2006–07 Aberdeen F.C. season

Aberdeen
2006–07 season
Chairman	Stewart Milne
Manager	Jimmy Calderwood
SPL	3rd
Scottish Cup	Round 3
League Cup	Round 2
Top goalscorer	Darren Mackie 13
Highest home attendance	20,045 vs Rangers 23 December 2006
Lowest home attendance	7,905 vs Hibernian 10 January 2007
Average home league attendance	12,475

Aberdeen competed in the Scottish Premier League, Scottish Cup and Scottish League Cup in season 2006–07. Their third place in the Scottish Premier League was their highest since the 1995-96 season.

Statistics

Appearances and Goals

No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Total		SPL		Scottish Cup		League Cup
No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
1	GK		Jamie Langfield	40	0	38	0	2	0	0	0
2	DF		Michael Hart	36	0	34	0	2	0	0	0
3	MF		Richie Byrne	5	0	5	0	0	0	0	0
4	DF		Russell Anderson	38	2	35	2	2	0	1	0
5	DF		Zander Diamond	21	0	21	0	0	0	0	0
6	MF		Scott Severin	38	4	35	4	2	0	1	0
7	MF		Jamie Smith	21	1	21	1	0	0	0	0
8	MF		Barry Nicholson	34	8	31	6	2	2	1	0
9	FW		Steve Lovell	29	9	27	9	2	0	0	0
10	FW		Darren Mackie	41	13	38	13	2	0	1	0
11	MF		Chris Clark	40	1	37	1	2	0	1	0
14	MF		Gary Dempsey	29	2	26	2	2	0	1	0
15	DF		Karim Touzani	10	0	10	0	0	0	0	0
16	FW		Lee Miller	34	4	32	4	2	0	0	0
16	FW		John Stewart	5	0	4	0	0	0	1	0
17	DF		Dan Smith	8	0	6	0	1	0	1	0
18	MF		Jamie Winter	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
19	MF		Richard Foster	40	3	37	3	2	0	1	0
20	GK		Derek Soutar	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
21	DF		Andrew Considine	36	2	33	2	2	0	1	0
22	MF		Kyle Macaulay	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
23	FW		Steve Crawford	5	3	4	3	0	0	1	0
23	FW		Craig Brewster	13	1	12	0	1	1	0	0
24	DF		David Donald	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
25	FW		Chris Maguire	22	1	19	1	2	0	1	0
26	FW		Dyron Daal	7	2	7	2	0	0	0	0

Source: AFC Heritage

Results

Friendlies

Date	Opponent	H/A	Score^[1]	Aberdeen Scorers^[2]
6 July	Peterhead	A	4–1	Crawford (24), Dempsey (28), Mackie (71,80)
9 July	Elgin City	A	5–0	Byrne (20, 63), Clark (36), Maguire (74), Mackie (84)
14 July	Bloemfontein Celtic	A	2–1	Stewart (2, 75)
16 July	Jomo Cosmos	A	0–2
19 July	Jomo Cosmos	A	1–0	Lovell (52)
22 July	Benoni Premier United	A	3–2	Lovell (26), Mackie (31), Crawford (86)
26 July	Montrose	A	3–0	Considine (10), Lovell (26), Kiely (41)
1 August	Forres Mechanics	A	3–1	Stewart (36, 53), Donald (68)
8 August	Everton	H	2–3	Dempsey (40), Smith (70)
23 February	Bohemians	A	0–0

Scottish Premier League

Match Day	Date	Opponent	Venue	Score	Aberdeen Scorer(s)	Attendance	Report
1	29 July	Hibernian	A	1–1	Crawford (18)	15,046	AFC Heritage
2	5 August	Inverness Caledonian Thistle	H	1–1	Crawford (29)	11,955	AFC Heritage
3	12 August	Motherwell	A	2–0	Mackie (25,60)	5,186	AFC Heritage
4	19 August	St Mirren	A	1–1	Crawford (29)	5,344	AFC Heritage
5	26 August	Dunfermline	H	1–0	Severin (68)	9,889	AFC Heritage
6	9 September	Celtic	H	0–1		15,304	AFC Heritage
7	16 September	Falkirk	A	2–0	Dempsey (51), Daal (82)	5,812	AFC Heritage
8	24 September	Heart of Midlothian	H	1–3	Daal (82)	11,160	AFC Heritage
9	1 October	Rangers	A	0–1		50,488	AFC Heritage
10	14 October	Kilmarnock	A	0–1		5,700	AFC Heritage
11	21 October	Dundee United	H	3–1	Mackie (38), Nicholson (46, 71)	10,747	AFC Heritage
12	30 October	Hibernian	H	2–1	Miller (56), Severin (90+3)	11,179	AFC Heritage
13	6 November	Inverness Caledonian Thistle	A	1–1	Lovell (89)	5,744	AFC Heritage
14	11 November	Motherwell	H	2–1	Smith (55), Miller (86)	10,527	AFC Heritage
15	18 November	St Mirren	H	2–0	Mackie (77, 85)	11,426	AFC Heritage
16	25 November	Dunfermline Athletic	A	3–0	Miller (54), Mackie (83, 86)	6,501	AFC Heritage
17	2 December	Celtic	A	0–1		58,911	AFC Heritage
18	9 December	Falkirk	H	2–1	Mackie (17), Clark (44)	10,594	AFC Heritage
19	16 December	Heart of Midlothian	A	1–0	Lovell (87)	17,274	AFC Heritage
20	23 December	Rangers	H	1–2	Lovell (85)	20,045	AFC Heritage
21	26 December	Kilmarnock	H	3–1	Maguire (5), Nicholson (8), Lovell (87)	11,887	AFC Heritage
22	30 December	Dundee United	A	1–3	Severin (56)	12,329	AFC Heritage
23	2 January	Hibernian	A	0–0		16,278	AFC Heritage
24	13 January	Inverness Caledonian Thistle	H	1–1	Lovell (90+3)	10,300	AFC Heritage
25	27 January	St Mirren	A	2–0	Considine (8, 37)	4,926	AFC Heritage
26	10 February	Dunfermline	H	3–0	Mackie (33), Nicholson (57 pen), Lovell (83)	9,379	AFC Heritage
27	17 February	Celtic	H	1–2	Mackie (90)	16,711	AFC Heritage
28	3 March	Falkirk	A	2–0	Dempsey (16), Foster (61)	5,825	AFC Heritage
29	10 March	Heart of Midlothian	H	1–0	Lovell (7)	13,964	AFC Heritage
30	13 March	Motherwell	A	2–0	Fitzpatrick (32 o.g.), Foster (90)	4,530	AFC Heritage
31	17 March	Rangers	A	0–3		50,354	AFC Heritage
32	31 March	Kilmarnock	A	2–1	Fowler (59 o.g.), Anderson (69)	7,236	AFC Heritage
33	7 April	Dundee United	H	2–4	Lovell (8), Mackie (10 pen)	12,148	AFC Heritage
34	21 April	Hibernian	H	2–2	Anderson (25), Foster (80)	9,753	AFC Heritage
35	28 April	Kilmarnock	H	3–0	Nicholson (7 pen), Miller (49), Mackie (62)	10,046	AFC Heritage
36	6 May	Heart of Midlothian	A	1–1	Nicholson (90)	17,208	AFC Heritage
37	12 May	Celtic	A	1–2	Mackie (41)	59,510	AFC Heritage
38	20 May	Rangers	H	2–0	Severin (21), Lovell (32)	20,010	AFC Heritage

Scottish League Cup

Round	Date	Opponent	H/A	Score^[1]	Aberdeen Scorer(s)^[2]	Attendance	Report
R3	22 August	Queen's Park	A	0–0 (3–5 on penalty kicks)		1,588	AFC Heritage

Scottish Cup

Round	Date	Opponent	H/A	Score^[1]	Aberdeen Scorer(s)^[2]	Attendance	Report
R3	10 January	Hibernian	H	2–2	Brewster (58), Nicholson (88)	7,905	AFC Heritage
R3 (R)	18 January	Hibernian	A	1–4	Nicholson (10)	11,375	AFC Heritage

Players

Squad

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No.	Position	Player
1	GK	Jamie Langfield
2	DF	Michael Hart
3	DF	Richie Byrne
4	DF	Russell Anderson (captain)
5	DF	Zander Diamond
6	MF	Scott Severin
7	MF	Jamie Smith
8	MF	Barry Nicholson
9	FW	Steve Lovell
10	FW	Darren Mackie
11	MF	Chris Clark
14	MF	Gary Dempsey
15	DF	Karim Touzani

No.	Position	Player
16	FW	Lee Miller
16	FW	John Stewart
17	DF	Dan Smith
18	MF	Jamie Winter
19	DF	Ricky Foster
20	GK	Derek Soutar
21	DF	Andrew Considine
22	MF	Kyle Macaulay
23	FW	Stevie Crawford
23	FW	Craig Brewster
24	DF	David Donald
25	FW	Chris Maguire
26	FW	Dyron Daal

Goalscorers

Name	SPL	Cups	Total
Darren Mackie	13	0	13
Steve Lovell	9	0	9
Barry Nicholson	6	2	8
Scott Severin	4	0	4
Lee Miller	4	0	4
Richard Foster	3	0	3
Stevie Crawford	3	0	3
Andrew Considine	2	0	2
Russell Anderson	2	0	2
Dyron Daal	2	0	2
Gary Dempsey	2	0	2
Jamie Smith	1	0	1
Chris Clark	1	0	1
Chris Maguire	1	0	1
Craig Brewster	0	1	1
own goals	2	0	2

Source: BBC Sport
Ordered by: Total, SPL, Cups then Name
Name: Players's Name, flag next to name indicates player's nationality. SPL: No. of goals scored in the Scottish Premier League. Cups: No. of goals scored in the Scottish League Cup, Scottish Cup and Uefa Cup. Total: Total No. of competitive goals scored.

Competitions

Overall

Competition	Started round	Final position / round	First match	Last match
Scottish Premier League	—	3	29 July 2006	20 May 2007
League Cup	Second round	Second round	22 August 2006	22 August 2006
Scottish Cup	Third round	Third round	10 January 2007	18 January 2007

Source: Competitions

SPL

Classification


Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Celtic (C)	38	26	6	6	65	34	+31	84	2007–08 UEFA Champions League Third qualifying round
2	Rangers	38	21	9	8	61	32	+29	72	2007–08 UEFA Champions League Second qualifying round
3	Aberdeen	38	19	8	11	56	37	+19	65	2007–08 UEFA Cup First round
4	Heart of Midlothian	38	17	10	11	47	35	+12	61
5	Kilmarnock	38	16	7	15	47	54	−7	55

Source: BBC Sport
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored
(C) = Champion; (R) = Relegated; (P) = Promoted; (E) = Eliminated; (O) = Play-off winner; (A) = Advances to a further round.
Only applicable when the season is not finished:
(Q) = Qualified to the phase of tournament indicated; (TQ) = Qualified to tournament, but not yet to the particular phase indicated; (RQ) = Qualified to the relegation tournament indicated; (DQ) = Disqualified from tournament.

Results summary

Overall								Home						Away
Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
38	19	8	11	55	38	+17	65	11	3	5	33	21	+12	8	5	6	22	17	+5

Source: BBC Sport

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	37	38
Ground	A	H	A	A	H	H	A	H	A	A	H	H	A	H	H	A	A	H	A	H	H	A	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	A	A	H	H	H	A	A	H
Result	D	D	W	D	W	L	W	L	L	L	W	W	D	W	W	W	L	W	W	L	W	L	D	D	W	W	L	W	W	W	L	W	L	D	W	D	L	W

Source: BBC Sport
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Results by opponent

Team	Results^[1]				Points
Team	1	2	3	4	Points
Celtic	0–1	0–1	1–2	1–2	0
Dundee United	3–1	1–3	2–4		3
Dunfermline Athletic	1–0	3–0	3–0		9
Falkirk	2–0	2–1	2–0		9
Heart of Midlothian	1–3	1–0	1–0	1–1	7
Hibernian	1–1	2–1	0–0	2–2	6
Inverness CT	1–1	1–1	1–1		3
Kilmarnock	0–1	3–1	2–1	3–0	9
Motherwell	2–0	2–1	2–0		9
Rangers	0–1	1–2	0–3	2–0	3
St Mirren	1–1	2–0	2–0		7

Source: 2006–07 Scottish Premier League article

Club

The management

Position	Staff
Manager	Jimmy Calderwood
Assistant manager	Jimmy Nicholl
Striker coach	Sandy Clark
Goalkeeping coach	Jim Leighton

Source:

Other information

Chairman	Stewart Milne
Executive Director	Willie Miller
Ground (capacity and dimensions)	Pittodrie Stadium (22,199 / 109x72 yards)

Source:afc.co.uk

References

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2006–07 in Scottish football
« 2005–06 2007–08 »
Domestic leagues	Premier League Football League First Division Second Division Third Division Highland League
Domestic cups	Scottish Cup (Final) League Cup (Final) Challenge Cup (Final) Junior Cup
European competitions	Champions League UEFA Cup (Final) Intertoto Cup
Related to national team	Results Euro 2008 qualifying
Club seasons
Premier League	Aberdeen Celtic Dundee United Dunfermline Athletic Falkirk Heart of Midlothian Hibernian Inverness Caledonian Thistle Kilmarnock Motherwell Rangers St. Mirren
First Division	Airdrie United Clyde Dundee Gretna Hamilton Academical Livingston Queen of the South Partick Thistle Ross County St. Johnstone
Second Division	Alloa Athletic Ayr United Brechin City Cowdenbeath Forfar Athletic Greenock Morton Peterhead Raith Rovers Stirling Albion Stranraer
Third Division	Albion Rovers Arbroath Berwick Rangers Dumbarton East Fife East Stirlingshire Elgin City Montrose Queen's Park Stenhousemuir
Major transfer deals 2006–07

Overall								Home						Away
Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
38	19	8	11	55	38	+17	65	11	3	5	33	21	+12	8	5	6	22	17	+5

Overall								Home						Away
Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
38	19	8	11	55	38	+17	65	11	3	5	33	21	+12	8	5	6	22	17	+5