1998–99 Aberdeen F.C. season

Aberdeen F.C.
1998–99 season
Chairman	Stewart Milne
Manager	Alex Miller (to November) ; Paul Hegarty (caretaker manager, until May)
Scottish Premier League	8th
Scottish Cup	3rd Round
Scottish League Cup	4th Round
Top goalscorer	League: Eoin Jess (14); All: Eoin Jess (14)
Highest home attendance	22,000 vs. Manchester United, Teddy Scott Testimonal, 18 January 1999 ; 19,537 vs. Rangers, 30 January 1999
Lowest home attendance	9,048 vs. Kilmarnock, 10 April 1999
Average home league attendance	11,959
	← 1997–98 1999–2000 →

Aberdeen F.C. competed in the inaugural Scottish Premier League, Scottish League Cup and Scottish Cup in season 1998–99.

Results

Scottish Premier League

Match Day	Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Aberdeen Scorer(s)	Attendance
1	1 August	Dundee	A	2–0	Jess, Hignett	7,811
2	16 August	Celtic	H	3–2	Perry, Hignett, Blinker	16,640
3	22 August	Heart of Midlothian	A	0–2		14,952
4	29 August	Dunfermline Athletic	A	1–1	Perry	6,463
5	12 September	Motherwell	H	1–1	Jess	11,760
6	19 September	St Johnstone	A	0–2		5,814
7	23 September	Rangers	H	1–1	Jess	17,862
8	27 September	Kilmarnock	H	0–1		13,048
9	4 October	Dundee United	A	0–1		8,933
10	17 October	Dundee	H	2–2	Jess (2)	10,004
11	24 October	Celtic	A	0–2		60,081
12	31 October	Motherwell	A	2–2	Newell, Winters	8,146
13	7 November	Dunfermline Athletic	H	2–1	Jess (2)	10,293
14	14 November	Rangers	A	1–2	Jess	49,479
15	21 November	St Johnstone	H	0–1		10,044
16	28 November	Dundee United	H	0–3		11,964
17	5 December	Kilmarnock	A	0–4		9,785
18	12 December	Heart of Midlothian	H	2–0	Winters, Jess	11,137
19	19 December	Dundee	A	2–1	Winters (2)	6,340
20	26 December	Dunfermline Athletic	A	2–1	Inglis, Jess	7,873
21	29 December	Motherwell	H	1–1	Jess	15,269
22	2 January	St Johnstone	A	1–4	Buchan	8,971
23	30 January	Rangers	H	2–4	Newell, Jess	19,537
24	6 February	Kilmarnock	H	2–1	Jess, Mayer	9,299
25	20 February	Dundee United	A	0–3		8,309
26	27 February	Heart of Midlothian	A	2–0	Wyness, Bernard	13,957
27	14 March	Celtic	H	1–5	Winters	16,825
28	20 March	Motherwell	A	1–1	Winters	6,963
29	3 April	Dunfermline Athletic	H	3–1	Winters (3)	11,371
30	10 April	Kilmarnock	A	2–4	Winters, Hamilton	9,048
31	17 April	Dundee United	H	0–4		11,603
32	25 April	Rangers	A	1–3	Perry	49,145
33	1 May	St Johnstone	H	1–0	Winters	9,561
34	8 May	Dundee	H	1–2	Winters	9,057
35	15 May	Celtic	A	2–3	Mayer, Perry	59,138
36	23 May	Heart of Midlothian	H	2–5	Buchan, Jess	13,042

Final standings

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
6	Heart of Midlothian	36	11	9	16	44	50	−6	42
7	Motherwell	36	10	11	15	35	54	−19	41
8	Aberdeen	36	10	7	19	43	71	−28	37
9	Dundee United	36	8	10	18	37	48	−11	34
10	Dunfermline Athletic (R)	36	4	16	16	28	59	−31	28	Relegation to the 1999–2000 Scottish First Division

Updated to match(es) played on end of season. Source: Soccerway and SPL official website
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored
(R) Relegated

Scottish League Cup

Round	Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Aberdeen Scorer(s)	Attendance
R2	8 August	Inverness Caledonian Thistle	A	3–0	Dodds (3)	5,164
R3	19 August	Hibernian	A	0–1		7,457

Scottish Cup

Round	Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Aberdeen Scorer(s)	Attendance
R3	23 January	Livingston	H	0–1		10,311

Squad

Appearances & Goals

No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Total		SPL		Scottish Cup		League Cup
No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
1	GK	SCO	Jim Leighton	24	0	22	0	0	0	2	0
2	DF	SCO	Mark Perry	35	4	32	4	1	0	2	0
3	DF	SCO	Derek Whyte (c)	38	0	35	0	1	0	2	0
4	DF	ENG	Nigel Pepper	10	0	10	0	0	0	0	0
5	DF	SCO	John Inglis	20	1	17	1	1	0	2	0
6	DF	SCO	Gary Smith	33	0	30	0	1	0	2	0
7	MF	ENG	Craig Hignett	15	2	13	2	0	0	2	0
7	FW	SCO	Jim Hamilton	7	1	7	1	0	0	0	0
8	MF	SCO	Eoin Jess	39	14	36	14	1	0	2	0
9	FW	ENG	Mike Newell	24	2	23	2	1	0	0	0
10	FW	SCO	Billy Dodds	8	3	6	0	0	0	2	3
10	MF	GER	Andreas Mayer	13	2	13	2	0	0	0	0
11	MF	BUL	Illian Kiriakov	25	0	22	0	1	0	2	0
12	MF	SCO	Andy Dow	28	0	25	0	1	0	2	0
13	GK	SCO	Derek Stillie	9	0	8	0	1	0	0	0
14	MF	SCO	Paul Bernard	9	1	9	1	0	0	0	0
15	DF	SCO	Russell Anderson	18	0	16	0	0	0	2	0
16	DF	SCO	Jamie Buchan	25	2	24	2	1	0	0	0
17	MF	SCO	David Rowson	24	0	21	0	1	0	2	0
18	FW	SCO	Ricky Gillies	13	0	11	0	0	0	2	0
19	MF	SCO	Darren Young	11	0	11	0	0	0	0	0
20	FW	SCO	Dennis Wyness	15	1	15	1	0	0	0	0
21	MF	SCO	Derek Young	5	0	4	0	0	0	1	0
22	DF	SCO	Michael Hart	14	0	13	0	1	0	0	0
23	GK	SCO	Ryan Esson	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
24	MF	SCO	Russell Duncan	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
25	DF	SCO	Stuart McCaffrey	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
26	FW	SCO	Robbie Winters	29	12	28	12	1	0	0	0
27	MF	ISL	Baldur Bett	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0
28	MF	SCO	Iain Good	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0
29	FW	SCO	Darren Mackie	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
30	FW	SCO	Alex Notman	2	0	2	0	0	0	0	0
31	MF	SCO	Fergus Tiernan	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
40	GK	ENG	Tony Warner	6	0	6	0	0	0	0	0

References

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1998–99 Aberdeen F.C. season

Contents

Results

Scottish Premier League

Final standings

Scottish League Cup

Scottish Cup

Squad

Appearances & Goals

References