2024–25 Dundee F.C. season

Dundee
2024–25 season
ChairmanTim Keyes
ManagerTony Docherty
StadiumDens Park
Scottish Premiership4th
Scottish CupFourth round
League CupSecond round
Top goalscorerLeague: Seb Palmer-Houlden
& Luke McCowan (1)
All: Simon Murray (5)
Highest home attendance1,057 vs. Inverness Caledonian Thistle, 27 July 2024 (League Cup GS)[a]
Lowest home attendance888 vs. Annan Athletic, 23 July 2024 (League Cup GS)[a]
Average home league attendanceTBD
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The 2024–25 season is the 123rd season in which Dundee will compete at a Scottish national level, and the 100th season played in the highest division in the Scottish football league system. They will play in the Scottish Premiership for the second consecutive season after finishing in the top six the previous campaign.[1] Dundee will also compete in the League Cup and the Scottish Cup.

Season summary

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Pre-season

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Dundee announced their first pre-season game of the season on 9 May 2024, heading to Gayfield Park to play Scottish League One side Arbroath on 29 June.[2] The following week, they announced the side would go on a pre-season training camp in Poznań, Poland at the beginning of July, and would take on Czech club Baník Ostrava and Polish side Lech Poznań during their camp there.[3] On 7 June, Dundee announced they would play their final pre-season friendly at East End Park against Dunfermline Athletic.[4]

On 25 June, Dundee announced that manager Tony Docherty had committed to the club by signing a new contract.[5]

July

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Dundee opened their competitive season in the League Cup group stage with a bang, demolishing Bonnyrigg Rose with seven goals including a Curtis Main hat-trick.[6] They followed this up three days later with another win away at Gayfield Park over ex-manager Jim McIntyre’s side Arbroath.[7] In their first 'home' game of the season at Glebe Park due to pitch work still ongoing at Dens Park,[8] Dundee netted two late goals to see off an impressive Annan Athletic side to confirm themselves as group winners and qualify for the second round of the League Cup with a game in hand.[9] They finished off the group stage in style with another clinic against former bogey team Inverness Caledonian Thistle, thumping them for six and confirming their seeding for the second round, with Simon Murray bagging himself a hat-trick in the first 30 minutes.[10]

August

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Dundee opened their league season in nerve-wracking fashion with a trip down the road to Tannadice for a Dundee derby against the newly-promoted Dundee United. After a shaky, end-to-end start, the Dee did enough to earn a point in a close-fought affair.[11]

Competitions

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  Win   Draw   Loss   Postponed

All times are in British Summer Time (BST).

Pre-season and friendlies

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29 June 2024 Friendly Arbroath Scotland 1–3 Scotland Dundee Gayfield Park, Arbroath
15:00
  • Murray 66'
 Report
Attendance: 1,836
3 July 2024 Friendly Baník Ostrava Czech Republic 0–3 Scotland Dundee Stadion MKS Promień, Opalenica, Poland
17:00 Report
6 July 2024 Friendly Lech Poznań Poland 1–1 Scotland Dundee Stadion Akademii, Wronki, Poland
13:00
Report
10 July 2024 Friendly Dunfermline Athletic Scotland 0–2 Scotland Dundee East End Park, Dunfermline
19:30 Report
Attendance: 893
Referee: Ryan Lee

Scottish Premiership

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Main article: 2024–25 Scottish Premiership

Dundee will play against Aberdeen, Celtic, Dundee United, Heart of Midlothian, Hibernian, Kilmarnock, Motherwell, Rangers, Ross County, St Johnstone and St Mirren in the 2024–25 Premiership campaign. They will play each team three times, twice at home and once away against half of the teams, and once at home and twice away against the other half. Following this, they will be split into either a top or bottom group of six depending on their position after 33 games, where they will play each team in their group once.

The fixtures for the 2024–25 Premiership campaign were released on 27 June 2024 at 09:00, with Dundee's opening game being a Dundee derby at Tannadice Park live on Sky Sports.[12][13]

4 August 2024 1 Dundee United 2–2 Dundee Tannadice Park, Dundee
13:30
Report
Attendance: 12,616
Referee: David Dickinson
10 August 2024 2 Dundee v Heart of Midlothian Dens Park, Dundee
17:30 Referee: Don Robertson
For upcoming Scottish Premiership fixtures, see the official Dundee F.C. website

League table

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Pos Team
 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation[b]
2 St Mirren 1 1 0 0 3 0 +3 3 Qualification for the Champions League second qualifying round
3 Aberdeen 1 1 0 0 2 1 +1 3 Qualification for the Europa League second qualifying round[c]
4 Dundee 1 0 1 0 2 2 0 1 Qualification for the Conference League second qualifying round
5 Dundee United 1 0 1 0 2 2 0 1
6 Heart of Midlothian 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 1
Updated to match(es) played on 5 August 2024. Source: [14][15]
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored; 4) Head-to-Head points; 5) Head-to-Head goal difference; 6) Play-off (only if deciding champion, UEFA competitions qualification, second stage group allocation or relegation).[16]
Notes:
  1. ^ a b Played at Glebe Park.
  2. ^ Teams play each other three times (33 matches), before the league is split into two groups (the top six and the bottom six).
  3. ^ The winners of the 2024–25 Scottish Cup also qualify for the Europa League. If the cup winners qualify for the Champions League via league position, the berth reserved for the cup winners (Europa League play-off round) passes to the third-placed team, and the berths for the Europa League second qualifying round and the Conference League second qualifying round are passed down to the fourth- and fifth-placed teams.

Results by round

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Round12
GroundAH
ResultD
Position4
Source: Competitive matches
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Scottish Cup

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Main article: 2024–25 Scottish Cup

Dundee will compete in the Scottish Cup and will enter the competition in the fourth round.

Scottish League Cup

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Main articles: 2024–25 Scottish League Cup and 2024–25 Scottish League Cup group stage

Dundee will compete in the Scottish League Cup and entered the competition in the group stage. The draw for the group stage was held on 29 May 2024 at 13:00, broadcast live on Premier Sports.[17] Dundee were drawn into Group D with Inverness Caledonian Thistle, Arbroath, Annan Athletic and Bonnyrigg Rose.[18][19] Due to work on the pitch at Dens Park, Dundee played their home group stage fixtures at Glebe Park.[8]

Group stage

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13 July 2024 1 Bonnyrigg Rose 1–7 Dundee New Dundas Park, Bonnyrigg
15:00
  • Osadolor 75'
 Report
Attendance: 987
Referee: Dan McFarlane
16 July 2024 2 Arbroath 0–2 Dundee Gayfield Park, Arbroath
19:45 Report
Attendance: 1,796
Referee: Chris Graham
23 July 2024 3 Dundee 3–1 Annan Athletic Glebe Park, Brechin[a]
19:45
Report
  • Goss 40'
 Attendance: 888
Referee: Iain Snedden
27 July 2024 4 Dundee 6–0 Inverness Caledonian Thistle Glebe Park, Brechin[a]
15:00
Report Attendance: 1,057
Referee: John Beaton
  1. ^ a b Relocated due to pitch work at Dens Park.[8]

Knockout stage

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Dundee were seeded in the second round as one of the three best group winners. The draw took place following the final group stage game on 28 July.

17 August 2024 Second round Dundee v Airdrieonians Dens Park, Dundee
15:00

Group D table

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Pos Team
 Pld W PW PL L GF GA GD Pts Qualification DND ANN ARB ICT BON
1 Dundee 4 4 0 0 0 18 2 +16 12 Qualification for the second round — 3–1 — 6–0 —
2 Annan Athletic 4 2 0 1 1 7 5 +2 7 — — — 1–0 2–2p
3 Arbroath 4 1 1 0 2 1 5 −4 5 0–2 0–3 — — —
4 Inverness Caledonian Thistle 4 1 0 1 2 3 7 −4 4 — — 0–0p — 3–0
5 Bonnyrigg Rose 4 0 1 0 3 3 13 −10 2 1–7 — 0–1 — —
Source: [20]
Rules for classification: 1) goal difference, 2) goals scored, 3) away goals scored, 4) matches won, 5) away matches won, 6) drawing of lots.[21]

Squad statistics

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As of 4 August 2024
No. Pos Nat Player Total Premiership Scottish Cup League Cup
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
1 GK Scotland SCO Jon McCracken 4 0 1 0 0 0 3 0
2 DF England ENG Ethan Ingram 5 1 1 0 0 0 4 1
3 DF Scotland SCO Clark Robertson 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
4 DF Wales WAL Ryan Astley 4 1 0 0 0 0 3+1 1
5 DF Republic of Ireland IRL Joe Shaughnessy 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
6 DF Scotland SCO Jordan McGhee 5 0 1 0 0 0 4 0
7 FW Scotland SCO Scott Tiffoney 5 0 0+1 0 0 0 2+2 0
8 MF Scotland SCO Josh Mulligan 5 0 0+1 0 0 0 1+3 0
9 FW England ENG Curtis Main 5 3 0+1 0 0 0 3+1 3
10 MF Scotland SCO Lyall Cameron 5 2 1 0 0 0 3+1 2
13 GK England ENG Adam Legzdins 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
15 FW Scotland SCO Simon Murray 4 5 1 0 0 0 2+1 5
17 MF Scotland SCO Luke McCowan 5 2 1 1 0 0 4 1
18 FW Scotland SCO Charlie Reilly 1 0 0 0 0 0 0+1 0
19 MF Scotland SCO Finlay Robertson 4 0 0 0 0 0 4 0
21 DF France FRA Ziyad Larkeche 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0
23 FW England ENG Seb Palmer-Houlden 4 4 1 1 0 0 1+2 3
25 DF Scotland SCO Luke Graham 3 0 1 0 0 0 1+1 0
28 MF France FRA Mohamed Sylla 5 0 1 0 0 0 4 0
29 DF Mexico MEX Antonio Portales 5 2 1 0 0 0 4 2
30 GK Scotland SCO Harrison Sharp 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
31 GK Northern Ireland NIR Trevor Carson 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
50 FW Scotland SCO Jamie Richardson 1 0 0 0 0 0 0+1 0
55 MF Scotland SCO Sebastian Lochhead 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Players who left the club during the season:
20 FW Scotland SCO Zak Rudden 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
22 DF Scotland SCO Cammy Kerr 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
24 MF Scotland SCO Max Anderson 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

Transfers

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Summer

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Winter

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See also

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References

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  2. ^ "First Pre-season Friendly announced". Dundee Football Club. 2024-05-09. Retrieved 2024-05-15.
  3. ^ "Pre-season Tour 2024". Dundee Football Club. 2024-05-16. Retrieved 2024-05-16.
  4. ^ "Dunfermline Friendly Announced". Dundee Football Club - Official Website. 2024-06-07. Retrieved 2024-06-07.
  5. ^ "Docherty signs new Dundee deal". Dundee Football Club - Official Website. 2024-06-25. Retrieved 2024-06-25.
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