# 1982–83 Dundee F.C. season

The 1982–83 season was the 81st season in which Dundee competed at a Scottish national level, playing in the Scottish Premier Division. Dundee would finish in 6th 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 eliminated by Aberdeen in the 4th round of the Scottish Cup.

## Scottish Premier Division

Statistics provided by Dee Archive.
| Match Day | Date | Opponent | H/A | Score | Dundee Scorer(s) | Attendance |
| 1 | 4 September | Celtic | A | 0–2 | | 19,122 |
| 2 | 11 September | Motherwell | H | 3–1 | Ferguson (2) (2x pen.), Stephen | 4,621 |
| 3 | 18 September | Greenock Morton | H | 2–0 | Sinclair (2) | 3,977 |
| 4 | 25 September | Kilmarnock | A | 0–0 | | 2,105 |
| 5 | 2 October | Rangers | A | 1–1 | Fraser | 16,797 |
| 6 | 9 October | Hibernian | H | 2–1 | Smith, Ferguson | 5,287 |
| 7 | 16 October | Aberdeen | A | 0–1 | | 10,863 |
| 8 | 23 October | St Mirren | H | 1–1 | Stephen | 4,831 |
| 9 | 30 October | Dundee United | A | 0–1 | | 14,959 |
| 10 | 6 November | Celtic | H | 2–3 | Fraser (2) | 11,681 |
| 11 | 13 November | Motherwell | A | 0–1 | | 3,295 |
| 12 | 20 November | Greenock Morton | A | 2–1 | Bell, Mackie | 1,984 |
| 13 | 27 November | Kilmarnock | H | 5–2 | Fraser, Murphy (2), Bell, Mackie | 4,311 |
| 14 | 11 December | Hibernian | A | 1–1 | Mackie | 5,352 |
| 15 | 18 December | Aberdeen | H | 0–2 | | 6,528 |
| 16 | 27 December | St Mirren | A | 0–0 | | 4,412 |
| 17 | 1 January | Dundee United | H | 0–2 | | 18,109 |
| 18 | 3 January | Celtic | A | 2–2 | Sinclair (2) | 16,615 |
| 19 | 8 January | Motherwell | H | 3–1 | Ferguson, Mackie, Stephen | 5,131 |
| 20 | 15 January | Greenock Morton | H | 3–3 | Ferguson, Sinclair, Stephen | 4,557 |
| 21 | 22 January | Kilmarnock | A | 0–2 | | 1,900 |
| 22 | 5 February | Rangers | A | 1–1 | Bell | 7,096 |
| 23 | 22 February | Hibernian | H | 0–1 | | 4,363 |
| 24 | 26 February | Aberdeen | A | 1–3 | Stephen | 11,314 |
| 25 | 2 March | Rangers | H | 1–0 | Kidd | 6,624 |
| 26 | 5 March | St Mirren | H | 2–5 | Scrimgeour, Kidd | 4,161 |
| 27 | 12 March | Dundee United | A | 3–5 | Fraser, Ferguson (pen.), Kidd | 13,448 |
| 28 | 19 March | Celtic | H | 2–1 | Scrimgeour, Kidd | 11,196 |
| 29 | 26 March | Motherwell | A | 1–1 | Ferguson | 3,222 |
| 30 | 2 April | Greenock Morton | A | 0–1 | | 3,000 |
| 31 | 9 April | Kilmarnock | A | 0–0 | | 3,376 |
| 32 | 23 April | Hibernian | A | 0–0 | | 3,571 |
| 33 | 30 April | Aberdeen | H | 0–2 | | 10,076 |
| 34 | 4 May | Rangers | H | 2–1 | Ferguson, Sinclair | 4,778 |
| 35 | 9 May | St Mirren | A | 1–2 | Mackie | 6,000 |
| 36 | 14 May | Dundee United | H | 1–2 | Ferguson | 29,106 |

### League table

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

## Scottish League Cup

Statistics provided by Dee Archive.

### Group 2

| Match Day | Date | Opponent | H/A | Score | Dundee Scorer(s) | Attendance |
| 1 | 14 August | Aberdeen | A | 3–3 | Ferguson (2), Stephen | 9,002 |
| 2 | 18 August | Dumbarton | H | 3–2 | Ferguson (2), Mackie | 3,174 |
| 3 | 21 August | Greenock Morton | A | 1–4 | Davidson | 1,992 |
| 4 | 25 August | Dumbarton | A | 3–2 | Sinclair, Stephen, Ferguson | 433 |
| 5 | 28 August | Aberdeen | H | 1–5 | Stephen | 6,977 |
| 6 | 1 September | Greenock Morton | H | 3–3 | Ferguson, Kidd, Mackie | 1,888 |

#### Group 2 table

| Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| Aberdeen | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 18 | 7 | +11 | 10 |
| Morton | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 16 | 11 | +5 | 8 |
| Dundee | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 14 | 19 | −5 | 6 |
| Dumbarton | 6 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 7 | 18 | −11 | 0 |

## Scottish Cup

Statistics provided by Dee Archive.
| Match Day | Date | Opponent | H/A | Score | Dundee Scorer(s) | Attendance |
| 3rd round | 29 January | Brora Rangers | H | 2–1 | Ferguson, Sinclair | 5,823 |
| 4th round | 5 February | Aberdeen | A | 0–1 | | 19,070 |

## 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 |
| | FW | SCO | Davie Bell | 30 | 3 | 21+7 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| | GK | SCO | Alan Blair | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| | FW | SCO | Gerry Davidson | 12 | 1 | 6+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1+4 | 1 |
| | FW | SCO | Iain Ferguson | 37 | 16 | 25+4 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 6 |
| | FW | SCO | Ian Fleming | 12 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+4 | 0 |
| | MF | SCO | Cammy Fraser | 42 | 5 | 34 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 0 |
| | FW | SCO | Andy Geddes | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| | GK | SCO | Bobby Geddes | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| | DF | SCO | Bobby Glennie | 33 | 0 | 23+2 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 | 6 | 0 |
| | GK | ENG | Colin Kelly | 38 | 0 | 35 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| | FW | SCO | Albert Kidd | 21 | 5 | 15+4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1+1 | 1 |
| | DF | SCO | Ian MacDonald | 37 | 0 | 34 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| | MF | SCO | Peter Mackie | 44 | 7 | 32+4 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 2 |
| | DF | SCO | George McGeachie | 31 | 0 | 20+3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 0 |
| | FW | SCO | Colin McGlashan | 2 | 0 | 0+2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| | DF | SCO | Stewart McKimmie | 39 | 0 | 28+3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 0 |
| | DF | SCO | Tosh McKinlay | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| | DF | SCO | Chic McLelland | 6 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| | MF | SCO | Jim Murphy | 12 | 2 | 6+5 | 2 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| | DF | SCO | Brian Scrimgeour | 24 | 2 | 19+4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| | FW | SCO | Eric Sinclair | 39 | 8 | 25+6 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 5+1 | 1 |
| | MF | SCO | Jim Smith | 39 | 1 | 36 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| | FW | SCO | Ray Stephen | 38 | 8 | 27+3 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 3 |