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1914–15 Aberdeen F.C. season

season of football team

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionApr 10, 2026
Entity authorityQ4559948 ↗
Source-derived summary

Aberdeen F.C. competed in the Scottish Football League Division One in 1914–15.

Overview

Aberdeen finished in 14th place out of 20 in Scottish Division One. There was no Scottish Cup in this season due to the First World War, though league football continued. Sam Cail finished as the club's top scorer with nine goals.

Results

Scottish Division One

Final standings

Scottish Cup

There was no Scottish Cup this season due to the competition being suspended because of the First World War.

Squad

Appearances & Goals

References

Kevin Stirling. Aberdeen A Centenary History 1903-2003. Desert Island Books 2002.

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Editorial reviewA concise reference frame for defining the subject, testing terminology and identifying the institution closest to the evidence. The current lead gives the account dated anchors—1914, 1903, 2003, 2002—that can be checked directly. The selected authority fields contribute no independent date. Its value is orientation rather than verdict, with Aberdeen, season and football providing the first useful test.
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This entry incorporates text from “1914–15 Aberdeen F.C. season” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.