Albanian international midfielder Ylber Ramadani and Macedonian striker Bojan Miovski both joined the Dons from Hungarian Premier League side MTK Budapest for fees in the region of £100,000 and £535,000 respectively.

Jim Goodwin bolstered the defence by signing right back Jayden Richardson from Nottingham Forest and landing Liam Scales on a season-long loan from Scottish champions Celtic.

[9] Aberdeen topped Group A in the Scottish League Cup winning all four games against Raith Rovers, Peterhead, Dumbarton and Stirling Albion.

The club announced that Dougie Bell,[13] Russell Anderson[14] and the late Davie Robb[15] would be inducted into the Aberdeen FC Hall of Fame.

Aberdeen manager, Jim Goodwin accused Porteous of "blatant cheating" during a post-match interview and he was later handed an eight-match touchline ban by the SFA for these comments.

Bojan Miovski and Ylber Ramadani made appearances for North Macedonia and Albania in the UEFA Nations League while Duk was capped for Cape Verde in a friendly against Bahrain.

[17] Aberdeen started the month with a 4–1 win at home against Kilmarnock, on the first visit to Pittodrie of former manager Derek McInnes, since leaving the club in March 2021.

[21] On 19 October Hayden Coulson scored his first goal for Aberdeen as the Dons swept aside Partick Thistle 4-1 [22] at home to reach the League Cup semi-final.

[25] VAR made its debut at Pittodrie on 4 November as Aberdeen entertained Hibernian at the slightly unusual time of a Friday night match.

VAR was heavily involved in Aberdeen's opening goal as goalkeeper David Marshall was judged to have brought down Duk in the penalty box at the end of the first half.

Defender Jack Fitzwater put Livi ahead early then Sean Kelly doubled the lead from the spot after Connor Barron was adjudged to have handled the ball in the box.

[29] Before the international break, another converted penalty by Miovski took him to the top of the Scottish Premiership scorer charts as Aberdeen saw off Dundee United at Pittodrie on 12 November.

On 28 November Aberdeen were drawn in the Fourth round of the Scottish Cup to face West of Scotland Football League side Darvel away in Ayrshire.

Midfielder Matty Kennedy scored a stoppage time free-kick which proved to be a mere consolation as the Dons struggled to recover from Scott Robinson and Joe Wright's first half goals.

Youngster Aaron Reid officially became an Aberdeen player after completing his move from Turriff United and the striker was immediately loaned out to Elgin City F.C.

Hours later, Aberdeen announced the loan signing of Slovakian midfielder Patrik Myslovič from Slovak Super Liga club MŠK Žilina.

[35] Shinnie made his second Dons debut in win at home to St Johnstone - a brace from Duk sealed the 2–0 victory and kept Aberdeen fourth in the table.

[37] Pressure on Jim Goodwin's tenure as Aberdeen manager reached now levels as the Dons slumped to a 5-0 defeat to Heart of Midlothian at Tynecastle on 18 January,[38] but worse was to come.

[41] Nineteen minutes after the final whistle Goodwin was formally relived of his duties [42] and chairman Dave Cormack gave an emotional interview to journalists vowing to put things right.

[43] On 29 January former player Barry Robson was put in interim charge of the first team as the club appointed veteran English coach Scott Agnew to help him.

However, within the opening spells of the game Aberdeen were reduced to ten men following a VAR check after Ross McCrorie was adjudged to have elbowed Charles Dunne.

Aberdeen enjoyed a run of good form under caretaker manager Barry Robson, with a 3-1 away victory against Dundee United, and a 3-0 win at Pittodrie against Heart of Midlothian, which saw Mattie Pollock scoring his first goal for the club.

The international break saw a number of Aberdeen players appearing for their countries, including Duk for Cape Verde, Ylber Ramadani for Albania, and Bojan Miovski who scored a goal in a 1-0 win for North Macedonia over the Faroe Islands.

On 1 May 2023, Aberdeen FC announced that caretaker manager Barry Robson and his assistant Steve Agnew had agreed to take on the positions on a permanent basis, on a contract until the end of the 2024-25 season.

Aberdeen were assured a place in Group Stage European football for the first time since 2007-08, with entry into the 2023-24 Europa League play-off round, following Celtic's win over Inverness Caledonian Thistle in the Scottish Cup final.