2014–15 Aberdeen F.C. season

Aberdeen
2014–15 season
Chairman Stewart Milne
Manager Derek McInnes
Stadium Pittodrie Stadium
Scottish Premiership Runners Up
Europa League Third qualifying round
League Cup Semi Finals
Scottish Cup Fourth Round
Top goalscorer League:
Adam Rooney (18)

All:
Adam Rooney (28)
Highest home attendance 19,051 vs.
Celtic
Premiership
9 November 2014
Lowest home attendance 6,454 vs.
Livingston
League Cup
23 September 2014
Average home league attendance 13,359
Home colours
Away colours

The 2014–15 season was Aberdeen's 101st season in the top flight of Scottish football and the second in the Scottish Premiership.[1] Aberdeen also competed in the Europa League, League Cup and the Scottish Cup.

Season summary

After securing second spot, manager Derek McInnes was nominated for manager of the year.[2] After banging in almost 30 goals in the season for the club, Adam Rooney was nominated for PFA player of the year.[3] Adam Rooney and Shay Logan were named in PFA Scotland Team of the Year.

Results & Fixtures

  Win   Draw   Loss   Postponed

Friendly matches

Aberdeen played five friendly matches; four took place in pre-season and one in March.

Scottish Premiership

Results

UEFA Europa League

Qualifying phase

Scottish League Cup

Scottish Cup

Squad statistics

During the 2014–15 season, Aberdeen have used twenty nine different players in competitive games. The table below shows the number of appearances and goals scored by each player.

Appearances

As of 24 May 2015
No. Pos Nat Player TotalPremiershipEuropa LeagueLeague CupScottish Cup
AppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
1 GK Scotland Jamie Langfield 190130600000
2 DF England Shay Logan 454353613010
3 DF Scotland Andrew Considine 45236+123+102+1010
4 DF Scotland Russell Anderson (c) 7020500000
5 DF Wales Ash Taylor 37331+121+102110
6 DF Scotland Mark Reynolds 473372613010
7 MF England Jeffrey Monakana 1000+100000000
7 MF Scotland Kenny McLean 13011+20000000
8 MF Republic of Ireland Willo Flood 33022+30602000
9 FW Republic of Ireland Adam Rooney 472832+5185+163410
10 FW Northern Ireland Niall McGinn 45734+25622010
11 MF Republic of Ireland Jonny Hayes 414313613010
14 FW Scotland Cammy Smith 2925+1820+200+300+10
15 MF Scotland Barry Robson 2709+1104+100+2000
16 MF Scotland Peter Pawlett 45728+86513010
17 FW Scotland David Goodwillie 38621+1061+302010
18 MF Scotland Nicky Low 1313+410+501000
19 DF Scotland Clark Robertson 100+10000000
20 GK England Scott Brown 290250003010
21 DF Republic of Ireland Joe Shaughnessy 301+20000000
22 MF Scotland Ryan Jack 42330+23603010
25 FW Scotland Lawrence Shankland 1702+150000000
28 DF Montserrat Donervon Daniels 1017+20001100
29 MF England Andrew Driver 1010000000
32 MF Scotland Kieran Gibbons 100+10000000
37 DF Scotland Daniel Harvie 0000000000
38 MF Scotland Frank Ross 200+20000000
39 FW Scotland Scott Wright 300+100+200000
Players who left the club on loan during the 2014–15 season
23 MF Scotland Jamie Masson (on loan to Brechin City F.C.) 0000000000
24 FW Scotland Declan McManus (on loan to Greenock Morton F.C.) 10000+100000
26 MF Scotland Craig Storie (on loan to Brechin City F.C.) 0000000000
27 MF Scotland Craig Murray (on loan to Ayr United F.C.) 201+10000000
30 GK Republic of Ireland Danny Rogers (on loan to Dumbarton F.C.) 0000000000

Disciplinary record

As of 24 May 2015
Number Nation Position Name Premiership Europa League League Cup Scottish Cup Total
Yellow card Red card Yellow card Red card Yellow card Red card Yellow card Red card Yellow card Red card
2EnglandDFShay Logan 4120000061
3ScotlandDFAndrew Considine 4000000040
4ScotlandDFRussell Anderson 1000000010
6ScotlandDFMark Reynolds 2000000020
7EnglandMFJeffrey Monakana 1000000010
8Republic of IrelandMFWillo Flood 5000100060
9Republic of IrelandFWAdam Rooney 3020000050
11Republic of IrelandMFJonny Hayes 3030000060
15ScotlandMFBarry Robson 7100000071
16ScotlandMFPeter Pawlett 4000100050
17ScotlandFWDavid Goodwillie 2000000020
18ScotlandMFNicky Low 0010000010
21Republic of IrelandDFJoe Shaughnessy 1000000010
22ScotlandMFRyan Jack 5000101070
TOTALS 43 2 8 0 3 0 1 0 55 2

Goal scorers

As of 24 May 2015
Ranking Nation Number Name Scottish Premiership Scottish Cup League Cup Europe Total
1Republic of Ireland9Adam Rooney1804628
2Scotland16Peter Pawlett60017
Northern Ireland10Niall McGinn50027
4Scotland17David Goodwillie60006
5England2Shay Logan30014
Wales5Ash Taylor30104
Republic of Ireland11Jonny Hayes30014
8Scotland6Mark Reynolds20013
Scotland22Ryan Jack30003
10Scotland3Andrew Considine20002
Scotland14Cammy Smith20002
12Scotland18Nicky Low10001
Montserrat28Donervon Daniels00101
Own Goal31004
TOTALS 57161276

Team statistics

League table

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Celtic (C) 38 29 5 4 84 17 +67 92 Qualification to Champions League second qualifying round
2 Aberdeen 38 23 6 9 57 33 +24 75 Qualification to Europa League first qualifying round
3 Inverness Caledonian Thistle 38 19 8 11 52 42 +10 65 Qualification to Europa League second qualifying round[lower-alpha 1]
4 St Johnstone 38 16 9 13 34 34 0 57 Qualification to Europa League first qualifying round
5 Dundee United 38 17 5 16 58 56 +2 56
Source: Scottish Premiership
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored
(C) Champion.
Notes:
  1. Inverness Caledonian Thistle qualified for the second qualifying round of the UEFA Europa League by winning the 2014–15 Scottish Cup.

Results by round

Round1234567891011121314151617181920212223242526272829303132333435363738
GroundHAAHAHHHAAHAHAHAHAHAAHAHAHAHAHHAHAAHAH
ResultLWLWLWWDWLWWLWWWWWWWWDDWWWLWDDWWWWLLDL
Position127989766566555443211122222222222222222

Updated to match(es) played on 24 May 2015. Source: BBC Sport
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Results summary

OverallHomeAway
PldWDLGFGAGDPtsWDLGFGAGDWDLGFGAGD
38 23 6 9 57 33  +24 75 12 3 4 32 15  +17 11 3 5 25 18  +7

Source: BBC Sport

Results by opponent

Aberdeen score first

Team Results Points
1 2 3 4
Celtic1-21-20-40-10
Dundee3-23-31-11-16
Dundee United0-32-01-00-16
Hamilton Academical0-33-03-0X6
Inverness C.T.3-21-01-02-112
Kilmarnock2-01-02-1X9
Motherwell1-02-02-1X9
Partick Thistle2-01-00-0X7
Ross County3-01-04-0X9
St Johnstone0-12-01-10-14
St Mirren2-22-03-0X7

Source: 2014–15 Scottish Premier League Results Table

Transfers

See also

Notes and references

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  2. "Manager of the Year nominations". SPFL. 29 April 2015. Retrieved 5 May 2015.
  3. "PFA Scotland nominations". SPFL. 23 April 2015. Retrieved 5 May 2015.
  4. "Dons Land Logan". Aberdeen FC. 27 May 2014. Archived from the original on 27 May 2014. Retrieved 27 May 2014.
  5. 1 2 "Aberdeen sign keeper Scott Brown and defender Ash Taylor". BBC Sport. BBC. 28 May 2014. Retrieved 28 May 2014.
  6. "Aberdeen: David Goodwillie pens one year deal at Pittodrie". BBC Sport. BBC. 7 July 2014. Retrieved 7 July 2014.
  7. "Dons sign Kenny McLean for £275,000". evening express. evening express. 2 February 2015. Archived from the original on 2 February 2015. Retrieved 2 February 2015.
  8. "Aberdeen: Andrew Driver signs a deal until the end of the season". BBC Sport. BBC. 11 March 2015. Retrieved 11 March 2015.
  9. "Aberdeen retain Russell Anderson, Barry Robson and Nicky Low but release trio". Sky Sports. skysports.com. 15 May 2014. Retrieved 14 August 2014.
  10. Scott Vernon: Shrewsbury Town sign striker from Aberdeen, BBC Sport
  11. Stevenage sign Calvin Zola and Dean Wells, BBC Sport
  12. "Josh Magennis signs after leaving Aberdeen". BBC Sport. bbc.co.uk/sport. 16 July 2014. Retrieved 14 August 2014.
  13. "Aberdeen land Brighton winger Jeffrey Monakana on loan". BBC Sport. bbc.co.uk/sport. 22 July 2014. Retrieved 14 August 2014.
  14. "Aberdeen land defender Donervon Daniels from West Brom". BBC Sport. bbc.co.uk/sport. 27 January 2015. Retrieved 1 February 2014.
  15. "Danny Rogers joins Dumbarton on loan". afc.co.uk. Aberdeen F.C. 1 August 2014. Retrieved 14 August 2014.
  16. "Dons striker goes back out on loan". afc.co.uk. Aberdeen F.C. 8 August 2014. Retrieved 14 August 2014.
  17. "Craig becomes an honest man". afc.co.uk. Aberdeen F.C. 14 January 2015. Retrieved 1 February 2015.
  18. "Midfielder joins Brechin on loan". afc.co.uk. Aberdeen F.C. 30 January 2015. Retrieved 1 February 2015.
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