1893–94 Scottish Division One

1st season of top-tier football league in Scotland Football league season

Scottish Football League Division One
Season	1893–94
Champions	Celtic 2nd title
Relegated	Renton
Matches played	90
Goals scored	421 (4.68 per match)
Top goalscorer	Sandy McMahon (16 goals)
← 1892-93 1894-95 →

The 1893–94 Scottish Division One season was the first season in which the Scottish Football League had been split between two divisions. The league championship was won by Celtic, three points ahead of nearest rival Heart of Midlothian.

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Relegation
1	Celtic (C)	18	14	1	3	53	32	+21	29	Champions
2	Heart of Midlothian	18	11	4	3	46	32	+14	26
3	St Bernard's	18	11	1	6	53	39	+14	23
4	Rangers	18	8	4	6	44	30	+14	20
5	Dumbarton	18	7	5	6	32	35	−3	19
6	St Mirren	18	7	3	8	49	47	+2	17
7	Third Lanark	18	7	3	8	38	44	−6	17
8	Dundee	18	6	3	9	47	59	−12	15
9	Leith Athletic	18	4	2	12	36	46	−10	10
10	Renton (R)	18	1	2	15	23	57	−34	4	Relegated to the 1894–95 Scottish Division Two

Source: worldfootball.net, Scottish Professional Football League
Rules for classification: Points system: 2 points for a win, 1 point for a draw, 0 points for a loss.
(C) Champions; (R) Relegated

Results

Home \ Away	CEL	DUM	DND	HOM	LEI	RAN	REN	STB	STM	THI
Celtic		0–0	3–1	2–3	4–1	3–2	3–2	5–2	5–1	5–0
Dumbarton	4–5		1–1	2–2	3–1	2–0	2–0	1–5	3–3	2–1
Dundee	1–4	4–0		2–5	4–3	3–3	8–1	1–3	0–3	1–1
Heart of Midlothian	2–4	2–1	3–0		0–2	4–2	5–1	2–4	1–1	2–2
Leith Athletic	5–0	2–4	3–5	2–2		2–2	2–1	4–2	2–5	2–3
Rangers	5–0	4–0	7–2	1–2	1–0		5–3	1–2	5–0	0–3
Renton	0–3	1–1	2–3	2–3	2–1	1–2		0–1	0–4	0–3
St Bernard's	1–2	2–1	3–5	1–2	3–2	0–0	4–2		8–3	6–2
St Mirren	1–2	1–2	10–3	2–3	3–1	2–2	4–2	1–3		4–2
Third Lanark	1–3	1–3	4–3	1–3	2–1	1–2	3–3	5–3	3–1

Source:
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

References

Scottish Football Archive

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Football League	1890–91 1891–92 1892–93
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Domestic leagues	Football League Division One Division Two Highland League
Domestic cups	Scottish Cup Preliminary rounds Final Junior Cup
Related to national team	Results British Home Championship
Club seasons
Division One	Celtic Dumbarton Dundee Heart of Midlothian Leith Athletic Rangers Renton St Bernard's St. Mirren Third Lanark
Division Two	Abercorn Clyde Cowlairs Hibernian Morton Motherwell Northern Partick Thistle Port Glasgow Athletic Thistle
Other teams	Queen's Park

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