# 2018–19 Dundee United F.C. season

The 2018–19 season was Dundee United's 110th season, having been founded as Dundee Hibernian in 1909. It was their third season in the Scottish Championship, having been relegated from the Scottish Premiership at the end of the 2015–16 season. United also competed in the Challenge Cup, League Cup and Scottish Cup.

## Summary
### Management

United began the season under the management of Csaba László, who had signed an 18–month contract the previous season. On 30 September 2018, following a 5–1 home defeat to promotion rivals Ross County, László left his position as manager by way of “mutual agreement". On 8 October, former Hearts manager Robbie Neilson was appointed as United’s new head coach. His first match in charge was a 2–1 victory away to Partick Thistle and Neilson stated that he felt he could replicate his success at Hearts and lead Dundee United back to the Scottish Premiership.

## Results and fixtures

Win  Draw  Loss  Postponed

### Scottish Cup

As a top four finisher in the SPFL Championship for the 2017-18 season, Dundee United entered the 2018-19 Scottish Cup in the fourth round, played over the weekend of 19 January 2019.

## Squad statistics

The table below shows the number of appearances and goals scored by each player.

### Appearances

    As of 26 May 2019
| 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 |
| 1 | GK | SUI | Benjamin Siegrist | 38 | 0 | 27+0 | 0 | 2+0 | 0 | 3+0 | 0 | 6+0 | 0 |
| 3 | DF | SCO | Callum Booth | 33 | 2 | 23+3 | 1 | 1+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 1 | 2+3 | 0 |
| 4 | DF | BEL | Frédéric Frans | 26 | 2 | 21+0 | 1 | 4+0 | 1 | 1+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 7 | FW | SCO | Paul McMullan | 43 | 7 | 27+5 | 4 | 2+1 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 | 6+0 | 3 |
| 8 | MF | SCO | Fraser Fyvie | 19 | 2 | 13+4 | 2 | 0+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 9 | FW | SWE | Osman Sow | 12 | 1 | 4+3 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 3+1 | 1 |
| 10 | FW | SCO | Nicky Clark | 36 | 15 | 13+12 | 8 | 4+0 | 3 | 2+1 | 2 | 3+1 | 2 |
| 12 | MF | SCO | Sam Stanton | 32 | 2 | 20+5 | 2 | 4+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | 0+2 | 0 |
| 13 | DF | SEN | Morgaro Gomis | 8 | 0 | 2+3 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 1+2 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 14 | MF | SVK | Pavol Šafranko | 40 | 15 | 31+2 | 12 | 0+0 | 0 | 3+0 | 2 | 2+2 | 1 |
| 15 | MF | SCO | Aidan Nesbitt | 8 | 0 | 1+6 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 16 | MF | SCO | Matty Smith | 13 | 1 | 4+4 | 0 | 2+1 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 2+0 | 1 |
| 17 | DF | SCO | Jamie Robson | 28 | 0 | 18+1 | 0 | 3+0 | 0 | 2+0 | 0 | 4+0 | 0 |
| 18 | MF | ENG | Calum Butcher | 16 | 1 | 13+0 | 1 | 0+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 |
| 19 | DF | ALG | Rachid Bouhenna | 30 | 1 | 23+3 | 1 | 0+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | 3+0 | 0 |
| 20 | MF | AUT | Christoph Rabitsch | 17 | 0 | 9+4 | 0 | 4+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 22 | DF | SCO | Sam Wardrop | 6 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | 3+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 2+0 | 0 |
| 25 | MF | SCO | Cammy Smith | 12 | 1 | 6+2 | 1 | 3+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 26 | DF | SCO | Gavin Ritchie | 0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 27 | FW | SCO | Louis Appéré | 3 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 2+0 | 0 |
| 29 | MF | SCO | Logan Chalmers | 4 | 1 | 1+1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 1 |
| 30 | DF | SCO | Mark Reynolds | 18 | 0 | 12+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 2+0 | 0 | 4+0 | 0 |
| 34 | GK | SCO | Ross Laidlaw | 1 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 35 | DF | SCO | Luc Bollan | 2 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 2+0 | 0 |
| 38 | FW | SCO | Mati Zata | 2 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 |
| 42 | DF | SCO | Ross Graham | 2 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 |
| 44 | DF | SCO | Paul Watson | 29 | 4 | 18+5 | 4 | 0+1 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | 4+0 | 0 |
| 47 | MF | USA | Ian Harkes | 20 | 1 | 10+3 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 2+1 | 1 | 4+0 | 0 |
| 48 | MF | SCO | Chris Mochrie | 1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 49 | DF | ENG | Charlie Seaman | 12 | 0 | 9+1 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 2+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 50 | MF | ENG | Peter Pawlett | 17 | 2 | 9+2 | 2 | 0+0 | 0 | 2+0 | 0 | 3+1 | 0 |
| 55 | DF | IRL | Mark Connolly | 15 | 0 | 9+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 2+0 | 0 | 4+0 | 0 |
| 90 | FW | COD | Yannick Loemba | 10 | 0 | 7+2 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| Players who left the club during the 2017–18 season ||||||||||||
| 2 | MF | SCO | Stewart Murdoch | 16 | 0 | 11+2 | 0 | 3+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 5 | MF | IRL | Adam Barton | 10 | 1 | 5+2 | 0 | 3+0 | 1 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 6 | DF | SCO | Lewis Toshney | 0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 9 | FW | ENG | Craig Curran | 16 | 3 | 8+8 | 3 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 11 | MF | SCO | Billy King | 18 | 3 | 10+6 | 2 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+1 | 1 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 18 | MF | SCO | Scott Allardice | 1 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 |
| 19 | FW | SCO | James Keatings | 1 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 21 | GK | TUR | Deniz Mehmet | 0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 23 | DF | SCO | Tam Scobbie | 0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 24 | DF | FRA | William Edjenguélé | 8 | 0 | 5+0 | 0 | 2+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 |
| 28 | FW | ENG | Archie Thomas | 2 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 2+0 | 0 |
| 32 | MF | SCO | Declan Glass | 8 | 1 | 0+2 | 0 | 1+3 | 1 | 0+0 | 0 | 2+0 | 0 |
| 33 | DF | CAN | Fraser Aird | 22 | 3 | 17+2 | 3 | 3+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 34 | GK | SVK | Matej Rakovan | 11 | 0 | 8+1 | 0 | 2+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |

## Team statistics
### League table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Promotion, qualification or relegation |
| 1 | Ross County (C, P) | 36 | 21 | 8 | 7 | 63 | 34 | +29 | 71 | Promotion to the Premiership |
| 2 | Dundee United | 36 | 19 | 8 | 9 | 49 | 40 | +9 | 65 | Qualification for the Premiership play-off semi-final |
| 3 | Inverness Caledonian Thistle | 36 | 14 | 14 | 8 | 48 | 40 | +8 | 56 | Qualification for the Premiership play-off quarter-final |
| 4 | Ayr United | 36 | 15 | 9 | 12 | 50 | 38 | +12 | 54 | Qualification for the Premiership play-off quarter-final |
| 5 | Greenock Morton | 36 | 11 | 13 | 12 | 36 | 45 | −9 | 46 | |

### League cup table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | PW | PL | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | ROS | ARB | ALO | DUN | ELG |
| 1 | Ross County (Q) | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 4 | +2 | 9 | Qualification for the Second round | — | — | — | 1–0 | 2–0 |
| 2 | Arbroath | 4 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 6 | +3 | 8 | | 4–1 | — | — | — | 2–0 |
| 3 | Alloa Athletic | 4 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 5 | +3 | 8 | | 0–2 | 4–2 | — | — | — |
| 4 | Dundee United | 4 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 3 | +3 | 5 | | — | 1–1p | 1–1p | — | — |
| 5 | Elgin City | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 11 | −11 | 0 | | — | — | 0–3 | 0–4 | — |