1978–79 Aberdeen F.C. season

Match Day	Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Aberdeen Scorer(s)	Attendance
1.	12 August	Heart of Midlothian	A	4–1	Archibald (2), Harper, Davidson	11,500
2.	19 August	Morton	H	3–1	Harper (3),	14,500
3.	26 August	Dundee United	A	1–1	Harper (2),	10,000
4.	9 September	Motherwell	H	4–0	Archibald (2), Harper (2),	12,200
5.	16 September	Rangers	A	1–1	Sullivan	27,000
6.	23 September	Hibernian	A	1–2	Jarvie	12,086
7.	30 September	Partick Thistle	H	1–1	Archibald	11,100
8.	7 October	Celtic	H	4–1	Archibald (2), Harper, Jarvie	24,000
9.	14 October	St Mirren	A	1–2	Harper	10,973
10.	21 October	Heart of Midlothian	H	1–2	Harper	12,750
11.	29 October	Morton	A	1–2	Jarvie	6,500
12.	5 November	Dundee United	H	1–0	Harper	13,850
13.	11 November	Motherwell	A	1–1	Scanlon	5,448
14.	18 November	Rangers	H	0–0		24,000
15.	25 November	Hibernian	A	4–1	Harper (2), Fleming, Sullivan	13,250
16.	9 December	Celtic	A	0–0		24,000
17.	16 December	St Mirren	H	1–1	McMaster	11,700
18.	23 December	Heart of Midlothian	A	0–0		9,500
19.	30 December	Morton	H	1–2	Harper	8,700
20.	20 January	Hibernian	A	1–1	Harper	4,100
21.	24 February	St Mirren	A	2–2	Archibald, Strachan	11,500
22.	28 February	Partick Thistle	H	2–1	Archibald, McMaster	11,500
23.	3 March	Celtic	A	0–1		26,000
24.	17 March	Dundee United	H	0–2		10,200
25.	26 March	Motherwell	H	8–0	Harper (2), Archibald (2), McMaster, Sullivan, Strachan, Davidson	6,300
26.	4 April	Morton	A	1–0	Cooper	6,500
27.	7 April	Hibernian	H	0–0		10,000
28.	14 April	Partick Thistle	A	1–0	McGhee	6,000
29.	18 April	Motherwell	A	1–1	McLeish	2,672
30.	21 April	Celtic	H	1–1	Strachan	18,400
31.	25 April	Rangers	H	2–1	Archibald, McGhee	19,000
32.	28 April	St Mirren	H	1–2	Archibald	10,400
33.	2 May	Heart of Midlothian	H	5–0	McGhee (2), Strachan, Scanlon, Sullivan	6,000
34.	5 May	Dundee United	A	2–2	Jarvie, Strachan	7,822
35.	7 May	Rangers	A	0–2		30,000
36.	11 May	Partick Thistle	A	2–1	Harper, Sullivan	4,000

Final League table

P	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
3	Dundee United	36	18	8	10	56	37	19	44
4	Aberdeen	36	13	14	9	59	36	23	40
5	Hibernian	36	12	13	11	44	48	4	37

Results by round

Round	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31	32	33	34	35	36
Ground	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	A	H	H	H	H	A	A	A
Result	W	W	D	W	D	L	D	W	L	L	L	W	D	D	W	D	D	D	L	D	D	W	L	L	W	W	D	W	D	D	W	L	W	D	L	W
Position	1	1	2	2	2	3	3	3	4	4	5	2	3	3	2	3	3	3	3	3	4	2	2	4	4	5	5	3	5	4	3	4	4	4	4	4

Source: Statto.com
Ground: A = Away; H = Home. Result: D = Draw; L = Loss; W = Win; P = Postponed.

Scottish League Cup

Main article: 1978–79 Scottish League Cup

Round	Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Aberdeen Scorer(s)	Attendance
R2 L1	30 August	Meadowbank Thistle	A	5–0	Sullivan, Jarvie, Kennedy, Archibald, Fleming	1,600
R2 L2	2 September	Meadowbank Thistle	H	4–0	Harper (2), Archibald, Scanlon	6,850
R3 L1	4 October	Hamilton Academical	A	1–0	Scanlon	5,000
R3 L2	11 October	Hamilton Academical	H	7–1	Harper (4), Rougvie, Sullivan, Kennedy	10,000
QF L1	8 November	Ayr United	A	3–3	Harper, Sullivan	6,300
QF L2	15 November	Ayr United	H	3–1	McLelland, Harper, Archibald	13,000
SF	13 December	Morton	N	1–0	Kennedy	21,048
F	31 March	Rangers	N	1–2	Davidson	54,000

Scottish Cup

Main article: Scottish Cup 1978-79

Round	Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Aberdeen Scorer(s)	Attendance
R3	27 January	Hamilton Academical	A	2–0	Miller, Harper	9,400
R4	21 February	Ayr United	H	6–2	Scanlon (2), McMaster, Archibald (2), Harper	11,500
QF	10 March	Celtic	H	1–1	Harper	23,000
QFR	14 March	Celtic	A	2–1	Davidson, Archibald	36,000
SF	11 April	Hibernian	N	1–2	Archibald	9,387

European Cup Winners' Cup

Main article: 1978–79 European Cup Winners' Cup

Round	Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Aberdeen Scorer(s)	Attendance
R1 L1	13 September	Marek Dimitrov	A	2–3	Jarvie, Harper	20,000
R1 L2	27 September	Marek Dimitrov	H	3–0	Strachan, Jarvie, Harper	21,100
R2 L1	18 October	Fortuna Düsseldorf	A	0–3		10,000
R2 L2	1 November	Fortuna Düsseldorf	H	2–0	McLelland, Jarvie	16,800

References

Kevin Stirling. Aberdeen A Centenary History 1903-2003. Desert Island Books 2002. ISBN 1-874287-49-X.

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Domestic leagues	Football League Premier Division First Division Second Division Highland League

Domestic cups	Scottish Cup (Final) League Cup (Final) Junior Cup

European competitions	European Cup European Cup Winners' Cup UEFA Cup

Related to national team	Results Euro 1980 qualifying (Group 2) British Home Championship

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Premier Division	Aberdeen Celtic Dundee United Heart of Midlothian Hibernian Morton Motherwell Partick Thistle Rangers St. Mirren

First Division	Airdrieonians Arbroath Ayr United Clyde Clydebank Dundee Dumbarton Hamilton Academical Kilmarnock Montrose Queen of the South Raith Rovers St. Johnstone Stirling Albion

Second Division	Albion Rovers Alloa Athletic Berwick Rangers Brechin City Cowdenbeath Dunfermline Athletic East Fife East Stirlingshire Falkirk Forfar Athletic Meadowbank Thistle Queen's Park Stenhousemuir Stranraer

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