2015–16 Aberdeen F.C. season

Aberdeen
2015–16 season
Chairman	Stewart Milne
Manager	Derek McInnes
Ground	Pittodrie Stadium
Scottish Premiership	2nd
Scottish League Cup	Third round (lost to Hibernian)
Scottish Cup	Fourth round (lost to Hearts)
Europa League	Third qualifying round
Top goalscorer	League: Adam Rooney (20); All: Adam Rooney (20)
Highest home attendance	20,385 vs Celtic, Premiership, 12 September 2015
Lowest home attendance	10,003 vs Ross County, Premiership, 15 May 2016
Average home league attendance	13,094
Home colours	Away colours
	← 2014–15 2016–17 →

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

Win Draw Loss Postponed

24 June 2015^[1] Friendly	Brechin City	2–8	Aberdeen	Brechin
19:30 BST	Jackson 33' Thomson 66'	AFC	Jack 7' Rooney 24', 27' (pen.), 49' (pen.) Pawlett 34' Logan 43' Hayes 78' Michael Rose 87'	Stadium: Glebe Park Attendance: 1,2069

28 June 2015^[2] Friendly	St Johnstone	0–1	Aberdeen	Brechin
13:00 BST		AFC	Rooney 71' (pen.)	Stadium: Glebe Park Attendance: 1,248 Referee: Andrew Dallas

12 July 2015^[3] Friendly	Raith Rovers	0–2	Aberdeen	Kirkcaldy
13:00 BST		Report	Goodwillie 64' Taylor 74'	Stadium: Stark's Park Attendance: 1,357

26 July 2015^[4] Friendly	Aberdeen	1–0	Brighton & Hove Albion	Aberdeen
15:00 BST	Rooney 75'	Report		Stadium: Pittodrie Stadium Attendance: 3,513^[5] Man of the Match: Jamie Langfield

8 September 2015^[6] Friendly	Aberdeen	2–1	Viking FK	Aberdeen
19:30 BST	Scott Wright 62' McLean 85'	Report	Bytyqi 3'	Stadium: Pittodrie Stadium Attendance: 4,396

Scottish Premiership

Results

2 August 2015 1	Dundee United	0–1	Aberdeen	Tannadice Park
15:30		BBC	McLean 82'	Attendance: 10,706 Referee: Clancy

9 August 2015 2	Aberdeen	2–0	Kilmarnock	Pittodrie Stadium
15:00	Shinnie 37' Rooney 56' (pen.)	BBC		Attendance: 11,305 Referee: McLean

15 August 2015 4	Motherwell	1–2	Aberdeen	Fir Park
15:00	Johnson 5'	BBC Report	McGinn 25' Taylor 62'	Attendance: 5,437 Referee: Collum

22 August 2015 5	Aberdeen	2–0	Dundee	Pittodrie Stadium
15:00	Rooney 66', 90+4'	BBC Report	Harkins 90+4'	Attendance: 13,621 Referee: Madden

29 August 2015 6	Partick Thistle	0–2	Aberdeen	Firhill Stadium
15:00		BBC Report	Rooney 49' McLean 58'	Attendance: 4,940 Referee: Finnie

12 September 2015 7	Aberdeen	2–1	Celtic	Pittodrie Stadium
12:30	Rooney 56' (pen.) Hayes 72' Quinn 86'	BBC Report	Griffiths 35' (pen.)	Attendance: 20,385 Referee: Thomson

15 September 2015 3^[7]	Aberdeen	1–0	Hamilton Academical	Pittodrie Stadium
19:45	Rooney 23' (pen.)	BBC Report		Attendance: 13,246 Referee: Allan

20 September 2015 8	Heart Of Midlothian	1–3	Aberdeen	Tynecastle Stadium
14:15	Rossi 52'	BBC Report	Goodwillie 9', 45' McGinn 23'	Attendance: 16,702 Referee: Madden

26 September 2015 9	Inverness Caledonian Thistle	2–1	Aberdeen	Caledonian Stadium
15:00	Storey 8' Christie 29'	BBC Report	Taylor 35'	Attendance: 6,410 Referee: Beaton

3 October 2015 10	Aberdeen	1–5	St Johnstone	Pittodrie Stadium
15:00	Taylor 12'	BBC Report	Easton 5' Shaughnessy 10' Craig 30' MacLean 47', 51'	Attendance: 13,405 Referee: Muir

16 October 2015 11	Ross County	2–0	Aberdeen	Victoria Park
19:45	Graham 36', 49'	BBC Report		Attendance: 5,543 Referee: Thomson

24 October 2015 12	Aberdeen	1–1	Motherwell	Pittodrie Stadium
15:00	Rooney 43'	BBC Report	McDonald 73'	Attendance: 12,389 Referee: Allan

31 October 2015 13	Celtic	3–1	Aberdeen	Celtic Park
12:30	Griffiths 44', 53' (pen) Forrest 60'	BBC Report	Rooney 89'	Attendance: 48,161 Referee: Collum

7 November 2015 14	Aberdeen	2–0	Dundee United	Pittodrie Stadium
15:00	Rooney 52' Hayes 73'	BBC Report		Attendance: 12,805 Referee: McLean

22 November 2015 15	Hamilton Academical	1–1	Aberdeen	New Douglas Park
12:30	Imrie 70'	BBC Report	McLean 4'	Attendance: 2,434 Referee: Collum

28 November 2015 16	Aberdeen	3–1	Ross County	Pittodrie Stadium
15:00	Rooney 51' Hayes 53' McGinn 80'	BBC Report	Curran 14'	Attendance: 10,843 Referee: Beaton

5 December 2015 17	Dundee	0–2	Aberdeen	Dens Park
12:30		BBC Report	McGinn 9' Rooney 25'	Attendance: 6,327 Referee: Madden

12 December 2015 18	Aberdeen	1–0	Heart Of Midlothian	Pittodrie Stadium
12:30	Rooney 87' (pen)	BBC Report		Attendance: 13,110 Referee: Thomson

19 December 2015 19	Kilmarnock	0–4	Aberdeen	Rugby Park
15:00		BBC Report	McGinn 9' Rooney 35' Hayes 46' Logan 80'	Attendance: 3,928 Referee: McLean

26 December 2015 20	Aberdeen	2–2	Inverness Caledonian Thistle	Pittodrie Stadium
15:00	McGinn 73' Rooney 90' (pen)	BBC Report	Polworth 41' Tansey 47' (pen)	Attendance: 15,142 Referee: Collum

30 December 2015 21	Aberdeen	0–0	Partick Thistle	Pittodrie Stadium
19:45		Report		Attendance: 12,583 Referee: Clancy

17 January 2016 23	Ross County	2–3	Aberdeen	Victoria Park
12:15	McShane 27', 82'	BBC Report	Reynolds 26' Rooney 33' (pen.) Logan 36', 60'	Attendance: 4,107 Referee: Allan

22 January 2016 24	Aberdeen	1–0	Dundee	Pittodrie Stadium
19:45	Rooney 14'	BBC Report		Attendance: 11,805 Referee: Muir

3 February 2016 25	Aberdeen	2–1	Celtic	Pittodrie Stadium
19:45	Hayes 31' Church 37'	BBC Report	Griffiths 90+3'	Attendance: 19,003 Referee: McLean

6 February 2016 22^[8]	St Johnstone	3–4	Aberdeen	McDiarmid Park
15:00	Wotherspoon 52' Anderson 79' Scobbie 89'	BBC Report	Rooney 5', 77' Pawlett 20' McGinn 71'	Attendance: 5,712 Referee: Robertson

15 February 2016 26	Inverness Caledonian Thistle	3–1	Aberdeen	Caledonian Stadium
19:45	Vigurs 18' Tansey 51' (pen) Tremarco 65'	BBC Report	Rooney 7'	Attendance: 4,544 Referee: Collum

27 February 2016 28	Aberdeen	1–1	St Johnstone	Pittodrie Stadium
15:00	Church 35' Jack 41' Sinnie 80'	Report	Brown 7' Wotherspoon 17' Swanson 41' Fisher 63' Craig 88' (pen.) Kane 90+3'	Attendance: 12,563 Referee: McLean

2 March 2016 29	Dundee United	0–1	Aberdeen	Tannadice Park
19:45		BBC Report	Church 29'	Attendance: 9,737 Referee: Madden

8 March 2016 27^[9]	Partick Thistle	1–2	Aberdeen	Firhill Stadium
19:45	Lawless 60'	BBC Report	Considine 74' Church 76'	Attendance: 3,915 Referee: Muir

12 March 2016 30	Aberdeen	2–1	Kilmarnock	Pittodrie Stadium
15:00	Taylor 37' Logan 71'	BBC Report	Magennis 47'	Attendance: 13,725 Referee: Anderson

19 March 2016 31	Motherwell	2–1	Aberdeen	Fir Park
15:00	Gomis 34' Kennedy 44' Leitch 51' McDonald 73' Moult 75'	BBC Report	McLean 44' (pen.) Robson 79'	Attendance: 6,251 Referee: Robertson

3 April 2016 32	Aberdeen	3–0	Hamilton Academical	Pittodrie Stadium
12:30	Church 5' McGinn 15' McLean 33' Storie 90+2'	BBC Report	Agustien 24' Imrie 46' Crawford 87'	Attendance: 12,509 Referee: Clancy

8 April 2016 33	Heart Of Midlothian	2–1	Aberdeen	Tynecastle Stadium
19:45	Juanma 33', 61' Kitchen 53' Rossi 59' Juanma 78'	BBC Report	Church 4' Shinnie 12' McLean 46' Logan 79'	Attendance: 16,995 Referee: McLean

22 April 2016 34	St Johnstone	3–0	Aberdeen	McDiarmid Park
19:45	Wotherspoon 14' MacLean 38' Craig 55'	BBC Report	Hayes 65' Shinnie 84'	Attendance: 3,990 Referee: Thomson

30 April 2016 35	Aberdeen	4–1	Motherwell	Pittodrie Stadium
15:00	McLean 4' (pen.) McGinn 26' Rooney 54' Hayes 78'	BBC Report	Cadden 64' Lasley 88'	Attendance: 10,259 Referee: Madden

8 May 2016 36	Celtic	3–2	Aberdeen	Celtic Park
12:30	Roberts 7', 20' Lustig 49'	BBC Report	McGinn 57' Considine 64'	Attendance: 47,877 Referee: Madden

12 May 2016 37	Aberdeen	0–1	Hearts	Pittodrie Stadium
19:45	Jack 63'	BBC Report	Oshaniwa 24' Dauda 64'	Attendance: 10,087 Referee: Dallas

15 May 2016 38	Aberdeen	0–4	Ross County	Pittodrie Stadium
12:30		BBC Report	Graham 23' (pen.) Gardyne 37' Schalk 45' Boyce 68' Woods 78'	Attendance: 10,003 Referee: Collum

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

2 July 2015 First qualifying round 1st leg	FK Shkëndija	1–1	Aberdeen	Skopje, Macedonia
20:05 CET	Kirovski 84'	BBC UEFA	McGinn 79'	Stadium: Philip II Arena Attendance: 8,004 Referee: Tolga Özkalfa (Turkey)

9 July 2015 First qualifying round 2nd leg	Aberdeen	0–0 (1–1 agg.)	FK Shkëndija	Aberdeen, Scotland
19:45		BBC UEFA		Stadium: Pittodrie Stadium Attendance: 14,112^[10] Referee: Nikolaj Hänni (Switzerland)

16 July 2015 Second qualifying round 1st leg	Rijeka	0–3	Aberdeen	Rijeka, Croatia
19:45		BBC UEFA	Considine 38' Pawlett 52' McLean 75'	Stadium: Stadion Kantrida Attendance: 9,000^[11] Referee: Amaury Delerue (France)

23 July 2015 Second qualifying round 2nd leg	Aberdeen	2–2 (5–2 agg.)	Rijeka	Aberdeen, Scotland
19:45	McGinn 64' Hayes 72'	BBC UEFA	Tomasov 58' Kvržić 63'	Stadium: Pittodrie Stadium Attendance: 15,803 Referee: Marco Guida (Italy)

30 July 2015 Third qualifying round 1st leg	Kairat	2–1	Aberdeen	Almaty, Kazakhstan
15:45	Bakayev 13' Islamkhan 22'	BBC UEFA	McLean 69'	Stadium: Central Stadium Attendance: 23,500 Referee: Tamás Bognár (Hungary)

6 August 2015 Third qualifying round 2nd leg	Aberdeen	1–1 (2–3 agg.)	Kairat	Aberdeen, Scotland
19:45	McLean 84'	BBC UEFA	Gohou 59'	Stadium: Pittodrie Stadium Attendance: 20,317 Referee: Miroslav Zelinka (Czech Republic)

Scottish League Cup

23 September 2015 Third round	Hibernian	2–0	Aberdeen	Easter Road
19:45	Cummings 82' Malonga 88'			Attendance: 11,092 Referee: McLean

Scottish Cup

9 January 2016 Fourth round	Heart of Midlothian	1–0	Aberdeen	Tynecastle Stadium
17:30	Paterson 3' 90' Miguel Pallardó 17' Igor Rossi Branco 43' Öztürk 87' Alexander 90'	Report	Reynolds 9' Rooney 43' Pawlett 90'	Attendance: 13,595 Referee: John Beaton

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

No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Total		Premiership		Europa League		League Cup		Scottish Cup
No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
2	DF	ENG	Shay Logan	45	4	35+2	4	6	0	1	0	1	0
3	DF	SCO	Graeme Shinnie	45	1	37+0	1	6	0	1	0	1	0
4	DF	SCO	Andrew Considine	40	3	26+6	2	6	1	1	0	1	0
5	DF	WAL	Ash Taylor	45	4	36+1	4	6	0	1	0	1	0
6	DF	SCO	Mark Reynolds	24	0	19+3	0	1	0	0	0	1	0
7	MF	SCO	Kenny McLean	45	9	38+0	6	3+2	3	1	0	1	0
8	MF	IRL	Willo Flood	29	0	18+4	0	2+3	0	1	0	1	0
9	FW	IRL	Adam Rooney	35	20	22+5	20	2+4	0	1	0	1	0
10	MF	NIR	Niall McGinn	43	12	32+3	10	6	2	1	0	1	0
11	MF	IRL	Jonny Hayes	42	6	35+0	5	6	1	0	0	1	0
14	FW	SCO	Cammy Smith	14	0	2+12	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
15	MF	SCO	Barry Robson	13	0	2+9	0	0+2	0	0	0	0	0
16	MF	SCO	Peter Pawlett	26	2	9+9	1	3+3	1	0+1	0	0+1	0
18	FW	WAL	Simon Church	13	6	13+0	6	0	0	0	0	0	0
19	GK	ENG	Adam Collin	3	0	3+0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
20	GK	ENG	Scott Brown	13	0	13+0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
22	MF	SCO	Ryan Jack (c)	35	0	26+2	0	6	0	1	0	0	0
23	MF	SCO	Craig Storie	10	0	6+4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
24	DF	SCO	Michael Rose	1	0	1+0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
26	FW	SCO	Scott McKenna	3	0	2+1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
27	FW	SCO	Scott Wright	4	0	1+3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
29	DF	SCO	Daniel Harvie	2	0	0+2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
30	GK	AUS	Aaron Lennox	1	0	1+0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
31	MF	SCO	Frank Ross	2	0	0+2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
37	MF	SCO	Connor McLennan	1	0	0+1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
41	FW	ENG	Joe Nuttall	2	0	0+2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Players who left the club during the 2015–16 season
17	FW	SCO	David Goodwillie (on loan to Ross County F.C.)	25	2	7+10	2	4+2	0	1	0	0+1	0
18	DF	SCO	Paul Quinn (given free transfer)	18	1	9+4	1	3+2	0	0	0	0	0
19	GK	WAL	Danny Ward (recalled by Liverpool F.C.)	29	0	21	0	6	0	1	0	1	0
21	DF	NIR	Ryan McLaughlin (loan ended)	5	0	1+3	0	0	0	0+1	0	0	0
25	FW	SCO	Lawrence Shankland (on loan to St Mirren F.C.)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
30	GK	IRL	Danny Rogers (on loan to Falkirk F.C.)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
32	FW	ATG	Josh Parker (loan ended)	8	0	1+6	0	0	0	0+1	0	0	0

Goalscorers

Ranking	Number	Name	Scottish Premiership	Europa League	Total
1	9	Adam Rooney	20	0	20
2	10	Niall McGinn	10	2	12
3	7	Kenny McLean	6	3	9
4	11	Jonny Hayes	5	1	6
4	20	Simon Church	6	0	6
6	2	Shay Logan	4	0	4
6	5	Ash Taylor	4	0	4
8	4	Andrew Considine	2	1	3
9	16	Peter Pawlett	1	1	2
9	17	David Goodwillie	2	0	2
11	3	Graeme Shinnie	1	0	1
11	18	Paul Quinn	1	0	1
TOTALS			62	8	70

Disciplinary record

Number	Nation	Position	Name
Number	Nation	Position	Name	Premiership		Europa League		League Cup		Scottish Cup		Total
2		DF	Shay Logan	9	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	10	0
3		DF	Graeme Shinnie	6	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	7	0
4		DF	Andrew Considine	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	4	0
5		DF	Ash Taylor	6	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	7	0
6		DF	Mark Reynolds	3	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	4	1
7		MF	Kenny McLean	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	0
8		MF	Willo Flood	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0
9		FW	Adam Rooney	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0
11		FW	Jonny Hayes	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	1
14		FW	Cammy Smith	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
15		MF	Barry Robson	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1
16		MF	Peter Pawlett	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0
17		FW	David Goodwillie	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
18		DF	Paul Quinn	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0
19		GK	Danny Ward	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
22		MF	Ryan Jack	4	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	5	0
23		MF	Craig Storie	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0
30		GK	Aaron Lennox	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
			TOTALS	47	3	5	0	1	0	3	0	56	3

Team statistics

Scottish Premiership

League table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation^[a]
1	Celtic (C)	38	26	8	4	93	31	+62	86	Qualification for the Champions League second qualifying round
2	Aberdeen	38	22	5	11	62	48	+14	71	Qualification for the Europa League first qualifying round
3	Heart of Midlothian	38	18	11	9	59	40	+19	65	Qualification for the Europa League first qualifying round
4	St Johnstone	38	16	8	14	58	55	+3	56
5	Motherwell	38	15	5	18	47	63	−16	50

Source: Scottish Premiership, Soccerway (first phase), Soccerway (second phase)
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored; 4) Play-off (only if deciding champion, UEFA competitions qualification and second stage group allocation).^[12]
(C) Champions
Notes:

^ Teams play each other three times (33 matches), before the league is split into two groups (the top six and the bottom six).

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	H	A	H	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	H	A	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	H
Result	W	W	W	W	W	W	W	W	L	L	L	D	L	W	D	W	W	W	W	D	D	W	W	W	W	L	D	W	W	W	L	W	L	L	W	L	L	L
Position	4	2	3	3	2	1	1	1	1	1	2	2	3	3	3	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2

Source: BBC Sport
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

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	22	5	11	62	48	+14	71	12	4	3	30	19	+11	10	1	8	32	29	+3

Source: BBC Sport

Results by opponent

Aberdeen score first

Team	Results				Points
Team	1	2	3	4	Points
Celtic	2-1	1-3	2-1	2-3	6
Dundee	2-0	2-0	1-0	—	9
Dundee United	1-0	2-0	1-0	—	9
Hamilton Academical	1-0	1-1	3-0	—	7
Heart of Midlothian	3-1	1-0	1-2	0-1	6
Inverness C.T.	1-2	2-2	1-3	—	1
Kilmarnock	2-0	4-0	2-1	—	9
Motherwell	2-1	1-1	1-2	4-1	7
Partick Thistle	2-0	0-0	2-1	—	7
Ross County	0-2	3-1	3-2	0-4	6
St Johnstone	1-5	4-3	1-1	0-3	4

Source: 2015–16 Scottish Premier League Results Table

Transfers

Players in

Dates	Position	Player	From	Fee
10 June 2015	DF	Graeme Shinnie	Inverness Caledonian Thistle	Free^[13]
11 June 2015	FW	Joe Nuttall	Manchester City	Free^[14]
12 June 2015	DF	Paul Quinn	Ross County	Free^[15]
25 January 2016	GK	Aaron Lennox	Queens Park Rangers	Free^[16]

Players out

Dates	Position	Player	To	Fee
1 June 2015	MF	Nicky Low	Dundee	Free^[17]
1 June 2015	FW	Declan McManus	Fleetwood Town	Free^[18]
1 June 2015	DF	Joe Shaughnessy	St Johnstone	Free^[19]
1 June 2015	DF	Clark Robertson	Blackpool	Free^[20]
1 June 2015	MF	Craig Murray	East Fife	Free^[21]
1 June 2015	MF	Andrew Driver	De Graafschap	Free^[20]
1 June 2015	MF	Jamie Masson	Formartine United	Free^[20]
1 June 2015	DF	Russell Anderson	Retired	N/A^[20]^[22]
11 August 2015	GK	Jamie Langfield	St Mirren^[23]	Free^[24]
26 January 2016	DF	Paul Quinn	Ross County	Free^[25]

Loans in

Date	Position	Name	From	Fee
26 June 2015	GK	Danny Ward	Liverpool	Loan^[26]
20 August 2015	FW	Josh Parker	Red Star Belgrade	Loan^[27]
29 August 2015	DF	Ryan McLaughlin	Liverpool	Loan^[28]
15 January 2016	GK	Adam Collin	Rotherham United	Loan^[29]
1 February 2016	FW	Simon Church	MK Dons	Loan^[30]

Loans out

Date	Position	Name	To	Fee
26 June 2015	GK	Danny Rogers	Falkirk	Loan^[31]
26 August 2015	FW	Lawrence Shankland	St Mirren	Loan^[32]
1 February 2016	FW	David Goodwillie	Ross County	Loan^[30]

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^ "Liverpool keeper joins The Dons". afc.co.uk. 26 June 2015. Archived from the original on 28 March 2016. Retrieved 26 June 2015.
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[12] Teams play each other three times (33 matches), before the league is split into two groups (the top six and the bottom six).

[Pre-Season_Friendly_1-1] "First Pre Season friendly announced". Brechin City FC. 13 May 2015. Retrieved 21 May 2015.

[Pre-Season_Friendly_2-2] "Pre-Season Update: Dons to face St Johnstone". afc.co.uk. 11 June 2015. Retrieved 11 June 2015.

[Pre-Season_Friendly_3-3] "Aberdeen To Visit Stark's Park". Raith Rovers FC. 13 May 2015. Retrieved 13 May 2015.

[Pre-Season_Friendly_4-4] "Aberdeen to face Brighton in Jamie Langfield's testimonial". BBC Sport. 5 May 2015. Retrieved 21 May 2015.

[5] AFC – Match Report

[Pre-Season_Friendly_5-6] "Aberdeen v Viking Stavanger". afc.co.uk. 1 September 2015. Retrieved 1 September 2015.

[7] Fixture amendment – Scottish Professional Football League

[8] New date for St Johnstone v Aberdeen

[9] SPFL Fixture Amendments - Scottish Professional Football League

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[17] "Aberdeen sign Australia U23 goalkeeper Aaron Lennox". BBC Sport. 25 January 2016. Retrieved 2 February 2016.

[18] "Aberdeen midfielder Nicky Low signs pre-contract with Dundee". BBC Sport. 20 April 2015. Retrieved 5 May 2015.

[19] "Declan McManus: Fleetwood Town sign Aberdeen striker". BBC Sport. 15 May 2015. Retrieved 16 May 2015.

[20] "St Johnstone recruit defender Joe Shaughnessy". BBC Sport. 21 May 2015. Retrieved 21 May 2015.

[afc.co.uk-21] "Club Statement Player Contracts Update". afc.co.uk. 14 May 2015. Retrieved 14 May 2015.

[22] "Murray moves to East Fife". spfl. 10 July 2015. Retrieved 25 July 2015.

[23] "Aberdeen captain Russell Anderson retires following injury". BBC Sport. 7 May 2015. Retrieved 16 May 2015.

[24] "Jamie Langfield joins St Mirren as player-coach". bbc.co.uk/sport. BBC Sport. 13 August 2015. Retrieved 16 August 2015.

[25] "Jamie Langfield departs club". afc.co.uk. 11 August 2015. Retrieved 12 August 2015.

[26] "Paul Quinn: Ross County re-sign defender after Aberdeen exit". BBC Sport. 26 January 2016. Retrieved 2 February 2016.

[27] "Liverpool keeper joins The Dons". afc.co.uk. 26 June 2015. Archived from the original on 28 March 2016. Retrieved 26 June 2015.

[28] "Parker pens short term deal". afc.co.uk. 20 August 2015. Retrieved 27 August 2015.

[29] "Defender joins Dons on loan". afc.co.uk. 29 August 2015. Retrieved 29 August 2015.

[30] "Keeper joins Dons on loan". afc.co.uk. 15 January 2016. Retrieved 15 January 2016.

[BBC_Sport-31] "Goodwillie joins Ross County as Aberdeen sign Church". BBC Sport. 1 February 2016. Retrieved 2 February 2016.

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[33] "Striker joins Saints on loan". afc.co.uk. 26 August 2015. Retrieved 27 August 2015.

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Season summary

Pre-season and friendlies

Scottish Premiership

Results

UEFA Europa League

Qualifying phase

Scottish League Cup

Scottish Cup

Squad statistics

Appearances

Goalscorers

Disciplinary record

Team statistics

Scottish Premiership

League table

Results by round

Results summary

Results by opponent

Transfers

Players in

Players out

Loans in

Loans out

See also

References