2017–18 Dundee F.C. season
# 2017–18 Dundee F.C. season

The 2017–18 season was Dundee's fourth consecutive season in the top flight of Scottish football since their promotion at the end of the 2013–14 season. Dundee were knocked out of the League Cup in a 4–0 defeat by Celtic and were knocked out of Fifth round of the Scottish Cup by Motherwell.

## Team statistics

### Appearances

    As of match played 12 May 2018

| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Total | Total | Scottish Premiership | Scottish Premiership | Scottish Cup | Scottish Cup | Scottish League Cup | Scottish League Cup |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| 2 | DF | SCO | Cammy Kerr | 41 | 0 | 27+5 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 0 |
| 3 | DF | SCO | Kevin Holt | 32 | 2 | 22+2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 0 |
| 4 | DF | ENG | Steven Caulker | 12 | 1 | 12 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 5 | DF | ANG | Genseric Kusunga | 10 | 1 | 7+2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 6 | DF | IRL | Darren O'Dea | 22 | 0 | 14+2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| 7 | MF | ENG | A-Jay Leitch-Smith | 31 | 7 | 13+14 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 8 | MF | FIN | Glen Kamara | 46 | 0 | 37 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 5+1 | 0 |
| 9 | FW | TUN | Sofien Moussa | 33 | 12 | 21+5 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 3+1 | 5 |
| 10 | MF | SCO | Scott Allan | 22 | 1 | 7+8 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 4+1 | 0 |
| 12 | GK | ENG | Elliot Parish | 28 | 0 | 25 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 14 | MF | SCO | Mark O'Hara | 39 | 6 | 26+6 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 1 |
| 15 | DF | ESP | Jon Aurtenetxe | 18 | 0 | 14+2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 16 | DF | ESP | Julen Etxabeguren | 1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 17 | FW | SCO | Simon Murray | 14 | 3 | 13+1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 18 | MF | SCO | Paul McGowan | 42 | 2 | 30+4 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 4+2 | 1 |
| 20 | FW | FRA | Faissal El Bakhtaoui | 35 | 5 | 16+12 | 3 | 1+1 | 0 | 4+1 | 2 |
| 21 | MF | ENG | Roarie Deacon | 36 | 1 | 25+3 | 1 | 0+2 | 0 | 5+1 | 0 |
| 23 | MF | NED | Randy Wolters | 16 | 0 | 3+6 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 4+2 | 0 |
| 24 | MF | ENG | Josh Meekings | 22 | 0 | 20+1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 25 | DF | WAL | Daniel Jefferies | 2 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 27 | MF | AUS | Jesse Curran | 9 | 0 | 5+4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 28 | MF | SCO | Lewis Spence | 20 | 0 | 14+3 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 29 | FW | CAN | Marcus Haber | 13 | 2 | 9+2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 |
| 33 | FW | SCO | Craig Wighton | 7 | 0 | 5+2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 34 | DF | SCO | Kerr Waddell | 22 | 3 | 10+6 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 4+1 | 0 |
| 35 | MF | ENG | Cedwyn Scott | 3 | 0 | 0+3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 38 | GK | ENG | Calum Ferrie | 2 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 40 | DF | ENG | Jordan Piggott | 1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 45 | MF | SCO | Callum Moore | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 46 | FW | SCO | Matthew Henvey | 4 | 1 | 0+4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 47 | MF | ENG | Jack Lambert | 2 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 67 | GK | FRA | Jérémy Malherbe | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Players who left the club during the season: ||||||||||||
| 1 | GK | SCO | Scott Bain | 18 | 0 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 |
| 4 | MF | ENG | James Vincent | 5 | 0 | 1+2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 |
| 5 | DF | NIR | James McPake | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 11 | MF | ENG | Danny Williams | 3 | 0 | 0+2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 22 | DF | SCO | Jack Hendry | 30 | 2 | 23+1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4+1 | 1 |
| 26 | DF | BUL | Kostadin Gadzhalov | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |

### Goal scorers

    As of match played 12 May 2018

| Ranking | Position | Nation | Number | Name | Scottish Premiership | Scottish Cup | Scottish League Cup | Total |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | FW | | 9 | Sofien Moussa | 7 | 0 | 5 | 12 |
| 2 | FW | | 7 | A-Jay Leitch-Smith | 6 | 1 | 0 | 7 |
| 3 | MF | | 14 | Mark O'Hara | 4 | 1 | 1 | 6 |
| 4 | FW | | 20 | Faissal El Bakhtaoui | 3 | 0 | 2 | 5 |
| 5 | FW | | 17 | Simon Murray | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 5 | DF | | 34 | Kerr Waddell | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 7 | DF | | 3 | Kevin Holt | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 7 | MF | | 18 | Paul McGowan | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 7 | DF | | 22 | Jack Hendry | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 7 | FW | | 29 | Marcus Haber | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 11 | DF | | 4 | Steven Caulker | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 11 | DF | | 5 | Genseric Kusunga | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 11 | MF | | 10 | Scott Allan | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 11 | MF | | 21 | Roarie Deacon | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 11 | FW | | 46 | Matthew Henvey | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| TOTALS | TOTALS | TOTALS | TOTALS | TOTALS | 36 | 3 | 10 | 49 |

## Squad statistics

### League table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 7 | Motherwell | 38 | 13 | 9 | 16 | 43 | 49 | −6 | 48 | |
| 8 | St Johnstone | 38 | 12 | 10 | 16 | 42 | 53 | −11 | 46 | |
| 9 | Dundee | 38 | 11 | 6 | 21 | 36 | 57 | −21 | 39 | |
| 10 | Hamilton Academical | 38 | 9 | 6 | 23 | 47 | 68 | −21 | 33 | |
| 11 | Partick Thistle (R) | 38 | 8 | 9 | 21 | 31 | 61 | −30 | 33 | Qualification for the Premiership play-off final |

* ↑ Teams play each other three times (33 matches) before the league is split into two groups (the top six and the bottom six).

### Group C Table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | PW | PL | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | DUN | DND | RAI | COW | BUC |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Dundee United (Q) | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 2 | +8 | 11 | Qualification for the Second Round | — | — | 2–0 | 4–1 | — |
| 2 | Dundee (Q) | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 2 | +6 | 10 | Qualification for the Second Round | 1–1p | — | — | — | 2–0 |
| 3 | Raith Rovers | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 9 | 5 | +4 | 6 | | — | 1–2 | — | 2–0 | — |
| 4 | Cowdenbeath | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 11 | −6 | 3 | | — | 0–3 | — | — | 4–2 |
| 5 | Buckie Thistle | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 15 | −12 | 0 | | 0–3 | — | 1–6 | — | — |

### Second Place Table

| Pos | Grp | Teamvte | Pld | W | PW | PL | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | D | Ross County (Q) | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0 | +8 | 10 | Qualification for the Second Round |
| 2 | H | Partick Thistle (Q) | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 2 | +7 | 10 | Qualification for the Second Round |
| 3 | C | Dundee (Q) | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 2 | +6 | 10 | Qualification for the Second Round |
| 4 | E | Kilmarnock (Q) | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 3 | +6 | 9 | Qualification for the Second Round |
| 5 | B | Peterhead | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 6 | +1 | 9 | |
| 6 | F | Greenock Morton | 4 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 6 | +2 | 8 | |
| 7 | A | Inverness CT | 4 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 3 | +2 | 8 | |
| 8 | G | Albion Rovers | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 12 | 9 | +3 | 7 | |

## Transfers

In

Date

Position

Nationality

Name

From

Fee

14 June 2017

MF

Roarie Deacon

Sutton United

Free

14 June 2017

MF

Scott Allan

Celtic

Season-long loan

22 June 2017

DF

Lewis Spence

Dunfermline

Free

28 June 2017

FW

Randy Wolters

Go Ahead Eagles

Free

5 July 2017

DF

Jack Hendry

Wigan Athletic

Free

13 July 2017

MF

Glen Kamara

Arsenal

Free

14 July 2017

FW

Sofien Moussa

Lokomotiv GO

Free

20 July 2017

GK

Elliot Parish

Accrington Stanley

Free

18 August 2017

DF

Josh Meekings

Inverness

Free

30 August 2017

DF

Jon Aurtenetxe

SD Amorebieta

Free

31 August 2017

FW

A-Jay Leitch-Smith

Shrewsbury Town

Season-long loan

9 January 2018

GK

Jérémy Malherbe

FC Dynamo Brest

Free

31 January 2018

DF

Daniel Jefferies

Colchester United

Loan

31 January 2018

MF

Cedwyn Scott

Huddersfield Town

Free

31 January 2018

FW

Simon Murray

Hibernian

Loan

2 February 2018

DF

Genseric Kusunga

União da Madeira

Free

8 February 2018

DF

Steven Caulker

Queens Park Rangers

Free

Out

Date

Position

Nationality

Name

To

Fee

31 May 2017

DF

Kévin Gomis

Released

31 May 2017

MF

Calvin Colquhoun

Downfield Juniors

Free

1 June 2017

GK

David Mitchell

Falkirk

Free

24 June 2017

DF

Daniel Higgins

Kilmarnock

Free

4 July 2017

FW

Rory Loy

Falkirk

Free

31 August 2017

MF

Tom Hateley

Released

12 January 2018

MF

Danny Williams

Accrington Stanley

Free

29 January 2018

MF

James Vincent

Dunfermline Athletic

Loan

30 January 2018

DF

James McPake

Retired

31 January 2018

GK

Scott Bain

Celtic

Loan

31 January 2018

DF

Jack Hendry

Celtic

Undisclosed

5 February 2018

DF

Nick Ross

Sepsi OSK

Free

23 February 2018

DF

Kostadin Gadzhalov

Brechin City

Loan :

