1983–84 Scottish Cup

1983–84 Scottish Cup
Country	Scotland
Champions	Aberdeen
Runners-up	Celtic
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)	3 – 1	Vale of Leithen (NL)
Dalbeattie Star (NL)	1 – 5	Arbroath (3)
East Stirlingshire(3)	1 – 0	Stenhousemuir (3)
Elgin City (NL)	0 – 2	Queen’s Park (3)
Forfar Athletic (3)	4 – 1	Spartans (NL)
Inverness Caledonian (NL)	2 – 1	Albion Rovers (3)

Second round

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

Replay

Home team	Score	Away team
Stirling Albion (3)	0 – 0	Arbroath (3)

Second Replay

Home team	Score	Away team
Arbroath (3)	1 – 2	Stirling Albion (3)

Third round

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

Replays

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

Second Replay

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

Fourth round

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

Quarter-finals

Home team	Score	Away team
Aberdeen (1)	0 – 0	Dundee United (1)
Motherwell (1)	0 – 6	Celtic (1)
Dundee (1)	2 – 2	Rangers (1)
St Mirren (1)	4 – 3	Greenock Morton (2)

Replays

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

Semi-finals

14 April 1984

Aberdeen (1)	2 – 0	Dundee (1)
Ian Porteous 28' Gordon Strachan 89'

Tynecastle Stadium, Edinburgh

Attendance: 17,645

Referee: Brian McGinlay

14 April 1984

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

Hampden Park, Glasgow

Attendance: 24,690

Final

19 May 1984

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

Hampden Park, Glasgow

Attendance: 58,900

Referee: Bob Valentine

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
Finals	1874 1875 1876 1877 1878 1879 1880 1881 1882 1883 1884 1885 1886 1887 1888 1889 1890 1891 1892 1893 1894 1895 1896 1897 1898 1899 1900 1901 1902 1903 1904 1905 1906 1907 1908 1909 1910 1911 1912 1913 1914 1915–1919 1920 1921 1922 1923 1924 1925 1926 1927 1928 1929 1930 1931 1932 1933 1934 1935 1936 1937 1938 1939 1940–1946 1947 1948 1949 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023
List of finals Winning managers Scottish Qualifying Cup

1983–84 in Scottish football
« 1982–83 1984–85 »
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

1983–84 in European football (UEFA)
« 1982–83 1984–85 »
Domestic leagues	Albania Austria Belgium Bulgaria Cyprus Czechoslovakia Denmark '83 '84 England Faroe Islands '83 '84 Finland '83 '84 France East Germany West Germany Greece Hungary Iceland '83 '84 Israel Italy Luxembourg Malta Netherlands Northern Ireland Norway '83 '84 Poland Portugal Republic of Ireland Romania Scotland Soviet Union '83 '84 Spain Sweden '83 '84 Switzerland Turkey Yugoslavia
Domestic cups	Albania Austria Belgium Bulgaria Cyprus Czechoslovakia Denmark England Faroe Islands '83 '84 Finland '83 '84 France East Germany West Germany Greece Hungary Iceland '83 '84 Israel Italy Liechtenstein Luxembourg Malta Netherlands Northern Ireland Norway '83 '84 Poland Portugal Republic of Ireland Romania San Marino Scotland Soviet Union '83 '84 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

1983–84 Scottish Cup

First round

Second round

Replay

Second Replay

Third round

Replays

Second Replay

Fourth round

Quarter-finals

Replays

Semi-finals

Final

See also