2008–09 Scottish First Division

The 2008–09 Scottish First Division was the 15th season of the First Division in its current format of ten teams.

SPL & First Division
Promoted from First Division to Scottish Premier League
 * Hamilton Academical

First & Second Divisions
Relegated from First Division to Second Division Promoted from Second Division to First Division
 * Stirling Albion
 * Ross County (champions)
 * Airdrie United (losing play-off finalists, promoted due to Gretna's relegation to Division Three)

Results
Teams play each other four times in this league. In the first half of the season each team plays every other team twice (home and away) and then do the same in the second half of the season.

Top scorers
Source: The League Insider

Attendance
Source: The League Insider

Semi-finals
The ninth placed team in the First Division played the fourth placed team in the Second Division and third placed team in the Second Division played the second placed team in the Second Division. The play-offs were played over two legs, the winning team in each semi-final advanced to the final.

First legs

Second legs

Final
The two semi-final winners played each other over two legs. The winning team was awarded a place in the 2009–10 First Division.

First leg

Second leg