2017–18 Dundee F.C. season

The 2017–18 season was Dundee's fourth consecutive season in the top flight of Scottish football since their promotion at the end of the 2013–14 season.[1][2] Dundee were knocked out of the League Cup in a 4–0 defeat by Celtic and were knocked out of Fifth round of the Scottish Cup by Motherwell.

Dundee
2017–18 season
ChairmanTim Keyes
ManagerNeil McCann
StadiumDens Park, Dundee
(Capacity: 11,506)
Scottish PremiershipNinth place
League CupQuarter-final, lost to Celtic
Scottish CupFifth Round, lost to Motherwell
Top goalscorerLeague: Sofien Moussa (7)
All: Sofien Moussa (12)
Highest home attendance10,472 v Dundee United
League Cup Second round
9 August 2017
Lowest home attendance2,774 v Buckie Thistle
League Cup Group C
22 July 2017
Average home league attendance5,947

Competitions edit

Premiership edit

Results edit

5 August 2017 Dundee 1 – 2 Ross County Dens Park, Dundee
15:00 Hendry   86' BBC Report Lindsay   35'   35'
Routis   61'
Attendance: 5,032
Referee: Willy Collum
12 August 2017 Hamilton 3 – 0 Dundee New Douglas Park, Hamilton
15:00 MacKinnon   24'
Boyd   36'
Imrie   85' (pen)
BBC Report Attendance: 1,694
Referee: Bobby Madden
19 August 2017 Aberdeen 2 – 1 Dundee Pittodrie Stadium, Aberdeen
15:00 May   11', 79' BBC Report Deacon   53' Attendance: 15,646
Referee: Kevin Clancy
27 August 2017 Dundee 1 – 1 Hibernian Dens Park, Dundee
12:30 Holt   9' (pen) BBC Report Stokes   39' Attendance: 6,004
Referee: Don Robertson
9 September 2017 Rangers 4 – 1 Dundee Ibrox Stadium, Glasgow
15:00 Morelos   41', 85'
Windass   68'
Peña   83'
BBC Report El Bakhtaoui   90+1' Attendance: 49,164
Referee: Andrew Dallas
16 September 2017 Dundee 3 – 2 St Johnstone Dens Park, Dundee
15:00 Leitch-Smith   9', 65'
Moussa   78' (pen)
BBC Report Craig   75' (pen), 84' (pen) Attendance: 6,001
Referee: Alan Muir
23 September 2017 Kilmarnock 1 – 1 Dundee Rugby Park, Kilmarnock
15:00 Greer   64' BBC Report El Bakhtaoui   4' Attendance: 3,452
Referee: Bobby Madden
30 September 2017 Dundee 2 – 1 Hearts Dens Park, Dundee
15:00 Waddell   44', 90+3' BBC Report Lafferty   71' Attendance: 7,028
Referee: Steven McLean
14 October 2017 Celtic 1 – 0 Dundee Celtic Park, Glasgow
15:00 Ntcham   61' BBC Report Attendance: 57,610
Referee: Andrew Dallas
21 October 2017 Partick Thistle 2 – 1 Dundee Firhill Stadium, Glasgow
15:00 Edwards   75'
Storey   90+2'
BBC Report Leitch-Smith   8' Attendance: 3,358
Referee: Euan Anderson
25 October 2017 Dundee 0 – 1 Motherwell Dens Park, Dundee
17:45 BBC Report Tanner   5' Attendance: 5,254
Referee: Stephen Finnie
28 October 2017 Dundee 1 – 3 Hamilton Academical Dens Park, Dundee
15:00 Leitch-Smith   BBC Report Skondras   39'
Templeton   64'
Rojano   86'
Attendance: 4,863
Referee: Greg Aitken
4 November 2017 Hibernian 2 – 1 Dundee Easter Road, Edinburgh
15:00 Boyle   1'
Murray   63'
BBC Report Haber   21' Attendance: 16,936
Referee: John Beaton
18 November 2017 Dundee 0 – 0 Kilmarnock Dens Park, Dundee
15:00 BBC Report Attendance: 5,853
Referee: Willie Collum
24 November 2017 Dundee 2 – 1 Rangers Dens Park, Dundee
19:45 O'Hara   66', 80' BBC Report Windass   70' Attendance: 8,548
Referee: Kevin Clancy
2 December 2017 Ross County 0 – 2 Dundee Victoria Park, Dingwall
15:00 BBC Report O'Hara   18'
El Bakhtaoui   89'
Attendance: 3,896
Referee: Steven McLean
8 December 2017 Dundee 0 – 1 Aberdeen Dens Park, Dundee
19:45 BBC Report McKenna   48' Attendance: 6,451
Referee: Nick Walsh
12 December 2017 Heart of Midlothian 2 – 0 Dundee Tynecastle Stadium, Edinburgh
19:45 Gonçalves   30'
Berra   77'
BBC Report Attendance: 15,566
Referee: Craig Thomson
16 December 2017 Dundee 3 – 0 Partick Thistle Dens Park, Dundee
15:00 Moussa   19' (pen), 65' (pen)
O'Hara   35'
BBC Report Attendance: 5,101
Referee: Greg Aitken
23 December 2017 Motherwell 1 – 1 Dundee Fir Park, Motherwell
15:00 Tanner   61' (pen) BBC Report McGowan   47' Attendance: 4,173
Referee: Don Robertson
26 December 2017 Dundee 0 – 2 Celtic Dens Park, Dundee
19:45 BBC Report Forrest   8'
Griffiths   43'
Attendance: 9,193
Referee: Kevin Clancy
30 December 2017 St Johnstone 0 – 2 Dundee McDiarmid Park, Perth
15:00 Report Haber   3'
Leitch-Smith   90+1'
Attendance: 4,769
Referee: William Collum
24 January 2018 Dundee 0 – 1 Hibernian Dens Park, Dundee
19:45 Report McGinn   52' Attendance: 5,323
Referee: Don Robertson
27 January 2018 Hamilton Academical 1 – 2 Dundee New Douglas Park, Hamilton
15:00 O'Hara   2' (o.g.)
Templeton   74'
Report Henvey   77'
Leitch-Smith   90+8'
Attendance: 1,776
Referee: Kevin Clancy
3 February 2018 Dundee 1 – 4 Ross County Dens Park, Dundee
15:00 Waddell   57' Report Keillor-Dunn   49'
Schalk   61' (goal), 64'
Chow   90'
Attendance: 4,971
Referee: John Beaton
13 February 2018 Kilmarnock 3 – 2 Dundee Rugby Park, Kilmarnock
19:45 Brophy   5'
Dicker   59'
Boyd   74'
Wilson   87'
Report Moussa   31' (pen)
Caulker   56'
Attendance: 3,768
Referee: Nick Walsh
17 February 2018 Partick Thistle 1 – 2 Dundee Firhill Stadium, Glasgow
15:00 Sammon   42' Report Murray   84' (goal), 90' Attendance: 4,267
Referee: William Collum
24 February 2018 Dundee 0 – 1 Motherwell Dens Park, Dundee
15:00 Report Tanner   33' Attendance: 5,003
Referee: Alan Muir
10 March 2018 Dundee 0 – 4 St Johnstone Dens Park, Dundee
15:00 Report Piggott   24' (o.g.)
Kane   37' (goal), 66' Alston   64'
Attendance: 5,336
Referee: Craig Thomson
17 March 2018 Aberdeen 1 – 0 Dundee Pittodrie Stadium, Aberdeen
15:00 Shinnie   35' Report Attendance: 15,028
Referee: William Collum
1 April 2018 Dundee 1 – 1 Heart of Midlothian Dens Park, Dundee
15:00 Moussa   28' Report Callachan   2' Attendance: 5,496
Referee: Kevin Clancy
4 April 2018 Celtic 0 – 0 Dundee Celtic Park, Glasgow
19:45 Report Attendance: 55,768
Referee: Alan Muir
7 April 2018 Rangers 4 – 0 Dundee Ibrox Stadium, Glasgow
15:00 Miller   39'
Morelos   68'
Murphy   79'
Candeias   90'
Report Attendance: 49,142
Referee: Greg Aitken
21 April 2018 Dundee 2 – 1 St Johnstone Dens Park, Dundee
15:00 Moussa   1' (goal), 88' Report MacLean   85' Attendance: 5,592
Referee: Don Robertson
28 April 2018 Motherwell 2 – 1 Dundee Fir Park, Motherwell
15:00 Bowman   28'
Kipré   52'
Report Kusunga   23' Attendance: 4,064
Referee: Nick Walsh
5 May 2018 Dundee 1 – 0 Hamilton Academical Dens Park, Dundee
15:00 Holt   18' Report Attendance: 5,195
Referee: Steven McLean
8 May 2018 Ross County 0 – 1 Dundee Victoria Park, Dingwall
19:45 Report Murray   51' Attendance: 3,976
Referee: Andrew Dallas
12 May 2018 Dundee 0 – 1 Partick Thistle Dens Park, Dundee
15:00 Report Doolan   63' Attendance: 6,756
Referee: Steven McLean

Scottish Cup edit

20 January 2018 Fourth Round Dundee 2 – 2 Inverness Caledonian Thistle Dens Park, Dundee
15:00 Leith-Smith   47' O'Hara   64' Report Doran   16' Oakley   87' Attendance: 3,509
Referee: Stephen Finnie
10 February 2018 Fifth Round Dundee 0 – 2 Motherwell Dens Park, Dundee
Report Tanner   30'
Holt   56' (o.g.)
Attendance: 4,663
Referee: Bobby Madden

League Cup edit

Results edit

18 July 2017 Group Stage Raith Rovers 1 – 2 Dundee Stark's Park, Kirkcaldy
Vaughan   90' BBC Report Moussa   83'
Hendry   90+2'
Attendance: 2,962
Referee: Stephen Finnie
22 July 2017 Group Stage Dundee 2 – 0 Buckie Thistle Dens Park, Dundee
El Bakhtaoui   22'
Moussa   84'
BBC Report Attendance: 2,774
Referee: Craig Charleston
26 July 2017 Group Stage Cowdenbeath 0 – 3 Dundee Central Park, Cowdenbeath
BBC Report Moussa   17', 23', 38' Attendance: 1,321
Referee: Euan Anderson
30 July 2017 Group Stage Dundee 1 – 1
(3 – 4 p)
Dundee United Dens Park, Dundee
O'Hara   60' BBC Report McMullan   45' Attendance: 10,460
Referee: Kevin Clancy
Penalties
El Bakhtaoui  
Wolters  
Moussa  
O'Dea  
Deacon  
  McMullan
  King
  Toshney
  Chalmers
  McDonald
9 August 2017 Second Round Dundee 2 – 1 Dundee United Dens Park, Dundee
El Bakhtaoui   30'
McGowan   64'
BBC Report King   40' Attendance: 10,472
Referee: Steven McLean
20 September 2017 Quarter-Finals Dundee 0 – 4 Celtic Dens Park, Dundee
BBC Sport
Celtic Report
Sinclair   25' (pen.)
Forrest   42', 90+1'
McGregor   88'
Attendance: 6,917
Referee: John Beaton

Team statistics edit

Appearances edit

As of match played 12 May 2018
No. Pos Nat Player Total Scottish Premiership Scottish Cup Scottish League Cup
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
2 DF   SCO Cammy Kerr 41 0 27+5 0 3 0 6 0
3 DF   SCO Kevin Holt 32 2 22+2 2 2 0 6 0
4 DF   ENG Steven Caulker 12 1 12 1 0 0 0 0
5 DF   ANG Genseric Kusunga 10 1 7+2 1 1 0 0 0
6 DF   IRL Darren O'Dea 22 0 14+2 0 2 0 4 0
7 MF   ENG A-Jay Leitch-Smith 31 7 13+14 6 3 1 1 0
8 MF   FIN Glen Kamara 46 0 37 0 3 0 5+1 0
9 FW   TUN Sofien Moussa 33 12 21+5 7 3 0 3+1 5
10 MF   SCO Scott Allan 22 1 7+8 0 2 1 4+1 0
12 GK   ENG Elliot Parish 28 0 25 0 3 0 0 0
14 MF   SCO Mark O'Hara 39 6 26+6 4 3 1 4 1
15 DF   ESP Jon Aurtenetxe 18 0 14+2 0 2 0 0 0
16 DF   ESP Julen Etxabeguren 1 0 0+1 0 0 0 0 0
17 FW   SCO Simon Murray 14 3 13+1 3 0 0 0 0
18 MF   SCO Paul McGowan 42 2 30+4 1 2 0 4+2 1
20 FW   FRA Faissal El Bakhtaoui 35 5 16+12 3 1+1 0 4+1 2
21 MF   ENG Roarie Deacon 36 1 25+3 1 0+2 0 5+1 0
23 MF   NED Randy Wolters 16 0 3+6 0 0+1 0 4+2 0
24 MF   ENG Josh Meekings 22 0 20+1 0 1 0 0 0
25 DF   WAL Daniel Jefferies 2 0 1+1 0 0 0 0 0
27 MF   AUS Jesse Curran 9 0 5+4 0 0 0 0 0
28 MF   SCO Lewis Spence 20 0 14+3 0 0+1 0 2 0
29 FW   CAN Marcus Haber 13 2 9+2 2 0 0 1+1 0
33 FW   SCO Craig Wighton 7 0 5+2 0 0 0 0 0
34 DF   SCO Kerr Waddell 22 3 10+6 3 1 0 4+1 0
35 MF   ENG Cedwyn Scott 3 0 0+3 0 0 0 0 0
38 GK   ENG Calum Ferrie 2 0 1+1 0 0 0 0 0
40 DF   ENG Jordan Piggott 1 0 0+1 0 0 0 0 0
45 MF   SCO Callum Moore 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
46 FW   SCO Matthew Henvey 4 1 0+4 1 0 0 0 0
47 MF   ENG Jack Lambert 2 0 0+1 0 0+1 0 0 0
67 GK   FRA Jérémy Malherbe 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Players who left the club during the season:
1 GK   SCO Scott Bain 18 0 12 0 0 0 6 0
4 MF   ENG James Vincent 5 0 1+2 0 0 0 1+1 0
5 DF   NIR James McPake 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
11 MF   ENG Danny Williams 3 0 0+2 0 0 0 0+1 0
22 DF   SCO Jack Hendry 30 2 23+1 1 1 0 4+1 1
26 DF   BUL Kostadin Gadzhalov 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

Goal scorers edit

As of match played 12 May 2018
Ranking Position Nation Number Name Scottish Premiership Scottish Cup Scottish League Cup Total
1 FW   9 Sofien Moussa 7 0 5 12
2 FW   7 A-Jay Leitch-Smith 6 1 0 7
3 MF   14 Mark O'Hara 4 1 1 6
4 FW   20 Faissal El Bakhtaoui 3 0 2 5
5 FW   17 Simon Murray 3 0 0 3
DF   34 Kerr Waddell 3 0 0 3
7 DF   3 Kevin Holt 2 0 0 2
MF   18 Paul McGowan 1 0 1 2
DF   22 Jack Hendry 1 0 1 2
FW   29 Marcus Haber 2 0 0 2
11 DF   4 Steven Caulker 1 0 0 1
DF   5 Genseric Kusunga 1 0 0 1
MF   10 Scott Allan 0 1 0 1
MF   21 Roarie Deacon 1 0 0 1
FW   46 Matthew Henvey 1 0 0 1
TOTALS 36 3 10 49

Squad statistics edit

League table edit

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation[a]
7 Motherwell 38 13 9 16 43 49 −6 48
8 St Johnstone 38 12 10 16 42 53 −11 46
9 Dundee 38 11 6 21 36 57 −21 39
10 Hamilton Academical 38 9 6 23 47 68 −21 33
11 Partick Thistle (R) 38 8 9 21 31 61 −30 33 Qualification for the Premiership play-off final
Source: Soccerway BBC
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored; 4) Play-off (only if deciding champion, UEFA competitions qualification and second-stage group allocation).[3]
(R) Relegated
Notes:
  1. ^ Teams play each other three times (33 matches) before the league is split into two groups (the top six and the bottom six).

Group C Table edit

Pos Team Pld W PW PL L GF GA GD Pts Qualification DUN DND RAI COW BUC
1 Dundee United (Q) 4 3 1 0 0 10 2 +8 11 Qualification for the Second Round 2–0 4–1
2 Dundee (Q) 4 3 0 1 0 8 2 +6 10 1–1p 2–0
3 Raith Rovers 4 2 0 0 2 9 5 +4 6 1–2 2–0
4 Cowdenbeath 4 1 0 0 3 5 11 −6 3 0–3 4–2
5 Buckie Thistle 4 0 0 0 4 3 15 −12 0 0–3 1–6
Source: [4]
Rules for classification: 1) goal difference, 2) goals scored, 3) away goals scored, 4) matches won, 5) away matches won, 6) drawing of lots.[5]
(Q) Qualified to the phase indicated

Second Place Table edit

Pos Grp Team Pld W PW PL L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 D Ross County (Q) 4 2 2 0 0 8 0 +8 10 Qualification for the Second Round
2 H Partick Thistle (Q) 4 3 0 1 0 9 2 +7 10
3 C Dundee (Q) 4 3 0 1 0 8 2 +6 10
4 E Kilmarnock (Q) 4 3 0 0 1 9 3 +6 9
5 B Peterhead 4 3 0 0 1 7 6 +1 9
6 F Greenock Morton 4 2 1 0 1 8 6 +2 8
7 A Inverness CT 4 2 1 0 1 5 3 +2 8
8 G Albion Rovers 4 1 1 2 0 12 9 +3 7
Source: [6]
Rules for classification: 1) goal difference, 2) goals scored, 3) away goals scored, 4) matches won, 5) away matches won, 6) drawing of lots.[7]
(Q) Qualified to the phase indicated

Transfers edit

See also edit

Notes edit

References edit

  1. ^ "Dundee promoted to SPFL after nervous final day". skysports.com. Sky Sports. 3 May 2014. Retrieved 18 June 2017.
  2. ^ "Dundee relegated from Scottish Premier League after draw with Aberdeen". The Daily Telegraph. 5 May 2013. Retrieved 18 June 2017.
  3. ^ "Premiership 2017/2018 - Season rules". Scoresway. Retrieved 1 June 2017.
  4. ^ "Summary - League Cup Group C". Soccerway. Retrieved 10 August 2019.
  5. ^ "Format". SPFL. Retrieved 15 June 2017.
  6. ^ "Summary - League Cup Group Stage". Soccerway. Retrieved 10 August 2019.
  7. ^ "Format". SPFL. Retrieved 15 June 2017.