2014–15 Dundee F.C. season

Dundee 2014–15 football season
Dundee
2014–15 season
ChairmanBill Colvin
ManagerPaul Hartley
StadiumDens Park
Dundee, Scotland
PremiershipSixth Place
League CupThird round, lost to Dundee United
Scottish CupFifth round, lost to Celtic
Top goalscorerLeague: Greg Stewart (13 goals)
All: Greg Stewart (15 goals)
Highest home attendance11,447 vs. Dundee United, Premiership, 21 September 2014
Lowest home attendance5,017 vs. Ross County, Premiership, 4 January 2015
Average home league attendance6,966
Home colours
Away colours

The 2014–15 season was Dundee's first season back in the top tier of Scottish football and their first season in the Scottish Premiership, having been promoted from the Scottish Championship at the end of the previous season.[1][2] Dundee also competed in the League Cup and the Scottish Cup.

Season

Summary

Dundee finished sixth in the Scottish Premiership with 45 points. They also reached the third round of the League Cup and fifth round of the Scottish Cup.

Results and fixtures

  Win   Draw   Loss   Postponed

Friendlies

Dundee v Manchester City
13 July 2014 Dundee 2–0 Manchester City Dundee, Scotland
16:00 Harkins 26'
Tankulić 38'		 Report Stadium: Dens Park
Attendance: 6,859
Crystal Palace v Dundee
26 May 2015 Julian Speroni Testimonial Crystal Palace 4–3 Dundee London
19:45 BST Bolasie 6'
Lee 23'
Gayle 30', 38'		 Report Carreiro 34'
Adam 85'
Kerr 86'		 Stadium: Selhurst Park
Attendance: 11,509 (1,750 Dundee fans)
Referee: Dermot Gallagher

Scottish Premiership

Dundee v Kilmarnock
9 August 2014 1 Dundee 1–1 Kilmarnock Dens Park
15:00 Harkins 17' (pen.) BBC Report Slater 24' Attendance: 7,588
Referee: McLean
Inverness Caledonian Thistle v Dundee
13 August 2014 2 Inverness Caledonian Thistle 0–0 Dundee Caledonian Stadium
19:45 BBC Report Attendance: 3,082
Referee: Finnie
Dundee v Partick Thistle
16 August 2014 3 Dundee 1–1 Partick Thistle Dens Park
15:00 Wighton 54' BBC Report Fraser 4'
Fox Red card 61'		 Attendance: 6,453
Referee: Charleston
St Mirren v Dundee
23 August 2014 4 St Mirren 0–1 Dundee St Mirren Park
15:00 BBC Report MacDonald 80' Attendance: 4,517
Referee: Beaton
Dundee v Celtic
31 August 2014 5 Dundee 1–1 Celtic Dens Park
13:30 McPake 1' BBC Report Griffiths 55' Attendance: 9,276
Referee: Craig Thomson
St Johnstone F.C. v Dundee
13 September 2014 6 St Johnstone F.C. 0–1 Dundee McDiarmid Park
16:00 Report Harkins 28' Attendance: 6,562
Referee: Willie Collum
Dundee v Dundee United F.C.
21 September 2014 7 Dundee 1–4 Dundee United F.C. Dens Park
13:15 Konrad Yellow card 24' Yellow-red card 90'
Erskine Yellow card 40'
Stewart Yellow card 71' 90+3'		 Report Bilate 25' (pen.)
Paton Yellow card 45'
Dow 54' Yellow card 54'
Morris 59'
Watson Yellow card 73' 79'		 Attendance: 11,447
Referee: Steven McLean
Ross County F.C. v Dundee
27 September 2014 8 Ross County F.C. 2–1 Dundee Global Energy Stadium
16:00 Gardyne 27'
Maatsen 90'		 Report Clarkson 69' Attendance: 3,118
Referee: Craig Charleston
Dundee v Aberdeen F.C.
4 October 2014 9 Dundee 2–3 Aberdeen F.C. Dens Park
16:00 Harkins 6'
Clarkson 55' (pen.)		 Report Considine 5'
McPake 28' (o.g.)
Goodwillie 64'		 Attendance: 8,784
Referee: William Collum
Motherwell F.C. v Dundee
18 October 2014 10 Motherwell F.C. 1–3 Dundee Fir Park
16:00 Ojamaa 62' Report Clarkson 3'
Harkins 30'
Stewart 59'		 Attendance: 4,061
Referee: Brian Colvin
Dundee v Hamilton Academical F.C.
25 October 2014 11 Dundee 2–0 Hamilton Academical F.C. Dens Park
16:00 Clarkson 69'
Stewart 73'		 Report Attendance: 6,035
Referee: Beaton
Kilmarnock v Dundee
1 November 2014 12 Kilmarnock 1–3 Dundee Rugby Park
16:00 Eremenko 76' Report Stewart 44', 90'
Clarkson 51'		 Attendance: 4,481
Referee: Greg Aitken
Dundee v St Johnstone
8 November 2014 13 Dundee 1–1 St Johnstone Dens Park
16:00 Clarkson 41' Report Graham 53' (pen.) Attendance: 6,931
Referee: Bobby Madden
Celtic v Dundee
22 November 2014 14 Celtic 2–1 Dundee Celtic Park
16:00 Stokes 45'
Guidetti 54'		 Report Clarkson 58' Attendance: 43,787
Referee: Kevin Clancy
Dundee v Inverness CT
6 December 2014 15 Dundee 1–2 Inverness CT Dens Park
16:00 Stewart 21' Report McKay 55'
Christie 88'		 Attendance: 5,400
Referee: William Collum
Hamilton v Dundee
13 December 2014 16 Hamilton 2–1 Dundee New Douglas Park
16:00 Andreu 3'
Antoine-Curier 14'		 Report Stewart 61' Attendance: 2,636
Referee: Alan Muir
Partick Thistle v Dundee
20 December 2014 17 Partick Thistle 1–1 Dundee Firhill Stadium
16:00 Craigen 58' Report Balatoni 90' (o.g.) Attendance: 3,203
Referee: Craig Thomson
Dundee v St Mirren
27 December 2014 18 Dundee 1–3 St Mirren Dens Park
16:00 Irvine 84' Report McLean 2', 79'
Mallan 68'		 Attendance: 6,447
Referee: Don Robertson
Dundee United v Dundee
1 January 2015 19 Dundee United 6–2 Dundee Tannadice Park
13:15 Armstrong 1'
Mackay-Steven 27', 42'
Erskine 31'
Fojut 64'
Telfer 83'		 Report Stewart 24'
Tankulić 90'		 Attendance: 12,964
Referee: Kevin Clancy
Dundee v Ross County
4 January 2015 20 Dundee 1–1 Ross County Dens Park
McAlister 52' Report Curran 65' Attendance: 5,017
Referee: Craig Thomson
Dundee v Motherwell
10 January 2015 21 Dundee 4–1 Motherwell Dens Park
16:00 Harris 1'
Stewart 8'
Irvine 34'
O'Brien 70'		 Report Sutton 19' Attendance: 5,105
Referee: Stephen Finnie
Aberdeen v Dundee
17 January 2015 22 Aberdeen 3–3 Dundee Pittodrie Stadium
16:00 Goodwillie 7'
Hayes 87' (pen.)
Jack 90'		 Report Irvine 38'
Stewart 40'
Harkins 48'		 Attendance: 16,796
Referee: Alan Muir
Dundee v Kilmarnock
21 January 2015 23 Dundee 1–0 Kilmarnock Dens Park
20:45 Stewart 40' (pen.) Report Attendance: 5,141
Referee: James Christie
St Mirren v Dundee
24 January 2015 24 St Mirren 1–2 Dundee St Mirren Park
16:00 McLean 40' Report Irvine 53'
Davidson 69'		 Attendance: 4,010
Referee: McLean
Dundee v Hamilton
31 January 2015 25 Dundee 1–1 Hamilton Dens Park
16:00 Stewart 88' Report Canning 88' Attendance: 5,618
Referee: Crawford Allan
Dundee v Partick Thistle
14 February 2015 26 Dundee 1–0 Partick Thistle Dens Park
16:00 McGowan 88' Report Attendance: 5,560
Referee: Craig Thomson
Motherwell v Dundee
21 February 2015 27 Motherwell 0–1 Dundee Fir Park
16:00 Report McGinn 12' Attendance: 4,282
Referee: Don Robertson
Ross County v Dundee
28 February 2015 28 Ross County 1–0 Dundee Global Energy Stadium
16:00 Reckord 66' Report Attendance: 3,413
Referee: Andrew Dallas
Dundee v Aberdeen
21 March 2015 29 Dundee 1–1 Aberdeen Dens Park
12:15 McGinn 69' Report Rooney 36' Attendance: 7,014
Referee: Craig Thomson
Inverness CT v Dundee
4 April 2015 30 Inverness CT 1–1 Dundee Caledonian Stadium
16:00 Shinnie 55' Report Clarkson 53' Attendance: 3,362
Referee: William Collum
Dundee v Dundee Utd
8 April 2015 31 Dundee 3–1 Dundee Utd Dens Park
20:45 Stewart 14'
McPake 23'
Heffernan 68'		 Report Çiftçi 16' (pen.) Attendance: 10,510
Referee: John Beaton
St Johnstone v Dundee
11 April 2015 32 St Johnstone 1–0 Dundee McDiarmid Park
16:00 Graham 26' Report Attendance: 6,386
Referee: Steven McLean
Dundee v Celtic
22 April 2015 33 Dundee 1–2 Celtic Dens Park
20:45 McAlister 87' Report Mackay-Steven 32'
van Dijk 63'		 Attendance: 8,908
Referee: Calum Murray
Dundee v St Johnstone
25 April 2015 34 Dundee 0–2 St Johnstone Dens Park
16:00 Report Swanson 53'
Wotherspoon 67'		 Attendance: 6,530
Referee: Craig Thomson
Celtic v Dundee
1 May 2015 35 Celtic 5–0 Dundee Celtic Park
20:45 Griffiths 30'
Brown 37'
Commons 71' (pen.)
Forrest 77'
Bitton 88'		 Report Attendance: 44,299
Referee: Bobby Madden
Dundee v Inverness CT
9 May 2015 36 Dundee 0–1 Inverness CT Dens Park
16:00 Report Ofere 8' Attendance: 5,123
Referee: Don Robertson
Dundee v Aberdeen
16 May 2015 37 Dundee 1–1 Aberdeen Dens Park
16:00 Tankulić 43' Report Rooney 90' Attendance: 6,434
Referee: Euan Anderson
Dundee United v Dundee
24 May 2015 38 Dundee United 3–0 Dundee Tannadice Park
13:30 Çiftçi 8', 31' (pen.)
Spittal 50'		 Report Attendance: 10,812
Referee: Bobby Madden

League Cup

Dundee v Peterhead
2 August 2014 First round Dundee 4–0 Peterhead Dens Park
16:00 Ferry 22'
Stewart 45'
MacDonald 78'
Tankulic 82'		 BBC Report Attendance: 3,079
Referee: Collum
Dundee v Raith Rovers
26 August 2014 Second round Dundee 4–0 Raith Rovers Dens Park
20:45 Stewart 3'
McGinn 43'
MacDonald 59'
Boyle 70'		 BBC Report Attendance: 2,645
Referee: Clancy
Dundee United v Dundee
24 September 2014 Third round Dundee United 1–0 Dundee Tannadice Park
19:45 Fojut 90+2' Report Attendance: 13,041
Referee: Craig Thomson

Scottish Cup

Dundee v Aberdeen
29 November 2014 Fourth round Dundee 2–1 Aberdeen Dens Park
15:00 Konrad 4'
Clarkson 90'		 Report Konrad 17' (o.g.) Attendance: 5,956
Referee: McLean
Dundee v Celtic
7 February 2015 Fifth round Dundee 0–2 Celtic Dens Park
12:30 Report Griffiths 7'
Johansen 47'		 Attendance: 7,525
Referee: John Beaton

Player statistics

During the 2014–15 season, Dundee have used twenty three different players in competitive games. The table below shows the number of appearances and goals scored by each player.

As of 25 May 2015.[3]
No. Pos Nat Player Total Premiership League Cup Scottish Cup
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
1 GK Wales WAL Kyle Letheren 17 0 15+0 0 2+0 0 0+0 0
2 DF Scotland SCO Gary Irvine 30 4 25+1 4 2+0 0 2+0 0
3 DF Scotland SCO Willie Dyer 24 0 18+3 0 1+0 0 1+1 0
4 DF Germany GER Thomas Konrad 37 1 30+3 0 3+0 0 1+0 1
5 DF Northern Ireland NIR James McPake 38 2 34+0 2 2+0 0 2+0 0
6 MF Scotland SCO Iain Davidson 13 1 8+4 1 1+0 0 0+0 0
8 MF Scotland SCO Kevin McBride 7 0 4+2 0 0+1 0 0+0 0
10 MF Scotland SCO Kevin Thomson 27 0 22+3 0 1+0 0 1+0 0
11 MF Scotland SCO Simon Ferry 22 1 14+5 0 2+0 1 0+1 0
12 GK Scotland SCO Scott Bain 25 0 22+0 0 1+0 0 2+0 0
14 FW Republic of Ireland IRL Philip Roberts 9 0 4+3 0 1+1 0 0+0 0
15 FW Scotland SCO Greg Stewart 40 15 32+3 13 3+0 2 2+0 0
16 FW Scotland SCO David Clarkson 26 9 18+6 8 0+0 0 1+1 1
18 FW Scotland SCO Paul McGowan 35 1 30+0 1 2+1 0 2+0 0
19 DF Scotland SCO Paul McGinn 40 2 34+1 1 3+0 1 1+1 0
20 MF Scotland SCO Jim McAlister 41 2 34+3 2 2+0 0 2+0 0
21 FW Germany GER Luka Tankulić 31 3 12+14 2 2+1 1 1+1 0
24 MF Scotland SCO Andrew Black 2 0 0+1 0 0+0 0 0+1 0
26 DF Bulgaria BUL Kostadin Gadzhalov 9 0 6+2 0 0+0 0 1+0 0
29 MF Scotland SCO Gary Harkins 31 5 21+7 5 1+1 0 1+0 0
33 FW Scotland SCO Craig Wighton 17 1 1+15 1 0+0 0 1+0 0
35 MF Scotland SCO Calvin Colquhoun 2 0 1+1 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
47 MF Scotland SCO Alex Harris (on loan from Hibernian) 16 1 11+5 1 0+0 0 0+0 0
48 MF Scotland SCO Stephen McGinn 13 1 11+1 1 0+0 0 1+0 0
49 FW Republic of Ireland IRL Paul Heffernan 7 1 4+3 1 0+0 0 0+0 0
Players who left the club during the 2014–15 season
7 MF Scotland SCO Nicky Riley 0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
9 FW Scotland SCO Peter MacDonald 9 3 2+5 1 1+1 2 0+0 0
14 FW Republic of Ireland IRL Philip Roberts (on loan to Alloa Athletic F.C.) 9 0 4+3 0 1+1 0 0+0 0
17 DF Scotland SCO Kyle Benedictus (on loan to Alloa Athletic F.C.) 1 0 0+0 0 1+0 0 0+0 0
23 FW Scotland SCO Martin Boyle (on loan to Hibernian) 21 1 6+11 0 2+1 1 1+0 0
25 GK Germany GER Arvid Schenk 1 0 1+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
28 MF Canada CAN Dylan Carreiro (on loan to Arbroath F.C.) 1 0 0+1 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
30 DF Scotland SCO Cammy Kerr (on loan to Peterhead F.C.) 2 0 0+2 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
33 FW Scotland SCO Craig Wighton (on loan to Brechin City F.C.) 7 1 1+6 1 0+0 0 0+0 0

Team statistics

League table

Pos Team
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 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
4 St Johnstone 38 16 9 13 34 34 0 57 Qualification for the Europa League first qualifying round
5 Dundee United 38 17 5 16 58 56 +2 56
6 Dundee[a] 38 11 12 15 46 57 −11 45
7 Hamilton Academical 38 15 8 15 50 53 −3 53
8 Partick Thistle 38 12 10 16 48 44 +4 46
Source: SPFL
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored
Notes:
  1. ^ Teams in the bottom six at the time of the split (33 games) cannot pass teams in the top six

Transfers

Players in

Player From Fee
Germany Thomas Konrad Germany SV Eintracht Trier Free[4]
Northern Ireland James McPake Scotland Hibernian Free[5]
Scotland Kevin Thomson Scotland Hibernian Free[5]
Scotland Simon Ferry England Portsmouth Free[6]
Scotland Scott Bain Scotland Alloa Athletic Free[5]
Republic of Ireland Philip Roberts Scotland Falkirk Free[7]
Scotland Greg Stewart Scotland Cowdenbeath Free[8]
Scotland David Clarkson England Bristol Rovers Free[9]
Scotland Paul McGowan Scotland St Mirren Free[10]
Scotland Paul McGinn Scotland Dumbarton Free[10]
Germany Luka Tankulić Germany VfL Wolfsburg II Free[4]
Bulgaria Kostadin Gadzhalov Bulgaria Dobrudzha Dobrich Free[11]
Scotland Grant Adam Scotland Airdrieonians Free[12]
Scotland Gary Harkins Scotland St Mirren Free[13]
Scotland Alex Harris Scotland Hibernian Loan[14]
Scotland Stephen McGinn England Sheffield United Free[15]
Republic of Ireland Paul Heffernan Scotland Hibernian Free[16]
Canada Dylan Carreiro England Queens Park Rangers Free[17]

Players out

Player To Fee
Germany Dan Twardzik Scotland Motherwell Free[18]
Scotland Declan Gallagher Scotland Livingston Free[19]
Scotland Ryan Conroy Scotland Raith Rovers Free[20]
Scotland Martin Boyle Scotland Hibernian Loan[14]
France Christian Nadé Scotland Raith Rovers Free[18]
Scotland Cammy Kerr Scotland Peterhead Loan[21]
Scotland Leighton McIntosh Scotland Montrose Free[22]
Scotland Gavin Rae Australia Hakoah Sydney City East Free[23]
Scotland Stephen Hughes Retired
Scotland Stephen O'Donnell Scotland Clyde Free[24]
England Matt Lockwood England Sutton United Free[25]
Scotland Craig Beattie Malta Żebbuġ Rangers Free[26]
Scotland Steven Doris Scotland Stirling Albion Free[27]
Scotland John Gibson Released Free[18]
Scotland Grant Adam Released Free[18]
Scotland Jamie Reid Scotland Stenhousemuir Loan[28]
Scotland Kyle Benedictus Scotland Arbroath Loan[29]
Canada Dylan Carreiro Scotland Arbroath Loan[30]
Scotland Nicky Riley Scotland Peterhead Loan[31]
Scotland Craig Wighton Scotland Brechin City Loan[32]
Scotland Peter MacDonald Scotland Greenock Morton Free[33]
Germany Arvid Schenk Germany Altonaer FC Free[34]
Scotland Nicky Riley Scotland Peterhead Free[35]
Scotland Jamie Reid Scotland Elgin City Loan[36]
Republic of Ireland Philip Roberts Scotland Alloa Athletic Loan[37]

Notes

  • 1.^ Kickoff time in Western European Time/Western European Summer Time.
  • 2.^ Dundee F.C.'s goals first.

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  37. ^ "PHIL JOINS ALLOA ON LOAN". Retrieved 2 February 2015.
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