2008–09 Dundee F.C. season

Dundee

2008–09 season
Manager	Alex Rae (until October 2010) David Farrell (interim manager) Jocky Scott (from October 2008)
Stadium	Dens Park
Scottish First Division	4th
Scottish Cup	Third round
Scottish League Cup	Second round
Scottish Challenge Cup	First round
Top goalscorer	League: Antoine-Curier (14) All: Antoine-Curier (15)
Highest home attendance	6,537 (vs St Johnstone, 29 November 2008) (SFD)
Lowest home attendance	2,507 (vs Partick Thistle, 26 August 2008) (SLC)
Average home league attendance	3,955
Home colours

The 2008–09 season saw Dundee compete in the Scottish First Division after coming 2nd place the season prior. Dundee finished in 4th position with 50 points.

Final league table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
2	Partick Thistle	36	16	7	13	39	35	+4	55
3	Dunfermline Athletic	36	14	9	13	51	43	+8	51
4	Dundee	36	13	11	12	33	32	+1	50
5	Queen of the South	36	12	11	13	57	50	+7	47
6	Greenock Morton	36	12	11	13	40	40	0	47

Source: BBC Sport
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.

Results

Dundee's score comes first

Legend

Win

Draw

Loss

Scottish First Division

Main article: 2008–09 Scottish First Division

Match	Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Scorers
1	2 August 2008	Ross County	A	2–1	3,444	Antoine-Curier 34' (pen), Paton 50'
2	9 August 2008	Clyde	H	1–0	4,042	Antoine-Curier 44'
3	16 August 2008	Airdrie United	A	0–0	1,787
4	23 August 2008	Greenock Morton	H	1–0	4,032	Paton 28'
5	30 August 2008	Queen of the South	A	1–3	2,646	Pozniak 14'
6	13 September 2008	Dunfermline Athletic	H	0–0	4,259
7	20 September 2008	Livingston	H	0–3	3,631
8	27 September 2008	St Johnstone	A	0–2	4,307
9	4 October 2008	Partick Thistle	A	0–0	2,556
10	18 October 2008	Ross County	H	1–2	3,228	Antoine-Curier 58'
11	25 October 2008	Greenock Morton	A	0–2	1,741
12	1 November 2008	Airdrie United	H	1–1	3,456	Antoine-Curier 66'
13	8 November 2008	Dunfermline Athletic	A	1–0	3,506	Antoine-Curier 68'
14	15 November 2008	Queen of the South	H	2–0	3,630	Paton 64', Deasley 79'
16	29 November 2008	St Johnstone	H	1–1	6,537	Antoine-Curier 74'
17	13 December 2008	Clyde	A	0–1	1,176	Young 86'
18	20 December 2008	Partick Thistle	H	0–0	3,569
19	27 December 2008	Queen of the South	A	1–0	2,616	McMenamin 30'
20	3 January 2009	Dunfermline Athletic	H	1–0	5,033	Paton 67'
21	17 January 2009	Greenock Morton	H	0–0	3,736
15	24 January 2009	Airdrie United	A	0–1	1,303
22	31 January 2009	Clyde	H	2–1	3,217	McMenamin 39', Antoine-Curier 42'
23	7 February 2009	Livingston	A	2–1	1,535	Antoine-Curier 1', Efrem 33'
24	21 February 2009	Livingston	H	4–1	3,679	Shinnie 48', Efrem 55', Antoine-Curier (2) 68', 79'
25	28 February 2009	St Johnstone	A	0–0	7,238
26	10 March 2009	Queen of the South	H	2–3	3,757	Antoine-Curier (2) 55', 69'
27	14 March 2009	Ross County	H	2–0	3,381	McMenamin 32', Antoine-Curier 45' (pen)
28	22 March 2009	Partick Thistle	A	1–1	3,303	McMenamin 37'
29	28 March 2009	Ross County	A	1–1	2,296	Antoine-Curier 66', McHale 85', MacKenzie 89'
31	31 March 2009	Dunfermline Athletic	A	1–1	2,382	Malone 61'
30	4 April 2009	Greenock Morton	A	0–2	2,133
33	11 April 2009	Airdrie United	H	0–1	2,870
32	18 April 2009	Livingston	A	1–0	1,208	Young 61', MacKenzie 88'
34	25 April 2009	St Johnstone	H	0–1	6,305
35	2 May 2009	Clyde	A	0–2	944
36	9 May 2009	Partick Thistle	H	4–0	2,831	Young 1', McMenamin (3) 34', 69', 74'

Scottish Cup

Main article: 2008–09 Scottish Cup

Match	Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Scorers
R3	10 January 2009	Celtic	A	1–2	23,070

Scottish League Cup

Main article: 2008–09 Scottish League Cup

Match	Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Scorers
R2	26 August 2008	Partick Thistle	H	1–2	2,507	McHale 80'

Scottish Challenge Cup

Main article: 2008–09 Scottish Challenge Cup

Match	Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Scorers
R1	26 July 2008	Alloa Athletic	A	1–2	783	Antoine-Curier 88'

External links

• Dundee 2008–09 at Soccerbase.com (select relevant season from dropdown list)