2006–07 Aberdeen F.C. season
Aberdeen competed in the Scottish Premier League, Scottish Cup and Scottish League Cup in season 2006–07. Their third place in the Scottish Premier League was their highest since the 1995–96 season.
2006–07 season | |
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Chairman | ![]() |
Manager | ![]() |
SPL | 3rd |
Scottish Cup | Round 3 |
League Cup | Round 2 |
Top goalscorer | League: ![]() All: ![]() |
Highest home attendance | 20,045 vs Rangers 23 December 2006 |
Lowest home attendance | 7,905 vs Hibernian 10 January 2007 |
Average home league attendance | 12,475 |
Statistics
Appearances and Goals
No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Total | SPL | Scottish Cup | League Cup | ||||
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Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||||
1 | GK | ![]() |
Jamie Langfield | 40 | 0 | 38 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
2 | DF | ![]() |
Michael Hart | 36 | 0 | 34 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
3 | MF | ![]() |
Richie Byrne | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
4 | DF | ![]() |
Russell Anderson | 38 | 2 | 35 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
5 | DF | ![]() |
Zander Diamond | 21 | 0 | 21 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
6 | MF | ![]() |
Scott Severin | 38 | 4 | 35 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
7 | MF | ![]() |
Jamie Smith | 21 | 1 | 21 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
8 | MF | ![]() |
Barry Nicholson | 34 | 8 | 31 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
9 | FW | ![]() |
Steve Lovell | 29 | 9 | 27 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
10 | FW | ![]() |
Darren Mackie | 41 | 13 | 38 | 13 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
11 | MF | ![]() |
Chris Clark | 40 | 1 | 37 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
14 | MF | ![]() |
Gary Dempsey | 29 | 2 | 26 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
15 | DF | ![]() |
Karim Touzani | 10 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
16 | FW | ![]() |
Lee Miller | 34 | 4 | 32 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
16 | FW | ![]() |
John Stewart | 5 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
17 | DF | ![]() |
Dan Smith | 8 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
18 | MF | ![]() |
Jamie Winter | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
19 | MF | ![]() |
Richard Foster | 40 | 3 | 37 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
20 | GK | ![]() |
Derek Soutar | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
21 | DF | ![]() |
Andrew Considine | 36 | 2 | 33 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
22 | MF | ![]() |
Kyle Macaulay | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
23 | FW | ![]() |
Steve Crawford | 5 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
23 | FW | ![]() |
Craig Brewster | 13 | 1 | 12 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
24 | DF | ![]() |
David Donald | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
25 | FW | ![]() |
Chris Maguire | 22 | 1 | 19 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
26 | FW | ![]() |
Dyron Daal | 7 | 2 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Source: AFC Heritage
Results
Friendlies
Date | Opponent | H/A | Score[1] | Aberdeen Scorers[2] |
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6 July | Peterhead | A | 4–1 | Crawford (24), Dempsey (28), Mackie (71,80) |
9 July | Elgin City | A | 5–0 | Byrne (20, 63), Clark (36), Maguire (74), Mackie (84) |
14 July | ![]() | A | 2–1 | Stewart (2, 75) |
16 July | ![]() | A | 0–2 | |
19 July | ![]() | A | 1–0 | Lovell (52) |
22 July | ![]() | A | 3–2 | Lovell (26), Mackie (31), Crawford (86) |
26 July | Montrose | A | 3–0 | Considine (10), Lovell (26), Kiely (41) |
1 August | Forres Mechanics | A | 3–1 | Stewart (36, 53), Donald (68) |
8 August | ![]() | H | 2–3 | Dempsey (40), Smith (70) |
23 February | ![]() | A | 0–0 |
Scottish Premier League
Match Day |
Date | Opponent | Venue | Score | Aberdeen Scorer(s) | Attendance | Report |
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1 | 29 July | Hibernian | A | 1–1 | Crawford (18) | 15,046 | AFC Heritage |
2 | 5 August | Inverness Caledonian Thistle | H | 1–1 | Crawford (29) | 11,955 | AFC Heritage |
3 | 12 August | Motherwell | A | 2–0 | Mackie (25,60) | 5,186 | AFC Heritage |
4 | 19 August | St Mirren | A | 1–1 | Crawford (29) | 5,344 | AFC Heritage |
5 | 26 August | Dunfermline | H | 1–0 | Severin (68) | 9,889 | AFC Heritage |
6 | 9 September | Celtic | H | 0–1 | 15,304 | AFC Heritage | |
7 | 16 September | Falkirk | A | 2–0 | Dempsey (51), Daal (82) | 5,812 | AFC Heritage |
8 | 24 September | Heart of Midlothian | H | 1–3 | Daal (82) | 11,160 | AFC Heritage |
9 | 1 October | Rangers | A | 0–1 | 50,488 | AFC Heritage | |
10 | 14 October | Kilmarnock | A | 0–1 | 5,700 | AFC Heritage | |
11 | 21 October | Dundee United | H | 3–1 | Mackie (38), Nicholson (46, 71) | 10,747 | AFC Heritage |
12 | 30 October | Hibernian | H | 2–1 | Miller (56), Severin (90+3) | 11,179 | AFC Heritage |
13 | 6 November | Inverness Caledonian Thistle | A | 1–1 | Lovell (89) | 5,744 | AFC Heritage |
14 | 11 November | Motherwell | H | 2–1 | Smith (55), Miller (86) | 10,527 | AFC Heritage |
15 | 18 November | St Mirren | H | 2–0 | Mackie (77, 85) | 11,426 | AFC Heritage |
16 | 25 November | Dunfermline Athletic | A | 3–0 | Miller (54), Mackie (83, 86) | 6,501 | AFC Heritage |
17 | 2 December | Celtic | A | 0–1 | 58,911 | AFC Heritage | |
18 | 9 December | Falkirk | H | 2–1 | Mackie (17), Clark (44) | 10,594 | AFC Heritage |
19 | 16 December | Heart of Midlothian | A | 1–0 | Lovell (87) | 17,274 | AFC Heritage |
20 | 23 December | Rangers | H | 1–2 | Lovell (85) | 20,045 | AFC Heritage |
21 | 26 December | Kilmarnock | H | 3–1 | Maguire (5), Nicholson (8), Lovell (87) | 11,887 | AFC Heritage |
22 | 30 December | Dundee United | A | 1–3 | Severin (56) | 12,329 | AFC Heritage |
23 | 2 January | Hibernian | A | 0–0 | 16,278 | AFC Heritage | |
24 | 13 January | Inverness Caledonian Thistle | H | 1–1 | Lovell (90+3) | 10,300 | AFC Heritage |
25 | 27 January | St Mirren | A | 2–0 | Considine (8, 37) | 4,926 | AFC Heritage |
26 | 10 February | Dunfermline | H | 3–0 | Mackie (33), Nicholson (57 pen), Lovell (83) | 9,379 | AFC Heritage |
27 | 17 February | Celtic | H | 1–2 | Mackie (90) | 16,711 | AFC Heritage |
28 | 3 March | Falkirk | A | 2–1 | Dempsey (16), Foster (61) | 5,825 | AFC Heritage |
29 | 10 March | Heart of Midlothian | H | 1–0 | Lovell (7) | 13,964 | AFC Heritage |
30 | 13 March | Motherwell | A | 2–0 | Fitzpatrick (32 o.g.), Foster (90) | 4,530 | AFC Heritage |
31 | 17 March | Rangers | A | 0–3 | 50,354 | AFC Heritage | |
32 | 31 March | Kilmarnock | A | 2–1 | Fowler (59 o.g.), Anderson (69) | 7,236 | AFC Heritage |
33 | 7 April | Dundee United | H | 2–4 | Lovell (8), Mackie (10 pen) | 12,148 | AFC Heritage |
34 | 21 April | Hibernian | H | 2–2 | Anderson (25), Foster (80) | 9,753 | AFC Heritage |
35 | 28 April | Kilmarnock | H | 3–0 | Nicholson (7 pen), Miller (49), Mackie (62) | 10,046 | AFC Heritage |
36 | 6 May | Heart of Midlothian | A | 1–1 | Nicholson (90) | 17,208 | AFC Heritage |
37 | 12 May | Celtic | A | 1–2 | Mackie (41) | 59,510 | AFC Heritage |
38 | 20 May | Rangers | H | 2–0 | Severin (21), Lovell (32) | 20,010 | AFC Heritage |
Scottish League Cup
Round | Date | Opponent | H/A | Score[1] | Aberdeen Scorer(s)[2] | Attendance | Report |
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R3 | 22 August | Queen's Park | A | 0–0 (3–5 on penalty kicks) | 1,588 | AFC Heritage |
Players
Squad
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
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Goalscorers
Name | SPL | Cups | Total |
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![]() | 13 | 0 | 13 |
![]() | 9 | 0 | 9 |
![]() | 6 | 2 | 8 |
![]() | 4 | 0 | 4 |
![]() | 4 | 0 | 4 |
![]() | 3 | 0 | 3 |
![]() | 3 | 0 | 3 |
![]() | 2 | 0 | 2 |
![]() | 2 | 0 | 2 |
![]() | 2 | 0 | 2 |
![]() | 2 | 0 | 2 |
![]() | 1 | 0 | 1 |
![]() | 1 | 0 | 1 |
![]() | 1 | 0 | 1 |
![]() | 0 | 1 | 1 |
![]() | 2 | 0 | 2 |
Source: BBC Sport
Ordered by: Total, SPL, Cups then Name
Name: Players's Name, flag next to name indicates player's nationality. SPL: No. of goals scored in the Scottish Premier League. Cups: No. of goals scored in the Scottish League Cup, Scottish Cup and Uefa Cup. Total: Total No. of competitive goals scored.
Competitions
Overall
Competition | Started round | Final position / round |
First match | Last match |
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Scottish Premier League | — | 3 | 29 July 2006 | 20 May 2007 |
League Cup | Second round | Second round | 22 August 2006 | 22 August 2006 |
Scottish Cup | Third round | Third round | 10 January 2007 | 18 January 2007 |
Source: Competitions
SPL
Classification
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation[lower-alpha 1] |
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1 | Celtic | 38 | 26 | 6 | 6 | 65 | 34 | +31 | 84 | Qualification for the Champions League third qualifying round |
2 | Rangers | 38 | 21 | 9 | 8 | 61 | 32 | +29 | 72 | Qualification for the Champions League second qualifying round |
3 | Aberdeen | 38 | 19 | 8 | 11 | 55 | 38 | +17 | 65 | Qualification for the UEFA Cup first round |
4 | Heart of Midlothian | 38 | 17 | 10 | 11 | 47 | 35 | +12 | 61 | |
5 | Kilmarnock | 38 | 16 | 7 | 15 | 47 | 54 | −7 | 55 |
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored
Notes:
- Teams played each other three times (33 matches), before the league split into two groups (the top six and the bottom six) for the last five matches.
Results summary
Overall | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||
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Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD |
38 | 19 | 8 | 11 | 55 | 38 | +17 | 65 | 11 | 3 | 5 | 33 | 21 | +12 | 8 | 5 | 6 | 22 | 17 | +5 |
Source: BBC Sport
Results by round
Results by opponent
Team | Results[1] | Points | |||
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1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | ||
Celtic | 0–1 | 0–1 | 1–2 | 1–2 | 0 |
Dundee United | 3–1 | 1–3 | 2–4 | 3 | |
Dunfermline Athletic | 1–0 | 3–0 | 3–0 | 9 | |
Falkirk | 2–0 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 9 | |
Heart of Midlothian | 1–3 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 7 |
Hibernian | 1–1 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 2–2 | 6 |
Inverness CT | 1–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 3 | |
Kilmarnock | 0–1 | 3–1 | 2–1 | 3–0 | 9 |
Motherwell | 2–0 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 9 | |
Rangers | 0–1 | 1–2 | 0–3 | 2–0 | 3 |
St Mirren | 1–1 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 7 |
Source: 2006–07 Scottish Premier League article
Club
The management
Position | Staff |
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Manager | ![]() |
Assistant manager | ![]() |
Striker coach | ![]() |
Goalkeeping coach | ![]() |
Source:
Other information
Chairman | ![]() |
Executive Director | ![]() |
Ground (capacity and dimensions) | Pittodrie Stadium (22,199 / 109x72 yards) |
Source: afc.co.uk
See also
References
- Aberdeen's score is shown first.
- The number(s) in brackets shows the minute the goal(s) was/were scored.