# 2011–12 Aberdeen F.C. season

The 2011–12 season was Aberdeen's 99th season in the top flight of Scottish football. Aberdeen competed in the Scottish Premier League, Scottish Cup and Scottish League Cup. Aberdeen were knocked out of the Scottish League Cup at the third round stage, losing on penalties to East Fife after a 3–3 draw. In the Scottish Cup, Aberdeen lost 1–2 to Hibernian in the semi-final. Aberdeen finished in 9th place in the Scottish Premier League.

## Results and fixtures

Win  Draw  Loss

### Scottish League Cup

Aberdeen entered the Scottish League Cup in the second round stage, having not qualified for Europe in 2010–11. Darren Mackie scored the only goal of the game, as Aberdeen defeated First Division opponents Dundee. Aberdeen were knocked out in the third round by Second Division club East Fife.

### Scottish Cup

Aberdeen entered the Scottish Cup in the fourth round stage.

## Statistics
### Appearances and goals

| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Total | Total | SPL | SPL | Scottish Cup | Scottish Cup | League Cup | League Cup |
| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| 1 | GK | SCO | Jamie Langfield | 4 | 0 | 4+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 2 | DF | NIR | Rory McArdle | 32 | 1 | 20+5 | 0 | 5+0 | 0 | 1+1 | 1 |
| 3 | DF | SCO | Ricky Foster | 24 | 1 | 22+0 | 1 | 0+0 | 0 | 2+0 | 0 |
| 3 | DF | SCO | Mark Reynolds | 21 | 0 | 16+0 | 0 | 5+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 4 | MF | TOG | Yoann Folly | 0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 5 | DF | FRA | Youl Mawéné | 25 | 2 | 19+3 | 2 | 1+1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 6 | DF | SCO | Andrew Considine | 42 | 4 | 36+0 | 3 | 4+0 | 1 | 2+0 | 0 |
| 7 | MF | SCO | Chris Clark | 30 | 1 | 16+8 | 1 | 2+2 | 0 | 2+0 | 0 |
| 8 | MF | ENG | Robert Milsom | 22 | 1 | 22+0 | 1 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 9 | FW | ENG | Scott Vernon | 42 | 13 | 35+1 | 11 | 5+0 | 2 | 1+0 | 0 |
| 10 | FW | SCO | Darren Mackie | 23 | 3 | 8+11 | 1 | 0+2 | 0 | 2+0 | 2 |
| 11 | MF | ISL | Kári Árnason | 40 | 3 | 31+2 | 3 | 5+0 | 0 | 2+0 | 0 |
| 13 | DF | SCO | Clark Robertson | 12 | 0 | 9+0 | 0 | 3+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 14 | FW | NZL | Rory Fallon | 27 | 7 | 18+3 | 2 | 4+1 | 4 | 0+1 | 1 |
| 15 | MF | SCO | Peter Pawlett | 24 | 0 | 5+15 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 | 2+0 | 0 |
| 16 | MF | ENG | Isaac Osbourne | 26 | 0 | 22+1 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 |
| 17 | MF | SCO | Fraser Fyvie | 34 | 2 | 27+1 | 1 | 4+1 | 1 | 1+0 | 0 |
| 18 | FW | ALG | Mohamed Chalali | 20 | 2 | 4+12 | 1 | 1+1 | 1 | 0+2 | 0 |
| 19 | FW | SCO | Michael Paton | 2 | 0 | 0+2 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 20 | GK | COL | David González | 15 | 0 | 14+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 |
| 20 | MF | SCO | Stephen Hughes | 8 | 0 | 3+2 | 0 | 3+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 21 | FW | NIR | Josh Magennis | 27 | 1 | 13+10 | 1 | 0+2 | 0 | 2+0 | 0 |
| 22 | MF | SCO | Ryan Jack | 37 | 3 | 30+1 | 3 | 4+0 | 0 | 2+0 | 0 |
| 23 | FW | SCO | Mitchel Megginson | 20 | 1 | 7+9 | 0 | 2+2 | 1 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 24 | DF | SCO | Nicky Low | 2 | 0 | 0+2 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 27 | DF | SCO | Russell Anderson (c) | 6 | 0 | 4+2 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 28 | MF | SCO | Gavin Rae | 12 | 0 | 12+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 30 | MF | SCO | Ryan Fraser | 3 | 0 | 0+3 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 32 | GK | WAL | Jason Brown | 26 | 0 | 20+0 | 0 | 5+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 |
| 33 | MF | SCO | Jamie Masson | 4 | 1 | 3+1 | 1 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 34 | FW | NGA | Danny Uchechi | 2 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 41 | MF | SCO | Cammy Smith | 2 | 0 | 0+2 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 47 | FW | SCO | Declan McManus | 2 | 0 | 0+2 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
As of 12 May 2012

### Disciplinary record

| No. | Pos. | Name | SPL | SPL | Scottish Cup | Scottish Cup | League Cup | League Cup | Total | Total |
| 22 | MF | Ryan Jack | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 11 | MF | Kári Árnason | 7 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0 |
| 17 | MF | Fraser Fyvie | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 |
| 3 | DF | Ricky Foster | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| 5 | DF | Youl Mawéné | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 |
| 14 | FW | Rory Fallon | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 10 | FW | Darren Mackie | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| 21 | FW | Josh Magennis | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| 15 | MF | Peter Pawlett | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| 6 | DF | Andrew Considine | 6 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 1 |
| 7 | MF | Chris Clark | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 16 | MF | Isaac Osbourne | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 13 | DF | Clark Robertson | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| 9 | FW | Scott Vernon | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 2 | DF | Rory McArdle | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| 8 | MF | Robert Milsom | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 3 | DF | Mark Reynolds | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 18 | FW | Mohamed Chalali | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 28 | MF | Gavin Rae | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 1 | GK | Jamie Langfield | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
As of 12 May 2012

### Goal scorers

| Rank | Player | SPL | SC | LC | Total |
| 1. | Scott Vernon | 11 | 2 | 0 | 13 |
| 2. | Rory Fallon | 2 | 4 | 1 | 7 |
| 3. | Andrew Considine | 3 | 1 | 0 | 4 |
| 4. | Kári Árnason | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 5. | Darren Mackie | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 6. | Ryan Jack | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 7. | Youl Mawéné | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 8. | Mohamed Chalali | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 9. | Fraser Fyvie | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 10. | Jamie Masson | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 11. | Robert Milsom | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 12. | Rory McArdle | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 13. | Ricky Foster | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 14. | Josh Magennis | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 15. | Mitchel Megginson | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 15. | Chris Clark | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
As of 12 May 2012

## Competitions
### Overall

| Competition | Started round | Current position / round | Final position / round | First match | Last match |
| Scottish Premier League | 1 | — | 9 | 23 July | 12 May |
| League Cup | 2nd round | — | 3rd round | 23 August | 20 September |
| Scottish Cup | 4th round | — | Semi-finals | 7 January | 14 April |
Source: Competitions

### Scottish Premier League
#### League table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| 7 | Kilmarnock | 38 | 11 | 14 | 13 | 44 | 61 | −17 | 47 |
| 8 | St Mirren | 38 | 9 | 16 | 13 | 39 | 51 | −12 | 43 |
| 9 | Aberdeen | 38 | 9 | 14 | 15 | 36 | 44 | −8 | 41 |
| 10 | Inverness Caledonian Thistle | 38 | 10 | 9 | 19 | 42 | 60 | −18 | 39 |
| 11 | Hibernian | 38 | 8 | 9 | 21 | 40 | 67 | −27 | 33 |

#### Results summary

| Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away |

#### 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 | H | A | H | A | H | A | A | H | A | H | H | A | H | H | A | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | A | H | A | H |
| Result | D | L | L | L | W | L | D | D | L | W | W | L | L | L | D | L | D | W | W | L | D | W | D | D | W | D | D | D | D | L | L | L | W | W | L | L | D | D |
| Position | 4 | 10 | 10 | 11 | 10 | 11 | 11 | 10 | 11 | 9 | 7 | 7 | 10 | 11 | 11 | 12 | 10 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 8 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 7 | 7 | 8 | 8 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 9 | 9 |

#### Results by opponent

| Team | Results | Results | Results | Results | Points |
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Points |
| Celtic | 0–1 | 1–2 | 1–1 | | 1 |
| Dundee United | 3–1 | 2–1 | 3–1 | | 9 |
| Dunfermline Athletic | 4–0 | 3–3 | 1–0 | 0–3 | 7 |
| Heart of Midlothian | 0–3 | 0–0 | 0–3 | | 1 |
| Hibernian | 0–0 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 1–2 | 5 |
| Inverness Caledonian Thistle | 2–0 | 1–2 | 0–1 | 2–0 | 6 |
| Kilmarnock | 2–2 | 0–2 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 3 |
| Motherwell | 0–1 | 1–2 | 0–1 | | 0 |
| Rangers | 0–2 | 1–2 | 1–1 | | 1 |
| St Johnstone | 0–0 | 2–1 | 0–0 | | 5 |
| St Mirren | 0–1 | 2–2 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 3 |
Source: 2011–12 Scottish Premier League article