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The 1956–57 season was the 84th season of competitive football in Scotland and the 60th season of the Scottish Football League. ^[1]

Scottish League Division One

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GR	Pts
1	Rangers	34	26	3	5	96	48	2.000	55
2	Heart of Midlothian	34	24	5	5	81	48	1.688	53
3	Kilmarnock	34	16	10	8	57	39	1.462	42
4	Raith Rovers	34	16	7	11	84	58	1.448	39
5	Celtic	34	15	8	11	58	43	1.349	38
6	Aberdeen	34	18	2	14	79	59	1.339	38
7	Motherwell	34	16	5	13	72	66	1.091	37
8	Partick Thistle	34	13	8	13	53	51	1.039	34
9	Hibernian	34	12	9	13	69	56	1.232	33
10	Dundee	34	13	6	15	55	61	0.902	32
11	Airdrieonians	34	13	4	17	77	89	0.865	30
12	St Mirren	34	12	6	16	58	72	0.806	30
13	Queen's Park	34	11	7	16	55	59	0.932	29
14	Falkirk	34	10	8	16	51	70	0.729	28
15	East Fife	34	10	6	18	59	82	0.720	26
16	Queen of the South	34	10	5	19	54	96	0.563	25
17	Dunfermline Athletic	34	9	6	19	54	74	0.730	24
18	Ayr United	34	7	5	22	48	89	0.539	19

Source: RSSSF^{[dead link‍]}

Champions: Rangers
Relegated: Dunfermline Athletic, Ayr United

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion or relegation
1	Clyde	36	29	6	1	122	39	+83	64	Promotion to the 1957–58 First Division
2	Third Lanark	36	24	3	9	105	51	+54	51	Promotion to the 1957–58 First Division
3	Cowdenbeath	36	20	5	11	87	65	+22	45
4	Morton	36	18	7	11	81	70	+11	43
5	Albion Rovers	36	18	6	12	98	80	+18	42
6	Brechin City	36	15	10	11	72	68	+4	40
7	Stranraer	36	15	10	11	79	77	+2	40
8	Stirling Albion	36	17	5	14	81	64	+17	39
9	Dumbarton	36	17	4	15	101	70	+31	38
10	Arbroath	36	17	4	15	79	57	+22	38
11	Hamilton Academical	36	14	8	14	69	68	+1	36
12	St Johnstone	36	14	6	16	79	80	−1	34
13	Dundee United	36	14	6	16	75	80	−5	34
14	Stenhousemuir	36	13	6	17	71	81	−10	32
15	Alloa Athletic	36	11	5	20	66	99	−33	27
16	Forfar Athletic	36	9	5	22	75	100	−25	23
17	Montrose	36	7	7	22	54	124	−70	21
18	Berwick Rangers	36	7	6	23	58	114	−56	20
19	East Stirlingshire	36	5	7	24	56	121	−65	17

Promoted: Clyde, Third Lanark

Competition	Winner	Score	Runner-up
Scottish Cup 1956–57	Falkirk	2 – 1 (rep.)	Kilmarnock
League Cup 1956–57	Celtic	3 – 0 (rep.)	Partick Thistle
Junior Cup	Banks o' Dee	1 – 0	Kilsyth Rangers

Competition	Winner	Score	Runner-up
Scottish Qualifying Cup - North	Fraserburgh	6 – 1 *	Inverness Caledonian
Scottish Qualifying Cup - South	Vale of Leithen	7 – 3 *	Peebles Rovers

Competition	Winner	Score	Runner-up
Aberdeenshire Cup	Buckie Thistle
Ayrshire Cup	Kilmarnock	1 – 0	Ayr United
East of Scotland Shield	Hibernian	2 – 1	Hearts
Fife Cup	Raith Rovers	4 – 1	Dunfermline Athletic
Glasgow Cup	Rangers	2 – 0	Clyde
Lanarkshire Cup	Motherwell	6 – 2	Airdrie
Renfrewshire Cup	Morton	5 – 2	Babcock & Wilcox
Stirlingshire Cup	Dumbarton	5 – 3 *	Alloa Athletic

^* - aggregate over two legs

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

Date	Venue	Opponents	Score^[2]	Competition	Scotland scorer(s)
20 October 1956	Ninian Park, Cardiff (A)	Wales	2–2	BHC	Willie Fernie, Lawrie Reilly
7 November 1956	Hampden Park, Glasgow (H)	Northern Ireland	1–0	BHC	Alex Scott
21 November 1956	Hampden Park, Glasgow (H)	Yugoslavia	2–0	Friendly	Jackie Mudie, Sammy Baird
6 April 1957	Wembley Stadium, London (A)	England	1–2	BHC	Tommy Ring
8 May 1957	Hampden Park, Glasgow (H)	Spain	4–2	WCQG9	Jackie Mudie (3), John Hewie
19 May 1957	St. Jakob Stadium, Basel (A)	Switzerland	2–1	WCQG9	Jackie Mudie, Bobby Collins
22 May 1957	Neckarstadion, Stuttgart (A)	West Germany	3–1	Friendly	Bobby Collins(2), Jackie Mudie
26 May 1957	Bernabeu Stadium, Madrid (A)	Spain	1–4	WCQG9	Gordon Smith

Key:

^ "1956/57 - the Scottish Football League". www.scottishfootballleague.com. Archived from the original on 11 September 2012. Retrieved 22 May 2022.
^ Scotland's score is shown first.