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
Chairman	Tim Keyes
Manager	Neil McCann
Stadium	Dens Park, Dundee (Capacity: 11,506)
Scottish Premiership	Ninth place
League Cup	Quarter-final, lost to Celtic
Scottish Cup	Fifth Round, lost to Motherwell
Top goalscorer	League: Sofien Moussa (7) All: Sofien Moussa (12)
Highest home attendance	10,472 v Dundee United League Cup Second round 9 August 2017
Lowest home attendance	2,774 v Buckie Thistle League Cup Group C 22 July 2017
Average home league attendance	5,947
Home colours Away colours Third colours

Competitions

Premiership

Results

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

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

30 January 2018 Fourth Round Replay	Inverness Caledonian Thistle	0 – 1	Dundee	Caledonian Stadium, Inverness
19:45		Report	Allan  47'	Attendance: 1,746 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

Results

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

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

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation[lower-alpha 1]
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	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	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 Roarie Deacon Sutton United Free 14 June 2017 MF Scott Allan Celtic Season-long loan 22 June 2017 DF Lewis Spence Dunfermline Free 28 June 2017 FW Randy Wolters Go Ahead Eagles Free 5 July 2017 DF Jack Hendry Wigan Athletic Free 13 July 2017 MF Glen Kamara Arsenal Free 14 July 2017 FW Sofien Moussa Lokomotiv GO Free 20 July 2017 GK Elliot Parish Accrington Stanley Free 18 August 2017 DF Josh Meekings Inverness Free 30 August 2017 DF Jon Aurtenetxe SD Amorebieta Free 31 August 2017 FW A-Jay Leitch-Smith Shrewsbury Town Season-long loan 9 January 2018 GK Jérémy Malherbe FC Dynamo Brest Free 31 January 2018 DF Daniel Jefferies Colchester United Loan 31 January 2018 MF Cedwyn Scott Huddersfield Town Free 31 January 2018 FW Simon Murray Hibernian Loan 2 February 2018 DF Genseric Kusunga União da Madeira Free 8 February 2018 DF Steven Caulker Queens Park Rangers Free Out Date Position Nationality Name To Fee 31 May 2017 DF Kévin Gomis Released 31 May 2017 MF Calvin Colquhoun Downfield Juniors Free 1 June 2017 GK David Mitchell Falkirk Free 24 June 2017 DF Daniel Higgins Kilmarnock Free 4 July 2017 FW Rory Loy Falkirk Free 31 August 2017 MF Tom Hateley Released 12 January 2018 MF Danny Williams Accrington Stanley Free 29 January 2018 MF James Vincent Dunfermline Athletic Loan 30 January 2018 DF James McPake Retired 31 January 2018 GK Scott Bain Celtic Loan 31 January 2018 DF Jack Hendry Celtic Undisclosed 5 February 2018 DF Nick Ross Sepsi OSK Free 23 February 2018 DF Kostadin Gadzhalov Brechin City Loan

See also

• List of Dundee F.C. seasons

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.