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2023–24 Aberdeen F.C. season

The 2023–24 Aberdeen F.C. season was Aberdeen's 111th season in the top flight of Scottish football and the eleventh in the Scottish Premiership.[1] Aberdeen also competed in the League Cup, the Scottish Cup and the UEFA Europa Conference League, entering the latter as debutants of the competition. Aberdeen competed in European Group Stage football for the first time since 2007.[2]

Aberdeen
2023–24 season
ChairmanDave Cormack
ManagerBarry Robson
(until 31 January)
Neil Warnock (interim)
(from 5 February
until 9 March)
Peter Leven (interim)
GroundPittodrie Stadium
Aberdeen, Scotland
(Capacity: 20,866)
Scottish Premiership7th
Scottish CupSemi-final
Scottish League CupRunners-up
Europa LeaguePlay-off round
Conference LeagueGroup stage
Top goalscorerLeague: Bojan Miovski (16)
All: Bojan Miovski (26)
Highest home attendance19,237, vs. BK Häcken, Europa League, 31 August 2023
Lowest home attendance10,879, vs. Kilmarnock, Scottish Cup, 9 March 2024
Average home league attendance16,055

Summary edit

May edit

On 22 May, former Livingston captain Nicky Devlin joined on a free transfer. On 31 May, pre-season plans were confirmed with a training camp in Portugal, away friendlies to Highland Football League sides Turriff United and Fraserburgh, before a trip to London to play English League One side Charlton Athletic.[3]

June edit

On 6 June, Ross McCrorie left for English Championship side Bristol City for an undisclosed fee. On 13 June, the club announced the departures of coach Liam Fox, first team players Marley Watkins, Connor McLennan, Dean Campbell and Matty Kennedy, and youth team players Mason Hancock, Milosz Ochmanski, Timi Fatona and Blessing Oluyemi.[4] Pre-season was finalised with a trip to Deepdale to play English Championship side Preston North End, Chief Executive Alan Burrows confirming all friendlies were away from home due to preparations needed at Pittodrie for the season ahead. On 15 June, Leighton Clarkson, on loan last season from Liverpool, signed for an undisclosed fee which is believed to have broken the clubs transfer record. The following day, former Slovenian under-21 international Ester Sokler also signed for an undisclosed fee. Captain Graeme Shinnie joined from Wigan Athletic for a third time, signing a three-year deal. On 26 June, former manager and non-executive director Craig Brown died at the age of 82.[5]

July edit

After seven years, goalkeeper Joe Lewis left the club by mutual consent. American midfielder Dante Polvara returned from his loan spell.[6] The Dons kicked off pre-season matches with an impressive 9–0 victory at Turriff United. They continued with two more victories against fellow Highland League sides Fraserburgh and Formartine United winning 2–0 and 1–0 respectively with the latter behind closed doors. Aberdeen completed their pre-season friendlies with two away matches in England, losing 2–0 at Preston North End, followed a week later by a 3–2 win at Charlton Athletic.

August edit

Aberdeen started the league campaign with a 0–0 draw away at Livingston, then a 3–1 home defeat to Celtic. This was followed by a 2–2 draw away to St Mirren, where Aberdeen scored a very late equaliser, with a penalty from Bojan Miovski after 10 minutes of injury time. Aberdeen progressed to the quarter-final of League Cup with a 2–1 victory at Stirling Albion, but dropped down into the Europa Conference League following an aggregate loss of 5–3 to BK Häcken. The club signed four new players, James McGarry, Jamie McGrath, Richard Jensen and Pape Habib Guèye but lost Ylber Ramadani who moved to Italian club Lecce for a reported £1.1 million.

September edit

Following the defeat to BK Häcken in the Europa League playoff round, Aberdeen were drawn in Group G of the Europa Conference League, along with Eintracht Frankfurt, PAOK and HJK Helsinki. Aberdeen's poor run of form in the league continued with two 2–0 defeats at home to Hibernian, then away to Heart of Midlothian. Aberdeen then travelled to Germany, and took a travelling support of over 2,500 to the Deutsche Bank Arena to see Aberdeen go down to a 2–1 defeat in the Europa Conference to Eintracht Frankfurt, in which Dante Polvara scored his first goal for the club. Aberdeen returned to Pittodrie three days later, and had their first league victory of the season, a 4–0 win over Ross County in which Jamie McGrath scored his first goal for the club. Aberdeen ended the month with a 3–1 victory over Rangers at Ibrox, in a match that saw Stefan Gartenmann's first goal for the club, as well as goals from Jamie McGrath and Jack Mackenzie. This was the first time Aberdeen had scored three goals at Ibrox since the 1997–98 season.

October edit

On 1 October, the death was announced of former Aberdeen striker Frank McDougall, at the age of 65. The Dons drew 1–1 with HJK in the Conference League with Miovski scoring which was followed up with a 0–0 draw against St Johnstone. The International break seen Slobodan Rubežić called up to the Montenegro national team for the first time. The SPFL and Police Scotland called off the Dundee match due to Storm Babet with the club confirming part of the stadium was damaged due to wind and flooding.

November edit

Aberdeen were eliminated from the Europa Conference League despite Jamie McGrath's sensational free-kick snatching a point against PAOK. They also reached the League Cup final thanks to a goal from Miovski at Hampden Park against Hibernian. But Celtic then dismantled a dismal Aberdeen 6–0 in the Scottish Premiership in Glasgow.

December edit

The winless run in the League continued with back to back defeats to Hibernian and Kilmarnock but a come from behind win at home Hearts stopped the rot. Aberdeen finished their European campaign with a 2–0 home win against Eintracht Frankfurt but days later they lost the League Cup Final at Hampden Park to Rangers thanks to a single goal from James Tavernier. The League match away to Dundee was controversially called off less than an hour before kick off. The home league match against Motherwell was postponed because of adverse weather conditions due to Storm Gerrit. They ended the year with a very unhappy Pittodrie crowd, a 3–0 loss to St Mirren.

January edit

The Dons began the year with a comfortable 3–0 away win at Ross County. Rhys Williams was recalled to Liverpool and Or Dadia to Hapoel Be'er Sheva with both players not making a single competitive appearance for the club. Vicente Besuijen was allowed to leave on loan with many youngsters. The clubs only January signing was Killian Phillips, a loan deal from Crystal Palace. However, following a poor run of results with the club lying in eighth place, they parted company with manager Barry Robson on 31 January.[7]

February edit

Peter Leven was put on interim charge for the home match against Celtic which ended with a competitive 1–1 draw. The club appointed Neil Warnock on an interim basis until the end of the season. His first match in charge was a 2–1 loss at Rangers. This was followed up with a 2–0 win at home to League Two side Bonnyrigg Rose in the Scottish Cup. Warnock admitted it was his aim to win a cup as he had never done before in his managerial career. This was followed with a remarkable 3–3 home draw with Motherwell. It was the first time since 1951 the Dons had come from 3–0 down in a match. Warnock signed up Junior Hoilett as he had worked with him three times before and felt he could offer a benefit to the squad. Another draw followed, 2–2 at home to Hibernian with the Dons now hoping for a top-six finish but still languishing in eighth.

March edit

Warnock left Aberdeen on 9 March, following a 3–1 win against Kilmarnock in the quarter-finals of the Scottish Cup.[8] Following Warnock's departure, Aberdeen chairman Dave Cormack said that the club were at an "advanced stage" of finding a longer-term appointment.[8]

Results & fixtures edit

  Win   Draw   Loss   Postponed

Pre-season edit

12 July 2023 Friendly Turriff United 0–9 Aberdeen Turriff
19:45 Marshall   27'
Clarkson   31'
Ramadani   44'
Duk   52'
Sokler   64', 67' (pen.), 80', 84'
Morris   85'		 Stadium: The Haughs
Attendance: 2,000
Referee: Joel Kennedy
15 July 2023 Friendly Fraserburgh 0–2 Aberdeen Fraserburgh
15:00 Bavidge   38'
Sokler   52' (pen.)		 Stadium: Bellslea Park
Attendance: 1,865
Referee: Joel Kennedy
Note: Ryan Cowie Testimonial
22 July 2023 Friendly Preston North End   2–0 Aberdeen Preston, England
15:00 Frøkjær   7', 18' Report Stadium: Deepdale
Attendance: 4,271
29 July 2023 Friendly Charlton Athletic   2–3 Aberdeen London, England
13:00 Blackett-Taylor   70'
Devlin   90' (o.g.)		 Report Asiimwe   3' (o.g.)
Shinnie   22'
Miovski   33'		 Stadium: The Valley
Attendance: 3,472

Scottish Premiership edit

Main article: 2023–24 Scottish Premiership
5 August 2023 1 Livingston 0–0 Aberdeen Livingston
15:00 Report Stadium: Tony Macaroni Arena
Attendance: 5,630
Referee: John Beaton
13 August 2023 2 Aberdeen 1–3 Celtic Aberdeen
12:00 Miovski   25' Report Abada   11'
Kyogo   29'
O'Riley   84'		 Stadium: Pittodrie
Attendance: 18,652
Referee: Kevin Clancy
Note: Game televised on Sky Sports.
27 August 2023 3 St Mirren 2–2 Aberdeen Paisley
15:00 Kiltie   59' (pen.)
Greive   76'		 Report Hayes   42'
Miovski   90+10' (pen.)		 Stadium: St Mirren Park
Attendance: 7,492
Referee: John Beaton
3 September 2023 4 Aberdeen 0–2 Hibernian Aberdeen
15:00
Report
Stadium: Pittodrie
Attendance: 16,471
Referee: David Munro
16 September 2023 5 Heart of Midlothian 2–0 Aberdeen Edinburgh
15:00 Oda   14'
Boyce   64'		 Report Stadium: Tynecastle
Attendance: 18,626
Referee: Kevin Clancy
24 September 2023 6 Aberdeen 4–0 Ross County Aberdeen
15:00 Miovski   21', 52'
Duk   42'
McGrath   47'		 Report Stadium: Pittodrie
Attendance: 15,116
Referee: Don Robertson
30 September 2023 7 Rangers 1–3 Aberdeen Glasgow
15:00 Wright   71'
Sima   75'		 Report Gartenmann   38'
McGrath   68'
MacKenzie   85'		 Stadium: Ibrox
Attendance: 49,959
Referee: Steven McLean
8 October 2023 8 Aberdeen 0–0 St Johnstone Aberdeen
15:00 Report Stadium: Pittodrie
Attendance: 16,816
Referee: David Munro
29 October 2023 10 Kilmarnock 2–0 Aberdeen Kilmarnock
12:00 Vassell   45+4'
Watkins   64'		 Report Stadium: Rugby Park
Attendance: 5,480
Referee: Kevin Clancy
Note: Game televised on Sky Sports Football.
1 November 2023 11 Motherwell 2–4 Aberdeen Motherwell
19:45 Bair   78'
Biereth   90+3'		 Report McGrath   26', 68'
Devlin   44'
Duk   74'		 Stadium: Fir Park
Attendance: 4,240
Referee: Colin Steven
12 November 2023 13 Celtic 6–0 Aberdeen Glasgow
15:00 Yang   9'
Furuhashi   16'
Palma   77 pen.'
Turnbull   90+2'
Oh   90+6', 90+9'		 Report Stadium: Celtic Park
Referee: William Collum
26 November 2023 14 Aberdeen 1–1 Rangers Aberdeen
12:00 Miovski   11' Report Tavernier   90+4 pen.' Stadium: Pittodrie
Attendance: 16,911
Referee: Nick Walsh
3 December 2023 15 Hibernian 2–0 Aberdeen Edinburgh
15:00 Vente   18'
Fish   70'		 Report Stadium: Easter Road
Attendance: 16,592
Referee: William Collum
6 December 2023 16 Aberdeen 0–1 Kilmarnock Aberdeen
19:45 Report Watson   90+2' Stadium: Pittodrie
Attendance: 13,668
Referee: Matthew MacDermid
9 December 2023 17 Aberdeen 2–1 Heart of Midlothian Aberdeen
15:00 Miovski   53'
Clarkson   90+2'		 Report Shankland   20' Stadium: Pittodrie
Attendance: 16,064
Referee: Chris Graham
20 December 2023 12 Aberdeen 2–1 Livingston Aberdeen
19:45 Miovski   42', 65' Report Guthrie   28' Stadium: Pittodrie
Attendance: 13,794
Referee: Nick Walsh
Note: Re-arranged match due to League Cup.
30 December 2023 21 Aberdeen 0–3 St Mirren Aberdeen
15:00 Report O'Hara   12'
Ayunga   78'
Kiltie   90+3 pen.'		 Stadium: Pittodrie
Attendance: 17,029
Referee: Grant Irvine
2 January 2024 22 Ross County 0–3 Aberdeen Dingwall
15:00 Report McGrath   24', 30'
Miovski   80'		 Stadium: Victoria Park
Attendance: 5,791
Referee: Matthew MacDermid
24 January 2024 18 St Johnstone 1–1 Aberdeen Perth
19:45 Keltjens   78' Report Miovski   62 pen.' Stadium: McDiarmid Park
Attendance: 3,472
Referee: John Beaton
Note: Rearranged match after postponement due to the League Cup.
27 January 2024 23 Heart of Midlothian 2–0 Aberdeen Edinburgh
15:00 Grant   57 pen.'
Shankland   77'		 Report Stadium: Tynecastle
Attendance: 18,790
Referee: Kevin Clancy
30 January 2024 9 Aberdeen 1–1 Dundee Aberdeen
19:45 Miovski   31 pen.' Report Ashcroft   55' Stadium: Pittodrie
Attendance: 15,512
Referee: Nick Walsh
Note: Rearranged match after postponement
3 February 2024 24 Aberdeen 1–1 Celtic Aberdeen
12:30 Miovski   50' Report Kühn   63' Stadium: Pittodrie
Referee: Steven McLean
Note: Game televised on Sky Sports.
7 February 2024 25 Rangers 2–1 Aberdeen Glasgow
20:00 Matondo   7'
Cantwell   72'
Sterling   88'		 Report Miovski   45' Stadium: Ibrox
Attendance: 49,329
Referee: Don Robertson
Note: Game televised on Sky Sports.
14 February 2024 20 Aberdeen 3–3 Motherwell Aberdeen
19:45 Duk   31', 50'
Gartenmann   37'		 Report Bair   5 pen.', 22'
Devine   26'		 Stadium: Pittodrie
Attendance: 15,290
Referee: Kevin Clancy
Note: Rearranged match after postponement
17 February 2024 26 Aberdeen 2–2 Hibernian Aberdeen
15:00 Devlin   15'
McGrath   51'		 Report Boyle   12'
Marcondes   67'		 Stadium: Pittodrie
Attendance: 18,329
Referee: David Munro
24 February 2024 27 Kilmarnock 2–0 Aberdeen Kilmarnock
15:00 Ndaba   45+5'
Kennedy   58'		 Report Stadium: Rugby Park
Attendance: 6,230
Referee: Graham Grainger
28 February 2024 28 Aberdeen 0–2 St Johnstone Aberdeen
19:45 Report Clark   44 pen.'
Kimpioka   77'		 Stadium: Pittodrie
Attendance: 14,226
Referee: Don Robertson
2 March 2024 29 St Mirren 2–1 Aberdeen Paisley
15:00 O'Hara   90+6 pen.'
Olusanya   90+7'		 Report Barron   1' Stadium: St Mirren Park
Attendance: 7,019
Referee: Nick Walsh
13 March 2024 19 Dundee 1–0 Aberdeen Dundee
19:45 McCowan   66 pen.' Report Stadium: Dens Park
Attendance: 8,215
Referee: Steven McLean
Note: Rearranged match after postponement
16 March 2024 30 Motherwell 0–1 Aberdeen Motherwell
15:00 Report Clarkson   25' Stadium: Fir Park
Referee: William Collum
30 March 2024 31 Aberdeen 2–1 Ross County Aberdeen
15:00 Miovski   5'
McGrath   78'		 Report Murray   26' Stadium: Pittodrie
Attendance: 17,616
Referee: Kevin Clancy
6 April 2024 32 Livingston 0–0 Aberdeen Livingston
15:00 Report Stadium: Tony Macaroni Arena
Attendance: 2,797
Referee: Graham Grainger
13 April 2024 33 Aberdeen 0–0 Dundee Aberdeen
15:00 Shinnie   90+6' Report Stadium: Pittodrie
Attendance: 17,176
Referee: Nick Walsh
27 April 2024 34 Aberdeen 1–0 Motherwell Aberdeen
15:00 Gartenmann   60' Report Stadium: Pittodrie
Attendance: 14,794
Referee: Craig Napier
4 May 2024 35 Aberdeen 1–0 St Johnstone Aberdeen
15:00 Miovski   68 pen.' Report Stadium: Pittodrie
Attendance: 15,537
Referee: Chris Graham
12 May 2024 36 Hibernian 0–4 Aberdeen Edinburgh
15:00 Report Clarkson   30'
Polvara   39'
Miovski   52'
Boyd   90+2'		 Stadium: Easter Road
Attendance: 16,044
Referee: Grant Irvine
15 May 2024 37 Aberdeen 5–1 Livingston Aberdeen
19:45 Hoilett   58', 81'
Shinnie   74'
Polvara   77'
Boyd   90+3'		 Report Yengi   52 pen.' Stadium: Pittodrie
Attendance: 15,043
Referee: Alan Muir
19 May 2024 38 Ross County 2–2 Aberdeen Dingwall
15:00 Murray   5'
Dhanda   68 pen.'		 Report Sokler   32'
McGrath   50'
MacDonald   64'		 Stadium: Victoria Park
Attendance: 6,119
Referee: Chris Graham

Scottish League Cup edit

Main article: 2023–24 Scottish League Cup

Having qualified for Europe, Aberdeen entered the Scottish League Cup at the knockout phase. They lost in the Final to Rangers.

Knockout phase edit

18 August 2023 Second round Stirling Albion 1–2 Aberdeen Stirling
19:45 Spence   75' Report Miovski   29'
Clarkson   63'		 Stadium: Forthbank Stadium
Attendance: 2,943
Referee: David Munro
27 September 2023 Quarter-final Ross County 1–2 Aberdeen Dingwall
19:45 Baldwin   14'
Turner   83 pen.'		 Report Shinnie   8'
Sokler   80'		 Stadium: Victoria Park
Attendance: 4,637
Referee: John Beaton
4 November 2023 Semi-final Hibernian 0–1 Aberdeen Glasgow
17:15 Report MacKenzie   75'
Miovski   78'		 Stadium: Hampden Park
Attendance: 28,295
Referee: John Beaton
17 December 2023 Final Rangers 1–0 Aberdeen Glasgow
15:00 Tavernier   76' Report Stadium: Hampden Park
Attendance: 49,296
Referee: Don Robertson

Scottish Challenge Cup edit

Main article: 2023–24 Scottish Challenge Cup

An Aberdeen 'B' side played in the Challenge Cup. They played Brora Rangers for the fourth time in five season, but lost out to Peterhead.

2 August 2023 First round Brora Rangers 1–1
(2–4 p)		 Aberdeen B Brora
19:45 J. MacRae   28' Report Bavidge   82' Stadium: Dudgeon Park
Attendance: 275
Referee: Ryan Lee
Penalties
  •   Hamilton
  •   Marshall
  •   Lobban
  •   Emslie
  •   Bavidge
15 August 2023 Second Round Aberdeen B 3–5 Peterhead Pitmedden
19:30 Stewart   18'
Bavidge   56' (pen.)
Marshall   72'		 Report Ross   49'
McCarthy   62'
Brown   82', 83'
Shanks   86'		 Stadium: North Lodge Park
Attendance: 384
Referee: Ross Clark

Scottish Cup edit

Main article: 2023–24 Scottish Cup
19 January 2024 Fourth round Clyde 0–2 Aberdeen Hamilton
19:45 Report Miovski   32'
Devlin   57'		 Stadium: New Douglas Park
Attendance: 2,601
Referee: Euan Anderson
Note: Game televised on BBC Scotland.
10 February 2024 Fifth round Aberdeen 2–0 Bonnyrigg Rose Aberdeen
15:00 Miovski   17', 25' Report Stadium: Pittodrie Stadium
Attendance: 11,470
Referee: Matthew MacDermid
9 March 2024 Quarter-final Aberdeen 3–1 Kilmarnock Aberdeen
12:15 McGrath   11'
Shinnie   33'
Findlay   66 o.g.'		 Report Armstrong   41' Stadium: Pittodrie Stadium
Attendance: 10,879
Referee: John Beaton
20 April 2024 Semi-final Aberdeen 3–3 (a.e.t.)
(5–6 p)		 Celtic Glasgow
12:30 Miovski   2'
Sokler   90'
MacDonald   119'		 Report Kühn   21'
Forrest   63'
O'Riley   105+1'		 Stadium: Hampden Park
Attendance: 45,385
Referee: Don Robertson

UEFA Europa League edit

Main article: 2023–24 UEFA Europa League

Aberdeen returned to European football in the Play-off round for the Europa League. They were guaranteed European Group Stage football for the first time since 2008. They were knocked out of the UEFA Europa Conference League placing third in Group G.

Play-off round edit

Main article: 2023–24 UEFA Europa League qualifying phase and play-off round
24 August 2023 First leg BK Häcken   2–2   Aberdeen Gothenburg, Sweden
18:00 Layouni   36'
Sadiq   69' (pen.)		 Report Miovski   75'
Devlin   79'		 Stadium: Bravida Arena
Attendance: 4,424
Referee: Filip Glova
31 August 2023 Second leg Aberdeen   1–3
(3–5 agg.)		   BK Häcken Aberdeen
19:45 Miovski   55' (pen.) Report Sadiq   14', 41', 81' (pen.) Stadium: Pittodrie
Attendance: 19,237
Referee: Daniel Siebert

UEFA Europa Conference League edit

Main article: 2023–24 UEFA Europa Conference League

Group Stages edit

Main article: 2023–24 UEFA Europa Conference League group stage
21 September 2023 1 Eintracht Frankfurt   2–1   Aberdeen Frankfurt, Germany
18:45 Marmoush   11' (pen.)
Koch   61'		 Report Polvara   22' Stadium: Waldstadion
Attendance: 55,500
Referee: Chrysovalantis Theouli
5 October 2023 2 Aberdeen   1–1   HJK Aberdeen
20:00 Miovski   79' Report Radulović   59' Stadium: Pittodrie
Attendance: 16,316
Referee: Daniel Stefanski
26 October 2023 3 Aberdeen   2–3   PAOK Aberdeen
20:00 Miovski   50'
Polvara   58'		 Report Despodov   73'
Vieirinha   84'
Schwab   90+6 pen.'		 Stadium: Pittodrie
Attendance: 16,089
Referee: Sebastian Gishamer
9 November 2023 4 PAOK   2–2   Aberdeen Thessaloniki, Greece
18:45 Taison   23'
Samatta   67'		 Report Duk   14'
McGrath   70'		 Stadium: Toumba Stadium
Referee: Juxhin Xhaja
30 November 2023 5 HJK   2–2   Aberdeen Helsinki, Finland
18:45 Bandé   16'
Hostikka   33'		 Report MacDonald   41'
Duk   56'		 Stadium: Bolt Arena
Attendance: 9,053
Referee: Genc Nuza
14 December 2023 6 Aberdeen   2–0   Eintracht Frankfurt Aberdeen
18:45 Duk   41'
Sokler   74'		 Report Stadium: Pittodrie
Attendance: 14,474
Referee: Miguel Bértolo Nogueira

Squad statistics edit

Appearances edit

As of 19 May 2024
No. Pos Player Premiership Europe League Cup Scottish Cup Total
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
2 DF   Nicky Devlin 37 2 6+2 1 4 0 4 1 53 4
3 DF   Jack MacKenzie 25+2 1 5 0 2 0 4 0 38 1
4 MF   Graeme Shinnie (c) 35+2 1 6 0 4 1 3 1 50 3
5 DF   Richard Jensen 24+4 0 6+1 0 3 0 1 0 39 0
6 DF   Stefan Gartenmann 32 3 5 0 3 0 3+1 0 44 3
7 MF   Jamie McGrath 31+3 9 5+3 1 3 0 3 1 48 11
8 MF   Connor Barron 23+5 1 4+2 0 2+1 0 3+1 0 41 1
9 FW   Bojan Miovski 36+2 16 5+2 4 4 2 4 4 53 26
10 MF   Leighton Clarkson 29+7 3 4+1 0 3+1 1 3+1 0 49 4
11 FW   Duk 16+18 4 6+2 3 2+1 0 2+2 0 49 7
15 DF   James McGarry 7+6 0 2+1 0 0+1 0 0 0 17 0
17 MF   Jonny Hayes 8+6 1 1+6 0 2 0 0 0 23 1
18 MF   Killian Phillips 3+7 0 0 0 0 0 1+2 0 13 0
19 FW   Ester Sokler 6+20 1 0+7 1 1+3 1 0+3 1 40 4
20 FW   Shayden Morris 3+9 0 3 0 1+1 0 1+2 0 20 0
21 MF   Dante Polvara 17+11 2 5+1 2 1+2 0 3 0 40 4
23 MF   Ryan Duncan 2+7 0 4+2 0 1+1 0 0+2 0 19 0
24 GK   Kelle Roos 37 0 8 0 4 0 3 0 52 0
27 DF   Angus MacDonald 13+6 0 2+1 1 0+1 0 3 1 26 2
28 DF   Jack Milne 3+3 0 2 0 0 0 0+2 0 10 0
30 MF   Junior Hoilett 10+3 2 0 0 0 0 1+1 0 15 2
31 GK   Ross Doohan 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 0
33 DF   Slobodan Rubežić 16+2 0 8 0 4 0 1 0 31 0
49 FW   Fletcher Boyd 0+2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2
Players who left the club during the season
14 FW   Pape Habib Guèye 0+4 0 1 0 0+1 0 0+1 0 7 0
18 DF   Rhys Williams 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
22 FW   Vicente Besuijen 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
25 GK   Tom Ritchie 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
26 DF   Anthony Stewart 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
30 DF   Or Dadia 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
32 MF   Findlay Marshall 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
36 FW   Alfie Bavidge 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
55 DF   Kieran Ngwenya 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

Goalscorers edit

As of 19 May 2024

Ranking Nation Number Name Scottish Premiership Europe League Cup Scottish Cup Total
1   9 Bojan Miovski 16 4 2 4 26
2   7 Jamie McGrath 9 1 0 1 11
3   11 Duk 4 3 0 0 7
4   2 Nicky Devlin 2 1 0 1 4
=   10 Leighton Clarkson 3 0 1 0 4
=   19 Ester Sokler 1 1 1 1 4
=   21 Dante Polvara 2 2 0 0 4
8   4 Graeme Shinnie 1 0 1 1 3
=   6 Stefan Gartenmann 3 0 0 0 3
10   27 Angus MacDonald 0 1 0 1 2
=   30 Junior Hoilett 2 0 0 0 2
=   49 Fletcher Boyd 2 0 0 0 2
13   3 Jack MacKenzie 1 0 0 0 1
=   8 Connor Barron 1 0 0 0 1
=   17 Jonny Hayes 1 0 0 0 1
TOTALS 48 13 5 9 75

Team statistics edit

Overall record edit

Competition First match Last match Starting round Final position Record
Pld W D L GF GA GD Win %
Scottish Premiership 5 August 2023 19 May 2024 Matchday 1 Seventh place 38 12 12 14 48 52 −4 031.58
Scottish Cup 19 January 2024 20 April 2024 Fourth round Semi-final 4 3 1 0 10 4 +6 075.00
Scottish League Cup 18 August 2023 17 December 2023 Second round Runners-up 4 3 0 1 5 3 +2 075.00
Scottish Challenge Cup 2 August 2023 15 August 2023 First round Second round 2 0 1 1 4 6 −2 000.00
UEFA Europa League 24 August 2023 31 August 2023 Play–off round Play–off round 2 0 1 1 3 5 −2 000.00
UEFA Europa Conference League 21 September 2023 14 December 2023 Group stage Group stage 6 1 3 2 10 10 +0 016.67
Total 56 19 18 19 80 80 +0 033.93

League table edit

Main article: 2023–24 Scottish Premiership
Pos Team
 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation[a]
5 St Mirren 38 13 8 17 46 52 −6 47 Qualification for the Conference League second qualifying round
6 Dundee 38 10 12 16 49 68 −19 42
7 Aberdeen 38 12 12 14 48 52 −4 48
8 Hibernian 38 11 13 14 52 59 −7 46
9 Motherwell 38 10 13 15 56 59 −3 43
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:
  1. ^ Teams play each other three times (33 matches), before the league is split into two groups (the top six and the bottom six).

Results by round edit

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Position79101111117810699101198987888998891010999988777
Updated to match(es) played on 19 May 2024. Source: [citation needed]
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Conference League table edit

Pos Team
 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification PAOK FRA ABE HJK
1   PAOK 6 5 1 0 16 10 +6 16 Advance to round of 16 — 2–1 2–2 4–2
2   Eintracht Frankfurt 6 3 0 3 11 7 +4 9 Advance to knockout round play-offs 1–2 — 2–1 6–0
3   Aberdeen 6 1 3 2 10 10 0 6 2–3 2–0 — 1–1
4   HJK 6 0 2 4 7 17 −10 2 2–3 0–1 2–2 —
Source: UEFA
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers

Transfers edit

Main articles: List of Scottish football transfers summer 2023 and List of Scottish football transfers winter 2023–24

Players in edit

Date Pos Player From Fee Ref
22 May 2023 DF   Nicky Devlin   Livingston Free [12][13]
15 June 2023 MF   Leighton Clarkson   Liverpool Undisclosed [14]
16 June 2023 FW   Ester Sokler   Radomlje £300,000 [15]
28 June 2023 MF   Graeme Shinnie   Wigan Athletic Undisclosed [16]
6 July 2023 GK   Ross Doohan   Forest Green Rovers Undisclosed [17]
31 July 2023 DF   Slobodan Rubežić   Novi Pazar £190,000 [18]
11 August 2023 DF   James McGarry   Central Coast Mariners Undisclosed [19]
22 August 2023 MF   Jamie McGrath   Wigan Athletic Free [20]
23 August 2023 DF   Richard Jensen   Górnik Zabrze £500,000 [21]
29 August 2023 FW   Pape Habib Guèye   K.V. Kortrijk Undisclosed [22]
16 February 2024 MF   Junior Hoilett   Vancouver Whitecaps Free [23]

Players out edit

Date Pos Player To Fee Ref
6 June 2023 DF   Ross McCrorie   Bristol City Undisclosed [24][25]
14 June 2023 FW   Marley Watkins   Kilmarnock Free [4]
14 June 2023 FW   Connor McLennan   Salford City Free [4]
14 June 2023 DF   Mason Hancock   Airdrieonians Free [4]
20 June 2023 MF   Callum Roberts   Scunthorpe United Undisclosed [26]
21 June 2023 MF   Matty Kennedy   Kilmarnock Free [4][27]
23 June 2023 MF   Dean Campbell   Barrow Free [4][28]
27 June 2023 GK   Blessing Oluyemi   Peterhead Free [4][29]
6 July 2023 MF   Arran Smith   Peterhead Free [30]
7 July 2023 GK   Joe Lewis Free [31]
13 July 2023 FW   Lewis Pirie   Leeds United £200,000 [32][33]
18 July 2023 DF   Milosz Ochmanski   Cove Rangers Free [4][34]
4 August 2023 MF   Ylber Ramadani   Lecce £1.1m [35]
23 September 2023 DF   Timi Fatona   Turriff United Free [4]
12 January 2024 FW   Liam Harvey   Buckie Thistle Free [36]

Loans in edit

Date Pos Name From Fee Ref
28 June 2023 DF   Rhys Williams   Liverpool January Loan [37]
21 July 2023 DF   Or Dadia   Hapoel Beer Sheva January Loan [38]
1 September 2023 DF   Stefan Gartenmann   FC Midtjylland Season Loan [39]
28 January 2024 MF   Killian Phillips   Crystal Palace End of Season Loan [40]

Loans out edit

Date Pos Name To Fee Ref
15 June 2023 FW   Aaron Reid   Peterhead January Loan [41]
20 June 2023 DF   Finlay Murray   Turriff United Season Loan [42]
22 June 2023 FW   Evan Towler   Montrose Season Loan [43]
29 June 2023 FW   Liam Harvey   Elgin City January Loan [44]
14 July 2023 MF   Blair MacKenzie   Elgin City Season Loan [45]
20 July 2023 MF   Adam Emslie   Formartine United Season Loan [46]
26 July 2023 DF   Jayden Richardson   Stockport County January Loan [47]
4 August 2023 MF   Dylan Lobban   Formartine United January Loan [48]
10 August 2023 DF   Kieran Ngwenya   Partick Thistle Season Loan [49][50]
1 September 2023 DF   Anthony Stewart   Milton Keynes Dons Season Loan [51][52]
23 September 2023 FW   Alfie Bavidge   Kelty Hearts Season Loan [53][54]
5 January 2024 MF   Findlay Marshall   Edinburgh City End of Season Loan [55]
5 January 2024 FW   Aaron Reid   Formartine United End of Season Loan [56]
5 January 2024 MF   Dylan Lobban   Forfar Athletic End of Season Loan [57]
12 January 2024 DF   Jayden Richardson   Colchester United End of Season Loan [58]
19 January 2024 MF   Alfie Stewart   Peterhead End of Season Loan [59]
25 January 2024 FW   Vicente Besuijen   FC Emmen End of Season Loan [60]
14 February 2024 MF   Tom Ritchie   Buckie Thistle End of Season Loan [61]
19 February 2024 FW   Pape Habib Guèye   Kristiansund BK End of Season Loan [62]

See also edit

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