1983–84 Scottish Cup

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1983–84 Scottish Cup
Tournament details
Country	Scotland
Final positions
Champions	Aberdeen
Runner-up	Celtic
Tournament statistics
Goals scored	Brian McClair (6)
← 1982–83 1984–85 →

The 1983–84 Scottish Cup was the 99th staging of Scotland's most prestigious football knockout competition. The Cup was won by Aberdeen who defeated Celtic in the final.

First round

Home team	Score	Away team
Cowdenbeath	3 – 1	Vale of Leithen
Dalbeattie Star	1 – 5	Arbroath
East Stirlingshire	1 – 0	Stenhousemuir
Elgin City	0 – 2	Queen’s Park
Forfar Athletic	4 – 1	Spartans
Inverness Caledonian	2 – 1	Albion Rovers

Second round

Home team	Score	Away team
Dunfermline Athletic	1 – 0	Forfar Athletic
Arbroath	0 – 0	Stirling Albion
Cowdenbeath	2 – 1	Montrose
East Stirlingshire	3 – 1	Fraserburgh
Gala Fairydean	0 – 2	Inverness Caledonian
Peterhead	1 – 2	Berwick Rangers
Queen of the South	0 – 5	East Fife
Stranraer	1 – 2	Queen’s Park

Replay

Home team	Score	Away team
Stirling Albion	0 – 0	Arbroath

Second Replay

Home team	Score	Away team
Arbroath	1 – 2	Stirling Albion

Third round

Home team	Score	Away team
Aberdeen	1 – 1	Kilmarnock
Airdrieonians	1 – 0	St Johnstone
Inverness Caledonian	0 – 0	Stirling Albion
Clydebank	0 – 0	Brechin City
Cowdenbeath	0 – 2	Dundee
Dundee United	1 – 0	Ayr United
Falkirk	1 – 2	Clyde
Hearts	2 – 0	Partick Thistle
Greenock Morton	2 – 0	East Stirlingshire
Motherwell	3 – 0	Queen’s Park
Raith Rovers	1 – 4	Dumbarton
Hamilton Academical	3 – 1	Alloa Athletic
Berwick Rangers	0 – 4	Celtic
Hibernian	0 – 0	East Fife
Meadowbank Thistle	0 – 0	St Mirren
Rangers	2 – 1	Dunfermline Athletic

Replays

Home team	Score	Away team
Kilmarnock	1 – 3	Aberdeen
Stirling Albion	1 – 2	Inverness Caledonian
Brechin City	0 – 3	Clydebank
St Mirren	2 – 2	Meadowbank Thistle
East Fife	2 – 0	Hibernian

Second Replay

Home team	Score	Away team
Meadowbank Thistle	1 – 2	St Mirren

Fourth round

Home team	Score	Away team
Dundee	2 – 1	Airdrieonians
Clyde	0 – 2	Aberdeen
Dundee United	2 – 1	Hearts
East Fife	0 – 6	Celtic
Inverness Caledonian	0 – 6	Rangers
Greenock Morton	2 – 1	Dumbarton
Motherwell	3 – 1	Clydebank
St Mirren	2 – 1	Hamilton Academical

Quarter-finals

Home team	Score	Away team
Aberdeen	0 – 0	Dundee United
Motherwell	0 – 6	Celtic
Dundee	2 – 2	Rangers
St Mirren	4 – 3	Greenock Morton

Replays

Home team	Score	Away team
Dundee United	0 – 1	Aberdeen
Rangers	2 – 3	Dundee

Semi-finals

14 April 1984

Aberdeen	2 – 0	Dundee
Ian Porteous 28' Gordon Strachan 89'

Tynecastle Stadium, Edinburgh

Attendance: 17,645

Referee: Brian McGinlay

14 April 1984

Celtic	2 – 1	St Mirren
Brian McClair 29' Paul McStay 81'		Frank McDougall 38'

Hampden Park, Glasgow

Attendance: 24,690

Final

19 May 1984

Aberdeen	2 – 1 (a.e.t.)	Celtic
Eric Black 23' Mark McGhee 98'		Paul McStay 86'

Hampden Park, Glasgow

Attendance: 58,900

Referee: Bob Valentine

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Domestic leagues	Football League Premier Division First Division Second Division Highland League
Domestic cups	Scottish Cup Final League Cup Final Junior Cup Tennent's Sixes
European competitions	European Cup European Cup Winners' Cup UEFA Cup European Super Cup
Related to national team	Results Euro 1984 qualifying (Group 1) British Home Championship
Club seasons
Premier Division	Aberdeen Celtic Dundee Dundee United Heart of Midlothian Hibernian Motherwell Rangers St. Johnstone St. Mirren
First Division	Airdrieonians Alloa Athletic Ayr United Brechin City Clyde Clydebank Dumbarton Falkirk Hamilton Academical Kilmarnock Meadowbank Thistle Morton Partick Thistle Raith Rovers
Second Division	Albion Rovers Arbroath Berwick Rangers Cowdenbeath Dunfermline Athletic East Fife East Stirlingshire Forfar Athletic Montrose Queen's Park Queen of the South Stenhousemuir Stirling Albion Stranraer

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First round

Second round

Replay

Second Replay

Third round

Replays

Second Replay

Fourth round

Quarter-finals

Replays

Semi-finals

Final

See also