1998–99 Aberdeen F.C. season

Aberdeen F.C. 1998–99 football season

Aberdeen F.C.
1998–99 season
Chairman	Stewart Milne
Manager	Alex Miller (to November) Paul Hegarty (caretaker manager, until May)
Scottish Premier League	8th
Scottish Cup	3rd Round
Scottish League Cup	4th Round
Top goalscorer	League: Eoin Jess (14) All: Eoin Jess (14)
Highest home attendance	22,000 vs. Manchester United, Teddy Scott Testimonal, 18 January 1999 19,537 vs. Rangers, 30 January 1999
Lowest home attendance	9,048 vs. Kilmarnock, 10 April 1999
Average home league attendance	11,959
← 1997–98 1999–2000 →

Aberdeen F.C. competed in the inaugural Scottish Premier League, Scottish League Cup and Scottish Cup in season 1998–99.

Results

Scottish Premier League

Match Day	Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Aberdeen Scorer(s)	Attendance
1	1 August	Dundee	A	2–0	Jess, Hignett	7,811
2	16 August	Celtic	H	3–2	Perry, Hignett, Blinker	16,640
3	22 August	Heart of Midlothian	A	0–2		14,952
4	29 August	Dunfermline Athletic	A	1–1	Perry	6,463
5	12 September	Motherwell	H	1–1	Jess	11,760
6	19 September	St Johnstone	A	0–2		5,814
7	23 September	Rangers	H	1–1	Jess	17,862
8	27 September	Kilmarnock	H	0–1		13,048
9	4 October	Dundee United	A	0–1		8,933
10	17 October	Dundee	H	2–2	Jess (2)	10,004
11	24 October	Celtic	A	0–2		60,081
12	31 October	Motherwell	A	2–2	Newell, Winters	8,146
13	7 November	Dunfermline Athletic	H	2–1	Jess (2)	10,293
14	14 November	Rangers	A	1–2	Jess	49,479
15	21 November	St Johnstone	H	0–1		10,044
16	28 November	Dundee United	H	0–3		11,964
17	5 December	Kilmarnock	A	0–4		9,785
18	12 December	Heart of Midlothian	H	2–0	Winters, Jess	11,137
19	19 December	Dundee	A	2–1	Winters (2)	6,340
20	26 December	Dunfermline Athletic	A	2–1	Inglis, Jess	7,873
21	29 December	Motherwell	H	1–1	Jess	15,269
22	2 January	St Johnstone	A	1–4	Buchan	8,971
23	30 January	Rangers	H	2–4	Newell, Jess	19,537
24	6 February	Kilmarnock	H	2–1	Jess, Mayer	9,299
25	20 February	Dundee United	A	0–3		8,309
26	27 February	Heart of Midlothian	A	2–0	Wyness, Bernard	13,957
27	14 March	Celtic	H	1–5	Winters	16,825
28	20 March	Motherwell	A	1–1	Winters	6,963
29	3 April	Dunfermline Athletic	H	3–1	Winters (3)	11,371
30	10 April	Kilmarnock	A	2–4	Winters, Hamilton	9,048
31	17 April	Dundee United	H	0–4		11,603
32	25 April	Rangers	A	1–3	Perry	49,145
33	1 May	St Johnstone	H	1–0	Winters	9,561
34	8 May	Dundee	H	1–2	Winters	9,057
35	15 May	Celtic	A	2–3	Mayer, Perry	59,138
36	23 May	Heart of Midlothian	H	2–5	Buchan, Jess	13,042

Final standings

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
6	Heart of Midlothian	36	11	9	16	44	50	−6	42
7	Motherwell	36	10	11	15	35	54	−19	41
8	Aberdeen	36	10	7	19	43	71	−28	37
9	Dundee United	36	8	10	18	37	48	−11	34
10	Dunfermline Athletic (R)	36	4	16	16	28	59	−31	28	Relegation to the 1999–2000 Scottish First Division

Updated to match(es) played on end of season. Source: Soccerway and SPL official website
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored
(R) Relegated

Scottish League Cup

Round	Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Aberdeen Scorer(s)	Attendance
R2	8 August	Inverness Caledonian Thistle	A	3–0	Dodds (3)	5,164
R3	19 August	Hibernian	A	0–1		7,457

Scottish Cup

Round	Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Aberdeen Scorer(s)	Attendance
R3	23 January	Livingston	H	0–1		10,311

Squad

Appearances & Goals

No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Total		SPL		Scottish Cup		League Cup
No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
1	GK	SCO	Jim Leighton	24	0	22	0	0	0	2	0
2	DF	SCO	Mark Perry	35	4	32	4	1	0	2	0
3	DF	SCO	Derek Whyte (c)	38	0	35	0	1	0	2	0
4	DF	ENG	Nigel Pepper	10	0	10	0	0	0	0	0
5	DF	SCO	John Inglis	20	1	17	1	1	0	2	0
6	DF	SCO	Gary Smith	33	0	30	0	1	0	2	0
7	MF	ENG	Craig Hignett	15	2	13	2	0	0	2	0
7	FW	SCO	Jim Hamilton	7	1	7	1	0	0	0	0
8	MF	SCO	Eoin Jess	39	14	36	14	1	0	2	0
9	FW	ENG	Mike Newell	24	2	23	2	1	0	0	0
10	FW	SCO	Billy Dodds	8	3	6	0	0	0	2	3
10	MF	GER	Andreas Mayer	13	2	13	2	0	0	0	0
11	MF	BUL	Illian Kiriakov	25	0	22	0	1	0	2	0
12	MF	SCO	Andy Dow	28	0	25	0	1	0	2	0
13	GK	SCO	Derek Stillie	9	0	8	0	1	0	0	0
14	MF	SCO	Paul Bernard	9	1	9	1	0	0	0	0
15	DF	SCO	Russell Anderson	18	0	16	0	0	0	2	0
16	DF	SCO	Jamie Buchan	25	2	24	2	1	0	0	0
17	MF	SCO	David Rowson	24	0	21	0	1	0	2	0
18	FW	SCO	Ricky Gillies	13	0	11	0	0	0	2	0
19	MF	SCO	Darren Young	11	0	11	0	0	0	0	0
20	FW	SCO	Dennis Wyness	15	1	15	1	0	0	0	0
21	MF	SCO	Derek Young	5	0	4	0	0	0	1	0
22	DF	SCO	Michael Hart	14	0	13	0	1	0	0	0
23	GK	SCO	Ryan Esson	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
24	MF	SCO	Russell Duncan	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
25	DF	SCO	Stuart McCaffrey	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
26	FW	SCO	Robbie Winters	29	12	28	12	1	0	0	0
27	MF	ISL	Baldur Bett	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0
28	MF	SCO	Iain Good	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0
29	FW	SCO	Darren Mackie	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
30	FW	SCO	Alex Notman	2	0	2	0	0	0	0	0
31	MF	SCO	Fergus Tiernan	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
40	GK	ENG	Tony Warner	6	0	6	0	0	0	0	0

References

AFC Heritage Trust

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Domestic leagues	Premier League Football League First Division Second Division Third Division Highland League
Domestic cups	Scottish Cup Final League Cup Final Junior Cup Highland League Cup North of Scotland Cup
European competitions	Champions League European Cup Winners' Cup UEFA Cup
Related to national team	Results Euro 2000 qualifying (Group 9)
Club seasons
Premier League	Aberdeen Celtic Dundee Dundee United Dunfermline Athletic Heart of Midlothian Kilmarnock Motherwell Rangers St Johnstone
First Division	Airdrieonians Ayr United Clydebank Falkirk Greenock Morton Hamilton Academical Hibernian Raith Rovers St. Mirren Stranraer
Second Division	Alloa Athletic Arbroath Clyde East Fife Forfar Athletic Inverness Caledonian Thistle Livingston Partick Thistle Queen of the South Stirling Albion
Third Division	Albion Rovers Berwick Rangers Brechin City Cowdenbeath Dumbarton East Stirlingshire Montrose Queen's Park Ross County Stenhousemuir

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