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1996–97 Aberdeen F.C. season

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{{Infobox football club season

| club = Aberdeen F.C.

| season = 1996–97

| manager = Roy Aitken

| mgrtitle = Manager

| chairman = Ian Donald

| chrtitle = Chairman

| stadium = Pittodrie Stadium

| league = Scottish Premier Division

| league result = 6th

| cup1 = Scottish Cup

| cup1 result = Third round

| cup2 = Scottish League Cup

| cup2 result = Quarter-finalists

| cup3 = UEFA Europa League

| cup3 result = Second round

| league topscorer = Billy Dodds (14)

| season topscorer = Billy Dodds (22)

| highest attendance = 21,500 vs. Rangers, 1 December 1996

| lowest attendance = 8,000 vs. Kilmarnock, 1 February 1997

| average attendance = 12,607

| prevseason = 1995–96

| nextseason = 1997–98

}}

Aberdeen F.C. competed in the Scottish Premier Division, Scottish League Cup, Scottish Cup and UEFA Europa League in season 1996–97.

Results

=Scottish Premier Division=

{{main|1996–97 Scottish Premier Division}}

class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"

! Match Day

! Date

! Opponent

! H/A

! Score

! Aberdeen Scorer(s)

! Attendance

bgcolor=#FFFFDD

|1

|align=left|10 August

|align=left|Celtic

|H

|2–2

|align=left|

|18,595

bgcolor=#FFFFDD

|2

|align=left|17 August

|align=left|Motherwell

|A

|2–2

|align=left|Windass, Shearer

|6,206

bgcolor=#EEFFEE

|3

|align=left|25 August

|align=left|Heart of Midlothian

|H

|4–0

|align=left|Miller, Dodds, Windass, Glass

|13,600

bgcolor=#EEFFEE

|4

|align=left|7 September

|align=left|Raith Rovers

|A

|4–1

|align=left|Dodds (3), Windass,

|5,055

bgcolor=#EEFFEE

|5

|align=left|14 September

|align=left|Kilmarnock

|H

|3–0

|align=left|Dodds (3), Kombouare

|12,000

bgcolor=#FFCCCC

|6

|align=left|21 September

|align=left|Hibernian

|H

|0–2

|align=left|

|12,500

bgcolor=#FFCCCC

|7

|align=left|27 September

|align=left|Dundee United

|A

|0–1

|align=left|

|10,359

bgcolor=#EEFFEE

|8

|align=left|12 October

|align=left|Dunfermline Athletic

|H

|3–0

|align=left|Dodds, Young

|10,500

bgcolor=#FFFFDD

|9

|align=left|19 October

|align=left|Rangers

|A

|2–2

|align=left|Irvine, Dodds

|50,076

bgcolor=#EEFFEE

|10

|align=left|26 October

|align=left|Raith Rovers

|H

|1–0

|align=left|Miller

|11,200

bgcolor=#FFCCCC

|11

|align=left|2 November

|align=left|Celtic

|A

|0–1

|align=left|

|50,136

bgcolor=#FFFFDD

|12

|align=left|16 November

|align=left|Dundee United

|H

|3–3

|align=left|Kiriakov, Kombouare, Dodds

|13,800

bgcolor=#EEFFEE

|13

|align=left|23 November

|align=left|Hibernian

|A

|1–0

|align=left|Windass

|11,522

bgcolor=#FFCCCC

|14

|align=left|1 December

|align=left|Rangers

|H

|0–3

|align=left|

|21,500

bgcolor=#EEFFEE

|15

|align=left|7 December

|align=left|Dunfermline Athletic

|A

|3–2

|align=left|Miller, Rowson, Windass

|5,465

bgcolor=#FFCCCC

|16

|align=left|11 December

|align=left|Heart of Midlothian

|A

|2–1

|align=left|Shearer, Windass

|11,477

bgcolor=#FFFFDD

|17

|align=left|14 December

|align=left|Motherwell

|H

|0–0

|align=left|

|10,000

bgcolor=#FFCCCC

|18

|align=left|21 December

|align=left|Kilmarnock

|A

|0–3

|align=left|

|6,114

bgcolor=#FFCCCC

|19

|align=left|26 December

|align=left|Celtic

|H

|1–2

|align=left|Dodds

|17,000

bgcolor=#FFFFDD

|20

|align=left|28 December

|align=left|Hibernian

|H

|1–1

|align=left|Shearer

|10,000

bgcolor=#FFCCCC

|21

|align=left|1 January

|align=left|Dundee United

|A

|0–4

|align=left|

|9,736

bgcolor=#FFCCCC

|22

|align=left|4 January

|align=left|Dunfermline Athletic

|H

|0–2

|align=left|

|9,500

bgcolor=#FFCCCC

|23

|align=left|12 January

|align=left|Rangers

|A

|0–4

|align=left|

|47,509

bgcolor=#FFFFDD

|24

|align=left|18 January

|align=left|Raith Rovers

|A

|2–2

|align=left|Rowson, Miller

|3,950

bgcolor=#EEFFEE

|26

|align=left|1 February

|align=left|Kilmarnock

|H

|2–1

|align=left|Windass (2)

|8,000

bgcolor=#FFFFDD

|27

|align=left|8 February

|align=left|Motherwell

|A

|2–2

|align=left|Dodds, Martin

|5,555

bgcolor=#FFFFDD

|28

|align=left|10 February

|align=left|Heart of Midlothian

|H

|0–0

|align=left|

|9,000

bgcolor=#FFCCCC

|29

|align=left|23 February

|align=left|Dunfermline Athletic

|A

|0–3

|align=left|

|5,536

bgcolor=#FFFFDD

|30

|align=left|1 March

|align=left|Rangers

|H

|2–2

|align=left|Goram, Kombouare

|16,331

bgcolor=#FFFFDD

|30

|align=left|15 March

|align=left|Dundee United

|H

|1–1

|align=left|Windass

|13,645

bgcolor=#FFCCCC

|31

|align=left|22 March

|align=left|Hibernian

|A

|1–3

|align=left|Craig

|9,669

bgcolor=#FFFFDD

|32

|align=left|5 April

|align=left|Motherwell

|H

|0–0

|align=left|

|9,000

bgcolor=#FFFFDD

|33

|align=left|12 April

|align=left|Heart of Midlothian

|A

|0–0

|align=left|

|11,186

bgcolor=#FFCCCC

|34

|align=left|20 April

|align=left|Celtic

|A

|0–3

|align=left|

|47,295

bgcolor=#EEFFEE

|35

|align=left|3 May

|align=left|Raith Rovers

|H

|2–0

|align=left|Millen, Dodds

|10,763

bgcolor=#FFFFDD

|36

|align=left|10 May

|align=left|Kilmarnock

|A

|1–1

|align=left|Dodds

|10,027

==Final standings==

{{:1996–97 Scottish Premier Division|showteam=ABE}}

=Scottish League Cup=

{{main|1996–97 Scottish League Cup}}

class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"

! Round

! Date

! Opponent

! H/A

! Score

! Aberdeen Scorer(s)

! Attendance

bgcolor=#EEFFEE

|R2

|align=left|13 August

|align=left|Queen's Park

|A

|2–0

|align=left|Glass, Windass

|2,021

bgcolor=#EEFFEE

|R3

|align=left|3 September

|align=left|Morton

|A

|7–3

|align=left|Windass (4), Dodds (3)

|6,000

bgcolor=#FFCCCC

|QF

|align=left|10 September

|align=left|Dundee

|A

|1–2

|align=left|Dodds

|8,760

=Scottish Cup=

{{main|1996–97 Scottish Cup}}

class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"

! Round

! Date

! Opponent

! H/A

! Score

! Aberdeen Scorer(s)

! Attendance

bgcolor=#FFFFDD

|R3

|align=left|23 January

|align=left|Hibernian

|A

|2–2

|align=left|Booth, Dodds

|9,588

bgcolor=#FFCCCC

|R3R

|align=left|28 January

|align=left|Hibernian

|H

|0–0 (Hibernian won 5–3 on penalty kicks)

|align=left|

|15,464

=UEFA Cup=

{{main|1996–97 UEFA Cup}}

class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"

! Round

! Date

! Opponent

! H/A

! Score

! Aberdeen Scorer(s)

! Attendance

bgcolor=#EEFFEE

|PR2 L1

|align=left|6 August

|align=left|{{flagicon|LIT}} Zalgiris Vilnius

|A

|4–1

|align=left|Dodds (2), Glass, Shearer

|1,800

bgcolor=#FFCCCC

|PR2 L2

|align=left|20 August

|align=left|{{flagicon|LIT}} Zalgiris Vilnius

|H

|1–3

|align=left|Irvine

|8,722

bgcolor=#EEFFEE

|R1 L1

|align=left|10 September

|align=left|{{flagicon|WAL}} Barry Town

|H

|3–1

|align=left|Windass, Glass, Young

|13,400

bgcolor=#FFFFDD

|R1 L2

|align=left|24 September

|align=left|{{flagicon|WAL}} Barry Town

|A

|3–3

|align=left|Dodds (2), Rowson

|6,500

bgcolor=#FFCCCC

|R2 L1

|align=left|15 October

|align=left|{{flagicon|DEN}} Brøndby IF

|H

|0–2

|align=left|

|14,159

bgcolor=#FFFFDD

|R2 L2

|align=left|29 October

|align=left|{{flagicon|DEN}} Brøndby IF

|A

|0–0

|align=left|

|12,005

Squad

= Appearances & Goals =

class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align: center;"

! rowspan="2" |No.

! rowspan="2" |Pos

! rowspan="2" |Nat

! rowspan="2" |Player

! colspan="2" |Total

! colspan="2" |Premier Division

! colspan="2" |Scottish Cup

! colspan="2" |League Cup

! colspan="2" |UEFA Cup

Apps

!Goals

!Apps

!Goals

!Apps

!Goals

!Apps

!Goals

!Apps

!Goals

|GK

|{{fbaicon|SCO}} SCO

|Nicky Walker

!25

!0

|19

|0

|0

|0

|2

|0

|4

|0

|GK

|{{fbaicon|SCO}} SCO

|Michael Watt

!14

!0

|9

|0

|2

|0

|1

|0

|2

|0

|GK

|{{fbaicon|SCO}} SCO

|Derek Stillie

!8

!0

|8

|0

|0

|0

|0

|0

|0

|0

|DF

|{{fbaicon|FRA}} FRA

|Antoine Kombouare

!34

!3

|30

|3

|2

|0

|2

|0

|0

|0

|DF

|{{fbaicon|BUL}} BUL

|Tzanko Tzvetanov

!34

!0

|27

|0

|0

|0

|3

|0

|4

|0

|DF

|{{fbaicon|SCO}} SCO

|Brian Irvine (c)

!32

!2

|26

|1

|0

|0

|1

|0

|5

|1

|DF

|{{fbaicon|ENG}} ENG

|Colin Woodthrope

!27

!0

|19

|0

|2

|0

|1

|0

|5

|0

|DF

|{{fbaicon|SCO}} SCO

|John Inglis

!23

!0

|14

|0

|2

|0

|3

|0

|4

|0

|DF

|{{fbaicon|SCO}} SCO

|Stewart McKimmie (c)

!21

!0

|14

|0

|0

|0

|2

|0

|5

|0

|DF

|{{fbaicon|SCO}} SCO

|Russell Anderson

!16

!0

|14

|0

|2

|0

|0

|0

|0

|0

|DF

|{{fbaicon|SCO}} SCO

|Jamie Buchan

!15

!0

|14

|0

|0

|0

|0

|0

|1

|0

|DF

|{{fbaicon|SCO}} SCO

|Hugh Robertson

!0

!0

|0

|0

|0

|0

|0

|0

|0

|0

|DF

|{{fbaicon|SCO}} SCO

|Michael Hart

!0

!0

|0

|0

|0

|0

|0

|0

|0

|0

|DF

|{{fbaicon|SCO}} SCO

|Kevin Christie

!0

!0

|0

|0

|0

|0

|0

|0

|0

|0

|DF

|{{fbaicon|POR}} POR

|Samuel Quina

!0

!0

|0

|0

|0

|0

|0

|0

|0

|0

|DF

|{{fbaicon|SCO}} SCO

|Duncan Buchan

!0

!0

|0

|0

|0

|0

|0

|0

|0

|0

|DF

|{{fbaicon|SCO}} SCO

|Mike Newlands

!0

!0

|0

|0

|0

|0

|0

|0

|0

|0

|DF

|{{fbaicon|SCO}} SCO

|Alan Bryson

!0

!0

|0

|0

|0

|0

|0

|0

|0

|0

|MF

|{{fbaicon|SCO}} SCO

|David Rowson

!43

!3

|34

|2

|2

|0

|2

|0

|5

|1

|MF

|{{fbaicon|SCO}} SCO

|Joe Miller

!39

!4

|30

|4

|2

|0

|2

|0

|5

|0

|MF

|{{fbaicon|BUL}} BUL

|Illian Kiriakov

!38

!1

|27

|1

|2

|0

|3

|0

|6

|0

|MF

|{{fbaicon|SCO}} SCO

|Darren Young

!34

!2

|26

|1

|2

|0

|2

|0

|4

|1

|MF

|{{fbaicon|SCO}} SCO

|Stephen Glass

!32

!4

|24

|1

|2

|0

|3

|1

|3

|2

|MF

|{{fbaicon|SCO}} SCO

|Paul Bernard

!16

!0

|14

|0

|0

|0

|1

|0

|1

|0

|MF

|{{fbaicon|ISL}} ISL

|Haraldur Ingólfsson

!6

!0

|6

|0

|0

|0

|0

|0

|0

|0

|MF

|{{fbaicon|SCO}} SCO

|Brian Grant

!6

!0

|2

|0

|0

|0

|1

|0

|3

|0

|MF

|{{fbaicon|SCO}} SCO

|Derek Young

!0

!0

|0

|0

|0

|0

|0

|0

|0

|0

|MF

|{{fbaicon|SCO}} SCO

|Paul Telfer

!0

!0

|0

|0

|0

|0

|0

|0

|0

|0

|MF

|{{fbaicon|SCO}} SCO

|Iain Good

!0

!0

|0

|0

|0

|0

|0

|0

|0

|0

|FW

|{{fbaicon|SCO}} SCO

|Billy Dodds

!41

!23

|31

|14

|2

|1

|2

|4

|6

|4

|FW

|{{fbaicon|ENG}} ENG

|Dean Windass

!40

!16

|29

|10

|2

|0

|3

|5

|6

|1

|FW

|{{fbaicon|SCO}} SCO

|Duncan Shearer

!30

!5

|20

|4

|2

|0

|3

|0

|5

|1

|FW

|{{fbaicon|SCO}} SCO

|Scott Booth

!23

!1

|19

|0

|2

|1

|0

|0

|2

|0

|FW

|{{fbaicon|SCO}} SCO

|Michael Craig

!7

!1

|5

|1

|0

|0

|1

|0

|1

|0

|FW

|{{fbaicon|SCO}} SCO

|Dennis Wyness

!7

!0

|7

|0

|0

|0

|0

|0

|0

|0

|FW

|{{fbaicon|SCO}} SCO

|Malcolm Kpedekpo

!6

!0

|5

|0

|0

|0

|0

|0

|1

|0

|FW

|{{fbaicon|ENG}} ENG

|Richard Irving

!0

!0

|0

|0

|0

|0

|0

|0

|0

|0

|FW

|{{fbaicon|ENG}} ENG

|Noel Whelan

!0

!0

|0

|0

|0

|0

|0

|0

|0

|0

References

  • afcheritage.org {{cite web |title=Aberdeen FC – Historic Fixtures and Results |url=http://www.afcheritage.org/matches/fixtures/fixtures1.cfm?season=1996-97&Squad=Senior |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20200831114514/http://www.afcheritage.org/matches/fixtures/fixtures1.cfm?season=1995-96&Squad=Senior |archivedate=31 August 2020 |url-status=live |accessdate=25 February 2012 }}

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