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Dundee United
2017–18 season
ChairmanStephen Thompson
ManagerRay McKinnon
(Until 24 October 2017)
Csaba László
(From 8 November 2017)
StadiumTannadice Park
ChampionshipThird Place
Premiership play-offSemi final, lost to Livingston
League CupSecond round, lost to Dundee
Challenge CupQuarter final, lost to Crusaders
Scottish CupFifth round, lost to Aberdeen
Top goalscorerLeague:
Scott McDonald (15)

All:
Scott McDonald (16)

The 2017–18 season is Dundee United's 109th season, having been founded as Dundee Hibernian in 1909. It is their second season in the Scottish Championship, having been relegated from the Scottish Premiership at the end of the 2015–16 season.[1] United will also compete in the Challenge Cup, League Cup and Scottish Cup.

Summary

Management

United began the season under the management of Ray McKinnon, who has signed a three-year contract the previous season.[2] On 24 October 2017, following two consecutive defeats,[3] McKinnon left his position with immediate effect.[4] Assistant manager Laurie Ellis became caretaker manager.[5] On 8 November, United appointed former Heart of Midlothian manager Csaba László as manager on an 18 month contract.[6] Ellis continued as assistant manager.[7]

Results & fixtures

  Win   Draw   Loss   Postponed

Scottish Championship

5 August 2017 Championship Inverness Caledonian Thistle 0 – 1 Dundee United Caledonian Stadium
15:00 BBC Report McMullan 13' (Penalty) Attendance: 3,415
Referee: Thomson
19 August 2017 Championship Dundee United 1 – 0 Brechin City Tannadice Park
15:00 McDonald 80' BBC Report Attendance: 6,060
Referee: Anderson
26 August 2017 Championship St Mirren 3 – 0 Dundee United St Mirren Park
15:00 Morgan 26', 48'
McShane 78'
BBC Report Attendance: 4,768
Referee: Clancy
9 September 2017 Championship Dundee United 1 – 1 Dumbarton Tannadice Park
15:00 Keatings 87' BBC Report Smith 4' Attendance: 5,331
Referee: Aitken
16 September 2017 Championship Falkirk 0 – 0 Dundee United Falkirk Stadium
15:00 BBC Report Attendance: 4,874
Referee: Beaton
23 September 2017 Championship Dundee United 2 – 1 Greenock Morton Tannadice Park
15:00 Keatings 65'
McDonald 83'
BBC Report McHugh 75' Attendance: 5,569
Referee: Muir
30 September 2017 Championship Dunfermline Athletic 1 – 3 Dundee United East End Park
15:00 Smith 77' BBC Report Fyvie 35', 59'
McDonald 43'
Attendance: 7,585
Referee: Robertson
14 October 2017 Championship Livingston 2 – 0 Dundee United Almondvale Stadium
15:00 Mullen 7'
Todorov 76'
BBC Report Attendance: 2,282
Referee: Beaton
28 October 2017 Championship Dumbarton 0 – 2 Dundee United Dumbarton Football Stadium
15:00 Barr Yellow card 63' Yellow-red card BBC Report Stanton 2', 15' Attendance: 968
Referee: Charleston
4 November 2017 Championship Dundee United 2 – 1 St Mirren Tannadice Park
15:00 Durnan 11'
Stanton 79'
BBC Report Eckersley 90+3' Attendance: 6,936
Referee: Aitken
19 November 2017 Championship Dundee United 3 – 0 Falkirk Tannadice Park
15:00 McDonald 21'
Robson 41'
Flood 45'
BBC Report Attendance: Muir
Referee: 5,915
25 November 2017 Championship Brechin City 1 – 1 Dundee United Glebe Park
15:00 Crighton 47' BBC Report McDonald 29'
Scobbie Yellow card 90+2' Yellow-red card
Attendance: 2,627
Referee: Cook
9 December 2017 Championship Greenock Morton 0 – 2 Dundee United Cappielow
15:00 BBC Report King 61', 90+4' Attendance: 2,021
Referee: Duncan
16 December 2017 Championship Queen of the South A – A Dundee United Palmerston Park
15:00 BBC Report
Note: Match Abandoned at Half Time Due To Frozen Pitch
23 December 2017 Championship Dundee United 3 – 0 Livingston Tannadice Park
15:00 McMullan 22', 88'
McDonald 37'
BBC Report Attendance: 6,221
Referee: Dallas
29 December 2017 Championship St Mirren 2 – 0 Dundee United St Mirren Park
19:45 Morgan 59', 78' BBC Report Attendance: 6,214
Referee: Robertson
2 January 2018 Championship Dundee United 4 – 1 Brechin City Tannadice Park
15:00 McDonald 1', 49'
Stanton 7'
Keatings 52' (Penalty)
McMullanYellow card Yellow-red card 57'
BBC Report Sinclair 64' (Penalty) Attendance: 5,532
Referee: Newlands
6 January 2018 Championship Falkirk 6 – 1 Dundee United Falkirk Stadium
15:00 Grant 21'
Tumilty 41'
Longridge 57', 73'
Robson 65'
Kidd 90'
BBC Report King 6' Attendance: 5,326
Referee: Walsh
23 February 2018 Championship Livingston 2 – 1 Dundee United Almondvale Stadium
15:00 Robinson 22'
Hardie 90+1'
BBC Report Smith 74' Attendance: 1,604
Referee: Thomson
20 March 2018 Championship Dundee United 2 – 3 Queen of the South Tannadice Park
19:45 Durnan 57'
McDonald 68'
BBC Report Thomson 21', 75'
Jacobs 41' (pen.)
Attendance: 4,088
Referee: Duncan
31 March 2018 Championship Greenock Morton 1 – 1 Dundee United Cappielow
15:00 Ross 90+3' BBC Report Mohsni 59' Attendance: 2,319
Referee: Robertson
3 April 2018 Championship Dundee United 2 – 0 Dumbarton Tannadice Park
19:45 Ralston Yellow card 19'
McMullen 30'
Mohsni 45+1'
Smith Yellow card 49'
Report Hutton Yellow card 45' Attendance: 3,620
Referee: Kevin Clancy
7 April 2018 Championship Dumbarton 3 – 2 Dundee United Dumbarton Football Stadium
15:00 Gallagher 11'
Dick Yellow card 57'
Barr 59', 79'
Report Flood Yellow card 5'
Ralston 51'
McDonald 70'
Attendance: 994
Referee: Steven McLean
10 April 2018 Championship Dundee United 1 – 0 St Mirren Tannadice Park
19:45 King 3'
Mikkelsen Yellow card 24'
McMullan Yellow card 41'
Durnan Yellow card 45'
Gillespie Yellow card 74'
BBC Sport McGinn Yellow card 24'
Davis Yellow card 65'
Morgan Yellow card 82'
Attendance: 5,905
Referee: Andrew Dallas
14 April 2018 Championship Dundee United 1 – 0 Falkirk Tannadice Park
15:00 Mikkelsen 7', Yellow card 44' Report Watson Yellow card 65'
Kidd Yellow card 75'
Muirhead Yellow card 89'
Attendance: 5,170
Referee: Craig Thomson
17 April 2018 Championship Brechin City 0 – 5 Dundee United Glebe Park
15:00 Dale Yellow card 19'
Spark Yellow card 73'
Tapping Yellow card 76'
McLean Yellow card 80'
SPFL report Gillespie Yellow card 42'
McDonald 51', 79'
King 56'
Fraser 81'
Mohsni 88'
Attendance: 1,427
Referee: Craig Charleston
21 April 2018 Championship Queen of the South 3 – 0 Dundee United Palmerston Park
15:00 Dykes 9'
Thomson 31'
Mercer Yellow card 62'
Thomas Yellow card 66'
Murray 77'
Marshall Yellow card 83'
Report Stanton Yellow card 86'
Murdoch Yellow card 90+4'
Attendance: 1,531
Referee: Alan Newlands
28 April 2018 Championship Dundee United 2 – 0 Livingston Tannadice Park
15:00 Mohsni Yellow card 35'
Slater 54'
McDonald 85'
Report Attendance: 5,226
Referee: Greg Aitken

Premiership Play-off

7 May 2018 Dundee United 2 – 3 Livingston Tannadice Park
19:45 Mikkelsen 3'
Ralston 28'
Flood Red card 87'
BBC Report De Vita 2'
Mullin 77'
Pittman 80'
Attendance: 5,610
Referee: Nick Walsh
11 May 2018 Livingston 1 – 1
(4 – 3 agg.)
Dundee United Almondvale Stadium
19:45 Lithgow 6' BBC Report Fraser 21' Attendance: 4,508
Referee: Don Robertson

League Cup

Matches

9 August 2017 League Cup Second round Dundee 2 – 1 Dundee United Dens Park
19:45 El Bakhtaoui 30'
McGowan 64'
BBC Report King 40' Attendance: 10,472
Referee: McLean

Scottish Cup

11 February 2018 Scottish Cup Fifth Round Aberdeen 4 – 2 Dundee United Pittodrie Stadium
16:30 Rooney 20'
Mackay-Steven 27', 55'
McLean 35'
BBC Report Stanton 34'
McMullan 70'
Attendance: 11,611
Referee: Willie Collum

Challenge Cup

11 November 2017 Challenge Cup Quarter final Dundee United 1 – 2 Crusaders Tannadice Park
13:00 Fyvie 55' SPFL Report Cushley 67'
Whyte 90+1'
Attendance: 2,048
Referee: Hennessy

Squad statistics

During the 2017–18 season, United used forty players in competitive games. The table below shows the number of appearances and goals scored by each player.[8]

Appearances

No. Pos Nat Player Total Championship League Cup Scottish Cup Other
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
2 MF Scotland SCO Stewart Murdoch 36 0 25+2 0 0+1 0 1+1 0 5+1 0
3 DF Scotland SCO Tam Scobbie 24 0 18+1 0 4+1 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
4 DF Scotland SCO Mark Durnan 36 4 26+1 2 4+0 1 2+0 1 1+2 0
5 DF Scotland SCO Paul Quinn 19 0 12+4 0 0+0 0 1+0 0 2+0 0
6 DF Scotland SCO Lewis Toshney 10 0 4+0 0 5+0 0 0+0 0 1+0 0
7 FW Scotland SCO Paul McMullan 40 9 22+8 4 5+0 3 0+1 1 3+1 1
8 MF Australia AUS Scott McDonald 42 16 31+3 15 1+1 0 1+1 0 4+0 1
9 FW Democratic Republic of the Congo COD Patrick N'Koyi 14 3 0+8 0 1+1 0 0+0 0 4+0 3
9 FW Denmark DEN Thomas Mikkelsen 19 4 9+4 3 0+0 0 1+1 0 3+1 1
10 MF Scotland SCO Scott Fraser 32 6 14+9 4 3+1 1 0+0 0 5+0 1
11 MF Scotland SCO Billy King 48 8 32+3 5 5+0 3 2+0 0 4+2 0
12 MF Scotland SCO Sam Stanton 48 7 32+3 4 4+1 1 2+0 1 4+2 1
14 DF France FRA William Edjenguélé 20 0 9+4 0 5+0 0 0+0 0 2+0 0
15 MF Scotland SCO Craig Slater 9 1 3+4 1 0+0 0 2+0 0 0+0 0
16 MF Ireland EIR Willo Flood 38 2 26+4 1 0+1 0 2+0 0 5+0 1
17 DF Scotland SCO Jamie Robson 38 1 30+0 1 2+1 0 2+0 0 3+0 0
18 MF Scotland SCO Scott Allardice 12 0 1+3 0 2+2 0 0+0 0 4+0 0
19 FW Scotland SCO James Keatings 21 4 8+8 3 2+1 1 0+0 0 2+0 0
20 MF Netherlands NED Jordie Briels 16 0 6+4 0 5+0 0 0+0 0 1+0 0
21 GK Turkey TUR Deniz Mehmet 13 0 6+0 0 1+0 0 0+0 0 6+0 0
22 FW France FRA Idris Kadded 2 0 0+1 0 0+0 0 0+1 0 0+0 0
23 MF Scotland SCO Fraser Fyvie 17 3 14+1 2 0+0 0 1+0 0 1+0 1
24 MF Scotland SCO Grant Gillespie 9 0 5+1 0 0+0 0 1+0 0 2+0 0
25 GK England ENG Harry Lewis 39 0 30+0 0 4+0 0 2+0 0 2+1 0
26 DF Scotland SCO Cammy Ballantyne 2 0 0+1 0 0+1 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
27 MF France FRA Logan Martin 1 0 0+1 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
28 FW Scotland SCO Matty Smith 22 5 8+9 3 1+0 1 1+0 1 1+2 0
29 MF Scotland SCO Anthony Ralston 15 1 11+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 4+0 1
31 MF Scotland SCO Graham Taylor 3 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 3+0 0
32 DF England ENG Brandon Mason 2 0 1+0 0 0+0 0 0+1 0 0+0 0
33 DF Scotland SCO Harvey Dailly 3 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 2+1 0
34 DF Scotland SCO Gavin Ritchie 2 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 2+0 0
35 DF Scotland SCO Scott Reekie 1 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+1 0
36 FW Scotland SCO Louis Appéré 1 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+1 0
38 FW Scotland SCO Logan Chalmers 7 1 0+2 0 0+0 0 0+2 0 2+1 1
39 DF Scotland SCO Jordan Hornby 2 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 2+0 0
43 MF Scotland SCO Declan Glass 2 0 0+2 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
44 MF England ENG Archie Thomas 4 0 0+0 0 0+1 0 0+0 0 2+1 0
46 FW England ENG Joe Piggott 2 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 2+0 0
58 FW Denmark DEN Emil Lyng 11 1 3+3 0 0+0 0 2+1 1 0+2 0
91 DF Tunisia TUN Bilel Mohsni 14 3 10+0 3 0+0 0 0+0 0 4+0 0
a. ^ Includes other competitive competitions, including the play-offs and the Challenge Cup.

Club statistics

League table

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion, qualification or relegation
1 St Mirren (C, P) 36 23 5 8 63 36 +27 74 Promotion to the Premiership
2 Livingston (O, P) 36 17 11 8 56 37 +19 62 Qualification for the Premiership play-off semi-final
3 Dundee United 36 18 7 11 52 42 +10 61 Qualification for the Premiership play-off quarter-final
4 Dunfermline Athletic 36 16 11 9 60 35 +25 59
5 Inverness Caledonian Thistle 36 16 9 11 53 37 +16 57
Source: Soccerway
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored; 4) Points in head-to-head matches; 5) Goal difference in hth matches; 6). Goals scored in hth matches; 7). Play-off (only for deciding promotion, play-off participation and relegation).[9]
(C) Champions; (O) Play-off winners; (P) Promoted

Division summary

Round123456789101112131415161718192021222324252627282930313233343536
GroundAHHAHAHAAHAHHAHAHAHAAHAAHHHAAHAHHAAH
ResultWWWLDDWWLLWWWDWWWLWLDLLWDLDLDWLWWWLW
Position311444324442221111222222233322233333
Updated to match(es) played on 27 April 2018. Source: [10]
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

League Cup table

Pos Team Pld W PW PL L GF GA GD Pts Qualification DUN DND RAI COW BUC
1 Dundee United (Q) 4 3 1 0 0 10 2 +8 11 Qualification for the Second Round 2–0 4–1
2 Dundee (Q) 4 3 0 1 0 8 2 +6 10 1–1p 2–0
3 Raith Rovers 4 2 0 0 2 9 5 +4 6 1–2 2–0
4 Cowdenbeath 4 1 0 0 3 5 11 −6 3 0–3 4–2
5 Buckie Thistle 4 0 0 0 4 3 15 −12 0 0–3 1–6
Source: [11]
Rules for classification: 1) goal difference, 2) goals scored, 3) away goals scored, 4) matches won, 5) away matches won, 6) drawing of lots.[12]
(Q) Qualified to the phase indicated

Management statistics

Last updated 21 March 2018
Name From To P W D L Win%[nb 1]
Ray McKinnon[13] 15 July 2017 22 October 2017 18 11 3 4 061.11
Laurie Ellis[14] 22 October 2017 8 November 2017 2 2 0 0 100.00
Csaba László[15] 8 November 2017 Present 24 11 5 8 045.83

Transfers

See also

Notes

  1. ^ Win% is the percentage of matches won rounded to two decimal places.

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