2005–06 Aberdeen F.C. season

Aberdeen F.C.

2005-06 season
Chairman	Stewart Milne
Manager	Jimmy Calderwood
Scottish Premier League	6th
Scottish Cup	Fourth Round
Scottish League Cup	Quarter-final
Top goalscorer	League: Steve Lovell (8) All: Steve Lovell (9)
Highest home attendance	18,182 vs Rangers 14 August 2005
Lowest home attendance	4,398 vs Berwick Rangers 23 August 2005
Average home league attendance	12,795
← 2004–05 2006–07 →

The 2005-06 season was Aberdeen's 93rd season in the top flight of Scottish football and their 95th season overall. Aberdeen competed in the Scottish Premier League, Scottish League Cup, Scottish Cup.

Scottish Premier League

Main article: 2005–06 Scottish Premier League

Round	Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Aberdeen Scorer(s)	Attendance	Report
1	30 July	Dundee United	A	1–1	Nicholson	12,404	AFC Heritage
2	6 August	Kilmarnock	H	1–2	Anderson	13,661	AFC Heritage
3	14 August	Rangers	H	3–2	Anderson, Lovell, Smith	18,182	AFC Heritage
4	20 August	Heart of Midlothian	A	0–2		16,139	AFC Heritage
5	27 August	Falkirk	H	3–0	Smith (2), Clark	12,249	AFC Heritage
6	10 September	Celtic	A	0–2		59,607	AFC Heritage
7	17 September	Dunfermline Athletic	A	2–0	Crawford, Serverin	6,387	AFC Heritage
8	24 September	Livingston	H	0–0		12,402	AFC Heritage
9	1 October	Motherwell	A	2–2	Mackie (2)	11,448	AFC Heritage
10	15 October	Inverness Caledonian Thistle	A	1–1	Smith	6,809	AFC Heritage
11	22 October	Hibernian	H	0–1		13,375	AFC Heritage
12	25 October	Dundee United	H	2–0	Smith, Crawford	10,720	AFC Heritage
13	29 October	Kilmarnock	A	2–4	Anderson, Crawford	5,798	AFC Heritage
14	5 November	Rangers	A	0–0		49,717	AFC Heritage
15	20 November	Heart of Midlothian	H	1–1	Smith	14,901	AFC Heritage
16	26 November	Falkirk	A	2–1	Clark, Anderson	5,826	AFC Heritage
17	4 December	Celtic	H	1–3	Winter	17,031	AFC Heritage
18	10 December	Dunfermline Athletic	H	0–0		9,881	AFC Heritage
19	17 December	Livingston	A	0–0		3,724	AFC Heritage
20	26 December	Motherwell Thistle	A	1–3	Stewart	6,555	AFC Heritage
21	31 December	Inverness Caledonian Thistle	H	0–0		12,266	AFC Heritage
22	14 January	Hibernian	A	2–1	Crawford, Mackie	14,572	AFC Heritage
23	21 January	Dundee United	A	1–1	Mackie	9,936	AFC Heritage
24	28 January	Kilmarnock	H	2–2	Nicholson, Anderson	10,540	AFC Heritage
25	8 February	Rangers	H	2–0	Smith, Lovell	17,087	AFC Heritage
26	11 February	Heart of Midlothian	A	2–1	Pressley (own goal), Clark	16,895	AFC Heritage
27	18 February	Falkirk	H	1–0	Smith	11,538	AFC Heritage
28	4 March	Celtic	A	0–3		60,018	AFC Heritage
29	11 March	Dunfermline Athletic	A	0–1		5,308	AFC Heritage
30	18 March	Livingston	H	3–0	Anderson, Lovell, Snoyl	9,229	AFC Heritage
31	25 March	Motherwell	H	2–2	Lovell (2)	10,212	AFC Heritage
32	1 April	Inverness Caledonian Thistle	A	1–0	Lovell	7,368	AFC Heritage
33	8 April	Hibernian	H	1–0	Serverin	14,110	AFC Heritage
34	15 April	Rangers	A	1–1	Serverin	48,987	AFC Heritage
35	22 April	Kimarnock	H	0–0		10,634	AFC Heritage
36	29 April	Hibernian	H	4–0	Lovell (2), Crawford, Foster	10,490	AFC Heritage
37	3 May	Heart of Midlothian	A	0–1		17,327	AFC Heritage
38	7 May	Celtic	H	2–2	Stewart (2)	14,597	AFC Heritage

Scottish League Cup

Main article: 2005–06 Scottish League Cup

Round	Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Aberdeen Scorer(s)	Attendance	Report
R2	23 August	Berwick Rangers	H	3–0	Winter, McNicol (own goal), Lovell	4,398	AFC Heritage
R3	20 September	Stranraer	A	2–0	Smith, Nicholson	2,200	AFC Heritage
QF	5 November	Motherwell	A	0–1		3,989	AFC Heritage

Scottish Cup

Main article: 2005–06 Scottish Cup

Round	Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Aberdeen Scorer(s)	Attendance	Report
R3	7 January	Dundee United	A	3–2	Crawford (2), Nicholson	8,218	AFC Heritage
R4	4 February	Heart of Midlothian	A	0–3		17,353	AFC Heritage

References

• AFC Heritage Trust