2018–19 Dundee F.C. season

Dundee
2018–19 season
Chairman	Tim Keyes
Manager	Neil McCann
Stadium	Dens Park
League Cup	Second round
Top goalscorer	League: 5 players (1); All: 3 players (2)
Highest home attendance	7,581 vs Aberdeen
Lowest home attendance	2,058 vs Brechin City
	← 2017–18

The 2018–19 season is Dundee's fifth consecutive season in the top flight of Scottish football since their promotion at the end of the 2013–14 season.^[1]^[2] Dundee will also compete in the League Cup and the Scottish Cup.

Season Summary

Dundee player Paul McGowan admitted in court to spitting on a bouncer after leaving a nightclub after the previous seasons awards.^[3]

Dens manager Neil McCann admitted there was "No positives" to take from the defeat in their second League Cup group match to Dunfermline Athletic in which they lost 1–0.^[4]

Dundee were knocked out of the Second Round of the League Cup by Ayr United with manager Neil McCann saying the "3-0 scoreline probably flattered us."^[5]

Neil McCann said it was a "sore one to take" after Dundee's loss against Hibernian, their sixth straight league loss leaving them pointless at the bottom of the league.^[6]

Competitions

Premiership

4 August 2018 1	St Mirren	2–1	Dundee	St Mirren Park, Paisley
15:00	Mullen 8', 83'	Report	Ngwatala 12'	Attendance: 5,470 Referee: Alan Muir

11 August 2018 2	Dundee	0–1	Aberdeen	Dens Park, Dundee
15:00		Report	Mackay-Steven 74' (pen)	Attendance: 7,581 Referee: Bobby Madden

25 August 2018 3	St Johnstone	1–0	Dundee	McDiarmid Park, Perth
15:00	Watt 51'	Report		Attendance: 4,259 Referee: Steven McLean

1 September 2018 4	Dundee	1–3	Motherwell	Dens Park, Dundee
15:00	Källman 71'	Report	Johnson 56' Bigirimana 68' Campbell 86'	Attendance: 5,137 Referee: Gavin Duncan

15 September 2018 5	Rangers	4–0	Dundee	Ibrox Stadium, Glasgow
15:00	Coulibaly 4' Kent 14' Tavernier 45+3' (pen) Middleton 83'	Report	K. Miller 79'	Attendance: 50,130 Referee: Kevin Clancy

22 September 2018 6	Dundee	0–3	Hibernian	Dens Park, Dundee
15:00		Report	Kamberi 51' Boyle 54' Agyepong 88'	Attendance: 6,076 Referee: Andrew Dallas

29 September 2018 7	Hamilton Academical	0–2	Dundee	New Douglas Park, Hamilton
15:00		Report	Boyle 38' Madianga 90+3'	Attendance: 1,788 Referee: Willie Collum

6 October 2018 8	Dundee	1–2	Kilmarnock	Dens Park, Dundee
15:00	Nabi 10'	Report	Boyle 17' (o.g.) Brophy 54' (pen)	Attendance: 5,158 Referee: Steven McLean

20 October 2018 9	Livingston	v	Dundee	Tony Macaroni Arena, Livingston
15:00

Scottish Cup

League Cup

14 July 2018 Group D^[7]	Stirling Albion	0–4	Dundee	Forthbank Stadium, Stirling
15:00		Report	Moussa 39', 57' Mendy 63' Wighton 69'	Attendance: 1,400 Referee: Gavin Ross

22 July 2018 Group D	Dundee	0–1	Dunfermline Athletic	Dens Park, Dundee
15:00		Report	Longridge 2'	Attendance: 2,870 Referee: Bobby Madden

25 July 2018 Group D	Peterhead	0–2	Dundee	Balmoor Stadium, Peterhead
		Report	Madianga 49' Mendy 90+3'	Attendance: 934 Referee: Euan Anderson

28 July 2018 Group D	Dundee	2–0	Brechin City	Dens Park, Dundee
	Spence 11' McGowan 59'	Report	Tapping 90+4'	Attendance: 2,058 Referee: Kevin Clancy

18 August 2018 Second round	Dundee	0–3	Ayr United	Dens Park, Dundee
	Moussa 77' Kusunga 90'	Report	Shankland 51', 86' Moffat 89'	Attendance: 3,151 Referee: John Beaton

Squad statistics

Appearances

As of 6 October 2018

No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Total		Premiership		Scottish Cup		League Cup
No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
1	GK	SCO	Jack Hamilton	7	0	4	0	0	0	3	0
2	DF	SCO	Cammy Kerr	11	0	6+1	0	0	0	4	0
3	DF	ENG	Nathan Ralph	6	0	2	0	0	0	3+1	0
4	DF	ENG	Steven Caulker	5	0	2	0	0	0	2+1	0
5	DF	ANG	Genseric Kusunga	6	0	2+1	0	0	0	3	0
6	DF	IRL	Darren O'Dea	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0
7	MF	ENG	Roarie Deacon	1	0	0+1	0	0	0	0	0
8	MF	FIN	Glen Kamara (c)	6	0	4	0	0	0	1+1	0
9	FW	TUN	Sofien Moussa	8	2	2+2	0	0	0	3+1	2
10	MF	FRA	Elton Ngwatala	12	1	6+1	1	0	0	5	0
11	FW	SEN	Jean Alassane Mendy	10	2	3+2	0	0	0	5	2
12	GK	ENG	Elliot Parish	6	0	4	0	0	0	2	0
14	FW	ENG	Adil Nabi	8	1	5+2	1	0	0	1	0
15	DF	ENG	Ryan Inniss	4	0	3+1	0	0	0	0	0
17	DF	SCO	Calvin Miller	5	0	4+1	0	0	0	0	0
18	MF	SCO	Paul McGowan	10	1	6	0	0	0	4	1
19	MF	FIN	Benjamin Källman	7	1	5+1	1	0	0	0+1	0
20	FW	SCO	Kenny Miller	3	0	3	0	0	0	0	0
22	MF	FRA	Kharl Madianga	13	2	8	1	0	0	4+1	1
23	DF	IRL	Andy Boyle	4	1	4	1	0	0	0	0
24	DF	ENG	Josh Meekings	9	0	4	0	0	0	5	0
27	MF	AUS	Jesse Curran	12	0	5+2	0	0	0	3+2	0
28	FW	SCO	Lewis Spence	9	1	5	0	0	0	4	1
43	DF	SCO	Brian Rice	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
45	MF	SCO	Callum Moore	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
46	FW	SCO	Matthew Henvey	3	0	0+1	0	0	0	0+2	0
47	MF	ENG	Jack Lambert	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
55	MF	SCO	Cameron Dow	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Players who left the club during the season:
20	FW	MAR	Faissal El Bakhtaoui	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
21	MF	ENG	James Vincent	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
25	DF	WAL	Daniel Jefferies	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
29	FW	CAN	Marcus Haber	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
33	FW	SCO	Craig Wighton	8	1	0+3	0	0	0	4+1	1
34	DF	SCO	Kerr Waddell	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
35	MF	ENG	Cedwyn Scott	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
36	GK	SCO	Kyle Gourlay	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
38	GK	ENG	Calum Ferrie	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

Goal scorers

As of match played 6 October 2018

Ranking	Nation	Number	Name	Scottish Premiership	Scottish League Cup	Total
1	FW	9	Sofien Moussa	0	2	2
	FW	11	Jean Alassane Mendy	0	2	2
	MF	22	Kharl Madianga	1	1	2
3	MF	10	Elton Ngwatala	1	0	1
	FW	14	Adil Nabi	1	0	1
	MF	18	Paul McGowan	0	1	1
	MF	19	Benjamin Källman	1	0	1
	DF	23	Andy Boyle	1	0	1
	FW	28	Lewis Spence	0	1	1
	FW	33	Craig Wighton	0	1	1
TOTALS				5	8	13

Club statistics

League table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation^[a]
8	Motherwell	38	15	6	17	46	56	−10	51
9	Livingston	38	11	11	16	42	44	−2	44
10	Hamilton Academical	38	9	6	23	28	75	−47	33
11	St Mirren (O)	38	8	8	22	34	66	−32	32	Qualification for the Premiership play-off final
12	Dundee (R)	38	5	6	27	31	78	−47	21	Relegation to the Championship

Source: Soccerway BBC
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored; 4) Play-off (only if deciding champion, UEFA competitions qualification and second stage group allocation).^[8]
(O) Play-off winners; (R) Relegated
Notes:

^ Teams play each other three times (33 matches), before the league is split into two groups (the top six and the bottom six).

Group D Table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	PW	PL	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification	DNF	DND	BRE	STI	PET
1	Dunfermline Athletic (Q)	4	4	0	0	0	14	2	+12	12	Qualification for the Second round	—	—	—	3–1	3–0
2	Dundee (Q)	4	3	0	0	1	8	1	+7	9	Qualification for the Second round	0–1	—	2–0	—	—
3	Brechin City	4	1	0	1	2	3	10	−7	4		1–7	—	—	—	0–0p
4	Stirling Albion	4	1	0	0	3	4	9	−5	3		—	0–4	1–2	—	—
5	Peterhead	4	0	1	0	3	0	7	−7	2		—	0–2	—	0–2	—

Source: ^[9]
Rules for classification: 1) goal difference, 2) goals scored, 3) away goals scored, 4) matches won, 5) away matches won, 6) drawing of lots.^[10]
(Q) Qualified to the phase indicated

Results by round

Round	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9
Ground	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A
Result	L	L	L	L	L	L	W	L
Position	8	11	12	12	12	12	12	12

Source: See results
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Notes

References

^ "Dundee promoted to SPFL after nervous final day". skysports.com. Sky Sports. 3 May 2014. Retrieved 27 June 2018.
^ "Dundee relegated from Scottish Premier League after draw with Aberdeen". telegraph.co.uk. The Telegraph. 5 May 2013. Retrieved 27 June 2018.
^ "Dundee FC player admits spitting on bouncer". BBC News Scotland. 16 July 2018. Retrieved 22 July 2018.
^ "Dundee 0–1 Dunfermline Athletic". BBC Sport. 22 July 2018.
^ "Shankland scores twice as Ayr shock nine-man Dundee". BBC Sport. 18 August 2018.
^ "Neil McCann: Dundee plight 'sore to take', Hibs deliver 'complete performances'". BBC Sport. 22 September 2018.
^ "Betfred Cup group stage fixtures". spfl.co.uk.
^ "Premiership 2018/2019 - Season rules". Scoresway. Retrieved 28 February 2019.
^ "Summary - League Cup Group D". Soccerway. Retrieved 4 August 2019.
^ "Format". SPFL. Retrieved 15 June 2017.

[8] Teams play each other three times (33 matches), before the league is split into two groups (the top six and the bottom six).

[1] "Dundee promoted to SPFL after nervous final day". skysports.com. Sky Sports. 3 May 2014. Retrieved 27 June 2018.

[2] "Dundee relegated from Scottish Premier League after draw with Aberdeen". telegraph.co.uk. The Telegraph. 5 May 2013. Retrieved 27 June 2018.

[3] "Dundee FC player admits spitting on bouncer". BBC News Scotland. 16 July 2018. Retrieved 22 July 2018.

[4] "Dundee 0–1 Dunfermline Athletic". BBC Sport. 22 July 2018.

[5] "Shankland scores twice as Ayr shock nine-man Dundee". BBC Sport. 18 August 2018.

[6] "Neil McCann: Dundee plight 'sore to take', Hibs deliver 'complete performances'". BBC Sport. 22 September 2018.

[7] "Betfred Cup group stage fixtures". spfl.co.uk.

[9] "Premiership 2018/2019 - Season rules". Scoresway. Retrieved 28 February 2019.

[10] "Summary - League Cup Group D". Soccerway. Retrieved 4 August 2019.

[11] "Format". SPFL. Retrieved 15 June 2017.

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