1995–96 Aberdeen F.C. season
# 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.

## Results

### 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, 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, 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 | 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, 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 | 11,831 |

**Final standings**

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Rangers (C) | 36 | 27 | 6 | 3 | 85 | 25 | +60 | 87 | Qualification for the Champions League qualifying round |
| 2 | Celtic | 36 | 24 | 11 | 1 | 74 | 25 | +49 | 83 | Qualification for the UEFA Cup qualifying round |
| 3 | Aberdeen | 36 | 16 | 7 | 13 | 52 | 45 | +7 | 55 | Qualification for the UEFA Cup qualifying round |
| 4 | Heart of Midlothian | 36 | 16 | 7 | 13 | 55 | 53 | +2 | 55 | Qualification for the Cup Winners' Cup qualifying round |
| 5 | Hibernian | 36 | 11 | 10 | 15 | 43 | 57 | −14 | 43 | |

* ↑ Aberdeen qualified for the UEFA Cup by winning the League Cup.
* ↑ As Rangers, the winners of the Scottish Cup, qualified for the Champions League via their league position, the place in the Cup Winners' Cup was passed to the cup runner-up, Heart of Midlothian.

### 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, Clark, 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

| 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 |

## Squad

### Appearances & Goals

| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Total | Total | Premier Division | Premier Division | Scottish Cup | Scottish Cup | League Cup | League Cup |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| | GK | SCO | Michael Watt | 37 | 0 | 30 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| | GK | NED | Theo Snelders | 9 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| | DF | SCO | Gary Smith | 41 | 0 | 33 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| | DF | SCO | Stewart McKimmie (c) | 37 | 0 | 29 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| | DF | SCO | John Inglis | 30 | 2 | 24 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 1 |
| | DF | SCO | Brian Irvine | 21 | 3 | 18 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| | DF | ENG | Colin Woodthrope | 19 | 2 | 15 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 |
| | DF | SCO | Hugh Robertson | 13 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| | DF | SCO | Jamie Buchan | 4 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| | DF | SCO | Kevin Christie | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| | DF | SCO | Craig Ireland | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| | MF | SCO | Stephen Glass | 41 | 3 | 32 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| | MF | SCO | Joe Miller | 40 | 10 | 31 | 9 | 4 | 0 | 5 | 1 |
| | MF | SCO | Paul Bernard | 36 | 2 | 31 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 |
| | MF | SCO | Eoin Jess | 32 | 3 | 25 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| | MF | SCO | Brian Grant | 31 | 0 | 25 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| | MF | SCO | Peter Hetherston | 16 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| | MF | SCO | David Rowson | 9 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| | MF | SCO | Ray McKinnon | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| | MF | NED | Etienne Verveer | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| | MF | SCO | Kenny Gilbert | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| | FW | SCO | Billy Dodds | 40 | 12 | 31 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 5 | 5 |
| | FW | SCO | Duncan Shearer | 36 | 7 | 30 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 |
| | FW | SCO | Scott Booth | 30 | 12 | 24 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 3 |
| | FW | ENG | Dean Windass | 24 | 9 | 20 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| | FW | SCO | Scott Thomson | 5 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| | FW | SCO | Malcolm Kpedekpo | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| | FW | SCO | Michael Craig | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| | FW | SCO | Dennis Wyness | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
