# 2012–13 Dundee F.C. season

The 2012–13 season was Dundee's first season back in the Scottish Premier League. Dundee also competed in the League Cup and the Scottish Cup. Dundee were due to compete in their eighth consecutive season in the Scottish First Division, having been relegated from the Scottish Premier League in 2005. On 16 July 2012, Dundee were invited to join to the SPL to fill the vacancy left by Rangers. Their membership was officially confirmed on 3 August, only one day before the season started.

## Summary
### Season

Dundee finished twelfth in the Scottish Premier League, and were relegated to the Scottish First Division. They reached the second round of the League Cup and the Quarter-final of the Scottish Cup.

### Management

Dundee began the season under the management of Barry Smith. On 20 February 2013, Smith left the club following a twelve-game winless streak and with the side sitting bottom of the Scottish Premier League. Smith's assistant Ray Farningham took over training. On 23 February, John Brown was appointed as interim manager until the end of the season, with the appointment being made permanent on a two-year deal in April.

## Results and fixtures

Win  Draw  Loss  Postponed

### Pre season

A match between Dundee and Bristol City scheduled for 30 July, was cancelled due to the late scheduling of the League Cup causing a clash.

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

| No. | P | Name | Country | No. games | Notes |
| 4 | MF | O'Donnell | | 7 | Club captain |
| 2 | DF | Irvine | | 31 | Vice-captain |
Last updated: 18 May 2013 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

This section includes all players who have been listed as part of the first team during the season. They may not have made an appearance.
    Last updated 18 May 2013
| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Total | Total | Premier League | Premier League | League Cup | League Cup | Scottish Cup | Scottish Cup |
| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| 1 | GK | SCO | Rab Douglas | 35 | 0 | 30+0 | 0 | 2+0 | 0 | 3+0 | 0 |
| 2 | DF | SCO | Gary Irvine | 39 | 0 | 34+0 | 0 | 2+0 | 0 | 3+0 | 0 |
| 3 | DF | ENG | Matt Lockwood | 26 | 1 | 21+2 | 1 | 2+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 |
| 4 | MF | SCO | Stephen O'Donnell | 7 | 0 | 6+0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 5 | DF | SCO | Neil McGregor | 7 | 0 | 5+0 | 0 | 2+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 6 | MF | SCO | Iain Davidson | 40 | 1 | 35+1 | 1 | 1+0 | 0 | 3+0 | 0 |
| 7 | MF | SCO | Nicky Riley | 29 | 2 | 19+8 | 2 | 0+0 | 0 | 2+0 | 0 |
| 8 | MF | SCO | Kevin McBride | 26 | 1 | 20+3 | 1 | 1+0 | 0 | 2+0 | 0 |
| 9 | FW | ENG | Carl Finnigan | 7 | 1 | 1+6 | 1 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 10 | FW | SCO | John Baird | 42 | 5 | 29+8 | 4 | 2+0 | 0 | 3+0 | 1 |
| 11 | DF | SCO | Ryan Conroy | 37 | 7 | 20+12 | 6 | 2+0 | 0 | 2+1 | 1 |
| 12 | GK | SCO | John Gibson | 0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 14 | FW | SCO | Leighton Mcintosh | 2 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 15 | FW | SCO | Steven Milne | 18 | 3 | 11+3 | 1 | 1+0 | 1 | 2+1 | 1 |
| 16 | MF | SCO | Graham Webster | 5 | 0 | 0+3 | 0 | 2+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 17 | DF | SCO | Kyle Benedictus | 28 | 1 | 24+2 | 1 | 1+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 |
| 18 | DF | SCO | Declan Gallagher | 28 | 1 | 24+0 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 | 2+0 | 1 |
| 19 | MF | SCO | Jamie McCluskey | 0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 20 | MF | SCO | Jim McAlister | 42 | 5 | 38+0 | 3 | 1+0 | 0 | 3+0 | 2 |
| 21 | DF | ITA | Davide Grassi | 13 | 0 | 10+1 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 |
| 22 | MF | NIR | David Morgan | 1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 23 | FW | SCO | Martin Boyle | 10 | 0 | 1+8 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 24 | FW | SCO | Colin Nish | 26 | 3 | 21+3 | 2 | 0+0 | 0 | 1+1 | 1 |
| 25 | DF | SCO | Lewis Toshney | 26 | 1 | 20+3 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 2+1 | 1 |
| 26 | DF | SCO | Brian Easton | 19 | 0 | 17+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 2+0 | 0 |
| 27 | FW | SCO | Mark Stewart | 17 | 3 | 5+10 | 3 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+2 | 0 |
| 28 | MF | SCO | Mark Kerr | 8 | 0 | 6+2 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 29 | MF | SCO | Gary Harkins | 14 | 2 | 14+0 | 2 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 31 | MF | SCO | Rori Bews | 0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 32 | DF | SCO | James Thomson | 1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 33 | MF | SCO | Jamie Reid | 1 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 34 | MF | SCO | Greg Birmingham | 0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 36 | GK | AUS | Alex Baird | 0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 37 | MF | SCO | Danny Cavanagh | 0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 45 | GK | ENG | Steve Simonsen | 8 | 0 | 8+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 46 | FW | EIR | Don Cowan | 1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 47 | FW | SCO | Andrew Barrowman | 1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |

### Disciplinary record

Includes all competitive matches.
    Last updated 18 May 2013
| Number | Position | Name | Premier League | Premier League | League Cup | League Cup | Scottish Cup | Scottish Cup | Total | Total |
| 1 | GK | Rab Douglas | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 2 | DF | Gary Irvine | 6 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 1 |
| 3 | DF | Matt Lockwood | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 |
| 4 | MF | Stephen O'Donnell | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 |
| 5 | DF | Neil McGregor | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 6 | MF | Iain Davidson | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 0 |
| 7 | MF | Nicky Riley | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 1 |
| 8 | MF | Kevin McBride | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 9 | FW | Carl Finnigan | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 10 | FW | John Baird | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| 11 | DF | Ryan Conroy | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 12 | GK | John Gibson | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 14 | FW | Leighton Mcintosh | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 15 | FW | Steven Milne | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 16 | MF | Graham Webster | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 17 | DF | Kyle Benedictus | 7 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0 |
| 18 | DF | Declan Gallagher | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 |
| 19 | MF | Jamie McCluskey | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 20 | MF | Jim McAlister | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| 21 | DF | Davide Grassi | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 22 | MF | David Morgan | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 23 | FW | Martin Boyle | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 24 | FW | Colin Nish | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 |
| 25 | DF | Lewis Toshney | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 26 | DF | Brian Easton | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 27 | FW | Mark Stewart | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 28 | MF | Mark Kerr | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 29 | MF | Gary Harkins | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 31 | MF | Rori Bews | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 32 | DF | James Thomson | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 33 | MF | Jamie Reid | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 34 | MF | Greg Birmingham | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 36 | GK | Alex Baird | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 37 | MF | Danny Cavanagh | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 45 | GK | Steve Simonsen | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 46 | FW | Don Cowan | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 47 | FW | Andrew Barrowman | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |

## Team statistics
### League table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 8 | Aberdeen | 38 | 11 | 15 | 12 | 41 | 43 | −2 | 48 | |
| 9 | Kilmarnock | 38 | 11 | 12 | 15 | 52 | 53 | −1 | 45 | |
| 10 | Heart of Midlothian | 38 | 11 | 11 | 16 | 40 | 49 | −9 | 44 | |
| 11 | St Mirren | 38 | 9 | 14 | 15 | 47 | 60 | −13 | 41 | |
| 12 | Dundee (R) | 38 | 7 | 9 | 22 | 28 | 66 | −38 | 30 | Relegation to the Championship |
* ↑ Teams in the bottom half at the time of the split may not overtake a team in the top 6 at the time of the split.

### 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 | 37 | 38 |
| Ground | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | A | H | H | A | A | H | A | H | A | A | H | H | H | A | H | A | A | H | H | H | A |
| Result | D | L | L | L | W | L | L | L | L | L | L | W | D | W | L | L | D | L | L | L | L | D | D | L | L | L | L | D | W | D | D | L | W | W | W | D | L | L |
| Position | 5 | 11 | 12 | 12 | 10 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 |