1961–62 Scottish Division One

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.

Scottish Division One
Season1961–62
ChampionsDundee
RelegatedSt Johnstone
Stirling Albion

League table

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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
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

Results

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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
Source: [citation needed]
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

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