2024–25 Dundee F.C. season

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.

Dundee
2024–25 season
ChairmanTim Keyes
ManagerTony Docherty
StadiumDens Park
Scottish PremiershipTBD
Scottish CupFourth round
League CupGroup stage
Top goalscorerLeague: TBD
All: TBD
Highest home attendanceTBD
Lowest home attendanceTBD
Average home league attendanceTBD

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).

All future fixtures are to be confirmed.

Pre-season and friendlies
29 June 2024 Friendly Arbroath v Dundee Gayfield Park, Arbroath
15:00
3 July 2024 Friendly Baník Ostrava v Dundee Stadion MKS Promień, Opalenica, Poland
17:00
6 July 2024 Friendly Lech Poznań v Dundee Stadion Akademii, Wronki, Poland
16:00
10 July 2024 Friendly Dunfermline Athletic v Dundee East End Park, Dunfermline
19:30

Scottish Premiership
Main article: 2024–25 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 was released on 27 June 2024 at 09:00.[6]

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 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation[lower-alpha 1]
1 Aberdeen 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Qualification for the Champions League play-off round
2 Celtic 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Qualification for the Champions League second qualifying round
3 Dundee 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Qualification for the Europa League second qualifying round[lower-alpha 2]
4 Dundee United 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Qualification for the Conference League second qualifying round
5 Heart of Midlothian 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
First match(es) will be played: 3 August 2024. Source: [7][8]
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).[9]
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).
  2. 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
Round1
Ground
Result
Position
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
Main articles: 2024–25 Scottish League Cup and 2024–25 Scottish League Cup group stage

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.[10] Dundee were drawn into Group D with Inverness Caledonian Thistle, Arbroath, Annan Athletic and Bonnyrigg Rose.[11][12]

Group stage
13 July 2024 1 Bonnyrigg Rose v Dundee New Dundas Park, Bonnyrigg
15:00
16 July 2024 2 Arbroath v Dundee Gayfield Park, Arbroath
19:45
23 July 2024 3 Dundee v Annan Athletic Dens Park, Dundee
19:45
27 July 2024 4 Dundee v Inverness Caledonian Thistle Dens Park, Dundee
15:00

Group D table
Pos Team Pld W PW PL L GF GA GD Pts Qualification DND ICT ARB ANN BON
1 Dundee 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Qualification for the second round — 27 Jul — 23 Jul —
2 Inverness Caledonian Thistle 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Possible qualification for the second round — — 23 Jul — 20 Jul
3 Arbroath 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 16 Jul — — 20 Jul —
4 Annan Athletic 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 — 13 Jul — — 16 Jul
5 Bonnyrigg Rose 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 13 Jul — 27 Jul — —
First match(es) will be played: 13 July 2024. Source: [13]
Rules for classification: 1) goal difference, 2) goals scored, 3) away goals scored, 4) matches won, 5) away matches won, 6) drawing of lots.[14]

Squad statistics
As of pre-season
No. Pos Nat Player TotalPremiershipScottish CupLeague Cup
AppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
1 GK  SCO Jon McCracken 00000000
2 DF  SCO Cammy Kerr 00000000
3 DF  SCO Clark Robertson 00000000
4 DF  WAL Ryan Astley 00000000
5 DF  IRL Joe Shaughnessy 00000000
6 DF  SCO Jordan McGhee 00000000
7 MF  SCO Scott Tiffoney 00000000
9 FW  ENG Curtis Main 00000000
10 MF  SCO Lyall Cameron 00000000
11 FW  MEX Diego Pineda 00000000
12 DF  SCO Ricki Lamie 00000000
13 GK  ENG Adam Legzdins 00000000
15 MF  SCO Josh Mulligan 00000000
17 MF  SCO Luke McCowan 00000000
18 FW  SCO Charlie Reilly 00000000
19 MF  SCO Finlay Robertson 00000000
20 FW  SCO Zak Rudden 00000000
23 FW  ENG Seb Palmer-Houlden 00000000
24 MF  SCO Max Anderson 00000000
25 DF  SCO Luke Graham 00000000
28 MF  FRA Mohamed Sylla 00000000
29 DF  MEX Antonio Portales 00000000
30 GK  SCO Harrison Sharp 00000000
31 GK  NIR Trevor Carson 00000000
Players who left the club during the season:
14 DF  SCO Lee Ashcroft 00000000

Transfers

Summer

Winter

See also

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