1995–96 Aberdeen F.C. season

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

Aberdeen F.C.

1995-96 season
Chairman	Ian Donald
Manager	Roy Aitken
Scottish Premier Division	3rd
Scottish Cup	Semi-finalists
Scottish League Cup	Winners
Top goalscorer	League: Scott Booth (9) All: Scott Booth Billy Dodds (12)
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 →

Results

Scottish Premier Division

Main article: 1995–96 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 (Own Goal), 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 (Own Goal), 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 (Own Goal)	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 (Own Goal), 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 (Own Goal)	11,831

Final League table

P	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
2	Celtic	36	24	11	1	74	25	49	83
3	ABERDEEN	36	16	7	13	52	45	7	55
4	Heart of Midlothian	36	16	7	13	55	53	2	55

Scottish League Cup

Main article: 1995–96 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, Own Goal, 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

Main article: 1995–96 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

References

• afcheritage.org