1983–84 Celtic F.C. season

UEFA Cup
	3rd Round
Top goalscorer	League: Brian McClair 23; All: Brian McClair 31
Highest home attendance	53,229
Lowest home attendance	4,956
Average home league attendance	18,390
	← 1982–83 1984–85 →

During the 1983–84 Scottish football season,

Scottish Premier Division

.

Competitions

Scottish Premier Division

League table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Aberdeen (C)	36	25	7	4	78	21	+57	57	Qualification for the European Cup first round
2	Celtic	36	21	8	7	80	41	+39	50	Qualification for the Cup Winners' Cup first round
3	Dundee United	36	18	11	7	67	39	+28	47	Qualification for the UEFA Cup first round
4	Rangers	36	15	12	9	53	41	+12	42
5	Heart of Midlothian	36	10	16	10	38	47	−9	36

Source: Statto
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) Champions

Matches

20 August 1983 Premier League	Hibernian	0 – 2	Celtic	Edinburgh
15:00				Stadium: Easter Road Attendance: 15,084

3 September 1983 Premier League	Celtic	2 – 1	Rangers	Glasgow
15:00				Stadium: Celtic Park Attendance: 50,662

10 September 1983 Premier League	Celtic	5 – 2	St Johnstone	Glasgow
15:00				Stadium: Celtic Park Attendance: 11,161

17 September 1983 Premier League	Motherwell	0 – 3	Celtic	Motherwell
15:00				Stadium: Fir Park Attendance: 14,255

24 September 1983 Premier League	Dundee	2 – 6	Celtic	Dundee
15:00 BST				Stadium: Dens Park Attendance: 11,407

1 October 1983 Premier League	Celtic	1 – 1	St Mirren	Glasgow
15:00 BST				Stadium: Celtic Park Attendance: 15,289

8 October 1983 Premier League	Dundee United	2 – 1	Celtic	Dundee
15:00 BST				Stadium: Tannadice Park Attendance: 19,741

15 October 1983 Premier League	Celtic	1 – 1	Hearts	Glasgow
15:00 BST				Stadium: Celtic Park Attendance: 20,207

22 October 1983 Premier League	Aberdeen	3 – 1	Celtic	Aberdeen
15:00 BST				Stadium: Pittodrie Stadium Attendance: 22,082

29 October 1983 Premier League	Celtic	5 – 1	Hibernian	Glasgow
15:00 BST				Stadium: Celtic Park Attendance: 13,777

5 November 1983 Premier League	Rangers	1 – 2	Celtic	Glasgow
15:00 BST				Stadium: Ibrox Stadium Attendance: 40,760

12 November 1983 Premier League	Celtic	4 – 0	Motherwell	Glasgow
15:00 GMT				Stadium: Celtic Park Attendance: 13,408

19 November 1983 Premier League	St Mirren	4 – 2	Celtic	Paisley
15:00 GMT				Stadium: St Mirren Park, Love Street Attendance: 13,169

26 November 1983 Premier League	Celtic	1 – 0	Dundee	Glasgow
15:00 GMT				Stadium: Celtic Park Attendance: 14,583

3 December 1983 Premier League	St Johnstone	0 – 3	Celtic	Perth
15:00 GMT				Stadium: Muirton Park Attendance: 8,153

10 December 1983 Premier League	Celtic	0 – 0	Aberdeen	Glasgow
15:00 GMT				Stadium: Celtic Park Attendance: 25,867

17 December 1983 Premier League	Hearts	1 – 3	Celtic	Edinburgh
15:00 GMT				Stadium: Tynecastle Park Attendance: 14,685

27 December 1983 Premier League	Celtic	1 – 1	Dundee United	Glasgow
15:00 GMT				Stadium: Celtic Park Attendance: 25,982

31 December 1983 Premier League	Hibernian	0 – 1	Celtic	Edinburgh
15:00 GMT				Stadium: Easter Road Attendance: 10,204

7 January 1984 Premier League	Motherwell	2 – 2	Celtic	Motherwell
15:00 GMT				Stadium: Fir Park Attendance: 11,268

4 February 1984 Premier League	Aberdeen	1 – 0	Celtic	Aberdeen
15:00 GMT				Stadium: Pittodrie Stadium Attendance: 21,461

11 February 1984 Premier League	Celtic	5 – 2	St Johnstone	Glasgow
15:00 GMT				Stadium: Celtic Park Attendance: 9,439

14 February 1984 Premier League	Celtic	2 – 0	St Mirren	Glasgow
19:30 GMT				Stadium: Celtic Park Attendance: 9,835

25 February 1984 Premier League	Celtic	4 – 1	Hearts	Glasgow
15:00 GMT				Stadium: Celtic Park Attendance: 17,950

3 March 1984 Premier League	Dundee United	3 – 1	Celtic	Dundee
15:00 GMT				Stadium: Tannadice Park Attendance: 15,236

20 March 1984 Premier League	Dundee	3 – 2	Celtic	Dundee
15:00 GMT				Stadium: Dens Park Attendance: 7,746

31 March 1984 Premier League	Celtic	1 – 0	Aberdeen	Glasgow
15:00 GMT				Stadium: Celtic Park Attendance: 19,193

2 April 1984 Premier League	Celtic	3 – 0	Rangers	Glasgow
19:30 GMT				Stadium: Celtic Park Attendance: 53,229

7 April 1984 Premier League	St Johnstone	0 – 0	Celtic	Perth
15:00 GMT				Stadium: Muirton Park Attendance: 6,677

10 April 1984 Premier League	Celtic	4 – 2	Motherwell	Glasgow
19:30 BST				Stadium: Celtic Park Attendance: 5,673

18 April 1984 Premier League	St Mirren	2 – 4	Celtic	Paisley
19:30 BST				Stadium: St Mirren Park, Love Street Attendance: 6,122

21 April 1984 Premier League	Rangers	1 – 0	Celtic	Glasgow
15:00 BST				Stadium: Ibrox Stadium Attendance: 40,286

24 April 1984 Premier League	Celtic	3 – 0	Dundee	Glasgow
19:30 BST				Stadium: Celtic Park Attendance: 4,596

28 April 1984 Premier League	Celtic	3 – 2	Hibernian	Glasgow
15:00 BST				Stadium: Celtic Park Attendance: 9,533

5 May 1984 Premier League	Hearts	1 – 1	Celtic	Edinburgh
15:00 BST				Stadium: Tynecastle Park Attendance: 12,071

12 May 1984 Premier League	Celtic	1 – 1	Dundee United	Glasgow
15:00 BST				Stadium: Celtic Park Attendance: 10,281

Scottish Cup

28 January 1984 Third round	Berwick Rangers	0 - 4	Celtic	Berwick
15:00 GMT				Stadium: Shielfield Park Attendance: 5,510

18 February 1984 Fourth round	East Fife	0 - 6	Celtic	Methil
15:00 GMT				Stadium: Bayview Park Attendance: 10,000

17 March 1984 Fifth round	Motherwell	0 - 6	Celtic	Motherwell
15:00 GMT				Stadium: Fir Park Attendance: 14,795

14 April 1984 Semi-final	St Mirren	1 - 2	Celtic	Glasgow
15:00 GMT				Stadium: Hampden Park Attendance: 25,040

19 May 1984 Final	Celtic	1 - 2 (aet)	Aberdeen	Glasgow
15:00 GMT				Stadium: Hampden Park Attendance: 55,808

Scottish League Cup

23 August 1983 2nd round 1st leg	Brechin City	0 - 1	Celtic	Brechin
19:30 GMT				Stadium: Glebe Park Attendance: 2,620

27 August 1983 2nd round 2nd leg	Celtic	0 - 0	Brechin City	Glasgow
15:00 GMT				Stadium: Celtic Park Attendance: 8,502

31 August 1983 Group stage	Airdrieonians	1 - 6	Celtic	Airdrie
19:30 GMT				Stadium: Broomfield Park Attendance: 6,807

7 September 1983 Group stage	Celtic	5 - 1	Hibernian	Glasgow
19:30 GMT				Stadium: Celtic Park Attendance: 11,046

5 October 1983 Group stage	Celtic	1 - 1	Kilmarnock	Glasgow
19:30 GMT				Stadium: Celtic Park Attendance: 5,435

26 October 1983 Group stage	Hibernian	0 - 0	Celtic	Edinburgh
19:30 GMT				Stadium: Easter Road Attendance: 6,882

9 November 1983 Group stage	Celtic	0 - 0	Airdrieonians	Glasgow
19:30 GMT				Stadium: Celtic Park Attendance: 5,216

30 November 1983 Group stage	Kilmarnock	0 - 1	Celtic	Kilmarnock
19:30 GMT				Stadium: Rugby Park Attendance: 8,973

22 February 1984 Semi-finals 1st leg	Aberdeen	0 - 0	Celtic	Aberdeen
19:30 GMT				Stadium: Pittodrie Stadium Attendance: 20,067

10 March 1984 Semi-final 2nd leg	Celtic	1 - 0	Aberdeen	Glasgow
19:30 GMT				Stadium: Celtic Park Attendance: 41,169

25 March 1984 Final	Celtic	2 - 3	Rangers	Glasgow
19:30 GMT				Stadium: Hampden Park Attendance: 62,459

UEFA Cup

14 September 1983 AGF Aarhus	Glasgow
20:00 GMT				Stadium: Celtic Park Attendance: 23,569

28 September 1983 AGF Aarhus	1 - 4 (1 – 5 agg.)	Celtic	Aarhus
20:00 GMT				Stadium: Atletion Attendance: 14,500

Sporting CP

v

Celtic

19 October 1983 2nd round 1st leg	Sporting CP	2 - 0	Celtic	Lisbon
20:00 GMT				Stadium: Estádio José Alvalade Attendance: 57,500

2 November 1983 2nd round 2nd leg	Celtic	5 - 0 (5 – 2 agg.)	Sporting CP	Glasgow
20:00 GMT				Stadium: Celtic Park Attendance: 39,183

23 November 1983 3rd Round 1st leg	Nottingham Forest	0 - 0	Celtic	Nottingham
20:00 GMT				Stadium: City Ground Attendance: 32,017

7 December 1983 Nottingham Forest	Glasgow
20:00 GMT				Stadium: Celtic Park Attendance: 66,938

Glasgow Cup

9 August 1983 Semi-final	Partick Thistle	0 - 2	Celtic	Glasgow
19:30 GMT				Stadium: Firhill Park Attendance: 9,429

13 August 1983 Final	Rangers	1 - 0	Celtic	Glasgow
15:00 GMT				Stadium: Hampden Park Attendance: 32,700

Staff

Board of Directors^[1]
Position	Name
Chairman	Desmond White
Vice-Chairman	Thomas Devlin
Secretary	Desmond White
Directors	James Farrell Kevin Kelly Jack McGinn Christopher White

Football Staff^[2]
Position	Name
Manager	Davie Hay
Assistant Manager	Frank Connor
Coach	Bobby Lennox
Physio	Brian Scott
Masseur	Jimmy Steele
Kitman	Neil Mochan

Transfers

Transfers In^[3]
Date	Name	From	Transfer Fee
May 1983	Brian McClair	Motherwell F.C.	£70,000
August 1983	Brian Whitakker	Partick Thistle F.C.	£50,000
August 1983	Jim Melrose	Coventry City F.C.	£100,000
November 1983	John Colquhoun	Stirling Albion F.C.	£60,000
		Total Transfer Fees	£280,000

Transfers Out^[4]
Date	Name	To	Transfer Fee
May 1983	John Sludden	St Johnstone F.C.	Free Transfer
June 1983	Charlie Nicholas	Arsenal F.C.	£750,000
June 1983	Dom Sullivan	Greenock Morton F.C.	Free Transfer
July 1983	George McCluskey	Leeds United F.C.	£140,000
August 1983	John Buckley	Partick Thistle F.C.	Free Transfer
October 1983	David Moyes	Cambridge United F.C.	£20,000
November 1983	Danny Crainie	Wolverhampton Wanderers F.C.	£20,000
March 1984	Jim Dobbin (footballer)	Doncaster Rovers F.C.	£25,000
		Total Transfer Fees	£955,000

References

^ "Celtic Board - Past - The Celtic Wiki". www.thecelticwiki.com. Retrieved 5 September 2019.
^ "Coaching and Backroom Staff - Previous - The Celtic Wiki". www.thecelticwiki.com. Retrieved 5 September 2019.
^ "Transfers - Players In - The Celtic Wiki". www.thecelticwiki.com. Retrieved 5 September 2019.
^ "Transfers - Players Out - The Celtic Wiki". www.thecelticwiki.com. Retrieved 5 September 2019.

[1] "Celtic Board - Past - The Celtic Wiki". www.thecelticwiki.com. Retrieved 5 September 2019.

[2] "Coaching and Backroom Staff - Previous - The Celtic Wiki". www.thecelticwiki.com. Retrieved 5 September 2019.

[3] "Transfers - Players In - The Celtic Wiki". www.thecelticwiki.com. Retrieved 5 September 2019.

[4] "Transfers - Players Out - The Celtic Wiki". www.thecelticwiki.com. Retrieved 5 September 2019.

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