2016–17 Dundee F.C. season

Dundee
2016–17 season
Chairman	Tim Keyes
Manager	Paul Hartley ; (until 17 April); Neil McCann (Interim); (from 18 April)
Stadium	Dens Park
Scottish Premiership	Tenth place
League Cup	Group Stage
Scottish Cup	Fourth round, lost to St Mirren
Top goalscorer	League: ; Marcus Haber (9); All: ; Marcus Haber (9)
Average home league attendance	6,460
	← 2015–16 2017–18 →

The 2016–17 season was Dundee's third consecutive season in the top flight of Scottish football since their promotion at the end of the 2013–14 season.^[2]^[3] Dundee also competed in the League Cup and the Scottish Cup.

Season events

On 17 April, Dundee sacked manager Paul Hartley,^[4] replacing him with Neil McCann the following day on an interim basis.^[5]

Competitions

Premiership

Results

6 August 2016 1	Ross County	1 – 3	Dundee	Dingwall
15:00 BST (UTC+1)	Quinn 25' McEveley 41' Curran 67' Routis 88'	BBC Report	Loy 13', 41' (pen.) McGowan 62' 79' Williams 65'	Stadium: Global Energy Stadium Attendance: 3,669 Referee: Bobby Madden

13 August 2016 2	Dundee	1 – 2	Rangers	Dundee
12:15 BST (UTC+1)	O'Dea 34' O'Hara 44' 86'	BBC Report	Wilson 5' Forrester 14' 46' Miller 39'	Stadium: Dens Park Attendance: 9,702 Referee: Craig Thomson

19 August 2016 3	Dundee	1 – 1	Hamilton Academical	Dundee
19:45 BST (UTC+1)	O'Hara 17' Etxabeguren 42'	BBC Report	Lyon 13' 62' Donati 74'	Stadium: Dens Park Attendance: 5,287 Referee: Kevin Clancy

27 August 2016 4	Motherwell	0 – 0	Dundee	Motherwell
15:00 BST (UTC+1)	Heneghan 84'	BBC Report	O'Hara 27' McGowan 31'	Stadium: Fir Park Attendance: 4,078 Referee: Andrew Dallas

10 September 2016 5	Dundee	1 – 1	Kilmarnock	Dundee
15:00 BST (UTC+1)	El Bakhtaoui 7' 86' Hateley 41' McGowan 48' Gomis 82'	BBC Report	Coulibaly 32' S.Boyd 84' Roberts 88'	Stadium: Dens Park Attendance: 5,111 Referee: Don Robertson

18 September 2016 6	Dundee	1 – 3	Aberdeen	Dundee
12:00 BST (UTC+1)	Holt 13' Kerr 22' O'Dea 53' O'Hara 64' 90+2' Etxabeguren 87'	BBC Report	Maddison 19' O'Connor 44' Shinnie 54' Hayes 62' Stockley 77' McLean 88' (pen.) Burns 90+1'	Stadium: Dens Park Attendance: 6,321 Referee: Steven McLean

24 September 2016 7	Inverness Caledonian Thistle	3 – 1	Dundee	Inverness
15:00 BST (UTC+1)	Doumbouya 8' 48' Tansey 17' (pen.) Polworth 51' Warren 75'	BBC Report	Ross 54' Etxabeguren 63' Low 84' 86'	Stadium: Tulloch Caledonian Stadium Attendance: 2,884 Referee: Kevin Clancy

1 October 2016 8	Dundee	0 – 1	Celtic	Dundee
12:15 BST (UTC+1)	Kerr 11' Williams 22'	BBC Report	Brown 47' Bitton 90+2'	Stadium: Dens Park Attendance: 8,827 Referee: Andrew Dallas

15 October 2016 9	Heart of Midlothian	2 – 0	Dundee	Edinburgh
15:00 BST (UTC+1)	Öztürk 20' Paterson 68' Johnsen 89'	BBC Report	McGowan 67'	Stadium: Tynecastle Stadium Attendance: 16,512 Referee: Kevin Clancy

23 October 2016 10	St Johnstone	2 – 1	Dundee	Perth
12:00 BST (UTC+1)	Davidson 33' Anderson 62' Swanson 75' (pen.)	BBC Report	Holt 23' Gomis 75' Loy 88' (pen.)	Stadium: McDiarmid Park Attendance: 3,646 Referee: Andrew Dallas

26 October 2016 11	Dundee	0 – 2	Partick Thistle	Dundee
19:45 BST (UTC+1)	McGowan 78'	BBC Report	Azeez 29' 79' Doolan 62' Wilson 90+1' Elliott 90+3'	Stadium: Dens Park Attendance: 4,783 Referee: Steven McLean

29 October 2016 12	Hamilton Academical	0 – 1	Dundee	Hamilton
15:00 BST (UTC+1)	Imrie 57' Kurtaj 73'	BBC Report	Hateley 32' McGowan 62'	Stadium: New Douglas Park Attendance: 1,853 Referee: Stephen Finch

5 November 2016 13	Dundee	2 – 0	Motherwell	Dundee
15:00 GMT (UTC)	Kerr 40' Haber 80' Williams 90+4'	BBC Report	Hammell 42' McManus 54'	Stadium: Dens Park Attendance: 5,471 Referee: John Beaton

19 November 2016 14	Rangers	1 – 0	Dundee	Glasgow
15:00 GMT (UTC)	Halliday 68' Forrester 90+2'	BBC Report	Holt 40' O'Dea 82'	Stadium: Ibrox Stadium Attendance: 48,773 Referee: Willie Collum

26 November 2016 15	Dundee	2 – 1	Inverness Caledonian Thistle	Dundee
15:00 GMT (UTC)	Wighton 25' Vincent 57' Gadzhalov 60' Hateley 78' O'Dea 90+2'	BBC Report	Tremarco 81' Cole 85' Horner 90+4'	Stadium: Dens Park Attendance: 5,094 Referee: Andrew Dallas

3 December 2016 16	Kilmarnock	2 – 0	Dundee	Kilmarnock
15:00 GMT (UTC)	Hendrie 15' McKenzie 22' Coulibaly 36' 70'	BBC Report	Kerr 10' Gadzhalov 48' McGowan 87'	Stadium: Rugby Park Attendance: 3,615 Referee: Crawford Allan

10 December 2016 17	Dundee	0 – 0	Ross County	Dundee
15:00 GMT (UTC)	McGowan 67' Gadzhalov 68'	BBC Report	Boyce 53' McEveley 56' Dow 80'	Stadium: Dens Park Attendance: 4,742 Referee: Euan Anderson

17 December 2016 18	Celtic	2 – 1	Dundee	Glasgow
15:00 GMT (UTC)	Griffiths 45+2' Bitton 57' Šimunović 89'	BBC Report	O'Dea 45' Haber 69'	Stadium: Celtic Park Attendance: 37,404 Referee: Bobby Madden

23 December 2016 19	Dundee	3 – 2	Heart of Midlothian	Dundee
19:45 GMT (UTC)	O'Dea 54' McGowan 71' Holt 88' Haber 90+3'	BBC Report	Walker 3' (pen.) Paterson 48' Smith 90+3'	Stadium: Dens Park Attendance: 6,160 Referee: Kevin Clancy

28 December 2016 20	Partick Thistle	2 – 0	Dundee	Glasgow
19:45 GMT (UTC)	Booth 16' 75' Doolan 44' Elliott 65' Devine 77' Osman 83' Welsh 90+5'	BBC Report	O'Dea 76' Haber 81'	Stadium: Firhill Stadium Attendance: 3,758 Referee: Alan Muir

31 December 2016 21	Dundee	3 – 0	St Johnstone	Dundee
15:00 GMT (UTC)	El Bakhtaoui 15' Kerr 23' Gadzhalov 42' Anderson 57' (o.g.)	BBC Report	Paton 41' Swanson 90'	Stadium: Dens Park Attendance: 6,492 Referee: Don Robertson

27 January 2017 22	Aberdeen	3 – 0	Dundee	Aberdeen
19:45 GMT (UTC)	Jack 29' McGinn 45', 80' Shinnie 73'	BBC Report	Etxabeguren 65'	Stadium: Pittodrie Stadium Attendance: 10,512 Referee: Kevin Clancy

4 February 2017 23	Inverness Caledonian Thistle	2 – 2	Dundee	Inverness
15:00 GMT (UTC)	Mckay 53' (pen.) 58' Tremarco 75' Tansey 75' 79'	BBC Report	Haber 37' O'Dea 43' 48' Etxabeguren 52' McGowan 63'	Stadium: Caledonian Stadium Attendance: 2,606 Referee: Nick Walsh

11 February 2017 24	Dundee	1 – 1	Kilmarnock	Dundee
15:00 GMT (UTC)	Holt 27' 86' McGowan 31'	BBC Report	K.Boyd 9' Longstaff 37' Sammon 55' Addison 61'	Stadium: Dens Park Attendance: 4,708 Referee: Alan Muir

19 February 2017 25	Dundee	2 – 1	Rangers	Dundee
15:15 GMT (UTC)	O'Hara 13' Holt 41' Etxabeguren 60'	Report	Garner 62' 63'	Stadium: Dens Park Attendance: 9,017 Referee: Craig Thomson

25 February 2017 26	Motherwell	1 – 5	Dundee	Motherwell
15:00 GMT (UTC)	Moult 22' 69' Heneghan 45+1' McDonald 84'	Report	Jules 7' (o.g.) Haber 27' 45+1' O'Hara 31' Wighton 35' Vincent 74'	Stadium: Fir Park Attendance: 4,002 Referee: Stephen Finnie

1 March 2017 27	Dundee	0 – 1	Partick Thistle	Dundee
19:45 GMT (UTC)		Report	Etxabeguren 30' (o.g.) Barton 70' Erskine 71'	Stadium: Dens Park Attendance: 5,328 Referee: John Beaton

11 March 2017 28	St Johnstone	2 – 0	Dundee	Perth
15:00 GMT (UTC)	Paton 12' Alston 19' MacLean 89'	Report	O'Hara 26' El Bakhtaoui 69' Williams 84'	Stadium: McDiarmid Park Attendance: 4,195 Referee: Andrew Dallas

19 March 2017 29	Dundee	1 – 2	Celtic	Dundee
12:30 GMT (UTC)	McGowan 21' Gomis 35' O'Dea 41' El Bakhtaoui 76' Holt 90+1'	Report	Šimunović 45+1' Armstrong 52' Brown 62' Eboue 74' Dembélé 87'	Stadium: Dens Park Attendance: 8,968 Referee: Willie Collum

31 March 2017 30	Dundee	0 – 7	Aberdeen	Dundee
19:45 BST (UTC+1)	Kerr 81'	Report	Considine 17', 39', 83' Rooney 25' McLean 34' Jack 51' McGinn 73'	Stadium: Dens Park Attendance: 7,314 Referee: Alan Muir

4 April 2017 31	Ross County	2 – 1	Dundee	Dingwall
19:45 BST (UTC+1)	Chow 7' Davies 25' O'Brien 56' 81' Boyce 90' (pen.) Curran 90+1'	Report	O'Dea 27' 45' (pen.) Williams 52' 90+2' O'Hara 90+1'	Stadium: Global Energy Stadium Attendance: 2,819 Referee: John Beaton

8 April 2017 32	Heart of Midlothian	1 – 0	Dundee	Edinburgh
15:00 BST (UTC+1)	Gonçalves 13'	Report	Kerr 36'	Stadium: Tynecastle Stadium Attendance: 16,304 Referee: Crawford Allan

15 April 2017 33	Dundee	0 – 2	Hamilton Academical	Dundee
15:00 BST (UTC+1)		Report	D'Acol 23' (pen.) Bingham 68' Devlin 84'	Stadium: Dens Park Attendance: 6,489 Referee: John Beaton

29 April 2017 34	Motherwell	2 – 3	Dundee	Motherwell
15:00 GMT (UTC)	Moult 50' Cadden 80' McHugh 90+3'	Report	Gomis 29' O'Hara 45', 56' Haber 49' 90+3'	Stadium: Fir Park Attendance: 4,919 Referee: Steven McLean

6 May 2017 35	Kilmarnock	0 – 1	Dundee	Kilmarnock
15:00 BST (UTC+1)	Taylor 49'	Report	Haber 55' Gomis 62'	Stadium: Rugby Park Attendance: 4,040 Referee: Craig Thomson

13 May 2017 36	Dundee	1 – 1	Ross County	Dundee
15:00 BST (UTC+1)	McGowan 62' Vincent 63' O'Dea 76' (pen.) 77'	Report	Boyce 4' Fraser 33' Woods 54' Gardyne 65' O'Brien 69' Curran 76' Tumilty 90+4'	Stadium: Dens Park Attendance: 6,812 Referee: Nick Walsh

17 May 2017 37	Dundee	0 – 2	Inverness Caledonian Thistle	Dundee
19:45 BST (UTC+1)		Report	Mckay 2' Fisher 10' Vigurs 65' Anier 81'	Stadium: Dens Park Attendance: 5,574 Referee: Kevin Clancy

20 May 2017 38	Hamilton Academical	4 – 0	Dundee	Hamilton
15:00 BST (UTC+1)	Bingham 23' Skondras 25' Imrie 56' (pen.) Gogić 58' Crawford 76'	Report	El Bakhtaoui 84'	Stadium: New Douglas Park Attendance: 2,616 Referee: Crawford Allan

Scottish Cup

21 January 2017 Fourth round	Dundee	0 – 2	St Mirren	Dundee
15:00 GMT (UTC)		BBC Report	Mallan 14' Sutton 25' Baird 50'	Stadium: Dens Park Attendance: 3,622 Referee: Bobby Madden

League Cup

16 July 2016 1	East Fife	1 – 1 (4–2 p)	Dundee	Methil
15:00 BST (UTC+1)	Smith 78' Robinson 85'	SPFL Report	Hemmings 36' Holt 77'	Stadium: Bayview Stadium Attendance: 1,407 Referee: Barry Cook
	Penalties
	Mercer McManus Duggan Lamont Robinson		Hemmings Loy Vincent Williams

23 July 2016 2	Dundee	6 – 2	Dumbarton	Dundee
15:00 BST (UTC+1)	Stewart 16', 74', 80' Hemmings 48', 85' O'Dea 56' 73'	SPFL Report	Wright 26' Buchanan 33'	Stadium: Dens Park Attendance: 2,319 Referee: Kevin Clancy

26 July 2016 3	Peterhead	2 – 1	Dundee	Peterhead
20:00 BST (UTC+1)	Dzierzawski 21' McAllister 62', 88' (pen.) McIntosh 71' Redman 87'	SPFL Report	Bain 88' Stewart 90'	Stadium: Balmoor Stadium Attendance: 998 Referee: Nick Walsh

30 July 2016 4	Dundee	7 – 0	Forfar Athletic	Dundee
15:00 BST (UTC+1)	McGowan 18' Duffy 34' Stewart 39', 64' Etxabeguren 55' Loy 72' Teijsse 88'	SPFL Report		Stadium: Dens Park Attendance: 2,219 Referee: Willie Collum

Challenge Cup

2 August 2016 First Round	Cove Rangers	2 – 1	Dundee U20s	Forfar
19:45 BST (UTC+1)	Buchan 78' Scully 84'	SPFL Report	Warwick 29'	Stadium: Station Park Attendance: 190 Referee: Mike Roncone

Squad statistics

Appearances

As of match played 20 May 2017

No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Total		Scottish Premiership		Scottish Cup		Scottish League Cup
No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
1	GK	SCO	Scott Bain	39	0	36	0	1	0	2	0
3	DF	SCO	Kevin Holt	42	3	37	3	1	0	4	0
4	MF	ENG	James Vincent	32	0	27+1	0	0	0	3+1	0
6	DF	IRL	Darren O'Dea	39	5	35	4	0	0	4	1
7	MF	ENG	Tom Hateley	28	0	26+1	0	1	0	0	0
11	MF	ENG	Danny Williams	28	0	11+12	0	0+1	0	3+1	0
12	GK	SCO	David Mitchell	4	0	2	0	0	0	2	0
14	MF	SCO	Mark O'Hara	32	5	26+2	5	1	0	2+1	0
16	DF	ESP	Julen Etxabeguren	22	1	14+3	0	1	0	4	1
17	MF	SCO	Nick Ross	21	0	11+8	0	0	0	2	0
18	MF	SCO	Paul McGowan	39	4	35+1	3	1	0	1+1	1
20	FW	FRA	Faissal El Bakhtaoui	31	3	15+15	3	1	0	0	0
21	FW	CAN	Marcus Haber	28	9	27	9	1	0	0	0
22	FW	EST	Henrik Ojamaa	14	0	9+5	0	0	0	0	0
23	MF	NED	Marc Klok	2	0	0+2	0	0	0	0	0
26	DF	BUL	Kostadin Gadzhalov	19	2	15+3	2	1	0	0	0
27	MF	AUS	Jesse Curran	2	0	1	0	0	0	0+1	0
30	DF	SCO	Cammy Kerr	41	1	35+1	1	1	0	4	0
33	FW	SCO	Craig Wighton	35	2	19+12	2	1	0	2+1	0
45	DF	SCO	Daniel Higgins	4	0	2+2	0	0	0	0	0
55	DF	FRA	Kévin Gomis	23	0	22	0	0	0	0+1	0
Players away from the club on loan:
8	MF	SCO	Nicky Low	2	1	2	1	0	0	0	0
9	FW	SCO	Rory Loy	17	4	4+9	3	0	0	2+2	1
19	FW	NED	Yordi Teijsse	11	1	3+6	0	0	0	1+1	1
Players who left Dundee during the season:
7	FW	SCO	Greg Stewart	3	6	0	0	0	0	3	6
10	MF	NIR	Michael Duffy	13	1	4+4	0	0+1	0	3+1	1
15	MF	ENG	Kane Hemmings	2	3	0	0	0	0	2	3

Goal scorers

As of match played 20 May 2017

Ranking	Nation	Number	Name	Scottish Premiership	Scottish League Cup	Total
1	FW	21	Marcus Haber	9	0	9
2	FW	9	Greg Stewart	0	6	6
3	MF	14	Mark O'Hara	5	0	5
3	DF	6	Darren O'Dea	4	1	5
5	FW	9	Rory Loy	3	1	4
5	MF	18	Paul McGowan	3	1	4
7	DF	3	Kevin Holt	3	0	3
	MF	20	Faissal El Bakhtaoui	3	0	3
	MF	15	Kane Hemmings	0	3	3
			Own goal	2	1	3
11	DF	26	Kostadin Gadzhalov	2	0	2
11	FW	33	Craig Wighton	2	0	2
11	MF	8	Nicky Low	1	0	1
	DF	30	Cammy Kerr	1	0	1
	MF	10	Michael Duffy	0	1	1
	DF	16	Julen Etxabeguren	0	1	1
	FW	19	Yordi Teijsse	0	1	1
TOTALS				38	15	53

Disciplinary record

As of match played 20 May 2017

Nation	Position	Number	Name
Nation	Position	Number	Name	Premier League		Scottish Cup		League Cup		Total
	GK	1	Scott Bain	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0
	DF	3	Kevin Holt	5	0	0	0	1	0	6	0
	MF	4	James Vincent	3	0	0	0	0	0	3	0
	DF	6	Darren O'Dea	10	0	0	0	1	0	11	0
	MF	7	Tom Hateley	3	0	0	0	0	0	3	0
	MF	8	Nicky Low	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
	MF	11	Danny Williams	6	1	0	0	0	0	6	1
	MF	14	Mark O'Hara	6	1	0	0	0	0	6	1
	DF	16	Julen Etxabeguren	6	0	0	0	0	0	6	0
	MF	17	Nick Ross	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
	MF	18	Paul McGowan	11	0	0	0	0	0	11	0
	MF	20	Faissal El Bakhtaoui	3	0	0	0	0	0	3	0
	FW	21	Marcus Haber	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	0
	DF	26	Kostadin Gadzhalov	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	0
	DF	30	Cammy Kerr	6	0	0	0	0	0	6	0
	DF	55	Kévin Gomis	4	1	0	0	0	0	4	1
			TOTALS	69	3	0	0	3	0	72	3

Club statistics

League table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation^[a]
8	Kilmarnock	38	9	14	15	36	56	−20	41
9	Motherwell	38	10	8	20	46	69	−23	38
10	Dundee	38	10	7	21	38	62	−24	37
11	Hamilton Academical (O)	38	7	14	17	37	56	−19	35	Qualification for the Premiership play-off final
12	Inverness Caledonian Thistle (R)	38	7	13	18	44	71	−27	34	Relegation to the Scottish Championship

Source: Scottish Premiership, Soccerway
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).^[6]
(O) Play-off winners; (R) Relegated
Notes:

League Cup table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	OTW	OTL	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Peterhead (Q)	4	2	1	0	1	8	6	+2	8	Second Round
2	East Fife (X)	4	2	1	0	1	5	4	+1	8	Best Runners-up
3	Dundee	4	2	0	1	1	15	5	+10	7
4	Forfar Athletic	4	1	1	0	2	4	11	−7	5
5	Dumbarton	4	0	0	2	2	7	13	−6	2

Source: BBC
(Q) Qualified; (X) Advances to Best runners-up

Results by round

Round	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31	32	33	34	35	36	37	38
Ground	A	H	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	A	H	A	A	H	H	A
Result	W	L	D	D	D	L	L	L	L	L	L	W	W	L	W	L	D	L	W	L	W	L	D	D	W	W	L	L	L	L	L	L	L	W	W	D	L	L
Position	1	4	6	5	6	8	9	10	12	12	12	12	11	12	7	10	10	10	7	9	8	9	10	7	6	6	8	8	8	8	9	9	11	9	9	9	10	10

Source: See results
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Transfers

Out

Date	Position	Name	To	Fee
22 June 2016	DF	Paul McGinn	Chesterfield	Free^[15]
28 June 2016	DF	Daryll Meggatt	Ayr United	Free^[16]
27 July 2016	FW	Kane Hemmings	Oxford United	Undisclosed^[17]
12 August 2016	MF	Gary Harkins	Ayr United	Free^[18]
12 August 2016	FW	Greg Stewart	Birmingham City	£500,000^[19]
5 September 2016	DF	Tom Hateley	Śląsk Wrocław	Free^[20]

Loans out

Date from	Date to	Position	Name	To
6 January 2017^[24]	End of Season	DF	Conor Quigley	Stirling Albion
12 January 2017^[25]	End of Season	FW	Rory Loy	St Mirren
31 January 2017^[14]	End of Season	FW	Yordi Teijsse	Wuppertaler SV
30 January 2017^[26]	End of Season	MF	Nicky Low	Derry City
30 January 2017^[27]	End of Season	DF	Matty Allan	Montrose
31 January 2017^[28]	End of Season	DF	Matthew Smyth	Arbroath

Notes

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2016–17 Dundee F.C. season

Contents

Season events

Competitions

Premiership

Results

Scottish Cup

League Cup

Challenge Cup

Squad statistics

Appearances

Goal scorers

Disciplinary record

Club statistics

League table

League Cup table

Results by round

Transfers

Out

Loans out

See also

Notes

References