2017–18 Dundee F.C. season

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
	← 2016–17 2018–19 →

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[edit]

Premiership[edit]

Results[edit]

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[edit]

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

League Cup[edit]

Results[edit]

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[edit]

Appearances[edit]

As of match played 12 May 2018

No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Total		Scottish Premiership		Scottish Cup		Scottish League Cup
No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
2	DF	SCO	Cammy Kerr	41	0	27+5	0	3	0	6	0
3	DF	SCO	Kevin Holt	32	2	22+2	2	2	0	6	0
4	DF	ENG	Steven Caulker	12	1	12	1	0	0	0	0
5	DF	ANG	Genseric Kusunga	10	1	7+2	1	1	0	0	0
6	DF	IRL	Darren O'Dea	22	0	14+2	0	2	0	4	0
7	MF	ENG	A-Jay Leitch-Smith	31	7	13+14	6	3	1	1	0
8	MF	FIN	Glen Kamara	46	0	37	0	3	0	5+1	0
9	FW	TUN	Sofien Moussa	33	12	21+5	7	3	0	3+1	5
10	MF	SCO	Scott Allan	22	1	7+8	0	2	1	4+1	0
12	GK	ENG	Elliot Parish	28	0	25	0	3	0	0	0
14	MF	SCO	Mark O'Hara	39	6	26+6	4	3	1	4	1
15	DF	ESP	Jon Aurtenetxe	18	0	14+2	0	2	0	0	0
16	DF	ESP	Julen Etxabeguren	1	0	0+1	0	0	0	0	0
17	FW	SCO	Simon Murray	14	3	13+1	3	0	0	0	0
18	MF	SCO	Paul McGowan	42	2	30+4	1	2	0	4+2	1
20	FW	FRA	Faissal El Bakhtaoui	35	5	16+12	3	1+1	0	4+1	2
21	MF	ENG	Roarie Deacon	36	1	25+3	1	0+2	0	5+1	0
23	MF	NED	Randy Wolters	16	0	3+6	0	0+1	0	4+2	0
24	MF	ENG	Josh Meekings	22	0	20+1	0	1	0	0	0
25	DF	WAL	Daniel Jefferies	2	0	1+1	0	0	0	0	0
27	MF	AUS	Jesse Curran	9	0	5+4	0	0	0	0	0
28	MF	SCO	Lewis Spence	20	0	14+3	0	0+1	0	2	0
29	FW	CAN	Marcus Haber	13	2	9+2	2	0	0	1+1	0
33	FW	SCO	Craig Wighton	7	0	5+2	0	0	0	0	0
34	DF	SCO	Kerr Waddell	22	3	10+6	3	1	0	4+1	0
35	MF	ENG	Cedwyn Scott	3	0	0+3	0	0	0	0	0
38	GK	ENG	Calum Ferrie	2	0	1+1	0	0	0	0	0
40	DF	ENG	Jordan Piggott	1	0	0+1	0	0	0	0	0
45	MF	SCO	Callum Moore	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
46	FW	SCO	Matthew Henvey	4	1	0+4	1	0	0	0	0
47	MF	ENG	Jack Lambert	2	0	0+1	0	0+1	0	0	0
67	GK	FRA	Jérémy Malherbe	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Players who left the club during the season:
1	GK	SCO	Scott Bain	18	0	12	0	0	0	6	0
4	MF	ENG	James Vincent	5	0	1+2	0	0	0	1+1	0
5	DF	NIR	James McPake	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
11	MF	ENG	Danny Williams	3	0	0+2	0	0	0	0+1	0
22	DF	SCO	Jack Hendry	30	2	23+1	1	1	0	4+1	1
26	DF	BUL	Kostadin Gadzhalov	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

Goal scorers[edit]

As of match played 12 May 2018

Ranking	Position	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
5	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[edit]

League table[edit]

Pos	Team v t e	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:

^ 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[edit]

Pos	Team v t e	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	Qualification for the Second Round	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[edit]

Pos	Grp	Team v t e	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[edit]

In[edit]

Date	Position	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[edit]

Date	Position	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

Notes[edit]

References[edit]

^ "Dundee promoted to SPFL after nervous final day". skysports.com. Sky Sports. 3 May 2014. Retrieved 18 June 2017.
^ "Dundee relegated from Scottish Premier League after draw with Aberdeen". The Daily Telegraph. 5 May 2013. Retrieved 18 June 2017.
^ "Premiership 2017/2018 - Season rules". Scoresway. Retrieved 1 June 2017.
^ "Summary - League Cup Group C". Soccerway. Retrieved 10 August 2019.
^ "Format". SPFL. Retrieved 15 June 2017.
^ "Summary - League Cup Group Stage". Soccerway. Retrieved 10 August 2019.
^ "Format". SPFL. Retrieved 15 June 2017.

[3] Teams play each other three times (33 matches) before the league is split into two groups (the top six and the bottom six).

[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.

[4] "Premiership 2017/2018 - Season rules". Scoresway. Retrieved 1 June 2017.

[5] "Summary - League Cup Group C". Soccerway. Retrieved 10 August 2019.

[6] "Format". SPFL. Retrieved 15 June 2017.

[7] "Summary - League Cup Group Stage". Soccerway. Retrieved 10 August 2019.

[8] "Format". SPFL. Retrieved 15 June 2017.

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Competitions[edit]

Premiership[edit]

Results[edit]

Scottish Cup[edit]

League Cup[edit]

Results[edit]

Team statistics[edit]

Appearances[edit]

Goal scorers[edit]

Squad statistics[edit]

League table[edit]

Group C Table[edit]

Second Place Table[edit]

Transfers[edit]

In[edit]

Out[edit]

See also[edit]

Notes[edit]

References[edit]