 Nyorai kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Ferguson akatungamirira Aberdeen kubudirira kukuru zvikuru mwaka wakatevera, 198283. Vakanga vakwanisa kuenda kuEuropean Cup Winners Cup semhedzisiro yekukunda mukombe weScotland mwaka wadarika, uye vakakanganisa Bayern Munich, uyo akarova Tottenham Hotspur 41 mumutambo wapfuura. Maererano naWillie Miller, izvi zvakavapa chivimbo chekutenda kuti vaigona kuenderera mberi nekukunda makwikwi, izvo zvavakaita, nekukunda 2-1 pamusoro peReal Madrid mumutambo wekupedzisira musi wa11 Chivabvu 1983. Aberdeen yakava bedzi chikwata chechitatu cheScotland kukunda mukombe weEurope uye Ferguson zvino akanzwa kuti akanga aita chimwe chinhu chinokosha noupenyu hwake. Ikoku kwakateverwa norukundo muEuropean Super Cup muna December 1983, apo Hamburger SV, mukwikwidzi weEuropean Cupvakundi, vakarohwa 20 pamakumbo maviri. Aberdeen yakanga yaitawo zvakanaka muligi mwaka iwoyo, uye yakachengetedza mukombe weScotland nekukunda 10 pamusoro peRangers, asi Ferguson haana kufara nekutamba kwechikwata chake mumutambo iwoyo uye akagumbura vatambi nekuvaudza kuti kuita kunonyadzisa mubvunzurudzo yeterevhizheni mushure memutambo, chirevo chaakazodzorera. 