Dundee F.C.

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Dundee
Full name Dundee Football Club
Nickname(s) The Dees
Founded 1893
Ground Dens Park
Dundee
Capacity 11,856
Chairman Scottish Bob Brannan
Manager Scottish Alex Rae
League Scottish First Division
2005-06 Scottish First Division, 7th
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Dundee Football Club, founded in 1893, are a football (soccer) team based in the city of Dundee, Scotland. In May 2005, Dundee FC was relegated from the Scottish Premier League to the Scottish First Division. The team is currently managed by Alex Rae who is also a player for the club. Rae was appointed on 24 May 2006, following the sacking of Alan Kernaghan. Last season they failed to gain promotion back up to the top division although they did manage to reach the Scottish Cup Semi-final.

Unusually for a city of its size, Dundee supports two senior professional football teams, Dundee FC and Dundee United. The two teams are fierce rivals, and their grounds are within a few hundred yards of each other.

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[edit] History

Formed in 1893, Dundee Football Club was formed by an amalgamation of two city teams, Our Boys and East End. The club played their first Scottish league match on 12 August 1893 drawing 3-3 with Rangers. Dundee moved to their current stadium, Dens Park, in 1899.

The club were relatively unsuccessful in their early days until the Scottish Cup win of 1910 being their only real achievement until their two League Cup wins in the 1950s.

Dundee the title in Scotland's top division, then called the First Division, in the 1961/62 season. Under the guidance of manager Bob Shankly, brother of Bill Shankly, and with players such as Alan Gilzean, they won the league championship in 1962. The following season the club reached the semi-final of the pretigous European Cup beating the likes of Sporting Clube de Portugal and R.S.C. Anderlecht, before losing to AC Milan.

Success since their golden era in the early 1960s has been scarce. They did win the League Cup in 1973-1974 and ended a four year spell in the Scottish First Division in 1998 under Jocky Scott. In 2000 the club made perhaps their biggest ever signing when they brought in Argentine international Claudio Caniggia, who later signed for Rangers. Caniggia was only one of a stack of foreign signings in the Dundee side in the early 2000s.

In 2003, due to gross financial mis-management under owners Peter & James Marr, resulting in a £23m debt, they were forced to go into administration with many players such as Fabian Caballero and Georgian captain Giorgi Nemsadze leaving the club In 2005, however, the club's finances look much better with the club focusing on developing youth players. In the summer of 2006, it was announced that financial restructuring would see the club become debt-free. Supporters have endured a frustrating wait since and initial promises of zero debt appear to be wide of the mark.

[edit] Current First Team Squad

No. Position Player
— Flag of Scotland GK Scott Murray
— Flag of Scotland GK Calum Reidford (on loan from Rangers)
— Flag of France GK Ludovic Roy
— Flag of Scotland DF Paul Dixon
— Flag of Northern Ireland DF Danny Griffin
— Flag of Scotland DF Craig Higgins
— Flag of Scotland DF Gary MacKenzie (captain)
— Flag of Scotland DF Jay Shields (on loan from Hibernian)
— Flag of Scotland DF Gary Smith
— Flag of Scotland MF Scott Gates
— Flag of Netherlands MF Khalid Hamdaoui
— Flag of Scotland MF Ross Harris
No. Position Player
— Flag of Scotland MF Kevin McDonald
— Flag of Scotland MF Paul McHale
— Flag of Scotland MF Alex Rae (Manager)
— Flag of Scotland MF Scott Robertson
— Flag of Netherlands Antilles FW Dyron Daal (on loan from Aberdeen)
— Flag of Scotland FW Bob Davidson
— Flag of Scotland FW Bryan Deasley
— Flag of Scotland FW Derek Lyle
— Flag of Scotland FW Craig O'Reilly (on loan to East Fife)
— Flag of Scotland FW Kevin Smith (on loan from Sunderland)
— Flag of Scotland FW Gavin Swankie

[edit] Famous Players

[edit] Managers

This is a partial list of managers, from 1928 only.

[edit] Club Records

  • Highest attendance: 136,495 fans attended the 1952 Scottish Cup final between Dundee and Motherwell. This is also a record for a club match in Scotland not featuring either of the Old Firm.[1]
  • Highest average home attendance: 24,532, 1948-49 (15 games) [3]
  • Most capped player: Alex Hamilton, 24 Scotland
  • Most League appearances: Bill Marsh, 386, 1924-1937 & Barry Smith, 400, 1995-2006

[edit] Competitions

[edit] References

  1. ^ Ross, David (2005). The Roar of the Crowd: Following Scottish football down the years. Argyll publishing, 71. ISBN 9-8781902-831831. 
  2. ^ Ross, The Roar of the Crowd, 181
  3. ^ Ross, The Roar of the Crowd, 94

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