Staying ahead of the 2013 Third Division Champions isn’t an incredible achievement, many clubs in Europe with far lesser resources than Celtic, with less well rewarded executives regularly achieve more. Many clubs have won European knock out ties.
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| Team | P | W | D | L | F | A | GD | Pts | |
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| 1 | Celtic | 35 | 27 | 4 | 4 | 103 | 23 | 80 | 85 |
| 2 | Rangers | 35 | 20 | 8 | 7 | 71 | 38 | 33 | 68 |
| 3 | Hibernian | 35 | 15 | 11 | 9 | 57 | 43 | 14 | 56 |
| 4 | Aberdeen | 35 | 15 | 8 | 12 | 46 | 50 | -4 | 53 |
| 5 | Dundee United | 35 | 14 | 8 | 13 | 42 | 48 | -6 | 50 |
| 6 | St Mirren | 35 | 13 | 6 | 16 | 48 | 56 | -8 | 45 |
| 7 | Motherwell | 35 | 13 | 6 | 16 | 42 | 59 | -17 | 45 |
| 8 | Hearts | 35 | 12 | 7 | 16 | 46 | 46 | 0 | 43 |
| 9 | Kilmarnock | 35 | 11 | 8 | 16 | 42 | 58 | -16 | 41 |
| 10 | Dundee | 35 | 10 | 7 | 18 | 52 | 73 | -21 | 37 |
| 11 | Ross County | 35 | 9 | 8 | 18 | 34 | 61 | -27 | 35 |
| 12 | St Johnstone | 35 | 8 | 5 | 22 | 35 | 63 | -28 | 29 |
