1997–98 Aberdeen F.C. season

Aberdeen F.C. competed in the Scottish Premier Division, Scottish League Cup and Scottish Cup in season 1997–98.

They finished sixth in the Scottish Premier Division and were eliminated in the third round of the Scottish Cup. They reached the quarter final of the Scottish League Cup. Manager Roy Aitken was sacked in November following a 0-5 defeat to Dundee United and was replaced by Alex Miller.

Aberdeen F.C.

1997-98 season

Chairman

Ian Donald

Manager

Roy Aitken (to November)
Keith Burkinshaw (caretaker manager)
Alex Miller (from November)

Scottish Premier Division

6th

Scottish Cup

Third round

Scottish League Cup

Quarter final

Top goalscorer

League: Eoin Jess (10)
All: Billy Dodds (12)

Highest home attendance

18,205 vs. Rangers, 15 November 1997

Lowest home attendance

8,661 vs. Dunfermline Athletic, 28 January 1998

Average home league attendance

13,175

← 1996–97

1998–99 →

Results

Scottish Premier Division

Main article: 1997–98 Scottish Premier Division

Match Day	Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Aberdeen Scorer(s)	Attendance
1	2 August	Kilmarnock	H	0–0		12,500
2	16 August	Heart of Midlothian	A	1–4	Newell	12,000
3	23 August	Motherwell	H	1–3	Rowson	11,522
4	30 August	Dundee United	H	1–1	Dodds	12,060
5	13 September	Rangers	A	3–3	Dodds, Inglis, Newell	50,030
6	20 September	Celtic	A	0–2		49,017
7	27 September	Dunfermline Athletic	H	1–2	Dodds	9,000
8	4 October	St Johnstone	A	0–1		6,290
9	18 October	Hibernian	H	2–0	Dodds, Glass	11,708
10	25 October	Motherwell	A	2–1	Windass (2)	6,065
11	1 November	Heart of Midlothian	H	1–4	Windass	15,100
12	9 November	Dundee United	A	0–5		7,893
13	15 November	Rangers	H	1–1	Jess	18,205
14	22 November	Dunfermline Athletic	A	1–1	Dodds	6,738
15	6 December	St Johnstone	H	1–1	Rowson	10,974
16	9 December	Celtic	H	0–2		16,981
17	13 December	Hibernian	A	2–2	Dodds, Jess	10,001
18	20 December	Kilmarnock	A	0–1		8,452
19	27 December	Motherwell	H	3–0	Jess (2), Windass	13,038
20	3 January	Dundee United	H	1–0	Windass	17,025
21	10 January	Rangers	A	0–2		49,542
22	28 January	Dunfermline Athletic	H	2–0	Jess (2), Smith	8,661
23	2 February	Celtic	A	1–3	Rowson	46,606
24	7 February	Hibernian	H	3–0	Jess, Newell, Miller	12,043
25	21 February	St Johnstone	A	1–0	Dodds	6,570
26	25 February	Heart of Midlothian	A	1–3	Jess	17,600
27	28 February	Kilmarnock	H	0–0		10,423
28	14 March	Dunfermline Athletic	A	3–3	Rowson (2), O'Neil	5,917
29	21 March	Celtic	H	0–1		18,009
30	28 March	Hibernian	A	1–1	Jess	12,966
31	4 April	St Johnstone	H	0–1		9,022
32	11 April	Dundee United	A	0–0		9,155
33	19 April	Rangers	H	1–0	Glass	17,981
34	25 April	Kilmarnock	A	1–2	Dodds	8,212
35	2 May	Heart of Midlothian	H	2–2	Jess, Newell	12,899
36	9 May	Motherwell	A	2–1	Dodds (2)	5,861

Final League table

P	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
5	St Johnstone	36	13	9	14	38	42	–4	48
6	ABERDEEN	36	9	12	15	39	53	–14	39
7	Dundee United	36	8	13	15	43	51	–8	37

Scottish League Cup

Main article: 1997–98 Scottish League Cup

Round	Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Aberdeen Scorer(s)	Attendance
R2	13 August	Dumbarton	A	5–1	Newell (3), Miller, Jess	1,739
R3	19 August	Dundee	A	3–0	Dodds (2), Newell	7,457
QF	10 September	Stirling Albion	A	2–0	Miller, Glass	3,800
SF	15 October	Dundee United	N	1–3	Windass	10,456

Scottish Cup

Main article: 1997–98 Scottish Cup

Round	Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Aberdeen Scorer(s)	Attendance
R3	24 January	Dundee United	A	0–1		11,488

References

afcheritage.org "Aberdeen FC - Historic Fixtures and Results". Archived from the original on 3 March 2012. Retrieved 25 February 2012.

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1997–98 in Scottish football

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Domestic leagues	Football League Premier Division First Division Second Division Third Division Highland League

Domestic cups	Scottish Cup (Final) League Cup (Final) Challenge Cup (Final) Junior Cup

European competitions	Champions League UEFA Cup UEFA Cup Winners' Cup

Related to national team	Results 1998 World Cup qualifying (Group 4) 1998 World Cup

Club seasons

Premier Division	Aberdeen Celtic Dundee United Dunfermline Athletic Heart of Midlothian Hibernian Kilmarnock Motherwell Rangers St. Johnstone

First Division	Airdrieonians Ayr United Dundee Falkirk Greenock Morton Hamilton Academical Partick Thistle Raith Rovers St. Mirren Stirling Albion

Second Division	Brechin City Clyde Clydebank East Fife Forfar Athletic Inverness Caledonian Thistle Livingston Queen of the South Stenhousemuir Stranraer

Third Division	Albion Rovers Alloa Athletic Arbroath Berwick Rangers Cowdenbeath Dumbarton East Stirlingshire Montrose Queen's Park Ross County

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