1983–84 Aberdeen F.C. season

Aberdeen F.C.
1983–84 season
Chairman Dick Donald
Manager Alex Ferguson
Scottish Premier Division 1st
Scottish Cup Winners
Scottish League Cup Semi final
UEFA Cup Winners' Cup Semi Final
Top goalscorer League: Mark McGhee (13)
Gordon Strachan 13
All: Mark McGhee (24)
Highest home attendance 23,000 (vs Celtic, 4 February 1984)
Lowest home attendance 9,650 (vs Raith Rovers, 24 August 1983)
← 1982–83 1984–85 →

Aberdeen F.C. competed in the Scottish Premier Division, Scottish Cup, League Cup and European Cup Winners' Cup in season 1983–84. They won their third Scottish League championship, won the Scottish Cup for the third successive year and reached the semi-finals of both the League Cup and the European Cup Winners' Cup.

Contents

Results

Scottish Premier Division

Match Day Date Opponent H/A Score Aberdeen Scorer(s) Attendance
1. 20 August Dundee H 3–0 Strachan, Hewitt, Own goal 14,304
2. 3 September St. Johnstone H 5–0 Miller, Stark, Black (2), McGhee 12,400
3. 10 September Motherwell A 1–1 McGhee 6,217
4. 17 September Rangers A 2–0 McGhee (2) 27,500
5. 24 September Dundee United H 1–2 Strachan 21,100
6. 1 October Heart of Midlothian A 2–0 Weir (2) 18,200
7. 8 October St. Mirren H 5–0 Miller, Stark (2), McGhee, Falconer 13,300
8. 15 October Hibernian A 1–2 Rougvie 7,000
9. 22 October Celtic H 3–1 McLeish, Strachan, Hewitt 22,800
10. 29 October Dundee A 3–1 Strachan, Bell, Weir 7,849
11. 5 November St. Johnstone A 5–0 Strachan, Hewitt (3), Weir 6,074
12. 12 November Rangers H 3–0 Simpson, Hewitt, Porteous 22,800
13. 19 November Heart of Midlothian H 2–0 Rougvie, Simpson 19,800
14. 26 November Dundee United A 2–0 Strachan, Bell 16,902
15. 3 December Motherwell H 3–1 Strachan, Falconer, McGhee 17,700
16. 10 December Celtic A 0–0 25,867
17. 17 December Hibernian H 2–1 McGhee, Own goal 14,000
18. 24 December St. Mirren A 3–0 McLeish, McGhee, Bell 6,654
19. 31 December Dundee H 5–2 Strachan (2), Hewitt, Weir, Own Goal 18,250
20. 7 January Rangers A 1–1 Hewitt 37,500
21. 4 February Celtic H 1–0 Hewitt 23,000
22. 11 February Motherwell A 4–0 Strachan (2), Hewitt, Black 6,051
23. 25 February Hibernian A 2–0 Black, McGhee 8,500
24. 3 March St. Mirren H 2–0 Strachan, Hewitt 14,500
25. 31 March Celtic A 0–1 19,193
26. 2 April Heart of Midlothian H 1–1 Porteous 16,240
27. 7 April Motherwell H 2–1 Strachan, McGhee 15,500
28. 18 April Dundee United H 5–1 Rougvie (2), Black, McGhee (2) 19,562
29. 21 April St. Johnstone A 2–0 Stark, McGhee 6,197
30. 28 April Dundee A 1–0 Black 6,663
31. 30 April St. Johnstone H 1–0 Hewitt 11,500
32. 2 May Heart of Midlothian A 1–0 McKimmie 14,000
33. 5 May Hibernian H 2–2 Porteous, Stark 17,000
34. 7 May Dundee United A 0–0 7,990
35. 9 May Rangers H 0–0 16,200
36. 12 May St. Mirren A 2–3 Stark, Own goal 3,450

Final League table

P Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
1 Aberdeen 36 25 7 4 78 21 57 57
2 Celtic 36 21 8 7 80 41 39 50
3 Dundee United 36 18 11 7 67 39 28 47
4 Rangers 36 15 12 9 53 41 12 42

Scottish League Cup

Second Round

Round Date Opponent H/A Score Aberdeen Scorer(s) Attendance
R2 L1 24 August Raith Rovers H 9–0 Porteous, Stark (3), Black (4), Hewitt 9,650
R2 L2 27 August Raith Rovers A 3–0 Stark, Hewitt (2) 3,000

Group Stage

Round Date Opponent H/A Score Aberdeen Scorer(s) Attendance
G3 31 August Meadowbank Thistle H 4–0 Black, Stark, McGhee (2) 10,000
G3 7 September St. Johnstone A 1–0 Miller 5,100
G3 5 October Dundee H 0–0 13,200
G3 26 October St. Johnstone H 1–0 Simpson 12,700
G3 9 November Meadowbank Thistle A 3–1 Hewitt, Porteous, Own goal 2,700
G3 30 November Dundee A 2–1 McGhee, Bell 11,019

Group 3 Final Table

P Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
1 Aberdeen 6 5 1 0 11 2 9 11
2 Dundee 6 3 2 1 8 4 4 8
3 Meadowbank Thistle 6 1 2 3 4 10 –6 4
4 St. Johnstone 6 0 1 5 2 9 –7 1

Knockout Stage

Round Date Opponent H/A Score Aberdeen Scorer(s) Attendance
SF L1 22 February Celtic H 0–0 20,074
SF L2 10 March Celtic A 0–1 41,169

Scottish Cup

Main article: Scottish Cup 1983–84

Aberdeen won the Scottish Cup for the third successive season after beating Celtic in the final at Hampden Park in May 1984.

Round Date Opponent H/A Score Aberdeen Scorer(s) Attendance
R3 13 February Kilmarnock H 1–1 Weir 15,000
R3 R 15 February Kilmarnock A 3–1 Miller, Strachan, Weir 9,580
R4 18 February Clyde A 2–0 Cooper, Angus 5,800
R5 17 March Dundee United H 0–0 22,000
R5 R 28 March Dundee United A 1–0 McGhee 16,094
SF 14 April Dundee N 2–0 Strachan, Porteous 17,654
F 19 May Celtic N 2–1 McGhee, Black 58,900

European Cup Winners' Cup

Main article: 1983–84 European Cup Winners' Cup

After winning the trophy the previous season, Aberdeen qualified for the 1983–84 European Cup Winners' Cup as holders.

Round Date Opponent H/A Score Aberdeen Scorer(s) Attendance
R1 L1 14 September Akranes A 2–1 McGhee (2) 5,500
R1 L2 28 September Akranes H 1–1 Strachan 12,500
R2 L1 19 October Beveren A 0–0 21,000
R2 L2 2 November Beveren H 4–1 Simpson, Strachan (2), Weir 22,500
QF L1 7 March Újpest Dozsa A 0–2 29,000
QF L2 21 March Újpest Dozsa H 3–0 McGhee (3) 22,800
SF L1 11 April Porto A 0–1 65,000
SF L2 25 April Porto H 0–1 23,000

European Super Cup

Main article: 1983 European Super Cup

After winning the UEFA Cup Winners' Cup in the previous season, Aberdeen qualified to play the European Champions' Cup winners from 1983, SV Hamburg, in the Super Cup. Aberdeen won the game 2-0 on aggregate.

Round Date Opponent H/A Score Aberdeen Scorer(s) Attendance
L1 22 November SV Hamburg A 0–0 15,000
L2 20 December SV Hamburg H 2–0 Simpson, McGhee 22,500

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 MF Ian Angus 23 1 11 0 5 1 4 0 3 0
2 MF Doug Bell 43 4 23 3 2 0 8 1 10 0
3 FW Eric Black 37 12 18 6 7 1 6 5 6 0
4 MF Neale Cooper 48 1 26 0 5 1 8 0 9 0
5 FW Steve Cowan 7 0 5 0 1 0 1 0 0 0
6 FW Willie Falconer 15 2 9 2 0 0 5 0 1 0
7 FW John Hewitt 58 16 33 12 5 0 10 4 10 0
8 GK Jim Leighton 54 0 36 0 7 0 10 0 1 0
9 FW Mark McGhee 55 24 33 13 6 2 6 3 10 6
10 DF Tommy McIntyre 12 0 9 0 0 0 3 0 0 0
11 DF Stewart McKimmie 29 1 18 1 6 0 0 0 5 0
12 DF Alex McLeish 59 2 32 2 7 0 10 0 10 0
13 MF John McMaster 26 0 13 0 2 0 7 0 4 0
14 DF Willie Miller 60 4 34 2 7 1 9 1 10 0
15 DF Brian Mitchell 15 0 10 0 2 0 1 0 2 0
16 MF Ian Porteous 22 6 14 3 4 1 3 2 1 0
17 DF Ian Robertson 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
18 DF Doug Rougvie 56 4 34 4 7 0 8 0 7 0
19 MF Neil Simpson 45 5 24 2 4 0 7 1 10 2
20 MF Billy Stark 23 11 14 6 1 0 5 5 3 0
21 MF Gordon Strachan 47 18 25 13 7 2 6 0 9 3
22 MF Peter Weir 44 8 27 5 4 2 8 0 5 1
23 FW Paul Wright 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

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