2011–12 Aberdeen F.C. season

Aberdeen
2011–12 season
Chairman Stewart Milne
Manager Craig Brown
Stadium Pittodrie Stadium
Scottish Premier League 9th (ongoing)
Scottish Cup Round 4
Scottish League Cup Round 3
Top goalscorer League: Scott Vernon: 8
All: Scott Vernon: 8
Highest home attendance 15,468 vs. Rangers, 29 October 2011
Lowest home attendance 3,964 vs. East Fife, 20 September 2011
Average home attendance 8,960
Home colours
Away colours

The 2011-12 season will be Aberdeen's 98th season in the top flight of Scottish football and their 100th season overall. Aberdeen will compete in the Scottish Premier League, Scottish Cup and Scottish League Cup. Aberdeen were knocked out of the Scottish League Cup at the third round stage, losing on penalties to East Fife after a 3–3 draw.

Contents

Results & fixtures

      Win       Draw       Loss

Pre-Season

Scottish Premier League

Scottish League Cup

Aberdeen entered the Scottish League Cup in the second round stage, having not qualified for Europe in 2010-11. Darren Mackie scored the only goal of the game, as Aberdeen defeated First Division opponents Dundee. Aberdeen were knocked out in the third round by Second Division club East Fife.

Scottish Cup

Aberdeen will enter the Scottish Cup in the fourth round stage.

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 0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
2 DF Rory McArdle 13 1 8+3 0 0+0 0 1+1 1
3 DF Ricky Foster 24 1 22+0 1 0+0 0 2+0 0
4 MF Yoann Folly 0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
5 DF Youl Mawéné 20 2 18+1 2 0+0 0 0+1 0
6 DF Andrew Considine 23 3 21+0 3 0+0 0 2+0 0
7 MF Chris Clark 17 0 8+7 0 0+0 0 2+0 0
8 MF Robert Milsom 22 1 22+0 1 0+0 0 0+0 0
9 FW Scott Vernon 22 8 20+1 8 0+0 0 1+0 0
10 FW Darren Mackie 14 2 5+7 0 0+0 0 2+0 2
11 MF Kári Árnason 21 2 18+1 2 0+0 0 2+0 0
13 DF Clark Robertson 1 0 1+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
14 FW Rory Fallon 15 3 13+1 2 0+0 0 0+1 1
15 MF Peter Pawlett 18 0 4+12 0 0+0 0 2+0 0
16 MF Isaac Osbourne 24 0 22+0 0 0+0 0 1+1 0
17 MF Fraser Fyvie 18 1 17+0 1 0+0 0 1+0 0
18 FW Mohamed Chalali 12 1 3+7 1 0+0 0 0+2 0
19 FW Michael Paton 2 0 0+2 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
20 GK David González 15 0 14+0 0 0+0 0 1+0 0
21 FW Josh Magennis 17 1 5+10 1 0+0 0 2+0 0
22 MF Ryan Jack 18 2 15+1 2 0+0 0 2+0 0
23 FW Mitchel Megginson 6 0 0+6 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
24 DF Nicky Low 2 0 0+2 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
25 DF Joe Shaughnessy 0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
32 GK Jason Brown 9 0 8+0 0 0+0 0 1+0 0
34 MF Jack Grimmer 0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0

As of 2 January 2012

Disciplinary Record

No. Nat. Pos. Name SPL Scottish Cup League Cup Total
22 MF Ryan Jack 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 2
11 MF Kári Árnason 4 0 0 0 0 0 4 0
3 DF Ricky Foster 4 0 0 0 0 0 4 0
5 DF Youl Mawene 4 0 0 0 0 0 4 0
17 MF Fraser Fyvie 3 1 0 0 0 0 3 1
14 FW Rory Fallon 3 0 0 0 0 0 3 0
10 FW Darren Mackie 2 0 0 0 1 0 3 0
21 FW Josh Magennis 3 0 0 0 0 0 3 0
15 MF Peter Pawlett 3 0 0 0 0 0 3 0
6 DF Andrew Considine 2 1 0 0 0 0 2 1
7 MF Chris Clark 1 0 0 0 1 0 2 0
16 MF Isaac Osbourne 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
9 FW Scott Vernon 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
8 MF Robert Milsom 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
13 DF Clark Robertson 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0

As of 28 December 2011

Goal scorers

Rank Player SPL SC LC Total
1. Scott Vernon 8 0 0 8
2. Andrew Considine 3 0 0 3
3. Rory Fallon 2 0 1 3
4. Kári Árnason 2 0 0 2
5. Darren Mackie 0 0 2 2
6. Youl Mawéné 2 0 0 2
7. Ryan Jack 2 0 0 2
8. Robert Milsom 1 0 0 1
9. Rory McArdle 0 0 1 1
10. Fraser Fyvie 1 0 0 1
11. Ricky Foster 1 0 0 1
12. Josh Magennis 1 0 0 1
13. Mohamed Chalali 1 0 0 1

As of 2 January 2012

Competitions

Overall

Competition Started round Current
position / round
Final
position / round
First match Last match
Scottish Premier League 1 9 23 July 13 May
League Cup 2nd round 3rd Round 23 August 20 September
Scottish Cup 4th Round 4th Round 7 January

Source: Competitions

League table

As of 2 January 2012 (UTC)
Pos
Team
Pld
W
D
L
GF
GA
GD
Pts
Qualification or relegation
7 Dundee United 22 6 8 8 31 35 −4 26
8 St. Mirren 22 6 8 8 23 29 −6 26
9 Aberdeen 22 6 6 10 25 29 −4 24
10 Inverness Caledonian Thistle 21 5 4 12 28 40 −12 19
11 Hibernian 21 3 6 12 19 36 −17 15
12 Dunfermline Athletic 20 3 5 12 20 46 −26 14 Relegation to the 2012–13 Scottish First Division

Source: BBC website
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
22 6 6 10 25 29 −4 24 4 4 3 16 11 +5 2 2 7 9 18 −9

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 H A H A H A A H A H H A H H A A H A H A H A
Result D L L L W L D D L W W L L L D L D W W L D W
Position 4 10 10 11 10 11 11 10 11 9 7 7 10 11 11 12 10 9 9 9 9 9

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 1–2 0
Dundee United 3–1 2–1 6
Dunfermline Athletic 4–0 3–3 4
Heart of Midlothian 0–3 0–0 1
Hibernian 0–0 1–0 4
Inverness Caledonian Thistle 2–0 1–2 3
Kilmarnock 2–2 0–2 1
Motherwell 0–1 1–2 0
Rangers 0–2 1–2 0
St. Johnstone 0–0 2–1 4
St. Mirren 0–1 2–2 1

Source: Scottish Premier League 2011–12 article

Transfers

Players In

Dates Player From Fee Source
18 May 2011 Ricky Foster Rangers Loan Return
18 May 2011 Mitchel Megginson Brechin City Loan Return
3 June 2011 Youl Mawéné Panserraikos Free [2]
1 July 2011 David González Manchester City Loan [3]
1 July 2011 Isaac Osbourne Coventry City Free [4]
1 July 2011 Chris Clark Plymouth Argyle Free [5]
18 July 2011 Árnason, KáriKári Árnason Plymouth Argyle Free [6]
20 July 2011 Jason Brown Blackburn Rovers Free [5]
18 August 2011 Mohamed Chalali Panionios Free [7]
14 September 2011 Rory Fallon Free agent Free [8]

Players Out

Dates Player To Fee Source
18 May 2011 Paul Hartley Alloa Athletic Released [9]
18 May 2011 Nick Blackman Blackburn Rovers Loan Return [10]
18 May 2011 Nikola Vujadinović Udinese Loan Return [10]
18 May 2011 Steven Smith Norwich City Loan Return [10]
7 June 2011 Scott Bain Alloa Athletic Free [11]
29 June 2011 Chris Maguire Derby County £400,000 [12]
1 July 2011 Zander Diamond Oldham Athletic Free [13]
1 July 2011 Derek Young Grindavík Free [14]
1 July 2011 Mark Howard Blackpool Free [15]
1 July 2011 David McNamee Free
1 July 2011 Sone Aluko Rangers Free [16]
1 July 2011 Myles Anderson Blackburn Rovers Free [17]
1 July 2011 Lewis Davidson Peterhead Free [18]
12 July 2011 Dominico Gibson East Stirlingshire Free [19]
28 July 2011 Stirling Smith Alloa Athletic Free [20]
19 August 2011 Scott Ross Peterhead Loan [21]
30 August 2011 Joe Shaughnessy Forfar Athletic Loan [22]
30 August 2011 Nicky Low Forfar Athletic Loan [22]
31 August 2011 Michael Paton Stockport County Loan [23]
15 September 2011 Jordon Brown Forfar Athletic Loan [24]
29 November 2011 Jamie Langfield Forfar Athletic Loan [25]

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