1982–83 Scottish Cup

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1982–83 Scottish Cup
Tournament details
Country	Scotland
Final positions
Champions	Aberdeen
Runner-up	Rangers
← 1981–82 1983–84 →

The 1982–83 Scottish Cup was the 98th staging of Scotland's most prestigious football knockout competition. The Cup was won by Aberdeen who defeated Rangers in the final.

First round

Home team	Score	Away team
Peterhead	0 – 5	Forfar Athletic
Stirling Albion	1 – 0	East Stirlingshire
Vale of Leithen	0 – 0	Stranraer
Brechin City	2 – 0	Cowdenbeath
Meadowbank Thistle	1 – 2	Elgin City
Selkirk	0 – 2	Brora Rangers (HL)

Replay

Home team	Score	Away team
Stranraer	2 – 0	Vale of Leithen

Second round

Home team	Score	Away team
Albion Rovers	1 – 0	Stranraer
Berwick Rangers	2 – 0	Stirling Albion
Brora Rangers	0 – 0	Montrose
East Fife	1 – 0	Brechin City
Elgin City	5 – 2	Gala Fairydean
Forfar Athletic	3 – 0	Inverness Caledonian
Queen of the South	3 – 0	Hawick Royal Albert
Stenhousemuir	1 – 0	Arbroath

Replay

Home team	Score	Away team
Montrose	1 – 1	Brora Rangers

Second Replay

Home team	Score	Away team
Brora Rangers	5 – 2	Montrose

Third round

Home team	Score	Away team
Hamilton Academical	0 – 1	St Johnstone
Ayr United	1 – 2	Albion Rovers
Clyde	0 – 0	Motherwell
Clydebank	0 – 3	Celtic
Dumbarton	0 – 1	Airdrieonians
Dundee	2 – 1	Brora Rangers
Dunfermline Athletic	5 – 0	Elgin City
East Fife	1 – 0	Raith Rovers
Falkirk	0 – 2	Rangers
Forfar Athletic	2 – 1	Berwick Rangers
Hibernian	1 – 4	Aberdeen
Partick Thistle	1 – 1	Kilmarnock
Queen of the South	1 – 1	Hearts
Queen’s Park	4 – 1	Stenhousemuir
St Mirren	1 – 0	Dundee United
Alloa Athletic	1 – 2	Greenock Morton

Replays

Home team	Score	Away team
Hearts	1 – 0	Queen of the South
Kilmarnock	0 – 0	Partick Thistle
Motherwell	3 – 4	Clyde

Second Replay

Home team	Score	Away team
Partick Thistle	2 – 2	Kilmarnock

Third Replay

Home team	Score	Away team
Kilmarnock	0 – 1	Partick Thistle

Fourth round

Home team	Score	Away team
Hearts	2 – 1	East Fife
Aberdeen	1 – 0	Dundee
Albion Rovers	0 – 3	Airdrieonians
Celtic	3 – 0	Dunfermline Athletic
Greenock Morton	0 – 2	St Mirren
Partick Thistle	2 – 2	Clyde
Queen’s Park	1 – 0	St Johnstone
Rangers	2 – 1	Forfar Athletic

Replay

Home team	Score	Away team
Clyde	1 – 1*	Partick Thistle

*Match abandoned due to floodlight failure

Second Replay

Home team	Score	Away team
Clyde	0 – 6	Partick Thistle

Quarter-finals

Home team	Score	Away team
Airdrieonians	0 – 5	St Mirren
Celtic	4 – 1	Hearts
Partick Thistle	1 – 2	Aberdeen
Queen’s Park	1 – 2	Rangers

Semi-finals

16 April 1983

Aberdeen	1 – 0	Celtic
Peter Weir 65'

Hampden Park, Glasgow

Attendance: 51,152

Referee: Alan Ferguson

16 April 1983

Rangers	1 – 1	St Mirren
Sandy Clark 72'		Craig Paterson 84' (o.g.)

Celtic Park, Glasgow

Attendance: 31,102

Replay

19 April 1983

Rangers	1 – 0 (a.e.t.)	St Mirren
Sandy Clark 118'

Hampden Park, Glasgow

Attendance: 25,125

Final

21 May 1983

Aberdeen	1 – 0 (a.e.t.)	Rangers
Eric Black 116'

Hampden Park, Glasgow

Attendance: 62,970

Referee: David Syme

v t e Scottish Cup
Seasons	1873–74 1874–75 1875–76 1876–77 1877–78 1878–79 1879–80 1880–81 1881–82 1882–83 1883–84 1884–85 1885–86 1886–87 1887–88 1888–89 1889–90 1890–91 1891–92 1892–93 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 1914–1919 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 1939–1946 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 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 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 2013–14 2014–15 2015–16 2016–17 2017–18 2018–19 2019–20 2020–21 2021–22 2022–23 2023–24 2024–25
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v t e 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

v t e 1982–83 in European football (UEFA)
« 1981–82 1983–84 »
Domestic leagues	Albania Austria Belgium Bulgaria Cyprus Czechoslovakia Denmark '82 '83 England Faroe Islands '82 '83 Finland '82 '83 France East Germany West Germany Greece Hungary Iceland '82 '83 Israel Italy 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 '82 '83 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) Super Cup
Non-UEFA competitions	Intertoto Cup Balkans Cup

First round

Replay

Second round

Replay

Second Replay

Third round

Replays

Second Replay

Third Replay

Fourth round

Replay

Second Replay

Quarter-finals

Semi-finals

Replay

Final

See also