2017–18 Aberdeen F.C. season

The 2017–18 Aberdeen F.C. season was Aberdeen's 104th season in the top flight of Scottish football and the fifth in the Scottish Premiership. Aberdeen also competed in the League Cup and the Scottish Cup.

Aberdeen

2017–18 season
Chairman	Stewart Milne
Manager	Derek McInnes
Ground	Pittodrie Stadium
Scottish Premiership	Runners-up
Scottish League Cup	Quarter-Final, lost to Motherwell
Europa League	Third qualifying round
Scottish Cup	Semi-final
Top goalscorer	League: Adam Rooney (9) All: McLean & Rooney (11)
Highest home attendance	20,528 vs Celtic, Premiership, 25 October 2017
Lowest home attendance	8,739 vs Kilmarnock, Scottish Cup, 3 March 2018
Average home league attendance	15,775
Home colours Away colours

Aberdeen also competed in qualifying for the 2017–18 UEFA Europa League.[1]

Summary

June

In the pre-season, Aberdeen manager Derek McInnes was the subject of press speculation regarding a potential move to English Premier League team Sunderland.[2] After weeks of speculation, McInnes rejected an eventual approach by Sunderland on 15 June and committed his future to the Dons until 2019.[3] Subsequently, only a few days later, he and assistant Tony Docherty, signed a one-year contract extension, keeping them with the club until the summer of 2020.[4]

On 17 June, Jonny Hayes signed for Celtic for £1.3 million plus a season-long loan for Ryan Christie.[5][6] Christie had been on loan at the club for the second half of last season.[7]

On 26 June, after being linked with Sunderland with manager McInnes,[8] 'keeper Joe Lewis signed a new deal to keep him at the club until 2020.[9]

July

On 11 July, Shay Logan signed a contract extension until 2020.[10]

On 12 July, Gary Mackay-Steven signed from Celtic for £150,000 on a two-year deal.[11]

On 14 July, former player and Iceland international Kári Árnason re-signed for the club from Omonia on a free, signing a one-year deal.[12] He had originally played for the club in the 2011–12 season.

On 19 July, at least 2 supporters were injured after an attack by Bosnians in the city of Mostar, the night before they were due to play Bosnia and Herzegovina side Široki Brijeg in their Europa League qualifier.[13]

August

On 3 August, Aberdeen were again knocked out of the Europa League at the third qualifying round stage for the 4th year in a row, this time at the hands of Apollon Limassol.[14] There was yet more trouble for Dons fans, this time during the match and after the final whistle. The club looked into this incident,[15] in which later both clubs were fined by UEFA.[16]

On 10 August, after spending months trying to sign him,[17] Stevie May signed for the Dons for £400,000.[18] Miles Storey the next day joined Partick Thistle for an undisclosed fee.[19]

On 26 August, Aberdeen beat Partick Thistle 4–3 at Firhill, meaning they were the only club in the league to win their first 4 matches of the season.[20]

September

On 5 September, defender Mark Reynolds signed a contract extension until 2019.[21]

On 21 September, Aberdeen were knocked out of the League Cup at the quarter-final stage, being comfortably beaten 3–0 by Motherwell.[22]

On 30 September, Adam Rooney scored his eighth hat-trick for the Dons in a 3–0 win at home against St Johnstone.[23]

October

On 16 October, winger Scott Wright signed a contract extension until 2021.[24]

On 19 October, defender Scott McKenna signed a contract extension until 2021.[25]

On 24 October, it was announced that midfielder Kenny McLean would not be renewing his contract at the end of the season.[26]

Subsequently, on 25 October, the Dons suffered their first defeat of the season, being comfortably beaten 3–0 at home to Celtic.[27]

On 30 October, Graeme Shinnie, Kenny McLean and on-loan Celtic player Ryan Christie were called up for Scotland to play the Netherlands for a friendly due to take place on 9 November at Pittodrie.[28]

Also on 30 October, the Dons signed forward and Finland under-18 international Miko Virtanen to the Development squad.[29]

November

Before, during, and after the early November International break, manager Derek McInnes was continually linked with the vacant Rangers job[30][31][32] and he dismissed this in the press to say, "My job is the Aberdeen manager and I'm here to talk about Aberdeen and our upcoming game against Motherwell, its only speculation."[33]

After the club put continual plans in building the new stadium at Kingsford on hold[34] Tom Crotty, a US businessman, invested £775,000 into the project.[35]

December

On 3 December, speaking after the back-to-back defeats to Rangers,[36] manager Derek McInnes admitted speculation linking him with the vacant Rangers job could be affecting the players after only picking up 7 points from the seven previous matches since Pedro Caixinha was sacked in October.[37]

On 7 December, Derek McInnes rejected an approach from Rangers to stay with the Dons after "weighing up" and "having a lot to consider", embarrassing them in the process.[38][39] The next day, in an interview, McInnes said "he wasn't prepared to walk away" from the Dons and also saying he was "really happy and didn't want to tarnish relationships."[40]

On 16 December, Gary Mackay-Steven scored his first senior hat-trick in a 4–1 win against Hibernian.[41]

On 28 December, the Dons re-signed Niall McGinn on a three and a half year contract after he terminated his contract with Gwangju.[42] He will officially rejoin the club on 1 January 2018.[43]

January

On 9 January, Greg Tansey was loaned out to Ross County.[44] This freed a space in the squad to make a signing the following day, Chidi Nwakali, joining on loan from Manchester City.[45]

During the Scottish Football winter break, and as in the previous year, the Dons headed off to Dubai for a week of winter training and played against Uzbekistan side Lokomotiv Tashkent in a friendly in which they lost 2–0.[46]

Before the Scottish Cup match against St Mirren, Craig Storie was released and Frank Ross signed a new deal until 2019 and then immediately loaned to Greenock Morton until the end of the season.[47]

Shortly after the 4–1 Scottish Cup win against St Mirren,[48] it was confirmed that Kenny McLean had signed for Norwich City for an undisclosed fee, believed to be in the region of £200,000, but would stay at the Dons until the end of the season.[49]

February

On 8 February, Gary Mackay-Steven won the Scottish Cup Goal of the fourth round award for his sensational strike in the previous month's 4–1 win against St Mirren.[50]

On 11 February, Aberdeen qualified for the Quarter Finals of the Scottish Cup by, in the end, convincingly beating Dundee United 4–2.[51]

After regaining second place in the League, Aberdeen lost 2–0 at Hibernian[52] and then lost at home to Celtic by the same scoreline.[53] This was the tenth time in a row that Aberdeen had lost to Celtic under Brendan Rodgers.[54]

On 28 February, after overnight snow and the storm "Beast from the East",[55] Aberdeen's match at Motherwell's Fir Park was postponed.[56]

March

After signing a new deal in October,[25] on 7 March, defender Scott McKenna signed another contract extension until 2023.[57]

On 12 March, midfielders Kenny McLean and Ryan Christie, and for the first-time defender Scott McKenna, were called up to the Scotland squad for friendlies against Costa Rica and Hungary.[58] McKenna earned his first cap by starting the match against Costa Rica and played the full 90 minutes.[59]

On 13 March, winger Scott Wright was called up for the Scotland under-21s.[60]

April

Without suspended trio captain Graeme Shinnie, previously ever-present Kenny McLean and right back Shay Logan,[61] Aberdeen lost to Motherwell 3–0 in the semi-final of the Scottish Cup at Hampden Park.[62] After the match, manager Derek McInnes criticised his own recruitment this season.[63]

On 24 April, after the plans had been put on hold,[64] Aberdeen were granted official planning permission to start on the new stadium at Kingsford.[65]

On 25 April, defender Scott McKenna was nominated for Scottish Young Player of the Year.[66]

On 26 April, Aberdeen youth lost the Scottish Youth Cup final to Hibernian youth 3–1 at Hampden Park.[67]

May

On 5 May, the Dons announced Hamilton Academical youth Lewis Ferguson would be joining the club on 1 July 2018, paying a development fee.[68]

On 6 May, it was announced that former two-time European Cup winning Manager Sir Alex Ferguson underwent an emergency surgery after suffering a brain haemorrhage.[69]

After drawing at home to Rangers[70] and the following day Hearts beating Hibernian, Aberdeen sealed European qualification for the fifth season in a row.[71]

On 10 May, at the Aberdeen FC awards event, Scott McKenna won the player, young player, and goal of the season awards.[72]

On 13 May, on the final day of the season, the Dons won at Celtic Park for the first time in the league since 2004[73] and also kept a clean sheet there for the first time since 1994, securing runners-up spot in the process with a 1–0 win thanks to a goal from Andrew Considine.[74]

On 14 May, defender Scott McKenna, midfielders Graeme Shinnie, Kenny McLean and Ryan Christie and were called up to the Scotland squad for friendlies against Peru and Mexico.[75]

On the squad for next season, goalie Danny Rogers signed a new 2-year deal, the club announced the loaned players returned to their clubs respectively, and that Nicky Maynard, Kári Árnason, and Daniel Harvie had left the club after their contracts had expired.[76]

Results and fixtures

  Win   Draw   Loss   Postponed

Pre-season

St Johnstone v Aberdeen

1 July 2017[77] Friendly	St Johnstone	0 – 3	Aberdeen	McDiarmid Park
15:00 BST		AFC Report	Rooney  32' Christie  43' Anderson  85'	Attendance: 1,939[78]

Arbroath v Aberdeen

6 July 2017[77] Friendly	Arbroath	1 – 3	Aberdeen	Gayfield Park
19:30 BST	Kane Hester  86'	AFC Report	Rooney  21' Stewart  43' Stockley  78'	Attendance: 2,081 Referee: Mat Northcroft

Brechin City v Aberdeen

23 July 2017[79] Friendly	Brechin City	1 – 4	Aberdeen	Glebe Park
14:00 BST	Love  70'	Report	McKenna  9' Storey  32' Árnason  56' Rooney  58' (pen.)	Attendance: 1,196[80]

Scottish Premiership

Main article: 2017–18 Scottish Premiership

Aberdeen v Hamilton

6 August 2017 1	Aberdeen	2 – 0	Hamilton	Pittodrie Stadium
15:00 BST	Shinnie  13' O'Connor  26' Storey  90'	BBC Report	Sarris  22' McMann  27' Tomas  54'  62' Skondras  58'	Attendance: 15,165 Referee: Euan Anderson

Ross County v Aberdeen

12 August 2017 2	Ross County	1 – 2	Aberdeen	Global Energy Stadium
15:00 BST	Curran  2' Routis  39' O'Brien  57' Keillor-Dunn  82'	BBC Report	Reynolds  23' Logan  71' Shinnie  72'	Attendance: 5,965 Referee: Don Robertson

Aberdeen v Dundee

19 August 2017 3	Aberdeen	2 – 1	Dundee	Pittodrie Stadium
15:00 BST	May  11', 79'  65' Logan  41' McLean  90+1'	BBC Report	Deacon  53' Kamara  64'	Attendance: 15,646 Referee: Kevin Clancy

Partick Thistle v Aberdeen

26 August 2017 4	Partick Thistle	3 – 4	Aberdeen	Firhill Stadium
15:00 BST	Erskine  8' Doolan  13' Keown  54'  49'  90+1' Turnbull  68'	BBC Report	Christie  5' McLean  42' (pen.) Wright  52' Rooney  84'	Attendance: 4,768 Referee: Bobby Madden

Hearts v Aberdeen

9 September 2017 5	Hearts	0 – 0	Aberdeen	Murrayfield Stadium[N 1]
15:00 BST	May  90+3'	BBC Report	Souttar  11' Berra  53' Walker  73'	Attendance: 24,248 Referee: Craig Thomson

Aberdeen v Kilmarnock

16 September 2017 6	Aberdeen	1 – 1	Kilmarnock	Pittodrie Stadium
15:00 BST	May  10' Wright  20' Maynard  45'	BBC Report	Wilson  16' Jones  48' McKenzie  88' Greer  90+1'	Attendance: 15,037 Referee: Stephen Finnie

Motherwell v Aberdeen

24 September 2017 7	Motherwell	0 – 1	Aberdeen	Fir Park
12:15 BST	McHugh  49' Dunne  88'	BBC Report	Logan  45' Considine  57' Shinnie  89'	Attendance: 4,535 Referee: Nick Walsh

Aberdeen v St Johnstone

30 September 2017 8	Aberdeen	3 – 0	St Johnstone	Pittodrie Stadium
15:00 BST	Rooney  7', 18', 81' (pen.) Shinnie  58' O'Connor  84'	BBC Report	Millar  62'	Attendance: 14,879 Referee: John Beaton

Hibernian v Aberdeen

14 October 2017 9	Hibernian	0 – 1	Aberdeen	Easter Road
15:00 BST	Stevenson  14' McGinn  43'	BBC Report	Shinnie  28' O'Connor  34' Mackay-Steven  38' May  79'	Attendance: 19,038 Referee: Steven McLean

Rangers v Aberdeen

21 October 2017 10[N 2]	Rangers	P – P	Aberdeen	Ibrox Stadium
12:30 BST

Aberdeen v Celtic

25 October 2017 11	Aberdeen	0 – 3	Celtic	Pittodrie Stadium
19:45 BST	Árnason  24' O'Connor  44' Considine  60' McKenna  62'	BBC Sport	Tierney  13' Dembélé  39', 63'	Attendance: 20,528 Referee: Craig Thomson

Aberdeen v Ross County

28 October 2017 12	Aberdeen	2 – 1	Ross County	Pittodrie Stadium
15:00 BST	Christie  12'  88' McLean  52' (pen.)  90+2' McKenna  75'	BBC Report	Gardyne  8'  90+1' Lindsay  52' Draper  84'	Attendance: 13,918 Referee: Don Robertson

Hamilton v Aberdeen

4 November 2017 13	Hamilton	2 – 2	Aberdeen	SuperSeal Stadium
15:00 GMT	Imrie  19' MacKinnon  39' Templeton  76' Skondras  90+3'	BBC Report	Stewart  27' Árnason  74'	Attendance: 3,099 Referee: Nick Walsh

Aberdeen v Motherwell

18 November 2017 14	Aberdeen	0 – 2	Motherwell	Pittodrie Stadium
15:00 GMT	Considine  42' Christie  86'	BBC Report	Bowman  41' Moult  42', 54'	Attendance: 14,013 Referee: Bobby Madden

Kilmarnock v Aberdeen

26 November 2017 15	Kilmarnock	1 – 3	Aberdeen	Rugby Park
12:30 GMT	Broadfoot  11' Frizzell  37' Jones  66'  88'	BBC Report	McLean  1' Broadfoot  12' (o.g.) Shinnie  39' May  74' Tansey  90'	Attendance: 4,198 Referee: Steven McLean

Rangers v Aberdeen

29 November 2017 10[N 3]	Rangers	3 – 0	Aberdeen	Ibrox Stadium
19:45 GMT	Tavernier  7' (pen.), 70' Peña  27' McCrorie  38' Holt  57' Alves  65'	BBC Report	O'Connor  18' Shinnie  33' Mackay-Steven  44' Christie  58'  84'	Attendance: 48,687 Referee: Andrew Dallas

Aberdeen v Rangers

3 December 2017 16	Aberdeen	1 – 2	Rangers	Pittodrie Stadium
12:30 GMT	Shinnie  12' Ross  65'	BBC Report	Windass  5'  63' Wilson  14' McCrorie  47' Jack  56' Herrera  90+4'	Attendance: 18,983 Referee: Willie Collum

Dundee v Aberdeen

8 December 2017 17	Dundee	0 – 1	Aberdeen	Dens Park
19:45 GMT	Moussa  6' Kamara  61' Kerr  74'	BBC Report	Logan  44' McKenna  48' McLean  62'	Attendance: 6,451 Referee: Nick Walsh

St Johnstone v Aberdeen

13 December 2017 18	St Johnstone	0 – 3	Aberdeen	McDiarmid Park
19:45 GMT	O'Halloran  14'	BBC Report	Rooney  20' Árnason  33' Shinnie  38' Christie  60'	Attendance: 2,911 Referee: Alan Muir

Aberdeen v Hibernian

16 December 2017 19	Aberdeen	4 – 1	Hibernian	Pittodrie Stadium
12:30 GMT	Shinnie  11' Mackay-Steven  36', 45', 62'	BBC Report	Whittaker  64' Stokes  89'	Attendance: 14,923 Referee: Bobby Madden

Celtic v Aberdeen

23 December 2017 20	Celtic	3 – 0	Aberdeen	Celtic Park
15:00 GMT	Lustig  40'  77' Hayes  69' Ntcham  76'	BBC Report	Árnason  8' Shinnie  30' Ball  35' McLean  71'	Attendance: 58,975 Referee: Craig Thomson

Aberdeen v Partick Thistle

27 December 2017 21	Aberdeen	1 – 0	Partick Thistle	Pittodrie Stadium
19:45 GMT	Rooney  61'	BBC Report	Devine  86'	Attendance: 14,830 Referee: Euan Anderson

Aberdeen v Hearts

30 December 2017 22	Aberdeen	0 – 0	Hearts	Pittodrie Stadium
15:00 GMT		BBC Report	Cowie  62' Milinković  67' Souttar  75' Brandon  85' Lafferty  88' Cochrane  90'	Attendance: 18,371 Referee: John Beaton

Rangers v Aberdeen

24 January 2018 23	Rangers	2 – 0	Aberdeen	Ibrox Stadium
19:45 GMT	Morelos  32' Tavernier  80' (pen.)	BBC Report	Considine  44' McKenna  53' Shinnie  88'	Attendance: 49,707 Referee: Bobby Madden

Aberdeen v Kilmarnock

27 January 2018 24	Aberdeen	3 – 1	Kilmarnock	Pittodrie Stadium
15:00 GMT	McKenna  49', 52' McGinn  72' Nwakali  90'	BBC Report	K. Boyd  28' Dicker  43' Jones  50'	Attendance: 13,723 Referee: Craig Thomson

Ross County v Aberdeen

31 January 2018 25	Ross County	2 – 4	Aberdeen	Global Energy Stadium
19:45 GMT	Chow  74' Schalk  77', 82'	BBC Report	McLean  28', 64'  45' Rooney  32', 34' (pen.) Shinnie  59' Logan  80' Stewart  90+1'	Attendance: 4,318 Referee: Andrew Dallas

Aberdeen v Hamilton

3 February 2018 26	Aberdeen	3 – 0	Hamilton	Pittodrie Stadium
15:00 GMT	Considine  26', 87' McGinn  80'	BBC Report	Sarris  90+2'	Attendance: 13,531 Referee: Euan Anderson

Hibernian v Aberdeen

17 February 2018 27	Hibernian	2 – 0	Aberdeen	Easter Road
15:00 GMT	Allan  43' Boyle  46' Kamberi  60'  81'	BBC Report	McLean  48' McKenna  52' Nwakali  53' Considine  69' Christie  78'	Attendance: 19,551 Referee: Andrew Dallas

Aberdeen v Celtic

25 February 2018 28	Aberdeen	0 – 2	Celtic	Pittodrie Stadium
13:30 GMT	McKenna  44' Árnason  52' Cosgrove  84' Considine  87'	BBC Report	Lustig  29'  76' Dembélé  37' Tierney  83' Hendry  90+4'	Attendance: 17,206 Referee: Bobby Madden

Motherwell v Aberdeen

28 February 2018 29[N 4]	Motherwell	P – P	Aberdeen	Fir Park
19:45 GMT		BBC Report BBC Report

Partick Thistle v Aberdeen

10 March 2018 30	Partick Thistle	0 – 0	Aberdeen	Firhill Stadium
15:00 GMT	Elliott  84'	BBC Report		Attendance: 3,931 Referee: Greg Aitken

Aberdeen v Dundee

17 March 2018 31	Aberdeen	1 – 0	Dundee	Pittodrie Stadium
15:00 GMT	Shinnie  9'  35'	BBC Report		Attendance: 15,208 Referee: Willie Collum

Aberdeen v St Johnstone

31 March 2018 32	Aberdeen	4 – 1	St Johnstone	Pittodrie Stadium
15:00 GMT	Christie  34' May  41' Stewart  51', 82'	BBC Report	Davidson  19' Anderson  65' Willock  68'	Attendance: 14,161 Referee: Bobby Madden

Motherwell v Aberdeen

3 April 2018 29[N 3]	Motherwell	0 – 2	Aberdeen	Fir Park
19:45 BST	Tait  80'	BBC Report	Árnason  65' McLean  68'	Attendance: 4,127 Referee: Don Robertson

Hearts v Aberdeen

7 April 2018 33	Hearts	2 – 0	Aberdeen	Tynecastle
15:00 BST	Naismith  18'  26' Milinkovic  20'	BBC Report	Considine  36' Christie  63'	Attendance: 18,056 Referee: John Beaton

Kilmarnock v Aberdeen

21 April 2018 34	Kilmarnock	0 – 2	Aberdeen	Rugby Park
15:00 BST	O'Donnell  54'		McLean  37'  54' Logan  59'	Attendance: 5,067 Referee: Nick Walsh

Aberdeen v Hearts

27 April 2018 35	Aberdeen	2 – 0	Hearts	Pittodrie Stadium
19:45 BST	O'Connor  21' Mackay-Steven  37' McKenna  47' Logan  76'	BBC Report	Berra  81' Smith  90+1'	Attendance: 14,045 Referee: Andrew Dallas

Aberdeen v Hibernian

5 May 2018 36	Aberdeen	0 – 0	Hibernian	Pittodrie Stadium
15:00 BST	O'Connor  1' Logan  37' Mackay-Steven  45'	BBCC Report	Hanlon  28' McGinn  37'	Attendance: 17,822 Referee: John Beaton

Aberdeen v Rangers

8 May 2018 37	Aberdeen	1 – 1	Rangers	Pittodrie Stadium
19:45 BST	McLean  14' (pen.) Cosgrove  27' Shinnie  71' McKenna  88' Logan  90'	BBC Sport	Bates  22' Dorrans  27' Halliday  38' Holt  44' McCrorie  63' Goss  87' Morelos  90'	Attendance: 17,745 Referee: Steven McLean

Celtic v Aberdeen

13 May 2018 38	Celtic	0 – 1	Aberdeen	Celtic Park
12:30 BST	McGregor  66' Brown  74' Ajer  80'	BBC Sport	McLean  35' Considine  47' Shinnie  80' Logan  90+2'	Attendance: 59,048 Referee: Craig Thomson

UEFA Europa League

Main article: 2017–18 UEFA Europa League

Aberdeen qualified for the second preliminary round of the UEFA Europa League by finishing second in the 2016-17 Scottish Premiership.

Qualifying phase

Main article: 2017–18 UEFA Europa League qualifying phase and play-off round

Aberdeen v Široki Brijeg

13 July 2017 1st Leg	Aberdeen	1 – 1	Široki Brijeg	Aberdeen, Scotland
19:45 BST	Christie  18' Considine  59'	UEFA Report BBC Report	Marković  69'	Stadium: Pittodrie Stadium Attendance: 17,067 Referee: Erik Lambrechts (Belgium)

Široki Brijeg v Aberdeen

20 July 2017 2nd Leg	Široki Brijeg	0 – 2 (1 – 3 agg.)	Aberdeen	Široki Brijeg, Bosnia and Herzegovina
19:45 BST		UEFA Report BBC Report	Christie  45' Stewart  72' Mackay-Steven  78'	Stadium: Stadion Pecara Attendance: 4,800 Referee: Michael Tykgaard (Denmark)

Aberdeen v Apollon Limassol

27 July 2017 1st Leg	Aberdeen	2 – 1	Apollon Limassol	Aberdeen, Scotland
19:45 BST	Christie  5' Shinnie  3'  78'	UEFA Report BBC Report	Jander  59' Sachetti  20'  71'	Stadium: Pittodrie Stadium Attendance: 20,085 Referee: Matthias Gestrainus (Finland)

Apollon Limassol v Aberdeen

3 August 2017 2nd Leg	Apollon Limassol	2 – 0 (3 – 2 agg.)	Aberdeen	Larnaca, Cyprus
18:00 BST	Schembri  17' João Pedro  20' Alef  36' Stylianou  83' Zelaya  86'  86' Bruno Vale  90+7'	UEFA Report BBC Report	Stockley  43' Christie  45' O'Connor  45+1'	Stadium: AEK Arena - Georgios Karapatakis[N 5] Referee: Stephan Klossner (Switzerland)

Scottish League Cup

Main article: 2017–18 Scottish League Cup

Hamilton v Aberdeen

9 August 2017 Second Round	Hamilton	0 – 1	Aberdeen	SuperSeal Stadium, Hamilton
19:45 BST	MacKinnon  13' Tomas  39' Crawford  80'	BBC Report	McLean  43' O'Connor  85'	Attendance: 2,768 Referee: Nick Walsh

Motherwell v Aberdeen

21 September 2017 Quarter Final	Motherwell	3 – 0	Aberdeen	Fir Park, Motherwell
19:45 BST	Moult  13', 85' Hartley  19' Kipré  42' Hammell  59' Cadden  77' Grimshaw  87' Fisher  90'	BBC Report	Christie  88'	Attendance: 6,430 Referee: Kevin Clancy

Scottish Cup

Main article: 2017–18 Scottish Cup

Aberdeen v St Mirren

20 January 2018 Fourth Round	Aberdeen	4 – 1	St Mirren	Pittodrie Stadium
12:15[81]	Rooney  8' (pen.) Christie  18', 33' Considine  31' McLean  45' Mackay-Steven  47'	BBC Report	Reilly  25'	Attendance: 9,848 Referee: Don Robertson

Aberdeen v Dundee United

11 February 2018 Fifth Round	Aberdeen	4 – 2	Dundee United	Pittodrie Stadium
16:30[82]	Rooney  20' Mackay-Steven  27', 55' McLean  35' Considine  36' Shinnie  37'	BBC Report	Durnan  6' Stanton  21'  34' McMullan  70' Robson  76'	Attendance: 11,611 Referee: Willie Collum

Aberdeen v Kilmarnock

3 March 2018 Quarter-final	Aberdeen	1 – 1	Kilmarnock	Pittodrie Stadium
15:00[82]	Shinnie  20' Logan  39'	BBC Report	Brophy  21' Power  40' Broadfoot  54' Boyd  68' (pen.)	Attendance: 8,739 Referee: Steven McLean

Kilmarnock v Aberdeen

13 March 2018 Quarter-final Replay	Kilmarnock	1 – 1 (a.e.t.)	Aberdeen	Rugby Park
19:45	McKenzie  23' Dicker  29' O'Donnell  96'  110'	BBC Report	McLean  43'  103' (pen.) Rooney  45+2' Christie  67' Logan  67' McKenna  113' Shinnie  118'	Attendance: 8,998 Referee: Steven McLean
	Penalties
	Erwin Brophy Taylor O'Donnell Kiltie		Shinnie McLean McGinn Stewart

Motherwell v Aberdeen

14 April 2018 Semi-final	Motherwell	3 – 0	Aberdeen	Hampden Park
12:15	Main  20', 66' Bowman  22'	BBC Report	O'Connor  57' Stewart  88'	Attendance: 18,470 Referee: Kevin Clancy

Squad statistics

Appearances

As of 13 May 2018

No.	Pos	Player	Premiership		Europa League		League Cup		Scottish Cup		Total
			Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
1	GK	Joe Lewis	31	0	4	0	2	0	2	0	39	0
2	DF	Shay Logan	37	2	4	0	2	0	4	0	47	2
3	DF	Graeme Shinnie (c)	36	2	4	1	2	0	4	1	46	4
4	DF	Andrew Considine	30+2	3	4	0	2	0	4	0	42	3
5	DF	Anthony O'Connor	37+1	2	4	0	2	0	5	0	49	2
6	DF	Mark Reynolds	6+6	1	4	0	2	0	1	0	19	1
7	MF	Kenny McLean	37	8	4	0	2	1	4	2	47	11
8	FW	Greg Stewart	16+12	3	3+1	1	0+1	0	2+1	0	36	4
9	FW	Adam Rooney	16+19	9	1+1	0	0+1	0	5	2	43	11
10	FW	Nicky Maynard	2+18	0	1+3	0	1	0	0+1	0	26	0
11	MF	Gary Mackay-Steven	22+9	5	4	1	1+1	0	3+2	3	42	9
14	DF	Kári Árnason	16+5	3	0+1	0	0+1	0	2	0	25	3
15	FW	Scott Wright	6+8	1	0+2	0	1	0	0	0	17	1
17	MF	Niall McGinn	10+1	2	0	0	0	0	3+2	0	16	2
18	DF	Dominic Ball	9+6	0	0	0	1	0	1+1	0	18	0
19	DF	Scott McKenna	30	3	0	0	0	0	4	0	34	3
20	GK	Danny Rogers	2+1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0
21	DF	Daniel Harvie	0+2	0	0	0	0	0	0+1	0	3	0
22	MF	Ryan Christie	28+4	4	4	2	2	0	4	2	42	8
23	MF	Chidi Nwakali	3+2	0	0	0	0	0	1+2	0	8	0
24	FW	Connor McLennan	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
27	FW	Sam Cosgrove	4+1	0	0	0	0	0	0+1	0	6	0
30	GK	Freddie Woodman	4	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	7	0
31	FW	Bruce Anderson	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
40	GK	David Craddock	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
44	MF	Dean Campbell	0+1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
83	FW	Stevie May	24+4	5	0	0	1	0	2+2	0	33	5
Players who left the club or left on loan during the season
16	MF	Greg Tansey	8+1	0	1+2	0	1+1	0	0	0	14	0
17	FW	Jayden Stockley	0	0	2+1	0	0	0	0	0	3	0
23	MF	Craig Storie	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
25	MF	Frank Ross	1+3	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	1
39	FW	Miles Storey	0+1	1	0+1	0	0+1	0	0	0	3	1

Goalscorers

As of 13 May 2018

Ranking	Nation	Number	Name	Scottish Premiership	Europa League	League Cup	Scottish Cup	Total
1		7	Kenny McLean	8	0	1	2	11
=		9	Adam Rooney	9	0	0	2	11
3		11	Gary Mackay-Steven	5	1	0	3	9
4		22	Ryan Christie	4	2	0	2	8
5		83	Stevie May	5	0	0	0	5
6		3	Graeme Shinnie	2	1	0	1	4
=		4	Andrew Considine	4	0	0	0	4
=		8	Greg Stewart	3	1	0	0	4
9		14	Kári Árnason	3	0	0	0	3
=		19	Scott McKenna	3	0	0	0	3
11		2	Shay Logan	2	0	0	0	2
=		5	Anthony O'Connor	2	0	0	0	2
=		17	Niall McGinn	2	0	0	0	2
14		6	Mark Reynolds	1	0	0	0	1
=		15	Scott Wright	1	0	0	0	1
=		25	Frank Ross	1	0	0	0	1
=		39	Miles Storey	1	0	0	0	1
			Own Goal	1	0	0	0	1
TOTALS				56	5	1	10	72

Disciplinary record

As of 13 May 2018

Number	Nation	Position	Name	Premiership		Europa League		League Cup		Scottish Cup		Total
2		DF	Shay Logan	7	1	0	0	0	0	2	0	9	1
3		DF	Graeme Shinnie	15	0	1	0	0	0	2	0	18	0
4		DF	Andrew Considine	6	0	1	0	0	0	2	0	9	0
5		DF	Anthony O'Connor	5	0	1	0	1	0	1	0	8	0
7		MF	Kenny McLean	8	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	10	0
8		FW	Greg Stewart	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	0
9		FW	Adam Rooney	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0
10		FW	Nicky Maynard	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
11		MF	Gary Mackay-Steven	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0
14		DF	Kári Árnason	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0
15		MF	Scott Wright	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
16		MF	Greg Tansey	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
17		FW	Jayden Stockley	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
18		DF	Dominic Ball	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
19		DF	Scott McKenna	7	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	8	0
22		MF	Ryan Christie	4	1	2	0	1	0	1	0	8	1
23		MF	Chidi Nwakali	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0
27		FW	Sam Cosgrove	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1
83		DF	Stevie May	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0
			TOTALS	67	3	6	0	2	0	13	0	88	3

Team statistics

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation[lower-alpha 1]
1	Celtic (C)	38	24	10	4	73	25	+48	82	Qualification for the Champions League first qualifying round[lower-alpha 2]
2	Aberdeen	38	22	7	9	56	37	+19	73	Qualification for the Europa League second qualifying round
3	Rangers	38	21	7	10	76	50	+26	70	Qualification for the Europa League first qualifying round
4	Hibernian	38	18	13	7	62	46	+16	67
5	Kilmarnock	38	16	11	11	49	47	+2	59

Source: Soccerway BBC
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).[83]
(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).
2. Since the winners of the 2017–18 Scottish Cup, Celtic, qualified for European competition based on league position, the spot awarded to the Scottish Cup winners (Europa League second qualifying round) was passed to the second-placed team and the spot awarded to the second-placed team (Europa League first qualifying round) was passed to the fourth-placed team.

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

Updated to match(es) played on 13 May 2018 (UTC). Source: Competitive matches
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss; P = Postponed

Transfers

Main articles: List of Scottish football transfers summer 2017 and List of Scottish football transfers winter 2017–18

Players in Dates Pos Nat Player From Fee 9 June 2017 MF Greg Tansey Inverness Caledonian Thistle Free[84] 6 July 2017 FW Nicky Maynard MK Dons Free[85] 12 July 2017 MF Gary Mackay-Steven Celtic £150,000[86] 14 July 2017 DF Kári Árnason Omonia Free[12] 10 August 2017 FW Stevie May Preston £400,000[87] 28 December 2017 FW Niall McGinn Gwangju Free[43] 26 January 2018 DF Michael Devlin Hamilton Academical £80,000[88][89] 31 January 2018 FW Sam Cosgrove Carlisle United £40,000[90]

Players out Dates Pos Nat Player To Fee 5 May 2017 MF Dylan Thomas Released[91] 22 May 2017 MF Cammy Smith St Mirren Free[92] 31 May 2017 MF Jamie Henry Arbroath Free[91][93] 31 May 2017 MF Peter Pawlett MK Dons Free[94][95] 17 June 2017 MF Jonny Hayes Celtic £1,300,000 + Christie[6] 30 June 2017 GK Aaron Lennox Raith Rovers Free[94][96] 1 July 2017 MF Ryan Jack Rangers Free[94][97] 4 July 2017 FW Niall McGinn Gwangju Free[94][98] 5 July 2017 DF Ash Taylor Northampton Town Free[94][99] 7 July 2017 GK Neil Alexander Livingston Free[94][100] 10 July 2017 GK Robbie Mutch Falkirk Free[91][101] 22 July 2017 FW Joe Nuttall Blackburn Rovers Free[91][102] 11 August 2017 FW Miles Storey Partick Thistle Undisclosed[103] 31 August 2017 FW Jayden Stockley Exeter City £100,000[104] 8 September 2017 FW Lawrence Shankland Ayr United Free[94][105] 15 November 2017 MF Aaron Norris Peterhead Free[91][106] 22 January 2017 MF Kenny McLean Norwich City £200,000[49] 22 February 2018 MF Craig Storie Brechin City Free[107][108]

Loans in Date Pos Nat Name From Fee 17 June 2017 MF Ryan Christie Celtic Season Loan (see Hayes)[6] 27 June 2017 FW Greg Stewart Birmingham City Season Loan[109] 31 August 2017 DF Dominic Ball Rotherham United Season Loan[110] 10 January 2018 MF Chidi Nwakali Manchester City Loan (to end of season)[45] 22 January 2017 MF Kenny McLean Norwich City Loan[49] 31 January 2017 GK Freddie Woodman Newcastle United Loan (to end of season)[90]

Loans out Date Pos Nat Name To Fee 31 August 2017 FW Connor McLennan Brechin City Development Loan[111] 31 August 2017 FW Bruce Anderson Elgin City Development Loan[111] 9 January 2018 MF Greg Tansey Ross County Loan (to end of season)[44] 18 January 2018 MF Frank Ross Greenock Morton Loan (to end of season)[47] 31 January 2018 DF Harlain Mbayo Albion Rovers Loan (to end of season)[112]

See also

• List of Aberdeen F.C. seasons

Footnotes

1. Hearts played this home match at Murrayfield Stadium, instead of their regular stadium Tynecastle due to ongoing renovations.
2. Match postponed due to Rangers involvement in the League Cup.
3. Rearranged game after postponement.
4. Match postponed due to heavy snow as per SPFL.
5. Apollon Limassol play their home matches at AEK Arena - Georgios Karapatakis, Larnaca, instead of their regular stadium Tsirio Stadium, Limassol.

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