1961–62 Scottish Division One
56th season of top-tier football league in Scotland
Football league season
Season | 1961–62 |
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Champions | Dundee |
Relegated | St Johnstone Stirling Albion |
← 1960–61 1962–63 → |
The 1961–62 Scottish Division One was won by Dundee by three points over nearest rival Rangers.[1] 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 |
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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 | |
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 |
Source: RSSSF
(C) Champions; (R) Relegated
(C) Champions; (R) Relegated
Results
Home \ Away | ABE | AIR | CEL | DND | DNU | DNF | FAL | HOM | HIB | KIL | MOT | PAR | RAI | RAN | STJ | STM | STI | THI |
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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 |
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.
References
- ^ 1961/62 – Scottish league champions, Dundee FC
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