2013–14 Dundee United F.C. season

The 2013–14 season is the club's 105th season, having been founded as Dundee Hibernian in 1909 and their first season in the Scottish Premiership. United will also compete in the League Cup and the Scottish Cup.

Dundee United
2013–14 season
ChairmanStephen Thompson
ManagerJackie McNamara
StadiumTannadice Park
PremiershipFourth place
League CupQuarter-final, lost to Inverness Caledonian Thistle
Scottish CupFinal, lost to St Johnstone
Top goalscorerLeague: Nadir Çiftçi (11)
All: Nadir Çiftçi (17)
Highest home attendance12,601 vs. Aberdeen
Premiership
1 January 2014
Lowest home attendance3,778 vs. Partick Thistle
League Cup
25 September 2013
Average home league attendance7,599

Results & fixtures

  Win   Draw   Loss   Postponed

Pre season

7 July 2013[1] FriendlyUnion Berlin4 – 1Dundee UnitedStadion An der Alten Försterei
19:00 Nemec  30', 37'
Skrzybski  63'
Terodde  69'
Report Graham  71' Attendance: 4,118
19 July 2013[3] FriendlySan Roque3 – 1Dundee UnitedEstadio Manolo Mesa
19:00 Koue  9' (Own goal)
Walker  12'
Juanjo  25'
Report Goodwillie  40' Attendance: 100
24 July 2013[4] FriendlyDunfermline1 – 3Dundee UnitedEast End Park
19:30 Faulkingham  11' Report Gauld  22'
Goodwillie  52'
Dow  58'
Attendance: 1,830
Man of the Match: Ryan Gauld
27 July 2013[5] FriendlyWigan Athletic0 – 1Dundee UnitedDW Stadium
15:00 Çiftçi  52' Attendance: 3,838
Referee: Darren Bond

Scottish Premiership

10 August 2013 Scottish PremiershipDundee United0 – 1Inverness Caledonian ThistleTannadice Park
15:00 BBC Report McKay  20' Attendance: 6,664
Referee: Steven McLean
17 August 2013 Scottish PremiershipHibernian1 – 1Dundee UnitedEaster Road
15:00 Robertson  81' BBC Report Armstrong  29' Attendance: 9,171
Referee: Crawford Allan
15 September 2013 Scottish PremiershipRoss County2 – 4Dundee UnitedVictoria Park
12:45 Sproule  72'
Quinn  77'
BBC Report Mackay-Steven  18' (pen.)
Armstrong  20'
Gauld  40'
Çiftçi  65'
Attendance: 3,005
Referee: Brian Colvin
22 September 2013 Scottish PremiershipDundee United2 – 2MotherwellTannadice Park
15:00 Çiftçi  54'
Robertson  57'
BBC Report Anier  30'
Ainsworth  76'
Attendance: 5,808
Referee: Kevin Clancy
28 September 2013 Scottish PremiershipHeart of Midlothian0 – 0Dundee UnitedTynecastle Stadium
15:00 BBC Report Attendance: 13,970
Referee: Steven McLean
26 October 2013 Scottish PremiershipDundee United4 – 0St MirrenTannadice Park
15:00 Çiftçi  27', 34 pen'
Gauld  59'
Erskine  83'
BBC Report Attendance: 6,331
Referee: Iain Brines
2 November 2013 Scottish PremiershipCeltic1 – 1Dundee UnitedCeltic Park
15:00 Mulgrew  90' BBC Report Armstrong  38' Attendance: 47,386
Referee: Alan Muir
9 November 2013 Scottish PremiershipMotherwell0 – 4Dundee UnitedFir Park
15:00 BBC Report Gauld  16', 64'
Paton  19'
Robertson  90'
Attendance: 5,103
Referee: Steven McLean
23 November 2013 Scottish PremiershipDundee United4 – 1Partick ThistleTannadice Park
15:00 Mackay-Steven  2', 77'
Robertson  70'
Graham  85'
BBC Report Muirhead  57' (pen.) Attendance: 6,700
Referee: Willie Collum
14 December 2013 Scottish PremiershipKilmarnock1 – 4Dundee UnitedRugby Park
15:00 Kris Boyd  89' BBC Report Watson  60'
Armstrong  75'
Gauld  77'
Goodwillie  90'
Attendance: 3,452
Referee: Euan Norris
26 December 2013 Scottish PremiershipSt Mirren4 – 1Dundee UnitedSt Mirren Park
15:00 Thompson  12', 88'
McGinn  35'
Naismith  71'
BBC Report Ciftci  36'
Watson  70'
Attendance: 4,780
Referee: Madden
29 December 2013 Scottish PremiershipSt Johnstone3 – 0Dundee UnitedMcDiarmid Park
May  20' (pen), 57', 87' BBC Report Butcher  20' Attendance: 7,231
Referee: Finnie
1 January 2014 Scottish PremiershipDundee United1 – 2AberdeenTannadice Park
Souttar  51' BBC Report Robson  64' (pen)
Pawlett  91'
Attendance: 12,601
Referee: Collum
5 January 2014 Scottish PremiershipDundee United2 – 2HibernianTannadice Park
Goodwillie  83'
Graham  90'
BBC Report Craig  38', 61' (pen) Attendance: 7,862
Referee: Steven McLean
18 January 2014 Scottish PremiershipRoss County3 – 0Dundee UnitedVictoria Park
Kiss  42', 74'
Arquin  69'
BBC Report Attendance: 3,609
Referee: Charleston
15 February 2014 Scottish PremiershipDundee United3 – 2KilmarnockTannadice Park
15:00 Mackay-Steven  10'
Good  65'
Rankin  71'
BBC Report Eremenko  40'
Boyd  64'
Attendance: 6,038
Referee: Beaton
21 February 2014 Scottish PremiershipDundee United3 – 1MotherwellTannadice Park
19:45 Dow  22'
Gunning  42', 47'
BBC Report Sutton  57' (pen) Attendance: 7,029
Referee: Madden
28 February 2014 Scottish PremiershipHibernian1 – 3Dundee UnitedEaster Road
19:45 Forster  45' BBC Report Ciftci  43'
Gunning  56'
El Alagui  83'
Attendance: 9,608
Referee: Euan Norris
15 March 2014 Scottish PremiershipDundee United3 – 2St MirrenTannadice Park
15:00 Graham  79'
Armstrong  84'
Ciftci  90+3'
Report McGowan  20'
Thompson  40'
Attendance: 6,524
Referee: Craig Thomson
21 March 2014 Scottish PremiershipHeart of Midlothian1 – 2Dundee UnitedTynecastle
19:45 Wilson  78' BBC Report Graham  35'
Ciftci  70'
Attendance: 13,448
Referee: Madden
26 April 2014 Scottish PremiershipDundee United5 – 1MotherwellTannadice Park
15:00 Çiftçi  8', 41'
Armstrong  61'
Dow  72'
Graham  81'
BBC Report Ainsworth  88' Attendance: 6,383
Referee: McLean
6 May 2014 Scottish PremiershipDundee United1 – 3AberdeenTannadice Park
19:45 Dillon  34' BBC Report Vernon  7', 55', 76' Attendance: 8,677
Referee: Murray
11 May 2014 Scottish PremiershipCeltic3 – 1Dundee UnitedCeltic Park
12:15 Stokes  64'
Samaras  76' (pen.)
Commons  82'
BBC Report Twardzik  79' (o.g.) Attendance: 52,400
Referee: Collum

Scottish League Cup

Dundee United entered the competition in the second round and were drawn against Scottish Championship side Dumbarton.[6] They won the tie 3-2 and progressed to face fellow Scottish Premiership team Partick Thistle in the third round.[7] They defeated Partick Thistle 4-1 with David Goodwillie scoring a hat-trick but then lost to Inverness Caledonian Thistle in the quarter-finals.

28 August 2013 Round 2Dumbarton2 – 3Dundee UnitedThe Bet Butler Stadium
19:45 Smith  34'
Megginson  87'
BBC Report Çiftçi  69', 89'
Gauld  77'
Attendance: 1,045
Referee: Alan Muir
25 September 2013 Round 3Dundee United4 – 1Partick ThistleTannadice Park
19:45 Goodwillie  33', 45', 90'
Dow  87'
BBC Report Elliot  89' Attendance: 3,778
Referee: Calum Murray

Scottish Cup

Dundee United entered the Scottish Cup in the fourth round and came from behind to defeat Kilmarnock 5-2 to progress to the next stage. They followed this up with wins against St Mirren and Inverness Caledonian Thistle to reach the semi-finals. They were drawn to face Rangers at Ibrox as the usual venue, Hampden Park, was being redeveloped for the 2014 Commonwealth Games.[8] United were unhappy with this as they felt the game should be played a neutral venue, as is usually the case for semi-finals, but their request to move the game elsewhere was rejected.[9] In spite of this, United went on to win 3-1 and faced St Johnstone in the final. Demand for tickets was high with over 28,000 being sold,[10] but the large support was ultimately left disappointed as United lost 2-0.

29 November 2013 Round 4Dundee United5 – 2KilmarnockTannadice Park
19:45 Robertson  27', 76'
Armstrong  64'
Graham  82' (pen.)
Mackay-Steven  84'
BBC Report Barr  48'
Johnston  50'
Attendance: 6,979
Referee: Calum Murray
9 February 2014 Round 5Dundee United2 – 1St MirrenTannadice Park
12:00 Gauld  21'
Çiftçi  51'
BBC Report McLean  26' (pen) Attendance: 4,952
Referee: Craig Thomson
12 April 2014 Semi FinalRangers1 – 3Dundee UnitedIbrox Stadium
12:45 Smith  42' BBC Report Armstrong  23'
Mackay-Steven  36'
Çiftçi  83'
Attendance: 41,059
Referee: Madden
17 May 2014 FinalDundee United0 – 2St JohnstoneCeltic Park
15:00 BBC Report Anderson  45+1'
MacLean  84'
Attendance: 47,345
Referee: Craig Thomson

Player statistics

Squad information

Last updated 6 June 2014[11][12]
No. Pos Nat Player TotalPremiershipLeague CupScottish Cup
AppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
1 GK Radosław Cierzniak 45037+003+005+00
2 DF Sean Dillon 27122+112+002+00
3 DF Curtis Good 514+010+001+00
4 DF Calum Butcher 906+002+100+00
5 DF Gavin Gunning 33426+132+004+01
6 MF Paul Paton 45236+123+005+00
7 FW David Goodwillie 22610+932+030+10
8 MF John Rankin 43235+023+005+00
9 FW Brian Graham 36712+1862+100+31
10 MF Stuart Armstrong 431132+482+005+03
11 MF Gary Mackay-Steven 411027+871+005+03
12 DF Keith Watson 29424+131+012+10
14 MF Mark Millar 100+000+100+00
15 FW Michael Gardyne 000+000+000+00
16 DF Mark Wilson 19014+002+003+00
17 MF Chris Erskine 914+410+100+00
18 FW Ryan Dow 31416+1030+112+20
19 MF Ryan Gauld 38821+1062+113+11
20 DF John Souttar 27121+111+103+00
21 FW Nadir Çiftçi 401727+5112+125+04
23 FW Dale Hilson 000+000+000+00
25 GK Marc McCallum 101+000+000+00
26 DF Andrew Robertson 44536+033+005+02
27 MF Morgaro Gomis 2105+1100+100+40
28 FW Kudus Oyenuga 100+100+000+00
29 FW Farid El Alagui 1534+930+000+20
37 MF Scott Smith 200+200+000+00
39 FW Aidan Connolly 200+200+000+00
40 MF Darren Petrie 000+000+000+00
41 MF Scott Fraser 100+100+000+00

Disciplinary record

Includes all competitive matches.

Last updated 6 June 2014
Number Nation Position Name Premiership League Cup Scottish Cup Total
1GKRadosław Cierzniak 10000010
2DFSean Dillon 00100010
3DFCurtis Good 10000010
4DFCalum Butcher 21000021
5DFGavin Gunning 41102071
6MFPaul Paton 50201080
8MFJohn Rankin 30101050
9FWBrian Graham 00200020
10MFStuart Armstrong 30001040
11MFGary Mackay-Steven 30101050
12DFKeith Watson 21000021
16DFMark Wilson 50001060
17MFChris Erskine 10000010
18FWRyan Dow 30000030
19MFRyan Gauld 10000010
20DFJohn Souttar 10000010
21FWNadir Çiftçi 60012081
26DFAndrew Robertson 60101080
27MFMorgaro Gomis 20100030

Team statistics

League table

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Celtic (C) 38 31 6 1 102 25 +77 99 Qualification for the Champions League second qualifying round
2 Motherwell 38 22 4 12 64 60 +4 70 Qualification for the Europa League second qualifying round[lower-alpha 1]
3 Aberdeen 38 20 8 10 53 38 +15 68 Qualification for the Europa League first qualifying round
4 Dundee United 38 16 10 12 65 50 +15 58
5 Inverness Caledonian Thistle 38 16 9 13 44 44 0 57
6 St Johnstone 38 15 8 15 48 42 +6 53 Qualification for the Europa League second qualifying round[lower-alpha 1]
7 Ross County 38 11 7 20 44 62 18 40
8 St Mirren 38 10 9 19 39 58 19 39
9 Kilmarnock 38 11 6 21 45 66 21 39
10 Partick Thistle 38 8 14 16 46 65 19 38
11 Hibernian (R) 38 8 11 19 31 51 20 35 Qualification for the Premiership play-off final
12 Heart of Midlothian (R) 38 10 8 20 45 65 20 23[lower-alpha 2] Relegation to the Championship
Source: SPFL Archive
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) Champion; (R) Relegated.
Notes:
  1. St Johnstone, as winners of the 2013–14 Scottish Cup, qualified for the Europa League second qualifying round.
  2. Heart of Midlothian were deducted 15 points for entering administration

Division summary

Round1234567891011121314151617181920212223242526272829303132333435363738
GroundAHAHHAHAHAHAAHHAHAAAHAAAHHAHHAHAHAHAHA
ResultDLDWLWDDWLWDWWWWWLLLDDLDWWWLWWWDLLWDLL
Position68867566665664332455445544444444444444
Updated to match(es) played on 6 June 2014. Source: [13]
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Transfers

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