Aberdeen
Aberdeen (; sco, Aiberdeen ; gd, Obar Dheathain ; la, Aberdonia) is a city in North East Scotland, and is the third most populous city in the country. Aberdeen is one of Scotland's 32 local government council areas (as Aberdeen City), and ...
's 105th season in the top flight of Scottish football and the fifth in the
Scottish Premiership
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. Aberdeen also competed in the
League Cup
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and the
Scottish Cup
The Scottish Football Association Challenge Cup,2017–18 UEFA Europa League
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The 2018 UEFA Europ ...
.
Summary
June
In the pre-season, Aberdeen manager
Derek McInnes
Derek John McInnes (born 5 July 1971) is a Scottish professional football manager and former player who is the manager of Scottish Premiership club Kilmarnock. He featured prominently for Greenock Morton, Rangers, West Bromwich Albion and Dund ...
was the subject of press speculation regarding a potential move to
English Premier League
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team
Sunderland
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. After weeks of speculation, McInnes rejected an eventual approach by Sunderland on 15 June and committed his future to the Dons until 2019. Subsequently, only a few days later, he and assistant
Tony Docherty
Tony Docherty (born 24 January 1971 in East Kilbride) is a Scottish football player and coach.
Career
Docherty's short career began in 1987 with Dunfermline Athletic before moving to English side Cambridge United. In the early 1990s, Dochert ...
, signed a one-year contract extension, keeping them with the club until the summer of 2020.
On 17 June,
Jonny Hayes
Jonathan Hayes (born 9 July 1987) is an Irish professional footballer who plays as a winger for the Scottish Premiership team Aberdeen and Republic of Ireland.
He began his career in England with Reading, but did not break through to their f ...
signed for
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for £1.3 million plus a season-long loan for
Ryan Christie
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. Christie had been on loan at the club for the second half of last season.
On 26 June, after being linked with
Sunderland
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with manager McInnes, 'keeper Joe Lewis signed a new deal to keep him at the club until 2020.
July
On 11 July,
Shay Logan
Shaleum Narval Logan (born 29 January 1988) is an English footballer who plays as a right-back for Cove Rangers.
He began his career in the Premier League with Manchester City and played on loan at Grimsby Town, Scunthorpe United, Stockport C ...
signed a contract extension until 2020.
On 12 July,
Gary Mackay-Steven
Gary Sean Mackay-Steven (born 31 August 1990) is a Scottish professional Association football, footballer who plays as a Midfielder#Winger, winger for Scottish Premiership club Heart of Midlothian F.C., Heart of Midlothian. He will become a free ...
signed from
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for £150,000 on a two-year deal.
On 14 July, former player and
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Kári Árnason
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re-signed for the club from Omonia on a free, signing a one-year deal. He had originally played for the club in the 2011–12 season.
On 19 July, at least 2 supporters were injured after an attack by Bosnians in the city of
Mostar
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Mostar is sit ...
, the night before they were due to play
Bosnia and Herzegovina
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Europa League
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qualifier.
August
On 3 August, Aberdeen were again knocked out of the
Europa League
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Apollon Limassol
Apollon Limassol FC ( el, Απόλλων Λεμεσού, ''Apollon Lemesou'') is a Cypriot sports club, based in Limassol. It has football, basketball and volleyball teams. Founded in 1954, Apollon FC currently plays in the Cypriot First Divisi ...
. There was yet more trouble for Dons fans, this time during the match and after the final whistle. The club looked into this incident, in which later both clubs were fined by
UEFA
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.
On 10 August, after spending months trying to sign him,
Stevie May
Steven May (born 3 November 1992) is a Scottish professional footballer who plays for Scottish Premiership club St Johnstone as a striker. May has previously played in the Scottish leagues for St Johnstone, Alloa Athletic, Hamilton Academical a ...
signed for the Dons for £400,000.
Miles Storey
Miles James Storey (born 4 January 1994) is an English professional footballer who plays as a striker for National League North side Hereford.
Originally from the West Midlands, Storey began his professional career at Swindon Town. Although he ...
the next day joined
Partick Thistle
Partick Thistle Football Club are a professional association football, football club from Glasgow, Scotland. Despite their name, the club are based at Firhill Stadium in the Maryhill area of the city, and have not played in Partick since 1908. ...
for an undisclosed fee.
On 26 August, Aberdeen beat Partick Thistle 4–3 at
Firhill
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, meaning they were the only club in the league to win their first 4 matches of the season.
September
On 5 September, defender Mark Reynolds signed a contract extension until 2019.
On 21 September, Aberdeen were knocked out of the
League Cup
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at the
quarter-final
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stage, being comfortably beaten 3–0 by
Motherwell
Motherwell ( sco, Mitherwall, gd, Tobar na Màthar) is a town and former burgh in North Lanarkshire, Scotland, United Kingdom, south east of Glasgow. It has a population of around 32,120. Historically in the parish of Dalziel and part of Lanarks ...
.
On 30 September,
Adam Rooney
Adam Christopher David Rooney (born 21 April 1988) is an Irish professional footballer who plays as a striker for club Brackley Town. He previously played for Stoke City, spent spells on loan at Yeovil Town, Chesterfield and Bury, was a re ...
scored his eighth hat-trick for the Dons in a 3–0 win at home against
St Johnstone
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.
October
On 16 October, winger Scott Wright signed a contract extension until 2021.
On 19 October, defender
Scott McKenna
Scott Fraser McKenna (born 12 November 1996) is a Scottish professional footballer, who plays as a defender for Premier League club Nottingham Forest and the Scotland national team. McKenna has also previously played for Aberdeen as well as Ay ...
signed a contract extension until 2021.
On 24 October, it was announced that midfielder
Kenny McLean
Kenneth McLean (born 8 January 1992) is a Scottish professional footballer who plays as a central midfielder or left midfielder for club Norwich City and the Scotland national team.
After being released by Rangers' youth team, McLean star ...
would not be renewing his contract at the end of the season.
Subsequently, on 25 October, the Dons suffered their first defeat of the season, being comfortably beaten 3–0 at home to
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.
On 30 October,
Graeme Shinnie
Graeme Garry Shinnie (born 4 August 1991) is a Scottish professional association football, footballer who plays for Aberdeen F.C., Aberdeen, on loan from Wigan Athletic F.C., Wigan Athletic, as a Defender (association football), left back or cen ...
,
Kenny McLean
Kenneth McLean (born 8 January 1992) is a Scottish professional footballer who plays as a central midfielder or left midfielder for club Norwich City and the Scotland national team.
After being released by Rangers' youth team, McLean star ...
and on-loan
Celtic
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player
Ryan Christie
Ryan Christie (born 22 February 1995) is a Scottish professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Premier League club AFC Bournemouth and the Scotland national team. He began his career with Inverness Caledonian Thistle before joining ...
were called up for
Scotland
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to play
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Pittodrie
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.
Also on 30 October, the Dons signed forward and Finland under-18 international Miko Virtanen to the Development squad.
November
Before, during, and after the early November International break, manager
Derek McInnes
Derek John McInnes (born 5 July 1971) is a Scottish professional football manager and former player who is the manager of Scottish Premiership club Kilmarnock. He featured prominently for Greenock Morton, Rangers, West Bromwich Albion and Dund ...
was continually linked with the vacant Rangers job and he dismissed this in the press to say, "My job is the Aberdeen manager and I'm here to talk about Aberdeen and our upcoming game against
Motherwell
Motherwell ( sco, Mitherwall, gd, Tobar na Màthar) is a town and former burgh in North Lanarkshire, Scotland, United Kingdom, south east of Glasgow. It has a population of around 32,120. Historically in the parish of Dalziel and part of Lanarks ...
, its only speculation."
After the club put continual plans in building the new stadium at Kingsford on hold Tom Crotty, a US businessman, invested £775,000 into the project.
December
On 3 December, speaking after the back-to-back defeats to Rangers, manager
Derek McInnes
Derek John McInnes (born 5 July 1971) is a Scottish professional football manager and former player who is the manager of Scottish Premiership club Kilmarnock. He featured prominently for Greenock Morton, Rangers, West Bromwich Albion and Dund ...
admitted speculation linking him with the vacant Rangers job could be affecting the players after only picking up 7 points from the seven previous matches since
Pedro Caixinha
Pedro Miguel Faria Caixinha (; born 15 November 1970) is a Portuguese professional football manager, currently in charge of Campeonato Brasileiro Série A club Red Bull Bragantino.
He started coaching in his late twenties, acting an assistant w ...
was sacked in October.
On 7 December,
Derek McInnes
Derek John McInnes (born 5 July 1971) is a Scottish professional football manager and former player who is the manager of Scottish Premiership club Kilmarnock. He featured prominently for Greenock Morton, Rangers, West Bromwich Albion and Dund ...
rejected an approach from Rangers to stay with the Dons after "weighing up" and "having a lot to consider", embarrassing them in the process. The next day, in an interview, McInnes said "he wasn't prepared to walk away" from the Dons and also saying he was "really happy and didn't want to tarnish relationships."
On 16 December,
Gary Mackay-Steven
Gary Sean Mackay-Steven (born 31 August 1990) is a Scottish professional Association football, footballer who plays as a Midfielder#Winger, winger for Scottish Premiership club Heart of Midlothian F.C., Heart of Midlothian. He will become a free ...
scored his first senior hat-trick in a 4–1 win against Hibernian.
On 28 December, the Dons re-signed
Niall McGinn
Niall McGinn (born 20 July 1987) is a Northern Irish professional footballer, who plays for Scottish Championship club Dundee. McGinn has also played for Dungannon Swifts, Derry City, Celtic, Brentford, Aberdeen (two spells) and South Korea ...
on a three-and-a-half-year contract after he terminated his contract with
Gwangju
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. He will officially rejoin the club on 1 January 2018.
January
On 9 January,
Greg Tansey
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Tansey started his career at Stockport County, progressing through the youth system before making his first-team debut in 2006. ...
was loaned out to Ross County. This freed a space in the squad to make a signing the following day, Chidi Nwakali, joining on loan from
Manchester City
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.
During the Scottish Football winter break, and as in the previous year, the Dons headed off to
Dubai
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for a week of winter training and played against
Uzbekistan
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side
Lokomotiv Tashkent
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in a friendly in which they lost 2–0.
Before the
Scottish Cup
The Scottish Football Association Challenge Cup,St Mirren,
Craig Storie
Craig Storie (born 13 January 1996) is a Scottish professional footballer who last played as a midfielder for Brechin City.
Career Aberdeen
After spending time with Glasgow Centre, Storie signed as a professional with Aberdeen of the Scottish ...
was released and Frank Ross signed a new deal until 2019 and then immediately loaned to
Greenock Morton
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until the end of the season.
Shortly after the 4–1 Scottish Cup win against St Mirren, it was confirmed that
Kenny McLean
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After being released by Rangers' youth team, McLean star ...
had signed for
Norwich City
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for an undisclosed fee, believed to be in the region of £200,000, but would stay at the Dons until the end of the season.
February
On 8 February,
Gary Mackay-Steven
Gary Sean Mackay-Steven (born 31 August 1990) is a Scottish professional Association football, footballer who plays as a Midfielder#Winger, winger for Scottish Premiership club Heart of Midlothian F.C., Heart of Midlothian. He will become a free ...
won the
Scottish Cup
The Scottish Football Association Challenge Cup,St Mirren.
On 11 February, Aberdeen qualified for the Quarter Finals of the Scottish Cup by, in the end, convincingly beating
Dundee United
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4–2.
After regaining second place in the League, Aberdeen lost 2–0 at Hibernian and then lost at home to
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by the same scoreline. This was the tenth time in a row that Aberdeen had lost to
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under
Brendan Rodgers
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Rodgers began his career as a defender at Ballymena United, where he stayed un ...
.
On 28 February, after overnight snow and the storm "Beast from the East", Aberdeen's match at
Motherwell
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's
Fir Park
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was postponed.
March
After signing a new deal in October, on 7 March, defender
Scott McKenna
Scott Fraser McKenna (born 12 November 1996) is a Scottish professional footballer, who plays as a defender for Premier League club Nottingham Forest and the Scotland national team. McKenna has also previously played for Aberdeen as well as Ay ...
signed another contract extension until 2023.
On 12 March, midfielders
Kenny McLean
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After being released by Rangers' youth team, McLean star ...
and
Ryan Christie
Ryan Christie (born 22 February 1995) is a Scottish professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Premier League club AFC Bournemouth and the Scotland national team. He began his career with Inverness Caledonian Thistle before joining ...
, and for the first-time defender Scott McKenna, were called up to the Scotland squad for friendlies against
Costa Rica
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and
Hungary
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. McKenna earned his first cap by starting the match against Costa Rica and played the full 90 minutes.
On 13 March, winger Scott Wright was called up for the Scotland under-21s.
April
Without suspended trio captain
Graeme Shinnie
Graeme Garry Shinnie (born 4 August 1991) is a Scottish professional association football, footballer who plays for Aberdeen F.C., Aberdeen, on loan from Wigan Athletic F.C., Wigan Athletic, as a Defender (association football), left back or cen ...
, previously ever-present
Kenny McLean
Kenneth McLean (born 8 January 1992) is a Scottish professional footballer who plays as a central midfielder or left midfielder for club Norwich City and the Scotland national team.
After being released by Rangers' youth team, McLean star ...
and right back
Shay Logan
Shaleum Narval Logan (born 29 January 1988) is an English footballer who plays as a right-back for Cove Rangers.
He began his career in the Premier League with Manchester City and played on loan at Grimsby Town, Scunthorpe United, Stockport C ...
, Aberdeen lost to
Motherwell
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3–0 in the semi-final of the
Scottish Cup
The Scottish Football Association Challenge Cup,Hampden Park
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. After the match, manager
Derek McInnes
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criticised his own recruitment this season.
On 24 April, after the plans had been put on hold, Aberdeen were granted official planning permission to start on the new stadium at Kingsford.
On 25 April, defender
Scott McKenna
Scott Fraser McKenna (born 12 November 1996) is a Scottish professional footballer, who plays as a defender for Premier League club Nottingham Forest and the Scotland national team. McKenna has also previously played for Aberdeen as well as Ay ...
was nominated for Scottish Young Player of the Year.
On 26 April, Aberdeen youth lost the
Scottish Youth Cup The Scottish Youth Cup (also known as the SFA Youth Cup) is an annual Scottish football competition run by the Scottish Football Association for under-18 teams,
Hamilton Academical
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youth Lewis Ferguson would be joining the club on 1 July 2018, paying a development fee.
On 6 May, it was announced that former two-time European Cup winning Manager Sir
Alex Ferguson
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underwent an emergency surgery after suffering a brain haemorrhage.
After drawing at home to Rangers and the following day Hearts beating Hibernian, Aberdeen sealed European qualification for the fifth season in a row.
On 10 May, at the Aberdeen FC awards event,
Scott McKenna
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won the player, young player, and goal of the season awards.
On 13 May, on the final day of the season, the Dons won at
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for the first time in the league since 2004 and also kept a clean sheet there for the first time since 1994, securing runners-up spot in the process with a 1–0 win thanks to a goal from
Andrew Considine
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.
On 14 May, defender Scott McKenna, midfielders
Graeme Shinnie
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,
Kenny McLean
Kenneth McLean (born 8 January 1992) is a Scottish professional footballer who plays as a central midfielder or left midfielder for club Norwich City and the Scotland national team.
After being released by Rangers' youth team, McLean star ...
and
Ryan Christie
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and were called up to the Scotland squad for friendlies against
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and
Mexico
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.
On the squad for next season, goalie
Danny Rogers
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Personal life
Rogers was born in ...
signed a new 2-year deal, the club announced the loaned players returned to their clubs respectively, and that
Nicky Maynard
Nicholas David Maynard (born 11 December 1986) is an English professional footballer who plays as a striker for Macclesfield.
He began his career at Crewe Alexandra, following over a decade in the club's Academy, and scored on his senior debu ...
,
Kári Árnason
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, and
Daniel Harvie
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Club career Aberde ...
had left the club after their contracts had expired.
Results and fixtures
Pre-season
Scottish Premiership
UEFA Europa League
Aberdeen qualified for the second preliminary round of the
UEFA Europa League
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