2015–16 Aberdeen F.C. season

The 2015–16 season was Aberdeen's 102nd season in the top flight of Scottish football and the third in the Scottish Premiership. Aberdeen also competed in the League Cup and the Scottish Cup and the Europa League.

Aberdeen
2015–16 season
ChairmanStewart Milne
ManagerDerek McInnes
GroundPittodrie Stadium
Scottish PremiershipRunner-up
Scottish League CupThird round, lost to Hibernian
Europa LeagueThird qualifying round
Scottish CupFourth Round. lost to Hearts
Top goalscorerLeague: Adam Rooney (20)
All: Adam Rooney (20)
Highest home attendance20,385 vs Celtic, Premiership, 12 September 2015
Lowest home attendance10,003 vs Ross County, Premiership, 15 May 2016
Average home league attendance13,094

Season summary

Aberdeen finished second in the season. Shay Logan, Jonny Hayes, Kenny McLean and Graeme Shinnie were named in PFA Scotland Team of the Year.

Pre-season and friendlies

  Win   Draw   Loss   Postponed

24 June 2015[1] FriendlyBrechin City2 – 8AberdeenBrechin
19:30 BST Jackson  33'
Thomson  66'
AFC Jack  7'
Rooney  24', 27' (pen.), 49' (pen.)
Pawlett  34'
Logan  43'
Hayes  78'
Michael Rose  87'
Stadium: Glebe Park
Attendance: 1,2069
28 June 2015[2] FriendlySt Johnstone0 – 1AberdeenBrechin
13:00 BST AFC Rooney  71' (pen.) Stadium: Glebe Park
Attendance: 1,248
Referee: Andrew Dallas
12 July 2015[3] FriendlyRaith Rovers0 – 2AberdeenKirkcaldy
13:00 BST Report Goodwillie  64'
Taylor  74'
Stadium: Stark's Park
Attendance: 1,357
26 July 2015[4] FriendlyAberdeen1 – 0Brighton & Hove AlbionAberdeen
15:00 BST Rooney  75' Report Stadium: Pittodrie Stadium
Attendance: 3,513[5]
Man of the Match: Jamie Langfield
8 September 2015[6] FriendlyAberdeen2 – 1Viking FKAberdeen
19:30 BST Scott Wright  62'
McLean  85'
Report Bytyqi  3' Stadium: Pittodrie Stadium
Attendance: 4,396

Scottish Premiership

Results

2 August 2015 1Dundee United0 – 1AberdeenTannadice Park
15:30 BBC McLean  82' Attendance: 10,706
Referee: Clancy
9 August 2015 2Aberdeen2 – 0KilmarnockPittodrie Stadium
15:00 Shinnie  37'
Rooney  56' (pen.)
BBC Attendance: 11,305
Referee: McLean
12 August 2015 3[7]AberdeenP – PHamilton AcademicalPittodrie Stadium
19:45
15 August 2015 4Motherwell1 – 2AberdeenFir Park
15:00 Johnson  5' BBC Report McGinn  25'
Taylor  62'
Attendance: 5,437
Referee: Collum
22 August 2015 5Aberdeen2 – 0DundeePittodrie Stadium
15:00 Rooney  66', 90+4' BBC Report Harkins  90+4'  Attendance: 13,621
Referee: Madden
29 August 2015 6Partick Thistle0 – 2AberdeenFirhill Stadium
15:00 BBC Report Rooney  49'
McLean  58'
Attendance: 4,940
Referee: Finnie
12 September 2015 7Aberdeen2 – 1CelticPittodrie Stadium
12:30 Rooney  56' (pen.)
Hayes  72'
Quinn  86'
BBC Report Griffiths  35' (pen.) Attendance: 20,385
Referee: Thomson
15 September 2015 3[8]Aberdeen1 – 0Hamilton AcademicalPittodrie Stadium
19:45 Rooney  23' (pen.) BBC Report Attendance: 13,246
Referee: Allan
20 September 2015 8Heart Of Midlothian1 – 3AberdeenTynecastle Stadium
14:15 Rossi  52' BBC Report Goodwillie  9', 45'
McGinn  23'
Attendance: 16,702
Referee: Madden
26 September 2015 9Inverness Caledonian Thistle2 – 1AberdeenCaledonian Stadium
15:00 Storey  8'
Christie  29'
BBC Report Taylor  35' Attendance: 6,410
Referee: Beaton
3 October 2015 10Aberdeen1 – 5St JohnstonePittodrie Stadium
15:00 Taylor  12' BBC Report Easton  5'
Shaughnessy  10'
Craig  30'
MacLean  47', 51'
Attendance: 13,405
Referee: Muir
16 October 2015 11Ross County2 – 0AberdeenVictoria Park
19:45 Graham  36', 49' BBC Report Attendance: 5,543
Referee: Thomson
24 October 2015 12Aberdeen1 – 1MotherwellPittodrie Stadium
15:00 Rooney  43' BBC Report McDonald  73' Attendance: 12,389
Referee: Allan
31 October 2015 13Celtic3 – 1AberdeenCeltic Park
12:30 Griffiths  44', 53' (pen)
Forrest  60'
BBC Report Rooney  89' Attendance: 48,161
Referee: Collum
7 November 2015 14Aberdeen2 – 0Dundee UnitedPittodrie Stadium
15:00 Rooney  52'
Hayes  73'
BBC Report Attendance: 12,805
Referee: McLean
22 November 2015 15Hamilton Academical1 – 1AberdeenNew Douglas Park
12:30 Imrie  70' BBC Report McLean  4' Attendance: 2,434
Referee: Collum
28 November 2015 16Aberdeen3 – 1Ross CountyPittodrie Stadium
15:00 Rooney  51'
Hayes  53'
McGinn  80'
BBC Report Curran  14' Attendance: 10,843
Referee: Beaton
5 December 2015 17Dundee0 – 2AberdeenDens Park
12:30 BBC Report McGinn  9'
Rooney  25'
Attendance: 6,327
Referee: Madden
12 December 2015 18Aberdeen1 – 0Heart Of MidlothianPittodrie Stadium
12:30 Rooney  87' (pen) BBC Report Attendance: 13,110
Referee: Thomson
19 December 2015 19Kilmarnock0 – 4AberdeenRugby Park
15:00 BBC Report McGinn  9'
Rooney  35'
Hayes  46'
Logan  80'
Attendance: 3,928
Referee: McLean
26 December 2015 20Aberdeen2 – 2Inverness Caledonian ThistlePittodrie Stadium
15:00 McGinn  73'
Rooney  90' (pen)
BBC Report Polworth  41'
Tansey  47' (pen)
Attendance: 15,142
Referee: Collum
30 December 2015 21Aberdeen0 – 0Partick ThistlePittodrie Stadium
19:45 Report Attendance: 12,583
Referee: Clancy
3 January 2016 22[9]St JohnstoneP – PAberdeenMcDiarmid Park
12:30
17 January 2016 23Ross County2 – 3AberdeenVictoria Park
12:15 McShane  27', 82' BBC Report Reynolds  26' 
Rooney  33' (pen.)
Logan  36', 60'
Attendance: 4,107
Referee: Allan
22 January 2016 24Aberdeen1 – 0DundeePittodrie Stadium
19:45 Rooney  14' BBC Report Attendance: 11,805
Referee: Muir
3 February 2016 25Aberdeen2 – 1CelticPittodrie Stadium
19:45 Hayes  31'
Church  37'
BBC Report Griffiths  90+3' Attendance: 19,003
Referee: McLean
6 February 2016 22[10]St Johnstone3 – 4AberdeenMcDiarmid Park
15:00 Wotherspoon  52'
Anderson  79'
Scobbie  89'
BBC Report Rooney  5', 77'
Pawlett  20'
McGinn  71'
Attendance: 5,712
Referee: Robertson
15 February 2016 26Inverness Caledonian Thistle3 – 1AberdeenCaledonian Stadium
19:45 Vigurs  18'
Tansey  51' (pen)
Tremarco  65'
BBC Report Rooney  7' Attendance: 4,544
Referee: Collum
19 February 2016 27[11]Partick ThistleP – PAberdeenFirhill Stadium
19:45
27 February 2016 28Aberdeen1 – 1St JohnstonePittodrie Stadium
15:00 Church  35'
Jack  41'
Sinnie  80'
Report Brown  7'
Wotherspoon  17'
Swanson  41'
Fisher  63'
Craig  88' (pen.)
Kane  90+3'
Attendance: 12,563
Referee: McLean
2 March 2016 29Dundee United0 – 1AberdeenTannadice Park
19:45 BBC Report Church  29' Attendance: 9,737
Referee: Madden
8 March 2016 27[12]Partick Thistle1 – 2AberdeenFirhill Stadium
19:45 Lawless  60' BBC Report Considine  74'
Church  76'
Attendance: 3,915
Referee: Muir
12 March 2016 30Aberdeen2 – 1KilmarnockPittodrie Stadium
15:00 Taylor  37'
Logan  71'
BBC Report Magennis  47' Attendance: 13,725
Referee: Anderson
19 March 2016 31Motherwell2 - 1AberdeenFir Park
15:00 Gomis  34'
Kennedy  44'
Leitch  51'
McDonald  73'
Moult  75'
BBC Report McLean  44' (pen.)
Robson  79'
Attendance: 6,251
Referee: Robertson
3 April 2016 32Aberdeen3 – 0Hamilton AcademicalPittodrie Stadium
12:30 Church  5'
McGinn  15'
McLean  33'
Storie  90+2'
BBC Report Agustien  24'
Imrie  46'
Crawford  87'
Attendance: 12,509
Referee: Clancy
8 April 2016 33Heart Of Midlothian2 – 1AberdeenTynecastle Stadium
19:45 Juanma  33', 61'
Kitchen  53'
Rossi  59'
Juanma  78'
BBC Report Church  4'
Shinnie  12'
McLean  46'
Logan  79'
Attendance: 16,995
Referee: McLean
22 April 2016 34St Johnstone3 – 0AberdeenMcDiarmid Park
19:45 Wotherspoon  14'
MacLean  38'
Craig  55'
BBC Report Hayes  65'
Shinnie  84'
Attendance: 3,990
Referee: Thomson
30 April 2016 35Aberdeen4 – 1MotherwellPittodrie Stadium
15:00 McLean  4' (pen.)
McGinn  26'
Rooney  54'
Hayes  78'
BBC Report Cadden  64'
Lasley  88'
Attendance: 10,259
Referee: Madden
8 May 2016 36Celtic3 – 2AberdeenCeltic Park
12:30 Roberts  7', 20'
Lustig  49'
BBC Report McGinn  57'
Considine  64'
Attendance: 47,877
Referee: Madden
12 May 2016 37Aberdeen0 – 1HeartsPittodrie Stadium
19:45 Jack  63' BBC Report Oshaniwa  24'
Dauda  64'
Attendance: 10,087
Referee: Dallas
15 May 2016 38Aberdeen0 – 4Ross CountyPittodrie Stadium
12:30 BBC Report Graham  23' (pen.)
Gardyne  37'
Schalk  45'
Boyce  68'
Woods  78'
Attendance: 10,003
Referee: Collum

UEFA Europa League

Aberdeen qualified for the first preliminary round of the UEFA Europa League by finishing second in the 2014-15 Scottish Premiership.

Qualifying phase

2 July 2015 First qualifying round 1st legFK Shkëndija 1 – 1AberdeenSkopje, Macedonia
20:05 CET Kirovski  84' BBC
UEFA
McGinn  79' Stadium: Philip II Arena
Attendance: 8,004
Referee: Tolga Özkalfa (Turkey)
9 July 2015 First qualifying round 2nd legAberdeen0 – 0
(1 – 1 agg.)
FK ShkëndijaAberdeen, Scotland
19:45 BBC
UEFA
Stadium: Pittodrie Stadium
Attendance: 14,112[13]
Referee: Nikolaj Hänni (Switzerland)
16 July 2015 Second qualifying round 1st legRijeka 0 – 3AberdeenRijeka, Croatia
19:45 BBC
UEFA
Considine  38'
Pawlett  52'
McLean  75'
Stadium: Stadion Kantrida
Attendance: 9,000[14]
Referee: Amaury Delerue (France)
23 July 2015 Second qualifying round 2nd legAberdeen2 – 2
(5 – 2 agg.)
RijekaAberdeen, Scotland
19:45 McGinn  64'
Hayes  72'
BBC
UEFA
Tomasov  58'
Kvržić  63'
Stadium: Pittodrie Stadium
Attendance: 15,803
Referee: Marco Guida (Italy)
30 July 2015 Third qualifying round 1st legKairat 2 – 1AberdeenAlmaty, Kazakhstan
15:45 Bakayev  13'
Islamkhan  22'
BBC
UEFA
McLean  69' Stadium: Central Stadium
Attendance: 23,500
Referee: Tamás Bognár (Hungary)
6 August 2015 Third qualifying round 2nd legAberdeen1 – 1
(2 – 3 agg.)
KairatAberdeen, Scotland
19:45 McLean  84' BBC
UEFA
Gohou  59' Stadium: Pittodrie Stadium
Attendance: 20,317
Referee: Miroslav Zelinka (Czech Republic)

Scottish League Cup

23 September 2015 Third RoundHibernian2 – 0AberdeenEaster Road
19:45 Cummings  82'
Malonga  88'
Attendance: 11,092
Referee: McLean

Scottish Cup

9 January 2016 Fourth RoundHeart of Midlothian1 – 0AberdeenTynecastle Stadium
17:30 Paterson  3'  90'
Miguel Pallardó  17'
Igor Rossi Branco  43'
Öztürk  87'
Alexander  90'
Report Reynolds  9'
Rooney  43'
Pawlett  90'
Attendance: 13,595
Referee: John Beaton

Squad statistics

During the 2015–16 season, Aberdeen have used twenty-three different players in competitive games. The table below shows the number of appearances and goals scored by each player.

Appearances

No. Pos Nat Player TotalPremiershipEuropa LeagueLeague CupScottish Cup
AppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
2 DF Shay Logan 45435+24601010
3 DF Graeme Shinnie 45137+01601010
4 DF Andrew Considine 40326+62611010
5 DF Ash Taylor 45436+14601010
6 DF Mark Reynolds 24019+30100010
7 MF Kenny McLean 45938+063+231010
8 MF Willo Flood 29018+402+301010
9 FW Adam Rooney 352022+5202+401010
10 MF Niall McGinn 431232+310621010
11 MF Jonny Hayes 42635+05610010
14 FW Cammy Smith 1402+120000000
15 MF Barry Robson 1302+900+200000
16 MF Peter Pawlett 2629+913+310+100+10
18 FW Simon Church 13613+06000000
19 GK Adam Collin 303+00000000
20 GK Scott Brown 13013+00000000
22 MF Ryan Jack (c) 35026+20601000
23 MF Craig Storie 1006+40000000
24 DF Michael Rose 101+00000000
26 FW Scott McKenna 302+10000000
27 FW Scott Wright 401+30000000
29 DF Daniel Harvie 200+20000000
30 GK Aaron Lennox 101+00000000
31 MF Frank Ross 200+20000000
37 MF Connor McLennan 100+10000000
41 FW Joe Nuttall 200+20000000
Players who left the club during the 2015–16 season
17 FW David Goodwillie (on loan to Ross County F.C.) 2527+1024+20100+10
18 DF Paul Quinn (given free transfer) 1819+413+200000
19 GK Danny Ward (recalled by Liverpool FC) 290210601010
21 DF Ryan McLaughlin (loan ended) 501+30000+1000
25 FW Lawrence Shankland (on loan to St Mirren F.C.) 0000000000
30 GK Danny Rogers (on loan to Falkirk F.C.) 0000000000
32 FW Josh Parker (loan ended) 801+60000+1000

Goalscorers

Ranking Nation Number Name Scottish Premiership Europa League League Cup Scottish Cup Total
19Adam Rooney2000020
210Niall McGinn1020012
37Kenny McLean63009
411Jonny Hayes51006
20Simon Church60006
62Shay Logan40004
5Ash Taylor40004
84Andrew Considine21003
916Peter Pawlett11002
17David Goodwillie20002
113Graeme Shinnie10001
18Paul Quinn10001
TOTALS 6280070

Disciplinary record

Number Nation Position Name Premiership Europa League League Cup Scottish Cup Total
2DFShay Logan 90100000100
3DFGraeme Shinnie 6010000070
4DFAndrew Considine 3010000040
5DFAsh Taylor 6010000070
6DFMark Reynolds 3100001041
7MFKenny McLean 4000000040
8MFWillo Flood 3000000030
9FWAdam Rooney 0000001010
11FWJonny Hayes 2100000021
14FWCammy Smith 1000000010
15MFBarry Robson 0100000001
16MFPeter Pawlett 0000001010
17FWDavid Goodwillie 0010000010
18DFPaul Quinn 2000000020
19GKDanny Ward 1000000010
22MFRyan Jack 4000100050
23MFCraig Storie 2000000020
30GKAaron Lennox 1000000010
TOTALS 47 3 5 0 1 0 3 0 56 3

Team statistics

Scottish Premiership

League table

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation[lower-alpha 1]
1 Celtic (C) 38 26 8 4 93 31 +62 86 Qualification for the Champions League second qualifying round
2 Aberdeen 38 22 5 11 62 48 +14 71 Qualification for the Europa League first qualifying round
3 Heart of Midlothian 38 18 11 9 59 40 +19 65
4 St Johnstone 38 16 8 14 58 55 +3 56
5 Motherwell 38 15 5 18 47 63 16 50
Source: Scottish Premiership, Soccerway (first phase), Soccerway (second phase)
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored; 4) Play-off (only if deciding champion, UEFA competitions qualification and second stage group allocation).[15]
(C) Champion.
Notes:
  1. Teams play each other three times (33 matches), before the league is split into two groups (the top six and the bottom six).

Results by round

Round1234567891011121314151617181920212223242526272829303132333435363738
GroundAHAHAHHAAHAHAHAHAHAHHAHHAAHAAHAHAAHAHH
ResultWWWWWWWWLLLDLWDWWWWDDWWWWLDWWWLWLLWLLL
Position42332111112233322222222222222222222222
Source: BBC Sport
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Results summary

OverallHomeAway
PldWDLGFGAGDPtsWDLGFGAGDWDLGFGAGD
38 22 5 11 62 48  +14 71 12 4 3 30 19  +11 10 1 8 32 29  +3

Source: BBC Sport

Results by opponent

Aberdeen score first

Team Results Points
1 2 3 4
Celtic2-11-32-12-36
Dundee2-02-01-0N/A9
Dundee United1-02-01-0N/A9
Hamilton Academical1-01-13-0N/A7
Heart of Midlothian3-11-01-20-16
Inverness C.T.1-22-21-3N/A1
Kilmarnock2-04-02-1N/A9
Motherwell2-11-11-24-17
Partick Thistle2-00-02-1N/A7
Ross County0-23-13-20-46
St Johnstone1-54-31-10-34

Source: 2015–16 Scottish Premier League Results Table

Transfers

See also

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