2013–14 Aberdeen F.C. season

Aberdeen
2013–14 season
Chairman Stewart Milne
Manager Derek McInnes
Stadium Pittodrie Stadium
Premiership Third place
League Cup Winners vs Inverness CT
Scottish Cup Semi Final
Top goalscorer League:
Niall McGinn (12)
All:
Niall McGinn (13)
Highest home attendance 20,017 vs.
Celtic
Premiership
17 August 2013
Lowest home attendance 4,897 vs.
Alloa Athletic
League Cup
27 August 2013
Average home league attendance League: 12,394[1]
Home colours
Away colours

The 2013–14 season was Aberdeen's 100th season in the top flight of Scottish football and their 102nd season overall. Aberdeen competed in the Scottish Premiership, Scottish Cup and Scottish League Cup. They won the Scottish League Cup in March 2014 with a win on penalties after a 0-0 draw against Inverness CT and reached the semi final of the Scottish Cup. In the league, they finished in third place behind Celtic and Motherwell, qualifying for Europe for the first time since 2009.

Results & fixtures

  Win   Draw   Loss

Friendly matches

Aberdeen played eight friendly matches; seven took place in pre-season and one in September.[2]

Scottish Premiership

Scottish League Cup

Aberdeen entered the Scottish League Cup in the second round stage, having not qualified for Europe in 2012–13. They won the trophy on 16 March 2014 on penalties after a 0-0 draw with Inverness CT.

Scottish Cup

Aberdeen entered the Scottish Cup in the fourth round stage.

Statistics

Appearances and Goals

Last updated 3 April 2014[3][4]
No. Pos Nat Player TotalPremiershipLeague CupScottish Cup
AppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
1 GK Scotland Jamie Langfield 39031+005+003+00
2 DF Republic of Ireland Joe Shaughnessy 29120+602+010+10
3 DF Scotland Clark Robertson 1004+303+000+00
4 DF Scotland Russell Anderson (c) 31221+314+003+01
5 DF Scotland Andrew Considine 25219+002+113+01
6 DF Scotland Mark Reynolds 39231+025+003+00
7 FW Democratic Republic of the Congo Calvin Zola 21311+633+001+00
8 MF Republic of Ireland Willo Flood 33325+234+002+00
9 FW England Scott Vernon 29612+930+530+30
10 FW Northern Ireland Niall McGinn 371429+1134+002+11
11 MF Republic of Ireland Jonny Hayes 33523+325+032+00
14 FW Scotland Cammy Smith 1718+501+111+10
15 MF Scotland Barry Robson 28415+742+103+00
16 MF Scotland Peter Pawlett 35727+254+012+01
17 MF Scotland Gregg Wylde 1013+510+101+00
17 FW Republic of Ireland Adam Rooney 1389+062+012+01
18 DF Scotland Nicky Low 1613+811+300+10
19 MF Scotland Chris Clark 000+000+000+00
20 GK England Nicky Weaver 201+100+000+00
21 FW Northern Ireland Josh Magennis 2011+1710+100+10
22 MF Scotland Ryan Jack 35229+024+002+00
23 MF Scotland Jamie Masson 000+000+000+00
24 FW Scotland Declan McManus 200+200+000+00
25 FW Scotland Lawrence Shankland 000+000+000+00
26 MF Scotland Craig Storie 100+100+000+00
27 DF England Michael Hector 22118+211+001+00
28 DF England Alan Tate 705+100+100+00
29 DF England Shaleum Logan 1107+002+002+00
30 GK Republic of Ireland Danny Rogers 000+000+000+00
35 DF Scotland Craig Murray 400+201+100+00

Disciplinary record

Last updated 3 April 2014
No. Nat. Pos. Name Premiership League Cup Scottish Cup Total
Yellow card Red card Yellow card Red card Yellow card Red card Yellow card Red card
1 Scotland MF Jamie Langfield 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 1
2 Scotland DF Joe Shaughnessy 3 0 0 1 0 0 3 1
3 Scotland MF Clark Robertson 1 0 1 0 0 0 2 0
4 Scotland DF Russell Anderson 4 0 2 0 0 0 6 0
5 Scotland DF Andrew Considine 4 1 1 0 0 0 5 1
7 Democratic Republic of the Congo MF Calvin Zola 1 0 1 0 0 0 2 0
8 Republic of Ireland MF Willo Flood 4 0 0 0 0 0 4 0
9 England FW Scott Vernon 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
10 Northern Ireland MF Niall McGinn 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
11 Republic of Ireland MF Jonny Hayes 4 0 0 0 1 0 5 0
14 Scotland FW Cammy Smith 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
15 Scotland MF Barry Robson 2 1 1 0 0 0 3 1
16 Scotland MF Peter Pawlett 5 0 0 0 1 0 6 0
17 Republic of Ireland FW Adam Rooney 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
18 Scotland DF Nicky Low 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 1
21 Northern Ireland FW Josh Magennis 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
22 Scotland MF Ryan Jack 6 0 0 0 0 0 6 0
27 England DF Michael Hector 5 0 0 0 0 0 5 0

Goalscorers

Last updated 9 May 2014
Rank Player Scottish Premiership Scottish Cup League Cup Total
1 Northern Ireland Niall McGinn 13 1 0 14
2 England Scott Vernon 6 0 3 9
Republic of Ireland Adam Rooney 7 1 1 9
4 Scotland Peter Pawlett 5 1 1 7
5 Republic of Ireland Jonny Hayes 2 0 3 5
6 Scotland Barry Robson 4 0 0 4
7 Republic of Ireland Willo Flood 3 0 0 3
Democratic Republic of the Congo Calvin Zola 3 0 0 3
9 Scotland Ryan Jack 2 0 0 2
Scotland Mark Reynolds 2 0 0 2
Scotland Russell Anderson 1 1 0 2
Scotland Andrew Considine 0 1 1 2
13. England Michael Hector 1 0 0 1
England Shaleum Logan 1 0 0 1
Scotland Nicky Low 1 0 0 1
Northern Ireland Josh Magennis 1 0 0 1
Scotland Gregg Wylde 1 0 0 1
Republic of Ireland Joe Shaughnessy 0 0 1 1
Scotland Cammy Smith 0 0 1 1

Team statistics

League table

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion or relegation
1 Celtic (C) 38 31 6 1 102 25 +77 99 2014–15 UEFA Champions League Second qualifying round
2 Motherwell 38 22 4 12 64 60 +4 70 2014–15 UEFA Europa League Second qualifying round[lower-alpha 1]
3 Aberdeen 38 20 8 10 53 38 +15 68 2014–15 UEFA Europa League First qualifying round
4 Dundee United 38 16 10 12 65 50 +15 58
5 Inverness Caledonian Thistle 38 16 9 13 44 44 0 57
6 St Johnstone 38 15 8 15 48 42 +6 53 2014–15 UEFA Europa League Second qualifying round[lower-alpha 1]
7 Ross County 38 11 7 20 44 62 −18 40
8 St Mirren 38 10 9 19 39 58 −19 39
9 Kilmarnock 38 11 6 21 45 66 −21 39
10 Partick Thistle 38 8 14 16 46 65 −19 38
11 Hibernian (R) 38 8 11 19 31 51 −20 35 Scottish Premiership play-offs
12 Heart of Midlothian (R) 38 10 8 20 45 65 −20 23[lower-alpha 2] Relegation to 2014–15 Scottish Championship
Updated to match(es) played on unknown. Source: ESPN
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) Champion; (R) Relegated.
Notes:
  1. 1 2 St Johnstone, as winners of the 2013–14 Scottish Cup, qualify to second qualifying round of Europa League.
  2. ↑ Heart of Midlothian were deducted 15 points for entering administration

Results by round

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GroundHAHAHAHAAHAHHAAHAHHAAHHAAAHHHAHAAAHAAH
ResultWWLLDWWDLWWWLLWWWLWWWWLDWLWWWDDDWDDLWL
Position22446434442235443533222222222222222223

Updated to match(es) played on 11 May 2014. Source: [5]
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Results by opponent

Team Results[6] Points
1 2 3 4
Celtic0–21–32–12–53
Dundee United1–02–12–23–110
Heart of Midlothian1–21–31–11
Hibernian2–01–02–09
Inverness Caledonian Thistle1–04–30–10–07
Kilmarnock2–11–02–19
Motherwell3–10–12–20–14
Partick Thistle3–04–01–36
Ross County0–11–01–14
St Johnstone0–02–01–01–18
St Mirren1–12–01–07

Source: 2013–14 Scottish Premiership article

Transfers

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Premiership Attendance". uk.soccerway.com. Soccerway. Retrieved 18 January 2014.
  2. ↑ "2013-14 Pre Season & Friendly Fixtures". afc.co.uk. Aberdeen Football Club. Retrieved 22 June 2013.
  3. ↑ "Aberdeen First Team". afc.co.uk. Aberdeen. Archived from the original on 11 August 2011. Retrieved 19 January 2014.
  4. ↑ "Aberdeen Squad". soccerbase.com. Soccerbase. Retrieved 19 January 2014.
  5. ↑ "Aberdeen". Statto. Retrieved 19 January 2014.
  6. ↑ Aberdeen's score is shown first.
  7. ↑ "Willo Flood to join Aberdeen after Dundee United deal ends". BBC Sport. 31 May 2013. Retrieved 10 June 2013.
  8. ↑ "Aberdeen sign Barry Robson from Sheffield United". BBC Sport. 3 June 2013. Retrieved 10 June 2013.
  9. ↑ "Dons Capture Striker Calvin Zola". Aberdeen F.C. 18 June 2013. Retrieved 18 June 2013.
  10. 1 2 "Dons confirm signing of Gregg Wylde". Aberdeen F.C. 23 June 2013. Archived from the original on 27 June 2013. Retrieved 23 June 2013.
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  16. ↑ "Gavin Rae set for third spell at Dundee". BBC Sport. 6 June 2013. Retrieved 4 July 2013.
  17. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 "Dons release seven". AFC. 13 May 2013. Archived from the original on 9 June 2013. Retrieved 4 July 2013.
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  27. ↑ "Craig Storie joins Forfar on loan". afc.co.uk. Aberdeen. 7 November 2013. Retrieved 19 January 2014.
  28. ↑ "Rogers joins Airdrie on loan". spfl.co.uk. Scottish Professional Football League. 13 December 2013. Retrieved 19 January 2014.
  29. ↑ "Aberdeen's Lawrence Shankland joins Dunfermline on loan". bbc.co.uk/sport. BBC Sport. 8 January 2014. Retrieved 19 January 2014.
  30. ↑ "Trio agree loan moves". afc.co.uk. Aberdeen F.C. 8 January 2014. Retrieved 19 January 2014.
  31. ↑ "Gregg Wylde: St Mirren sign winger after Aberdeen exit". BBC Sport. BBC. 15 January 2014. Retrieved 5 February 2014.
  32. ↑ "Josh Magennis: St Mirren sign Aberdeen player on loan". BBC Sport. BBC. 30 January 2014. Retrieved 5 February 2014.
  33. ↑ Holme, Ben (4 February 2014). "Ex-Dons midfielder Chris Clark signs for Cove Rangers". Evening Express. DC Thomson. Archived from the original on 22 February 2014. Retrieved 5 February 2014.

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