Dundee F.C.

This article is about the Scottish Premiership side formed in 1893. For the similarly named club formed in 1909, see Dundee United F.C.

Dundee

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Full name	Dundee Football Club
Nickname(s)	The Dee
Founded	1893 (1893)
Ground	Dens Park
Capacity	11,775
Chairman	Tim Keyes
Manager	Vacant
League	Scottish Premiership
2023–24	Scottish Premiership, 6th of 12
Website	https://dundeefc.co.uk/
Home colours Away colours Third colours

Map showing the proximity of Dundee FC's stadium Dens Park (left) and Dundee United FC's stadium Tannadice Park (right)

Dundee Football Club is a professional football club based in the city of Dundee, Scotland. Founded in 1893, they are nicknamed "The Dark Blues" or "The Dee". The club plays its home matches at Dens Park.

The club's most successful era was in the 1960s when, under the management of Bob Shankly, Dundee won the Scottish Football League title in 1962 for the only time in their history before reaching the semi-finals of the 1962–63 European Cup. Dundee have also won the Scottish Cup once in 1910 and the Scottish League Cup three times.

History

See also: List of Dundee F.C. seasons

Late 19th and early 20th century

Dundee F.C. was formed in 1893 by the merger of two local clubs, East End and Our Boys, with the intention of gaining election to the Scottish Football League (SFL). Their application was successful and they played their first League game on 12 August 1893 at West Craigie Park, securing a 3–3 draw against Rangers. Dundee struggled during the first 10 years of their existence. Their best league position was fifth which they achieved in seasons 1895–96 and 1896–97. They also reached the semi-finals of the Scottish Cup in 1894–95 and 1897–98, losing to Renton and Kilmarnock respectively. On 26 October 1895 Dundee lost a league game by a record score of 0–11 to Celtic in Glasgow. On 1 January 1894 Dundee defeated Newton Heath (the future Manchester United) 2–1 at their then Carolina Port ground in Dundee. Carolina Port also hosted the first international football match held in Dundee on 21 March 1896 when Scotland defeated Wales 4–0. Dundee's goalkeeper Frank Barrett, midfielder Sandy Keillor and inside-forward Bill Thomson were all capped for Scotland during this early period of the club's history. Things began to improve for Dundee with the beginning of the new century. In 1899 they moved from Carolina Port to their present ground of Dens Park. In season 1902–03 they finished runners-up in the league championship to Hibernian. (In season 1902–03 Dundee allowed 12 league goals against, which remains the fewest goals conceded by any British club in a full league season.)

Dundee were also league runners-up in 1906–07 and 1908–09 finishing behind Celtic on both occasions, in 1908–09 by just 1 point. In the 10 seasons from 1902–03 Dundee lost just 16 league games at Dens Park out of 154 played and were unbeaten at home during season 1909–10. Although ultimate success eluded Dundee in the league the club achieved success in the Scottish Cup. In season 1909–10 Dundee won their first trophy by defeating Clyde in the Scottish Cup Final. (Dundee took three games to beat Hibernian in the semi-final and then the same number to defeat Clyde.) The winning goal in the second replay was scored by John 'Sailor' Hunter. In season 1910–11 Dundee defeated Rangers 2–1 at Dens Park in the Scottish Cup quarter-final but lost to Hamilton in the semi-final. The beginning of the First World War and the call-up of many players for military duty drastically curtailed football in Britain from 1914 and in 1917 Dundee and Aberdeen were both asked to withdraw from the league due to increasing transport costs for the other league clubs. In 1919 league football recommenced and good home form once again propelled Dundee up the league. They finished 4th in seasons 1919–20, 1920–21 and 1921–22, and were unbeaten at home during season 1921–22. However, they could not make the breakthrough to win the league championship.

Dave Halliday had played on the left for his previous clubs, his hometown side Queen of the South and St Mirren. Halliday went then to Dundee in 1921 with the celebrated Alec Troup already playing on the left wing. Dundee thus converted Halliday to centre forward with prolific results, finishing as Scottish top scorer in the 1923–24 season with 38 goals from 36 appearances – a very good return in the era of the three-man off-side rule. With Halliday Dundee reached the 1924–25 Scottish Cup final eliminating the holders en route, the Airdrieonians side of Hughie Gallacher. Halliday scored 103 goals in 147 league and cup appearances for the Dee.

Mid 20th century

Chart of yearly table positions of Dundee in the Scottish League.

The post-Second World War period was a golden era for Dundee Football Club. Having been relegated on the eve of war, the Dark Blues started in 1946 in the first official season in the second tier but within five years they were runners-up in the Scottish League Championship and won their first trophy in forty-one years.

Back to back 'B’ Division titles earned George Anderson's Dundee promotion in 1947 and just two years later they were within a whisker of becoming Champions of Scotland. Silverware wasn't far away however as after spending a world record transfer fee of £23,500 on Billy Steel, much to the chagrin of modern-day supporters of the club – at least some anyway – who resented the aspect of finance in football and wish instead for 'homegrown' talent, they won the Scottish League Cup in 1951 in one of the most exciting finals Hampden has ever seen.

Twelve months later Dundee were back at Hampden to become the first side to retain the League Cup and in between these two victories appeared in the 1952 Scottish Cup Final. The Dark Blue side of the era included players such as Bill Brown, Tommy Gallacher, Doug Cowie, Alfie Boyd, Bobby Flavell and Billy Steel.

In the 1958–59 Scottish Cup Dundee suffered a shock 1–0 defeat to Highland League side Fraserburgh. This is widely regarded as Dundee's most embarrassing defeat in their history.

1960s – Dundee's golden age

Bob Shankly (brother of Bill Shankly) was appointed manager in 1959. Dundee won the league title of Scotland's top division, then called the Division One, in the 1961–62 season. With players such as Bobby Cox, Bobby Wishart, Pat Liney (Goalkeeper), Alan Cousin, Andy Penman, Hugh Robertson, Alan Gilzean, Alex Hamilton, Bobby Seith, Gordon Smith and Ian Ure they clinched the title with a win against St Johnstone, which in turn relegated St Johnstone to the then Second Division. Gordon Smith earned the distinction of being the only player to win the Scottish football championship with three clubs (Hibs, Hearts and Dundee), none of them either half of the traditionally dominant Old Firm.

The following season the club reached the semi-finals of the European Cup beating 1. FC Köln, Sporting Clube de Portugal and R.S.C. Anderlecht, before losing to A.C. Milan. The Dee reached the Scottish Cup final again in the 1963–64 competition. Shankly moved on from Dundee in February 1965.

The next manager after Shankly was former player Bobby Ancell from the 1947 B Division Championship side. Ancell took Dundee to a 1967–68 League Cup final against the previous season's European Cup winners, Celtic. Ancell's team scored three times at Hampden Park in Celtic's native Glasgow but still lost 5–3. In the 1967–68 Inter-Cities Fairs Cup Dundee eliminated opposition from Netherlands, Belgium and Switzerland to meet Leeds United in the semi-final. After a 1–1 draw at Dens, a 1–0 second leg win took Leeds through.

Late 20th century

In 1973 under the management of David White and captaincy of Tommy Gemmell the League Cup returned to Dens following a 1–0 win against Celtic. This is the last occasion when one of Scotland's three major trophies went to Dens Park. Dundee lost in the 1980 Scottish League Cup Final to city rivals Dundee United with Billy Williamson playing in blue against his previous club.

21st century

In 2000 the club hit the headlines when they signed Argentine international Claudio Caniggia, who later signed for Rangers. Caniggia was only one of many foreign signings in the Dundee side in the early 2000s, which also included former Newcastle United player Temuri Ketsbaia. The signing of such high-profile players along with many others led Dundee to a Scottish Cup final and two top-six finishes. This was achieved under the managership of Ivano Bonetti, who also made a short but notable contribution on the park linking up well with Caniggia. Attendances were still short of the hoped for numbers and with spending significantly outweighing income, Dundee were soon forced into administration.

Before Dundee went into financial trouble they knocked out Glasgow side Partick Thistle 2–0 away from home in the third round of the Scottish Cup. The fourth round saw Dundee knock out Aberdeen 2–0 at Dens Park. Dundee continued their march towards Hampden Park with a 1–1 draw away and a 4–1 extra time victory over Falkirk at Dens booked their place in the semi-finals playing Inverness CT at Hampden Park. A goal by Georgi Nemsadze secured a 1–0 victory and a place in the Final against Rangers. In the final Barry Smith hit the post for Dundee but Lorenzo Amoruso scored to bring Dundee's cup run to an end.

In 2003, due to the club's failure to sell on players as anticipated insufficient income was raised to fund the large wage bill under owners Peter and James Marr, resulting in a £23m debt which meant they were forced to go into administration with many players such as Fabian Caballero, Craig Burley and Georgian captain Giorgi Nemsadze leaving in 2005. Despite this huge debt, Dundee survived by selling their stadium in 2003. But the club was then relegated to the second tier of the Scottish leagues, where they remained until July 2012. In mid-2006, it was announced that financial restructuring would see the club become debt-free.

In 2007, James and Peter Marr severed some of their ties with Dundee, stepping down as chairman and Chief Executive respectively, when their company P&J Taverns was forced into administration. Bob Brannan and Dave MacKinnon took the Marrs' place.

In 2008, after a poor run in the league, manager Alex Rae was sacked, with former manager Jocky Scott taking over for his third stint with the club.

Logo used from 1987–2008

In the 2009–10 season Dundee director Calum Melville was in trouble for claiming he was going to offer rivals Dundee United £500,000 for ex-Dundee midfielder Scott Robertson. Dundee won the Challenge Cup Final when they beat Inverness Caledonian Thistle 3–2.

In March 2010, Scott was sacked as manager after a 3–0 defeat by Airdrie United. He was replaced by Gordon Chisholm, with Billy Dodds as his assistant.

In September 2010, Dundee were again on the brink of going into administration due to a £365,000 unpaid tax bill. During negotiations with HM Revenue & Customs, the club's offer to pay £100,000 immediately was rejected. On 14 September it was announced that the club would be going into administration. As punishment for entering administration the Scottish Football League docked Dundee 25 points on 1 November 2010. At the time the punishment was imposed, this left Dundee bottom of the First Division table with −11 points, 20 points behind the second-bottom team. On 10 December 2010 the Dark Blues Business Trust was set up by former Dundee owner Peter Marr and former director Steve Martin to help the club recover from their financial situation. On 17 December 2010 Dundee's appeal against the points deduction was rejected. Dundee went on a 23 match undefeated streak in the first division beating the previous record set by the team.

On 12 May 2011, Dundee FC exited administration. The club's supporters' trust, Dundee FC Supporters' Society Ltd., became the majority shareholder, and Steve Martin of the DFC Business Trust joined the board of directors along with 5 of the Society Fans board.

On 6 November 2011, it was announced Harry MacLean had resigned from his position as Chief Executive and would work a month's notice. MacLean, who had played a key role in saving the club during administration, accepted an invitation to re-join the club in a non-executive role before departing his position as Chief Executive. His resignation was followed just eleven days later by Stuart Murphy's decision to step down as club chairman and Director of the Club which was effective immediately. On 27 December 2011, Harry MacLean resigned from his non-executive role causing questions to arise about the stability of the boardroom. Shortly after the gap left by MacLean was filled by present chief executive officer Scot Gardiner.

On 16 July 2012, Dundee were invited to join the Scottish Premier League to replace Rangers after their liquidation and subsequent admittance to the fourth tier of Scottish football.

Since the second period of administration, Dundee, along with their Supporters' Society, implemented regular KPI targets. These targets were set to ensure, in some part, that the failures that led to administration and indeed, several decades of financial turmoil, could not be repeated. Dundee were left after the second administration with only footballing debt and no borrowing capability. Since exiting administration, the club has focussed on honouring the footballing debt, whilst keeping lower football wages and stadium bills, according to the income generated. The debt post-admin was unexpectedly still over £200,000 which had to be quickly worked into the board's already stretched budgets.

After an unsuccessful season in the Premier League, when they were asked to replace Rangers, Dundee were again relegated after finishing bottom, despite vastly improved form after John Brown replaced Barry Smith as manager toward the end of the season. The following season (2013–14) Dundee would take part in the Scottish Championship (formerly the First Division) after reforms were made to the Scottish League system.

Throughout the summer leading up to the start of the 2013–14 season talks were held regarding a possible Texan based takeover with investments to be made of up to £650,000. The takeover was completed and former Director Bill Colvin was appointed as chairman to oversee this new board of which main investor Tim Keyes of Keyes Capital, Austin, Texas, appointed John Nelms to look after his interests. The 2013–14 season proved to be one to remember with Dundee clinching the title and promotion to the top tier on the last day of the season with a 2–1 win over Dumbarton. After a heavy defeat to Falkirk and a draw against Alloa, manager John Brown was replaced by Paul Hartley. A 3–0 win at Alloa for The Dark Blues and a 4–1 loss to Dumbarton for Hamilton Academical meant that Dundee were in the driving seat when it came to the finale. Dens Park was sold out for the game against Dumbarton when Christian Nade headed in the opening goal. Soon after, Peter MacDonald scored the second goal. The away side pulled a goal back in the second half and Hamilton Academical managed to close the goal difference with a 10–2 victory over Greenock Morton. But Dundee got the three points, and clinched promotion to the Scottish Premiership.

Return to the Premiership

Paul Hartley was quick in the transfer window for the following season, bringing in no fewer than twelve new players, to rebuild the squad for top-flight football, having already signed Greg Stewart on a pre-contract from Cowdenbeath and Philip Roberts who joined before the end of May. Released Hibernian players James McPake and Kevin Thomson were next to join, along with Alloa goalkeeper Scott Bain. Thomson was made Captain after signing. Simon Ferry, released from Portsmouth then returned to his hometown to play for Dundee. Paul McGowan and Paul McGinn arrived from St Mirren and Dumbarton respectfully, then attacking midfielder Gary Harkins signed for his third spell at the club on the last day of June, after also being released from St Mirren. A number of first team players departed, namely Christian Nade and Ryan Conroy, who both went on to join Raith Rovers, Gavin Rae who retired from playing and player-coach Matt Lockwood.

On the opening day of the 2014–15 season, Dundee recorded a 1–1 draw against Kilmarnock at home, Gary Harkins put Dundee ahead from the spot after Kilmarnock conceded a penalty, with Craig Slater equalising for the visitors from a well struck free-kick on the edge of the Dundee area. Dundee won their first game of the 2014–15 season on 23 August with a 1–0 win over St Mirren away from home, a 79th-minute goal from Peter MacDonald securing the win, making them unbeaten in their first four league games of the season. Dundee also started the League Cup well with two 4–0 wins on the bounce over Peterhead and Raith Rovers.

Dundee managed to gain a top six place by mid-April thus securing their position in the Premiership for 2015–16 campaign. They secured the place for definite after Kilmarnock were defeated 2–1 by Aberdeen on 12 April and a Dundee derby victory on 8 April in a 3–1 Win at home to Dundee United. Dundee failed to record a win in their top six campaign only managing to draw with Aberdeen 1–1 at Dens Park. Dundee lost to St Johnstone 2–1, Celtic 5–0, Inverness 1–0 and Dundee United 3–0.

At the end of the 2014–15 season, in June, Dundee chairman Bill Colvin stepped down as chairman and sold his share in Dundee to then director, Tim Keyes who became the new chairman of the club.

Dundee were relegated to the Scottish Championship in the 2018–19 season after losing 1–0 at home to Hamilton Academical on 4 May 2019. Manager Jim McIntyre and assistant manager Jimmy Boyle were sacked on 12 May.

Stadium

The Bob Shankly Stand of Dens Park

Main article: Dens Park

Since 1899, Dundee have played their home matches at Dens Park which has a capacity of 11,506. Uniquely, the stadium shares part of the same road (Sandeman Street) as Tannadice Park, which is the home of city rivals Dundee United.

In 2002, plans were drawn up for a new stadium to be built in the city as part of Scotland's bid to host the 2008 European Football Championship. This stadium would have been shared by Dundee and near-neighbours Dundee United, which would have required the two to leave their historic grounds at Dens Park and Tannadice Stadium respectively. However, when Ukraine and Poland were selected to co-host the event, the plans were shelved for the immediate future.

In May 2009, it was reported that the stadium is owned by local businessman John Bennett who, despite having invested heavily in Dundee, had rejoined the Dundee United board, where he had previously been a director until September 2008.

In October 2014, Dundee Supporter's Society announced they had put forward plans to then club Chairman, Bill Colvin which would allow the club to buy back the stadium from current owner John Bennett. They also expressed this was not a plan to enable the Supporter's Society to own the Stadium but for the club themselves, and that they will "simply administer the scheme".

In April 2015, Colvin announced that negotiations were taking place to buy back the Stadium from current owner John Bennett and his company Sandeman Holdings.

In August 2016, club owners Tim Keyes and John Nelms were reported to have bought land in the Camperdown area of Dundee, next to the city's Ice Arena. It was then made clear in February 2017 that the plan for this land was to develop a new stadium for the club due to the increasing maintenance costs of Dens Park, although plans for a move were described by Nelms as being "early doors" in a video interview published on the club's website.

In May 2018 it was announced that the stadium would be renamed Kilmac Stadium at Dens Park for sponsorship reasons for the next two seasons.

Club staff

Corporate board

Position	Name
Chairman	Tim Keyes
Managing Director	John Nelms
Club Secretary	Eric Drysdale
Director	David Gray
Director	R W Hynd
Honorary Life President	Pat Liney

Management & Staff

Position	Name
Manager	Vacant
Assistant Manager	Vacant
Goalkeeping Coach	Bobby Geddes
Head of Academy	Stephen Wright
Under-18 Manager	James McPake
Head of Performance	Ross Hughes
Physiotherapist	Gerry Docherty
Club Doctor	Dr. Angela Duncan
Kit Coordinator	Lorraine Noble
Head Groundsman	Brian Robertson

Players

First-team squad

As of 20 May 2019

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
1	GK	SCO	Jack Hamilton
2	DF	SCO	Cammy Kerr (vice captain)
3	DF	ENG	Nathan Ralph
14	DF	ENG	Andrew Davies
18	MF	SCO	Paul McGowan
20	FW	SCO	Kenny Miller
21	FW	ENG	Andrew Nelson

No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
23	FW	ENG	Craig Curran
24	DF	ENG	Josh Meekings (captain)
27	MF	AUS	Jesse Curran
34	DF	SCO	Kerr Waddell
38	GK	ENG	Calum Ferrie
45	MF	SCO	Callum Moore
—	MF	ENG	Josh Todd

International players

A list of former and current players who have played at full international level while with the club are ordered by nationality and year of their debut below.

For a full list of former/current players with articles, see Category:Dundee F.C. players.

Argentina

• Claudio Caniggia (2000)

Australia

• Mark Robertson (2001)

Canada

• Chris Pozniak (2008)
• Marcus Haber (2016)

China

• Fan Zhiyi (2001)

Denmark

• Morten Wieghorst (1992)

Finland

• Glen Kamara (2017)
• Benjamin Källman (2018)

Georgia

• Georgi Nemsadze (2000)
• Temuri Ketsbaia (2001)
• Zurab Khizanishvili (2001)

Guadeloupe

• Mickaël Antoine-Curier (2008)

Northern Ireland

• Sam Irving (1923)
• Billy Campbell (1967)

Poland

• Dariusz Adamczuk (1993)
• Piotr Czachowski (1994)

Scotland

• Sandy Keillor (1894)
• William Longair (1894)
• Francis Barrett (1894)
• William Sawers (1895)
• Billy Thomson (1896)
• Bob Kelso (1896)
• Peter Robertson (1903)

• Sandy MacFarlane (1904)
• Jimmy Sharp (1904)
• Jack Fraser (1907)
• Willie Muir (1907)
• John Hunter (1907)
• George Chaplin (1908)
• Robert Hamilton (1911)
• Tom Kelso (1914)
• David Thomson (1920)
• Alex Troup (1920)
• John Gilmour (1930)
• Colin McNab (1931)
• James Robertson (1931)
• Doug Cowie (1945)
• Billy Steel (1952)
• Bill Brown (1958)
• Ian Ure (1962)
• Alex Hamilton (1962)
• Hugh Robertson (1962)
• Alan Gilzean (1964)
• Charlie Cooke (1965)
• Andy Penman (1966)
• George McLean (1968)
• Jocky Scott (1971)
• Thomson Allan (1974)
• Bobby Robinson (1974)
• Bobby Connor (1986)
• Gavin Rae (2001)
• Lee Wilkie (2002)

Trinidad and Tobago

• Brent Sancho (2003)
• Kelvin Jack (2004)

Venezuela

• Jonay Hernández Santos (2002)

Hall of Fame

Dundee F.C. Hall of Fame

• Alan Gilzean (2009)
• Barry Smith (2009)
• Billy Steel (2009)
• Bobby Cox (2009)
• Doug Cowie (2009)
• Jocky Scott (2009)
• Alex Hamilton (2010)
• Bob Shankly (2010)
• Gordon Wallace (2010)
• Jim Duffy (2010)
• Alan Cousin (2011)
• Andy Penman (2011)
• Ian Ure (2011)
• Pat Liney (2011)
• Tommy Coyne (2011)
• Bobby Seith (2012)
• Bobby Wishart (2012)
• Gordon Smith (2012)
• Hugh Robertson (2012)
• Alfie Boyd (2013)
• Bobby Glennie (2013)
• Bobby Wilson (2013)
• John Duncan (2015)
• Bill Brown (2015)

• Bobby Geddes (2016+)
• Ally Donaldson (2016)
• Billy Pirie (2016)
• Neil McCann (2016)
• Alex Stuart (2017)
• Thomson Allan (2017)
• Keith Wright (2017)
• Eric Sinclair (2018)
• Cammy Fraser (2018)
• Bobby Flavell (2018)
• Tosh McKinlay (2019)
• George Stewart (2019)
• Morten Wieghorst (2019)

Heritage Award

• William 'Plum' Longair (2009)
• Tommy Gallacher (2011)
• George Anderson (2013)
• Sandy MacFarlane (2015)
• John 'Sailor' Hunter (2016)
• Alec Troup (2017)
• David 'Napper' Thomson (2018)
• Albert Juliussen (2019)

International Award

• Claudio Caniggia (2009)
• Georgi Nemsadze (2010)
• Jack Cowan (2013)
• Julian Speroni (2015)
• Dariusz Adamczuk (2019)

Modern Moment/Modern Heroes Award

• James Grady's goal against Dundee United at Tannadice in 98/99 season (2015)
• Robert Douglas (2017)
• Gavin Rae (2018)

+Bobby Geddes was inducted into the Hall of Fame and also received a 'Special Recognition Award'.

Note: Year is year inducted into Hall of Fame

Managerial History

Main article: List of Dundee F.C. managers

Name Period Willie Wallace 1899–1919 Sandy MacFarlane 1919–1925 Alec McNair 1925–1927 Jimmy Bissett 1927–1933 Billy McCandless 1933–1937 Andy Cunningham 1937–1940 George Anderson 1944–1954 Willie Thornton 1954–1959 Bob Shankly 1959–1965 Bobby Ancell 1965–1968

Name Period John Prentice 1968–1972 David White 1972–1977 Tommy Gemmell 1977–1980 Don Mackay 1980–1984 Archie Knox 1984–1986 Jocky Scott 1986–1988 1998–2000 2008–2010 Dave Smith 1988–1989 Gordon Wallace 1989–1991

Name Period Iain Munro 1991–1992 Simon Stainrod 1992–1993 Jim Duffy 1993–1996 2002–2005 John McCormack 1997–1998 Ivano Bonetti 2000–2002 Alan Kernaghan 2005–2006 Alex Rae 2006–2008 Gordon Chisholm 2010 Barry Smith 2010–2013

Name Period John Brown 2013–2014 Paul Hartley 2014–2017 Neil McCann 2017–2018 Jim McIntyre 2018–2019

Player and Young Player of the Year Awards

Andrew De Vries Player of the Year

• Neil McCann (1993–94)
• George Shaw (1994–95)
• George Shaw(1995–96)
• Barry Smith (1996–97)
• Robert Douglas (1997–98)
• Dariusz Adamczuk (1998–99)
• Willie Falconer (1999–00)
• Claudio Caniggia (2000–01)
• Temur Ketsbaia (2001–02)
• Lee Wilkie (2002–03)
• Nacho Novo (2003–04)
• Steve Lovell (2004–05)
• Bobby Mann (2005–06)

• Kevin McDonald(2006–07)
• Scott Robertson (2007–08)
• Robert Douglas (2008–09)
• Jim Lauchlan (2009–10)
• Robert Douglas (2010–11)
• Gary Irvine (2011–12)
• Jim McAlister (2012–13)
• Kyle Letheren (2013–14)
• Scott Bain (2014–15)
• Kane Hemmings (2015–16)
• Cammy Kerr (2016–17)
• Glen Kamara (2017–18)
• Nathan Ralph (2018–19)

Isobel Sneddon Young Player of the Year

• Cammy Kerr (2013–14)
• Craig Wighton (2014–15)
• Cammy Kerr (2015–16)
• Cammy Kerr (2016–17)
• Kerr Waddell (2017-18)

Records

• Highest attendance: 136,495 fans attended the 1952 Scottish Cup Final between Dundee and Motherwell. This is also a record for a club match in Scotland not featuring either of the Old Firm.
• Highest home attendance: 43,024 vs Rangers, 7 February 1953, Scottish Cup 2nd Round
• Highest average home attendance: 24,532, 1948–49 (15 games)
• Biggest league win: 10–0 vs. Queen of the South 1962. vs. Alloa Athletic 1947. vs. Dunfermline Athletic 1947
• Biggest league loss: 11–0 vs. Celtic 1895
• Most capped player: Alex Hamilton, 24, Scotland
• Most league appearances: Barry Smith, 400, 1995–2006
• Most league goals: Alan Gilzean, 113
• Most goals in a match: Albert Juliussen, 7 against Dunfermline 22 March 1947
• Most goals in two consecutive matches Albert Juliussen : 13. Scoring 6 vs Alloa 6/3/47, and 7 vs Dunfermline 22/3/47
• Most goals in consecutive matches: Johnny Bell, 9 goals in 9 matches in 1920–21 season
• Most goals in a season: Alan Gilzean, 52, 1963–64
• Most games unbeaten: 23 (2 October 2010 – 26 March 2011)
• Highest transfer fee paid: £600,000, Fabián Caballero from Club Sol de América
• Highest transfer fee received: Undisclosed, Jack Hendry to Celtic
• Oldest Player: Bobby Geddes, 49 against Raith Rovers 21 April 2010
• Youngest Player: Andy Penman, 15 years 352 days against Hearts 7 February 1959
• Youngest Goalscorer: Craig Wighton, 16 years 105 days against Raith Rovers 9 November 2013

Honours

League

• Scottish Premiership:
  • Winners (1): 1961–62
  • Runners-up (4): 1902–03, 1906–07, 1908–09, 1948–49
• Scottish Championship:
  • Winners (5): 1946–47, 1978–79, 1991–92, 1997–98, 2013–14
  • Runners-up (4): 1980–81, 2007–08, 2009–10, 2011–12

Domestic cups

• Scottish Cup:
  • Winners (1): 1909–10
  • Runners-up (4): 1924–25, 1951–52, 1963–64, 2002–03
• Scottish League Cup:
  • Winners (3): 1951–52, 1952–53, 1973–74
  • Runners-up (3): 1967–68, 1980–81, 1995–96
• Scottish Challenge Cup:
  • Winners (2): 1990–91, 2009–10
  • Runners-up (1): 1994–95

Europe

• European Cup:
  • Semi-finalists (1): 1962–63
• Inter-Cities Fairs Cup:
  • Semi-finalists (1): 1967–68

Other

• Forfarshire Cup:
  • Winners (28): 28 times
• Scottish Youth Cup
  • Runners-up (3): 1987–88, 1995–96, 1998–99
• Evening Telegraph Challenge Cup:
  • Winners (1): 2006
• Tennents' Sixes:
  • Winners (1): 1988
  • Finalists (1): 1984

Kit sponsors and manufacturers

Year	Kit manufacturer	Primary shirt sponsor	Secondary shirt sponsor	Shorts Sponsor
1976–1980	Admiral	none	none	none
1980–1987	Umbro
1987–1989	Matchwinner	Novafone Cellular
1989–1990		Novafone
1990–1992		Kelly's Copiers
1992–1993	Asics	none
1993–1994		Sports Division
1994–1996	Matchwinner	Auto Windscreens
1996–1998	Avec	Firkin Brewery
1998–1999		Scottish Hydro Electric
1999–2002	Xara	Ceramic Tile Warehouse
2002–2003	360	Jsearch.co.uk
2003–2005	Xara	Magners
2005–2006		The Forfar Roof Truss Company
2006–2008	Bukta	Signatures4U
2008–2009		Bukta	Scott Fyffe Motors
2009–2010		Viga
2010–2011	Puma	Kilmac Energy		Énergie Fitness
2011–2013				none
2014–2015		Hangar Records		Crown Engineering
2015–2016		Kilmac Energy
2016–		McEwan Fraser Legal

External links

• Official website
• Satellite Photo of Dens Park and Tannadice
• Dundee BBC My Club page
• Dundee FC Supporters' Society Ltd.
• Unofficial Dundee FC Forum.