The 2024–25 Aberdeen F.C. season is Aberdeen's 112th season in the top flight of Scottish football and the twelfth in the Scottish Premiership.[1] Aberdeen are also competing in the Scottish Cup and Scottish 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 and later announced his retirement from football.[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.
July
Aberdeen's Pre-Season friendly with Peterhead FC was moved to Cormack Park due to weather conditions in Peterhead with the Dons winning 4-0. On 11 July, forward Duk was announced missing from training by the club with the player going AWOL. Aberdeen took disciplinary action against the Cape Verde international. On 12 July, Dante Polvara suffered an injury and is set to be ruled out for at least four months and Norwegian midfielder Sivert Heltne Nilsen joined from SK Brann. The club opened the season with a 3-0 win over Queen of The South in the League Cup. This was followed with wins against East Kilbride, Airdrieonians and Dumbarton to top the group and setup a Second round tie with Queens Park. Leighton Clarkson was ruled out for eight weeks with a shoulder injury and Junior Hoilett was not offered a new deal and left the club.
August
Youngsters Adam Emslie and Finday Marshall joined Cove Rangers on loan deals along with Blair McKenzie who joined Montrose. Aberdeen began the League season with an away win against St Johnstone. Ante Palaversa joined the club from Troyes for an undisclosed fee and also Finnish winger Topi Keskinen signed from HJK Helsinki for a reported £860,000. Macedonian forward Bojan Miovski was given a send-off from fans in the win against St Mirren as he later signed for Spanish La Liga side Girona for a club-record fee of £6,800,000. Keskinen scored a 92nd minute winner against Queens Park in the League Cup to setup a tie with The Spartans. Ryan Duncan later joined Queens on loan for the season. Defender Richard Jensen also went out on loan to Vejle. The Dons then signed Kevin Nisbet on a loan deal from English Championship side Millwall. He made his debut in the home win against Kilmarnock with striker Pape Habib Guèye scoring both goals with headers. Defender Jayden Richardson left the club on transfer deadline day. A 98th minute winner from Nisbet seen Aberdeen briefly top the league at the end of the month with the club having won every game of the season so far
September
Call-ups for the September Internationals included Jack Milne, Alfie Bavidge and Fletcher Boyd for Scotland youths, Topi Keskinen for Finland, Dimitar Mitov for Bulgaria and Slobodan Rubezic for Montenegro.[5] An Aberdeen XI played in a Testimonial match at Cove for their player Blair Yule with both Shayden Morris and Kevin Nisbet scoring. On 7th September, the club announced Duk had returned to training having gone missing earlier in July.[6] The Dons remained on their winning run with wins against Motherwell and Dundee and also in the League Cup against The Spartans, setting up a tie with Celtic in the Semi-finals at Hampden.
October
On 1 October, Nicky Devlin received his first Scotland call-up for the UEFA Nations League matches against Croatia and Portugal.[7] Pape Habib Guèye was ruled out for fourteen weeks with a quad muscle tear he picked up in training.[8] After the International break, the Dons came from two goals down to draw away to Celtic. This was followed with a battling win against Dundee United as Peter Ambrose scored his first league goal. The unbeaten run continued with an impressive and enthralling win also at home to Rangers.
November
However, the unbeaten domestic run ended in devastating fashion at Hampden as Daizen Maeda scored a hat-trick in a 6-0 mauling. Young goalkeeper Rodrigo Vitols signed a contract extension, keeping him at the Club until at least 2027. Manager Jimmy Thelin was named Scottish Premiership manager of the month for October and Nicky Devlin was named Player of the month. They bounced back at home to Dundee, the fourth sell-out in-a-row at Pittodrie. The club reported a record turnover of £23.6 million in its annual accounts for the year ended 30 June 2024, an increase of 49% on the previous year’s £15.8million turnover. The unbeaten League run came to an end at a snowy St Mirren Park thanks to a 2-1 loss which also included a red card overturned by VAR. Three goals in added time at Easter Road saw the Dons in a pulsating 3-3 draw with Hibernian, where Sokler scored a brilliant overhead kick only to be pegged back by Rocky Bushiri's first goal for the home side.
December
Goalkeeper Dimitar Mitov was injured in the draw at Hearts, ruling him out for up to six weeks. In the Scottish Cup, the Dons were drawn away to Elgin City in January. Their unbeaten home record came to an end in a tight 1-0 loss to Celtic. They were then left frustrated in a wet and windy afternoon at Pittodrie which seen them battle to a draw against St Johnstone. The annual AGM took place with chairman Dave Cormack confirming the tribunal fee for last seasons want away midfielder Connor Barron to Rangers had still not been paid.
Updated to match(es) played on 26 December 2024. Source: [9][10] 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).[11] 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.
Results by round
Round
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
16
17
18
Ground
A
H
H
A
H
A
H
A
H
H
H
A
A
A
H
H
H
A
Result
W
W
W
W
W
W
W
D
W
W
W
L
D
D
L
D
L
L
Position
3
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
3
3
Updated to match(es) played on 26 December 2024. Source: [citation needed] A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss
