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The 1983 European Cup Winners' Cup Final was a football match contested between Aberdeen of Scotland and Real Madrid of Spain. It was the final match of the 1982–83 European Cup Winners' Cup tournament and the 23rd European Cup Winners' Cup final, a football tournament contested by the winners of each qualifying nation's national cup.
Alex Ferguson's young side defeated the Spanish giants after a notable victory over Bayern Munich in the quarter-final. Having conquered the domestic game in Scotland, by defeating the European Cup holders Hamburger SV to win the 1983 European Super Cup , Aberdeen went on to become the only Scottish team to win two European trophies, a record ...
Aberdeen F.C. 1983–84 season; Chairman: Dick Donald: Manager: Alex Ferguson: Scottish Premier Division: 1st (Champions) Scottish Cup: Winners: Scottish League Cup: Semi-final: UEFA Cup Winners' Cup: Semi-final: UEFA Super Cup: Winners: Top goalscorer: League: Mark McGhee Gordon Strachan (13 each) All: Mark McGhee (24) Highest home attendance ...
After winning the Scottish Cup in 1982, Aberdeen qualified for the 1982–83 European Cup Winners' Cup. After a large preliminary round victory over Sion of Switzerland, the Dons knocked out Dinamo Tirana of Albania and Lech Poznan of Poland to set up a quarter final tie with the West Germans Bayern Munich.
An extra time League Cup victory over Celtic in 1976–77 and defeats in the Scottish Cup final of 1977–78 and the League Cup final of the following season presaged the 1980s, when Aberdeen won a total of four Scottish Cups – including three in a row between 1982 and 1984 – and two League Cups, the second of which, in 1989, was the third ...
Aberdeen beat them 5–1 at home, and lost for the first time in the tournament, 1–0 away, resulting in an aggregate victory which sent Aberdeen to the final. [30] On 11 May 1983, Aberdeen beat Real Madrid 2–1 after extra time to win the cup and become only the third Scottish side to win a European trophy.
In 1983, Aberdeen became the second Scottish club to win the European Cup Winners' Cup, defeating Real Madrid in the final. Later that year, they became the first and only Scottish club to win the UEFA Super Cup.
At Aberdeen McGhee went on to win a further league title in 1984 as well as a hat-trick of successive Scottish Cup wins from 1982 to 1984. He was also part of the Aberdeen side that defeated Real Madrid 2-1 (aet.) in the final of the European Cup Winners' Cup in 1983, with his cross from the left setting up John Hewitt to score