Kelle Roos, Connor Barron, Anthony Stewart, Kieran Ngwenya, Finlay Murray, Kai Watson, Chris Kondolo, Aaron Reid, and Reuben Smillie all left the club.

Defender Gavin Molloy signed from Shelbourne, striker Peter Ambrose from Újpest and Dimitar Mitov from fellow Premiership side St Johnstone all for undisclosed fees.

On 12 July, Dante Polvara suffered an injury and is set to be ruled out for at least four months and Norwegian midfielder Sivert Heltne Nilsen joined from SK Brann.

Ante Palaversa joined the club from Troyes for an undisclosed fee and also Finnish winger Topi Keskinen signed from HJK Helsinki for a reported £860,000.

Macedonian forward Bojan Miovski was given a send-off from fans in the win against St Mirren as he later signed for Spanish La Liga side Girona for a club-record fee of £6,800,000.

A 98th minute winner from Nisbet seen Aberdeen briefly top the league at the end of the month with the club having won every game of the season so far Call-ups for the September Internationals included Jack Milne, Alfie Bavidge and Fletcher Boyd for Scotland youths, Topi Keskinen for Finland, Dimitar Mitov for Bulgaria and Slobodan Rubezic for Montenegro.

[5] An Aberdeen XI played in a Testimonial match at Cove for their player Blair Yule with both Shayden Morris and Kevin Nisbet scoring.

The annual AGM took place with chairman Dave Cormack confirming the tribunal fee for last seasons want away midfielder Connor Barron to Rangers had still not been paid.

The miserable run in the League continued with successive losses, firstly after leading against Hibernian, a 4-0 hammering at Kilmarnock on Boxing Day, and at Tannadice against Dundee United to a 94th minute winner for the home side.

A tribunal fee was agreed for Connor Barron with Rangers but the club unhappy with the process but in return a guaranteed sum of £639,920, with an additional £250,000 dependant on performance.

So Jimmy Thelin took action and signed Jeppe Okkels on loan from English Championship side Preston North End and Latvia captain Kristers Tobers from Grasshoppers for a reported £800,000.