2012–13 Aberdeen F.C. season

Aberdeen
2012–13 season
Chairman Stewart Milne
Manager Craig Brown until 6 April
Derek McInnes from 8 April
Stadium Pittodrie Stadium
Scottish Premier League 8th
Scottish Cup 5th round
Scottish League Cup Quarter-final
Top goalscorer League:
Niall McGinn (20)

All:
Niall McGinn (21)
Highest home attendance 18,083 vs Celtic, 17 November 2012
Lowest home attendance 6,061 vs Motherwell, 1 December 2012
Average home league attendance 9,615
Home colours
Away colours

The 2012–13 season was Aberdeen's 99th season in the top flight of Scottish football and their 101st season overall. Aberdeen competed in the Scottish Premier League, Scottish Cup and Scottish League Cup. They finished 8th in the Premier League, reached the fourth round of the League Cup and the fifth round of the Scottish Cup. A number of players all departed during the summer's pre-season. Kari Arnason, Rory McArdle, Youl Mawene and Mohamed Chalali all moved on to new clubs as free agents. Darren Mackie, Yoann Folly and Danny Uchechi were also released by the club. Aberdeen also sold youngster Fraser Fyvie to Premier League side Wigan Athletic for a fee in the region of £500,000.

Manager Craig Brown made four additions, bringing in wingers Jonny Hayes and Niall McGinn from rival SPL clubs, as well as adding experienced left-back Gary Naysmith to his squad. Mark Reynolds who returned to his parent club Sheffield Wednesday at the end of last season, was allowed to return to Pittodrie on a season long loan.

Craig Brown retired as manager in 2013, with Derek McInnes taking over for the final five games of the season.

Results & fixtures

  Win   Draw   Loss   Postponed

Friendly matches

Scottish Premier League

Scottish League Cup

Aberdeen entered the Scottish League Cup in the second round stage, having not qualified for Europe in 2011–12. The draw for the second round took place at Hampden on 9 August and handed the Dons' an away tie against First Division side Greenock Morton[3]

Scottish Cup

Statistics

Appearances and Goals

No. Pos Nat Player TotalSPLScottish CupLeague Cup
AppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
1 GK Scotland Jamie Langfield 43037+003+003+00
2 MF Scotland Ryan Jack 19018+000+001+00
3 DF Scotland Clark Robertson 27021+202+002+00
4 DF Scotland Russell Anderson (c) 35030+102+001+10
5 MF Scotland Gavin Rae 41434+133+003+01
6 DF Scotland Andrew Considine 22017+102+002+00
7 MF Scotland Chris Clark 1216+410+001+10
8 MF England Robert Milsom 1403+1001+000+00
9 FW England Scott Vernon 41629+632+102+13
10 FW Northern Ireland Niall McGinn 402133+2203+012+00
11 MF Republic of Ireland Jonny Hayes 41329+633+003+00
13 DF Scotland Nicky Low 501+400+000+00
14 FW New Zealand Rory Fallon 1628+612+010+00
15 MF Scotland Peter Pawlett 1404+800+100+10
16 MF England Isaac Osbourne 27121+211+003+00
17 DF Scotland Gary Naysmith 1007+100+001+10
18 MF Scotland Stephen Hughes 27022+101+002+10
19 FW Scotland Mitchel Megginson 301+200+000+00
20 MF Scotland Ryan Fraser 18013+300+001+10
20 GK Germany Dan Twardzik 000+000+000+00
21 FW Northern Ireland Josh Magennis 39618+1652+002+11
22 DF Scotland Mark Reynolds 41134+113+003+00
23 DF Republic of Ireland Joe Shaughnessy 26122+103+010+00
24 MF Scotland Jordon Brown 200+200+000+00
25 MF Scotland Jamie Masson 701+600+000+00
32 GK Wales Jason Brown 201+100+000+00
34 FW Scotland Declan McManus 700+700+000+00
35 MF Scotland Craig Murray 100+100+000+00
38 FW Scotland Cammy Smith 2117+1110+101+10
MF Scotland Craig Storie 000+000+000+00

As of 18 May 2013

Disciplinary record

No. Nat. Pos. Name SPL Scottish Cup League Cup Total
Yellow card Red card Yellow card Red card Yellow card Red card Yellow card Red card
4 Scotland DF Russell Anderson 5 1 0 0 0 0 3 1
2 Scotland DF Ryan Jack 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
9 England FW Scott Vernon 4 0 0 0 0 0 4 0
6 Scotland DF Andrew Considine 3 0 0 0 0 0 3 0
16 England MF Isaac Osbourne 3 0 0 0 0 0 3 0
38 Scotland FW Cammy Smith 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
5 Scotland MF Gavin Rae 4 0 0 0 1 0 5 0
3 Scotland DF Clark Robertson 3 0 0 0 1 0 4 0
18 Scotland MF Stephen Hughes 4 0 0 0 1 0 5 0
21 Northern Ireland FW Josh Magennis 5 0 0 0 0 0 5 0
8 England MF Robert Milsom 3 0 0 0 0 0 3 0
7 Scotland MF Chris Clark 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
23 Republic of Ireland DF Joe Shaughnessy 4 0 1 0 0 0 5 0
1 Scotland GK Jamie Langfield 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1
11 Republic of Ireland MF Jonny Hayes 3 0 0 0 0 0 3 0
22 Scotland DF Mark Reynolds 3 1 0 0 0 0 3 1
15 Scotland MF Peter Pawlett 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
10 Northern Ireland FW Niall McGinn 4 0 0 0 0 0 4 0

As of 18 May 2013

Goalscorers

Rank Player SPL SC LC Total
1. Northern Ireland Niall McGinn201021
2. Northern Ireland Josh Magennis5016
2. England Scott Vernon3036
4. Republic of Ireland Jonny Hayes4004
4. Scotland Gavin Rae3014
6. New Zealand Rory Fallon1102
7. England Isaac Osbourne1001
7. Scotland Cammy Smith1001
7. Scotland Chris Clark1001
7. Scotland Mark Reynolds1001
7. Republic of Ireland Joe Shaughnessy0101

As of 18 May 2013

Clean Sheets

Place Position Nationality Number Name SPL Scottish Cup League Cup Total
1 GK Scotland 1 Jamie Langfield 14 0 2 16
2 GK Wales 32 Jason Brown 1 0 0 1
TOTALS 7 0 2 9

Last updated: 11 May 2013
Source: Match reports in Results

Home attendances

  Win   Draw   Loss

Comp Date Score Opponent Attendance
SPL11 August 20120–0Ross County14,010
SPL26 August 20120–0Hearts11,971
SPL1 September 20120–0St Mirren9,288
SPL23 September 20123–3Motherwell8,577
SPL29 September 20122–1Hibernian8,282
SPL27 October 20122–0Dundee10,425
Scottish League Cup30 October 20122–2
(2–4 pens)
St Mirren7,610
SPL17 November 20120–2Celtic18,083
SPL27 November 20122–3Inverness Caledonian Thistle9,193
Scottish Cup1 December 20121–1Motherwell6,061
SPL15 December 20120–2Kilmarnock8,790
SPL22 December 20122–0St Johnstone7,051
SPL2 January 20132–2Dundee United13,176
SPL27 January 20130–0Hibernian7,184
SPL9 February 20130–0St Mirren7,240
SPL15 February 20131–0Dundee7,841
SPL26 February 20130–1Ross County6,394
SPL9 March 20130–0Motherwell8,210
SPL30 March 20132–0Hearts10,175
SPL27 April 20131–0Kilmarnock6,334
SPL18 May 20131–1Hearts10,465
Total attendance 196,360
Total league attendance 182,689
Average attendance 9,350
Average league attendance 9,615

Last updated: 18 May 2013
Source: Match reports in Results

Competition statistics

Overall

Competition Started roundCurrent
position / round
Final
position / round
First match Last match
Scottish Premier League 1 8 4 August18 May
League Cup 2nd Round Quarter-finals Quarter-finals 22 August30 October
Scottish Cup 4th Round 5th Round 1 December

Source: Competitions

League table

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion or relegation
1 Celtic (C) 38 24 7 7 92 35 +57 79 2013–14 UEFA Champions League second qualifying round
2 Motherwell 38 18 9 11 67 51 +16 63 2013–14 UEFA Europa League third qualifying round
3 St Johnstone 38 14 14 10 45 44 +1 56 2013–14 UEFA Europa League second qualifying round
4 Inverness Caledonian Thistle 38 13 15 10 64 60 +4 54
5 Ross County 38 13 14 11 47 48 1 53
6 Dundee United 38 11 14 13 51 62 11 47[lower-alpha 1]
7 Hibernian 38 13 12 13 49 52 3 51[lower-alpha 1] 2013–14 UEFA Europa League second qualifying round[lower-alpha 2]
8 Aberdeen 38 11 15 12 41 43 2 48[lower-alpha 1]
9 Kilmarnock 38 11 12 15 52 53 1 45
10 Heart of Midlothian 38 11 11 16 40 49 9 44
11 St Mirren 38 9 14 15 47 60 13 41
12 Dundee (R) 38 7 9 22 28 66 38 30 Relegation to 2013–14 Scottish First Division
Updated to match(es) played on unknown. Source: Scottish Premier League
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) Champion; (R) Relegated.
Notes:
  1. 1 2 3 Teams in the bottom half at the time of the split may not overtake a team in the top 6 at the time of the split.
  2. Since the winners of 2012–13 Scottish Cup, Celtic are already qualified to 2013–14 UEFA Champions League, the runners–up Hibernian secured a spot in 2013–14 UEFA Europa League in the second qualifying round.

Results summary

OverallHomeAway
PldWDLGFGAGDPtsWDLGFGAGDWDLGFGAGD
38 11 15 12 41 43  −2 48 6 9 4 18 15  +3 5 6 8 23 28  −5

As of 18 May 2013

Results by round

Round1234567891011121314151617181920212223242526272829303132333435363738
GroundAHAHHAHHAAHAAHAHAHHAAHAHAHHAHHAHAAHAAH
ResultLDWDDDDWWDWLWLWLLLWLWDLDLDWDLDLWLDWDDD
Position119599786333433245745555567588997887778
Updated to match(es) played on 18 May 2013. Source: Statto.com
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Results by opponent

Last updated on 18 May 2013
Team Results[4] Points
1 2 3 4
Celtic0–10–23–40
Dundee2–03–11–01–110
Dundee United1–12–20–12
Heart of Midlothian0–00–22–01–15
Hibernian2–11–00–00–08
Inverness Caledonian Thistle1–12–30–31
Kilmarnock3–10–21–11–07
Motherwell3–31–40–02
Ross County0–01–20–11
St Johnstone2–12–01–36
St Mirren0–04–10–00–06

Source: 2012–13 Scottish Premier League article

Transfers

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