2015–16 Dundee United F.C. season

Dundee United
2015–16 season
Chairman Stephen Thompson
Manager Jackie McNamara
(Until 26 September 2015)
Mixu Paatelainen
(From 14 October 2015)
Stadium Tannadice Park
Highest home attendance 11,385 vs Dundee
Lowest home attendance 5,174 vs Dunfermline Athletic in the Scottish League Cup 3rd Round
Average home league attendance 8,665
Home colours
Away colours
← 2014–15

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

Management

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]

Results & fixtures

      Win       Draw       Loss       Postponed

Pre season / Friendlies

Scottish Premiership

Scottish League Cup

Scottish Cup

Squad statistics

During the 2015–16 season, Dundee United have used thirty-three different players in competitive games.

As of 6 February 2016 (UTC)[7][8]
No. Pos Nat Player TotalPremiership League Cup Scottish Cup
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
1 GK Japan Eiji Kawashima 5 0 3+0 0 0+0 0 2+0 0
2 DF Republic of Ireland Seán Dillon 21 2 16+2 2 1+0 0 2+0 0
3 DF Scotland Paul Dixon 17 0 15+0 0 0+0 0 1+1 0
4 DF Scotland John Souttar 21 0 17+3 0 1+0 0 0+0 0
5 DF Northern Ireland Callum Morris 8 1 7+0 0 1+0 1 0+0 0
6 DF Scotland Paul Paton 4 0 1+1 0 0+0 0 1+1 0
7 MF Netherlands Rodney Sneijder 1 0 0+1 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
7 FW Northern Ireland Billy Mckay 20 9 16+0 9 2+0 0 2+0 0
8 MF Scotland John Rankin 24 2 19+1 2 2+0 0 2+0 0
10 FW Scotland Robbie Muirhead 3 0 1+2 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
11 MF Scotland Chris Erskine 13 0 8+4 0 0+0 0 1+0 0
12 DF Australia Ryan McGowan 24 0 22+0 0 2+0 0 0+0 0
14 FW Scotland Ryan Dow 9 0 5+3 0 0+0 0 1+0 0
15 MF Scotland Simon Murray 15 2 3+9 2 0+2 0 1+0 0
16 MF Scotland Charlie Telfer 8 0 5+2 0 1+0 0 0+0 0
17 DF Scotland Mark Durnan 24 1 19+1 1 2+0 0 1+1 0
18 FW Scotland Aidan Connolly 11 0 1+10 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
19 FW Netherlands Mario Bilate 2 0 1+1 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
19 DF Republic of Ireland Gavin Gunning 10 0 9+0 0 0+0 0 1+0 0
20 MF Scotland Blair Spittal 26 7 19+3 5 1+1 1 2+0 1
21 GK Poland Michał Szromnik 9 0 8+0 0 1+0 0 0+0 0
22 MF Scotland Scott Fraser 22 3 15+3 1 2+0 1 1+1 1
24 DF Scotland Euan Spark 1 0 1+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
25 MF England Aaron Kuhl 7 0 5+0 0 2+0 0 0+0 0
25 FW Finland Riku Riski 3 0 1+1 0 0+0 0 0+1 0
28 DF Scotland Coll Donaldson 10 0 6+2 0 0+0 0 2+0 0
29 FW Australia Adam Taggart 9 0 4+3 0 1+1 0 0+0 0
30 FW Austria Darko Bodul 12 0 7+4 0 1+0 0 0+0 0
33 FW Netherlands Justin Johnson 1 0 0+1 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
40 MF Scotland Jamie Robson 1 0 0+0 0 1+0 0 0+0 0
51 GK Germany Luis Zwick 13 0 12+0 0 1+0 0 0+0 0
54 FW France Florent Sinama Pongolle 2 0 1+1 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
55 DF Ivory Coast Guy Demel 7 0 5+0 0 0+0 0 2+0 0

Disciplinary record

As of 6 February 2016 (UTC)
Position Nation Number Name Premiership League Cup Scottish Cup Total
Red card Red card Red card Red card
2Republic of IrelandDFSeán Dillon20000020
3ScotlandDFPaul Dixon50000050
4ScotlandDFJohn Souttar10000010
5Northern IrelandDFCallum Morris00100010
6ScotlandDFPaul Paton00001010
8ScotlandMFJohn Rankin30000030
12AustraliaDFRyan McGowan50000050
14ScotlandDFRyan Dow10000010
15ScotlandMFSimon Murray10000010
16ScotlandMFCharlie Telfer00100010
17ScotlandDFMark Durnan61200081
18ScotlandFWAidan Connolly21000021
19Republic of IrelandDFGavin Gunning30000030
20ScotlandMFBlair Spittal21000021
21PolandGKMichał Szromnik10000010
22ScotlandMFScott Fraser30000030
28ScotlandDFColl Donaldson20000020
30AustriaFWDarko Bodul10000010
55Ivory CoastDFGuy Demel21000021
Total 4044010444

Team statistics

League table

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation[lower-alpha 1]
8 Partick Thistle 31 10 8 13 31 38 −7 38
9 Inverness Caledonian Thistle 31 9 9 13 38 43 −5 36
10 Hamilton Academical (Z) 32 8 9 15 34 54 −20 33
11 Kilmarnock (Z) 32 7 8 17 30 54 −24 29 Qualification to Relegation play-offs
12 Dundee United (Z) 31 6 6 19 33 55 −22 24 Relegation to Scottish Championship
Updated to match(es) played on 3 April 2016. 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).[9]
(Z) Assured of a place in Section B (bottom six) and may not qualify for Champions League and Europa League.
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).

Management statistics

Last updated on 6 February 2016
Name From To P W D L Win%[nb 1]
McNamara, JackieJackie McNamara[10] 2 August 2015 28 September 2015 10 2 2 6 20.00
Bowman, DaveDave Bowman[11] 28 September 2015 14 October 2015 1 0 0 1 00.00
Paatelainen, MixuMixu Paatelainen[12] 14 October 2015 Present 16 4 2 10 25.00

Division summary

Round1234567891011121314151617181920212223242526272829303132333435363738
GroundHAHAHAHHAAHAHAHHAHAAAHH               
Result L W D L L L L D L L L L W L L L D L L L L L W                              
Position 9 4 5 7 8 9 11 11 11 12 12 12 12 12 12 12 12 12 12 12 12 12 12                              

Last updated: 6 February 2016.
Source: [13]
Ground: A = Away; H = Home. Result: D = Draw; L = Loss; W = Win; P = Postponed.

Transfers

In

Date Player From Fee
1 July 2015 Scotland Mark Durnan Scotland Queen of the South Undisclosed[14]
13 July 2015 Scotland Coll Donaldson England Queens Park Rangers Free[15]
20 July 2015 Austria Darko Bodul Austria Rheindorf Altach Free[16]
24 July 2015 Netherlands Rodney Sneijder Netherlands Almere City Free[17]
28 August 2015 Northern Ireland Billy Mckay England Wigan Athletic Loan[18]
1 September 2015 Australia Adam Taggart England Fulham Loan[19]
1 September 2015 England Aaron Kuhl England Reading Loan[20]
20 November 2015 Republic of Ireland Gavin Gunning England Oldham Athletic Free[21]
23 November 2015 Ivory Coast Guy Demel England West Ham United Free[22]
27 November 2015 France Florent Sinama Pongolle Switzerland Lausanne-Sport Free[23]
29 December 2015 Japan Eiji Kawashima Belgium Standard Liège Free[24]
8 January 2016 Finland Riku Riski Norway Rosenborg Loan[25]

Out

Player To Fee
Scotland Darren Petrie Scotland Raith Rovers Free[26]
Scotland Michael Gardyne Scotland Ross County Free[27]
Poland Jarosław Fojut Poland Pogoń Szczecin Free[28]
Poland Radosław Cierzniak Poland Wisła Kraków Free[29]
Scotland Keith Watson Scotland St Mirren Free[30]
England Calum Butcher England Burton Albion Free[31]
England Kudus Oyenuga England Hartlepool United Free[32]
Scotland Brian Graham Scotland Ross County Free[33]
Scotland Jamie Montgomery Scotland Brechin City Free[30]
Turkey Nadir Çiftçi Scotland Celtic £1.5 million[34]
Netherlands Rodney Sneijder Free[35]
Estonia Henri Anier Scotland Hibernian Loan[36]
Scotland Scott Smith Scotland Airdrieonians Loan[37]
Scotland Robbie Muirhead Scotland Partick Thistle Loan[38]
Scotland Marc McCallum Scotland Livingston Loan[39]
Scotland Joe McGovern Scotland East Fife Loan[40]
Netherlands Mario Bilate Free[41]
Scotland Marc McCallum Scotland Livingston Free[42]
Scotland Euan Spark Scotland Forfar Athletic Loan[43]
Scotland Scott Smith Free[44]

See also

Notes

  1. ↑ Win% is the percentage of matches won rounded to two decimal places.

References

  1. ↑ "Dundee United boss Jackie McNamara highlights players' self-belief". BBC Sport. 9 February 2013. Retrieved 10 February 2013.
  2. ↑ "Jackie McNamara relieved of manager duties". bbc.co.uk/sport. BBC Sport. 26 September 2015. Retrieved 27 September 2015.
  3. ↑ "Dundee United confirm manager's exit". bbc.co.uk/sport. BBC Sport. 28 September 2015. Retrieved 2 October 2015.
  4. ↑ "Caretaker blames players for manager's sacking". bbc.co.uk/sport. BBC Sport. 1 October 2015. Retrieved 2 October 2015.
  5. ↑ "Dundee United appoint former striker Mixu Paatelainen as head coach". theguardian.com. The Guardian. 14 October 2015. Retrieved 18 October 2015.
  6. ↑ "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.
  7. 1 2 "Dundee United 2015/2016 player appearances". Soccerbase. Retrieved 3 August 2015.
  8. ↑ "First team squad". http://dufc.co. Dundee United. Retrieved 3 August 2015. External link in |work= (help)
  9. ↑ "Premiership 2015/2016 - Season rules". Scoresway. Retrieved 1 August 2015.
  10. ↑ "Jackie McNamara Statistics". soccerbase.com. Soccerbase. Retrieved 26 July 2015.
  11. ↑ "David Bowman Statistics". soccerbase.com. Soccerbase. Retrieved 2 October 2015.
  12. ↑ "Mixu Paatelainen Statistics". soccerbase.com. Soccerbase. Retrieved 18 October 2015.
  13. ↑ "Dundee United". Statto. Retrieved 2 August 2015.
  14. ↑ "Dundee United sign Mark Durnan from Queen of the South". heraldscotland.com. The Herald. 19 June 2015. Retrieved 23 June 2015.
  15. ↑ "Dundee United sign defender Coll Donaldson". bbc.co.uk/sport. BBC Sport. 13 July 2015. Retrieved 26 July 2015.
  16. ↑ "Dundee United sign Austrian striker Darko Bodul". bbc.co.uk/sport. BBC Sport. 20 July 2015. Retrieved 26 July 2015.
  17. ↑ "Dundee United sign midfielder Rodney Sneijder". bbc.co.uk/sport. BBC Sport. 26 July 2015. Retrieved 26 July 2015.
  18. ↑ "Dundee United sign Wigan forward on loan". bbc.co.uk/sport. BBC Sport. 28 August 2015. Retrieved 6 September 2015.
  19. ↑ "Dundee United sign Adam Taggart and Aaron Kuhl". bbc.co.uk/sport. BBC Sport. 1 September 2015. Retrieved 6 September 2015.
  20. ↑ "Dundee United sign Aaron Kuhl on loan from Reading". skysports.com. Sky Sports. 1 September 2015. Retrieved 6 September 2015.
  21. ↑ "Gavin Gunning agrees Tannadice return deal". bbc.co.uk/sport. BBC Sport. 20 November 2015. Retrieved 22 November 2015.
  22. ↑ "Dundee United sign former West Ham midfielder". bbc.co.uk/sport. BBC Sport. 23 November 2015. Retrieved 23 November 2015.
  23. ↑ "Florent Sinama Pongolle signs for Dundee United after trial". bbc.co.uk/sport. BBC Sport. 27 November 2015. Retrieved 8 January 2016.
  24. ↑ "Kawashima Signing Secured". dufc.co. Dundee United F.C. 29 December 2015. Retrieved 8 January 2016.
  25. ↑ "Dundee United secure Finnish forward Riku Riski on loan". bbc.co.uk/sport. BBC Sport. 8 January 2016. Retrieved 8 January 2016.
  26. ↑ "Darren Petrie Signs". raithrovers.net. Raith Rovers F.C. 1 June 2015. Retrieved 26 July 2015.
  27. ↑ "Michael Gardyne pens new deal with Ross County after leaving Dundee United". thecourier.co.uk. The Courier. 28 May 2015. Retrieved 26 July 2015.
  28. ↑ "Jaroslaw Fojut leaves Dundee Utd to join Pogon Szczecin". bbc.co.uk/sport. BBC Sport. 23 June 2015. Retrieved 26 July 2015.
  29. ↑ "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.
  30. 1 2 "Scottish Premiership ins and outs". bbc.co.uk/sport. BBC Sport. 23 July 2015. Retrieved 26 July 2015.
  31. ↑ "Burton Albion sign Dundee United midfielder". bbc.co.uk/sport. BBC Sport. 15 June 2015. Retrieved 26 July 2015.
  32. ↑ "Hartlepool United sign Dundee United winger". bbc.co.uk/sport. BBC Sport. 6 July 2015. Retrieved 26 July 2015.
  33. ↑ "New signing Brian Graham impressed by Jim McIntyre". bbc.co.uk/sport. BBC Sport. 7 May 2015. Retrieved 26 July 2015.
  34. ↑ "Celtic sign Dundee United striker for £1.5m". bbc.co.uk/sport. BBC Sport. 9 July 2015. Retrieved 26 July 2015.
  35. ↑ "Midfielder leaves Dundee United after one game". bbc.co.uk/sport. BBC Sport. 25 August 2015. Retrieved 25 August 2015.
  36. ↑ "Hibs loan deal for Dundee United’s Henri Anier". edinburghnews.scotsman.com. Edinburgh Evening News. 1 September 2015. Retrieved 1 September 2015.
  37. ↑ "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.
  38. ↑ "Partick Thistle sign Dundee United forward on loan". bbc.co.uk/sport. BBC Sport. 1 September 2015. Retrieved 6 September 2015.
  39. ↑ "Loan keeper signs on". livingstonfc.co.uk. Livingston. 26 September 2015. Retrieved 28 September 2015.
  40. ↑ "United keepers go out on loan". spfl.co.uk. Scottish Professional Football League. 25 September 2015. Retrieved 28 September 2015.
  41. ↑ "Injured Mario Bilate sad after Tannadice exit". bbc.co.uk/sport. BBC Sport. 11 November 2015. Retrieved 22 November 2015.
  42. ↑ "Marc McCallum seals return to Livingston after release from Dundee United". dailyrecord.co.uk. Daily Record. 12 January 2016. Retrieved 12 January 2016.
  43. ↑ "Dundee United’s Euan Spark sent out on loan to Forfar". thecourier.co.uk. The Courier. 1 February 2016. Retrieved 1 February 2016.
  44. ↑ "Scott Smith Leaves United". dufc.co. Dundee United F.C. 1 February 2016. Retrieved 1 February 2016.
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