Dundee announced their first pre-season game of the season on 9 May 2024, heading to Gayfield Park to play Scottish League One side Arbroath on 29 June.[2] The following week, they announced the side would go on a pre-season training camp in Poznań, Poland at the beginning of July, and would take on Czech club Baník Ostrava and Polish side Lech Poznań during their camp there.[3] On 7 June, Dundee announced they would play their final pre-season friendly at East End Park against Dunfermline Athletic.[4]
On 25 June, Dundee announced that manager Tony Docherty had committed to the club by signing a new contract.[5]
July
Dundee opened their competitive season in the League Cup group stage with a bang, demolishing Bonnyrigg Rose with seven goals including a Curtis Main hat-trick.[6] They followed this up three days later with another win away at Gayfield Park over ex-manager Jim McIntyre’s side Arbroath.[7] In their first 'home' game of the season at Glebe Park due to pitch work still ongoing at Dens Park,[8] Dundee netted two late goals to see off an impressive Annan Athletic side to confirm themselves as group winners and qualify for the second round of the League Cup with a game in hand.[9] They finished off the group stage in style with another clinic against former bogey team Inverness Caledonian Thistle, thumping them for six and confirming their seeding for the second round, with Simon Murray bagging himself a hat-trick in the first 30 minutes.[10]
August
Dundee opened their league season in nerve-wracking fashion with a trip down the road to Tannadice for a Dundee derby against the newly-promoted Dundee United. After a shaky, end-to-end start, the Dee did enough to earn a point in a close-fought affair.[11] The following week in their home league opener, Dundee returned to Dens Park in style with a late first half blitz helping them earn a comfortable win over Heart of Midlothian.[12] The next match was in the League Cup second round, where Dundee kept their blistering cup form going with a 6–1 demolition of Scottish Championship side Airdrieonians which included six different goalscorers.[13] Returning to league action, Dundee saved a point at Easter Road through a late equaliser from Simon Murray against his old club Hibernian.[14] Less than 24 hours after losing their star player, Luke McCowan, at the transfer window deadline to Celtic,[15] Dundee took on St Mirren in their last match before the international break, in which the Dee came back twice to earn a point at Dens and stay unbeaten.[16]
September
Dundee lost their first game of the season to start the month, suffering a frustrating but deserved defeat in Dingwall away to Ross County.[17] For the fifth time out of their last 8 cup quarter-finals, Dundee would face Rangers in yet another standard demoralising defeat.[18] The following week, Dundee played better but individual mistakes cost them early at home to an unbeaten Aberdeen side who held on for the win and handed the Dark Blues their first home defeat of the season.[19]
October
Dundee followed up their miserable September in familiar fashion, where a good performance despite an unjust Mo Sylla red card in the first half left them defending a slender lead over winless Kilmarnock. Dundee would even double their lead late on, but once again suffered a total collapse at the back and conceded three very late goals to somehow walk away with nothing, the fourth such instance in manager Tony Docherty's tenure which saw a multi-goal lead erased and replaced with a defeat.[20] After a much needed international break, Dundee returned with a new line-up and a much more solid defensive performance away to Motherwell where they held onto a single goal victory to end their horrible streak of form and gain their first league clean sheet of the season.[21] Any attempt to build off of the previous week's result however was for nought, as despite taking an early lead against St Johnstone, Dundee would play poorly and suffer yet another collapse and defeat in stoppage time to lose their third consecutive home game.[22] Dundee would end another disappointing month with the toughest of fixtures, holding off Celtic in Glasgow for an hour before an expected defeat which dropped the Dee down to 10th place.[23]
November
The month started with a tremendous reversal of fortune against Kilmarnock, with Dundee going down by two goals before making a comeback to win the game in the last minute through a Ziyad Larkeche goal, handing both Tony Docherty and Dundee's first wins over respective former colleague and long-time adversary Derek McInnes and putting the Dee back up to 6th place.[24] Momentum was again brought to a complete halt the following week however, as failing to take chances in a solid first half followed by a drubbing filled with all-too familiar defensive mistakes in the second half resulted in a comfortable defeat to high-flying Aberdeen at Pittodrie.[25] After yet another international break, an early red card for struggling bottom side Hibs paved the way for a convincing home win for Dundee.[26]The Dee finished November playing Kilmarnock for the third time in two months, and in another even affair two late goals apiece marked Dundee's first draw since August.[27]
December
The Dee continued their uptick in form with another impressive display at Dens, where a scoring whirlwind helped seal a 4–1 win over Motherwell, lifting Dundee up to 5th place and marking the first time since April 2002 that they had won three consecutive home games in the top tier.[28] That uplift in form came to a quick end a few days later, as Dundee were easily defeated at Tynecastle Park by bottom side Hearts to drop to 6th.[29] After a fortnight break, Dundee kept it close at Ibrox but still fell to a narrow defeat away to Rangers.[30] Dundee then served up their third Boxing Day stinker in 4 years, taking another beating off of Ross County at Dens, giving the Staggies their first away win in 25 games in a 0–3 drubbing which left Dundee in 9th place, 5 points off the bottom.[31]
Dundee will play against Aberdeen, Celtic, Dundee United, Heart of Midlothian, Hibernian, Kilmarnock, Motherwell, Rangers, Ross County, St Johnstone and St Mirren in the 2024–25 Premiership campaign. They will play each team three times, twice at home and once away against half of the teams, and once at home and twice away against the other half. Following this, they will be split into either a top or bottom group of six depending on their position after 33 games, where they will play each team in their group once.
The fixtures for the 2024–25 Premiership campaign were released on 27 June 2024 at 09:00, with Dundee's opening game being a Dundee derby at Tannadice Park live on Sky Sports.[32][33]
Note: Game was brought forward with the agreement of both clubs. Original date was 11 January 2025.[34] Kick-off delayed 15 minutes due to an incident in the stadium.
Updated to match(es) played on 26 December 2024. Source: [35][36] Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored; 4) Head-to-Head points; 5) Head-to-Head goal difference; 6) Play-off (only if deciding champion, UEFA competitions qualification, second stage group allocation or relegation).[37] Notes:
