Scottish
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professional
football
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club based in the city of
Dundee
Dundee (; sco, Dundee; gd, Dùn Dè or ) is Scotland's fourth-largest city and the 51st-most-populous built-up area in the United Kingdom. The mid-year population estimate for 2016 was , giving Dundee a population density of 2,478/km2 or ...
. The club name is usually abbreviated to Dundee United. Formed in 1909, originally as Dundee Hibernian, the club changed to the present name in 1923. United are nicknamed ''The Terrors'' or ''The Tangerines'' and the supporters are known as ''Arabs''.
The club have played in tangerine kits since August 1969, and have played at Tannadice Park since the club's foundation in 1909. United was a founding member of the
Scottish Premier League
The Scottish Premier League (SPL) was the top level league competition for professional football
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(SPL) in 1998, and was ever-present in the competition until it was abolished in 2013 to make way for the
SPFL
The Scottish Professional Football League (SPFL) is the national men's association football league in Scotland. The league was formed in June 2013 following a merger between the Scottish Premier League and the Scottish Football League. As we ...
structure. United was relegated in 2016 to the
Scottish Championship
The Scottish Championship, known as the cinch Championship for sponsorship reasons, is the second tier of the Scottish Professional Football League, the league competition for men's professional football clubs in Scotland
Scotland (, ...
, the second tier of the SPFL, before being promoted back to the
Scottish Premiership
The Scottish Premiership, known as the cinch Premiership for sponsorship reasons, is the top division of the Scottish Professional Football League (SPFL), the league competition for men's professional football clubs in Scotland. The Scottish ...
in 2020.
Domestically, the club has won the
Scottish Premier Division
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Scottish Cup
The Scottish Football Association Challenge Cup,1994
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and
2010
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) and the
Scottish League Cup
The Scottish League Cup (also known as the Viaplay Cup for sponsorship reasons) is a football competition open to all Scottish Professional Football League (SPFL) clubs. First held in 1946–47, it is the oldest national League Cup in existen ...
twice (
1979
Events
January
* January 1
** United Nations Secretary-General Kurt Waldheim heralds the start of the ''International Year of the Child''. Many musicians donate to the ''Music for UNICEF Concert'' fund, among them ABBA, who write the song ...
and
1980
Events January
* January 4 – U.S. President Jimmy Carter proclaims a grain embargo against the USSR with the support of the European Commission.
* January 6 – Global Positioning System time epoch begins at 00:00 UTC.
* January 9 – ...
). United appeared in European competition for the first time in the 1966–67 season, going on to appear in Europe in 14 successive seasons from 1976. They also reached the
European Cup
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UEFA Cup
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final
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in
1987
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.
The club contest the Dundee derby with local rivals
Dundee F.C.
Dundee Football Club is a professional football club based in the city of Dundee, Scotland, founded in 1893. The team are nicknamed "The Dark Blues" or "The Dee". The club plays its home matches at Dens Park.
The club was formed after a merg ...
; this is the geographically closest derby in Britain, for Dens Park stadium is located virtually next door to Tannadice Park. Dundee United have won the local derby 81 times, Dundee F.C. have won it 49 times, and there have been 44 draws between the close rivals.
History
Beginning (1909–1959)
The club was formed as Dundee Hibernian in 1909, playing from the outset at Tannadice Park (previously known as Clepington Park), named after the street it's located on - Tannadice Street. They were voted into the
Scottish Football League
The Scottish Football League (SFL) was a league featuring professional and semi-professional football clubs mostly from Scotland.One club, Berwick Rangers, is based in the town of Berwick-upon-Tweed, which is located approximately 4 km south ...
in 1910. After being saved from going out of business in October 1923, the club changed their name to Dundee United in order to widen their appeal. Between 1925 and 1932 United were promoted and relegated between the first and second tier three times, winning the
Second Division
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title in
1925
Events January
* January 1
** The Syrian Federation is officially dissolved, the State of Aleppo and the State of Damascus having been replaced by the State of Syria.
* January 3 – Benito Mussolini makes a pivotal speech in the Italia ...
and
1929
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.
Promotion to the Top Flight (1959–1971)
The club took significant strides forward when Jerry Kerr became manager in 1959. Kerr's team won promotion in his first season in charge and became an established team in the top flight, where they remained until 1995.
A key characteristic of Kerr's reign was the strengthening of the playing squad with Scandinavian imports, most notably with the signings of
Lennart Wing
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Mogens Berg
Mogens Berg (born 8 June 1944) is a Danish former Football (soccer), footballer, who played professionally as a Midfielder#Winger, winger for Scottish club Dundee United F.C., Dundee United. He played eight games and scored one goal for the Denma ...
,
Finn Seemann
Finn Ludvig Seemann (18 October 1944 – 7 September 1985) was a Norwegian footballer who played as a striker.
Seemann was born in Oslo. He started his football career in Lyn, where he became league champion in 1964. In 1965, he became professi ...
and Orjan Persson.
It was during this period that United qualified for European competition for the first time, eliminating
Inter-Cities Fairs Cup
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holders
Barcelona
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on their European debut in 1966.
Jim McLean era (1971–1993)
Jim McLean took over from Kerr in 1971 and under his management the club enjoyed the most successful era in its history. McLean's era became known for his youth policy and the offering of long-term contracts that would see future Scotland international players such as
Dave Narey
David Narey (born 12 June 1956) is a former Scottish international footballer who spent 21 years with Dundee United. With Narey United were Scottish champions once and league cup winners twice. He also played in numerous cup runs in Europe inc ...
Paul Hegarty
Paul Anthony Hegarty (born 25 July 1954 in Edinburgh) is a Scottish football player and manager. He was captain of Dundee United during their most successful era in the 1970s and 1980s, winning the Scottish league championship in 1983 and the ...
,
Davie Dodds
David Dodds (born 23 September 1958) is a Scottish former footballer who played for Dundee United, Aberdeen and Rangers in the 1980s. With United, he was a Scottish League champion in 1983 and was in their winning 1980 Scottish League Cup F ...
,
Eamonn Bannon
Eamonn John Bannon (born 18 April 1958) is a Scottish former internationalist footballer who played in midfield. His most successful seasons were with Dundee United where he won two league cups and the 1983 League Championship. Numerous runs w ...
and Maurice Malpas spend the majority of their careers at the club.
United won their first major honour under McLean, capturing the
Scottish League Cup
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in
1979
Events
January
* January 1
** United Nations Secretary-General Kurt Waldheim heralds the start of the ''International Year of the Child''. Many musicians donate to the ''Music for UNICEF Concert'' fund, among them ABBA, who write the song ...
and again in
1980
Events January
* January 4 – U.S. President Jimmy Carter proclaims a grain embargo against the USSR with the support of the European Commission.
* January 6 – Global Positioning System time epoch begins at 00:00 UTC.
* January 9 – ...
. They were crowned Premier Division champions in 1982–83.
The club were also successful in Europe, reaching the
European Cup
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semi-finals in
1984
Events
January
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and the
UEFA Cup
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Final in
1987
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, the latter campaign involving another elimination of Barcelona during the earlier rounds (maintaining a 100% record over the Spaniards in competitive European ties). Despite losing to IFK Gothenburg in the final, the club was awarded a FIFA Fair Play Award.
McLean retired as manager in 1993, but remained as club chairman.
Scottish Cup wins and relegation (1993–2016)
United won the
Scottish Cup
The Scottish Football Association Challenge Cup,1994
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under McLean's successor
Ivan Golac
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A Yugoslav international right-back, he is best known as a player and manager of FK Partizan, of Belgrade. In the Unit ...
, but were relegated in 1995, before returning to the Premier Division a year later.
Following a number of board changes, the club was purchased from McLean in 2002 by former Morning Noon and Night co-founder and chief executive Eddie Thompson. A lifelong United fan, Thompson invested heavily in the team in a bid to compete with significant spending which had developed following the formation of the
Scottish Premier League
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, however little progress was made until Craig Levein became manager in 2006. Levein established United as a top six club, regularly achieving European qualification before he left the club to take the post as Scotland men's national team manager in 2009.
With the foundations of the side in place, United won the Scottish Cup for a second time in
2010
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under the management of
Peter Houston
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Houston played as a striker for Airdrieonians, Livingston United, Albion Rovers, Falkirk, Dumbarton a ...
.
After several relatively successful seasons, a series of poor results in the Premiership led to United being relegated in 2016.
Scottish Championship and promotion battles (2016–2020)
Dundee United's first season in the Championship was under the management of Ray McKinnon. United won the
Challenge Cup
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by beating St Mirren 2–1 in the final and they reached the play-off final for the Premiership. However they lost narrowly 1–0 to
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. The second season in the second tier was less successful, as manager McKinnon was sacked and replaced with Csaba László; after a very disappointing season, United lost in the play-off semi-final to eventual promotion winners
Livingston
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. After a poor start to the 2018–19 season the manager was once again sacked and replaced with
Robbie Neilson
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. The team finished second in the Championship but lost in the play-offs to St Mirren, missing four penalty kicks in the process. United started the 2019–20 season in title winning form, maintaining the top spot since the opening weekend, but the season was postponed due to the global
COVID-19 pandemic
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on 13 March 2020. On 15 April 2020, the SPFL plan proposing an end to the season was approved. A 14-point lead over second place Inverness CT saw United crowned champions and subsequently promoted back to the Premiership. On 21 June 2020, the club announced that they were parting ways with manager Robbie Neilson, who agreed a deal to return to newly relegated side Heart of Midlothian.
Scottish Premiership return (2020 – present)
Prior to the start of the Premiership season, Dundee United hired Tranmere Rovers manager Micky Mellon to replace Neilson, and began their campaign at home to Tayside rivals
St Johnstone
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, drawing 1–1. In their first season back in the top flight United finished in 9th place, whilst also making a
Scottish Cup
The Scottish Football Association Challenge Cup,Hibernian.
In May 2021 Mellon departed the club, being replaced on 7 June by
Tam Courts
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As a player, he appeared in the Scottish Football League for Livingston, Cowdenbeath and East Fife. After a previous spell at the club from 2002 to 2004, ...
. Courts first season as Dundee United manager saw the team finish 4th, their highest position since 2014, and qualify to play in the third qualification round of the
2022–23 UEFA Europa Conference League
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.
United were eliminated in the third qualification round by AZ Alkmaar after a 7–1 aggregate defeat, losing 7–0 away from home, equaling the record defeat for a Scottish club in European competition. They started the league season equally poorly, and were beaten 9–0 at home by
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on 28 August 2022.
Colours and badge
United's playing kit consists of tangerine shirts and black shorts, first used when the team played under the
Dallas Tornado
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moniker in the
United Soccer Association
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competition of 1967, which they were invited to participate in after their first European excursion had created many headlines in the football world. After persuasion by the wife of manager Jerry Kerr, the colour would soon be adopted as the club's own in 1969 to give the club a brighter, more modern image. The new colour was paraded for the first time in a pre-season friendly against Everton in August.
When founded as Dundee Hibernian, they had followed the example of other clubs of similar heritage by adopting the traditionally Irish colours of green shirts and white shorts. By the time the club became Dundee United in 1923, the colours had been changed to white shirts and black shorts as they sought to appeal to a wider cross-section of the community. These colours persisted in various forms up until 1969, sometimes using plain shirts, but also at various times including
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-style broad hoops, Queen's Park-style narrow hoops and an Airdrie-style "V" motif.
The present club badge was introduced in 2022, and saw the previous
lion rampant
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design updated in a new logo incorporating the club colours. To mark the club's centenary in 2009, a special version of the badge with an added ''"1909 2009 Centenary"'' logo was introduced for the duration of the 2009–10 season, along with additional green trim on the badge, representing Dundee Hibernian's colours.
Previously, the lion had been represented on a simpler shield design. Although this "classic" version had been used as the club crest on the cover of the matchday programme as early as 1956, it had never appeared on the players' strip prior to 1983. Since 1959, various other designs had been worn on the shirts, incorporating either the lion rampant or the letters DUFC, often on a circular badge.
The club first introduced shirt sponsorship in the 1985–86 season when future chairman Eddie Thompson's VG chain sponsored the club in the first of a two-year deal. A six-year association with Belhaven then ensued with a sponsorless 1993–94 season.
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began a two-year deal early in time for the 1994
Scottish Cup
The Scottish Football Association Challenge Cup,1995–96 season.
Telewest
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took over sponsorship from 1996 for six years until Eddie Thompson's Morning, Noon and Night started sponsoring the club in 2002. This association continued until 2006 when Anglian Home Improvements began a two-year deal with an optional third year. At the same time, Ole International became the first shorts sponsors.
JD Sports
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'
Carbrini Sportswear
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brand sponsored the club in the 2008–09 and 2009–10 seasons. United's shirt sponsor from the 2016–17 season was McEwan Fraser Legal, before Utilita took over the sponsorship from 2018 until 2021. United's current shirt sponsors are Eden Mill, who took over before the 2021-22 season.
United have had a number of official kit suppliers, including
Adidas
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Dundee United's home ground throughout their history has been Tannadice Park, located on Tannadice Street in the Coldside area of the city. It is situated a mere away from Dens Park, home of rivals
Dundee
Dundee (; sco, Dundee; gd, Dùn Dè or ) is Scotland's fourth-largest city and the 51st-most-populous built-up area in the United Kingdom. The mid-year population estimate for 2016 was , giving Dundee a population density of 2,478/km2 or ...
; The club has only ever played one home fixture at another venue. This was a League Cup tie against
Rangers
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in March 1947, when despite snow rendering Tannadice Park unplayable, the match was able to go ahead across the road at Dens Park.
Tannadice is currently an all-seater with a capacity of . The Main Stand, built in 1962, was the first cantilever to be constructed at a Scottish football ground. For long periods of its history, only a small proportion of the ground contained seated accommodation. In the late 1980s the ground had 2,252 seats out of a total capacity of 22,310.
The comparative age and proximity of their stadiums has led to various discussions about the possibility of both Dundee clubs moving to a new, purpose-built shared stadium. The most recent proposal was put forward as part of Scotland's bid to jointly host the
UEFA Euro 2008
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championship, with several clubs seeking to benefit from a new stadium. With planning permission given to a proposed site at Caird Park, special dispensation was requested to proceed with the proposal, as rules at the time forbade SPL teams from groundsharing. Following Scotland's failed bid to host the tournament, the scheme was shelved, although it was resurrected in June 2008, following doubts about joint-host
Ukraine
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's ability to stage
Euro 2012
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, and the SFA's keenness to act as an alternative host.
League Attendance
The table below displays Dundee United's league attendances over the past decade.
The highest attendance in that period came on 30 August 2019 when United beat their city rivals Dundee 6-2 in front a 14,108 crowd, their largest league attendance since 1998. In the same season United also set their highest average attendance and highest low attendance of the decade, these records being set despite the club residing in the second tier of the
Scottish Professional Football League
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at the time. The lowest attendance of the 2019–20 season was larger than the highest attendance of the previous year, likely due to United's strong performance.
Due to United's failure to gain promotion back to the Scottish Premiership over the previous seasons and growing mistrust of the club chairman and owner, 2018–19 saw the lowest average attendance of the decade. The lowest attendance was set the season before.
The table does not include playoff attendances.
Achievements
League
Dundee United's first trophy came in 1925, when they won the 1924–25 Division Two championship. After two seasons in the top tier, they were relegated, but they won the Division Two title for a second time in 1928–29. Immediate relegation followed and the club finished runners-up in 1931–32. Another runners-up spot was claimed in 1959–60, in manager Jerry Kerr's first season, and from then club remained in the top division for the next 35-years. Under Jim McLean's management, the club won the Premier Division title for the only time, in 1982–83, resulting in
European Cup
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football the following season. The title win was United's last major league success, although they finished runners-up in the First Division in 1995–96, after nearly avoiding relegation the previous season, and in third place in their first season back in the Premier Division. A third lower league title was added in 2019–20, after the curtailment of the campaign with United clear in 1st place.
Cups
The club had to wait several decades before their first realistic chance at cup silverware, when they began the first of a six-game losing streak of
Scottish Cup
The Scottish Football Association Challenge Cup,1974
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, losing 3–0 to
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. Towards the end of the 1970s, things began to change, with three successive appearances in the League Cup Final. United won their first major trophy with a 3–0 replay victory over
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Dundee
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, United lost out again in the Scottish Cup with a replay defeat to
Rangers
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. United reached a third consecutive League Cup Final in 1981–82, but failed to make it a hat-trick of wins as they lost 2–1 to Rangers.
United suffered the agony of reaching three out of four Scottish Cup finals in the mid-1980s, only to lose them all by a single goal. First came a 2–1 defeat to Celtic in 1984–85, compounded by a 1–0 League Cup final loss to Rangers in the same season; then a 1–0 defeat in extra time to St Mirren in 1986–87; and finally, a last-minute 2–1 loss against Celtic the following year, despite being a goal ahead. A three-year gap ensued before the 1990–91 Scottish Cup final, which pitted Jim McLean against his brother
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, at
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. The final was won 4–3 by 'Well, with United again losing in extra time. The sixth Cup Final loss was also the club's fifth final appearance in eleven years.
These defeats in cup finals at
Hampden Park
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led to the Scottish football media claiming that United suffered from a ''Hampden hoodoo'', as they had failed to win ten cup finals played at the ground between 1974 and 1991. When the club reached the
1994 Scottish Cup Final
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, manager
Ivan Golac
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A Yugoslav international right-back, he is best known as a player and manager of FK Partizan, of Belgrade. In the Unit ...
dismissed talk of the hoodoo, even though opponents
Rangers
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* Park ranger or forest ranger, a person charged with protecting and ...
were strong favourites to complete a domestic treble in the 1993–94 season. United broke the supposed hoodoo and won the Scottish Cup for the first time when
Craig Brewster
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's goal gave them a 1–0 win.
Eleven years passed until the next Scottish Cup final appearance, when United lost 1–0 to Celtic in
2005
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. Sandwiched in the middle of these appearances was a defeat on penalties to
Stenhousemuir
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in the
Scottish Challenge Cup
The Scottish Professional Football League Challenge Cup,1997 Scottish League Cup Final
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. United then lost the 2008 Scottish League Cup Final on penalties to Rangers after the match had finished 2–2 after extra time. Dundee United won their next major trophy in 2010, under the guidance of manager
Peter Houston
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Houston played as a striker for Airdrieonians, Livingston United, Albion Rovers, Falkirk, Dumbarton a ...
2010 Scottish Cup Final
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.David Goodwillie scored the first goal and Craig Conway scored the second and third goals in front of 28,000 Dundee United fans at Hampden Park.
United's 10th appearance in the Scottish Cup final came in
2014
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, but the team lost 2–0 to
St Johnstone
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at Celtic Park. The Tangerines reached the League Cup final the following year, but lost to
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in the
final
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.
Two years later, after the club's relegation from the
Scottish Premiership
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2010
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.
Europe
The club's first experience of Europe came in 1966–67 season when, helped by a clutch of Scandinavian players, United defeated
Inter-Cities Fairs Cup
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holders
FC Barcelona
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both home and away. Although
Juventus
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proved too strong in the next round with a 3–1 aggregate victory, United made headlines and were asked to compete as
Dallas Tornado
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...
in the
United Soccer Association
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league in North America during the summer of 1967.
In 1981–82 they began a period in which they were competitive in European competition. In a six-year spell they reached one UEFA final, another semi-final and two quarter finals. After their only Premier Division win in 1983, the team reached the resulting semi-final of the
European Cup
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in 1984, losing 3–2 on aggregate to
Roma
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. In 1987, the club went one better, reaching the final of the
UEFA Cup
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beating
FC Barcelona
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in both the home and away fixtures en route to the final. Despite the 2–1 aggregate loss to IFK Gothenburg in the final, the club won the first-ever
FIFA Fair Play Award
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for their supporters' sporting behaviour after the final defeat.
Dundee United are famous for having a 100% record against
FC Barcelona
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in European fixtures (4 wins out of 4 matches), and remain the only British team to have achieved this feat.
The team entered the
2022–23 UEFA Europa Conference League
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The final will be played at Fortuna Arena in Prague, Czech Republic. The winner ...
at the third qualifying round, culminating in a 7–1 aggregate loss to AZ Alkmaar, the 7–0 second leg defeat matching the record greatest loss inflicted on a Scottish club in European competition.
Rivalries
Dundee United's traditional rivals are
Dundee
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, with whom they compete in the Dundee derby. The fixture was lacking a competitive element for a number of years until Dundee's return to the top flight of the Scottish game. A unique element of the rivalry lies in the fact that the clubs' stadiums are located within 100 yards of one another.
In spite of their rivalry, the two sides previously contemplated ground-sharing as part of the SFA's unsuccessful bid to host Euro 2008. Perhaps the most notable meeting was the final game of the 1982–83 Premier Division season, where if United were victors at Dens Park, they would clinch the top flight title; United were victorious thanks to an
Eamonn Bannon
Eamonn John Bannon (born 18 April 1958) is a Scottish former internationalist footballer who played in midfield. His most successful seasons were with Dundee United where he won two league cups and the 1983 League Championship. Numerous runs w ...
winner.
Another intense fixture is that of the New Firm derby between United and North-East rivals
Aberdeen
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. The match itself became one of fierce competition due to the domestic and European success the two sides achieved in the late 1970s and 1980s under the stewardship of United's Jim McLean and Aberdeen's
Alex Ferguson
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.
St Johnstone
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also claim a rivalry due to the relatively close proximity of
Dundee
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and
Perth
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, known as the Tayside derby. The most notable meeting between the two sides was in the
2014 Scottish Cup Final
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After wi ...
, when St Johnstone won 2–0 at Celtic Park in United's tenth final appearance.
Scottish League Cup
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1940
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Events
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January
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* SFL Youth League
**Winners: 1996–97
**Runners-up: 1997–98, 1999–00
* Scottish Youth Cup
**Winners: 1990, 1991
**Runners-up: 1989, 1998
Coaching staff
Current squad
First-team squad
On loan
Noted players
International players
This is a list of former and current players who have played at full international level while with the club. They are ordered by nationality and year of United debut below. Additionally, two goalkeepers – Pat Onstad (Canada) and
Kémoko Camara
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Club career
Camara was born in Conakry, Guinea.
In early March 2008, Camar ...
(Guinea) – were both capped while at Tannadice yet never played a first-team game for United.
; Australia
* 2014 Curtis Good
* 2015
Ryan McGowan
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He has previously played for Para Hills Knights, Heart of M ...
* 2022
Aziz Behich
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; Canada
* 1998
Jason de Vos
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* 2004
Lars Hirschfeld
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Mixu Paatelainen
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Siggi Jónsson
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He w ...
Jan Talesnikov
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Talesnikov was born on 11 December 1972 in th ...
Iain Jenkins
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Warren Feeney
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In making his debut for the Northern Ireland national team, he became the third ...
* 2013
Paul Paton
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He has previously played for Queen's Park, Partick Thistle, Dundee United, St ...
Dave Narey
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* 1974
Paul Hegarty
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Davie Dodds
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* 1979
Eamonn Bannon
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Jim McInally
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* 1986
Billy McKinlay
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As a player, he was a midfielder who notably played in the Premier League for ...
* 1990
Duncan Ferguson
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Paul Gallacher
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* 2000
Charlie Miller
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Garry Kenneth
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Gary Mackay-Steven
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Lawrence Shankland
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Shankland began his career at Queen's Park before moving ...
Pavol Šafranko
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Club career Tatran Prešov
Born in Stropkov, eastern Slovakia, Šafranko began his football career in the local club ...
; Sweden
* 1964
Örjan Persson
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* 1965
Lennart Wing
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; Trinidad and Tobago
* 1993
Jerren Nixon
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Jason Scotland
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Scotland started his footballing career in his native ...
; Wales
* 2021
Dylan Levitt
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Levitt is a graduate of the Manchester United youth system. He made his senio ...
The club launched its official Hall of Fame in 2008, with seven inaugural members. A further six players were inducted in January 2009 and seven more in January 2010. Since then six players have been inducted each year.
2008:
* Jimmy Briggs
* Finn Døssing
*
Dennis Gillespie
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*
Paul Hegarty
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David Narey
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Eamonn Bannon
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Ralph Milne
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He began his ...
*
Andy Rolland
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Career
Rolland began his senior career in 1961 with Cowdenbeath F.C ...
Davie Dodds
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Billy Hainey
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Early life
Billy Hainey was born in Paisley, Renfrewshire, ...
Frank Kopel
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Lennart Wing
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Billy Kirkwood
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Johnny Hart
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Örjan Persson
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Alan Main
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Main began his senior football career in the Highland League, for whom he made his d ...
2014:
*
Billy McKinlay
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As a player, he was a midfielder who notably played in the Premier League for ...
*
Willie Pettigrew
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Cl ...
*
Graeme Payne
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*
Lee Wilkie
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*
Tommy Millar
Tommy Millar (3 December 1938 – 29 July 2001) was a Scottish professional footballer, who played as a right back.
Career
Millar signed professional forms with Colchester United in 1959 and went on to play nearly fifty league games before leav ...
Jim McInally
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*
Mixu Paatelainen
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Andy McLaren
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Seán Dillon
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Ian Redford
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2019:
*
Craig Brewster
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*
Ivan Golac
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A Yugoslav international right-back, he is best known as a player and manager of FK Partizan, of Belgrade. In the Unit ...
*
Jimmy Brownlie
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Career
Brownlie was born in Blantyre, Lanarkshire, and was an outstanding personality in Scottish football over many years, ...
manager
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of Dundee Hibernian in 1909 was Pat Reilly. The club's longest serving and most successful manager, Jim McLean, held the position from 1971 to 1993, winning three major honours – the
Scottish Premier Division
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Scottish League Cup
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twice in
1979
Events
January
* January 1
** United Nations Secretary-General Kurt Waldheim heralds the start of the ''International Year of the Child''. Many musicians donate to the ''Music for UNICEF Concert'' fund, among them ABBA, who write the song ...
and
1980
Events January
* January 4 – U.S. President Jimmy Carter proclaims a grain embargo against the USSR with the support of the European Commission.
* January 6 – Global Positioning System time epoch begins at 00:00 UTC.
* January 9 – ...
. Two Dundee United managers have won the
Scottish Cup
The Scottish Football Association Challenge Cup,Ivan Golac
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A Yugoslav international right-back, he is best known as a player and manager of FK Partizan, of Belgrade. In the Unit ...
in
1994
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and
Peter Houston
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Houston played as a striker for Airdrieonians, Livingston United, Albion Rovers, Falkirk, Dumbarton a ...
in
2010
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.
Women's team
Dundee United announced in April 2015 that the club would be launching a women's team, with the aim of entering the Scottish league structure in 2016.
Gavin Beith
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was appointed as the team's manager in June 2015.
Honours
*
Scottish Women's Premier League 2
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