1998–99 Scottish First Division

The 1998–99 Scottish First Division was won by Hibernian who bounced straight back up to the Scottish Premier League after relegation the previous season and finished 23 points ahead of nearest challengers Falkirk. Hamilton Academical and Stranraer were relegated to the Second Division. In the case of Stranraer, they didn't manage to compete well enough in this division following on from their promotion a year earlier.

Scottish First Division

Season	1998–99
Champions	Hibernian
Promoted	Hibernian
Relegated	Hamilton Academical Stranraer
Top goalscorer	Glynn Hurst (18)[1]
Biggest home win	Ayr United 7-1 Stranraer, 19.09.1998
Biggest away win	St Mirren 1-5 Airdrieonians, 12.12.1998 St Mirren 1-5 Morton, 10.04.1999
← 1997–98 1999–2000 →

Stadia and locations

Airdrieonians	Ayr United	Clydebank	Falkirk
Excelsior Stadium	Somerset Park	Boghead Park, Dumbarton[2]	Brockville Park
Capacity: 10,101[3]	Capacity: 10,185[4]	Capacity: 2,500[5]	Capacity: 7,500[6]
Greenock Morton	Airdrieonians Ayr United Clydebank Falkirk Morton Hamilton Hibernian Raith Rovers St Mirren Stranraer		Hamilton Academical
Cappielow Park			Cliftonhill, Coatbridge[7]
Capacity: 11,612[8]			Capacity: 1,238[9]
Hibernian	Raith Rovers	St Mirren	Stranraer
Easter Road	Stark's Park	Love Street	Stair Park
Capacity: 16,531[10]	Capacity: 9,031[11]	Capacity: 10,900[12]	Capacity: 4,178[13]

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion or relegation
1	Hibernian (C, P)	36	28	5	3	84	33	+51	89	Promotion to the Premier League
2	Falkirk	36	20	6	10	60	38	+22	66
3	Ayr United	36	19	5	12	66	42	+24	62
4	Airdrieonians	36	18	5	13	42	43	−1	59
5	St Mirren	36	14	10	12	42	43	−1	52
6	Morton	36	14	7	15	45	41	+4	49
7	Clydebank	36	11	13	12	36	38	−2	46
8	Raith Rovers	36	8	11	17	37	57	−20	35
9	Hamilton Academical (R)	36	6	10	20	30	62	−32	28	Relegation to the Second Division
10	Stranraer (R)	36	5	2	29	29	74	−45	17

Source: "1998-1999 First Division - SPFL Archive". SPFL. Retrieved 2021-04-29.
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) Champions; (P) Promoted; (R) Relegated