2021–22 Dundee United F.C. season

Dundee United
2021–22 season
Chairman	Mark Ogren
Manager	Tam Courts
Stadium	Tannadice Park
Scottish Premiership	4th
Scottish Cup	Quarter-finals
Scottish League Cup	Quarter-finals
Top goalscorer	League: Nicky Clark (8); All: Nicky Clark (9)
Highest home attendance	12,806 vs. Dundee, Premiership, 19 September 2021
Lowest home attendance	500 vs. Elgin City, League Cup, 14 July 2021
Average home league attendance	6,500
Home colours	Away colours
	← 2020–21 2022–23 →

The 2021–22 season was Dundee United's 113th season. It was their second season back in the Scottish Premiership, having been promoted from the Scottish Championship at the end of the 2019–20 season. The club also competed in the League Cup and Scottish Cup.

Season summary

United finished their opening season back in the Scottish Premiership in 9th-place.^[1] On 25 May 2021, it was reported that manager Micky Mellon had left the club by mutual consent,^[2] and Tam Courts was appointed in June 2021.^[3]

Competitions

Results and fixtures

Win Draw Loss Postponed

Pre-season and friendlies

30 June 2021 Friendly	Dundee United	1–1	Cowdenbeath	Dundee
	Shankland 33'	Report	Shankland 38'

3 July 2021 Friendly	Brechin City	1–4	Dundee United	Brechin
		Report	Clark Pawlett	Stadium: Glebe Park

Scottish Premiership

1 August 2021 1	Aberdeen	2–0	Dundee United	Pittodrie Stadium
15:00 BST	Hayes 27' Ramírez 51'	Report		Attendance: 6,305 Referee: Alan Muir

7 August 2021 2	Dundee United	1–0	Rangers	Tannadice Park
15:00 BST	Robson 64'	Report		Attendance: 4,600 Referee: Don Robertson

22 August 2021 3	St Johnstone	0–1	Dundee United	McDiarmid Park
15:00 BST		Report	Pawlett 60' 78'	Attendance: 5,716 Referee: Don Robertson

28 August 2021 4	Dundee United	0–2	Heart of Midlothian	Tannadice Park
15:00 BST		Report	Boyce 45+1' Gnanduillet 90'	Attendance: 9,234 Referee: Greg Aitken

11 September 2021 5	St Mirren	0–0	Dundee United	St Mirren Park
15:00 BST		Report		Attendance: 4,894 Referee: Colin Steven

19 September 2021 6	Dundee United	1–0	Dundee	Tannadice Park
15:00 BST		Report		Attendance: 12,806 Referee: John Beaton

26 September 2021 7	Celtic	1–1	Dundee United	Celtic Park
15:00 BST	Abada 16'	Report	Harkes 18'	Referee: Kevin Clancy

2 October 2021 8	Dundee United	1–0	Ross County	Tannadice Park
15:00 BST	Niskanen 31'	Report		Attendance: 6,548 Referee: Don Robertson

16 October 2021 9	Hibernian	0–3	Dundee United	Easter Road
15:00 BST		Report	Clark 44' Edwards 52' Freeman 74'	Attendance: 15,114 Referee: Alan Muir

23 October 2021 10	Dundee United	2–1	Motherwell	Tannadice Park
15:00 BST	Edwards 35' Mulgrew 77'	Report	Watt 70 pen.'	Attendance: 6,854 Referee: Kevin Clancy

28 October 2021 11	Livingston	1–1	Dundee United	Almondvale Stadium
15:00 BST	Clark 36 o.g.' Williamson 45+1'	Report	Pawlett 43'	Attendance: 2,586 Referee: Colin Steven

30 October 2021 12	Dundee United	0–1	St Johnstone	Tannadice Park
15:00 BST		Report	Crawford 17'	Attendance: 7,580 Referee: Grant Irvine

6 November 2021 13	Heart of Midlothian	5–2	Dundee United	Tynecastle Park
15:00 BST	Woodburn 22', 50' Cochrane 25' Kingsley 76' McEneff 86'	Report	Clark 34' Edwards 62'	Attendance: 18,129 Referee: John Beaton

20 November 2021 14	Dundee United	1–0	Aberdeen	Tannadice Park
15:00 BST	Butcher 42' Harkes 80'	Report	Ojo 45'	Attendance: 10,500 Referee: Bobby Madden

27 November 2021 15	Ross County	1–1	Dundee United	Victoria Park
15:00 BST	Clarke 75' Baldwin 90+3'	Report	Appéré 49'	Attendance: 3,214 Referee: Greg Aitken

30 November 2021 16	Motherwell	1–0	Dundee United	Fir Park
19:45 BST	Watt 12' Maguire 82'	Report		Attendance: 4,287 Referee: Steven McLean

5 December 2021 17	Dundee United	0–3	Celtic	Tannadice Park
12:30 BST		Report	Rogic 19' Turnbull 40' Scales 81'	Attendance: 8,311 Referee: Don Robertson

11 December 2021 18	Dundee United	0–1	Livingston	Tannadice Park
15:00 BST		Report	Obileye 66 pen.'	Attendance: 4,552 Referee: Gavin Duncan

18 December 2021 19	Rangers	1–0	Dundee United	Ibrox Stadium
15:00 BST	Tavernier 71 pen.'	Report		Attendance: 49,252 Referee: Alan Muir

26 December 2021 20	Dundee United	1–3	Hibernian	Tannadice Park
15:00 BST	Glass 90'	Report	Nisbet 38' Cadden 78' Murphy 90+3'	Attendance: 500 Referee: William Collum

18 January 2022 21	Dundee United	1–2	St Mirren	Tannadice Park
19:45 BST	Power 73 o.g.'	Report	Henderson 15' Brophy 60'	Attendance: 4,978 Referee: Alan Muir

26 January 2022 22	Dundee United	2–1	Ross County	Tannadice Park
19:45 BST	Clark 74 pen.', 90+1'	Report	Charles-Cook 53'	Attendance: 4,519 Referee: David Munro

29 January 2022 23	Celtic	1–0	Dundee United	Celtic Park
15:00 BST	Bitton 81' Abada 90'	Report		Attendance: 58,188 Referee: Euan Anderson

1 February 2022 24	Dundee	0–0	Dundee United	Dens Park
19:45 BST		Report		Attendance: 11,273 Referee: John Beaton

5 February 2022 25	St Johnstone	0–0	Dundee United	McDiarmid Park
15:00 BST	Hallberg 53'			Attendance: 5,005 Referee: Colin Steven

9 February 2022 26	Dundee United	2–0	Motherwell	Tannadice Park
19:45 BST	Levitt 29' Watt 59'	Report		Attendance: 11,273 Referee: Alan Muir

20 February 2022 27	Dundee United	1–1	Rangers	Tannadice Park
12:30 BST	Graham 29'	Report	Aribo 76'	Attendance: 9,993 Referee: Bobby Madden

26 February 2022 28	Aberdeen	1–1	Dundee United	Pittodrie Stadium
15:00 BST	Edwards 16 o.g.'	Report	McNulty 4 pen.'	Attendance: 18,719 Referee: David Munro

2 March 2022 29	Livingston	2–1	Dundee United	Almondvale Stadium
19:45 BST	Pittman 23' Edwards 83 o.g.'	Report	Smith 2'	Referee: Colin Steven

5 March 2022 30	Dundee United	2–2	Heart of Midlothian	Tannadice Park
15:00 BST	Smith 46' Clark 57 pen.'	Report	Boyce 1' Halkett 81'	Referee: William Collum

19 March 2022 31	St Mirren	1–2	Dundee United	St Mirren Park
15:00 BST	Henderson 3' Alnwick 89'	Report	Levitt 57' McNulty 90+6'	Attendance: 5,710 Referee: Nick Walsh

2 April 2022 32	Hibernian	1–1	Dundee United	Easter Road
15:00 BST	Clarke 45+1'	Report	Graham 10'	Attendance: 16,707 Referee: Don Robertson

9 April 2022 33	Dundee United	2–2	Dundee	Tannadice Park
15:00 BST	Clark 12' Mulgrew 55'	Report	Mullen 59' Adam 61'	Attendance: 10,307 Referee: Steven McLean

23 April 2022 34	Dundee United	2–3	Heart of Midlothian	Tannadice Park
15:00 BST	Levitt 4' Edwards 65'	Report	Boyce 44' Ginnelly 59' Simms 83'	Attendance: 6,421 Referee: Colin Steven

30 April 2022 34	Dundee United	1–0	Motherwell	Tannadice Park
15:00 BST	Levitt 37'	Report		Attendance: 6,250 Referee: Kevin Clancy

8 May 2022 36	Rangers	2–0	Dundee United	Ibrox Stadium
15:00 BST	Tavernier 55 pen.' Diallo 78'	Report		Attendance: 49,340 Referee: Steven McLean

11 May 2022 37	Dundee United	1–1	Celtic	Tannadice Park
19:30 BST	Levitt 72'	Report	Giakoumakis 53'	Attendance: 9,401 Referee: Nick Walsh

14 May 2022 38	Ross County	1–2	Dundee United	Victoria Park
12:15 BST	Spittal 65'	Report	Clark 70 pen.', 89'	Attendance: 5,165 Referee: Nick Walsh

Scottish League Cup

Group stage

9 July 2021 Group Stage	Kelty Hearts	0–1	Dundee United	New Central Park
19:45		Report	Shankland 77'	Attendance: 500

14 July 2021 Group Stage	Dundee United	6–1	Elgin City	Tannadice Park
19:45	Shankland 19', 32' Clark 24' Pawlett 40' Freeman 54' Mochrie 64'	Report	Hester 4'	Attendance: 500

17 July 2021 Group Stage	Dundee United	1–0	Arbroath	Tannadice Park
19:45	Mulgrew 21'	Report		Attendance: 500

20 July 2021 Group Stage	East Fife	0–1	Dundee United	Bayview Stadium
19:45		Report	Pawlett 40'	Attendance: 500

Knockout round

14 August 2021 Second Round	Ayr United	1–1 (3-4 p)	Dundee United	Somerset Park
15:00	Adeloye 56' Baird 80'	Report	Clark 80 pen.'	Attendance: 2,196 Referee: Nick Walsh

23 September 2021 Quarter-Final	Dundee United	1–3	Hibernian	Tannadice Park
19:45	Pawlett 58'	Report	Newell 3' Allan 37' Boyle 45+1 pen.'	Attendance: 5,395 Referee: William Collum

Scottish Cup

22 January 2022 Fourth Round	Kilmarnock	1–2 (a.e.t.)	Dundee United	Rugby Park
15:00 BST	McKenzie 20'	Report	McNulty 4' Levitt 111'	Attendance: 5,380 Referee: William Collum

12 February 2022 Fifth Round	Partick Thistle	0–1	Dundee United	Firhill Stadium
15:00 BST		Report	Harkes 34'	Attendance: 4,632 Referee: John Beaton

12 March 2022 Quarter-final	Dundee United	0–3	Celtic	Tannadice Park
15:00 BST		Report	McGregor 12' Giakoumakis 58', 88'	Attendance: 8,553 Referee: John Beaton

Player statistics

Appearances and goals

As of 14 May 2022

No.	Pos	Player	Premiership		League Cup		Scottish Cup		Total
No.	Pos	Player	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
1	GK	Benjamin Siegrist	34+0	0	4+0	0	3+0	0	41	0
2	DF	Liam Smith	19+1	2	2+0	0	2+0	0	24	2
3	DF	Adrián Spörle	7+8	0	0+0	0	1+1	0	17	0
4	DF	Charlie Mulgrew	30+1	2	3+0	1	1+0	0	35	3
6	MF	Kevin McDonald	6+3	0	0+0	0	1+1	0	11	0
7	MF	Ilmari Niskanen	25+8	1	0+0	0	2+1	0	36	1
8	MF	Peter Pawlett	19+3	2	3+0	2	0+1	0	26	4
9	FW	Marc McNulty	16+3	2	0+0	0	3+0	1	22	3
10	FW	Nicky Clark	26+11	8	3+1	1	2+1	0	44	9
12	DF	Ryan Edwards	35+0	4	3+0	0	3+0	0	41	4
13	GK	Carljohan Eriksson	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0	0
14	MF	Florent Hoti	2+3	0	1+1	0	0+0	0	7	0
17	MF	Archie Meekison	7+2	0	0+1	0	0+2	0	12	0
18	MF	Calum Butcher	14+3	0	3+1	0	3+0	0	24	0
19	MF	Dylan Levitt	23+2	5	0+0	0	3+0	1	28	6
20	DF	Lewis Neilson	5+1	0	1+2	0	0+0	0	9	0
22	DF	Kieran Freeman	17+6	1	3+1	1	2+0	0	29	2
23	MF	Ian Harkes	27+1	3	3+1	0	2+1	1	35	4
25	FW	Kai Fotheringham	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0	0
26	MF	Chris Mochrie	4+5	0	1+2	1	0+0	0	12	1
29	DF	Ross Graham	13+2	2	0+0	0	2+0	0	17	2
32	FW	Tony Watt	15+2	1	0+0	0	2+0	0	19	1
33	DF	Scott McMann	25+4	0	0+0	0	1+1	0	31	0
35	MF	Finn Robson	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0	0
38	DF	Layton Bisland	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0	0
40	DF	Flynn Duffy	0+0	0	3+0	0	0+0	0	3	0
43	MF	Lennon Walker	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0	0
46	MF	Miller Thomson	1+0	0	0+0	0	0+1	0	2	0
52	MF	Craig Moore	1+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	1	0
53	FW	Rory MacLeod	1+2	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	3	0
58	MF	Mathew Anim Cudjoe	1+1	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	2	0
94	FW	Maxime Biamou	0+3	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	3	0
Players who left the club during the 2021–22 season
5	DF	Mark Connolly	0+1	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	1	0
6	DF	Mark Reynolds	1+0	0	2+1	0	0+0	0	4	0
11	FW	Logan Chalmers	2+3	0	1+2	0	0+0	0	8	0
15	MF	Tim Akinola	1+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	1	0
16	GK	Trevor Carson	4+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	4	0
17	DF	Jamie Robson	4+0	1	1+1	0	0+0	0	6	1
21	MF	Declan Glass	6+4	1	0+0	0	0+0	0	10	1
24	FW	Lawrence Shankland	1+0	0	3+1	3	0+0	0	5	3
27	FW	Louis Appéré	3+10	1	0+0	0	0+1	0	14	1
28	DF	Kerr Smith	3+2	0	1+1	0	0+0	0	7	0
30	FW	Darren Watson	2+3	0	0+1	0	0+0	0	6	0
31	GK	Jack Newman	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0	0
36	MF	Rhys Caves	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0	0
66	MF	Jeando Fuchs	16+2	0	3+0	0	0+0	0	21	0

League table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation^[a]
2	Rangers	38	27	8	3	80	31	+49	89	Qualification for the Champions League third qualifying round
3	Heart of Midlothian	38	17	10	11	54	44	+10	61	Qualification for the Europa League play-off round
4	Dundee United	38	12	12	14	37	44	−7	48	Qualification for the Europa Conference League third qualifying round
5	Motherwell	38	12	10	16	42	61	−19	46	Qualification for the Europa Conference League second qualifying round
6	Ross County	38	10	11	17	47	61	−14	41

Source: ^[4]^[5]
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).^[6]
Notes:

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

League Cup table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification	DUN	ARB	KEL	ELG	EFI
1	Dundee United	4	4	0	9	1	+8	12	Qualification for the second round	—	1–0	—	6–1	—
2	Arbroath	4	3	1	6	3	+3	9	Qualification for the second round	—	—	3–2	—	2–0
3	Kelty Hearts	4	2	2	8	5	+3	6		0–1	—	—	—	3–0
4	Elgin City	4	1	3	5	12	−7	3		—	0–1	1–3	—	—
5	East Fife	4	0	4	2	9	−7	0		0–1	—	—	2–3	—

Source: ^[7]
Rules for classification: 1) goal difference, 2) goals scored, 3) away goals scored, 4) matches won, 5) away matches won, 6) drawing of lots.^[8]

Transfers

Players in

Player	From	Fee
Charlie Mulgrew	Blackburn Rovers	Free^[9]
Trevor Carson	Motherwell	Undisclosed^[10]
Ilmari Niskanen	Ingolstadt	£315,000^[11]
Scott McMann	Hamilton Academical	Undisclosed^[12]
Maxime Biamou	Free Agent	Free^[13]
Mathew Anim Cudjoe	Young Apostles	Free^[14]
Carljohan Eriksson	Mjallby	Free^[15]
Tony Watt	Motherwell	Undisclosed^[16]
Kevin McDonald	Free Agent	Free^[17]

Players out

Player	To	Fee
Paul McMullan	Dundee	Free^[18]
Jake Davidson	Queen's Park	Free^[19]
Deniz Mehmet	Dunfermline Athletic	Free^[20]
Adam King	Alloa Athletic	Free^[21]
Mackenzie Lemon	Falkirk	Free^[22]
Dillon Powers	Orange County SC	Free^[23]
Lawrence Shankland	Beerschot	£1,000,000^[24]
Jamie Robson	Lincoln City	Undisclosed^[25]
Mark Reynolds	Cove Rangers	Free^[26]^[27]
Kerr Smith	Aston Villa	Undisclosed^[28]
Jeando Fuchs	Peterborough United	Undisclosed^[29]
Louis Appéré	Northampton Town	Undisclosed^[30]

Loans in

Player	From	Fee
Marc McNulty	Reading	Loan^[31]
Dylan Levitt	Manchester United	Loan^[32]
Tim Akinola	Arsenal	Loan^[33]

Loans out

Player	To	Fee
Ross Graham	Dunfermline Athletic	Loan^[34]
Kai Fotheringham	Raith Rovers	Loan^[35]
Rhys Caves	Airdrieonians	Loan^[36]
Jack Newman	The Spartans	Loan^[37]
Mark Connolly	Dunfermline Athletic	Loan^[38]
Trevor Carson	Morecambe	Loan^[39]
Mark Connolly	Dundalk	Loan^[40]
Logan Chalmers	Inverness CT	Loan^[41]
Darren Watson	East Fife	Loan^[42]
Declan Glass	Kilmarnock	Loan^[43]
Rhys Caves	The Spartans	Loan^[44]

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

[1] "Scottish Premiership table – 2020/2021 season". Sky Sports. Retrieved 4 August 2021.

[2] "Micky Mellon: Dundee United confirm manager exit after one season". BBC Sport. 25 May 2021. Retrieved 4 August 2021.

[3] "Dundee United appoint Thomas Courts as head coach". BBC Sport. 7 July 2021. Retrieved 4 August 2021.

[5] "Scottish Premiership Table". BBC. Retrieved 15 May 2022.

[6] "cinch Premiership League Table". Scottish Professional Football League. Retrieved 15 May 2022.

[7] "The Rules of the Scottish Professional Football League" (PDF). SPFL. Archived (PDF) from the original on 11 November 2020. Retrieved 24 November 2020.

[8] "Summary - League Cup Group B". Soccerway. Retrieved 24 July 2021.

[format-9] "Format". SPFL. Retrieved 30 May 2021.

[10] "Charlie Mulgrew: Scotland defender keen to repay Dundee United in second spell". bbc.co.uk. BBC Sport. 16 June 2021. Retrieved 26 December 2021.

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