| Club: | Aberdeen |
| Season: | 2024–25 |
| Manager: | Jimmy Thelin |
| Mgrtitle: | Manager |
| Chairman: | Dave Cormack |
| Chrtitle: | Chairman |
| Stdtitle: | Ground |
| Stadium: | Pittodrie Stadium Aberdeen, Scotland (Capacity: 20,866) |
| League: | Scottish Premiership |
| League Result: | 2nd |
| Cup1: | Scottish Cup |
| Cup1 Result: | Fourth round |
| Cup2: | Scottish League Cup |
| Cup2 Result: | Semi-finals |
| League Topscorer: | Pape Guèye (5) |
| Season Topscorer: | Ester Sokler (7) |
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| Prevseason: | 2023–24 |
The 2024–25 Aberdeen F.C. season is Aberdeen's 112th season in the top flight of Scottish football and the twelfth in the Scottish Premiership.[1] Aberdeen are also competing in the Scottish Cup and Scottish League Cup.[2]
On 3 June, new manager Jimmy Thelin officially took charge replacing interim coach Peter Leven.[3] On 6 June, after making over 350 appearances player-coach Jonny Hayes left the club and later announced his retirement from football.[4] Youngster Fletcher Boyd signed a new contract until 2027. Kelle Roos, Connor Barron, Anthony Stewart, Kieran Ngwenya, Finlay Murray, Kai Watson, Chris Kondolo, Aaron Reid, and Reuben Smillie all left the club. Defender Gavin Molloy signed from Shelbourne, striker Peter Ambrose from Újpest and Dimitar Mitov from fellow Premiership side St Johnstone all for undisclosed fees. The Dons announced they will travel to Portugal for a pre-season training camp and have a friendly against Peterhead with an XI select against Huntly and Turriff United.
Aberdeen's Pre-Season friendly with Peterhead FC was moved to Cormack Park due to weather conditions in Peterhead with the Dons winning 4-0. On 11 July, forward Duk was announced missing from training by the club with the player going AWOL. Aberdeen took disciplinary action against the Cape Verde international. On 12 July, Dante Polvara suffered an injury and is set to be ruled out for at least four months and Norwegian midfielder Sivert Heltne Nilsen joined from SK Brann. The club opened the season with a 3-0 win over Queen of The South in the League Cup. This was followed with wins against East Kilbride, Airdrieonians and Dumbarton to top the group and setup a Second round tie with Queens Park. Leighton Clarkson was ruled out for eight weeks with a shoulder injury and Junior Hoilett was not offered a new deal and left the club.
Youngsters Adam Emslie and Finday Marshall joined Cove Rangers on loan deals along with Blair McKenzie who joined Montrose. Aberdeen began the League season with an away win against St Johnstone. Ante Palaversa joined the club from Troyes for an undisclosed fee and also Finnish winger Topi Keskinen signed from HJK Helsinki for a reported £860,000. Macedonian forward Bojan Miovski was given a send-off from fans in the win against St Mirren as he later signed for Spanish La Liga side Girona for a club-record fee of £6,800,000. Keskinen scored a 92nd minute winner against Queens Park in the League Cup to setup a tie with The Spartans. Ryan Duncan later joined Queens on loan for the season. Defender Richard Jensen also went out on loan to Vejle. The Dons then signed Kevin Nisbet on a loan deal from English Championship side Millwall. He made his debut in the home win against Kilmarnock with striker Pape Habib Guèye scoring both goals with headers. Defender Jayden Richardson left the club on transfer deadline day. A 98th minute winner from Nisbet seen Aberdeen briefly top the league at the end of the month with the club having won every game of the season so far
Call-ups for the September Internationals included Jack Milne, Alfie Bavidge and Fletcher Boyd for Scotland youths, Topi Keskinen for Finland, Dimitar Mitov for Bulgaria and Slobodan Rubezic for Montenegro.[5] An Aberdeen XI played in a Testimonial match at Cove for their player Blair Yule with both Shayden Morris and Kevin Nisbet scoring. On 7th September, the club announced Duk had returned to training having gone missing earlier in July.[6] The Dons remained on their winning run with wins against Motherwell and Dundee and also in the League Cup against The Spartans, setting up a tie with Celtic in the Semi-finals at Hampden.
On 1 October, Nicky Devlin received his first Scotland call-up for the UEFA Nations League matches against Croatia and Portugal.[7] Pape Habib Guèye was ruled out for fourteen weeks with a quad muscle tear he picked up in training.[8]
See main article: 2024–25 Scottish Premiership.
See main article: 2024–25 Scottish League Cup.
See main article: 2024–25 Scottish Cup.
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As of 1 December 2024
| width=60 | Ranking | width=60 | Nation | width=60 | Number | width=150 | Name | width=80 | Scottish Premiership | width=80 | Scottish Cup | width=80 | League Cup | width=80 | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  | 19 | Ester Sokler | 2 | 0 | 5 | 7 | ||||||||
| 2 |  | 14 | Pape Habib Guèye | 5 | 0 | 1 | 6 | ||||||||
| 3 | 2 | Nicky Devlin | 4 | 0 | 1 | 5 | |||||||||
| = |  | 7 | Jamie McGrath | 4 | 0 | 1 | 5 | ||||||||
| 5 | 9 | Kevin Nisbet | 3 | 0 | 1 | 4 | |||||||||
| = | 10 | Leighton Clarkson | 1 | 0 | 3 | 4 | |||||||||
| = |  | 81 | Topi Keskinen | 3 | 0 | 1 | 4 | ||||||||
| 8 | 4 | Graeme Shinnie | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | |||||||||
| 9 | 17 | Vicente Besuijen | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | |||||||||
| = | 18 | Ante Palaversa | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | |||||||||
| = | 20 | Shayden Morris | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | |||||||||
| = |  | 32 | Peter Ambrose | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | ||||||||
| 13 | 3 | Jack MacKenzie | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |||||||||
| = |  | 15 | James McGarry | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | ||||||||
| = |  | 33 | Slobodan Rubežić | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | ||||||||
| TOTALS | 29 | 0 | 20 | 49 | |||||||||||
See main article: List of Scottish football transfers summer 2024 and List of Scottish football transfers winter 2024–25.
| Date | Pos | Player | From | Fee | Ref |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 14 June 2024 | DF | Gavin Molloy | Shelbourne | £65,000 | [9] |
| FW | Peter Ambrose |  Újpest | Undisclosed | [10] | |
| 19 June 2024 | GK | Dimitar Mitov | St Johnstone | Undisclosed | [11] |
| 11 July 2024 | MF |  Sivert Heltne Nilsen | SK Brann | £300,000 | [12] |
| 8 August 2024 | MF | Ante Palaversa |  Troyes | Undisclosed | [13] |
| 12 August 2024 | FW | Topi Keskinen | HJK Helsinki | £860,000 | [14] |
| Date | Pos | Player | To | Fee | Ref | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2 June 2024 | FW | Aaron Reid | Airdrieonians | Free | [15] | |
| 6 June 2024 | MF | Jonny Hayes | Retired | [16] [17] [18] | ||
| 14 June 2024 | DF | Kai Watson | Huntly | Free | ||
| MF | Christovie Kondolo | Free | ||||
| GK | Reuben Smillie | Free | ||||
| 20 June 2024 | MF | Connor Barron | Rangers | Free | [19] [20] | |
| 27 June 2024 | DF |  Kieran Ngwenya | Dunfermline Athletic | Free | [21] | |
| 15 July 2024 | DF | Finlay Murray | Cove Rangers | Free | [22] | |
| 18 July 2024 | GK | Kelle Roos |  Triestina | Free | [23] | |
| 6 August 2024 | MF |  Junior Hoilett | Hibernian | Free | [24] [25] | |
| 15 August 2024 | FW |  Bojan Miovski | Girona | £6,800,000 | [26] | |
| 30 August 2024 | DF | Jayden Richardson | Boreham Wood | Free | [27] | |
| 30 September 2024 | DF | Anthony Stewart | Ebbsfleet United | Free | [28] | |
| Date | Pos | Name | To | Fee | Ref | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 16 July 2024 | GK | Tom Ritchie | Bonnyrigg Rose | Season Loan | [30] | |
| 2 August 2024 | MF | Adam Emslie | Cove Rangers | Season Loan | [31] | |
| 2 August 2024 | MF | Findlay Marshall | Cove Rangers | Season Loan | ||
| 15 August 2024 | DF | Blair McKenzie | Montrose | Season Loan | [32] | |
| 19 August 2024 | MF | Ryan Duncan | Queen's Park | Season Loan | [33] | |
| 23 August 2024 | DF | Richard Jensen | Vejle | Season Loan | .[34] | |
| 30 August 2024 | FW | Alfie Bavidge | Ayr United | Season Loan | [35] | |
| 28 September 2024 | MF | Dylan Lobban | Cove Rangers | January Loan | [36] |