Aberdeen
2009–10 season
ChairmanStewart Milne
ManagerMark McGhee
StadiumPittodrie Stadium
Scottish Premier League9th
Scottish CupFifth Round
League CupThird Round
Top goalscorerLeague:
Steve MacLean (5)
All:
Four players (5)
Highest home attendance16,803 v Celtic (9 August)
Lowest home attendance6,097 v Kilmarnock (5 May)
Average home league attendance11,012

The 2009–10 season was Aberdeen's 96th successive season in the top flight of Scottish football, and their 98th season overall. Aberdeen competed in the Scottish Premier League, Scottish Cup, Scottish League Cup and UEFA Europa League during the 2009–10 season.

Season overview

Aberdeen started the new season under new management. On the last day of the 2008–09 it was announced that Jimmy Calderwood and his management team would leave after five years at the club.[1] Aberdeen negotiated with fellow SPL club Motherwell for the release of their manager, Mark McGhee. McGhee had a successful spell at the club as a player, when the Dons' won the European Cup Winners' Cup in 1983. Along with his assistant Scott Leitch the pair would form Aberdeen's new management team.[2] In the summer, Aberdeen lost their captain, Scott Severin, who left to pursue a career in England with Championship club Watford.[3] The club also parted ways with four other players; defender Lee Mair joined fellow SPL club St Mirren. Jamie Smith joined MLS side Colorado Rapids, goalkeeper Bertrand Bossu had his contract terminated by the club and he was signed up with English club Crewe Alexandra. The club also parted ways with Faroese youngster Rogvi Holm. With the squad depleting, McGhee sought out to buy new players. McGhee tried to sign Benin international Réda Johnson, but the defender choose to move to English outfit Plymouth Argyle. McGhee did make his first signing, goalkeeper Stuart Nelson from Norwich City. Jerel Ifil, Davide Grassi and Maurice Ross joined from Swindon Town, Espanyol and Kocaelispor respectively. Aberdeen became one of the first clubs to participate in the newly re-branded Europa League. Aberdeen were drawn against Czech opposition in Sigma Olomouc. It soon proved to be a tie to forget, as the Dons were humbled 5–1 at home, and 3–0 away, which resulted in an 8–1 aggregate score. Aberdeen were also knocked out early in the League Cup as well. After falling 2–0 down, goals from Michael Paton ensure that the cup tie against Dundee would go into extra time. Aberdeen lost the game 3–2. Aberdeen started their League campaign with a 3–1 defeat to Celtic, but with wins against Hamilton, St Mirren, St Johnstone and a notable one against rivals Rangers have got Aberdeen's season back on track.

Transfers

Transfers

In Permanent

Player From Fee Contract length
England Stuart Nelson[4] England Norwich City Free One year
England Jerel Ifil[5] England Swindon Town Free Two year
Italy Davide Grassi[6][7] Spain Espanyol Undisclosed One year
Scotland Maurice Ross Turkey Kocaelispor Free One year

Loans in

Player From Loan Length
England Paul Marshall England Manchester City End of Season
Scotland Steve MacLean England Plymouth Argyle End of Season
Scotland Jim Paterson England Plymouth Argyle End of Season

Loans out

Player To Loan Length
England John Bateman[8] Scotland Peterhead One year
Scotland Stuart Duff[9] Scotland Inverness Caledonian Thistle One month
Scotland Chris Maguire[10] Scotland Kilmarnock End of season

Out Permanent

Player To Fee Note
Scotland Lee Mair[11] Scotland St Mirren Free End of contract
Scotland Scott Severin[12] England Watford Free End of contract
Scotland Jamie Smith[13] United States Colorado Rapids Free End of Contract
France Bertrand Bossu[14] England Crewe Alexandra Free End of Contract
Faroe Islands Rogvi Holm[15] Free Released
Northern Ireland Sammy Stewart[16] Free Released
Scotland Maurice Ross China Beijing Guoan Free End of contract
England Tommy Wright England Grimsby Town Free Released
Scotland Lee Miller[17] England Middlesbrough £500,000 –

Statistics

Current squad

Updated 22 April 2010 Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player
1 GK Scotland SCO Jamie Langfield
2 DF Scotland SCO Charlie Mulgrew
3 DF Scotland SCO Ricky Foster
4 MF Scotland SCO Gary McDonald
5 DF Scotland SCO Zander Diamond (vice-captain)
6 DF Scotland SCO Andrew Considine
8 MF Scotland SCO Mark Kerr (captain)
9 FW Scotland SCO Steve MacLean (on loan from Plymouth Argyle)
10 FW Scotland SCO Darren Mackie
11 MF Nigeria NGA Sone Aluko
14 MF Scotland SCO Derek Young
15 DF Scotland SCO Jim Paterson (on loan from Plymouth Argyle)
No. Pos. Nation Player
16 MF Scotland SCO Stuart Duff
18 DF Italy ITA Davide Grassi
19 MF Scotland SCO Peter Pawlett
20 MF England ENG Paul Marshall (on loan from Manchester City)
21 GK England ENG Stuart Nelson
22 DF England ENG Jerel Ifil
24 FW Scotland SCO Michael Paton
25 DF Scotland SCO Jonathan Crawford
27 DF Scotland SCO Stirling Smith
30 GK Scotland SCO Jon Bateman
32 DF Scotland SCO Scott Ross
34 MF Scotland SCO Fraser Fyvie

Player statistics

Appearances for competitive matches only

No. Pos Nat Player TotalPremier LeagueScottish CupLeague CupEurope
AppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
1 GK Scotland SCO Jamie Langfield 400340301020
2 DF Scotland SCO Charlie Mulgrew 415364201021
3 DF Scotland SCO Ricky Foster 410360201020
4 MF Scotland SCO Gary McDonald 284233211020
5 DF Scotland SCO Zander Diamond 183163200000
6 DF Scotland SCO Andrew Considine 191161001020
7 FW Scotland SCO Chris Maguire 211171101020
7 DF Scotland SCO Jim Paterson 9070200000
8 MF Scotland SCO Mark Kerr 420360301020
9 FW Scotland SCO Lee Miller 224183111020
9 FW Scotland SCO Steven MacLean 175155200000
10 FW Scotland SCO Darren Mackie 375314311020
11 MF Nigeria NGA Sone Aluko 263223200020
14 MF Scotland SCO Derek Young 243203300010
15 MF England ENG Tommy Wright 3030000000
16 MF Scotland SCO Stuart Duff 180160000020
17 DF Scotland SCO Maurice Ross 7060100000
18 DF Italy ITA Davide Grassi 230220001000
19 MF Scotland SCO Peter Pawlett 170140201000
20 MF England ENG Paul Marshall 10090100000
21 GK England ENG Stuart Nelson 3030000000
22 DF England ENG Jerel Ifil 300260301000
24 FW Scotland SCO Michael Paton 385343201210
25 DF Scotland SCO Jonathan Crawford 3020001000
31 FW Scotland SCO Mitchel Megginson 3020000010
34 MF Scotland SCO Fraser Fyvie 261251100000
35 MF Scotland SCO Nicky Low 1010000000
42 DF Scotland SCO Clark Robertson 2020000000
45 FW Scotland SCO Dominico Gibson 1010000000
52 MF Scotland SCO Jack Grimmer 2020000000

As of game played 1 May 2010

Most appearances

Rank Player SPL SC LC EL Total
1. Scotland Mark Kerr 36 3 1 2 42
2. Scotland Richard Foster 36 2 1 2 41
3. Scotland Charlie Mulgrew 36 2 1 2 41
4. Scotland Jamie Langfield 34 3 1 2 40
5. Scotland Michael Paton 34 2 1 1 38

Source: above appearances and goals table

Top scorers

Rank Player SPL SC LC EL Total
1. Scotland Steve MacLean 5 0 0 0 5
2. Scotland Charlie Mulgrew 4 0 0 1 5
3. Scotland Darren Mackie 4 1 0 0 5
4. Scotland Michael Paton 3 0 2 0 5
5. Scotland Lee Miller 3 1 0 0 4
6. Scotland Gary McDonald 3 1 0 0 4
7. Scotland Zander Diamond 3 0 0 0 3
8. Scotland Derek Young 3 0 0 0 3
9. Nigeria Sone Aluko 2 0 0 0 2
10. Scotland Andrew Considine 1 0 0 0 1
11. Scotland Chris Maguire 1 0 0 0 1
12. Scotland Fraser Fyvie 1 0 0 0 1
13. Scotland Mark Kerr 1 0 0 0 1

Awards

Clydesdale Bank Awards

Month Recipient Award Report
November Scotland Peter Pawlett Young Player of the Month
January Scotland Fraser Fyvie Young Player of the Month AFC

Results and fixtures

Pre-season friendlies

Date Opponent H/A Score[lower-alpha 1] Aberdeen Scorer(s)[lower-alpha 2] Attendance Report
18 July 2009 Germany 1860 Munich A 0–1 1,000 AFC
22 July 2009 Peterhead A 3–2 Miller (30 pen.), Aluko (53), Paton (63) 1,954 AFC
25 July 2009 Dundee A 1–1 Aluko (1) 3,613 AFC
9 August 2009 England Hull City A 1–0 Gardner (o.g.) 8,272 AFC

Scottish Premier League

Match Day Date Opponent H/A Score[lower-alpha 1] Aberdeen Scorer(s)[lower-alpha 2] League
Position[lower-alpha 3]		 Attendance Report
1 15 August 2009 Celtic H 1–3 Aluko (61) 9 16,803 BBC Sport
2 22 August 2009 Hamilton Academical A 3–0 Mulgrew (23), Considine (29), Maguire (63) 6 3,347 BBC Sport
3 29 August 2009 Motherwell H 0–0 6 11,320 BBC Sport
4 14 September 2009 Falkirk A 0–0 6 4,724 BBC Sport
5 19 September 2009 St Mirren H 1–0 Mulgrew (88) 5 10,103 BBC Sport
6 26 September 2009 Rangers A 0–0 5 47,968 BBC Sport
7 3 October 2009 Kilmarnock A 1–1 McDonald (84) 6 4,997 BBC Sport
8 17 October 2009 Heart of Midlothian H 1–1 Miller (42) 6 11,629 BBC Sport
9 24 October 2009 Dundee United H 0–2 7 11,766 BBC Sport
10 31 October 2009 Hibernian A 0–2 7 13,885 BBC Sport
11 7 November 2009 St Johnstone H 2–1 Aluko (15), Miller (83) (pen.) 6 10,894 BBC Sport
12 21 November 2009 Motherwell A 1–1 McDonald (67) 6 4,668 BBC Sport
13 28 November 2009 Rangers H 1–0 Miller (17) 6 16,153 BBC Sport
14 5 December 2009 Celtic A 0–3 6 56,010 BBC Sport
15 12 December 2009 Hamilton Academical H 1–2 McDonald (75) 6 9,499 BBC Sport
16 19 December 2009 Hibernian H 0–2 6 9,096 BBC Sport
17 2 January 2010 Dundee United A 1–0 Mulgrew (15) 6 10,032 BBC Sport
18 12 January 2010 St Mirren A 0–1 6 3,867 BBC Sport
19 23 January 2010 Kilmarnock H 1–0 Young (49) 7 12,150 BBC Sport
20 27 January 2010 Heart of Midlothian A 3–0 Fyvie (12), Mackie (50), Young (75) 6 14,219 BBC Sport
21 30 January 2010 Motherwell H 0–3 7 9,555 BBC Sport
22 2 February 2010 Falkirk H 0–1 7 7,741 BBC Sport
23 10 February 2010 Hibernian A 2–2 Paton (25), MacLean (34) 6 10,469 BBC Sport
24 13 February 2010 Celtic H 4–4 Paton (9), Mackie (37), MacLean (75 pen), (88) 7 14,898 BBC Sport
25 20 February 2010 Falkirk A 1–3 Mulgrew (5) 7 4,643 BBC Sport
26 27 February 2010 Heart of Midlothian H 0–1 7 8,316 BBC Sport
27 6 March 2010 Hamilton Academical A 1–1 Diamond (76) 7 2,030 BBC Sport
28 16 March 2010 St Johnstone A 0–1 8 3,826 BBC Sport
29 20 March 2010 Dundee United H 2–2 Diamond (32), Paton (45) (pen.) 8 9,316 BBC Sport
30 27 March 2010 St Mirren H 2–1 Diamond (37), Aluko (56) 8 8,764 BBC Sport
31 4 April 2010 Kilmarnock A 0–2 8 4,825 BBC Sport
32 7 April 2010 Rangers A 1–3 Mackie (68) 8 47,061 BBC Sport
33 11 April 2010 St Johnstone H 1–3 Mackie (17) 9 7,568 BBC Sport
34 17 April 2010 Falkirk H 1–0 MacLean (11) 9 10,461 BBC Sport
35 24 April 2010 St Johnstone A 1–1 MacLean (16) 9 3,295 BBC Sport
36 1 May 2010 Hamilton Academical H 1–3 Young (85) 9 7,099 BBC Sport
37 5 May 2010 Kilmarnock H 1–2 Kerr (26) 9 6,097 BBC Sport
38 8 May 2010 St Mirren A 1–0 Mair (27) (o.g.) 9 4,022 BBC Sport

UEFA Europa League

Round Date Opponent H/A Score[lower-alpha 1] Aberdeen Scorer(s)[lower-alpha 2] Attendance Report
TQR 30 July 2009 Czech Republic Sigma Olomouc H 1–5 Mulgrew (23) 13,973 BBC Sport
TQR 6 August 2009 Czech Republic Sigma Olomouc A 0–3 7,405 BBC Sport

Scottish League Cup

Round Date Opponent H/A Score[lower-alpha 1] Aberdeen Scorer(s)[lower-alpha 2] Attendance Report
Third Round 22 September 2009 Dundee A 2–3 (a.e.t.) Paton (63, 88) 6,131 BBC Sport

Scottish Cup

Round Date Opponent H/A Score[lower-alpha 1] Aberdeen Scorer(s)[lower-alpha 2] Attendance Report
Fourth Round 9 January 2010 Hearts H 2–0 Mackie (60), Miller (76) 8,226 BBC Sport
Fifth Round 6 February 2010 Raith Rovers A 1–1 McDonald (90) 7,045 BBC Sport
Fifth Round Replay 16 February 2010 Raith Rovers H 0–1 8,153 BBC Sport

Competitions

Overall

Competition Started roundCurrent
position / round		 Final
position / round		 First match Last match
Scottish Premier League — — 9th 15 August 20098 May 2010
League Cup 3rd Round — 3rd Round 22 September 200922 September 2009
Scottish Cup 4th Round — 5th Round 9 January 201016 February 2010
UEFA Europa League Third qualifying round — Third qualifying round 30 July 20096 August 2009

Source: Competitions

SPL

Classification

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
7 Hamilton Academical 38 13 10 15 39 46 −7 49
8 St Johnstone 38 12 11 15 57 61 −4 47
9 Aberdeen 38 10 11 17 36 52 −16 41
10 St Mirren 38 7 13 18 36 49 −13 34
11 Kilmarnock 38 8 9 21 29 51 −22 33
Source: SPFL Archive
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.

Results summary

OverallHomeAway
PldWDLGFGAGDPtsWDLGFGAGDWDLGFGAGD
38 10 11 17 36 52  −16 41 6 4 10 20 31  −11 4 7 7 16 21  −5

Source: BBC Sport

Results by round

Round1234567891011121314151617181920212223242526272829303132333435363738
GroundHAHAHAAHHAHAHAHHAAHAHHAHAHAAHHAAHHAHHA
ResultLWDDWDDDLLWDWLLLWLWWLLDDLLDLDWLLLWDLLW
Position96665566776666666666776777788888999999
Source: BBC Sport
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

League Positions

Results by opponent

Team Results[lower-alpha 1] Points
1 2 3 4
Celtic1–30–34–41
Dundee United0–21–02–24
Falkirk0–00–11–31–04
Hamilton Academical3–01–21–11–34
Heart of Midlothian1–13–00–14
Hibernian0–20–22–21
Kilmarnock1–11–00–21–24
Motherwell0–01–10–32
Rangers0–01–01–34
St Johnstone2–10–11–31–14
St Mirren1–00–12–11–09

Source: 2009–10 Scottish Premier League article

Club

See also

Notes

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 Aberdeen's score is shown first.
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 The number(s) in brackets shows the minute the goal(s) was/were scored.
  3. ↑ Shows Aberdeen's position in the table at end of day the match was played on

References

  1. ↑ "Dons part with manager Calderwood". BBC Sport. 24 May 2009. Retrieved 12 September 2011.
  2. ↑ "McGhee dedicated to new Dons post". BBC Sport. 12 June 2009. Retrieved 12 September 2011.
  3. ↑ "Severin agrees switch to Watford". BBC Sport. 23 June 2009. Retrieved 12 September 2011.
  4. ↑ "Nelson seals contract at Aberdeen". BBC Sport. 27 July 2009. Retrieved 27 October 2009.
  5. ↑ "Aberdeen complete Ifil transfer". BBC Sport. 12 August 2009. Retrieved 27 October 2009.
  6. ↑ "Grassi delight at Aberdeen deal". BBC Sport. 27 August 2009. Retrieved 27 October 2009.
  7. ↑ "Davide Grassi signs for Dons". AFC.co.uk. 27 August 2009. Archived from the original on 2 October 2009. Retrieved 27 October 2009.
  8. ↑ "Michie and Bateman join Blue Toon". BBC Sport. 1 August 2009. Retrieved 27 October 2009.
  9. ↑ "Stuart Duff goes out". afc.co.uk. 11 December 2009. Archived from the original on 8 January 2010. Retrieved 6 January 2010.
  10. ↑ "Killie sign Scott Severin, Chris Maguire, Rob Kiernan". BBC Sport. 1 February 2010. Retrieved 2 February 2010.
  11. ↑ "Mair leaves Pittodrie for Buddies". BBC Sport. 4 June 2009. Retrieved 17 June 2009.
  12. ↑ "Severin agrees switch to Watford". BBC Sport. 23 June 2009. Retrieved 22 July 2009.
  13. ↑ "Smith signs deal with MLS outfit". BBC Sport. 30 July 2009. Retrieved 22 July 2009.
  14. ↑ "Bossu cuts short Pittodrie stay". BBC Sport. 31 August 2009. Retrieved 20 October 2009.
  15. ↑ "Dons cut ties with Faroes starlet". BBC Sport. 15 October 2009. Retrieved 20 October 2009.
  16. ↑ "Sammy Stewart". afc.co.uk. 5 January 2010. Archived from the original on 20 July 2012. Retrieved 6 January 2010.
  17. ↑ "Aberdeen striker Lee Miller moves to Middlesbrough". BBC Sport. 1 February 2010. Retrieved 2 February 2010.
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