–3 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 1–1 | | 0–2 | 2–0 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 1–0 |
| Queen's Park | 2–1 | 0–5 | 3–2 | 1–3 | 2–2 | 1–0 | 2–2 | 1–1 | 4–2 | 1–1 | 4–1 | 0–1 | 3–4 | 0–0 | 2–1 | | 3–1 | 1–4 | 1–2 | 3–4 |
| Raith Rovers | 3–0 | 0–2 | 1–3 | 1–4 | 1–1 | 0–3 | 3–2 | 0–6 | 0–1 | 1–4 | 2–1 | 0–4 | 1–2 | 2–1 | 3–1 | 2–0 | | 1–4 | 1–1 | 0–1 |
| Rangers | 1–0 | 3–0 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 6–0 | 3–0 | 3–1 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 5–1 | 3–0 | 0–1 | 2–1 | 3–0 | 1–0 | 4–3 | | 1–0 | 0–2 |
| St Mirren | 1–0 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 1–5 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 5–0 | 2–2 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 3–1 | 1–2 | 3–0 | 0–0 | 1–1 | | 2–0 |
| Third Lanark | 2–0 | 1–0 | 4–3 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 5–4 | 3–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 3–0 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 4–1 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 1–0 | |