# 2013–14 Queen of the South F.C. season

The 2013–14 season was Queen of the South's first season back in the second tier of Scottish football and their first season in the newly established Scottish Championship, having been promoted as champions from the Scottish Second Division at the end of the 2012–13 season. Queens also competed in the Challenge Cup, League Cup and the Scottish Cup.

## Summary

Queen of the South finished fourth in the Scottish Championship. Their league position qualified the club for the quarter-final stage of the Scottish Premiership play-offs where they were defeated 4-3 on aggregate by Falkirk over two legs.
The club reached the third round of the Challenge Cup, the third round of the League Cup and the fourth round of the Scottish Cup.

### Management

The club were managed by Jim McIntyre, alongside his assistant Gerry McCabe for the 2013–14 season, following the departures of Allan Johnston and Sandy Clark who left to become the new manager and assistant of Scottish Premiership side Kilmarnock. On 9 June 2014 McCabe left to become the new assistant manager at newly promoted Scottish Premiership side Dundee under Paul Hartley.

## Results & fixtures

Win  Draw  Loss  Abandoned or Postponed

### Scottish Cup
## Player statistics
### Captains

| P | Name | No. games | Notes |
| DF | Chris Higgins | 33 | Club Captain |
| MF | Stephen McKenna | 7 | Vice Captain |
| DF | Ryan McGuffie | 1 | Vice Captain |
| DF | Mark Durnan | 6 | Vice Captain |
Last updated: 10 May 2014 Source: Competitive match reports. Competitive matches only Matches started as captain only Country: FIFA nationality; No.: Squad number; P: Position; Name: Player name; No. Games: Number of games started as captain.

### Squad

    Last updated 10 May 2014
| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Total | Total | Scottish Championship | Scottish Championship | Other | Other | League Cup | League Cup | Scottish Cup | Scottish Cup |
| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| | GK | WAL | Calum Antell | 16 | 0 | 9+1 | 0 | 3+0 | 0 | 3+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| | GK | SCO | Zander Clark | 29 | 0 | 24+0 | 0 | 2+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 3+0 | 0 |
| | GK | ENG | James Atkinson | 4 | 0 | 3+1 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| | DF | SCO | Scott Hooper | 1 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| | DF | SCO | Mark Durnan | 35 | 5 | 28+0 | 5 | 3+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | 3+0 | 0 |
| | DF | SCO | Chris Higgins | 34 | 3 | 25+1 | 2 | 3+0 | 0 | 2+0 | 1 | 3+0 | 0 |
| | DF | SCO | Ryan McGuffie | 15 | 3 | 9+1 | 2 | 2+0 | 0 | 2+1 | 1 | 0+0 | 0 |
| | DF | SCO | Chris Mitchell | 40 | 0 | 31+0 | 0 | 3+0 | 0 | 2+1 | 0 | 3+0 | 0 |
| | DF | SCO | Andy Dowie | 36 | 2 | 27+1 | 2 | 5+0 | 0 | 3+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| | DF | SCO | Kevin Holt | 41 | 2 | 28+2 | 1 | 5+0 | 1 | 3+0 | 0 | 3+0 | 0 |
| | DF | SCO | Lewis Kidd | 6 | 0 | 1+3 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| | MF | USA | Kevin Dzierzawski | 18 | 0 | 10+4 | 0 | 0+2 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 |
| | MF | SCO | Paul Burns | 31 | 1 | 22+3 | 1 | 2+0 | 0 | 2+0 | 0 | 2+0 | 0 |
| | MF | SCO | Mark Kerr | 13 | 0 | 10+1 | 0 | 2+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| | MF | SCO | Daniel Carmichael | 33 | 0 | 9+16 | 0 | 2+2 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 | 2+0 | 0 |
| | MF | SCO | Ian McShane | 38 | 3 | 24+4 | 3 | 4+1 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 | 3+0 | 0 |
| | MF | SCO | Stephen McKenna | 30 | 3 | 17+6 | 0 | 3+0 | 2 | 2+0 | 1 | 2+0 | 0 |
| | MF | SCO | Dan Orsi | 2 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| | MF | SCO | Patrick Slattery | 1 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| | MF | SCO | Derek Young | 23 | 0 | 12+4 | 0 | 2+2 | 0 | 2+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 |
| | FW | SCO | Iain Russell | 45 | 14 | 28+6 | 13 | 4+1 | 0 | 2+1 | 0 | 3+0 | 1 |
| | FW | SCO | Derek Lyle | 46 | 14 | 25+10 | 7 | 4+1 | 3 | 3+0 | 3 | 1+2 | 1 |
| | FW | SCO | Gavin Reilly | 41 | 12 | 19+14 | 12 | 0+3 | 0 | 0+3 | 0 | 2+0 | 0 |
| | FW | SCO | Michael Paton | 38 | 6 | 24+6 | 3 | 3+0 | 0 | 3+0 | 2 | 1+1 | 1 |
| | FW | SCO | Aidan Smith | 0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| | FW | SCO | Robert McHugh | 15 | 5 | 10+3 | 2 | 2+0 | 3 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
    a. ^ Includes other competitive competitions, including the play-offs and the Challenge Cup.

### Disciplinary record

Includes all competitive matches.
    Last updated 10 May 2014
| Position | Name | Scottish Championship | Scottish Championship | Other | Other | League Cup | League Cup | Scottish Cup | Scottish Cup | Total | Total |
| GK | Calum Antell | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| GK | Zander Clark | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| GK | James Atkinson | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| DF | Scott Hooper | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| DF | Mark Durnan | 6 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 1 |
| DF | Chris Higgins | 6 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 2 |
| DF | Ryan McGuffie | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| DF | Chris Mitchell | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 0 |
| DF | Andy Dowie | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| DF | Kevin Holt | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 |
| DF | Lewis Kidd | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| MF | Kevin Dzierzawski | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| MF | Paul Burns | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 |
| MF | Mark Kerr | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| MF | Daniel Carmichael | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| MF | Ian McShane | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| MF | Stephen McKenna | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 |
| MF | Dan Orsi | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| MF | Patrick Slattery | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| MF | Derek Young | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| FW | Iain Russell | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 1 |
| FW | Derek Lyle | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 0 |
| FW | Gavin Reilly | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| FW | Michael Paton | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| FW | Aidan Smith | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| FW | Robert McHugh | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |

### Clean sheets

| R | Pos | Name | Scottish Championship | Other | League Cup | Scottish Cup | Total |
| 1 | GK | Calum Antell | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 5 |
| 2 | GK | Zander Clark | 9 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 10 |
| 3 | GK | James Atkinson | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| | | Totals | 12 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 16 |
Last updated: 10 May 2014 Source: Match reports in Competitive matches

### Top Scorers

    Last updated on 10 May 2014
| Position | Name | Scottish Championship | Other | League Cup | Scottish Cup | Total |
| 1 | Derek Lyle | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 14 |
| = | Iain Russell | 13 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 14 |
| 3 | Gavin Reilly | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 |
| 4 | Michael Paton | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 6 |
| 5 | Mark Durnan | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| = | Robert McHugh | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| 7 | Stephen McKenna | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
| = | Ryan McGuffie | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
| = | Chris Higgins | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
| = | Ian McShane | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 11 | Andy Dowie | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| = | Kevin Holt | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 13 | Paul Burns | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |

## Team statistics
### League table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Promotion, qualification or relegation |
| 2 | Hamilton Academical (O, P) | 36 | 19 | 10 | 7 | 68 | 41 | +27 | 67 | Qualification for the Premiership play-off semi-final |
| 3 | Falkirk | 36 | 19 | 9 | 8 | 59 | 33 | +26 | 66 | Qualification for the Premiership play-off quarter-final |
| 4 | Queen of the South | 36 | 16 | 7 | 13 | 53 | 39 | +14 | 55 | Qualification for the Premiership play-off quarter-final |
| 5 | Dumbarton | 36 | 15 | 6 | 15 | 65 | 64 | +1 | 51 | |
| 6 | Livingston | 36 | 13 | 7 | 16 | 51 | 56 | −5 | 46 | |

### 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 | H | A | A | H | H | A | H | A | H | A | A | H | H | A | A | H | A | A | H | H | A | A | H | H | A | H | H | A | H | A | H | H | A | A | H | A |
| Result | W | D | L | D | L | W | L | L | D | L | W | L | W | L | W | D | W | L | W | W | D | W | W | L | L | W | D | W | W | L | W | L | L | W | W | D |
| Position | 2 | 3 | 6 | 6 | 9 | 5 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 9 | 8 | 8 | 7 | 8 | 7 | 8 | 7 | 8 | 8 | 6 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 |