1958–59 Scottish Division One

Scottish Division One
Season	1958–59
Champions	Rangers
Relegated	Falkirk Queen of the South
← 1957–58 1959–60 →

The 1958–59 Scottish Division One was won by Rangers by two points over nearest rival Hearts. Falkirk and Queen of the South finished 17th and 18th respectively and were relegated to the 1959–60 Scottish Second Division.

The last day of the season saw Rangers holding a 2-point lead over Hearts, with the clubs having an identical goal average. Rangers lost 1–2 at home to Aberdeen. Hearts could have won the league on goal average with a win away to Celtic, but instead lost 2–1.

League table

P	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Rangers	34	21	8	5	92	51	41	50
2	Heart of Midlothian	34	21	6	7	92	51	41	48
3	Motherwell	34	18	8	8	83	50	33	44
4	Dundee	34	16	9	9	61	51	10	41
5	Airdrieonians	34	15	7	12	64	62	2	37
6	Celtic	34	14	8	12	70	53	17	36
7	St Mirren	34	14	7	13	71	74	−3	35
8	Kilmarnock	34	13	8	13	58	51	7	34
9	Partick Thistle	34	14	6	14	59	66	−7	34
10	Hibernian	34	13	6	15	68	70	−2	32
11	Third Lanark	34	11	10	13	74	83	−9	32
12	Stirling Albion	34	11	8	15	54	64	−10	30
13	Aberdeen	34	12	5	17	63	66	−3	29
14	Raith Rovers	34	10	9	15	60	70	−10	29
15	Clyde	34	12	4	18	62	66	−4	28
16	Dunfermline Athletic	34	10	8	16	68	87	−19	28
17	Falkirk	34	10	7	17	58	79	−21	27
18	Queen of the South	34	6	6	22	38	101	−63	18

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