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1982–83 Aberdeen F.C. season

Field	Value
club	Aberdeen F.C.
season	1982–83
manager	Alex Ferguson
chairman	Dick Donald
league	Scottish Premier Division
league result	3rd
cup1	Scottish Cup
cup1 result	Winners
cup2	Scottish League Cup
cup2 result	Quarter-final
cup3	UEFA Cup Winners' Cup
cup3 result	Winners
league topscorer	Mark McGhee (16)
season topscorer	Mark McGhee (27)
highest attendance	24,500 (vs Waterschei, 6 April 1983)
lowest attendance	6,500 (vs Dumbarton, 21 August 1982)
average attendance	15,700
prevseason	1981–82
nextseason	1983–84

Aberdeen 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.

Results

Friendlies

In late July/early August 1982, Aberdeen played three games against Highland League opposition. On 7 August, 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	ENG Ipswich Town	H	0–1		8,200

Scottish Premier Division

Main article: 1982–83 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 (33)	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	A	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 standings

Scottish League Cup

Main article: 1982–83 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

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: 1982–83 Scottish Cup

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	SUI Sion	H	7–0	Kennedy, Simpson, Strachan, Black, McGhee, Hewitt, Balet (o.g.)	13,000
P L2	1 September	SUI Sion	A	4–1	Miller, McGhee (2), Hewitt	2,400
R1 L1	15 September	ALB Dinamo Tirana	H	1–0	Hewitt	15,000
R1 L2	29 September	ALB Dinamo Tirana	A	0–0		20,000
R2 L1	20 October	POL Lech Poznań	H	2–0	McGhee, Weir	17,600
R2 L2	3 November	POL Lech Poznań	A	1–0	Bell	30,000
QF L1	2 March	West Germany FC Bayern Munich	A	0–0		35,000
QF L2	16 March	West Germany FC Bayern Munich	H	3–2	Simpson, McLeish, Hewitt	24,000
SF L1	6 April	BEL Waterschei	H	5–1	Simpson, McGhee (2), Weir, Black	24,500
SF L2	19 April	BEL Waterschei	A	0–1		15,000
F	11 May	ESP Real Madrid	N	2–1	Black, Hewitt	17,800

Squad

Appearances & Goals

References

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