1982–83 Aberdeen F.C. season

Aberdeen F.C.
1982–83 season
Chairman Dick Donald
Manager Alex Ferguson
Scottish Premier Division 3rd
Scottish Cup Winners
Scottish League Cup Quarter final
UEFA Cup Winners' Cup Winners
Top goalscorer League: Mark McGhee (16)
All: Mark McGhee (27)
Highest home attendance 24,500 (vs Waterschei, 6 April 1983)
Lowest home attendance 6,500 (vs Dumbarton, 21 August 1982)
← 1981–82 1983–84 →

Aberdeen F.C. competed in the Scottish Premier Division, Scottish Cup, League Cup and European Cup Winners' Cup in season 1982–83. They finished third in the Premier Division behind champions Dundee United and runners-up Celtic. In the cups, they retained the Scottish Cup and won the European Cup Winners' Cup with a 2–1 win over Real Madrid in Gothenburg.

Contents

Results

Friendlies

In late July/early August 1982, Aberdeen played three games against Highland League opposition. On August 7th, English club Ipswich Town provided the opposition for Drew Jarvie's testimonial game, which the English League Division 1 club won 1-0.

Date Opponent H/A Score Aberdeen Scorer(s) Attendance
31 July Ross County A 5–0 McMaster (2), Harrow (30, 34), Black, (50, 53) 0
2 August Nairn County A 5–0 Harrow (4, 22), McLeish (30), McGhee (41), McCall (81) 1,006
3 August Inverness Thistle A 4–0 Black (16), Strachan (84 pen., 86, 90) 2,500
7 August Ipswich Town H 0–1 8,200

Scottish Premier Division

Match Day Date Opponent H/A Score Aberdeen Scorer(s) Attendance
1. 4 September Dundee United A 0–2 11,683
2. 11 September Morton H 4–1 Strachan (15 (pen.), Black (42), Simpson (55), Hewitt (77) 7,500
3. 18 September St. Mirren A 1–1 McGhee (64) 4,800
4. 25 September Rangers H 1–2 Strachan (73 pen.) 20,300
5. 2 October Motherwell H 2–1 Cowan (66), Miller (89) 9,000
6. 9 October Celtic A 3–1 Strachan (54 pen.), Simpson (58), McGhee (86) 29,733
7. 16 October Dundee H 1–0 Weir (34) 10,800
8. 23 October Kilmarnock A 2–0 Black (2), Hewitt (76) 3,400
9. 30 October Hibernian A 1–1 Weir (90) 6,400
10. 6 November Dundee United H 5–1 Cooper (23), Rougvie (29, 41) Black (72), Strachan (85) 14,000
11. 13 November Morton A 1–1 Simpson (85) 2,500
12. 20 November St. Mirren H 4–0 Black (39), Strachan (66 pen.), McGhee (79), Hewitt (90) 10,300
13. 27 November Rangers A 1–0 Black (69) 23,000
14. 4 December Motherwell A 2–0 Strachan (50 pen.), Weir (66) 4,929
15. 11 December Celtic H 1–2 McGhee (18) 24,000
16. 18 December Dundee A 2–0 McGhee (28, 54) 6,528
17. 27 December Kilmarnock H 2–0 Weir (4), Miller (89) 14,500
18. 1 January Hibernian H 2–0 McGhee (28, 54) 14,000
19. 3 January Dundee United A 3–0 Simpson (27), Weir (43), McGhee (89) 17,851
20. 8 January Morton H 2–0 Simpson (70), McGhee (84) 12,600
21. 15 January St. Mirren A 1–1 Black (75) 4,530
22. 22 January Rangers H 2–0 Rougvie (34), McGhee (77) 21,600
23. 8 February Motherwell H 5–1 McLeish (36), McMaster (38), McGhee (52), Black (67), Cooper (71) 13,300
24. 12 February Celtic A 3–1 Black (44, 45, 71) 42,831
25. 26 February Dundee H 3–1 Weir (58), Black (85), Bell (90) 11,500
26. 5 March Kilmarnock A 2–1 Watson (13), McGhee (26) 2,400
27. 19 March Dundee United H 1–2 Strachan (66 pen.) 22,800
28. 26 March Morton A 2–1 Watson (83), Black (90) 2,800
29. 2 April St. Mirren H 0–1 16,400
30. 9 April Rangers A 1–2 McLeish (15) 19,800
31. 23 April Celtic H 1–0 McGhee 24,000
32. 27 April Motherwell A 3–0 McGhee (11), Strachan (58), Hewitt (74) 6,715
33. 30 April Dundee A 2–0 Hewitt (3), Strachan (40) 10,076
34. 3 May Hibernian H 0–0 8,000
35. 5 May Kilmarnock H 5–0 Strachan (30, 58), McMaster (39), Angus (46, 85) 12,000
36. 14 May Hibernian H 5–0 Brazil (9 o.g.), McGhee (30), Strachan (70 pen.), Cowan (78), Angus (87) 24,000

Final League table

P Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
1 Dundee United 36 24 8 4 90 35 55 56
2 Celtic 36 25 5 6 90 36 54 55
3 Aberdeen 36 25 5 6 76 24 52 55
4 Rangers 36 13 12 11 52 41 11 38

Scottish League Cup

Group Stage

Round Date Opponent H/A Score Aberdeen Scorer(s) Attendance
G2 11 August Morton A 2–2 Strachan (12), McGhee (53) 3,500
G2 14 August Dundee H 3–3 Black (30, 45, 85) 9,000
G2 21 August Dumbarton H 3–0 McGhee (5), Strachan (13, 70) 6,500
G2 25 August Morton H 3–0 Rougvie (19), Bell (27, 48) 11,000
G2 28 August Dundee A 5–1 Strachan (23, 52, 53, 63), McGhee (28) 7,000
G2 8 September Dumbarton A 2–1 Bell (76), Hewitt (85) 750

Group 2 Final Table

P Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
1 Aberdeen 6 4 2 0 18 7 9 10
2 Morton 6 3 2 1 16 11 5 8
3 Dundee 6 2 2 2 14 19 –5 6
4 Dumbarton 6 0 0 6 7 18 –11 0

Knockout Stage

Round Date Opponent H/A Score Aberdeen Scorer(s) Attendance
QF L1 22 September Dundee United A 1–3 McGhee 14,000
QF L2 6 October Dundee United H 0–1 11,700

Scottish Cup

Main article: Scottish Cup 1982–83
Round Date Opponent H/A Score Aberdeen Scorer(s) Attendance
R3 29 January Hibernian A 4–1 Simpson, McGhee, Weir, Watson. 14,289
R4 19 February Dundee H 1–0 Simpson 19,000
R5 12 March Partick Thistle A 2–1 Cooper, Weir 12,092
SF 16 April Celtic N 1–0 Weir 51,152
F 21 May Rangers N 1–0 Black 62,979

European Cup Winners' Cup

Main article: 1982–83 European Cup Winners' Cup

After winning the Scottish Cup in 1982, Aberdeen qualified for the 1982–83 European Cup Winners' Cup. After a large preliminary round victory over Sion of Switzerland, the Dons knocked out Dinamo Tirana of Albania and Lech Poznan of Poland to set up a quarter final tie with the West Germans Bayern Munich. After a 0-0 draw in Munich, Aberdeen fell behind early on at home in the second leg before Neil Simpson equalised. Another goal for Bayern Munich seemed to put the game beyond Aberdeen, but two quick goals in the last 20 minutes gave Aberdeen a 3-2 victory. In the semi finals, Belgian team Waterschei of Genk were beaten 5-2 over two legs, and put Aberdeen into the final. Thousands of fans made the trip from Aberdeen to Gothenburg in Sweden to see the Scottish Cup holders play the Spaniards Real Madrid. In a wet evening at the Ullevi Stadium, Aberdeen won 2-1 after extra time to win their first European trophy.

Round Date Opponent H/A Score Aberdeen Scorer(s) Attendance
P L1 18 August Sion H 7–0 Kennedy, Simpson, Strachan, Black, McGhee, Hewitt, own goal 13,000
P L2 1 September Sion A 4–1 Miller, McGhee (2), Hewitt 2,400
R1 L1 15 September Dinamo Tirana H 1–0 Hewitt 15,000
R1 L2 29 September Dinamo Tirana A 0–0 20,000
R2 L1 20 October Lech Poznań H 2–0 McGhee, Weir 17,600
R2 L2 3 November Lech Poznań A 1–0 Bell 30,000
QF L1 2 March FC Bayern Munich A 0–0 35,000
QF L2 16 March FC Bayern Munich H 3–2 Simpson, McLeish, Hewitt 24,000
SF L1 6 April Waterschei H 5–1 Simpson, McGhee (2), Weir, Black 24,500
SF L2 19 April Waterschei A 0–1 15,000
F 11 May Real Madrid N 2–1 Black, Hewitt 17,800

Squad

Appearances & Goals

No. Nat Pos Player Total Premier Division Scottish Cup League Cup Europe
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
1 DF Willie Miller 60 3 36 2 5 0 8 0 11 1
2 GK Jim Leighton 59 0 35 0 5 0 8 0 11 0
3 DF Alex McLeish 56 3 34 2 5 0 7 0 10 1
4 FW Mark McGhee 55 27 32 16 5 1 7 4 11 6
5 DF Doug Rougvie 56 4 35 3 5 0 7 1 9 0
6 MF Neil Simpson 56 10 33 5 5 2 7 0 11 3
7 MF Gordon Strachan 52 20 32 12 3 0 7 7 10 1
8 MF Peter Weir 52 11 31 6 5 3 5 0 11 2
9 MF Neale Cooper 52 3 31 2 5 1 7 0 9 0
10 DF Stuart Kennedy 44 1 25 0 4 0 5 0 10 1
11 FW Eric Black 52 19 31 12 5 1 8 3 8 3
12 MF Doug Bell 39 5 23 1 4 0 4 3 8 1
13 MF John McMaster 42 2 25 2 2 0 6 0 9 0
14 FW John Hewitt 33 11 16 5 1 0 7 1 9 5
15 MF Andy Watson 26 3 19 2 3 1 2 0 2 0
16 MF Ian Angus 10 3 5 3 0 0 4 0 1 0
17 DF Brian Mitchell 2 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0
18 GK Bryan Gunn 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
19 MF Ian Porteous 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
20 FW Steve Cowan 5 2 3 2 0 0 2 0 0 0
21 MF Derek Hamilton 3 0 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 0
22 FW Walker McCall 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
23 FW Willie Falconer 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

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