2024–25 Dundee F.C. season

Dundee 2024–25 football season

Dundee

2024–25 season

Chairman

Tim Keyes

Manager

Tony Docherty

Stadium

Dens Park

Scottish Premiership

TBD

Scottish Cup

Fourth round

League Cup

Group stage

Top goalscorer

League: TBD
All: TBD

Highest home attendance

TBD

Lowest home attendance

TBD

Average home league attendance

TBD

Home colours

Away colours

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The 2024–25 season is the 123rd season in which Dundee will compete at a Scottish national level, and the 100th season played in the highest division in the Scottish football league system. They will play in the Scottish Premiership for the second consecutive season after finishing in the top six the previous campaign.^[1] Dundee will also compete in the League Cup and the Scottish Cup.

Season summary

Pre-season

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]

Competitions

Win Draw Loss Postponed

All times are in British Summer Time (BST).

Pre-season and friendlies

Arbroath

Dundee

29 June 2024 Friendly	Arbroath	1–3	Dundee	Gayfield Park, Arbroath
15:00	Murray 66'	Report	Tiffoney 19', 26' Anderson 49'	Attendance: 1,836

Baník Ostrava

Dundee

3 July 2024 Friendly	Baník Ostrava	0–3	Dundee	Stadion MKS Promień, Opalenica, Poland
17:00		Report	Graham 53' Richardson 73' F. Robertson 76'

Lech Poznań

Dundee

6 July 2024 Friendly	Lech Poznań	1–1	Dundee	Stadion Akademii, Wronki, Poland
13:00	Ishak 29'	Report	Palmer-Houlden 59'

Dunfermline Athletic

Dundee

10 July 2024 Friendly	Dunfermline Athletic	v	Dundee	East End Park, Dunfermline
19:30

Scottish Premiership

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.^[6]^[7]

Dundee United v Dundee

4 August 2024 1	Dundee United	v	Dundee	Tannadice Park, Dundee
13:30

For upcoming Scottish Premiership fixtures, see the official Dundee F.C. website

League table

Pos	Team v t e	Qualification or relegation^[a]
1	Aberdeen	Qualification for the Champions League play-off round
2	Celtic	Qualification for the Champions League second qualifying round
3	Dundee	Qualification for the Europa League second qualifying round^[b]
4	Dundee United	Qualification for the Conference League second qualifying round
5	Heart of Midlothian

First match(es) will be played: 3 August 2024. Source: ^[8]^[9]
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).^[10]
Notes:

^ Teams play each other three times (33 matches), before the league is split into two groups (the top six and the bottom six).
^ The winners of the 2024–25 Scottish Cup also qualify for the Europa League. If the cup winners qualify for the Champions League via league position, the berth reserved for the cup winners (Europa League play-off round) passes to the third-placed team, and the berths for the Europa League second qualifying round and the Conference League second qualifying round are passed down to the fourth- and fifth-placed teams.

Results by round

Source: Competitive matches
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Scottish Cup

Dundee will compete in the Scottish Cup and will enter the competition in the fourth round.

Scottish League Cup

Dundee will compete in the Scottish League Cup and will enter the competition in the group stage. The draw for the group stage was held on 29 May 2024 at 13:00, broadcast live on Premier Sports.^[11] Dundee were drawn into Group D with Inverness Caledonian Thistle, Arbroath, Annan Athletic and Bonnyrigg Rose.^[12]^[13]

Group stage

Bonnyrigg Rose v Dundee

13 July 2024 1	Bonnyrigg Rose	v	Dundee	New Dundas Park, Bonnyrigg
15:00

Arbroath v Dundee

16 July 2024 2	Arbroath	v	Dundee	Gayfield Park, Arbroath
19:45

Dundee v Annan Athletic

23 July 2024 3	Dundee	v	Annan Athletic	Dens Park, Dundee
19:45

Dundee v Inverness Caledonian Thistle

27 July 2024 4	Dundee	v	Inverness Caledonian Thistle	Dens Park, Dundee
15:00

Group D table

Pos	Team v t e	Qualification	DND	ICT	ARB	ANN	BON
1	Dundee	Qualification for the second round	—	27 Jul	—	23 Jul	—
2	Inverness Caledonian Thistle	Possible qualification for the second round	—	—	23 Jul	—	20 Jul
3	Arbroath		16 Jul	—	—	20 Jul	—
4	Annan Athletic		—	13 Jul	—	—	16 Jul
5	Bonnyrigg Rose		13 Jul	—	27 Jul	—	—

First match(es) will be played: 13 July 2024. Source: ^[14]
Rules for classification: 1) goal difference, 2) goals scored, 3) away goals scored, 4) matches won, 5) away matches won, 6) drawing of lots.^[15]

Squad statistics

As of pre-season

No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Total		Premiership		Scottish Cup		League Cup
No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
1	GK	SCO	Jon McCracken	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
2	DF	SCO	Cammy Kerr	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
3	DF	SCO	Clark Robertson	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
4	DF	WAL	Ryan Astley	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
5	DF	IRL	Joe Shaughnessy	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
6	DF	SCO	Jordan McGhee	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
7	MF	SCO	Scott Tiffoney	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
9	FW	ENG	Curtis Main	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
10	MF	SCO	Lyall Cameron	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
11	FW	MEX	Diego Pineda	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
13	GK	ENG	Adam Legzdins	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
15	MF	SCO	Josh Mulligan	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
17	MF	SCO	Luke McCowan	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
18	FW	SCO	Charlie Reilly	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
19	MF	SCO	Finlay Robertson	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
20	FW	SCO	Zak Rudden	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
23	FW	ENG	Seb Palmer-Houlden	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
24	MF	SCO	Max Anderson	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
25	DF	SCO	Luke Graham	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
28	MF	FRA	Mohamed Sylla	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
29	DF	MEX	Antonio Portales	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
30	GK	SCO	Harrison Sharp	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
31	GK	NIR	Trevor Carson	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
--	DF	ENG	Ethan Ingram	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Players who left the club during the season:
14	DF	SCO	Lee Ashcroft	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

Transfers

Summer

Players in

Date	Player	From	Fee
21 June 2024	Jon McCracken	Norwich City	Free^[16]
21 June 2024	Clark Robertson	Ashdod	Free^[17]
21 June 2024	Seb Palmer-Houlden	Bristol City	Loan^[18]
4 July 2024	Ethan Ingram	West Bromwich Albion	Free^[19]

Players out

Date	Player	To	Fee
24 June 2024	Lee Ashcroft	Partick Thistle	Mutual consent^[20]

Winter

Players in

Date	Player	From	Fee

Players out

Date	Player	To	Fee

References

^ "Aberdeen 0 Dundee 0: Tony Docherty's men secure top six finish with Pittodrie draw". The Herald. 2024-04-13. Retrieved 2024-04-15.
^ "First Pre-season Friendly announced". Dundee Football Club. 2024-05-09. Retrieved 2024-05-15.
^ "Pre-season Tour 2024". Dundee Football Club. 2024-05-16. Retrieved 2024-05-16.
^ "Dunfermline Friendly Announced". Dundee Football Club - Official Website. 2024-06-07. Retrieved 2024-06-07.
^ "Docherty signs new Dundee deal". Dundee Football Club - Official Website. 2024-06-25. Retrieved 2024-06-25.
^ "Fixture Release Day 2024/25 | SPFL". spfl.co.uk. Retrieved 2024-05-12.
^ "SPFL fixtures for 2024/25 | SPFL". spfl.co.uk. Retrieved 2024-07-01.
^ "Scottish Premiership Table". BBC. 15 April 2024.
^ "Premiership League Table". Scottish Professional Football League. Retrieved 15 April 2024.
^ "The Rules of the Scottish Professional Football League (Rule Number C35-C37)" (PDF). SPFL. Archived (PDF) from the original on 28 September 2022. Retrieved 24 September 2022.
^ "Premier Sports Cup Group Stage Draw 2024/25 | SPFL". spfl.co.uk. Retrieved 2024-05-12.
^ "Premier Sports Cup group stage draw | SPFL". spfl.co.uk. Retrieved 2024-05-29.
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^ "Summary - League Cup Group D". Soccerway. Retrieved 28 May 2024.
^ "Format". SPFL. Retrieved 7 June 2023.
^ "McCracken back at The Dee". dundeefc.co.uk. Dundee FC. 21 June 2024. Retrieved 21 June 2024.
^ "Clark joins The Dee". dundeefc.co.uk. Dundee FC. 21 June 2024. Retrieved 21 June 2024.
^ "Palmer-Houlden is a Dee". dundeefc.co.uk. Dundee FC. 21 June 2024. Retrieved 21 June 2024.
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Domestic leagues	SPFL Premiership Championship League One League Two Highland Lowland Midlands North Caledonian North Region Junior East of Scotland South of Scotland West of Scotland Women's Premier League SWPL 1 SWPL 2 Women's Championship
Domestic cups	Scottish Cup League Cup Group stage Challenge Cup South Region Challenge Cup Junior Cup Youth Cup Women's Cup Women's Premier League Cup
European competitions	Champions League Europa League Conference League Youth League
Related to national team	Results Men's Women's 2024–25 UEFA Nations League 2026 FIFA World Cup qualification (UEFA) UEFA Women's Euro 2025 qualifying
Transfers	Summer 2024 Winter 2024–25
Club seasons
Premiership	Aberdeen Celtic Dundee Dundee United Heart of Midlothian Hibernian Kilmarnock Motherwell Rangers Ross County St Johnstone St Mirren
Championship	Airdrieonians Ayr United Dunfermline Athletic Falkirk Greenock Morton Hamilton Academical Livingston Partick Thistle Queen's Park Raith Rovers
League One	Alloa Athletic Annan Athletic Arbroath Cove Rangers Dumbarton Inverness Caledonian Thistle Kelty Hearts Montrose Queen of the South Stenhousemuir
League Two	Bonnyrigg Rose Clyde East Fife Edinburgh City Elgin City Forfar Athletic Peterhead Stirling Albion Stranraer The Spartans

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