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.
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
Scottish Premiership
Results
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
Scottish League Cup
Scottish Cup
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
|colspan="10"|Players who left the club during the 2015–16 season
Goalscorers RankingNationNumberNameScottish PremiershipEuropa LeagueLeague CupScottish CupTotal1 9Adam Rooney20000202 10Niall McGinn10200123 7Kenny McLean630094 11Jonny Hayes5100620Simon Church6000662Shay Logan400045Ash Taylor400048 4Andrew Considine21003916Peter Pawlett1100217David Goodwillie20002113Graeme Shinnie1000118Paul Quinn10001TOTALS6280070
Disciplinary record NumberNationPositionNamePremiershipEuropa League League CupScottish CupTotal 2DF Shay Logan901000001003DF Graeme Shinnie60100000704DF Andrew Considine30100000405DF Ash Taylor60100000706DF Mark Reynolds31000010417MF Kenny McLean40000000408MF Willo Flood30000000309FW Adam Rooney000000101011FWJonny Hayes210000002114FWCammy Smith100000001015MFBarry Robson010000000116MFPeter Pawlett000000101017FWDavid Goodwillie001000001018DFPaul Quinn200000002019GKDanny Ward100000001022MFRyan Jack400010005023MFCraig Storie200000002030GKAaron Lennox1000000010 TOTALS473501030563
Team statistics
Scottish Premiership
League table
Results by round
Results summary
Results by opponent Aberdeen score first TeamResultsPoints1234Celtic 2-1 1-3 2-1 2-3 6Dundee 2-0 2-0 1-0 9Dundee United 1-0 2-0 1-0 9Hamilton Academical 1-0 1-1 3-0 7Heart of Midlothian 3-1 1-0 1-2 0-1 6Inverness C.T. 1-2 2-2 1-3 1Kilmarnock 2-0 4-0 2-1 9Motherwell 2-1 1-1 1-2 4-1 7Partick Thistle 2-0 0-0 2-1 7Ross County 0-2 3-1 3-2 0-4 6St Johnstone 1-5 4-3 1-1 0-3 4 Source: 2015–16 Scottish Premier League Results Table
Transfers
Players in DatesPositionNationalityPlayerFromFee 10 June 2015 DF Graeme Shinnie Inverness Caledonian Thistle Free 11 June 2015 FW Joe Nuttall Manchester City Free 12 June 2015 DF Paul Quinn Ross County Free 25 January 2016 GK Aaron Lennox Queens Park Rangers Free
Players out DatesPositionNationalityPlayerToFee 1 June 2015 MF Nicky Low Dundee Free 1 June 2015 FW Declan McManus Fleetwood Town Free 1 June 2015 DF Joe Shaughnessy St Johnstone Free 1 June 2015 DF Clark Robertson Blackpool Free 1 June 2015 MF Craig Murray East Fife Free 1 June 2015 MF Andrew Driver De Graafschap Free 1 June 2015 MF Jamie Masson Formartine United Free 1 June 2015 DF Russell Anderson Retired N/A 11 August 2015 GK Jamie Langfield St Mirren Free 26 January 2016 DF Paul Quinn Ross County Free
Loans in Date Position Nationality Name From Fee 26 June 2015 GK Danny Ward Liverpool Loan 20 August 2015 FW Josh Parker Red Star Belgrade Loan 29 August 2015 DF Ryan McLaughlin Liverpool Loan 15 January 2016 GK Adam Collin Rotherham United Loan 1 February 2016 FW Simon Church MK Dons Loan
Loans out Date Position Nationality Name To Fee 26 June 2015 GK Danny Rogers Falkirk Loan 26 August 2015 FW Lawrence Shankland St Mirren Loan 1 February 2016 FW David Goodwillie Ross County Loan
See also List of Aberdeen F.C. seasons
References