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 Premiership2nd
Scottish League CupRunners-up
Scottish CupRunners-up
Europa LeagueThird qualifying round
Top goalscorerLeague:
Adam Rooney (12)
All:
Adam 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]

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] Friendly Brechin City 0 – 3 Aberdeen Brechin
14:00 BST AFC Twitter Stockley 20'
Shankland 30'
Jack 89'		 Stadium: Glebe Park
Attendance: 1,283 (AFC Twitter)
11 July 2016[29] Friendly East Fife 2 – 4 Aberdeen Methil
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] Friendly Bunyodkor 1 – 2 Aberdeen Dubai, 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 1 St Johnstone 0 – 0 Aberdeen McDiarmid Park
12:15 Craig  34'
Cummins  37'		 BBC Report
SPFL Report		 Attendance: 5,728
Referee: Collum
13 August 2016 2 Aberdeen 0 – 0 Heart of Midlothian Pittodrie 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 3 Aberdeen 2 – 1 Partick Thistle Pittodrie 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 4 Celtic 4 – 1 Aberdeen Celtic 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 5 Aberdeen 1 – 1 Inverness Caledonian Thistle Pittodrie 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 6 Dundee 1 – 3 Aberdeen Dens 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 7 Aberdeen 2 – 1 Rangers Pittodrie 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 8 Kilmarnock 0 – 4 Aberdeen Rugby 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 9 Aberdeen 4 – 0 Ross County Pittodrie 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] Aberdeen P – P Motherwell Pittodrie Stadium
15:00 [ Report]
25 October 2016 11 Hamilton Academical 1 – 0 Aberdeen New Douglas Park
19:45 D'Acol 6' (pen) BBC Report
SPFL Report		 Attendance: 2,315
Referee: Collum
29 October 2016 12 Aberdeen 0 – 1 Celtic Pittodrie 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 13 Partick Thistle 1 – 2 Aberdeen Firhill 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 14 Inverness Caledonian Thistle 1 – 3 Aberdeen Caledonian 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] Aberdeen P – P Kilmarnock Pittodrie Stadium
15:00 [ Report]
3 December 2016 16 Rangers 2 – 1 Aberdeen Ibrox 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] Aberdeen 5 – 1 Kilmarnock Pittodrie 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 17 Aberdeen 0 – 0 St Johnstone Pittodrie 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] Aberdeen A – A Motherwell Pittodrie Stadium
19:45 Considine  5' BBC Report
Evening Express		 McManus  7' Referee: Muir
17 December 2016 18 Ross County 2 – 1 Aberdeen Victoria 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 19 Motherwell 1 – 3 Aberdeen Fir 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 20 Aberdeen 2 – 1 Hamilton Academical Pittodrie 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 21 Heart of Midlothian 0 – 1 Aberdeen Tynecastle 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 22 Aberdeen 3 – 0 Dundee Pittodrie Stadium
19:45 Jack 29'
McGinn 45', 80'
Shinnie  73'		 BBC Report
SPFL Report		 Etxabeguren  65' Attendance: 10,512
Referee: Clancy
1 February 2017 23 Celtic 1 – 0 Aberdeen Celtic 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 24 Aberdeen 2 – 0 Partick Thistle Pittodrie 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] Aberdeen 7 – 2 Motherwell Pittodrie 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 25 Kilmarnock 1 – 2 Aberdeen Rugby 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 26 Aberdeen 1 – 0 Ross County Pittodrie Stadium
15:00 Reynolds  27'
Rooney 69'		 BBC Report
SPFL Report		 Gardyne  23' Attendance: 11,774
Referee: Collum
28 February 2017 27 Hamilton Academical 1 – 0 Aberdeen New 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 28 Aberdeen 1 – 0 Motherwell Pittodrie 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 29 Aberdeen 2 – 0 Heart of Midlothian Pittodrie 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 30 Dundee 0 – 7 Aberdeen Dens 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 31 Aberdeen 1 – 0 Inverness Caledonian Thistle Pittodrie Stadium
19:45 Taylor 22' BBC Sport
SPFL Report		 W McKay  40'
Tremarco  66'		 Attendance: 11,507
Referee: Dallas
9 April 2017 32 Aberdeen 0 – 3 Rangers Pittodrie 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 33 St Johnstone 1 – 2 Aberdeen McDiarmid 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 34 Aberdeen 0 – 2 St Johnstone Pittodrie 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 35 Heart of Midlothian 1 – 2 Aberdeen Tynecastle 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 36 Aberdeen 1 – 3 Celtic Pittodrie 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 37 Rangers 1 – 2 Aberdeen Ibrox 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 38 Partick Thistle 0 – 6 Aberdeen Firhill 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 leg Aberdeen 3 – 1 Fola 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 Esch 1 – 0
(2 – 3 agg.)		 Aberdeen Luxembourg 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 leg Aberdeen 3 – 0 Ventspils 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 Ventspils 0 – 1
(0 – 4 agg.)		 Aberdeen Ventspils, Latvia
16:00 BBC
UEFA		 Rooney 79' Stadium: Olimpiskais Stadions
Attendance: 2,100
Referee: Grujić (Serbia)
28 July 2016 Third qualifying round 1st leg Aberdeen 1 – 1 Maribor 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 Maribor 1 – 0
(2 - 1 agg.)		 Aberdeen Maribor, 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 Round Ayr United 1 – 2 Aberdeen Ayr
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 Final Aberdeen 1 – 0 St Johnstone Aberdeen
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 Final Greenock Morton 0 – 2 Aberdeen Glasgow
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 Final Aberdeen 0 – 3 Celtic Glasgow
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 Round Aberdeen 4 – 0 Stranraer Pittodrie Stadium
15:00 Rooney 30', 50' (pen.)
McGinn 35', 54'		 BBC Report Attendance: 8,960
Referee: Don Robertson
11 February 2017 Fifth Round Ross County 0 – 1 Aberdeen Victoria Park
15:00 BBC Report Logan 87' Attendance: 4,671
Referee: Madden
5 March 2017 Quarter-final Aberdeen 1 – 0 Partick Thistle Pittodrie 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-final Hibernian 2 – 3 Aberdeen Hampden 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 Final Celtic 2 – 1 Aberdeen Hampden 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  ENG Joe Lewis 530380604050
2 DF  ENG Shay Logan 53437+12614051
3 DF  SCO Graeme Shinnie 52336+12604051
4 DF  SCO Andrew Considine 516366604050
5 DF  WAL Ash Taylor 44328+33602050
6 DF  SCO Mark Reynolds 38022+404+102+1040
7 MF  SCO Kenny McLean 53537+145+104150
8 MF  SCO Ryan Christie 1577+6600001+11
9 FW  IRL Adam Rooney 532032+6124+233+124+13
10 MF  NIR Niall McGinn 501430+610513+114+12
11 MF  IRL Jonny Hayes 4411329512051
15 DF  IRL Anthony O'Connor 41325+7310400+40
16 MF  SCO Peter Pawlett 2136+113100+101+10
17 FW  ENG Jayden Stockley 3968+1954+211+202+10
22 MF  SCO Ryan Jack (c) 37223+12602+1040
25 GK  SCO Neil Alexander 0000000000
26 FW  SCO Scott Wright 831+430+10000+20
27 MF  SCO Frank Ross 400+3000000+10
29 FW  SCO Connor McLennan 0000000000
34 DF  SCO Bruce Anderson 0000000000
36 DF  SCO Sebastian Ross 0000000000
39 FW  ENG Miles Storey 1812+1210+200+100+10
47 MF  SCO Dean Campbell 100+10000000
Players who left the club during the 2016–17 season
8 MF  IRL Willo Flood (contract terminated - joined Dundee United) 20001+100000
8 FW  WAL Wes Burns (end of loan spell) 2117+601+312+2000
18 DF  IRL Callum Morris (released - joined Dunfermline Athletic) 0000000000
23 MF  ENG James Maddison (end of loan spell) 17210+42003000
Players who left the club on loan during the 2016–17 season
14 FW  SCO Cammy Smith (on loan to St Mirren) 0000000000
19 MF  SCO Craig Storie (on loan to St Mirren) 200+20000000
20 FW  ENG Joe Nuttall (on loan to Dumbarton) 0000000000
21 FW  SCO Lawrence Shankland (on loan to Greenock Morton) 0000000000
24 DF  SCO Scott McKenna (on loan to Ayr United) 1000000+1000
28 DF  SCO Daniel Harvie (on loan to Dumbarton) 0000000000
30 GK  IRL Danny Rogers (on loan to Falkirk) 0000000000
40 GK  AUS Aaron Lennox (on loan to Raith Rovers) 0000000000
50 GK  SCO 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

References
  1. "Aberdeen's Kenny McLean happy to cut break for Scotland games". BBC. 11 May 2016.
  2. "NK Maribor 1-0 Aberdeen (agg 2-1)". BBC. 4 August 2016.
  3. "Adam Rooney signs new contract at Aberdeen until 2020". 5 August 2016 – via Sky Sports.
  4. "Scottish League Cup final: Aberdeen 0-3 Celtic". BBC. 27 November 2016.
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