# 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.

## Match results
### Scottish First Division

Win  Draw  Loss

### Scottish Challenge Cup
#### Final
## Player statistics
### Squad

    Last updated 9 December 2011
| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Total | Total | Scottish First Division | Scottish First Division | Scottish Cup | Scottish Cup | League Cup | League Cup | Challenge Cup | Challenge Cup |
| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| | GK | ENG | Tony Bullock | 26 | 0 | 19+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 3+1 | 0 | 3+0 | 0 |
| | GK | SCO | Rab Douglas | 20 | 0 | 15+1 | 0 | 2+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 |
| | GK | SCO | Bobby Geddes | 1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| | GK | SCO | Derek Soutar | 3 | 0 | 2+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| | DF | SCO | Kyle Benedictus | 11 | 0 | 4+1 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | 2+0 | 0 | 2+1 | 0 |
| | DF | NIR | Chris Casement | 6 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 |
| | DF | ENG | David Cowan | 9 | 0 | 5+1 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | 2+0 | 0 |
| | DF | SVK | Maroš Klimpl | 22 | 0 | 16+2 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 |
| | DF | SCO | Jim Lauchlan | 34 | 0 | 25+0 | 0 | 3+0 | 0 | 3+0 | 0 | 2+1 | 0 |
| | DF | SCO | Gary MacKenzie | 32 | 1 | 24+1 | 1 | 2+0 | 0 | 2+0 | 0 | 3+0 | 0 |
| | DF | SCO | Robert Malcolm | 3 | 0 | 3+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| | DF | SCO | Eddie Malone | 43 | 2 | 33+0 | 1 | 3+0 | 0 | 4+0 | 1 | 3+0 | 0 |
| | DF | SCO | Craig McKeown | 11 | 0 | 9+2 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| | DF | SCO | Ryan O'Leary | 8 | 0 | 8+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| | DF | SCO | Eric Paton | 42 | 1 | 32+0 | 1 | 2+1 | 0 | 4+0 | 0 | 3+0 | 0 |
| | DF | SCO | Connor Rennie | 0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| | MF | SCO | Colin Cameron | 18 | 1 | 5+9 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 2+0 | 1 | 2+0 | 0 |
| | MF | SCO | Craig Forsyth | 34 | 6 | 20+4 | 2 | 3+0 | 1 | 3+0 | 1 | 3+1 | 2 |
| | MF | SCO | Gary Harkins | 45 | 19 | 32+2 | 15 | 3+0 | 1 | 4+0 | 1 | 3+1 | 2 |
| | MF | SCO | Richie Hart | 32 | 0 | 20+6 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 | 3+0 | 0 |
| | MF | SCO | Brian Kerr | 43 | 1 | 29+4 | 1 | 3+0 | 0 | 2+2 | 0 | 3+0 | 0 |
| | MF | SCO | Paul McHale | 18 | 0 | 11+3 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 2+0 | 0 | 2+0 | 0 |
| | MF | SCO | Andrew Shinnie | 14 | 0 | 9+3 | 0 | 0+2 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| | MF | SCO | Jordan Timmons | 0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| | MF | SCO | Darren Young | 7 | 0 | 2+3 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 |
| | FW | GLP | Mickaël Antoine-Curier | 2 | 3 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 2 | 1+0 | 1 |
| | FW | SCO | Pat Clarke | 23 | 2 | 3+14 | 1 | 0+1 | 0 | 0+2 | 0 | 1+2 | 1 |
| | FW | SCO | Leigh Griffiths | 39 | 21 | 24+5 | 13 | 3+0 | 1 | 2+2 | 4 | 3+0 | 3 |
| | FW | SCO | Sean Higgins | 32 | 7 | 16+10 | 5 | 1+0 | 0 | 3+0 | 1 | 2+0 | 1 |
| | FW | ENG | Ben Hutchinson | 13 | 3 | 5+4 | 1 | 1+0 | 1 | 3+0 | 1 | 0+0 | 0 |
| | FW | SCO | Colin McMenamin | 40 | 8 | 23+8 | 7 | 0+3 | 0 | 2+1 | 1 | 1+2 | 0 |
Players with a zero in every column only appeared as unused substitutes

### Disciplinary record

Includes all competitive matches.
    Last updated 9 December 2011
| Position | Name | Scottish First Division | Scottish First Division | Scottish Cup | Scottish Cup | League Cup | League Cup | Challenge Cup | Challenge Cup | Total | Total |
| GK | Tony Bullock | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| GK | Rab Douglas | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| GK | Bobby Geddes | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| GK | Derek Soutar | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| DF | Kyle Benedictus | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| DF | Chris Casement | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| DF | David Cowan | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| DF | Maroš Klimpl | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| DF | Jim Lauchlan | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 0 |
| DF | Gary MacKenzie | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 1 |
| DF | Robert Malcolm | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| DF | Eddie Malone | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 |
| DF | Craig McKeown | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| DF | Ryan O'Leary | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| DF | Eric Paton | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 |
| DF | Connor Rennie | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| MF | Colin Cameron | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| MF | Craig Forsyth | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| MF | Gary Harkins | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 |
| MF | Richie Hart | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| MF | Brian Kerr | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| MF | Paul McHale | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| MF | Andrew Shinnie | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| MF | Jordan Timmons | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| MF | Darren Young | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| FW | Mickaël Antoine-Curier | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| FW | Pat Clarke | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| FW | Leigh Griffiths | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 |
| FW | Sean Higgins | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| FW | Ben Hutchinson | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| FW | Colin McMenamin | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |

### Top scorers

    Last updated on 10 December 2011
| Position | Name | League | Scottish Cup | League Cup | Challenge Cup | Total |
| 1 | Leigh Griffiths | 13 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 21 |
| 2 | Gary Harkins | 15 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 19 |
| 3 | Colin McMenamin | 7 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 8 |
| 4 | Sean Higgins | 5 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 7 |
| 5 | Craig Forsyth | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 6 |
| 6 | Mickaël Antoine-Curier | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| = | Ben Hutchinson | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
| 8 | Pat Clarke | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| = | Eddie Malone | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 10 | Colin Cameron | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| = | Brian Kerr | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| = | Gary MacKenzie | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| = | Eric Paton | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |

### Clean sheets

| R | Pos | 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 |
| | | Totals | 12 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 16 |
Last updated: 10 December 2011 Source: Match reports in Competitive matches

## Team statistics
### Division table

| Pos | Teamvte | 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 | |

### 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 |
| Ground | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | H | A | A | H | A | H | H | A | A | H | H | A | H | H | A | H | H | H | A | A | H | A | A | H | A | A | A | H | A |
| Result | W | D | D | D | W | L | W | W | D | W | W | D | W | D | W | W | W | W | D | L | W | D | L | W | D | D | L | D | D | L | W | W | D | L | W | L |
| Position | 2 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 |

### Match stats

| | Scottish First Division | Scottish Cup | League Cup | Challenge Cup |
| Games played | 36 | 3 | 4 | 4 |
| Games won | 16 | 2 | 3 | 4 |
| Games drawn | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Games lost | 7 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Goals for | 48 | 4 | 13 | 11 |
| Goals against | 34 | 3 | 7 | 3 |
| Players used | 28 | 20 | 22 | 22 |
| Yellow cards | 64 | 2 | 2 | 3 |
| Red cards | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Last updated: 10 December 2011 Source: Competitive matches

### Results summary

| Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away |
Last updated: 10 December 2011. Source: Competitive matches

### Results by opponent

    Last updated on 10 December 2011
| Team | League Results | League Results | League Results | League Results | Points |
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Points |
| Airdrie United | 1–1 | 2–1 | 0–1 | 0–3 | 4 |
| Ayr United | 2–2 | 3–1 | 1–1 | 3–0 | 8 |
| Dunfermline Athletic | 1–0 | 1–1 | 3–2 | 1–2 | 7 |
| Greenock Morton | 1–0 | 1–0 | 3–1 | 2–2 | 10 |
| Inverness Caledonian Thistle | 2–2 | 1–1 | 2–2 | 0–1 | 3 |
| Partick Thistle | 2–0 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 12 |
| Queen of the South | 0–1 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 3 |
| Raith Rovers | 2–2 | 2–1 | 0–1 | 2–0 | 7 |
| Ross County | 2–0 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 7 |
Source: 2009–10 Scottish First Division Results Table
    a. ^ Dundee's score is shown first.