# 1983–84 Dundee F.C. season

The 1983–84 season was the 82nd season in which Dundee competed at a Scottish national level, playing in the Scottish Premier Division. Dundee would finish in 8th place. Dundee would also compete in both the Scottish League Cup and the Scottish Cup, where they would be knocked out in the group stage of the League Cup, and would make it to the semi-finals of the Scottish Cup before being defeated by Aberdeen.

## Scottish Premier Division

Statistics provided by Dee Archive.
| Match Day | Date | Opponent | H/A | Score | Dundee Scorer(s) | Attendance |
| 1 | 20 August | Aberdeen | A | 0–3 | | 14,304 |
| 2 | 3 September | Dundee United | H | 1–4 | McCall | 13,656 |
| 3 | 10 September | St Mirren | A | 0–0 | | 2,808 |
| 4 | 17 September | Heart of Midlothian | H | 1–2 | Ferguson (pen.) | 6,765 |
| 5 | 24 September | Celtic | H | 2–6 | Ferguson (2) (2x pen.) | 11,467 |
| 6 | 1 October | Motherwell | A | 3–1 | McCall, MacLeod (o.g.), Carson (o.g.) | 2,931 |
| 7 | 8 October | St Johnstone | A | 2–0 | McCall, Geddes | 3,709 |
| 8 | 15 October | Rangers | H | 3–2 | Ferguson (2), McCall | 11,945 |
| 9 | 22 October | Hibernian | A | 1–2 | Mackie | 6,838 |
| 10 | 29 October | Aberdeen | H | 1–3 | Glennie | 7,849 |
| 11 | 5 November | Dundee United | A | 1–0 | Mackie | 14,813 |
| 12 | 13 November | Heart of Midlothian | A | 3–1 | McKinlay, McCall (2) | 12,271 |
| 13 | 19 November | Motherwell | H | 2–0 | Fraser, Stephen | 4,638 |
| 14 | 26 November | Celtic | A | 0–1 | | 14,583 |
| 15 | 3 December | St Mirren | H | 2–2 | McCall, Stephen | 4,572 |
| 16 | 10 December | Hibernian | H | 0–3 | | 4,628 |
| 17 | 17 December | Rangers | A | 1–2 | Geddes | 16,500 |
| 18 | 27 December | St Johnstone | H | 0–1 | | 6,650 |
| 19 | 31 December | Aberdeen | A | 2–5 | Mackie, Ferguson | 18,250 |
| 20 | 7 January | Heart of Midlothian | H | 4–1 | Glennie, McCall, Ferguson, Fraser | 5,960 |
| 21 | 11 February | St Mirren | A | 0–4 | | 3,187 |
| 22 | 25 February | Rangers | H | 1–3 | Harris | 11,750 |
| 23 | 29 February | Hibernian | A | 1–3 | McCall | 2,601 |
| 24 | 3 March | St Johnstone | A | 0–1 | | 2,824 |
| 25 | 20 March | Celtic | H | 3–2 | McCall (2), Stephen | 7,746 |
| 26 | 28 March | Motherwell | A | 4–2 | Kidd, MacDonald, McKinlay, Ferguson | 1,828 |
| 27 | 31 March | Hibernian | H | 1–2 | McInally | 4,355 |
| 28 | 2 April | Dundee United | H | 2–5 | Ferguson (2) (2x pen.) | 12,732 |
| 29 | 7 April | St Mirren | H | 2–5 | Harris, Fraser | 3,582 |
| 30 | 18 April | Motherwell | H | 1–0 | McGlashan | 4,190 |
| 31 | 21 April | Dundee United | A | 1–1 | McCall | 13,244 |
| 32 | 24 April | Celtic | A | 0–3 | | 4,596 |
| 33 | 28 April | Aberdeen | H | 0–1 | | 6,663 |
| 34 | 5 May | Rangers | A | 2–2 | McKinlay, McCall | 17,000 |
| 35 | 9 May | Heart of Midlothian | A | 1–1 | McInally | 6,571 |
| 36 | 12 May | St Johnstone | H | 2–0 | Ferguson (2) | 4,879 |

### League table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 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 |

## Scottish League Cup

Statistics provided by Dee Archive.

### Knockout stage

| Match Day | Date | Opponent | H/A | Score | Dundee Scorer(s) | Attendance |
| 2nd round, 1st leg | 23 August | Montrose | A | 3–1 | Kidd, Ferguson, MacDonald | 844 |
| 2nd round, 2nd leg | 27 August | Montrose | H | 4–1 | MacDonald (2), McCall, Ferguson (pen.) | 2,516 |
| Dundee win 7–2 on aggregate |||||||

### Group 3

| Match Day | Date | Opponent | H/A | Score | Dundee Scorer(s) | Attendance |
| 1 | 31 August | St Johnstone | H | 2–1 | McCall, Mackie | 4,534 |
| 2 | 7 September | Meadowbank Thistle | A | 1–0 | McCall | 592 |
| 3 | 5 October | Aberdeen | A | 0–0 | | 13,200 |
| 4 | 25 October | Meadowbank Thistle | H | 1–1 | Fraser | 1,853 |
| 5 | 9 November | St Johnstone | A | 3–0 | Ferguson (2), McCall | 2,458 |
| 6 | 30 November | Aberdeen | H | 1–2 | Fraser | 11,019 |

#### Group 3 table

| Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| Aberdeen | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 11 | 2 | +9 | 11 |
| Dundee | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 4 | +4 | 8 |
| Meadowbank Thistle | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 10 | −6 | 4 |
| St Johnstone | 6 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 9 | −7 | 1 |

## Scottish Cup

Statistics provided by Dee Archive.
| Match Day | Date | Opponent | H/A | Score | Dundee Scorer(s) | Attendance |
| 3rd round | 8 February | Cowdenbeath | A | 2–0 | McCall (2) | 1,500 |
| 4th round | 19 February | Airdrieonians | H | 2–1 | Stephen, Ferguson | 5,107 |
| Quarter-finals | 10 March | Rangers | H | 2–2 | Ferguson, Kidd | 17,097 |
| QF replay | 17 March | Rangers | A | 3–2 | Smith, Ferguson (2) | 25,000 |
| Semi-finals | 14 April | Aberdeen | N | 0–2 | | 17,654 |

## Player statistics

Statistics provided by Dee Archive
| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Total | Total | First Division | First Division | Scottish Cup | Scottish Cup | League Cup | League Cup |
| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| | GK | SCO | Alan Blair | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| | FW | SCO | Iain Ferguson | 45 | 20 | 33 | 12 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 4 |
| | MF | SCO | Cammy Fraser | 42 | 5 | 29 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 8 | 2 |
| | FW | SCO | Andy Geddes | 15 | 2 | 9+2 | 2 | 0+1 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| | GK | SCO | Bobby Geddes | 29 | 0 | 24 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| | DF | SCO | Bobby Glennie | 37 | 2 | 26+1 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 6 | 0 |
| | FW | SCO | Colin Harris | 17 | 2 | 9+5 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| | FW | SCO | Colin Hendry | 4 | 0 | 1+2 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| | GK | ENG | Colin Kelly | 16 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| | FW | SCO | Albert Kidd | 37 | 3 | 18+7 | 1 | 4+1 | 1 | 5+2 | 1 |
| | DF | SCO | Ian MacDonald | 28 | 4 | 17+3 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 3 |
| | MF | SCO | Peter Mackie | 39 | 4 | 18+10 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 7 | 1 |
| | FW | SCO | Walker McCall | 40 | 19 | 30+1 | 13 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 4 |
| | DF | SCO | George McGeachie | 33 | 0 | 22+1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 6 | 0 |
| | FW | SCO | Colin McGlashan | 12 | 1 | 2+6 | 1 | 0+2 | 0 | 0+2 | 0 |
| | MF | SCO | Jim McInally | 11 | 2 | 11 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| | DF | SCO | Stewart McKimmie | 24 | 0 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0 |
| | DF | SCO | Tosh McKinlay | 47 | 3 | 36 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 5+2 | 0 |
| | MF | SCO | Derek Paterson | 2 | 0 | 0+2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| | MF | SCO | Lex Richardson | 33 | 0 | 28+1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| | DF | SCO | Rab Shannon | 7 | 0 | 5+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| | FW | SCO | Eric Sinclair | 2 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| | MF | SCO | Jim Smith | 43 | 1 | 32+2 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 0 |
| | FW | SCO | Ray Stephen | 33 | 4 | 18+2 | 3 | 3+2 | 1 | 7+1 | 0 |