# 2008–09 Dundee F.C. season

The 2008–09 season saw Dundee compete in the Scottish First Division after coming 2nd place the season prior. Dundee finished in 4th position with 50 points.

## Final league table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| 2 | Partick Thistle | 36 | 16 | 7 | 13 | 39 | 35 | +4 | 55 |
| 3 | Dunfermline Athletic | 36 | 14 | 9 | 13 | 51 | 43 | +8 | 51 |
| 4 | Dundee | 36 | 13 | 11 | 12 | 33 | 32 | +1 | 50 |
| 5 | Queen of the South | 36 | 12 | 11 | 13 | 57 | 50 | +7 | 47 |
| 6 | Greenock Morton | 36 | 12 | 11 | 13 | 40 | 40 | 0 | 47 |

## Results

Dundee's score comes first

### Legend

| Win | Draw | Loss |

### Scottish First Division

| Match | Date | Opponent | Venue | Result | Attendance | Scorers |
| 1 | 2 August 2008 | Ross County | A | 2–1 | 3,444 | Antoine-Curier 34' (pen), Paton 50' |
| 2 | 9 August 2008 | Clyde | H | 1–0 | 4,042 | Antoine-Curier 44' |
| 3 | 16 August 2008 | Airdrie United | A | 0–0 | 1,787 | |
| 4 | 23 August 2008 | Greenock Morton | H | 1–0 | 4,032 | Paton 28' |
| 5 | 30 August 2008 | Queen of the South | A | 1–3 | 2,646 | Pozniak 14' |
| 6 | 13 September 2008 | Dunfermline Athletic | H | 0–0 | 4,259 | |
| 7 | 20 September 2008 | Livingston | H | 0–3 | 3,631 | |
| 8 | 27 September 2008 | St Johnstone | A | 0–2 | 4,307 | |
| 9 | 4 October 2008 | Partick Thistle | A | 0–0 | 2,556 | |
| 10 | 18 October 2008 | Ross County | H | 1–2 | 3,228 | Antoine-Curier 58' |
| 11 | 25 October 2008 | Greenock Morton | A | 0–2 | 1,741 | |
| 12 | 1 November 2008 | Airdrie United | H | 1–1 | 3,456 | Antoine-Curier 66' |
| 13 | 8 November 2008 | Dunfermline Athletic | A | 1–0 | 3,506 | Antoine-Curier 68' |
| 14 | 15 November 2008 | Queen of the South | H | 2–0 | 3,630 | Paton 64', Deasley 79' |
| 16 | 29 November 2008 | St Johnstone | H | 1–1 | 6,537 | Antoine-Curier 74' |
| 17 | 13 December 2008 | Clyde | A | 0–1 | 1,176 | Young 86' |
| 18 | 20 December 2008 | Partick Thistle | H | 0–0 | 3,569 | |
| 19 | 27 December 2008 | Queen of the South | A | 1–0 | 2,616 | McMenamin 30' |
| 20 | 3 January 2009 | Dunfermline Athletic | H | 1–0 | 5,033 | Paton 67' |
| 21 | 17 January 2009 | Greenock Morton | H | 0–0 | 3,736 | |
| 15 | 24 January 2009 | Airdrie United | A | 0–1 | 1,303 | |
| 22 | 31 January 2009 | Clyde | H | 2–1 | 3,217 | McMenamin 39', Antoine-Curier 42' |
| 23 | 7 February 2009 | Livingston | A | 2–1 | 1,535 | Antoine-Curier 1', Efrem 33' |
| 24 | 21 February 2009 | Livingston | H | 4–1 | 3,679 | Shinnie 48', Efrem 55', Antoine-Curier (2) 68', 79' |
| 25 | 28 February 2009 | St Johnstone | A | 0–0 | 7,238 | |
| 26 | 10 March 2009 | Queen of the South | H | 2–3 | 3,757 | Antoine-Curier (2) 55', 69' |
| 27 | 14 March 2009 | Ross County | H | 2–0 | 3,381 | McMenamin 32', Antoine-Curier 45' (pen) |
| 28 | 22 March 2009 | Partick Thistle | A | 1–1 | 3,303 | McMenamin 37' |
| 29 | 28 March 2009 | Ross County | A | 1–1 | 2,296 | Antoine-Curier 66', McHale 85', MacKenzie 89' |
| 31 | 31 March 2009 | Dunfermline Athletic | A | 1–1 | 2,382 | Malone 61' |
| 30 | 4 April 2009 | Greenock Morton | A | 0–2 | 2,133 | |
| 33 | 11 April 2009 | Airdrie United | H | 0–1 | 2,870 | |
| 32 | 18 April 2009 | Livingston | A | 1–0 | 1,208 | Young 61', MacKenzie 88' |
| 34 | 25 April 2009 | St Johnstone | H | 0–1 | 6,305 | |
| 35 | 2 May 2009 | Clyde | A | 0–2 | 944 | |
| 36 | 9 May 2009 | Partick Thistle | H | 4–0 | 2,831 | Young 1', McMenamin (3) 34', 69', 74' |

### Scottish Cup

| Match | Date | Opponent | Venue | Result | Attendance | Scorers |
| R3 | 10 January 2009 | Celtic | A | 1–2 | 23,070 | |

### Scottish League Cup

| Match | Date | Opponent | Venue | Result | Attendance | Scorers |
| R2 | 26 August 2008 | Partick Thistle | H | 1–2 | 2,507 | McHale 80' |

### Scottish Challenge Cup

| Match | Date | Opponent | Venue | Result | Attendance | Scorers |
| R1 | 26 July 2008 | Alloa Athletic | A | 1–2 | 783 | Antoine-Curier 88' |