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1981–82 Aberdeen F.C. season

Field	Value
club	Aberdeen
season	1981–82
manager	Alex Ferguson
mgrtitle	Manager
chairman	Dick Donald
chrtitle	Chairman
league	Scottish Premier Division
league result	2nd place
cup1	Scottish Cup
cup1 result	Winners
cup2	Scottish League Cup
cup2 result	Semi-final
cup3	UEFA Cup
cup3 result	3rd round
league topscorer	John Hewitt (11)
season topscorer	Gordon Strachan (20)
highest attendance	24,000 (3 times) vs. Ipswich Town, 30 September 1981
vs. SV Hamburg, 25 November 1981
vs. Celtic, 13 February 1982
lowest attendance	6,000 (vs Partick Thistle, 3 May 1982)
average attendance	12,883
prevseason	1980–81
nextseason	1982–83

vs. SV Hamburg, 25 November 1981 vs. Celtic, 13 February 1982

Aberdeen competed in the Scottish Premier Division, Scottish Cup, League Cup and UEFA Cup in season 1981–82.

They finished second in the Scottish Premier Division and won the Scottish Cup for the first time since 1970. In Europe, they reached the third round of the UEFA Cup, their longest run in European competition, after knocking out the holders, Ipswich Town.

Peter Weir became the most expensive player in Scottish football when he was signed from St Mirren for £300,000.

Results

Scottish Premier Division

Main article: 1981–82 Scottish Premier Division

Match Day	Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Aberdeen Scorer(s)	Attendance
1.	29 August	Dundee United	A	1–4	McLeish	10,598
2.	5 September	Celtic	H	1–3	Strachan	18,825
3.	12 September	Partick Thistle	A	2–0	McCall, Cowan	3,606
4.	19 September	Hibernian	H	1–0	Simpson	10,852
5.	26 September	Airdrieonians	A	4–0	McLeish, Hewitt, Weir (2)	3,000
6.	3 October	Morton	H	2–0	Rougvie, Watson	11,007
7.	10 October	Rangers	A	0–0		28,000
8.	17 October	St Mirren	A	2–1	Watson (2)	6,870
9.	24 October	Dundee	H	2–1	Rougvie, McCall	11,506
10.	31 October	Dundee United	H	1–1	Black	11,035
11.	7 November	Celtic	A	1–2	Strachan	29,326
12.	14 November	Partick Thistle	H	2–1	Watson, Harrow	11,193
13.	21 November	Hibernian	A	1–1	Simpson	7,600
14.	28 November	Airdrieonians	H	0–0		8,030
15.	5 December	Morton	A	1–2	Hewitt	3,102
16.	30 January	Celtic	H	1–3	McMaster	20,000
17.	3 February	Partick Thistle	A	0–0		2,317
18.	6 February	Morton	H	0–0		7,217
19.	20 February	Airdrieonians	A	3–0	Hewitt, McGhee (2)	3,500
20.	27 February	Dundee	H	0–0		8,961
21.	10 March	Hibernian	H	3–1	Strachan, Cooper, Jarvie	8,691
22.	13 March	Rangers	A	3–1	Cooper, Cowan, Watson	31,305
23.	17 March	Dundee	A	3–0	Cowan, Simpson, Hewitt	6,126
24.	20 March	Dundee United	H	2–1	Hewitt, McLeish	12,056
25.	27 March	Celtic	A	1–0	Kennedy	30,000
26.	10 April	Hibernian	A	3–0	Strachan, McGhee, Jarvie	8,000
27.	14 April	St Mirren	H	4–1	Rougvie (2), Strachan, Simpson	12,119
28.	17 April	Morton	A	1–2	McGhee	3,000
29.	21 April	Rangers	H	3–1	McGhee, Rougvie, Black	15,700
30.	24 April	Airdrieonians	H	2–0	McGhee, Black	8,000
31.	1 May	Dundee	A	5–0	McLeish, Harrow, Bell, McCall, Glennie	6,415
32.	3 May	Partick Thistle	H	3–1	McCall, Hewitt, Watson	6,000
33.	5 May	Dundee United	A	2–1	Hewitt (2)	6,587
34.	7 May	St Mirren	H	5–1	Strachan (2), Cooper, McGhee (2)	9,000
35.	12 May	St Mirren	A	2–0	Rougvie, McLeish	3,942
36.	15 May	Rangers	H	4–0	Hewitt (3), Jackson	18,000

Final standings

Scottish League Cup

Main article: 1981–82 Scottish League Cup

Group stage

Round	Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Aberdeen Scorer(s)	Attendance
G3	8 August	Kilmarnock	H	3–0	Kennedy, McGhee (2)	9,000
G3	12 August	Heart of Midlothian	A	0–1		10,500
G3	15 August	Airdrieonians	H	3–0	Strachan, Hewitt, Weir	7,000
G3	19 August	Heart of Midlothian	H	3–0	Strachan, Hewitt, Bell	8,600
G3	22 August	Kilmarnock	A	3–0	Strachan (2), McGhee	3,100
G3	26 August	Airdrieonians	A	0–0		3,000

Group 3 final table

Knockout stage

Round	Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Aberdeen Scorer(s)	Attendance
QF L1	2 September	Berwick Rangers	H	5–0	Cooper, Strachan (2), Bell, McCall	6,500
QF L2	23 September	Berwick Rangers	A	3–0	McGhee, McMaster, Harrow	1,200
SF L1	10 October	Dundee United	A	1–0	Weir	13,100
SF L2	28 October	Dundee United	H	0–3		12,837

Scottish Cup

Main article: 1981–82 Scottish Cup

Round	Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Aberdeen Scorer(s)	Attendance
R3	23 January	Motherwell	A	1–0	Hewitt	12,679
R4	13 February	Celtic	H	1–0	Hewitt	24,000
QF	6 March	Kilmarnock	H	4–2	Strachan (2), McGhee, Simpson	12,000
SF	3 April	St Mirren	N	1–1	Strachan	16,782
SF R	7 April	St Mirren	N	3–2	McGhee, Simpson, Weir	15,663
F	22 May	Rangers	N	4–1	Strachan, McGhee, McLeish, Cooper	53,788

UEFA Cup

Main article: 1981–82 UEFA Cup

Round	Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Aberdeen Scorer(s)	Attendance
R1 L1	16 September	ENG Ipswich Town	A	1–1	Hewitt	18,535
R1 L2	30 September	ENG Ipswich Town	H	3–1	Strachan, Weir (2)	24,000
R2 L1	21 October	ROM FC Argeş Piteşti	H	3–0	Strachan, Weir, Hewitt	22,000
R2 L2	4 November	ROM FC Argeş Piteşti	A	2–2	Strachan, Hewitt	8,760
R3 L1	25 November	West Germany SV Hamburg	H	3–2	Watson, Black, Hewitt	24,000
R3 L2	9 December	West Germany SV Hamburg	A	1–3	McGhee	45,000

Squad

Appearances & Goals

References

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