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Aberdeen
2024–25 season
ChairmanDave Cormack
ManagerJimmy Thelin
GroundPittodrie Stadium
Aberdeen, Scotland
(Capacity: 20,866)
Top goalscorerLeague: Pape Guèye (5)
All: Pape Guèye (5)

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]

Summary

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June

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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.

July

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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.

August

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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

September

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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]

Results & fixtures

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  Win   Draw   Loss   Postponed

Pre-season and friendlies

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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

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Main article: 2024–25 Scottish Premiership
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 Red card 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
28 September 2024 6 Dundee v Aberdeen Dundee
15:00 Stadium: Dens Park

Scottish League Cup

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Main article: 2024–25 Scottish League Cup

Group stage

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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
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

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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

Squad statistics

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Appearances

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As of 14 September 2024
No. Pos Player Premiership League Cup Scottish Cup Total
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
1 GK Bulgaria Dimitar Mitov 5 0 4 0 0 0 9 0
2 DF Scotland Nicky Devlin 5 1 5 1 0 0 10 2
3 DF Scotland Jack MacKenzie 5 0 5 1 0 0 10 1
4 MF Scotland Graeme Shinnie 4 0 5 2 0 0 9 2
6 MF Norway Sivert Heltne Nilsen 5 0 4 0 0 0 9 0
7 MF Republic of Ireland Jamie McGrath 5 2 5 1 0 0 10 3
9 FW Scotland Kevin Nisbet 1+2 1 0 0 0 0 3 1
10 MF England Leighton Clarkson 0+1 0 4 2 0 0 5 2
14 FW Senegal Pape Guèye 4+1 5 1+1 0 0 0 7 5
15 DF New Zealand James McGarry 0 0 0+4 1 0 0 4 1
17 FW Netherlands Vicente Besuijen 0+4 1 1+2 0 0 0 7 1
18 MF Croatia Ante Palaversa 1+1 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
19 FW Slovenia Ester Sokler 4+1 0 5 4 0 0 10 4
20 FW England Shayden Morris 2+3 0 5 1 0 0 10 1
21 DF Republic of Ireland Gavin Molloy 5 0 5 0 0 0 10 0
22 DF Scotland Jack Milne 0+1 0 1+1 0 0 0 3 0
27 DF England Angus MacDonald 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0
30 MF Scotland Fletcher Boyd 0 0 0+2 0 0 0 2 0
31 GK Scotland Ross Doohan 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0
32 FW Nigeria Peter Ambrose 0+5 0 0+5 1 0 0 10 1
33 DF Montenegro Slobodan Rubežić 5 0 3 1 0 0 8 1
35 MF Scotland Alfie Stewart 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
81 FW Finland Topi Keskinen 3 0 0+1 1 0 0 4 1
Players who left the club during the season
5 DF Finland Richard Jensen 0+1 0 0+1 0 0 0 2 0
9 FW North Macedonia Bojan Miovski 1+1 0 0+1 0 0 0 3 0
23 MF Scotland Ryan Duncan 0 0 0+3 0 0 0 3 0

Goalscorers

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As of 14 September 2024

Ranking Nation Number Name Scottish Premiership League Cup Scottish Cup Total
1 Senegal 14 Pape Habib Guèye 5 0 0 5
2 Slovenia 19 Ester Sokler 0 4 0 4
3 Republic of Ireland 7 Jamie McGrath 2 1 0 3
4 Scotland 2 Nicky Devlin 1 1 0 2
= Scotland 4 Graeme Shinnie 0 2 0 2
= England 10 Leighton Clarkson 0 2 0 2
7 Scotland 3 Jack MacKenzie 0 1 0 1
= New Zealand 15 James McGarry 0 1 0 1
= Scotland 9 Kevin Nisbet 1 0 0 1
= Netherlands 17 Vicente Besuijen 1 0 0 1
= England 20 Shayden Morris 0 1 0 1
= Nigeria 32 Peter Ambrose 0 1 0 1
= Montenegro 33 Slobodan Rubežić 0 1 0 1
= Finland 81 Topi Keskinen 0 1 0 1
TOTALS 10 16 0 26

Club statistics

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Competition Overview

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Competition First match Last match Record
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

League table

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Pos Team
 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation[a]
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[b]
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
Updated to match(es) played on 15 September 2024. Source: [7][8]
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).[9]
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).
  2. ^ 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.

Results by round

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Round12345
GroundAHHAH
ResultWWWWW
Position32222
Updated to match(es) played on 14 September 2024. Source: [citation needed]
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

League cup table

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Pos Team
 Pld W PW PL L GF GA GD Pts Qualification ABE AIR QOS EKB DUM
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 —
Source: [10]
Rules for classification: 1) goal difference, 2) goals scored, 3) away goals scored, 4) matches won, 5) away matches won, 6) drawing of lots.[11]

Transfers

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Main articles: List of Scottish football transfers summer 2024 and List of Scottish football transfers winter 2024–25

Players in

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Date Pos Player From Fee Ref
14 June 2024 DF Republic of Ireland Gavin Molloy Republic of Ireland Shelbourne £65,000 [12]
FW Nigeria Peter Ambrose Hungary Újpest Undisclosed [13]
19 June 2024 GK Bulgaria Dimitar Mitov Scotland St Johnstone Undisclosed [14]
11 July 2024 MF Norway Sivert Heltne Nilsen Norway SK Brann £300,000 [15]
8 August 2024 MF Croatia Ante Palaversa France Troyes Undisclosed [16]
12 August 2024 FW Finland Topi Keskinen Finland HJK Helsinki £860,000 [17]

Players out

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Date Pos Player To Fee Ref
2 June 2024 FW Scotland Aaron Reid Scotland Airdrieonians Free [18]
6 June 2024 MF Republic of Ireland Jonny Hayes Retired [19][20][21]
14 June 2024 DF England Anthony Stewart Free [22]
DF Scotland Kai Watson Free [22]
MF England Christovie Kondolo Free [22]
GK England Reuben Smillie Free [22]
20 June 2024 MF Scotland Connor Barron Scotland Rangers Free [22][23]
27 June 2024 DF Malawi Kieran Ngwenya Scotland Dunfermline Athletic Free [22][24]
15 July 2024 DF Scotland Finlay Murray Scotland Cove Rangers Free [22][25]
18 July 2024 GK Netherlands Kelle Roos Italy Triestina Free [22][26]
6 August 2024 MF Canada Junior Hoilett Scotland Hibernian Free [27][28]
15 August 2024 FW North Macedonia Bojan Miovski Spain Girona £6,800,000 [29]
30 August 2024 DF England Jayden Richardson Free [30]

Loans in

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Date Pos Name From Fee Ref
24 August 2024 FW Scotland Kevin Nisbet England Millwall Season Loan [31]

Loans out

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Date Pos Name To Fee Ref
16 July 2024 GK Scotland Tom Ritchie Scotland Bonnyrigg Rose Season Loan [32]
2 August 2024 MF Scotland Adam Emslie Scotland Cove Rangers Season Loan [33]
2 August 2024 MF Scotland Findlay Marshall Scotland Cove Rangers Season Loan [33]
15 August 2024 DF Scotland Blair McKenzie Scotland Montrose Season Loan [34]
19 August 2024 MF Scotland Ryan Duncan Scotland Queen's Park Season Loan [35]
23 August 2024 DF Finland Richard Jensen Denmark Vejle Season Loan .[36]
30 August 2024 FW Scotland Alfie Bavidge Scotland Ayr United Season Loan [37]

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "Key dates for Season 2024/25". SPFL. 22 January 2024. Retrieved 6 June 2024.
  2. ^ "Premier Sports Cup group stage fixtures". SPFL. 31 May 2023. Retrieved 6 June 2024.
  3. ^ "Jimmy Thelin era gets underway at Pittodrie". Aberdeen FC. Retrieved 6 June 2024.
  4. ^ "Jonny Hayes Departs the Dons". Aberdeen FC. Retrieved 6 June 2024.
  5. ^ https://www.afc.co.uk/2024/09/03/the-dons-on-international-duty/
  6. ^ https://www.afc.co.uk/2024/09/07/duk-returns-to-aberdeen/
  7. ^ "Scottish Premiership Table". BBC. 15 April 2024.
  8. ^ "Premiership League Table". Scottish Professional Football League. Retrieved 1 September 2024.
  9. ^ "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.
  10. ^ "Summary - League Cup Group A". Soccerway. Retrieved 28 May 2024.
  11. ^ "Format". SPFL. Retrieved 7 June 2023.
  12. ^ "Gavin Molloy is first summer signing". Aberdeen FC. 14 June 2024. Retrieved 14 June 2024.
  13. ^ "Peter Ambrose is a Don". Aberdeen FC. 14 June 2024. Retrieved 14 June 2024.
  14. ^ "Dimitar Mitov arrives at Pittodrie". Aberdeen FC. 20 June 2024. Retrieved 19 June 2024.
  15. ^ "Nilsen is a Don". Aberdeen FC. 11 July 2024. Retrieved 11 July 2024.
  16. ^ "Former £7m midfielder Palaversa joins Aberdeen". Aberdeen FC. 8 August 2024. Retrieved 8 August 2024.
  17. ^ "Aberdeen seal deal for Finnish winger Keskinen". Aberdeen FC. 12 August 2024. Retrieved 12 August 2024.
  18. ^ "Striker Reid makes Diamonds switch". Airdrieonians FC. Retrieved 6 June 2024.
  19. ^ "Jonny Hayes Departs the Dons". Aberdeen FC. Retrieved 6 June 2024.
  20. ^ "Jonny Hayes takes up academy role in Celtic backroom staff reshuffle". The National. 10 July 2024. Retrieved 11 July 2024.
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  23. ^ "Rangers announce signing of Connor Barron". rangers.co.uk. Rangers FC. 20 June 2024. Retrieved 20 June 2024.
  24. ^ "Kieran Ngwenya Signs for Dunfermline". Dunfermline Athletic FC. 27 June 2024. Retrieved 29 June 2024.
  25. ^ "Welcome To Balmoral Finlay Murray". Cove Rangers FC. 15 July 2024. Retrieved 16 July 2024.
  26. ^ "Kelle Roos firma con la Triestina" [Kelle Roos signs with Triestina]. www.triestina1918.it (in Italian). 18 July 2024. Retrieved 18 July 2024.
  27. ^ "Canada veteran Junior Hoilett leaves Aberdeen after half a season". Canadian Soccer Daily. 30 July 2024. Retrieved 3 August 2024.
  28. ^ "Junior Holett is a Hibee!". Hibernian FC. 6 August 2024. Retrieved 7 August 2024.
  29. ^ "Bojan Miovski: Aberdeen sell striker in record £6.8m deal to Girona". Sky Sports. 15 August 2024. Retrieved 15 August 2024.
  30. ^ "Aberdeen's business ends with Richardson exit". BBC Sport. 30 August 2024. Retrieved 31 August 2024.
  31. ^ "Nisbet strengthens Dons' forward line". Aberdeen FC. 24 August 2024. Retrieved 25 August 2024.
  32. ^ https://www.bonnyriggrosefc.co.uk/teams/118321/player/tom-ritchie-3287115/90190
  33. ^ a b "Young Dons Adam And Findlay Sign-On". Cove Rangers FC. 2 August 2024. Retrieved 3 August 2024.
  34. ^ "Blair McKenzie joins Montrose on loan". Aberdeen FC. 15 August 2024. Retrieved 15 August 2024.
  35. ^ "Ryan Duncan heads out on loan". Aberdeen FC. 19 August 2024. Retrieved 19 August 2024.
  36. ^ "Defender departs on loan". Aberdeen FC. 23 August 2024. Retrieved 23 August 2024.
  37. ^ "Young striker heads out on loan". Aberdeen FC. 30 August 2024. Retrieved 31 August 2024.
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