2015–16_Aberdeen_F.C._season

2015–16 Aberdeen F.C. season

2015–16 Aberdeen F.C. season

Aberdeen 2015–16 football season

The 2015–16 season was Aberdeen's 103rd 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.

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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

Main article: 2015–16 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
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 Yellow card 90+4' Red card 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 Red card 72'
Quinn 86'		 BBC Report Griffiths 35' (pen.) Attendance: 20,385
Referee: Thomson
15 September 2015 3[7] 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
17 January 2016 23 Ross County 2–3 Aberdeen Victoria Park
12:15 McShane 27', 82' BBC Report Reynolds Yellow card 26' Red card
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[8] 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
27 February 2016 28 Aberdeen 1–1 St Johnstone Pittodrie Stadium
15:00 Church 35'
Jack Yellow card 41'
Sinnie Yellow card 80'		 Report Brown Yellow card 7'
Wotherspoon Yellow card 17'
Swanson Yellow card 41'
Fisher Yellow card 63'
Craig 88' (pen.)
Kane Yellow card 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[9] 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 Yellow card 34'
Kennedy Yellow card 44'
Leitch Yellow card 51'
McDonald 73'
Moult 75'		 BBC Report McLean 44' (pen.)
Robson Red card 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 Yellow card 90+2'		 BBC Report Agustien Yellow card 24'
Imrie Yellow card 46'
Crawford Yellow card 87'		 Attendance: 12,509
Referee: Clancy
8 April 2016 33 Heart Of Midlothian 2–1 Aberdeen Tynecastle Stadium
19:45 Juanma 33', 61'
Kitchen Yellow card 53'
Rossi Yellow card 59'
Juanma Yellow card 78'		 BBC Report Church 4'
Shinnie Yellow card 12'
McLean Yellow card 46'
Logan Yellow card 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 Yellow card 65'
Shinnie Yellow card 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 Red card 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 Yellow card 63' BBC Report Oshaniwa Yellow card 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 Yellow card 37'
Schalk 45'
Boyce 68'
Woods 78'		 Attendance: 10,003
Referee: Collum

UEFA Europa League

Main article: 2015–16 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

Main article: 2015–16 UEFA Europa League qualifying phase and play-off round
2 July 2015 First qualifying round 1st leg FK Shkëndija North Macedonia 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.)		 North Macedonia FK Shkëndija Aberdeen, Scotland
19:45 BBC
UEFA		 Stadium: Pittodrie Stadium
Attendance: 14,112[10]
Referee: Nikolaj Hänni (Switzerland)
16 July 2015 Second qualifying round 1st leg Rijeka Croatia 0–3 Aberdeen Rijeka, Croatia
19:45 BBC
UEFA		 Considine 38'
Pawlett 52'
McLean 75'		 Stadium: Stadion Kantrida
Attendance: 9,000[11]
Referee: Amaury Delerue (France)
23 July 2015 Second qualifying round 2nd leg Aberdeen 2–2
(5–2 agg.)		 Croatia 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 Kazakhstan 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.)		 Kazakhstan 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

Main article: 2015–16 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

Main article: 2015–16 Scottish Cup
9 January 2016 Fourth round Heart of Midlothian 1–0 Aberdeen Tynecastle Stadium
17:30 Paterson 3' Yellow card 90'
Miguel Pallardó Yellow card 17'
Igor Rossi Branco Yellow card 43'
Öztürk Yellow card 87'
Alexander Yellow card 90'		 Report Reynolds Yellow card 9'
Rooney Yellow card 43'
Pawlett Yellow card 90'		 Attendance: 13,595
Referee: Scotland John Beaton

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

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Goalscorers

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Disciplinary record

Number Nation Position Name Premiership Europa League League Cup Scottish Cup Total
Yellow card Red card Yellow card Red card Yellow card Red card Yellow card Red card Yellow card Red card
2EnglandDFShay Logan 90100000100
3ScotlandDFGraeme Shinnie 6010000070
4ScotlandDFAndrew Considine 3010000040
5WalesDFAsh Taylor 6010000070
6ScotlandDFMark Reynolds 3100001041
7ScotlandMFKenny McLean 4000000040
8Republic of IrelandMFWillo Flood 3000000030
9Republic of IrelandFWAdam Rooney 0000001010
11ScotlandFWJonny Hayes 2100000021
14ScotlandFWCammy Smith 1000000010
15ScotlandMFBarry Robson 0100000001
16ScotlandMFPeter Pawlett 0000001010
17ScotlandFWDavid Goodwillie 0010000010
18ScotlandDFPaul Quinn 2000000020
19WalesGKDanny Ward 1000000010
22ScotlandMFRyan Jack 4000100050
23ScotlandMFCraig Storie 2000000020
30AustraliaGKAaron Lennox 1000000010
TOTALS 47 3 5 0 1 0 3 0 56 3

Team statistics

Scottish Premiership

Main article: 2015–16 Scottish Premiership

League table

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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).[12]
(C) Champions
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

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Source: BBC Sport
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Results summary

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Source: BBC Sport

Results by opponent

Aberdeen score first

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Source: 2015–16 Scottish Premier League Results Table

Transfers

More information Dates, Position ...
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See also

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