2013–14 Dundee United F.C. season

Dundee United
2013–14 season
Chairman Stephen Thompson
Manager Jackie McNamara
Stadium Tannadice Park
Premiership Fourth place
League Cup Quarter-final, lost to Inverness Caledonian Thistle
Scottish Cup Final, lost to St Johnstone
Top goalscorer League: Nadir Çiftçi (11)
All: Nadir Çiftçi (17)
Highest home attendance 12,601 vs. Aberdeen
Premiership
1 January 2014
Lowest home attendance 3,778 vs. Partick Thistle
League Cup
25 September 2013
Average home league attendance 7,599
Home colours
Away colours
Third colours

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.

Results & fixtures

      Win       Draw       Loss       Postponed

Pre season

Scottish Premiership

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.

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.

Player statistics

Squad information

Last updated 6 June 2014[11][12]
No. Pos Nat Player TotalPremiership League Cup Scottish Cup
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
1 GK Poland Radosław Cierzniak 45 0 37+0 0 3+0 0 5+0 0
2 DF Republic of Ireland Sean Dillon 27 1 22+1 1 2+0 0 2+0 0
3 DF Australia Curtis Good 5 1 4+0 1 0+0 0 1+0 0
4 DF England Calum Butcher 9 0 6+0 0 2+1 0 0+0 0
5 DF Republic of Ireland Gavin Gunning 33 4 26+1 3 2+0 0 4+0 1
6 MF Scotland Paul Paton 45 2 36+1 2 3+0 0 5+0 0
7 FW Scotland David Goodwillie 22 6 10+9 3 2+0 3 0+1 0
8 MF Scotland John Rankin 43 2 35+0 2 3+0 0 5+0 0
9 FW Scotland Brian Graham 36 7 12+18 6 2+1 0 0+3 1
10 MF Scotland Stuart Armstrong 43 11 32+4 8 2+0 0 5+0 3
11 MF Scotland Gary Mackay-Steven 41 10 27+8 7 1+0 0 5+0 3
12 DF Scotland Keith Watson 29 4 24+1 3 1+0 1 2+1 0
14 MF Scotland Mark Millar 1 0 0+0 0 0+1 0 0+0 0
15 FW Scotland Michael Gardyne 0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
16 DF Scotland Mark Wilson 19 0 14+0 0 2+0 0 3+0 0
17 MF Scotland Chris Erskine 9 1 4+4 1 0+1 0 0+0 0
18 FW Scotland Ryan Dow 31 4 16+10 3 0+1 1 2+2 0
19 MF Scotland Ryan Gauld 38 8 21+10 6 2+1 1 3+1 1
20 DF Scotland John Souttar 27 1 21+1 1 1+1 0 3+0 0
21 FW Turkey Nadir Çiftçi 40 17 27+5 11 2+1 2 5+0 4
23 FW Scotland Dale Hilson 0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
25 GK Scotland Marc McCallum 1 0 1+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
26 DF Scotland Andrew Robertson 44 5 36+0 3 3+0 0 5+0 2
27 MF Senegal Morgaro Gomis 21 0 5+11 0 0+1 0 0+4 0
28 FW England Kudus Oyenuga 1 0 0+1 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
29 FW France Farid El Alagui 15 3 4+9 3 0+0 0 0+2 0
37 MF Scotland Scott Smith 2 0 0+2 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
39 FW Scotland Aidan Connolly 2 0 0+2 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
40 MF Scotland Darren Petrie 0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
41 MF Scotland Scott Fraser 1 0 0+1 0 0+0 0 0+0 0

Disciplinary record

Includes all competitive matches.

Last updated 6 June 2014
Number Nation Position Name Premiership League Cup Scottish Cup Total
Red card Red card Red card Red card
1Poland GKRadosław Cierzniak 10000010
2Republic of Ireland DF Sean Dillon 00100010
3Australia DF Curtis Good 10000010
4England DF Calum Butcher 21000021
5Republic of IrelandDFGavin Gunning 41102071
6Scotland MF Paul Paton 50201080
8Scotland MF John Rankin 30101050
9Scotland FW Brian Graham 00200020
10Scotland MF Stuart Armstrong 30001040
11ScotlandMFGary Mackay-Steven 30101050
12Scotland DF Keith Watson 21000021
16Scotland DF Mark Wilson 50001060
17Scotland MF Chris Erskine 10000010
18Scotland FW Ryan Dow 30000030
19Scotland MF Ryan Gauld 10000010
20Scotland DF John Souttar 10000010
21Turkey FW Nadir Çiftçi 60012081
26Scotland DF Andrew Robertson 60101080
27Senegal MF Morgaro Gomis 20100030

Team statistics

League table

Pos
Team
Pld
W
D
L
GF
GA
GD
Pts
Promotion or relegation
1 Celtic (C) 38 31 6 1 102 25+77 99 2014–15 UEFA Champions League Second qualifying round
2 Motherwell 38 22 4 12 64 60+4 70 2014–15 UEFA Europa League Second qualifying round
3 Aberdeen 38 20 8 10 53 38+15 68 2014–15 UEFA Europa League First qualifying round
4 Dundee United 38 16 10 12 65 50+15 58
5 Inverness Caledonian Thistle 38 16 9 13 44 440 57
6 St Johnstone 38 15 8 15 48 42+6 53 2014–15 UEFA Europa League Second qualifying round
7 Ross County 38 11 7 20 44 6218 40
8 St Mirren 38 10 9 19 39 5819 39
9 Kilmarnock 38 11 6 21 45 6621 39
10 Partick Thistle 38 8 14 16 46 6519 38
11 Hibernian (R) 38 8 11 19 31 5120 35 Scottish Premiership play-offs
12 Heart of Midlothian (R) 38 10 8 20 45 6520 0231 Relegation to 2014–15 Scottish Championship

Source: ESPN
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored
1 Heart of Midlothian were deducted 15 points for entering administration
2 St Johnstone, as winners of the 2013–14 Scottish Cup, qualify to second qualifying round of Europa League.
(C) = Champion; (R) = Relegated; (P) = Promoted; (E) = Eliminated; (O) = Play-off winner; (A) = Advances to a further round.

Division summary

Round1234567891011121314151617181920212223242526272829303132333435363738
GroundAHAHHAHAHAHAAHHAHAAAHAAAHHAHHAHAHAHAHA
Result D L D W L W D D W L W D W W W W W L L L D D L D W W W L W W W D L L W D L L
Position 6 8 8 6 7 5 6 6 6 6 5 6 6 4 3 3 2 4 5 5 4 4 5 5 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4

Last updated: 6 June 2014.
Source: [13]
Ground: A = Away; H = Home. Result: D = Draw; L = Loss; W = Win; P = Postponed.

Transfers

Players in

Player From Fee
Northern Ireland Paul Paton Scotland Partick Thistle Free[14]
Scotland Chris Erskine Scotland Partick Thistle Free[14]
Scotland Brian Graham Scotland Raith Rovers Free[15]
Scotland Andrew Robertson Scotland Queen's Park Undisclosed[16]
Scotland Aidan Connolly Scotland Queen's Park Undisclosed[16]
Scotland David Goodwillie England Blackburn Loan[17]
England Calum Butcher England Hayes & Yeading United Free[18]
England Kudus Oyenuga England Hayes & Yeading United Free[18]
Turkey Nadir Çiftçi Netherlands NAC Breda Free[19]
Scotland Mark Wilson England Bristol City Free[20]
Senegal Morgaro Gomis England Birmingham City Free[21]
France Farid El Alagui England Brentford Loan[22]

Players out

Player To Fee
Scotland Johnny Russell England Derby County £750,000[23]
Republic of Ireland Jon Daly Scotland Rangers Free[24]
Republic of Ireland Willo Flood Scotland Aberdeen Free[25]
England Steve Banks Scotland St Johnstone Free[26]
Scotland Barry Douglas Poland Lech Poznań Free[27]
Sweden Marcus Törnstrand Sweden Östersunds Free[28]
Northern Ireland Brian McLean Scotland Ross County Free[29]
Republic of Ireland Richie Ryan Republic of Ireland Shamrock Rovers Free[30]
Scotland Ryan Ferguson Scotland Dunfermline Athletic Loan[31]
Scotland Luke Johnston Scotland Dunfermline Athletic Loan[32]
Scotland Jordan Moore Scotland Dunfermline Athletic Loan[32]
Scotland Dale Hilson Scotland Forfar Athletic Loan[33]
Scotland Michael Gardyne Scotland Kilmarnock Loan[34]
Scotland Aidan Connolly Scotland Brechin City Loan[35]
Scotland Darren Petrie Scotland Brechin City Loan[36]
Scotland Mark Millar Scotland Falkirk Loan[37]
Scotland Ross Gilmour Scotland Airdrieonians Loan[38]
Scotland Luke Johnston Scotland Montrose Loan[38]
Scotland Joe McGovern Scotland Clyde Loan[39]
Scotland Chris Erskine Scotland Partick Thistle Loan[40]
Scotland Ryan Ferguson Scotland Brechin City[41] Free[42]

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