# 1995–96 Dundee F.C. season

The 1995–96 season was the 94th season in which Dundee competed at a Scottish national level, playing in the Scottish First Division. Dundee would finish in 5th place, their lowest league position since the 1938–39 season. Dundee would also compete in the Scottish League Cup, the Scottish Cup and the Scottish Challenge Cup, where they were knocked out by Clyde in the 3rd round of the Scottish Cup, and by Stenhousemuir in the quarter-finals of the Challenge Cup. They would make it to the final of the League Cup, before being defeated by Aberdeen at Hampden Park.

## Scottish First Division

Statistics provided by Dee Archive.
| Match Day | Date | Opponent | H/A | Score | Dundee Scorer(s) | Attendance |
| 1 | 12 August | St Johnstone | A | 2–0 | Main (o.g.), Britton | 5,263 |
| 2 | 26 August | Airdrieonians | H | 1–1 | Cargill | 3,536 |
| 3 | 2 September | Clydebank | A | 1–1 | Hamilton | 1,390 |
| 4 | 9 September | Greenock Morton | A | 2–2 | Tosh, Farningham | 4,500 |
| 5 | 16 September | Hamilton Academical | H | 1–1 | Shaw | 2,395 |
| 6 | 23 September | Dumbarton | A | 5–1 | Shaw (2), Martin (o.g.), Bain, Hamilton | 1,207 |
| 7 | 30 September | Dundee United | H | 2–3 | Hamilton (2) (pen.) | 10,395 |
| 8 | 7 October | St Mirren | H | 3–1 | Tosh, Hamilton, Wieghorst | 3,555 |
| 9 | 14 October | Dunfermline Athletic | A | 1–0 | Tosh | 6,700 |
| 10 | 21 October | Clydebank | H | 1–1 | N. Duffy | 2,708 |
| 11 | 28 October | Airdrieonians | A | 3–2 | Wieghorst (2), Hamilton | 1,952 |
| 12 | 4 November | Hamilton Academical | A | 2–1 | Tosh, N. Duffy | 1,131 |
| 13 | 11 November | Greenock Morton | H | 0–0 | | 4,060 |
| 14 | 18 November | Dundee United | A | 3–2 | Shaw (2), Wieghorst | 10,752 |
| 15 | 2 December | St Mirren | A | 2–1 | Shaw, Tosh | 2,364 |
| 16 | 5 December | Dumbarton | H | 1–1 | Tosh | 2,804 |
| 17 | 9 December | Dunfermline Athletic | H | 2–4 | Shaw, Hamilton (pen.) | 4,642 |
| 18 | 16 December | St Johnstone | H | 0–1 | | 3,034 |
| 19 | 6 January | Hamilton Academical | H | 2–1 | Charnley, Farningham | 2,020 |
| 20 | 9 January | Dundee United | H | 0–2 | | 9,199 |
| 21 | 13 January | Greenock Morton | A | 0–1 | | 4,500 |
| 22 | 16 January | Clydebank | A | 1–0 | Britton | 603 |
| 23 | 20 January | St Mirren | H | 1–2 | Charnley | 2,698 |
| 24 | 23 January | Dumbarton | A | 2–1 | Hamilton (2) | 737 |
| 25 | 13 February | St Johnstone | A | 2–3 | McKeown, Farningham | 3,952 |
| 26 | 24 February | Airdrieonians | H | 2–0 | McCann, Hamilton | 2,116 |
| 27 | 2 March | Dumbarton | H | 3–0 | Hamilton (2), Tosh | 1,712 |
| 28 | 6 March | Dunfermline Athletic | A | 1–1 | N. Duffy | 5,500 |
| 29 | 16 March | Dundee United | A | 0–2 | | 9,831 |
| 30 | 23 March | Hamilton Academical | A | 1–0 | Tosh | 828 |
| 31 | 30 March | Greenock Morton | H | 1–1 | Tosh | 2,734 |
| 32 | 6 April | St Mirren | A | 1–2 | Hamilton | 2,115 |
| 33 | 13 April | Dunfermline Athletic | H | 1–1 | O'Driscoll | 3,218 |
| 34 | 20 April | Clydebank | H | 3–0 | Charnley, Hamilton, McCann | 1,403 |
| 35 | 27 April | Airdrieonians | A | 0–0 | | 1,454 |
| 36 | 4 May | St Johnstone | H | 0–0 | | 2,710 |

### League table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| 3 | Greenock Morton | 36 | 20 | 7 | 9 | 57 | 39 | +18 | 67 |
| 4 | St Johnstone | 36 | 19 | 8 | 9 | 60 | 36 | +24 | 65 |
| 5 | Dundee | 36 | 15 | 12 | 9 | 53 | 40 | +13 | 57 |
| 6 | St Mirren | 36 | 13 | 8 | 15 | 46 | 51 | −5 | 47 |
| 7 | Clydebank | 36 | 10 | 10 | 16 | 39 | 58 | −19 | 40 |

## Scottish League Cup

Statistics provided by Dee Archive.
| Match Day | Date | Opponent | H/A | Score | Dundee Scorer(s) | Attendance |
| 2nd round | 19 August | East Stirlingshire | A | 6–0 | Wieghorst, Hamilton, McCann (4) | 1,163 |
| 3rd round | 30 August | Kilmarnock | H | 3–1 | Shaw, Wieghorst, Hamilton | 4,103 |
| Quarter-finals | 20 September | Heart of Midlothian | H | 4–4 | Shaw (2), Tosh, Wieghorst | 9,528 |
| Dundee win 5–4 on penalties |||||||
| Semi-finals | 25 October | Airdrieonians | N | 2–1 | Tosh, McCann | 8,930 |
| Final | 6 November | Aberdeen | N | 0–2 | | 33,096 |

## Scottish Cup

Statistics provided by Dee Archive.
| Match Day | Date | Opponent | H/A | Score | Dundee Scorer(s) | Attendance |
| 3rd round | 31 January | Clyde | A | 1–3 | N. Duffy | 2,000 |

## Scottish Challenge Cup

Statistics provided by Dee Archive.
| Match Day | Date | Opponent | H/A | Score | Dundee Scorer(s) | Attendance |
| 1st round | 22 August | East Fife | A | 4–2 | Anderson, Hamilton (3) | 1,157 |
| 2nd round | 11 September | Cowdenbeath | H | 3–0 | Cargill, Anderson, Shaw | 1,001 |
| Quarter-finals | 25 September | Stenhousemuir | H | 1–3 | Cargill | 1,112 |

## 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 | 13 | 0 | 8+5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| | MF | SCO | Iain Anderson | 24 | 2 | 9+8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+4 | 0 | 3 | 2 |
| | DF | SCO | Kevin Bain | 16 | 1 | 7+3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2+1 | 0 | 2+1 | 0 |
| | FW | SCO | Gerry Britton | 31 | 2 | 15+9 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 2+2 | 0 | 0+2 | 0 |
| | MF | SCO | Graeme Cadger | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| | MF | SCO | Andy Cargill | 25 | 3 | 11+7 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 2 |
| | MF | SCO | Chic Charnley | 12 | 3 | 12 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| | MF | SCO | Marcus Dailly | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| | DF | SCO | Jim Duffy | 23 | 0 | 19 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2+1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| | DF | SCO | Neil Duffy | 37 | 4 | 31 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| | MF | SCO | Ray Farningham | 23 | 3 | 13+5 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2+1 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| | FW | SCO | Jim Hamilton | 42 | 19 | 30+3 | 14 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 3 |
| | DF | SCO | Mark Hutchison | 2 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| | MF | SCO | Darren Magee | 2 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| | DF | SCO | Roddy Manley | 22 | 0 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| | GK | SCO | Paul Mathers | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| | DF | SCO | Andy Matheson | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| | MF | SCO | Roy McBain | 8 | 0 | 3+3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| | FW | SCO | Neil McCann | 29 | 7 | 22 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 0 |
| | MF | ENG | Gary McKeown | 18 | 1 | 13+4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| | DF | SCO | Tommy McQueen | 28 | 0 | 21 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3+1 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| | FW | SCO | Jerry O'Driscoll | 6 | 1 | 1+4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| | GK | FRA | Michel Pageaud | 42 | 0 | 35 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| | MF | SCO | Gavin Rae | 6 | 0 | 4+2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| | FW | SCO | George Shaw | 45 | 11 | 33+3 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 4+1 | 3 | 2+1 | 1 |
| | DF | SCO | Barry Smith | 21 | 0 | 20 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| | MF | SCO | Mike Teasdale | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| | FW | SCO | Paul Tosh | 37 | 11 | 29+1 | 9 | 0+1 | 0 | 4+1 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
| | DF | SCO | Craig Tully | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| | DF | SVK | Dušan Vrťo | 35 | 0 | 25+2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| | MF | DEN | Morten Wieghorst | 20 | 7 | 14 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 0+1 | 0 |