2021–22 Dundee F.C. season

The 2021–22 season is Dundee's first season back in the top flight of Scottish football since 2018–19, after winning the previous season's Premiership play-offs.[1] Dundee will also compete in both the League Cup and the Scottish Cup.

Dundee
2021–22 season
ChairmanTim Keyes
ManagerJames McPake
StadiumDens Park
Scottish Premiership10th
League CupQuarter-finals
Scottish CupFourth Round
Top goalscorerLeague: Luke McCowan (4)
All: Jason Cummings (6)
Highest home attendance8,604 vs. Celtic,
7 November 2021 (Prem.)
Average home league attendance5,721

Competitions

  Win   Draw   Loss   Postponed

All times are in British Summer Time (BST).

All future fixtures are to be confirmed.

Pre-season and friendlies
26 June 2021 Friendly Forfar Athletic 0–3 Dundee Station Park, Forfar
14:00 Report Mullen  53'
McMullan  57'
McCowan  59'		 Attendance: 200
Referee: Chris Fordyce
3 July 2021 Friendly Hamilton Academical 0–5 Dundee New Douglas Park, Hamilton
Report Ashcroft
McCowan
Jakubiak
McDaid
6 July 2021 Friendly Dundee 3–0 Leyton Orient Dens Park, Dundee
17:00 McGowan  5'
Jakubiak  46'
Ashcroft  49'		 Report Attendance: 500
Referee: Grant Irvine
9 July 2021 Friendly Dundee 2–2 West Ham United Dens Park, Dundee
13:00 Adam  15'
McMullan  53'		 Report Baptiste  59'
Bowen  65' (pen.)		 Attendance: 500
Referee: Craig Fordyce

Scottish Premiership
Main article: 2021–22 Scottish Premiership

Dundee will play against Aberdeen, Celtic, Dundee United, Heart of Midlothian, Hibernian, Livingston, Motherwell, Rangers, Ross County, St Johnstone, and St Mirren in the 2021–22 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 result after 33 games, where they will play each team in their group once.

31 July 2021 1 Dundee 2–2 St Mirren Dens Park, Dundee
15:00 Shaughnessy  44' (o.g.)
Cummings  60'
Anderson  69'		 Report Brophy  4'
McGrath  54' (pen.)		 Attendance: 2,300
Referee: Craig Napier
8 August 2021 2 Celtic 6–0 Dundee Celtic Park, Glasgow
15:00 Furuhashi  20', 25', 67'
Rogic  49'
Ralston  84'
Edouard  90' (pen.)		 Report Marshall  89' Attendance: 19,660
Referee: Euan Anderson
22 August 2021 3 Dundee 2–2 Hibernian Dens Park, Dundee
12:00 Cummings  11'
McGowan  83'		 Report Boyle  39' (pen.)
Porteous  59'		 Attendance: 5,295
Referee: Alan Muir
28 August 2021 4 Motherwell 1–0 Dundee Fir Park, Motherwell
15:00 Watt  34'
Carroll  79'		 Report Attendance: 4,998
Referee: Willie Collum
11 September 2021 5 Dundee 0–0 Livingston Dens Park, Dundee
15:00 Report Attendance: 5,015
Referee: Alan Muir
19 September 2021 6 Dundee United 1–0 Dundee Tannadice Park, Dundee
12:00 Harkes  81' Report Attendance: 12,806
Referee: John Beaton
25 September 2021 7 Dundee 0–1 Rangers Dens Park, Dundee
15:00 Report Aribo  16' Attendance: 8,574
Referee: Bobby Madden
2 October 2021 8 St Johnstone 3–1 Dundee McDiarmid Park, Perth
15:00 Kane  31', 39'
May  46'		 Report Sweeney  74' Attendance: 5,097
Referee: Greg Aitken
16 October 2021 9 Dundee 2–1 Aberdeen Dens Park, Dundee
18:00 Griffiths  49'
McCowan  62'		 Report Ramirez  67' Attendance: 6,878
Referee: Colin Steven
23 October 2021 10 Heart of Midlothian 1–1 Dundee Tynecastle Park, Edinburgh
15:00 Souttar  37' Report Cummings  83' Attendance: 17,557
Referee: Gavin Duncan
27 October 2021 11 Dundee 0–5 Ross County Dens Park, Dundee
19:45 Report Clarke  18'
Callachan  27'
Hungbo  34'
Charles-Cook  40', 71'		 Attendance: 4,883
Referee: David Dickinson
30 October 2021 12 St Mirren 0–1 Dundee St Mirren Park, Paisley
15:00 Report Anderson  11' Attendance: 3,582
Referee: John Beaton
7 November 2021 13 Dundee 2–4 Celtic Dens Park, Dundee
12:00 Mullen  23'
Ashcroft  67'		 Report Jota  8', 47'
Furuhashi  19', 50'		 Attendance: 8,604
Referee: Alan Muir
27 November 2021 14 Dundee 3–0 Motherwell Dens Park, Dundee
15:00 McCowan  19'
Mullen  26'
Sweeney  49'		 Report Attendance: 4,747
Referee: Craig Napier
1 December 2021 15 Dundee 1–0 St Johnstone Dens Park, Dundee
19:45 Mullen  39' Report Attendance: 5,196
Referee: Andrew Dallas
4 December 2021 16 Rangers 3–0 Dundee Ibrox Stadium, Glasgow
15:00 Aribo  36'
Sweeney  55' (o.g.)
Morelos  70'		 Report Attendance: 49,628
Referee: Alan Muir
11 December 2021 17 Ross County 3–2 Dundee Victoria Park, Dingwall
15:00 D. Samuel  23'
Mullen  64' (o.g.)
Charles-Cook  78'		 Report McCowan  15', 38' Attendance: 3,122
Referee: Bobby Madden
14 December 2021 18 Hibernian 1–0 Dundee Easter Road, Edinburgh
19:45 McMullan  34' (o.g.) Report Sweeney  90+3' Attendance: 13,516
Referee: Gavin Duncan
18 December 2021 19 Dundee v Heart of Midlothian Dens Park, Dundee
15:00 Referee: Willie Collum
For upcoming Scottish Premiership fixtures, see the official Dundee F.C. website

League table
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation[lower-alpha 1]
8 Livingston 18 5 4 9 14 23 −9 19
9 St Mirren 18 3 9 6 18 29 −11 18
10 Dundee 18 4 4 10 17 34 −17 16
11 Ross County 17 3 5 9 23 31 −8 14 Qualification for the Premiership play-off final
12 St Johnstone 17 3 5 9 9 18 −9 14 Relegation to the Championship
Updated to match(es) played on 15 December 2021. Source: [2][3]
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).[4]
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).

Results by round
Round1234567891011121314151617181920212223242526272829303132333435363738
GroundHAHAHAHAHAHAHHHAAAHAAHAHHAAHHAHHA
ResultDLDLDLLLWDLWLWWLLL
Position5119109121212111111111111991010
Updated to match(es) played on 8 August 2021. Source: Competitive matches
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Scottish Cup
Main article: 2021–22 Scottish Cup

Dundee entered the competition in the 4th round.[5]

22 January 2022 Fourth round Dumbarton v Dundee Dumbarton Football Stadium, Dumbarton
15:00

Scottish League Cup
Main articles: 2021–22 Scottish League Cup and 2021–22 Scottish League Cup group stage § Group C

Dundee were a 2nd seed in the group stage draw which took place on 28 May at 13:00 on FreeSports and the SPFL's YouTube channel.[6] Dundee were drawn into Group C along with Ross County, Forfar Athletic, Montrose, and Brora Rangers.[7]

Group stage
13 July 2021 1 Dundee 4–0 Brora Rangers Dens Park, Dundee
19:45 McGowan  24'
McMullan  34', 49'
Jakubiak  51'		 Report Attendance: 327
Referee: David Dickinson
18 July 2021 2 Ross County 0–3
(awarded)[A]		 Dundee Victoria Park, Dingwall
15:00 Report
21 July 2021 3 Montrose 0–2 Dundee Links Park, Montrose
19:45 Report Cummings  70' (pen.)
McCowan  73'		 Attendance: 1,090
Referee: Alan Newlands
24 July 2021 4 Dundee 5–2 Forfar Athletic Dens Park, Dundee
15:00 Adam  12'
Panter  31'
Elliott  42'
Cummings  75' (pen.), 88'		 Report McCluskey  62'
G. Anderson  81'		 Attendance: 771
Referee: Grant Irvine

Notes

  1. ^
    A: Dundee were awarded a technical 3−0 win over Ross County who were unable to raise a team after a COVID-19 outbreak.[8]

Knockout stage
14 August 2021 Second round Dundee 1–0 Motherwell Dens Park, Dundee
15:00 Ashcroft  78' Report Attendance: 3,603
Referee: Kevin Clancy
22 September 2021 Quarter-finals Dundee 0–2 St Johnstone Dens Park, Dundee
19:45 Report Rooney  70'
Crawford  84'		 Attendance: 4,707
Referee: Steven McLean

Group C table
Pos Team Pld W PW PL L GF GA GD Pts Qualification DUN FOR ROS MON BRO
1 Dundee 4 4 0 0 0 14 2 +12 12 Qualification for the second round — 5–2 — — 4–0
2 Forfar Athletic 4 2 1 0 1 6 5 +1 8 — — 3–0[lower-alpha 1] p0–0 —
3 Ross County 4 2 0 0 2 5 7 −2 6 0–3[lower-alpha 2] — — 4–1 —
4 Montrose 4 1 0 1 2 4 6 −2 4 0–2 — — — 3–0
5 Brora Rangers 4 0 0 0 4 0 9 −9 0 — 0–1 0–1 — —
Source: [11]
Rules for classification: 1) goal difference, 2) goals scored, 3) away goals scored, 4) matches won, 5) away matches won, 6) drawing of lots.[12]
Notes:
  1. Forfar Athletic were awarded a technical 3−0 win over Ross County, who were unable to raise a team after a COVID-19 outbreak among players and staff.[9]
  2. Dundee were awarded a technical 3−0 win over Ross County, who were unable to raise a team after a COVID-19 outbreak among players and staff.[10]

Squad statistics
As of 09:29, Thursday, December 16, 2021 (UTC)
No. Pos Nat Player TotalPremiershipScottish CupLeague Cup
AppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
1 GK  ENG Adam Legzdins 2301800050
2 DF  SCO Cammy Kerr 1801500030
3 DF  ENG Jordan Marshall 2001600040
4 DF  ENG Liam Fontaine 1508+200050
5 DF  IRL Ryan Sweeney 17215+220000
6 MF  SCO Jordan McGhee 19012+300040
7 FW  SCO Alex Jakubiak 611+200031
8 MF  SCO Shaun Byrne 120800040
9 FW  SCO Danny Mullen 1237+430010
10 MF  SCO Paul McGowan 21212+41003+21
14 DF  SCO Lee Ashcroft 1921410051
16 DF  ENG Christie Elliott 1015+20002+11
17 FW  SCO Luke McCowan 19511+44001+31
18 MF  SCO Paul McMullan 2221700052
20 DF  ENG Corey Panter 11000011
21 GK  IRL Ian Lawlor 00000000
23 FW  IRL Cillian Sheridan 1102+70000+20
24 MF  SCO Max Anderson 19113+21002+20
26 MF  SCO Charlie Adam 1711300041
29 FW  SCO Leigh Griffiths 1216+510010
30 GK  SCO Harrison Sharp 00000000
35 FW  SCO Jason Cummings 1864+103002+23
48 MF  SCO Callum Lamb 00000000
Players who left the club during the season:
11 MF  SCO Declan McDaid 600+30000+30
15 MF  SCO Josh Mulligan 00000000
19 MF  SCO Finlay Robertson 501+10001+20
25 MF  SCO Lyall Cameron 00000000
27 MF  ENG Luke Strachan 00000000
28 DF  SCO Sam Fisher 00000000
41 DF  SCO Danny Strachan 00000000
44 DF  SCO Jack Wilkie 00000000

Transfers

Summer

Winter

See also

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