1982–83 Dundee United F.C. season

Dundee United 1982–83 football season

Dundee United
1982–83 season
Manager	Jim McLean
Scottish Premier Division	1st (European Cup) W24 D8 L4 F90 A35 P56
Scottish Cup	3rd Round
League Cup	Semi-final
UEFA Europa League	Quarter-final
← 1981–82 1983–84 →

The 1982–83 season was the 74th year of football played by Dundee United, and covers the period from 1 July 1982 to 30 June 1983. The team won the Scottish league championship for the first and only time, securing European Cup football for the following season.^[1]

Match results

Dundee United played a total of 55 competitive matches during the 1982–83 season.^[2]

Legend

Win

Draw

Loss

All results are written with Dundee United's score first. Own goals in italics

Premier Division

Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Scorers
4 September 1982	Aberdeen	H	2–0	11,683	Malpas, Dodds
11 September 1982	Rangers	A	0–0	22,725
18 September 1982	Hibernian	A	0–0	5,562
25 September 1982	St Mirren	H	3–0	6,832	Sturrock (2), Milne
2 October 1982	Celtic	H	2–2	20,009	Dodds, Milne
9 October 1982	Kilmarnock	A	1–1	2,446	Milne (penalty)
16 October 1982	Greenock Morton	H	6–0	5,986	Dodds (3), Narey (2), Kirkwood
23 October 1982	Motherwell	A	2–0	4,455	Narey, Kirkwood
30 October 1982	Dundee	H	1–0	14,959	Dodds
6 November 1982	Aberdeen	A	1–5	13,958	Gough
13 November 1982	Rangers	H	4–2	16,470	Milne (2), Dodds, Gough
20 November 1982	Hibernian	H	3–0	7,374	Bannon, Reilly, Dodds
27 November 1982	St Mirren	A	2–0	16,972	Bannon, Dodds
11 December 1982	Kilmarnock	H	7–0	7,259	Reilly (2), Dodds (2), Bannon, Narey, Milne
18 December 1982	Greenock Morton	A	2–1	1,987	Reilly, Sturrock
27 December 1982	Motherwell	H	5–0	7,682	Milne, Bannon (penalty), Reilly, Hegarty, Sturrock
1 January 1983	Dundee	A	2–0	18,109	Milne (2)
3 January 1983	Aberdeen	H	0–3	17,831	Dodds (2)
8 January 1983	Rangers	A	1–2	15,434	Reilly
15 January 1983	Hibernian	A	0–0	5,043
22 January 1983	St Mirren	H	3–2	6,714	Dodds (2), Kirkwood
5 February 1983	Celtic	H	1–1	17,289	Dodds
12 February 1983	Kilmarnock	A	5–0	1,834	Holt (3), Bannon, Dodds
26 February 1983	Greenock Morton	H	1–1	5,986	Gough
5 March 1983	Motherwell	A	4–1	3,589	Gough (2), Dodds, Milne
12 March 1983	Dundee	H	5–3	13,448	Gough (2), Reilly, Hegarty, Dodds
19 March 1983	Aberdeen	A	2–1	23,001	Milne (2)
26 March 1983	Hibernian	H	3–3	7,279	Dodds, Britton, Gough
2 April 1983	Rangers	H	3–1	14,151	Sturrock (2), Milne
6 April 1983	Celtic	A	0–2	34,508
9 April 1983	St Mirren	A	2–1	4,617	Bannon (penalty), Sturrock
20 April 1983	Celtic	A	3–2	23,965	Hegarty, Bannon (penalty), Milne
23 April 1983	Kilmarnock	H	4–0	7,516	Stark (2), Holt, Sturrock
30 April 1983	Greenock Morton	A	4–0	6,920	Dodds (2), Narey, Milne
7 May 1983	Motherwell	H	4–0	11,933	Bannon (2 including 1 penalty), Dodds (2)
14 May 1983	Dundee	A	2–1	29,106	Milne, Bannon

Scottish Cup

Date	Rd	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Scorers
29 January 1983	R1	St Mirren	A	0–1	7,020

League Cup

Date	Rd	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Scorers
14 August 1982	G4	St Johnstone	H	3–0	7,001	Kirkwood, Dodds, Sturrock
18 August 1982	G4	Falkirk	A	4–0	2,128	Narey, Sturrock, Malpas, Milne
21 August 1982	G4	Raith Rovers	H	5–1	5,039	Narey (2), Payne, Britton, Milne
25 August 1982	G4	Falkirk	H	4–0	4,391	Dodds (2), Sturrock, Payne
28 August 1982	G4	St Johnstone	A	3–0	4,092	Dodds, Bannon, Kirkwood
1 September 1982	G4	Raith Rovers	A	3–1	1,934	Bannon, Dodds, Sturrock
22 September 1982	QF 1	Aberdeen	A	3–1	14,292	Gough, Bannon, Kirkwood
6 October 1982	QF 2	Aberdeen	H	1–0	11,753	Sturrock
27 October 1982	SF 1	Celtic	A	0–2	19,149
10 November 1982	SF 2	Celtic	H	2–1	15,522	Sturrock

UEFA Cup

Date	Rd	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Scorers
15 September 1982	R1 1	PSV Eindhoven	H	1–1	13,223	Dodds
29 September 1982	R1 2	PSV Eindhoven	A	2–0	12,500	Kirkwood, Hegarty
20 October 1982	R2 1	Viking FK	A	3–1	8,890	Milne (2 including penalty), Sturrock
2 November 1982	R2 2	Viking FK	H	0–0	10,611
24 November 1982	R3 1	SV Werder Bremen	H	2–1	10,827	Milne, Narey
8 December 1982	R3 2	SV Werder Bremen	A	1–1	37,500	Hegarty
2 March 1983	QF 1	Bohemians	A	0–1	16,000
16 March 1983	QF 2	Bohemians	H	0–0	21,336

League table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Dundee United (C)	36	24	8	4	90	35	+55	56	Qualification for the European Cup first round
2	Celtic	36	25	5	6	90	36	+54	55	Qualification for the UEFA Cup first round
3	Aberdeen	36	25	5	6	76	25	+51	55	Qualification for the Cup Winners' Cup first round
4	Rangers	36	13	12	11	53	41	+12	38	Qualification for the Cup Winners' Cup first round
5	St Mirren	36	11	12	13	47	51	−4	34	Qualification for the UEFA Cup first round

Source: Statto
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) Champions

References

^ Winton, Richard (28 December 2020). "Clocks, bridies & Jim McLean's pyjamas – Dundee Utd's 1983 title win". BBC Sport. Retrieved 28 December 2020.
^ "Match results 1982/1983". Arab Archive. Retrieved 14 November 2016.

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