2014–15 Dundee F.C. season
The 2014–15 season was Dundee's first season back in the top tier of Scottish football and their first season in the Scottish Premiership, having been promoted from the Scottish Championship at the end of the previous season.[1][2] Dundee also competed in the League Cup and the Scottish Cup.
| 2014–15 season | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Chairman | Bill Colvin | ||
| Manager | Paul Hartley | ||
| Stadium | Dens Park Dundee, Scotland | ||
| Premiership | Sixth Place | ||
| League Cup | Third round, lost to Dundee United | ||
| Scottish Cup | Fifth round, lost to Celtic | ||
| Top goalscorer | League: Greg Stewart (13 goals) All: Greg Stewart (15 goals) | ||
| Highest home attendance | 11,447 vs. Dundee United, Premiership, 21 September 2014 | ||
| Lowest home attendance | 5,017 vs. Ross County, Premiership, 4 January 2015 | ||
| Average home league attendance | 6,966 | ||
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Season
Summary
Dundee finished sixth in the Scottish Premiership with 45 points. They also reached the third round of the League Cup and fifth round of the Scottish Cup.
Results and fixtures
Win Draw Loss Postponed
Friendlies
Scottish Premiership
| 9 August 2014 1 | Dundee | 1–1 | Kilmarnock | Dens Park |
| 15:00 | Harkins  17' (pen.) |
BBC Report | Slater 24' |
Attendance: 7,588 Referee: McLean |
| 13 August 2014 2 | Inverness Caledonian Thistle | 0–0 | Dundee | Caledonian Stadium |
| 19:45 | BBC Report | Attendance: 3,082 Referee: Finnie |
| 16 August 2014 3 | Dundee | 1–1 | Partick Thistle | Dens Park |
| 15:00 | Wighton 54' |
BBC Report | Fraser 4' Fox  61' |
Attendance: 6,453 Referee: Charleston |
| 23 August 2014 4 | St Mirren | 0–1 | Dundee | St Mirren Park |
| 15:00 | BBC Report | MacDonald 80' |
Attendance: 4,517 Referee: Beaton |
| 31 August 2014 5 | Dundee | 1–1 | Celtic | Dens Park |
| 13:30 | McPake 1' |
BBC Report | Griffiths 55' |
Attendance: 9,276 Referee: Craig Thomson |
| 13 September 2014 6 | St Johnstone F.C. | 0–1 | Dundee | McDiarmid Park |
| 16:00 | Report | Harkins 28' |
Attendance: 6,562 Referee: Willie Collum |
| 21 September 2014 7 | Dundee | 1–4 | Dundee United F.C. | Dens Park |
| 13:15 | Konrad  24'  90'Erskine 40'Stewart 71' 90+3' |
Report | Bilate 25' (pen.) Paton 45'Dow 54' 54'Morris 59'Watson 73' 79' |
Attendance: 11,447 Referee: Steven McLean |
| 27 September 2014 8 | Ross County F.C. | 2–1 | Dundee | Global Energy Stadium |
| 16:00 | Gardyne 27' Maatsen 90' |
Report | Clarkson 69' |
Attendance: 3,118 Referee: Craig Charleston |
| 4 October 2014 9 | Dundee | 2–3 | Aberdeen F.C. | Dens Park |
| 16:00 | Harkins 6' Clarkson 55' (pen.) |
Report | Considine 5' McPake 28' (o.g.)Goodwillie 64' |
Attendance: 8,784 Referee: William Collum |
| 18 October 2014 10 | Motherwell F.C. | 1–3 | Dundee | Fir Park |
| 16:00 | Ojamaa 62' |
Report | Clarkson 3' Harkins 30'Stewart 59' |
Attendance: 4,061 Referee: Brian Colvin |
| 25 October 2014 11 | Dundee | 2–0 | Hamilton Academical F.C. | Dens Park |
| 16:00 | Clarkson 69' Stewart 73' |
Report | Attendance: 6,035 Referee: Beaton |
| 1 November 2014 12 | Kilmarnock | 1–3 | Dundee | Rugby Park |
| 16:00 | Eremenko 76' |
Report | Stewart 44', 90' Clarkson 51' |
Attendance: 4,481 Referee: Greg Aitken |
| 8 November 2014 13 | Dundee | 1–1 | St Johnstone | Dens Park |
| 16:00 | Clarkson 41' |
Report | Graham 53' (pen.) |
Attendance: 6,931 Referee: Bobby Madden |
| 22 November 2014 14 | Celtic | 2–1 | Dundee | Celtic Park |
| 16:00 | Stokes 45' Guidetti 54' |
Report | Clarkson 58' |
Attendance: 43,787 Referee: Kevin Clancy |
| 6 December 2014 15 | Dundee | 1–2 | Inverness CT | Dens Park |
| 16:00 | Stewart 21' |
Report | McKay 55' Christie 88' |
Attendance: 5,400 Referee: William Collum |
| 13 December 2014 16 | Hamilton | 2–1 | Dundee | New Douglas Park |
| 16:00 | Andreu 3' Antoine-Curier 14' |
Report | Stewart 61' |
Attendance: 2,636 Referee: Alan Muir |
| 20 December 2014 17 | Partick Thistle | 1–1 | Dundee | Firhill Stadium |
| 16:00 | Craigen 58' |
Report | Balatoni 90' (o.g.) |
Attendance: 3,203 Referee: Craig Thomson |
| 27 December 2014 18 | Dundee | 1–3 | St Mirren | Dens Park |
| 16:00 | Irvine 84' |
Report | McLean 2', 79' Mallan 68' |
Attendance: 6,447 Referee: Don Robertson |
| 1 January 2015 19 | Dundee United | 6–2 | Dundee | Tannadice Park |
| 13:15 | Armstrong 1' Mackay-Steven 27', 42'Erskine 31'Fojut 64'Telfer 83' |
Report | Stewart 24' Tankulić 90' |
Attendance: 12,964 Referee: Kevin Clancy |
| 4 January 2015 20 | Dundee | 1–1 | Ross County | Dens Park |
| McAlister 52' |
Report | Curran 65' |
Attendance: 5,017 Referee: Craig Thomson |
| 10 January 2015 21 | Dundee | 4–1 | Motherwell | Dens Park |
| 16:00 | Harris 1' Stewart 8'Irvine 34'O'Brien 70' |
Report | Sutton 19' |
Attendance: 5,105 Referee: Stephen Finnie |
| 17 January 2015 22 | Aberdeen | 3–3 | Dundee | Pittodrie Stadium |
| 16:00 | Goodwillie 7' Hayes 87' (pen.) Jack 90' |
Report | Irvine 38' Stewart 40'Harkins 48' |
Attendance: 16,796 Referee: Alan Muir |
| 21 January 2015 23 | Dundee | 1–0 | Kilmarnock | Dens Park |
| 20:45 | Stewart 40' (pen.) |
Report | Attendance: 5,141 Referee: James Christie |
| 24 January 2015 24 | St Mirren | 1–2 | Dundee | St Mirren Park |
| 16:00 | McLean 40' |
Report | Irvine 53' Davidson 69' |
Attendance: 4,010 Referee: McLean |
| 31 January 2015 25 | Dundee | 1–1 | Hamilton | Dens Park |
| 16:00 | Stewart 88' |
Report | Canning 88' |
Attendance: 5,618 Referee: Crawford Allan |
| 14 February 2015 26 | Dundee | 1–0 | Partick Thistle | Dens Park |
| 16:00 | McGowan 88' |
Report | Attendance: 5,560 Referee: Craig Thomson |
| 21 February 2015 27 | Motherwell | 0–1 | Dundee | Fir Park |
| 16:00 | Report | McGinn 12' |
Attendance: 4,282 Referee: Don Robertson |
| 28 February 2015 28 | Ross County | 1–0 | Dundee | Global Energy Stadium |
| 16:00 | Reckord 66' |
Report | Attendance: 3,413 Referee: Andrew Dallas |
| 21 March 2015 29 | Dundee | 1–1 | Aberdeen | Dens Park |
| 12:15 | McGinn 69' |
Report | Rooney 36' |
Attendance: 7,014 Referee: Craig Thomson |
| 4 April 2015 30 | Inverness CT | 1–1 | Dundee | Caledonian Stadium |
| 16:00 | Shinnie 55' |
Report | Clarkson 53' |
Attendance: 3,362 Referee: William Collum |
| 8 April 2015 31 | Dundee | 3–1 | Dundee Utd | Dens Park |
| 20:45 | Stewart 14' McPake 23'Heffernan 68' |
Report | Çiftçi 16' (pen.) |
Attendance: 10,510 Referee: John Beaton |
| 11 April 2015 32 | St Johnstone | 1–0 | Dundee | McDiarmid Park |
| 16:00 | Graham 26' |
Report | Attendance: 6,386 Referee: Steven McLean |
| 22 April 2015 33 | Dundee | 1–2 | Celtic | Dens Park |
| 20:45 | McAlister 87' |
Report | Mackay-Steven 32' van Dijk 63' |
Attendance: 8,908 Referee: Calum Murray |
| 25 April 2015 34 | Dundee | 0–2 | St Johnstone | Dens Park |
| 16:00 | Report | Swanson 53' Wotherspoon 67' |
Attendance: 6,530 Referee: Craig Thomson |
| 1 May 2015 35 | Celtic | 5–0 | Dundee | Celtic Park |
| 20:45 | Griffiths 30' Brown 37'Commons 71' (pen.)Forrest 77'Bitton 88' |
Report | Attendance: 44,299 Referee: Bobby Madden |
| 9 May 2015 36 | Dundee | 0–1 | Inverness CT | Dens Park |
| 16:00 | Report | Ofere 8' |
Attendance: 5,123 Referee: Don Robertson |
League Cup
| 2 August 2014 First round | Dundee | 4–0 | Peterhead | Dens Park |
| 16:00 | Ferry 22' Stewart 45'MacDonald 78'Tankulic 82' |
BBC Report | Attendance: 3,079 Referee: Collum |
| 26 August 2014 Second round | Dundee | 4–0 | Raith Rovers | Dens Park |
| 20:45 | Stewart 3' McGinn 43'MacDonald 59'Boyle 70' |
BBC Report | Attendance: 2,645 Referee: Clancy |
| 24 September 2014 Third round | Dundee United | 1–0 | Dundee | Tannadice Park |
| 19:45 | Fojut 90+2' |
Report | Attendance: 13,041 Referee: Craig Thomson |
Player statistics
During the 2014–15 season, Dundee have used twenty three different players in competitive games. The table below shows the number of appearances and goals scored by each player.
- As of 25 May 2015.[3]
| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Total | Premiership | League Cup | Scottish Cup | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||||
| 1 | GK | .svg.png.webp){kind=small} |
Kyle Letheren | 17 | 0 | 15+0 | 0 | 2+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 2 | DF |  |
Gary Irvine | 30 | 4 | 25+1 | 4 | 2+0 | 0 | 2+0 | 0 |
| 3 | DF | |
Willie Dyer | 24 | 0 | 18+3 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 |
| 4 | DF |  |
Thomas Konrad | 37 | 1 | 30+3 | 0 | 3+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 1 |
| 5 | DF |  |
James McPake | 38 | 2 | 34+0 | 2 | 2+0 | 0 | 2+0 | 0 |
| 6 | MF | |
Iain Davidson | 13 | 1 | 8+4 | 1 | 1+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 8 | MF | |
Kevin McBride | 7 | 0 | 4+2 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 10 | MF | |
Kevin Thomson | 27 | 0 | 22+3 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 |
| 11 | MF | |
Simon Ferry | 22 | 1 | 14+5 | 0 | 2+0 | 1 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 12 | GK | |
Scott Bain | 25 | 0 | 22+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | 2+0 | 0 |
| 14 | FW |  |
Philip Roberts | 9 | 0 | 4+3 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 15 | FW | |
Greg Stewart | 40 | 15 | 32+3 | 13 | 3+0 | 2 | 2+0 | 0 |
| 16 | FW | |
David Clarkson | 26 | 9 | 18+6 | 8 | 0+0 | 0 | 1+1 | 1 |
| 18 | FW | |
Paul McGowan | 35 | 1 | 30+0 | 1 | 2+1 | 0 | 2+0 | 0 |
| 19 | DF | |
Paul McGinn | 40 | 2 | 34+1 | 1 | 3+0 | 1 | 1+1 | 0 |
| 20 | MF | |
Jim McAlister | 41 | 2 | 34+3 | 2 | 2+0 | 0 | 2+0 | 0 |
| 21 | FW | |
Luka Tankulić | 31 | 3 | 12+14 | 2 | 2+1 | 1 | 1+1 | 0 |
| 24 | MF | |
Andrew Black | 2 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 26 | DF |  |
Kostadin Gadzhalov | 9 | 0 | 6+2 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 |
| 29 | MF | |
Gary Harkins | 31 | 5 | 21+7 | 5 | 1+1 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 |
| 33 | FW | |
Craig Wighton | 17 | 1 | 1+15 | 1 | 0+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 |
| 35 | MF | |
Calvin Colquhoun | 2 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 47 | MF | |
Alex Harris (on loan from Hibernian) | 16 | 1 | 11+5 | 1 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 48 | MF | |
Stephen McGinn | 13 | 1 | 11+1 | 1 | 0+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 |
| 49 | FW | |
Paul Heffernan | 7 | 1 | 4+3 | 1 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| Players who left the club during the 2014–15 season | |||||||||||
| 7 | MF | |
Nicky Riley | 0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 9 | FW | |
Peter MacDonald | 9 | 3 | 2+5 | 1 | 1+1 | 2 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 14 | FW | |
Philip Roberts (on loan to Alloa Athletic F.C.) | 9 | 0 | 4+3 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 17 | DF | |
Kyle Benedictus (on loan to Alloa Athletic F.C.) | 1 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 23 | FW | |
Martin Boyle (on loan to Hibernian) | 21 | 1 | 6+11 | 0 | 2+1 | 1 | 1+0 | 0 |
| 25 | GK | |
Arvid Schenk | 1 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 28 | MF | .svg.png.webp){kind=small} |
Dylan Carreiro (on loan to Arbroath F.C.) | 1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 30 | DF | |
Cammy Kerr (on loan to Peterhead F.C.) | 2 | 0 | 0+2 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 33 | FW | |
Craig Wighton (on loan to Brechin City F.C.) | 7 | 1 | 1+6 | 1 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
Team statistics
League table
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4 | St Johnstone | 38 | 16 | 9 | 13 | 34 | 34 | 0 | 57 | Qualification for the Europa League first qualifying round |
| 5 | Dundee United | 38 | 17 | 5 | 16 | 58 | 56 | +2 | 56 | |
| 6 | Dundee[lower-alpha 1] | 38 | 11 | 12 | 15 | 46 | 57 | −11 | 45 | |
| 7 | Hamilton Academical | 38 | 15 | 8 | 15 | 50 | 53 | −3 | 53 | |
| 8 | Partick Thistle | 38 | 12 | 10 | 16 | 48 | 44 | +4 | 46 |
Source: SPFL
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored
Notes:
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored
Notes:
- Teams in the bottom six at the time of the split (33 games) cannot pass teams in the top six
Transfers
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Notes
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