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The 2022–23 season was Dundee's first season back in the second tier of Scottish football after being relegated from the previous season's Premiership. Dundee also competed in the
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, the
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at the first time of asking in the last game of the league season and would gain promotion back to the
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.


Season summary


Pre-season

Following Dundee's relegation the season prior, the club initiated a number of fundamental changes to the structure of the football department. After previously working mostly with the Youth Academy, Dundee's Technical Director
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would take a more active role with the first team going into the season. On 8 June 2022,
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was named as the new Dundee manager, with Billy Barr named as assistant manager. The club would also look to hire a Head of Recruitment to complete their structure, and would move the day-to-day operations of the club from
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to
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's Gardyne Campus.


July

Dundee would start their competitive season off with a comfortable 3–0 win over fellow Championship side
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in the League Cup group stages. They would repeat this scoreline the following week down south against
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. This would mark the first time since 2009 in which Dundee had won back-to-back games by a scoreline of 3 or more goals to nil. Dundee continued their positive start away to Championship rivals Queen's Park with a 1–2 win. They would cap off an impressive group stage campaign with a dominant 5–1 win over Forfar Athletic. Despite their strong start to the season, Dundee would struggle badly in the league opener against
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, scoring 2 late goals but still losing 2–3.


August

After a disappointing start to the league campaign, the Dee would recover with an away clean sheet win over
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. They would continue their momentum with a gritty and impressive win over
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to go top of the table, on an emotional night which commemorated the recently passed Dundee legend
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. Dundee could not keep up the same momentum the following week at
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however, having to settle for a goalless draw against Morton. Any sense of positive momentum would end with a hapless defeat to league leaders
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at
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. Dundee would bounce back with a comfortable win over
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side
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to reach the quarter-finals of the
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for the second consecutive year.


September

Dundee would notch their second consecutive 3–0 win, dispatching Queen's Park at home with ease with a brace from
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. Dundee's game against Cove Rangers was postponed after the death of
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. Despite controlling much of the game at home to Inverness CT, Dundee gave away slack goals and once again lost at home in frustrating fashion. The following week, Dundee would play their first competitive fixture outside of Scotland since the 2003–04 season in the
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when they journeyed south to face
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champions
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in the
Scottish Challenge Cup The Scottish Professional Football League Challenge Cup,Paul McGowan's 300th appearance for the ''Dark Blues''.


October

In a visit to
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, Dundee would emerge victorious in a testy affair with
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that should have been more comfortable. Being their usual inconsistent selves however, Dundee thoroughly disappointed in an embarrassing defeat away to part-time Cove Rangers just a few days later. They would again fail to defeat part-time opposition in the following match away to
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, having to settle for a point instead. They would finally get back on track the next week with a home victory over high-flying
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, moving up to 4th in the process. A daunting trip to
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followed, and despite a battling performance they would be knocked out of the
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by
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by a tight 1–0 scoreline. A few days later, ten-man Dundee would have to settle for a scoreless point at home to
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in a wet and dreary affair. To cap off a busy month, Dundee scraped a lucky point away to Queen's Park after going behind twice.


November

The month started off improbably for Dundee they came back from a two-goal deficit against
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to win in dramatic fashion at
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. They would continue this positive momentum the following week, with
Zach Robinson Zachary Scott Robinson (born 11 June 2002) is an English professional footballer who plays as a striker for club Motherwell. He came through the academy of AFC Wimbledon and made a number of first team appearances, as well as playing on loan fo ...
running the show and scoring both goals in a big home win over in-form
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. Dundee would make it 7 league games unbeaten and 3 wins in a row next as they defeated bottom side
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1–0 at Dens. The Dees were given a scare in the
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side
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, but 7 substitutes and an Airdrie red card helped Dundee dominate
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, scoring four goals to end up with a convincing-looking 6–2 win. After a successful month in which the club won all their games, manager
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was named the Scottish Championship Manager of the Month, and Paul McMullan as the Championship's Player of the Month.


December

The winning and unbeaten streak continued with a landmark victory, as Dundee defeated
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in the Highlands in a league game for the first time in their history via a goal from in-form Paul McMullan, marking the club's first 4-game win streak in the league since October 2013. Dundee would keep the momentum up the following Thursday with a comfortable win away to
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to reach the quarter-finals of the
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, making it 6 straight wins in all competitions. Unfortunately however, their next game against Cove Rangers would be postponed after ice and snow caused stadium and pitch damage to
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. Dundee would end the year with yet more cheer, topping the league for Christmas after a double by Luke McCowan against his former club
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clinched a win to pip the ''Honest Men'' to top spot despite an early straight red for Josh Mulligan, marking Dundee's seventh consecutive win in all competitions, their first such run since February 1974, as well as their fourth consecutive league clean sheet, and fifth in their last 6 games in all competitions.


January

Dundee's momentum came to a screeching halt in the new year, and despite coming back from 2 goals and a man down they would suffer defeat against part-time
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, knocking them off top spot. It took a late equaliser from
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to snatch a point at
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four days later. Dundee would have a home stretch planned, but issues with a now waterlogged
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resulted in three call-offs during the month. After a two-week period without a game, Dundee would match
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club St Mirren evenly in the
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(managed by former Dundee boss
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) to progress to the semi-finals in a high-scoring affair. Despite being dogged by injuries and disjointed by squad changes, Dundee comfortably beat league leaders Queen's Park to end the month on a high note.


February

Dundee opened up the month in frustrating fashion, failing to capitalise on chances and having to settle for a point against bottom side (albeit in good form) Hamilton Accies. They then somehow snatched defeat from the jaws of victory in the Challenge Cup semi-final against Raith Rovers, going out on penalties after leading by multiple goals late on. The club would return to winning ways in their following match, a comfortable 3–0 victory over Cove Rangers. However, they would once again falter against bogey team
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, losing 1–0 at
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. The inconsistent form would continue the following week at home to Inverness CT, where a fluke goal conceded and doing everything but scoring the winning goal (despite having a good goal chopped off due to incompetent refereeing) led to a very disappointing draw and Dundee falling further behind in the title race. Their bottle completely crashed in their game in hand at home to
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, being handily beaten in a dismal performance.


March

Dundee started March with a much-needed win away to Cove Rangers to close the gap at the top to two points ahead of a two-week hiatus. Dundee started their final round of fixtures flatly with a drab goalless affair away to Partick Thistle, which left them seven points behind the league leaders. In their game in hand four days later though, Dundee stepped up in a big win over promotion rivals
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to close the gap back to four points whilst opening an equal-sized gap on the 3rd placed ''Honest Men''. At the end of the month, manager
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was named Scottish Championship Manager of the Month.


April

The Dee started the month off with a bang, battering bottom side and new
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champions
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7–0, including a hat-trick from midfielder
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. This proved to be their largest margin of victory since a League Cup group stage win over Forfar Athletic on 30 July 2016, and the largest margin of victory in a league match since an 0–8 away win over
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on 22 January 1977. In front of a packed
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the following week, Dundee could only manage a point in a goalless draw with
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which nevertheless put them top of the league on goal difference with a game in hand. They followed up with a massive win over
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at Dens in said game in hand to stretch their lead at the top to three points with 4 games to go. In another tough encounter with their bogey team
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, Dundee grabbed a last-gasp equaliser at Dens to snatch a point. They would keep their unbeaten streak going in
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, but left frustrated after losing a lead that would have helped their title charge massively after playing well and had to settle with a draw up in the Highlands to maintain their slender lead at the top with two games to go. They would blow an even bigger opportunity to take control of the league by failing to beat bottom side Cove Rangers, leaving the title to a final game showdown at
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against Queen's Park where a draw or win would see them crowned as champions.


May

Prior to the title-deciding game, Dundee winger Paul McMullan was nominated for the
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Championship Player of the Year after scoring 7 goals and providing 11 assists in the league this season. In an epic and chaotic encounter at
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on 5 May, Dundee weathered the storm against Queen's Park and won the league with a frenetic and unforgettable 3–5 victory which secured promotion back to the
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on the first attempt. This would mark the first time since February 2017 that Dundee would score 5 away goals in a competitive fixture, and the last of those goals marked Dundee's 100th goal in competitive fixtures during the 2022–23 season. Manager
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was announced as the SPFL Scottish Championship Manager of the Year on 10 May 2023. Later that day, Dundee announced that they would part ways with Bowyer and assistant manager Billy Barr. Bowyer would leave Dundee as the permanent manager with the highest overall win percentage in the club's history.


Competitions

''All times are in British Summer Time (BST).''


Pre-season and friendlies


Scottish Championship

Dundee will play against
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,
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, Cove Rangers,
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,
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,
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,
Partick Thistle Partick Thistle Football Club are a professional association football, football club from Glasgow, Scotland and currently plays in the . Despite their name, the club are based at Firhill Stadium in the Maryhill area of the city, and have not ...
, Queen's Park and
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during the 2022–23 Championship campaign. They will play each team four times, twice at home and twice away.


League table


Results by round


Scottish Cup

Dundee entered the competition in the 3rd round. Their 3rd round win over
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would see six goals scored by Dundee, their highest tally in a Scottish Cup game since a 7–0 win over Nairn County in the 1985–86 season.


Scottish League Cup

Dundee were a top seed in the group stage draw that took place on 25 May 2022 at 13:00 on
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and the
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's YouTube channel. Dundee were drawn into Group H along with
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, Queen's Park, Forfar Athletic and
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.


Group stage


Knockout stage

Dundee were seeded in the second round as one of the three best group winners. The draw took place following the final group stage game on 24 July.


Group H table


Scottish Challenge Cup

Dundee will compete in the Scottish Challenge Cup, and will enter the competition in the 3rd round on the weekend of 23–25 September 2022. The draw took place on 29 August 2022 at 13:00 on
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's YouTube channel.


Squad statistics

, - , colspan="14", ''Players away from the club on loan:'' , - , colspan="14", ''Players who left the club during the season:''


Transfers


Summer


Players in


Players out


Winter


Players in


Players out


End of season


New deals and extensions


Players out


End of season awards


Club Player of the Year awards

* Andrew De Vries Player of the Year:
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* Isobel Sneddon Young Player of the Year: Lyall Cameron * Players' Player of the Year: Lyall Cameron


National awards

Scottish Professional Football League * Scottish Championship Manager of the Year:
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* Scottish Championship Team of the Year: Ryan Sweeney, Lee Ashcroft, Lyall Cameron PFA Scotland * Scottish Championship Player of the Year nominee: Paul McMullan * Scottish Championship Team of the Year: Ryan Sweeney, Lee Ashcroft, Lyall Cameron


See also

* List of Dundee F.C. seasons


References

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