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1989–90 Aberdeen F.C. season

Field	Value
club	Aberdeen F.C.
season	1989–90
manager	Alex Smith
Jocky Scott
mgrtitle	Co-Managers
chairman	Dick Donald
chrtitle	Chairman
league	Scottish Premier Division
league result	2nd
cup1	Scottish Cup
cup1 result	Winners
cup2	Scottish League Cup
cup2 result	Winners
cup3	UEFA Cup
cup3 result	First round
league topscorer	Charlie Nicholas (11)
season topscorer	Paul Mason (15)
highest attendance	23,000 vs. Rangers, 22 November 1989 and 8 April 1990
lowest attendance	7,977 vs. St Mirren, 28 April 1990
average attendance	15,445
prevseason	1988–89
nextseason	1990–91

Jocky Scott

Aberdeen F.C. competed in the Scottish Premier Division, Scottish Cup, Scottish League Cup and UEFA Cup in the 1989–90 season.

Overview

In October 1989, Aberdeen reached the Scottish League Cup final for the third successive season and faced Rangers for the third successive year. Aberdeen won 2–1 thanks to two goals from Englishman Paul Mason and a superb display from Dutch goalkeeper Theo Snelders.

November saw a new signing from PSV Eindhoven, striker Hans Gillhaus, join for a record transfer fee of £650,000.{{Cite web

Two Aberdeen players won player-of-the-year awards: Alex McLeish won the Scottish Football Writers' Player of the Year award and Jim Bett was voted Scottish Professional Footballers' Association Players' Player of the Year.

Results

Scottish Premier Division

Main article: 1989–90 Scottish Premier Division

Match Day	Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Aberdeen Scorer(s)	Attendance
1	12 August	Hibernian	H	1–0	Mason	16,000
2	19 August	Motherwell	A	0–0		6,491
3	26 August	Dundee	H	1–0	Jess	12,500
4	9 September	Rangers	A	0–1		40,283
5	16 September	Dunfermline Athletic	H	2–1	C. Robertson, Mason	13,000
6	23 September	St Mirren	A	2–0	Grant, Mason	5,872
7	30 September	Celtic	H	1–1	McLeish	21,374
8	4 October	Dundee United	A	0–2		11,879
9	14 October	Heart of Midlothian	H	1–3	van der Ark	15,000
10	25 October	Hibernian	A	3–0	C. Robertson, van der Ark, Mason	12,000
11	28 October	Motherwell	H	1–0	Bett	13,500
12	4 November	Dundee	A	1–1	Connor	7,041
13	18 November	Dunfermline Athletic	A	3–0	D. Robertson, Gillhaus (2)	11,882
14	22 November	Rangers	H	1–0	Gillhaus	23,000
15	25 November	St Mirren	H	5–0	McLeish, Nicholas (3), Mason	13,500
16	2 December	Celtic	A	0–1		38,300
17	9 December	Dundee United	H	2–0	Nicholas, Mason	15,500
18	20 December	Heart of Midlothian	A	1–1	Grant	11,370
19	26 December	Hibernian	H	1–2	Grant	16,500
20	30 December	Motherwell	A	2–2	van der Ark	7,267
21	2 January	Dundee	H	5–2	Grant, Nicholas, Bett, van der Ark (2)	16,054
22	6 January	Rangers	A	0–2		41,351
23	13 January	Dunfermline Athletic	H	4–1	Grant, Nicholas, Bett, Mason	14,000
24	27 January	St Mirren	A	0–1		7,855
25	3 February	Heart of Midlothian	H	2–2	Nicholas (2)	15,000
26	10 February	Dundee United	A	1–1	Mason	10,533
27	17 February	Celtic	H	1–1	Nicholas	22,100
28	3 March	Dunfermline Athletic	A	4–2	Nicholas, Mason, Gillhaus (2)	8,228
29	10 March	Hibernian	A	2–3	van der Ark, Own goal	9,550
30	24 March	Motherwell	H	2–0	Gillhaus (2)	10,000
31	31 March	Dundee	A	1–1	Gillhaus	8,071
32	8 April	Rangers	H	0–0		23,000
33	18 April	Dundee United	H	1–0	Grant	10,000
34	21 April	Heart of Midlothian	A	0–1		11,616
35	28 April	St Mirren	H	2–0	Irvine, Nicholas	7,977
36	2 May	Celtic	A	3–1	Graham Watson, Jess (2)	20,154

Final standings

Scottish League Cup

Main article: 1989–90 Scottish League Cup

Round	Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Aberdeen Scorer(s)	Attendance
R2	16 August	Albion Rovers	A	2–0	D. Robertson, van der Ark	2,384
R3	23 August	Airdrieonians	H	4–0	Bett, Mason (2), Cameron	10,000
QF	30 August	St Mirren	H	3–1	Bett, Mason, Winnie	11,500
SF	20 September	Celtic	N	1–0	Cameron	45,367
F	22 October	Rangers	N	2–1	Mason (2)	61,190

Scottish Cup

Main article: 1989–90 Scottish Cup

Round	Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Aberdeen Scorer(s)	Attendance
R3	20 January	Partick Thistle	A	6–2	Grant, Mason, van der Ark (3), Kerr	11,875
R4	24 February	Morton	H	2–1	Nicholas, Gillhaus	14,500
QF	17 March	Heart of Midlothian	H	4–1	Nicholas, Gillhaus, Irvine, Bett	22,500
SF	14 April	Dundee United	N	4–0	Irvine, Paatelainen, van der Hoorn, Gillhaus	16,581
F	12 May	Celtic	N	0–0 (9–8 on penalties)		60,493

UEFA Cup

Main article: 1989–90 UEFA Cup

Round	Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Aberdeen Scorer(s)	Attendance
R1 L1	13 September	AUT Rapid Vienna	H	2–1	C. Robertson, Grant	16,800
R1 L2	27 September	AUT Rapid Vienna	A	0–1		19,000

Squad

Appearances & Goals

References

AFC Heritage Trust

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