2009–10_Aberdeen_F.C._season

Aberdeen
2009–10 season
Chairman	Stewart Milne
Manager	Mark McGhee
Stadium	Pittodrie Stadium
Scottish Premier League	9th
Scottish Cup	Fifth Round
League Cup	Third Round
Top goalscorer	League: ; Steve MacLean (5); All: ; Four players (5)
Highest home attendance	16,803 v Celtic (9 August)
Lowest home attendance	6,097 v Kilmarnock (5 May)
Average home league attendance	11,012
Home colours	Away colours
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2009–10 Aberdeen F.C. season

Aberdeen 2009–10 football season

The 2009–10 season was Aberdeen's 97th season in the top flight of Scottish football. Aberdeen competed in the Scottish Premier League, Scottish Cup, Scottish League Cup and UEFA Europa League during the 2009–10 season.

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Player	From	Fee	Contract length
Stuart Nelson^[4]	Norwich City	Free	One year
Jerel Ifil^[5]	Swindon Town	Free	Two year
Davide Grassi^[6]^[7]	Espanyol	Undisclosed	One year
Maurice Ross	Kocaelispor	Free	One year

Player	From	Loan Length
Paul Marshall	Manchester City	End of Season
Steve MacLean	Plymouth Argyle	End of Season
Jim Paterson	Plymouth Argyle	End of Season

Player	To	Loan Length
John Bateman^[8]	Peterhead	One year
Stuart Duff^[9]	Inverness Caledonian Thistle	One month
Chris Maguire^[10]	Kilmarnock	End of season

Player	To	Fee	Note
Lee Mair^[11]	St Mirren	Free	End of contract
Scott Severin^[12]	Watford	Free	End of contract
Jamie Smith^[13]	Colorado Rapids	Free	End of Contract
Bertrand Bossu^[14]	Crewe Alexandra	Free	End of Contract
Rogvi Holm^[15]		Free	Released
Sammy Stewart^[16]		Free	Released
Maurice Ross	Beijing Guoan	Free	End of contract
Tommy Wright	Grimsby Town	Free	Released
Lee Miller^[17]	Middlesbrough	£500,000	–

No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Total		Premier League		Scottish Cup		League Cup		Europe
No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
1	GK	SCO	Jamie Langfield	40	0	34	0	3	0	1	0	2	0
2	DF	SCO	Charlie Mulgrew	41	5	36	4	2	0	1	0	2	1
3	DF	SCO	Ricky Foster	41	0	36	0	2	0	1	0	2	0
4	MF	SCO	Gary McDonald	28	4	23	3	2	1	1	0	2	0
5	DF	SCO	Zander Diamond	18	3	16	3	2	0	0	0	0	0
6	DF	SCO	Andrew Considine	19	1	16	1	0	0	1	0	2	0
7	FW	SCO	Chris Maguire	21	1	17	1	1	0	1	0	2	0
7	DF	SCO	Jim Paterson	9	0	7	0	2	0	0	0	0	0
8	MF	SCO	Mark Kerr	42	0	36	0	3	0	1	0	2	0
9	FW	SCO	Lee Miller	22	4	18	3	1	1	1	0	2	0
9	FW	SCO	Steven MacLean	17	5	15	5	2	0	0	0	0	0
10	FW	SCO	Darren Mackie	37	5	31	4	3	1	1	0	2	0
11	MF	NGA	Sone Aluko	26	3	22	3	2	0	0	0	2	0
14	MF	SCO	Derek Young	24	3	20	3	3	0	0	0	1	0
15	MF	ENG	Tommy Wright	3	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
16	MF	SCO	Stuart Duff	18	0	16	0	0	0	0	0	2	0
17	DF	SCO	Maurice Ross	7	0	6	0	1	0	0	0	0	0
18	DF	ITA	Davide Grassi	23	0	22	0	0	0	1	0	0	0
19	MF	SCO	Peter Pawlett	17	0	14	0	2	0	1	0	0	0
20	MF	ENG	Paul Marshall	10	0	9	0	1	0	0	0	0	0
21	GK	ENG	Stuart Nelson	3	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
22	DF	ENG	Jerel Ifil	30	0	26	0	3	0	1	0	0	0
24	FW	SCO	Michael Paton	38	5	34	3	2	0	1	2	1	0
25	DF	SCO	Jonathan Crawford	3	0	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	0
31	FW	SCO	Mitchel Megginson	3	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
34	MF	SCO	Fraser Fyvie	26	1	25	1	1	0	0	0	0	0
35	MF	SCO	Nicky Low	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
42	DF	SCO	Clark Robertson	2	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
45	FW	SCO	Dominico Gibson	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
52	MF	SCO	Jack Grimmer	2	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

2009–10_Aberdeen_F.C._season

2009–10 Aberdeen F.C. season

Season overview

Transfers

Transfers

Statistics

Current squad

Player statistics

Most appearances

Top scorers

Awards

Clydesdale Bank Awards

Results and fixtures

Pre-season friendlies

Scottish Premier League

UEFA Europa League

Scottish League Cup

Scottish Cup

Competitions

Overall

SPL

Classification

Results summary

Results by round

League Positions

Results by opponent

Club

Management

Other information

See also

Notes

References

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Rank	Player	SPL	SC	LC	EL	Total
1.	Mark Kerr	36	3	1	2	42
2.	Richard Foster	36	2	1	2	41
3.	Charlie Mulgrew	36	2	1	2	41
4.	Jamie Langfield	34	3	1	2	40
5.	Michael Paton	34	2	1	1	38

Month	Recipient	Award	Report
November	Peter Pawlett	Young Player of the Month
January	Fraser Fyvie	Young Player of the Month	AFC

Date	Opponent	H/A	Score^{[lower-alpha 1]}	Aberdeen Scorer(s)^{[lower-alpha 2]}	Attendance	Report
18 July 2009	1860 Munich	A	0–1		1,000	AFC
22 July 2009	Peterhead	A	3–2	Miller (30 pen.), Aluko (53), Paton (63)	1,954	AFC
25 July 2009	Dundee	A	1–1	Aluko (1)	3,613	AFC
9 August 2009	Hull City	A	1–0	Gardner (o.g.)	8,272	AFC

Match Day	Date	Opponent	H/A	Score^{[lower-alpha 1]}	Aberdeen Scorer(s)^{[lower-alpha 2]}	League Position^{[lower-alpha 3]}	Attendance	Report
1	15 August 2009	Celtic	H	1–3	Aluko (61)	9	16,803	BBC Sport
2	22 August 2009	Hamilton Academical	A	3–0	Mulgrew (23), Considine (29), Maguire (63)	6	3,347	BBC Sport
3	29 August 2009	Motherwell	H	0–0		6	11,320	BBC Sport
4	14 September 2009	Falkirk	A	0–0		6	4,724	BBC Sport
5	19 September 2009	St Mirren	H	1–0	Mulgrew (88)	5	10,103	BBC Sport
6	26 September 2009	Rangers	A	0–0		5	47,968	BBC Sport
7	3 October 2009	Kilmarnock	A	1–1	McDonald (84)	6	4,997	BBC Sport
8	17 October 2009	Heart of Midlothian	H	1–1	Miller (42)	6	11,629	BBC Sport
9	24 October 2009	Dundee United	H	0–2		7	11,766	BBC Sport
10	31 October 2009	Hibernian	A	0–2		7	13,885	BBC Sport
11	7 November 2009	St Johnstone	H	2–1	Aluko (15), Miller (83) (pen.)	6	10,894	BBC Sport
12	21 November 2009	Motherwell	A	1–1	McDonald (67)	6	4,668	BBC Sport
13	28 November 2009	Rangers	H	1–0	Miller (17)	6	16,153	BBC Sport
14	5 December 2009	Celtic	A	0–3		6	56,010	BBC Sport
15	12 December 2009	Hamilton Academical	H	1–2	McDonald (75)	6	9,499	BBC Sport
16	19 December 2009	Hibernian	H	0–2		6	9,096	BBC Sport
17	2 January 2010	Dundee United	A	1–0	Mulgrew (15)	6	10,032	BBC Sport
18	12 January 2010	St Mirren	A	0–1		6	3,867	BBC Sport
19	23 January 2010	Kilmarnock	H	1–0	Young (49)	7	12,150	BBC Sport
20	27 January 2010	Heart of Midlothian	A	3–0	Fyvie (12), Mackie (50), Young (75)	6	14,219	BBC Sport
21	30 January 2010	Motherwell	H	0–3		7	9,555	BBC Sport
22	2 February 2010	Falkirk	H	0–1		7	7,741	BBC Sport
23	10 February 2010	Hibernian	A	2–2	Paton (25), MacLean (34)	6	10,469	BBC Sport
24	13 February 2010	Celtic	H	4–4	Paton (9), Mackie (37), MacLean (75 pen), (88)	7	14,898	BBC Sport
25	20 February 2010	Falkirk	A	1–3	Mulgrew (5)	7	4,643	BBC Sport
26	27 February 2010	Heart of Midlothian	H	0–1		7	8,316	BBC Sport
27	6 March 2010	Hamilton Academical	A	1–1	Diamond (76)	7	2,030	BBC Sport
28	16 March 2010	St Johnstone	A	0–1		8	3,826	BBC Sport
29	20 March 2010	Dundee United	H	2–2	Diamond (32), Paton (45) (pen.)	8	9,316	BBC Sport
30	27 March 2010	St Mirren	H	2–1	Diamond (37), Aluko (56)	8	8,764	BBC Sport
31	4 April 2010	Kilmarnock	A	0–2		8	4,825	BBC Sport
32	7 April 2010	Rangers	A	1–3	Mackie (68)	8	47,061	BBC Sport
33	11 April 2010	St Johnstone	H	1–3	Mackie (17)	9	7,568	BBC Sport
34	17 April 2010	Falkirk	H	1–0	MacLean (11)	9	10,461	BBC Sport
35	24 April 2010	St Johnstone	A	1–1	MacLean (16)	9	3,295	BBC Sport
36	1 May 2010	Hamilton Academical	H	1–3	Young (85)	9	7,099	BBC Sport
37	5 May 2010	Kilmarnock	H	1–2	Kerr (26)	9	6,097	BBC Sport
38	8 May 2010	St Mirren	A	1–0	Mair (27) (o.g.)	9	4,022	BBC Sport

Round	Date	Opponent	H/A	Score^{[lower-alpha 1]}	Aberdeen Scorer(s)^{[lower-alpha 2]}	Attendance	Report
TQR	30 July 2009	Sigma Olomouc	H	1–5	Mulgrew (23)	13,973	BBC Sport
TQR	6 August 2009	Sigma Olomouc	A	0–3		7,405	BBC Sport

Round	Date	Opponent	H/A	Score^{[lower-alpha 1]}	Aberdeen Scorer(s)^{[lower-alpha 2]}	Attendance	Report
Fourth Round	9 January 2010	Hearts	H	2–0	Mackie (60), Miller (76)	8,226	BBC Sport
Fifth Round	6 February 2010	Raith Rovers	A	1–1	McDonald (90)	7,045	BBC Sport
Fifth Round Replay	16 February 2010	Raith Rovers	H	0–1		8,153	BBC Sport

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
7	Hamilton Academical	38	13	10	15	39	46	−7	49
8	St Johnstone	38	12	11	15	57	61	−4	47
9	Aberdeen	38	10	11	17	36	52	−16	41
10	St Mirren	38	7	13	18	36	49	−13	34
11	Kilmarnock	38	8	9	21	29	51	−22	33

Overall								Home						Away
Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
38	10	11	17	36	52	−16	41	6	4	10	20	31	−11	4	7	7	16	21	−5

Round	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31	32	33	34	35	36	37	38
Ground	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	H	A	A	H	H	A	H	H	A
Result	L	W	D	D	W	D	D	D	L	L	W	D	W	L	L	L	W	L	W	W	L	L	D	D	L	L	D	L	D	W	L	L	L	W	D	L	L	W
Position	9	6	6	6	5	5	6	6	7	7	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	7	7	6	7	7	7	7	8	8	8	8	8	9	9	9	9	9	9

Team	Results^{[lower-alpha 1]}				Points
Team	1	2	3	4	Points
Celtic	1–3	0–3	4–4		1
Dundee United	0–2	1–0	2–2		4
Falkirk	0–0	0–1	1–3	1–0	4
Hamilton Academical	3–0	1–2	1–1	1–3	4
Heart of Midlothian	1–1	3–0	0–1		4
Hibernian	0–2	0–2	2–2		1
Kilmarnock	1–1	1–0	0–2	1–2	4
Motherwell	0–0	1–1	0–3		2
Rangers	0–0	1–0	1–3		4
St Johnstone	2–1	0–1	1–3	1–1	4
St Mirren	1–0	0–1	2–1	1–0	9