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Scottish Premier Division
Season	1980–81
Champions	Celtic
Relegated	Kilmarnock Heart of Midlothian
European Cup	Celtic
UEFA Cup	Aberdeen Dundee United
Cup Winners' Cup	Rangers
Matches played	180
Goals scored	481 (2.67 per match)
Top goalscorer	Frank McGarvey (23)
Biggest home win	Dundee United 7–0 Kilmarnock
Biggest away win	Kilmarnock 1–8 Rangers
← 1979–80 1981–82 →

The 1980–81 Scottish Premier Division season was won by Celtic, six points ahead of Aberdeen. Kilmarnock and Heart of Midlothian were relegated.

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Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Celtic (C)	36	26	4	6	84	37	+47	56	1981–82 European Cup First round
2	Aberdeen	36	19	11	6	61	26	+35	49	1981–82 UEFA Cup First round
3	Rangers	36	16	12	8	60	32	+28	44	1981–82 European Cup Winners' Cup First round
4	St Mirren	36	18	8	10	56	47	+9	44
5	Dundee United	36	17	9	10	66	42	+24	43	1981–82 UEFA Cup First round
6	Partick Thistle	36	10	10	16	32	48	−16	30
7	Airdrieonians	36	10	9	17	36	55	−19	29
8	Morton	36	10	8	18	36	58	−22	28
9	Kilmarnock (R)	36	5	9	22	23	65	−42	19	Relegation to First Division
10	Heart of Midlothian (R)	36	6	6	24	27	71	−44	18	Relegation to First Division

Source: Statto
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) = Champion; (R) = Relegated; (P) = Promoted; (E) = Eliminated; (O) = Play-off winner; (A) = Advances to a further round.
Only applicable when the season is not finished:
(Q) = Qualified to the phase of tournament indicated; (TQ) = Qualified to tournament, but not yet to the particular phase indicated; (DQ) = Disqualified from tournament.

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1980–81 Scottish Premier Division – Statto

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2013–14 teams	Aberdeen Celtic Dundee United Heart of Midlothian Hibernian Inverness Caledonian Thistle Kilmarnock Motherwell Partick Thistle Ross County St. Johnstone St. Mirren

Former teams	Dundee Dunfermline Athletic Falkirk Gretna Hamilton Academical Livingston Rangers

Scottish Football League	1890–91 1891–92 1892–93

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Domestic cups	Albania Austria Belgium Bulgaria Cyprus Czechoslovakia Denmark England Faroe Islands '80 '81 Finland '80 '81 France East Germany West Germany Greece Hungary Iceland '80 '81 Israel Italy Liechtenstein Luxembourg Malta Netherlands Northern Ireland Norway '80 '81 Poland Portugal Republic of Ireland Romania San Marino Scotland Soviet Union Spain Sweden Switzerland Turkey Wales Yugoslavia

League cups	England Republic of Ireland Scotland

UEFA competitions	European Cup (Final) Cup Winners' Cup (Final) UEFA Cup (Final) Intertoto Cup Super Cup

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