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The 1982–83 season was the 74th year of football played by Dundee United, and covers the period from 1 July 1982 to 30 June 1983.The team won the Scottish league championship for the first and only time, securing European Cup football for the following season.
The league remained undecided until the last day of the season with Aberdeen, Celtic and Dundee United in contention. On the final day Celtic beat Rangers 4–2 and Aberdeen beat Hibernian 5–0, Dundee United held their nerve to win a historic first championship after beating local rivals Dundee 2–1 at Dens Park.
Most league goals: 108 during 1935–36 in Division Two (3.2 per match) Fewest league goals: 21 during 1911–12 in Division Two (0.95 per match) Fastest goals: Finn Dossing, after 14 seconds into the Division One match against Hamilton Academical at Tannadice on 16 October 1965 and Johnny Russell, also after 14 seconds in a Scottish Cup tie against Rangers at Tannadice on 2 February 2013.
The 1982–83 Scottish Premier Division season was won by Dundee United, one point ahead of Celtic and Aberdeen. Greenock Morton and Kilmarnock were relegated.. Dundee United clinched the league championship with a 2–1 win in a Dundee derby against Dundee at Dens Park on the final day of the season.
Statistics of the Scottish Football League in season 1982–83. Scottish Premier Division Pos Team. Pld W D L GF GA ... Dundee United (C) 36 24 8 4 90 35 +55 56
The following table is a season-by-season summary of league performances for ... Dundee United played in the North Eastern ... 1982–83: Premier Division: 1st: 36 ...
The 1982–83 season was the 81st season in which Dundee competed at a Scottish national level, playing in the Scottish Premier Division. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] 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 ...
United finished the season in fifth place, some 25 points behind champions Celtic. The club reached the quarter-finals of the League Cup, being beaten by rivals Dundee, while a second successive Scottish Cup Final appearance also resulted in a second successive defeat, this time to Celtic, where two late Frank McAvennie goals won the Cup.