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Aberdeen 2024–25 football season From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The 2024–25 Aberdeen F.C. season is Aberdeen's 112th season in the top flight of Scottish football and the twelfth in the Scottish Premiership.[1] Aberdeen are also competing in the Scottish Cup and Scottish League Cup.[2]
2024–25 season | |||
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Chairman | Dave Cormack | ||
Manager | Jimmy Thelin | ||
Ground | Pittodrie Stadium Aberdeen, Scotland (Capacity: 20,866) | ||
Top goalscorer | League: Pape Guèye (5) All: Pape Guèye (5) | ||
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On 3 June, new manager Jimmy Thelin officially took charge replacing interim coach Peter Leven.[3] On 6 June, after making over 350 appearances player-coach Jonny Hayes left the club and later announced his retirement from football.[4] Youngster Fletcher Boyd signed a new contract until 2027. Kelle Roos, Connor Barron, Anthony Stewart, Kieran Ngwenya, Finlay Murray, Kai Watson, Chris Kondolo, Aaron Reid, and Reuben Smillie all left the club. Defender Gavin Molloy signed from Shelbourne, striker Peter Ambrose from Újpest and Dimitar Mitov from fellow Premiership side St Johnstone all for undisclosed fees. The Dons announced they will travel to Portugal for a pre-season training camp and have a friendly against Peterhead with an XI select against Huntly and Turriff United.
Aberdeen's Pre-Season friendly with Peterhead FC was moved to Cormack Park due to weather conditions in Peterhead with the Dons winning 4-0. On 11 July, forward Duk was announced missing from training by the club with the player going AWOL. Aberdeen took disciplinary action against the Cape Verde international. On 12 July, Dante Polvara suffered an injury and is set to be ruled out for at least four months and Norwegian midfielder Sivert Heltne Nilsen joined from SK Brann. The club opened the season with a 3-0 win over Queen of The South in the League Cup. This was followed with wins against East Kilbride, Airdrieonians and Dumbarton to top the group and setup a Second round tie with Queens Park. Leighton Clarkson was ruled out for eight weeks with a shoulder injury and Junior Hoilett was not offered a new deal and left the club.
Youngsters Adam Emslie and Finday Marshall joined Cove Rangers on loan deals along with Blair McKenzie who joined Montrose. Aberdeen began the League season with an away win against St Johnstone. Ante Palaversa joined the club from Troyes for an undisclosed fee and also Finnish winger Topi Keskinen signed from HJK Helsinki for a reported £860,000. Macedonian forward Bojan Miovski was given a send-off from fans in the win against St Mirren as he later signed for Spanish La Liga side Girona for a club-record fee of £6,800,000. Keskinen scored a 92nd minute winner against Queens Park in the League Cup to setup a tie with The Spartans. Ryan Duncan later joined Queens on loan for the season. Defender Richard Jensen also went out on loan to Vejle. The Dons then signed Kevin Nisbet on a loan deal from English Championship side Millwall. He made his debut in the home win against Kilmarnock with striker Pape Guèye scoring both goals with headers. Defender Jayden Richardson left the club on transfer deadline day. A 98th minute winner from Nisbet seen Aberdeen briefly top the league at the end of the month with the club having won every game of the season so far
Call-ups for the September Internationals included Jack Milne, Alfie Bavidge and Fletcher Boyd for Scotland youths, Topi Keskinen for Finland, Dimitar Mitov for Bulgaria and Slobodan Rubezic for Montenegro.[5] An Aberdeen XI played in a Testimonial match at Cove for their player Blair Yule with both Shayden Morris and Kevin Nisbet scoring. On 7th September, the club announced Duk had returned to training having gone missing earlier in July.[6]
Win Draw Loss Postponed
5 August 2024 1 | St Johnstone | 1–2 | Aberdeen | Perth |
20:00 | Molloy 88 o.g.' | Devlin 22' McGrath 62' |
Stadium: McDiarmid Park Attendance: 9,203 Referee: Kevin Clancy | |
Note: Game televised on Sky Sports |
11 August 2024 2 | Aberdeen | 3–1 | St Mirren | Aberdeen |
15:00 | Guèye 39' McGrath 54' Besuijen 81' |
Report | Olusanya 45+3' | Stadium: Pittodrie Stadium Attendance: 17,057 Referee: Grant Irvine |
Note: Date change due to St Mirren participation in Europe. |
25 August 2024 3 | Aberdeen | 2–0 | Kilmarnock | Aberdeen |
15:00 | Guèye 23', 65' | Report | Lyons 54' | Stadium: Pittodrie Stadium Attendance: 16,146 Referee: Matthew MacDermid |
Note: Date change due to Kilmarnock participation in Europe. |
31 August 2024 4 | Ross County | 0–1 | Aberdeen | Dingwall |
17:45 | Report | Nisbet 90+8' | Stadium: Victoria Park Attendance: 5,480 Referee: Euan Anderson | |
Note: Game televised on Premier Sports |
14 September 2024 5 | Aberdeen | 2–1 | Motherwell | Aberdeen |
15:00 | Guèye 27', 80' | Report | Ebiye 88' | Stadium: Pittodrie Stadium Attendance: 17,155 Referee: Chris Graham |
13 July 2024 1 | Queen of the South | 0–3 | Aberdeen | Dumfries |
17:15 | Report | Sokler 6', 37' Shinnie 23' |
Stadium: Palmerston Park Attendance: 1,200 Referee: Don Robertson |
20 July 2024 2 | East Kilbride | 0–4 | Aberdeen | East Kilbride |
15:00 | Report | Devlin 27' McGrath 34' Clarkson 54' Morris 62' |
Stadium: K-Park Training Academy Attendance: 686 Referee: Grant Irvine |
23 July 2024 3 | Aberdeen | 2–1 | Airdrieonians | Aberdeen |
19:45 | Shinnie 49' Clarkson 59' |
Report | Wilson 40' | Stadium: Pittodrie Stadium Attendance: 9,161 Referee: Chris Graham |
Note: Game televised on Premier Sports |
17 August 2024 Second round | Aberdeen | 1–0 | Queen's Park | Aberdeen |
15:00 | Keskinen 90+2' | Report | Stadium: Pittodrie Stadium Attendance: 8,939 Referee: Colin Steven |
21 September 2024 Quarter-finals | Aberdeen | v | The Spartans | Aberdeen |
17:30 | Stadium: Pittodrie Stadium |
No. | Pos | Player | Premiership | League Cup | Scottish Cup | Total | ||||||||||
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Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | |||||||||
1 | GK | Dimitar Mitov | 5 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 0 | ||||||
2 | DF | Nicky Devlin | 5 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 2 | ||||||
3 | DF | Jack MacKenzie | 5 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 1 | ||||||
4 | MF | Graeme Shinnie | 4 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 2 | ||||||
6 | MF | Sivert Heltne Nilsen | 5 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 0 | ||||||
7 | MF | Jamie McGrath | 5 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 3 | ||||||
9 | FW | Kevin Nisbet | 1+2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | ||||||
10 | MF | Leighton Clarkson | 0+1 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 2 | ||||||
14 | FW | Pape Guèye | 4+1 | 5 | 1+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 5 | ||||||
15 | DF | James McGarry | 0 | 0 | 0+4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | ||||||
17 | FW | Vicente Besuijen | 0+4 | 1 | 1+2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 1 | ||||||
18 | MF | Ante Palaversa | 1+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||||||
19 | FW | Ester Sokler | 4+1 | 0 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 4 | ||||||
20 | FW | Shayden Morris | 2+3 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 1 | ||||||
21 | DF | Gavin Molloy | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 0 | ||||||
22 | DF | Jack Milne | 0+1 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | ||||||
27 | DF | Angus MacDonald | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||||||
30 | MF | Fletcher Boyd | 0 | 0 | 0+2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||||||
31 | GK | Ross Doohan | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||||||
32 | FW | Peter Ambrose | 0+5 | 0 | 0+5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 1 | ||||||
33 | DF | Slobodan Rubežić | 5 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 1 | ||||||
35 | MF | Alfie Stewart | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
81 | FW | Topi Keskinen | 3 | 0 | 0+1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | ||||||
Players who left the club during the season | ||||||||||||||||
5 | DF | Richard Jensen | 0+1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||||||
9 | FW | Bojan Miovski | 1+1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | ||||||
23 | MF | Ryan Duncan | 0 | 0 | 0+3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
As of 14 September 2024
Ranking | Nation | Number | Name | Scottish Premiership | League Cup | Scottish Cup | Total |
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1 | 14 | Pape Habib Guèye | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 | |
2 | 19 | Ester Sokler | 0 | 4 | 0 | 4 | |
3 | 7 | Jamie McGrath | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 | |
4 | 2 | Nicky Devlin | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | |
= | 4 | Graeme Shinnie | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | |
= | 10 | Leighton Clarkson | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | |
7 | 3 | Jack MacKenzie | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
= | 15 | James McGarry | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
= | 9 | Kevin Nisbet | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
= | 17 | Vicente Besuijen | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
= | 20 | Shayden Morris | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
= | 32 | Peter Ambrose | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
= | 33 | Slobodan Rubežić | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
= | 81 | Topi Keskinen | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
TOTALS | 10 | 16 | 0 | 26 |
Competition | First match | Last match | Record | |||||||
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Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Win % | |||
Premiership | 5 August 2024 | May 2025 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 3 | +7 | 100.00 |
Scottish Cup | January 2025 | 2025 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | +0 | — |
League Cup | 13 July 2024 | 2024 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 1 | +15 | 100.00 |
Total | 10 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 26 | 4 | +22 | 100.00 |
Source: Competitions
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation[lower-alpha 1] |
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1 | Celtic | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 0 | +14 | 15 | Qualification for the Champions League play-off round |
2 | Aberdeen | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 3 | +7 | 15 | Qualification for the Champions League second qualifying round |
3 | Rangers | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 4 | +5 | 10 | Qualification for the Europa League second qualifying round[lower-alpha 2] |
4 | Dundee United | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 4 | +2 | 8 | Qualification for the Conference League second qualifying round |
5 | Motherwell | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 6 | +1 | 7 |
Round | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 |
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Ground | A | H | H | A | H |
Result | W | W | W | W | W |
Position | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 |
Pos | Team | Pld | W | PW | PL | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | ABE | AIR | QOS | EKB | DUM | |
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1 | Aberdeen | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 1 | +14 | 12 | Qualification for the second round | — | 2–1 | — | — | 6–0 | |
2 | Airdrieonians | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 15 | 5 | +10 | 9 | — | — | 2–0 | 8–0 | — | ||
3 | Queen of the South | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 6 | −1 | 6 | 0–3 | — | — | — | 2–0 | ||
4 | East Kilbride | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 16 | −14 | 2 | 0–4 | — | 1–3 | — | — | ||
5 | Dumbarton | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 13 | −9 | 1 | — | 3–4 | — | 1–1p | — |
Date | Pos | Player | From | Fee | Ref |
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14 June 2024 | DF | Gavin Molloy | Shelbourne | Undisclosed | [12] |
FW | Peter Ambrose | Újpest | Undisclosed | [13] | |
19 June 2024 | GK | Dimitar Mitov | St Johnstone | Undisclosed | [14] |
11 July 2024 | MF | Sivert Heltne Nilsen | SK Brann | £300,000 | [15] |
8 August 2024 | MF | Ante Palaversa | Troyes | Undisclosed | [16] |
12 August 2024 | FW | Topi Keskinen | HJK Helsinki | £860,000 | [17] |
Date | Pos | Player | To | Fee | Ref |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
2 June 2024 | FW | Aaron Reid | Airdrieonians | Free | [18] |
6 June 2024 | MF | Jonny Hayes | Retired | [19][20][21] | |
14 June 2024 | DF | Anthony Stewart | Free | [22] | |
DF | Kai Watson | Free | [22] | ||
MF | Christovie Kondolo | Free | [22] | ||
GK | Reuben Smillie | Free | [22] | ||
20 June 2024 | MF | Connor Barron | Rangers | Free | [22][23] |
27 June 2024 | DF | Kieran Ngwenya | Dunfermline Athletic | Free | [22][24] |
15 July 2024 | DF | Finlay Murray | Cove Rangers | Free | [22][25] |
18 July 2024 | GK | Kelle Roos | Triestina | Free | [22][26] |
6 August 2024 | MF | Junior Hoilett | Hibernian | Free | [27][28] |
15 August 2024 | FW | Bojan Miovski | Girona | £6,800,000 | [29] |
30 August 2024 | DF | Jayden Richardson | Free | [30] |
Date | Pos | Name | From | Fee | Ref |
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24 August 2024 | FW | Kevin Nisbet | Millwall | Season Loan | [31] |
Date | Pos | Name | To | Fee | Ref |
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16 July 2024 | GK | Tom Ritchie | Bonnyrigg Rose | Season Loan | [32] |
2 August 2024 | MF | Adam Emslie | Cove Rangers | Season Loan | [33] |
2 August 2024 | MF | Findlay Marshall | Cove Rangers | Season Loan | [33] |
15 August 2024 | DF | Blair McKenzie | Montrose | Season Loan | [34] |
19 August 2024 | MF | Ryan Duncan | Queen's Park | Season Loan | [35] |
23 August 2024 | DF | Richard Jensen | Vejle | Season Loan | .[36] |
30 August 2024 | FW | Alfie Bavidge | Ayr United | Season Loan | [37] |
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