Full Name: Aberdeen Football Club City: Aberdeen Country: Scotland League: Scottish Premier League Founded: 1903 Stadium: Pittodrie Stadium (21,421) Colors: Red, White Nicknames: The Dons, Red Army Rivals: Rangers
Aberdeen Football Club was created on April 14, 1903 by the merger of an earlier Aberdeen FC, Victoria United and Orion. Since reaching the top division in 1905-06, Aberdeen have never been relegated - the only club besides Celtic and Rangers to have this honor. They were asked to withdraw for two seasons from 1917-19 due to war-related travel restrictions.
The heyday of Aberdeen were undoubtedly the Alex Ferguson-led days of the late 70s and early 80s when the Dons won three of their four league titles, a handful of cup titles and most impressively the European Cup Winners' Cup.
Pittodrie Stadium:
Pittodrie Stadium was the first all-seater and all-covered stadium in the UK and was also the stadium where the dug-out was introduced. It is located on Pittodrie Street.
Major Trophies:
First-Tier League Titles:
Scottish League First Division (1955)
Scottish League Premier Division (1980, 84, 85)
Cup Titles:
Scottish Cup (1947, 70, 82, 83, 84, 86, 90)
Scottish League Cup (1956, 77, 86, 90, 96)
International Titles:
European Cup Winner's Cup (1983)
European Super Cup (1983)
Colors and Nicknames:
The Dons nickname may be a reference to the Don river which flows into the North Sea in Aberdeen or a pun on the local pronunciation of "done" which sounds like "deen".
The color red was chosen to mirror that of the official red and silver crest of the city of Aberdeen. Red and white was adopted in the late 1930s and replaced their earlier black and yellow club colors.
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