# 1998–99 Dundee F.C. season

The 1998–99 season was the 97th season in which Dundee competed at a Scottish national level, playing in the top tier of Scottish football, the Scottish Premier League, for the first time since the 1993–94 season after winning the First Division the previous season. Dundee would finish the league season in 5th place with 46 points, their highest finish in Scottish football since 1973–74. Dundee would also compete in the Scottish League Cup and the Scottish Cup, where they were knocked out by Alloa Athletic in the 2nd round of the League Cup, and by Greenock Morton in the 3rd round of the Scottish Cup.

## Scottish Premier League
### Legend

| Win | Draw | Loss |
Dundee's score comes first. Statistics provided by Dee Archive
| Match | Date | Opponent | Venue | Result | Attendance | Scorers |
| 1 | 1 August 1998 | Aberdeen | H | 0–2 | 7,811 | |
| 2 | 15 August 1998 | Dunfermline Athletic | A | 0–2 | 5,308 | |
| 3 | 23 August 1998 | St Johnstone | H | 0–1 | 3,641 | |
| 4 | 29 August 1998 | Celtic | H | 1–1 | 9,853 | Annand 90' |
| 5 | 12 September 1998 | Heart of Midlothian | A | 2–0 | 13,117 | Adamczuk 48', 82' |
| 6 | 19 September 1998 | Dundee United | H | 2–2 | 12,081 | Annand 69', Adamczuk 89' |
| 7 | 23 September 1998 | Kilmarnock | A | 1–2 | 7,096 | Annand 10' |
| 8 | 26 September 1998 | Motherwell | H | 1–0 | 5,655 | Irvine 8' |
| 9 | 4 October 1998 | Rangers | A | 0–1 | 4,834 | Irvine 8' |
| 10 | 17 October 1998 | Aberdeen | A | 2–2 | 10,004 | Annand 60', 70' |
| 11 | 28 October 1998 | Dunfermline Athletic | H | 1–0 | 4,619 | Falconer 61' |
| 12 | 31 October 1998 | Heart of Midlothian | H | 1–0 | 6,142 | Weir 77' (o.g.) |
| 13 | 7 November 1998 | Celtic | A | 1–6 | 58,093 | Annand 21' |
| 14 | 14 November 1998 | Kilmarnock | H | 1–1 | 4,249 | Annand 29' |
| 15 | 22 November 1998 | Dundee United | A | 1–0 | 11,230 | Grady 82' |
| 16 | 12 December 1998 | St Johnstone | A | 1–1 | 6,033 | Adamczuk 74' |
| 17 | 16 December 1998 | Motherwell | A | 1–2 | 5,890 | Adamczuk 37' |
| 18 | 19 December 1998 | Aberdeen | H | 1–2 | 6,340 | Rae 18' |
| 19 | 27 December 1998 | Celtic | H | 0–3 | 10,004 | |
| 20 | 30 December 1998 | Heart of Midlothian | A | 2–1 | 13,383 | Sharp 18, Falconer 42' |
| 21 | 2 January 1999 | Dundee United | H | 1–3 | 11,751 | McSkimming 28' |
| 22 | 27 January 1999 | Rangers | H | 0–4 | 9,453 | |
| 23 | 30 January 1999 | Kilmarnock | A | 0–0 | 7,677 | |
| 24 | 6 February 1999 | Motherwell | H | 1–0 | 4,187 | Tweed 3' |
| 25 | 20 February 1999 | Rangers | A | 1–6 | 49,462 | Adamczuk 28' |
| 26 | 27 February 1999 | St Johnstone | H | 0–1 | 7,245 | |
| 27 | 13 March 1999 | Dunfermline Athletic | A | 0–2 | 6,890 | |
| 28 | 20 March 1999 | Heart of Midlothian | H | 2–0 | 6,612 | Annand 54', 65' |
| 29 | 3 April 1999 | Celtic | A | 0–5 | 59,269 | |
| 30 | 10 April 1999 | Motherwell | A | 2–1 | 5,717 | Falconer 65', Grady 73' |
| 31 | 18 April 1999 | Rangers | H | 1–1 | 11,051 | Anderson 23' |
| 32 | 24 April 1999 | Kilmarnock | H | 2–1 | 4,296 | Anderson 44', McSkimming 64' |
| 33 | 1 May 1999 | Dundee United | A | 2–0 | 12,280 | Irvine 67', Grady 90' |
| 34 | 8 May 1999 | Aberdeen | A | 2–1 | 7,970 | Boyack 41', Anderson 86' |
| 35 | 15 May 1999 | Dunfermline Athletic | H | 3–1 | 4,179 | Irvine 22', Boyack 50', Falconer 61' |
| 36 | 23 May 1999 | St Johnstone | A | 0–1 | 10,575 | |

### Final league table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 3 | St Johnstone | 36 | 15 | 12 | 9 | 39 | 38 | +1 | 57 | Qualification for the UEFA Cup qualifying round |
| 4 | Kilmarnock | 36 | 14 | 14 | 8 | 47 | 29 | +18 | 56 | Qualification for the UEFA Cup qualifying round |
| 5 | Dundee | 36 | 13 | 7 | 16 | 36 | 56 | −20 | 46 | |
| 6 | Heart of Midlothian | 36 | 11 | 9 | 16 | 44 | 50 | −6 | 42 | |
| 7 | Motherwell | 36 | 10 | 11 | 15 | 35 | 54 | −19 | 41 | |
* ↑ Since Rangers, the winners of the 1998–99 Scottish Cup, already qualified for the UEFA Champions League, Celtic, the losing finalist, earned a spot in the 1999–2000 UEFA Cup. As such, the league's UEFA Cup place moved down to third-placed St Johnstone. Scotland were also awarded an additional UEFA Cup place as the association was top of the UEFA Fair Play ranking. Kilmarnock earned this place as winners of the Scottish Fair Play ranking.

## Scottish Cup

Statistics provided by Dee Archive
| Match | Date | Opponent | Venue | Result | Attendance | Scorers |
| R3 | 23 January 1999 | Greenock Morton | A | 1–2 | 5,550 | Annand 41' |

## Scottish League Cup

Statistics provided by Dee Archive
| Match | Date | Opponent | Venue | Result | Attendance | Scorers |
| R2 | 8 August 1998 | Alloa Athletic | H | 0–1 | 2,057 | |

## 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 |
| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| | MF | POL | Dariusz Adamczuk | 28 | 6 | 24+2 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| | MF | SCO | Iain Anderson | 29 | 3 | 17+11 | 3 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| | FW | SCO | Eddie Annand | 31 | 10 | 19+10 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| | FW | SCO | Graham Bayne | 2 | 0 | 0+2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| | MF | SCO | Steven Boyack | 8 | 2 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| | FW | IRL | Tommy Coyne | 16 | 0 | 7+8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| | GK | SCO | Rab Douglas | 37 | 0 | 35 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| | MF | SCO | Willie Falconer | 35 | 4 | 31+2 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| | DF | SCO | Derek Fleming | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| | DF | FRA | Éric Garcin | 4 | 0 | 2+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| | FW | SCO | James Grady | 28 | 3 | 20+6 | 3 | 0+1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| | MF | SCO | Brian Grant | 5 | 0 | 0+4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| | DF | SCO | Gordon Hunter | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| | DF | SCO | Brian Irvine | 34 | 3 | 33 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| | GK | SCO | Jamie Langfield | 2 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| | DF | ENG | Lee Maddison | 22 | 0 | 21 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| | MF | SCO | Darren Magee | 2 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| | FW | SCO | Steve McCormick | 2 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| | MF | SCO | Jim McInally | 15 | 0 | 14+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| | MF | SCO | Shaun McSkimming | 30 | 2 | 25+4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| | DF | SCO | Willie Miller | 29 | 0 | 27 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| | FW | SCO | Jerry O'Driscoll | 1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| | MF | SCO | Stéphane Pounewatchy | 4 | 0 | 2+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| | MF | SCO | Gavin Rae | 30 | 1 | 23+7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| | DF | SCO | Robbie Raeside | 22 | 0 | 19+2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| | MF | SCO | Hugh Robertson | 11 | 0 | 9+1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| | DF | ENG | Dave Rogers | 11 | 0 | 7+4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| | DF | SCO | Lee Sharp | 6 | 1 | 4+2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| | DF | SCO | Barry Smith | 35 | 0 | 29+4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| | MF | SCO | Gavin Strachan | 6 | 0 | 4+2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| | DF | SCO | Steven Tweed | 11 | 1 | 10 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |