2006–07 Aberdeen F.C. season

Aberdeen
2006–07 season
Chairman Stewart Milne
Manager Jimmy Calderwood
SPL 3rd
Scottish Cup Round 3
League Cup Round 2
Top goalscorer Darren Mackie 13
Highest home attendance 20,045 vs Rangers 23 December 2006
Lowest home attendance 7,905 vs Hibernian 10 January 2007
← 2005–06 2007–08 →

Aberdeen competed in the Scottish Premier League, Scottish Cup and Scottish League Cup in season 2006–07. Their third place in the Scottish Premier League was their highest since the 1995-96 season.

Contents

Transfers and other changes

Summer transfers

Winter transfers

Statistics

Appearances and Goals

No. Nat Pos Player Total SPL Scottish Cup League Cup
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
1 GK Jamie Langfield 40 0 38 0 2 0 0 0
2 DF Michael Hart 36 0 34 0 2 0 0 0
3 MF Richie Byrne 5 0 5 0 0 0 0 0
4 DF Russell Anderson 38 2 35 2 2 0 1 0
5 DF Zander Diamond 21 0 21 0 0 0 0 0
6 MF Scott Severin 38 4 35 4 2 0 1 0
7 MF Jamie Smith 21 1 21 1 0 0 0 0
8 MF Barry Nicholson 34 8 31 6 2 2 1 0
9 FW Steve Lovell 29 9 27 9 2 0 0 0
10 FW Darren Mackie 41 13 38 13 2 0 1 0
11 MF Chris Clark 40 1 37 1 2 0 1 0
14 MF Gary Dempsey 29 2 26 2 2 0 1 0
15 DF Karim Touzani 10 0 10 0 0 0 0 0
16 FW Lee Miller 34 4 32 4 2 0 0 0
16 FW John Stewart 5 0 4 0 0 0 1 0
17 DF Dan Smith 8 0 6 0 1 0 1 0
18 MF Jamie Winter 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
19 MF Richard Foster 40 3 37 3 2 0 1 0
20 GK Derek Soutar 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
21 DF Andrew Considine 36 2 33 2 2 0 1 0
22 MF Kyle Macaulay 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
23 FW Steve Crawford 5 3 4 3 0 0 1 0
23 FW Craig Brewster 13 1 12 0 1 1 0 0
24 DF David Donald 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
25 FW Chris Maguire 22 1 19 1 2 0 1 0
26 FW Dyron Daal 7 2 7 2 0 0 0 0

Source: AFC Heritage

Results

Friendlies

Date Opponent H/A Score[1] Aberdeen Scorers[2]
6 July Peterhead A 4–1 Crawford (24), Dempsey (28), Mackie (71,80)
9 July Elgin City A 5–0 Byrne (20, 63), Clark (36), Maguire (74), Mackie (84)
14 July Bloemfontein Celtic A 2–1 Stewart (2, 75)
16 July Jomo Cosmos A 0–2
19 July Jomo Cosmos A 1–0 Lovell (52)
22 July Benoni Premier United A 3–2 Lovell (26), Mackie (31), Crawford (86)
26 July Montrose A 3–0 Considine (10), Lovell (26), Kiely (41)
1 August Forres Mechanics A 3–1 Stewart (36, 53), Donald (68)
8 August Everton H 2–3 Dempsey (40), Smith (70)
23 February Bohemians A 0–0

Scottish Premier League

Main article: Scottish Premier League 2006–07
Match
Day		 Date Opponent Venue Score Aberdeen Scorer(s) Attendance Report
1 29 July Hibernian A 1–1 Crawford (18) 15,046 AFC Heritage
2 5 August Inverness Caledonian Thistle H 1–1 Crawford (29) 11,955 AFC Heritage
3 12 August Motherwell A 2–0 Mackie (25,60) 5,186 AFC Heritage
4 19 August St. Mirren A 1–1 Crawford (29) 5,344 AFC Heritage
5 26 August Dunfermline H 1–0 Severin (68) 9,889 AFC Heritage
6 9 September Celtic H 0–1 15,304 AFC Heritage
7 16 September Falkirk A 2–0 Dempsey (51), Daal (82) 5,812 AFC Heritage
8 24 September Heart of Midlothian H 1–3 Daal (82) 11,160 AFC Heritage
9 1 October Rangers A 0–1 50,488 AFC Heritage
10 14 October Kilmarnock A 0–1 5,700 AFC Heritage
11 21 October Dundee United H 3–1 Mackie (38), Nicholson (46, 71) 10,747 AFC Heritage
12 30 October Hibernian H 2–1 Miller (56), Severin (90+3) 11,179 AFC Heritage
13 6 November Inverness Caledonian Thistle A 1–1 Lovell (89) 5,744 AFC Heritage
14 11 November Motherwell H 2–1 Smith (55), Miller (86) 10,527 AFC Heritage
15 18 November St. Mirren H 2–0 Mackie (77, 85) 11,426 AFC Heritage
16 25 November Dunfermline Athletic A 3–0 Miller (54), Mackie (83, 86) 6,501 AFC Heritage
17 2 December Celtic A 0–1 58,911 AFC Heritage
18 9 December Falkirk H 2–1 Mackie (17), Clark (44) 10,594 AFC Heritage
19 16 December Heart of Midlothian A 1–0 Lovell (87) 17,274 AFC Heritage
20 23 December Rangers H 1–2 Lovell (85) 20,045 AFC Heritage
21 26 December Kilmarnock H 3–1 Maguire (5), Nicholson (8), Lovell (87) 11,887 AFC Heritage
22 30 December Dundee United A 1–3 Severin (56) 12,329 AFC Heritage
23 2 January Hibernian A 0–0 16,278 AFC Heritage
24 13 January Inverness Caledonian Thistle H 1–1 Lovell (90+3) 10,300 AFC Heritage
25 27 January St. Mirren A 2–0 Considine (8, 37) 4,926 AFC Heritage
26 10 February Dunfermline H 3–0 Mackie (33), Nicholson (57 pen), Lovell (83) 9,379 AFC Heritage
27 17 February Celtic H 1–2 Mackie (90) 16,711 AFC Heritage
28 3 March Falkirk A 2–0 Dempsey (16), Foster (61) 5,825 AFC Heritage
29 10 March Heart of Midlothian H 1–0 Lovell (7) 13,964 AFC Heritage
30 13 March Motherwell A 2–0 Fitzpatrick (32 o.g.), Foster (90) 4,530 AFC Heritage
31 17 March Rangers A 0–3 50,354 AFC Heritage
32 31 March Kilmarnock A 2–1 Fowler (59 o.g.), Anderson (69) 7,236 AFC Heritage
33 7 April Dundee United H 2–4 Lovell (8), Mackie (10 pen) 12,148 AFC Heritage
34 21 April Hibernian H 2–2 Anderson (25), Foster (80) 9,753 AFC Heritage
35 28 April Kilmarnock H 3–0 Nicholson (7 pen), Miller (49), Mackie (62) 10,046 AFC Heritage
36 6 May Heart of Midlothian A 1–1 Nicholson (90) 17,208 AFC Heritage
37 12 May Celtic A 1–2 Mackie (41) 59,510 AFC Heritage
38 20 May Rangers H 2–0 Severin (21), Lovell (32) 20,010 AFC Heritage

Scottish League Cup

Main article: Scottish League Cup 2006–07
Round Date Opponent H/A Score[1] Aberdeen Scorer(s)[2] Attendance Report
R3 22 August Queen's Park A 0–0 (3–5 on penalty kicks) 1,588 AFC Heritage

Scottish Cup

Main article: Scottish Cup 2006–07
Round Date Opponent H/A Score[1] Aberdeen Scorer(s)[2] Attendance Report
R3 10 January Hibernian H 2–2 Brewster (58), Nicholson (88) 7,905 AFC Heritage
R3 (R) 18 January Hibernian A 1–4 Nicholson (10) 11,375 AFC Heritage

Players

Squad

Note: Flags indicate national team as has been defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Position Player
1 GK Jamie Langfield
2 DF Michael Hart
3 DF Richie Byrne
4 DF Russell Anderson
5 DF Zander Diamond
6 MF Scott Severin (captain)
7 MF Jamie Smith
8 MF Barry Nicholson
9 FW Steve Lovell
10 FW Darren Mackie
11 MF Chris Clark
14 MF Gary Dempsey
15 DF Karim Touzani
No. Position Player
16 FW Lee Miller
16 FW John Stewart
17 DF Dan Smith
18 MF Jamie Winter
19 DF Ricky Foster
20 GK Derek Soutar
21 DF Andrew Considine
22 MF Kyle Macaulay
23 FW Stevie Crawford
23 FW Craig Brewster
24 DF David Donald
25 FW Chris Maguire
26 FW Dyron Daal

Goalscorers

Name SPL Cups Total
Darren Mackie 13 0 13
Steve Lovell 9 0 9
Barry Nicholson 6 2 8
Scott Severin 4 0 4
Lee Miller 4 0 4
Richard Foster 3 0 3
Stevie Crawford 3 0 3
Andrew Considine 2 0 2
Russell Anderson 2 0 2
Dyron Daal 2 0 2
Gary Dempsey 2 0 2
Jamie Smith 1 0 1
Chris Clark 1 0 1
Chris Maguire 1 0 1
Craig Brewster 0 1 1
own goals 2 0 2

Source: BBC Sport
Ordered by: Total, SPL, Cups then Name
Name: Players's Name, flag next to name indicates player's nationality. SPL: No. of goals scored in the Scottish Premier League. Cups: No. of goals scored in the Scottish League Cup, Scottish Cup and Uefa Cup. Total: Total No. of competitive goals scored.

Competitions

Overall

Competition Started round Final
position / round		 First match Last match
Scottish Premier League — 3 29 July 2006 20 May 2007
League Cup 22 August 2006 22 August 2006
Scottish Cup 10 January 2007 18 January 2007

Source: Competitions

SPL

Classification

Pos
 Team
 Pld
 W
 D
 L
 GF
 GA
 GD
 Pts
Qualification or relegation
1 Celtic (C) 38 26 6 6 65 34 +31 84 2007–08 UEFA Champions League Third qualifying round
2 Rangers 38 21 9 8 61 32 +29 72 2007–08 UEFA Champions League Second qualifying round
3 Aberdeen 38 19 8 11 56 37 +19 65 2007–08 UEFA Cup First round
4 Heart of Midlothian 38 17 10 11 47 35 +12 61
5 Kilmarnock 38 16 7 15 47 54 −7 55

Source: BBC Sport
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) = Champion; (R) = Relegated; (P) = Promoted; (O) = Play-off winner; (A) = Advances to a further round.
Only applicable when the season is not finished:
(Q) = Qualified to the phase of tournament indicated; (TQ) = Qualified to tournament, but not yet to the particular phase indicated; (DQ) = Disqualified from tournament.

Results summary

Overall Home Away
Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts W D L GF GA GD W D L GF GA GD
38 19 8 11 55 38 +17 65 11 3 5 33 21 +12 8 5 6 22 17 +5

Source: BBC Sport

Results by round

Round 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38
Ground A H A A H H A H A A H H A H H A A H A H H A A H A H H A H A A A H H H A A H
Result D D W D W L W L L L W W D W W W L W W L W L D D W W L W W W L W L D W D L W

Source: BBC Sport
Ground: A = Away; H = Home. Result: D = Draw; L = Lose; W = Win; P = Postponed.

Results by opponent

Team Results[1] Points
1 2 3 4
Celtic 0–1 0–1 1–2 1–2 0
Dundee United 3–1 1–3 2–4 3
Dunfermline Athletic 1–0 3–0 3–0 9
Falkirk 2–0 2–1 2–0 9
Heart of Midlothian 1–3 1–0 1–0 1–1 7
Hibernian 1–1 2–1 0–0 2–2 6
Inverness CT 1–1 1–1 1–1 3
Kilmarnock 0–1 3–1 2–1 3–0 9
Motherwell 2–0 2–1 2–0 9
Rangers 0–1 1–2 0–3 2–0 3
St. Mirren 1–1 2–0 2–0 7

Source: Scottish Premier League 2006–07 article

Club

The management

Position Staff
Manager Jimmy Calderwood
Assistant manager Jimmy Nicholl
Striker coach Sandy Clark
Goalkeeping coach Jim Leighton

Source:

Other information

Chairman Stewart Milne
Executive Director Willie Miller
Ground (capacity and dimensions) Pittodrie Stadium (22,199 / 109x72 yards)

Source: afc.co.uk

References

  1. ^ a b c d Aberdeen's score is shown first.
  2. ^ a b c The number(s) in brackets shows the minute the goal(s) was/were scored.
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