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 Premiership2nd
Scottish League CupThird round (lost to Hibernian)
Scottish CupFourth round (lost to Hearts)
Europa LeagueThird qualifying round
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] Friendly Brechin City 2 – 8 Aberdeen Brechin
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] Friendly St Johnstone 0 – 1 Aberdeen Brechin
13:00 BST AFC Rooney 71' (pen.) Stadium: Glebe Park
Attendance: 1,248
Referee: Andrew Dallas
12 July 2015[3] Friendly Raith Rovers 0 – 2 Aberdeen Kirkcaldy
13:00 BST Report Goodwillie 64'
Taylor 74'
Stadium: Stark's Park
Attendance: 1,357
26 July 2015[4] Friendly Aberdeen 1 – 0 Brighton & Hove Albion Aberdeen
15:00 BST Rooney 75' Report Stadium: Pittodrie Stadium
Attendance: 3,513[5]
Man of the Match: Jamie Langfield
8 September 2015[6] Friendly Aberdeen 2 – 1 Viking FK Aberdeen
19:30 BST Scott Wright 62'
McLean 85'
Report Bytyqi 3' Stadium: Pittodrie Stadium
Attendance: 4,396

Scottish Premiership

Results

2 August 2015 1 Dundee United 0 – 1 Aberdeen Tannadice Park
15:30 BBC McLean 82' Attendance: 10,706
Referee: Clancy
9 August 2015 2 Aberdeen 2 – 0 Kilmarnock Pittodrie Stadium
15:00 Shinnie 37'
Rooney 56' (pen.)
BBC Attendance: 11,305
Referee: McLean
12 August 2015 3[7] Aberdeen P – P Hamilton Academical Pittodrie Stadium
19:45
15 August 2015 4 Motherwell 1 – 2 Aberdeen Fir Park
15:00 Johnson 5' BBC Report McGinn 25'
Taylor 62'
Attendance: 5,437
Referee: Collum
22 August 2015 5 Aberdeen 2 – 0 Dundee Pittodrie Stadium
15:00 Rooney 66', 90+4' BBC Report Harkins  90+4'  Attendance: 13,621
Referee: Madden
29 August 2015 6 Partick Thistle 0 – 2 Aberdeen Firhill Stadium
15:00 BBC Report Rooney 49'
McLean 58'
Attendance: 4,940
Referee: Finnie
12 September 2015 7 Aberdeen 2 – 1 Celtic Pittodrie 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] Aberdeen 1 – 0 Hamilton Academical Pittodrie Stadium
19:45 Rooney 23' (pen.) BBC Report Attendance: 13,246
Referee: Allan
20 September 2015 8 Heart Of Midlothian 1 – 3 Aberdeen Tynecastle Stadium
14:15 Rossi 52' BBC Report Goodwillie 9', 45'
McGinn 23'
Attendance: 16,702
Referee: Madden
26 September 2015 9 Inverness Caledonian Thistle 2 – 1 Aberdeen Caledonian Stadium
15:00 Storey 8'
Christie 29'
BBC Report Taylor 35' Attendance: 6,410
Referee: Beaton
3 October 2015 10 Aberdeen 1 – 5 St Johnstone Pittodrie Stadium
15:00 Taylor 12' BBC Report Easton 5'
Shaughnessy 10'
Craig 30'
MacLean 47', 51'
Attendance: 13,405
Referee: Muir
16 October 2015 11 Ross County 2 – 0 Aberdeen Victoria Park
19:45 Graham 36', 49' BBC Report Attendance: 5,543
Referee: Thomson
24 October 2015 12 Aberdeen 1 – 1 Motherwell Pittodrie Stadium
15:00 Rooney 43' BBC Report McDonald 73' Attendance: 12,389
Referee: Allan
31 October 2015 13 Celtic 3 – 1 Aberdeen Celtic Park
12:30 Griffiths 44', 53' (pen)
Forrest 60'
BBC Report Rooney 89' Attendance: 48,161
Referee: Collum
7 November 2015 14 Aberdeen 2 – 0 Dundee United Pittodrie Stadium
15:00 Rooney 52'
Hayes 73'
BBC Report Attendance: 12,805
Referee: McLean
22 November 2015 15 Hamilton Academical 1 – 1 Aberdeen New Douglas Park
12:30 Imrie 70' BBC Report McLean 4' Attendance: 2,434
Referee: Collum
28 November 2015 16 Aberdeen 3 – 1 Ross County Pittodrie Stadium
15:00 Rooney 51'
Hayes 53'
McGinn 80'
BBC Report Curran 14' Attendance: 10,843
Referee: Beaton
5 December 2015 17 Dundee 0 – 2 Aberdeen Dens Park
12:30 BBC Report McGinn 9'
Rooney 25'
Attendance: 6,327
Referee: Madden
12 December 2015 18 Aberdeen 1 – 0 Heart Of Midlothian Pittodrie Stadium
12:30 Rooney 87' (pen) BBC Report Attendance: 13,110
Referee: Thomson
19 December 2015 19 Kilmarnock 0 – 4 Aberdeen Rugby Park
15:00 BBC Report McGinn 9'
Rooney 35'
Hayes 46'
Logan 80'
Attendance: 3,928
Referee: McLean
26 December 2015 20 Aberdeen 2 – 2 Inverness Caledonian Thistle Pittodrie Stadium
15:00 McGinn 73'
Rooney 90' (pen)
BBC Report Polworth 41'
Tansey 47' (pen)
Attendance: 15,142
Referee: Collum
30 December 2015 21 Aberdeen 0 – 0 Partick Thistle Pittodrie Stadium
19:45 Report Attendance: 12,583
Referee: Clancy
3 January 2016 22[9] St Johnstone P – P Aberdeen McDiarmid Park
12:30
17 January 2016 23 Ross County 2 – 3 Aberdeen Victoria Park
12:15 McShane 27', 82' BBC Report Reynolds  26' 
Rooney 33' (pen.)
Logan 36', 60'
Attendance: 4,107
Referee: Allan
22 January 2016 24 Aberdeen 1 – 0 Dundee Pittodrie Stadium
19:45 Rooney 14' BBC Report Attendance: 11,805
Referee: Muir
3 February 2016 25 Aberdeen 2 – 1 Celtic Pittodrie Stadium
19:45 Hayes 31'
Church 37'
BBC Report Griffiths 90+3' Attendance: 19,003
Referee: McLean
6 February 2016 22[10] St Johnstone 3 – 4 Aberdeen McDiarmid 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 26 Inverness Caledonian Thistle 3 – 1 Aberdeen Caledonian 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 Thistle P – P Aberdeen Firhill Stadium
19:45
27 February 2016 28 Aberdeen 1 – 1 St Johnstone Pittodrie 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 29 Dundee United 0 – 1 Aberdeen Tannadice Park
19:45 BBC Report Church 29' Attendance: 9,737
Referee: Madden
8 March 2016 27[12] Partick Thistle 1 – 2 Aberdeen Firhill Stadium
19:45 Lawless 60' BBC Report Considine 74'
Church 76'
Attendance: 3,915
Referee: Muir
12 March 2016 30 Aberdeen 2 – 1 Kilmarnock Pittodrie Stadium
15:00 Taylor 37'
Logan 71'
BBC Report Magennis 47' Attendance: 13,725
Referee: Anderson
19 March 2016 31 Motherwell 2 - 1 Aberdeen Fir 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 32 Aberdeen 3 – 0 Hamilton Academical Pittodrie 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 33 Heart Of Midlothian 2 – 1 Aberdeen Tynecastle 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 34 St Johnstone 3 – 0 Aberdeen McDiarmid Park
19:45 Wotherspoon 14'
MacLean 38'
Craig 55'
BBC Report Hayes  65'
Shinnie  84'
Attendance: 3,990
Referee: Thomson
30 April 2016 35 Aberdeen 4 – 1 Motherwell Pittodrie 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 36 Celtic 3 – 2 Aberdeen Celtic Park
12:30 Roberts 7', 20'
Lustig 49'
BBC Report McGinn 57'
Considine 64'
Attendance: 47,877
Referee: Madden
12 May 2016 37 Aberdeen 0 – 1 Hearts Pittodrie Stadium
19:45 Jack  63' BBC Report Oshaniwa  24'
Dauda 64'
Attendance: 10,087
Referee: Dallas
15 May 2016 38 Aberdeen 0 – 4 Ross County Pittodrie 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 leg FK Shkëndija 1 – 1 Aberdeen Skopje, 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 leg Aberdeen 0 – 0
(1 – 1 agg.)
FK Shkëndija Aberdeen, Scotland
19:45 BBC
UEFA
Stadium: Pittodrie Stadium
Attendance: 14,112[13]
Referee: Nikolaj Hänni (Switzerland)
16 July 2015 Second qualifying round 1st leg Rijeka 0 – 3 Aberdeen Rijeka, 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 leg Aberdeen 2 – 2
(5 – 2 agg.)
Rijeka Aberdeen, 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 leg Kairat 2 – 1 Aberdeen Almaty, 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 leg Aberdeen 1 – 1
(2 – 3 agg.)
Kairat Aberdeen, 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 Round Hibernian 2 – 0 Aberdeen Easter Road
19:45 Cummings 82'
Malonga 88'
Attendance: 11,092
Referee: McLean

Scottish Cup

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  ENG Shay Logan 45435+24601010
3 DF  SCO Graeme Shinnie 45137+01601010
4 DF  SCO Andrew Considine 40326+62611010
5 DF  WAL Ash Taylor 45436+14601010
6 DF  SCO Mark Reynolds 24019+30100010
7 MF  SCO Kenny McLean 45938+063+231010
8 MF  IRL Willo Flood 29018+402+301010
9 FW  IRL Adam Rooney 352022+5202+401010
10 MF  NIR Niall McGinn 431232+310621010
11 MF  IRL Jonny Hayes 42635+05610010
14 FW  SCO Cammy Smith 1402+120000000
15 MF  SCO Barry Robson 1302+900+200000
16 MF  SCO Peter Pawlett 2629+913+310+100+10
18 FW  WAL Simon Church 13613+06000000
19 GK  ENG Adam Collin 303+00000000
20 GK  ENG Scott Brown 13013+00000000
22 MF  SCO Ryan Jack (c) 35026+20601000
23 MF  SCO Craig Storie 1006+40000000
24 DF  SCO Michael Rose 101+00000000
26 FW  SCO Scott McKenna 302+10000000
27 FW  SCO Scott Wright 401+30000000
29 DF  SCO Daniel Harvie 200+20000000
30 GK  AUS Aaron Lennox 101+00000000
31 MF  SCO Frank Ross 200+20000000
37 MF  SCO Connor McLennan 100+10000000
41 FW  ENG Joe Nuttall 200+20000000
Players who left the club during the 2015–16 season
17 FW  SCO David Goodwillie (on loan to Ross County F.C.) 2527+1024+20100+10
18 DF  SCO Paul Quinn (given free transfer) 1819+413+200000
19 GK  WAL Danny Ward (recalled by Liverpool FC) 290210601010
21 DF  NIR Ryan McLaughlin (loan ended) 501+30000+1000
25 FW  SCO Lawrence Shankland (on loan to St Mirren F.C.) 0000000000
30 GK  IRL Danny Rogers (on loan to Falkirk F.C.) 0000000000
32 FW  ATG 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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