# 2017–18 Dundee United F.C. season

The 2017–18 season is Dundee United's 109th season, having been founded as Dundee Hibernian in 1909. It is their second season in the Scottish Championship, having been relegated from the Scottish Premiership at the end of the 2015–16 season. United will also compete in the Challenge Cup, League Cup and Scottish Cup.

## Summary
### Management

United began the season under the management of Ray McKinnon, who has signed a three-year contract the previous season. On 24 October 2017, following two consecutive defeats, McKinnon left his position with immediate effect. Assistant manager Laurie Ellis became caretaker manager. On 8 November, United appointed former Heart of Midlothian manager Csaba László as manager on an 18 month contract. Ellis continued as assistant manager.

## Results & fixtures

Win  Draw  Loss  Postponed

### Scottish Cup
## Squad statistics

During the 2017–18 season, United used forty players in competitive games. The table below shows the number of appearances and goals scored by each player.

### Appearances

    As of 11 May 2018
| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Total | Total | Championship | Championship | League Cup | League Cup | Scottish Cup | Scottish Cup | Other | Other |
| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| 2 | MF | SCO | Stewart Murdoch | 36 | 0 | 25+2 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 | 5+1 | 0 |
| 3 | DF | SCO | Tam Scobbie | 24 | 0 | 18+1 | 0 | 4+1 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 4 | DF | SCO | Mark Durnan | 36 | 4 | 26+1 | 2 | 4+0 | 1 | 2+0 | 1 | 1+2 | 0 |
| 5 | DF | SCO | Paul Quinn | 19 | 0 | 12+4 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | 2+0 | 0 |
| 6 | DF | SCO | Lewis Toshney | 10 | 0 | 4+0 | 0 | 5+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 |
| 7 | FW | SCO | Paul McMullan | 40 | 9 | 22+8 | 4 | 5+0 | 3 | 0+1 | 1 | 3+1 | 1 |
| 8 | MF | AUS | Scott McDonald | 42 | 16 | 31+3 | 15 | 1+1 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 | 4+0 | 1 |
| 9 | FW | DEN | Thomas Mikkelsen | 19 | 4 | 9+4 | 3 | 0+0 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 | 3+1 | 1 |
| 10 | MF | SCO | Scott Fraser | 32 | 6 | 14+9 | 4 | 3+1 | 1 | 0+0 | 0 | 5+0 | 1 |
| 11 | MF | SCO | Billy King | 48 | 8 | 32+3 | 5 | 5+0 | 3 | 2+0 | 0 | 4+2 | 0 |
| 12 | MF | SCO | Sam Stanton | 48 | 7 | 32+3 | 4 | 4+1 | 1 | 2+0 | 1 | 4+2 | 1 |
| 14 | DF | FRA | William Edjenguélé | 20 | 0 | 9+4 | 0 | 5+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 2+0 | 0 |
| 15 | MF | SCO | Craig Slater | 9 | 1 | 3+4 | 1 | 0+0 | 0 | 2+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 16 | MF | IRL | Willo Flood | 38 | 2 | 26+4 | 1 | 0+1 | 0 | 2+0 | 0 | 5+0 | 1 |
| 17 | DF | SCO | Jamie Robson | 38 | 1 | 30+0 | 1 | 2+1 | 0 | 2+0 | 0 | 3+0 | 0 |
| 19 | FW | SCO | James Keatings | 21 | 4 | 8+8 | 3 | 2+1 | 1 | 0+0 | 0 | 2+0 | 0 |
| 20 | MF | NED | Jordie Briels | 16 | 0 | 6+4 | 0 | 5+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 |
| 21 | GK | TUR | Deniz Mehmet | 13 | 0 | 6+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 6+0 | 0 |
| 22 | FW | FRA | Idris Kadded | 2 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 23 | MF | SCO | Fraser Fyvie | 17 | 3 | 14+1 | 2 | 0+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 1 |
| 24 | MF | SCO | Grant Gillespie | 9 | 0 | 5+1 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | 2+0 | 0 |
| 25 | GK | ENG | Harry Lewis | 39 | 0 | 30+0 | 0 | 4+0 | 0 | 2+0 | 0 | 2+1 | 0 |
| 27 | MF | FRA | Logan Martin | 1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 28 | FW | SCO | Matty Smith | 22 | 5 | 8+9 | 3 | 1+0 | 1 | 1+0 | 1 | 1+2 | 0 |
| 29 | MF | SCO | Anthony Ralston | 15 | 1 | 11+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 4+0 | 1 |
| 32 | DF | ENG | Brandon Mason | 2 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 33 | DF | SCO | Harvey Dailly | 3 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 2+1 | 0 |
| 34 | DF | SCO | Gavin Ritchie | 2 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 2+0 | 0 |
| 35 | DF | SCO | Scott Reekie | 1 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 36 | FW | SCO | Louis Appéré | 1 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 38 | FW | SCO | Logan Chalmers | 7 | 1 | 0+2 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+2 | 0 | 2+1 | 1 |
| 43 | MF | SCO | Declan Glass | 2 | 0 | 0+2 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 44 | MF | ENG | Archie Thomas | 4 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 2+1 | 0 |
| 46 | FW | ENG | Joe Piggott | 2 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 2+0 | 0 |
| 58 | FW | DEN | Emil Lyng | 11 | 1 | 3+3 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 2+1 | 1 | 0+2 | 0 |
| 91 | DF | TUN | Bilel Mohsni | 14 | 3 | 10+0 | 3 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 4+0 | 0 |
| Players who left the club during the 2017–18 season ||||||||||||
| 9 | FW | COD | Patrick N'Koyi | 14 | 3 | 0+8 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 4+0 | 3 |
| 18 | MF | SCO | Scott Allardice | 12 | 0 | 1+3 | 0 | 2+2 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 4+0 | 0 |
| 26 | DF | SCO | Cammy Ballantyne | 2 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 31 | MF | SCO | Graham Taylor | 3 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 3+0 | 0 |
| 39 | DF | SCO | Jordan Hornby | 2 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 2+0 | 0 |
* Source:
    a. ^ Includes other competitive competitions, including the play-offs and the Challenge Cup.

## Club statistics
### League table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Promotion, qualification or relegation |
| 1 | St Mirren (C, P) | 36 | 23 | 5 | 8 | 63 | 36 | +27 | 74 | Promotion to the Premiership |
| 2 | Livingston (O, P) | 36 | 17 | 11 | 8 | 56 | 37 | +19 | 62 | Qualification for the Premiership play-off semi-final |
| 3 | Dundee United | 36 | 18 | 7 | 11 | 52 | 42 | +10 | 61 | Qualification for the Premiership play-off quarter-final |
| 4 | Dunfermline Athletic | 36 | 16 | 11 | 9 | 60 | 35 | +25 | 59 | Qualification for the Premiership play-off quarter-final |
| 5 | Inverness Caledonian Thistle | 36 | 16 | 9 | 11 | 53 | 37 | +16 | 57 | |

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

#### League Cup table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | PW | PL | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | DUN | DND | RAI | COW | BUC |
| 1 | Dundee United (Q) | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 2 | +8 | 11 | Qualification for the Second Round | — | — | 2–0 | 4–1 | — |
| 2 | Dundee (Q) | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 2 | +6 | 10 | Qualification for the Second Round | 1–1p | — | — | — | 2–0 |
| 3 | Raith Rovers | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 9 | 5 | +4 | 6 | | — | 1–2 | — | 2–0 | — |
| 4 | Cowdenbeath | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 11 | −6 | 3 | | — | 0–3 | — | — | 4–2 |
| 5 | Buckie Thistle | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 15 | −12 | 0 | | 0–3 | — | 1–6 | — | — |

### Management statistics

    Last updated 21 March 2018
| Name | From | To | P | W | D | L | Win% |
| Ray McKinnon | 15 July 2017 | 22 October 2017 | 18 | 11 | 3 | 4 | 061.11 |
| Laurie Ellis | 22 October 2017 | 8 November 2017 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 100.00 |
| Csaba László | 8 November 2017 | Present | 24 | 11 | 5 | 8 | 045.83 |