# 2021–22 Dundee United F.C. season

The 2021–22 season was Dundee United's 113th season. It was their second season back in the Scottish Premiership, having been promoted from the Scottish Championship at the end of the 2019–20 season. The club also competed in the League Cup and Scottish Cup.

## Season summary

United finished their opening season back in the Scottish Premiership in 9th-place. On 25 May 2021, it was reported that manager Micky Mellon had left the club by mutual consent, and Tam Courts was appointed in June 2021.

## Competitions
### Results and fixtures

Win  Draw  Loss  Postponed

### Scottish Cup
## Player statistics
### Appearances and goals

    As of 14 May 2022
| No. | Pos | Player | Premiership | Premiership | League Cup | League Cup | Scottish Cup | Scottish Cup | Total | Total |
| No. | Pos | Player | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| 1 | GK | Benjamin Siegrist | 34+0 | 0 | 4+0 | 0 | 3+0 | 0 | 41 | 0 |
| 2 | DF | Liam Smith | 19+1 | 2 | 2+0 | 0 | 2+0 | 0 | 24 | 2 |
| 3 | DF | Adrián Spörle | 7+8 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 | 17 | 0 |
| 4 | DF | Charlie Mulgrew | 30+1 | 2 | 3+0 | 1 | 1+0 | 0 | 35 | 3 |
| 6 | MF | Kevin McDonald | 6+3 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 | 11 | 0 |
| 7 | MF | Ilmari Niskanen | 25+8 | 1 | 0+0 | 0 | 2+1 | 0 | 36 | 1 |
| 8 | MF | Peter Pawlett | 19+3 | 2 | 3+0 | 2 | 0+1 | 0 | 26 | 4 |
| 9 | FW | Marc McNulty | 16+3 | 2 | 0+0 | 0 | 3+0 | 1 | 22 | 3 |
| 10 | FW | Nicky Clark | 26+11 | 8 | 3+1 | 1 | 2+1 | 0 | 44 | 9 |
| 12 | DF | Ryan Edwards | 35+0 | 4 | 3+0 | 0 | 3+0 | 0 | 41 | 4 |
| 13 | GK | Carljohan Eriksson | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 14 | MF | Florent Hoti | 2+3 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 7 | 0 |
| 17 | MF | Archie Meekison | 7+2 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0+2 | 0 | 12 | 0 |
| 18 | MF | Calum Butcher | 14+3 | 0 | 3+1 | 0 | 3+0 | 0 | 24 | 0 |
| 19 | MF | Dylan Levitt | 23+2 | 5 | 0+0 | 0 | 3+0 | 1 | 28 | 6 |
| 20 | DF | Lewis Neilson | 5+1 | 0 | 1+2 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 9 | 0 |
| 22 | DF | Kieran Freeman | 17+6 | 1 | 3+1 | 1 | 2+0 | 0 | 29 | 2 |
| 23 | MF | Ian Harkes | 27+1 | 3 | 3+1 | 0 | 2+1 | 1 | 35 | 4 |
| 25 | FW | Kai Fotheringham | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 26 | MF | Chris Mochrie | 4+5 | 0 | 1+2 | 1 | 0+0 | 0 | 12 | 1 |
| 29 | DF | Ross Graham | 13+2 | 2 | 0+0 | 0 | 2+0 | 0 | 17 | 2 |
| 32 | FW | Tony Watt | 15+2 | 1 | 0+0 | 0 | 2+0 | 0 | 19 | 1 |
| 33 | DF | Scott McMann | 25+4 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 | 31 | 0 |
| 35 | MF | Finn Robson | 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 |
| 40 | DF | Flynn Duffy | 0+0 | 0 | 3+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 43 | MF | Lennon Walker | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 46 | MF | Miller Thomson | 1+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 52 | MF | Craig Moore | 1+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 53 | FW | Rory MacLeod | 1+2 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 58 | MF | Mathew Cudjoe | 1+1 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 94 | FW | Maxime Biamou | 0+3 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| Players who left the club during the 2021–22 season |||||
| 5 | DF | Mark Connolly | 0+1 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 6 | DF | Mark Reynolds | 1+0 | 0 | 2+1 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| 11 | FW | Logan Chalmers | 2+3 | 0 | 1+2 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 8 | 0 |
| 15 | MF | Tim Akinola | 1+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 16 | GK | Trevor Carson | 4+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| 17 | DF | Jamie Robson | 4+0 | 1 | 1+1 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 6 | 1 |
| 21 | MF | Declan Glass | 6+4 | 1 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 10 | 1 |
| 24 | FW | Lawrence Shankland | 1+0 | 0 | 3+1 | 3 | 0+0 | 0 | 5 | 3 |
| 27 | FW | Louis Appéré | 3+10 | 1 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 14 | 1 |
| 28 | DF | Kerr Smith | 3+2 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 7 | 0 |
| 30 | FW | Darren Watson | 2+3 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 6 | 0 |
| 31 | GK | Jack Newman | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 36 | MF | Rhys Caves | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 66 | MF | Jeando Fuchs | 16+2 | 0 | 3+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 21 | 0 |

### League table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 2 | Rangers | 38 | 27 | 8 | 3 | 80 | 31 | +49 | 89 | Qualification for the Champions League third qualifying round |
| 3 | Heart of Midlothian | 38 | 17 | 10 | 11 | 54 | 44 | +10 | 61 | Qualification for the Europa League play-off round |
| 4 | Dundee United | 38 | 12 | 12 | 14 | 37 | 44 | −7 | 48 | Qualification for the Europa Conference League third qualifying round |
| 5 | Motherwell | 38 | 12 | 10 | 16 | 42 | 61 | −19 | 46 | Qualification for the Europa Conference League second qualifying round |
| 6 | Ross County | 38 | 10 | 11 | 17 | 47 | 61 | −14 | 41 | |
* ↑ Teams play each other three times (33 matches), before the league is split into two groups (the top six and the bottom six).

### League Cup table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | PW | PL | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | DUN | ARB | KEL | ELG | EFI |
| 1 | Dundee United | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 1 | +8 | 12 | Qualification for the second round | — | 1–0 | — | 6–1 | — |
| 2 | Arbroath | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 3 | +3 | 9 | Qualification for the second round | — | — | 3–2 | — | 2–0 |
| 3 | Kelty Hearts | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 5 | +3 | 6 | | 0–1 | — | — | — | 3–0 |
| 4 | Elgin City | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 12 | −7 | 3 | | — | 0–1 | 1–3 | — | — |
| 5 | East Fife | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 9 | −7 | 0 | | 0–1 | — | — | 2–3 | — |