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1971–72 in Scottish football

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headerstylebackground:#BFD7FF
above1971–72 in Scottish football
image[[Image:Flag of Scotland with football.png200px]]
header1Division One champions
data2Celtic
header3Division Two champions
data4Dumbarton
header5Scottish Cup winners
data6Celtic
header7League Cup winners
data8Partick Thistle
header9Junior Cup winners
data10Cambuslang Rangers
header11Teams in Europe
data12Aberdeen, Celtic, Dundee, Rangers, St Johnstone
header13Scotland national team
data141972 BHC, UEFA Euro 1972 qualifying

The 1971–72 season was the 99th season of competitive football in Scotland and the 75th season of Scottish league football.

Scottish League Division One

Main article: 1971–72 Scottish Division One

Champions: Celtic

Relegated: Clyde, Dunfermline

Scottish League Division Two

Main article: 1971–72 Scottish Division Two

Promoted: Dumbarton, Arbroath

Cup honours

CompetitionWinnerScoreRunner-up
Scottish Cup 1971–72Celtic6 – 1Hibernian
League Cup 1971–72Partick Thistle4 – 1Celtic
Junior CupCambuslang Rangers3 – 2 (rep.)Bonnyrigg Rose Athletic

Other honours

National

CompetitionWinnerScoreRunner-up
Scottish Qualifying Cup – NorthInverness Thistle5 – 4 *Ross County
Scottish Qualifying Cup – SouthVale of Leithen4 – 0 *Duns

County

CompetitionWinnerScoreRunner-up
Aberdeenshire CupPeterhead
Ayrshire CupKilmarnock3 – 1 *Ayr United
Fife CupRaith Rovers4 – 1 *Dunfermline Athletic
Forfarshire CupDundee United4 – 0Dundee
Renfrewshire CupMorton7 – 0Babcock & Wilcox
Stirlingshire CupStirling Albion5 – 1Clydebank

– aggregate over two legs

[[Highland Football League|Highland League]]

Individual honours

AwardWinnerClub
Footballer of the YearSCO Dave SmithRangers

Scotland national team

Main article: Scotland national football team 1960–79 results

DateVenueOpponentsScoreCompetitionScotland scorer(s)
13 October 1971Hampden Park, Glasgow (H)2–1ECQG5John O'Hare, Archie Gemmill
10 November 1971Pittodrie, Aberdeen (H)1–0ECQG5John O'Hare
1 December 1971Olympisch Stadion, Amsterdam (A)1–2FriendlyGeorge Graham
26 April 1972Hampden Park, Glasgow (H)2–0FriendlyJohn O'Hare, Denis Law
20 May 1972Hampden Park, Glasgow (H)2–0BHCDenis Law, Peter Lorimer
24 May 1972Hampden Park, Glasgow (H)1–0BHCPeter Lorimer
27 May 1972Hampden Park, Glasgow (H)0–1BHC
29 June 1972Estadio Minearo, Belo Horizonte (N)2–2BICLou Macari (2)
2 July 1972Estadio Biera Rio, Porto Alegre (N)0–0BIC
5 July 1972Estadio do Maracana, Rio de Janeiro (A)0–1BIC

1972 British Home Championship – Joint winners with

Key:

  • (H) = Home match
  • (A) = Away match
  • ECQG5 = European Championship qualifying – Group 5
  • BHC = British Home Championship
  • BIC = Brazilian Independence Cup

References

  1. "1971/72 - the Scottish Football League".
  2. Scotland's score is shown first.
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