2013–14 Dundee F.C. season

Dundee
2013–14 season
ChairmanBill Colvin
ManagerJohn Brown
(until 3 February 2014)
Paul Hartley
(from 3 February 2014)
StadiumDens Park
Dundee, Scotland
Championship1st (champions)
League Cup3rd Round
Scottish Cup4th Round
Challenge CupQuarter-finals
Top goalscorerLeague: Peter MacDonald (17 goals)
All: Peter MacDonald (18 goals)
Highest home attendance10,718 vs. Dumbarton, 3 May 2014
Lowest home attendance1,615 vs. Stenhousemuir, 7 September 2013
Average home league attendance4,738

The 2013–14 season was Dundee's first season back in the Scottish Championship after being relegated from the Scottish Premiership, the top flight in Scottish football.

Dundee also competed in the Scottish Cup, the League Cup and the Challenge Cup.

Results and fixtures

  Win   Draw   Loss   Postponed

Scottish Championship

10 August 2013 1 Queen of the South 4–3 Dundee Palmerston Park, Dumfries
15:00 Lyle 45'
McGuffie 59' (pen.)
Russell 63'
Paton 70'		 Report MacDonald 8'
Gallagher 80'
Davidson 89'		 Attendance: 2,644
Referee: Brian Colvin
17 August 2013 2 Dundee 1–0 Alloa Athletic Dens Park, Dundee
15:00 McBride 90' (pen.) Report Attendance: 4,167
Referee: Euan Norris
24 August 2013 3 Raith Rovers 0–0 Dundee Stark's Park, Kirkcaldy
15:00 Report Attendance: 2,603
Referee: John Beaton
30 August 2013 4 Dundee 3–0 Livingston Dens Park, Dundee
19:45 Monti 33' (pen.)
Gallagher 58'
MacDonald 83'		 Report Attendance: 3,955
Referee: Brian Colvin
14 September 2013 5 Dundee 0–0 Hamilton Academical Dens Park, Dundee
15:00 Report Attendance: 4,155
21 September 2013 6 Falkirk 3–1 Dundee Falkirk Stadium, Falkirk
15:00 Loy 12', 65'
Fulton 55'		 Report Conroy 74' Attendance: 3,349
Referee: Willie Collum
28 September 2013 7 Dundee 3–1 Greenock Morton Dens Park, Dundee
15:00 MacDonald 47', 50'
Beattie 71'		 Report Peciar 23' Attendance: 3,870
Referee: Iain Brines
5 October 2013 8 Cowdenbeath 0–2 Dundee Central Park, Cowdenbeath
15:00 Report Beattie 36'
Conroy 82'		 Attendance: 1,013
Referee: Greg Aitken
12 October 2013 9 Dumbarton 1–4 Dundee Dumbarton Football Stadium, Dumbarton
15:00 Nish Yellow card 30' Yellow-red card 58'
Kirkpatrick 78'		 Report MacDonald 49', 71' (pen.)
Conroy 68'
Rae 88'		 Attendance: 1,175
Referee: Barry Cook
19 October 2013 10 Dundee 2–1 Queen of the South Dens Park, Dundee
15:00 MacDonald 78'
Beattie 89'		 Report Lyle 80' Attendance: 4,357
Referee: Steven McLean
26 October 2013 11 Livingston 2–1 Dundee Almondvale Stadium, Livingston
15:00 Jacobs 55'
Scott 88'		 Report MacDonald 54' Attendance: 1,597
Referee: Craig Charleston
9 November 2013 12 Dundee 2–0 Raith Rovers Dens Park, Dundee
15:00 Conroy 28'
Wighton 49'		 Attendance: 5,064
Referee: Andrew Dallas
16 November 2013 13 Dundee 1–1 Falkirk Dens Park, Dundee
15:00 Conroy 24' (pen.) Report Leahy 90+3' Attendance: 4,661
Referee: Stevie O'Reilly
23 November 2013 14 Hamilton Academical 0–3 Dundee New Douglas Park, Hamilton
15:00 Report Davidson 16'
Gallagher 57'
MacDonald 90'		 Attendance: 2,077
Referee: Bobby Madden
7 December 2013 15 Greenock Morton 1–2 Dundee Cappielow, Greenock
15:00 Imrie 59' Report Beattie 17'
Gallagher 45'		 Attendance: 1,536
Referee: Crawford Allan
14 December 2013 16 Dundee 1–2 Cowdenbeath Dens Park, Dundee
15:00 McAlister 65' Report Hemmings 52'
Morton 70'		 Attendance: 3,533
Referee: George Salmond
21 December 2013 17 Alloa Athletic 0–1 Dundee Recreation Park, Alloa
15:00 Report MacDonald 68'
Davidson Red card 90+2'		 Attendance: 1,170
28 December 2013 18 Dundee 3–0 Dumbarton Dens Park, Dundee
15:00 MacDonald 47', 90'
McBride 82'		 Report Attendance: 4,489
Referee: Brian Colvin
2 January 2014 19 Raith Rovers 0–2 Dundee Stark's Park, Kirkcaldy
15:00 Thomson Yellow card 53' Yellow-red card 67' Report McAlister 90+1', 90+3' Attendance: 4,039
Referee: Don Robertson
11 January 2014 20 Dundee 0–1 Livingston Dens Park, Dundee
15:00 Report Burchill 11' Attendance: 4,367
Referee: Steven McLean
25 January 2014 21 Falkirk 2–0 Dundee Falkirk Stadium, Falkirk
15:00 McGrandles 16'
Loy 73'		 Report Letheren Red card 45+1' Attendance: 4,183
Referee: Bobby Madden
1 February 2014 22 Dundee 1–1 Alloa Athletic Dens Park, Dundee
15:00 Conroy 69' (pen.) Report Gordon 90+4' Attendance: 4,021
Referee: Craig Charleston
8 February 2014 23 Dundee 1–0 Hamilton Academical Dens Park, Dundee
15:00 Boyle 6' Report Hendrie Red card 51'
Gordon Yellow card 11' Yellow-red card 62'		 Attendance: 5,206
Referee: Stephen Finnie
15 February 2014 24 Queen of the South 0–1 Dundee Palmerston Park, Dumfries
15:00 Atkinson Red card 44' Report Conroy 45+1' (pen.) Attendance: 2,152
Referee: Barry Cook
25 February 2014 25 Cowdenbeath 2–0 Dundee Central Park, Cowdenbeath
15:00 McKeown 33'
Stewart 81'		 Report Attendance: 1,419
Referee: John McKendrick
1 March 2014 26 Dundee 2–0 Greenock Morton Dens Park, Dundee
15:00 Nadé 13'
MacDonald 86'		 Report Attendance: 4,488
Referee: George Salmond
15 March 2014 27 Livingston 0–2 Dundee Almondvale Stadium, Livingston
15:00 Report MacDonald 8'
Benedictus 55'		 Attendance: 1,759
Referee: Don Robertson
18 March 2014 28 Dundee 0–0 Raith Rovers Dens Park, Dundee
19:45 Report Attendance: 4,561
Referee: Stephen Finnie
22 March 2014 29 Dumbarton 0–1 Dundee Dumbarton Football Stadium, Dumbarton
15:00 Report MacDonald 83' Attendance: 1,222
Referee: Brian Colvin
25 March 2014 30 Dundee 1–0 Queen of the South Dens Park, Dundee
19:45 Davidson 58' Report Attendance: 3,999
29 March 2014 31 Dundee 0–1 Falkirk Dens Park, Dundee
15:00 Report Beck 19' Attendance: 4,919
Referee: John McKendrick
5 April 2014 32 Hamilton Academical 1–1 Dundee New Douglas Park, Hamilton
15:00 Antoine-Curier 71' Report Boyle 37' Attendance: 4,529
Referee: Willie Collum
12 April 2014 33 Dundee 4–0 Cowdenbeath Dens Park, Dundee
15:00 Wighton 6'
Boyle 45+1', 66'
McAlister 60'		 Report Attendance: 4,751
Referee: Craig Thomson
19 April 2014 34 Greenock Morton 1–0 Dundee Cappielow, Greenock
15:00 Imrie 78' Report Attendance: 2,117
Referee: Mat Northcroft
26 April 2014 35 Alloa Athletic 0–3 Dundee Recreation Park, Alloa
15:00 Meggatt Yellow card 64' Yellow-red card 71' Report Nadé 42'
MacDonald 71' (pen.)
Beattie 88'		 Attendance: 2,552
Referee: John Beaton
3 May 2014 36 Dundee 2–1 Dumbarton Dens Park, Dundee
15:00 Nadé 25'
MacDonald 36'		 Report Agnew 69' (pen.) Attendance: 10,718
Referee: Bobby Madden

Scottish League Cup

27 August 2013 Second Round Dundee 2–1 (a.e.t.) Forfar Athletic Dens Park, Dundee
19:45 McAlister 51'
MacDonald 120'		 Report Campbell 43' Attendance: 2,027
Referee: Barry Cook
24 September 2013 Third Round Dundee 0–1 Inverness Caledonian Thistle Dens Park, Dundee
19:45 Report McKay 11' Attendance: 1,682
Referee: Stephen Finnie

Scottish Cup

30 November 2013 Fourth Round Dundee 0–1 Raith Rovers Dens Park, Dundee
15:00 Report Irvine 8' (o.g.) Attendance: 3,184
Referee: Steven McLean

Scottish Challenge Cup

27 July 2013 First Round Alloa Athletic 0–1 Dundee Recreation Park, Alloa
15:00 Report Monti 60' (pen.) Referee: Kevin Clancy
20 August 2013 Second Round Dundee 3–1 (a.e.t.) Forfar Athletic Dens Park, Dundee
19:45 McBride 80'
MacDonald 97', 120'		 Report Malcolm 52' Attendance: 2,052
Referee: Crawford Allan
7 September 2013 Quarter-finals Dundee 1–1 (a.e.t.)
(4–5 p)		 Stenhousemuir Dens Park, Dundee
15:00 MacDonald 52' (pen.) Report Higgins 63' Attendance: 1,615
Referee: John McKendrick

Player statistics

During the 2013–14 season, Dundee have used 27 players in competitive games. The table below shows the number of appearances and goals scored by each player.

As of 3 May 2014.[1]
No. Pos Nat Player Total Championship League Cup Scottish Cup Challenge Cup
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
1 GK Wales WAL Kyle Letheren 39 0 35+0 0 2+0 0 1+0 0 1+0 0
2 DF Scotland SCO Gary Irvine 37 0 33+0 0 2+0 0 1+0 0 1+0 0
3 DF England ENG Matt Lockwood 19 0 17+0 0 1+0 0 1+0 0 0+0 0
5 DF Scotland SCO Willie Dyer 24 0 21+0 0 2+0 0 0+0 0 0+1 0
6 MF Scotland SCO Iain Davidson 29 3 25+1 3 1+0 0 1+0 0 1+0 0
7 MF Scotland SCO Nicky Riley 30 0 18+9 0 1+0 0 1+0 0 0+1 0
8 MF Scotland SCO Kevin McBride 27 2 19+6 2 1+0 0 0+0 0 1+0 0
9 FW Scotland SCO Peter MacDonald 39 18 33+2 17 2+0 1 1+0 0 1+0 0
10 MF Scotland SCO Gavin Rae 40 1 34+2 1 2+0 0 1+0 0 1+0 0
11 MF Scotland SCO Ryan Conroy 36 7 20+12 7 2+0 0 1+0 0 1+0 0
12 GK Scotland SCO John Gibson 1 0 0+1 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
16 MF Scotland SCO Steven Doris 14 0 2+10 0 0+1 0 0+0 0 0+1 0
17 DF Scotland SCO Kyle Benedictus 18 1 15+2 1 0+0 0 0+0 0 1+0 0
18 DF Scotland SCO Declan Gallagher 40 4 36+0 4 2+0 0 1+0 0 1+0 0
20 MF Scotland SCO Jim McAlister 40 5 36+0 4 2+0 1 1+0 0 1+0 0
23 FW Scotland SCO Martin Boyle 31 4 18+11 4 0+1 0 0+1 0 0+0 0
24 GK Czech Republic CZE Dan Twardzik 2 0 1+1 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
27 FW France FRA Christian Nadé 13 3 6+7 3 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
29 FW Scotland SCO Craig Beattie 20 5 8+10 5 1+0 0 0+1 0 0+0 0
30 DF Scotland SCO Cammy Kerr 3 0 2+1 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
33 FW Scotland SCO Craig Wighton 14 2 7+6 2 0+0 0 1+0 0 0+0 0
Players who left the club during the 2013–14 season
4 MF Scotland SCO Stephen O'Donnell 1 0 0+1 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
14 FW Scotland SCO Leighton McIntosh (on loan to Arbroath F.C.) 2 0 0+2 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
15 FW Scotland SCO Carlo Monti 17 2 7+7 1 1+0 0 0+1 0 1+0 1
21 DF Scotland SCO James Thomson (on loan to East Fife F.C.) 0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
22 MF Scotland SCO Jamie Reid (on loan to Montrose F.C.) 4 0 0+4 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
25 DF Scotland SCO Adam Cummins 3 0 2+1 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
26 MF Scotland SCO Stephen Hughes 1 0 1+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
28 MF England ENG Sean Bonnett-Johnson 0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
41 FW Scotland SCO Thomas Carberry 0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0

Team statistics

League table

Pos Team
 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion, qualification or relegation
1 Dundee (C, P) 36 21 6 9 54 26 +28 69 Promotion to the Premiership
2 Hamilton Academical (O, P) 36 19 10 7 68 41 +27 67 Qualification for the Premiership play-off semi-final
3 Falkirk 36 19 9 8 59 33 +26 66 Qualification for the Premiership play-off quarter-final
4 Queen of the South 36 16 7 13 53 39 +14 55
5 Dumbarton 36 15 6 15 65 64 +1 51
Source: Soccerway
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) Champions; (O) Play-off winners; (P) Promoted

Transfers

Main articles: List of Scottish football transfers summer 2013 and List of Scottish football transfers winter 2013-14

In

Date Position Nationality Name From Fee
5 June 2013 FW Scotland Peter MacDonald Morton Undisclosed[2]
5 June 2013 DF Scotland Willie Dyer Morton Undisclosed[2]
6 June 2013 MF Scotland Gavin Rae Aberdeen Free[3]
6 June 2013 MF Wales Kyle Letheren Free agent [4]
9 July 2013 FW Scotland Carlo Monti Pollok Free[5]
9 July 2013 FW Scotland Steven Doris Arbroath Free[5]
19 August 2013 GK Czech Republic Dan Twardzik Aberdeen Free
11 September 2013 FW Scotland Craig Beattie Free agent [6]
9 January 2014 DF Scotland Adam Cummins Motherwell Loan[7]
13 January 2014 MF Scotland Stephen Hughes East Fife Free[8]
16 January 2014 FW France Christian Nadé Free agent [9]

Out

Date Position Nationality Name To Fee
31 May 2013 FW Scotland John Baird Partick Thistle Free[10]
1 July 2013 FW Scotland Lewis Toshney Celtic Return from loan[11]
1 July 2013 FW Scotland Colin Nish Hartlepool United Return from loan[11]
1 July 2013 MF Scotland Gary Harkins St Mirren Free[12]
1 July 2013 GK England Steve Simonsen Free agent [11]
1 July 2013 FW Scotland Brian Easton St Johnstone Free[11]
1 July 2013 FW Scotland Steven Milne Arbroath Free[11]
1 July 2013 FW Scotland Jamie McCluskey Free agent [11]
1 July 2013 MF Italy Davide Grassi Aris Limassol Free
1 July 2013 MF Scotland Graham Webster Montrose Free[13]
23 July 2013 GK Scotland Rab Douglas Forfar Athletic Free[14]
30 July 2013 DF Scotland Neil McGregor Hurlford United Free[15]
16 August 2013 FW Scotland Mark Stewart Luton Town Free[16]
19 August 2013 FW England Carl Finnigan Chippa United Free[17]
5 December 2013 MF Scotland Jamie Reid Montrose Loan[18]
31 January 2014 FW Scotland Leighton McIntosh Arbroath Loan[19]
10 April 2014 FW Scotland Carlo Monti Free agent [20]

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