2005–06 Aberdeen F.C. season
2005–06 season | |
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Chairman | Stewart Milne |
Manager | Jimmy Calderwood |
Stadium | Pittodrie Stadium |
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 |
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.
Scottish Premier League
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.
Scottish League Cup
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
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
Appearances & Goals
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 |