Aberdeen FC's Scottish Cup winning team is slowly but surely fading away, with another member of the squad that stunned Celtic departing Pittodrie. Dimitar Mitov was the hero that day as his two penalty saves brought the cup back to the Granite City for the first time in 35 years. The Bulgarian has this week completed his transfer to German side St Pauli, taking the total number of players that have left the Dons since winning the cup up to 13. Just a handful remain from that day at Hampden, but more could be set for their exits this summer as Stephen Robinson continues his squad rebuild.

Starting XI Dimitar Mitov - Arguably the star of the show and the man who brought the cup back to Pittodrie, the Bulgarian keeper denied Callum McGregor and Alistair Johnston to secure glory for the Dons. He stayed the following season but has this week left to join St Pauli in a six-figure deal. Alexander Jensen - A Thelin summer signing the year before that day at Hampden, Jensen was a regular in the squad and the first of the five defenders that stumped the Celts in Mount Florida. He joined Thelin's former club Elfsborg earlier this summer. Mats Knoester - Dutch defender Knoester was heroic that afternoon, as were all three of the centre-backs that had to defend from minute one to 120. He remains at the club and is currently working his way back to fitness after an injury at the end of last season. Jack Milne - For a player that had barely kicked a ball for the first team, you would have thought the youngster had been in the mix for several seasons. Milne remains a Don and was a standout performer at Hampden. Alfie Dorrington - He had the misfortune of scoring an own-goal in a Scottish Cup Final, but it didn't matter in the end as he picked up a winners medal. Dorrington signed a new loan deal in the months after the final, but returned to Tottenham Hotspur after it was cut short before being sent out again to Salford City. Nicky Devlin - The third member of the team that remains a Don is Devlin, and he was the fifth player in the defence that shone in the final. He has been frozen out of the side by Stephen Robinson but is working to break back into the starting XI. Leighton Clarkson - English midfielder Clarkson was brought to the north-east by Jim Goodwin, and ended up winning silverware for another Jim as he helped Thelin's side to cup glory. His stay came to an end in February when he signed for Blackpool. Graeme Shinnie - The captain set the standards that day, and one of Aberdeen's own remains the most recent skipper to lead his team to silverware. He scored the first penalty in the shootout, and captained the side last season but has since turned down and offer to stay at Pittodrie and made his return to Inverness this summer. Ante Palaversa - The fourth player to step up and take a penalty for Aberdeen - Palaversa famously let a few swear words slip in the post-match celebrations as the emotions got the best of the players. He remains an Aberdeen player but has been linked with a summer exit. Kevin Nisbet - Plenty of Scots dream of winning the cup, and Nisbet got to fulfil that dream with the team he now captains under Robinson. He made his move permanent in the summer after the final and now is looking to lead the team to more glory this season. League standing (final 2025 table -- new season not yet under way): 8th in Premiership, 33 pts, 9W-6D-18L from 33 games, recent form LLWDW. Goals this season: 33 scored, 48 conceded (-15 goal difference). Title race: 37 points behind leaders Heart Of Midlothian. Currently sidelined: Kristers Tobers, Kusini Yengi, Mats Knoester.