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1983–84 Aberdeen F.C. season

Field	Value
club	Aberdeen F.C.
season	1983–84
manager	Alex Ferguson
chairman	Dick Donald
league	Scottish Premier Division
league result	1st (Champions)
cup1	Scottish Cup
cup1 result	Winners
cup2	Scottish League Cup
cup2 result	Semi-final
cup3	UEFA Cup Winners' Cup
cup3 result	Semi-final
cup4	UEFA Super Cup
cup4 result	Winners
league topscorer	Mark McGhee
Gordon Strachan (13 each)
season topscorer	Mark McGhee (24)
highest attendance	23,000 (vs Celtic, 4 February 1984)
lowest attendance	9,650 (vs Raith Rovers, 24 August 1983)
average attendance	17,220
prevseason	1982–83
nextseason	1984–85

Gordon Strachan (13 each)

Aberdeen competed in the Scottish Premier Division, Scottish Cup, League Cup and European Cup Winners' Cup in season 1983–84. They won their third Scottish League championship, won the Scottish Cup for the third successive year and won the 1983 European Super Cup. They also reached the semi-finals of both the League Cup and the European Cup Winners' Cup.

Results

Scottish Premier Division

Main article: 1983–84 Scottish Premier Division

Match Day	Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Aberdeen Scorer(s)	Attendance
1.	20 August	Dundee	H	3–0	Strachan, Hewitt, McGeachie	14,304
2.	3 September	St Johnstone	H	5–0	Miller, Stark, Black (2), McGhee	12,400
3.	10 September	Motherwell	A	1–1	McGhee	6,217
4.	17 September	Rangers	A	2–0	McGhee (2)	27,500
5.	24 September	Dundee United	H	1–2	Strachan	21,100
6.	1 October	Heart of Midlothian	A	2–0	Weir (2)	18,200
7.	8 October	St Mirren	H	5–0	Miller, Stark (2), McGhee, Falconer	13,300
8.	15 October	Hibernian	A	1–2	Rougvie	7,000
9.	22 October	Celtic	H	3–1	McLeish, Strachan, Hewitt	22,800
10.	29 October	Dundee	A	3–1	Strachan, Bell, Weir	7,849
11.	5 November	St Johnstone	A	5–0	Strachan, Hewitt (3), Weir	6,074
12.	12 November	Rangers	H	3–0	Simpson, Hewitt, Porteous	22,800
13.	19 November	Heart of Midlothian	H	2–0	Rougvie, Simpson	19,800
14.	26 November	Dundee United	A	2–0	Strachan, Bell	16,902
15.	3 December	Motherwell	H	3–1	Strachan, Falconer, McGhee	17,700
16.	10 December	Celtic	A	0–0		25,867
17.	17 December	Hibernian	H	2–1	McGhee, Blackley	14,000
18.	24 December	St Mirren	A	3–0	McLeish, McGhee, Bell	6,654
19.	31 December	Dundee	H	5–2	Strachan (2), Hewitt, Weir, McKinlay	18,250
20.	7 January	Rangers	A	1–1	Hewitt	37,500
21.	4 February	Celtic	H	1–0	Hewitt	23,000
22.	11 February	Motherwell	A	4–0	Strachan (2), Hewitt, Black	6,051
23.	25 February	Hibernian	A	2–0	Black, McGhee	8,500
24.	3 March	St Mirren	H	2–0	Strachan, Hewitt	14,500
25.	31 March	Celtic	A	0–1		19,193
26.	2 April	Heart of Midlothian	H	1–1	Porteous	16,240
27.	7 April	Motherwell	H	2–1	Strachan, McGhee	15,500
28.	18 April	Dundee United	H	5–1	Rougvie (2), Black, McGhee (2)	19,562
29.	21 April	St Johnstone	A	2–0	Stark, McGhee	6,197
30.	28 April	Dundee	A	1–0	Black	6,663
31.	30 April	St Johnstone	H	1–0	Hewitt	11,500
32.	2 May	Heart of Midlothian	A	1–0	McKimmie	14,000
33.	5 May	Hibernian	H	2–2	Porteous, Stark	17,000
34.	7 May	Dundee United	A	0–0		7,990
35.	9 May	Rangers	H	0–0		16,200
36.	12 May	St Mirren	A	2–3	Stark, Money	3,450

Final standings

Scottish League Cup

Main article: 1983–84 Scottish League Cup

Second round

Round	Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Aberdeen Scorer(s)	Attendance
R2 L1	24 August	Raith Rovers	H	9–0	Porteous, Stark (3), Black (4), Hewitt	9,650
R2 L2	27 August	Raith Rovers	A	3–0	Stark, Hewitt (2)	3,000

Group stage

Round	Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Aberdeen Scorer(s)	Attendance
G3	31 August	Meadowbank Thistle	H	4–0	Black, Stark, McGhee (2)	10,000
G3	7 September	St Johnstone	A	1–0	Miller	5,100
G3	5 October	Dundee	H	0–0		13,200
G3	26 October	St Johnstone	H	1–0	Simpson	12,700
G3	9 November	Meadowbank Thistle	A	3–1	Hewitt, Porteous, Own goal	2,700
G3	30 November	Dundee	A	2–1	McGhee, Bell	11,019

Group 3 Final table

Knockout stage

Round	Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Aberdeen Scorer(s)	Attendance
SF L1	22 February	Celtic	H	0–0		20,074
SF L2	10 March	Celtic	A	0–1		41,169

Scottish Cup

Main article: 1983–84 Scottish Cup

Aberdeen won the Scottish Cup for the third successive season after beating Celtic in the final at Hampden Park in May 1984.

Round	Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Aberdeen Scorer(s)	Attendance
R3	13 February	Kilmarnock	H	1–1	Weir	15,000
R3 R	15 February	Kilmarnock	A	3–1	Miller, Strachan, Weir	9,580
R4	18 February	Clyde	A	2–0	Cooper, Angus	5,800
R5	17 March	Dundee United	H	0–0		22,000
R5 R	28 March	Dundee United	A	1–0	McGhee	16,094
SF	14 April	Dundee	N	2–0	Strachan, Porteous	17,654
F	19 May	Celtic	N	2–1	McGhee, Black	58,900

European Cup Winners' Cup

Main article: 1983–84 European Cup Winners' Cup

After winning the trophy the previous season, Aberdeen qualified for the 1983–84 European Cup Winners' Cup as holders.

Round	Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Aberdeen Scorer(s)	Attendance
R1 L1	14 September	ISL Akranes	A	2–1	McGhee (2)	5,500
R1 L2	28 September	ISL Akranes	H	1–1	Strachan	12,500
R2 L1	19 October	BEL Beveren	A	0–0		21,000
R2 L2	2 November	BEL Beveren	H	4–1	Simpson, Strachan (2), Weir	22,500
QF L1	7 March	HUN Újpest Dozsa	A	0–2		29,000
QF L2	21 March	HUN Újpest Dozsa	H	3–0	McGhee (3)	22,800
SF L1	11 April	POR Porto	A	0–1		65,000
SF L2	25 April	POR Porto	H	0–1		23,000

European Super Cup

Main article: 1983 European Super Cup

After winning the UEFA Cup Winners' Cup in the previous season, Aberdeen qualified to play the European Champions' Cup winners from 1983, Hamburger SV, in the Super Cup. Aberdeen won the game 2–0 on aggregate.

Round	Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Aberdeen Scorer(s)	Attendance
L1	22 November	West Germany Hamburger SV	A	0–0		15,000
L2	20 December	West Germany Hamburger SV	H	2–0	Simpson, McGhee	22,500

Squad

Appearances & Goals

References

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