2017–18 Dundee F.C. season

Dundee 2017–18 football season
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
Home colours
Away colours
Third colours

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.

Competitions

Premiership

Results

Dundee v Ross County
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
Hamilton v Dundee
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
Aberdeen v Dundee
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
Dundee v Hibernian
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
Rangers v Dundee
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
Dundee v St Johnstone
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
Kilmarnock v Dundee
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
Dundee v Hearts
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
Celtic v Dundee
14 October 2017 Celtic 1 – 0 Dundee Celtic Park, Glasgow
15:00 Ntcham 61' BBC Report Attendance: 57,610
Referee: Andrew Dallas
Partick Thistle v Dundee
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
Dundee v Motherwell
25 October 2017 Dundee 0 – 1 Motherwell Dens Park, Dundee
17:45 BBC Report Tanner 5' Attendance: 5,254
Referee: Stephen Finnie
Dundee v Hamilton Academical
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
Hibernian v Dundee
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
Dundee v Kilmarnock
18 November 2017 Dundee 0 – 0 Kilmarnock Dens Park, Dundee
15:00 BBC Report Attendance: 5,853
Referee: Willie Collum
Dundee v Rangers
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
Ross County v Dundee
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
Dundee v Aberdeen
8 December 2017 Dundee 0 – 1 Aberdeen Dens Park, Dundee
19:45 BBC Report McKenna 48' Attendance: 6,451
Referee: Nick Walsh
Heart of Midlothian v Dundee
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
Dundee v Partick Thistle
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
Motherwell v Dundee
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
Dundee v Celtic
26 December 2017 Dundee 0 – 2 Celtic Dens Park, Dundee
19:45 BBC Report Forrest 8'
Griffiths 43'
Attendance: 9,193
Referee: Kevin Clancy
St Johnstone v Dundee
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
Dundee v Hibernian
24 January 2018 Dundee 0 – 1 Hibernian Dens Park, Dundee
19:45 Report McGinn 52' Attendance: 5,323
Referee: Don Robertson
Hamilton Academical v Dundee
27 January 2018 Hamilton Academical 1 – 2 Dundee New Douglas Park, Hamilton
15:00 O'Hara 2' (o.g.)
Templeton Red card 74'
Report Henvey 77'
Leitch-Smith 90+8'
Attendance: 1,776
Referee: Kevin Clancy
Dundee v Ross County
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
Kilmarnock v Dundee
13 February 2018 Kilmarnock 3 – 2 Dundee Rugby Park, Kilmarnock
19:45 Brophy 5'
Dicker Red card 59'
Boyd 74'
Wilson 87'
Report Moussa 31' (pen)
Caulker 56'
Attendance: 3,768
Referee: Nick Walsh
Partick Thistle v Dundee
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
Dundee v Motherwell
24 February 2018 Dundee 0 – 1 Motherwell Dens Park, Dundee
15:00 Report Tanner 33' Attendance: 5,003
Referee: Alan Muir
Dundee v St Johnstone
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
Aberdeen v Dundee
17 March 2018 Aberdeen 1 – 0 Dundee Pittodrie Stadium, Aberdeen
15:00 Shinnie 35' Report Attendance: 15,028
Referee: William Collum
Dundee v Heart of Midlothian
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
Celtic v Dundee
4 April 2018 Celtic 0 – 0 Dundee Celtic Park, Glasgow
19:45 Report Attendance: 55,768
Referee: Alan Muir
Rangers v Dundee
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
Dundee v St Johnstone
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
Motherwell v Dundee
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
Dundee v Hamilton Academical
5 May 2018 Dundee 1 – 0 Hamilton Academical Dens Park, Dundee
15:00 Holt 18' Report Attendance: 5,195
Referee: Steven McLean
Ross County v Dundee
8 May 2018 Ross County 0 – 1 Dundee Victoria Park, Dingwall
19:45 Report Murray 51' Attendance: 3,976
Referee: Andrew Dallas
Dundee v Partick Thistle
12 May 2018 Dundee 0 – 1 Partick Thistle Dens Park, Dundee
15:00 Report Doolan 63' Attendance: 6,756
Referee: Steven McLean

Scottish Cup

Dundee v Inverness Caledonian Thistle
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
Dundee v Motherwell
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

Results

Raith Rovers v Dundee
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
Dundee v Buckie Thistle
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
Cowdenbeath v Dundee
26 July 2017 Group Stage Cowdenbeath 0 – 3 Dundee Central Park, Cowdenbeath
BBC Report Moussa 17', 23', 38' Attendance: 1,321
Referee: Euan Anderson
Dundee v Dundee United
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 soccer ball with red X
Wolters soccer ball with check mark
Moussa soccer ball with check mark
O'Dea soccer ball with check mark
Deacon soccer ball with red X
soccer ball with check mark McMullan
soccer ball with check mark King
soccer ball with check mark Toshney
soccer ball with red X Chalmers
soccer ball with check mark McDonald
Dundee v Dundee United
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
Dundee v Celtic
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

Appearances

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 Scotland SCO Cammy Kerr 41 0 27+5 0 3 0 6 0
3 DF Scotland SCO Kevin Holt 32 2 22+2 2 2 0 6 0
4 DF England ENG Steven Caulker 12 1 12 1 0 0 0 0
5 DF Angola ANG Genseric Kusunga 10 1 7+2 1 1 0 0 0
6 DF Republic of Ireland IRL Darren O'Dea 22 0 14+2 0 2 0 4 0
7 MF England ENG A-Jay Leitch-Smith 31 7 13+14 6 3 1 1 0
8 MF Finland FIN Glen Kamara 46 0 37 0 3 0 5+1 0
9 FW Tunisia TUN Sofien Moussa 33 12 21+5 7 3 0 3+1 5
10 MF Scotland SCO Scott Allan 22 1 7+8 0 2 1 4+1 0
12 GK England ENG Elliot Parish 28 0 25 0 3 0 0 0
14 MF Scotland SCO Mark O'Hara 39 6 26+6 4 3 1 4 1
15 DF Spain ESP Jon Aurtenetxe 18 0 14+2 0 2 0 0 0
16 DF Spain ESP Julen Etxabeguren 1 0 0+1 0 0 0 0 0
17 FW Scotland SCO Simon Murray 14 3 13+1 3 0 0 0 0
18 MF Scotland SCO Paul McGowan 42 2 30+4 1 2 0 4+2 1
20 FW France FRA Faissal El Bakhtaoui 35 5 16+12 3 1+1 0 4+1 2
21 MF England ENG Roarie Deacon 36 1 25+3 1 0+2 0 5+1 0
23 MF Netherlands NED Randy Wolters 16 0 3+6 0 0+1 0 4+2 0
24 MF England ENG Josh Meekings 22 0 20+1 0 1 0 0 0
25 DF Wales WAL Daniel Jefferies 2 0 1+1 0 0 0 0 0
27 MF Australia AUS Jesse Curran 9 0 5+4 0 0 0 0 0
28 MF Scotland SCO Lewis Spence 20 0 14+3 0 0+1 0 2 0
29 FW Canada CAN Marcus Haber 13 2 9+2 2 0 0 1+1 0
33 FW Scotland SCO Craig Wighton 7 0 5+2 0 0 0 0 0
34 DF Scotland SCO Kerr Waddell 22 3 10+6 3 1 0 4+1 0
35 MF England ENG Cedwyn Scott 3 0 0+3 0 0 0 0 0
38 GK England ENG Calum Ferrie 2 0 1+1 0 0 0 0 0
40 DF England ENG Jordan Piggott 1 0 0+1 0 0 0 0 0
45 MF Scotland SCO Callum Moore 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
46 FW Scotland SCO Matthew Henvey 4 1 0+4 1 0 0 0 0
47 MF England ENG Jack Lambert 2 0 0+1 0 0+1 0 0 0
67 GK France FRA Jérémy Malherbe 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Players who left the club during the season:
1 GK Scotland SCO Scott Bain 18 0 12 0 0 0 6 0
4 MF England ENG James Vincent 5 0 1+2 0 0 0 1+1 0
5 DF Northern Ireland NIR James McPake 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
11 MF England ENG Danny Williams 3 0 0+2 0 0 0 0+1 0
22 DF Scotland SCO Jack Hendry 30 2 23+1 1 1 0 4+1 1
26 DF Bulgaria BUL Kostadin Gadzhalov 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

Goal scorers

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

Squad statistics

League table

Pos Team
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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

Pos Team
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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

Pos Grp Team
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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

In

Date Position Nationality Name From Fee
14 June 2017 MF England Roarie Deacon Sutton United Free
14 June 2017 MF Scotland Scott Allan Celtic Season-long loan
22 June 2017 DF Scotland Lewis Spence Dunfermline Free
28 June 2017 FW Netherlands Randy Wolters Go Ahead Eagles Free
5 July 2017 DF Scotland Jack Hendry Wigan Athletic Free
13 July 2017 MF Finland Glen Kamara Arsenal Free
14 July 2017 FW Tunisia Sofien Moussa Lokomotiv GO Free
20 July 2017 GK England Elliot Parish Accrington Stanley Free
18 August 2017 DF England Josh Meekings Inverness Free
30 August 2017 DF Spain Jon Aurtenetxe SD Amorebieta Free
31 August 2017 FW England A-Jay Leitch-Smith Shrewsbury Town Season-long loan
9 January 2018 GK France Jérémy Malherbe FC Dynamo Brest Free
31 January 2018 DF Wales Daniel Jefferies Colchester United Loan
31 January 2018 MF England Cedwyn Scott Huddersfield Town Free
31 January 2018 FW Scotland Simon Murray Hibernian Loan
2 February 2018 DF Angola Genseric Kusunga União da Madeira Free
8 February 2018 DF England Steven Caulker Queens Park Rangers Free

Out

Date Position Nationality Name To Fee
31 May 2017 DF France Kévin Gomis Released
31 May 2017 MF Scotland Calvin Colquhoun Downfield Juniors Free
1 June 2017 GK Scotland David Mitchell Falkirk Free
24 June 2017 DF Scotland Daniel Higgins Kilmarnock Free
4 July 2017 FW Scotland Rory Loy Falkirk Free
31 August 2017 MF England Tom Hateley Released
12 January 2018 MF England Danny Williams Accrington Stanley Free
29 January 2018 MF Scotland James Vincent Dunfermline Athletic Loan
30 January 2018 DF Northern Ireland James McPake Retired
31 January 2018 GK Scotland Scott Bain Celtic Loan
31 January 2018 DF Scotland Jack Hendry Celtic Undisclosed
5 February 2018 DF Scotland Nick Ross Sepsi OSK Free
23 February 2018 DF Bulgaria Kostadin Gadzhalov Brechin City Loan

See also

Notes

References

  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.
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