# 2016–17 Dundee F.C. season

The 2016–17 season was Dundee's third consecutive season in the top flight of Scottish football since their promotion at the end of the 2013–14 season. Dundee also competed in the League Cup and the Scottish Cup.

## Season events

On 17 April, Dundee sacked manager Paul Hartley, replacing him with Neil McCann the following day on an interim basis.

## Squad statistics
### Appearances

    As of match played 20 May 2017
| 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 |
| 1 | GK | SCO | Scott Bain | 39 | 0 | 36 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 3 | DF | SCO | Kevin Holt | 42 | 3 | 37 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| 4 | MF | ENG | James Vincent | 32 | 0 | 27+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3+1 | 0 |
| 6 | DF | IRL | Darren O'Dea | 39 | 5 | 35 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 |
| 7 | MF | ENG | Tom Hateley | 28 | 0 | 26+1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 11 | MF | ENG | Danny Williams | 28 | 0 | 11+12 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 3+1 | 0 |
| 12 | GK | SCO | David Mitchell | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 14 | MF | SCO | Mark O'Hara | 32 | 5 | 26+2 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 2+1 | 0 |
| 16 | DF | ESP | Julen Etxabeguren | 22 | 1 | 14+3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 1 |
| 17 | MF | SCO | Nick Ross | 21 | 0 | 11+8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 18 | MF | SCO | Paul McGowan | 39 | 4 | 35+1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1+1 | 1 |
| 20 | FW | FRA | Faissal El Bakhtaoui | 31 | 3 | 15+15 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 21 | FW | CAN | Marcus Haber | 28 | 9 | 27 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 22 | FW | EST | Henrik Ojamaa | 14 | 0 | 9+5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 23 | MF | NED | Marc Klok | 2 | 0 | 0+2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 26 | DF | BUL | Kostadin Gadzhalov | 19 | 2 | 15+3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 27 | MF | AUS | Jesse Curran | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 30 | DF | SCO | Cammy Kerr | 41 | 1 | 35+1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| 33 | FW | SCO | Craig Wighton | 35 | 2 | 19+12 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 2+1 | 0 |
| 45 | DF | SCO | Daniel Higgins | 4 | 0 | 2+2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 55 | DF | FRA | Kévin Gomis | 23 | 0 | 22 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| Players away from the club on loan: ||||||||||||
| 8 | MF | SCO | Nicky Low | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 9 | FW | SCO | Rory Loy | 17 | 4 | 4+9 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2+2 | 1 |
| 19 | FW | NED | Yordi Teijsse | 11 | 1 | 3+6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1+1 | 1 |
| Players who left Dundee during the season: ||||||||||||
| 7 | FW | SCO | Greg Stewart | 3 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 6 |
| 10 | MF | NIR | Michael Duffy | 13 | 1 | 4+4 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 3+1 | 1 |
| 15 | MF | ENG | Kane Hemmings | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 |

### Goal scorers

    As of match played 20 May 2017
| Ranking | Nation | Position | Number | Name | Scottish Premiership | Scottish Cup | Scottish League Cup | Total |
| 1 | FW | | 21 | Marcus Haber | 9 | 0 | 0 | 9 |
| 2 | FW | | 9 | Greg Stewart | 0 | 0 | 6 | 6 |
| 3 | MF | | 14 | Mark O'Hara | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| 3 | DF | | 6 | Darren O'Dea | 4 | 0 | 1 | 5 |
| 5 | FW | | 9 | Rory Loy | 3 | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| 5 | MF | | 18 | Paul McGowan | 3 | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| 7 | DF | | 3 | Kevin Holt | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 7 | MF | | 20 | Faissal El Bakhtaoui | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 7 | MF | | 15 | Kane Hemmings | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| 7 | | | | Own goal | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 11 | DF | | 26 | Kostadin Gadzhalov | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 11 | FW | | 33 | Craig Wighton | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 11 | MF | | 8 | Nicky Low | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 11 | DF | | 30 | Cammy Kerr | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 11 | MF | | 10 | Michael Duffy | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 11 | DF | | 16 | Julen Etxabeguren | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 11 | FW | | 19 | Yordi Teijsse | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| TOTALS | TOTALS | TOTALS | TOTALS | TOTALS | 38 | 0 | 15 | 53 |

### Disciplinary record

    As of match played 20 May 2017
| Position | Number | Name | Premier League | Premier League | Scottish Cup | Scottish Cup | League Cup | League Cup | Total | Total |
| GK | 1 | Scott Bain | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| DF | 3 | Kevin Holt | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 0 |
| MF | 4 | James Vincent | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| DF | 6 | Darren O'Dea | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 11 | 0 |
| MF | 7 | Tom Hateley | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| MF | 8 | Nicky Low | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| MF | 11 | Danny Williams | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 1 |
| MF | 14 | Mark O'Hara | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 1 |
| DF | 16 | Julen Etxabeguren | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 |
| MF | 17 | Nick Ross | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| MF | 18 | Paul McGowan | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 0 |
| MF | 20 | Faissal El Bakhtaoui | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| FW | 21 | Marcus Haber | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| DF | 26 | Kostadin Gadzhalov | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| DF | 30 | Cammy Kerr | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 |
| DF | 55 | Kévin Gomis | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 |
| | | TOTALS | 69 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 72 | 3 |

## Club statistics
### League table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 8 | Kilmarnock | 38 | 9 | 14 | 15 | 36 | 56 | −20 | 41 | |
| 9 | Motherwell | 38 | 10 | 8 | 20 | 46 | 69 | −23 | 38 | |
| 10 | Dundee | 38 | 10 | 7 | 21 | 38 | 62 | −24 | 37 | |
| 11 | Hamilton Academical (O) | 38 | 7 | 14 | 17 | 37 | 56 | −19 | 35 | Qualification for the Premiership play-off final |
| 12 | Inverness Caledonian Thistle (R) | 38 | 7 | 13 | 18 | 44 | 71 | −27 | 34 | Relegation to the Scottish Championship |
* ↑ Teams played each other three times (33 matches), before the league split into two groups (the top six and the bottom six) for the last five matches.

### League Cup table

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | OTW | OTL | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Peterhead (Q) | 4 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 6 | +2 | 8 | Second Round |
| 2 | East Fife (X) | 4 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 4 | +1 | 8 | Best Runners-up |
| 3 | Dundee | 4 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 15 | 5 | +10 | 7 | |
| 4 | Forfar Athletic | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 11 | −7 | 5 | |
| 5 | Dumbarton | 4 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 13 | −6 | 2 | |

### Results by round

| 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 | H | A | H | H | A | H | A | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | A | H | H | A | H | A | H | H | A | A | H | A | A | H | H | A |
| Result | W | L | D | D | D | L | L | L | L | L | L | W | W | L | W | L | D | L | W | L | W | L | D | D | W | W | L | L | L | L | L | L | L | W | W | D | L | L |
| Position | 1 | 4 | 6 | 5 | 6 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 11 | 12 | 7 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 7 | 9 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 9 | 9 | 11 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 10 | 10 |

## Transfers

Released
Date
Position
Nationality
Name
Joined
Date
11 May 2016
DF
Thomas Konrad
Vaduz
19 August 2016
31 August 2016
DF
Andrew Black
7 April 2017
MF
Marc Klok :