2015–16 Dundee United F.C. season

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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 7,969
Home colours
Away colours

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

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Scottish League Cup

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Scottish Cup

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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 Total Premiership 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
Booked Red card Booked Red card Booked Red card Booked Red card
2 Republic of Ireland DF Seán Dillon 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
3 Scotland DF Paul Dixon 5 0 0 0 0 0 5 0
4 Scotland DF John Souttar 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
5 Northern Ireland DF Callum Morris 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0
6 Scotland DF Paul Paton 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0
8 Scotland MF John Rankin 3 0 0 0 0 0 3 0
12 Australia DF Ryan McGowan 5 0 0 0 0 0 5 0
14 Scotland DF Ryan Dow 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
15 Scotland MF Simon Murray 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
16 Scotland MF Charlie Telfer 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0
17 Scotland DF Mark Durnan 6 1 2 0 0 0 8 1
18 Scotland FW Aidan Connolly 2 1 0 0 0 0 2 1
19 Republic of Ireland DF Gavin Gunning 3 0 0 0 0 0 3 0
20 Scotland MF Blair Spittal 2 1 0 0 0 0 2 1
21 Poland GK Michał Szromnik 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
22 Scotland MF Scott Fraser 3 0 0 0 0 0 3 0
28 Scotland DF Coll Donaldson 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
30 Austria FW Darko Bodul 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
55 Ivory Coast DF Guy Demel 2 1 0 0 0 0 2 1
Total 40 4 4 0 1 0 44 4

Team statistics

League table

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation[lower-alpha 1]
8 Dundee 38 11 15 12 53 57 −4 48
9 Partick Thistle 38 12 10 16 41 50 −9 46
10 Hamilton Academical 38 11 10 17 42 63 −21 43
11 Kilmarnock (O) 38 9 9 20 41 64 −23 36 Qualification to Premiership play-off finals
12 Dundee United[lower-alpha 2] (R) 38 8 7 23 45 70 −25 28 Relegation to Scottish Championship
Source: Scottish Premiership, Soccerway (first phase), Soccerway (second phase)
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).[10]
(O) Play-off winner; (R) Relegated.
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. Dundee United were deducted three points for fielding an ineligible player in their win over Inverness Caledonian Thistle on 6 May 2016.[9]

Management statistics

Last updated on 6 February 2016
Name From To P W D L Win%[nb 1]
Jackie McNamara[11] 2 August 2015 28 September 2015 10 2 2 6 20.00
Dave Bowman[12] 28 September 2015 14 October 2015 1 0 0 1 00.00
Mixu Paatelainen[13] 14 October 2015 Present 16 4 2 10 25.00

Division summary

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 H A H A H A H H A A H A H A H H A H A A A H H
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: [14]
Ground: A = Away; H = Home. Result: D = Draw; L = Loss; W = Win; P = Postponed.

Transfers

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See also

Notes

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

References

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