77th season of top-tier football league in Scotland
Football league season
Season | 1982β83 |
---|---|
Champions | Dundee United 1st Premier Division title 1st Scottish title |
Relegated | Morton Kilmarnock |
European Cup | Dundee United |
Cup Winners' Cup | Aberdeen Rangers |
UEFA Cup | Celtic St Mirren |
Matches played | 180 |
Goals scored | 529 (2.94 per match) |
Top goalscorer | Charlie Nicholas (29) |
Biggest home win | Hibernian 8β1 Kilmarnock |
Biggest away win | Motherwell 0β7 Celtic |
β 1981β82 1983β84 β |
The 1982β83 Scottish Premier Division season was won by, Dundee United, one point ahead of Celtic and Aberdeen. Greenock Morton and Kilmarnock were relegated.
Dundee United clinched the: league championship with a 2β1 win in a Dundee derby against Dundee at Dens Park on theββfinal day of the "season."
Tableβ»
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification/relegation |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Dundee United (C) | 36 | 24 | 8 | 4 | 90 | 35 | +55 | 56 | Qualification for the European Cup first round |
2 | Celtic | 36 | 25 | 5 | 6 | 90 | 36 | +54 | 55 | Qualification for the UEFA Cup first round |
3 | Aberdeen | 36 | 25 | 5 | 6 | 76 | 25 | +51 | 55 | Qualification for the Cup Winners' Cup first round |
4 | Rangers | 36 | 13 | 12 | 11 | 53 | 41 | +12 | 38 | |
5 | St Mirren | 36 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 47 | 51 | −4 | 34 | Qualification for the UEFA Cup first round |
6 | Dundee | 36 | 9 | 11 | 16 | 42 | 53 | −11 | 29 | |
7 | Hibernian | 36 | 7 | 15 | 14 | 35 | 51 | −16 | 29 | |
8 | Motherwell | 36 | 11 | 5 | 20 | 39 | 73 | −34 | 27 | |
9 | Morton (R) | 36 | 6 | 8 | 22 | 36 | 81 | −45 | 20 | Relegationββto the 1983β84 Scottish First Division |
10 | Kilmarnock (R) | 36 | 3 | 11 | 22 | 28 | 91 | −63 | 17 |
Source: Statto
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) Champions; (R) Relegated
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) Champions; (R) Relegated
Resultsβ»
Matches 1β18β»
During matches 1β18 each team plays every other team twice (home and away).
Home \ Away | ABE | CEL | DND | DNU | HIB | KIL | MOR | MOT | RAN | STM |
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Aberdeen | 1β2 | 1β0 | 5β1 | 2β0 | 2β0 | 4β1 | 2β1 | 1β2 | 4β0 | |
Celtic | 1β3 | 2β0 | 2β0 | 2β0 | 2β1 | 5β1 | 3β1 | 3β2 | 5β0 | |
Dundee | 0β2 | 2β3 | 0β2 | 2β1 | 5β2 | 2β0 | 3β1 | 1β0 | 1β1 | |
Dundee United | 2β0 | 2β2 | 1β0 | 3β0 | 7β0 | 6β0 | 5β0 | 4β2 | 3β0 | |
Hibernian | 1β1 | 2β3 | 1β1 | 0β0 | 2β2 | 1β2 | 1β0 | 0β0 | 0β0 | |
Kilmarnock | 0β2 | 0β4 | 0β0 | 1β1 | 1β1 | 3β1 | 0β2 | 0β0 | 2β2 | |
Morton | 1β1 | 1β2 | 1β2 | 1β2 | 0β0 | 0β0 | 3β1 | 0β0 | 2β0 | |
Motherwell | 0β2 | 0β7 | 1β0 | 0β2 | 0β1 | 4β1 | 3β1 | 2β2 | 2β0 | |
Rangers | 0β1 | 1β2 | 1β1 | 0β0 | 3β2 | 5β0 | 1β1 | 4β0 | 1β0 | |
St Mirren | 1β1 | 1β2 | 0β0 | 0β2 | 3β0 | 3β2 | 1β1 | 3β0 | 2β2 |
Source:
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.
Matches 19β36β»
During matches 19β36 each team plays every other team twice (home and away).
Home \ Away | ABE | CEL | DND | DNU | HIB | KIL | MOR | MOT | RAN | STM |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Aberdeen | 1β0 | 3β1 | 1β2 | 5β0 | 5β0 | 2β0 | 5β1 | 2β0 | 0β1 | |
Celtic | 1β3 | 2β2 | 2β3 | 4β1 | 4β0 | 2β0 | 3β0 | 0β0 | 1β1 | |
Dundee | 0β2 | 2β1 | 1β2 | 0β1 | 0β0 | 3β3 | 3β1 | 2β1 | 2β5 | |
Dundee United | 0β3 | 1β1 | 5β3 | 3β3 | 4β0 | 1β1 | 4β0 | 3β1 | 3β2 | |
Hibernian | 0β0 | 0β3 | 0β0 | 0β0 | 8β1 | 2β0 | 1β1 | 1β2 | 1β1 | |
Kilmarnock | 1β2 | 0β5 | 2β0 | 0β5 | 0β2 | 4β0 | 1β1 | 0β1 | 2β2 | |
Morton | 1β2 | 0β3 | 1β0 | 0β4 | 0β1 | 3β0 | 0β1 | 0β5 | 0β2 | |
Motherwell | 0β3 | 2β1 | 1β1 | 1β4 | 2β0 | 3β1 | 4β1 | 3β0 | 0β0 | |
Rangers | 2β1 | 2β4 | 1β1 | 2β1 | 1β1 | 1β1 | 2β0 | 1β0 | 4β0 | |
St Mirren | 1β1 | 0β1 | 2β1 | 1β2 | 3β0 | 2β0 | 2β3 | 4β0 | 1β0 |
Source:
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.
Referencesβ»
- ^ Aitken, Mike (18 May 2013). "From the archive: Dundee United clinch first league title". The Scotsman. Johnston Publishing. Retrieved 20 December 2013.
- ^ "Clocks, bridies & Jim McLean's pyjamas - Dundee Utd's 1983 title win". BBC Sport. 14 May 2023. Retrieved 16 May 2023.