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2005–06 Aberdeen F.C. season
The 2005–06 season was Aberdeen's 93rd season in the top flight of Scottish football. Aberdeen competed in the Scottish Premier League, Scottish League Cup, Scottish Cup.
2005–06 season | |
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Chairman | Stewart Milne |
Manager | Jimmy Calderwood |
Scottish Premier League | 6th |
Scottish Cup | Fourth Round |
Scottish League Cup | Quarter-final |
Top goalscorer | League: Steve Lovell (8) All: Steve Lovell (9) |
Highest home attendance | 18,182 vs Rangers 14 August 2005 |
Lowest home attendance | 4,398 vs Berwick Rangers 23 August 2005 |
Average home league attendance | 12,795 |
Scottish Premier League edit
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation[a] |
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4 | Hibernian | 38 | 17 | 5 | 16 | 61 | 56 | +5 | 56 | Qualification for the UEFA Intertoto Cup second round[b] |
5 | Kilmarnock | 38 | 15 | 10 | 13 | 63 | 64 | −1 | 55 | |
6 | Aberdeen | 38 | 13 | 15 | 10 | 46 | 40 | +6 | 54 | |
7 | Inverness Caledonian Thistle | 38 | 15 | 13 | 10 | 51 | 38 | +13 | 58 | |
8 | Motherwell | 38 | 13 | 10 | 15 | 55 | 61 | −6 | 49 |
Source: Scottish Professional Football League
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored
Notes:
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.
- ^ Hibernian qualified for the 2006 UEFA Intertoto Cup by being the highest place applicant for the competition.
Round | Date | Opponent | H/A | Score[1] | Aberdeen Scorer(s)[2] | Attendance | Report |
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1 | 30 July | Dundee United | A | 1–1 | Nicholson | 12,404 | AFC Heritage |
2 | 6 August | Kilmarnock | H | 1–2 | Anderson | 13,661 | AFC Heritage |
3 | 14 August | Rangers | H | 3–2 | Anderson, Lovell, Smith | 18,182 | AFC Heritage |
4 | 20 August | Heart of Midlothian | A | 0–2 | 16,139 | AFC Heritage | |
5 | 27 August | Falkirk | H | 3–0 | Smith (2), Clark | 12,249 | AFC Heritage |
6 | 10 September | Celtic | A | 0–2 | 59,607 | AFC Heritage | |
7 | 17 September | Dunfermline Athletic | A | 2–0 | Crawford, Severin | 6,387 | AFC Heritage |
8 | 24 September | Livingston | H | 0–0 | 12,402 | AFC Heritage | |
9 | 1 October | Motherwell | H | 2–2 | Mackie (2) | 11,448 | AFC Heritage |
10 | 15 October | Inverness Caledonian Thistle | A | 1–1 | Smith | 6,809 | AFC Heritage |
11 | 22 October | Hibernian | H | 0–1 | 13,375 | AFC Heritage | |
12 | 25 October | Dundee United | H | 2–0 | Smith, Crawford | 10,720 | AFC Heritage |
13 | 29 October | Kilmarnock | A | 2–4 | Anderson, Crawford | 5,798 | AFC Heritage |
14 | 5 November | Rangers | A | 0–0 | 49,717 | AFC Heritage | |
15 | 20 November | Heart of Midlothian | H | 1–1 | Smith | 14,901 | AFC Heritage |
16 | 26 November | Falkirk | A | 2–1 | Clark, Anderson | 5,826 | AFC Heritage |
17 | 4 December | Celtic | H | 1–3 | Winter | 17,031 | AFC Heritage |
18 | 10 December | Dunfermline Athletic | H | 0–0 | 9,881 | AFC Heritage | |
19 | 17 December | Livingston | A | 0–0 | 3,724 | AFC Heritage | |
20 | 26 December | Motherwell Thistle | A | 1–3 | Stewart | 6,555 | AFC Heritage |
21 | 31 December | Inverness Caledonian Thistle | H | 0–0 | 12,266 | AFC Heritage | |
22 | 14 January | Hibernian | A | 2–1 | Crawford, Mackie | 14,572 | AFC Heritage |
23 | 21 January | Dundee United | A | 1–1 | Mackie | 9,936 | AFC Heritage |
24 | 28 January | Kilmarnock | H | 2–2 | Nicholson, Anderson | 10,540 | AFC Heritage |
25 | 8 February | Rangers | H | 2–0 | Smith, Lovell | 17,087 | AFC Heritage |
26 | 11 February | Heart of Midlothian | A | 2–1 | Pressley, Clark | 16,895 | AFC Heritage |
27 | 18 February | Falkirk | H | 1–0 | Smith | 11,538 | AFC Heritage |
28 | 4 March | Celtic | A | 0–3 | 60,018 | AFC Heritage | |
29 | 11 March | Dunfermline Athletic | A | 0–1 | 5,308 | AFC Heritage | |
30 | 18 March | Livingston | H | 3–0 | Anderson, Lovell, Snoyl | 9,229 | AFC Heritage |
31 | 25 March | Motherwell | H | 2–2 | Lovell (2) | 10,212 | AFC Heritage |
32 | 1 April | Inverness Caledonian Thistle | A | 1–0 | Lovell | 7,368 | AFC Heritage |
33 | 8 April | Hibernian | H | 1–0 | Severin | 14,110 | AFC Heritage |
34 | 15 April | Rangers | A | 1–1 | Severin | 48,987 | AFC Heritage |
35 | 22 April | Kimarnock | H | 0–0 | 10,634 | AFC Heritage | |
36 | 29 April | Hibernian | H | 4–0 | Lovell (2), Crawford, Foster | 10,490 | AFC Heritage |
37 | 3 May | Heart of Midlothian | A | 0–1 | 17,327 | AFC Heritage | |
38 | 7 May | Celtic | H | 2–2 | Stewart (2) | 14,597 | AFC Heritage |
Scottish League Cup edit
Round | Date | Opponent | H/A | Score | Aberdeen Scorer(s) | Attendance | Report |
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R2 | 23 August | Berwick Rangers | H | 3–0 | Winter, McNicol, Lovell | 4,398 | AFC Heritage |
R3 | 20 September | Stranraer | A | 2–0 | Smith, Nicholson | 2,200 | AFC Heritage |
QF | 5 November | Motherwell | A | 0–1 | 3,989 | AFC Heritage |
Scottish Cup edit
Round | Date | Opponent | H/A | Score | Aberdeen Scorer(s) | Attendance | Report |
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R3 | 7 January | Dundee United | A | 3–2 | Crawford (2), Nicholson | 8,218 | AFC Heritage |
R4 | 4 February | Heart of Midlothian | A | 0–3 | 17,353 | AFC Heritage |
Squad edit
Appearances & Goals edit
No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Total | SPL | Scottish Cup | League Cup | ||||
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Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||||
1 | GK | SCO | Ryan Esson | 19 | 0 | 18 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
2 | DF | SCO | Michael Hart | 4 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
3 | DF | SCO | Kevin McNaughton | 38 | 0 | 34 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
4 | DF | SCO | Russell Anderson (c) | 40 | 6 | 36 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
5 | DF | SCO | Zander Diamond | 37 | 0 | 33 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
6 | MF | SCO | Scott Severin | 32 | 3 | 28 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
7 | MF | SCO | Jamie Smith | 40 | 9 | 35 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 1 |
8 | MF | SCO | Barry Nicholson | 38 | 4 | 33 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 1 |
9 | FW | ENG | Steve Lovell | 29 | 9 | 27 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
10 | FW | SCO | Darren Mackie | 30 | 4 | 28 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
11 | MF | SCO | Chris Clark | 36 | 2 | 31 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
14 | MF | IRL | Gary Dempsey | 28 | 0 | 24 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
15 | MF | SCO | Jamie Winter | 8 | 2 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
15 | MF | NED | Ferne Snoyl | 13 | 1 | 12 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
16 | FW | SCO | John Stewart | 20 | 3 | 17 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
17 | DF | IRL | Richie Byrne | 22 | 0 | 19 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
19 | DF | SCO | Richard Foster | 28 | 1 | 25 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
20 | GK | SCO | Jamie Langfield | 24 | 0 | 20 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
21 | DF | SCO | Andrew Considine | 14 | 0 | 12 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
22 | MF | SCO | Kyle Macaulay | 6 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
23 | FW | SCO | Stevie Crawford | 34 | 7 | 30 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 |
26 | FW | SCO | Chris Maguire | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
27 | DF | SCO | David Donald | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
29 | MF | SCO | Neil MacFarlane | 6 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
31 | DF | NIR | Danny Griffin | 12 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Players who left the club during the season | |||||||||||
18 | MF | SCO | Scott Muirhead | 21 | 0 | 18 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
24 | MF | SCO | Derek Adams | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
25 | FW | SCO | Steven Craig | 4 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
30 | GK | ENG | David Preece | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
References edit
- AFC Heritage Trust