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1982–83 in Scottish football

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Field	Value
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header1	Premier Division champions
data2	Dundee United
header3	Division One champions
data4	St Johnstone
header5	Division Two champions
data6	Brechin City
header7	Scottish Cup winners
data8	Aberdeen
header9	League Cup winners
data10	Celtic
header11	Junior Cup winners
data12	East Kilbride Thistle
header13	Teams in Europe
data14	Aberdeen, Celtic, Dundee United, Rangers
header15	Scotland national team
data16	[1983 BHC](1983-british-home-championship), UEFA Euro 1984 qualifying
data17	← [1981–82](1981-82-in-scottish-football) [1983–84](1983-84-in-scottish-football) →

The 1982–83 season was the 86th season of competitive football in Scotland.

Overview

In a tightly fought contest Dundee United won their maiden Scottish league title. The league remained undecided until the last day of the season with Aberdeen, Celtic and Dundee United in contention. On the final day Celtic beat Rangers 4–2 and Aberdeen beat Hibernian 5–0, Dundee United held their nerve to win a historic first championship after beating local rivals Dundee 2–1 at Dens Park.

Scottish League Premier Division

Main article: 1982–83 Scottish Premier Division

Champions: Dundee United

Relegated: Morton, Kilmarnock

Scottish League Division One

Main article: 1982–83 Scottish First Division

Promoted: St. Johnstone, Hearts

Relegated: Dunfermline Athletic, Queen's Park

Scottish League Division Two

Main article: 1982–83 Scottish Second Division

Promoted: Brechin City, Meadowbank Thistle

Other honours

Cup honours

Competition	Winner	Score	Runner-up	Report
[Scottish Cup 1982–83](1982-83-scottish-cup)	Aberdeen	1–0	Rangers	[Wikipedia article](1983-scottish-cup-final)
[League Cup 1982–83](1982-83-scottish-league-cup)	Celtic	2–1	Rangers
Junior Cup	East Kilbride Thistle	2–0	Bo'ness United

Individual honours

Award	Winner	Club
Footballer of the Year	SCO Charlie Nicholas	Celtic
Players' Player of the Year	SCO Charlie Nicholas	Celtic
Young Player of the Year	SCO Paul McStay	Celtic

Scottish national team

Main article: Scotland national football team 1980–99 results

Date	Venue	Opponents	Score	Competition	Scotland scorer(s)
13 October 1982	Hampden Park, Glasgow (H)	East Germany East Germany	2–0	ECQG1	John Wark, Graeme Souness
17 November 1982	Wankdorf Stadion, Bern (A)	Switzerland Switzerland	0–2	ECQG1
15 December 1982	Heysel Stadion, Brussels (A)	Belgium Belgium	2–3	ECQG1	Kenny Dalglish (2)
30 March 1983	Hampden Park, Glasgow (H)	Switzerland Switzerland	2–2	ECQG1	John Wark, Charlie Nicholas
24 May 1983	Hampden Park, Glasgow (H)	Northern Ireland Northern Ireland	0–0	[BHC](1983-british-home-championship)
28 May 1983	Ninian Park, Cardiff (A)	Wales Wales	2–0	[BHC](1983-british-home-championship)	Andy Gray, Alan Brazil
1 June 1983	Wembley Stadium, London (A)	ENG England	0–2	[BHC](1983-british-home-championship)
12 June 1983	Empire Stadium, Vancouver (A)	Canada Canada	2–0	Friendly	Gordon Strachan (pen.), Mark McGhee
16 June 1983	Commonwealth Stadium, Edmonton (A)	Canada Canada	3–0	Friendly	Charlie Nicholas, Richard Gough, Graeme Souness
19 June 1983	Varsity Stadium, Toronto (A)	Canada Canada	2–0	Friendly	Andy Gray (2)

Key:

(H) = Home match
(A) = Away match
ECQG1 = European Championship qualifying – Group 1
BHC = British Home Championship

References

"1982/83 - the Scottish Football League".
Scotland's score is shown first.

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