# 2014–15 Aberdeen F.C. season

The 2014–15 season was Aberdeen's 102nd season in the top flight of Scottish football and the second in the Scottish Premiership. Aberdeen also competed in the Europa League, League Cup and the Scottish Cup.

## Season summary

After securing second spot, manager Derek McInnes was nominated for manager of the year. After banging in almost 30 goals in the season for the club, Adam Rooney was nominated for PFA player of the year. Adam Rooney and Shay Logan were named in PFA Scotland Team of the Year.

## Results and fixtures

Win  Draw  Loss  Postponed

### Friendly matches

Aberdeen played five friendly matches; four took place in pre-season and one in March.

### Scottish Cup
## Squad statistics

During the 2014–15 season, Aberdeen have used twenty nine different players in competitive games. The table below shows the number of appearances and goals scored by each player.

### Appearances

    As of 24 May 2015
| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Total | Total | Premiership | Premiership | Europa League | Europa League | League Cup | League Cup | Scottish Cup | Scottish Cup |
| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| 1 | GK | SCO | Jamie Langfield | 19 | 0 | 13 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2 | DF | ENG | Shay Logan | 45 | 4 | 35 | 3 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 3 | DF | SCO | Andrew Considine | 45 | 2 | 36+1 | 2 | 3+1 | 0 | 2+1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 4 | DF | SCO | Russell Anderson (c) | 7 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 5 | DF | WAL | Ash Taylor | 37 | 3 | 31+1 | 2 | 1+1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 6 | DF | SCO | Mark Reynolds | 47 | 3 | 37 | 2 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 7 | MF | ENG | Jeffrey Monakana | 10 | 0 | 0+10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 7 | MF | SCO | Kenny McLean | 13 | 0 | 11+2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 8 | MF | IRL | Willo Flood | 33 | 0 | 22+3 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 9 | FW | IRL | Adam Rooney | 47 | 28 | 32+5 | 18 | 5+1 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 0 |
| 10 | FW | NIR | Niall McGinn | 45 | 7 | 34+2 | 5 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 11 | MF | IRL | Jonny Hayes | 41 | 4 | 31 | 3 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 14 | FW | SCO | Cammy Smith | 29 | 2 | 5+18 | 2 | 0+2 | 0 | 0+3 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 15 | MF | SCO | Barry Robson | 27 | 0 | 9+11 | 0 | 4+1 | 0 | 0+2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 16 | MF | SCO | Peter Pawlett | 45 | 7 | 28+8 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 17 | FW | SCO | David Goodwillie | 38 | 6 | 21+10 | 6 | 1+3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 18 | MF | SCO | Nicky Low | 13 | 1 | 3+4 | 1 | 0+5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 19 | DF | SCO | Clark Robertson | 1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 20 | GK | ENG | Scott Brown | 29 | 0 | 25 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 21 | DF | IRL | Joe Shaughnessy | 3 | 0 | 1+2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 22 | MF | SCO | Ryan Jack | 42 | 3 | 30+2 | 3 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 25 | FW | SCO | Lawrence Shankland | 17 | 0 | 2+15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 28 | DF | MSR | Donervon Daniels | 10 | 1 | 7+2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 29 | MF | ENG | Andrew Driver | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 32 | MF | SCO | Kieran Gibbons | 1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 37 | DF | SCO | Daniel Harvie | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 38 | MF | SCO | Frank Ross | 2 | 0 | 0+2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 39 | FW | SCO | Scott Wright | 3 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0+2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Players who left the club on loan during the 2014–15 season ||||||||||
| 23 | MF | SCO | Jamie Masson (on loan to Brechin City F.C.) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 24 | FW | SCO | Declan McManus (on loan to Greenock Morton F.C.) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 26 | MF | SCO | Craig Storie (on loan to Brechin City F.C.) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 27 | MF | SCO | Craig Murray (on loan to Ayr United F.C.) | 2 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 30 | GK | IRL | Danny Rogers (on loan to Dumbarton F.C.) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |

### Disciplinary record

    As of 24 May 2015
| Number | Position | Name | Premiership | Premiership | Europa League | Europa League | League Cup | League Cup | Scottish Cup | Scottish Cup | Total | Total |
| 2 | DF | Shay Logan | 4 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 1 |
| 3 | DF | Andrew Considine | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| 4 | DF | Russell Anderson | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 6 | DF | Mark Reynolds | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 7 | MF | Jeffrey Monakana | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 8 | MF | Willo Flood | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 |
| 9 | FW | Adam Rooney | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| 11 | MF | Jonny Hayes | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 |
| 15 | MF | Barry Robson | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 1 |
| 16 | MF | Peter Pawlett | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| 17 | FW | David Goodwillie | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 18 | MF | Nicky Low | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 21 | DF | Joe Shaughnessy | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 22 | MF | Ryan Jack | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 0 |
| | | TOTALS | 43 | 2 | 8 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 55 | 2 |

### Goal scorers

    As of 24 May 2015
| Ranking | Number | Name | Scottish Premiership | Scottish Cup | League Cup | Europe | Total |
| 1 | 9 | Adam Rooney | 18 | 0 | 4 | 6 | 28 |
| 2 | 16 | Peter Pawlett | 6 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 7 |
| 2 | 10 | Niall McGinn | 5 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 7 |
| 4 | 17 | David Goodwillie | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 |
| 5 | 2 | Shay Logan | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| 5 | 5 | Ash Taylor | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 |
| 5 | 11 | Jonny Hayes | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| 8 | 6 | Mark Reynolds | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 8 | 22 | Ryan Jack | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 10 | 3 | Andrew Considine | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 10 | 14 | Cammy Smith | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 12 | 18 | Nicky Low | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 12 | 28 | Donervon Daniels | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| | | Own Goal | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| | | TOTALS | 57 | 1 | 6 | 12 | 76 |

## Team statistics
### League table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 1 | Celtic (C) | 38 | 29 | 5 | 4 | 84 | 17 | +67 | 92 | Qualification for the Champions League second qualifying round |
| 2 | Aberdeen | 38 | 23 | 6 | 9 | 57 | 33 | +24 | 75 | Qualification for the Europa League first qualifying round |
| 3 | Inverness Caledonian Thistle | 38 | 19 | 8 | 11 | 52 | 42 | +10 | 65 | Qualification for the Europa League second qualifying round |
| 4 | St Johnstone | 38 | 16 | 9 | 13 | 34 | 34 | 0 | 57 | Qualification for the Europa League first qualifying round |
| 5 | Dundee United | 38 | 17 | 5 | 16 | 58 | 56 | +2 | 56 | |
* ↑ Inverness Caledonian Thistle qualified for the second qualifying round of the UEFA Europa League by winning the 2014–15 Scottish Cup.

#### 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 | A | H | A | H | H | H | A | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | H | A | H | A | A | H | A | H |
| Result | L | W | L | W | L | W | W | D | W | L | W | W | L | W | W | W | W | W | W | W | W | D | D | W | W | W | L | W | D | D | W | W | W | W | L | L | D | L |
| Position | 12 | 7 | 9 | 8 | 9 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 |

### Results summary

| Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away |
Source: BBC Sport

### Results by opponent

Aberdeen score first
| Team | Results | Results | Results | Results | Points |
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Points |
| Celtic | 1-2 | 1-2 | 0-4 | 0-1 | 0 |
| Dundee | 3-2 | 3-3 | 1-1 | 1-1 | 6 |
| Dundee United | 0-3 | 2-0 | 1-0 | 0-1 | 6 |
| Hamilton Academical | 0-3 | 3-0 | 3-0 | X | 6 |
| Inverness C.T. | 3-2 | 1-0 | 1-0 | 2-1 | 12 |
| Kilmarnock | 2-0 | 1-0 | 2-1 | X | 9 |
| Motherwell | 1-0 | 2-0 | 2-1 | X | 9 |
| Partick Thistle | 2-0 | 1-0 | 0-0 | X | 7 |
| Ross County | 3-0 | 1-0 | 4-0 | X | 9 |
| St Johnstone | 0-1 | 2-0 | 1-1 | 0-1 | 4 |
| St Mirren | 2-2 | 2-0 | 3-0 | X | 7 |
Source: 2014–15 Scottish Premier League Results Table