# 2013–14 Aberdeen F.C. season

The 2013–14 season was Aberdeen's 101st season in the top flight of Scottish football. Aberdeen competed in the Scottish Premiership, Scottish Cup and Scottish League Cup. They won the Scottish League Cup in March 2014 with a win on penalties after a 0–0 draw against Inverness CT and reached the semi-final of the Scottish Cup. In the league, they finished in third place behind Celtic and Motherwell, qualifying for Europe for the first time since 2009.

## Results and fixtures

Win  Draw  Loss

### Friendly matches

Aberdeen played eight friendly matches; seven took place in pre-season and one in September.

### Scottish League Cup

Aberdeen entered the Scottish League Cup in the second round stage, having not qualified for Europe in 2012–13. They won the trophy on 16 March 2014 on penalties after a 0–0 draw with Inverness CT.

### Scottish Cup

Aberdeen entered the Scottish Cup in the fourth round stage.

## Statistics
### Appearances and goals

    Last updated 11 May 2014
| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Total | Total | Premiership | Premiership | League Cup | League Cup | Scottish Cup | Scottish Cup |
| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| 1 | GK | SCO | Jamie Langfield | 46 | 0 | 37+0 | 0 | 5+0 | 0 | 4+0 | 0 |
| 2 | DF | IRL | Joe Shaughnessy | 29 | 1 | 20+6 | 0 | 2+0 | 1 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 3 | DF | SCO | Clark Robertson | 11 | 0 | 5+3 | 0 | 3+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 4 | DF | SCO | Russell Anderson (c) | 38 | 2 | 27+3 | 1 | 4+0 | 0 | 4+0 | 1 |
| 5 | DF | SCO | Andrew Considine | 28 | 2 | 21+0 | 0 | 2+1 | 1 | 4+0 | 1 |
| 6 | DF | SCO | Mark Reynolds | 46 | 2 | 37+0 | 2 | 5+0 | 0 | 4+0 | 0 |
| 7 | FW | COD | Calvin Zola | 24 | 3 | 11+9 | 3 | 3+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 |
| 8 | MF | IRL | Willo Flood | 40 | 3 | 31+2 | 3 | 4+0 | 0 | 3+0 | 0 |
| 9 | FW | ENG | Scott Vernon | 34 | 9 | 14+11 | 6 | 0+5 | 3 | 0+4 | 0 |
| 10 | FW | NIR | Niall McGinn | 44 | 14 | 35+1 | 13 | 4+0 | 0 | 3+1 | 1 |
| 11 | MF | IRL | Jonny Hayes | 38 | 5 | 28+3 | 2 | 5+0 | 3 | 2+0 | 0 |
| 14 | FW | SCO | Cammy Smith | 22 | 1 | 8+10 | 0 | 1+1 | 1 | 1+1 | 0 |
| 15 | MF | SCO | Barry Robson | 35 | 4 | 20+8 | 4 | 2+1 | 0 | 4+0 | 0 |
| 16 | MF | SCO | Peter Pawlett | 42 | 7 | 33+2 | 5 | 4+0 | 1 | 3+0 | 1 |
| 17 | MF | SCO | Gregg Wylde | 10 | 1 | 3+5 | 1 | 0+1 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 |
| 17 | FW | IRL | Adam Rooney | 17 | 9 | 13+0 | 7 | 2+0 | 1 | 2+0 | 1 |
| 18 | DF | SCO | Nicky Low | 17 | 1 | 3+9 | 1 | 1+3 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 19 | MF | SCO | Chris Clark | 0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 20 | GK | ENG | Nicky Weaver | 2 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 21 | FW | NIR | Josh Magennis | 20 | 1 | 1+17 | 1 | 0+1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 22 | MF | SCO | Ryan Jack | 41 | 2 | 34+0 | 2 | 4+0 | 0 | 3+0 | 0 |
| 23 | MF | SCO | Jamie Masson | 0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 24 | FW | SCO | Declan McManus | 3 | 0 | 0+3 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 25 | FW | SCO | Lawrence Shankland | 0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 26 | MF | SCO | Craig Storie | 1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 27 | DF | JAM | Michael Hector | 22 | 1 | 18+2 | 1 | 1+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 |
| 28 | DF | ENG | Alan Tate | 8 | 0 | 5+2 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 29 | DF | ENG | Shay Logan | 18 | 1 | 13+0 | 1 | 2+0 | 0 | 3+0 | 0 |
| 30 | GK | IRL | Danny Rogers | 0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 35 | DF | SCO | Craig Murray | 4 | 0 | 0+2 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |

### Disciplinary record

    Last updated 11 May 2014
| No. | Pos. | Name | Premiership | Premiership | League Cup | League Cup | Scottish Cup | Scottish Cup | Total | Total |
| 1 | MF | Jamie Langfield | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2 | DF | Joe Shaughnessy | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 |
| 3 | MF | Clark Robertson | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 4 | DF | Russell Anderson | 6 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0 |
| 5 | DF | Andrew Considine | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 |
| 7 | MF | Calvin Zola | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 8 | MF | Willo Flood | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| 9 | FW | Scott Vernon | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 10 | MF | Niall McGinn | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 11 | MF | Jonny Hayes | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 0 |
| 14 | FW | Cammy Smith | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 15 | MF | Barry Robson | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 |
| 16 | MF | Peter Pawlett | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 0 |
| 17 | FW | Adam Rooney | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 18 | DF | Nicky Low | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 21 | FW | Josh Magennis | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 22 | MF | Ryan Jack | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 |
| 27 | DF | Michael Hector | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 |

### Goalscorers

    Last updated 11 May 2014
| Rank | Player | Scottish Premiership | Scottish Cup | League Cup | Total |
| 1 | Niall McGinn | 13 | 1 | 0 | 14 |
| 2 | Scott Vernon | 6 | 0 | 3 | 9 |
| 2 | Adam Rooney | 7 | 1 | 1 | 9 |
| 4 | Peter Pawlett | 5 | 1 | 1 | 7 |
| 5 | Jonny Hayes | 2 | 0 | 3 | 5 |
| 6 | Barry Robson | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| 7 | Willo Flood | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 7 | Calvin Zola | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 9 | Ryan Jack | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 9 | Mark Reynolds | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 9 | Russell Anderson | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 9 | Andrew Considine | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 13. | Michael Hector | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 13. | Shay Logan | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 13. | Nicky Low | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 13. | Josh Magennis | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 13. | Gregg Wylde | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 13. | Joe Shaughnessy | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 13. | Cammy Smith | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |

## League table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 1 | Celtic (C) | 38 | 31 | 6 | 1 | 102 | 25 | +77 | 99 | Qualification for the Champions League second qualifying round |
| 2 | Motherwell | 38 | 22 | 4 | 12 | 64 | 60 | +4 | 70 | Qualification for the Europa League second qualifying round |
| 3 | Aberdeen | 38 | 20 | 8 | 10 | 53 | 38 | +15 | 68 | Qualification for the Europa League first qualifying round |
| 4 | Dundee United | 38 | 16 | 10 | 12 | 65 | 50 | +15 | 58 | |
| 5 | Inverness Caledonian Thistle | 38 | 16 | 9 | 13 | 44 | 44 | 0 | 57 | |
| 6 | St Johnstone | 38 | 15 | 8 | 15 | 48 | 42 | +6 | 53 | Qualification for the Europa League second qualifying round |
| 7 | Ross County | 38 | 11 | 7 | 20 | 44 | 62 | −18 | 40 | |
| 8 | St Mirren | 38 | 10 | 9 | 19 | 39 | 58 | −19 | 39 | |
| 9 | Kilmarnock | 38 | 11 | 6 | 21 | 45 | 66 | −21 | 39 | |
| 10 | Partick Thistle | 38 | 8 | 14 | 16 | 46 | 65 | −19 | 38 | |
| 11 | Hibernian (R) | 38 | 8 | 11 | 19 | 31 | 51 | −20 | 35 | Qualification for the Premiership play-off final |
| 12 | Heart of Midlothian (R) | 38 | 10 | 8 | 20 | 45 | 65 | −20 | 23 | Relegation to the Championship |
* ↑ St Johnstone, as winners of the 2013–14 Scottish Cup, qualified for the Europa League second qualifying round.
* ↑ Heart of Midlothian were deducted 15 points for entering administration

### 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 | H | A | A | H | A | H | H | A | A | H | A | H | H | A | A | H | H | A | A | A | H | H | H | A | H | A | A | A | H | A | A | H |
| Result | W | W | L | L | D | W | W | D | L | W | W | W | L | L | W | W | W | L | W | W | W | W | L | D | W | L | W | W | W | D | D | D | W | D | D | L | W | L |
| Position | 2 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 3 |

### Results by opponent

| Team | Results | Results | Results | Results | Points |
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Points |
| Celtic | 0–2 | 1–3 | 2–1 | 2–5 | 3 |
| Dundee United | 1–0 | 2–1 | 2–2 | 3–1 | 10 |
| Heart of Midlothian | 1–2 | 1–3 | 1–1 | | 1 |
| Hibernian | 2–0 | 1–0 | 2–0 | | 9 |
| Inverness Caledonian Thistle | 1–0 | 4–3 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 7 |
| Kilmarnock | 2–1 | 1–0 | 2–1 | | 9 |
| Motherwell | 3–1 | 0–1 | 2–2 | 0–1 | 4 |
| Partick Thistle | 3–0 | 4–0 | 1–3 | | 6 |
| Ross County | 0–1 | 1–0 | 1–1 | | 4 |
| St Johnstone | 0–0 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 8 |
| St Mirren | 1–1 | 2–0 | 1–0 | | 7 |
Source: 2013–14 Scottish Premiership article