2018–19 Dundee United F.C. season
The 2018–19 season was Dundee United's 110th season, having been founded as Dundee Hibernian in 1909. It was their third season in the Scottish Championship, having been relegated from the Scottish Premiership at the end of the 2015–16 season.[1] United also competed in the Challenge Cup, League Cup and Scottish Cup.
2018–19 season | |
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Chairman | Mike Martin (Until 19 December) Mark Ogren (From 19 December) |
Manager | Csaba László (Until 30 September) Robbie Neilson (From 8 October) |
Stadium | Tannadice Park |
Championship | Runners-up |
Premiership play-off | Runners-up |
League Cup | Group stage |
Challenge Cup | Second round |
Scottish Cup | Quarter-finals |
Top goalscorer | League: Pavol Šafranko (12) All: Nicky Clark & Pavol Šafranko (15) |
Highest home attendance | 11,062 vs St Mirren, Premiership play-off, 23 May 2019 |
Lowest home attendance | 700 vs St Johnstone B, Challenge Cup, 15 August 2018 |
Average home league attendance | 5,078 |
Summary edit
Management edit
United began the season under the management of Csaba László, who had signed an 18–month contract the previous season.[2] On 30 September 2018, following a 5–1 home defeat to promotion rivals Ross County, László left his position as manager by way of “mutual agreement".[3] On 8 October, former Hearts manager Robbie Neilson was appointed as United’s new head coach.[4] His first match in charge was a 2–1 victory away to Partick Thistle and Neilson stated that he felt he could replicate his success at Hearts and lead Dundee United back to the Scottish Premiership.[5]
Results and fixtures edit
Win Draw Loss Postponed
Scottish Championship edit
4 August 2018 1 | Dundee United | 2–3 | Dunfermline Athletic | Dundee |
15:00 BST | Clark 44' Aird 89' | BBC Sport report | Thomson 59' J. Longridge 67' L. Longridge 84' | Stadium: Tannadice Attendance: 6,532 Referee: Collum |
11 August 2018 2 | Queen of the South | 1–2 | Dundee United | Dumfries |
15:00 BST | Dobbie 67' | QOSFC Report BBC Sport Report Arabs Photos | Stanton 15' Šafranko 27' | Stadium: Palmerston Park Attendance: 1,960 [6] Referee: Kirkland |
25 August 2018 3 | Dundee United | 3–1 | Partick Thistle | Dundee |
Watson 6', 63', 78' Curran 86' Robson 90' | Report | Storer 53' Storey 34' Erskine 90+2' | Stadium: Tannadice Attendance: 5,219 Referee: David Munro |
1 September 2018 4 | Alloa Athletic | 1–1 | Dundee United | Alloa |
Hetherington 51' Flannigan 82' | Report | Curran 56' Watson 71' Murdoch 74' Frans 86' | Stadium: Recreation Park Attendance: 1,616 Referee: Alan Muir |
22 September 2018 6 | Falkirk | 0–2 | Dundee United | Falkirk |
Report | Safranko 59' Curran 86' | Stadium: Falkirk Stadium Attendance: 4,933 Referee: Alan Muir |
29 September 2018 7 | Dundee United | 1–5 | Ross County | Dundee |
15:00 BST | Safranko 17' Curran 37' Murdoch 59' | [1] | McKay 11', 29', 51' Morris 20' Watson 34' Kelly 42' Mullin 50' | Stadium: Tannadice Park Attendance: 4,446 Referee: John Beaton |
6 October 2018 8 | Ayr United | 2–0 | Dundee United | Ayr |
Shankland 21' Harvie 30' Murdoch 64' McDaid 74' Geggan 90+3' | Report | Bouhenna 74' | Stadium: Somerset Park Attendance: 2,621 Referee: Greg Aitken |
13 October 2018 9 | Partick Thistle | 1–2 | Dundee United | Glasgow |
Slater 24' Quitongo 68', 77' Penrice 73' McCarthy 78' Bannigan 86' | Report | Aird 45' Safranko 48' Curran 80' | Stadium: Firhill Stadium Attendance: 3,087 Referee: William Collum |
20 October 2018 10 | Dundee United | 1–1 | Inverness Caledonian Thistle | Dundee |
15:00 BST | Safranko 55' | Report | White 72' Donaldson 82' | Stadium: Tannadice Stadium Attendance: 5,628 Referee: Anderson |
27 October 2018 11 | Dunfermline Athletic | 0–2 | Dundee United | Dunfermline |
15:00 BST | El Bakhtaoui 25' | Report | McMullan 24' Frans 43' Bouhenna 46' King 60' Clark 63' Stanton 82' Fyvie 90+2' | Stadium: East End Park Attendance: 6,349 Referee: Steven Kirkland |
3 November 2018 12 | Dundee United | 2–0 | Queen of the South | Dundee |
15:00 GMT | Šafranko 3' 38' Doyle 81' (o.g.) | Report | Mercer 35' Doyle 54' Norman Jr. 71' Jacobs 90' | Stadium: Tannadice Park Attendance: 5,171 Referee: Craig Thomson |
10 November 2018 13 | Ross County | 0–1 | Dundee United | Dingwall |
15:00 GMT | Mullin 36' Kelly 39' | Report | Watson 15' McMullan 21' Fyvie 60' Murdoch 90+6' Rabitsch 90+6' | Stadium: Victoria Park Attendance: 4,565 Referee: Alan Newlands |
20 November 2018 14 | Dundee United | 4–2 | Alloa Athletic | Dundee |
19:45 GMT | Clark 19' Šafranko 21' Aird 35' Curran 85' | Report | Trouten 17' (pen.), 61' Robertson 21' Flannigan 38' Hetherington 40' Graham 51' Trouten 61' | Stadium: Tannadice Park Attendance: 4,201 Referee: Steven Kirkland |
30 November 2018 15 | Dundee United | 0–5 | Ayr United | Dundee |
19:45 GMT | Report | Shankland 3', 41', 87 pen.', 89' Moffat 78' | Stadium: Tannadice Park Attendance: 6,097 Referee: Don Robertson |
8 December 2018 16 | Greenock Morton | 1–1 | Dundee United | Greenock |
Tumilty 23' Buchanan 78' | Report | Frans 31' Fyvie 42' | Stadium: Cappielow Park Attendance: 1,916 Referee: David Munro |
15 December 2018 17 | Inverness Caledonian Thistle | 1–1 | Dundee United | Inverness |
15:00 | Walsh 18' McKay 80' | Report | Bouhenna 29' King 76' | Stadium: Tulloch Caledonian Stadium Attendance: 2,464 Referee: Willie Collum |
29 December 2018 19 | Alloa Athletic | 2–1 | Dundee United | Alloa |
Roscoe 59' Graham 73' Zanatta 89', 90' | Report | Booth 60' Murdoch 81' Bouhenna 83' | Stadium: Recreation Park Attendance: 1,859 Referee: Greg Aitken |
5 January 2019 20 | Dundee United | 1–1 | Partick Thistle | Dundee |
Booth 48' Fyvie 59' (pen.) | Report | Doolan 9' Cardle 90+1' Spittal 90+2' | Stadium: Tannadice Park Attendance: 5,282 Referee: Bobby Madden |
12 January 2019 21 | Dundee United | 1–0 | Dunfermline | Dundee |
Frans 41' Clark 81' | Report | Hippolyte 77' | Stadium: Tannadice Park Attendance: 5,913 Referee: Alan Muir |
25 January 2019 22 | Ayr United | 1–0 | Dundee United | Ayr |
Moore 4' Rose 28' Smith 44' Moffat 90+2' | Report | Gomis 51' 89' | Stadium: Somerset Park Attendance: 2,232 Referee: Don Robertson |
2 February 2019 23 | Dundee United | 2–1 | Greenock Morton | Dundee |
Šafranko 8' Pawlett 29' Reynolds 80' | Report | McHugh 73' Waddell 83' Buchanan 87' | Stadium: Tannadice Park Attendance: 4,902 Referee: Gavin Ross |
16 February 2019 24 | Queen of the South | 0–1 | Dundee United | Dumfries |
15:00 GMT | Maguire 40' | Report | Clark 40' (pen.) | Stadium: Palmerston Park Attendance: 2,012 Referee: Andrew Dallas |
26 February 2019 26 | Dundee United | 1–0 | Inverness Caledonian Thistle | Dundee |
Connolly 32' Pawlett 48' 72' Clark 68' (pen.) Šafranko 82' | Report | McHattie 17' Rooney 47' | Stadium: Tannadice Stadium Attendance: 4,737 Referee: Barry Cook |
9 March 2019 27 | Partick Thistle | 2–1 | Dundee United | Maryhill |
15:00 | McDonald 4' Penrice 32' Elliott 43' McMillan 75' Fitzpatrick 90', 90+1' | Report | Connolly 56' Stanton 72' Clark 76' | Stadium: Firhill Stadium Attendance: 3,173 Referee: Alan Newlands |
19 March 2019 28 | Dundee United | 1–0 | Ross County | Dundee |
19:45 | Butcher 7' Connolly 29' Clark 90' | Report | Stewart 11' Lindsay 90' | Stadium: Tannadice Park Attendance: 4,290 Referee: Willie Collum |
23 March 2019 29 | Dundee United | 2–1 | Alloa Athletic | Dundee |
15:00 | Taggart 27' (o.g.) Bouhenna 53' Robson 82' Clark 83' Seaman 90' | Report | Kirkpatrick 6' Hetherington 74' | Stadium: Tannadice Park Attendance: 4,645 Referee: Nick Walsh |
26 March 2019 30 | Dunfermline Athletic | 0–1 | Dundee United | Dunfermline |
19:45 | Report | Pawlett 24' | Stadium: East End Park Attendance: 6,096 Referee: Euan Anderson |
30 March 2019 31 | Dundee United | 1–2 | Queen of the South | Dundee |
15:00 | Clark 71' | Report | Dobbie 52' (pen) Dykes 57' | Stadium: Tannadice Park Attendance: 4,839 Referee: Alan Muir |
5 April 2019 32 | Ross County | 1–1 | Dundee United | Dingwall |
19:05 | Lindsay 90+4' | Report | Šafranko 12' | Stadium: Victoria Park Attendance: 3,550 Referee: Steven McLean |
12 April 2019 33 | Dundee United | 2–1 | Ayr United | Dundee |
19:05 | Šafranko 63' McMullan 74' | Report | Bell 24' | Stadium: Tannadice Park Attendance: 4,392 Referee: Bobby Madden |
12 April 2019 34 | Inverness CT | 0–2 | Dundee United | Inverness |
15:00 | McKay 90+2' | Report | Šafranko 27' McMullan 49' | Stadium: Tulloch Caledonian Stadium Attendance: 2,971 Referee: Greg Aitken |
27 April 2019 35 | Dundee United | 2–0 | Falkirk | Dundee |
15:00 | Bouhenna 15' McMullan 26' | Report | Stadium: Tannadice Park Attendance: 5,260 Referee: Steven Kirkland |
4 May 2019 36 | Greenock Morton | 1–0 | Dundee United | Greenock |
15:00 | Tidser 19' | Report | Stadium: Cappielow Park Attendance: 2,244 Referee: Grant Irvine |
Premiership play-offs edit
14 May 2019 Play-off SF R1 | Inverness CT | 0–1 | Dundee United | Inverness |
19:45 | Polworth 48' | Report | McMullan 78' | Stadium: Caledonian Stadium Attendance: 2,604 Referee: Nick Walsh |
18 May 2019 Play-off SF R2 | Dundee United | 3–0 (4–0 agg.) | Inverness CT | Dundee |
19:45 | Clark 45+1' (pen.) Sow 54' Šafranko 80' | Report | Stadium: Tannadice Park Attendance: 8,540 Referee: Kevin Clancy |
23 May 2019 Play-off Final R1 | Dundee United | 0–0 | St Mirren | Dundee |
19:45 | Report | Stadium: Tannadice Park Attendance: 11,062 Referee: Bobby Madden |
Scottish League Cup edit
Group Stage Matches edit
17 July 2018 | Ross County | 1–0 | Dundee United | Dingwall |
19:45 BST | Lindsay 85' | Report | Stadium: Victoria Park Attendance: 1,532 Referee: Willie Collum |
28 July 2018 | Elgin City | 0–4 | Dundee United | Elgin |
15:00 BST | Report | Clark 66', 73' Barton 81' (pen.) Glass 90+1' | Stadium: Borough Briggs Attendance: 1,104 Referee: John McKendrick |
Scottish Challenge Cup edit
15 August 2018 1st Round | Dundee United | 3–2 | St Johnstone U21s | Dundee |
19:45 BST | Chalmers 64' McMullan 78', 90+2' | Report | Hendry 21', 58' | Stadium: Tannadice Park Attendance: 700 Referee: Colin Steven |
Scottish Cup edit
As a top four finisher in the SPFL Championship for the 2017-18 season, Dundee United entered the 2018-19 Scottish Cup in the fourth round, played over the weekend of 19 January 2019.[7]
19 January 2019 Fourth Round | Montrose | 0–4 | Dundee United | Montrose |
Report | Šafranko 8' Booth 43' King 81' Harkes 90+2' | Stadium: Links Park Attendance: 3,604 Referee: David Munro |
9 February 2019 Fifth Round | St Mirren | 1–2 | Dundee United | Paisley |
Nazon 77' | Report | Šafranko 15' Clark 45' Butcher 62' | Stadium: St Mirren Park Attendance: 3,965 Referee: Willie Collum |
3 March 2019 Quarter-finals | Dundee United | 1–2 | Inverness CT | Dundee |
Fyvie 59' Clark 68' (pen.) Šafranko 85' | Report | Chalmers 19' Donaldson 69' Doran 90+2' Rooney 90+4' Austin 90+5' | Stadium: Tannadice Park Attendance: 7,274 Referee: Steven McLean |
Squad statistics edit
The table below shows the number of appearances and goals scored by each player.[8]
Appearances edit
- As of 26 May 2019
No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Total | Championship | League Cup | Scottish Cup | Other | |||||
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Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||||
1 | GK | SUI | Benjamin Siegrist | 38 | 0 | 27+0 | 0 | 2+0 | 0 | 3+0 | 0 | 6+0 | 0 |
3 | DF | SCO | Callum Booth | 33 | 2 | 23+3 | 1 | 1+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 1 | 2+3 | 0 |
4 | DF | BEL | Frédéric Frans | 26 | 2 | 21+0 | 1 | 4+0 | 1 | 1+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
7 | FW | SCO | Paul McMullan | 43 | 7 | 27+5 | 4 | 2+1 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 | 6+0 | 3 |
8 | MF | SCO | Fraser Fyvie | 19 | 2 | 13+4 | 2 | 0+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
9 | FW | SWE | Osman Sow | 12 | 1 | 4+3 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 3+1 | 1 |
10 | FW | SCO | Nicky Clark | 36 | 15 | 13+12 | 8 | 4+0 | 3 | 2+1 | 2 | 3+1 | 2 |
12 | MF | SCO | Sam Stanton | 32 | 2 | 20+5 | 2 | 4+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | 0+2 | 0 |
13 | DF | SEN | Morgaro Gomis | 8 | 0 | 2+3 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 1+2 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
14 | MF | SVK | Pavol Šafranko | 40 | 15 | 31+2 | 12 | 0+0 | 0 | 3+0 | 2 | 2+2 | 1 |
15 | MF | SCO | Aidan Nesbitt | 8 | 0 | 1+6 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
16 | MF | SCO | Matty Smith | 13 | 1 | 4+4 | 0 | 2+1 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 2+0 | 1 |
17 | DF | SCO | Jamie Robson | 28 | 0 | 18+1 | 0 | 3+0 | 0 | 2+0 | 0 | 4+0 | 0 |
18 | MF | ENG | Calum Butcher | 16 | 1 | 13+0 | 1 | 0+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 |
19 | DF | ALG | Rachid Bouhenna | 30 | 1 | 23+3 | 1 | 0+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | 3+0 | 0 |
20 | MF | AUT | Christoph Rabitsch | 17 | 0 | 9+4 | 0 | 4+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
22 | DF | SCO | Sam Wardrop | 6 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | 3+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 2+0 | 0 |
25 | MF | SCO | Cammy Smith | 12 | 1 | 6+2 | 1 | 3+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
26 | DF | SCO | Gavin Ritchie | 0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
27 | FW | SCO | Louis Appéré | 3 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 2+0 | 0 |
29 | MF | SCO | Logan Chalmers | 4 | 1 | 1+1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 1 |
30 | DF | SCO | Mark Reynolds | 18 | 0 | 12+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 2+0 | 0 | 4+0 | 0 |
34 | GK | SCO | Ross Laidlaw | 1 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
35 | DF | SCO | Luc Bollan | 2 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 2+0 | 0 |
38 | FW | SCO | Mati Zata | 2 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 |
42 | DF | SCO | Ross Graham | 2 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 |
44 | DF | SCO | Paul Watson | 29 | 4 | 18+5 | 4 | 0+1 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | 4+0 | 0 |
47 | MF | USA | Ian Harkes | 20 | 1 | 10+3 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 2+1 | 1 | 4+0 | 0 |
48 | MF | SCO | Chris Mochrie | 1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
49 | DF | ENG | Charlie Seaman | 12 | 0 | 9+1 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 2+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
50 | MF | ENG | Peter Pawlett | 17 | 2 | 9+2 | 2 | 0+0 | 0 | 2+0 | 0 | 3+1 | 0 |
55 | DF | IRL | Mark Connolly | 15 | 0 | 9+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 2+0 | 0 | 4+0 | 0 |
90 | FW | COD | Yannick Loemba | 10 | 0 | 7+2 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
Players who left the club during the 2017–18 season | |||||||||||||
2 | MF | SCO | Stewart Murdoch | 16 | 0 | 11+2 | 0 | 3+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
5 | MF | IRL | Adam Barton | 10 | 1 | 5+2 | 0 | 3+0 | 1 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
6 | DF | SCO | Lewis Toshney | 0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
9 | FW | ENG | Craig Curran | 16 | 3 | 8+8 | 3 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
11 | MF | SCO | Billy King | 18 | 3 | 10+6 | 2 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+1 | 1 | 0+1 | 0 |
18 | MF | SCO | Scott Allardice | 1 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 |
19 | FW | SCO | James Keatings | 1 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
21 | GK | TUR | Deniz Mehmet | 0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
23 | DF | SCO | Tam Scobbie | 0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
24 | DF | FRA | William Edjenguélé | 8 | 0 | 5+0 | 0 | 2+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 |
28 | FW | ENG | Archie Thomas | 2 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 2+0 | 0 |
32 | MF | SCO | Declan Glass | 8 | 1 | 0+2 | 0 | 1+3 | 1 | 0+0 | 0 | 2+0 | 0 |
33 | DF | CAN | Fraser Aird | 22 | 3 | 17+2 | 3 | 3+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
34 | GK | SVK | Matej Rakovan | 11 | 0 | 8+1 | 0 | 2+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
Team statistics edit
League table edit
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Promotion, qualification or relegation |
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1 | Ross County (C, P) | 36 | 21 | 8 | 7 | 63 | 34 | +29 | 71 | Promotion to the Premiership |
2 | Dundee United | 36 | 19 | 8 | 9 | 49 | 40 | +9 | 65 | Qualification for the Premiership play-off semi-final |
3 | Inverness Caledonian Thistle | 36 | 14 | 14 | 8 | 48 | 40 | +8 | 56 | Qualification for the Premiership play-off quarter-final |
4 | Ayr United | 36 | 15 | 9 | 12 | 50 | 38 | +12 | 54 | |
5 | Greenock Morton | 36 | 11 | 13 | 12 | 36 | 45 | −9 | 46 |
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored; 4) Points in head-to-head matches; 5) Goal difference in hth matches; 6). Goals scored in hth matches; 7). Play-off (only for deciding promotion, play-off participation and relegation).[9]
(C) Champions; (P) Promoted
League cup table edit
Pos | Team | Pld | W | PW | PL | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | ROS | ARB | ALO | DUN | ELG | |
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1 | Ross County (Q) | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 4 | +2 | 9 | Qualification for the Second round | — | — | — | 1–0 | 2–0 | |
2 | Arbroath | 4 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 6 | +3 | 8 | 4–1 | — | — | — | 2–0 | ||
3 | Alloa Athletic | 4 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 5 | +3 | 8 | 0–2 | 4–2 | — | — | — | ||
4 | Dundee United | 4 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 3 | +3 | 5 | — | 1–1p | 1–1p | — | — | ||
5 | Elgin City | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 11 | −11 | 0 | — | — | 0–3 | 0–4 | — |