1985–86 in Scottish football
The 1985–86 season was the 89th season of competitive football in Scotland.
| 1985–86 in Scottish football | |
|---|---|
| Premier Division champions | |
| Celtic | |
| Division One champions | |
| Hamilton Academical | |
| Division Two champions | |
| Dunfermline Athletic | |
| Scottish Cup winners | |
| Aberdeen | |
| League Cup winners | |
| Aberdeen | |
| Junior Cup winners | |
| Auchinleck Talbot | |
| Teams in Europe | |
| Aberdeen, Celtic, Dundee United, Rangers, St Mirren | |
| Scotland national team | |
| 1986 World Cup qualification, 1986 World Cup, Rous Cup | |
| ← 1984–85 1986–87 → |
At a national level, Scotland's qualification for the 1986 World Cup finals in Mexico was marred by the death of Manager Jock Stein. In the end caretaker manager Alex Ferguson was not able to take the team beyond the first round.
In club football, with Rangers once again failing to mount a title challenge, manager Jock Wallace's second spell as manager ended in April when he was sacked and the club appointed Graeme Souness as player-manager, recruiting the former Liverpool midfielder from Sampdoria in Italy. Celtic eventually won the league on the final day after Hearts threw away a two-point lead.
Impressively, Aberdeen won both the Scottish Cup and the League Cup.
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