# 2011–12 Dundee F.C. season

The 2011–12 season was Dundee's seventh consecutive season in the Scottish First Division, having been relegated from the Scottish Premier League at the end of the 2004–05 season. Dundee also competed in the Challenge Cup, League Cup and the Scottish Cup. Dundee was promoted to the Scottish Premier League at the end of the campaign after Rangers' liquidation meant a 2nd-place finish was enough to be promoted.

## Summary

Dundee finished second in the First Division. They reached the second round of the Challenge Cup, the second round of the League Cup and the fourth round of the Scottish Cup.

## Results and fixtures
### Pre season

Win  Draw  Loss  Postponed

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

| No. | P | Name | Country | No. games | Notes |
| | DF | Rhys Weston | | 30 | Club captain |
Last updated: 5 May 2012 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 5 May 2012
| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Total | Total | Scottish First Division | Scottish 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 |
| | GK | SCO | Rab Douglas | 43 | 0 | 36+0 | 0 | 3+0 | 0 | 2+0 | 0 | 2+0 | 0 |
| | GK | SCO | John Gibson | 1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| | DF | SCO | Neil McGregor | 31 | 1 | 26+1 | 1 | 3+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 |
| | DF | SCO | Kyle Benedictus | 15 | 0 | 11+3 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 |
| | DF | SCO | Gary Irvine | 43 | 1 | 36+0 | 1 | 3+0 | 0 | 2+0 | 0 | 2+0 | 0 |
| | DF | ENG | Matt Lockwood | 41 | 4 | 34+0 | 3 | 3+0 | 0 | 2+0 | 1 | 2+0 | 0 |
| | DF | SCO | Craig McKeown | 33 | 0 | 23+4 | 0 | 2+0 | 0 | 2+0 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 |
| | DF | SCO | Connor Rennie | 1 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| | DF | WAL | Rhys Weston | 30 | 1 | 20+5 | 1 | 1+0 | 0 | 2+0 | 0 | 2+0 | 0 |
| | DF | SCO | Ryan Conroy | 42 | 12 | 32+3 | 11 | 3+0 | 1 | 2+0 | 0 | 2+0 | 0 |
| | MF | SCO | Steven Masterton | 1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| | MF | SCO | Stephen O'Donnell | 40 | 4 | 33+0 | 3 | 3+0 | 0 | 2+0 | 0 | 2+0 | 1 |
| | MF | SCO | Nicky Riley | 30 | 4 | 20+6 | 4 | 1+0 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 |
| | MF | SCO | Graham Webster | 1 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| | MF | SCO | Ross Chisholm | 24 | 0 | 13+5 | 0 | 2+1 | 0 | 2+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 |
| | MF | SCO | Jamie McCluskey | 34 | 4 | 20+8 | 3 | 2+1 | 0 | 1+0 | 1 | 2+0 | 0 |
| | MF | SCO | Gavin Rae | 16 | 4 | 12+1 | 3 | 3+0 | 1 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| | MF | SCO | Kevin McBride | 11 | 0 | 11+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| | MF | SCO | Mark Fotheringham | 8 | 0 | 2+6 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| | MF | SCO | Jamie Reid | 1 | 1 | 1+0 | 1 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| | FW | SCO | Leighton Mcintosh | 21 | 1 | 11+7 | 1 | 1+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| | FW | SCO | Graham Bayne | 20 | 0 | 7+11 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| | FW | SCO | Steven Milne | 37 | 16 | 30+1 | 11 | 3+0 | 2 | 2+0 | 2 | 1+0 | 1 |
| | FW | ENG | Jake Hyde | 31 | 6 | 14+12 | 6 | 0+1 | 0 | 0+2 | 0 | 2+0 | 0 |
| | FW | SCO | Calum Elliot | 7 | 0 | 1+5 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| | FW | SCO | Carl Finnigan | 5 | 3 | 4+1 | 3 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |

### Disciplinary record

Includes all competitive matches.
    Last updated 5 May 2012
| Position | Name | Scottish First Division | Scottish First Division | Scottish Cup | Scottish Cup | League Cup | League Cup | Challenge Cup | Challenge Cup | Total | Total |
| GK | Rab Douglas | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| GK | John Gibson | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| DF | Neil McGregor | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 |
| DF | Kyle Benedictus | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| DF | Gary Irvine | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 0 |
| DF | Matt Lockwood | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 |
| DF | Craig McKeown | 7 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 0 |
| DF | Connor Rennie | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| DF | Rhys Weston | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 |
| DF | Ryan Conroy | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| MF | Steven Masterton | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| MF | Stephen O'Donnell | 8 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 11 | 2 |
| MF | Nicky Riley | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 |
| MF | Graham Webster | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| MF | Ross Chisholm | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| MF | Jamie McCluskey | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| MF | Gavin Rae | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| MF | Kevin McBride | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 |
| MF | Mark Fotheringham | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| MF | Jamie Reid | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| FW | Leighton Mcintosh | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| FW | Graham Bayne | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| FW | Steven Milne | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| FW | Jake Hyde | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| FW | Calum Elliot | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| FW | Carl Finnigan | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |

### Awards

    Last updated 5 May 2012
| Nation | Name | Award | Month |
| | Barry Smith | First Division Manager of the Month | November |
| | Nicky Riley | Player of the Month | November |

## League table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Promotion, qualification or relegation |
| 1 | Ross County (C, P) | 36 | 22 | 13 | 1 | 72 | 32 | +40 | 79 | Promotion to the Premier League |
| 2 | Dundee (P) | 36 | 15 | 10 | 11 | 53 | 43 | +10 | 55 | Promotion to the Premier League |
| 3 | Falkirk | 36 | 13 | 13 | 10 | 53 | 48 | +5 | 52 | |
| 4 | Hamilton Academical | 36 | 14 | 7 | 15 | 55 | 56 | −1 | 49 | |
| 5 | Livingston | 36 | 13 | 9 | 14 | 56 | 54 | +2 | 48 | |
* ↑ Rangers were liquidated prior to the 2012–13 season. Dundee were chosen to take their place, gaining promotion to the SPL.