1983–84 Celtic F.C. season

During the 1983–84 Scottish football season, Celtic competed in the Scottish Premier Division.

Celtic
1983–84 season
ChairmanDesmond White (footballer)
ManagerDavie Hay
StadiumCeltic Park
Scottish Premier Division2nd
Scottish CupFinalists
Scottish League CupFinalists
UEFA Cup3rd Round
Top goalscorerLeague: Brian McClair 23
All: Brian McClair 31
Highest home attendance53,229
Lowest home attendance4,956
Average home league attendance18,390

Competitions

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Scottish Premier Division

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League table

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Pos Team 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

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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

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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

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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

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14 September 1983 1st round 1st leg Celtic   1 - 0   AGF Aarhus Glasgow
20:00 GMT Stadium: Celtic Park
Attendance: 23,569
28 September 1983 1st round 2nd leg AGF Aarhus   1 - 4
(1 – 5 agg.)
  Celtic Aarhus
20:00 GMT Stadium: Atletion
Attendance: 14,500
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 3rd Round 2nd leg Celtic   1 - 2
(1 – 2 agg.)
  Nottingham Forest Glasgow
20:00 GMT Stadium: Celtic Park
Attendance: 66,938

Glasgow Cup

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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

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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

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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

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  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.