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1984–85 Aberdeen F.C. season

Field	Value
club	Aberdeen
season	1984–85
manager	Alex Ferguson
mgrtitle	Manager
chairman	Dick Donald
chrtitle	Chairman
league	Scottish Premier Division
league result	1st (champions)
cup1	Scottish Cup
cup1 result	Semi-final
cup2	Scottish League Cup
cup2 result	Second round
cup3	European Cup
cup3 result	First round
league topscorer	Frank McDougall (22)
season topscorer	Frank McDougall (24)
highest attendance	23,000 (5 times) (vs. Rangers, 15 September 1984)
(vs. Celtic, 8 December 1984)
(vs. (Rangers, 19 January 1985)
(vs. Heart of Midlothian, 13 March 1985)
(vs. (Celtic, 27 April 1985)
lowest attendance	11,000 (vs Morton, 12 January 1985)
average attendance	16,152
prevseason	1983–84
nextseason	1985–86

(vs. Celtic, 8 December 1984) (vs. (Rangers, 19 January 1985) (vs. Heart of Midlothian, 13 March 1985) (vs. (Celtic, 27 April 1985)

Aberdeen competed in the Scottish Premier Division, Scottish Cup, League Cup and European Champions' Cup in season 1984–85.

Overview

Aberdeen won their fourth Scottish League championship and reached the semi-finals of the Scottish Cup, but were knocked out in the first round of the Scottish League Cup and the European Cup. New signing Frank McDougall scored 24 goals in his debut season at Pittodrie as Aberdeen won the Premier Division with a record points total of 59 from a possible 72.

Results

Scottish Premier Division

Main article: 1984–85 Scottish Premier Division

Match Day	Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Aberdeen Scorer(s)	Attendance
1.	11 August	Dundee	H	3–2	Stark, Black (2)	14,700
2.	18 August	St Mirren	A	2–0	Stark, Falconer	5,445
3.	25 August	Dundee United	A	2–0	Black (2)	13,033
4.	1 September	Hibernian	H	4–1	McKimmie, Black, Simpson, McDougall	14,500
5.	8 September	Morton	A	3–0	Stark, Black, Falconer	5,000
6.	15 September	Rangers	H	0–0		23,000
7.	22 September	Dumbarton	A	2–0	W. Miller, Falconer	4,500
8.	29 September	Heart of Midlothian	H	4–0	Angus, Falconer, McDougall (2)	16,344
9.	6 October	Celtic	A	1–2	McDougall	31,418
10.	13 October	Dundee	A	2–1	McDougall, Stark	10,990
11.	20 October	St Mirren	H	4–0	Stark, Porteous, McDougall (2)	14,100
12.	6 November	Hibernian	A	3–0	Stark, McDougall, Black	8,000
13.	10 November	Morton	H	3–1	W. Miller, Simpson, McDougall	14,500
14.	17 November	Rangers	A	2–1	Stark, McDougall	44,000
15.	24 November	Dumbarton	H	1–0	McDougall	13,200
16.	1 December	Heart of Midlothian	A	2–1	Stark, Cowan	10,037
17.	8 December	Celtic	H	4–2	McKimmie, Black (2), McDougall	23,000
18.	15 December	Dundee	H	0–0		14,000
19.	22 December	Dundee United	H	0–1		16,354
20.	29 December	St Mirren	A	2–2	McDougall (2)	6,287
21.	2 January	Dundee United	A	1–2	McQueen	21,944
22.	5 January	Hibernian	H	2–0	McKimmie, Weir	13,700
23.	12 January	Morton	H	5–0	Cooper, McDougall, Weir, Mitchell, Cowan	11,000
24.	19 January	Rangers	H	5–1	McQueen, Black, McDougall (3)	23,000
25.	2 February	Dumbarton	A	2–0	Black, Stark	3,500
26.	9 February	Heart of Midlothian	H	2–2	Simpson, Weir	16,240
27.	23 February	Celtic	A	0–2		48,834
28.	2 March	St Mirren	H	3–0	Black, Stark, Cowan	12,000
29.	16 March	Dundee	A	4–0	Stark (2), Black, Simpson	9,161
30.	23 March	Hibernian	A	5–0	McQueen, Black (3), Hewitt	9,000
31.	30 March	Dundee United	H	4–2	Stark, Cowan, Hewitt (2)	15,600
32.	6 April	Rangers	A	2–1	Cowan, Black	23,437
33.	20 April	Dumbarton	H	4–0	Stark, McLeish, Angus, Kay (Own goal)	12,500
34.	27 April	Celtic	H	1–1	W. Miller	23,000
35.	4 May	Heart of Midlothian	A	3–0	McDougall (3)	8,251
36.	11 May	Morton	A	2–1	Stark, McDougall	3,600

Final standings

Scottish League Cup

Main article: 1984–85 Scottish League Cup

Round	Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Aberdeen Scorer(s)	Attendance
R2	22 August	Airdrieonians	A	1–3	Stark	5,000

Scottish Cup

Main article: 1984–85 Scottish Cup

Round	Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Aberdeen Scorer(s)	Attendance
R3	30 January	Alloa Athletic	H	5–0	Stark (3), Simpson, Hewitt	13,500
R4	16 February	Raith Rovers	A	2–1	McDougall	10,000
R5	9 March	Heart of Midlothian	A	1–1	Black	23,900
R5 R	13 March	Heart of Midlothian	H	1–0	Stark	23,000
SF	13 April	Dundee United	N	0–0		18,485
SF R	17 April	Dundee United	N	1–2	Angus	10,771

European Cup

Main article: 1984–85 European Cup

Round	Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Aberdeen Scorer(s)	Attendance
R1 L1	19 September	East Germany Dinamo Berlin	H	2–1	Black (2)	20,000
R1 L2	3 October	East Germany Dinamo Berlin	A	1–2	Angus	20,000

Squad

Appearances & Goals

References

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