# 2023–24 Dundee United F.C. season

The 2023–24 season was Dundee United's 115th season. It was their first season back in the Scottish Championship, having been relegated from the Scottish Premiership at the end of the 2022–23 season. The club also participated in the Scottish Cup, League Cup, and Challenge Cup.

## Season summary

On 2 March 2023, former Aberdeen manager Jim Goodwin was appointed as the club's new manager initially on a short-term deal until the end of the season.
Dundee United's relegation to the Scottish Championship was confirmed on the final day of the season following a defeat to Motherwell. Despite dropping to the second tier, Jim Goodwin signed a new two-year deal to remain as the club's manager in May 2023.

## Competitions
### Results and fixtures

Win  Draw  Loss  Postponed

### Scottish Cup
## Player statistics
### Appearances and goals

    As of 3 May 2024
| No. | Pos | Player | Championship | Championship | League Cup | League Cup | Challenge Cup | Challenge Cup | Scottish Cup | Scottish Cup | Total | Total |
| No. | Pos | Player | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| 1 | GK | Jack Walton | 36+0 | 0 | 4+0 | 0 | 3+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | 44 | 0 |
| 4 | DF | Kevin Holt | 30+1 | 6 | 4+0 | 2 | 2+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | 38 | 8 |
| 5 | DF | Sam McClelland | 6+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 6 | 0 |
| 6 | DF | Ross Graham | 11+7 | 1 | 2+1 | 0 | 3+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 24 | 1 |
| 7 | FW | Alex Greive | 6+7 | 1 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 13 | 1 |
| 8 | MF | Liam Grimshaw | 25+7 | 0 | 2+1 | 0 | 2+1 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | 39 | 0 |
| 9 | FW | Louis Moult | 28+5 | 18 | 1+1 | 1 | 2+1 | 1 | 1+0 | 0 | 39 | 20 |
| 10 | MF | David Wotherspoon | 5+4 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 9 | 0 |
| 13 | GK | Jack Newman | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 14 | MF | Craig Sibbald | 32+1 | 4 | 2+1 | 1 | 1+1 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | 39 | 5 |
| 15 | MF | Glenn Middleton | 32+3 | 4 | 2+2 | 0 | 3+0 | 1 | 1+0 | 0 | 43 | 5 |
| 16 | MF | Jordan Tillson | 13+14 | 1 | 0+0 | 0 | 1+2 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 31 | 1 |
| 17 | MF | Archie Meekison | 2+10 | 0 | 3+1 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 16 | 0 |
| 18 | FW | Kai Fotheringham | 24+11 | 12 | 2+1 | 1 | 1+1 | 0 | 1+0 | 2 | 41 | 15 |
| 20 | FW | Sadat Anaku | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 21 | MF | Declan Glass | 7+10 | 0 | 1+3 | 0 | 2+1 | 1 | 1+0 | 0 | 25 | 1 |
| 23 | MF | Ross Docherty | 20+0 | 3 | 4+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | 26 | 3 |
| 26 | MF | Chris Mochrie | 5+19 | 3 | 1+2 | 0 | 2+0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 30 | 3 |
| 27 | FW | Rory MacLeod | 0+4 | 0 | 0+3 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 7 | 0 |
| 28 | MF | Mathew Cudjoe | 7+15 | 4 | 3+1 | 0 | 1+1 | 1 | 0+1 | 0 | 29 | 5 |
| 29 | MF | Miller Thomson | 11+4 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 16 | 0 |
| 31 | DF | Declan Gallagher | 25+1 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | 28 | 0 |
| 32 | FW | Tony Watt | 31+5 | 13 | 4+0 | 0 | 3+0 | 2 | 0+0 | 0 | 43 | 15 |
| 33 | DF | Scott McMann | 35+0 | 2 | 4+0 | 0 | 3+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | 43 | 2 |
| 36 | MF | Bryan Mwangi | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 48 | DF | Adam Carnwath | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 50 | MF | Scott Constable | 0+1 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 53 | FW | Owen Stirton | 0+1 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+3 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| Players who left the club during the 2023–24 season |||||
| 5 | DF | Oliver Denham | 0+0 | 0 | 2+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 7 | MF | Ilmari Niskanen | 0+0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 11 | FW | Logan Chalmers | 0+0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 22 | DF | Kieran Freeman | 3+0 | 0 | 3+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 7 | 0 |
| 25 | DF | Flynn Duffy | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 30 | MF | Lewis O'Donnell | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 34 | DF | Layton Bisland | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 35 | MF | Craig Moore | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 41 | GK | Ruairidh Adams | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 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 | Dundee United (C, P) | 36 | 22 | 9 | 5 | 73 | 23 | +50 | 75 | Promotion to the Premiership |
| 2 | Raith Rovers | 36 | 20 | 9 | 7 | 58 | 42 | +16 | 69 | Qualification for the Premiership play-off semi-final |
| 3 | Partick Thistle | 36 | 14 | 13 | 9 | 63 | 54 | +9 | 55 | Qualification for the Premiership play-off quarter-final |
| 4 | Airdrieonians | 36 | 15 | 7 | 14 | 44 | 44 | 0 | 52 | Qualification for the Premiership play-off quarter-final |
| 5 | Greenock Morton | 36 | 12 | 9 | 15 | 43 | 46 | −3 | 45 | |

### League cup table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | PW | PL | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | PAR | FAL | DUN | SPA | PET |
| 1 | Partick Thistle | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 5 | +2 | 9 | Qualification for the second round | — | 2–2p | — | 2–1 | — |
| 2 | Falkirk | 4 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 5 | +3 | 8 | | — | — | 0–1 | — | 4–1 |
| 3 | Dundee United | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 3 | +2 | 6 | | 1–2 | — | — | — | 3–0 |
| 4 | The Spartans | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 6 | | — | 1–2 | 1–0 | — | — |
| 5 | Peterhead | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 10 | −7 | 1 | | 1–1p | — | — | 1–2 | — |