2021–22 Dundee United F.C. season

The 2021–22 season is Dundee United's 113th season. It is their second season back in the Scottish Premiership, having been promoted from the Scottish Championship at the end of the 2019–20 season. The club will also participate in the League Cup and Scottish Cup.

Dundee United
2021–22 season
ChairmanMark Ogren
ManagerThomas Courts
StadiumTannadice Park
Scottish Premiership3rd
Scottish League CupThird round
Highest home attendance12,806
Lowest home attendance4,600
Average home league attendance8,290
All statistics correct as of 08:11, 25 October 2021 (UTC).

Background and pre-season

United finished their opening season back in the Scottish Premiership in 9th-place.[1] On 25 May 2021, it was reported that manager Micky Mellon had left the club by mutual consent,[2] and Thomas Courts was appointed in June 2021.[3]

Pre-season
Win Draw Loss
Pre-season match details
DateOpponentVenueResult
F–A		ScorersAttendanceRef.
30 June 2021CowdenbeathHome1–1Shankland 33'0[4]
3 July 2021Brechin CityAway4–1Clark (3) Pawlett[5]

Competitions

Scottish Premiership
Main article: 2021–22 Scottish Premiership

League table
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation[lower-alpha 1]
2 Celtic 17 12 2 3 37 10 +27 38 Qualification for the Champions League second qualifying round
3 Heart of Midlothian 18 8 6 4 26 17 +9 30 Qualification for the Europa Conference League third qualifying round
4 Dundee United 18 7 4 7 15 19 −4 25 Qualification for the Europa Conference League second qualifying round
5 Motherwell 18 7 4 7 21 26 −5 25
6 Aberdeen 18 7 3 8 23 22 +1 24
Updated to match(es) played on 14 December 2021. Source: [6][7]
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).[8]
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).

Matches
Win Draw Loss
Scottish Premiership match details
DateOpponentVenueResult
F–A		ScorersAttendanceRef.
01 August 2021AberdeenAway0–2—6,305[9]
07 August 2021RangersHome1–0Robson 64'4,600[10]
22 August 2021St JohnstoneAway1–0Pawlett 60'5,716[11]
28 August 2021Heart of MidlothianHome0–2—9,234[12]
11 September 2021St MirrenAway0–0—4,894[13]
19 September 2021DundeeHome1–0Harkes 81'12,806[14]
26 September 2021CelticAway1–1Harkes 18'[15]
02 October 2021Ross CountyHome1–0Niskansen 31'6,458[16]
16 October 2021HibernianAway3–0Clark 44', Edwards 52', Freeman 74'15,114[17]
23 October 2021MotherwellHome2–1Edwards 35', Mulgrew 77'6,854[18]
27 October 2021 Livingston Away 1–1 Pawlett 43' 2,586 [19]
30 October 2021 St Johnstone Home 0–1 — 7,580 [20]
6 November 2021 Heart of Midlothian Away 2–5 Edwards 34', Clark 62' 18,129 [21]
20 November 2021 Aberdeen Home 1–0 Harkes 80' 10,500 [22]
27 November 2021 Ross County Away 1–1 Appéré 49' 3,214 [23]
30 October 2021 Motherwell Away 0–1 — 4,287 [24]

Scottish Cup
Main article: 2021–22 Scottish Cup
Win Draw Loss
Scottish Cup match details
RoundDateOpponentVenueResult
F–A		ScorersAttendanceRef.

Scottish League Cup
Main article: 2021–22 Scottish League Cup

Group stage
Pos Team Pld W PW PL L GF GA GD Pts Qualification DUN ARB KEL ELG EFI
1 Dundee United 4 4 0 0 0 9 1 +8 12 Qualification for the second round — 1–0 — 6–1 —
2 Arbroath 4 3 0 0 1 6 3 +3 9 — — 3–2 — 2–0
3 Kelty Hearts 4 2 0 0 2 8 5 +3 6 0–1 — — — 3–0
4 Elgin City 4 1 0 0 3 5 12 −7 3 — 0–1 1–3 — —
5 East Fife 4 0 0 0 4 2 9 −7 0 0–1 — — 2–3 —
Source: [25]
Rules for classification: 1) goal difference, 2) goals scored, 3) away goals scored, 4) matches won, 5) away matches won, 6) drawing of lots.[26]
Win Draw Loss
Scottish League Cup group stage match details
DateOpponentVenueResult
F–A		ScorersAttendanceRef.
9 July 2021Kelty HeartsAway1–0Shankland 77'500[27][28]
14 July 2021Elgin CityHome6–1Shankland 19', 32', Clark 24', Pawlett 40', Freeman 54', Mochrie 64'500[29][30]
17 July 2021ArbroathHome1–0Mulgrew 21'500[31][32]
20 July 2021East FifeAway1–0Pawlett 40'500[33][34]

Knockout phase
Scottish League Cup knockout phase match details
RoundDateOpponentVenueResult
F–A		ScorersAttendanceRef.
Second round14 September 2021Ayr UnitedAway1–1
(4–3 p)		Clark 80' (pen.)2,196[35]
Third round23 September 2021HibernianHome1–3Pawlett 58'5,395[36]

Transfers

Summer

Notes
  1. Brackets around club names indicate the player's contract with that club had expired before he joined Dundee United.
  2. Brackets around club names indicate the player joined that club after his Dundee United contract expired.

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