2015–16 Dundee United F.C. season

The 2015–16 season is Dundee United's 107th season, having been founded as Dundee Hibernian in 1909 and their third season in the Scottish Premiership. United will also compete in the League Cup and the Scottish Cup.

Dundee United
2015–16 season
ChairmanStephen Thompson
ManagerJackie McNamara
(Until 26 September 2015)
Mixu Paatelainen
(From 14 October 2015 to 4 May 2016)
Gordon Young (Caretaker)
StadiumTannadice Park
Premiership12th (relegated)
League CupFourth round, lost to Hibernian
Scottish CupSemi-final, lost to Hibernian
Top goalscorerLeague: Billy McKay (12)
All: McKay (12)
Highest home attendance11,835 vs Dundee, Premiership, 11 August 2015
Lowest home attendance5,174 vs Dunfermline Athletic, League Cup, 22 September 2015
Average home league attendance7,969

Summary

Management

They began the season under the management of Jackie McNamara, who was on a long term contract until 2017.[1] On 26 September 2015, following the club's defeat to St Johnstone, McNamara was relieved of his duties as manager of the club, however he still remained an employee of Dundee United.[2] The following day McNamara and his backroom staff Simon Donnelly, Darren Jackson and Craig Hinchcliffe officially left the club.[3] Assistant youth coach Dave Bowman became caretaker manager.[4]

On 14 October, United appointed former player Mixu Paatelainen as head coach.[5] His first game in charge was versus Heart of Midlothian on 18 October.[6] Paatelainen left his position as manager after United's relegation to the championship was confirmed in May 2016 with coach Gordon Young placed in charge for the remaining three games of the season.[7]

Results & fixtures

  Win   Draw   Loss   Postponed

Pre season / Friendlies

7 July 2015 Forfarshire Cup Arbroath 2–0 Dundee United Arbroath
19:45 BST Jamie Reid  41'
Kane Hester  84'
Stadium: Gayfield Park
10 July 2015 Friendly Vitesse Arnhem 4–0 Dundee United Arnhem
19:30 BST Djurdjevic  14', 17'
Oliynyk  54'
Kazaishvili  68'
Dundee United Report Stadium: GelreDome
Attendance: 1,824
14 July 2015 Friendly AZ Alkmaar 3–1 Dundee United Alkmaar
19:00 BST Markus Henriksen  21'
Derrick Luckassen  57'
Jeffrey Gouweleeuw  79'
Dundee United Report Blair Spittal  28' Stadium: AFAS Stadion
Attendance: 1,000
16 July 2015 Friendly FC Utrecht 4–0 Dundee United Utrecht
19:00 BST Nacer Barazite  29'
Yannick Cortie  39'
Yassin Ayoub  61'
Yannick Cortie  90+2'
Dundee United Report Stadium: Stadion Galgenwaard
22 July 2015 Friendly Queens Park Rangers 2–1 Dundee United London
19:30 BST Matt Phillips  19'
Massimo Luongo  65'
Dundee United Report Mario Bilate  23' Stadium: The Hive Stadium
25 July 2015 Friendly Dundee United 0–1 Watford Dundee
15:00 BST Dundee United Report Troy Deeney  53' Stadium: Tannadice Park

Scottish Premiership

2 August 2015 Scottish Premiership Dundee United 0–1 Aberdeen Tannadice Park
15:30 BBC Report McLean  82' Attendance: 10,706
Referee: Clancy
8 August 2015 Scottish Premiership Motherwell 0–2 Dundee United Fir Park
15:00 BBC Report Laing (og)  83'
Murray  90'
Attendance: 4,859
Referee: Madden
11 August 2015 Scottish Premiership Dundee United 2–2 Dundee Tannadice Park
19:45 Spittal  64', 67' BBC Report Stewart  81'
McPake  90+4'
Attendance: 11,835
Referee: Beaton
22 August 2015 Scottish Premiership Dundee United 1–3 Celtic Tannadice Park
15:00 Erskine  45' (pen.) BBC Report Griffiths  17'
Durnan  44' (o.g.)
McGregor  74'
Attendance: 10,605
Referee: Collum
29 August 2015 Scottish Premiership Ross County 2–1 Dundee United Victoria Park
15:00 Boyce  17' (pen.)
Davies  28'
BBC Report Dillon  61' Attendance: 4,014
Referee: Thomson
12 September 2015 Scottish Premiership Dundee United 1–2 Kilmarnock Tannadice Park
15:00 McKay  66' (pen.) BBC Report Higginbotham  44' (pen.)
McHattie  88'
Attendance: 8,264
Referee: Colvin
26 September 2015 Scottish Premiership St Johnstone 2–1 Dundee United McDiarmid Park
15:00 Mannus  23'
Cummins  63'
Lappin  80'
BBC Report McKay  24' (pen.) Attendance: 4,634
Referee: Madden
7 November 2015 Scottish Premiership Aberdeen 2–0 Dundee United Pittodrie Stadium
15:00 Rooney  52'
Hayes  73'
BBC Report Attendance: 12,805
Referee: McLean
21 November 2015 Scottish Premiership Dundee United 1–2 St Johnstone Tannadice Park
15:00 McKay  33' BBC Report Kane  43'
Davidson  45+1'
Attendance: 7,020
Referee: Thomson
5 December 2015 Scottish Premiership Kilmarnock 1–1 Dundee United Rugby Park
15:00 Boyd  4'
Findlay  23'
BBC Report McKay  24' (pen.) Attendance: 2,828
Referee: Beaton
26 December 2015 Scottish Premiership Dundee United P – P Motherwell Tannadice Park
15:00 BBC Report Referee: Dallas
Note: Postponed due to a waterlogged pitch.
30 December 2015 Scottish Premiership Heart of Midlothian 3–2 Dundee United Tynecastle Stadium
19:45 Reilly  17'
Buaben  26'
Sow  30' (pen.)
BBC Report Mckay  2' (pen.)
Fraser  45'
Attendance: 16,721
Referee: Madden
2 January 2016 Scottish Premiership Dundee 2–1 Dundee United Dens Park
Hemmings  41'
Ross  62'
BBC Report Spittal  15'
Demel  82' 
Attendance: 11,025
Referee: Clancy
15 January 2016 Scottish Premiership Dundee United 1–4 Celtic Tannadice Park
Murray  31' BBC Report Griffiths  21', 48'
Šimunović  27'
Commons  56'
Attendance: 10,848
Referee: Madden
23 January 2016 Scottish Premiership Dundee United 5–1 Kilmarnock Tannadice Park
Spittal  8', 39'
Durnan  32'
Rankin  44'
Dillon  78'
BBC Report Magennis  82' Attendance: 7,729
Referee: Anderson
30 January 2016 Scottish Premiership Partick Thistle P – P Dundee United Firhill Stadium
BBC Report Referee: Dallas
Note: Postponed due to a waterlogged pitch.
16 February 2016 Scottish Premiership Dundee United 0–3 Motherwell Tannadice Park
BBC Report McManus  45+1'
McDonald  72', 80'
Attendance: 6,251
Referee: Aitken
20 February 2016 Scottish Premiership Dundee United 2–1 Heart of Midlothian Tannadice Park
Demel  43'
Paton  88'
Anier  90' 
BBC Report Walker  48'
McGhee  40' 
Attendance: 8,031
Referee: Clancy
27 February 2016 Scottish Premiership Ross County 0–3 Dundee United Victoria Park
BBC Report Paton  10'
Mckay  71'
Dow  76'
Attendance: 3,564
Referee: Beaton
2 March 2016 Scottish Premiership Dundee United 0–1 Aberdeen Tannadice Park
Paton  90+2' Report Church  29'
Shinnie  36'
Attendance: 9,737
Referee: Bobby Madden
11 March 2016 Scottish Premiership Motherwell 2–1 Dundee United Fir Park
Johnson  45+1'
Lasley  54'
Moult  65'
Report Anier  22'
Donaldson  42'
Dixon  72'
Morris  74'
Paton  90+3'
Attendance: 4,210
Referee: Crawford Allan
20 March 2016 Scottish Premiership Dundee United 2–2 Dundee Tannadice Park
Dixon  44'
Mckay  53' (pen.)  90+1'
Ofere  87'
Report Hemmings  34'  45'
Bain  51'
Holt  90+5'
Attendance: 11,603
Referee: Steven McLean (referee)
5 April 2016 Scottish Premiership Partick Thistle 1–0 Dundee United Firhill Stadium
Frans  3'
Doolan  71'
Booth  85'
Danny Seaborne  90'
Report Fraser  90' Attendance: 4,533
Referee: Hugh Dallas
2 May 2016 Scottish Premiership Dundee 2–1 Dundee United Dens Park
Gadzhalov  77'
Bain  80'
Stewart  84'
O'Dea  86'
Wighton  90'
Report Dixon  4'
Ofere  54'
Kawashima  84'
Paton  86'
Dillon  90'
Attendance: 10,088
Referee: Willie Collum
6 May 2016 Scottish Premiership Inverness Caledonian Thistle 2–3 Dundee United Caledonian Stadium
=Roberts  57'
Polworth  70'
Storey  73'
Report Murray  6'  45'
Ofere  55'
Morris  76' 
Attendance: 3,587
Referee: Don Robertson
14 May 2016 Scottish Premiership Kilmarnock 2–4 Dundee United Rugby Park
Balatoni  23'
Higginbotham  27'
Obadeyi  34'
Hodson  63'
Report Durnan  12'  30'
Murray  74'  82'
Souttar  86'
Attendance: 2,702
Referee: Bobby Madden

Scottish League Cup

4 November 2015 League Cup Round 4 Hibernian 3–0 Dundee United Easter Road
19:45 Gray  20'
Cummings  61' (pen.)
Stevenson  90+4'
BBC Report Attendance: 11,891
Referee: Collum

Scottish Cup

9 January 2016 Scottish Cup Round 4 Airdrieonians 0–1 Dundee United Excelsior Stadium
15:00 BBC Report Spittal  79' Attendance: 2,330
Referee: Aitken
5 March 2016 Scottish Cup Quarter Final Ross County 2–3 Dundee United Victoria Park
15:00 Boyce  24'
Graham  60' (pen.)
BBC Report Anier  57', 65'
Mckay  89'
Durnan  59'
Attendance: 3,052
Referee: Thomson
16 April 2016 Scottish Cup Semi Final Hibernian 0–0 (a.e.t.)
(4-2 p)
Dundee United Hampden Park
12:15 Report Donaldson  30'
Dow  90'
Attendance: 19,651
Referee: John Beaton

Squad statistics

During the 2015–16 season, Dundee United have used thirty-four different players in competitive games.

As of 14 May 2016 (UTC)[8]
No. Pos Nat Player TotalPremiershipLeague CupScottish Cup
AppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
1 GK Eiji Kawashima 19016+000+003+00
2 DF Seán Dillon 31222+421+004+00
3 DF Paul Dixon 29027+100+001+00
4 DF John Souttar 20017+300+000+00
5 DF Callum Morris 15113+001+011+00
6 DF Paul Paton 18213+120+003+10
7 MF Rodney Sneijder 100+100+000+00
7 FW Billy Mckay 361228+1122+004+10
8 MF John Rankin 41234+122+004+00
9 FW Edward Ofere 1336+730+000+00
10 FW Robbie Muirhead 301+200+000+00
11 MF Chris Erskine 1818+710+002+10
12 DF Ryan McGowan 24022+002+000+00
14 FW Ryan Dow 21212+620+003+00
15 MF Simon Murray 2579+1370+201+00
16 MF Charlie Telfer 805+201+000+00
17 DF Mark Durnan 33126+212+002+10
18 FW Aidan Connolly 1101+1000+000+00
19 FW Mario Bilate 201+100+000+00
19 DF Gavin Gunning 20019+000+001+00
20 MF Blair Spittal 39727+651+114+01
21 GK Michał Szromnik 1009+001+000+00
22 MF Scott Fraser 36323+912+011+11
24 DF Euan Spark 101+000+000+00
25 MF Aaron Kuhl 705+002+000+00
25 FW Riku Riski 401+200+000+10
28 DF Coll Donaldson 22015+300+004+00
29 FW Adam Taggart 904+301+100+00
30 FW Darko Bodul 1207+401+000+00
33 FW Justin Johnson 301+200+000+00
40 MF Jamie Robson 100+001+000+00
51 GK Luis Zwick 15013+001+001+00
54 FW Florent Sinama Pongolle 404+000+000+00
55 DF Guy Demel 15112+010+002+10

Disciplinary record

As of 14 May 2016 (UTC)
Position Nation Number Name Premiership League Cup Scottish Cup Total
1GKEiji Kawashima10000010
2DFSeán Dillon20000020
3DFPaul Dixon80000080
4DFJohn Souttar10000010
5DFCallum Morris31100041
6DFPaul Paton40001050
7FWBilly McKay10000010
8MFJohn Rankin50001060
9FWEdward Ofere10000010
12DFRyan McGowan50000050
14DFRyan Dow30001040
15MFSimon Murray20000020
16MFCharlie Telfer00100010
17DFMark Durnan912001112
18FWAidan Connolly21000021
19DFGavin Gunning40000040
20MFBlair Spittal21000021
21GKMichał Szromnik10000010
22MFScott Fraser60000060
26FWHenri Anier31001041
28DFColl Donaldson41001051
30FWDarko Bodul10000010
55DFGuy Demel31000031
Total 6774061828

Team statistics

League table

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation[lower-alpha 1]
8 Dundee 38 11 15 12 53 57 4 48
9 Partick Thistle 38 12 10 16 41 50 9 46
10 Hamilton Academical 38 11 10 17 42 63 21 43
11 Kilmarnock (O) 38 9 9 20 41 64 23 36 Qualification for the Premiership play-off final
12 Dundee United[lower-alpha 2] (R) 38 8 7 23 45 70 25 28 Relegation to the Scottish Championship
Source: Scottish Premiership, Soccerway (first phase), Soccerway (second phase)
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored; 4) Play-off (only if deciding champion, UEFA competitions qualification and second stage group allocation).[10]
(O) Play-off winner; (R) Relegated.
Notes:
  1. Teams play each other three times (33 matches), before the league is split into two groups (the top six and the bottom six).
  2. Dundee United were deducted three points for fielding an ineligible player in their win over Inverness Caledonian Thistle on 6 May 2016.[9]

Management statistics

Last updated on 14 May 2016
Name From To P W D L Win%[nb 1]
Jackie McNamara[11] 2 August 2015 28 September 2015 10 2 2 6 020.00
Dave Bowman[12] 28 September 2015 14 October 2015 1 0 0 1 000.00
Mixu Paatelainen[13] 14 October 2015 4 May 2016 25 5 4 16 020.00

Division summary

Round1234567891011121314151617181920212223242526272829303132333435363738
GroundHAHAHAHHAAHAHAHHAHAAAHHAHHAHAHAAHHAAHA
ResultLWDLLLLDLLLLWLLLDLDLLLWDLWWLLDWLLLLWDW
Position9557991111111212121212121212121212121212121212121212121212121212121212
Updated to match(es) played on 14 May 2016. Source: [14]
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Transfers

See also

Notes

  1. Win% is the percentage of matches won rounded to two decimal places.

References

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