1983–84 Scottish Premier Division

The 1983–84 Scottish Premier Division season was won by Aberdeen, seven points ahead of Celtic. St Johnstone and Motherwell were relegated.

ChampionsAberdeen
2nd Premier Division title
3rd Scottish title

Quick facts Season, Champions ...

Scottish Premier Division
Season	1983–84
Champions	Aberdeen 2nd Premier Division title 3rd Scottish title
Relegated	St Johnstone Motherwell
European Cup	Aberdeen
UEFA Cup	Dundee United Rangers Heart of Midlothian
Cup Winners' Cup	Celtic
Matches	180
Goals	533 (2.96 per match)
Top goalscorer	Brian McClair (23)
Biggest home win	Dundee United 7–0 St Johnstone
Biggest away win	St Johnstone 0–5 Aberdeen
← 1982–83 1984–85 →

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More information Pos, Team ...

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Aberdeen (C)	36	25	7	4	78	21	+57	57	Qualification for the European Cup first round
2	Celtic	36	21	8	7	80	41	+39	50	Qualification for the Cup Winners' Cup first round
3	Dundee United	36	18	11	7	67	39	+28	47	Qualification for the UEFA Cup first round
4	Rangers	36	15	12	9	53	41	+12	42
5	Heart of Midlothian	36	10	16	10	38	47	−9	36
6	St Mirren	36	9	14	13	55	59	−4	32
7	Hibernian	36	12	7	17	45	55	−10	31
8	Dundee	36	11	5	20	50	74	−24	27
9	St Johnstone (R)	36	10	3	23	36	81	−45	23	Relegation to the 1984–85 Scottish First Division
10	Motherwell (R)	36	4	7	25	31	75	−44	15	Relegation to the 1984–85 Scottish First Division

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

During matches 1–18 each team plays every other team twice (home and away).

More information Home \ Away, ABE ...

Home \ Away	ABE	CEL	DND	DNU	HOM	HIB	MOT	RAN	STJ	STM
Aberdeen		3–1	3–0	1–2	2–0	2–1	3–1	3–0	5–0	5–0
Celtic	0–0		1–0	1–1	1–1	5–1	4–0	2–1	5–2	1–1
Dundee	1–3	2–6		1–4	1–2	0–3	2–0	3–2	0–1	2–2
Dundee United	0–2	2–1	0–1		1–0	5–0	4–0	0–2	7–0	2–0
Heart of Midlothian	0–2	1–3	1–3	0–0		3–2	0–0	3–1	2–0	2–2
Hibernian	2–1	0–2	2–1	0–2	1–1		2–1	0–2	4–1	3–1
Motherwell	1–1	0–3	1–3	2–2	1–1	1–2		0–3	0–1	0–0
Rangers	0–2	1–2	2–1	0–0	3–0	1–0	1–2		6–3	1–1
St Johnstone	0–5	0–3	0–2	1–2	0–1	0–3	3–1	0–1		3–2
St Mirren	0–3	4–2	0–0	4–0	0–1	2–1	1–1	3–0	1–2

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Source: ^{[citation needed]}
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

During matches 19–36 each team plays every other team twice (home and away).

More information Home \ Away, ABE ...

Home \ Away	ABE	CEL	DND	DNU	HOM	HIB	MOT	RAN	STJ	STM
Aberdeen		1–0	5–2	5–1	1–1	2–2	2–1	0–0	1–0	2–0
Celtic	1–0		3–0	1–1	4–1	3–2	4–2	3–0	5–2	2–0
Dundee	0–1	3–2		2–5	4–1	1–2	1–0	1–3	2–0	2–5
Dundee United	0–0	3–1	1–1		3–1	2–0	2–1	1–2	3–0	2–2
Heart of Midlothian	0–1	1–1	1–1	0–0		1–1	2–1	2–2	2–2	2–1
Hibernian	0–2	0–1	3–1	1–0	0–0		1–2	0–0	1–2	1–1
Motherwell	0–4	2–2	2–4	1–3	0–1	2–3		0–3	1–0	1–0
Rangers	1–1	1–0	2–2	2–2	0–0	0–0	2–1		2–0	1–1
St Johnstone	0–2	0–0	1–0	1–2	1–2	1–0	3–1	1–4		4–2
St Mirren	3–2	2–4	4–0	2–2	1–1	3–1	2–1	1–1	1–1

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Source: ^{[citation needed]}
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

More information Award, Winner ...

Award	Winner	Club
PFA Players' Player of the Year	Willie Miller	Aberdeen
PFA Young Player of the Year	John Robertson	Heart of Midlothian
SFWA Footballer of the Year	Willie Miller	Aberdeen

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