2021–22 Dundee United F.C. season

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Dundee United
2021–22 season
ChairmanMark Ogren
ManagerThomas Courts
StadiumTannadice Park
Scottish Premiership7th
Scottish League CupThird round
Highest home attendance12,806
Lowest home attendance4,600
Average home league attendance8,290
Away colours
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The 2021–22 season is Dundee United's 113th season. It is their second season back in the Scottish Premiership, having been promoted from the Scottish Championship at the end of the 2019–20 season. The club will also participate in the League Cup and Scottish Cup.

Season summary[]

United finished their opening season back in the Scottish Premiership in 9th-place.[1] On 25 May 2021, it was reported that manager Micky Mellon had left the club by mutual consent,[2] and Thomas Courts was appointed in June 2021.[3]

Competitions[]

Results and fixtures[]

  Win   Draw   Loss   Postponed

Pre-season and friendlies[]

30 June 2021 Friendly Dundee United 1–1 Cowdenbeath Dundee
Shankland Goal 33' Report Shankland Goal 38'
3 July 2021 Friendly Brechin City 1–4 Dundee United Brechin
Report Clark GoalGoalGoal
Pawlett Goal		 Stadium: Glebe Park

Scottish Premiership[]

Main article: 2021–22 Scottish Premiership
1 August 2021 1 Aberdeen 2–0 Dundee United Pittodrie Stadium
15:00 BST Hayes Goal 27'
Ramírez Goal 51'		 Report Attendance: 6,305
Referee: Alan Muir
7 August 2021 2 Dundee United 1–0 Rangers Tannadice Park
15:00 BST Robson Goal 64' Report Attendance: 4,600
Referee: Don Robertson
22 August 2021 3 St Johnstone 0–1 Dundee United McDiarmid Park
15:00 BST Report Pawlett Goal 60' Red card 78' Attendance: 5,716
Referee: Don Robertson
28 August 2021 4 Dundee United 0–2 Heart of Midlothian Tannadice Park
15:00 BST Report Boyce Goal 45+1'
Gnanduillet Goal 90'		 Attendance: 9,234
Referee: Greg Aitken
11 September 2021 5 St Mirren 0–0 Dundee United St Mirren Park
15:00 BST Report Attendance: 4,894
Referee: Colin Steven
19 September 2021 6 Dundee United 1–0 Dundee Tannadice Park
15:00 BST Report Attendance: 12,806
Referee: John Beaton
26 September 2021 7 Celtic 1–1 Dundee United Celtic Park
15:00 BST Abada Goal 16' Report Harkes Goal 18' Referee: Kevin Clancy
2 October 2021 8 Dundee United 1–0 Ross County Tannadice Park
15:00 BST Niskanen Goal 31' Report Attendance: 6,548
Referee: Don Robertson
16 October 2021 9 Hibernian 0–3 Dundee United Easter Road
15:00 BST Report Clark Goal 44'
Edwards Goal 52'
Freeman Goal 74'		 Attendance: 15,114
Referee: Alan Muir
23 October 2021 10 Dundee United 2–1 Motherwell Tannadice Park
15:00 BST Edwards Goal 35'
Mulgrew Goal 77'		 Report Watt Goal 70 pen.' Attendance: 6,854
Referee: Kevin Clancy
16 October 2021 11 Livingston 1–1 Dundee United Almondvale Stadium
15:00 BST Clark Goal 36 o.g.'
Williamson Red card 45+1'		 Report Pawlett Goal 43' Attendance: 2,586
Referee: Colin Steven
30 October 2021 12 Dundee United 0–1 St Johnstone Tannadice Park
15:00 BST Report Crawford Goal 17' Attendance: 7,580
Referee: Grant Irvine
6 November 2021 13 Heart of Midlothian 5–2 Dundee United Tynecastle Park
15:00 BST Woodburn Goal 22', 50'
Cochrane Goal 25'
Kingsley Goal 76'
McEneff Goal 86'		 Report Clark Goal 34'
Edwards Goal 62'		 Attendance: 18,129
Referee: John Beaton
20 November 2021 14 Dundee United 1–0 Aberdeen Tannadice Park
15:00 BST Butcher Red card 42'
Harkes Goal 80'		 Report Ojo Red card 45' Attendance: 10,500
Referee: Bobby Madden
27 November 2021 15 Ross County 1–1 Dundee United Victoria Park
15:00 BST Clarke Red card 75'
Baldwin Goal 90+3'		 Report Appéré Goal 49' Attendance: 3,214
Referee: Greg Aitken
30 November 2021 16 Motherwell 1–0 Dundee United Fir Park
19:45 BST Watt Goal 12'
Maguire Red card 82'		 Report Attendance: 4,287
Referee: Steven McLean
5 December 2021 17 Dundee United 0–3 Celtic Tannadice Park
12:30 BST Report Rogic Goal 19'
Turnbull Goal 40'
Scales Goal 81'		 Attendance: 8,311
Referee: Don Robertson
11 December 2021 18 Dundee United 0–1 Livingston Tannadice Park
15:00 BST Report Obileye Goal 66 pen.' Attendance: 4,552
Referee: Gavin Duncan
18 December 2021 19 Rangers 1–0 Dundee United Fir Park
15:00 BST Tavernier Goal 71 pen.' Report Attendance: 49,252
Referee: Alan Muir
26 December 2021 20 Dundee United 1–3 Hibernian Tannadice Park
15:00 BST Glass Goal 90' Report Nisbet Goal 38'
Cadden Goal 78'
Murphy Goal 90+3'		 Attendance: 500
Referee: William Collum
18 January 2022 21 St Mirren v Dundee United St Mirren Park
15:00 BST

Scottish League Cup[]

Main article: 2020–21 Scottish League Cup

Group stage[]

9 July 2021 Group Stage Kelty Hearts 0–1 Dundee United New Central Park
19:45 Report Shankland Goal 77' Attendance: 500
14 July 2021 Group Stage Dundee United 6–1 Elgin City Tannadice Park
19:45 Shankland Goal 19', 32'
Clark Goal 24'
Pawlett Goal 40'
Freeman Goal 54'
Mochrie Goal 64'		 Report Hester Goal 4' Attendance: 500
17 July 2021 Group Stage Dundee United 1–0 Arbroath Tannadice Park
19:45 Mulgrew Goal 21' Report Attendance: 500
20 July 2021 Group Stage East Fife 0–1 Dundee United Bayview Stadium
19:45 Report Pawlett Goal 40' Attendance: 500

Knockout Round[]

14 August 2021 Second Round Ayr United 1–1
(3-4 p)		 Dundee United Somerset Park
15:00 Adeloye Goal 56'
Baird Red card 80'		 Report Clark Goal 80 pen.' Attendance: 2,196
Referee: Nick Walsh
23 September 2021 Quarter-Final Dundee United 1–3 Hibernian Tannadice Park
19:45 Pawlett Goal 58' Report Newell Goal 3'
Allan Goal 37'
Boyle Goal 45+1 pen.'		 Attendance: 5,395
Referee: William Collum

Scottish Cup[]

Main article: 2021–22 Scottish Cup
22 January 2022 Fourth Round Kilmarnock v Dundee United Rugby Park
15:00 BST

Player statistics[]

Appearances and goals[]

As of 26 December 2021
No. Pos Player Premiership League Cup Scottish Cup Total
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
1 GK Switzerland Benjamin Siegrist 16+0 0 4+0 0 0+0 0 20 0
2 DF Scotland Liam Smith 5+0 0 2+0 0 0+0 0 7 0
3 DF Argentina Adrián Spörle 5+4 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 9 0
4 DF Scotland Charlie Mulgrew 19+0 1 3+0 1 0+0 0 22 2
5 DF Republic of Ireland Mark Connolly 0+1 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 1 0
6 DF Scotland Mark Reynolds 1+0 0 2+1 0 0+0 0 4 0
7 MF Finland Ilmari Niskanen 13+2 1 0+0 0 0+0 0 15 1
8 MF Scotland Peter Pawlett 16+1 2 3+0 2 0+0 0 20 4
9 FW Scotland Marc McNulty 4+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 4 0
10 FW Scotland Nicky Clark 17+2 2 3+1 1 0+0 0 23 3
11 FW Scotland Logan Chalmers 2+3 0 1+2 0 0+0 0 8 0
12 DF England Ryan Edwards 19+0 3 3+0 0 0+0 0 22 3
14 MF Kosovo Florent Hoti 2+3 0 1+1 0 0+0 0 7 0
16 GK Northern Ireland Trevor Carson 4+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 4 0
17 DF Scotland Jamie Robson 4+0 1 1+1 0 0+0 0 6 1
18 MF England Calum Butcher 5+2 0 3+1 0 0+0 0 11 0
19 MF Wales Dylan Levitt 7+2 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 9 0
20 DF Scotland Lewis Neilson 1+0 0 1+2 0 0+0 0 4 0
21 MF Scotland Declan Glass 6+2 1 0+0 0 0+0 0 8 1
22 DF Scotland Kieran Freeman 12+2 1 3+1 1 0+0 0 18 2
23 MF United States Ian Harkes 17+1 3 3+1 0 0+0 0 22 3
24 FW Scotland Lawrence Shankland 1+0 0 3+1 3 0+0 0 5 3
25 FW Scotland Kai Fotheringham 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0 0
26 MF Scotland Chris Mochrie 3+1 0 1+2 1 0+0 0 7 1
27 FW Scotland Louis Appéré 3+9 1 0+0 0 0+0 0 12 1
28 DF Scotland Kerr Smith 3+2 0 1+1 0 0+0 0 7 0
30 FW Scotland Darren Watson 2+3 0 0+1 0 0+0 0 6 0
31 GK Scotland Jack Newman 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0 0
32 MF Scotland Archie Meekison 2+1 0 0+1 0 0+0 0 4 0
33 DF Scotland Scott McMann 15+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 15 0
38 DF Scotland Layton Bisland 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0 0
40 DF Scotland Flynn Duffy 0+0 0 3+0 0 0+0 0 3 0
52 MF Scotland Craig Moore 1+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 1 0
66 MF Cameroon Jeando Fuchs 14+2 0 3+0 0 0+0 0 19 0
94 FW France Maxime Biamou 0+3 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 3 0

League table[]

Pos Team
 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation[a]
5 Hibernian 20 8 5 7 24 22 +2 29
6 Aberdeen 20 8 3 9 25 24 +1 27
7 Dundee United 20 7 4 9 16 23 −7 25
8 Livingston 20 5 5 10 16 26 −10 20
9 St Mirren 20 3 10 7 18 31 −13 19
Updated to match(es) played on 26 December 2021. Source: [4][5]
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored; 4) Head-to-Head points; 5) Head-to-Head goal difference; 6) Play-off (only if deciding champion, UEFA competitions qualification, second stage group allocation or relegation).[6]
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).

League Cup table[]

Pos Team
 Pld W PW PL L GF GA GD Pts Qualification DUN ARB KEL ELG EFI
1 Dundee United 4 4 0 0 0 9 1 +8 12 Qualification for the second round — 1–0 — 6–1 —
2 Arbroath 4 3 0 0 1 6 3 +3 9 — — 3–2 — 2–0
3 Kelty Hearts 4 2 0 0 2 8 5 +3 6 0–1 — — — 3–0
4 Elgin City 4 1 0 0 3 5 12 −7 3 — 0–1 1–3 — —
5 East Fife 4 0 0 0 4 2 9 −7 0 0–1 — — 2–3 —
Source: [7]
Rules for classification: 1) goal difference, 2) goals scored, 3) away goals scored, 4) matches won, 5) away matches won, 6) drawing of lots.[8]

Transfers[]

References[]

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