1980–81 Scottish First Division

The 1980–81 Scottish First Division season was won by Hibs by six points over nearest rival Dundee.

Scottish First Division

Season	1980–81
Champions	Hibs
Promoted	Hibs Dundee
Relegated	Stirling Albion Berwick Rangers
Top goalscorer	Ally McCoist (22)[1]
← 1979–80 1981–82 →

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion or relegation
1	Hibernian (C, P)	39	24	9	6	67	24	+43	57	Promotion to the Premier Division
2	Dundee (P)	39	22	8	9	64	40	+24	52
3	St Johnstone	39	21	10	8	64	44	+20	52
4	Raith Rovers	39	20	10	9	49	32	+17	50
5	Motherwell	39	19	11	9	65	51	+14	49
6	Ayr United	39	17	11	11	59	42	+17	45
7	Hamilton Academical	39	15	7	17	61	57	+4	37
8	Dumbarton	39	13	11	15	49	50	−1	37
9	Falkirk	39	13	8	18	39	52	−13	34
10	Clydebank	39	10	13	16	48	59	−11	33
11	East Stirlingshire	39	6	16	17	39	57	−18	28
12	Dunfermline Athletic	39	10	7	22	41	58	−17	27
13	Stirling Albion (R)	39	6	11	22	19	48	−29	23	Relegation to the Second Division
14	Berwick Rangers (R)	39	5	11	23	30	82	−52	21

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Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) Champions; (P) Promoted; (R) Relegated

Promotion

Hibs and Dundee finished first and second respectively and were promoted to the 1981–82 Scottish Premier Division.

Relegation

Stirling Albion and Berwick Rangers finished 13th and 14th respectively and were relegated to the 1981–82 Scottish Second Division. In a Scottish League record Stirling failed to score in their last 14 league matches - their last goal of the league season was on 31 January in a 1-0 win over Dunfermline. They then only scored in 2 of their first 7 league games the following season.