The Scottish FA Cup was played for the 10th time in 1882/83 . The most important football cup competition in Scottish club football was directed and hosted by the Scottish Football Association. He began on September 9, 1882, ended with the repetition finale on April 7, 1883 Hampden Park of Glasgow . As the defending champion, FC Queen's Park started the competition, which had won against FC Dumbarton in the final of the previous year and was also the record winner. In this year's final of the Scottish Cup the previous year's finalists met from Dumbarton to the FC Vale of Leven . Dumbarton reached the final of the Scottish Cup for the third time. For Vale of Leven, three-time winner of the competition, it was the fourth final. The first final game ended 2-2. In the repeat final, Dumbarton won 2-1 and won the trophy for the first and only time in the club's history after two defeats in the final against FC Queen's Park.
