# 1986–87 Scottish Premier Division

The 1986–87 Scottish Premier Division season was won by Rangers, six points ahead of Celtic. Clydebank and Hamilton Academical were relegated.

## Table

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 1 | Rangers (C) | 44 | 31 | 7 | 6 | 85 | 23 | +62 | 69 | Qualification for the European Cup first round |
| 2 | Celtic | 44 | 27 | 9 | 8 | 90 | 41 | +49 | 63 | Qualification for the UEFA Cup first round |
| 3 | Dundee United | 44 | 24 | 12 | 8 | 85 | 34 | +51 | 60 | Qualification for the UEFA Cup first round |
| 4 | Aberdeen | 44 | 21 | 16 | 7 | 63 | 29 | +34 | 58 | Qualification for the UEFA Cup first round |
| 5 | Heart of Midlothian | 44 | 21 | 14 | 9 | 64 | 43 | +21 | 56 | |
| 6 | Dundee | 44 | 18 | 12 | 14 | 74 | 57 | +17 | 48 | |
| 7 | St Mirren | 44 | 12 | 12 | 20 | 36 | 51 | −15 | 36 | Qualification for the Cup Winners' Cup first round |
| 8 | Motherwell | 44 | 11 | 12 | 21 | 43 | 64 | −21 | 34 | |
| 9 | Hibernian | 44 | 10 | 13 | 21 | 44 | 70 | −26 | 33 | |
| 10 | Falkirk | 44 | 8 | 10 | 26 | 31 | 70 | −39 | 26 | |
| 11 | Clydebank (R) | 44 | 6 | 12 | 26 | 35 | 93 | −58 | 24 | Relegation to the 1987–88 Scottish First Division |
| 12 | Hamilton Academical (R) | 44 | 6 | 9 | 29 | 39 | 93 | −54 | 21 | Relegation to the 1987–88 Scottish First Division |

## Results
### Matches 1–22

During matches 1-22 each team plays every other team twice (home and away).
| Home \ Away | ABE | CEL | CLY | DND | DNU | FAL | HAM | HOM | HIB | MOT | RAN | STM |
| Aberdeen | | 1–1 | 4–0 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 0–1 | 4–0 | 2–2 | 1–0 | 0–0 |
| Celtic | 1–1 | | 6–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 4–2 | 4–1 | 2–0 | 5–1 | 3–1 | 1–1 | 2–0 |
| Clydebank | 1–3 | 0–1 | | 0–2 | 0–0 | 1–2 | 2–1 | 0–3 | 0–0 | 2–3 | 1–4 | 1–1 |
| Dundee | 0–2 | 0–3 | 3–3 | | 0–2 | 3–0 | 3–3 | 0–0 | 3–0 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 2–1 |
| Dundee United | 2–1 | 2–2 | 2–0 | 0–3 | | 2–0 | 3–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 4–0 | 0–0 | 3–0 |
| Falkirk | 3–3 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 2–1 | | 0–0 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 1–5 | 1–1 |
| Hamilton Academical | 0–1 | 1–2 | 0–1 | 0–3 | 1–5 | 1–2 | | 1–3 | 1–4 | 0–3 | 1–2 | 1–1 |
| Heart of Midlothian | 2–1 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 3–1 | 2–2 | 1–0 | 1–0 | | 1–1 | 4–0 | 1–1 | 0–0 |
| Hibernian | 1–1 | 0–1 | 3–2 | 0–3 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 1–3 | 1–3 | | 0–0 | 2–1 | 0–1 |
| Motherwell | 0–1 | 0–4 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 0–2 | 2–2 | 1–1 | 2–3 | 4–1 | | 0–2 | 1–1 |
| Rangers | 2–0 | 1–0 | 4–0 | 2–1 | 2–3 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 3–0 | 3–0 | 0–1 | | 2–0 |
| St Mirren | 1–1 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 4–1 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 3–1 | 1–0 | 0–1 | |

### Matches 23–44

During matches 23-44 each team plays every other team twice (home and away).
| Home \ Away | ABE | CEL | CLY | DND | DNU | FAL | HAM | HOM | HIB | MOT | RAN | STM |
| Aberdeen | | 1–0 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 0–1 | 3–1 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 0–1 |
| Celtic | 1–1 | | 3–0 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 1–2 | 8–3 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 3–1 | 3–1 | 3–0 |
| Clydebank | 0–5 | 1–1 | | 1–1 | 1–2 | 2–1 | 2–3 | 1–1 | 1–2 | 0–0 | 0–3 | 2–1 |
| Dundee | 1–1 | 4–1 | 4–1 | | 1–1 | 4–0 | 7–3 | 0–1 | 2–0 | 4–1 | 0–4 | 6–3 |
| Dundee United | 0–0 | 3–2 | 1–1 | 1–1 | | 2–1 | 2–1 | 3–1 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 0–1 | 2–0 |
| Falkirk | 0–3 | 1–2 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 1–2 | | 0–2 | 0–0 | 1–3 | 1–0 | 1–2 | 0–0 |
| Hamilton Academical | 0–2 | 2–3 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 0–1 | | 0–1 | 0–1 | 4–2 | 0–2 | 1–0 |
| Heart of Midlothian | 1–1 | 1–0 | 3–0 | 1–3 | 1–1 | 4–0 | 7–0 | | 2–1 | 1–1 | 2–5 | 1–0 |
| Hibernian | 1–1 | 1–4 | 4–1 | 2–2 | 0–2 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 2–2 | | 0–1 | 0–0 | 1–0 |
| Motherwell | 0–2 | 1–1 | 3–2 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 3–0 | 0–1 | 2–1 | | 0–1 | 1–2 |
| Rangers | 0–0 | 2–0 | 5–0 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 4–0 | 2–0 | 3–0 | 1–1 | 1–0 | | 1–0 |
| St Mirren | 1–0 | 1–3 | 3–1 | 0–1 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 1–3 | |