Aberdeen F.C.

Aberdeen Football Club is a Scottish professional <a href="/facts/Association_football/yttjeD0D">football</a> club based in <a href="/facts/Aberdeen/yoH7QeAK">Aberdeen</a>, Scotland. They compete in the <a href="/facts/Scottish_Premiership/1ppjlJW0">Scottish Premiership</a> and have <a href="/facts/List_of_unrelegated_association_football_clubs/7ScbTYMb">never been relegated</a> from the top division of the <a href="/facts/Scottish_football_league_system/Tst9bblE">Scottish football league system</a> since they were elected to the top flight in 1905. Aberdeen have won four <a href="/facts/List_of_Scottish_football_champions/Bm49seqd">Scottish league titles</a>, eight <a href="/facts/Scottish_Cup/2nYV6BNs">Scottish Cups</a> and six <a href="/facts/Scottish_League_Cup/cxc0Bu7f">Scottish League Cups</a>. They are also the only Scottish team to have won two European trophies, having won the <a href="/facts/UEFA_Cup_Winners%2527_Cup/7rnj3yIk">European Cup Winners' Cup</a> and the <a href="/facts/UEFA_Super_Cup/QbIDwojw">European Super Cup</a> in 1983.
Formed in 1903 as a result of the amalgamation of three clubs from Aberdeen, they rarely challenged for honours until the post-war decade, when they won each of the major Scottish trophies under manager <a href="/facts/Dave_Halliday/2QqG839R">Dave Halliday</a>. This level of success was surpassed in the 1980s, when, under the management of <a href="/facts/Alex_Ferguson/PXMf5ISI">Alex Ferguson</a>, they won three league titles, four Scottish Cups and a Scottish League Cup, alongside the two European trophies. Aberdeen were the last club outside the <a href="/facts/Old_Firm/F6dcYWgY">Old Firm</a> to win a league title, in <a href="/facts/1984%25E2%2580%259385_in_Scottish_football/kubok4tC">1984–85</a>, and also the last Scottish team to win a European trophy. The team has enjoyed less success since this golden era, though a 19-year wait for a major trophy was ended by winning the <a href="/facts/2013%25E2%2580%259314_Scottish_League_Cup/rCPefrYE">2013–14 Scottish League Cup</a>, followed up by multiple second-place finishes behind <a href="/facts/Celtic_F.C./nfbUUWtj">Celtic</a> in the league during the 2010s and the <a href="/facts/2024%25E2%2580%259325_Scottish_Cup/WDKjpUpd">2024–25 Scottish Cup</a>, their first triumph in the competition in 35 years. 
Aberdeen have played at <a href="/facts/Pittodrie_Stadium/3sDApTph">Pittodrie Stadium</a> since their inception. The ground currently has a capacity of 20,866 and was the first <a href="/facts/All-seater_stadium/9e8Mt5ze">all-seated</a> and all-covered stadium in the United Kingdom. Pittodrie was also the first football stadium to feature a <a href="/facts/Technical_area/NDjettkT">dug-out</a>, an invention of player and coach <a href="/facts/Donald_Colman/JJ8I1LKK">Donald Colman</a>.
The club's colours have been primarily red and white since 1939; before this, they played in black and gold vertical stripes. In modern times, Aberdeen have almost exclusively played with all-red strips with white detailing. Aberdeen attract support from the city and surrounding areas, as they have no geographically close rivals. Lacking a local competitor, Aberdeen have instead developed rivalries with more distant opponents such as <a href="/facts/Dundee_United_F.C./lPtUolEQ">Dundee United</a> (collectively known as the "<a href="/facts/New_Firm_(Scotland)/8MrPR5pu">New Firm</a>" in the 1980s) and <a href="/facts/Rangers_F.C./sJDJKjVv">Rangers</a>.

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