2014–15 Dundee United F.C. season

The 2014–15 season is the club's 106th season, having been founded as Dundee Hibernian in 1909 and their second season in the Scottish Premiership. United will also compete in the League Cup and the Scottish Cup.

Dundee United
2014–15 season
ChairmanStephen Thompson
ManagerJackie McNamara
StadiumTannadice Park
PremiershipFifth place
League CupRunners-up
Scottish CupQuarter-final
Top goalscorerLeague: Nadir Çiftçi (14)
All: Nadir Çiftçi (16)
Highest home attendance13,041 vs. Dundee
League Cup
24 September 2014
Lowest home attendance5,243 vs. Hamilton
Premiership
11 April 2014
Average home league attendance7,878

Results & fixtures

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  Win   Draw   Loss   Postponed

Pre season

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12 July 2014[1] Friendly   Bohemian 0–4 Dundee United Dalymount Park
15:00 Report Dow   39'
Çiftçi   40' (pen.)
Armstrong   64'
Graham   90' (pen.)
Referee: Harvey
16 July 2014[1] Friendly Forfar Athletic 2–2 Dundee United Station Park
19:30 Hilson   51' (pen.), 54' Report Robertson   29'
Moore   88'
Attendance: 1,745
Referee: Shaw
18 July 2014[2][3] Friendly   FC Winterswijk 0–6 Dundee United Jasperweg
18:30 Report Connolly   6', 47'
Graham   36'
Armstrong   69'
Çiftçi   85'
Redeker   89' (o.g.)
Attendance: 500
Referee: Rutgers
20 July 2014[2][3] Friendly   FC Utrecht 2–1 Dundee United Stadion Galgenwaard
16:00 Toornstra   48'
de Kogel   52'
Report Graham   85' Attendance: 6,553
Referee: Nijhuis
22 July 2014[2][3] Friendly   NAC Breda 1–2 Dundee United Sportpark De Gagelrijzen
18:00 Tighadouini   10' Report Graham   78'
Bilate   83'
Attendance: 1,211
Referee: Janssen
27 July 2014[4] Friendly Hibernian 0–1 Dundee United Easter Road
14:00 Report Erskine   77' Attendance: 6,264
Referee: Collum
2 August 2014[5] Friendly   Leeds United 2–0 Dundee United Elland Road
15:00 Morison   3'
Poleon   86'
Report Attendance: 10,115
Referee: Madeley

Scottish Premiership

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10 August 2014 Scottish Premiership Aberdeen 0–3 Dundee United Pittodrie Stadium
15:00 BBC Report Dow   29'
Mackay-Steven   45'
Erskine   90'
Attendance: 16,471
Referee: Collum
13 August 2014 Scottish Premiership Dundee United 1–0 Motherwell Tannadice Park
19:45 Bilate   83' BBC Report Attendance: 8,367
Referee: Clancy
16 August 2014 Scottish Premiership Celtic 6–1 Dundee United Celtic Park
12:45 Denayer   4'
Commons   27'
Johansen   34'
Stokes   54'
Berget   62', 90 1'
BBC Report Rankin   71' Attendance: 44,484
Referee: Thomson
23 August 2014 Scottish Premiership Dundee United 2–1 Ross County Tannadice Park
15:00 Çiftçi   19'
Erskine   86'
BBC Report Jervis   51' Attendance: 7,179
Referee: McLean
30 August 2014 Scottish Premiership St Mirren 0–3 Dundee United St Mirren Park
15:00 BBC Report Erskine   47'
Fojut   69'
Spittal   86'
Attendance: 4,245
Referee: Madden
21 September 2014 Scottish Premiership Dundee 1–4 Dundee United Dens Park
12:15 Stewart   90' BBC Report Bilate   25' (pen.)
Dow   54'
Morris   59'
Watson   79'
Attendance: 11,447
Referee: McLean
27 September 2014 Scottish Premiership Dundee United 2–0 St Johnstone Tannadice Park
15:00 Erskine   23'
Paton   72'
BBC Report Attendance: 7,161
Referee: Madden
3 October 2014 Scottish Premiership Kilmarnock 2–0 Dundee United Rugby Park
19:45 Obadeyi   63'
Connolly   65'
BBC Report Attendance: 3,953
Referee: Allan
1 November 2014 Scottish Premiership Dundee United 3–0 St Mirren Tannadice Park
15:00 Paton   45'
Çiftçi   56'
Telfer   73'
BBC Report Attendance: 6,808
Referee: Dallas
7 November 2014 Scottish Premiership Motherwell 1–0 Dundee United Fir Park
19:45 Vigurs   52' BBC Report Attendance: 3,961
Referee: McLean
22 November 2014 Scottish Premiership Dundee United 3–1 Kilmarnock Tannadice Park
15:00 Çiftçi   5'
Armstrong   42'
Connolly   90'
BBC Report Pascali   38' Attendance: 6,664
Referee: Beaton
5 December 2014 Scottish Premiership Ross County 2–3 Dundee United Victoria Park
19:45 Arquin   76'
Maatsen   89'
BBC Report Çiftçi   21', 58'
Armstrong   49'
Attendance: 2,922
Referee: Madden
13 December 2014 Scottish Premiership Dundee United 0–2 Aberdeen Tannadice Park
15:00 BBC Report Rooney   19', 33' Attendance: 11,196
Referee: Allan
21 December 2014 Scottish Premiership Dundee United 2–1 Celtic Tannadice Park
12:15 Çiftçi   5'
Armstrong   65'
BBC Report Griffiths   87' Attendance: 12,098
Referee: McLean
27 December 2014 Scottish Premiership St Johnstone 2–1 Dundee United McDiarmid Park
15:00 O'Halloran   76'
Millar   86'
BBC Report Butcher   43' Attendance: 7,384
Referee: Muir
1 January 2015 Scottish Premiership Dundee United 6–2 Dundee Tannadice Park
12:15 Armstrong   1'
Mackay-Steven   27', 42'
Erskine   31'
Fojut   64'
Telfer   83'
BBC Report Stewart   24'
Tankulić   90'
Attendance: 12,964
Referee: Clancy
21 January 2015 Scottish Premiership St Mirren 1–1 Dundee United St Mirren Park
19:45 McLean   39' BBC Report Armstrong   43' Attendance: 2,511
Referee: Beaton
24 January 2015 Scottish Premiership Dundee United 3–1 Motherwell Tannadice Park
15:00 Telfer   61', 90'
Fojut   69'
BBC Report Ramsden   78' Attendance: 7,176
Referee: Thomson
14 February 2015 Scottish Premiership Kilmarnock 3–2 Dundee United Rugby Park
15:00 Magennis   10'
Johnstone   52'
Clingan   90'
BBC report Çiftçi   3' (pen.)
Anier   13'
Attendance: 3,788
Referee: Finnie
21 February 2015 Scottish Premiership Dundee United 0–2 St Johnstone Tannadice Park
15:00 BBC Report O'Halloran   9' (44) Attendance: 7,623
Referee: Collum
28 February 2015 Scottish Premiership Dundee United 0–2 Partick Thistle Tannadice Park
15:00 BBC Report O'Donnell   34'
McGowan   41' (o.g.)
Attendance: 6,517
Referee: Aitken
21 March 2015 Scottish Premiership Celtic 3–0 Dundee United Celtic Park
15:00 Mackay-Steven   16'
Guidetti   33'
Denayer   45'
BBC Report Attendance: 45,884
Referee: Clancy
8 April 2015 Scottish Premiership Dundee 3–1 Dundee United Dens Park
19:45 Stewart   14'
McPake   23'
Heffernan   68'
BBC Report Çiftçi   16' (pen.) Attendance: 10,510
Referee: Beaton
18 April 2015 Scottish Premiership Aberdeen 1–0 Dundee United Pittodrie Stadium
15:00 Rooney   39' BBC Report Attendance: 12,619
Referee: Madden
26 April 2015 Scottish Premiership Dundee United 0–3 Celtic Tannadice Park
12:45 BBC Report Griffiths   47', 65', 84' Attendance: 8,329
Referee: Collum
9 May 2015 Scottish Premiership St Johnstone 1–1 Dundee United McDiarmid Park
15:00 Davidson   77' BBC Report Rankin   68' Attendance: 4,862
Referee: Clancy
24 May 2015 Scottish Premiership Dundee United 3–0 Dundee Tannadice Park
12:30 Ciftci   8'
Ciftci   31' (pen.)
Spittal   50'
BBC Report Attendance: 10,812
Referee: Bobby Madden

Scottish League Cup

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24 September 2014 Round 3 Dundee United 1–0 Dundee Tannadice Park
19:45 Fojut   90' BBC Report Attendance: 13,041
Referee: Thomson
29 October 2014 Quarter Final Hibernian 3–3 (a.e.t.)
(6–7 p)
Dundee United Easter Road
19:45 Malonga   17'
Cummings   57'
Kennedy   78'
BBC Report Erskine   12'
Connolly   19'
Dow   61'
Attendance: 8,689
Referee: Beaton
Penalties
Allan  
Craig  
Hanlon  
Harris  
Malonga  
Stanton  
Kennedy  
Gray  
Erskine  
Souttar  
Armstrong  
Dow  
Çiftçi  
Spittal  
Rankin  
Townsend  
31 January 2015 Semi Final Dundee United 2–1 Aberdeen Hampden Park
15:00 Morris   60'
Çiftçi   66'   84'
Report Daniels   49'
Jack   82'
Pawlett   83'
Attendance: 29,608
Referee:   Steven McLean (referee)
15 March 2015 Final Dundee United 0–2 Celtic Hampden Park
14:30 Report Commons   28'
Forrest   79'
Attendance: 49,259
Referee: Bobby Madden

Scottish Cup

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29 November 2014 Round 4 Motherwell 1–2 Dundee United Fir Park
15:00 Ojamaa   7' BBC Report Souttar   66'
Watson   82'
Attendance: 4,827
Referee: Thomson
8 February 2015 Round 5 Stranraer 0–3 Dundee United Stair Park
12:30 BBC Report Erskine   21'
Dow   27'   31'
Attendance: 1,491
Referee: Clancy
8 March 2015 Quarter Final Dundee United 1–1 Celtic Tannadice Park
15:30 Çiftçi   45 (pen.)' BBC Report Griffiths   71' Attendance: 10,504
Referee: Thomson
18 March 2015 Quarter Final Replay Celtic 4–0 Dundee United Celtic Park
19:45 Denayer   17'
Griffiths   57'
Commons   79'
Van Dijk   90 1'
Stokes   87'
Report Attendance: 28,847
Referee: Calum Murray

Player statistics

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Squad information

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As of 24 May 2015(UTC)[6][7]
No. Pos Nat Player Total Premiership League Cup Scottish Cup
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
1 GK   POL Radosław Cierzniak 45 0 36 1 0 4 0 0 4 0 0
2 DF   IRL Seán Dillon 33 1 26 1 1 3 0 0 3 0 0
3 DF   ENG Conor Townsend 19 0 16 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 0
3 DF   SCO Paul Dixon 17 0 15 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0
4 DF   SCO John Souttar 15 1 13 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1
5 DF   POL Jarosław Fojut 43 5 36 0 4 4 0 1 3 0 0
6 MF   NIR Paul Paton 32 2 22 2 2 4 0 0 4 0 0
7 FW   TUR Nadir Çiftçi 42 16 34 2 14 2 1 1 3 0 1
8 MF   SCO John Rankin 36 2 29 2 2 3 0 0 2 0 0
9 FW   SCO Brian Graham 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
10 MF   SCO Robbie Muirhead 13 2 6 7 2 0 0 0 0 0 0
10 MF   SCO Stuart Armstrong 24 6 17 3 6 2 1 0 1 0 0
11 MF   SCO Gary Mackay-Steven 25 5 14 7 5 2 1 0 1 0 0
12 DF   SCO Keith Watson 16 2 14 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 1
13 GK   SCO Marc McCallum 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
14 DF   IRL Callum Morris 30 2 23 2 1 3 0 1 2 0 0
15 FW   SCO Michael Gardyne 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
16 DF   AUS Ryan McGowan 17 1 12 0 1 2 0 0 3 0 0
17 MF   SCO Chris Erskine 41 8 27 7 6 1 2 1 3 1 1
18 MF   SCO Ryan Dow 32 5 17 7 2 3 1 1 4 0 2
19 FW   RUS Mario Bilate 16 2 6 8 2 1 1 0 0 0 0
20 MF   ENG Calum Butcher 21 1 15 0 1 2 0 0 3 1 0
21 MF   SCO Charlie Telfer 25 4 13 8 4 1 0 0 1 2 0
22 FW   SCO Aidan Connolly 22 2 8 10 1 1 0 1 1 2 0
23 MF   SCO Scott Smith 4 0 0 3 0 0 1 0 0 0 0
24 MF   SCO Blair Spittal 30 2 13 12 2 2 1 0 1 1 0
25 FW   SCO Jordan Moore 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
26 GK   POL Michał Szromnik 4 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
27 MF   SCO Scott Fraser 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
28 FW   SCO Kudus Oyenuga 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
29 MF   SCO Darren Petrie 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
30 FW   EST Henri Anier 16 1 4 8 1 0 2 0 1 1 0
33 DF   SCO Euan Spark 2 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
49 FW   NGA Ola Adeyemo 2 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0

Disciplinary record

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As of 24 May 2015 (UTC)
Position Nation Number Name Premiership League Cup Scottish Cup Total
               
1   GK Radosław Cierzniak 0 0 1 0 1 0 2 0
2   DF Seán Dillon 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 1
3   DF Conor Townsend 2 0 0 0 1 0 3 0
3   DF Paul Dixon 4 0 0 0 0 1 4 1
4   DF John Souttar 3 0 0 0 0 0 3 0
5   DF Jarosław Fojut 9 0 1 0 0 0 10 0
6   MF Paul Paton 10 0 2 0 1 1 13 1
7   MF Nadir Çiftçi 8 1 1 0 2 0 11 1
8   MF John Rankin 4 0 1 0 1 0 6 0
10   MF Stuart Armstrong 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
11   MF Gary Mackay-Steven 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
12   DF Keith Watson 5 0 1 0 0 0 6 0
14   DF Callum Morris 5 0 0 0 0 0 5 0
16   DF Ryan McGowan 3 0 0 0 1 1 4 1
17   MF Chris Erskine 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
18   MF Ryan Dow 2 0 0 0 2 0 4 0
19   FW Mario Bilate 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
20   MF Calum Butcher 6 0 0 0 1 0 7 0
21   MF Charlie Telfer 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
22   MF Aidan Connolly 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
26   GK Michał Szromnik 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1
30   FW Henri Anier 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
33   DF Euan Spark 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
49   FW Ola Adeyemo 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
Total 72 2 7 1 10 3 89 6

Team statistics

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League table

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
3 Inverness Caledonian Thistle 38 19 8 11 52 42 10 65 Qualification for the Europa League second qualifying round[a]
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[b] 38 11 12 15 46 57 −11 45
7 Hamilton Academical 38 15 8 15 50 53 −3 53
Source: SPFL
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored
Notes:
  1. ^ Inverness Caledonian Thistle qualified for the second qualifying round of the UEFA Europa League by winning the 2014–15 Scottish Cup.
  2. ^ Teams in the bottom six at the time of the split (33 games) cannot pass teams in the top six

Division summary

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Round1234567891011121314151617181920212223242526272829303132333435363738
GroundAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHHAHAAAHAHHHAHAHAHHAAAH
ResultWWLWWDWWLWLWLWWLWLWDWDWLLDLLLLWLLWLDLW
Position12443411224233332334334444444444454455
Updated to match(es) played on 24 May 2015. Source: [8]
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Management statistics

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Last updated on 24 May 2015
Name From To P W D L Win%[nb 1]
Jackie McNamara[9] 10 August 2014 24 May 2015 38 17 5 16 044.74

Transfers

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See also

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Notes

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

References

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