# 2019–20 Dundee United F.C. season

The 2019–20 season was Dundee United's 111th season, having been founded as Dundee Hibernian in 1909. It was their fourth season in the Scottish Championship, having been relegated from the Scottish Premiership at the end of the 2015–16 season. United also competed in the Challenge Cup, League Cup and Scottish Cup. On 15 April, the SPFL voted to end the lower leagues in Scottish football due to the coronavirus pandemic and as a result Dundee United were declared champions and secured promotion to the Premiership after four years in the Championship.

## Competitions
### Results & fixtures

Win  Draw  Loss  Postponed

### Scottish Cup
## Squad statistics

The table below shows the number of appearances and goals scored by each player.

### Appearances

    As of 7 March 2020
| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Total | Total | Championship | Championship | League Cup | League Cup | Scottish Cup | Scottish Cup | Other | Other |
| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| 1 | GK | SUI | Benjamin Siegrist | 33 | 0 | 28+0 | 0 | 3+0 | 0 | 2+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 2 | DF | SCO | Liam Smith | 34 | 0 | 28+0 | 0 | 3+0 | 0 | 2+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 |
| 3 | DF | ARG | Adrián Spörle | 16 | 2 | 5+6 | 1 | 3+0 | 1 | 0+1 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 |
| 4 | MF | USA | Dillon Powers | 10 | 1 | 8+0 | 1 | 0+0 | 0 | 2+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 5 | DF | IRL | Mark Connolly | 22 | 1 | 12+5 | 1 | 3+0 | 0 | 2+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 6 | DF | SCO | Mark Reynolds | 31 | 0 | 24+2 | 0 | 4+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 7 | FW | SCO | Paul McMullan | 28 | 3 | 18+4 | 3 | 4+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 8 | MF | SCO | Peter Pawlett | 20 | 1 | 13+4 | 1 | 0+0 | 0 | 2+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 |
| 9 | FW | SWE | Osman Sow | 4 | 0 | 2+1 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 10 | FW | SCO | Nicky Clark | 22 | 7 | 15+3 | 7 | 3+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 |
| 12 | MF | SCO | Sam Stanton | 22 | 3 | 13+4 | 3 | 3+1 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 13 | GK | TUR | Deniz Mehmet | 2 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 |
| 14 | FW | ENG | Rakish Bingham | 5 | 0 | 5+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 17 | DF | SCO | Jamie Robson | 29 | 0 | 22+1 | 0 | 2+1 | 0 | 2+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 |
| 18 | MF | ENG | Calum Butcher | 28 | 3 | 22+0 | 2 | 3+1 | 1 | 2+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 22 | DF | SCO | Kieran Freeman | 0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 23 | MF | USA | Ian Harkes | 31 | 2 | 20+6 | 2 | 1+1 | 0 | 2+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 |
| 24 | FW | SCO | Lawrence Shankland | 33 | 28 | 26+0 | 24 | 4+0 | 2 | 2+0 | 2 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 25 | MF | SCO | Adam King | 11 | 0 | 1+8 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 |
| 27 | FW | SCO | Louis Appéré | 33 | 5 | 20+6 | 4 | 1+3 | 1 | 1+1 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 |
| 29 | DF | SCO | Ross Graham | 0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 37 | MF | SCO | Archie Meekison | 0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 40 | MF | SCO | Chris Mochrie | 5 | 0 | 0+4 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 44 | DF | SCO | Paul Watson | 23 | 1 | 18+1 | 0 | 2+0 | 1 | 1+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 |
| Players who left the club during the 2019–20 season ||||||||||||
| 11 | MF | SCO | Cammy Smith | 12 | 1 | 1+9 | 1 | 0+1 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 |
| 16 | MF | SCO | Matty Smith | 0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 19 | DF | ALG | Rachid Bouhenna | 1 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 19 | DF | WAL | Troy Brown | 5 | 0 | 5+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 20 | MF | SCO | Logan Chalmers | 5 | 1 | 0+3 | 1 | 1+1 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 22 | DF | SCO | Sam Wardrop | 0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 34 | MF | SCO | Scott Banks | 4 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 2+1 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |

## Club statistics
### League table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | PPG | Promotion, qualification or relegation |
| 1 | Dundee United (C) | 28 | 18 | 5 | 5 | 52 | 22 | +30 | 59 | 2.11 | Promotion to the Premiership |
| 2 | Inverness Caledonian Thistle | 27 | 14 | 3 | 10 | 39 | 32 | +7 | 45 | 1.67 | |
| 3 | Dundee | 27 | 11 | 8 | 8 | 32 | 31 | +1 | 41 | 1.52 | |
| 4 | Ayr United | 27 | 12 | 4 | 11 | 38 | 35 | +3 | 40 | 1.48 | |
| 5 | Arbroath | 26 | 10 | 6 | 10 | 24 | 26 | −2 | 36 | 1.38 | |
* ↑ All play-off matches were cancelled, as clubs voted to curtail the season due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Scotland.

### League cup table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | PW | PL | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | HOM | EFI | DUN | STE | COW |
| 1 | Heart of Midlothian | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 3 | +3 | 9 | Qualification for the Second Round | — | — | p1–1 | 2–1 | — |
| 2 | East Fife | 4 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 3 | +2 | 8 | Qualification for the Second Round | p1–1 | — | — | 2–0 | — |
| 3 | Dundee United | 4 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 4 | +2 | 7 | | — | 0–2 | — | — | 3–0 |
| 4 | Stenhousemuir | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 6 | −2 | 3 | | — | — | 1–2 | — | 2–0 |
| 5 | Cowdenbeath | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 7 | −5 | 3 | | 0–2 | 2–0 | — | — | — |