Aberdeen's road to Hampden

Aberdeen are aiming to lift the trophy for the first time in 27 years when they play Celtic in the William Hill Scottish Cup final.

Here, Press Association Sport looks at their road to Hampden.

Third round - Aberdeen 4 Stranraer 0 (January 21)

Stranraer goalkeeper Cammy Belford put up strong resistance but the Dons returned from a winter training camp in Dubai in good shape, with doubles from Adam Rooney and Niall McGinn easing them through against the Ladbrokes League One side.

Fourth round - Ross County 0 Aberdeen 1 (February 11)

Aberdeen came through a difficult tie against Premiership rivals Ross County thanks to a late deflected goal from Shay Logan after another in-form goalkeeper, Scott Fox, had kept them at bay.

Quarter-finals - Aberdeen 1 Partick Thistle 0 (March 5)

Two in-form sides met at Pittodrie, with Thistle looking for a fifth consecutive win and clean sheet while the Dons had accumulated five successive victories before bombarding Hamilton in a shock 1-0 loss in Lanarkshire. Graeme Shinnie netted the only goal, curling home from the edge of the box in the 43rd minute, and Aberdeen went on another five-game winning run.

Semi-finals - Hibernian 2 Aberdeen 3 (April 22)

Rooney stunned Hibs with a goal after 13 seconds to capitalise on some slack play and Ryan Christie doubled the lead with a brilliant free-kick from out wide, which caught out Ofir Marciano at his near post. But substitute Grant Holt changed the game, heading one back before setting up Dylan McGeouch's equaliser on the hour mark. The game was evenly poised before Jonny Hayes' strike took a cruel deflection off Darren McGregor and spun home in the 85th minute.