2024–25 Aberdeen F.C. season

Aberdeen 2024–25 football season

Aberdeen

2024–25 season

Chairman

Dave Cormack

Manager

Jimmy Thelin

Ground

Pittodrie Stadium
Aberdeen, Scotland
(Capacity: 20,866)

Home colours

← 2023–24

The 2024–25 Aberdeen F.C. season will be Aberdeen's 111th season in the top flight of Scottish football and the twelfth in the Scottish Premiership.^[1] Aberdeen will also compete in the League Cup and the Scottish Cup. They will participate in the Group stages of the League Cup.^[2]

Summary

June

On 3 June, new manager Jimmy Thelin officially took charge replacing interim coach Peter Leven.^[3] On 6 June, after making over 350 appearances player-coach Jonny Hayes left the club .^[4] Youngster Fletcher Boyd signed a new contract until 2027. Kelle Roos, Connor Barron, Anthony Stewart, Kieran Ngwenya, Finlay Murray, Kai Watson, Chris Kondolo, Aaron Reid, and Reuben Smillie all left the club. Defender Gavin Molloy signed from Shelbourne, striker Peter Ambrose from Újpest and Dimitar Mitov from fellow Premiership side St Johnstone all for undisclosed fees. The Dons announced they will travel to Portugal for a pre-season training camp and have a friendly against Peterhead with an XI select against Huntly and Turriff United.

Pre-season

Peterhead v Aberdeen

10 July 2024 Friendly	Peterhead	v	Aberdeen	Peterhead
19:00				Stadium: Balmoor Stadium

Huntly v Aberdeen XI

13 July 2024 Friendly	Huntly	v	Aberdeen XI	Huntly
15:00				Stadium: Christie Park

Turriff United v Aberdeen XI

16 July 2024 Friendly	Turriff United	v	Aberdeen XI	Turriff
19:00				Stadium: The Haughs

Scottish League Cup

Aberdeen will enter the group stages of the League Cup in Group A, along with Queen of the South, East Kilbride, Airdrieonians and Dumbarton.

Group stage

Queen of the South v Aberdeen

13 July 2024 1	Queen of the South	v	Aberdeen	Dumfries
17:15				Stadium: Palmerston Park

East Kilbride v Aberdeen

20 July 2024 2	East Kilbride	v	Aberdeen	East Kilbride
15:00				Stadium: K-Park Training Academy

Aberdeen v Airdrieonians

23 July 2024 3	Aberdeen	v	Airdrieonians	Aberdeen
19:45				Stadium: Pittodrie Stadium

Aberdeen v Dumbarton

27 July 2024 4	Aberdeen	v	Dumbarton	Aberdeen
15:00				Stadium: Pittodrie Stadium

Squad statistics

Appearances

As of 14 June 2024

No.	Pos	Player	Premiership		League Cup		Scottish Cup		Total
No.	Pos	Player	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
2	DF	Nicky Devlin	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
3	DF	Jack MacKenzie	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
4	MF	Graeme Shinnie	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
5	DF	Richard Jensen	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
7	MF	Jamie McGrath	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
9	FW	Bojan Miovski	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
10	MF	Leighton Clarkson	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
11	FW	Duk	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
14	FW	Pape Habib Guèye	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
15	DF	James McGarry	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
19	FW	Ester Sokler	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
20	FW	Shayden Morris	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
21	MF	Dante Polvara	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
22	FW	Vicente Besuijen	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
23	MF	Ryan Duncan	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
25	GK	Tom Ritchie	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
27	DF	Angus MacDonald	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
28	DF	Jack Milne	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
30	GK	Junior Hoilett	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
31	GK	Ross Doohan	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
33	DF	Slobodan Rubežić	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
36	FW	Alfie Bavidge	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
49	MF	Fletcher Boyd	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
TBA	DF	Jayden Richardson	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
TBA	DF	Gavin Molloy	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
TBA	FW	Peter Ambrose	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
TBA	GK	Dimitar Mitov	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

Club statistics

Competition Overview

Competition	First match	Last match	Record
Competition	First match	Last match	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Win %
Premiership	August 2024	May 2025	0	0	0	0	0	0	+0	!—
Scottish Cup	January 2025	2025	0	0	0	0	0	0	+0	!—
League Cup	July 2024	2024	0	0	0	0	0	0	+0	!—
Total			0	0	0	0	0	0	+0	!—

Source: Competitions

League table

Pos	Team v t e	Qualification or relegation^[a]
1	Aberdeen	Qualification for the Champions League play-off round
2	Celtic	Qualification for the Champions League second qualifying round
3	Dundee	Qualification for the Europa League second qualifying round^[b]
4	Dundee United	Qualification for the Conference League second qualifying round
5	Heart of Midlothian

First match(es) will be played: 3 August 2024. Source: ^[5]^[6]
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored; 4) Head-to-Head points; 5) Head-to-Head goal difference; 6) Play-off (only if deciding champion, UEFA competitions qualification, second stage group allocation or relegation).^[7]
Notes:

^ Teams play each other three times (33 matches), before the league is split into two groups (the top six and the bottom six).
^ The winners of the 2024–25 Scottish Cup also qualify for the Europa League. If the cup winners qualify for the Champions League via league position, the berth reserved for the cup winners (Europa League play-off round) passes to the third-placed team, and the berths for the Europa League second qualifying round and the Conference League second qualifying round are passed down to the fourth- and fifth-placed teams.

League cup table

Pos	Team v t e	Qualification	ABE	AIR	QOS	DUM	EKB
1	Aberdeen	Qualification for the second round	—	23 Jul	—	27 Jul	—
2	Airdrieonians	Possible qualification for the second round	—	—	27 Jul	—	16 Jul
3	Queen of the South		13 Jul	—	—	16 Jul	—
4	Dumbarton		—	20 Jul	—	—	13 Jul
5	East Kilbride		20 Jul	—	23 Jul	—	—

First match(es) will be played: 13 July 2024. Source: ^[8]
Rules for classification: 1) goal difference, 2) goals scored, 3) away goals scored, 4) matches won, 5) away matches won, 6) drawing of lots.^[9]

Transfers

Players in

Date	Pos	Player	From	Fee	Ref
14 June 2024	DF	Gavin Molloy	Shelbourne	Undisclosed	^[10]
14 June 2024	FW	Peter Ambrose	Újpest	Undisclosed	^[11]
19 June 2024	GK	Dimitar Mitov	St Johnstone	Undisclosed	^[12]

Players out

Date	Pos	Player	To	Fee	Ref
2 June 2024	FW	Aaron Reid	Airdrieonians	Free	^[13]
6 June 2024	MF	Jonny Hayes		Free	^[14]
14 June 2024	DF	Kieran Ngwenya		Free	^[15]
	DF	Anthony Stewart		Free	^[15]
	GK	Kelle Roos		Free	^[15]
	DF	Finlay Murray		Free	^[15]
	DF	Kai Watson		Free	^[15]
	MF	Christovie Kondolo		Free	^[15]
	GK	Reuben Smillie		Free	^[15]
20 June 2024	MF	Connor Barron	Rangers	Free	^[15]^[16]

Loans in

Date	Pos	Name	From	Fee	Ref

Loans out

Date	Pos	Name	To	Fee	Ref

References

^ "Key dates for Season 2024/25". SPFL. 22 January 2024. Retrieved 6 June 2024.
^ "Premier Sports Cup group stage fixtures". SPFL. 31 May 2023. Retrieved 6 June 2024.
^ "Jimmy Thelin era gets underway at Pittodrie". Aberdeen FC. Retrieved 6 June 2024.
^ "Jonny Hayes Departs the Dons". Aberdeen FC. Retrieved 6 June 2024.
^ "Scottish Premiership Table". BBC. 15 April 2024.
^ "Premiership League Table". Scottish Professional Football League. Retrieved 15 April 2024.
^ "The Rules of the Scottish Professional Football League (Rule Number C35-C37)" (PDF). SPFL. Archived (PDF) from the original on 28 September 2022. Retrieved 24 September 2022.
^ "Summary - League Cup Group A". Soccerway. Retrieved 28 May 2024.
^ "Format". SPFL. Retrieved 7 June 2023.
^ "Gavin Molloy is first summer signing". Aberdeen FC. 14 June 2024. Retrieved 14 June 2024.
^ "Peter Ambrose is a Don". Aberdeen FC. 14 June 2024. Retrieved 14 June 2024.
^ "Dimitar Mitov arrives at Pittodrie". Aberdeen FC. 20 June 2024. Retrieved 19 June 2024.
^ "Striker Reid makes Diamonds switch". Airdrie FC. Retrieved 6 June 2024.
^ "Jonny Hayes Departs the Dons". Aberdeen FC. Retrieved 6 June 2024.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h "Summer 2024 Squad Update". Aberdeen FC. 14 June 2024. Retrieved 14 June 2024.
^ "Rangers announce signing of Connor Barron". rangers.co.uk. Rangers FC. 20 June 2024. Retrieved 20 June 2024.

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