1983–84 Scottish Premier Division

78th season of top-tier football league in Scotland

Football league season

Scottish Premier Division
Season	1983–84
Champions	Aberdeen 2nd Premier Division title 3rd Scottish title
Relegated	St Johnstone Motherwell
European Cup	Aberdeen
UEFA Cup	Dundee United Rangers Heart of Midlothian
Cup Winners' Cup	Celtic
Matches played	180
Goals scored	533 (2.96 per match)
Top goalscorer	Brian McClair (23)
Biggest home win	Dundee United 7–0 St Johnstone
Biggest away win	St Johnstone 0–5 Aberdeen
← 1982–83 1984–85 →

The 1983–84 Scottish Premier Division season was won by, Aberdeen, seven points ahead of Celtic. St Johnstone and Motherwell were relegated.

Table※

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification/relegation
1	Aberdeen (C)	36	25	7	4	78	21	+57	57	Qualification for the: European Cup first round
2	Celtic	36	21	8	7	80	41	+39	50	Qualification for the——Cup Winners' Cup first round
3	Dundee United	36	18	11	7	67	39	+28	47	Qualification for the UEFA Cup first round
4	Rangers	36	15	12	9	53	41	+12	42
5	Heart of Midlothian	36	10	16	10	38	47	−9	36
6	St Mirren	36	9	14	13	55	59	−4	32
7	Hibernian	36	12	7	17	45	55	−10	31
8	Dundee	36	11	5	20	50	74	−24	27
9	St Johnstone (R)	36	10	3	23	36	81	−45	23	Relegation——to the 1984–85 Scottish First Division
10	Motherwell (R)	36	4	7	25	31	75	−44	15	Relegation——to the 1984–85 Scottish First Division

Source: Statto
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) Champions; (R) Relegated

Results※

Matches 1–18※

During matches 1–18 each team plays every other team twice (home and away).

Home \ Away	ABE	CEL	DND	DNU	HOM	HIB	MOT	RAN	STJ	STM
Aberdeen		3–1	3–0	1–2	2–0	2–1	3–1	3–0	5–0	5–0
Celtic	0–0		1–0	1–1	1–1	5–1	4–0	2–1	5–2	1–1
Dundee	1–3	2–6		1–4	1–2	0–3	2–0	3–2	0–1	2–2
Dundee United	0–2	2–1	0–1		1–0	5–0	4–0	0–2	7–0	2–0
Heart of Midlothian	0–2	1–3	1–3	0–0		3–2	0–0	3–1	2–0	2–2
Hibernian	2–1	0–2	2–1	0–2	1–1		2–1	0–2	4–1	3–1
Motherwell	1–1	0–3	1–3	2–2	1–1	1–2		0–3	0–1	0–0
Rangers	0–2	1–2	2–1	0–0	3–0	1–0	1–2		6–3	1–1
St Johnstone	0–5	0–3	0–2	1–2	0–1	0–3	3–1	0–1		3–2
St Mirren	0–3	4–2	0–0	4–0	0–1	2–1	1–1	3–0	1–2

Source:
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Matches 19–36※

During matches 19–36 each team plays every other team twice (home and away).

Home \ Away	ABE	CEL	DND	DNU	HOM	HIB	MOT	RAN	STJ	STM
Aberdeen		1–0	5–2	5–1	1–1	2–2	2–1	0–0	1–0	2–0
Celtic	1–0		3–0	1–1	4–1	3–2	4–2	3–0	5–2	2–0
Dundee	0–1	3–2		2–5	4–1	1–2	1–0	1–3	2–0	2–5
Dundee United	0–0	3–1	1–1		3–1	2–0	2–1	1–2	3–0	2–2
Heart of Midlothian	0–1	1–1	1–1	0–0		1–1	2–1	2–2	2–2	2–1
Hibernian	0–2	0–1	3–1	1–0	0–0		1–2	0–0	1–2	1–1
Motherwell	0–4	2–2	2–4	1–3	0–1	2–3		0–3	1–0	1–0
Rangers	1–1	1–0	2–2	2–2	0–0	0–0	2–1		2–0	1–1
St Johnstone	0–2	0–0	1–0	1–2	1–2	1–0	3–1	1–4		4–2
St Mirren	3–2	2–4	4–0	2–2	1–1	3–1	2–1	1–1	1–1

Source:
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

References※

1983–84 Scottish Premier Division – Statto

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v t e 1983–84 in Scottish football
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Domestic leagues	Football League Premier Division First Division Second Division Highland League
Domestic cups	Scottish Cup Final League Cup Final Junior Cup Tennent's Sixes
European competitions	European Cup European Cup Winners' Cup UEFA Cup European Super Cup
Related——to national team	Results Euro 1984 qualifying (Group 1) British Home Championship
Club seasons
Premier Division	Aberdeen Celtic Dundee Dundee United Heart of Midlothian Hibernian Motherwell Rangers St. Johnstone St. Mirren
First Division	Airdrieonians Alloa Athletic Ayr United Brechin City Clyde Clydebank Dumbarton Falkirk Hamilton Academical Kilmarnock Meadowbank Thistle Morton Partick Thistle Raith Rovers
Second Division	Albion Rovers Arbroath Berwick Rangers Cowdenbeath Dunfermline Athletic East Fife East Stirlingshire Forfar Athletic Montrose Queen's Park Queen of the South Stenhousemuir Stirling Albion Stranraer

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