2016–17 Aberdeen F.C. season

The 2016–17 season was Aberdeen's 103rd season in the top flight of Scottish football and the fourth in the Scottish Premiership. Aberdeen also competed in the League Cup and the Scottish Cup.

Aberdeen
2016–17 season
ChairmanStewart Milne
ManagerDerek McInnes
GroundPittodrie Stadium
Scottish PremiershipRunners-up
Scottish League CupRunners-up
Europa LeagueThird qualifying round
Scottish CupRunners-up
Top goalscorerLeague: Rooney (12)
All: Rooney (20)
Highest home attendance19,332 vs Rangers, Premiership, 9 April 2017
Lowest home attendance8,195 vs Kilmarnock, Premiership, 6 December 2016
Average home league attendance12,640

Aberdeen also competed in qualifying for the 2016–17 UEFA Europa League.[1]

Summary

August

Aberdeen were knocked out of the Europa League by Maribor in the Third qualifying round.[2]

They were then boosted when top-scorer from last season Adam Rooney signed a new contract, keeping him at the club until 2020.[3]

September

October

November

Aberdeen reached the League Cup Final but lost 3–0 to Celtic.[4]

December

After the Cup final loss, McInnes became under pressure after a poor run of results in December which included an abandoned match at home against Motherwell.[5]

However, the Dons ended 2016 with 3 wins out of their last 3 matches in the year, keeping the same starting line-up in all 3 matches, easing pressure on McInnes.[6]

January

Graeme Shinnie boosted the Dons signing on an extra year to his contract.[7]

February

On 6 February, Niall McGinn was awarded SPFL January Goal of the Month for his goal against Dundee.[8]

After 3 bids were rejected in the January transfer window by Cardiff City, on 7 February Jonny Hayes signed a new contract extension to keep him at the club until 2019.[9]

On 14 February, Andrew Considine signed a new contract to also keep him at the club until 2019.[10]

March

On 9 March, English League One side Milton Keynes Dons announced that Peter Pawlett had signed a pre-contract deal to join the club at the end of the 2016–17 season.[11]

On 29 March, Jonny Hayes earned his first start for Ireland in a 1-0 friendly defeat to Iceland.[12]

On 30 March, Greg Tansey signed a pre-contract 3-year deal to join the club from Inverness Caledonian Thistle at the end of the 2016–17 season.[13]

April

On 7 April, manager Derek McInnes won SPFL March Manager of the Month after reaching the Scottish Cup Semi-final and beating Dundee 7-0.[14]

On 15 April, Aberdeen secured Europa League football for next season with a hard-fought win over St Johnstone in Perth.[15]

On 22 April, Aberdeen reached the Scottish Cup final for the first time in 17 years with victory over holders Hibernian.[16]

May

On 2 May, Jonny Hayes was shortlisted for player of the year in the PFA Scotland awards.[17]

On 4 May, Derek McInnes was shortlisted for manager of the year in the PFA Scotland awards.[18]

On 5 May, Joe Lewis, Shay Logan, Kenny McLean and Jonny Hayes all made the PFA Scotland's Premiership team of the year.[19]

On 7 May, Aberdeen all but secured the Runners-up spot in the Premiership with a 2-1 win against Heart of Midlothian at Tynecastle Stadium.[20]

On 12 May, Dean Campbell was introduced as a substitute against Celtic, becoming the club's youngest-ever player (a record previously held by Jack Grimmer).[21]

On 17 May, Aberdeen defeated Rangers 2-1 at Ibrox Stadium, their first victory at that stadium since 1991.[22] The result also mathematically confirmed Aberdeen's second place in the final league table.

On 21 May, teenager Scott Wright scored his first senior hat-trick to end the league season with a 6-0 win against Partick Thistle at Firhill.[23]

On 24 May, Derek McInnes announced that Graeme Shinnie would captain the Dons in the Scottish Cup Final,[24] after it was announced that Ryan Jack was leaving the club.[25]

On 27 May, the Dons lost the Scottish Cup Final to Celtic, their sixth, in total, defeat to them this season against what was "The Invincibles".[26][27]

Results and fixtures

  Win   Draw   Loss   Postponed

Pre-season and friendlies
26 June 2016[28] FriendlyBrechin City0 – 3AberdeenBrechin
14:00 BST AFC Twitter Stockley  20'
Shankland  30'
Jack  89'		 Stadium: Glebe Park
Attendance: 1,283 (AFC Twitter)
11 July 2016[29] FriendlyEast Fife2 – 4AberdeenMethil
15:00 BST Jack  53' (o.g.)
McManus  55' (pen.)		 AFC Rooney  3'
O'Connor  39'
Stockley  65', 84'		 Stadium: Bayview Stadium
Attendance: 574 (East Fife FC)
Referee: Bobby Madden
15 January 2017[30] FriendlyBunyodkor1 – 2AberdeenDubai, United Arab Emirates
12:00 Javokhir  33' Hayes  1'
Shinnie  75'		 Stadium: Jebal Ali Resort
Attendance: 200

Scottish Premiership
Main article: 2016–17 Scottish Premiership
7 August 2016 1St Johnstone0 – 0AberdeenMcDiarmid Park
12:15 Craig  34'
Cummins  37'		 BBC Report
SPFL Report		 Attendance: 5,728
Referee: Collum
13 August 2016 2Aberdeen0 – 0Heart of MidlothianPittodrie Stadium
15:00 Shinnie  44'
Pawlett  50'		 BBC Report
SPFL Report		 Watt  31'
Rherras  37'
Bauben  43'
Djoum  53'
Rossi  78'		 Attendance: 13,559
Referee: Clancy
20 August 2016 3Aberdeen2 – 1Partick ThistlePittodrie Stadium
15:00 McGinn  28'  66'
Storey  58'		 BBC Report
SPFL Report		 Osman  27'
Devine  83'
Welsh  52'  87'
Erskine  90+3'		 Attendance: 11,049
Referee: Beaton
27 August 2016 4Celtic4 – 1AberdeenCeltic Park
15:00 Griffiths  13'
Forrest  42'
Sinclair  87' (pen.)
Rogic  90'		 BBC Report
SPFL Report		 Rooney  32'
Reynolds  83'  87'
Shinnie  90+3'		 Attendance: 57,758
Referee: Madden
10 September 2016 5Aberdeen1 – 1Inverness Caledonian ThistlePittodrie Stadium
15:00 McGinn  51' BBC Report
SPFL Report		 Tansey  31'
Tremarco  45'
King  45+1'
Vigurs  68'		 Attendance: 11,356
Referee: Allan
18 September 2016 6Dundee1 – 3AberdeenDens Park
12:00 Holt  13'
Kerr  22'
O'Dea  53'
O'Hara  64'  90+2'
Etxabeguren  87'		 BBC Report
SPFL Report		 Maddison  19'
O'Connor  44'
Shinnie  54'
Hayes  62'
Stockley  77'
McLean  88' (pen.)		 Attendance: 6,321
Referee: McLean
25 September 2016 7Aberdeen2 – 1RangersPittodrie Stadium
13:00 Shinnie  14'
Hayes  46' 79'
Reynolds  53'
O'Connor  64'
McLean  83'
Maddison  90'		 BBC Report
SPFL Report		 Garner  22'
Wilson  48'
Halliday  79' (pen.)
Kranjcar  81'
Tavernier  90'		 Attendance: 19,263
Referee: Beaton
1 October 2016 8Kilmarnock0 – 4AberdeenRugby Park
15:00 MacDonald  24'
Burn  65'		 BBC Report
SPFL Report		 Rooney  25' (pen), 72'
Considine  50'
Taylor  67'		 Attendance: 4,592
Referee: Collum
15 October 2016 9Aberdeen4 – 0Ross CountyPittodrie Stadium
15:00 Hayes  20'
Logan  32'
Reynolds  67'
McGinn  68'
Stockley  78'		 BBC Report
SPFL Report		 Fraser  12'
Chow  21'
Davies  73'		 Attendance: 10,091
Referee: Thomson
22 October 2016 10[N 1]AberdeenP – PMotherwellPittodrie Stadium
15:00 [ Report]
25 October 2016 11Hamilton Academical1 – 0AberdeenNew Douglas Park
19:45 D'Acol  6' (pen) BBC Report
SPFL Report		 Attendance: 2,315
Referee: Collum
29 October 2016 12Aberdeen0 – 1CelticPittodrie Stadium
12:00 Shinnie  47'
Hayes  79'		 BBC Report
SPFL Report		 Sviatchenko  2'
Rogic  23'
Brown  79'
Lustig  79'		 Attendance: 17,105
Referee: McLean
4 November 2016 13Partick Thistle1 – 2AberdeenFirhill Stadium
19:45 Barton  51'
Devine  56'
Welsh  81'		 BBC Report
SPFL Report		 O'Connor  39'
Stockley  53'		 Attendance: 3,974
Referee: Madden
19 November 2016 14Inverness Caledonian Thistle1 – 3AberdeenCaledonian Stadium
15:00 Doumbouya  15'
Vigurs  54'		 BBC Report
SPFL Report		 McLean  28', 89'
Rooney  33' (pen)
Maddison  68'		 Attendance: 4,867
Referee: Clancy
26 November 2016 15[N 2]AberdeenP – PKilmarnockPittodrie Stadium
15:00 [ Report]
3 December 2016 16Rangers2 – 1AberdeenIbrox Stadium
15:00 Kiernan  23'
Miller  52'
Halliday  53'
Hodson  70'
Hill  79'  90+1'
Wallace  90+2'
Waghorn  90+4'		 BBC Report
SPFL Report		 Considine  82'  90+4'
Pawlett  90+3'
Jack  60'  90+5'		 Attendance: 50,003
Referee: McLean
6 December 2016 15[N 3]Aberdeen5 – 1KilmarnockPittodrie Stadium
19:45 Pawlett  20'
Maddison  25'
O'Connor  30'
Hayes  37', 85'
Considine  43'
McGinn  69'		 BBC Report
SPFL Report		 Boyd  76'
McKenzie  77'		 Attendance: 8,195
Referee: Finnie
10 December 2016 17Aberdeen0 – 0St JohnstonePittodrie Stadium
15:00 McLean  87' BBC Report
SPFL Report		 Davidson  58'
Kane  67'
MacLean  68'		 Attendance: 11,501
Referee: Clancy
13 December 2016 10[N 4][N 5]AberdeenA – AMotherwellPittodrie Stadium
19:45 Considine  5' BBC Report
Evening Express		 McManus  7' Referee: Muir
17 December 2016 18Ross County2 – 1AberdeenVictoria Park
15:00 Boyce  26'
Chow  39'
Routis  71'
van der Weg  82'
Dow  88'		 Report
SPFL Report		 Considine  35'
McGinn  68'
Hayes  87'		 Attendance: 4,467
Referee: Thomson
23 December 2016 19Motherwell1 – 3AberdeenFir Park
19:45 McDonald  16'  77'
Clay  63'		 BBC Report
SPFL Report		 Shinnie  6'
Rooney  25' (pen)
Reynolds  70'
Jack  73'
McGinn  90'		 Attendance: 3,428
Referee: Madden
27 December 2016 20Aberdeen2 – 1Hamilton AcademicalPittodrie Stadium
15:00 Taylor  34'
Lewis  37'
Rooney  68'
Maddison  90'		 BBC Report
SPFL Report		 Imrie  38' (pen)  45+2'
Sarris  58'
Devlin  87'
McMann  90+2'		 Attendance: 13,131
Referee: Dallas
30 December 2016 21Heart of Midlothian0 – 1AberdeenTynecastle Stadium
19:45 Johnsen  67'
Smith  89'		 BBC Report
SPFL Report		 Logan  8'
Taylor  18'
Hayes  66'		 Attendance: 16,630
Referee: Collum
27 January 2017 22Aberdeen3 – 0DundeePittodrie Stadium
19:45 Jack  29'
McGinn  45', 80'
Shinnie  73'		 BBC Report
SPFL Report		 Etxabeguren  65' Attendance: 10,512
Referee: Clancy
1 February 2017 23Celtic1 – 0AberdeenCeltic Park
19:45 Boyata  57'
Brown  86'		 BBC Report
SPFL Report		 Logan  35'
Taylor  59'
Shinnie  71'		 Attendance: 53,958
Referee: Beaton
4 February 2017 24Aberdeen2 – 0Partick ThistlePittodrie Stadium
15:00 Jack  40'
Considine  54'
Stockley  72'
Christie  90+2'		 BBC Report
SPFL Report		 Attendance: 10,094
Referee: Greg Aitken
15 February 2017 10[N 4]Aberdeen7 – 2MotherwellPittodrie Stadium
19:45 Hayes  2'
Considine  32'  50'
Rooney  34', 64' (pen.), 69'
Christie  40'
Taylor  59'
Pawlett  83'		 BBC Report
SPFL Report		 Lucas  30'
Bowman  73'
Pearson  82'		 Attendance: 10,384
Referee: Muir
19 February 2017 25Kilmarnock1 – 2AberdeenRugby Park
13:00 McKenzie  41'  67'
Dicker  79'		 BBC Report
SPFL Report		 Hayes  59'
Stockley  83'
Pawlett  85'
McLean  87'		 Attendance: 3,972
Referee: Dallas
25 February 2017 26Aberdeen1 – 0Ross CountyPittodrie Stadium
15:00 Reynolds  27'
Rooney  69'		 BBC Report
SPFL Report		 Gardyne  23' Attendance: 11,774
Referee: Collum
28 February 2017 27Hamilton Academical1 – 0AberdeenNew Douglas Park
19:45 Devlin  9'
Skondras  52'
MacKinnon  83'  83'		 BBC Report
SPFL Report		 Shinnie  72' Attendance: 2,006
Referee: McLean
11 March 2017 28Aberdeen1 – 0MotherwellPittodrie Stadium
15:00 Stockley  82'
McGinn  90+2'		 BBC Report
SPFL Report		 Heneghan  13'
Bowman  32'
Pearson  69'
Hammell  72'
Ferguson  75'
Cadden  90'		 Attendance: 12,524
Referee: Euan Anderson
18 March 2017 29Aberdeen2 – 0Heart of MidlothianPittodrie Stadium
12:15 Logan  21'
Hayes  60'
Stockley  89'
Shinnie  90'		 BBC Report Tziolis  13'
Walker  78'
Martin  90+1'		 Attendance: 12,178
Referee: McLean
31 March 2017 30Dundee0 – 7AberdeenDens Park
19:45 Kerr  81' BBC Sport
SPFL Report		 Considine  17', 39', 83'
Rooney  25'
McLean  34'
Jack  51'
McGinn  73'		 Attendance: 7,314
Referee: Muir
4 April 2017 31Aberdeen1 – 0Inverness Caledonian ThistlePittodrie Stadium
19:45 Taylor  22' BBC Sport
SPFL Report		 W McKay  40'
Tremarco  66'		 Attendance: 11,507
Referee: Dallas
9 April 2017 32Aberdeen0 – 3RangersPittodrie Stadium
12:30 Jack  4'
Taylor  24'
Shinnie  33'		 BBC Report
SPFL Report		 Garner  4'
Holt  53'
Miller  79', 81'
Dodoo  83'		 Attendance: 19,332
Referee: Clancy
15 April 2017 33St Johnstone1 – 2AberdeenMcDiarmid Park
15:00 Craig  22'
Swanson  48' (pen)
Wotherspoon  67'
MacLean  84'		 BBC Report
SPFL Report		 Christie  19'
Scobbie  32' (o.g.)
Lewis  57'		 Attendance: 5,132
Referee: Madden
29 April 2017 34Aberdeen0 – 2St JohnstonePittodrie Stadium
15:00 Logan  18'
Hayes  19'
Stockley  90+3'		 BBC Report
SPFL Report		 Anderson  28'
Shaughnessy  33'
Swanson  80'
Thomson  80'
Craig  90+3'		 Attendance: 10,606
Referee: Muir
7 May 2017 35Heart of Midlothian1 – 2AberdeenTynecastle Stadium
15:00 Buaben  27'
Gonçalves  61'
Walker  44'  90'		 BBC Report
SPFL Report		 Rooney  21'
Lewis  23'
O'Connor  64'
Reynolds  88'		 Attendance: 16,522
Referee: Collum
12 May 2017 36Aberdeen1 – 3CelticPittodrie Stadium
19:45 Hayes  12'
Shinnie  85'
Logan  89'		 BBC Sport Boyata  3'
Armstrong  8'
Griffiths  11'  72'
Tierney  54'		 Attendance: 16,015
Referee: McLean
17 May 2017 37Rangers1 – 2AberdeenIbrox Stadium
19:45 Miller  50'
Waghorn  61'
Bates  90'		 BBC Sport Shinnie  9'
Christie  53'
Considine  87'
Stockley  85'  89'		 Attendance: 48,289
Referee: Beaton
21 May 2017 38Partick Thistle0 – 6AberdeenFirhill Stadium
12:30 Edwards  34'
Lamont  70'		 BBC Sport Christie  7', 45'
Wright  11', 17', 51'
Hayes  26'
Considine  44'
Pawlett  56'		 Attendance: 3,924
Referee: Euan Anderson

UEFA Europa League
Main article: 2016–17 UEFA Europa League

Aberdeen qualified for the first preliminary round of the UEFA Europa League by finishing second in the 2015–16 Scottish Premiership.

Qualifying phase
Main article: 2016–17 UEFA Europa League qualifying phase and play-off round
30 June 2016 First qualifying round 1st legAberdeen3 – 1Fola Esch Aberdeen, Scotland
19:45 Logan  68'
McGinn  90+3'
Rooney  90+7' (pen)		 BBC
UEFA		 Klein  70' Stadium: Pittodrie Stadium
Attendance: 12,570
Referee: Kristoffersen (Denmark)
7 July 2016 First qualifying round 2nd leg Fola Esch1 – 0
(2 – 3 agg.)		AberdeenLuxembourg City, Luxembourg
17:30 Hadji  45' BBC
UEFA		 Stadium: Stade Josy Barthel
Attendance: 1,789
Referee: Nilsen (Norway)
14 July 2016 Second qualifying round 1st legAberdeen3 – 0Ventspils Aberdeen, Scotland
19:45 Stockley  71'
Rooney  75'
Burns  90+1'		 BBC
UEFA		 Stadium: Pittodrie Stadium
Attendance: 10,672
Referee: Pinheiro (Portugal)
21 July 2016 Second qualifying round 2nd leg Ventspils0 – 1
(0 – 4 agg.)		AberdeenVentspils, Latvia
16:00 BBC
UEFA		 Rooney  79' Stadium: Olimpiskais Stadions
Attendance: 2,100
Referee: Grujić (Serbia)
28 July 2016 Third qualifying round 1st legAberdeen1 – 1Maribor Aberdeen, Scotland
19:45 Hayes  88' BBC
UEFA		 Novaković  83' Stadium: Pittodrie Stadium
Attendance: 17,105
Referee: Hansen (Norway)
4 August 2016 Third qualifying round 2nd leg Maribor1 – 0
(2 - 1 agg.)		AberdeenMaribor, Slovenia
19:15 Shinnie  90+3' (o.g.) BBC
UEFA		 Stadium: Ljudski vrt
Attendance: 9,796[31]
Referee: Popov (Bulgaria)

Scottish League Cup
Main article: 2016–17 Scottish League Cup
10 August 2016 Second RoundAyr United1 – 2AberdeenAyr
19:45 Forrest  41'
Adams  29'
Devlin  68'		 BBC Report
SPFL Report		 Meggatt  3' (o.g.)
McGinn  30'
Jack  37'		 Stadium: Somerset Park
Attendance: 2,653
Referee: Muir
22 September 2016 Quarter FinalAberdeen1 – 0St JohnstoneAberdeen
19:45 Maddison  7'
Shinnie  34'
Rooney  90'		 BBC Report
SPFL Report		 Shaughnessy  11'
Wotherspoon  45'
Paton  51'
Swanson  67'
Davidson  80'		 Stadium: Pittodrie Stadium
Attendance: 8,829
Referee: Thomson
22 October 2016 Semi FinalGreenock Morton0 – 2AberdeenGlasgow
12:15 Lindsay  57' BBC Report
SPFL Report		 McGinn  47'
Rooney  69'
Considine  84'
McLean  88'		 Stadium: Hampden Park
Attendance: 16,183
Referee: Clancy
27 November 2016 FinalAberdeen0 – 3CelticGlasgow
15:00 BBC Report
SPFL Report		 Rogic  16'
Forrest  37'
Brown  48'
Dembélé  64' (pen)
Bitton  73'		 Stadium: Hampden Park
Attendance: 49,629
Referee: Beaton

Scottish Cup
Main article: 2016–17 Scottish Cup
21 January 2017 Fourth RoundAberdeen4 – 0StranraerPittodrie Stadium
15:00 Rooney  30', 50' (pen.)
McGinn  35', 54'		 BBC Report Attendance: 8,960
Referee: Don Robertson
11 February 2017 Fifth RoundRoss County0 – 1AberdeenVictoria Park
15:00 BBC Report Logan  87' Attendance: 4,671
Referee: Madden
5 March 2017 Quarter-finalAberdeen1 – 0Partick ThistlePittodrie Stadium
15:00 Shinnie  43' BBC Report Erskine  37'
Edwards  45+1'
Devine  70'  90+3'
Osman  82'		 Attendance: 11,333
Referee: Thomson
22 April 2017 Semi-finalHibernian2 – 3AberdeenHampden Park
12:15 Fyvie  24'
Holt  36'  78'
McGeouch  60'		 BBC Report Rooney  1'
Christie  25'
Shinnie  82'
McGregor  86' (o.g.)		 Attendance: 31,969
Referee: Beaton
27 May 2017 FinalCeltic2 – 1AberdeenHampden Park
15:00 Armstrong  11'
Rogic  90+2'		 BBC Report Hayes  9'
Taylor  61'		 Attendance: 48,713
Referee: Madden

Squad statistics

Joe Lewis was the only player to have played every minute of this season.

Appearances
No. Pos Nat Player TotalPremiershipEuropa LeagueLeague CupScottish Cup
AppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
1 GK Joe Lewis 530380604050
2 DF Shay Logan 53437+12614051
3 DF Graeme Shinnie 52336+12604051
4 DF Andrew Considine 516366604050
5 DF Ash Taylor 44328+33602050
6 DF Mark Reynolds 38022+404+102+1040
7 MF Kenny McLean 53537+145+104150
8 MF Ryan Christie 1577+6600001+11
9 FW Adam Rooney 532032+6124+233+124+13
10 MF Niall McGinn 501430+610513+114+12
11 MF Jonny Hayes 4411329512051
15 DF Anthony O'Connor 41325+7310400+40
16 MF Peter Pawlett 2136+113100+101+10
17 FW Jayden Stockley 3968+1954+211+202+10
22 MF Ryan Jack (c) 37223+12602+1040
25 GK Neil Alexander 0000000000
26 FW Scott Wright 831+430+10000+20
27 MF Frank Ross 400+3000000+10
29 FW Connor McLennan 0000000000
34 DF Bruce Anderson 0000000000
36 DF Sebastian Ross 0000000000
39 FW Miles Storey 1812+1210+200+100+10
47 MF Dean Campbell 100+10000000
Players who left the club during the 2016–17 season
8 MF Willo Flood (contract terminated - joined Dundee United) 20001+100000
8 FW Wes Burns (end of loan spell) 2117+601+312+2000
18 DF Callum Morris (released - joined Dunfermline Athletic) 0000000000
23 MF James Maddison (end of loan spell) 17210+42003000
Players who left the club on loan during the 2016–17 season
14 FW Cammy Smith (on loan to St Mirren) 0000000000
19 MF Craig Storie (on loan to St Mirren) 200+20000000
20 FW Joe Nuttall (on loan to Dumbarton) 0000000000
21 FW Lawrence Shankland (on loan to Greenock Morton) 0000000000
24 DF Scott McKenna (on loan to Ayr United) 1000000+1000
28 DF Daniel Harvie (on loan to Dumbarton) 0000000000
30 GK Danny Rogers (on loan to Falkirk) 0000000000
40 GK Aaron Lennox (on loan to Raith Rovers) 0000000000
50 GK Robbie Mutch (on loan to Arbroath) 0000000000

Goalscorers
Ranking Nation Number Name Scottish Premiership Europa League League Cup Scottish Cup Total
19Adam Rooney1232320
210Niall McGinn1011214
311Jonny Hayes910111
48Ryan Christie60017
54Andrew Considine60006
17Jayden Stockley51006
77Kenny McLean40105
82Shay Logan21014
93Graeme Shinnie20013
5Ash Taylor30003
15Anthony O'Connor30003
16Peter Pawlett30003
26Scott Wright30003
1422Ryan Jack20002
23James Maddison20002
168Wes Burns01001
39Miles Storey10001
Own Goal10113
TOTALS 74851097

Disciplinary record
Number Nation Position Name Premiership Europa League League Cup Scottish Cup Total
1GKJoe Lewis 3010000040
2DFShay Logan 4010000050
3DFGraeme Shinnie 110201010150
4DFAndrew Considine 7000100080
5DFAsh Taylor 4010001060
6DFMark Reynolds 5100000051
7MFKenny McLean 3020000050
8MFWes Burns 1000000010
8MFWillo Flood 0010000010
9FWAdam Rooney 0020000020
10MFNiall McGinn 1000100020
11MFJonny Hayes 6010000070
15DFAnthony O'Connor 2000000020
16MFPeter Pawlett 3000000030
17FWJayden Stockley 3201000033
22MFRyan Jack 3110101061
23MFJames Maddison 3000100040
26FWScott Wright 0010000010
TOTALS 58 4 13 1 5 0 3 0 79 5

Team statistics

League table
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation[lower-alpha 1]
1 Celtic (C) 38 34 4 0 106 25 +81 106 Qualification for the Champions League second qualifying round[lower-alpha 2]
2 Aberdeen 38 24 4 10 74 35 +39 76 Qualification for the Europa League second qualifying round
3 Rangers 38 19 10 9 56 44 +12 67 Qualification for the Europa League first qualifying round
4 St Johnstone 38 17 7 14 50 46 +4 58
5 Heart of Midlothian 38 12 10 16 55 52 +3 46
Source: Scottish Premiership, Soccerway
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).[32]
(C) Champion.
Notes:
  1. Teams played each other three times (33 matches), before the league split into two groups (the top six and the bottom six) for the last five matches.
  2. Since the winners of the 2016–17 Scottish Cup, Celtic, qualified for European competition based on league position, the spot awarded to the Scottish cup winners (Europa League second qualifying round) was passed to the second-placed team and the spot awarded to the second-placed team (Europa League first qualifying round) was passed to the fourth-placed team.

Transfers
Main articles: List of Scottish football transfers summer 2016 and List of Scottish football transfers winter 2016–17

See also

Footnotes
  1. Game postponed due to League Cup Semi-final match with Greenock Morton.
  2. Game postponed due to League Cup Final match with Celtic.
  3. Rearranged game after postponement
  4. Rearranged game after postponement
  5. Match abandoned due to floodlight failure
  6. Second loan spell

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