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.

Aberdeen
2006–07 season
ChairmanStewart Milne
ManagerJimmy Calderwood
StadiumPittodrie Stadium
SPL3rd
Scottish CupThird round
League CupSecond round
Top goalscorerLeague: Darren Mackie (13)
All: Darren Mackie (13)
Highest home attendance20,045 vs Rangers 23 December 2006
Lowest home attendance7,905 vs Hibernian 10 January 2007
Average home league attendance12,475

Statistics

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Appearances and goals

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No. Pos Nat Player Total SPL Scottish Cup League Cup
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
1 GK   SCO Jamie Langfield 40 0 38 0 2 0 0 0
2 DF   SCO Michael Hart 36 0 34 0 2 0 0 0
3 MF   IRL Richie Byrne 5 0 5 0 0 0 0 0
4 DF   SCO Russell Anderson 38 2 35 2 2 0 1 0
5 DF   SCO Zander Diamond 21 0 21 0 0 0 0 0
6 MF   SCO Scott Severin 38 4 35 4 2 0 1 0
7 MF   SCO Jamie Smith 21 1 21 1 0 0 0 0
8 MF   SCO Barry Nicholson 34 8 31 6 2 2 1 0
9 FW   ENG Steve Lovell 29 9 27 9 2 0 0 0
10 FW   SCO Darren Mackie 41 13 38 13 2 0 1 0
11 MF   SCO Chris Clark 40 1 37 1 2 0 1 0
14 MF   IRL Gary Dempsey 29 2 26 2 2 0 1 0
15 DF   NED Karim Touzani 10 0 10 0 0 0 0 0
16 FW   SCO Lee Miller 34 4 32 4 2 0 0 0
16 FW   SCO John Stewart 5 0 4 0 0 0 1 0
17 DF   ENG Dan Smith 8 0 6 0 1 0 1 0
18 MF   SCO Jamie Winter 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
19 MF   SCO Richard Foster 40 3 37 3 2 0 1 0
20 GK   SCO Derek Soutar 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
21 DF   SCO Andrew Considine 36 2 33 2 2 0 1 0
22 MF   SCO Kyle Macaulay 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
23 FW   SCO Steve Crawford 5 3 4 3 0 0 1 0
23 FW   SCO Craig Brewster 13 1 12 0 1 1 0 0
24 DF   SCO David Donald 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
25 FW   SCO Chris Maguire 22 1 19 1 2 0 1 0
26 FW   NED Dyron Daal 7 2 7 2 0 0 0 0

Source: AFC Heritage

Results

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Friendlies

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Date Opponent H/A Score[1] Aberdeen Scorers[2]
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   Bloemfontein Celtic A 2–1 Stewart (2, 75)
16 July   Jomo Cosmos A 0–2
19 July   Jomo Cosmos A 1–0 Lovell (52)
22 July   Benoni Premier United 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   Everton H 2–3 Dempsey (40), Smith (70)
23 February   Bohemians A 0–0

Scottish Premier League

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Match
Day
Date Opponent Venue Score Aberdeen Scorer(s) Attendance Report
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

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Round Date Opponent H/A Score[1] Aberdeen Scorer(s)[2] Attendance Report
R3 22 August Queen's Park A 0–0 (3–5 on penalty kicks) 1,588 AFC Heritage

Scottish Cup

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Round Date Opponent H/A Score[1] Aberdeen Scorer(s)[2] Attendance Report
R3 10 January Hibernian H 2–2 Brewster (58), Nicholson (88) 7,905 AFC Heritage
R3 (R) 18 January Hibernian A 1–4 Nicholson (10) 11,375 AFC Heritage

Players

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Squad

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Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player
1 GK   SCO Jamie Langfield
2 DF   SCO Michael Hart
3 DF   IRL Richie Byrne
4 DF   SCO Russell Anderson (captain)
5 DF   SCO Zander Diamond
6 MF   SCO Scott Severin
7 MF   SCO Jamie Smith
8 MF   SCO Barry Nicholson
9 FW   ENG Steve Lovell
10 FW   SCO Darren Mackie
11 MF   SCO Chris Clark
14 MF   SCO Gary Dempsey
15 DF   NED Karim Touzani
No. Pos. Nation Player
16 FW   SCO Lee Miller
16 FW   SCO John Stewart
17 DF   ENG Dan Smith
18 MF   SCO Jamie Winter
19 DF   SCO Ricky Foster
20 GK   SCO Derek Soutar
21 DF   SCO Andrew Considine
22 MF   SCO Kyle Macaulay
23 FW   SCO Stevie Crawford
23 FW   SCO Craig Brewster
24 DF   SCO David Donald
25 FW   SCO Chris Maguire
26 FW   NED Dyron Daal

Goalscorers

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Name SPL Cups Total
  Darren Mackie 13 0 13
  Steve Lovell 9 0 9
  Barry Nicholson 6 2 8
  Scott Severin 4 0 4
  Lee Miller 4 0 4
  Richard Foster 3 0 3
  Stevie Crawford 3 0 3
  Andrew Considine 2 0 2
  Russell Anderson 2 0 2
  Dyron Daal 2 0 2
  Gary Dempsey 2 0 2
  Jamie Smith 1 0 1
  Chris Clark 1 0 1
  Chris Maguire 1 0 1
  Craig Brewster 0 1 1
  own goals 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

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Overall

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Competition Started round Final
position / round
First match Last match
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

Classification

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation[a]
1 Celtic (C) 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
Source: Scottish Professional Football League
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored
(C) Champions
Notes:
  1. ^ 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

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Overall Home Away
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

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ResultDDWDWLWLLLWWDWWWLWWLWLDDWWLWWWLWLDWDLW
Source: BBC Sport
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Results by opponent

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Team Results[1] Points
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

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The management

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Position Staff
Manager   Jimmy Calderwood
Assistant manager   Jimmy Nicholl
Striker coach   Sandy Clark
Goalkeeping coach   Jim Leighton

Source: [citation needed]

Other information

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Chairman   Stewart Milne
Executive Director   Willie Miller
Ground (capacity and dimensions) Pittodrie Stadium (22,199 / 109x72 yards)

Source: afc.co.uk

See also

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References

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  1. ^ a b c d Aberdeen's score is shown first.
  2. ^ a b c The number(s) in brackets shows the minute the goal(s) was/were scored.