# 2022–23 Dundee United F.C. season

The 2022–23 season was Dundee United's 114th season. It was their third season back in the Scottish Premiership, having been promoted from the Scottish Championship at the end of the 2019–20 season. The club will also participate in the League Cup and Scottish Cup.

## Season summary

Dundee United finished the previous season in fourth place which allowed them to enter the third qualifying round of the Europa Conference League. United began the season under the management of Jack Ross who was appointed on a two-year deal following the departure of Tam Courts. Ross was sacked on 30 August after just seven matches, following his side's 9–0 loss to Celtic.
Following the dismissal of Ross, the club's assistant coach Liam Fox was given the reigns to take over, signing a two-year deal. However, after failing to improve the club's position in the league, Fox was also relieved of his duties as manager in February 2023 with sporting director Tong Ashgar also stepping down from his role at the club.
On 2 March, former Aberdeen manager Jim Goodwin was appointed as the club's new manager initially on a short-term deal until the end of the season.
Dundee United's relegation to the Scottish Championship was confirmed on the final day of the season following a defeat to Motherwell. Despite dropping to the second tier, Goodwin signed a new two-year deal to remain as manager in May 2023.

## Competitions
### Results and fixtures

Win  Draw  Loss  Postponed

### UEFA Europa Conference League
#### Third qualifying round
## Player statistics
### Appearances and goals

    As of 28 May 2023
| No. | Pos | Player | Premiership | Premiership | League Cup | League Cup | Scottish Cup | Scottish Cup | Conference League | Conference League | Total | Total |
| No. | Pos | Player | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| 1 | GK | Mark Birighitti | 26+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 2+0 | 0 | 2+0 | 0 | 30 | 0 |
| 2 | DF | Liam Smith | 27+1 | 1 | 2+0 | 0 | 2+0 | 0 | 2+0 | 0 | 34 | 1 |
| 3 | DF | Scott McMann | 28+2 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 33 | 0 |
| 4 | DF | Charlie Mulgrew | 18+1 | 1 | 1+0 | 0 | 2+0 | 0 | 2+0 | 0 | 24 | 1 |
| 6 | MF | Ross Graham | 12+3 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 17 | 0 |
| 7 | MF | Ilmari Niskanen | 8+12 | 1 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0+2 | 0 | 23 | 1 |
| 8 | MF | Peter Pawlett | 5+7 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 13 | 0 |
| 9 | FW | Steven Fletcher | 30+3 | 9 | 1+1 | 1 | 2+0 | 0 | 2+0 | 0 | 39 | 10 |
| 10 | MF | Arnaud Djoum | 8+8 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 17 | 0 |
| 12 | DF | Ryan Edwards | 26+3 | 0 | 2+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 2+0 | 0 | 33 | 0 |
| 14 | MF | Craig Sibbald | 29+6 | 1 | 0+2 | 0 | 2+0 | 0 | 2+0 | 0 | 41 | 1 |
| 15 | MF | Glenn Middleton | 19+8 | 2 | 1+1 | 1 | 1+1 | 1 | 1+1 | 1 | 33 | 5 |
| 16 | DF | Aziz Behich | 31+0 | 3 | 2+0 | 0 | 1+1 | 1 | 1+0 | 0 | 36 | 4 |
| 18 | MF | Jamie McGrath | 29+3 | 8 | 2+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 1 | 1+1 | 0 | 37 | 9 |
| 19 | MF | Dylan Levitt | 24+3 | 5 | 2+0 | 0 | 2+0 | 0 | 2+0 | 0 | 33 | 5 |
| 20 | FW | Sadat Anaku | 2+11 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 15 | 0 |
| 22 | DF | Kieran Freeman | 22+2 | 1 | 1+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | 27 | 1 |
| 23 | MF | Ian Harkes | 25+4 | 2 | 1+0 | 1 | 0+1 | 0 | 2+0 | 0 | 33 | 3 |
| 25 | FW | Kai Fotheringham | 3+8 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 11 | 0 |
| 27 | DF | Loick Ayina | 12+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 13 | 0 |
| 28 | MF | Mathew Cudjoe | 2+10 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 16 | 0 |
| 31 | GK | Jack Newman | 3+1 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| 39 | MF | Miller Thomson | 0+3 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 43 | MF | Craig Moore | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 44 | FW | Rory MacLeod | 2+13 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 17 | 0 |
| Players who left the club during the 2022–23 season |||||
| 10 | FW | Nicky Clark | 0+3 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| 11 | MF | Logan Chalmers | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 13 | GK | Carljohan Eriksson | 9+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 10 | 0 |
| 17 | MF | Archie Meekison | 1+6 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 8 | 0 |
| 21 | MF | Declan Glass | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 26 | MF | Chris Mochrie | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 30 | FW | Darren Watson | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 32 | FW | Tony Watt | 12+5 | 4 | 2+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 2+0 | 0 | 21 | 4 |
| 33 | DF | Flynn Duffy | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 35 | MF | Finn Robson | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 37 | DF | Adam Hutchinson | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 38 | DF | Layton Bisland | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 41 | GK | Ruairidh Adams | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |

## Team statistics
### League table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 8 | Livingston | 38 | 13 | 7 | 18 | 36 | 60 | −24 | 46 | |
| 9 | St Johnstone | 38 | 12 | 7 | 19 | 41 | 59 | −18 | 43 | |
| 10 | Kilmarnock | 38 | 11 | 7 | 20 | 37 | 62 | −25 | 40 | |
| 11 | Ross County (O) | 38 | 9 | 7 | 22 | 37 | 60 | −23 | 34 | Qualification for the Premiership play-off final |
| 12 | Dundee United (R) | 38 | 8 | 7 | 23 | 40 | 70 | −30 | 31 | Relegation to Championship |
* ↑ Teams play each other three times (33 matches), before the league is split into two groups (the top six and the bottom six).