2013–14 Dundee United F.C. season

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Dundee United
2013–14 season
ChairmanStephen Thompson
ManagerJackie McNamara
StadiumTannadice Park
PremiershipFourth place
League CupQuarter-final
Scottish CupRunners-up
Top goalscorerLeague: Nadir Çiftçi (11)
All: Nadir Çiftçi (17)
Highest home attendance12,601 vs. Aberdeen
Premiership
1 January 2014
Lowest home attendance3,778 vs. Partick Thistle
League Cup
25 September 2013
Average home league attendance7,599

The 2013–14 season is the club's 105th season, having been founded as Dundee Hibernian in 1909 and their first season in the Scottish Premiership. United will also compete in the League Cup and the Scottish Cup.

Results & fixtures[edit]

  Win   Draw   Loss   Postponed

Pre season[edit]

7 July 2013[1] Friendly Germany Union Berlin 4 – 1 Dundee United Stadion An der Alten Försterei
19:00 Nemec 30', 37'
Skrzybski 63'
Terodde 69'
Report Graham 71' Attendance: 4,118
19 July 2013 Friendly Spain San Roque 3 – 1 Dundee United Estadio Manolo Mesa
19:00 Koue 9' (Own goal)
Walker 12'
Juanjo 25'
Report Goodwillie 40' Attendance: 100
24 July 2013 Friendly Dunfermline Athletic 1 – 3 Dundee United East End Park
19:30 Faulkingham 11' Report Gauld 22'
Goodwillie 52'
Dow 58'
Attendance: 1,830
Man of the Match: Ryan Gauld
27 July 2013[3] Friendly England Wigan Athletic 0 – 1 Dundee United DW Stadium
15:00 Çiftçi 52' Attendance: 3,838
Referee: Darren Bond

Scottish Premiership[edit]

31 August 2013 Scottish Premiership Dundee United 0 – 1 Celtic Tannadice Park
12:45 BBC Report Stokes 87' Attendance: 10,586
Referee: Crawford Allan
15 September 2013 Scottish Premiership Ross County 2 – 4 Dundee United Victoria Park
12:45 Sproule 72'
Quinn 77'
BBC Report Mackay-Steven 18' (pen.)
Armstrong 20'
Gauld 40'
Çiftçi 65'
Attendance: 3,005
Referee: Brian Colvin
19 October 2013 Scottish Premiership Aberdeen 1 – 0 Dundee United Pittodrie Stadium
15:00 Zola 54' BBC Report Attendance: 12,654
Referee: Bobby Madden
26 October 2013 Scottish Premiership Dundee United 4 – 0 St Mirren Tannadice Park
15:00 Çiftçi 27', 34 pen'
Gauld 59'
Erskine 83'
BBC Report Attendance: 6,331
Referee: Iain Brines
2 November 2013 Scottish Premiership Celtic 1 – 1 Dundee United Celtic Park
15:00 Mulgrew 90' BBC Report Armstrong 38' Attendance: 47,386
Referee: Alan Muir
9 November 2013 Scottish Premiership Motherwell 0 – 4 Dundee United Fir Park
15:00 BBC Report Gauld 16', 64'
Paton 19'
Robertson 90'
Attendance: 5,103
Referee: Steven McLean
26 December 2013 Scottish Premiership St Mirren 4 – 1 Dundee United St Mirren Park
15:00 Thompson 12', 88'
McGinn 35'
Naismith 71'
BBC Report Ciftci 36'
Watson Red card 70'
Attendance: 4,780
Referee: Madden
29 December 2013 Scottish Premiership St Johnstone 3 – 0 Dundee United McDiarmid Park
May 20' (pen), 57', 87' BBC Report Butcher Red card 20' Attendance: 7,231
Referee: Finnie
1 January 2014 Scottish Premiership Dundee United 1 – 2 Aberdeen Tannadice Park
Souttar 51' BBC Report Robson 64' (pen)
Pawlett 91'
Attendance: 12,601
Referee: Collum
5 January 2014 Scottish Premiership Dundee United 2 – 2 Hibernian Tannadice Park
Goodwillie 83'
Graham 90'
BBC Report Craig 38', 61' (pen) Attendance: 7,862
Referee: Steven McLean
21 February 2014 Scottish Premiership Dundee United 3 – 1 Motherwell Tannadice Park
19:45 Dow 22'
Gunning 42', 47'
BBC Report Sutton 57' (pen) Attendance: 7,029
Referee: Madden
26 April 2014 Scottish Premiership Dundee United 5 – 1 Motherwell Tannadice Park
15:00 Çiftçi 8', 41'
Armstrong 61'
Dow 72'
Graham 81'
BBC Report Ainsworth 88' Attendance: 6,383
Referee: McLean
6 May 2014 Scottish Premiership Dundee United 1 – 3 Aberdeen Tannadice Park
19:45 Dillon 34' BBC Report Vernon 7', 55', 76' Attendance: 8,677
Referee: Murray
11 May 2014 Scottish Premiership Celtic 3 – 1 Dundee United Celtic Park
12:15 Stokes 64'
Samaras 76' (pen.)
Commons 82'
BBC Report Twardzik 79' (o.g.) Attendance: 52,400
Referee: Collum

Scottish League Cup[edit]

Dundee United entered the competition in the second round and were drawn against Scottish Championship side Dumbarton.[4] They won the tie 3-2 and progressed to face fellow Scottish Premiership team Partick Thistle in the third round.[5] They defeated Partick Thistle 4–1 with David Goodwillie scoring a hat-trick but then lost to Inverness Caledonian Thistle in the quarter-finals.

28 August 2013 Round 2 Dumbarton 2 – 3 Dundee United The Bet Butler Stadium
19:45 Smith 34'
Megginson 87'
BBC Report Çiftçi 69', 89'
Gauld 77'
Attendance: 1,045
Referee: Alan Muir
25 September 2013 Round 3 Dundee United 4 – 1 Partick Thistle Tannadice Park
19:45 Goodwillie 33', 45', 90'
Dow 87'
BBC Report Elliott 89' Attendance: 3,778
Referee: Calum Murray

Scottish Cup[edit]

Dundee United entered the Scottish Cup in the fourth round and came from behind to defeat Kilmarnock 5–2 to progress to the next stage. They followed this up with wins against St Mirren and Inverness Caledonian Thistle to reach the semi-finals. They were drawn to face Rangers at Ibrox as the usual venue, Hampden Park, was being redeveloped for the 2014 Commonwealth Games.[6] United were unhappy with this as they felt the game should be played a neutral venue, as is usually the case for semi-finals, but their request to move the game elsewhere was rejected.[7] In spite of this, United went on to win 3-1 and faced St Johnstone in the final. Demand for tickets was high with over 28,000 being sold,[8] but the large support was ultimately left disappointed as United lost 2–0.

29 November 2013 Round 4 Dundee United 5 – 2 Kilmarnock Tannadice Park
19:45 Robertson 27', 76'
Armstrong 64'
Graham 82' (pen.)
Mackay-Steven 84'
BBC Report Barr 48'
Johnston 50'
Attendance: 6,979
Referee: Calum Murray
9 February 2014 Round 5 Dundee United 2 – 1 St Mirren Tannadice Park
12:00 Gauld 21'
Çiftçi 51'
BBC Report McLean 26' (pen) Attendance: 4,952
Referee: Craig Thomson
12 April 2014 Semi Final Rangers 1 – 3 Dundee United Ibrox Stadium
12:45 Smith 42' BBC Report Armstrong 23'
Mackay-Steven 36'
Çiftçi 83'
Attendance: 41,059
Referee: Madden
17 May 2014 Final Dundee United 0 – 2 St Johnstone Celtic Park
15:00 BBC Report Anderson 45+1'
MacLean 84'
Attendance: 47,345
Referee: Craig Thomson

Player statistics[edit]

Squad information[edit]

Last updated 6 June 2014[9][10]
No. Pos Nat Player Total Premiership League Cup Scottish Cup
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
1 GK Poland POL Radosław Cierzniak 45 0 37+0 0 3+0 0 5+0 0
2 DF Republic of Ireland IRL Sean Dillon 27 1 22+1 1 2+0 0 2+0 0
3 DF Australia AUS Curtis Good 5 1 4+0 1 0+0 0 1+0 0
4 DF England ENG Calum Butcher 9 0 6+0 0 2+1 0 0+0 0
5 DF Republic of Ireland IRL Gavin Gunning 33 4 26+1 3 2+0 0 4+0 1
6 MF Scotland SCO Paul Paton 45 2 36+1 2 3+0 0 5+0 0
7 FW Scotland SCO David Goodwillie 22 6 10+9 3 2+0 3 0+1 0
8 MF Scotland SCO John Rankin 43 2 35+0 2 3+0 0 5+0 0
9 FW Scotland SCO Brian Graham 36 7 12+18 6 2+1 0 0+3 1
10 MF Scotland SCO Stuart Armstrong 43 11 32+4 8 2+0 0 5+0 3
11 MF Scotland SCO Gary Mackay-Steven 41 10 27+8 7 1+0 0 5+0 3
12 DF Scotland SCO Keith Watson 29 4 24+1 3 1+0 1 2+1 0
14 MF Scotland SCO Mark Millar 1 0 0+0 0 0+1 0 0+0 0
15 FW Scotland SCO Michael Gardyne 0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
16 DF Scotland SCO Mark Wilson 19 0 14+0 0 2+0 0 3+0 0
17 MF Scotland SCO Chris Erskine 9 1 4+4 1 0+1 0 0+0 0
18 FW Scotland SCO Ryan Dow 31 4 16+10 3 0+1 1 2+2 0
19 MF Scotland SCO Ryan Gauld 38 8 21+10 6 2+1 1 3+1 1
20 DF Scotland SCO John Souttar 27 1 21+1 1 1+1 0 3+0 0
21 FW Turkey TUR Nadir Çiftçi 40 17 27+5 11 2+1 2 5+0 4
23 FW Scotland SCO Dale Hilson 0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
25 GK Scotland SCO Marc McCallum 1 0 1+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
26 DF Scotland SCO Andrew Robertson 44 5 36+0 3 3+0 0 5+0 2
27 MF Senegal SEN Morgaro Gomis 21 0 5+11 0 0+1 0 0+4 0
28 FW England ENG Kudus Oyenuga 1 0 0+1 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
29 FW France FRA Farid El Alagui 15 3 4+9 3 0+0 0 0+2 0
37 MF Scotland SCO Scott Smith 2 0 0+2 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
39 FW Scotland SCO Aidan Connolly 2 0 0+2 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
40 MF Scotland SCO Darren Petrie 0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
41 MF Scotland SCO Scott Fraser 1 0 0+1 0 0+0 0 0+0 0

Disciplinary record[edit]

Includes all competitive matches.

Last updated 6 June 2014
Number Nation Position Name Premiership League Cup Scottish Cup Total
Yellow card Red card Yellow card Red card Yellow card Red card Yellow card Red card
1 Poland GK Radosław Cierzniak 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
2 Republic of Ireland DF Sean Dillon 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0
3 Australia DF Curtis Good 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
4 England DF Calum Butcher 2 1 0 0 0 0 2 1
5 Republic of Ireland DF Gavin Gunning 4 1 1 0 2 0 7 1
6 Scotland MF Paul Paton 5 0 2 0 1 0 8 0
8 Scotland MF John Rankin 3 0 1 0 1 0 5 0
9 Scotland FW Brian Graham 0 0 2 0 0 0 2 0
10 Scotland MF Stuart Armstrong 3 0 0 0 1 0 4 0
11 Scotland MF Gary Mackay-Steven 3 0 1 0 1 0 5 0
12 Scotland DF Keith Watson 2 1 0 0 0 0 2 1
16 Scotland DF Mark Wilson 5 0 0 0 1 0 6 0
17 Scotland MF Chris Erskine 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
18 Scotland FW Ryan Dow 3 0 0 0 0 0 3 0
19 Scotland MF Ryan Gauld 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
20 Scotland DF John Souttar 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
21 Turkey FW Nadir Çiftçi 6 0 0 1 2 0 8 1
26 Scotland DF Andrew Robertson 6 0 1 0 1 0 8 0
27 Senegal MF Morgaro Gomis 2 0 1 0 0 0 3 0

Team statistics[edit]

League table[edit]

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Celtic (C) 38 31 6 1 102 25 +77 99 Qualification for the Champions League second qualifying round
2 Motherwell 38 22 4 12 64 60 +4 70 Qualification for the Europa League second qualifying round
3 Aberdeen 38 20 8 10 53 38 +15 68 Qualification for the Europa League first qualifying round
4 Dundee United 38 16 10 12 65 50 +15 58
5 Inverness Caledonian Thistle 38 16 9 13 44 44 0 57
6 St Johnstone 38 15 8 15 48 42 +6 53 Qualification for the Europa League second qualifying round[a]
7 Ross County 38 11 7 20 44 62 −18 40
8 St Mirren 38 10 9 19 39 58 −19 39
9 Kilmarnock 38 11 6 21 45 66 −21 39
10 Partick Thistle 38 8 14 16 46 65 −19 38
11 Hibernian (R) 38 8 11 19 31 51 −20 35 Qualification for the Premiership play-off final
12 Heart of Midlothian (R) 38 10 8 20 45 65 −20 23[b] Relegation to the Championship
Source: SPFL Archive
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) Champions; (R) Relegated
Notes:
  1. ^ St Johnstone, as winners of the 2013–14 Scottish Cup, qualified for the Europa League second qualifying round.
  2. ^ Heart of Midlothian were deducted 15 points for entering administration


Division summary[edit]

Round1234567891011121314151617181920212223242526272829303132333435363738
GroundAHAHHAHAHAHAAHHAHAAAHAAAHHAHHAHAHAHAHA
ResultDLDWLWDDWLWDWWWWWLLLDDLDWWWLWWWDLLWDLL
Position68867566665664332455445544444444444444
Updated to match(es) played on 6 June 2014. Source: [11]
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Transfers[edit]

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