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
Friendly matches Aberdeen played five friendly matches; four took place in pre-season and one in March.
Scottish Premiership
Results
UEFA Europa League
Qualifying phase
Scottish League Cup
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
|colspan="10"|Players who left the club on loan during the 2014–15 season
Disciplinary record
NumberNationPositionNamePremiershipEuropa League League CupScottish CupTotal 2DF Shay Logan41200000613DF Andrew Considine40000000404DF Russell Anderson10000000106DF Mark Reynolds20000000207MF Jeffrey Monakana10000000108MFWillo Flood50001000609FW Adam Rooney302000005011MFJonny Hayes303000006015MFBarry Robson710000007116MFPeter Pawlett400010005017FWDavid Goodwillie200000002018MFNicky Low001000001021DFJoe Shaughnessy100000001022MFRyan Jack5000101070 TOTALS432803010552
Goal scorers
RankingNationNumberNameScottish PremiershipScottish CupLeague CupEuropeTotal1 9 Adam Rooney18046282 16Peter Pawlett6001710Niall McGinn500274 17David Goodwillie600065 2 Shay Logan300145Ash Taylor3010411Jonny Hayes300148 6Mark Reynolds2001322Ryan Jack3000310 3Andrew Considine2000214Cammy Smith2000212 18Nicky Low1000128Donervon Daniels00101Own goal31004TOTALS57161276
Team statistics
League table
Results by round
Results summary
Results by opponent Aberdeen score first TeamResultsPoints1234Celtic 1-2 1-2 0-4 0-1 0Dundee 3-2 3-3 1-1 1-1 6Dundee United 0-3 2-0 1-0 0-1 6Hamilton Academical 0-3 3-0 3-0 X 6Inverness C.T. 3-2 1-0 1-0 2-1 12Kilmarnock 2-0 1-0 2-1 X 9Motherwell 1-0 2-0 2-1 X 9Partick Thistle 2-0 1-0 0-0 X 7Ross County 3-0 1-0 4-0 X 9St Johnstone 0-1 2-0 1-1 0-1 4St Mirren 2-2 2-0 3-0 X 7 Source: 2014–15 Scottish Premier League Results Table
Transfers
In Date Position Nationality Name From Fee 27 May 2014 DF Shaleum Logan Brentford Free 28 May 2014 GK Scott Brown Cheltenham Town Free 28 May 2014 DF Ash Taylor Tranmere Rovers Free 7 July 2014 FW David Goodwillie Blackburn Rovers Free 2 February 2015 MF Kenny McLean St Mirren £275,000 11 March 2015 MF Andrew Driver Unattached Free
Out Date Position Nationality Name To Fee June 2014 GK Nicky Weaver Free 18 June 2014 FW Scott Vernon Shrewsbury Town FreeScott Vernon: Shrewsbury Town sign striker from Aberdeen, BBC Sport 20 June 2014 FW Calvin Zola Stevenage FreeStevenage sign Calvin Zola and Dean Wells, BBC Sport 16 July 2014 FW Josh Magennis Kilmarnock Free
Loans in Date Position Nationality Name From Fee22 July 2014MFJeffrey Monakana Brighton & Hove AlbionLoan27 January 2015DFDonervon Daniels West BromLoan
Loans out Date Position Nationality Name To Fee1 August 2014GKDanny Rogers DumbartonLoan8 August 2014FWDeclan McManus Greenock MortonLoan14 January 2015FWCraig Murray Ayr UnitedLoan30 January 2015FWCraig Storie Brechin CityLoan
See also List of Aberdeen F.C. seasons
Notes and references