# 1993–94 Dundee United F.C. season

The 1993–94 season was the 84th year of football played by Dundee United, and covers the period from 1 July 1993 to 30 June 1994. United finished in sixth place but the season will be remembered for the club's first Scottish Cup win, after Ivan Golac guided the club to success in his first season.

## Season review

The club began the season without Duncan Ferguson, selling him to Rangers for a British transfer record of £4m. Replacing him up front was Craig Brewster, signed from Raith Rovers for a more modest £0.25m.
The club endured replays in most rounds of the Scottish Cup before beating Rangers to win the trophy at the seventh attempt.

## Match results

Dundee United played a total of 58 competitive matches during the 1993–94 season. The team finished sixth in the Scottish Premier Division.
In the cup competitions, United won the Scottish Cup for the first time, beating Rangers 1-0 and qualifying for the following season's UEFA Cup Winners' Cup competition in the process. The club lost narrowly in the League Cup semi-final to Hibernian and lost on away goals to Brøndby in the UEFA Cup first round.

### Legend

| Win | Draw | Loss |
All results are written with Dundee United's score first.

### Premier Division

| Date | Opponent | Venue | Result | Attendance | Scorers |
| 7 August | Aberdeen | H | 1–1 | 13,881 | McKinlay |
| 14 August | Partick Thistle | A | 2–1 | 5,018 | Dailly (2) |
| 21 August | St Johnstone | A | 1–1 | 6,247 | McKinlay |
| 28 August | Hearts | H | 0–0 | 8,502 | |
| 4 September | Raith Rovers | A | 1–1 | 4,871 | McKinlay |
| 11 September | Dundee | H | 1–0 | 10,664 | McLaren |
| 18 September | Celtic | A | 1–1 | 26,733 | McKinlay |
| 25 September | Motherwell | H | 0–0 | 6,633 | |
| 2 October | Hibernian | A | 0–2 | 7,586 | |
| 5 October | Kilmarnock | A | 1–1 | 7,034 | McKinlay |
| 9 October | Rangers | H | 1–3 | 11,045 | Welsh |
| 16 October | Partick Thistle | H | 2–2 | 5,760 | Brewster, Crabbe |
| 23 October | Aberdeen | A | 0–2 | 13,556 | |
| 30 October | St Johnstone | H | 2–0 | 6,275 | Brewster, McKinlay |
| 6 November | Hearts | A | 1–1 | 8,362 | O'Neil |
| 9 November | Raith Rovers | H | 2–2 | 5,775 | Bowman, McLaren |
| 13 November | Hibernian | H | 2–2 | 6,880 | McKinlay, Brewster |
| 20 November | Motherwell | A | 0–2 | 5,807 | |
| 30 November | Celtic | H | 1–0 | 10,108 | Connolly |
| 4 December | Kilmarnock | H | 0–0 | 7,100 | |
| 7 December | Dundee | A | 2–1 | 9,156 | Brewster, Connolly |
| 11 December | Rangers | A | 3–0 | 43,058 | Bowman, Connolly, Brewster |
| 18 December | Partick Thistle | A | 0–1 | 4,365 | |
| 27 December | Aberdeen | H | 0–1 | 12,067 | |
| 8 January | Hearts | H | 3–0 | 8,583 | Connolly, Brewster, Crabbe |
| 15 January | Raith Rovers | A | 2–0 | 5,150 | Brewster (2) |
| 22 January | Celtic | A | 0–0 | 17,235 | |
| 25 January | St Johnstone | A | 1–1 | 5,758 | Brewster |
| 5 February | Dundee | H | 1–1 | 10,622 | Connolly |
| 12 February | Motherwell | H | 1–2 | 6,573 | Brewster |
| 26 February | Hibernian | A | 1–0 | 7,021 | Nixon |
| 5 March | Kilmarnock | A | 1–1 | 7,403 | Black |
| 19 March | Partick Thistle | H | 2–2 | 6,005 | Cleland, Brewster |
| 26 March | Aberdeen | A | 0–1 | 12,574 | |
| 29 March | Dundee | A | 1–1 | 12,574 | Brewster |
| 2 April | Celtic | H | 1–3 | 9,790 | Brewster |
| 5 April | Rangers | H | 0–0 | 11,352 | |
| 16 April | Hibernian | H | 3–0 | 6,603 | Petric, McKinlay, Brewster |
| 23 April | Rangers | A | 1–2 | 44,776 | Dailly |
| 26 April | Kilmarnock | H | 1–3 | 8,801 | Dailly |
| 30 April | St Johnstone | H | 0–0 | 10,653 | |
| 3 May | Motherwell | A | 2–1 | | Dijkstra, Brewster |
| 7 May | Hearts | A | 0–2 | 13,627 | |
| 14 May | Raith Rovers | H | 2–3 | 5,335 | Hannah, Brewster |

### Tennent's Scottish Cup

| Date | Opponent | Venue | Result | Attendance | Scorers |
| 29 January | Arbroath | A | 3–2 | 5,961 | Brewster, Crabbe, McKinlay |
| 19 February | Motherwell | H | 2–2 | 12,023 | Brewster (2) |
| 1 March | Motherwell | A | 1–0 | 13,002 | Welsh |
| 12 March | Airdrieonians | A | 0–0 | 8,440 | |
| 15 March | Airdrieonians | H | 2–0 | 9,355 | McKinlay, McLaren |
| 9 April | Aberdeen | N | 1–1 | 21,937 | Welsh |
| 12 April | Aberdeen | N | 1–0 | 13,936 | McInally |
| 21 May | Rangers | N | 1–0 | 38,000 | Brewster |

### League Cup

| Date | Opponent | Venue | Result | Attendance | Scorers |
| 10 August | Hamilton | A | 1-0 | 2,743 | Connolly |
| 24 August | St Mirren | A | 1–0 | 4,415 | McKinlay |
| 31 August | Falkirk | H | 3-3 | 8,750 | Clark (2), McLaren |
| 21 September | Hibernian | N | 0–1 | 19,024 | |

### UEFA Cup

| Date | Opponent | Venue | Result | Attendance | Scorers |
| 15 September | Brøndby | A | 0–2 | 5,756 | |
| 28 September | Brøndby | H | 3-1 | 8,541 | McKinlay, Clark, Crabbe |

## Player details

During the 1993–94 season, United used 25 different players comprising five nationalities, with a further six named as unused substitutes. The table below shows the number of appearances and goals scored by each player.
| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Total | Total | Scottish Premier Division | Scottish Premier Division | Tennent's Scottish Cup | Tennent's Scottish Cup | Skol Cup | Skol Cup | UEFA Cup | UEFA Cup |
| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| | GK | DEN | Brian Flies | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| | GK | SCO | Alan Main | 23 | 0 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| | GK | NED | Guido van de Kamp | 33 | 0 | 25 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| | DF | SCO | Gary Bollan | 17 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| | DF | SCO | John Clark | 19 | 3 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 1 |
| | DF | SCO | Alex Cleland | 42 | 1 | 32 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| | DF | NED | Fred van der Hoorn | 36 | 0 | 28 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| | DF | SCO | Maurice Malpas | 45 | 0 | 35 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| | DF | SCO | Dave Narey | 12 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| | DF | SCO | Mark Perry | 11 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| | DF | YUG | Gordan Petrić | 35 | 1 | 27 | 1 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| | DF | SCO | Brian Welsh | 50 | 3 | 37 | 1 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| | MF | SCO | Dave Bowman | 47 | 2 | 35 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| | MF | SCO | David Hannah | 14 | 1 | 10 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| | MF | SCO | Grant Johnson | 11 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| | MF | SCO | Roy McBain | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| | MF | SCO | Jim McInally | 41 | 1 | 31 | 0 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| | MF | SCO | Billy McKinlay | 52 | 12 | 39 | 8 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 |
| | MF | SCO | Andy McLaren | 36 | 4 | 27 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| | MF | ENG | Chris Myers | 8 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| | MF | SCO | John O'Neil | 16 | 1 | 12 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| | FW | SCO | Craig Brewster | 40 | 20 | 33 | 16 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| | FW | SCO | Paddy Connolly | 34 | 6 | 28 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 0 |
| | FW | SCO | Scott Crabbe | 28 | 4 | 22 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 |
| | FW | SCO | Christian Dailly | 50 | 3 | 38 | 3 | 6 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 |

## Team statistics
### League table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 1 | Rangers (C) | 44 | 22 | 14 | 8 | 74 | 41 | +33 | 58 | Qualification for the Champions League qualifying round |
| 2 | Aberdeen | 44 | 17 | 21 | 6 | 58 | 36 | +22 | 55 | Qualification for the UEFA Cup preliminary round |
| 3 | Motherwell | 44 | 20 | 14 | 10 | 58 | 43 | +15 | 54 | Qualification for the UEFA Cup preliminary round |
| 4 | Celtic | 44 | 15 | 20 | 9 | 51 | 38 | +13 | 50 | |
| 5 | Hibernian | 44 | 16 | 15 | 13 | 53 | 48 | +5 | 47 | |
| 6 | Dundee United | 44 | 11 | 20 | 13 | 47 | 48 | −1 | 42 | Qualification for the Cup Winners' Cup first round |
| 7 | Heart of Midlothian | 44 | 11 | 20 | 13 | 37 | 43 | −6 | 42 | |
| 8 | Kilmarnock | 44 | 12 | 16 | 16 | 36 | 45 | −9 | 40 | |
| 9 | Partick Thistle | 44 | 12 | 16 | 16 | 46 | 57 | −11 | 40 | |
| 10 | St Johnstone (R) | 44 | 10 | 20 | 14 | 35 | 47 | −12 | 40 | Relegation to the 1994–95 Scottish First Division |
| 11 | Raith Rovers (R) | 44 | 6 | 19 | 19 | 46 | 80 | −34 | 31 | Relegation to the 1994–95 Scottish First Division |
| 12 | Dundee (R) | 44 | 8 | 13 | 23 | 42 | 57 | −15 | 29 | Relegation to the 1994–95 Scottish First Division |

## Playing kit

| Home colours | Away colours |
The jerseys were not sponsored, although Rover started next season's deal early in time for the Cup Final.

## Trivia

* United's highest home league attendance was on the first day of the season (against Aberdeen) and the lowest was on the final day (against Raith).