2015–16 Dundee United F.C. season
2015–16 season | |
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Chairman | Stephen Thompson |
Manager | Jackie McNamara (Until 26 September) Mixu Paatelainen (From 14 October to 4 May) Gordon Young (Caretaker) |
Stadium | Tannadice Park |
Premiership | 12th (relegated) |
Scottish Cup | Semi-final |
League Cup | Fourth round |
Top goalscorer | League: Billy McKay (12) All: Billy McKay (12) |
Highest home attendance | 11,835 vs Dundee, Premiership, 11 August 2015 |
Lowest home attendance | 5,174 vs Dunfermline Athletic, League Cup, 22 September 2015 |
Average home league attendance | 7,969 |
The 2015–16 season is Dundee United's 107th season, having been founded as Dundee Hibernian in 1909 and their third season in the Scottish Premiership. United will also compete in the League Cup and the Scottish Cup.
Summary
[edit ]Management
[edit ]They began the season under the management of Jackie McNamara, who was on a long term contract until 2017.[1] On 26 September 2015, following the club's defeat to St Johnstone, McNamara was relieved of his duties as manager of the club, however he still remained an employee of Dundee United.[2] The following day McNamara and his backroom staff Simon Donnelly, Darren Jackson and Craig Hinchcliffe officially left the club.[3] Assistant youth coach Dave Bowman became caretaker manager.[4]
On 14 October, United appointed former player Mixu Paatelainen as head coach.[5] His first game in charge was versus Heart of Midlothian on 18 October.[6] Paatelainen left his position as manager after United's relegation to the championship was confirmed in May 2016 with coach Gordon Young placed in charge for the remaining three games of the season.[7]
Results & fixtures
[edit ]Win Draw Loss Postponed
Pre season / Friendlies
[edit ]Oliynyk 54'
Kazaishvili 68' Dundee United Report Stadium: GelreDome
Attendance: 1,824
Derrick Luckassen 57'
Jeffrey Gouweleeuw 79' Dundee United Report Spittal 28' Stadium: AFAS Stadion
Attendance: 1,000
Yannick Cortie 39'
Yassin Ayoub 61'
Yannick Cortie 90+2' Dundee United Report Stadium: Stadion Galgenwaard
Scottish Premiership
[edit ]McHattie 88' Attendance: 8,264
Referee: Colvin
Referee: Clancy
Rankin Yellow card 90' Report Storey 13'
Vigurs 50'
Mbuyi-Mutombo Yellow card 52'
Tansey Yellow card 57'
Tremarco Yellow card 62'
Fôn Williams Yellow card 90' Attendance: 6,927
Referee: Scotland Craig Thomson (referee)
Higginbotham 27'
Obadeyi 34'
Hodson Yellow card 63' Report Durnan 12' Yellow card 30'
Murray 74' 82'
Souttar 86' Attendance: 2,702
Referee: Scotland Bobby Madden
Scottish League Cup
[edit ]Scottish Cup
[edit ]Dow Yellow card 90' Attendance: 19,651
Referee: Scotland John Beaton
Squad statistics
[edit ]During the 2015–16 season, Dundee United have used thirty-four different players in competitive games.
- As of 14 May 2016 (UTC)[8]
No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Total | Premiership | League Cup | Scottish Cup | ||||
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Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||||
1 | GK | Japan JPN | Eiji Kawashima | 19 | 0 | 16+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 3+0 | 0 |
2 | DF | Republic of Ireland IRL | Seán Dillon | 31 | 2 | 22+4 | 2 | 1+0 | 0 | 4+0 | 0 |
3 | DF | Scotland SCO | Paul Dixon | 29 | 0 | 27+1 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 |
5 | DF | Republic of Ireland IRL | Callum Morris | 15 | 1 | 13+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 1 | 1+0 | 0 |
6 | DF | Northern Ireland NIR | Paul Paton | 18 | 2 | 13+1 | 2 | 0+0 | 0 | 3+1 | 0 |
7 | FW | Northern Ireland NIR | Billy Mckay | 36 | 12 | 28+1 | 12 | 2+0 | 0 | 4+1 | 0 |
8 | MF | Scotland SCO | John Rankin | 41 | 2 | 34+1 | 2 | 2+0 | 0 | 4+0 | 0 |
9 | FW | Nigeria NGA | Edward Ofere | 13 | 3 | 6+7 | 3 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
11 | MF | Scotland SCO | Chris Erskine | 18 | 1 | 8+7 | 1 | 0+0 | 0 | 2+1 | 0 |
12 | DF | England ENG | Kyle Knoyle | 11 | 0 | 8+1 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 |
14 | FW | Scotland SCO | Ryan Dow | 21 | 2 | 12+6 | 2 | 0+0 | 0 | 3+0 | 0 |
15 | MF | Scotland SCO | Simon Murray | 25 | 7 | 9+13 | 7 | 0+2 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 |
16 | MF | Scotland SCO | Charlie Telfer | 8 | 0 | 5+2 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
17 | DF | Scotland SCO | Mark Durnan | 33 | 1 | 26+2 | 1 | 2+0 | 0 | 2+1 | 0 |
18 | FW | Scotland SCO | Aidan Connolly | 11 | 0 | 1+10 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
19 | DF | Republic of Ireland IRL | Gavin Gunning | 20 | 0 | 19+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 |
20 | MF | Scotland SCO | Blair Spittal | 39 | 7 | 27+6 | 5 | 1+1 | 1 | 4+0 | 1 |
21 | GK | Poland POL | Michał Szromnik | 10 | 0 | 9+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
22 | MF | Scotland SCO | Scott Fraser | 36 | 3 | 23+9 | 1 | 2+0 | 1 | 1+1 | 1 |
24 | DF | Scotland SCO | Euan Spark | 1 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
25 | FW | Finland FIN | Riku Riski | 4 | 0 | 1+2 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
28 | DF | Scotland SCO | Coll Donaldson | 22 | 0 | 15+3 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 4+0 | 0 |
30 | FW | Austria AUT | Darko Bodul | 12 | 0 | 7+4 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
32 | GK | Scotland SCO | Scott Lochhead | 0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
33 | FW | Netherlands NED | Justin Johnson | 3 | 1 | 1+2 | 1 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
35 | MF | Scotland SCO | Bradley Smith | 2 | 0 | 0+2 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
36 | DF | Scotland SCO | Cammy Ballantyne | 2 | 0 | 0+2 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
38 | DF | Australia AUS | Harry Souttar | 2 | 1 | 1+1 | 1 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
40 | MF | Scotland SCO | Jamie Robson | 1 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
43 | MF | Scotland SCO | Matty Smith | 2 | 0 | 2+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
51 | GK | Germany GER | Luis Zwick | 15 | 0 | 13+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 |
54 | FW | France FRA | Florent Sinama Pongolle | 4 | 0 | 4+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
55 | DF | Ivory Coast CIV | Guy Demel | 15 | 1 | 12+0 | 1 | 0+0 | 0 | 2+1 | 0 |
Players who left the club during the 2015–16 season | |||||||||||
4 | DF | Scotland SCO | John Souttar | 20 | 0 | 17+3 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
7 | MF | Netherlands NED | Rodney Sneijder | 1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
10 | FW | Scotland SCO | Robbie Muirhead | 3 | 0 | 1+2 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
12 | DF | Australia AUS | Ryan McGowan | 24 | 0 | 22+0 | 0 | 2+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
19 | FW | Netherlands NED | Mario Bilate | 2 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
25 | MF | England ENG | Aaron Kuhl | 7 | 0 | 5+0 | 0 | 2+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
29 | FW | Australia AUS | Adam Taggart | 9 | 0 | 4+3 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
- Source: [8]
Disciplinary record
[edit ]- As of 14 May 2016 (UTC)
Position | Nation | Number | Name | Premiership | League Cup | Scottish Cup | Total | ||||
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Yellow card | Red card | Yellow card | Red card | Yellow card | Red card | Yellow card | Red card | ||||
1 | Japan | GK | Eiji Kawashima | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
2 | Republic of Ireland | DF | Seán Dillon | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
3 | Scotland | DF | Paul Dixon | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0 |
4 | Scotland | DF | John Souttar | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
5 | Republic of Ireland | DF | Callum Morris | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 |
6 | Scotland | DF | Paul Paton | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 0 |
7 | Northern Ireland | FW | Billy McKay | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
8 | Scotland | MF | John Rankin | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 0 |
9 | Nigeria | FW | Edward Ofere | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
12 | Australia | DF | Ryan McGowan | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 |
14 | Scotland | DF | Ryan Dow | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
15 | Scotland | MF | Simon Murray | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
16 | Scotland | MF | Charlie Telfer | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
17 | Scotland | DF | Mark Durnan | 9 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 11 | 2 |
18 | Scotland | FW | Aidan Connolly | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 |
19 | Republic of Ireland | DF | Gavin Gunning | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
20 | Scotland | MF | Blair Spittal | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 |
21 | Poland | GK | Michał Szromnik | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
22 | Scotland | MF | Scott Fraser | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 |
26 | Estonia | FW | Henri Anier | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 1 |
28 | Scotland | DF | Coll Donaldson | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 1 |
30 | Austria | FW | Darko Bodul | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
55 | Ivory Coast | DF | Guy Demel | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 |
Total | 67 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 82 | 8 |
Team statistics
[edit ]League table
[edit ]Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation[a] |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
8 | Dundee | 38 | 11 | 15 | 12 | 53 | 57 | −4 | 48 | |
9 | Partick Thistle | 38 | 12 | 10 | 16 | 41 | 50 | −9 | 46 | |
10 | Hamilton Academical | 38 | 11 | 10 | 17 | 42 | 63 | −21 | 43 | |
11 | Kilmarnock (O) | 38 | 9 | 9 | 20 | 41 | 64 | −23 | 36 | Qualification for the Premiership play-off final |
12 | Dundee United [b] (R) | 38 | 8 | 7 | 23 | 45 | 70 | −25 | 28 | Relegation to the Scottish Championship |
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored; 4) Play-off (only if deciding champion, UEFA competitions qualification and second stage group allocation).[10]
(O) Play-off winners; (R) Relegated
Notes:
Management statistics
[edit ]- Last updated on 14 May 2016
Name | From | To | P | W | D | L | Win%[nb 1] |
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Jackie McNamara [11] | 2 August 2015 | 28 September 2015 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 020.00 |
Dave Bowman [12] | 28 September 2015 | 14 October 2015 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 000.00 |
Mixu Paatelainen [13] | 14 October 2015 | 4 May 2016 | 25 | 5 | 4 | 16 | 020.00 |
Division summary
[edit ]A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss
Transfers
[edit ]See also
[edit ]Notes
[edit ]References
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- ^ "Dundee United confirm manager's exit". bbc.co.uk/sport. BBC Sport. 28 September 2015. Retrieved 2 October 2015.
- ^ "Caretaker blames players for manager's sacking". bbc.co.uk/sport. BBC Sport. 1 October 2015. Retrieved 2 October 2015.
- ^ "Dundee United appoint former striker Mixu Paatelainen as head coach". theguardian.com. The Guardian. 14 October 2015. Retrieved 18 October 2015.
- ^ "New boss Mixu Paatelainen sees plenty character but a surprising lack of quality in Dundee United's defeat to Hearts". dailyrecord.co.uk. Daily Record. 18 October 2015. Retrieved 18 October 2015.
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- ^ a b "Dundee United FC Player Appearances". Soccerbase. Retrieved 27 April 2020.
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- ^ "Jackie McNamara Statistics". soccerbase.com. Soccerbase . Retrieved 26 July 2015.
- ^ "David Bowman Statistics". soccerbase.com. Soccerbase . Retrieved 2 October 2015.
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- ^ "Scottish Premiership 2015/16". worldfootball.net. Retrieved 27 April 2020.
- ^ "Dundee United sign Mark Durnan from Queen of the South". heraldscotland.com. The Herald. 19 June 2015. Retrieved 23 June 2015.
- ^ "Dundee United sign defender Coll Donaldson". bbc.co.uk/sport. BBC Sport. 13 July 2015. Retrieved 26 July 2015.
- ^ "Dundee United sign Austrian striker Darko Bodul". bbc.co.uk/sport. BBC Sport. 20 July 2015. Retrieved 26 July 2015.
- ^ "Dundee United sign midfielder Rodney Sneijder". bbc.co.uk/sport. BBC Sport. 26 July 2015. Retrieved 26 July 2015.
- ^ "Dundee United sign Wigan forward on loan". bbc.co.uk/sport. BBC Sport. 28 August 2015. Retrieved 6 September 2015.
- ^ "Dundee United sign Adam Taggart and Aaron Kuhl". bbc.co.uk/sport. BBC Sport. 1 September 2015. Retrieved 6 September 2015.
- ^ "Dundee United sign Aaron Kuhl on loan from Reading". skysports.com. Sky Sports. 1 September 2015. Retrieved 6 September 2015.
- ^ "Gavin Gunning agrees Tannadice return deal". bbc.co.uk/sport. BBC Sport. 20 November 2015. Retrieved 22 November 2015.
- ^ "Dundee United sign former West Ham midfielder". bbc.co.uk/sport. BBC Sport. 23 November 2015. Retrieved 23 November 2015.
- ^ "Florent Sinama Pongolle signs for Dundee United after trial". bbc.co.uk/sport. BBC Sport. 27 November 2015. Retrieved 8 January 2016.
- ^ "Kawashima Signing Secured". dufc.co. Dundee United F.C. 29 December 2015. Archived from the original on 29 December 2015. Retrieved 8 January 2016.
- ^ "Dundee United secure Finnish forward Riku Riski on loan". bbc.co.uk/sport. BBC Sport. 8 January 2016. Retrieved 8 January 2016.
- ^ "Dundee United sign ex-Inverness CT striker Edward Ofere". bbc.co.uk/sport. BBC Sport. 6 February 2016. Retrieved 27 April 2020.
- ^ "Darren Petrie Signs". raithrovers.net. Raith Rovers F.C. 1 June 2015. Retrieved 26 July 2015.
- ^ "Michael Gardyne pens new deal with Ross County after leaving Dundee United". thecourier.co.uk. The Courier. 28 May 2015. Retrieved 26 July 2015.
- ^ "Jaroslaw Fojut leaves Dundee Utd to join Pogon Szczecin". bbc.co.uk/sport. BBC Sport. 23 June 2015. Retrieved 26 July 2015.
- ^ "Ex Dundee United keeper Radoslaw Cierzniak on his strange Tannadice days: 'Butchered, pelted and dressed as a zebra'". dailyrecord.co.uk. Daily Record. 24 July 2015. Retrieved 26 July 2015.
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- ^ "Hartlepool United sign Dundee United winger". bbc.co.uk/sport. BBC Sport. 6 July 2015. Retrieved 26 July 2015.
- ^ "New signing Brian Graham impressed by Jim McIntyre". bbc.co.uk/sport. BBC Sport. 7 May 2015. Retrieved 26 July 2015.
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- ^ "Hibs loan deal for Dundee United's Henri Anier". edinburghnews.scotsman.com. Edinburgh Evening News. 1 September 2015. Retrieved 1 September 2015.
- ^ "Airdrieonians midfielder Scott Smith wants to follow in footsteps of Dundee United ace Scott Fraser". dailyrecord.co.uk. Daily Record. 3 September 2015. Retrieved 1 February 2016.
- ^ "Partick Thistle sign Dundee United forward on loan". bbc.co.uk/sport. BBC Sport. 1 September 2015. Retrieved 6 September 2015.
- ^ "Loan keeper signs on". livingstonfc.co.uk. Livingston. 26 September 2015. Retrieved 28 September 2015.
- ^ "United keepers go out on loan". spfl.co.uk. Scottish Professional Football League. 25 September 2015. Retrieved 28 September 2015.
- ^ "Injured Mario Bilate sad after Tannadice exit". bbc.co.uk/sport. BBC Sport. 11 November 2015. Retrieved 22 November 2015.
- ^ "Marc McCallum seals return to Livingston after release from Dundee United". dailyrecord.co.uk. Daily Record. 12 January 2016. Retrieved 12 January 2016.
- ^ "Connolly Signs". raithrovers.net. Raith Rovers F.C. 22 January 2016. Retrieved 27 April 2020.
- ^ "Dundee United's Euan Spark sent out on loan to Forfar". thecourier.co.uk. The Courier. 1 February 2016. Retrieved 1 February 2016.
- ^ "Scott Smith Leaves United". dufc.co. Dundee United F.C. 1 February 2016. Archived from the original on 2 February 2016. Retrieved 1 February 2016.
- ^ "John Souttar: Hearts complete deal for Dundee United defender". BBC Sport. BBC. 1 February 2016. Retrieved 27 April 2020.
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