1997–98 Scottish Football League

Statistics of the Scottish Football League in season 1997–98.

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Celtic (C)	36	22	8	6	64	24	+40	74	Qualification for the Champions League first qualifying round
2	Rangers	36	21	9	6	76	38	+38	72	Qualification for the UEFA Cup first qualifying round
3	Heart of Midlothian	36	19	10	7	70	46	+24	67	Qualification for the Cup Winners' Cup qualifying round
4	Kilmarnock	36	13	11	12	40	52	−12	50	Qualification for the UEFA Cup first qualifying round
5	St Johnstone	36	13	9	14	38	42	−4	48
6	Aberdeen	36	9	12	15	39	53	−14	39
7	Dundee United	36	8	13	15	43	51	−8	37
8	Dunfermline Athletic	36	8	13	15	43	68	−25	37
9	Motherwell	36	9	7	20	46	64	−18	34
10	Hibernian (R)	36	6	12	18	38	59	−21	30	Relegation to the First Division

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion or relegation
1	Dundee (C, P)	36	20	10	6	52	24	+28	70	Promotion to the Premier League
2	Falkirk	36	19	8	9	56	41	+15	65
3	Raith Rovers	36	17	9	10	51	33	+18	60
4	Airdrieonians	36	16	12	8	42	35	+7	60
5	Greenock Morton	36	12	10	14	40	47	−7	46
6	St Mirren	36	11	8	17	41	53	−12	41
7	Ayr United	36	10	10	16	40	56	−16	40
8	Hamilton Academical	36	9	11	16	43	56	−13	38
9	Partick Thistle (R)	36	8	12	16	45	55	−10	36	Relegation to the Second Division
10	Stirling Albion (R)	36	8	10	18	40	56	−16	34	Relegation to the Second Division

P	Name	Goals
1	James Grady (Dundee)	15
2	Alex Bone (Stirling Albion)	13
3	Eddie Annand (Dundee)	12
=	Brian McPhee (Airdrieonians)	12
=	David Moss (Falkirk)	12
6	Stephen Cooper (Airdrieonians)	11
7	Laurent D'Jaffo (Ayr United)	10
=	Paul Hartley (Raith Rovers)	10
=	Warren Hawke (Morton)	10
=	Marino Keith (Falkirk)	10

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion or relegation
1	Stranraer (C, P)	36	18	7	11	62	44	+18	61	Promotion to the First Division
2	Clydebank (P)	36	16	12	8	48	31	+17	60	Promotion to the First Division
3	Livingston	36	16	11	9	56	40	+16	59
4	Queen of the South	36	15	9	12	57	51	+6	54
5	Inverness CT	36	13	10	13	65	51	+14	49
6	East Fife	36	14	6	16	51	59	−8	48
7	Forfar Athletic	36	12	10	14	51	61	−10	46
8	Clyde	36	10	12	14	40	53	−13	42
9	Stenhousemuir (R)	36	10	10	16	44	53	−9	40	Relegation to the Third Division
10	Brechin City (R)	36	7	11	18	42	73	−31	32	Relegation to the Third Division

Scottish Premier Division

P	Name	Goals
1	Iain Stewart (Inverness CT)	16
2	Graham Harvey (Livingston)	15
=	Ian Little (Stenhousemuir)	15
4	Martin McLauchan (Forfar Athletic)	14
5	Colin McDonald (Clydebank)	13
=	B Thomson (Inverness CT)	13
7	Ben Honeyman (Forfar Athletic)	12
8	Tommy Bryce (Queen of the South)	11
=	Matthew Dyer (East Fife)	11
=	Gordon Young (Stranraer)	11