2007–08 Dundee F.C. season

Dundee

2007–08 season
Manager	Alex Rae
Stadium	Dens Park
Scottish First Division	2nd
Scottish Cup	Quarter-Finals
Scottish League Cup	Third Round
Scottish Challenge Cup	First Round
Top goalscorer	League: McDonald (9) All: McDonald (10)
Highest home attendance	8,203 (vs Celtic, 26 September 2007) (SLC)
Lowest home attendance	1,471 (vs Ross County, 14 August 2007) (CC)
Average home league attendance	4,264
Home colours

The 2007–08 season saw Dundee compete in the Scottish First Division after coming 3rd place the season prior.[1] Dundee finished in 2nd position with 69 points, 7 points behind eventual league winners Hamilton Academical.[2]

Final league table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion, qualification or relegation
1	Hamilton Academical (C, P)	36	23	7	6	62	27	+35	76	Promotion to the Premier League
2	Dundee	36	20	9	7	58	30	+28	69
3	St Johnstone	36	15	13	8	60	45	+15	58
4	Queen of the South	36	14	10	12	47	43	+4	52	Qualification for the UEFA Cup second qualifying round[a]
5	Dunfermline Athletic	36	13	12	11	36	41	−5	51

Source: BBC Sport
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) Champions; (P) Promoted
Notes:

1. Queen of the South qualified for the UEFA Cup Second Qualifying Round as Scottish Cup runners-up

Results

Dundee's score comes first

Legend

Win

Draw

Loss

Scottish First Division

Main article: 2007–08 Scottish First Division

Match	Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Scorers
1	4 August 2007	Livingston	A	2–0	2,872	Robertson (2) 17', 58'
2	11 August 2007	Queen of the South	H	2–1	4,023	Davidson (2) 13' (pen), 75'
3	18 August 2007	St Johnstone	A	1–1	6,079	Daquin 77', Žemlík 90'
4	25 August 2007	Partick Thistle	H	3–0	4,354	Swankie 8', Davidson 16', McDonald 56'
5	1 September 2007	Clyde	A	2–1	1,606	McHale 52', O'Brien 64'
6	15 September 2007	Dunfermline Athletic	H	1–1	5,173	McDonald 23'
7	22 September 2007	Stirling Albion	A	2–2	1,595	Davidson 32', Páleník 69'
8	29 September 2007	Greenock Morton	H	2–1	3,952	Páleník 2', Šturm 74'
9	6 October 2007	Hamilton Academical	A	0–2	3,197
10	20 October 2007	Livingston	H	4–1	3,639	Davidson (2) 20', 68', Žemlík 61', Lyle 73'
11	27 October 2006	Partick Thistle	A	1–1	2,589	Lyle 55' (pen)
12	3 November 2007	St Johnstone	H	2–1	5,518	Davidson 59', McDonald 90'
13	11 November 2007	Clyde	A	0–1	3,727
14	24 November 2007	Hamilton Academical	H	1–0	4,375	Robertson 12'
16	1 December 2007	Dunfermline Athletic	A	1–0	4,113	McDonald 72'
17	8 December 2007	Stirling Albion	H	3–1	3,590	Robertson 56', McDonald 60', Lyle 66'
18	15 December 2007	Greenock Morton	A	2–0	2,526	McDonald 13', Lyle 89'
19	26 December 2007	Queen of the South	A	1–2	1,980	Lyle 7', Páleník 20'
20	29 December 2007	Partick Thistle	H	1–0	4,548	McDonald 90'
21	2 January 2008	St Johnstone	A	1–1	6,072	McDonald 49'
15	5 January 2008	Dunfermline Athletic	H	0–0	4,607
22	19 January 2008	Clyde	A	1–1	1,328	Páleník 90'
23	26 January 2008	Queen of the South	H	2–3	3,926	McMenamin (2) 9', 90'
24	9 February 2008	Livingston	A	1–1	2,500	Antoine-Curier 44' (pen), Páleník 86'
25	16 February 2008	Greenock Morton	H	2–0	4,103	Antoine-Curier 6', Swankie 8'
26	23 February 2008	Stirling Albion	A	6–1	1,430	Antoine-Curier (2) 14', 57', McMenamin 36', Ellis 49' (og), Davidson 66', Lyle 78'
27	1 March 2008	St Johnstone	H	3–2	6,192	Antoine-Curier 40', McMenamin (2) 74', 90'
28	11 March 2008	Livingston	H	2–0	3,715	Antoine-Curier (2) 48', 61'
29	15 March 2008	Hamilton Academical	A	0–1	5,078	Antoine-Curier 52'
31	22 March 2008	Dunfermline Athletic	A	1–0	3,972	Daquin 50'
30	29 March 2008	Clyde	H	2–0	4,037	O'Brien 8', McDonald 73'
33	1 April 2008	Partick Thistle	A	0–1	2,426
32	5 April 2008	Greenock Morton	A	2–1	3,478	Antoine-Curier 25', Lyle 80'
34	12 April 2008	Stirling Albion	H	3–0	4,129	MacKenzie 55', Swankie 58', Robertson 90'
35	19 April 2008	Queen of the South	A	0–1	3,005
36	26 April 2008	Hamilton Academical	H	1–1	3,146	McMenamin 90'

Scottish Cup

Main article: 2007–08 Scottish Cup

Match	Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Scorers
R4	15 January 2008	Huntly	A	3–1	2,113	McDonald 29', Malone 81', Daquin 90'
R5	11 February 2008	Motherwell	A	2–1	5,733	McHale 49', Robertson 55', McDonald 83', MacKenzie 88'
QF	8 March 2008	Queen of the South	A	0–2	6,278

Scottish League Cup

Main article: 2007–08 Scottish League Cup

Match	Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Scorers
R1	7 August 2007	Greenock Morton	H	2–0	2,942	Žemlík 47', Swankie 52'
R2	28 August 2007	Livingston	H	2–2 (6–5 on pens)	2,355	Robertson 33', Lyle 86' (pen)
R3	26 September 2007	Celtic	H	1–2	8,203	Robertson 71'

Scottish Challenge Cup

Main article: 2007–08 Scottish Challenge Cup

Match	Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Scorers
R1	14 August 2007	Ross County	H	1–2	1,471	Šturm 59', O'Brien 90'

References

1. "Scotland 2006/07". RSSSF.
2. "Scotland 2007/08". RSSSF.

External links

• Dundee 2007–08 at Soccerbase.com (select relevant season from dropdown list)