2015–16 Aberdeen F.C. season

The 2015–16 season was Aberdeen's 102nd season in the top flight of Scottish football and the third in the Scottish Premiership. Aberdeen also competed in the League Cup and the Scottish Cup and the Europa League.

Aberdeen

2015–16 season
Chairman	Stewart Milne
Manager	Derek McInnes
Ground	Pittodrie Stadium
Scottish Premiership	2nd
Scottish League Cup	Third round (lost to Hibernian)
Scottish Cup	Fourth round (lost to Hearts)
Europa League	Third qualifying round
Top goalscorer	League: Adam Rooney (20) All: Adam Rooney (20)
Highest home attendance	20,385 vs Celtic, Premiership, 12 September 2015
Lowest home attendance	10,003 vs Ross County, Premiership, 15 May 2016
Average home league attendance	13,094
Home colours Away colours Third colours
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Season summary

Aberdeen finished second in the season. Shay Logan, Jonny Hayes, Kenny McLean and Graeme Shinnie were named in PFA Scotland Team of the Year.

Pre-season and friendlies

  Win   Draw   Loss   Postponed

Brechin City v Aberdeen

24 June 2015^[1] Friendly	Brechin City	2 – 8	Aberdeen	Brechin
19:30 BST	Jackson   33' Thomson   66'	AFC	Jack   7' Rooney   24', 27' (pen.), 49' (pen.) Pawlett   34' Logan   43' Hayes   78' Michael Rose   87'	Stadium: Glebe Park Attendance: 1,2069

St Johnstone v Aberdeen

28 June 2015^[2] Friendly	St Johnstone	0 – 1	Aberdeen	Brechin
13:00 BST		AFC	Rooney   71' (pen.)	Stadium: Glebe Park Attendance: 1,248 Referee: Andrew Dallas

Raith Rovers v Aberdeen

12 July 2015^[3] Friendly	Raith Rovers	0 – 2	Aberdeen	Kirkcaldy
13:00 BST		Report	Goodwillie   64' Taylor   74'	Stadium: Stark's Park Attendance: 1,357

Aberdeen v Brighton & Hove Albion

26 July 2015^[4] Friendly	Aberdeen	1 – 0	Brighton & Hove Albion	Aberdeen
15:00 BST	Rooney   75'	Report		Stadium: Pittodrie Stadium Attendance: 3,513^[5] Man of the Match: Jamie Langfield

Aberdeen v Viking FK

8 September 2015^[6] Friendly	Aberdeen	2 – 1	Viking FK	Aberdeen
19:30 BST	Scott Wright   62' McLean   85'	Report	Bytyqi   3'	Stadium: Pittodrie Stadium Attendance: 4,396

Scottish Premiership

Main article: 2015–16 Scottish Premiership

Results

Dundee United v Aberdeen

2 August 2015 1	Dundee United	0 – 1	Aberdeen	Tannadice Park
15:30		BBC	McLean   82'	Attendance: 10,706 Referee: Clancy

Aberdeen v Kilmarnock

9 August 2015 2	Aberdeen	2 – 0	Kilmarnock	Pittodrie Stadium
15:00	Shinnie   37' Rooney   56' (pen.)	BBC		Attendance: 11,305 Referee: McLean

Aberdeen v Hamilton Academical

12 August 2015 3^[7]	Aberdeen	P – P	Hamilton Academical	Pittodrie Stadium
19:45

Motherwell v Aberdeen

15 August 2015 4	Motherwell	1 – 2	Aberdeen	Fir Park
15:00	Johnson   5'	BBC Report	McGinn   25' Taylor   62'	Attendance: 5,437 Referee: Collum

Aberdeen v Dundee

22 August 2015 5	Aberdeen	2 – 0	Dundee	Pittodrie Stadium
15:00	Rooney   66', 90+4'	BBC Report	Harkins   90+4'	Attendance: 13,621 Referee: Madden

Partick Thistle v Aberdeen

29 August 2015 6	Partick Thistle	0 – 2	Aberdeen	Firhill Stadium
15:00		BBC Report	Rooney   49' McLean   58'	Attendance: 4,940 Referee: Finnie

Aberdeen v Celtic

12 September 2015 7	Aberdeen	2 – 1	Celtic	Pittodrie Stadium
12:30	Rooney   56' (pen.) Hayes   72' Quinn   86'	BBC Report	Griffiths   35' (pen.)	Attendance: 20,385 Referee: Thomson

Aberdeen v Hamilton Academical

15 September 2015 3^[8]	Aberdeen	1 – 0	Hamilton Academical	Pittodrie Stadium
19:45	Rooney   23' (pen.)	BBC Report		Attendance: 13,246 Referee: Allan

Heart Of Midlothian v Aberdeen

20 September 2015 8	Heart Of Midlothian	1 – 3	Aberdeen	Tynecastle Stadium
14:15	Rossi   52'	BBC Report	Goodwillie   9', 45' McGinn   23'	Attendance: 16,702 Referee: Madden

Inverness Caledonian Thistle v Aberdeen

26 September 2015 9	Inverness Caledonian Thistle	2 – 1	Aberdeen	Caledonian Stadium
15:00	Storey   8' Christie   29'	BBC Report	Taylor   35'	Attendance: 6,410 Referee: Beaton

Aberdeen v St Johnstone

3 October 2015 10	Aberdeen	1 – 5	St Johnstone	Pittodrie Stadium
15:00	Taylor   12'	BBC Report	Easton   5' Shaughnessy   10' Craig   30' MacLean   47', 51'	Attendance: 13,405 Referee: Muir

Ross County v Aberdeen

16 October 2015 11	Ross County	2 – 0	Aberdeen	Victoria Park
19:45	Graham   36', 49'	BBC Report		Attendance: 5,543 Referee: Thomson

Aberdeen v Motherwell

24 October 2015 12	Aberdeen	1 – 1	Motherwell	Pittodrie Stadium
15:00	Rooney   43'	BBC Report	McDonald   73'	Attendance: 12,389 Referee: Allan

Celtic v Aberdeen

31 October 2015 13	Celtic	3 – 1	Aberdeen	Celtic Park
12:30	Griffiths   44', 53' (pen) Forrest   60'	BBC Report	Rooney   89'	Attendance: 48,161 Referee: Collum

Aberdeen v Dundee United

7 November 2015 14	Aberdeen	2 – 0	Dundee United	Pittodrie Stadium
15:00	Rooney   52' Hayes   73'	BBC Report		Attendance: 12,805 Referee: McLean

Hamilton Academical v Aberdeen

22 November 2015 15	Hamilton Academical	1 – 1	Aberdeen	New Douglas Park
12:30	Imrie   70'	BBC Report	McLean   4'	Attendance: 2,434 Referee: Collum

Aberdeen v Ross County

28 November 2015 16	Aberdeen	3 – 1	Ross County	Pittodrie Stadium
15:00	Rooney   51' Hayes   53' McGinn   80'	BBC Report	Curran   14'	Attendance: 10,843 Referee: Beaton

Dundee v Aberdeen

5 December 2015 17	Dundee	0 – 2	Aberdeen	Dens Park
12:30		BBC Report	McGinn   9' Rooney   25'	Attendance: 6,327 Referee: Madden

Aberdeen v Heart Of Midlothian

12 December 2015 18	Aberdeen	1 – 0	Heart Of Midlothian	Pittodrie Stadium
12:30	Rooney   87' (pen)	BBC Report		Attendance: 13,110 Referee: Thomson

Kilmarnock v Aberdeen

19 December 2015 19	Kilmarnock	0 – 4	Aberdeen	Rugby Park
15:00		BBC Report	McGinn   9' Rooney   35' Hayes   46' Logan   80'	Attendance: 3,928 Referee: McLean

Aberdeen v Inverness Caledonian Thistle

26 December 2015 20	Aberdeen	2 – 2	Inverness Caledonian Thistle	Pittodrie Stadium
15:00	McGinn   73' Rooney   90' (pen)	BBC Report	Polworth   41' Tansey   47' (pen)	Attendance: 15,142 Referee: Collum

Aberdeen v Partick Thistle

30 December 2015 21	Aberdeen	0 – 0	Partick Thistle	Pittodrie Stadium
19:45		Report		Attendance: 12,583 Referee: Clancy

St Johnstone v Aberdeen

3 January 2016 22^[9]	St Johnstone	P – P	Aberdeen	McDiarmid Park
12:30

Ross County v Aberdeen

17 January 2016 23	Ross County	2 – 3	Aberdeen	Victoria Park
12:15	McShane   27', 82'	BBC Report	Reynolds   26'   Rooney   33' (pen.) Logan   36', 60'	Attendance: 4,107 Referee: Allan

Aberdeen v Dundee

22 January 2016 24	Aberdeen	1 – 0	Dundee	Pittodrie Stadium
19:45	Rooney   14'	BBC Report		Attendance: 11,805 Referee: Muir

Aberdeen v Celtic

3 February 2016 25	Aberdeen	2 – 1	Celtic	Pittodrie Stadium
19:45	Hayes   31' Church   37'	BBC Report	Griffiths   90+3'	Attendance: 19,003 Referee: McLean

St Johnstone v Aberdeen

6 February 2016 22^[10]	St Johnstone	3 – 4	Aberdeen	McDiarmid Park
15:00	Wotherspoon   52' Anderson   79' Scobbie   89'	BBC Report	Rooney   5', 77' Pawlett   20' McGinn   71'	Attendance: 5,712 Referee: Robertson

Inverness Caledonian Thistle v Aberdeen

15 February 2016 26	Inverness Caledonian Thistle	3 – 1	Aberdeen	Caledonian Stadium
19:45	Vigurs   18' Tansey   51' (pen) Tremarco   65'	BBC Report	Rooney   7'	Attendance: 4,544 Referee: Collum

Partick Thistle v Aberdeen

19 February 2016 27^[11]	Partick Thistle	P – P	Aberdeen	Firhill Stadium
19:45

Aberdeen v St Johnstone

27 February 2016 28	Aberdeen	1 – 1	St Johnstone	Pittodrie Stadium
15:00	Church   35' Jack   41' Sinnie   80'	Report	Brown   7' Wotherspoon   17' Swanson   41' Fisher   63' Craig   88' (pen.) Kane   90+3'	Attendance: 12,563 Referee: McLean

Dundee United v Aberdeen

2 March 2016 29	Dundee United	0 – 1	Aberdeen	Tannadice Park
19:45		BBC Report	Church   29'	Attendance: 9,737 Referee: Madden

Partick Thistle v Aberdeen

8 March 2016 27^[12]	Partick Thistle	1 – 2	Aberdeen	Firhill Stadium
19:45	Lawless   60'	BBC Report	Considine   74' Church   76'	Attendance: 3,915 Referee: Muir

Aberdeen v Kilmarnock

12 March 2016 30	Aberdeen	2 – 1	Kilmarnock	Pittodrie Stadium
15:00	Taylor   37' Logan   71'	BBC Report	Magennis   47'	Attendance: 13,725 Referee: Anderson

Motherwell v Aberdeen

19 March 2016 31	Motherwell	2 - 1	Aberdeen	Fir Park
15:00	Gomis   34' Kennedy   44' Leitch   51' McDonald   73' Moult   75'	BBC Report	McLean   44' (pen.) Robson   79'	Attendance: 6,251 Referee: Robertson

Aberdeen v Hamilton Academical

3 April 2016 32	Aberdeen	3 – 0	Hamilton Academical	Pittodrie Stadium
12:30	Church   5' McGinn   15' McLean   33' Storie   90+2'	BBC Report	Agustien   24' Imrie   46' Crawford   87'	Attendance: 12,509 Referee: Clancy

Heart Of Midlothian v Aberdeen

8 April 2016 33	Heart Of Midlothian	2 – 1	Aberdeen	Tynecastle Stadium
19:45	Juanma   33', 61' Kitchen   53' Rossi   59' Juanma   78'	BBC Report	Church   4' Shinnie   12' McLean   46' Logan   79'	Attendance: 16,995 Referee: McLean

St Johnstone v Aberdeen

22 April 2016 34	St Johnstone	3 – 0	Aberdeen	McDiarmid Park
19:45	Wotherspoon   14' MacLean   38' Craig   55'	BBC Report	Hayes   65' Shinnie   84'	Attendance: 3,990 Referee: Thomson

Aberdeen v Motherwell

30 April 2016 35	Aberdeen	4 – 1	Motherwell	Pittodrie Stadium
15:00	McLean   4' (pen.) McGinn   26' Rooney   54' Hayes   78'	BBC Report	Cadden   64' Lasley   88'	Attendance: 10,259 Referee: Madden

Celtic v Aberdeen

8 May 2016 36	Celtic	3 – 2	Aberdeen	Celtic Park
12:30	Roberts   7', 20' Lustig   49'	BBC Report	McGinn   57' Considine   64'	Attendance: 47,877 Referee: Madden

Aberdeen v Hearts

12 May 2016 37	Aberdeen	0 – 1	Hearts	Pittodrie Stadium
19:45	Jack   63'	BBC Report	Oshaniwa   24' Dauda   64'	Attendance: 10,087 Referee: Dallas

Aberdeen v Ross County

15 May 2016 38	Aberdeen	0 – 4	Ross County	Pittodrie Stadium
12:30		BBC Report	Graham   23' (pen.) Gardyne   37' Schalk   45' Boyce   68' Woods   78'	Attendance: 10,003 Referee: Collum

UEFA Europa League

Main article: 2015–16 UEFA Europa League

Aberdeen qualified for the first preliminary round of the UEFA Europa League by finishing second in the 2014-15 Scottish Premiership.

Qualifying phase

Main article: 2015–16 UEFA Europa League qualifying phase and play-off round

FK Shkëndija   v Aberdeen

2 July 2015 First qualifying round 1st leg	FK Shkëndija	1 – 1	Aberdeen	Skopje, Macedonia
20:05 CET	Kirovski   84'	BBC UEFA	McGinn   79'	Stadium: Philip II Arena Attendance: 8,004 Referee: Tolga Özkalfa (Turkey)

Aberdeen v   FK Shkëndija

9 July 2015 First qualifying round 2nd leg	Aberdeen	0 – 0 (1 – 1 agg.)	FK Shkëndija	Aberdeen, Scotland
19:45		BBC UEFA		Stadium: Pittodrie Stadium Attendance: 14,112^[13] Referee: Nikolaj Hänni (Switzerland)

Rijeka   v Aberdeen

16 July 2015 Second qualifying round 1st leg	Rijeka	0 – 3	Aberdeen	Rijeka, Croatia
19:45		BBC UEFA	Considine   38' Pawlett   52' McLean   75'	Stadium: Stadion Kantrida Attendance: 9,000^[14] Referee: Amaury Delerue (France)

Aberdeen v   Rijeka

23 July 2015 Second qualifying round 2nd leg	Aberdeen	2 – 2 (5 – 2 agg.)	Rijeka	Aberdeen, Scotland
19:45	McGinn   64' Hayes   72'	BBC UEFA	Tomasov   58' Kvržić   63'	Stadium: Pittodrie Stadium Attendance: 15,803 Referee: Marco Guida (Italy)

Kairat   v Aberdeen

30 July 2015 Third qualifying round 1st leg	Kairat	2 – 1	Aberdeen	Almaty, Kazakhstan
15:45	Bakayev   13' Islamkhan   22'	BBC UEFA	McLean   69'	Stadium: Central Stadium Attendance: 23,500 Referee: Tamás Bognár (Hungary)

Aberdeen v   Kairat

6 August 2015 Third qualifying round 2nd leg	Aberdeen	1 – 1 (2 – 3 agg.)	Kairat	Aberdeen, Scotland
19:45	McLean   84'	BBC UEFA	Gohou   59'	Stadium: Pittodrie Stadium Attendance: 20,317 Referee: Miroslav Zelinka (Czech Republic)

Scottish League Cup

Main article: 2015–16 Scottish League Cup

Hibernian v Aberdeen

23 September 2015 Third Round	Hibernian	2 – 0	Aberdeen	Easter Road
19:45	Cummings   82' Malonga   88'			Attendance: 11,092 Referee: McLean

Scottish Cup

Main article: 2015–16 Scottish Cup

Heart of Midlothian v Aberdeen

9 January 2016 Fourth Round	Heart of Midlothian	1 – 0	Aberdeen	Tynecastle Stadium
17:30	Paterson   3'   90' Miguel Pallardó   17' Igor Rossi Branco   43' Öztürk   87' Alexander   90'	Report	Reynolds   9' Rooney   43' Pawlett   90'	Attendance: 13,595 Referee:   John Beaton

Squad statistics

During the 2015–16 season, Aberdeen have used twenty-three different players in competitive games. The table below shows the number of appearances and goals scored by each player.

Appearances

No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Total		Premiership		Europa League		League Cup		Scottish Cup
				Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
2	DF	ENG	Shay Logan	45	4	35+2	4	6	0	1	0	1	0
3	DF	SCO	Graeme Shinnie	45	1	37+0	1	6	0	1	0	1	0
4	DF	SCO	Andrew Considine	40	3	26+6	2	6	1	1	0	1	0
5	DF	WAL	Ash Taylor	45	4	36+1	4	6	0	1	0	1	0
6	DF	SCO	Mark Reynolds	24	0	19+3	0	1	0	0	0	1	0
7	MF	SCO	Kenny McLean	45	9	38+0	6	3+2	3	1	0	1	0
8	MF	IRL	Willo Flood	29	0	18+4	0	2+3	0	1	0	1	0
9	FW	IRL	Adam Rooney	35	20	22+5	20	2+4	0	1	0	1	0
10	MF	NIR	Niall McGinn	43	12	32+3	10	6	2	1	0	1	0
11	MF	IRL	Jonny Hayes	42	6	35+0	5	6	1	0	0	1	0
14	FW	SCO	Cammy Smith	14	0	2+12	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
15	MF	SCO	Barry Robson	13	0	2+9	0	0+2	0	0	0	0	0
16	MF	SCO	Peter Pawlett	26	2	9+9	1	3+3	1	0+1	0	0+1	0
18	FW	WAL	Simon Church	13	6	13+0	6	0	0	0	0	0	0
19	GK	ENG	Adam Collin	3	0	3+0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
20	GK	ENG	Scott Brown	13	0	13+0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
22	MF	SCO	Ryan Jack (c)	35	0	26+2	0	6	0	1	0	0	0
23	MF	SCO	Craig Storie	10	0	6+4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
24	DF	SCO	Michael Rose	1	0	1+0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
26	FW	SCO	Scott McKenna	3	0	2+1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
27	FW	SCO	Scott Wright	4	0	1+3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
29	DF	SCO	Daniel Harvie	2	0	0+2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
30	GK	AUS	Aaron Lennox	1	0	1+0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
31	MF	SCO	Frank Ross	2	0	0+2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
37	MF	SCO	Connor McLennan	1	0	0+1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
41	FW	ENG	Joe Nuttall	2	0	0+2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Players who left the club during the 2015–16 season
17	FW	SCO	David Goodwillie (on loan to Ross County F.C.)	25	2	7+10	2	4+2	0	1	0	0+1	0
18	DF	SCO	Paul Quinn (given free transfer)	18	1	9+4	1	3+2	0	0	0	0	0
19	GK	WAL	Danny Ward (recalled by Liverpool FC)	29	0	21	0	6	0	1	0	1	0
21	DF	NIR	Ryan McLaughlin (loan ended)	5	0	1+3	0	0	0	0+1	0	0	0
25	FW	SCO	Lawrence Shankland (on loan to St Mirren F.C.)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
30	GK	IRL	Danny Rogers (on loan to Falkirk F.C.)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
32	FW	ATG	Josh Parker (loan ended)	8	0	1+6	0	0	0	0+1	0	0	0

Goalscorers

Ranking	Nation	Number	Name	Scottish Premiership	Europa League	League Cup	Scottish Cup	Total
1		9	Adam Rooney	20	0	0	0	20
2		10	Niall McGinn	10	2	0	0	12
3		7	Kenny McLean	6	3	0	0	9
4		11	Jonny Hayes	5	1	0	0	6
		20	Simon Church	6	0	0	0	6
6		2	Shay Logan	4	0	0	0	4
		5	Ash Taylor	4	0	0	0	4
8		4	Andrew Considine	2	1	0	0	3
9		16	Peter Pawlett	1	1	0	0	2
		17	David Goodwillie	2	0	0	0	2
11		3	Graeme Shinnie	1	0	0	0	1
		18	Paul Quinn	1	0	0	0	1
TOTALS				62	8	0	0	70

Disciplinary record

Number	Nation	Position	Name	Premiership		Europa League		League Cup		Scottish Cup		Total
2		DF	Shay Logan	9	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	10	0
3		DF	Graeme Shinnie	6	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	7	0
4		DF	Andrew Considine	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	4	0
5		DF	Ash Taylor	6	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	7	0
6		DF	Mark Reynolds	3	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	4	1
7		MF	Kenny McLean	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	0
8		MF	Willo Flood	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0
9		FW	Adam Rooney	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0
11		FW	Jonny Hayes	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	1
14		FW	Cammy Smith	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
15		MF	Barry Robson	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1
16		MF	Peter Pawlett	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0
17		FW	David Goodwillie	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
18		DF	Paul Quinn	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0
19		GK	Danny Ward	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
22		MF	Ryan Jack	4	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	5	0
23		MF	Craig Storie	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0
30		GK	Aaron Lennox	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
			TOTALS	47	3	5	0	1	0	3	0	56	3

Team statistics

Scottish Premiership

Main article: 2015–16 Scottish Premiership

League table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation^[a]
1	Celtic (C)	38	26	8	4	93	31	+62	86	Qualification for the Champions League second qualifying round
2	Aberdeen	38	22	5	11	62	48	+14	71	Qualification for the Europa League first qualifying round
3	Heart of Midlothian	38	18	11	9	59	40	+19	65
4	St Johnstone	38	16	8	14	58	55	+3	56
5	Motherwell	38	15	5	18	47	63	−16	50

Source: Scottish Premiership, Soccerway (first phase), Soccerway (second phase)
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored; 4) Play-off (only if deciding champion, UEFA competitions qualification and second stage group allocation).^[15]
(C) Champion
Notes:

1. Teams play each other three times (33 matches), before the league is split into two groups (the top six and the bottom six).

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	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	H	A	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	H
Result	W	W	W	W	W	W	W	W	L	L	L	D	L	W	D	W	W	W	W	D	D	W	W	W	W	L	D	W	W	W	L	W	L	L	W	L	L	L
Position	4	2	3	3	2	1	1	1	1	1	2	2	3	3	3	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2

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

Results summary

Overall								Home						Away
Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
38	22	5	11	62	48	+14	71	12	4	3	30	19	+11	10	1	8	32	29	+3

Source: BBC Sport

Results by opponent

Aberdeen score first

Team	Results				Points
	1	2	3	4
Celtic	2-1	1-3	2-1	2-3	6
Dundee	2-0	2-0	1-0	—	9
Dundee United	1-0	2-0	1-0	—	9
Hamilton Academical	1-0	1-1	3-0	—	7
Heart of Midlothian	3-1	1-0	1-2	0-1	6
Inverness C.T.	1-2	2-2	1-3	—	1
Kilmarnock	2-0	4-0	2-1	—	9
Motherwell	2-1	1-1	1-2	4-1	7
Partick Thistle	2-0	0-0	2-1	—	7
Ross County	0-2	3-1	3-2	0-4	6
St Johnstone	1-5	4-3	1-1	0-3	4

Source: 2015–16 Scottish Premier League Results Table

Transfers

Players in Dates Position Nationality Player From Fee 10 June 2015 DF   Graeme Shinnie   Inverness Caledonian Thistle Free^[16] 11 June 2015 FW   Joe Nuttall   Manchester City Free^[17] 12 June 2015 DF   Paul Quinn   Ross County Free^[18] 25 January 2016 GK   Aaron Lennox   Q.P.R Free^[19]

Players out Dates Position Nationality Player To Fee 1 June 2015 MF   Nicky Low   Dundee Free^[20] 1 June 2015 FW   Declan McManus   Fleetwood Town Free^[21] 1 June 2015 DF   Joe Shaughnessy   St Johnstone Free^[22] 1 June 2015 DF   Clark Robertson   Blackpool Free^[23] 1 June 2015 MF   Craig Murray   East Fife Free^[24] 1 June 2015 MF   Andrew Driver   De Graafschap Free^[23] 1 June 2015 MF   Jamie Masson Released Free^[23] 1 June 2015 DF   Russell Anderson Retired N/A^[23]^[25] 11 August 2015 GK   Jamie Langfield   St Mirren^[26] Free^[27] 26 January 2016 DF   Paul Quinn   Ross County Free^[28]

Loans in Date Position Nationality Name From Fee 26 June 2015 GK   Danny Ward   Liverpool Loan^[29] 20 August 2015 FW   Josh Parker   Red Star Belgrade Loan^[30] 29 August 2015 DF   Ryan McLaughlin   Liverpool Loan^[31] 15 January 2016 GK   Adam Collin   Rotherham United Loan^[32] 1 February 2016 FW   Simon Church   MK Dons Loan^[33]

Loans out Date Position Nationality Name To Fee 26 June 2015 GK   Danny Rogers   Falkirk Loan^[34] 26 August 2015 FW   Lawrence Shankland   St Mirren Loan^[35] 1 February 2016 FW   David Goodwillie   Ross County Loan^[33]

See also

• List of Aberdeen F.C. seasons

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