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1987–88 Aberdeen F.C. season

Field	Value
club	Aberdeen F.C.
season	1987-88
manager	Ian Porterfield
mgrtitle	Manager
chairman	Dick Donald
chrtitle	Chairman
league	Scottish Premier Division
league result	4th
cup1	Scottish Cup
cup1 result	Semi final
cup2	Scottish League Cup
cup2 result	Final
cup3	UEFA Cup
cup3 result	Second round
league topscorer	Jim Bett (10)
season topscorer	Davie Dodds (15)
highest attendance	24,000 vs. Celtic, 1 September 1987
lowest attendance	5,500 vs. Motherwell, 7 May 1988
average attendance	13,460
prevseason	1986–87
nextseason	1988–89

Aberdeen F.C. competed in the Scottish Premier Division, Scottish Cup, Scottish League Cup and UEFA Cup in season 1987–88.

Overview

Aberdeen finished fourth in the Premier Division for the second successive season. They reached the League Cup final, but lost 5–3 on penalty kicks after a 3–3 draw against Rangers in October. In the Scottish Cup, they lost in the semi-final after a second replay defeat to Dundee United. Aberdeen's UEFA Cup campaign ended in a second round defeat to Dutch club Feyenoord on the away goals rule, after defeating Irish club Bohemian F.C. in the first round.

New signings included Peter Nicholas from Luton Town, Gary Hackett, Tom Jones, Keith Edwards and Charlie Nicholas, who joined from Arsenal in December 1987.

Results

Scottish Premier Division

Main article: 1987–88 Scottish Premier Division

Match Day	Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Aberdeen Scorer(s)	Attendance
1	8 August	Dundee	A	1–1	Dodds	10,223
2	12 August	Morton	H	3–1	Simpson, Dodds, J. Miller	8,000
3	15 August	Rangers	H	2–0	Dodds, P. Nicholas	22,500
4	22 August	Motherwell	A	1–0	Dodds	4,858
5	29 August	Dundee United	H	1–1	Bett	16,000
6	5 September	Falkirk	A	2–2	J. Miller, Falconer	5,327
7	12 September	St Mirren	H	2–0	J. Miller, Falconer	11,000
8	19 September	Celtic	A	2–2	J. Miller, P. Nicholas	38,944
9	26 September	Hibernian	A	2–0	Grant, Falconer	10,500
10	3 October	Dunfermline Athletic	H	3–0	P. Nicholas, Falconer, Edwards	11,313
11	7 October	Heart of Midlothian	A	1–2	Bett	17,741
12	10 October	Dundee	H	0–0		12,500
13	17 October	Dundee United	A	0–0		11,281
14	28 October	St Mirren	A	3–1	Bett (2), Falconer	4,707
15	31 October	Celtic	H	0–1		21,000
16	7 November	Morton	A	0–0		3,000
17	14 November	Heart of Midlothian	H	0–0		20,000
18	17 November	Rangers	A	1–0	W. Miller	41,371
19	21 November	Motherwell	H	1–0	Dodds	9,700
20	24 November	Hibernian	H	1–1	Edwards	9,000
21	28 November	Dunfermline Athletic	A	3–0	Wright, Jones	7,500
22	5 December	Dundee	A	2–1	Wright (2), Dodds	8,799
23	9 December	Falkirk	H	3–1	Wright, Dodds, Bett	8,000
24	12 December	Morton	H	4–0	Connor, Dodds, Bett (2)	8,000
25	16 December	St Mirren	H	2–1	W. Miller, Bett	6,500
26	19 December	Celtic	A	0–0		37,721
27	26 December	Falkirk	A	2–0	McLeish, Hewitt	5,000
28	2 January	Dundee United	H	0–0		21,500
29	9 January	Hibernian	A	0–0		16,000
30	16 January	Dunfermline Athletic	H	1–0	Falconer	20,000
31	23 January	Motherwell	A	1–2	C. Nicholas	6,584
32	6 February	Rangers	H	1–2	Bett	22,500
33	13 February	Heart of Midlothian	A	2–2	Bett, Jones	18,817
34	27 February	Dundee	H	1–0	Dodds	13,500
35	5 March	St Mirren	A	0–0		4,858
36	19 March	Dundee United	A	2–0	Jones, C. Nicholas	10,403
37	26 March	Falkirk	H	2–0	Falconer, W. Miller	9,410
38	30 March	Celtic	H	0–1		22,700
39	2 April	Dunfermline Athletic	A	1–1	Falconer	7,132
40	16 April	Morton	A	2–0	C. Nicholas, Porteous	3,200
41	23 April	Heart of Midlothian	H	0–0		10,500
42	30 April	Rangers	A	1–0	Irvine	36,010
43	4 May	Hibernian	H	0–2		7,000
44	7 May	Motherwell	H	0–0		5,500

Final standings

Scottish League Cup

Main article: 1987–88 Scottish League Cup

Round	Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Aberdeen Scorer(s)	Attendance
R2	18 August	Brechin City	H	5–1	Irvine, J. Miller (3), Hewitt	9,000
R3	26 August	St Johnstone	H	3–0	Dodds (2), Bett	10,800
QF	1 September	Celtic	H	1–0	Bett	24,000
SF	23 September	Dundee	N	2–0	Irvine, Connor	22,034
F	25 October	Rangers	N	3–3 (Rangers win 5–3 on penalties)	Hewitt, Bett, Falconer	71,961

Scottish Cup

Main article: 1987–88 Scottish Cup

Round	Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Aberdeen Scorer(s)	Attendance
R3	30 January	St Johnstone	A	1–0	Connor	10,000
R4	20 February	Hamilton Academical	A	2–0	Dodds, Nicholas	7,270
QF	12 March	Clyde	H	5–0	Falconer, Dodds (3), Edwards	12,000
SF	9 April	Dundee United	N	0–0		20,488
SF R	13 April	Dundee United	N	1–1	Nicholas	17,288
SF R2	20 April	Dundee United	N	0–1		19,048

UEFA Cup

Main article: 1987–88 UEFA Cup

Round	Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Aberdeen Scorer(s)	Attendance
R1 L1	15 September	IRL Bohemians	A	0–0		10,000
R1 L2	30 September	IRL Bohemians	H	1–0	Bett	9,950
R2 L1	21 October	NED Feyenoord	H	2–1	Falconer, J. Miller	16,000
R2 L2	4 November	NED Feyenoord	A	0–1		26,390

Squad

Appearances & Goals

References

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