Aberdeen remain one of Scottish football’s established names, founded in 1903 and still rooted at Pittodrie Stadium. Their 2025-26 campaign ended with a ninth-place Premiership finish, a position that reflected a side capable of awkward afternoons but short of sustained authority.
The squad was a sizeable one, with 35 players and an average age of 24. Its market value sat around £13.5m, according to Transfermarkt, placing Aberdeen in familiar territory: resourced enough to expect more than survival, but not immune to unevenness.
Their home form carried more weight than their away work. At Pittodrie they averaged 1.5 goals scored and 1.2 conceded per match, while away from home that dropped to 0.6 scored and 1.7 conceded. That defensive vulnerability on the road was a clear feature of the season.
There was some edge to their attacking starts, with Aberdeen scoring the first goal inside 20 minutes in six of their 10 league matches. Kevin Nisbet led the scoring with 11 goals, followed by Jesper Karlsson on six, with Marko Lazetić, Adil Aouchiche and Kenan Bilalović contributing further down the list.
The closing league run summed them up: wins over Hibernian, Kilmarnock and Dundee United sat alongside dropped points at Livingston and defeats to St Mirren and Dundee. Aberdeen finished the season as a mid-table Scottish side with enough quality to trouble opponents, but not enough consistency to rise higher.
