# 2018–19 Dundee F.C. season

The 2018–19 season was Dundee's fifth consecutive season in the top flight of Scottish football since their promotion at the end of the 2013–14 season. Dundee also competed in the League Cup and the Scottish Cup. On 4 May, Dundee were automatically relegated to the Championship.

## Season summary

Dundee player Paul McGowan admitted in court to spitting on a bouncer after leaving a nightclub after the previous seasons awards. Dens manager Neil McCann admitted there was "No positives" to take from the defeat in their second League Cup group match to Dunfermline Athletic in which they lost 1–0. Dundee were knocked out of the Second Round of the League Cup by Ayr United with manager Neil McCann saying the "3-0 scoreline probably flattered us." Neil McCann said it was a "sore one to take" after Dundee's loss against Hibernian, their sixth straight league loss leaving them pointless at the bottom of the league. On 16 October, McCann was sacked from his role, taking assistant manager Graham Gartland with him and leaving the club bottom of league with 7 defeats in 8 league matches. On 17 October, the club announced Jim McIntyre as their new manager. Jim would have a poor start to his stint as Dundee manager, where the team lost 4 games in a row, conceding 13 goals and scoring none in that space. Starting with a home draw against relegation rivals St Mirren, Dundee would go on an unbeaten streak, coming back from 2 goals down to draw at Easter Road and earning a decisive 4–0 victory over Hamilton Accies. However, they failed to win another match until after the winter break at Hearts. Dundee also crashed out of the Scottish Cup with a 3–0 defeat in a replay away to Queen of the South. Dundee ended the pre-split fixtures by losing 7 matches, the joint worst run throughout the League season. This losing run continued after the split, and the club were relegated on 4 May in a 1–0 loss to Hamilton Academical with ex-Dundee United player Tony Andreu scoring the winner in the 83rd minute after a penalty was conceded by Ryan McGowan. This loss marked their tenth in a row, the worst run of defeats in the Premiership in 15 years. On 12 May, Jim McIntyre and assistant manager Jimmy Boyle were sacked by the club. Ex-player and reserve team coach James McPake was named as interim manager for the final game against St Mirren. Darren O'Dea would also play his final professional game against St Mirren, but would be sent off just 22 minutes into the game, in what would finish as a 2–3 defeat.

## Squad statistics
### Appearances

    As of 18 May 2019
| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Total | Total | Premiership | Premiership | Scottish Cup | Scottish Cup | League Cup | League Cup |
| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| 1 | GK | SCO | Jack Hamilton | 20 | 0 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 2 | DF | SCO | Cammy Kerr | 34 | 1 | 27+1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| 3 | DF | ENG | Nathan Ralph | 32 | 1 | 25 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 3+1 | 0 |
| 4 | MF | SCO | Martin Woods | 25 | 2 | 22+2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 5 | DF | ANG | Genseric Kusunga | 29 | 1 | 22+2 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 6 | DF | IRL | Darren O'Dea | 23 | 0 | 21+1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 7 | MF | IRL | John O'Sullivan | 11 | 0 | 6+5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 10 | FW | SCO | Scott Wright | 13 | 3 | 11+2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 12 | GK | ENG | Elliot Parish | 7 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 15 | DF | AUS | Ryan McGowan | 14 | 0 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 16 | MF | ENG | Ethan Robson | 13 | 2 | 12+1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 17 | FW | ENG | Andy Dales | 12 | 0 | 8+2 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 18 | MF | SCO | Paul McGowan | 36 | 3 | 23+7 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 1 |
| 19 | MF | FIN | Benjamin Källman | 19 | 1 | 11+7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 20 | FW | SCO | Kenny Miller | 34 | 8 | 21+11 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 21 | FW | ENG | Andrew Nelson | 14 | 4 | 9+3 | 4 | 1+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 23 | FW | ENG | Craig Curran | 16 | 0 | 11+3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 24 | DF | ENG | Josh Meekings | 9 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| 27 | MF | PHI | Jesse Curran | 40 | 2 | 24+10 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3+2 | 0 |
| 28 | MF | SWE | Andreas Hadenius | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 29 | MF | ENG | James Horsfield | 11 | 0 | 10+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 31 | GK | SEN | Seny Dieng | 18 | 0 | 16 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 42 | MF | SCO | Max Anderson | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 43 | DF | SCO | Brian Rice | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 45 | MF | SCO | Callum Moore | 4 | 0 | 1+2 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 46 | FW | SCO | Matthew Henvey | 3 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+2 | 0 |
| 47 | MF | ENG | Jack Lambert | 5 | 0 | 0+4 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 52 | MF | SCO | Finlay Robertson | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 53 | MF | SCO | Lyall Cameron | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 54 | MF | SCO | Josh Mulligan | 1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 55 | MF | SCO | Cameron Dow | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Players away from the club on loan: ||||||||||||
| 21 | MF | ENG | James Vincent | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 25 | DF | WAL | Daniel Jefferies | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 29 | FW | CAN | Marcus Haber | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 34 | DF | SCO | Kerr Waddell | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 35 | MF | ENG | Cedwyn Scott | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 36 | GK | SCO | Kyle Gourlay | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 38 | GK | ENG | Calum Ferrie | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Players who left the club during the season: ||||||||||||
| 4 | DF | ENG | Steven Caulker | 5 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2+1 | 0 |
| 7 | MF | ENG | Roarie Deacon | 7 | 0 | 1+4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 8 | MF | FIN | Glen Kamara | 19 | 0 | 16+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 |
| 9 | FW | TUN | Sofien Moussa | 13 | 2 | 4+5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3+1 | 2 |
| 10 | MF | FRA | Elton Ngwatala | 14 | 1 | 7+2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| 11 | FW | SEN | Jean Alassane Mendy | 11 | 2 | 3+3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 2 |
| 14 | FW | ENG | Adil Nabi | 14 | 1 | 6+7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 15 | DF | ENG | Ryan Inniss | 13 | 0 | 9+2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 17 | DF | SCO | Calvin Miller | 16 | 1 | 15+1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 20 | FW | MAR | Faissal El Bakhtaoui | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 22 | MF | FRA | Karl Madianga | 15 | 2 | 9+1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4+1 | 1 |
| 23 | DF | IRL | Andy Boyle | 13 | 1 | 11+2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 28 | FW | SCO | Lewis Spence | 17 | 1 | 10+3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 |
| 33 | FW | SCO | Craig Wighton | 8 | 1 | 0+3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4+1 | 1 |

### Goal scorers

    As of match played 18 May 2019
| Ranking | Nation | Position | Number | Name | Scottish Premiership | Scottish Cup | Scottish League Cup | Total |
| 1 | FW | | 9 | Kenny Miller | 8 | 0 | 0 | 8 |
| 2 | FW | | 21 | Andrew Nelson | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| 3 | FW | | 10 | Scott Wright | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 3 | MF | | 18 | Paul McGowan | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 4 | MF | | 4 | Martin Woods | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 4 | FW | | 9 | Sofien Moussa | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 4 | FW | | 11 | Jean Alassane Mendy | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 4 | MF | | 16 | Ethan Robson | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 4 | MF | | 22 | Karl Madianga | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 4 | MF | | 27 | Jesse Curran | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 5 | MF | | 2 | Cammy Kerr | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 5 | DF | | 3 | Nathan Ralph | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 5 | DF | | 5 | Genseric Kusunga | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 5 | MF | | 10 | Elton Ngwatala | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 5 | FW | | 14 | Adil Nabi | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 5 | DF | | 17 | Calvin Miller | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 5 | MF | | 19 | Benjamin Källman | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 5 | DF | | 23 | Andy Boyle | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 5 | FW | | 28 | Lewis Spence | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 5 | FW | | 33 | Craig Wighton | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| TOTALS | TOTALS | TOTALS | TOTALS | TOTALS | 31 | 1 | 8 | 40 |

## Club statistics
### League table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 8 | Motherwell | 38 | 15 | 6 | 17 | 46 | 56 | −10 | 51 | |
| 9 | Livingston | 38 | 11 | 11 | 16 | 42 | 44 | −2 | 44 | |
| 10 | Hamilton Academical | 38 | 9 | 6 | 23 | 28 | 75 | −47 | 33 | |
| 11 | St Mirren (O) | 38 | 8 | 8 | 22 | 34 | 66 | −32 | 32 | Qualification for the Premiership play-off final |
| 12 | Dundee (R) | 38 | 5 | 6 | 27 | 31 | 78 | −47 | 21 | Relegation to the Championship |
* ↑ Teams play each other three times (33 matches), before the league is split into two groups (the top six and the bottom six).

### Group D table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | PW | PL | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | DNF | DND | BRE | STI | PET |
| 1 | Dunfermline Athletic (Q) | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 2 | +12 | 12 | Qualification for the Second round | — | — | — | 3–1 | 3–0 |
| 2 | Dundee (Q) | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 1 | +7 | 9 | Qualification for the Second round | 0–1 | — | 2–0 | — | — |
| 3 | Brechin City | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 10 | −7 | 4 | | 1–7 | — | — | — | 0–0p |
| 4 | Stirling Albion | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 9 | −5 | 3 | | — | 0–4 | 1–2 | — | — |
| 5 | Peterhead | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 7 | −7 | 2 | | — | 0–2 | — | 0–2 | — |

### Results by round

| 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 | 37 | 38 |
| Ground | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | H | A | H | A | H | H | A | A | A | H | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | H | A | A | H | A | A | H | A | H |
| Result | L | L | L | L | L | L | W | L | L | L | L | L | D | D | W | D | L | L | L | D | L | W | L | D | D | W | L | L | L | L | L | L | L | L | L | L | W | L |
| Position | 8 | 11 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 11 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 10 | 10 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 |

## End of season awards
### Club Player of the Year awards

* Andrew De Vries Player of the Year: Nathan Ralph
* Isobel Sneddon Young Player of the Year: Callum Moore
* Players' Player of the Year: Nathan Ralph