2024–25 Aberdeen F.C. season
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2024–25 season | |||
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Chairman | Dave Cormack | ||
Manager | Jimmy Thelin | ||
Ground | Pittodrie Stadium Aberdeen, Scotland (Capacity: 20,866) | ||
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The 2024–25 Aberdeen F.C. season will be Aberdeen's 111th season in the top flight of Scottish football and the twelfth in the Scottish Premiership.[1] Aberdeen will also compete in the League Cup and the Scottish Cup. They will participate in the Group stages of the League Cup.[2]
Summary
[edit]June
[edit]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 .[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.
July
[edit]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 and is still yet to return. On 12 July, Dante Polvara suffered an injury and is set to be ruled out for at least 4 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.
Results & fixtures
[edit]Win Draw Loss Postponed
Pre-season
[edit]10 July 2024 Friendly | Peterhead | 0–4 | Aberdeen | Aberdeen |
19:00 | Report | Sokler 28', 37' Shinnie 41' Bavidge 52' | Stadium: Cormack Park Attendance: 0 Referee: Chris Fordyce |
Scottish Premiership
[edit]5 August 2024 1 | St Johnstone | v | Aberdeen | Perth |
20:00 | Stadium: McDiarmid Park |
10 August 2024 2 | Aberdeen | v | St Mirren | Aberdeen |
15:00 | Stadium: Pittodrie Stadium |
24 August 2024 3 | Aberdeen | v | Kilmarnock | Aberdeen |
15:00 | Stadium: Pittodrie Stadium |
Scottish League Cup
[edit]Group stage
[edit]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 |
27 July 2024 4 | Aberdeen | 6–0 | Dumbarton | Aberdeen |
15:00 | MacKenzie 46' Sokler 48', 61' Ambrose 84' McGarry 86' Rubežić 90+2' | Report | Stadium: Pittodrie Stadium Attendance: 8,450 Referee: Craig Napier |
Knockout phase
[edit]Second round | Aberdeen | v | Queen's Park | Aberdeen |
Stadium: Pittodrie Stadium |
Squad statistics
[edit]Appearances
[edit]- As of 27 July 2024
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 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
2 | DF | Nicky Devlin | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 |
3 | DF | Jack MacKenzie | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 |
4 | MF | Graeme Shinnie | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 |
5 | DF | Richard Jensen | 0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
6 | MF | Sivert Heltne Nilsen | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
7 | MF | Jamie McGrath | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 |
9 | FW | Bojan Miovski | 0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
10 | MF | Leighton Clarkson | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 |
14 | FW | Pape Habib Guèye | 0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
15 | DF | James McGarry | 0 | 0 | 0+3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 |
17 | FW | Vicente Besuijen | 0 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
19 | FW | Ester Sokler | 0 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 4 |
20 | FW | Shayden Morris | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 |
21 | DF | Gavin Molloy | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
22 | DF | Jack Milne | 0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
23 | MF | Ryan Duncan | 0 | 0 | 0+3 | 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 | 0 | 0+4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 |
33 | DF | Slobodan Rubežić | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 |
Goalscorers
[edit]As of 23 July 2024
Ranking | Nation | Number | Name | Scottish Premiership | League Cup | Scottish Cup | Total |
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1 | 19 | Ester Sokler | 0 | 4 | 0 | 4 | |
2 | 4 | Graeme Shinnie | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | |
= | 10 | Leighton Clarkson | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | |
3 | 2 | Nicky Devlin | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
= | 3 | Jack MacKenzie | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
= | 7 | Jamie McGrath | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
= | 15 | James McGarry | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
= | 20 | Shayden Morris | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
= | 32 | Peter Ambrose | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
= | 33 | Slobodan Rubežić | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
TOTALS | 0 | 15 | 0 | 15 |
Club statistics
[edit]Competition Overview
[edit]Competition | First match | Last match | Record | |||||||
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Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Win % | |||
Premiership | 5 August 2024 | May 2025 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | +0 | — |
Scottish Cup | January 2025 | 2025 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | +0 | — |
League Cup | 13 July 2024 | 2024 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 1 | +14 | 100.00 |
Total | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 1 | +14 | 100.00 |
Source: Competitions
League table
[edit]Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation[a] |
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1 | Aberdeen | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Qualification for the Champions League play-off round |
2 | Celtic | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Qualification for the Champions League second qualifying round |
3 | Dundee | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Qualification for the Europa League second qualifying round[b] |
4 | Dundee United | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Qualification for the Conference League second qualifying round |
5 | Heart of Midlothian | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored; 4) Head-to-Head points; 5) Head-to-Head goal difference; 6) Play-off (only if deciding champion, UEFA competitions qualification, second stage group allocation or relegation).[7]
Notes:
- ^ Teams play each other three times (33 matches), before the league is split into two groups (the top six and the bottom six).
- ^ The winners of the 2024–25 Scottish Cup also qualify for the Europa League. If the cup winners qualify for the Champions League via league position, the berth reserved for the cup winners (Europa League play-off round) passes to the third-placed team, and the berths for the Europa League second qualifying round and the Conference League second qualifying round are passed down to the fourth- and fifth-placed teams.
League cup table
[edit]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 | — |
Rules for classification: 1) goal difference, 2) goals scored, 3) away goals scored, 4) matches won, 5) away matches won, 6) drawing of lots.[9]
Transfers
[edit]Players in
[edit]Date | Pos | Player | From | Fee | Ref |
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14 June 2024 | DF | Gavin Molloy | Shelbourne | Undisclosed | [10] |
FW | Peter Ambrose | Újpest | Undisclosed | [11] | |
19 June 2024 | GK | Dimitar Mitov | St Johnstone | Undisclosed | [12] |
11 July 2024 | MF | Sivert Heltne Nilsen | SK Brann | £300,000 | [13] |
Players out
[edit]Date | Pos | Player | To | Fee | Ref |
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2 June 2024 | FW | Aaron Reid | Airdrieonians | Free | [14] |
6 June 2024 | MF | Jonny Hayes | Retired | [15][16][17] | |
14 June 2024 | DF | Anthony Stewart | Free | [18] | |
DF | Kai Watson | Free | [18] | ||
MF | Christovie Kondolo | Free | [18] | ||
GK | Reuben Smillie | Free | [18] | ||
20 June 2024 | MF | Connor Barron | Rangers | Free | [18][19] |
27 June 2024 | DF | Kieran Ngwenya | Dunfermline Athletic | Free | [18][20] |
15 July 2024 | DF | Finlay Murray | Cove Rangers | Free | [18][21] |
18 July 2024 | GK | Kelle Roos | Triestina | Free | [18][22] |
Loans in
[edit]Date | Pos | Name | From | Fee | Ref |
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Loans out
[edit]Date | Pos | Name | To | Fee | Ref |
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16 July 2024 | GK | Tom Ritchie | Bonnyrigg Rose | Season Loan | [23] |
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ "Key dates for Season 2024/25". SPFL. 22 January 2024. Retrieved 6 June 2024.
- ^ "Premier Sports Cup group stage fixtures". SPFL. 31 May 2023. Retrieved 6 June 2024.
- ^ "Jimmy Thelin era gets underway at Pittodrie". Aberdeen FC. Retrieved 6 June 2024.
- ^ "Jonny Hayes Departs the Dons". Aberdeen FC. Retrieved 6 June 2024.
- ^ "Scottish Premiership Table". BBC. 15 April 2024.
- ^ "Premiership League Table". Scottish Professional Football League. Retrieved 15 April 2024.
- ^ "The Rules of the Scottish Professional Football League (Rule Number C35-C37)" (PDF). SPFL. Archived (PDF) from the original on 28 September 2022. Retrieved 24 September 2022.
- ^ "Summary - League Cup Group A". Soccerway. Retrieved 28 May 2024.
- ^ "Format". SPFL. Retrieved 7 June 2023.
- ^ "Gavin Molloy is first summer signing". Aberdeen FC. 14 June 2024. Retrieved 14 June 2024.
- ^ "Peter Ambrose is a Don". Aberdeen FC. 14 June 2024. Retrieved 14 June 2024.
- ^ "Dimitar Mitov arrives at Pittodrie". Aberdeen FC. 20 June 2024. Retrieved 19 June 2024.
- ^ "Nilsen is a Don". Aberdeen FC. 11 July 2024. Retrieved 11 July 2024.
- ^ "Striker Reid makes Diamonds switch". Airdrieonians FC. Retrieved 6 June 2024.
- ^ "Jonny Hayes Departs the Dons". Aberdeen FC. Retrieved 6 June 2024.
- ^ "Jonny Hayes takes up academy role in Celtic backroom staff reshuffle". The National. 10 July 2024. Retrieved 11 July 2024.
- ^ "Ex-Celtic & Aberdeen favourite Hayes pens emotional retirement message". Glasgow Times. 16 July 2024. Retrieved 16 July 2024.
- ^ a b c d e f g h "Summer 2024 Squad Update". Aberdeen FC. 14 June 2024. Retrieved 14 June 2024.
- ^ "Rangers announce signing of Connor Barron". rangers.co.uk. Rangers FC. 20 June 2024. Retrieved 20 June 2024.
- ^ "Kieran Ngwenya Signs for Dunfermline". Dunfermline Athletic FC. 27 June 2024. Retrieved 29 June 2024.
- ^ "Welcome To Balmoral Finlay Murray". Cove Rangers FC. 15 July 2024. Retrieved 16 July 2024.
- ^ "Kelle Roos firma con la Triestina" [Kelle Roos signs with Triestina]. www.triestina1918.it (in Italian). 18 July 2024. Retrieved 18 July 2024.
- ^ https://www.bonnyriggrosefc.co.uk/teams/118321/player/tom-ritchie-3287115/90190