1982–83 Scottish Premier Division

Scottish Premier Division
Season	1982–83
Champions	Dundee United ; 1st Premier Division title ; 1st Scottish title
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]^[2]

Table

Pos	Team	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
6	Dundee	36	9	11	16	42	53	−11	29
7	Hibernian	36	7	15	14	35	51	−16	29
8	Motherwell	36	11	5	20	39	73	−34	27
9	Morton (R)	36	6	8	22	36	81	−45	20	Relegation to the 1983–84 Scottish First Division
10	Kilmarnock (R)	36	3	11	22	28	91	−63	17	Relegation to the 1983–84 Scottish First Division

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).

Home \ Away	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

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).

Home \ Away	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

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

^ Aitken, Mike (18 May 2013). "From the archive: Dundee United clinch first league title". The Scotsman. Johnston Publishing. Retrieved 20 December 2013.
^ "Clocks, bridies & Jim McLean's pyjamas - Dundee Utd's 1983 title win". BBC Sport. 14 May 2023. Retrieved 16 May 2023.