Dundee
2023–24 season
ChairmanTim Keyes
ManagerTony Docherty
StadiumDens Park
Scottish Premiership7th
League CupGroup stage
Scottish CupFourth round
Top goalscorerLeague: Amadou Bakayoko
& Joe Shaughnessy (4)

All: Zach Robinson (5)
Highest home attendance9,144 vs. Celtic, 26 December 2023 (Prem.)
Lowest home attendance1,940 vs. Dumbarton, 26 July 2023 (League Cup GS)
Average home league attendance6,724

The 2023–24 season is Dundee's first season back in the top flight of Scottish football since 2021–22, after winning the previous season's Scottish Championship at the first time of asking.[1] Dundee also competed in the League Cup, exiting at the group stage, and will compete in the Scottish Cup.

Season summary

Pre-season

Despite having led Dundee to the Scottish Championship title and winning the SPFL Championship Manager of the Year award, manager Gary Bowyer and his assistant Billy Barr were released by the club in May 2023 following a fallout with managing director John Nelms and technical director Gordon Strachan.[2][3] On 29 May, Dundee announced that Tony Docherty would be the new manager of the club.[4] Dundee's pre-season schedule would include a week-long camp in Ireland and playing Bray Wanderers and Fleetwood Town while there, as well as two visits to local Angus teams in Brechin City and Arbroath, followed by an away game against Cove Rangers.[5][6][7]

July

After winning all of their pre-season games, Dundee began their competitive campaign in the Scottish League Cup group stage with a gritty away win over Bonnyrigg Rose, with Zak Rudden scoring the only goal.[8] They would receive a sharp wake-up call a few days later however, losing to Scottish Championship side Airdrieonians via a late penalty after Lyall Cameron missed a penalty for Dundee earlier in the game.[9] The Dees got back to winning ways on the following Wednesday, defeating Dumbarton comfortably at home.[10] Going into their final game, Dundee knew they needed to defeat Inverness Caledonian Thistle by 2 or more goals in order to qualify over Raith Rovers for the second round. Despite managing a 1–0 win over their historical bogey team, Dundee would exit the League Cup in the group stage for the first time since the 2016–17 season via goals scored.[11]

August

On their flag-raising day returning to the top tier, Dundee would come back from behind through a Lyall Cameron goal to draw with Motherwell at a rain-drenched Dens Park.[12] A dreadful first half in Paisley however was too much to recover from the next week, and saw Dundee lose to St Mirren.[13] After a two-week hiatus, Dundee grabbed their first win of the league season at home to Hearts through a Luke McCowan chip over Zander Clark from distance.[14]

September

Despite a strong performance for most of the game, a late collapse away to St Johnstone left Dundee with a very disappointing point.[15] After the international break, a brave effort from the Dee at Celtic Park was undone by an early second half blitz from Celtic and led to a 3–0 defeat.[16] In a drama-filled game which Dundee were down a man for most of the game, Zak Rudden's late goal clinched a point at home to Kilmarnock.[17] The following week saw a very impressive defensive performance at Easter Road as they kept free-scoring Hibernian to a goalless draw.[18]

October

After three and a half weeks without a game due to international breaks and postponements caused by a waterlogged pitch and Storm Babet, Dundee played Ross County to a scoreless draw at home in a game that was plagued by rustiness from both sides.[19] After an uneventful first half and controversial second half, two late Joe Shaughnessy goals pushed Dundee past Livingston at Almondvale Stadium and into the top six.[20]

November

Dundee's unbeaten streak at home would fall apart after a mauling by Rangers in a game marred by controversial behaviour from the away supporters.[21] They would quickly rebound with a second win over Livingston in a week thanks to a beautiful free kick from Luke McCowan.[22] Dundee would then batter high-flying St Mirren in a commanding performance to rise up to 5th in the league before the international break.[23] They would return from the hiatus with a frustrating loss at home to Hibs where they failed to complete the comeback.[24]

December

For the second time in the season, an impressive Dundee away performance was undone by a last-second equaliser, this time from ten-man Motherwell.[25] An early lead at Ibrox turned into an expected defeat to Rangers, marking the third straight game Dundee failed to capitalise on having a man advantage.[26] Dundee would finally enjoy a late goal once again as captain Joe Shaughnessy snatched all 3 points away to Ross County in a game which losing manager Derek Adams controversially claimed was "one of the worst games I've ever seen."[27][28] For the second time in the season, Dundee had a game against Aberdeen postponed, this time due to a waterlogged pitch, a decision which the club fully disagreed with.[29][30] The pitch was fine however on Boxing Day with Celtic visiting, and despite keeping a clean sheet in the first half Dundee once again capitulated to a standard home defeat to the Hoops.[31] Dundee would end the year in a typically ridiculous fashion, starting brilliantly away to Kilmarnock before capitulating once more at the end, before being bailed out once again by captain Shaughnessy to take home a point.[32]

January

The new year would start with early frustrations, as Dundee lost standout loan player Owen Beck to an early recall from Liverpool, and the Dens Park drainage failed the club again the following day, leading to their match against St Johnstone being postponed.[33][34]

Competitions

  Win   Draw   Loss   Postponed

All times are in British Summer Time (BST).

Pre-season and friendlies

1 July 2023 Friendly Brechin City 1–5 Dundee Glebe Park, Brechin
15:00
  • Loudon 67'
Report
Attendance: 1,527
Referee: Andy Gamble
5 July 2023 Friendly Republic of Ireland Bray Wanderers 1–5 Dundee Carlisle Grounds, Bray, Ireland
19:30
Report
Referee: Oliver Moran (FAI)
8 July 2023 Friendly England Fleetwood Town 1–2 Dundee Waterford RSC, Waterford, Ireland
12:30 Report
12 July 2023 Friendly Arbroath 0–1 Dundee Gayfield Park, Arbroath
19:15 Report Attendance: 2,160
15 July 2023 Friendly Cove Rangers 0–1 Dundee Balmoral Stadium, Aberdeen
15:00 Report
Referee: Greg Soutar

Scottish Premiership

Dundee will play against Aberdeen, Celtic, Heart of Midlothian, Hibernian, Kilmarnock, Livingston, Motherwell, Rangers, Ross County, St Johnstone and St Mirren in the 2023–24 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.

5 August 2023 1 Dundee 1–1 Motherwell Dens Park, Dundee
15:00
Report
Attendance: 6,391
Referee: David Dickinson
12 August 2023 2 St Mirren 2–1 Dundee St Mirren Park, Paisley
15:00
Report Attendance: 6,581
Referee: Colin Steven
27 August 2023 3 Dundee 1–0 Heart of Midlothian Dens Park, Dundee
15:00
Report Attendance: 8,104
Referee: Alan Muir
2 September 2023 4 St Johnstone 2–2 Dundee McDiarmid Park, Perth
15:00
Report
Attendance: 5,935
Referee: Willie Collum
16 September 2023 5 Celtic 3–0 Dundee Celtic Park, Glasgow
15:00
Report Attendance: 58,928
Referee: Grant Irvine
23 September 2023 6 Dundee 2–2 Kilmarnock Dens Park, Dundee
15:00
Report
Attendance: 6,101
Referee: David Munro
30 September 2023 7 Hibernian 0–0 Dundee Easter Road, Edinburgh
15:00 Report Attendance: 16,793
Referee: John Beaton
24 October 2023 8* Dundee 0–0 Ross County Dens Park, Dundee
19:45 Report Attendance: 4,887
Referee: Colin Steven
Note: Initially postponed and rescheduled due to a waterlogged pitch. Original date was 7 October 2023.
28 October 2023 9 Livingston 0–2 Dundee Almondvale Stadium, Livingston
15:00
Report
Attendance: 4,210
Referee: Willie Collum
1 November 2023 10 Dundee 0–5 Rangers Dens Park, Dundee
20:45* Report
Attendance: 8,970
Referee: Kevin Clancy
Note: Game delayed a total of 1 hour due to traffic disruption and safety concerns due to flares set off by Rangers fans.
5 November 2023 11* Dundee 1–0 Livingston Dens Park, Dundee
14:00
Report Attendance: 4,769
Referee: Alan Muir
Note: Game was brought forward with the agreement of both clubs. Original date was 6 December 2023.[35]
11 November 2023 12 Dundee 4–0 St Mirren Dens Park, Dundee
15:00
Report Attendance: 5,496
Referee: Matthew MacDermid
25 November 2023 13 Dundee 1–2 Hibernian Dens Park, Dundee
15:00
Report
Attendance: 6,652
Referee: Don Robertson
2 December 2023 14 Motherwell 3–3 Dundee Fir Park, Motherwell
15:00
Report
Attendance: 4,239
Referee: Iain Snedden
9 December 2023 15 Rangers 3–1 Dundee Ibrox Stadium, Glasgow
15:00
Report Attendance: 47,229
Referee: Kevin Clancy
16 December 2023 16 Ross County 0–1 Dundee Victoria Park, Dingwall
15:00 Report Shaughnessy 90+7' Attendance: 4,014
Referee: Colin Steven
26 December 2023 17 Dundee 0–3 Celtic Dens Park, Dundee
15:00 Report
Attendance: 9,144
Referee: Don Robertson
30 December 2023 18 Kilmarnock 2–2 Dundee Rugby Park, Kilmarnock
15:00
Report
Attendance: 5,780
Referee: David Dickinson
23 January 2024 19* Heart of Midlothian v Dundee Tynecastle Park, Edinburgh
19:45
Note: Initially postponed and rescheduled due to conflict with Hearts' Scottish League Cup tie. Original date was 4 November 2023.[36]
For upcoming Scottish Premiership fixtures, see the official Dundee F.C. website

League table

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation[lower-alpha 1]
5 St Mirren 22 8 5 9 24 28 4 29
6 Hibernian 20 6 7 7 26 29 3 25
7 Dundee 18 5 7 6 22 28 6 22
8 Aberdeen 18 6 4 8 22 29 7 22
9 Motherwell 21 4 8 9 25 34 9 20
Updated to match(es) played on 2 January 2024. Source: [37][38]
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).[39]
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).

Results by round

Round12345678910111213141516171819
GroundHAHAAHAHAHHHHAAAHAA
ResultDLWDLDDDWLWWLDLWLD
Position5866999105965767777
Source: Competitive matches
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Scottish Cup

Dundee will compete in the Scottish Cup, entering in the fourth round.

20 January 2024 Fourth round Kilmarnock v Dundee Rugby Park, Kilmarnock
15:00

Scottish League Cup

Dundee will be a top seed in the group stage draw that will take place on 8 June 2023 at 13:00 on Viaplay and the SPFL's YouTube channel.[40] Dundee were drawn into Group E along with Inverness Caledonian Thistle, Airdrieonians, Dumbarton and Bonnyrigg Rose.[41][42]

Group stage

18 July 2023 1 Bonnyrigg Rose 0–1 Dundee New Dundas Park, Bonnyrigg
19:45 Report
Attendance: 1,555
Referee: Peter Stuart
22 July 2023 2 Airdrieonians 1–0 Dundee Excelsior Stadium, Airdrie
15:00
Report Attendance: 1,489
Referee: Colin Steven
26 July 2023 3 Dundee 3–1 Dumbarton Dens Park, Dundee
19:45
Report
Attendance: 1,940
Referee: Willie Collum
30 July 2023 4 Dundee 1–0 Inverness Caledonian Thistle Dens Park, Dundee
15:00 Report Attendance: 2,337
Referee: John Beaton

Group E table

Pos Team Pld W PW PL L GF GA GD Pts Qualification AIR DND DUM ICT BON
1 Airdrieonians 4 4 0 0 0 7 2 +5 12 Qualification for the second round 1–0 2–0
2 Dundee 4 3 0 0 1 5 2 +3 9 3–1 1–0
3 Dumbarton 4 1 1 0 2 3 6 3 5 2–1 p0–0
4 Inverness Caledonian Thistle 4 1 0 0 3 5 7 2 3 2–3 2–1
5 Bonnyrigg Rose 4 0 0 1 3 1 4 3 1 0–1 0–1
Source: [43]
Rules for classification: 1) goal difference, 2) goals scored, 3) away goals scored, 4) matches won, 5) away matches won, 6) drawing of lots.[44]

Squad statistics

As of 1 January 2024
No. Pos Nat Player TotalPremiershipScottish CupLeague Cup
AppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
1 GK England ENG Adam Legzdins 10000010
2 DF Scotland SCO Cammy Kerr 1204+600020
5 DF Republic of Ireland IRL Joe Shaughnessy 2241840040
6 DF Scotland SCO Jordan McGhee 180150002+10
7 MF Scotland SCO Scott Tiffoney 1615+710040
9 FW Sierra Leone SLE Amadou Bakayoko 19417+14000+10
10 MF Scotland SCO Lyall Cameron 18211+32002+20
11 FW Mexico MEX Diego Pineda 610+30002+11
12 DF Scotland SCO Ricki Lamie 1111110000
14 DF Scotland SCO Lee Ashcroft 60200040
15 MF Scotland SCO Josh Mulligan 1113+41003+10
16 FW England ENG Zach Robinson 1657+620033
17 MF Scotland SCO Luke McCowan 213183002+10
18 MF Scotland SCO Charlie Reilly 600+600000
19 MF Scotland SCO Finlay Robertson 1004+30000+30
20 FW Scotland SCO Zak Rudden 1639+520021
21 MF Wales WAL Ryan Howley 902+700000
23 MF England ENG Malachi Boateng 22016+20003+10
25 DF Northern Ireland NIR Aaron Donnelly 807+100000
28 MF France FRA Mohamed Sylla 804+400000
29 DF Mexico MEX Antonio Portales 1201000020
31 GK Northern Ireland NIR Trevor Carson 1701700000
44 MF Republic of Ireland IRL Dara Costelloe 00000000
Players away from the club on loan:
4 DF England ENG Tyler French 00000000
8 MF Scotland SCO Shaun Byrne 00000000
24 MF Scotland SCO Max Anderson 10000010
30 GK Scotland SCO Harrison Sharp 00000000
33 DF Scotland SCO Jack Wilkie 10000010
45 DF Scotland SCO Luke Graham 00000000
48 MF Scotland SCO Callum Lamb 00000000
Players who left the club during the season:
3 DF Wales WAL Owen Beck 2021720030
22 GK Scotland SCO Jon McCracken 40100030
32 MF England ENG Marcel Lewis 00000000

Transfers

Summer

Winter

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