2009–10 Dundee F.C. season

The 2009–10 season was Dundee's 5th consecutive season in the Scottish First Division following their relegation from the SPL in 2005. Dundee finished as runners-up in the league, losing out to Inverness Caledonian Thistle. The Dee reached the quarter-finals in both the Scottish Cup & Scottish League Cup and were winners of the Challenge Cup for the second time in the club's history and first since 1991.[1]

Dundee
2009–10 season
Chairman Bob Brannan
Manager Jocky Scott (until 20 March 2010)
Gordon Chisholm
(from 21 March 2010)
StadiumDens Park
Scottish First Division2nd
Scottish CupQuarter-Final, Losers v Raith Rovers
League CupQuarter-Final, Losers v Rangers
Challenge CupWinners
Top goalscorerLeague: Gary Harkins (15)
All: Leigh Griffiths (21)
Highest home attendance5,507 (vs Dunfermline Athletic, 12 September 2009)
Lowest home attendance3,187 (vs Raith Rovers, 24 April 2010)
Average home league attendance4,760

Match results

Scottish First Division

  Win   Draw   Loss

Fixture Date Week/Round Home team Score Away team Venue
8 August 2009
15:00
Week 1
Dundee 1–0 Greenock Morton Dens Park, Dundee
Higgins  56' BBC Sport Attendance: 5,449
Referee: Boyle
15 August 2009
15:00
Week 2
Raith Rovers 2–2 Dundee Stark's Park, Kirkcaldy
Williamson  30'
Ellis  41'
BBC Sport Harkins  5' (pen.)
McMenamin  73'
Attendance: 4,744
Referee: Richmond
22 August 2009 Week 3 Dundee 2–2 Inverness Caledonian Thistle Dens Park, Dundee
Harkins  9', 29' BBC Sport Sánchez  20'
Cox  38'
Attendance: 5,507
Referee: Tumilty
29 August 2009
15:00
Week 4
Airdrie United 1–1 Dundee Excelsior Stadium, Airdrie
Lauchlan  42' (o.g.) BBC Sport McMenamin  36' Attendance: 1,516
Referee: Nicholls
12 September 2009
15:00
Week 5
Dundee 1–0 Dunfermline Athletic Dens Park, Dundee
Harkins  37' (pen.) BBC Sport Attendance: 5,326
Referee: Thomson
19 September 2009
15:00
Week 6
Queen of the South 2–0 Dundee Palmerston Park, Dumfries
Tosh  6' (pen.)
Holmes  61'
BBC Sport Bullock  5' Attendance: 2,875
Referee: Robertson
26 September 2009
15:00
Week 7
Dundee 2–0 Ross County Dens Park, Dundee
Griffiths  59', 77' BBC Sport Attendance: 4,682
Referee: Somers
10 October 2009
15:00
Week 8
Dundee 2–0 Partick Thistle Dens Park, Dundee
Griffiths  4'
Harkins  48'
BBC Sport Attendance: 5,364
Referee: Allan
14 October 2009
19:45
Week 9
Ayr United 2–2 Dundee Somerset Park, Ayr
McGowan  73'
Stevenson  86'
BBC Sport Forsyth  13'
Griffiths  60'
Attendance: 1,710
Referee: McKendrick
17 October 2009
15:00
Week 10
Greenock Morton 0–1 Dundee Cappielow Park, Greenock
BBC Sport Griffiths  77' Attendance: 2,217
Referee: Winter
24 October 2009
15:00
Week 11
Dundee 2–1 Raith Rovers Dens Park, Dundee
McMenamin  15'
MacKenzie  35'
BBC Sport Smith  20' Attendance: 5,156
Referee: Brown
31 October 2009
15:00
Week 12
Dunfermline Athletic 1–1 Dundee East End Park, Dunfermline
Bayne  77' BBC Sport Harkins  60' Attendance: 4,001
Referee: Norris
7 November 2009
15:00
Week 13
Dundee 2–1 Airdrie United Dens Park, Dundee
Higgins  28', 35' BBC Sport Baird  25' Attendance: 4,121
Referee: McDermott
14 November 2009
15:00
Week 14
Dundee 0–0 Queen of the South Dens Park, Dundee
BBC Sport Attendance: 4,901
Referee: Law
1 December 2009
19:45
Week 15
Ross County 0–1 Dundee Victoria Park, Dingwall
BBC Sport Harkins  69' Attendance: 2,005
Referee: Nicholls
5 December 2009
15:00
Week 16
Partick Thistle 0–2 Dundee Firhill Stadium, Glasgow
BBC Sport McMenamin  44'
Harkins  47'
Attendance: 4,453
Referee: Thomson
12 December 2009
15:00
Week 17
Dundee 3–1 Ayr United Dens Park, Dundee
Forsyth  23'
Griffiths  66'
Harkins  90'
BBC Sport Reynolds  3' Attendance: 4,323
Referee: Finnie
19 December 2009
15:00
Week 18
Dundee 3–1 Greenock Morton Dens Park, Dundee
Griffiths  54'
Harkins  65'
Malone  87'
BBC Sport Weatherson  60' Attendance: 4,259
Referee: Murray
26 December 2009
15:00
Week 19
Inverness Caledonian Thistle 1–1 Dundee Caledonian Stadium, Inverness
Rooney  57' BBC Sport Griffiths  45' (pen.)
Harkins  85' 
Attendance: 3,660
Referee: Nicholls
3 January 2010
15:00
Week 20
Dundee 0–1 Airdrie United Dens Park, Dundee
MacKenzie  45' BBC Sport McDonald  25' (pen.)
Donnelly  90' 
Attendance: 4,319
Referee: Brown
17 January 2010
15:00
Week 21
Dundee 3–2 Dunfermline Athletic Dens Park, Dundee
Griffiths  2', 82'
McMenamin  17'
BBC Sport Graham  10'
Kirk  49'
Attendance: 5,201
Referee: Brines
23 January 2010
15:00
Week 22
Queen of the South 1–1 Dundee Palmerston Park, Dumfries
Harris  6' BBC Sport Griffiths  77' Attendance: 3,415
Referee: Richmond
30 January 2010
15:00
Week 23
Dundee 0–1 Ross County Dens Park, Dundee
BBC Sport Lawson  44' Attendance: 4,912
Referee: Tumilty
20 February 2010
15:00
Week 24
Dundee 1–0 Partick Thistle Dens Park, Dundee
Paton  6' BBC Sport Attendance: 5,216
Referee: McKendrick
6 March 2010
15:00
Week 25
Dundee 2–2 Inverness Caledonian Thistle Dens Park, Dundee
Kerr  78'
Harkins  84'
BBC Sport Foran  46'
Odhiambo  59'
Attendance: 4,974
Referee: Brown
17 March 2010
19:45
Week 26
Ayr United 1–1 Dundee Somerset Park, Ayr
Lafferty  42' BBC Sport Harkins  38'
Paton  76' 
Attendance: 1,375
Referee: Winter
20 March 2010
15:00
Week 27
Airdrie United 3–0 Dundee Excelsior Stadium, Airdrie
McLaughlin  54'
O'Carroll  60'
Gemill  75'
BBC Sport Attendance: 1,172
Referee: Finnie
23 March 2010
19:45
Week 28
Dundee 1–1 Queen of the South Dens Park, Dundee
Griffiths  16' (pen.) BBC Sport McAusland  16'
Harris  58'
Attendance: 4,508
Referee: Tumilty
27 March 2010
15:00
Week 29
Ross County 1–1 Dundee Victoria Park, Dingwall
Craig  87' BBC Sport Hutchinson  50' Attendance: 3,295
Referee: Thomson
30 March 2010
19:45
Week 30
Dunfermline Athletic 2–1 Dundee East End Park, Dunfermline
Gibson  6'
Bell  34'
BBC Sport Harkins  90' Attendance: 2,134
Referee: Collum
3 April 2010
15:00
Week 31
Dundee 3–0 Ayr United Dens Park, Dundee
McMenamin  10', 61'
Higgins  22'
BBC Sport Attendance: 4,270
Referee: MacDonald
10 April 2010
15:00
Week 32
Partick Thistle 0–1 Dundee Firhill Stadium, Glasgow
BBC Sport Clarke  75' Attendance: 2,545
Referee: O'Reilly
17 April 2010
15:00
Week 33
Greenock Morton 2–2 Dundee Cappielow Park, Greenock
Witteveen  41'
Monti  64' (pen.)
BBC Sport Harkins  67'
Griffiths  86'
Attendance: 1,998
Referee: Muir
21 April 2010
19:45
Week 34
Raith Rovers 1–0 Dundee Stark's Park, Kirkcaldy
Hill  54' BBC Sport Attendance: 1,544
Referee: Law
24 April 2010
15:00
Week 35
Dundee 2–0 Raith Rovers Dens Park, Dundee
Hiigins  52'
Harkins  65' (pen.)
BBC Sport Armstrong  84'  Attendance: 3,187
Referee: Nicholls

Scottish Cup

6 February 2010
15:00
Active Nation Scottish Cup Round 5
Dundee 2–1 Ayr United Dens Park, Dundee
Hutchinson  41'
Griffiths  70'
BBC Sport McManus  11' Attendance: 2,852
Referee: McDonald

Scottish League Cup

1 August 2009
15:00
Co-Operative Insurance Cup Round 1
Dundee 5–0 Stranraer Dens Park, Dundee
Higgins  23'
Harkins  29'
Cameron  37'
McMenamin  47'
Griffiths  67'
BBC Sport Mitchell  84' Attendance: 2,345
Referee: Collum
25 August 2009
19:45
Co-Operative Insurance Cup Round 2
Forfar Athletic 2–4 Dundee Station Park, Forfar
Tulloch  55'
Campbell  72'
BBC Sport Griffiths  11'
Antoine-Curier  15', 31'
Tod  67' (o.g.)
Attendance: 1,929
Referee: O'Reilly
22 September 2009
19:45
Co-Operative Insurance Cup Round 3
Dundee 3–2 (a.e.t.) Aberdeen Dens Park, Dundee
Malone  39'
Forsyth  55'
Griffiths  105'
BBC Sport Paton  63', 88' Attendance: 6,131
Referee: Conroy
27 October 2009
19:45
Co-Operative Insurance Cup Quarter-final
Dundee 1–3 Rangers Dens Park, Dundee
Griffiths  29' BBC Sport Whittaker  15'
MacKenzie  57' (o.g.)
Fleck  85'
Attendance: 10,654
Referee: McDonald

Scottish Challenge Cup

18 August 2009
19:30
Challenge Cup Round 2
Cowdenbeath 0–3 Dundee Central Park, Cowdenbeath
BBC Sport Griffiths  20'
Harkins  82'
Antoine-Curier  88'
Attendance: 457
Referee: Salmond
6 September 2009
15:00
Challenge Cup Quarter-final
Stirling Albion 1–2 Dundee Forthbank Stadium, Stirling
Devine  89' (pen.) BBC Sport Griffiths  10', 26' Attendance: 1,277
Referee: Norris
4 October 2009
19:45
Challenge Cup Semi-final
Dundee 3–0 Annan Athletic Dens Park, Dundee
Higgins  37'
Clarke  63'
Forsyth  71'
SFL Report Attendance: 2,321
Referee: Finnie

Player statistics

Squad

Last updated 9 December 2011
No. Pos Nat Player TotalScottish First DivisionScottish CupLeague CupChallenge Cup
AppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
GK Tony Bullock 26019+000+003+103+00
GK Rab Douglas 20015+102+001+001+00
GK Bobby Geddes 100+100+000+000+00
GK Derek Soutar 302+001+000+000+00
DF Kyle Benedictus 1104+101+002+002+10
DF Chris Casement 600+101+001+101+10
DF David Cowan 905+100+001+002+00
DF Maroš Klimpl 22016+201+101+001+00
DF Jim Lauchlan 34025+003+003+002+10
DF Gary MacKenzie 32124+112+002+003+00
DF Robert Malcolm 303+000+000+000+00
DF Eddie Malone 43233+013+004+013+00
DF Craig McKeown 1109+200+000+000+00
DF Ryan O'Leary 808+000+000+000+00
DF Eric Paton 42132+012+104+003+00
DF Connor Rennie 000+000+000+000+00
MF Colin Cameron 1815+900+002+012+00
MF Craig Forsyth 34620+423+013+013+12
MF Gary Harkins 451932+2153+014+013+12
MF Richie Hart 32020+601+001+103+00
MF Brian Kerr 43129+413+002+203+00
MF Paul McHale 18011+300+002+002+00
MF Andrew Shinnie 1409+300+200+000+00
MF Jordan Timmons 000+000+000+000+00
MF Darren Young 702+301+000+001+00
FW Mickaël Antoine-Curier 230+000+001+021+01
FW Pat Clarke 2323+1410+100+201+21
FW Leigh Griffiths 392124+5133+012+243+03
FW Sean Higgins 32716+1051+003+012+01
FW Ben Hutchinson 1335+411+013+010+00
FW Colin McMenamin 40823+870+302+111+20

Players with a zero in every column only appeared as unused substitutes

Disciplinary record

Includes all competitive matches.

Last updated 9 December 2011
Nation Position Name Scottish First Division Scottish Cup League Cup Challenge Cup Total
GKTony Bullock 0100000001
GKRab Douglas 1000000010
GKBobby Geddes 0000000000
GKDerek Soutar 0000000000
DFKyle Benedictus 3000000030
DFChris Casement 0000000000
DFDavid Cowan 0000000000
DFMaroš Klimpl 3000100040
DFJim Lauchlan 7000001080
DFGary MacKenzie 5110001071
DFRobert Malcolm 3000000030
DFEddie Malone 6000100070
DFCraig McKeown 1000000010
DFRyan O'Leary 2000000020
DFEric Paton 5100000051
DFConnor Rennie 0000000000
MFColin Cameron 1000000010
MFCraig Forsyth 2000000020
MFGary Harkins 3100000031
MFRichie Hart 4000000040
MFBrian Kerr 2000001030
MFPaul McHale 1000000010
MFAndrew Shinnie 0000000000
MFJordan Timmons 0000000000
MFDarren Young 1000000010
FWMickaël Antoine-Curier 0000000000
FWPat Clarke 2000000020
FWLeigh Griffiths 6010000070
FWSean Higgins 2000000020
FWBen Hutchinson 1000000010
FWColin McMenamin 3000000030

Top scorers

Last updated on 10 December 2011
Position Nation Name League Scottish Cup League Cup Challenge Cup Total
1Leigh Griffiths 1314321
2Gary Harkins 1511219
3Colin McMenamin 70108
4Sean Higgins 50117
5Craig Forsyth 21126
6Mickaël Antoine-Curier 00213
=Ben Hutchinson 11103
8Pat Clarke 10012
=Eddie Malone 10101
10Colin Cameron 00101
=Brian Kerr 10001
=Gary MacKenzie 10001
=Eric Paton 10001

Clean sheets

R Pos Nat Name League Scottish Cup League Cup Challenge Cup Total
1 GK Tony Bullock 7 1 2 10
2 GK Robert Douglas 4 0 0 0 4
3 GK Derek Soutar 1 1 2
4 GK Bobby Geddes 0 0
Totals1211216

Last updated: 10 December 2011
Source: Match reports in Competitive matches

Team statistics

Division table

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion, qualification or relegation
1 Inverness Caledonian Thistle (C, P) 36 21 10 5 72 32 +40 73 Promotion to the Premier League
2 Dundee 36 16 13 7 48 34 +14 61
3 Dunfermline Athletic 36 17 7 12 54 44 +10 58
4 Queen of the South 36 15 11 10 53 40 +13 56
5 Ross County 36 15 11 10 46 44 +2 56
Source: Scottish Football League
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
First Division Play-offs: The 9th place team will be entered into a play-off with the 2nd, 3rd and 4th places of the Second Division. The winner gets a place in the 2010-11 First Division
(C) Champion; (P) Promoted.

Division summary

Round123456789101112131415161718192021222324252627282930313233343536
GroundHAHAHAHHAAHAHHAAHHAHHAHHHAAHAAHAAAHA
ResultWDDDWLWWDWWDWDWWWWDLWDLWDDLDDLWWDLWL
Position212436553212221111111111111122222222
Source: Statto.com
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Match stats

Scottish First Division Scottish Cup League Cup Challenge Cup
Games played36344
Games won16234
Games drawn13000
Games lost7110
Goals for4841311
Goals against34373
Players used28202222
Yellow cards64223
Red cards4000

Last updated: 10 December 2011
Source: Competitive matches

Results summary

OverallHomeAway
PldWDLGFGAGDPtsWDLGFGAGDWDLGFGAGD
36 16 13 7 48 34  +14 61 12 4 2 30 13  +17 4 9 5 18 21  −3

Last updated: 10 December 2011.
Source: Competitive matches

Results by opponent

Last updated on 10 December 2011
Team League Results[a] Points
1 2 3 4
Airdrie United1–12–10–10–34
Ayr United2–23–11–13–08
Dunfermline Athletic1–01–13–21–27
Greenock Morton1–01–03–12–210
Inverness Caledonian Thistle2–21–12–20–13
Partick Thistle2–02–01–01–012
Queen of the South0–10–01–11–13
Raith Rovers2–22–10–12–07
Ross County2–01–00–11–17

Source: 2009–10 Scottish First Division Results Table

a. ^ Dundee's score is shown first.

Transfers

Transfers Summer

Transfers Winter

See also

References

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