1982–83 Scottish Premier Division

77th season of top-tier football league in Scotland March 2026 Scottish Premier Division 1982–83 Dundee United 1st Premier Division title 1st Scottish title MortonKilmarnock European Cup Dundee United Cup Winners' Cup AberdeenRangers UEFA Cup CelticSt Mirren Charlie Nicholas (29) 180 529 Hibernian 8–1 Kilmarnock 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. 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.http://www.scotsman.com/sport/football/spfl-lower-divisions/from-the-archive-dundee-united-clinch-first-league-title-1-2936127 From the archive: Dundee United clinch first league title Mike Aitken The Scotsman Johnston Publishing 18 May 2013 20 December 2013 https://www.bbc.com/sport/football/50700041 Clocks, bridies & Jim McLean's pyjamas - Dundee Utd's 1983 title win 14 May 2023 BBC Sport 16 May 2023 Table main WDL QR 5 2 DNU Dundee United CEL Celtic ABD Aberdeen RAN Rangers STM St Mirren DND Dundee HIB Hibernian MOT Motherwell GMF Morton KIL Kilmarnock 24 8 4 90 35 C 25 5 6 90 36 25 5 6 76 25 13 12 11 53 41 11 12 13 47 51 9 11 16 42 53 7 15 14 35 51 11 5 20 39 73 6 8 22 36 81 R 3 11 22 28 91 R green1 Qualification for the European Cup first round EC1 blue1 Qualification for the UEFA Cup first round UC1 UC1 yellow1 Qualification for the Cup Winners' Cup first round ECWC1 ECWC1 red1 Relegation to the 1983–84 Scottish First Division R R complete 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored. Statto Results Matches 1–18 During matches 1–18 each team plays every other team twice (home and away). main FBR grey ABE CEL DND DNU HIB KIL MOR MOT RAN STM Aberdeen 1–2 1–0 5–1 2–0 2–0 4–1 2–1 1–2 4–0 Celtic 1–3 2–0 2–0 2–0 2–1 5–1 3–1 3–2 5–0 Dundee 0–2 2–3 0–2 2–1 5–2 2–0 3–1 1–0 1–1 Dundee United 2–0 2–2 1–0 3–0 7–0 6–0 5–0 4–2 3–0 Hibernian 1–1 2–3 1–1 0–0 2–2 1–2 1–0 0–0 0–0 Kilmarnock 0–2 0–4 0–0 1–1 1–1 3–1 0–2 0–0 2–2 Morton 1–1 1–2 1–2 1–2 0–0 0–0 3–1 0–0 2–0 Motherwell 0–2 0–7 1–0 0–2 0–1 4–1 3–1 2–2 2–0 Rangers 0–1 1–2 1–1 0–0 3–2 5–0 1–1 4–0 1–0 St Mirren 1–1 1–2 0–0 0–2 3–0 3–2 1–1 3–0 2–2 complete Matches 19–36 During matches 19–36 each team plays every other team twice (home and away). main FBR grey ABE CEL DND DNU HIB KIL MOR MOT RAN STM Aberdeen 1–0 3–1 1–2 5–0 5–0 2–0 5–1 2–0 0–1 Celtic 1–3 2–2 2–3 4–1 4–0 2–0 3–0 0–0 1–1 Dundee 0–2 2–1 1–2 0–1 0–0 3–3 3–1 2–1 2–5 Dundee United 0–3 1–1 5–3 3–3 4–0 1–1 4–0 3–1 3–2 Hibernian 0–0 0–3 0–0 0–0 8–1 2–0 1–1 1–2 1–1 Kilmarnock 1–2 0–5 2–0 0–5 0–2 4–0 1–1 0–1 2–2 Morton 1–2 0–3 1–0 0–4 0–1 3–0 0–1 0–5 0–2 Motherwell 0–3 2–1 1–1 1–4 2–0 3–1 4–1 3–0 0–0 Rangers 2–1 2–4 1–1 2–1 1–1 1–1 2–0 1–0 4–0 St Mirren 1–1 0–1 2–1 1–2 3–0 2–0 2–3 4–0 1–0 complete Awards AwardWinnerClubPFA Players' Player of the YearSCO Charlie NicholasCelticPFA Young Player of the YearSCO Paul McStayCelticSFWA Footballer of the YearSCO Charlie NicholasCeltic References External links 1982–83 Scottish Premier Division – Statto Category:Scottish Premier Division seasons 1 Scot