2013–14 Dundee United F.C. season

The 2013–14 season is the club's 105th season, having been founded as Dundee Hibernian in 1909 and their first season in the Scottish Premiership. United will also compete in the League Cup and the Scottish Cup.

Dundee United
2013–14 season
ChairmanStephen Thompson
ManagerJackie McNamara
StadiumTannadice Park
PremiershipFourth place
League CupQuarter-final
Scottish CupRunners-up
Top goalscorerLeague: Nadir Çiftçi (11)
All: Nadir Çiftçi (17)
Highest home attendance12,601 vs. Aberdeen
Premiership
1 January 2014
Lowest home attendance3,778 vs. Partick Thistle
League Cup
25 September 2013
Average home league attendance7,599

Results & fixtures edit

  Win   Draw   Loss   Postponed

Pre season edit

7 July 2013[1] Friendly   Union Berlin 4 – 1 Dundee United Stadion An der Alten Försterei
19:00 Nemec   30', 37'
Skrzybski   63'
Terodde   69'
Report Graham   71' Attendance: 4,118
19 July 2013 Friendly   San Roque 3 – 1 Dundee United Estadio Manolo Mesa
19:00 Koue   9' (Own goal)
Walker   12'
Juanjo   25'
Report Goodwillie   40' Attendance: 100
24 July 2013 Friendly Dunfermline Athletic 1 – 3 Dundee United East End Park
19:30 Faulkingham   11' Report Gauld   22'
Goodwillie   52'
Dow   58'
Attendance: 1,830
Man of the Match: Ryan Gauld
27 July 2013[3] Friendly   Wigan Athletic 0 – 1 Dundee United DW Stadium
15:00 Çiftçi   52' Attendance: 3,838
Referee: Darren Bond

Scottish Premiership edit

17 August 2013 Scottish Premiership Hibernian 1 – 1 Dundee United Easter Road
15:00 Robertson   81' BBC Report Armstrong   29' Attendance: 9,171
Referee: Crawford Allan
31 August 2013 Scottish Premiership Dundee United 0 – 1 Celtic Tannadice Park
12:45 BBC Report Stokes   87' Attendance: 10,586
Referee: Crawford Allan
15 September 2013 Scottish Premiership Ross County 2 – 4 Dundee United Victoria Park
12:45 Sproule   72'
Quinn   77'
BBC Report Mackay-Steven   18' (pen.)
Armstrong   20'
Gauld   40'
Çiftçi   65'
Attendance: 3,005
Referee: Brian Colvin
22 September 2013 Scottish Premiership Dundee United 2 – 2 Motherwell Tannadice Park
15:00 Çiftçi   54'
Robertson   57'
BBC Report Anier   30'
Ainsworth   76'
Attendance: 5,808
Referee: Kevin Clancy
19 October 2013 Scottish Premiership Aberdeen 1 – 0 Dundee United Pittodrie Stadium
15:00 Zola   54' BBC Report Attendance: 12,654
Referee: Bobby Madden
26 October 2013 Scottish Premiership Dundee United 4 – 0 St Mirren Tannadice Park
15:00 Çiftçi   27', 34 pen'
Gauld   59'
Erskine   83'
BBC Report Attendance: 6,331
Referee: Iain Brines
2 November 2013 Scottish Premiership Celtic 1 – 1 Dundee United Celtic Park
15:00 Mulgrew   90' BBC Report Armstrong   38' Attendance: 47,386
Referee: Alan Muir
9 November 2013 Scottish Premiership Motherwell 0 – 4 Dundee United Fir Park
15:00 BBC Report Gauld   16', 64'
Paton   19'
Robertson   90'
Attendance: 5,103
Referee: Steven McLean
23 November 2013 Scottish Premiership Dundee United 4 – 1 Partick Thistle Tannadice Park
15:00 Mackay-Steven   2', 77'
Robertson   70'
Graham   85'
BBC Report Muirhead   57' (pen.) Attendance: 6,700
Referee: Willie Collum
7 December 2013 Scottish Premiership Dundee United 4 – 1 Heart of Midlothian Tannadice Park
15:00 Armstrong   16'
Graham   49'
Mackay-Steven   85'
Rankin   90'
BBC Report Hamill   20' (pen) Attendance: 7,808
Referee: Craig Thomson
14 December 2013 Scottish Premiership Kilmarnock 1 – 4 Dundee United Rugby Park
15:00 Kris Boyd   89' BBC Report Watson   60'
Armstrong   75'
Gauld   77'
Goodwillie   90'
Attendance: 3,452
Referee: Euan Norris
26 December 2013 Scottish Premiership St Mirren 4 – 1 Dundee United St Mirren Park
15:00 Thompson   12', 88'
McGinn   35'
Naismith   71'
BBC Report Ciftci   36'
Watson   70'
Attendance: 4,780
Referee: Madden
29 December 2013 Scottish Premiership St Johnstone 3 – 0 Dundee United McDiarmid Park
May   20' (pen), 57', 87' BBC Report Butcher   20' Attendance: 7,231
Referee: Finnie
1 January 2014 Scottish Premiership Dundee United 1 – 2 Aberdeen Tannadice Park
Souttar   51' BBC Report Robson   64' (pen)
Pawlett   91'
Attendance: 12,601
Referee: Collum
5 January 2014 Scottish Premiership Dundee United 2 – 2 Hibernian Tannadice Park
Goodwillie   83'
Graham   90'
BBC Report Craig   38', 61' (pen) Attendance: 7,862
Referee: Steven McLean
18 January 2014 Scottish Premiership Ross County 3 – 0 Dundee United Victoria Park
Kiss   42', 74'
Arquin   69'
BBC Report Attendance: 3,609
Referee: Charleston
15 February 2014 Scottish Premiership Dundee United 3 – 2 Kilmarnock Tannadice Park
15:00 Mackay-Steven   10'
Good   65'
Rankin   71'
BBC Report Eremenko   40'
Boyd   64'
Attendance: 6,038
Referee: Beaton
21 February 2014 Scottish Premiership Dundee United 3 – 1 Motherwell Tannadice Park
19:45 Dow   22'
Gunning   42', 47'
BBC Report Sutton   57' (pen) Attendance: 7,029
Referee: Madden
28 February 2014 Scottish Premiership Hibernian 1 – 3 Dundee United Easter Road
19:45 Forster   45' BBC Report Ciftci   43'
Gunning   56'
El Alagui   83'
Attendance: 9,608
Referee: Euan Norris
15 March 2014 Scottish Premiership Dundee United 3 – 2 St Mirren Tannadice Park
15:00 Graham   79'
Armstrong   84'
Ciftci   90+3'
Report McGowan   20'
Thompson   40'
Attendance: 6,524
Referee: Craig Thomson
21 March 2014 Scottish Premiership Heart of Midlothian 1 – 2 Dundee United Tynecastle
19:45 Wilson   78' BBC Report Graham   35'
Ciftci   70'
Attendance: 13,448
Referee: Madden
29 March 2014 Scottish Premiership Aberdeen 1 – 1 Dundee United Pittodrie Stadium
McGinn   52' BBC Report Paton   6' Attendance: 14,627
Referee: Murray
5 April 2014 Scottish Premiership Dundee United 0 – 2 Celtic Tannadice Park
BBC Report Samaras   5'
Stokes   24'
Attendance: 11,033
Referee: Thomson
19 April 2014 Scottish Premiership St Johnstone 2 – 0 Dundee United McDiarmid Park
15:00 Anderson   32'
May   76'
BBC Report Attendance: 5,223
Referee: Beaton
26 April 2014 Scottish Premiership Dundee United 5 – 1 Motherwell Tannadice Park
15:00 Çiftçi   8', 41'
Armstrong   61'
Dow   72'
Graham   81'
BBC Report Ainsworth   88' Attendance: 6,383
Referee: McLean
6 May 2014 Scottish Premiership Dundee United 1 – 3 Aberdeen Tannadice Park
19:45 Dillon   34' BBC Report Vernon   7', 55', 76' Attendance: 8,677
Referee: Murray
11 May 2014 Scottish Premiership Celtic 3 – 1 Dundee United Celtic Park
12:15 Stokes   64'
Samaras   76' (pen.)
Commons   82'
BBC Report Twardzik   79' (o.g.) Attendance: 52,400
Referee: Collum

Scottish League Cup edit

Dundee United entered the competition in the second round and were drawn against Scottish Championship side Dumbarton.[4] They won the tie 3-2 and progressed to face fellow Scottish Premiership team Partick Thistle in the third round.[5] They defeated Partick Thistle 4–1 with David Goodwillie scoring a hat-trick but then lost to Inverness Caledonian Thistle in the quarter-finals.

28 August 2013 Round 2 Dumbarton 2 – 3 Dundee United The Bet Butler Stadium
19:45 Smith   34'
Megginson   87'
BBC Report Çiftçi   69', 89'
Gauld   77'
Attendance: 1,045
Referee: Alan Muir
25 September 2013 Round 3 Dundee United 4 – 1 Partick Thistle Tannadice Park
19:45 Goodwillie   33', 45', 90'
Dow   87'
BBC Report Elliott   89' Attendance: 3,778
Referee: Calum Murray

Scottish Cup edit

Dundee United entered the Scottish Cup in the fourth round and came from behind to defeat Kilmarnock 5–2 to progress to the next stage. They followed this up with wins against St Mirren and Inverness Caledonian Thistle to reach the semi-finals. They were drawn to face Rangers at Ibrox as the usual venue, Hampden Park, was being redeveloped for the 2014 Commonwealth Games.[6] United were unhappy with this as they felt the game should be played a neutral venue, as is usually the case for semi-finals, but their request to move the game elsewhere was rejected.[7] In spite of this, United went on to win 3-1 and faced St Johnstone in the final. Demand for tickets was high with over 28,000 being sold,[8] but the large support was ultimately left disappointed as United lost 2–0.

29 November 2013 Round 4 Dundee United 5 – 2 Kilmarnock Tannadice Park
19:45 Robertson   27', 76'
Armstrong   64'
Graham   82' (pen.)
Mackay-Steven   84'
BBC Report Barr   48'
Johnston   50'
Attendance: 6,979
Referee: Calum Murray
9 February 2014 Round 5 Dundee United 2 – 1 St Mirren Tannadice Park
12:00 Gauld   21'
Çiftçi   51'
BBC Report McLean   26' (pen) Attendance: 4,952
Referee: Craig Thomson
12 April 2014 Semi Final Rangers 1 – 3 Dundee United Ibrox Stadium
12:45 Smith   42' BBC Report Armstrong   23'
Mackay-Steven   36'
Çiftçi   83'
Attendance: 41,059
Referee: Madden
17 May 2014 Final Dundee United 0 – 2 St Johnstone Celtic Park
15:00 BBC Report Anderson   45+1'
MacLean   84'
Attendance: 47,345
Referee: Craig Thomson

Player statistics edit

Squad information edit

Last updated 6 June 2014[9][10]
No. Pos Nat Player Total Premiership League Cup Scottish Cup
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
1 GK   POL Radosław Cierzniak 45 0 37+0 0 3+0 0 5+0 0
2 DF   IRL Sean Dillon 27 1 22+1 1 2+0 0 2+0 0
3 DF   AUS Curtis Good 5 1 4+0 1 0+0 0 1+0 0
4 DF   ENG Calum Butcher 9 0 6+0 0 2+1 0 0+0 0
5 DF   IRL Gavin Gunning 33 4 26+1 3 2+0 0 4+0 1
6 MF   SCO Paul Paton 45 2 36+1 2 3+0 0 5+0 0
7 FW   SCO David Goodwillie 22 6 10+9 3 2+0 3 0+1 0
8 MF   SCO John Rankin 43 2 35+0 2 3+0 0 5+0 0
9 FW   SCO Brian Graham 36 7 12+18 6 2+1 0 0+3 1
10 MF   SCO Stuart Armstrong 43 11 32+4 8 2+0 0 5+0 3
11 MF   SCO Gary Mackay-Steven 41 10 27+8 7 1+0 0 5+0 3
12 DF   SCO Keith Watson 29 4 24+1 3 1+0 1 2+1 0
14 MF   SCO Mark Millar 1 0 0+0 0 0+1 0 0+0 0
15 FW   SCO Michael Gardyne 0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
16 DF   SCO Mark Wilson 19 0 14+0 0 2+0 0 3+0 0
17 MF   SCO Chris Erskine 9 1 4+4 1 0+1 0 0+0 0
18 FW   SCO Ryan Dow 31 4 16+10 3 0+1 1 2+2 0
19 MF   SCO Ryan Gauld 38 8 21+10 6 2+1 1 3+1 1
20 DF   SCO John Souttar 27 1 21+1 1 1+1 0 3+0 0
21 FW   TUR Nadir Çiftçi 40 17 27+5 11 2+1 2 5+0 4
23 FW   SCO Dale Hilson 0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
25 GK   SCO Marc McCallum 1 0 1+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
26 DF   SCO Andrew Robertson 44 5 36+0 3 3+0 0 5+0 2
27 MF   SEN Morgaro Gomis 21 0 5+11 0 0+1 0 0+4 0
28 FW   ENG Kudus Oyenuga 1 0 0+1 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
29 FW   FRA Farid El Alagui 15 3 4+9 3 0+0 0 0+2 0
37 MF   SCO Scott Smith 2 0 0+2 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
39 FW   SCO Aidan Connolly 2 0 0+2 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
40 MF   SCO Darren Petrie 0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
41 MF   SCO Scott Fraser 1 0 0+1 0 0+0 0 0+0 0

Disciplinary record edit

Includes all competitive matches.

Last updated 6 June 2014
Number Nation Position Name Premiership League Cup Scottish Cup Total
               
1   GK Radosław Cierzniak 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
2   DF Sean Dillon 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0
3   DF Curtis Good 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
4   DF Calum Butcher 2 1 0 0 0 0 2 1
5   DF Gavin Gunning 4 1 1 0 2 0 7 1
6   MF Paul Paton 5 0 2 0 1 0 8 0
8   MF John Rankin 3 0 1 0 1 0 5 0
9   FW Brian Graham 0 0 2 0 0 0 2 0
10   MF Stuart Armstrong 3 0 0 0 1 0 4 0
11   MF Gary Mackay-Steven 3 0 1 0 1 0 5 0
12   DF Keith Watson 2 1 0 0 0 0 2 1
16   DF Mark Wilson 5 0 0 0 1 0 6 0
17   MF Chris Erskine 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
18   FW Ryan Dow 3 0 0 0 0 0 3 0
19   MF Ryan Gauld 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
20   DF John Souttar 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
21   FW Nadir Çiftçi 6 0 0 1 2 0 8 1
26   DF Andrew Robertson 6 0 1 0 1 0 8 0
27   MF Morgaro Gomis 2 0 1 0 0 0 3 0

Team statistics edit

League table edit

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Celtic (C) 38 31 6 1 102 25 +77 99 Qualification for the Champions League second qualifying round
2 Motherwell 38 22 4 12 64 60 +4 70 Qualification for the Europa League second qualifying round
3 Aberdeen 38 20 8 10 53 38 +15 68 Qualification for the Europa League first qualifying round
4 Dundee United 38 16 10 12 65 50 +15 58
5 Inverness Caledonian Thistle 38 16 9 13 44 44 0 57
6 St Johnstone 38 15 8 15 48 42 +6 53 Qualification for the Europa League second qualifying round[a]
7 Ross County 38 11 7 20 44 62 −18 40
8 St Mirren 38 10 9 19 39 58 −19 39
9 Kilmarnock 38 11 6 21 45 66 −21 39
10 Partick Thistle 38 8 14 16 46 65 −19 38
11 Hibernian (R) 38 8 11 19 31 51 −20 35 Qualification for the Premiership play-off final
12 Heart of Midlothian (R) 38 10 8 20 45 65 −20 23[b] Relegation to the Championship
Source: SPFL Archive
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) Champions; (R) Relegated
Notes:
  1. ^ St Johnstone, as winners of the 2013–14 Scottish Cup, qualified for the Europa League second qualifying round.
  2. ^ Heart of Midlothian were deducted 15 points for entering administration


Division summary edit

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GroundAHAHHAHAHAHAAHHAHAAAHAAAHHAHHAHAHAHAHA
ResultDLDWLWDDWLWDWWWWWLLLDDLDWWWLWWWDLLWDLL
Position68867566665664332455445544444444444444
Updated to match(es) played on 6 June 2014. Source: [11]
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Transfers edit

References edit

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