2021–22 Aberdeen F.C. season

Aberdeen 2021–22
Club information
Manager	Stephen Glass (until 13 February) Barry Robson (interim) (from 13 February)
Stadium	Pittodrie Stadium
League Season information
Final League position	Scottish Premiership, TBD
Cup placements
Scottish Cup	First round
Scottish League Cup	First round
UEFA Europa Conference League	Play-off round
Season statistics
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The 2021–22 Aberdeen F.C. season is Aberdeen's 108th season in the top flight of Scottish football and the ninth in the Scottish Premiership. Aberdeen also competed in the League Cup, the Scottish Cup and in qualifying for the inaugural season of 2021–22 UEFA Europa Conference League.

Summary

May

This will be the first full season of the reign of manager Stephen Glass, assistant manager Allan Russell and player-coach Scott Brown who arrived from Celtic in July. Scotland International defender Declan Gallagher signed a pre-contract from Motherwell. Striker Jay Emmanuel-Thomas signed from Livingston. Goalkeeper Gary Woods permanently joined from Oldham Athletic after his loan spell last season.

June

Young winger Teddy Jenks joined from Brighton and Hove Albion on a loan deal, Jack Gurr joined from manager Glass' former club Atlanta United on a free, and American International Christian Ramirez signed from Houston Dynamo for an undisclosed fee.

July

The club announced all pre-season fixtures were to be played behind closed doors but two matches were cancelled due to COVID-19. Scott Brown was announced as Team Captain with goalkeeper Joe Lewis becoming the Club Captain.

August

Aberdeen were knocked out of the League Cup by Championship side Raith Rovers. This followed with being knocked out of Europe by Azerbaijan side FK Qarabağ in the Play-off round.

September

Lewis Ferguson was called up and made his debut for the Scotland national team. The club however suffered a miserable September, losing all three matches in the Premiership. Niall McGinn and Lewis Ferguson were both called up for their respective countries for the October internationals.

October

Having lost five league games in a row, Glass was under pressure but was eased with wins against both Edinburgh clubs and were unlucky not to win at Ibrox.

November

On 20 November, the Dons lost to Dundee United, however off the pitch player Funso Ojo was assaulted by a United fan and was sent off for a second bookable offence. The fan was later charged and banned from football. Ojo himself also assaulted a separate United fan after the match. He was later charged for the incident.

December

After three wins, the Dons lost at Easter Road to a Ryan Porteous goal, but during the match he was involved in an incident with Dons forward Ramirez for which he was later given a three match ban. Young full back Jack MacKenzie signed a new contract.The year ended prematurely due to the Covid variant Omicron and the club were forced to play in front of 500 fans against Dundee on Boxing Day as the Dens Park side struggled to field a team.

January

Midfielder Matty Longstaff returned to his parent club after a disappointing spell with the club. Austin Samuels also returned to his parent club. Promising young American College player Dante Polvara signed a contract for the club. The club signed Dutch forward Vicente Besuijen on a four-and-a-half year contract.

February

After a poor run of results including a fifth-round defeat in the Scottish Cup to Motherwell, Stephen Glass left the club on 13 February. He was replaced by Barry Robson as interim manager.