1982–83 Scottish Premier Division

Scottish Premier Division
Season	1982–83
Champions	Dundee United
Relegated	Morton Kilmarnock
European Cup	Dundee United
Cup Winners' Cup	Aberdeen Rangers
UEFA Cup	Celtic St Mirren
Matches played	180
Goals scored	529 (2.94 per match)
Top goalscorer	Charlie Nicholas (29)
Biggest home win	Hibernian 8–1 Kilmarnock
Biggest away win	Motherwell 0–7 Celtic
← 1981–82 1983–84 →

The 1982–83 Scottish Premier Division season was won by Dundee United, one point ahead of Celtic and Aberdeen. Greenock Morton and Kilmarnock were relegated.

Dundee United clinched the league championship with a 2–1 win in a Dundee derby against Dundee at Dens Park on the final day of the season.^[1]

Table


Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Dundee United !Dundee United (C)	36	24	8	4	90	35	+55	56	1983–84 European Cup First round
2	Celtic !Celtic	36	25	5	6	90	36	+54	55	1983–84 UEFA Cup First round
3	Aberdeen !Aberdeen	36	25	5	6	76	25	+51	55	1983–84 European Cup Winners' Cup First round
4	Rangers !Rangers	36	13	12	11	53	41	+12	38	1983–84 European Cup Winners' Cup First round
5	St Mirren !St Mirren	36	11	12	13	47	51	−4	34	1983–84 UEFA Cup First round
6	Dundee !Dundee	36	9	11	16	42	53	−11	29
7	Hibernian !Hibernian	36	7	15	14	35	51	−16	29
8	Motherwell !Motherwell	36	11	5	20	39	73	−34	27
9	Morton !Morton (R)	36	6	8	22	36	81	−45	20	Relegation to First Division
10	Kilmarnock !Kilmarnock (R)	36	3	11	22	28	91	−63	17	Relegation to First Division

Source: Statto
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored
(C) = Champion; (R) = Relegated; (P) = Promoted; (E) = Eliminated; (O) = Play-off winner; (A) = Advances to a further round.
Only applicable when the season is not finished:
(Q) = Qualified to the phase of tournament indicated; (TQ) = Qualified to tournament, but not yet to the particular phase indicated; (RQ) = Qualified to the relegation tournament indicated; (DQ) = Disqualified from tournament.

References

↑ Aitken, Mike (18 May 2013). "From the archive: Dundee United clinch first league title". The Scotsman (Johnston Publishing). Retrieved 20 December 2013.

External links

1982–83 Scottish Premier Division – Statto

Top division football seasons in Scotland

Football League	1890–91 1891–92 1892–93

Division One	1893–94 1894–95 1895–96 1896–97 1897–98 1898–99 1899–1900 1900–01 1901–02 1902–03 1903–04 1904–05 1905–06 1906–07 1907–08 1908–09 1909–10 1910–11 1911–12 1912–13 1913–14 1914–15 1915–16 1916–17 1917–18 1918–19 1919–20 1920–21 1921–22 1922–23 1923–24 1924–25 1925–26 1926–27 1927–28 1928–29 1929–30 1930–31 1931–32 1932–33 1933–34 1934–35 1935–36 1936–37 1937–38 1938–39 1939–40 1940–41 1941–42 1942–43 1943–44 1944–45 1945–46 1946–47 1947–48 1948–49 1949–50 1950–51 1951–52 1952–53 1953–54 1954–55 1955–56 1956–57 1957–58 1958–59 1959–60 1960–61 1961–62 1962–63 1963–64 1964–65 1965–66 1966–67 1967–68 1968–69 1969–70 1970–71 1971–72 1972–73 1973–74 1974–75

Premier Division	1975–76 1976–77 1977–78 1978–79 1979–80 1980–81 1981–82 1982–83 1983–84 1984–85 1985–86 1986–87 1987–88 1988–89 1989–90 1990–91 1991–92 1992–93 1993–94 1994–95 1995–96 1996–97 1997–98

Premier League	1998–99 1999–2000 2000–01 2001–02 2002–03 2003–04 2004–05 2005–06 2006–07 2007–08 2008–09 2009–10 2010–11 2011–12 2012–13

Premiership	2013–14 2014–15 2015–16

1982–83 in European football (UEFA)

« 1981–82 1983–84 »

Domestic leagues	Albania Austria Belgium Bulgaria Cyprus Czechoslovakia Denmark '82 '83 England Estonia '82 '83 Faroe Islands '82 '83 Finland '82 '83 France East Germany West Germany Greece Hungary Iceland '82 '83 Israel Italy Latvia '82 '83 Lithuania '82 '83 Luxembourg Malta Netherlands Northern Ireland Norway '82 '83 Poland Portugal Republic of Ireland Romania Scotland Soviet Union '82 '83 Spain Sweden '82 '83 Switzerland Turkey Yugoslavia

Domestic cups	Albania Austria Belgium Bulgaria Cyprus Czechoslovakia Denmark England Faroe Islands '82 '83 Finland '82 '83 France East Germany West Germany Greece Hungary Iceland '82 '83 Israel Italy Liechtenstein Luxembourg Malta Netherlands Northern Ireland Norway '82 '83 Poland Portugal Republic of Ireland Romania San Marino Scotland Soviet Union Spain Sweden Switzerland Turkey Wales Yugoslavia

League cups	England Republic of Ireland Scotland Spain

UEFA competitions	European Cup (Final) Cup Winners' Cup (Final) UEFA Cup (Final) Intertoto Cup Super Cup

1982–83 in Scottish football

« 1981–82 1983–84 »

Domestic leagues	Football League Premier Division First Division Second Division Highland League

Domestic cups	Scottish Cup (Final) League Cup (Final) Junior Cup

European competitions	European Cup European Cup Winners' Cup (Final) UEFA Cup

Related to national team	Results Euro 1984 qualifying (Group 1) British Home Championship

Club seasons

Premier Division	Aberdeen Celtic Dundee Dundee United Hibernian Kilmarnock Morton Motherwell Rangers St. Mirren

First Division	Airdrieonians Alloa Athletic Ayr United Clyde Clydebank Dunfermline Athletic Dumbarton Falkirk Hamilton Academical Heart of Midlothian Partick Thistle Queen's Park Raith Rovers St. Johnstone

Second Division	Albion Rovers Arbroath Berwick Rangers Brechin City Cowdenbeath East Fife East Stirlingshire Forfar Athletic Meadowbank Thistle Montrose Queen of the South Stenhousemuir Stirling Albion Stranraer

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