# 1963–64 Dundee F.C. season

The 1963–64 season was the 62nd season in which Dundee competed at a Scottish national level, playing in Division One, where the club would finish in 6th place. Dundee would also compete in both the Scottish Cup and the Scottish League Cup. They would be knocked out of the Quarter-finals of the League Cup by Hibernian, and made it to the final of the Scottish Cup, where they lost Rangers. They would also compete in the revamped Summer Cup, being knocked out in the group stages.
Striker Alan Gilzean would break the club record for most goals in a single season, scoring 52 times in 48 appearances.

## Scottish Division One

Statistics provided by Dee Archive.
| Match Day | Date | Opponent | H/A | Score | Dundee Scorer(s) | Attendance |
| 1 | 21 August | Rangers | H | 1–1 | Seith | 34,500 |
| 2 | 7 September | Aberdeen | A | 4–2 | Gilzean (2), Cameron, Penman | 12,500 |
| 3 | 14 September | Dundee United | H | 1–1 | Gilzean | 20,945 |
| 4 | 21 September | Third Lanark | A | 2–1 | Waddell, Gilzean | 6,000 |
| 5 | 28 September | East Stirlingshire | H | 3–1 | Gilzean, Penman, Collumbine (o.g.) | 11,000 |
| 6 | 5 October | Queen of the South | A | 5–0 | Waddell (2), Cousin, Gilzean (2) | 5,500 |
| 7 | 12 October | Motherwell | H | 1–3 | Waddell | 15,000 |
| 8 | 19 October | Hibernian | A | 4–0 | Gilzean (4) | 11,071 |
| 9 | 26 October | Dunfermline Athletic | H | 2–1 | Cousin, Gilzean | 17,500 |
| 10 | 2 November | St Mirren | A | 1–2 | Waddell | 7,500 |
| 11 | 9 November | Airdrieonians | H | 4–0 | Cox, Penman, Gilzean (2) (pen.) | 10,500 |
| 12 | 16 November | St Johnstone | A | 6–1 | Gilzean, Penman (2), Stuart, Richmond (o.g.), Waddell | 12,000 |
| 13 | 23 November | Heart of Midlothian | A | 3–1 | Gilzean, Penman, Waddell | 11,582 |
| 14 | 30 November | Celtic | H | 1–1 | Penman (pen.) | 23,569 |
| 15 | 7 December | Kilmarnock | A | 1–1 | Gilzean | 8,000 |
| 16 | 14 December | Partick Thistle | A | 0–2 | | 10,000 |
| 17 | 21 December | Falkirk | H | 4–3 | Waddell, Gilzean, Robertson, Hamilton | 9,000 |
| 18 | 28 December | Rangers | A | 1–2 | Penman | 43,000 |
| 19 | 1 January | Aberdeen | H | 1–4 | Gilzean | 15,000 |
| 20 | 2 January | Dundee United | A | 1–2 | Gilzean | 21,255 |
| 21 | 4 January | Third Lanark | H | 6–0 | Gilzean (2), Penman, Waddell, Cousin, Cameron | 8,000 |
| 22 | 18 January | East Stirlingshire | A | 5–1 | Cousin (2), Waddell (2), Gilzean | 3,500 |
| 23 | 1 February | Queen of the South | H | 6–2 | Cameron (2), Gilzean (3), Penman | 11,000 |
| 24 | 29 April | Motherwell | A | 2–2 | Cousin, Cameron | 7,000 |
| 25 | 19 February | Hibernian | H | 3–0 | Penman, Cameron (2) | 10,591 |
| 26 | 22 February | Dunfermline Athletic | H | 2–1 | Cousin, Penman | 9,000 |
| 27 | 29 February | St Mirren | H | 9–2 | Gilzean (3), Waddell (2), Cousin, Cameron (2), Penman | 13,000 |
| 28 | 18 March | Airdrieonians | A | 1–3 | Stuart | 802 |
| 29 | 21 March | Heart of Midlothian | H | 2–4 | Waddell, Cameron | 11,593 |
| 30 | 1 April | Celtic | A | 1–2 | Gilzean | 16,309 |
| 31 | 4 April | Kilmarnock | H | 2–1 | Cameron, Gilzean | 13,000 |
| 32 | 13 April | St Johnstone | H | 2–1 | Stuart, Robertson | 13,000 |
| 33 | 18 April | Partick Thistle | H | 5–2 | Stuart (2), Penman, Gilzean (2) | 12,000 |
| 34 | 29 April | Falkirk | A | 2–0 | Penman (2) | 3,000 |

### League table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GR | Pts |
| 4 | Hearts | 34 | 19 | 9 | 6 | 74 | 40 | 1.850 | 47 |
| 5 | Dunfermline | 34 | 18 | 9 | 7 | 64 | 33 | 1.939 | 45 |
| 6 | Dundee | 34 | 20 | 5 | 9 | 94 | 50 | 1.880 | 45 |
| 7 | Partick Thistle | 34 | 15 | 5 | 14 | 55 | 54 | 1.019 | 35 |
| 8 | Dundee United | 34 | 13 | 8 | 13 | 65 | 49 | 1.327 | 34 |

## Scottish League Cup

Statistics provided by Dee Archive.

### Group 3

| Match Day | Date | Opponent | H/A | Score | Dundee Scorer(s) | Attendance |
| 1 | 10 August | Third Lanark | A | 2–1 | Cousin, Gilzean | 5,000 |
| 2 | 14 August | Airdrieonians | H | 2–1 | Penman, Houston | 15,000 |
| 3 | 17 August | Dunfermline Athletic | H | 4–1 | Penman (2) (pen.), Gilzean, Robertson | 16,500 |
| 4 | 24 August | Third Lanark | H | 3–2 | Gilzean (3) | 14,500 |
| 5 | 28 August | Airdrieonians | A | 1–4 | Penman | 7,000 |
| 6 | 31 August | Dunfermline Athletic | A | 4–3 | Gilzean (2), Cameron (2) | 13,000 |

#### Group 3 table

| Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GR | Pts |
| Dundee | 6 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 16 | 12 | 1.333 | 10 |
| Dunfermline Athletic | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 13 | 13 | 1.000 | 6 |
| Third Lanark | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 11 | 13 | 0.846 | 6 |
| Airdrieonians | 6 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 10 | 12 | 0.833 | 2 |

### Knockout stage

| Match Day | Date | Opponent | H/A | Score | Dundee Scorer(s) | Attendance |
| Quarter-finals, 1st leg | 11 September | Hibernian | H | 3–3 | Gilzean, Penman, Waddell | 23,225 |
| Quarter-finals, 2nd leg | 18 September | Hibernian | A | 0–2 | | 24,375 |
| Hibernian won 5–3 on aggregate |||||||

## Scottish Cup

Statistics provided by Dee Archive.
| Match Day | Date | Opponent | H/A | Score | Dundee Scorer(s) | Attendance |
| 1st round | 11 January | Forres Mechanics | A | 6–3 | Waddell, Gilzean, Penman (pen.), Stuart, Cousin, Cameron | 5,681 |
| 2nd round | 25 January | Brechin City | A | 9–2 | Penman (2) (pen.), Waddell, Cousin (2), Gilzean (3), Cameron | 8,022 |
| 3rd round | 15 February | Forfar Athletic | H | 6–1 | Waddell (2), Gilzean (2), Cousin, Cameron | 17,574 |
| Quarter-finals | 7 March | Motherwell | H | 1–1 | Cameron | 30,443 |
| QF replay | 11 March | Motherwell | A | 4–2 | Cameron (2), Gilzean, Waddell | 26,280 |
| Semi-finals | 28 March | Kilmarnock | N | 4–0 | Gilzean (2), Penman, McFadzean (o.g.) | 32,664 |
| Final | 25 April | Rangers | N | 1–3 | Cameron | 120,982 |

## Summer Cup

Statistics provided by Dee Archive.

### Group 2

| Match Day | Date | Opponent | H/A | Score | Dundee Scorer(s) | Attendance |
| 1 | 1 May | Dundee United | A | 0–0 | | 13,500 |
| 2 | 6 May | Aberdeen | H | 1–0 | Cousin | 5,000 |
| 3 | 9 May | St Johnstone | A | 2–2 | Penman, Cameron | 7,000 |
| 4 | 13 May | Dundee United | H | 3–3 | Penman (2x pen.), Cameron | 16,000 |
| 5 | 16 May | Aberdeen | A | 1–3 | Gilzean | 9,000 |
| 6 | 20 May | St Johnstone | H | 5–1 | Penman (2), Gilzean, Tinney, Cousin | 6,000 |

#### Group table

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| 1 | Aberdeen | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 14 | 8 | +6 | 8 |
| 2 | Dundee United | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 9 | 0 | 8 |
| 3 | Dundee | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 12 | 9 | +3 | 7 |
| 4 | St Johnstone | 6 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 14 | −9 | 1 |

## Player statistics

Statistics provided by Dee Archive
| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Total | Total | Division One | Division One | Scottish Cup | Scottish Cup | League Cup | League Cup | Summer Cup | Summer Cup |
| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| | MF | SCO | Craig Brown | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| | FW | SCO | Kenny Cameron | 28 | 22 | 15 | 11 | 7 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 2 |
| | FW | SCO | Alan Cousin | 53 | 15 | 32 | 8 | 7 | 4 | 8 | 1 | 6 | 2 |
| | DF | SCO | Bobby Cox | 52 | 1 | 32 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 6 | 0 |
| | GK | SCO | Ally Donaldson | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| | FW | SCO | Alan Gilzean | 48 | 52 | 30 | 33 | 7 | 9 | 7 | 8 | 4 | 2 |
| | DF | SCO | Alex Hamilton | 51 | 1 | 32 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| | MF | SCO | Doug Houston | 15 | 1 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| | FW | SCO | Alex Kinninmonth | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| | FW | SCO | Steve Murray | 5 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| | MF | SCO | Andy Penman | 50 | 30 | 29 | 16 | 7 | 4 | 8 | 5 | 6 | 5 |
| | DF | SCO | Hugh Reid | 6 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| | FW | SCO | Hugh Robertson | 30 | 3 | 21 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| | MF | SCO | George Ryden | 51 | 0 | 31 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| | MF | SCO | Bobby Seith | 52 | 1 | 32 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 6 | 0 |
| | GK | SCO | Bert Slater | 54 | 0 | 34 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| | FW | SCO | Gordon Smith | 12 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| | DF | SCO | Alex Stuart | 50 | 6 | 32 | 5 | 7 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 6 | 0 |
| | MF | SCO | Phillip Tinney | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| | FW | SCO | Bobby Waddell | 39 | 20 | 28 | 14 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 0 |
| | FW | SCO | Bobby Wishart | 4 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |