2014–15 Dundee United F.C. season

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Dundee United
2014–15 season
ChairmanStephen Thompson
ManagerJackie McNamara
StadiumTannadice Park
PremiershipFifth place
League CupRunners-up
Scottish CupQuarter-final
Top goalscorerLeague: Nadir Çiftçi (14)
All: Nadir Çiftçi (16)
Highest home attendance13,041 vs. Dundee
League Cup
24 September 2014
Lowest home attendance5,243 vs. Hamilton
Premiership
11 April 2014
Average home league attendance7,878

The 2014–15 season is the club's 106th season, having been founded as Dundee Hibernian in 1909 and their second season in the Scottish Premiership. United will also compete in the League Cup and the Scottish Cup.

Results & fixtures[edit]

  Win   Draw   Loss   Postponed

Pre season[edit]

12 July 2014[1] Friendly Republic of Ireland Bohemian 0–4 Dundee United Dalymount Park
15:00 Report Dow 39'
Çiftçi 40' (pen.)
Armstrong 64'
Graham 90' (pen.)
Referee: Harvey
16 July 2014[1] Friendly Forfar Athletic 2–2 Dundee United Station Park
19:30 Hilson 51' (pen.), 54' Report Robertson 29'
Moore 88'
Attendance: 1,745
Referee: Shaw
18 July 2014[2][3] Friendly Netherlands FC Winterswijk 0–6 Dundee United Jasperweg
18:30 Report Connolly 6', 47'
Graham 36'
Armstrong 69'
Çiftçi 85'
Redeker 89' (o.g.)
Attendance: 500
Referee: Rutgers
22 July 2014[2][3] Friendly Netherlands NAC Breda 1–2 Dundee United Sportpark De Gagelrijzen
18:00 Tighadouini 10' Report Graham 78'
Bilate 83'
Attendance: 1,211
Referee: Janssen
27 July 2014[4] Friendly Hibernian 0–1 Dundee United Easter Road
14:00 Report Erskine 77' Attendance: 6,264
Referee: Collum
2 August 2014[5] Friendly England Leeds United 2–0 Dundee United Elland Road
15:00 Morison 3'
Poleon 86'
Report Attendance: 10,115
Referee: Madeley

Scottish Premiership[edit]

16 August 2014 Scottish Premiership Celtic 6–1 Dundee United Celtic Park
12:45 Denayer 4'
Commons 27'
Johansen 34'
Stokes 54'
Berget 62', 90+1'
BBC Report Rankin 71' Attendance: 44,484
Referee: Thomson
21 September 2014 Scottish Premiership Dundee 1–4 Dundee United Dens Park
12:15 Stewart 90' BBC Report Bilate 25' (pen.)
Dow 54'
Morris 59'
Watson 79'
Attendance: 11,447
Referee: McLean
7 November 2014 Scottish Premiership Motherwell 1–0 Dundee United Fir Park
19:45 Vigurs 52' BBC Report Attendance: 3,961
Referee: McLean
5 December 2014 Scottish Premiership Ross County 2–3 Dundee United Victoria Park
19:45 Arquin 76'
Maatsen 89'
BBC Report Çiftçi 21', 58'
Armstrong 49'
Attendance: 2,922
Referee: Madden
13 December 2014 Scottish Premiership Dundee United 0–2 Aberdeen Tannadice Park
15:00 BBC Report Rooney 19', 33' Attendance: 11,196
Referee: Allan
21 December 2014 Scottish Premiership Dundee United 2–1 Celtic Tannadice Park
12:15 Çiftçi 5'
Armstrong 65'
BBC Report Griffiths 87' Attendance: 12,098
Referee: McLean
1 January 2015 Scottish Premiership Dundee United 6–2 Dundee Tannadice Park
12:15 Armstrong 1'
Mackay-Steven 27', 42'
Erskine 31'
Fojut 64'
Telfer 83'
BBC Report Stewart 24'
Tankulić 90'
Attendance: 12,964
Referee: Clancy
24 January 2015 Scottish Premiership Dundee United 3–1 Motherwell Tannadice Park
15:00 Telfer 61', 90'
Fojut 69'
BBC Report Ramsden 78' Attendance: 7,176
Referee: Thomson
28 February 2015 Scottish Premiership Dundee United 0–2 Partick Thistle Tannadice Park
15:00 BBC Report O'Donnell 34'
McGowan 41' (o.g.)
Attendance: 6,517
Referee: Aitken
8 April 2015 Scottish Premiership Dundee 3–1 Dundee United Dens Park
19:45 Stewart 14'
McPake 23'
Heffernan 68'
BBC Report Çiftçi 16' (pen.) Attendance: 10,510
Referee: Beaton
26 April 2015 Scottish Premiership Dundee United 0–3 Celtic Tannadice Park
12:45 BBC Report Griffiths 47', 65', 84' Attendance: 8,329
Referee: Collum
9 May 2015 Scottish Premiership St Johnstone 1–1 Dundee United McDiarmid Park
15:00 Davidson 77' BBC Report Rankin 68' Attendance: 4,862
Referee: Clancy
24 May 2015 Scottish Premiership Dundee United 3–0 Dundee Tannadice Park
12:30 Ciftci 8'
Ciftci 31' (pen.)
Spittal 50'
BBC Report Attendance: 10,812
Referee: Bobby Madden

Scottish League Cup[edit]

24 September 2014 Round 3 Dundee United 1–0 Dundee Tannadice Park
19:45 Fojut 90' BBC Report Attendance: 13,041
Referee: Thomson
31 January 2015 Semi Final Dundee United 2–1 Aberdeen Hampden Park
15:00 Morris 60'
Çiftçi Yellow card 66' 84'
Report Daniels 49'
Jack Yellow card 82'
Pawlett Yellow card 83'
Attendance: 29,608
Referee: Scotland Steven McLean (referee)
15 March 2015 Final Dundee United 0–2 Celtic Hampden Park
14:30 Report Commons 28'
Forrest 79'
Attendance: 49,259
Referee: Bobby Madden

Scottish Cup[edit]

29 November 2014 Round 4 Motherwell 1–2 Dundee United Fir Park
15:00 Ojamaa 7' BBC Report Souttar 66'
Watson 82'
Attendance: 4,827
Referee: Thomson
8 February 2015 Round 5 Stranraer 0–3 Dundee United Stair Park
12:30 BBC Report Erskine 21'
Dow 27' 31'
Attendance: 1,491
Referee: Clancy
8 March 2015 Quarter Final Dundee United 1–1 Celtic Tannadice Park
15:30 Çiftçi 45 (pen.)' BBC Report Griffiths 71' Attendance: 10,504
Referee: Thomson
18 March 2015 Quarter Final Replay Celtic 4–0 Dundee United Celtic Park
19:45 Denayer 17'
Griffiths 57'
Commons 79'
Van Dijk 90+1'
Stokes Red card 87'
Report Attendance: 28,847
Referee: Calum Murray

Player statistics[edit]

Squad information[edit]

As of 24 May 2015(UTC)[6][7]
No. Pos Nat Player Total Premiership League Cup Scottish Cup
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
1 GK Poland POL Radosław Cierzniak 45 0 36+1 0 4+0 0 4+0 0
2 DF Republic of Ireland IRL Seán Dillon 33 1 26+1 1 3+0 0 3+0 0
3 DF England ENG Conor Townsend 19 0 16+1 0 1+0 0 1+0 0
3 DF Scotland SCO Paul Dixon 17 0 15+0 0 1+0 0 1+0 0
4 DF Scotland SCO John Souttar 15 1 13+0 0 1+0 0 1+0 1
5 DF Poland POL Jarosław Fojut 43 5 36+0 4 4+0 1 3+0 0
6 MF Northern Ireland NIR Paul Paton 32 2 22+2 2 4+0 0 4+0 0
7 FW Turkey TUR Nadir Çiftçi 42 16 34+2 14 2+1 1 3+0 1
8 MF Scotland SCO John Rankin 36 2 29+2 2 3+0 0 2+0 0
9 FW Scotland SCO Brian Graham 1 0 0+1 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
10 MF Scotland SCO Robbie Muirhead 13 2 6+7 2 0+0 0 0+0 0
10 MF Scotland SCO Stuart Armstrong 24 6 17+3 6 2+1 0 1+0 0
11 MF Scotland SCO Gary Mackay-Steven 25 5 14+7 5 2+1 0 1+0 0
12 DF Scotland SCO Keith Watson 16 2 14+0 1 1+0 0 1+0 1
13 GK Scotland SCO Marc McCallum 0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
14 DF Republic of Ireland IRL Callum Morris 30 2 23+2 1 3+0 1 2+0 0
15 FW Scotland SCO Michael Gardyne 0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
16 DF Australia AUS Ryan McGowan 17 1 12+0 1 2+0 0 3+0 0
17 MF Scotland SCO Chris Erskine 41 8 27+7 6 1+2 1 3+1 1
18 MF Scotland SCO Ryan Dow 32 5 17+7 2 3+1 1 4+0 2
19 FW Russia RUS Mario Bilate 16 2 6+8 2 1+1 0 0+0 0
20 MF England ENG Calum Butcher 21 1 15+0 1 2+0 0 3+1 0
21 MF Scotland SCO Charlie Telfer 25 4 13+8 4 1+0 0 1+2 0
22 FW Scotland SCO Aidan Connolly 22 2 8+10 1 1+0 1 1+2 0
23 MF Scotland SCO Scott Smith 4 0 0+3 0 0+1 0 0+0 0
24 MF Scotland SCO Blair Spittal 30 2 13+12 2 2+1 0 1+1 0
25 FW Scotland SCO Jordan Moore 0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
26 GK Poland POL Michał Szromnik 4 0 2+2 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
27 MF Scotland SCO Scott Fraser 0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
28 FW Scotland SCO Kudus Oyenuga 0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
29 MF Scotland SCO Darren Petrie 0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
30 FW Estonia EST Henri Anier 16 1 4+8 1 0+2 0 1+1 0
33 DF Scotland SCO Euan Spark 2 0 0+2 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
49 FW Nigeria NGA Ola Adeyemo 2 0 0+1 0 0+0 0 0+1 0

Disciplinary record[edit]

As of 24 May 2015 (UTC)
Position Nation Number Name Premiership League Cup Scottish Cup Total
Yellow card Red card Yellow card Red card Yellow card Red card Yellow card Red card
1 Poland GK Radosław Cierzniak 0 0 1 0 1 0 2 0
2 Republic of Ireland DF Seán Dillon 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 1
3 England DF Conor Townsend 2 0 0 0 1 0 3 0
3 Scotland DF Paul Dixon 4 0 0 0 0 1 4 1
4 Scotland DF John Souttar 3 0 0 0 0 0 3 0
5 Poland DF Jarosław Fojut 9 0 1 0 0 0 10 0
6 Northern Ireland MF Paul Paton 10 0 2 0 1 1 13 1
7 Turkey MF Nadir Çiftçi 8 1 1 0 2 0 11 1
8 Scotland MF John Rankin 4 0 1 0 1 0 6 0
10 Scotland MF Stuart Armstrong 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
11 Scotland MF Gary Mackay-Steven 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
12 Scotland DF Keith Watson 5 0 1 0 0 0 6 0
14 Republic of Ireland DF Callum Morris 5 0 0 0 0 0 5 0
16 Australia DF Ryan McGowan 3 0 0 0 1 1 4 1
17 Scotland MF Chris Erskine 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
18 Scotland MF Ryan Dow 2 0 0 0 2 0 4 0
19 Russia FW Mario Bilate 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
20 England MF Calum Butcher 6 0 0 0 1 0 7 0
21 Scotland MF Charlie Telfer 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
22 Scotland MF Aidan Connolly 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
26 Poland GK Michał Szromnik 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1
30 Estonia FW Henri Anier 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
33 Scotland DF Euan Spark 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
49 Nigeria FW Ola Adeyemo 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
Total 72 2 7 1 10 3 89 6

Team statistics[edit]

League table[edit]

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
3 Inverness Caledonian Thistle 38 19 8 11 52 42 +10 65 Qualification for the Europa League second qualifying round[a]
4 St Johnstone 38 16 9 13 34 34 0 57 Qualification for the Europa League first qualifying round
5 Dundee United 38 17 5 16 58 56 +2 56
6 Dundee[b] 38 11 12 15 46 57 −11 45
7 Hamilton Academical 38 15 8 15 50 53 −3 53
Source: SPFL
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored
Notes:
  1. ^ Inverness Caledonian Thistle qualified for the second qualifying round of the UEFA Europa League by winning the 2014–15 Scottish Cup.
  2. ^ Teams in the bottom six at the time of the split (33 games) cannot pass teams in the top six

Division summary[edit]

Round1234567891011121314151617181920212223242526272829303132333435363738
GroundAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHHAHAAAHAHHHAHAHAHHAAAH
ResultWWLWWDWWLWLWLWWLWLWDWDWLLDLLLLWLLWLDLW
Position12443411224233332334334444444444454455
Updated to match(es) played on 24 May 2015. Source: [8]
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Management statistics[edit]

Last updated on 24 May 2015
Name From To P W D L Win%[nb 1]
Jackie McNamara[9] 10 August 2014 24 May 2015 38 17 5 16 044.74

Transfers[edit]

See also[edit]

Notes[edit]

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

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