2013–14 Aberdeen F.C. season

Aberdeen
2013–14 season
Chairman Stewart Milne
Manager Derek McInnes
Stadium Pittodrie Stadium
Premiership Third place
League Cup Winners vs Inverness CT
Scottish Cup Semi Final
Top goalscorer League:
Niall McGinn (12)
All:
Niall McGinn (13)
Highest home attendance 20,017 vs.
Celtic
Premiership
17 August 2013
Lowest home attendance 4,897 vs.
Alloa Athletic
League Cup
27 August 2013
Average home league attendance League: 12,394[1]
Home colours
Away colours

The 2013–14 season was Aberdeen's 100th season in the top flight of Scottish football and their 102nd season overall. Aberdeen competed in the Scottish Premiership, Scottish Cup and Scottish League Cup. They won the Scottish League Cup in March 2014 with a win on penalties after a 0-0 draw against Inverness CT and reached the semi final of the Scottish Cup. In the league, they finished in third place behind Celtic and Motherwell, qualifying for Europe for the first time since 2009.

Results & fixtures

      Win       Draw       Loss

Friendly matches

Aberdeen played eight friendly matches; seven took place in pre-season and one in September.[2]

Scottish Premiership

Scottish League Cup

Aberdeen entered the Scottish League Cup in the second round stage, having not qualified for Europe in 2012–13. They won the trophy on 16 March 2014 on penalties after a 0-0 draw with Inverness CT.

Scottish Cup

Aberdeen entered the Scottish Cup in the fourth round stage.

Statistics

Appearances and Goals

Last updated 3 April 2014[3][4]
No. Pos Nat Player TotalPremiership League Cup Scottish Cup
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
1 GK Scotland Jamie Langfield 39 0 31+0 0 5+0 0 3+0 0
2 DF Republic of Ireland Joe Shaughnessy 29 1 20+6 0 2+0 1 0+1 0
3 DF Scotland Clark Robertson 10 0 4+3 0 3+0 0 0+0 0
4 DF Scotland Russell Anderson (c) 31 2 21+3 1 4+0 0 3+0 1
5 DF Scotland Andrew Considine 25 2 19+0 0 2+1 1 3+0 1
6 DF Scotland Mark Reynolds 39 2 31+0 2 5+0 0 3+0 0
7 FW Democratic Republic of the Congo Calvin Zola 21 3 11+6 3 3+0 0 1+0 0
8 MF Republic of Ireland Willo Flood 33 3 25+2 3 4+0 0 2+0 0
9 FW England Scott Vernon 29 6 12+9 3 0+5 3 0+3 0
10 FW Northern Ireland Niall McGinn 37 10 29+1 10 4+0 0 2+1 0
11 MF Republic of Ireland Jonny Hayes 33 5 23+3 2 5+0 3 2+0 0
14 FW Scotland Cammy Smith 17 1 8+5 0 1+1 1 1+1 0
15 MF Scotland Barry Robson 28 4 15+7 4 2+1 0 3+0 0
16 MF Scotland Peter Pawlett 35 7 27+2 5 4+0 1 2+0 1
17 MF Scotland Gregg Wylde 10 1 3+5 1 0+1 0 1+0 0
17 FW Republic of Ireland Adam Rooney 13 8 9+0 6 2+0 1 2+0 1
18 DF Scotland Nicky Low 16 1 3+8 1 1+3 0 0+1 0
19 MF Scotland Chris Clark 0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
20 GK England Nicky Weaver 2 0 1+1 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
21 FW Northern Ireland Josh Magennis 20 1 1+17 1 0+1 0 0+1 0
22 MF Scotland Ryan Jack 35 2 29+0 2 4+0 0 2+0 0
23 MF Scotland Jamie Masson 0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
24 FW Scotland Declan McManus 2 0 0+2 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
25 FW Scotland Lawrence Shankland 0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
26 MF Scotland Craig Storie 1 0 0+1 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
27 DF England Michael Hector 22 1 18+2 1 1+0 0 1+0 0
28 DF England Alan Tate 7 0 5+1 0 0+1 0 0+0 0
29 DF England Shaleum Logan 11 0 7+0 0 2+0 0 2+0 0
30 GK Republic of Ireland Danny Rogers 0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
35 DF Scotland Craig Murray 4 0 0+2 0 1+1 0 0+0 0

Disciplinary record

Last updated 3 April 2014
No. Nat. Pos. Name Premiership League Cup Scottish Cup Total
Red card Red card Red card Red card
1 Scotland MF Jamie Langfield 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 1
2 Scotland DF Joe Shaughnessy 3 0 0 1 0 0 3 1
3 Scotland MF Clark Robertson 1 0 1 0 0 0 2 0
4 Scotland DF Russell Anderson 4 0 2 0 0 0 6 0
5 Scotland DF Andrew Considine 4 1 1 0 0 0 5 1
7 Democratic Republic of the Congo MF Calvin Zola 1 0 1 0 0 0 2 0
8 Republic of Ireland MF Willo Flood 4 0 0 0 0 0 4 0
9 England FW Scott Vernon 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
10 Northern Ireland MF Niall McGinn 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
11 Republic of Ireland MF Jonny Hayes 4 0 0 0 1 0 5 0
14 Scotland FW Cammy Smith 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
15 Scotland MF Barry Robson 2 1 1 0 0 0 3 1
16 Scotland MF Peter Pawlett 5 0 0 0 1 0 6 0
17 Republic of Ireland FW Adam Rooney 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
18 Scotland DF Nicky Low 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 1
21 Northern Ireland FW Josh Magennis 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
22 Scotland MF Ryan Jack 6 0 0 0 0 0 6 0
27 England DF Michael Hector 5 0 0 0 0 0 5 0

Goalscorers

Last updated 9 May 2014
Rank Player Scottish Premiership Scottish Cup League Cup Total
1 Northern Ireland Niall McGinn 13 1 0 14
2 England Scott Vernon 6 0 3 9
Republic of Ireland Adam Rooney 7 1 1 9
4 Scotland Peter Pawlett 5 1 1 7
5 Republic of Ireland Jonny Hayes 2 0 3 5
6 Scotland Barry Robson 4 0 0 4
7 Republic of Ireland Willo Flood 3 0 0 3
Democratic Republic of the Congo Calvin Zola 3 0 0 3
9 Scotland Ryan Jack 2 0 0 2
Scotland Mark Reynolds 2 0 0 2
Scotland Russell Anderson 1 1 0 2
Scotland Andrew Considine 0 1 1 2
13. England Michael Hector 1 0 0 1
England Shaleum Logan 1 0 0 1
Scotland Nicky Low 1 0 0 1
Northern Ireland Josh Magennis 1 0 0 1
Scotland Gregg Wylde 1 0 0 1
Republic of Ireland Joe Shaughnessy 0 0 1 1
Scotland Cammy Smith 0 0 1 1

Team statistics

League table

Pos
Team
Pld
W
D
L
GF
GA
GD
Pts
Promotion or relegation
1 Celtic (C) 38 31 6 1 102 25+77 99 2014–15 UEFA Champions League Second qualifying round
2 Motherwell 38 22 4 12 64 60+4 70 2014–15 UEFA Europa League Second qualifying round
3 Aberdeen 38 20 8 10 53 38+15 68 2014–15 UEFA Europa League First qualifying round
4 Dundee United 38 16 10 12 65 50+15 58
5 Inverness Caledonian Thistle 38 16 9 13 44 440 57
6 St Johnstone 38 15 8 15 48 42+6 53 2014–15 UEFA Europa League Second qualifying round
7 Ross County 38 11 7 20 44 6218 40
8 St Mirren 38 10 9 19 39 5819 39
9 Kilmarnock 38 11 6 21 45 6621 39
10 Partick Thistle 38 8 14 16 46 6519 38
11 Hibernian (R) 38 8 11 19 31 5120 35 Scottish Premiership play-offs
12 Heart of Midlothian (R) 38 10 8 20 45 6520 231 Relegation to 2014–15 Scottish Championship

Source: ESPN
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored
1 Heart of Midlothian were deducted 15 points for entering administration
2 St Johnstone, as winners of the 2013–14 Scottish Cup, qualify to second qualifying round of Europa League.
(C) = Champion; (R) = Relegated; (P) = Promoted; (E) = Eliminated; (O) = Play-off winner; (A) = Advances to a further round.

Results by round

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Result W W L L D W W D L W W W L L W W W L W W W W L D W L W W W D D D W D D L W L
Position 2 2 4 4 6 4 3 4 4 4 2 2 3 5 4 4 3 5 3 3 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 3

Last updated: 11 May 2014.
Source: [5]
Ground: A = Away; H = Home. Result: D = Draw; L = Loss; W = Win; P = Postponed.

Results by opponent

Team Results[6] Points
1 2 3 4
Celtic 02 13 21 25 3
Dundee United 10 21 22 31 10
Heart of Midlothian 12 13 11 1
Hibernian 20 10 20 9
Inverness Caledonian Thistle 10 43 01 00 7
Kilmarnock 21 10 21 9
Motherwell 31 01 22 01 4
Partick Thistle 30 40 13 6
Ross County 01 10 11 4
St. Johnstone 00 20 10 11 8
St. Mirren 11 20 10 7

Source: 2013–14 Scottish Premiership article

Transfers

Players In

Dates Player From Fee Source
1 July 2013 Republic of Ireland Willo Flood Scotland Dundee United Free [7]
1 July 2013 Scotland Barry Robson England Sheffield United Free [8]
1 July 2013 Democratic Republic of the Congo Calvin Zola England Burton Albion Free [9]
1 July 2013 Scotland Gregg Wylde England Bolton Wanderers Free [10]
1 July 2013 Scotland Lawrence Shankland Scotland Queen's Park Free [10]
15 July 2013 England Nicky Weaver England Sheffield Wednesday Free [11]
26 July 2013 England Michael Hector Scotland Reading Loan [12]
5 January 2014 England Alan Tate Wales Swansea Loan [13]
23 January 2014 Republic of Ireland Adam Rooney England Oldham Athletic Free [14]
30 January 2014 England Shaleum Logan England Brentford Loan [15]

Players Out

Dates Player To Fee Source
1 July 2013 Scotland Gavin Rae Scotland Dundee[16] Free [17]
1 July 2013 New Zealand Rory Fallon Scotland St Johnstone[18] Free [17]
1 July 2013 Scotland Mitch Megginson Scotland Dumbarton[19] Free [17]
1 July 2013 England Rob Milsom England Rotherham United[20] Free [17]
1 July 2013 Scotland Jordon Brown Scotland Peterhead[21] Free [17]
1 July 2013 England Isaac Osbourne Scotland Partick Thistle[22] Free [17]
1 July 2013 Scotland Gary Naysmith Scotland East Fife[23] Free [17]
1 July 2013 Czech Republic Dan Twardzik Scotland Dundee[24] Free [17]
1 July 2013 Scotland Stephen Hughes Scotland East Fife[25] Free [17]
August 2013 Scotland Scott Rumsby Scotland Stranraer Loan [26]
7 November 2013 Scotland Craig Storie Scotland Forfar Athletic Loan [27]
13 December 2013 Republic of Ireland Danny Rogers Scotland Airdrieonians Loan [28]
8 January 2014 Scotland Lawrence Shankland Scotland Dunfermline Athletic Loan [29]
8 January 2014 Scotland Jamie Masson Scotland Elgin City Loan [30]
15 January 2014 Scotland Gregg Wylde Scotland St. Mirren Free [31]
30 January 2014 Northern Ireland Josh Magennis Scotland St. Mirren Loan [32]
4 February 2014 Scotland Chris Clark Scotland Cove Rangers Free [33]

See also

References

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