# 1996–97 Dundee F.C. season

The 1996–97 season was the 95th season in which Dundee competed at a Scottish national level, playing in the Scottish First Division. Dundee would finish in 3rd place, 2 points away from the promotion play-offs. Dundee would also compete in the Scottish League Cup, the Scottish Cup and the Scottish Challenge Cup, where they were knocked out by Greenock Morton in the 4th round of the Scottish Cup, by St Johnstone in the quarter-finals of the Challenge Cup, and by Heart of Midlothian in the semi-finals of the League Cup.

## Scottish First Division

Statistics provided by Dee Archive.
| Match Day | Date | Opponent | H/A | Score | Dundee Scorer(s) | Attendance |
| 1 | 17 August | Partick Thistle | A | 0–0 | | 3,160 |
| 2 | 24 August | Greenock Morton | H | 2–1 | Charnley, Tosh | 3,561 |
| 3 | 31 August | Stirling Albion | A | 1–1 | Shaw | 1,791 |
| 4 | 7 September | Airdrieonians | H | 0–1 | | 2,756 |
| 5 | 14 September | St Mirren | A | 1–0 | Ferguson | 2,591 |
| 6 | 21 September | East Fife | H | 2–0 | Raeside, Hamilton | 2,511 |
| 7 | 28 September | St Johnstone | A | 1–0 | Shaw | 5,112 |
| 8 | 5 October | Clydebank | H | 2–1 | Shaw, Adamczuk | 2,585 |
| 9 | 12 October | Falkirk | A | 1–0 | Raeside | 2,855 |
| 10 | 19 October | Partick Thistle | H | 0–2 | | 3,303 |
| 11 | 26 October | Greenock Morton | A | 0–0 | | 3,320 |
| 12 | 2 November | St Mirren | H | 0–1 | | 2,631 |
| 13 | 9 November | Airdrieonians | A | 0–0 | | 2,173 |
| 14 | 16 November | St Johnstone | H | 0–1 | | 3,840 |
| 15 | 30 November | Clydebank | A | 0–0 | | 470 |
| 16 | 7 December | Falkirk | H | 2–0 | Anderson, Rae | 2,198 |
| 17 | 14 December | Stirling Albion | H | 1–1 | O'Driscoll | 1,828 |
| 18 | 17 December | East Fife | A | 7–1 | Winnie, O'Driscoll, Rae, Anderson (2), Raeside, Tosh | 725 |
| 19 | 26 December | Partick Thistle | A | 2–2 | Anderson, Tosh | 2,695 |
| 20 | 28 December | East Fife | H | 6–0 | Tosh, Power (2), Charnley, O'Driscoll (2) | 2,312 |
| 21 | 1 January | St Johnstone | A | 2–7 | Charnley, O'Driscoll (pen.) | 7,087 |
| 22 | 11 January | Airdrieonians | H | 2–1 | O'Driscoll, Power | 2,469 |
| 23 | 18 January | Clydebank | H | 1–0 | O'Driscoll | 1,954 |
| 24 | 28 January | St Mirren | A | 2–3 | Shaw, Robertson | 2,407 |
| 25 | 1 February | Falkirk | A | 1–1 | O'Driscoll | 2,502 |
| 26 | 8 February | Stirling Albion | A | 1–0 | Shaw | 1,452 |
| 27 | 22 February | Greenock Morton | H | 1–0 | O'Driscoll | 2,264 |
| 28 | 1 March | East Fife | A | 1–1 | Power | 1,147 |
| 29 | 15 March | St Johnstone | H | 0–0 | | 5,634 |
| 30 | 22 March | Clydebank | A | 0–0 | | 710 |
| 31 | 5 April | Falkirk | H | 0–2 | | 3,474 |
| 32 | 12 April | Airdrieonians | A | 0–2 | | 2,530 |
| 33 | 19 April | St Mirren | H | 2–0 | Anderson, McKeown | 2,462 |
| 34 | 26 April | Partick Thistle | H | 1–1 | Annand | 2,416 |
| 35 | 3 May | Greenock Morton | A | 1–1 | J. Anderson (o.g.) | 1,617 |
| 36 | 10 May | Stirling Albion | H | 4–2 | Annand, Raeside, O'Driscoll, Tait (o.g.) | 2,089 |

### League table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Promotion or relegation |
| 1 | St Johnstone (C, P) | 36 | 24 | 8 | 4 | 74 | 23 | +51 | 80 | Promotion to the Premier Division |
| 2 | Airdrieonians | 36 | 15 | 15 | 6 | 56 | 34 | +22 | 60 | Qualification for the Play-off |
| 3 | Dundee | 36 | 15 | 13 | 8 | 47 | 33 | +14 | 58 | |
| 4 | St Mirren | 36 | 17 | 7 | 12 | 48 | 41 | +7 | 58 | |
| 5 | Falkirk | 36 | 15 | 9 | 12 | 42 | 39 | +3 | 54 | |

## Scottish League Cup

Statistics provided by Dee Archive.
| Match Day | Date | Opponent | H/A | Score | Dundee Scorer(s) | Attendance |
| 2nd round | 13 August | Dumbarton | H | 2–1 | Raeside, Hamilton | 1,872 |
| 3rd round | 3 September | Dundee United | A | 2–2 | Hamilton (2) (pen.) | 11,902 |
| Dundee win 4–2 on penalties |||||||
| Quarter-finals | 17 September | Aberdeen | H | 2–1 | Tosh, Hamilton | 8,650 |
| Semi-finals | 23 October | Heart of Midlothian | N | 1–3 | Hamilton | 15,653 |

## Scottish Cup

Statistics provided by Dee Archive.
| Match Day | Date | Opponent | H/A | Score | Dundee Scorer(s) | Attendance |
| 3rd round | 25 January | Queen of the South | H | 3–1 | Power, O'Driscoll, Anderson | 2,391 |
| 4th round | 15 February | Greenock Morton | A | 2–2 | Power, Anderson | 4,195 |
| 4R replay | 18 February | Greenock Morton | H | 0–1 | | 4,346 |

## Scottish Challenge Cup

Statistics provided by Dee Archive.
| Match Day | Date | Opponent | H/A | Score | Dundee Scorer(s) | Attendance |
| 1st round | 9 August | Stenhousemuir | A | 3–0 | McQueen, Magee, Tosh | 1,304 |
| 2nd round | 27 August | Airdrieonians | A | 2–0 | Tosh, Shaw | 1,313 |
| Quarter-finals | 10 September | St Johnstone | H | 1–5 | Farningham | 2,346 |

## Player statistics

Statistics provided by Dee Archive
| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Total | Total | First Division | First Division | Scottish Cup | Scottish Cup | League Cup | League Cup | Challenge Cup | Challenge Cup |
| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| | MF | POL | Dariusz Adamczuk | 39 | 1 | 30 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| | MF | SCO | Iain Anderson | 42 | 7 | 28+7 | 5 | 2+1 | 2 | 1+1 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 |
| | FW | SCO | Eddie Annand | 5 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| | DF | SCO | Kevin Bain | 17 | 0 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| | FW | SCO | Graham Bayne | 2 | 0 | 0+2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| | MF | SCO | Andy Cargill | 3 | 0 | 0+3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| | MF | SCO | Chic Charnley | 21 | 3 | 15 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 |
| | DF | FRA | Laurent Croci | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| | DF | SCO | Jim Duffy | 5 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| | MF | SCO | John Elliot | 5 | 0 | 1+3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| | MF | SCO | Ray Farningham | 13 | 1 | 3+5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+3 | 0 | 2 | 1 |
| | FW | SCO | Iain Ferguson | 18 | 1 | 5+9 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0+2 | 0 | 0+2 | 0 |
| | FW | SCO | Jim Hamilton | 19 | 6 | 12 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 0 |
| | GK | SCO | Jamie Langfield | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| | MF | SCO | Kevin Magee | 31 | 1 | 10+14 | 0 | 0+2 | 0 | 1+2 | 0 | 2 | 1 |
| | GK | SCO | Gary McGlynn | 12 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| | MF | ENG | Gary McKeown | 26 | 1 | 17+3 | 1 | 0+2 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 2+1 | 0 |
| | DF | SCO | Tommy McQueen | 23 | 1 | 15+1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 |
| | FW | SCO | Jerry O'Driscoll | 24 | 11 | 18+3 | 10 | 1+2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| | FW | ENG | Lee Power | 13 | 6 | 9+1 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| | MF | SCO | Gavin Rae | 22 | 2 | 11+6 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| | DF | SCO | Robbie Raeside | 44 | 5 | 34 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 |
| | MF | SCO | Hugh Robertson | 18 | 1 | 15 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| | FW | SCO | George Shaw | 28 | 7 | 18+3 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| | FW | NOR | Ole Petter Skonnord | 4 | 0 | 1+3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| | DF | SCO | Barry Smith | 44 | 0 | 36 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| | GK | SCO | Billy Thomson | 33 | 0 | 25 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| | FW | SCO | Paul Tosh | 33 | 7 | 19+5 | 4 | 2+1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 2 |
| | DF | SCO | Craig Tully | 25 | 0 | 16+5 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| | MF | ENG | Mark Ward | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| | DF | SCO | David Winnie | 31 | 1 | 26 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 |