# 2015–16 Aberdeen F.C. season

The 2015–16 season was Aberdeen's 103rd season in the top flight of Scottish football and the third in the Scottish Premiership. Aberdeen also competed in the League Cup and the Scottish Cup and the Europa League.

## Season summary

Aberdeen finished second in the season. Shay Logan, Jonny Hayes, Kenny McLean and Graeme Shinnie were named in PFA Scotland Team of the Year.

## Pre-season and friendlies

Win  Draw  Loss  Postponed

### UEFA Europa League

Aberdeen qualified for the first preliminary round of the UEFA Europa League by finishing second in the 2014-15 Scottish Premiership.

#### Qualifying phase
### Scottish Cup
## Squad statistics

During the 2015–16 season, Aberdeen have used twenty-three different players in competitive games. The table below shows the number of appearances and goals scored by each player.

### Appearances

| 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 |
| 2 | DF | ENG | Shay Logan | 45 | 4 | 35+2 | 4 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 3 | DF | SCO | Graeme Shinnie | 45 | 1 | 37+0 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 4 | DF | SCO | Andrew Considine | 40 | 3 | 26+6 | 2 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 5 | DF | WAL | Ash Taylor | 45 | 4 | 36+1 | 4 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 6 | DF | SCO | Mark Reynolds | 24 | 0 | 19+3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 7 | MF | SCO | Kenny McLean | 45 | 9 | 38+0 | 6 | 3+2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 8 | MF | IRL | Willo Flood | 29 | 0 | 18+4 | 0 | 2+3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 9 | FW | IRL | Adam Rooney | 35 | 20 | 22+5 | 20 | 2+4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 10 | MF | NIR | Niall McGinn | 43 | 12 | 32+3 | 10 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 11 | MF | IRL | Jonny Hayes | 42 | 6 | 35+0 | 5 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 14 | FW | SCO | Cammy Smith | 14 | 0 | 2+12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 15 | MF | SCO | Barry Robson | 13 | 0 | 2+9 | 0 | 0+2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 16 | MF | SCO | Peter Pawlett | 26 | 2 | 9+9 | 1 | 3+3 | 1 | 0+1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 18 | FW | WAL | Simon Church | 13 | 6 | 13+0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 19 | GK | ENG | Adam Collin | 3 | 0 | 3+0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 20 | GK | ENG | Scott Brown | 13 | 0 | 13+0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 22 | MF | SCO | Ryan Jack (c) | 35 | 0 | 26+2 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 23 | MF | SCO | Craig Storie | 10 | 0 | 6+4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 24 | DF | SCO | Michael Rose | 1 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 26 | FW | SCO | Scott McKenna | 3 | 0 | 2+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 27 | FW | SCO | Scott Wright | 4 | 0 | 1+3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 29 | DF | SCO | Daniel Harvie | 2 | 0 | 0+2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 30 | GK | AUS | Aaron Lennox | 1 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 31 | MF | SCO | Frank Ross | 2 | 0 | 0+2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 37 | MF | SCO | Connor McLennan | 1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 41 | FW | ENG | Joe Nuttall | 2 | 0 | 0+2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Players who left the club during the 2015–16 season ||||||||||
| 17 | FW | SCO | David Goodwillie (on loan to Ross County F.C.) | 25 | 2 | 7+10 | 2 | 4+2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 18 | DF | SCO | Paul Quinn (given free transfer) | 18 | 1 | 9+4 | 1 | 3+2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 19 | GK | WAL | Danny Ward (recalled by Liverpool F.C.) | 29 | 0 | 21 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 21 | DF | NIR | Ryan McLaughlin (loan ended) | 5 | 0 | 1+3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 25 | FW | SCO | Lawrence Shankland (on loan to St Mirren F.C.) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 30 | GK | IRL | Danny Rogers (on loan to Falkirk F.C.) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 32 | FW | ATG | Josh Parker (loan ended) | 8 | 0 | 1+6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |

### Goalscorers

| Ranking | Nation | Number | Name | Scottish Premiership | Europa League | League Cup | Scottish Cup | Total |
| 1 | | 9 | Adam Rooney | 20 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 20 |
| 2 | | 10 | Niall McGinn | 10 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 12 |
| 3 | | 7 | Kenny McLean | 6 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 9 |
| 4 | | 11 | Jonny Hayes | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 6 |
| 4 | | 20 | Simon Church | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 |
| 6 | | 2 | Shay Logan | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| 6 | | 5 | Ash Taylor | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| 8 | | 4 | Andrew Considine | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 9 | | 16 | Peter Pawlett | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 9 | | 17 | David Goodwillie | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 11 | | 3 | Graeme Shinnie | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 11 | | 18 | Paul Quinn | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| TOTALS | TOTALS | TOTALS | TOTALS | 62 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 70 |

### Disciplinary record

| Number | Position | Name | Premiership | Premiership | Europa League | Europa League | League Cup | League Cup | Scottish Cup | Scottish Cup | Total | Total |
| 2 | DF | Shay Logan | 9 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 0 |
| 3 | DF | Graeme Shinnie | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 |
| 4 | DF | Andrew Considine | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| 5 | DF | Ash Taylor | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 |
| 6 | DF | Mark Reynolds | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 1 |
| 7 | MF | Kenny McLean | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| 8 | MF | Willo Flood | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 9 | FW | Adam Rooney | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 11 | FW | Jonny Hayes | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 |
| 14 | FW | Cammy Smith | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 15 | MF | Barry Robson | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 16 | MF | Peter Pawlett | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 17 | FW | David Goodwillie | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 18 | DF | Paul Quinn | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 19 | GK | Danny Ward | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 22 | MF | Ryan Jack | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| 23 | MF | Craig Storie | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 30 | GK | Aaron Lennox | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| | | TOTALS | 47 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 56 | 3 |

## Team statistics
### Scottish Premiership
#### League table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 1 | Celtic (C) | 38 | 26 | 8 | 4 | 93 | 31 | +62 | 86 | Qualification for the Champions League second qualifying round |
| 2 | Aberdeen | 38 | 22 | 5 | 11 | 62 | 48 | +14 | 71 | Qualification for the Europa League first qualifying round |
| 3 | Heart of Midlothian | 38 | 18 | 11 | 9 | 59 | 40 | +19 | 65 | Qualification for the Europa League first qualifying round |
| 4 | St Johnstone | 38 | 16 | 8 | 14 | 58 | 55 | +3 | 56 | |
| 5 | Motherwell | 38 | 15 | 5 | 18 | 47 | 63 | −16 | 50 | |
* ↑ Teams play each other three times (33 matches), before the league is split into two groups (the top six and the bottom six).

#### 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 | A | H | A | H | A | H | H | A | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | H | A | H | H | A | A | H | A | A | H | A | H | A | A | H | A | H | H |
| Result | W | W | W | W | W | W | W | W | L | L | L | D | L | W | D | W | W | W | W | D | D | W | W | W | W | L | D | W | W | W | L | W | L | L | W | L | L | L |
| Position | 4 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 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 | 2-1 | 1-3 | 2-1 | 2-3 | 6 |
| Dundee | 2-0 | 2-0 | 1-0 | — | 9 |
| Dundee United | 1-0 | 2-0 | 1-0 | — | 9 |
| Hamilton Academical | 1-0 | 1-1 | 3-0 | — | 7 |
| Heart of Midlothian | 3-1 | 1-0 | 1-2 | 0-1 | 6 |
| Inverness C.T. | 1-2 | 2-2 | 1-3 | — | 1 |
| Kilmarnock | 2-0 | 4-0 | 2-1 | — | 9 |
| Motherwell | 2-1 | 1-1 | 1-2 | 4-1 | 7 |
| Partick Thistle | 2-0 | 0-0 | 2-1 | — | 7 |
| Ross County | 0-2 | 3-1 | 3-2 | 0-4 | 6 |
| St Johnstone | 1-5 | 4-3 | 1-1 | 0-3 | 4 |
Source: 2015–16 Scottish Premier League Results Table