Dundee F.C.
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| Full name | Dundee Football Club | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Nickname(s) | The Dee The Dark Blues |
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| Founded | 1893 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Ground | Dens Park (Capacity: 11,856) |
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| Chairman |  Bob Brannan |
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| Manager | Jocky Scott |
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| League | Scottish First Division | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2007–08 | Scottish First Division, 2nd | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Dundee Football Club, founded in 1893, are a football team based in the city of Dundee, Scotland. They are nicknamed The Dee or The Dark Blues and play their home matches at Dens Park. Their home shirt colour is dark blue.
Dundee currently play in the Scottish First Division, having been relegated from the Scottish Premier League in the 2004–05 season. The manager is currently Jocky Scott who was appointed on 30 October 2008,[1] after Alex Rae was sacked on 20 October 2008 following a 2–1 home defeat to Ross County.[2] For the past three seasons they have failed to gain promotion back to the top tier as they finished 7th in 2005–06, 3rd in 2006–07 and 2nd in 2007–08. In the 2005–06 Scottish Cup Dundee managed to reach the semi-finals but were beaten 3–0 by Gretna, then a Scottish Second Division side.
Unusually for a city of its size, Dundee supports two senior professional football teams, Dundee and Dundee United. Their grounds are within a few hundred yards of each other and are the two closest professional football grounds in the United Kingdom.[3]
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History
Formation and early years
Formed in 1893, Dundee Football Club was formed by an amalgamation of two city teams, Dundee Our Boys and Dundee East End. The club played their first Scottish league match on 12 August 1893 drawing 3–3 with Rangers. Dundee moved to their current stadium, Dens Park, in 1899.
Early 20th century
The club were relatively unsuccessful in their early days until the Scottish Cup win of 1910, beating Clyde in a twice replayed final.
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 3 man off side rule. With Halliday Dundee reached the 1924–25 Scottish Cup final. Halliday scored 103 goals in just 147 league and cup appearances for the Dees before moving to England's top division to wreak further havoc among opposing defences.[4]
Mid 20th century
The first decade after the war saw Dundee come close to a league title in the 1948–49 season, finishing just one point behind champions Rangers. They went on to win two League Cup's and reach a Scottish Cup final in 1952, and they also paid a Scottish record fee of £15,000 for Billy Steel. At this time Dundee's home attendances averaged more than 20,000.
In the 1958–59 Scottish Cup Dundee suffered a shock 1–0 defeat to Highland League side Fraserburgh. This is widely regarded Dundee's most embarrassing defeat in their history.
Golden age
Dundee won the league title of Scotland's top division, then called the Division One, in the 1961–62 season. Under the guidance of manager Bob Shankly, brother of Bill Shankly, and with players such as Bobby Cox, Alan Gilzean, Alex Hamilton, Bobby Seith, Gordon Smith and Ian Ure they won the league championship in 1962 with a win against St. Johnstone, which inturn relegated St. Johnstone to the then Second Division. Gordon Smith at Dundee thus collected the distinction of being the only player to win the Scottish football championship with three different clubs, none of them either half of the 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 Dees reached the Scottish Cup final again in the 1963–64 competition. Shankly moved on from Dundee in February 1965.
Dundee reached the semi-finals of the Inter-Cities Fairs Cup in 1968, losing to Leeds United.
Late 20th century
Success since their golden era in the early 1960s has been scarce with a League Cup win in 1973–74. The goal in the 1–0 victory, scored by Gordon Wallace, was against Celtic when Dundee were captained by the former Lisbon Lion Tommy Gemmell. Gemmell shortly after went on to manage Dundee for a brief spell. Although starved of success as far as the winning of trophies as concerned Dundee had some excellent players over the next few years including John Brown, Cammy Fraser, Jim Duffy, Tosh Mackinlay, Eric Sinclair and local boy Bobby Glennie who went on to skipper his home team on many occasions Under the guidance of John McCormack and then Jocky Scott, clinched the Scottish First Division title in 1998 with a 1–1 draw against Raith Rovers, ending a four year spell in the Scottish First Division by gaining promotion to the Premier Division.
21st century
In 2000 the club made perhaps their biggest ever signing when they brought in 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 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 (although it is worth noting that Jocky Scott, with considerably less money to spend, led the team to their highest placed finish in the Scottish Premier League - namely 5th.) This was achieved under the managership of Ivano Bonneti, who also made a short but notable contribution on the park linking up well with the great Caniggia. However as the Marrs brothers chased an impossible dream, the attendances at Dundee were still short of their neighbours and Dundee FC's spending significantly out-weighed their income. Dundee were soon forced into administration. This is hardly surprising due to their unsustainable spending, however the main factor was the lack of income during the period when the club's plans to sell off players at a profit was doomed when the bottom fell out of the transfer market just at that time.
Before Dundee went into financial trouble they enjoyed a good run in the Scottish Cup. In the third round Dundee knocked out Glasgow side Partick Thistle 2–0 away from home. 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. The only goal of the game was by Giorgi Nemsadze. This secured a 1–0 victory and a place in the Final against Rangers. Former Dee Barry Smith hit the post but Lorenzo Amoruso scored to bring Dundee's cup run to an end.
In 2003, due to the clubs failure to sell on players as anticipated, insufficient income was raised to fund the large wage bill, under owners Peter & James Marr, resulting in a £23 m debt, they were forced to go into administration with many players such as Fabian Caballero and Georgian captain Giorgi Nemsadze leaving the club in 2005. Despite this huge debt, Dundee survived by selling their stadium in 2003. The club's finances now look much better with the club focusing on its youth policy. In mid-2006, it was announced that financial restructuring would see the club become debt-free.
In early 2007 James & Peter Marr severed all 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.[1]
Non-playing staff
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Current squad
As of 20 October 2008
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On loan
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- For recent transfers, see List of Scottish football transfers 2008–09.
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.
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Notable players, past and present
- For a list of Dundee players with articles, see Category:Dundee F.C. players.
With the exception of Jim Duffy, Jocky Scott and Barry Smith, the names above are notable due to their involvement in Dundee's, 1962, first league championship. Jim Duffy is included for having the distinction of being player, player/manager, and manager over three different periods in the club's history, while Jocky Scott is included due his being involved with the club over five different periods spaning more than four decades; twice as a player and three times as manager. Barry Smith is included as the longest serving player in Dundee's history, playing 400 games over 11 consecutive seasons and being club captain for 9 of those seasons.
Managers
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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.[5]
- Highest home attendance: 43,024 vs Rangers, February 7, 1953, Scottish Cup 2nd Round[6]
- Highest average home attendance: 24,532, 1948–49 (15 games)[7]
- Biggest league win: 10–2 vs. Queen of the South 1962. vs. Alloa Athletic F.C. 1947 vs. Dunfermiline Athletic 1947
- Biggest league loss: 11–0 vs. Celtic 1895
- Most capped player: Alex Hamilton, 24 Scotland
- Most league appearances: Bill Marsh, 386, 1924–1937 & Barry Smith, 400, 1995–2006
- Most league goals: Alan Gilzean, 113
- Most goals in a season: Alan Gilzean, 52, 1963–64
- Highest transfer fee paid: £600,000, Fabián Caballero from Club Sol de América
- Highest transfer fee received: £1,200,000, Robert Douglas to Celtic
Honours
League
Domestic cups
European cups
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- Semi-finalists (1): 1962–63
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- Semi-finalists (1): 1967–68
Other
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- Winners (27): 27 times
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- Runners-up (3): 1987–88, 1995–96, 1998–99
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- Winners (1): 2006
References
- ^ a b "Scott set for Dundee appointment". BBC Sport. Retrieved on October 30, 2008.
- ^ "Dundee sack Rae and seek new boss", BBC Sport. Retrieved on 2008-10-20.
- ^ Ask the Gaffer | Football trivia | Your questions answered | Sport | Orange UK
- ^ 1937-1955 Dave Halliday | Aberdeen | Football | Managers | Managers Detail
- ^ Ross, David (2005). The Roar of the Crowd: Following Scottish football down the years. Argyll publishing, 71. ISBN 9-8781902-831831.
- ^ Ross, The Roar of the Crowd, 181
- ^ Ross, The Roar of the Crowd, 94
- ^ Known as second division prior to 1975
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