2016–17 Aberdeen F.C. season: Difference between revisions

Aberdeen
2016–17 season
Chairman	Stewart Milne
Manager	Derek McInnes
Ground	Pittodrie Stadium; Aberdeen, Scotland; (Capacity: 20,987)
Scottish Premiership	—
Scottish League Cup	—
Europa League	Third qualifying round
Scottish Cup	—
Top goalscorer	League: McGinn (2); All: Rooney; McGinn (4)
Highest home attendance	17,105 vs Maribor; Europa League; 28 July 2016
Lowest home attendance	10,672 vs Ventspils; Europa League; 14 July 2016
Home colours	Away colours
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The 2016–17 Aberdeen F.C. season is Aberdeen's 103rd season in the top flight of Scottish football and the fourth in the Scottish Premiership. Aberdeen will also compete in the League Cup and the Scottish Cup.

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

Summary

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]

Results & fixtures

Win Draw Loss Postponed

Pre-season

26 June 2016^[4] 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^[5] 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

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: Kevin 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: John 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	v	Aberdeen	Dens Park
12:00		[ Report]

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

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^[6] Referee: Popov (Bulgaria)

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: Alan Muir

22 September 2016 Quarter Final	Aberdeen	v	St Johnstone	Aberdeen
19:45				Stadium: Pittodrie Stadium Referee: Craig Thomson (referee)

Scottish Cup

Aberdeen will enter at the Fourth round.

Fourth Round		v
		[ Report]

Squad statistics

Appearances

As of 10 September 2016

No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Total		Premiership		Europa League		League Cup		Scottish Cup
No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
1	GK	ENG	Joe Lewis	12	0	5	0	6	0	1	0	0	0
2	DF	ENG	Shay Logan	12	1	5	0	6	1	1	0	0	0
3	DF	SCO	Graeme Shinnie	12	0	5	0	6	0	1	0	0	0
4	DF	SCO	Andrew Considine	11	0	4	0	6	0	1	0	0	0
5	DF	WAL	Ash Taylor	10	0	3+1	0	6	0	0	0	0	0
6	DF	SCO	Mark Reynolds	10	0	4	0	4+1	0	1	0	0	0
7	MF	SCO	Kenny McLean	12	0	4+1	0	5+1	0	1	0	0	0
8	FW	WAL	Wes Burns	10	1	4+1	0	1+3	1	1	0	0	0
9	FW	IRL	Adam Rooney	12	4	3+2	1	4+2	3	1	0	0	0
10	MF	NIR	Niall McGinn	11	3	4+1	1	5	1	1	1	0	0
11	MF	IRL	Jonny Hayes	6	1	1	0	5	1	0	0	0	0
15	DF	IRL	Anthony O'Connor	7	0	5	0	1	0	1	0	0	0
16	MF	SCO	Peter Pawlett	4	0	2+1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0
17	FW	ENG	Jayden Stockley	12	1	2+3	0	4+2	1	0+1	0	0	0
19	MF	SCO	Craig Storie	1	0	0+1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
22	MF	SCO	Ryan Jack (c)	9	0	2	0	6	0	1	0	0	0
23	MF	ENG	James Maddison	1	0	0+1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
24	DF	SCO	Scott McKenna	1	0	0	0	0	0	0+1	0	0	0
26	FW	SCO	Scott Wright	1	0	0	0	0+1	0	0	0	0	0
39	FW	ENG	Miles Storey	6	1	2+2	1	0+2	0	0	0	0	0
Players who left the club during the 2016–17 season
8	MF	IRL	Willo Flood (contract terminated)	2	0	0	0	1+1	0	0	0	0	0
14	FW	SCO	Cammy Smith (on loan to Dundee United)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
21	FW	SCO	Lawrence Shankland (on loan to St Mirren)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
28	DF	SCO	Daniel Harvie (on loan to Dumbarton)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
30	GK	IRL	Danny Rogers (on loan to Falkirk)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
40	GK	AUS	Aaron Lennox (on loan to Raith Rovers)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
50	GK	SCO	Robbie Murdoch (on loan to Arbroath)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

Goalscorers

As of 10 September 2016

Ranking	Number	Name	Scottish Premiership	Europa League	League Cup	Total
1	9	Adam Rooney	1	3	0	4
1	10	Niall McGinn	2	1	1	4
3	2	Shay Logan	0	1	0	1
	8	Wes Burns	0	1	0	1
	11	Jonny Hayes	0	1	0	1
	17	Jayden Stockley	0	1	0	1
	39	Miles Storey	1	0	0	1
		Own Goal	0	0	1	1
TOTALS			4	8	2	14

Disciplinary record

As of 10 September 2016

Number	Nation	Position	Name
Number	Nation	Position	Name	Premiership		Europa League		League Cup		Scottish Cup		Total
1		GK	Joe Lewis	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
2		DF	Shay Logan	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
3		DF	Graeme Shinnie	2	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	4	0
5		DF	Ash Taylor	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
6		DF	Mark Reynolds	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1
7		MF	Kenny McLean	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	0
8		MF	Willo Flood	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
9		FW	Adam Rooney	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	0
10		MF	Niall McGinn	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
11		MF	Jonny Hayes	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
16		MF	Peter Pawlett	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
17		FW	Jayden Stockley	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1
22		MF	Ryan Jack	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	2	0
26		FW	Scott Wright	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
			TOTALS	4	1	13	1	1	0	0	0	18	2

Team statistics

League table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation^[a]
1	Celtic (C)	38	34	4	0	106	25	+81	106	Qualification for the Champions League second qualifying round^[b]
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	Qualification for the Europa League first qualifying round
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).^[7]
(C) Champions
Notes:

^ 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.
^ 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.

Results by opponent

Aberdeen score first

Team	Results				Points
Team	1	2	3	4	Points
Celtic	1-4				0
Dundee					0
Hamilton Academical					0
Heart of Midlothian	0-0				1
Inverness C.T.	1-1				1
Kilmarnock					0
Motherwell					0
Partick Thistle	2-1				3
Rangers					0
Ross County					0
St. Johnstone	0-0				1

Source: 2016–17 Scottish Premier League Results Table

Transfers

Players in

Dates	Position	Player	From	Fee
11 May 2016	FW	Jayden Stockley	Bournemouth	Free^[8]
15 June 2016	GK	Joe Lewis	Cardiff City	Free^[9]
15 June 2016	GK	Neil Alexander	Heart of Midlothian	Free^[9]
15 June 2016	DF	Callum Morris	Dundee United	Free^[9]
25 June 2016	DF	Anthony O'Connor	Burton Albion	Free^[10]
1 July 2016	FW	Miles Storey	Swindon Town	Free^[10]

Players out

Dates	Position	Player	To	Fee
16 May 2016	GK	Scott Brown	Wycombe Wanderers	Free^[11]^[12]
16 May 2016	MF	Barry Robson	Retired	N/A^[11]
18 June 2016	DF	Michael Rose	Ayr United	Free^[11]^[13]
29 June 2016	FW	David Goodwillie	Plymouth Argyle	Free^[11]^[14]
14 July 2016	MF	Willo Flood	Dundee United	Free^[15]

Loans in

Date	Position	Nationality	Name	From	Fee
14 July 2016	FW		Wes Burns	Bristol City	Loan^[16]
31 August 2016	MF		James Maddison	Norwich City	Loan^[17]

Loans out

Date	Position	Name	To	Fee
20 June 2016	GK	Aaron Lennox	Raith Rovers	Loan^[18]
8 July 2016	GK	Danny Rogers	Falkirk	Loan^[19]
13 July 2016	MF	Cammy Smith	Dundee United	Loan^[20]
19 July 2016	FW	Lawrence Shankland	St Mirren	Loan^[21]
3 August 2016	DF	Daniel Harvie	Dumbarton	Loan^[22]

References

^ http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/36271578
^ http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/36955626
^ http://www.skysports.com/football/news/11789/10524206/adam-rooney-signs-new-contract-at-aberdeen-until-2020
^ "Aberdeen FC Friendly - By Brechin City FC". Brechin City FC. 22 June 2016. Retrieved 26 June 2016.
^ "Pre-Season Friendly East Fife v Aberdeen XI". afc.co.uk. 6 July 2016. Retrieved 12 July 2016.
^ "Maribor vs Aberdeen –". Soccerway. 4 August 2016. Retrieved 5 August 2016.
^ "Premiership 2016/2017 - Season rules". Scoresway. Retrieved 1 September 2016.
^ "Jayden Stockley: Aberdeen sign Bournemouth striker on pre-contract deal". BBC Sport. 11 May 2016. Retrieved 23 July 2016.
^ ^a ^b ^c "Joe Lewis, Neil Alexander and Callum Morris join Aberdeen". BBC Sport. 16 June 2016. Retrieved 23 July 2016.
^ ^a ^b "Aberdeen sign Anthony O'Connor from Burton Albion". BBC Sport. 25 June 2016. Retrieved 23 July 2016.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d "Aberdeen: Simon Church, David Goodwillie and Scott Brown leave Dons". BBC Sport. 16 May 2016. Retrieved 24 July 2016.
^ "Keeper and defender sign after impressive trial spells". wycombewanderers. 26 July 2016. Retrieved 31 August 2016.
^ "Michael Rose signs for 16/17". Ayr United FC. 18 June 2016. Retrieved 24 July 2016.
^ "Plymouth Argyle sign David Goodwillie, Jimmy Spencer and Nauris Bulvitis". BBC Sport. 29 June 2016. Retrieved 24 July 2016.
^ "FLOOD SIGNS - Dundee United". dufc. 14 July 2016. Retrieved 24 July 2016.
^ "Aberdeen sign Bristol City forward Wes Burns on loan". BBC Sport. 14 July 2016. Retrieved 23 July 2016.
^ "Norwich City midfielder James Maddison joins Aberdeen on loan". BBC Sport. 31 August 2016. Retrieved 31 August 2016.
^ "G'day to Aaron Lennox". raith rovers.net. 20 June 2016. Retrieved 24 July 2016.
^ "Aberdeen goalkeeper Danny Rogers returns to Falkirk on season-long loan". BBC Sport. 8 July 2016. Retrieved 24 July 2016.
^ "Cammy Smith Joins On Loan". dufc. 13 July 2016. Retrieved 24 July 2016.
^ "Loan Signing: Lawrence Shankland". saintmirren.net. 19 July 2016. Retrieved 24 July 2016.
^ "HARVIE JOINS FROM ABERDEEN". dumbartonfootballclub.com. 3 August 2016. Retrieved 30 August 2016.

[7] 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.

[table_note_res_CL2Q0.88787575666228-8] 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.

[1] ttp://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/36271578

[2] ttp://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/36955626

[3] ttp://www.skysports.com/football/news/11789/10524206/adam-rooney-signs-new-contract-at-aberdeen-until-2020

[Pre-Season_Friendly_1-4] "Aberdeen FC Friendly - By Brechin City FC". Brechin City FC. 22 June 2016. Retrieved 26 June 2016.

[Pre-Season_Friendly_2-5] "Pre-Season Friendly East Fife v Aberdeen XI". afc.co.uk. 6 July 2016. Retrieved 12 July 2016.

[soccerway_maribor_aberdeen-6] "Maribor vs Aberdeen –". Soccerway. 4 August 2016. Retrieved 5 August 2016.

[9] "Premiership 2016/2017 - Season rules". Scoresway. Retrieved 1 September 2016.

[10] "Jayden Stockley: Aberdeen sign Bournemouth striker on pre-contract deal". BBC Sport. 11 May 2016. Retrieved 23 July 2016.

[BBC_Sport-11] "Joe Lewis, Neil Alexander and Callum Morris join Aberdeen". BBC Sport. 16 June 2016. Retrieved 23 July 2016.

[bbc.co.uk-12] "Aberdeen sign Anthony O'Connor from Burton Albion". BBC Sport. 25 June 2016. Retrieved 23 July 2016.

[BBC_Sport_2-13] "Aberdeen: Simon Church, David Goodwillie and Scott Brown leave Dons". BBC Sport. 16 May 2016. Retrieved 24 July 2016.

[14] "Keeper and defender sign after impressive trial spells". wycombewanderers. 26 July 2016. Retrieved 31 August 2016.

[15] "Michael Rose signs for 16/17". Ayr United FC. 18 June 2016. Retrieved 24 July 2016.

[16] "Plymouth Argyle sign David Goodwillie, Jimmy Spencer and Nauris Bulvitis". BBC Sport. 29 June 2016. Retrieved 24 July 2016.

[17] "FLOOD SIGNS - Dundee United". dufc. 14 July 2016. Retrieved 24 July 2016.

[18] "Aberdeen sign Bristol City forward Wes Burns on loan". BBC Sport. 14 July 2016. Retrieved 23 July 2016.

[19] "Norwich City midfielder James Maddison joins Aberdeen on loan". BBC Sport. 31 August 2016. Retrieved 31 August 2016.

[20] "G'day to Aaron Lennox". raith rovers.net. 20 June 2016. Retrieved 24 July 2016.

[21] "Aberdeen goalkeeper Danny Rogers returns to Falkirk on season-long loan". BBC Sport. 8 July 2016. Retrieved 24 July 2016.

[22] "Cammy Smith Joins On Loan". dufc. 13 July 2016. Retrieved 24 July 2016.

[23] "Loan Signing: Lawrence Shankland". saintmirren.net. 19 July 2016. Retrieved 24 July 2016.

[24] "HARVIE JOINS FROM ABERDEEN". dumbartonfootballclub.com. 3 August 2016. Retrieved 30 August 2016.

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v t e 2016–17 in Scottish football
« 2015–16 2017–18 »
Domestic leagues	SPFL Premiership Championship League One League Two Highland Lowland East of Scotland South of Scotland North Caledonian SJFA West Premier SJFA East Superleague SJFA North Superleague SPFL Development League Women's Premier League 2016 2017 Women's First Division 2016 2017
Domestic cups	Scottish Cup Final League Cup Group stage Final Challenge Cup Final Junior Cup Youth Cup Women's Cup 2016 2017 Women's League Cup 2016 2017
European competitions	Champions League Europa League Youth League
Related to national team	Results 2018 FIFA World Cup qualification – UEFA Group F
Transfers	Summer 2016 Winter 2016–17
Club seasons
Premiership	Aberdeen Celtic Dundee Hamilton Academical Heart of Midlothian Inverness Caledonian Thistle Kilmarnock Motherwell Partick Thistle Rangers Ross County St Johnstone
Championship	Ayr United Dumbarton Dundee United Dunfermline Athletic Falkirk Greenock Morton Hibernian Queen of the South Raith Rovers St Mirren
League One	Airdrieonians Albion Rovers Alloa Athletic Brechin City East Fife Livingston Peterhead Queen's Park Stenhousemuir Stranraer
League Two	Annan Athletic Arbroath Berwick Rangers Clyde Cowdenbeath Edinburgh City Elgin City Forfar Athletic Montrose Stirling Albion

Revision as of 14:27, 15 September 2016

Summary

Results & fixtures

Pre-season

Scottish Premiership

UEFA Europa League

Qualifying phase

Scottish League Cup

Scottish Cup

Squad statistics

Appearances

Goalscorers

Disciplinary record

Team statistics

League table

Results by opponent

Transfers

Players in

Players out

Loans in

Loans out

See also

References