2024–25 Dundee F.C. season
2024–25 season | |||
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Chairman | Tim Keyes | ||
Manager | Tony Docherty | ||
Stadium | Dens Park | ||
Scottish Premiership | TBD | ||
Scottish Cup | Fourth round | ||
League Cup | Group stage | ||
Top goalscorer | League: TBD All: Curtis Main (3) | ||
Highest home attendance | TBD | ||
Lowest home attendance | TBD | ||
Average home league attendance | TBD | ||
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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
Pre-season
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
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]
Competitions
Win Draw Loss Postponed
All times are in British Summer Time (BST).
Pre-season and friendlies
29 June 2024 Friendly | Arbroath | 1–3 | Dundee | Gayfield Park, Arbroath |
15:00 |
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Report | Attendance: 1,836 |
3 July 2024 Friendly | Baník Ostrava | 0–3 | Dundee | Stadion MKS Promień, Opalenica, Poland |
17:00 | Report |
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6 July 2024 Friendly | Lech Poznań | 1–1 | Dundee | Stadion Akademii, Wronki, Poland |
13:00 |
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Report |
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10 July 2024 Friendly | Dunfermline Athletic | 0–2 | Dundee | East End Park, Dunfermline |
19:30 | Report | Attendance: 893 Referee: Ryan Lee |
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.[7][8]
4 August 2024 1 | Dundee United | v | Dundee | Tannadice Park, Dundee |
13:30 |
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[a] |
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4 | Dundee United | 8 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 13 | 9 | +4 | 15 | Qualification for the Conference League second qualifying round |
5 | Motherwell | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 11 | 9 | +2 | 13 | |
6 | Dundee | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 13 | 14 | −1 | 9 | |
7 | Kilmarnock | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 10 | 17 | −7 | 9 | |
8 | St Mirren | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 11 | 18 | −7 | 8 |
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).[11]
Notes:
- ^ 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
Scottish Cup
Dundee will compete in the Scottish Cup and will enter the competition in the fourth round.
Scottish League Cup
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.[12] Dundee were drawn into Group D with Inverness Caledonian Thistle, Arbroath, Annan Athletic and Bonnyrigg Rose.[13][14] Due to work on the pitch at Dens Park, Dundee will play their home group stage fixtures at Glebe Park.[15]
Group stage
13 July 2024 1 | Bonnyrigg Rose | 1–7 | Dundee | New Dundas Park, Bonnyrigg |
15:00 |
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Attendance: 987 Referee: Dan McFarlane |
16 July 2024 2 | Arbroath | v | Dundee | Gayfield Park, Arbroath |
19:45 |
23 July 2024 3 | Dundee | v | Annan Athletic | Glebe Park, Brechin[a] |
19:45 |
27 July 2024 4 | Dundee | v | Inverness Caledonian Thistle | Glebe Park, Brechin[a] |
15:00 |
Group D table
Pos | Team | Pld | W | PW | PL | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | DND | ANN | ARB | ICT | BON | |
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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 | — | — |
Rules for classification: 1) goal difference, 2) goals scored, 3) away goals scored, 4) matches won, 5) away matches won, 6) drawing of lots.[17]
Squad statistics
- As of 13 July 2024
No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Total | Premiership | Scottish Cup | League Cup | ||||||
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Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||||||
1 | GK | SCO | Jon McCracken | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
2 | DF | ENG | Ethan Ingram | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
3 | DF | SCO | Clark Robertson | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
4 | DF | WAL | Ryan Astley | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | ||
5 | DF | IRL | Joe Shaughnessy | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
6 | DF | SCO | Jordan McGhee | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
7 | MF | SCO | Scott Tiffoney | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
8 | MF | SCO | Josh Mulligan | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | ||
9 | FW | ENG | Curtis Main | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | ||
10 | MF | SCO | Lyall Cameron | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | ||
13 | GK | ENG | Adam Legzdins | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
15 | FW | SCO | Simon Murray | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
17 | MF | SCO | Luke McCowan | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
18 | FW | SCO | Charlie Reilly | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | ||
19 | MF | SCO | Finlay Robertson | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
23 | FW | ENG | Seb Palmer-Houlden | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
24 | MF | SCO | Max Anderson | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
25 | DF | SCO | Luke Graham | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
28 | MF | FRA | Mohamed Sylla | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
29 | DF | MEX | Antonio Portales | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | ||
30 | GK | SCO | Harrison Sharp | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
31 | GK | NIR | Trevor Carson | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
50 | FW | SCO | Jamie Richardson | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | ||
55 | MF | SCO | Sebastian Lochhead | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Players who left the club during the season: | |||||||||||||
20 | FW | SCO | Zak Rudden | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
22 | DF | SCO | Cammy Kerr | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Transfers
Summer
Players in
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Players out
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Winter
Players in
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Players out
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See also
References
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