2016–17 Aberdeen F.C. season

Aberdeen
2016–17 season
Chairman	Stewart Milne
Manager	Derek McInnes
Ground	Pittodrie Stadium
Scottish Premiership	2nd
Scottish League Cup	Runners-up
Scottish Cup	Runners-up
Europa League	Third qualifying round
Top goalscorer	League: ; Adam Rooney (12); All: ; Adam Rooney (20)
Highest home attendance	19,332 vs Rangers, Premiership, 9 April 2017
Lowest home attendance	8,195 vs Kilmarnock, Premiership, 6 December 2016
Average home league attendance	12,640
Home colours	Away colours
	← 2015–16 2017–18 →

The 2016–17 season was Aberdeen's 104th season in the top flight of Scottish football and the fourth in the Scottish Premiership. Aberdeen also competed in the League Cup and the Scottish Cup.

Aberdeen also competed in qualifying for the 2016–17 UEFA Europa League.^[1]

Summary

August

Aberdeen were knocked out of the Europa League by Maribor in the Third qualifying round.^[2]

They were then boosted when top-scorer from last season Adam Rooney signed a new contract, keeping him at the club until 2020.^[3]

September

October

November

Aberdeen reached the League Cup Final but lost 3–0 to Celtic.^[4]

December

After the Cup final loss, McInnes became under pressure after a poor run of results in December which included an abandoned match at home against Motherwell.^[5]

However, the Dons ended 2016 with 3 wins out of their last 3 matches in the year, keeping the same starting line-up in all 3 matches, easing pressure on McInnes.^[6]

January

Graeme Shinnie boosted the Dons signing on an extra year to his contract.^[7]

February

On 6 February, Niall McGinn was awarded SPFL January Goal of the Month for his goal against Dundee.^[8]

After 3 bids were rejected in the January transfer window by Cardiff City, on 7 February Jonny Hayes signed a new contract extension to keep him at the club until 2019.^[9]

On 14 February, Andrew Considine signed a new contract to also keep him at the club until 2019.^[10]

March

On 9 March, English League One side Milton Keynes Dons announced that Peter Pawlett had signed a pre-contract deal to join the club at the end of the 2016–17 season.^[11]

On 29 March, Jonny Hayes earned his first start for Ireland in a 1-0 friendly defeat to Iceland.^[12]

On 30 March, Greg Tansey signed a pre-contract 3-year deal to join the club from Inverness Caledonian Thistle at the end of the 2016–17 season.^[13]

April

On 7 April, manager Derek McInnes won SPFL March Manager of the Month after reaching the Scottish Cup Semi-final and beating Dundee 7-0.^[14]

On 15 April, Aberdeen secured Europa League football for next season with a hard-fought win over St Johnstone in Perth.^[15]

On 22 April, Aberdeen reached the Scottish Cup final for the first time in 17 years with victory over holders Hibernian.^[16]

May

On 2 May, Jonny Hayes was shortlisted for player of the year in the PFA Scotland awards.^[17]

On 4 May, Derek McInnes was shortlisted for manager of the year in the PFA Scotland awards.^[18]

On 5 May, Joe Lewis, Shay Logan, Kenny McLean and Jonny Hayes all made the PFA Scotland's Premiership team of the year.^[19]

On 7 May, Aberdeen all but secured the Runners-up spot in the Premiership with a 2-1 win against Heart of Midlothian at Tynecastle Stadium.^[20]

On 12 May, Dean Campbell was introduced as a substitute against Celtic, becoming the club's youngest-ever player (a record previously held by Jack Grimmer).^[21]

On 17 May, Aberdeen defeated Rangers 2-1 at Ibrox Stadium, their first victory at that stadium since 1991.^[22] The result also mathematically confirmed Aberdeen's second place in the final league table.

On 21 May, teenager Scott Wright scored his first senior hat-trick to end the league season with a 6-0 win against Partick Thistle at Firhill.^[23]

On 24 May, Derek McInnes announced that Graeme Shinnie would captain the Dons in the Scottish Cup Final,^[24] after it was announced that Ryan Jack was leaving the club.^[25]

On 27 May, the Dons lost the Scottish Cup Final to Celtic, their sixth, in total, defeat to them this season against what was "The Invincibles".^[26]^[27]

Results and fixtures

Win Draw Loss Postponed

Pre-season and friendlies

26 June 2016^[28] Friendly	Brechin City	0–3	Aberdeen	Brechin
14:00 BST		AFC Twitter	Stockley 20' Shankland 30' Jack 89'	Stadium: Glebe Park Attendance: 1,283 (AFC Twitter)

11 July 2016^[29] Friendly	East Fife	2–4	Aberdeen	Methil
15:00 BST	Jack 53' (o.g.) McManus 55' (pen.)	AFC	Rooney 3' O'Connor 39' Stockley 65', 84'	Stadium: Bayview Stadium Attendance: 574 (East Fife FC) Referee: Bobby Madden

15 January 2017^[30] Friendly	Bunyodkor	1–2	Aberdeen	Dubai, United Arab Emirates
12:00	Javokhir 33'	[1]	Hayes 1' Shinnie 75'	Stadium: Jebal Ali Resort Attendance: 200

Scottish Premiership

7 August 2016 1	St Johnstone	0–0	Aberdeen	McDiarmid Park
12:15	Craig 34' Cummins 37'	BBC Report SPFL Report		Attendance: 5,728 Referee: Collum

13 August 2016 2	Aberdeen	0–0	Heart of Midlothian	Pittodrie Stadium
15:00	Shinnie 44' Pawlett 50'	BBC Report SPFL Report	Watt 31' Rherras 37' Bauben 43' Djoum 53' Rossi 78'	Attendance: 13,559 Referee: Clancy

20 August 2016 3	Aberdeen	2–1	Partick Thistle	Pittodrie Stadium
15:00	McGinn 28' 66' Storey 58'	BBC Report SPFL Report	Osman 27' Devine 83' Welsh 52' 87' Erskine 90+3'	Attendance: 11,049 Referee: Beaton

27 August 2016 4	Celtic	4–1	Aberdeen	Celtic Park
15:00	Griffiths 13' Forrest 42' Sinclair 87' (pen.) Rogic 90'	BBC Report SPFL Report	Rooney 32' Reynolds 83' 87' Shinnie 90+3'	Attendance: 57,758 Referee: Madden

10 September 2016 5	Aberdeen	1–1	Inverness Caledonian Thistle	Pittodrie Stadium
15:00	McGinn 51'	BBC Report SPFL Report	Tansey 31' Tremarco 45' King 45+1' Vigurs 68'	Attendance: 11,356 Referee: Allan

18 September 2016 6	Dundee	1–3	Aberdeen	Dens Park
12:00	Holt 13' Kerr 22' O'Dea 53' O'Hara 64' 90+2' Etxabeguren 87'	BBC Report SPFL Report	Maddison 19' O'Connor 44' Shinnie 54' Hayes 62' Stockley 77' McLean 88' (pen.)	Attendance: 6,321 Referee: McLean

25 September 2016 7	Aberdeen	2–1	Rangers	Pittodrie Stadium
13:00	Shinnie 14' Hayes 46' 79' Reynolds 53' O'Connor 64' McLean 83' Maddison 90'	BBC Report SPFL Report	Garner 22' Wilson 48' Halliday 79' (pen.) Kranjcar 81' Tavernier 90'	Attendance: 19,263 Referee: Beaton

1 October 2016 8	Kilmarnock	0–4	Aberdeen	Rugby Park
15:00	MacDonald 24' Burn 65'	BBC Report SPFL Report	Rooney 25' (pen), 72' Considine 50' Taylor 67'	Attendance: 4,592 Referee: Collum

15 October 2016 9	Aberdeen	4–0	Ross County	Pittodrie Stadium
15:00	Hayes 20' Logan 32' Reynolds 67' McGinn 68' Stockley 78'	BBC Report SPFL Report	Fraser 12' Chow 21' Davies 73'	Attendance: 10,091 Referee: Thomson

25 October 2016 11	Hamilton Academical	1–0	Aberdeen	New Douglas Park
19:45	D'Acol 6' (pen)	BBC Report SPFL Report		Attendance: 2,315 Referee: Collum

29 October 2016 12	Aberdeen	0–1	Celtic	Pittodrie Stadium
12:00	Shinnie 47' Hayes 79'	BBC Report SPFL Report	Sviatchenko 2' Rogic 23' Brown 79' Lustig 79'	Attendance: 17,105 Referee: McLean

4 November 2016 13	Partick Thistle	1–2	Aberdeen	Firhill Stadium
19:45	Barton 51' Devine 56' Welsh 81'	BBC Report SPFL Report	O'Connor 39' Stockley 53'	Attendance: 3,974 Referee: Madden

19 November 2016 14	Inverness Caledonian Thistle	1–3	Aberdeen	Caledonian Stadium
15:00	Doumbouya 15' Vigurs 54'	BBC Report SPFL Report	McLean 28', 89' Rooney 33' (pen) Maddison 68'	Attendance: 4,867 Referee: Clancy

3 December 2016 16	Rangers	2–1	Aberdeen	Ibrox Stadium
15:00	Kiernan 23' Miller 52' Halliday 53' Hodson 70' Hill 79' 90+1' Wallace 90+2' Waghorn 90+4'	BBC Report SPFL Report	Considine 82' 90+4' Pawlett 90+3' Jack 60' 90+5'	Attendance: 50,003 Referee: McLean

6 December 2016 15^{[N 1]}	Aberdeen	5–1	Kilmarnock	Pittodrie Stadium
19:45	Pawlett 20' Maddison 25' O'Connor 30' Hayes 37', 85' Considine 43' McGinn 69'	BBC Report SPFL Report	Boyd 76' McKenzie 77'	Attendance: 8,195 Referee: Finnie

10 December 2016 17	Aberdeen	0–0	St Johnstone	Pittodrie Stadium
15:00	McLean 87'	BBC Report SPFL Report	Davidson 58' Kane 67' MacLean 68'	Attendance: 11,501 Referee: Clancy

13 December 2016 10^{[N 2]}^{[N 3]}	Aberdeen	A–A	Motherwell	Pittodrie Stadium
19:45	Considine 5'	BBC Report Evening Express	McManus 7'	Referee: Muir

17 December 2016 18	Ross County	2–1	Aberdeen	Victoria Park
15:00	Boyce 26' Chow 39' Routis 71' van der Weg 82' Dow 88'	Report SPFL Report	Considine 35' McGinn 68' Hayes 87'	Attendance: 4,467 Referee: Thomson

23 December 2016 19	Motherwell	1–3	Aberdeen	Fir Park
19:45	McDonald 16' 77' Clay 63'	BBC Report SPFL Report	Shinnie 6' Rooney 25' (pen) Reynolds 70' Jack 73' McGinn 90'	Attendance: 3,428 Referee: Madden

27 December 2016 20	Aberdeen	2–1	Hamilton Academical	Pittodrie Stadium
15:00	Taylor 34' Lewis 37' Rooney 68' Maddison 90'	BBC Report SPFL Report	Imrie 38' (pen) 45+2' Sarris 58' Devlin 87' McMann 90+2'	Attendance: 13,131 Referee: Dallas

30 December 2016 21	Heart of Midlothian	0–1	Aberdeen	Tynecastle Stadium
19:45	Johnsen 67' Smith 89'	BBC Report SPFL Report	Logan 8' Taylor 18' Hayes 66'	Attendance: 16,630 Referee: Collum

27 January 2017 22	Aberdeen	3–0	Dundee	Pittodrie Stadium
19:45	Jack 29' McGinn 45', 80' Shinnie 73'	BBC Report SPFL Report	Etxabeguren 65'	Attendance: 10,512 Referee: Clancy

1 February 2017 23	Celtic	1–0	Aberdeen	Celtic Park
19:45	Boyata 57' Brown 86'	BBC Report SPFL Report	Logan 35' Taylor 59' Shinnie 71'	Attendance: 53,958 Referee: Beaton

4 February 2017 24	Aberdeen	2–0	Partick Thistle	Pittodrie Stadium
15:00	Jack 40' Considine 54' Stockley 72' Christie 90+2'	BBC Report SPFL Report		Attendance: 10,094 Referee: Greg Aitken

15 February 2017 10^{[N 2]}	Aberdeen	7–2	Motherwell	Pittodrie Stadium
19:45	Hayes 2' Considine 32' 50' Rooney 34', 64' (pen.), 69' Christie 40' Taylor 59' Pawlett 83'	BBC Report SPFL Report	Lucas 30' Bowman 73' Pearson 82'	Attendance: 10,384 Referee: Muir

19 February 2017 25	Kilmarnock	1–2	Aberdeen	Rugby Park
13:00	McKenzie 41' 67' Dicker 79'	BBC Report SPFL Report	Hayes 59' Stockley 83' Pawlett 85' McLean 87'	Attendance: 3,972 Referee: Dallas

25 February 2017 26	Aberdeen	1–0	Ross County	Pittodrie Stadium
15:00	Reynolds 27' Rooney 69'	BBC Report SPFL Report	Gardyne 23'	Attendance: 11,774 Referee: Collum

28 February 2017 27	Hamilton Academical	1–0	Aberdeen	New Douglas Park
19:45	Devlin 9' Skondras 52' MacKinnon 83' 83'	BBC Report SPFL Report	Shinnie 72'	Attendance: 2,006 Referee: McLean

11 March 2017 28	Aberdeen	1–0	Motherwell	Pittodrie Stadium
15:00	Stockley 82' McGinn 90+2'	BBC Report SPFL Report	Heneghan 13' Bowman 32' Pearson 69' Hammell 72' Ferguson 75' Cadden 90'	Attendance: 12,524 Referee: Euan Anderson

18 March 2017 29	Aberdeen	2–0	Heart of Midlothian	Pittodrie Stadium
12:15	Logan 21' Hayes 60' Stockley 89' Shinnie 90'	BBC Report	Tziolis 13' Walker 78' Martin 90+1'	Attendance: 12,178 Referee: McLean

31 March 2017 30	Dundee	0–7	Aberdeen	Dens Park
19:45	Kerr 81'	BBC Sport SPFL Report	Considine 17', 39', 83' Rooney 25' McLean 34' Jack 51' McGinn 73'	Attendance: 7,314 Referee: Muir

4 April 2017 31	Aberdeen	1–0	Inverness Caledonian Thistle	Pittodrie Stadium
19:45	Taylor 22'	BBC Sport SPFL Report	W McKay 40' Tremarco 66'	Attendance: 11,507 Referee: Dallas

9 April 2017 32	Aberdeen	0–3	Rangers	Pittodrie Stadium
12:30	Jack 4' Taylor 24' Shinnie 33'	BBC Report SPFL Report	Garner 4' Holt 53' Miller 79', 81' Dodoo 83'	Attendance: 19,332 Referee: Clancy

15 April 2017 33	St Johnstone	1–2	Aberdeen	McDiarmid Park
15:00	Craig 22' Swanson 48' (pen) Wotherspoon 67' MacLean 84'	BBC Report SPFL Report	Christie 19' Scobbie 32' (o.g.) Lewis 57'	Attendance: 5,132 Referee: Madden

29 April 2017 34	Aberdeen	0–2	St Johnstone	Pittodrie Stadium
15:00	Logan 18' Hayes 19' Stockley 90+3'	BBC Report SPFL Report	Anderson 28' Shaughnessy 33' Swanson 80' Thomson 80' Craig 90+3'	Attendance: 10,606 Referee: Muir

7 May 2017 35	Heart of Midlothian	1–2	Aberdeen	Tynecastle Stadium
15:00	Buaben 27' Gonçalves 61' Walker 44' 90'	BBC Report SPFL Report	Rooney 21' Lewis 23' O'Connor 64' Reynolds 88'	Attendance: 16,522 Referee: Collum

12 May 2017 36	Aberdeen	1–3	Celtic	Pittodrie Stadium
19:45	Hayes 12' Shinnie 85' Logan 89'	BBC Sport	Boyata 3' Armstrong 8' Griffiths 11' 72' Tierney 54'	Attendance: 16,015 Referee: McLean

17 May 2017 37	Rangers	1–2	Aberdeen	Ibrox Stadium
19:45	Miller 50' Waghorn 61' Bates 90'	BBC Sport	Shinnie 9' Christie 53' Considine 87' Stockley 85' 89'	Attendance: 48,289 Referee: Beaton

21 May 2017 38	Partick Thistle	0–6	Aberdeen	Firhill Stadium
12:30	Edwards 34' Lamont 70'	BBC Sport	Christie 7', 45' Wright 11', 17', 51' Hayes 26' Considine 44' Pawlett 56'	Attendance: 3,924 Referee: Euan Anderson

UEFA Europa League

Aberdeen qualified for the first preliminary round of the UEFA Europa League by finishing second in the 2015–16 Scottish Premiership.

Qualifying phase

30 June 2016 First qualifying round 1st leg	Aberdeen	3–1	Fola Esch	Aberdeen, Scotland
19:45	Logan 68' McGinn 90+3' Rooney 90+7' (pen)	BBC UEFA	Klein 70'	Stadium: Pittodrie Stadium Attendance: 12,570 Referee: Kristoffersen (Denmark)

7 July 2016 First qualifying round 2nd leg	Fola Esch	1–0 (2–3 agg.)	Aberdeen	Luxembourg City, Luxembourg
17:30	Hadji 45'	BBC UEFA		Stadium: Stade Josy Barthel Attendance: 1,789 Referee: Nilsen (Norway)

14 July 2016 Second qualifying round 1st leg	Aberdeen	3–0	Ventspils	Aberdeen, Scotland
19:45	Stockley 71' Rooney 75' Burns 90+1'	BBC UEFA		Stadium: Pittodrie Stadium Attendance: 10,672 Referee: Pinheiro (Portugal)

21 July 2016 Second qualifying round 2nd leg	Ventspils	0–1 (0–4 agg.)	Aberdeen	Ventspils, Latvia
16:00		BBC UEFA	Rooney 79'	Stadium: Olimpiskais Stadions Attendance: 2,100 Referee: Grujić (Serbia)

28 July 2016 Third qualifying round 1st leg	Aberdeen	1–1	Maribor	Aberdeen, Scotland
19:45	Hayes 88'	BBC UEFA	Novaković 83'	Stadium: Pittodrie Stadium Attendance: 17,105 Referee: Hansen (Norway)

4 August 2016 Third qualifying round 2nd leg	Maribor	1–0 (2–1 agg.)	Aberdeen	Maribor, Slovenia
19:15	Shinnie 90+3' (o.g.)	BBC UEFA		Stadium: Ljudski vrt Attendance: 9,796^[31] Referee: Popov (Bulgaria)

Scottish League Cup

10 August 2016 Second Round	Ayr United	1–2	Aberdeen	Ayr
19:45	Forrest 41' Adams 29' Devlin 68'	BBC Report SPFL Report	Meggatt 3' (o.g.) McGinn 30' Jack 37'	Stadium: Somerset Park Attendance: 2,653 Referee: Muir

22 September 2016 Quarter Final	Aberdeen	1–0	St Johnstone	Aberdeen
19:45	Maddison 7' Shinnie 34' Rooney 90'	BBC Report SPFL Report	Shaughnessy 11' Wotherspoon 45' Paton 51' Swanson 67' Davidson 80'	Stadium: Pittodrie Stadium Attendance: 8,829 Referee: Thomson

22 October 2016 Semi Final	Greenock Morton	0–2	Aberdeen	Glasgow
12:15	Lindsay 57'	BBC Report SPFL Report	McGinn 47' Rooney 69' Considine 84' McLean 88'	Stadium: Hampden Park Attendance: 16,183 Referee: Clancy

27 November 2016 Final	Aberdeen	0–3	Celtic	Glasgow
15:00		BBC Report SPFL Report	Rogic 16' Forrest 37' Brown 48' Dembélé 64' (pen) Bitton 73'	Stadium: Hampden Park Attendance: 49,629 Referee: Beaton

Scottish Cup

21 January 2017 Fourth Round	Aberdeen	4–0	Stranraer	Pittodrie Stadium
15:00	Rooney 30', 50' (pen.) McGinn 35', 54'	BBC Report		Attendance: 8,960 Referee: Don Robertson

11 February 2017 Fifth Round	Ross County	0–1	Aberdeen	Victoria Park
15:00		BBC Report	Logan 87'	Attendance: 4,671 Referee: Madden

5 March 2017 Quarter-final	Aberdeen	1–0	Partick Thistle	Pittodrie Stadium
15:00	Shinnie 43'	BBC Report	Erskine 37' Edwards 45+1' Devine 70' 90+3' Osman 82'	Attendance: 11,333 Referee: Thomson

22 April 2017 Semi-final	Hibernian	2–3	Aberdeen	Hampden Park
12:15	Fyvie 24' Holt 36' 78' McGeouch 60'	BBC Report	Rooney 1' Christie 25' Shinnie 82' McGregor 86' (o.g.)	Attendance: 31,969 Referee: Beaton

27 May 2017 Final	Celtic	2–1	Aberdeen	Hampden Park
15:00	Armstrong 11' Rogic 90+2'	BBC Report	Hayes 9' Taylor 61'	Attendance: 48,713 Referee: Madden

Squad statistics

Joe Lewis was the only player to have played every minute of this season.

Appearances

No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Total		Premiership		Europa League		League Cup		Scottish Cup
No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
1	GK	ENG	Joe Lewis	53	0	38	0	6	0	4	0	5	0
2	DF	ENG	Shay Logan	53	4	37+1	2	6	1	4	0	5	1
3	DF	SCO	Graeme Shinnie	52	3	36+1	2	6	0	4	0	5	1
4	DF	SCO	Andrew Considine	51	6	36	6	6	0	4	0	5	0
5	DF	WAL	Ash Taylor	44	3	28+3	3	6	0	2	0	5	0
6	DF	SCO	Mark Reynolds	38	0	22+4	0	4+1	0	2+1	0	4	0
7	MF	SCO	Kenny McLean	53	5	37+1	4	5+1	0	4	1	5	0
8	MF	SCO	Ryan Christie	15	7	7+6	6	0	0	0	0	1+1	1
9	FW	IRL	Adam Rooney	53	20	32+6	12	4+2	3	3+1	2	4+1	3
10	MF	NIR	Niall McGinn	50	14	30+6	10	5	1	3+1	1	4+1	2
11	MF	IRL	Jonny Hayes	44	11	32	9	5	1	2	0	5	1
15	DF	IRL	Anthony O'Connor	41	3	25+7	3	1	0	4	0	0+4	0
16	MF	SCO	Peter Pawlett	21	3	6+11	3	1	0	0+1	0	1+1	0
17	FW	ENG	Jayden Stockley	39	6	8+19	5	4+2	1	1+2	0	2+1	0
22	MF	SCO	Ryan Jack (c)	37	2	23+1	2	6	0	2+1	0	4	0
25	GK	SCO	Neil Alexander	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
26	FW	SCO	Scott Wright	8	3	1+4	3	0+1	0	0	0	0+2	0
27	MF	SCO	Frank Ross	4	0	0+3	0	0	0	0	0	0+1	0
29	FW	SCO	Connor McLennan	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
34	DF	SCO	Bruce Anderson	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
36	DF	SCO	Sebastian Ross	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
39	FW	ENG	Miles Storey	18	1	2+12	1	0+2	0	0+1	0	0+1	0
47	MF	SCO	Dean Campbell	1	0	0+1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Players who left the club during the 2016–17 season
8	MF	IRL	Willo Flood (contract terminated - joined Dundee United)	2	0	0	0	1+1	0	0	0	0	0
8	FW	WAL	Wes Burns (end of loan spell)	21	1	7+6	0	1+3	1	2+2	0	0	0
18	DF	IRL	Callum Morris (released - joined Dunfermline Athletic)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
23	MF	ENG	James Maddison (end of loan spell)	17	2	10+4	2	0	0	3	0	0	0
Players who left the club on loan during the 2016–17 season
14	FW	SCO	Cammy Smith (on loan to St Mirren)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
19	MF	SCO	Craig Storie (on loan to St Mirren)	2	0	0+2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
20	FW	ENG	Joe Nuttall (on loan to Dumbarton)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
21	FW	SCO	Lawrence Shankland (on loan to Greenock Morton)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
24	DF	SCO	Scott McKenna (on loan to Ayr United)	1	0	0	0	0	0	0+1	0	0	0
28	DF	SCO	Daniel Harvie (on loan to Dumbarton)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
30	GK	IRL	Danny Rogers (on loan to Falkirk)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
40	GK	AUS	Aaron Lennox (on loan to Raith Rovers)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
50	GK	SCO	Robbie Mutch (on loan to Arbroath)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

Goalscorers

Ranking	Number	Name	Scottish Premiership	Europa League	League Cup	Scottish Cup	Total
1	9	Adam Rooney	12	3	2	3	20
2	10	Niall McGinn	10	1	1	2	14
3	11	Jonny Hayes	9	1	0	1	11
4	8	Ryan Christie	6	0	0	1	7
5	4	Andrew Considine	6	0	0	0	6
5	17	Jayden Stockley	5	1	0	0	6
7	7	Kenny McLean	4	0	1	0	5
8	2	Shay Logan	2	1	0	1	4
9	3	Graeme Shinnie	2	0	0	1	3
	5	Ash Taylor	3	0	0	0	3
	15	Anthony O'Connor	3	0	0	0	3
	16	Peter Pawlett	3	0	0	0	3
	26	Scott Wright	3	0	0	0	3
14	22	Ryan Jack	2	0	0	0	2
14	23	James Maddison	2	0	0	0	2
16	8	Wes Burns	0	1	0	0	1
	39	Miles Storey	1	0	0	0	1
		Own Goal	1	0	1	1	3
TOTALS			74	8	5	10	97

Disciplinary record

Number	Nation	Position	Name
Number	Nation	Position	Name	Premiership		Europa League		League Cup		Scottish Cup		Total
1		GK	Joe Lewis	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	4	0
2		DF	Shay Logan	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	5	0
3		DF	Graeme Shinnie	11	0	2	0	1	0	1	0	15	0
4		DF	Andrew Considine	7	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	8	0
5		DF	Ash Taylor	4	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	6	0
6		DF	Mark Reynolds	5	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	1
7		MF	Kenny McLean	3	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	5	0
8		MF	Wes Burns	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
8		MF	Willo Flood	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
9		FW	Adam Rooney	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	0
10		MF	Niall McGinn	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	2	0
11		MF	Jonny Hayes	6	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	7	0
15		DF	Anthony O'Connor	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0
16		MF	Peter Pawlett	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0
17		FW	Jayden Stockley	3	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	3	3
22		MF	Ryan Jack	3	1	1	0	1	0	1	0	6	1
23		MF	James Maddison	3	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	4	0
26		FW	Scott Wright	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
			TOTALS	58	4	13	1	5	0	3	0	79	5

Team statistics

League table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation^[a]
1	Celtic (C)	38	34	4	0	106	25	+81	106	Qualification for the Champions League second qualifying round^[b]
2	Aberdeen	38	24	4	10	74	35	+39	76	Qualification for the Europa League second qualifying round
3	Rangers	38	19	10	9	56	44	+12	67	Qualification for the Europa League first qualifying round
4	St Johnstone	38	17	7	14	50	46	+4	58	Qualification for the Europa League first qualifying round
5	Heart of Midlothian	38	12	10	16	55	52	+3	46

Source: Scottish Premiership, Soccerway
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).^[32]
(C) Champions
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.
^ Since the winners of the 2016–17 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.

Transfers

Players in

Dates	Position	Player	From	Fee
11 May 2016	FW	Jayden Stockley	Bournemouth	Free^[33]
15 June 2016	GK	Joe Lewis	Cardiff City	Free^[34]
15 June 2016	GK	Neil Alexander	Heart of Midlothian	Free^[34]
15 June 2016	DF	Callum Morris	Dundee United	Free^[34]
25 June 2016	DF	Anthony O'Connor	Burton Albion	Free^[35]
1 July 2016	FW	Miles Storey	Swindon Town	Free^[35]

Players out

Dates	Position	Player	To	Fee
16 May 2016	GK	Scott Brown	Wycombe Wanderers	Free^[36]^[37]
16 May 2016	MF	Barry Robson	Retired	N/A^[36]
18 June 2016	DF	Michael Rose	Ayr United	Free^[36]^[38]
29 June 2016	FW	David Goodwillie	Plymouth Argyle	Free^[36]^[39]
14 July 2016	MF	Willo Flood	Dundee United	Free^[40]
31 December 2016	DF	Callum Morris	Dunfermline Athletic	Free^[41]

Loans in

Date	Position	Name	From	Fee
14 July 2016	FW	Wes Burns	Bristol City	Loan^[42]
31 August 2016	MF	James Maddison	Norwich City	Loan^[43]
24 January 2017	MF	Ryan Christie	Celtic	Loan^[44]

Loans out

Date	Position	Name	To	Fee
20 June 2016	GK	Aaron Lennox	Raith Rovers	Loan^[45]
8 July 2016	GK	Danny Rogers	Falkirk	Loan^[46]
13 July 2016	MF	Cammy Smith	Dundee United	Loan^[47]
19 July 2016	FW	Lawrence Shankland	St Mirren	Loan^[48]
3 August 2016	DF	Daniel Harvie	Dumbarton	Loan^[49]
10 November 2016	FW	Joe Nuttall	Stranraer	Loan^[50]
11 November 2016	DF	Scott McKenna	Ayr United	Loan^[51]
16 December 2016	FW	Connor McLennan	Brechin City	One-month Loan^[52]
3 January 2017	MF	Craig Storie	St Mirren	Loan^[53]
11 January 2017	FW	Lawrence Shankland ^{[N 4]}	Greenock Morton	Loan^[54]
26 January 2017	MF	Cammy Smith ^{[N 4]}	St Mirren	Loan^[55]
31 March 2017	FW	Joe Nuttall ^{[N 4]}	Dumbarton	Loan^[56]

Footnotes

^ Rearranged game after postponement
^ ^a ^b Rearranged game after postponement
^ Match abandoned due to floodlight failure
^ ^a ^b ^c Second loan spell

References

^ "Aberdeen's Kenny McLean happy to cut break for Scotland games". BBC. 11 May 2016.
^ "NK Maribor 1-0 Aberdeen (agg 2-1)". BBC. 4 August 2016.
^ "Adam Rooney signs new contract at Aberdeen until 2020". 5 August 2016 – via Sky Sports.
^ "Scottish League Cup final: Aberdeen 0-3 Celtic". BBC. 27 November 2016.
^ "Aberdeen: Derek McInnes under pressure to finish second - Willie Miller". BBC. 18 December 2016.
^ "Heart of Midlothian 0-1 Aberdeen". BBC. 30 December 2016.
^ "Graeme Shinnie signs Aberdeen contract until 2019". BBC Sport. 23 January 2017.
^ "Aberdeen's Niall McGinn wins SPFL January Goal of the Month award". McLaren, Andy. eveningexpress. 6 February 2017.
^ "Jonny Hayes signs new Aberdeen contract extension". BBC. 7 February 2017.
^ "Andy Considine signs a new contract with Aberdeen". 14 February 2017 – via Sky Sports.
^ "Dons agree deal to sign Pawlett". Milton Keynes Dons Official Site. 9 March 2017. Retrieved 9 March 2017.
^ "Jonny Hayes earns first start for Ireland in friendly defeat to Iceland". Evening Express. 29 March 2017. Retrieved 30 March 2017.
^ "Tansey signs pre-contract agreement". afc.co.uk. 30 March 2017. Retrieved 30 March 2017.
^ "McInnes voted Manager of the Month". SPFL. 7 April 2017. Retrieved 7 April 2017.
^ "St Johnstone 1-2 Aberdeen". BBC Sport. 15 April 2017. Retrieved 16 April 2017.
^ "Hibernian 1-2 Aberdeen". BBC Sport. 22 April 2017. Retrieved 22 April 2017.
^ "Celtic dominate PFA Scotland awards with Moussa Dembele shortlisted for two". BBC Sport. 2 May 2017. Retrieved 3 May 2017.
^ "Morton's Jim Duffy joins Premiership nominees for manager of the year award". BBC Sport. 4 May 2017. Retrieved 6 May 2017.
^ "Liam Lindsay with Celtic & Dons players in Premiership team of the year". BBC Sport. 5 May 2017. Retrieved 6 May 2017.
^ "Heart of Midlothian 1-2 Aberdeen". BBC Sport. 7 May 2017. Retrieved 7 May 2017.
^ "Dons boss McInnes praises teenager Dean Campbell - Evening Express". Evening Express. Retrieved 13 May 2017.
^ "Rangers 1-2 Aberdeen". BBC Sport. 18 May 2017. Retrieved 18 May 2017.
^ "Partick Thistle 0-6 Aberdeen". BBC Sport. 21 May 2017. Retrieved 21 May 2017.
^ "Graeme Shinnie to captain Aberdeen for Scottish Cup final". BBC Sport. 24 May 2017. Retrieved 27 May 2017.
^ "Aberdeen: Derek McInnes admits Ryan Jack plans to quit Dons in summer". BBC Sport. 19 May 2017. Retrieved 27 May 2017.
^ "Scottish Cup: Near-perfect Aberdeen ran out of legs against Celtic - Derek McInnes". BBC Sport. 27 May 2017. Retrieved 27 May 2017.
^ "Scottish Cup final: Celtic boss Brendan Rodgers hails 'dream' debut season". BBC Sport. 27 May 2017. Retrieved 27 May 2017.
^ "Aberdeen FC Friendly - By Brechin City FC". Brechin City FC. 22 June 2016. Retrieved 26 June 2016.
^ "Pre-Season Friendly East Fife v Aberdeen XI". afc.co.uk. 6 July 2016. Retrieved 12 July 2016.
^ "Aberdeen's Dubai friendly opponents revealed as the Dons travel to Middle East for winter training camp". Daily Record. 31 December 2016. Retrieved 31 December 2016.
^ "Maribor vs Aberdeen –". Soccerway. 4 August 2016. Retrieved 5 August 2016.
^ "Premiership 2016/2017 - Season rules". Scoresway. Retrieved 1 September 2016.
^ "Jayden Stockley: Aberdeen sign Bournemouth striker on pre-contract deal". BBC Sport. 11 May 2016. Retrieved 23 July 2016.
^ ^a ^b ^c "Joe Lewis, Neil Alexander and Callum Morris join Aberdeen". BBC Sport. 16 June 2016. Retrieved 23 July 2016.
^ ^a ^b "Aberdeen sign Anthony O'Connor from Burton Albion". BBC Sport. 25 June 2016. Retrieved 23 July 2016.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d "Aberdeen: Simon Church, David Goodwillie and Scott Brown leave Dons". BBC Sport. 16 May 2016. Retrieved 24 July 2016.
^ "Keeper and defender sign after impressive trial spells". wycombewanderers. 26 July 2016. Retrieved 31 August 2016.
^ "Michael Rose signs for 16/17". Ayr United FC. 18 June 2016. Retrieved 24 July 2016.
^ "Plymouth Argyle sign David Goodwillie, Jimmy Spencer and Nauris Bulvitis". BBC Sport. 29 June 2016. Retrieved 24 July 2016.
^ "FLOOD SIGNS - Dundee United". dufc. 14 July 2016. Archived from the original on 13 October 2016. Retrieved 24 July 2016.
^ "Callum Morris signs for DAFC". dafc. 31 December 2016. Retrieved 31 December 2016.
^ "Aberdeen sign Bristol City forward Wes Burns on loan". BBC Sport. 14 July 2016. Retrieved 23 July 2016.
^ "Norwich City midfielder James Maddison joins Aberdeen on loan". BBC Sport. 31 August 2016. Retrieved 31 August 2016.
^ "Ryan Christie: Celtic forward joins Aberdeen on loan". BBC Sport. 24 January 2017. Retrieved 25 January 2017.
^ "G'day to Aaron Lennox". raith rovers.net. 20 June 2016. Retrieved 24 July 2016.
^ "Aberdeen goalkeeper Danny Rogers returns to Falkirk on season-long loan". BBC Sport. 8 July 2016. Retrieved 24 July 2016.
^ "Cammy Smith Joins On Loan". dufc. 13 July 2016. Archived from the original on 13 October 2016. Retrieved 24 July 2016.
^ "Loan Signing: Lawrence Shankland". saintmirren.net. 19 July 2016. Archived from the original on 25 August 2016. Retrieved 24 July 2016.
^ "HARVIE JOINS FROM ABERDEEN". Dumbarton FC. 3 August 2016. Retrieved 30 August 2016.
^ "Striker Signs". Stranraer F.C. 10 November 2016. Retrieved 19 November 2016.
^ "Ayr United sign Aberdeen defender Scott McKenna on loan". The Daily Record. Scottish Daily Record and Sunday Mail Ltd. 11 November 2016. Retrieved 19 November 2016.
^ "Young Dons forward joins Brechin City on emergency loan deal". Evening Express. DC Thomson & Co Ltd. 16 December 2016. Retrieved 18 December 2016.
^ "Craig Storie: St Mirren to sign Aberdeen midfielder on loan". BBC Sport. 3 January 2017. Retrieved 5 January 2017.
^ "Aberdeen striker Lawrence Shankland joins on loan". Greenock Morton FC. 11 January 2017. Archived from the original on 13 January 2017. Retrieved 12 January 2017.
^ "Aberdeen's Cammy Smith loaned to St Mirren after Dundee Utd spell ends". BBC Sport. 26 January 2017. Retrieved 26 January 2017.
^ "Signing News". Dumbarton FC. 31 March 2017. Retrieved 9 April 2017.

[35] 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.

[table_note_res_CL2Q0.78265501688358-36] Since the winners of the 2016–17 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.

[Rearranged_2-31] Rearranged game after postponement

[Rearranged-32] Rearranged game after postponement

[Abandoned-33] Match abandoned due to floodlight failure

[Loan-59] Second loan spell

[1] "Aberdeen's Kenny McLean happy to cut break for Scotland games". BBC. 11 May 2016.

[2] "NK Maribor 1-0 Aberdeen (agg 2-1)". BBC. 4 August 2016.

[3] "Adam Rooney signs new contract at Aberdeen until 2020". 5 August 2016 – via Sky Sports.

[4] "Scottish League Cup final: Aberdeen 0-3 Celtic". BBC. 27 November 2016.

[5] "Aberdeen: Derek McInnes under pressure to finish second - Willie Miller". BBC. 18 December 2016.

[6] "Heart of Midlothian 0-1 Aberdeen". BBC. 30 December 2016.

[7] "Graeme Shinnie signs Aberdeen contract until 2019". BBC Sport. 23 January 2017.

[8] "Aberdeen's Niall McGinn wins SPFL January Goal of the Month award". McLaren, Andy. eveningexpress. 6 February 2017.

[9] "Jonny Hayes signs new Aberdeen contract extension". BBC. 7 February 2017.

[10] "Andy Considine signs a new contract with Aberdeen". 14 February 2017 – via Sky Sports.

[11] "Dons agree deal to sign Pawlett". Milton Keynes Dons Official Site. 9 March 2017. Retrieved 9 March 2017.

[12] "Jonny Hayes earns first start for Ireland in friendly defeat to Iceland". Evening Express. 29 March 2017. Retrieved 30 March 2017.

[13] "Tansey signs pre-contract agreement". afc.co.uk. 30 March 2017. Retrieved 30 March 2017.

[14] "McInnes voted Manager of the Month". SPFL. 7 April 2017. Retrieved 7 April 2017.

[15] "St Johnstone 1-2 Aberdeen". BBC Sport. 15 April 2017. Retrieved 16 April 2017.

[16] "Hibernian 1-2 Aberdeen". BBC Sport. 22 April 2017. Retrieved 22 April 2017.

[17] "Celtic dominate PFA Scotland awards with Moussa Dembele shortlisted for two". BBC Sport. 2 May 2017. Retrieved 3 May 2017.

[18] "Morton's Jim Duffy joins Premiership nominees for manager of the year award". BBC Sport. 4 May 2017. Retrieved 6 May 2017.

[19] "Liam Lindsay with Celtic & Dons players in Premiership team of the year". BBC Sport. 5 May 2017. Retrieved 6 May 2017.

[20] "Heart of Midlothian 1-2 Aberdeen". BBC Sport. 7 May 2017. Retrieved 7 May 2017.

[21] "Dons boss McInnes praises teenager Dean Campbell - Evening Express". Evening Express. Retrieved 13 May 2017.

[22] "Rangers 1-2 Aberdeen". BBC Sport. 18 May 2017. Retrieved 18 May 2017.

[23] "Partick Thistle 0-6 Aberdeen". BBC Sport. 21 May 2017. Retrieved 21 May 2017.

[24] "Graeme Shinnie to captain Aberdeen for Scottish Cup final". BBC Sport. 24 May 2017. Retrieved 27 May 2017.

[25] "Aberdeen: Derek McInnes admits Ryan Jack plans to quit Dons in summer". BBC Sport. 19 May 2017. Retrieved 27 May 2017.

[26] "Scottish Cup: Near-perfect Aberdeen ran out of legs against Celtic - Derek McInnes". BBC Sport. 27 May 2017. Retrieved 27 May 2017.

[27] "Scottish Cup final: Celtic boss Brendan Rodgers hails 'dream' debut season". BBC Sport. 27 May 2017. Retrieved 27 May 2017.

[Pre-Season_Friendly_1-28] "Aberdeen FC Friendly - By Brechin City FC". Brechin City FC. 22 June 2016. Retrieved 26 June 2016.

[Pre-Season_Friendly_2-29] "Pre-Season Friendly East Fife v Aberdeen XI". afc.co.uk. 6 July 2016. Retrieved 12 July 2016.

[Friendly_1-30] "Aberdeen's Dubai friendly opponents revealed as the Dons travel to Middle East for winter training camp". Daily Record. 31 December 2016. Retrieved 31 December 2016.

[soccerway_maribor_aberdeen-34] "Maribor vs Aberdeen –". Soccerway. 4 August 2016. Retrieved 5 August 2016.

[37] "Premiership 2016/2017 - Season rules". Scoresway. Retrieved 1 September 2016.

[38] "Jayden Stockley: Aberdeen sign Bournemouth striker on pre-contract deal". BBC Sport. 11 May 2016. Retrieved 23 July 2016.

[BBC_Sport-39] "Joe Lewis, Neil Alexander and Callum Morris join Aberdeen". BBC Sport. 16 June 2016. Retrieved 23 July 2016.

[bbc.co.uk-40] "Aberdeen sign Anthony O'Connor from Burton Albion". BBC Sport. 25 June 2016. Retrieved 23 July 2016.

[BBC_Sport_2-41] "Aberdeen: Simon Church, David Goodwillie and Scott Brown leave Dons". BBC Sport. 16 May 2016. Retrieved 24 July 2016.

[42] "Keeper and defender sign after impressive trial spells". wycombewanderers. 26 July 2016. Retrieved 31 August 2016.

[43] "Michael Rose signs for 16/17". Ayr United FC. 18 June 2016. Retrieved 24 July 2016.

[44] "Plymouth Argyle sign David Goodwillie, Jimmy Spencer and Nauris Bulvitis". BBC Sport. 29 June 2016. Retrieved 24 July 2016.

[45] "FLOOD SIGNS - Dundee United". dufc. 14 July 2016. Archived from the original on 13 October 2016. Retrieved 24 July 2016.

[46] "Callum Morris signs for DAFC". dafc. 31 December 2016. Retrieved 31 December 2016.

[47] "Aberdeen sign Bristol City forward Wes Burns on loan". BBC Sport. 14 July 2016. Retrieved 23 July 2016.

[48] "Norwich City midfielder James Maddison joins Aberdeen on loan". BBC Sport. 31 August 2016. Retrieved 31 August 2016.

[49] "Ryan Christie: Celtic forward joins Aberdeen on loan". BBC Sport. 24 January 2017. Retrieved 25 January 2017.

[50] "G'day to Aaron Lennox". raith rovers.net. 20 June 2016. Retrieved 24 July 2016.

[51] "Aberdeen goalkeeper Danny Rogers returns to Falkirk on season-long loan". BBC Sport. 8 July 2016. Retrieved 24 July 2016.

[52] "Cammy Smith Joins On Loan". dufc. 13 July 2016. Archived from the original on 13 October 2016. Retrieved 24 July 2016.

[53] "Loan Signing: Lawrence Shankland". saintmirren.net. 19 July 2016. Archived from the original on 25 August 2016. Retrieved 24 July 2016.

[54] "HARVIE JOINS FROM ABERDEEN". Dumbarton FC. 3 August 2016. Retrieved 30 August 2016.

[55] "Striker Signs". Stranraer F.C. 10 November 2016. Retrieved 19 November 2016.

[56] "Ayr United sign Aberdeen defender Scott McKenna on loan". The Daily Record. Scottish Daily Record and Sunday Mail Ltd. 11 November 2016. Retrieved 19 November 2016.

[57] "Young Dons forward joins Brechin City on emergency loan deal". Evening Express. DC Thomson & Co Ltd. 16 December 2016. Retrieved 18 December 2016.

[58] "Craig Storie: St Mirren to sign Aberdeen midfielder on loan". BBC Sport. 3 January 2017. Retrieved 5 January 2017.

[60] "Aberdeen striker Lawrence Shankland joins on loan". Greenock Morton FC. 11 January 2017. Archived from the original on 13 January 2017. Retrieved 12 January 2017.

[61] "Aberdeen's Cammy Smith loaned to St Mirren after Dundee Utd spell ends". BBC Sport. 26 January 2017. Retrieved 26 January 2017.

[62] "Signing News". Dumbarton FC. 31 March 2017. Retrieved 9 April 2017.

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