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2015–16 Dundee F.C. season

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Dundee
2015–16 season
ChairmanBill Colvin
ManagerPaul Hartley
GroundDens Park
Scottish PremiershipEight place
Scottish League CupSecond round, lost to Dunfermline
Scottish CupQuarter-final, lost Rangers
Top goalscorerLeague: Kane Hemmings (21)
All: Hemmings (25)
Highest home attendance11,025 vs. Dundee United, 2 January 2016
Lowest home attendance3,532 vs. Dumbarton, Scottish Cup, 23 February 2016
Average home league attendance6,122

The 2015–16 season was Dundee's second season in the Scottish Premiership, having been promoted from the Scottish Championship at the end of the 2013/14 season.[1][2] Dundee also competed in the League Cup and the Scottish Cup.

Results and fixtures

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  Win   Draw   Loss   Postponed

Scottish Premiership

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1 August 2015 Premiership Kilmarnock 0–4 Dundee Rugby Park
15:00 BBC Report Stewart 34', 78'
Loy 45', 47'
Attendance: 5,207
Referee: Madden
8 August 2015 Premiership Dundee 1–2 Heart of Midlothian Dens Park
15:00 Hemmings 5' BBC Report Juanma 56' (pen.), 63' Attendance: 8,222
Referee: Thomson
11 August 2015 Premiership Dundee United 2–2 Dundee Tannadice Park
19:45 Spittal 64', 67' BBC Report Stewart 81'
McPake 90+4'
Attendance: 11,835
Referee: Beaton
15 August 2015 Premiership Dundee 2–1 St Johnstone Dens Park
15:00 McPake 16'
Hemmings 39'
BBC Report MacLean 54' Attendance: 6,176
Referee: Clancy
22 August 2015 Premiership Aberdeen 2–0 Dundee Pittodrie Stadium
15:00 Rooney 66', 90+4' BBC Report Harkins Yellow card 90+4' Red card Attendance: 13,621
Referee: Madden
12 September 2015 Premiership Partick Thistle 0–1 Dundee Firhill Stadium
15:00 BBC Report Stewart 77' Attendance: 2,946
Referee: Collum
20 September 2015 Premiership Celtic 6–0 Dundee Celtic Park
Rogic 14'
Griffiths 16'
Izaguirre 54', 61'
Brown 87'
Ciftci 87'
BBC Report Attendance: 48,558
Referee: McLean
26 September 2015 Premiership Dundee 3–3 Ross County Dens Park
15:00 Stewart 20'
Loy 54' (pen.), 69'
BBC Report Boyce 19'
McPake 37' (o.g.)
Gardyne 43'
Davies Yellow card 53' Yellow-red card
Attendance: 5,128
Referee: Thomson
3 October 2015 Premiership Dundee 2–1 Motherwell Dens Park
15:00 Loy 58'
Holt 70'
BBC Report Pearson 83' Attendance: 5,152
Referee: Robertson
17 October 2015 Premiership Hamilton Academical 1–1 Dundee New Douglas Park
15:00 MacKinnon Red card 61'
Imrie 87' Yellow card 87'
Report Etxabeguren Yellow card 16'
Holt 47'
Harkins Yellow card 82'
Attendance: 2,862
Referee: Collum
24 October 2015 Premiership Dundee 1–2 Kilmarnock Dens Park
15:00 Meggatt Yellow card 8'
Holt Yellow card 24'
Ross Yellow card 50'
Stewart Yellow card 57'
Healey 76'
Report Magennis 9' Yellow card 20'
Smith 48' Yellow card 63'
Higginbotham Yellow card 56'
Attendance: 4,970
Referee: Dallas
7 November 2015 Premiership Dundee 1–1 Partick Thistle Dens Park
15:00 Hemmings 85' BBC Report Lindsay 5' Attendance: 5,067
Referee: Collum
21 November 2015 Premiership Heart of Midlothian 1–1 Dundee Tynecastle Stadium
15:00 Djoum 24' BBC Report Loy 67' Attendance: 16,736
Referee: Clancy
27 November 2015 Premiership St Johnstone 1–1 Dundee McDiarmid Park
15:00 Wotherspoon 13' BBC Report Hemmings 3' Attendance: 4,598
Referee: Muir
5 December 2015 Premiership Dundee 0–2 Aberdeen Dens Park
12:30 McGinn Yellow card 47' Report McGinn 9'
Rooney 25'
Logan Yellow card 44'
Attendance: 6,327
Referee: Scotland Bobby Madden
12 December 2015 Premiership Motherwell 3–1 Dundee Fir Park
15:00 McDonald 6' Yellow card 60'
Moult 32'
Pearson 90+1'
Summary Irvine Yellow card 57'
McGowan Yellow card 67'
Harkins 68'
Attendance: 3,512
Referee: Scotland Euan Anderson
19 December 2015 Premiership Dundee 4–0 Hamilton Academical Dens Park
15:00 Hemmings 5' 21' 26'
Stewart 19' Yellow card 52'
Report Gillespie Yellow card 70' Attendance: 4,568
Referee: Scotland Don Robertson
26 December 2015 Premiership Ross County 5–2 Dundee Victoria Park, Dingwall
15:00 Boyce 29' 69' 85'
Gardyne 55'
Irvine 60'
Foster Yellow card 80'
Report Hemmings 5' 53'
Konrad Yellow card 39'
Irvine Yellow card 45'
Attendance: 3,687
Referee: Allan
30 December 2015 Premiership Dundee P – P Celtic Dens Park
19:45 BBC Report Referee: Collum
Note: Postponed due to a waterlogged pitch.
2 January 2016 Premiership Dundee 2–1 Dundee United Dens Park
Hemmings 41'
Ross 62'
BBC Report Spittal 15'
Demel Yellow card 82' Yellow-red card
Attendance: 11,025
Referee: Clancy
16 January 2016 Premiership Partick Thistle 2–4 Dundee Firhill Stadium
15:00 Amoo 23'
Lindsay Yellow card 77' Yellow-red card
Doolan 90'
BBC Report Hemmings 7' (pen.)
Harkins 10', 37'
Stewart 15'
Attendance: 3,222
Referee: Anderson
22 January 2016 Premiership Aberdeen 1–0 Dundee Pittodrie Stadium
19:45 Rooney 14' BBC Report Attendance: 11,805
Referee: Muir
30 January 2016 Premiership Dundee 2–2 Motherwell Dens Park
15:00 McGowan 6'
Hemmings 88' (pen.)
BBC Report Cadden 4'
Pearson 23'
Attendance: 4,960
Referee: Beaton
12 February 2016 Premiership Dundee 2–0 St Johnstone Dens Park
19:45 Hemmings 21' 51'
O'Dea Yellow card 66'
Stewart Yellow card 90'
Report Fisher Yellow card 58'
Cummins Yellow card 66'
Davidson Yellow card 76'
Swanson Yellow card 85'
Attendance: 4,876
Referee: Scotland Thomson
20 February 2016 Premiership Kilmarnock 0–0 Dundee Rugby Park
15:00 McHattie Yellow card 90' Report Loy Yellow card 86' Attendance: 3,688
Referee: Scotland Euan Anderson
27 February 2016 Premiership Dundee 1–1 Inverness Caledonian Thistle Dens Park
15:00 Stewart Yellow card 26'
Ross Yellow card 61'
Hemmings 86'
Report Draper 13'
Tremarco Yellow card 26'
Vigurs Yellow card 31'
Devine Yellow card 36'
Fôn Williams Yellow card 43'
Attendance: 5,048
Referee: Scotland Andrew Dallas
2 March 2016 Premiership Celtic 0–0 Dundee Celtic Park
19:45 sviatchenko Yellow card 86' Report Kerr Yellow card 90' Attendance: 41,451
Referee: Scotland John Beaton
12 March 2016 Premiership Dundee 0–1 Heart of Midlothian Dens Park
15:00 Harkins Yellow card 69' Report Öztürk Yellow card 35'
Walker 52'
Smith Yellow card 56'
Attendance: 6,195
Referee: Scotland Willie Collum
20 March 2016 Premiership Dundee United 2–2 Dundee Tannadice
12:30 Dixon Yellow card 44'
Mckay 53' (pen.) 90+1'
Ofere Yellow card 87'
Report Hemmings 34' 45'
Bain Red card 51'
Holt Yellow card 87'
Attendance: 11,603
Referee: Scotland Steven McLean (referee)
2 April 2016 Premiership Dundee 5–2 Ross County Dens Park
15:00 Stewart 7', 90+2'
Hemmings 9'
Loy 38'
Wighton 85'
Report Davies 15'
Schalk 45'
Attendance: 5,095
Referee: Andrew Dallas
5 April 2016 Premiership Dundee 0–0 Celtic Dens Park
19:45 Report Attendance: 9,566
Referee: Kevin Clancy
9 April 2016 Premiership Hamilton Academical 2–1 Dundee New Douglas Park
15:00 Crawford 30'
Tena 41' (pen.)
Report Harkins 63' Attendance: 2,764
Referee: John Beaton
23 April 2016 Premiership Partick Thistle 1–2 Dundee Firhill Stadium
15:00 Doolan 70' Report Hemmings 34', 81' Attendance: 2,769
Referee: Nick Walsh
2 May 2016 Premiership Dundee 2–1 Dundee United Dens Park
19:45 Gadzhalov 77'
Wighton 90+3'
Report Ofere 54' Attendance: 10,088
Referee: Willie Collum
11 May 2016 Premiership Dundee 1–1 Kilmarnock Rugby Park
19:45 Loy 18' Report Balatoni 55' Attendance: 4,335
Referee: Don Robertson
14 May 2016 Premiership Inverness Caledonian Thistle 4–0 Dundee Caledonian Stadium
12:30 Storey 61'
Devine 69'
Draper 71'
Foran 84' (pen.)
Report Attendance: 3,794
Referee: Barry Cook

Scottish League Cup

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Scottish Cup

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9 January 2016 Scottish Cup round 4 Dundee P – P Falkirk Dens Park
15:00 BBC Report Referee: Madden
Note: Postponed due to a waterlogged pitch.
12 January 2016 Scottish Cup round 4 Dundee P – P Falkirk Dens Park
19:45 Dundee FC Report
Note: Postponed due to drainage problems.[3]
26 January 2016 Scottish Cup round 4 Dundee 3–1 Falkirk Dens Park
19:45 Hemmings 39', 60'
Harkins 74'
BBC Sport Watson 41' Attendance: 4,279
Referee: Collum
6 February 2016 Scottish Cup round 5 Dumbarton 0–0 Dundee Dumbarton Football Stadium
15:00 BBC Report Attendance: 1,410
Referee: Finnie
23 February 2016 Scottish Cup round 5 replay Dundee 5–0 Dumbarton Dens Park
19:45 McGinn 16'
Harkins Yellow card 25'
Hemmings 29' Yellow card 45'
Stewart 51' 90'
Loy Yellow card 76'
Holt 79'
Summary Nadé Yellow card 39'
Routledge Yellow card 90'
Attendance: 3,532
Referee: Scotland Stephen Finnie
5 March 2016 Quarter Finals Rangers 4–0 Dundee Ibrox Stadium
12:30 Forrester 1' Yellow card 1'
Holt 47'
Halliday 54'
Wallace 84'
Report Konrad Yellow card 19'
o'Dea Yellow card 64'
Attendance: 30,944
Referee: Scotland Alan Muir

Squad statistics

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During the 2015–16 season, Dundee have used twenty-six different players in competitive games.

As of 14 May 2016 (UTC)[4]
No. Pos Nat Player Total Premiership League Cup Scottish Cup
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
1 GK Scotland SCO Scott Bain 42 0 37+0 0 1+0 0 4+0 0
2 DF Scotland SCO Gary Irvine 7 0 6+1 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
3 DF Scotland SCO Kevin Holt 39 3 34+0 2 1+0 0 4+0 1
4 DF Germany GER Thomas Konrad 32 0 20+7 0 1+0 0 4+0 0
5 DF Northern Ireland NIR James McPake 17 2 16+0 2 1+0 0 0+0 0
6 DF Scotland SCO Daryll Meggatt 6 0 2+4 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
7 FW Scotland SCO Greg Stewart 42 11 36+1 9 1+0 0 4+0 2
8 MF Scotland SCO Nicky Low 23 0 15+6 0 0+0 0 1+1 0
9 FW Scotland SCO Rory Loy 33 9 21+8 9 0+0 0 3+1 0
10 FW Scotland SCO Kevin Thomson 12 0 11+1 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
11 MF Scotland SCO Simon Ferry 1 0 0+1 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
12 GK Scotland SCO David Mitchell 2 0 1+1 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
15 FW England ENG Kane Hemmings 42 25 34+3 21 1+0 1 4+0 3
16 DF Spain ESP Julen Etxabeguren 26 0 20+3 0 1+0 0 0+2 0
17 MF Scotland SCO Nick Ross 42 1 36+1 1 1+0 0 4+0 0
18 MF Scotland SCO Paul Mcgowan 35 1 27+3 1 1+0 0 4+0 0
19 DF Scotland SCO Paul McGinn 39 1 33+1 0 1+0 0 4+0 1
20 DF England ENG Riccardo Calder 11 0 3+8 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
21 FW Germany GER Luka Tankulić 1 0 0+1 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
21 DF Ireland EIR Darren O'Dea 19 0 16+0 0 0+0 0 3+0 0
22 FW Spain ESP Arturo Rodriguez 5 0 0+3 0 0+0 0 0+2 0
23 FW England ENG Rhys Healey 7 1 4+3 1 0+0 0 0+0 0
24 MF Scotland SCO Andrew Black 1 0 0+1 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
26 DF Bulgaria BUL Kostadin Gadzhalov 15 1 8+6 1 0+0 0 1+0 0
27 MF Australia AUS Jesse Curran 3 0 0+3 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
28 MF Canada CAN Dylan Carreiro 3 0 0+2 0 0+1 0 0+0 0
29 MF Scotland SCO Gary Harkins 35 5 22+8 4 1+0 0 4+0 1
30 DF Scotland SCO Cammy Kerr 11 0 7+3 0 0+0 0 0+1 0
33 FW Scotland SCO Craig Wighton 15 2 7+6 2 0+0 0 0+2 0
35 FW Scotland SCO Calvin Colquhoun 3 0 2+1 0 0+0 0 0+0 0

Disciplinary record

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As of 14 May 2016 (UTC)
Position Nation Number Name Premiership League Cup Scottish Cup Total
Yellow card Red card Yellow card Red card Yellow card Red card Yellow card Red card
1 Scotland GK Scott Bain 2 1 0 0 0 0 2 1
2 Scotland DF Gary Irvine 3 0 0 0 0 0 3 0
3 Scotland DF Kevin Holt 5 0 0 0 0 0 5 0
4 Germany DF Thomas Konrad 4 0 0 0 1 0 5 0
5 Northern Ireland DF James McPake 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
6 Scotland DF Daryll Meggatt 3 0 0 0 0 0 3 0
7 Scotland FW Greg Stewart 10 0 0 0 0 0 10 0
8 Scotland MF Nicky Low 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
9 Scotland FW Rory Loy 1 0 0 0 1 0 2 0
10 Scotland FW Kevin Thomson 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
15 England FW Kane Hemmings 1 0 0 0 1 0 2 0
16 Spain DF Julen Etxabeguren 5 0 0 0 0 0 5 0
17 Scotland MF Nick Ross 4 0 0 0 0 0 4 0
18 Scotland MF Paul McGowan 4 0 0 0 0 0 4 0
19 Scotland DF Paul McGinn 5 0 1 0 0 0 6 0
21 Republic of Ireland DF Darren O'Dea 3 0 0 0 2 0 5 0
24 Scotland MF Andrew Black 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
26 Bulgaria DF Kostadin Gadzhalov 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
29 Scotland MF Gary Harkins 6 1 1 0 1 0 8 1
30 Scotland DF Cammy Kerr 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
35 Scotland MF Calvin Colquhoun 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
Total 66 2 2 0 6 0 73 2

Team statistics

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League table

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation[a]
6 Ross County 38 14 6 18 55 61 −6 48
7 Inverness Caledonian Thistle 38 14 10 14 54 48 +6 52
8 Dundee 38 11 15 12 53 57 −4 48
9 Partick Thistle 38 12 10 16 41 50 −9 46
10 Hamilton Academical 38 11 10 17 42 63 −21 43
Source: Scottish Premiership, Soccerway (first phase), Soccerway (second phase)
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored; 4) Play-off (only if deciding champion, UEFA competitions qualification and second stage group allocation).[5]
Notes:
  1. ^ Teams play each other three times (33 matches), before the league is split into two groups (the top six and the bottom six).

Division summary

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Round1234567891011121314151617181920212223242526272829303132333435363738
GroundAHAHAHAAHHAHAHAAHAHAHAAHHAHAHAHHAAHHHA
ResultWLDWLDWLDWDLDDDDLLWLWWLDWDDDLDWDLWWLDL
Position14446656666777667767766656656876777788
Updated to match(es) played on 14 May 2016. Source: [6]
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Management statistics

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Last updated on 14 May 2016
Name From To P W D L Win%[nb 1]
Paul Hartley[7] 1 August 2015 Present 38 11 15 12 028.95

Transfers

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See also

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Notes

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  1. ^ Win% is the percentage of matches won rounded to two decimal places.

References

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