2015–16 Dundee United F.C. season

Dundee United
2015–16 season
Chairman	Stephen Thompson
Manager	Jackie McNamara; (Until 26 September); Mixu Paatelainen; (From 14 October to 4 May); Gordon Young; (Caretaker)
Stadium	Tannadice Park
Premiership	12th (relegated)
Scottish Cup	Semi-final
League Cup	Fourth round
Top goalscorer	League: Billy McKay (12); All: Billy McKay (12)
Highest home attendance	11,835 vs Dundee, Premiership, 11 August 2015
Lowest home attendance	5,174 vs Dunfermline Athletic, League Cup, 22 September 2015
Average home league attendance	7,969
Home colours	Away colours
	← 2014–15 2016–17 →

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.

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	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	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	Phillips 19' Luongo 65'	Dundee United Report	Bilate 23'	Stadium: The Hive Stadium

25 July 2015 Friendly	Dundee United	0–1	Watford	Dundee
15:00 BST		Dundee United Report	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 83 o.g.' 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

15 August 2015 Scottish Premiership	Hamilton Academical	4–0	Dundee United	New Douglas Park
15:00	Crawford 19' Lucas 36' Morris 39' Nadé 90 2'	BBC Report		Attendance: 2,173 Referee: McLean

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

19 September 2015 Scottish Premiership	Dundee United	1–1	Inverness Caledonian Thistle	Tannadice Park
15:00	McKay 7'	BBC Report	Meekings 56'	Attendance: 6,235 Referee: Clancy

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

3 October 2015 Scottish Premiership	Partick Thistle	3–0	Dundee United	Firhill Stadium
15:00	Amoo 15' Dumbuya 55' Bannigan 65'	BBC Report		Attendance: 3,675 Referee: Thomson

18 October 2015 Scottish Premiership	Dundee United	0–1	Heart of Midlothian	Tannadice Park
12:15	Spittal 90 3'	BBC Report	Juanma 16' (pen.)	Attendance: 7,461 Referee: Clancy

25 October 2015 Scottish Premiership	Celtic	5–0	Dundee United	Celtic Park
15:00	Griffiths 23' Boyata 40' Commons 45 1' (pen.) Kuhl 89' (o.g.)	BBC Report		Referee: Craig Thomson

31 October 2015 Scottish Premiership	Dundee United	1–0	Ross County	Tannadice Park
15:00	McKay 81' (pen.)	BBC Report		Attendance: 5,549 Referee: Robertson

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

28 November 2015 Scottish Premiership	Dundee United	1–2	Hamilton Academical	Tannadice Park
15:00	McKay 29'	BBC Report	Tagliapietra 43' Gordon 79'	Attendance: 5,788 Referee: Finnie

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

12 December 2015 Scottish Premiership	Dundee United	0–1	Partick Thistle	Tannadice Park
15:00		BBC Report	Doolan 51'	Attendance: 6,256 Referee: McLean

19 December 2015 Scottish Premiership	Inverness Caledonian Thistle	2–2	Dundee United	Caledonian Stadium
15:00	Polworth 46' Horner 90 2'	BBC Report	Rankin 26' McKay 81'	Attendance: 2,981 Referee: Thomson

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.

13 February 2016 Scottish Premiership	Hamilton Academical	0–0	Dundee United	New Douglas Park
		BBC Report		Attendance: 3,902 Referee: McLean

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)

2 April 2016 Scottish Premiership	St Johnstone	0–1	Dundee United	McDiarmid Park
		Report	Dow 22' Morris 25' Donaldson 60'	Attendance: 5,784 Referee: Willie Collum

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

9 April 2016 Scottish Premiership	Dundee United	0–2	Inverness Caledonian Thistle	Tannadice Park
	Murray 85' Rankin 90'	Report	Storey 13' Vigurs 50' Mbuyi-Mutombo 52' Tansey 57' Tremarco 62' Fôn Williams 90'	Attendance: 6,927 Referee: Craig Thomson (referee)

24 April 2016 Scottish Premiership	Dundee United	1–3	Hamilton Academical	Tannadice Park
	Dow 44' Durnan 47' Murray 89'	Report	Gillespie 12' Morris 24' 52' 73' Crawford 50' Imrie 76'	Attendance: 5,884 Referee: Steven McLean (referee)

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

10 May 2016 Scottish Premiership	Dundee United	3–3	Partick Thistle	Tannadice Park
	Fraser 60' Lindsay 67' (o.g.) Ofere 76' 87' Johnson 90 1'	Report	Frans 6' Doolan 34' Edwards 76' Penrice 78'	Attendance: 4,689 Referee: Craig Thomson (referee)

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

22 September 2015 League Cup round 3	Dundee United	3–1 (a.e.t.)	Dunfermline Athletic	Tannadice Park
19:45	Morris 35' Fraser 96' Spittal 99'	BBC Report	Paton 10'	Attendance: 5,174 Referee: Beaton

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

6 February 2016 Scottish Cup round 5	Dundee United	1–0	Partick Thistle	Tannadice Park
15:00	Fraser 85'	BBC Report		Attendance: 5,803 Referee: Collum

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	Total		Premiership		League Cup		Scottish Cup
No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
1	GK	JPN	Eiji Kawashima	19	0	16 0	0	0 0	0	3 0	0
2	DF	IRL	Seán Dillon	31	2	22 4	2	1 0	0	4 0	0
3	DF	SCO	Paul Dixon	29	0	27 1	0	0 0	0	1 0	0
5	DF	IRL	Callum Morris	15	1	13 0	0	1 0	1	1 0	0
6	DF	NIR	Paul Paton	18	2	13 1	2	0 0	0	3 1	0
7	FW	NIR	Billy Mckay	36	12	28 1	12	2 0	0	4 1	0
8	MF	SCO	John Rankin	41	2	34 1	2	2 0	0	4 0	0
9	FW	NGA	Edward Ofere	13	3	6 7	3	0 0	0	0 0	0
11	MF	SCO	Chris Erskine	18	1	8 7	1	0 0	0	2 1	0
12	DF	ENG	Kyle Knoyle	11	0	8 1	0	0 0	0	1 1	0
14	FW	SCO	Ryan Dow	21	2	12 6	2	0 0	0	3 0	0
15	MF	SCO	Simon Murray	25	7	9 13	7	0 2	0	1 0	0
16	MF	SCO	Charlie Telfer	8	0	5 2	0	1 0	0	0 0	0
17	DF	SCO	Mark Durnan	33	1	26 2	1	2 0	0	2 1	0
18	FW	SCO	Aidan Connolly	11	0	1 10	0	0 0	0	0 0	0
19	DF	IRL	Gavin Gunning	20	0	19 0	0	0 0	0	1 0	0
20	MF	SCO	Blair Spittal	39	7	27 6	5	1 1	1	4 0	1
21	GK	POL	Michał Szromnik	10	0	9 0	0	1 0	0	0 0	0
22	MF	SCO	Scott Fraser	36	3	23 9	1	2 0	1	1 1	1
24	DF	SCO	Euan Spark	1	0	1 0	0	0 0	0	0 0	0
25	FW	FIN	Riku Riski	4	0	1 2	0	0 0	0	0 1	0
28	DF	SCO	Coll Donaldson	22	0	15 3	0	0 0	0	4 0	0
30	FW	AUT	Darko Bodul	12	0	7 4	0	1 0	0	0 0	0
32	GK	SCO	Scott Lochhead	0	0	0 0	0	0 0	0	0 0	0
33	FW	NED	Justin Johnson	3	1	1 2	1	0 0	0	0 0	0
35	MF	SCO	Bradley Smith	2	0	0 2	0	0 0	0	0 0	0
36	DF	SCO	Cammy Ballantyne	2	0	0 2	0	0 0	0	0 0	0
38	DF	AUS	Harry Souttar	2	1	1 1	1	0 0	0	0 0	0
40	MF	SCO	Jamie Robson	1	0	0 0	0	1 0	0	0 0	0
43	MF	SCO	Matty Smith	2	0	2 0	0	0 0	0	0 0	0
51	GK	GER	Luis Zwick	15	0	13 0	0	1 0	0	1 0	0
54	FW	FRA	Florent Sinama Pongolle	4	0	4 0	0	0 0	0	0 0	0
55	DF	CIV	Guy Demel	15	1	12 0	1	0 0	0	2 1	0
Players who left the club during the 2015–16 season
4	DF	SCO	John Souttar	20	0	17 3	0	0 0	0	0 0	0
7	MF	NED	Rodney Sneijder	1	0	0 1	0	0 0	0	0 0	0
10	FW	SCO	Robbie Muirhead	3	0	1 2	0	0 0	0	0 0	0
12	DF	AUS	Ryan McGowan	24	0	22 0	0	2 0	0	0 0	0
19	FW	NED	Mario Bilate	2	0	1 1	0	0 0	0	0 0	0
25	MF	ENG	Aaron Kuhl	7	0	5 0	0	2 0	0	0 0	0
29	FW	AUS	Adam Taggart	9	0	4 3	0	1 1	0	0 0	0

Source: ^[8]

Disciplinary record

As of 14 May 2016 (UTC)

Position	Nation	Number	Name	Premiership		League Cup		Scottish Cup		Total
Position	Nation	Number	Name
1		GK	Eiji Kawashima	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
2		DF	Seán Dillon	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	0
3		DF	Paul Dixon	8	0	0	0	0	0	8	0
4		DF	John Souttar	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
5		DF	Callum Morris	3	1	1	0	0	0	4	1
6		DF	Paul Paton	4	0	0	0	1	0	5	0
7		FW	Billy McKay	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
8		MF	John Rankin	5	0	0	0	1	0	6	0
9		FW	Edward Ofere	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
12		DF	Ryan McGowan	5	0	0	0	0	0	5	0
14		DF	Ryan Dow	3	0	0	0	1	0	4	0
15		MF	Simon Murray	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	0
16		MF	Charlie Telfer	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	0
17		DF	Mark Durnan	9	1	2	0	0	1	11	2
18		FW	Aidan Connolly	2	1	0	0	0	0	2	1
19		DF	Gavin Gunning	4	0	0	0	0	0	4	0
20		MF	Blair Spittal	2	1	0	0	0	0	2	1
21		GK	Michał Szromnik	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
22		MF	Scott Fraser	6	0	0	0	0	0	6	0
26		FW	Henri Anier	3	1	0	0	1	0	4	1
28		DF	Coll Donaldson	4	1	0	0	1	0	5	1
30		FW	Darko Bodul	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
55		DF	Guy Demel	3	1	0	0	0	0	3	1
Total				67	7	4	0	6	1	82	8

Team statistics

League table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation^[a]
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^[b] (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 winners; (R) Relegated
Notes:

^ Teams play each other three times (33 matches), before the league is split into two groups (the top six and the bottom six).
^ 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

Round	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31	32	33	34	35	36	37	38
Ground	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	A	A	H	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	H	A	A	H	A
Result	L	W	D	L	L	L	L	D	L	L	L	L	W	L	L	L	D	L	D	L	L	L	W	D	L	W	W	L	L	D	W	L	L	L	L	W	D	W
Position	9	5	5	7	9	9	11	11	11	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12

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

Transfers

In

Date	Player	From	Fee
1 July 2015	Mark Durnan	Queen of the South	Undisclosed^[15]
13 July 2015	Coll Donaldson	Queens Park Rangers	Free^[16]
20 July 2015	Darko Bodul	Rheindorf Altach	Free^[17]
24 July 2015	Rodney Sneijder	Almere City	Free^[18]
28 August 2015	Billy Mckay	Wigan Athletic	Loan^[19]
1 September 2015	Adam Taggart	Fulham	Loan^[20]
1 September 2015	Aaron Kuhl	Reading	Loan^[21]
20 November 2015	Gavin Gunning	Oldham Athletic	Free^[22]
23 November 2015	Guy Demel	West Ham United	Free^[23]
27 November 2015	Florent Sinama Pongolle	Lausanne-Sport	Free^[24]
29 December 2015	Eiji Kawashima	Standard Liège	Free^[25]
8 January 2016	Riku Riski	Rosenborg	Loan^[26]
6 February 2016	Edward Ofere	Boluspor	Free^[27]

Out

Player	To	Fee
Darren Petrie	Raith Rovers	Free^[28]
Michael Gardyne	Ross County	Free^[29]
Jarosław Fojut	Pogoń Szczecin	Free^[30]
Radosław Cierzniak	Wisła Kraków	Free^[31]
Keith Watson	St Mirren	Free^[32]
Calum Butcher	Burton Albion	Free^[33]
Kudus Oyenuga	Hartlepool United	Free^[34]
Brian Graham	Ross County	Free^[35]
Jamie Montgomery	Brechin City	Free^[32]
Nadir Çiftçi	Celtic	£1.5 million^[36]
Rodney Sneijder	Unattached	Free^[37]
Henri Anier	Hibernian	Loan^[38]
Scott Smith	Airdrieonians	Loan^[39]
Robbie Muirhead	Partick Thistle	Loan^[40]
Marc McCallum	Livingston	Loan^[41]
Joe McGovern	East Fife	Loan^[42]
Mario Bilate	Unattached	Free^[43]
Marc McCallum	Livingston	Free^[44]
Aidan Connolly	Raith Rovers	Free^[45]
Euan Spark	Forfar Athletic	Loan^[46]
Scott Smith	Forfar Athletic	Free^[47]
John Souttar	Heart of Midlothian	Undisclosed^[48]
Robbie Muirhead	Unattached	Free^[49]

Notes

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

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[9] Teams play each other three times (33 matches), before the league is split into two groups (the top six and the bottom six).

[table_note_DUN0.65269165609623-11] Dundee United were deducted three points for fielding an ineligible player in their win over Inverness Caledonian Thistle on 6 May 2016.^[9]

[note3-13] Win% is the percentage of matches won rounded to two decimal places.

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[38] "New signing Brian Graham impressed by Jim McIntyre". bbc.co.uk/sport. BBC Sport. 7 May 2015. Retrieved 26 July 2015.

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