2010–11 Dundee United F.C. season

Dundee United
2010–11 season
Chairman Stephen Thompson[1]
Manager Peter Houston
Stadium Tannadice Park
Premier League Fourth Place
League Cup Quarter-final , lost to Motherwell
Scottish Cup Quarter-final , lost to Motherwell
Top goalscorer League:
David Goodwillie (18)

All:
David Goodwillie (19)
Highest home attendance 12,116 (v AEK Athens, 26 August 2010)
Lowest home attendance 4,041 (v Ross County, 8 January 2011)
Average home league attendance League: 7,389[2]
Home colours
Away colours

The 2010–11 season was the club's 102nd season, having been founded as Dundee Hibernian in 1909 and their 13th consecutive season in the Scottish Premier League, having competed in it since its inauguration in 1998–99. United also competed in the League Cup and the Scottish Cup.

Results & fixtures

[3]  Win   Draw   Loss

Friendlies

The club continued their tradition of participating in the Keyline Cup, visiting Oban in mid July to win the tournament they previously won in 2008.[4] United have confirmed five pre-season friendlies, travelling to Austria for a small pre-season tour and visiting Irish side Glentoran and Championship side Hull City at the end of July. In August, FA Premier League side Wigan Athletic will visit Tannadice for the final pre-season friendly.

SPL

Dundee United began their SPL campaign on Saturday 14 August against St Mirren at St Mirren Park.

Scottish Cup

Scottish League Cup

UEFA Europa League

Dundee United entered the UEFA Europa League at the play-off round taking on AEK Athens.

Team statistics

League table

Pos
Team
Pld
W
D
L
GF
GA
GD
Pts
Qualification or relegation
1 Rangers (C) 38 30 3 5 88 29+59 93 2011–12 UEFA Champions League Third qualifying round
2 Celtic 38 29 5 4 85 22+63 92 2011–12 UEFA Europa League Play-off round 1
3 Heart of Midlothian 38 18 9 11 53 45+8 63 2011–12 UEFA Europa League Third qualifying round
4 Dundee United 38 17 10 11 55 50+5 61 2011–12 UEFA Europa League Second qualifying round 1
5 Kilmarnock 38 13 10 15 53 552 49
6 Motherwell 38 13 7 18 40 6020 46
7 Inverness Caledonian Thistle 38 14 11 13 52 44+8 53
8 St Johnstone 38 11 11 16 23 4320 44
9 Aberdeen 38 11 5 22 39 5920 38
10 Hibernian 38 10 7 21 39 6122 37
11 St Mirren 38 8 9 21 33 5724 33
12 Hamilton Academical (R) 38 5 11 22 24 5935 26 Relegation to 2011–12 Scottish First Division

Source: [5]
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored
1Celtic will enter the play-off round of the 2011–12 UEFA Europa League as they won the 2011 Scottish Cup Final. Due to this, Heart of Midlothian are also moved up to the third qualification round, with fourth-placed team Dundee United receiving the second qualification round spot.
(C) = Champion; (R) = Relegated; (P) = Promoted; (E) = Eliminated; (O) = Play-off winner; (A) = Advances to a further round.
Only applicable when the season is not finished:
(Q) = Qualified to the phase of tournament indicated; (TQ) = Qualified to tournament, but not yet to the particular phase indicated; (RQ) = Qualified to the relegation tournament indicated; (DQ) = Disqualified from tournament.

Playing kit

The playing kit is sponsored for the first time by Calor Gas.[6] Nike continued with the second year of their four-year deal of kit production.[7] Dundee-based cosmetic car repair specialists Dents8 entered the second year of their two-year sponsorship of the home and away shorts and the first team's socks.[8]

References

  1. Rollin, Glenda; Rollin, Jack (2011). Sky Sports Football Yearbook 2011-12. Headline. p. 716. ISBN 0755362314.
  2. "Scottish Premier League Stats: Team Attendance". soccernet.espn.go.com. ESPN. Retrieved 13 October 2012.
  3. "Dundee United Fixtures & Results - 2010/11". soccernet.espn.go.com. ESPN. Retrieved 13 October 2012.
  4. "United win Oban tournament". Dundee United FC. 10 July 2010. Archived from the original on 13 July 2010. Retrieved 10 July 2010.
  5. "2010/11 Scottish Football League Championship". scottishfootballleague.com. Scottish Football League. Archived from the original on 16 December 2012. Retrieved 13 October 2012.
  6. "New sponsorship deal". Dundee United FC. 2010-06-10. Archived from the original on 13 June 2010. Retrieved 2010-06-10.
  7. "United launch centenary strip". Evening Telegraph. 2009-06-15. Archived from the original on 18 June 2009. Retrieved 2009-06-15.
  8. "DENTS8 SUPPORTS DUNDEE UNITED". 2009-06-18. Retrieved 2009-06-18.
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