# 2017–18 Dundee F.C. season

The 2017–18 season was Dundee's fourth consecutive season in the top flight of Scottish football since their promotion at the end of the 2013–14 season. Dundee were knocked out of the League Cup in a 4–0 defeat by Celtic and were knocked out of Fifth round of the Scottish Cup by Motherwell.

## Team statistics
### Appearances

    As of match played 12 May 2018
| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Total | Total | Scottish Premiership | Scottish Premiership | Scottish Cup | Scottish Cup | Scottish League Cup | Scottish League Cup |
| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| 2 | DF | SCO | Cammy Kerr | 41 | 0 | 27+5 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 0 |
| 3 | DF | SCO | Kevin Holt | 32 | 2 | 22+2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 0 |
| 4 | DF | ENG | Steven Caulker | 12 | 1 | 12 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 5 | DF | ANG | Genseric Kusunga | 10 | 1 | 7+2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 6 | DF | IRL | Darren O'Dea | 22 | 0 | 14+2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| 7 | MF | ENG | A-Jay Leitch-Smith | 31 | 7 | 13+14 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 8 | MF | FIN | Glen Kamara | 46 | 0 | 37 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 5+1 | 0 |
| 9 | FW | TUN | Sofien Moussa | 33 | 12 | 21+5 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 3+1 | 5 |
| 10 | MF | SCO | Scott Allan | 22 | 1 | 7+8 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 4+1 | 0 |
| 12 | GK | ENG | Elliot Parish | 28 | 0 | 25 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 14 | MF | SCO | Mark O'Hara | 39 | 6 | 26+6 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 1 |
| 15 | DF | ESP | Jon Aurtenetxe | 18 | 0 | 14+2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 16 | DF | ESP | Julen Etxabeguren | 1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 17 | FW | SCO | Simon Murray | 14 | 3 | 13+1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 18 | MF | SCO | Paul McGowan | 42 | 2 | 30+4 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 4+2 | 1 |
| 20 | FW | FRA | Faissal El Bakhtaoui | 35 | 5 | 16+12 | 3 | 1+1 | 0 | 4+1 | 2 |
| 21 | MF | ENG | Roarie Deacon | 36 | 1 | 25+3 | 1 | 0+2 | 0 | 5+1 | 0 |
| 23 | MF | NED | Randy Wolters | 16 | 0 | 3+6 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 4+2 | 0 |
| 24 | MF | ENG | Josh Meekings | 22 | 0 | 20+1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 25 | DF | WAL | Daniel Jefferies | 2 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 27 | MF | AUS | Jesse Curran | 9 | 0 | 5+4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 28 | MF | SCO | Lewis Spence | 20 | 0 | 14+3 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 29 | FW | CAN | Marcus Haber | 13 | 2 | 9+2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 |
| 33 | FW | SCO | Craig Wighton | 7 | 0 | 5+2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 34 | DF | SCO | Kerr Waddell | 22 | 3 | 10+6 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 4+1 | 0 |
| 35 | MF | ENG | Cedwyn Scott | 3 | 0 | 0+3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 38 | GK | ENG | Calum Ferrie | 2 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 40 | DF | ENG | Jordan Piggott | 1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 45 | MF | SCO | Callum Moore | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 46 | FW | SCO | Matthew Henvey | 4 | 1 | 0+4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 47 | MF | ENG | Jack Lambert | 2 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 67 | GK | FRA | Jérémy Malherbe | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Players who left the club during the season: ||||||||||||
| 1 | GK | SCO | Scott Bain | 18 | 0 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 |
| 4 | MF | ENG | James Vincent | 5 | 0 | 1+2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 |
| 5 | DF | NIR | James McPake | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 11 | MF | ENG | Danny Williams | 3 | 0 | 0+2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 22 | DF | SCO | Jack Hendry | 30 | 2 | 23+1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4+1 | 1 |
| 26 | DF | BUL | Kostadin Gadzhalov | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |

### Goal scorers

    As of match played 12 May 2018
| Ranking | Position | Nation | Number | Name | Scottish Premiership | Scottish Cup | Scottish League Cup | Total |
| 1 | FW | | 9 | Sofien Moussa | 7 | 0 | 5 | 12 |
| 2 | FW | | 7 | A-Jay Leitch-Smith | 6 | 1 | 0 | 7 |
| 3 | MF | | 14 | Mark O'Hara | 4 | 1 | 1 | 6 |
| 4 | FW | | 20 | Faissal El Bakhtaoui | 3 | 0 | 2 | 5 |
| 5 | FW | | 17 | Simon Murray | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 5 | DF | | 34 | Kerr Waddell | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 7 | DF | | 3 | Kevin Holt | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 7 | MF | | 18 | Paul McGowan | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 7 | DF | | 22 | Jack Hendry | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 7 | FW | | 29 | Marcus Haber | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 11 | DF | | 4 | Steven Caulker | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 11 | DF | | 5 | Genseric Kusunga | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 11 | MF | | 10 | Scott Allan | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 11 | MF | | 21 | Roarie Deacon | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 11 | FW | | 46 | Matthew Henvey | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| TOTALS | TOTALS | TOTALS | TOTALS | TOTALS | 36 | 3 | 10 | 49 |

## Squad statistics
### League table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 7 | Motherwell | 38 | 13 | 9 | 16 | 43 | 49 | −6 | 48 | |
| 8 | St Johnstone | 38 | 12 | 10 | 16 | 42 | 53 | −11 | 46 | |
| 9 | Dundee | 38 | 11 | 6 | 21 | 36 | 57 | −21 | 39 | |
| 10 | Hamilton Academical | 38 | 9 | 6 | 23 | 47 | 68 | −21 | 33 | |
| 11 | Partick Thistle (R) | 38 | 8 | 9 | 21 | 31 | 61 | −30 | 33 | Qualification for the Premiership play-off final |
* ↑ Teams play each other three times (33 matches) before the league is split into two groups (the top six and the bottom six).

### Group C Table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | PW | PL | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | DUN | DND | RAI | COW | BUC |
| 1 | Dundee United (Q) | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 2 | +8 | 11 | Qualification for the Second Round | — | — | 2–0 | 4–1 | — |
| 2 | Dundee (Q) | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 2 | +6 | 10 | Qualification for the Second Round | 1–1p | — | — | — | 2–0 |
| 3 | Raith Rovers | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 9 | 5 | +4 | 6 | | — | 1–2 | — | 2–0 | — |
| 4 | Cowdenbeath | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 11 | −6 | 3 | | — | 0–3 | — | — | 4–2 |
| 5 | Buckie Thistle | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 15 | −12 | 0 | | 0–3 | — | 1–6 | — | — |

### Second Place Table

| Pos | Grp | Teamvte | Pld | W | PW | PL | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | D | Ross County (Q) | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0 | +8 | 10 | Qualification for the Second Round |
| 2 | H | Partick Thistle (Q) | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 2 | +7 | 10 | Qualification for the Second Round |
| 3 | C | Dundee (Q) | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 2 | +6 | 10 | Qualification for the Second Round |
| 4 | E | Kilmarnock (Q) | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 3 | +6 | 9 | Qualification for the Second Round |
| 5 | B | Peterhead | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 6 | +1 | 9 | |
| 6 | F | Greenock Morton | 4 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 6 | +2 | 8 | |
| 7 | A | Inverness CT | 4 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 3 | +2 | 8 | |
| 8 | G | Albion Rovers | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 12 | 9 | +3 | 7 | |

## Transfers

In
Date
Position
Nationality
Name
From
Fee
14 June 2017
MF
Roarie Deacon
Sutton United
Free
14 June 2017
MF
Scott Allan
Celtic
Season-long loan
22 June 2017
DF
Lewis Spence
Dunfermline
Free
28 June 2017
FW
Randy Wolters
Go Ahead Eagles
Free
5 July 2017
DF
Jack Hendry
Wigan Athletic
Free
13 July 2017
MF
Glen Kamara
Arsenal
Free
14 July 2017
FW
Sofien Moussa
Lokomotiv GO
Free
20 July 2017
GK
Elliot Parish
Accrington Stanley
Free
18 August 2017
DF
Josh Meekings
Inverness
Free
30 August 2017
DF
Jon Aurtenetxe
SD Amorebieta
Free
31 August 2017
FW
A-Jay Leitch-Smith
Shrewsbury Town
Season-long loan
9 January 2018
GK
Jérémy Malherbe
FC Dynamo Brest
Free
31 January 2018
DF
Daniel Jefferies
Colchester United
Loan
31 January 2018
MF
Cedwyn Scott
Huddersfield Town
Free
31 January 2018
FW
Simon Murray
Hibernian
Loan
2 February 2018
DF
Genseric Kusunga
União da Madeira
Free
8 February 2018
DF
Steven Caulker
Queens Park Rangers
Free
Out
Date
Position
Nationality
Name
To
Fee
31 May 2017
DF
Kévin Gomis
Released
31 May 2017
MF
Calvin Colquhoun
Downfield Juniors
Free
1 June 2017
GK
David Mitchell
Falkirk
Free
24 June 2017
DF
Daniel Higgins
Kilmarnock
Free
4 July 2017
FW
Rory Loy
Falkirk
Free
31 August 2017
MF
Tom Hateley
Released
12 January 2018
MF
Danny Williams
Accrington Stanley
Free
29 January 2018
MF
James Vincent
Dunfermline Athletic
Loan
30 January 2018
DF
James McPake
Retired
31 January 2018
GK
Scott Bain
Celtic
Loan
31 January 2018
DF
Jack Hendry
Celtic
Undisclosed
5 February 2018
DF
Nick Ross
Sepsi OSK
Free
23 February 2018
DF
Kostadin Gadzhalov
Brechin City
Loan :