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2017–18 Dundee F.C. season

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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

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

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Premiership

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Results

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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
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
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 Red card 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 Red card 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

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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

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Results

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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
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

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Appearances

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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

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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

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League table

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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

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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

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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

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See also

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Notes

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References

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  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.