1995–96 Aberdeen F.C. season

Aberdeen F.C. 1995–96 football season

Aberdeen F.C.
1995–96 season
Chairman	Ian Donald
Manager	Roy Aitken
Scottish Premier Division	3rd
Scottish Cup	Semi-final
Scottish League Cup	Winners
Top goalscorer	League: Scott Booth (9) All: Scott Booth Billy Dodds (12 each)
Highest home attendance	20,351 vs. Rangers, 7 October 1995
Lowest home attendance	6,628 vs. Raith Rovers, 7 February 1996
Average home league attendance	12,369
← 1994–95 1996–97 →

Aberdeen F.C. competed in the Scottish Premier Division, Scottish League Cup and Scottish Cup in season 1995–96.

Results

Scottish Premier Division

Match Day	Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Aberdeen Scorer(s)	Attendance
1	26 August	Falkirk	A	3–2	Inglis, Dodds, Booth	6,647
2	10 September	Celtic	H	2–3	Boyd, Jess	16,489
3	16 September	Hibernian	A	1–1	Shearer	11,161
4	23 September	Kilmarnock	A	2–1	Miller, Woodthorpe	7,198
5	30 September	Raith Rovers	H	3–0	Booth (2), Miller	13,983
6	4 October	Heart of Midlothian	A	2–1	Dodds, Booth	10,927
7	7 October	Rangers	H	0–1		20,351
8	14 October	Motherwell	A	1–2	Booth	6,842
9	21 October	Partick Thistle	H	3–0	Craig, Jess, Bernard	12,719
10	28 October	Celtic	A	0–2		32,275
11	4 November	Hibernian	H	1–2	Glass	14,774
12	8 November	Falkirk	H	3–1	Dodds, Miller, McGowan	11,214
13	11 November	Rangers	A	1–1	Jess	45,427
14	18 November	Raith Rovers	A	0–1		5,786
15	2 December	Partick Thistle	A	0–1		4,286
16	9 December	Motherwell	H	1–0	Shearer	11,229
17	13 December	Kilmarnock	H	4–1	Miller (3), Windass	7,020
18	16 December	Heart of Midlothian	H	1–2	Windass	12,308
19	8 January	Hibernian	A	2–1	Miller, Dodds	8,191
20	14 January	Celtic	H	1–2	Dodds	16,760
21	16 January	Falkirk	A	1–1	Windass	4,003
22	20 January	Partick Thistle	H	1–0	Dodds	9,149
23	23 January	Kilmarnock	A	1–1	Irvine	6,703
24	7 February	Raith Rovers	H	1–0	Windass	6,628
25	10 February	Heart of Midlothian	A	3–1	Windass, Shearer, Glass	14,314
26	13 February	Motherwell	A	0–1		5,090
27	25 February	Rangers	H	0–1		19,842
28	2 March	Kilmarnock	H	3–0	Booth (2), Miller	7,177
29	16 March	Raith Rovers	A	2–2	Miller, Buchan	4,932
30	23 March	Hibernian	H	2–1	Dodds, Booth	10,924
31	1 April	Celtic	A	0–5		35,284
32	13 April	Motherwell	H	2–1	McCart, Irvine	8,943
33	16 April	Partick Thistle	A	1–1	Booth	4,568
34	20 April	Heart of Midlothian	H	1–1	Windass	11,303
35	28 April	Rangers	A	1–3	Irvine	47,247
36	4 May	Falkirk	H	2–1	Glass, McGowan	11,831

Final standings

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Rangers (C)	36	27	6	3	85	25	+60	87	Qualification for the Champions League qualifying round
2	Celtic	36	24	11	1	74	25	+49	83	Qualification for the UEFA Cup qualifying round^[a]
3	Aberdeen	36	16	7	13	52	45	+7	55	Qualification for the UEFA Cup qualifying round^[a]
4	Heart of Midlothian	36	16	7	13	55	53	+2	55	Qualification for the Cup Winners' Cup qualifying round^[b]
5	Hibernian	36	11	10	15	43	57	−14	43

Source: Soccerbase
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored
(C) Champions
Notes:

^ Aberdeen qualified for the UEFA Cup by winning the League Cup.
^ As Rangers, the winners of the Scottish Cup, qualified for the Champions League via their league position, the place in the Cup Winners' Cup was passed to the cup runner-up, Heart of Midlothian.

Scottish League Cup

Round	Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Aberdeen Scorer(s)	Attendance
R2	19 August	St Mirren	H	3–1	Booth (2), Dodds	10,397
R3	30 August	Falkirk	A	4–1	Booth, Clark, Woodthorpe, Miller	6,387
QF	20 September	Motherwell	A	2–1	Dodds, Inglis	9,137
SF	24 October	Rangers	N	2–1	Dodds (2)	26,131
Final	26 November	Dundee	N	2–0	Dodds, Shearer	33,096

Scottish Cup

Round	Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Aberdeen Scorer(s)	Attendance
R3	28 January	Motherwell	A	2–0	Windass, Shearer	6,035
R4	17 February	Stirling Albion	A	2–0	Windass, Shearer	3,808
QF	9 March	Airdrieonians	H	2–1	Windass, Bernard	11,749
SF	18 February	Heart of Midlothian	N	2–1	Shearer	27,785

Squad

Appearances & Goals

No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Total		Premier Division		Scottish Cup		League Cup
No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
	GK	SCO	Michael Watt	37	0	30	0	4	0	3	0
	GK	NED	Theo Snelders	9	0	7	0	0	0	2	0
	DF	SCO	Gary Smith	41	0	33	0	4	0	4	0
	DF	SCO	Stewart McKimmie (c)	37	0	29	0	3	0	5	0
	DF	SCO	John Inglis	30	2	24	1	1	0	5	1
	DF	SCO	Brian Irvine	21	3	18	3	3	0	0	0
	DF	ENG	Colin Woodthrope	19	2	15	1	2	0	2	1
	DF	SCO	Hugh Robertson	13	0	11	0	1	0	1	0
	DF	SCO	Jamie Buchan	4	1	4	1	0	0	0	0
	DF	SCO	Kevin Christie	3	0	2	0	0	0	1	0
	DF	SCO	Craig Ireland	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
	MF	SCO	Stephen Glass	41	3	32	3	4	0	5	0
	MF	SCO	Joe Miller	40	10	31	9	4	0	5	1
	MF	SCO	Paul Bernard	36	2	31	1	3	1	2	0
	MF	SCO	Eoin Jess	32	3	25	3	2	0	5	0
	MF	SCO	Brian Grant	31	0	25	0	4	0	2	0
	MF	SCO	Peter Hetherston	16	0	11	0	0	0	5	0
	MF	SCO	David Rowson	9	0	9	0	0	0	0	0
	MF	SCO	Ray McKinnon	3	0	1	0	0	0	2	0
	MF	NED	Etienne Verveer	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
	MF	SCO	Kenny Gilbert	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	FW	SCO	Billy Dodds	40	12	31	7	4	0	5	5
	FW	SCO	Duncan Shearer	36	7	30	3	4	3	2	1
	FW	SCO	Scott Booth	30	12	24	9	2	0	4	3
	FW	ENG	Dean Windass	24	9	20	6	4	3	0	0
	FW	SCO	Scott Thomson	5	0	4	0	0	0	1	0
	FW	SCO	Malcolm Kpedekpo	5	0	5	0	0	0	0	0
	FW	SCO	Michael Craig	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0
	FW	SCO	Dennis Wyness	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

References

afcheritage.org "Aberdeen FC - Historic Fixtures and Results". Archived from the original on 31 August 2020. Retrieved 25 February 2012.

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v t e 1995–96 in Scottish football
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Domestic leagues	Football League Premier Division First Division Second Division Third Division Highland League
Domestic cups	Scottish Cup Final League Cup Final Challenge Cup Final Junior Cup
European competitions	Champions League UEFA Cup Winners' Cup UEFA Cup
Related to national team	Results Euro 1996 qualifying Group 8 Euro 1996
Club seasons
Premier Division	Aberdeen Celtic Falkirk Heart of Midlothian Hibernian Kilmarnock Motherwell Partick Thistle Raith Rovers Rangers
First Division	Airdrieonians Clydebank Dumbarton Dundee Dundee United Dunfermline Athletic Greenock Morton Hamilton Academical St. Johnstone St. Mirren
Second Division	Ayr United Berwick Rangers Clyde East Fife Forfar Athletic Montrose Queen of the South Stenhousemuir Stirling Albion Stranraer
Third Division	Albion Rovers Alloa Athletic Arbroath Brechin City Caledonian Thistle Cowdenbeath East Stirlingshire Livingston Queen's Park Ross County