2012–13 Aberdeen F.C. season
# 2012–13 Aberdeen F.C. season

The 2012–13 season was Aberdeen's 99th season in the top flight of Scottish football and their 101st season overall. Aberdeen competed in the Scottish Premier League, Scottish Cup and Scottish League Cup. They finished 8th in the Premier League, reached the fourth round of the League Cup and the fifth round of the Scottish Cup. A number of players all departed during the summer's pre-season. Kari Arnason, Rory McArdle, Youl Mawene and Mohamed Chalali all moved on to new clubs as free agents. Darren Mackie, Yoann Folly and Danny Uchechi were also released by the club. Aberdeen also sold youngster Fraser Fyvie to Premier League side Wigan Athletic for a fee in the region of £500,000.

Manager Craig Brown made four additions, bringing in wingers Jonny Hayes and Niall McGinn from rival SPL clubs, as well as adding experienced left-back Gary Naysmith to his squad. Mark Reynolds who returned to his parent club Sheffield Wednesday at the end of last season, was allowed to return to Pittodrie on a season long loan.

Craig Brown retired as manager in 2013, with Derek McInnes taking over for the final five games of the season.

## Results and fixtures

Win  Draw  Loss  Postponed

### Scottish League Cup

Aberdeen entered the Scottish League Cup in the second round stage, having not qualified for Europe in 2011–12. The draw for the second round took place at Hampden on 9 August and handed the Dons' an away tie against First Division side Greenock Morton

## Statistics

### Appearances and Goals

| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Total | Total | SPL | SPL | Scottish Cup | Scottish Cup | League Cup | League Cup |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| 1 | GK | SCO | Jamie Langfield | 43 | 0 | 37+0 | 0 | 3+0 | 0 | 3+0 | 0 |
| 2 | MF | SCO | Ryan Jack | 19 | 0 | 18+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 |
| 3 | DF | SCO | Clark Robertson | 27 | 0 | 21+2 | 0 | 2+0 | 0 | 2+0 | 0 |
| 4 | DF | SCO | Russell Anderson (c) | 35 | 0 | 30+1 | 0 | 2+0 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 |
| 5 | MF | SCO | Gavin Rae | 41 | 4 | 34+1 | 3 | 3+0 | 0 | 3+0 | 1 |
| 6 | DF | SCO | Andrew Considine | 22 | 0 | 17+1 | 0 | 2+0 | 0 | 2+0 | 0 |
| 7 | MF | SCO | Chris Clark | 12 | 1 | 6+4 | 1 | 0+0 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 |
| 8 | MF | ENG | Robert Milsom | 14 | 0 | 3+10 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 9 | FW | ENG | Scott Vernon | 41 | 6 | 29+6 | 3 | 2+1 | 0 | 2+1 | 3 |
| 10 | FW | NIR | Niall McGinn | 40 | 21 | 33+2 | 20 | 3+0 | 1 | 2+0 | 0 |
| 11 | MF | IRL | Jonny Hayes | 41 | 3 | 29+6 | 3 | 3+0 | 0 | 3+0 | 0 |
| 13 | DF | SCO | Nicky Low | 5 | 0 | 1+4 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 14 | FW | NZL | Rory Fallon | 16 | 2 | 8+6 | 1 | 2+0 | 1 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 15 | MF | SCO | Peter Pawlett | 14 | 0 | 4+8 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 16 | MF | ENG | Isaac Osbourne | 27 | 1 | 21+2 | 1 | 1+0 | 0 | 3+0 | 0 |
| 17 | DF | SCO | Gary Naysmith | 10 | 0 | 7+1 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 |
| 18 | MF | SCO | Stephen Hughes | 27 | 0 | 22+1 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | 2+1 | 0 |
| 19 | FW | SCO | Mitchel Megginson | 3 | 0 | 1+2 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 20 | MF | SCO | Ryan Fraser | 18 | 0 | 13+3 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 |
| 20 | GK | GER | Dan Twardzik | 0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 21 | FW | NIR | Josh Magennis | 39 | 6 | 18+16 | 5 | 2+0 | 0 | 2+1 | 1 |
| 22 | DF | SCO | Mark Reynolds | 41 | 1 | 34+1 | 1 | 3+0 | 0 | 3+0 | 0 |
| 23 | DF | IRL | Joe Shaughnessy | 26 | 1 | 22+1 | 0 | 3+0 | 1 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 24 | MF | SCO | Jordon Brown | 2 | 0 | 0+2 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 25 | MF | SCO | Jamie Masson | 7 | 0 | 1+6 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 32 | GK | WAL | Jason Brown | 2 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 34 | FW | SCO | Declan McManus | 7 | 0 | 0+7 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 35 | MF | SCO | Craig Murray | 1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 38 | FW | SCO | Cammy Smith | 21 | 1 | 7+11 | 1 | 0+1 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 |
| 39 | MF | SCO | Craig Storie | 1 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |

As of 18 May 2013

### Disciplinary record

| No. | Pos. | Name | SPL | SPL | Scottish Cup | Scottish Cup | League Cup | League Cup | Total | Total |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 4 | DF | Russell Anderson | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 |
| 2 | DF | Ryan Jack | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 9 | FW | Scott Vernon | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| 6 | DF | Andrew Considine | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 16 | MF | Isaac Osbourne | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 38 | FW | Cammy Smith | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 5 | MF | Gavin Rae | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| 3 | DF | Clark Robertson | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| 18 | MF | Stephen Hughes | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| 21 | FW | Josh Magennis | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| 8 | MF | Robert Milsom | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 7 | MF | Chris Clark | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 23 | DF | Joe Shaughnessy | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| 1 | GK | Jamie Langfield | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 11 | MF | Jonny Hayes | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 22 | DF | Mark Reynolds | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 |
| 15 | MF | Peter Pawlett | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 10 | FW | Niall McGinn | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 |

As of 18 May 2013

### Goalscorers

| Rank | Player | SPL | SC | LC | Total |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1. | Niall McGinn | 20 | 1 | 0 | 21 |
| 2. | Josh Magennis | 5 | 0 | 1 | 6 |
| 2. | Scott Vernon | 3 | 0 | 3 | 6 |
| 4. | Jonny Hayes | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| 4. | Gavin Rae | 3 | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| 6. | Rory Fallon | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 7. | Isaac Osbourne | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 7. | Cammy Smith | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 7. | Chris Clark | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 7. | Mark Reynolds | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 7. | Joe Shaughnessy | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |

As of 18 May 2013

### Clean Sheets

| Place | Position | Number | Name | SPL | Scottish Cup | League Cup | Total |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | GK | 1 | Jamie Langfield | 14 | 0 | 2 | 16 |
| 2 | GK | 32 | Jason Brown | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| | | | TOTALS | 7 | 0 | 2 | 9 |

Last updated: 11 May 2013 Source: Match reports in Results

### Home attendances

Win  Draw  Loss

| Comp | Date | Score | Opponent | Attendance |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| SPL | 11 August 2012 | 0–0 | Ross County | 14,010 |
| SPL | 26 August 2012 | 0–0 | Hearts | 11,971 |
| SPL | 1 September 2012 | 0–0 | St Mirren | 9,288 |
| SPL | 23 September 2012 | 3–3 | Motherwell | 8,577 |
| SPL | 29 September 2012 | 2–1 | Hibernian | 8,282 |
| SPL | 27 October 2012 | 2–0 | Dundee | 10,425 |
| Scottish League Cup | 30 October 2012 | 2–2 (2–4 pens) | St Mirren | 7,610 |
| SPL | 17 November 2012 | 0–2 | Celtic | 18,083 |
| SPL | 27 November 2012 | 2–3 | Inverness Caledonian Thistle | 9,193 |
| Scottish Cup | 1 December 2012 | 1–1 | Motherwell | 6,061 |
| SPL | 15 December 2012 | 0–2 | Kilmarnock | 8,790 |
| SPL | 22 December 2012 | 2–0 | St Johnstone | 7,051 |
| SPL | 2 January 2013 | 2–2 | Dundee United | 13,176 |
| SPL | 27 January 2013 | 0–0 | Hibernian | 7,184 |
| SPL | 9 February 2013 | 0–0 | St Mirren | 7,240 |
| SPL | 15 February 2013 | 1–0 | Dundee | 7,841 |
| SPL | 26 February 2013 | 0–1 | Ross County | 6,394 |
| SPL | 9 March 2013 | 0–0 | Motherwell | 8,210 |
| SPL | 30 March 2013 | 2–0 | Hearts | 10,175 |
| SPL | 27 April 2013 | 1–0 | Kilmarnock | 6,334 |
| SPL | 18 May 2013 | 1–1 | Hearts | 10,465 |
| | | | Total attendance | 196,360 |
| | | | Total league attendance | 182,689 |
| | | | Average attendance | 9,350 |
| | | | Average league attendance | 9,615 |

Last updated: 18 May 2013 Source: Match reports in Results

## Competition statistics

### Overall

| Competition | Started round | Current position / round | Final position / round | First match | Last match |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Scottish Premier League | 1 | — | 8 | 4 August | 18 May |
| League Cup | 2nd Round | Quarter-finals | Quarter-finals | 22 August | 30 October |
| Scottish Cup | 4th Round | 5th Round | | 1 December | |

Source: Competitions

### Scottish Premier League

**League table**

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 6 | Dundee United | 38 | 11 | 14 | 13 | 51 | 62 | −11 | 47 | |
| 7 | Hibernian | 38 | 13 | 12 | 13 | 49 | 52 | −3 | 51 | Qualification for the Europa League second qualifying round |
| 8 | Aberdeen | 38 | 11 | 15 | 12 | 41 | 43 | −2 | 48 | |
| 9 | Kilmarnock | 38 | 11 | 12 | 15 | 52 | 53 | −1 | 45 | |
| 10 | Heart of Midlothian | 38 | 11 | 11 | 16 | 40 | 49 | −9 | 44 | |

* 1 2 3 Teams in the bottom half at the time of the split may not overtake a team in the top 6 at the time of the split.
* ↑ Since the winners of 2012–13 Scottish Cup, Celtic, qualified for European competition based on league position, the runners–up Hibernian secured a spot in Europa League second qualifying round.

**Results summary**

| Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |

As of 18 May 2013

**Results by round**

| Round | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 | 24 | 25 | 26 | 27 | 28 | 29 | 30 | 31 | 32 | 33 | 34 | 35 | 36 | 37 | 38 |
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| Ground | A | H | A | H | H | A | H | H | A | A | H | A | A | H | A | H | A | H | H | A | A | H | A | H | A | H | H | A | H | H | A | H | A | A | H | A | A | H |
| Result | L | D | W | D | D | D | D | W | W | D | W | L | W | L | W | L | L | L | W | L | W | D | L | D | L | D | W | D | L | D | L | W | L | D | W | D | D | D |
| Position | 11 | 9 | 5 | 9 | 9 | 7 | 8 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 7 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 5 | 8 | 8 | 9 | 9 | 7 | 8 | 8 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 8 |

**Results by opponent**


    Last updated on 18 May 2013

| Team | Results | Results | Results | Results | Points |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Points |
| Celtic | 0–1 | 0–2 | 3–4 | | 0 |
| Dundee | 2–0 | 3–1 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 10 |
| Dundee United | 1–1 | 2–2 | 0–1 | | 2 |
| Heart of Midlothian | 0–0 | 0–2 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 5 |
| Hibernian | 2–1 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 8 |
| Inverness Caledonian Thistle | 1–1 | 2–3 | 0–3 | | 1 |
| Kilmarnock | 3–1 | 0–2 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 7 |
| Motherwell | 3–3 | 1–4 | 0–0 | | 2 |
| Ross County | 0–0 | 1–2 | 0–1 | | 1 |
| St Johnstone | 2–1 | 2–0 | 1–3 | | 6 |
| St Mirren | 0–0 | 4–1 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 6 |

Source: 2012–13 Scottish Premier League article

