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Aberdeen
2024–25 season
ChairmanDave Cormack
ManagerJimmy Thelin
GroundPittodrie Stadium
Aberdeen, Scotland
(Capacity: 20,866)

The 2024–25 Aberdeen F.C. season will be Aberdeen's 111th season in the top flight of Scottish football and the twelfth in the Scottish Premiership.[1] Aberdeen will also compete in the League Cup and the Scottish Cup. They will participate in the Group stages of the League Cup.[2]

Summary[edit]

June[edit]

On 3 June, new manager Jimmy Thelin officially took charge replacing interim coach Peter Leven.[3] On 6 June, after making over 350 appearances player-coach Jonny Hayes left the club .[4] Youngster Fletcher Boyd signed a new contract until 2027. Kelle Roos, Connor Barron, Anthony Stewart, Kieran Ngwenya, Finlay Murray, Kai Watson, Chris Kondolo, Aaron Reid, and Reuben Smillie all left the club. Defender Gavin Molloy signed from Shelbourne, striker Peter Ambrose from Újpest and Dimitar Mitov from fellow Premiership side St Johnstone all for undisclosed fees. The Dons announced they will travel to Portugal for a pre-season training camp and have a friendly against Peterhead with an XI select against Huntly and Turriff United.

Pre-season[edit]

10 July 2024 Friendly Peterhead v Aberdeen Peterhead
19:00 Stadium: Balmoor Stadium

Scottish Premiership[edit]

Main article: 2024–25 Scottish Premiership
5 August 2024 1 St Johnstone v Aberdeen Perth
20:00 Stadium: McDiarmid Park
10 August 2024 2 Aberdeen v St Mirren Aberdeen
15:00 Stadium: Pittodrie Stadium
24 August 2024 3 Aberdeen v Kilmarnock Aberdeen
15:00 Stadium: Pittodrie Stadium

Scottish League Cup[edit]

Main article: 2024–25 Scottish League Cup
  • Aberdeen will enter the group stages of the League Cup in Group A, along with Queen of the South, East Kilbride, Airdrieonians and Dumbarton.

Group stage[edit]

13 July 2024 1 Queen of the South v Aberdeen Dumfries
17:15 Stadium: Palmerston Park
20 July 2024 2 East Kilbride v Aberdeen East Kilbride
15:00 Stadium: K-Park Training Academy
23 July 2024 3 Aberdeen v Airdrieonians Aberdeen
19:45 Stadium: Pittodrie Stadium
27 July 2024 4 Aberdeen v Dumbarton Aberdeen
15:00 Stadium: Pittodrie Stadium

Squad statistics[edit]

Appearances[edit]

As of 14 June 2024
No. Pos Player Premiership League Cup Scottish Cup Total
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
2 DF Scotland Nicky Devlin 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
3 DF Scotland Jack MacKenzie 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
4 MF Scotland Graeme Shinnie 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
5 DF Finland Richard Jensen 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
7 MF Republic of Ireland Jamie McGrath 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
9 FW North Macedonia Bojan Miovski 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
10 MF England Leighton Clarkson 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
11 FW Cape Verde Duk 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
14 FW Senegal Pape Habib Guèye 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
15 DF New Zealand James McGarry 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
19 FW Slovenia Ester Sokler 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
20 FW Netherlands Shayden Morris 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
21 MF United States Dante Polvara 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
22 FW Netherlands Vicente Besuijen 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
23 MF Scotland Ryan Duncan 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
25 GK Scotland Tom Ritchie 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
27 DF England Angus MacDonald 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
28 DF Scotland Jack Milne 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
30 GK Canada Junior Hoilett 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
31 GK Scotland Ross Doohan 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
33 DF Montenegro Slobodan Rubežić 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
36 FW Scotland Alfie Bavidge 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
49 MF Scotland Fletcher Boyd 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
TBA DF England Jayden Richardson 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
TBA DF Republic of Ireland Gavin Molloy 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
TBA FW Nigeria Peter Ambrose 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
TBA GK Bulgaria Dimitar Mitov 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

Club statistics[edit]

Competition Overview[edit]

Competition First match Last match Record
Pld W D L GF GA GD Win %
Premiership August 2024 May 2025 0 0 0 0 0 0 +0 !—
Scottish Cup January 2025 2025 0 0 0 0 0 0 +0 !—
League Cup July 2024 2024 0 0 0 0 0 0 +0 !—
Total 0 0 0 0 0 0 +0 !—

Source: Competitions

League table[edit]

Pos Team
 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation[a]
1 Aberdeen 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Qualification for the Champions League play-off round
2 Celtic 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Qualification for the Champions League second qualifying round
3 Dundee 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Qualification for the Europa League second qualifying round[b]
4 Dundee United 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Qualification for the Conference League second qualifying round
5 Heart of Midlothian 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
First match(es) will be played: 3 August 2024. Source: [5][6]
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored; 4) Head-to-Head points; 5) Head-to-Head goal difference; 6) Play-off (only if deciding champion, UEFA competitions qualification, second stage group allocation or relegation).[7]
Notes:
  1. ^ Teams play each other three times (33 matches), before the league is split into two groups (the top six and the bottom six).
  2. ^ The winners of the 2024–25 Scottish Cup also qualify for the Europa League. If the cup winners qualify for the Champions League via league position, the berth reserved for the cup winners (Europa League play-off round) passes to the third-placed team, and the berths for the Europa League second qualifying round and the Conference League second qualifying round are passed down to the fourth- and fifth-placed teams.

League cup table[edit]

Pos Team
 Pld W PW PL L GF GA GD Pts Qualification ABE AIR QOS DUM EKB
1 Aberdeen 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Qualification for the second round — 23 Jul — 27 Jul —
2 Airdrieonians 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Possible qualification for the second round — — 27 Jul — 16 Jul
3 Queen of the South 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 13 Jul — — 16 Jul —
4 Dumbarton 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 — 20 Jul — — 13 Jul
5 East Kilbride 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 20 Jul — 23 Jul — —
First match(es) will be played: 13 July 2024. Source: [8]
Rules for classification: 1) goal difference, 2) goals scored, 3) away goals scored, 4) matches won, 5) away matches won, 6) drawing of lots.[9]

Transfers[edit]

Main articles: List of Scottish football transfers summer 2024 and List of Scottish football transfers winter 2024–25

Players in[edit]

Date Pos Player From Fee Ref
14 June 2024 DF Republic of Ireland Gavin Molloy Republic of Ireland Shelbourne Undisclosed [10]
FW Nigeria Peter Ambrose Hungary Újpest Undisclosed [11]
19 June 2024 GK Bulgaria Dimitar Mitov Scotland St Johnstone Undisclosed [12]

Players out[edit]

Date Pos Player To Fee Ref
2 June 2024 FW Scotland Aaron Reid Scotland Airdrieonians Free [13]
6 June 2024 MF Republic of Ireland Jonny Hayes Free [14]
14 June 2024 DF Malawi Kieran Ngwenya Free [15]
DF England Anthony Stewart Free [15]
GK Netherlands Kelle Roos Free [15]
DF Scotland Finlay Murray Free [15]
DF Scotland Kai Watson Free [15]
MF England Christovie Kondolo Free [15]
GK England Reuben Smillie Free [15]
20 June 2024 MF Scotland Connor Barron Scotland Rangers Free [15][16]

Loans in[edit]

Date Pos Name From Fee Ref

Loans out[edit]

Date Pos Name To Fee Ref

See also[edit]

References[edit]

  1. ^ "Key dates for Season 2024/25". SPFL. 22 January 2024. Retrieved 6 June 2024.
  2. ^ "Premier Sports Cup group stage fixtures". SPFL. 31 May 2023. Retrieved 6 June 2024.
  3. ^ "Jimmy Thelin era gets underway at Pittodrie". Aberdeen FC. Retrieved 6 June 2024.
  4. ^ "Jonny Hayes Departs the Dons". Aberdeen FC. Retrieved 6 June 2024.
  5. ^ "Scottish Premiership Table". BBC. 15 April 2024.
  6. ^ "Premiership League Table". Scottish Professional Football League. Retrieved 15 April 2024.
  7. ^ "The Rules of the Scottish Professional Football League (Rule Number C35-C37)" (PDF). SPFL. Archived (PDF) from the original on 28 September 2022. Retrieved 24 September 2022.
  8. ^ "Summary - League Cup Group A". Soccerway. Retrieved 28 May 2024.
  9. ^ "Format". SPFL. Retrieved 7 June 2023.
  10. ^ "Gavin Molloy is first summer signing". Aberdeen FC. 14 June 2024. Retrieved 14 June 2024.
  11. ^ "Peter Ambrose is a Don". Aberdeen FC. 14 June 2024. Retrieved 14 June 2024.
  12. ^ "Dimitar Mitov arrives at Pittodrie". Aberdeen FC. 20 June 2024. Retrieved 19 June 2024.
  13. ^ "Striker Reid makes Diamonds switch". Airdrie FC. Retrieved 6 June 2024.
  14. ^ "Jonny Hayes Departs the Dons". Aberdeen FC. Retrieved 6 June 2024.
  15. ^ a b c d e f g h "Summer 2024 Squad Update". Aberdeen FC. 14 June 2024. Retrieved 14 June 2024.
  16. ^ "Rangers announce signing of Connor Barron". rangers.co.uk. Rangers FC. 20 June 2024. Retrieved 20 June 2024.
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