On 13 June, the club announced the departures of coach Liam Fox, first team players Marley Watkins, Connor McLennan, Dean Campbell and Matty Kennedy, and youth team players Mason Hancock, Milosz Ochmanski, Timi Fatona and Blessing Oluyemi.

[4] Pre-season was finalised with a trip to Deepdale to play English Championship side Preston North End, Chief Executive Alan Burrows confirming all friendlies were away from home due to preparations needed at Pittodrie for the season ahead.

On 15 June, Leighton Clarkson, on loan last season from Liverpool, signed for an undisclosed fee which is believed to have broken the clubs transfer record.

They continued with two more victories against fellow Highland League sides Fraserburgh and Formartine United winning 2–0 and 1–0 respectively with the latter behind closed doors.

Aberdeen completed their pre-season friendlies with two away matches in England, losing 2–0 at Preston North End, followed a week later by a 3–2 win at Charlton Athletic.

This was followed by a 2–2 draw away to St Mirren, where Aberdeen scored a very late equaliser, with a penalty from Bojan Miovski after 10 minutes of injury time.

Aberdeen returned to Pittodrie three days later, and had their first league victory of the season, a 4–0 win over Ross County in which Jamie McGrath scored his first goal for the club.

Aberdeen were eliminated from the Europa Conference League despite Jamie McGrath's sensational free-kick snatching a point against PAOK.

Aberdeen finished their European campaign with a 2–0 home win against Eintracht Frankfurt but days later they lost the League Cup Final at Hampden Park to Rangers thanks to a single goal from James Tavernier.

Rhys Williams was recalled to Liverpool and Or Dadia to Hapoel Be'er Sheva with both players not making a single competitive appearance for the club.

However, following a poor run of results with the club lying in eighth place, they parted company with manager Barry Robson on 31 January.

[8] Following Warnock's departure, Aberdeen chairman Dave Cormack said that the club were at an "advanced stage" of finding a longer-term appointment.

Win Draw Loss Postponed Having qualified for Europe, Aberdeen entered the Scottish League Cup at the knockout phase.