1985–86 Aberdeen F.C. season

Aberdeen finished fourth in the Scottish Premier Division and won the Scottish Cup and Scottish League Cup. In Europe, they reached the quarter finals of the Champions' Cup but lost out to IFK Gothenburg on the away goals rule.

Frank McDougall finished the season as Aberdeen's top scorer with 14 goals in the league and 20 overall, including all four goals in a 4-1 win over Celtic in November.

Results

Scottish Premier Division

Main article: 1985–86 Scottish Premier Division

Match Day	Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Aberdeen Scorer(s)	Attendance
1.	10 August	Hibernian	H	3–0	McDougall (2), Bett	14,846
2.	17 August	Dundee United	A	1–1	McKimmie	14,339
3.	24 August	Motherwell	H	1–1	McKimmie	14,059
4.	31 August	Dundee	A	3–1	Simpson, Stark (2)	7,592
5.	7 September	Heart of Midlothian	H	3–0	Stark, Black, Wright	12,300
6.	14 September	Celtic	A	1–2	McDougall	39,450
7.	21 September	St Mirren	H	1–1	McQueen	12,585
8.	28 September	Rangers	A	3–0	Stark, McLeish, Hewitt	27,599
9.	5 October	Clydebank	H	3–1	McKimmie, Black, McDougall	11,399
10.	12 October	Hibernian	A	1–1	Gray	10,377
11.	19 October	Dundee United	H	3–2	McDougall, Hewitt (2)	15,148
12.	30 October	Heart of Midlothian	A	0–1		12,866
13.	2 November	Celtic	H	4–1	McDougall (4)	23,000
14.	9 November	Dundee	H	4–1	Stark (2), McLeish, McDougall	12,800
15.	16 November	Motherwell	A	1–1	McDougall	4,960
16.	23 November	St Mirren	A	0–1		5,930
17.	12 December	Clydebank	A	1–2	Black	2,095
18.	14 December	Hibernian	H	4–0	McLeish, Angus, J. Miller, Weir	11,819
19.	21 December	Dundee United	A	1–2	Stark	10,085
20.	1 January	Dundee	A	0–0		9,096
21.	4 January	St Mirren	H	3–1	Black (2), Weir	11,500
22.	11 January	Celtic	A	1–1	J. Miller	31,305
23.	18 January	Heart of Midlothian	H	0–1		21,500
24.	1 February	Rangers	A	1–1	J. Miller	29,887
25.	8 February	Clydebank	H	4–1	Black (3), Bett	11,000
26.	19 February	Rangers	H	1–0	Angus	18,700
27.	22 February	Hibernian	A	1–0	Wright	9,500
28.	15 March	St Mirren	A	1–1	W. Miller	4,448
29.	22 March	Dundee	H	0–0		13,013
30.	29 March	Motherwell	A	1–0	Hewitt	4,597
31.	9 April	Motherwell	H	3–2	McDougall, Bett, Weir	10,300
32.	12 April	Celtic	H	0–1		22,000
33.	16 April	Dundee United	H	0–1		8,500
34.	20 April	Heart of Midlothian	A	1–1	Weir	19,047
35.	26 April	Rangers	H	1–1	Hewitt	17,000
36.	3 May	Clydebank	A	6–0	Stark, Hewitt, McDougall (2), McMaster, Weir	2,382

Final League table

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Scottish League Cup

Main article: 1985–86 Scottish League Cup

Round	Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Aberdeen Scorer(s)	Attendance
R2	21 August	Ayr United	H	5–0	McQueen, Stark (2), McDougall (2)	12,400
R3	28 August	St Johnstone	A	2–0	Hewitt, McDougall	5,100
QF	4 September	Heart of Midlothian	H	1–0	Black	13,100
SF L1	25 September	Dundee United	A	1–0	Black	12,837
SF L2	9 October	Dundee United	H	1–0	McDougall	20,000
F	27 October	Hibernian	N	3–0	Stark, Black (2)	40,061

Scottish Cup

Main article: 1985–86 Scottish Cup

Round	Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Aberdeen Scorer(s)	Attendance
R3	5 February	Montrose	H	4–1	Stark, McLeish, W. Miller, McDougall	9,000
R4	15 February	Arbroath	A	1–0	J. Miller	6,017
R5	8 March	Dundee	A	2–2	Hewitt (2)	13,188
R5 R	12 March	Dundee	H	2–1	Black, Weir	21,000
SF	5 April	Hibernian	N	3–0	Stark, Black, J. Miller	19,165
F	10 May	Heart of Midlothian	N	3–0	Hewitt (2), Stark	62,841

European Champions' Cup

Main article: 1985–86 European Cup

Round	Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Aberdeen Scorer(s)	Attendance
R1 L1	18 September	Akranes	A	3–1	Stark, Black, Hewitt	7,000
R1 L2	2 October	Akranes	H	4–1	Gray, Simpson, Hewitt, Falconer	14,700
R2 L1	23 October	Servette	A	0–0		8,000
R2 L2	6 November	Servette	H	1–0	McDougall	19,000
QF L1	5 March	Gothenburg	H	2–2	W. Miller, Hewitt	20,000
QF L2	19 March	Gothenburg	A	0–0		20,000

Squad

Appearances & Goals

No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Total		Premier Division		Scottish Cup		League Cup		Europe
No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
1	MF		Ian Angus	26	2	17	2	4	0	1	0	4	0
2	MF		Jim Bett	37	3	24	3	6	0	3	0	4	0
3	FW		Eric Black	39	15	26	8	5	2	4	4	4	1
4	MF		Neale Cooper	38	0	23	0	5	0	4	0	6	0
5	FW		Willie Falconer	10	1	8	0	0	0	1	0	1	1
6	MF		Stevie Gray	21	2	13	1	0	0	4	0	4	1
7	GK		Bryan Gunn	13	0	9	0	1	0	2	0	1	0
8	FW		John Hewitt	38	14	23	6	4	4	5	1	6	3
9	DF		Brian Irvine	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
10	GK		Jim Leighton	41	0	27	0	5	0	4	0	5	0
11	FW		Frank McDougall	39	20	26	14	4	1	6	4	3	1
12	DF		Tommy McIntyre	5	0	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
13	DF		Stewart McKimmie	51	3	34	3	5	0	6	0	6	0
14	DF		Alex McLeish	52	4	34	3	6	1	6	0	6	0
15	MF		John McMaster	9	1	7	1	2	0	0	0	0	0
16	DF		Tommy McQueen	23	2	17	1	3	0	2	1	1	0
17	MF		Joe Miller	22	5	18	3	3	2	0	0	1	0
18	DF		Willie Miller	51	3	33	1	6	1	6	0	6	1
19	DF		Brian Mitchell	32	0	23	0	0	0	4	0	5	0
20	MF		Ian Porteous	7	0	6	0	1	0	0	0	0	0
21	DF		Ian Robertson	4	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
22	MF		Neil Simpson	36	2	22	1	4	0	6	0	4	1
23	MF		Billy Stark	46	15	30	8	5	3	6	3	5	1
24	MF		Peter Weir	32	6	21	5	4	1	3	0	4	0
25	FW		Paul Wright	14	2	10	2	2	0	0	0	2	0

References

Kevin Stirling. Aberdeen A Centenary History 1903-2003. Desert Island Books 2002. ISBN 1-874287-49-X.

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1985–86 in Scottish football

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Domestic leagues	Football League Premier Division First Division Second Division Highland League

Domestic cups	Scottish Cup (Final) League Cup (Final) Junior Cup Tennent's Sixes

European competitions	European Cup European Cup Winners' Cup UEFA Cup

Related to national team	Results 1986 World Cup qualifying (Group 7) Rous Cup 1986 World Cup

Club seasons

Premier Division	Aberdeen Celtic Clydebank Dundee Dundee United Heart of Midlothian Hibernian Motherwell Rangers St. Mirren

First Division	Airdrieonians Alloa Athletic Ayr United Brechin City Clyde Dumbarton East Fife Falkirk Forfar Athletic Hamilton Academical Kilmarnock Montrose Morton Partick Thistle

Second Division	Albion Rovers Arbroath Berwick Rangers Cowdenbeath Dunfermline Athletic East Stirlingshire Meadowbank Thistle Queen's Park Queen of the South Raith Rovers St. Johnstone Stenhousemuir Stirling Albion Stranraer

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