2019–20 Dundee United F.C. season

Dundee United
2019–20 season
Chairman	Mark Ogren
Manager	Robbie Neilson
Stadium	Tannadice Park
Championship	1st (Champions)
League Cup	Group Stage
Challenge Cup	3rd Round
Scottish Cup	Fourth Round
Top goalscorer	League: Shankland (24); All: Shankland (28)
Highest home attendance	14,108 vs Dundee
Lowest home attendance	2,526 vs Cowdenbeath
Average home league attendance	8,496
Home colours	Away colours
	← 2018–19

The 2019–20 season was Dundee United's 111th season, having been founded as Dundee Hibernian in 1909. It was their fourth season in the Scottish Championship, having been relegated from the Scottish Premiership at the end of the 2015–16 season.^[1] United also competed in the Challenge Cup, League Cup and Scottish Cup. On 15 April, the SPFL voted to end the lower leagues in Scottish football due to the coronavirus pandemic and as a result Dundee United were declared champions and secured promotion to the Premiership after four years in the Championship.^[2]

Competitions

Results & fixtures

Win Draw Loss Postponed

Pre-season

29 June 2019 Friendly	East Fife	1–1	Dundee United	Bayview Stadium
15:00	Smith 18' (o.g.)	Report	Clark 67'	Attendance: 685 Referee: David Dickenson

5 July 2019 Friendly	Brechin City	0–6	Dundee United	Glebe Park
19:45		Report	Stanton 14' Sow 18' Chalmers 27' Appéré 60' Smith 68' Watson 85'	Attendance: 838 Referee: Mike Roncone

6 July 2019 Friendly	Dumbarton	3–2	Dundee United	C & G Systems Stadium
15:00	Muhammadu Faal 48' McKee 65' Zata 80'	Report	Shankland 58' Appéré 77'	Attendance: 411 Referee: Alan Newlands

27 July 2019 Friendly	Shrewsbury Town	2–1	Dundee United	Montgomery Waters Meadow
15:00	Okenabirhie 8' (pen.), 74'	United Report	Appéré 5' (pen.)	Attendance: 2,687 Referee: Peter Wright

Scottish Championship

3 August 2019 1	Dundee United	4 – 1	Inverness Caledonian Thistle	Tannadice Park
15:00	Shankland 7', 31', 53', 86'	Report	Walsh 29'	Attendance: 7,023 Referee: Steven McLean

9 August 2019 2	Partick Thistle	1 – 2	Dundee United	Firhill Stadium
19:05	Saunders 23'	Report	Shankland 55' Pawlett 73'	Attendance: 3,218 Referee: William Collum
Note: Game televised on BBC Scotland

24 August 2019 3	Dunfermline Athletic	0 – 2	Dundee United	East End Park
15:00		Report	Shankland 10', 30'	Attendance: 6,480 Referee: Euan Anderson

30 August 2019 4	Dundee United	6 – 2	Dundee	Tannadice Park
19:45	Butcher 14', 40' Appéré 33' Shankland 36' (pen.) Harkes 46' Smith 83'	Report	Hemmings 22' Nelson 70'	Attendance: 14,108 Referee: Kevin Clancy
Note: Game televised on BT Sport

14 September 2019 5	Ayr United	2 – 0	Dundee United	Somerset Park
15:00	Harvie 9' Forrest 75' (pen.)	Report		Attendance: 3,167 Referee: Bobby Madden

21 September 2019 6	Dundee United	2 – 1	Arbroath	Tannadice Park
15:00	Shankland 88', 90+2'	Report	Donnelly 52'	Attendance: 7,877 Referee: Gavin Duncan

28 September 2019 7	Dundee United	6 – 0	Greenock Morton	Tannadice Park
15:00	Shankland 1', 5', 56' McMullan 41', 80' Chalmers 84'	Report		Attendance: 7,404 Referee: Alan Muir

4 October 2019 8	Alloa Athletic	1 – 0	Dundee United	Recreation Park
19:05	O'Hara 18'	Report		Attendance: 1,717 Referee: Greg Aitken
Note: Game televised on BBC Scotland

19 October 2019 9	Queen of the South	4 – 0	Dundee United	Palmerston Park
15:00	Dobbie 18', 70' Holt 28' Paton 77'	Report		Attendance: 1,909 Referee: Gavin Duncan

26 October 2019 10	Dundee United	2 – 0	Dunfermline Athletic	Tannadice Park
15:00	Shankland 9' Clark 27'	Report		Attendance: 7,682 Referee: Steven Reid

29 October 2019 11	Dundee United	1 – 0	Partick Thistle	Tannadice Park
19:45	Shankland 62'	Report		Attendance: 6,929 Referee: Greg Aitken

2 November 2019 12	Inverness Caledonian Thistle	0 – 3	Dundee United	Caledonian Stadium
15:00		Report	Rooney 20' (o.g.) Clark 72' Shankland 76' (pen.)	Attendance: 2,092 Referee: Grant Irvine

8 November 2019 13	Dundee	0 – 2	Dundee United	Dens Park
19:45		Report	Clark 56' (pen.) Shankland 64'	Attendance: 11,243 Referee: Steven McLean
Note: Game televised on BT Sport 2

16 November 2019 14	Dundee United	3 – 0	Queen of the South	Tannadice Park
15:00	McMullan 22' Clark 45+1' Stanton 14'	Report		Attendance: 7,675 Referee: Willie Collum

7 December 2019 15	Dundee United	2 – 1	Alloa Athletic	Tannadice Park
15:00	Clark 45+2' Appéré 55'	Report	Reynolds 12' (o.g.)	Attendance: 7,615 Referee: Andrew Dallas

10 December 2019 16	Greenock Morton	1 – 2	Dundee United	Cappielow Park
19:45	Sutton 25'	Report	Appéré 5' Shankland 31'	Attendance: 1,120 Referee: David Lowe

14 December 2019 17	Arbroath	0 – 1	Dundee United	Gayfield Park
15:00		Report	Stanton 6'	Attendance: 4,052 Referee: Graham Beaton

21 December 2019 18	Dundee United	4 – 0	Ayr United	Tannadice Park
15:00	Stanton 42' Shankland 57' (pen.) Clark 61' Harkes 87'	Report		Attendance: 7,744 Referee: Greg Aitken

27 December 2019 19	Dundee United	1 – 1	Dundee	Tannadice Park
19:45	Clark 5'	Report	Dorrans 50'	Attendance: 14,007 Referee: Alan Muir
Note: Game televised on BT Sport

4 January 2020 20	Queen of the South	0 – 1	Dundee United	Palmerston Park
15:00		Report	Connolly 48'	Attendance: 2,041 Referee: Colin Steven

11 January 2020 21	Partick Thistle	1 – 4	Dundee United	Firhill Stadium
15:00	Miller 87'	Report	Shankland 38', 60', 65' Sporle 45'	Attendance: 4,101 Referee: Willie Collum

25 January 2020 22	Dundee United	1 – 1	Greenock Morton	Tannadice Park
15:00	Shankland 90'	Report	Orsi 17'	Attendance: 7,644 Referee: Andrew Dallas

1 February 2020 23	Dundee United	0 – 1	Arbroath	Tannadice Park
15:00		Report	Wighton 26'	Attendance: 8,056 Referee: Alan Muir

14 February 2020 24	Alloa Athletic	0 – 0	Dundee United	Recreation Park, Alloa
19:45		Report		Attendance: 1,442 Referee: Steven McLean
Note: Game Televised on BBC Scotland

21 February 2020 25	Dundee United	2 – 1	Inverness Caledonian Thistle	Tannadice Park
19:45	Appéré 12' Shankland 59'	Report	White 32'	Attendance: 7,583 Referee: John Beaton
Note: Game Televised on BBC Scotland

29 February 2020 26	Dunfermline Athletic	2 – 0	Dundee United	East End Park
15:00	Nisbet 26' Afolabi 60'	Report		Attendance: 6,261 Referee: Graham Beaton

3 March 2020 27	Ayr United	0 – 0	Dundee United	Somerset Park
19:45		Report		Attendance: 1,674 Referee: David Munro

7 March 2020 28	Dundee United	1 – 1	Partick Thistle	Tannadice Park
15:00	Powers 19'	Report	Bannigan 52' (.pen)	Attendance: 7,603 Referee: Mike Roncone

14 March 2020 29	Greenock Morton	P – P	Dundee United	Cappielow Park
15:00

21 March 2020 30	Dundee United	P – P	Alloa Athltic	Tannadice Park
15:00

27 March 2020 31	Arbroath	P – P	Dundee United	Gayfield Park
19:45

Scottish Challenge Cup

7 September 2019	Dundee United	0–0 (3–4 p)	Arbroath	Tannadice Park
15:00		Report		Attendance: 2,568 Referee: Mike Roncone
	Penalties
	Shankland L. Smith Stanton McMullan Clark		McKenna Whatley Spence Stirling Linn

Scottish League Cup

12 July 2019	Heart of Midlothian	1–1 (5–3 p)	Dundee United	Tynecastle Park
19:45	Irving 44'	^[3]^[4]	Shankland 9'	Attendance: 9,091 Referee: Kevin Clancy
	Penalties
	Clare Bozanic Smith Washington Souttar		Clark McMullan Banks Bouhenna
Note: Game televised on BT Sport

16 July 2019	Stenhousemuir	1–2	Dundee United	Ochilview Park
19:30	A. Munro 70'	^[5]	Watson 51' Butcher 54'	Attendance: 1,156 Referee: Steven Kirkland

19 July 2019	Dundee United	3–0	Cowdenbeath	Tannadice Park
19:45	Sporle 26' Shankland 59' Appéré 86'	^[6]		Attendance: 2,526 Referee: David Lowe

23 July 2019	Dundee United	0–2	East Fife	Tannadice Park
19:45		^[7]	Dunsmore 38' Watt 51'	Attendance: 2,778 Referee: Graham Beaton

Scottish Cup

19 January 2020 Fourth Round	Dundee United	2—2	Hibernian	Tannadice Park
15:00	Shankland 45+3'Appéré 74'	Report	Doidge 8' Boyle 47'	Attendance: 9,400 Referee: Kevin Clancy
Note: Live on BBC Scotland

28 January 2020 Fourth Round Replay	Hibernian	4—2	Dundee United	Easter Road
19:45	Allan 40' (pen.) Doidge 60' 73' 90+1'	Report	Shankland 10' Sporle 67'	Attendance: 10,451 Referee: Kevin Clancy

Club statistics

League table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	PPG	Promotion, qualification or relegation^[a]
1	Dundee United (C)	28	18	5	5	52	22	+30	59	2.11	Promotion to the Premiership
2	Inverness Caledonian Thistle	27	14	3	10	39	32	+7	45	1.67
3	Dundee	27	11	8	8	32	31	+1	41	1.52
4	Ayr United	27	12	4	11	38	35	+3	40	1.48
5	Arbroath	26	10	6	10	24	26	−2	36	1.38

Source: SPFL
Rules for classification: 1) Points per game.
(C) Champions
Notes:

^ All play-off matches were cancelled, as clubs voted to curtail the season due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Scotland.^[8]

Group A Table

Template:2019–20 Scottish League Cup Group A table

References

^ "United relegated by rivals". scotsman.com. The Scotsman. 2 May 2017. Retrieved 3 June 2017.
^ "United title 'brilliant' says Neilson". BBC Sport. 16 April 2020. Retrieved 19 May 2020.
^ Duncan, Thomas (12 July 2019). "Hearts 1-1 Dundee United: Premiership side earn bonus point after shootout". www.bbc.co.uk/sport. BBC Sport. Retrieved 15 July 2019.
^ "Betfred Cup Results". www.spfl.co.uk. SPFL. 12 July 2019. Retrieved 15 July 2019.
^ "Stenhousemuir v Dundee United". www.bbc.co.uk/sport. BBC Sport. 16 July 2019. Retrieved 17 July 2019.
^ "Dundee United v Cowdenbeath". www.bbc.co.uk/sport. BBC Sport. 19 July 2019. Retrieved 19 July 2019.
^ "Dundee United v East Fife". www.bbc.co.uk/sport. BBC Sport. 23 July 2019. Retrieved 23 July 2019.
^ "Dundee Utd, Raith & Cove win titles and reconstruction talks start after Dundee vote". BBC Sport. 15 April 2020. Retrieved 15 April 2020.

[9] All play-off matches were cancelled, as clubs voted to curtail the season due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Scotland.^[8]

[1] "United relegated by rivals". scotsman.com. The Scotsman. 2 May 2017. Retrieved 3 June 2017.

[2] "United title 'brilliant' says Neilson". BBC Sport. 16 April 2020. Retrieved 19 May 2020.

[3] Duncan, Thomas (12 July 2019). "Hearts 1-1 Dundee United: Premiership side earn bonus point after shootout". www.bbc.co.uk/sport. BBC Sport. Retrieved 15 July 2019.

[4] "Betfred Cup Results". www.spfl.co.uk. SPFL. 12 July 2019. Retrieved 15 July 2019.

[5] "Stenhousemuir v Dundee United". www.bbc.co.uk/sport. BBC Sport. 16 July 2019. Retrieved 17 July 2019.

[6] "Dundee United v Cowdenbeath". www.bbc.co.uk/sport. BBC Sport. 19 July 2019. Retrieved 19 July 2019.

[7] "Dundee United v East Fife". www.bbc.co.uk/sport. BBC Sport. 23 July 2019. Retrieved 23 July 2019.

[8] "Dundee Utd, Raith & Cove win titles and reconstruction talks start after Dundee vote". BBC Sport. 15 April 2020. Retrieved 15 April 2020.

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v t e 2019–20 in Scottish football
« 2018–19 2020–21 »
Domestic leagues	SPFL Premiership Championship League One League Two Highland Lowland East of Scotland South of Scotland North Caledonian SJFA West Premiership SJFA East Super League SJFA North Superleague SPFL Reserve League Women's Premier League '19 '20 Women's First Division/Championship '19 '20
Domestic cups	Scottish Cup Final League Cup Group stage Final Challenge Cup ~~Final~~ South Region Challenge Cup Junior Cup Youth Cup Women's Cup '19 ~~'20~~ Women's Premier League Cup '19 '20
European competitions	Champions League Europa League Youth League
Related to national team	Results Men's Women's UEFA Euro 2020 qualifying UEFA Women's Euro 2021 qualifying
Transfers	Summer 2019 Winter 2019–20
Club seasons
Premiership	Aberdeen Celtic Hamilton Academical Heart of Midlothian Hibernian Kilmarnock Livingston Motherwell Rangers Ross County St Johnstone St Mirren
Championship	Alloa Athletic Arbroath Ayr United Dundee Dundee United Dunfermline Athletic Greenock Morton Inverness Caledonian Thistle Partick Thistle Queen of the South
League One	Airdrieonians Dumbarton East Fife Falkirk Forfar Athletic Montrose Peterhead Raith Rovers Stranraer
League Two	Albion Rovers Annan Athletic Brechin City Cove Rangers Cowdenbeath Edinburgh City Elgin City Queen's Park Stenhousemuir Stirling Albion