1993–94 Dundee United F.C. season

Dundee United
1993–94 season
ChairmanJim McLean
ManagerIvan Golac
Scottish Premier Division6th (Cup Winners' Cup)
W11 D20 L13 F47 A48 P42
Tennent's Scottish CupWinners
Scottish League CupSemi-finals
Top goalscorerLeague: Craig Brewster (16)
All: Craig Brewster (20)
Highest home attendance13,881 (vs Aberdeen, 7 August)
Lowest home attendance5,335 (vs Raith Rovers, 14 May)

The 1993–94 season was the 84th year of football played by Dundee United, and covers the period from 1 July 1993 to 30 June 1994. United finished in sixth place but the season will be remembered for the club's first Scottish Cup win, after Ivan Golac guided the club to success in his first season.

Season review

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The club began the season without Duncan Ferguson, selling him to Rangers for a British transfer record of £4m. Replacing him up front was Craig Brewster, signed from Raith Rovers for a more modest £0.25m.

The club endured replays in most rounds of the Scottish Cup before beating Rangers to win the trophy at the seventh attempt.

Match results

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Dundee United played a total of 58 competitive matches during the 1993–94 season.[1] The team finished sixth in the Scottish Premier Division.

In the cup competitions, United won the Scottish Cup for the first time, beating Rangers 1-0 and qualifying for the following season's UEFA Cup Winners' Cup competition in the process. The club lost narrowly in the League Cup semi-final to Hibernian and lost on away goals to Brøndby in the UEFA Cup first round.

Legend

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Win Draw Loss

All results are written with Dundee United's score first.

Premier Division

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Date Opponent Venue Result Attendance Scorers
7 August Aberdeen H 1–1 13,881 McKinlay
14 August Partick Thistle A 2–1 5,018 Dailly (2)
21 August St Johnstone A 1–1 6,247 McKinlay
28 August Hearts H 0–0 8,502
4 September Raith Rovers A 1–1 4,871 McKinlay
11 September Dundee H 1–0 10,664 McLaren
18 September Celtic A 1–1 26,733 McKinlay
25 September Motherwell H 0–0 6,633
2 October Hibernian A 0–2 7,586
5 October Kilmarnock A 1–1 7,034 McKinlay
9 October Rangers H 1–3 11,045 Welsh
16 October Partick Thistle H 2–2 5,760 Brewster, Crabbe
23 October Aberdeen A 0–2 13,556
30 October St Johnstone H 2–0 6,275 Brewster, McKinlay
6 November Hearts A 1–1 8,362 O'Neil
9 November Raith Rovers H 2–2 5,775 Bowman, McLaren
13 November Hibernian H 2–2 6,880 McKinlay, Brewster
20 November Motherwell A 0–2 5,807
30 November Celtic H 1–0 10,108 Connolly
4 December Kilmarnock H 0–0 7,100
7 December Dundee A 2–1 9,156 Brewster, Connolly
11 December Rangers A 3–0 43,058 Bowman, Connolly, Brewster
18 December Partick Thistle A 0–1 4,365
27 December Aberdeen H 0–1 12,067
8 January Hearts H 3–0 8,583 Connolly, Brewster, Crabbe
15 January Raith Rovers A 2–0 5,150 Brewster (2)
22 January Celtic A 0–0 17,235
25 January St Johnstone A 1–1 5,758 Brewster
5 February Dundee H 1–1 10,622 Connolly
12 February Motherwell H 1–2 6,573 Brewster
26 February Hibernian A 1–0 7,021 Nixon
5 March Kilmarnock A 1–1 7,403 Black
19 March Partick Thistle H 2–2 6,005 Cleland, Brewster
26 March Aberdeen A 0–1 12,574
29 March Dundee A 1–1 12,574 Brewster
2 April Celtic H 1–3 9,790 Brewster
5 April Rangers H 0–0 11,352
16 April Hibernian H 3–0 6,603 Petric, McKinlay, Brewster
23 April Rangers A 1–2 44,776 Dailly
26 April Kilmarnock H 1–3 8,801 Dailly
30 April St Johnstone H 0–0 10,653
3 May Motherwell A 2–1 Dijkstra, Brewster
7 May Hearts A 0–2 13,627
14 May Raith Rovers H 2–3 5,335 Hannah, Brewster

Tennent's Scottish Cup

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Date Opponent Venue Result Attendance Scorers
29 January Arbroath A 3–2 5,961 Brewster, Crabbe, McKinlay
19 February Motherwell H 2–2 12,023 Brewster (2)
1 March Motherwell A 1–0 13,002 Welsh
12 March Airdrieonians A 0–0 8,440
15 March Airdrieonians H 2–0 9,355 McKinlay, McLaren
9 April Aberdeen N 1–1 21,937 Welsh
12 April Aberdeen N 1–0 13,936 McInally
21 May Rangers N 1–0 38,000 Brewster

League Cup

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Date Opponent Venue Result Attendance Scorers
10 August Hamilton A 1-0 2,743 Connolly
24 August St Mirren A 1–0 4,415 McKinlay
31 August Falkirk H 3-3 8,750 Clark (2), McLaren
21 September Hibernian N 0–1 19,024

UEFA Cup

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Date Opponent Venue Result Attendance Scorers
15 September Denmark Brøndby A 0–2 5,756
28 September Denmark Brøndby H 3-1 8,541 McKinlay, Clark, Crabbe

Player details

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During the 1993–94 season, United used 25 different players comprising five nationalities, with a further six named as unused substitutes. The table below shows the number of appearances and goals scored by each player.[2]

No. Pos Nat Player Total Scottish Premier Division Tennent's Scottish Cup Skol Cup UEFA Cup
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
GK Denmark DEN Brian Flies 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
GK Scotland SCO Alan Main 23 0 17 0 0 0 4 0 2 0
GK Netherlands NED Guido van de Kamp 33 0 25 0 8 0 0 0 0 0
DF Scotland SCO Gary Bollan 17 0 11 0 1 0 4 0 1 0
DF Scotland SCO John Clark 19 3 14 0 0 0 3 2 2 1
DF Scotland SCO Alex Cleland 42 1 32 1 7 0 2 0 1 0
DF Netherlands NED Fred van der Hoorn 36 0 28 0 2 0 4 0 2 0
DF Scotland SCO Maurice Malpas 45 0 35 0 8 0 1 0 1 0
DF Scotland SCO Dave Narey 12 0 6 0 2 0 3 0 1 0
DF Scotland SCO Mark Perry 11 0 9 0 0 0 1 0 1 0
DF Federal Republic of Yugoslavia YUG Gordan Petrić 35 1 27 1 8 0 0 0 0 0
DF Scotland SCO Brian Welsh 50 3 37 1 7 2 4 0 2 0
MF Scotland SCO Dave Bowman 47 2 35 2 6 0 4 0 2 0
MF Scotland SCO David Hannah 14 1 10 1 4 0 0 0 0 0
MF Scotland SCO Grant Johnson 11 0 9 0 0 0 1 0 1 0
MF Scotland SCO Roy McBain 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
MF Scotland SCO Jim McInally 41 1 31 0 8 1 2 0 0 0
MF Scotland SCO Billy McKinlay 52 12 39 8 7 2 4 1 2 1
MF Scotland SCO Andy McLaren 36 4 27 2 4 1 4 1 1 0
MF England ENG Chris Myers 8 0 5 0 0 0 3 0 0 0
MF Scotland SCO John O'Neil 16 1 12 1 2 0 1 0 1 0
FW Scotland SCO Craig Brewster 40 20 33 16 7 4 0 0 0 0
FW Scotland SCO Paddy Connolly 34 6 28 5 2 0 2 1 2 0
FW Scotland SCO Scott Crabbe 28 4 22 2 3 1 1 0 2 1
FW Scotland SCO Christian Dailly 50 3 38 3 6 0 4 0 2 0

Team statistics

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League table

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Rangers (C) 44 22 14 8 74 41 +33 58 Qualification for the Champions League qualifying round
2 Aberdeen 44 17 21 6 58 36 +22 55 Qualification for the UEFA Cup preliminary round
3 Motherwell 44 20 14 10 58 43 +15 54
4 Celtic 44 15 20 9 51 38 +13 50
5 Hibernian 44 16 15 13 53 48 +5 47
6 Dundee United 44 11 20 13 47 48 −1 42 Qualification for the Cup Winners' Cup first round
7 Heart of Midlothian 44 11 20 13 37 43 −6 42
8 Kilmarnock 44 12 16 16 36 45 −9 40
9 Partick Thistle 44 12 16 16 46 57 −11 40
10 St Johnstone (R) 44 10 20 14 35 47 −12 40 Relegation to the 1994–95 Scottish First Division
11 Raith Rovers (R) 44 6 19 19 46 80 −34 31
12 Dundee (R) 44 8 13 23 42 57 −15 29
Source: RSSSF
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) Champions; (R) Relegated

Transfers

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Playing kit

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Home
colours
Away
colours

The jerseys were not sponsored, although Rover started next season's deal early in time for the Cup Final.

Trivia

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  • United's highest home league attendance was on the first day of the season (against Aberdeen) and the lowest was on the final day (against Raith).

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "Dundee Utd 1993/1994 results and fixtures". Soccerbase. Retrieved 7 December 2007.
  2. ^ a b c d "1993–94". Glenrothes Arabs. Archived from the original on 3 July 2008. Retrieved 7 December 2007.
  3. ^ a b c d e "Dundee Utd's transfers in 1993/1994". Soccerbase. Archived from the original on 1 October 2007. Retrieved 10 December 2007.
  4. ^ "Dundee United A-Z (B)". Dundee United F.C. Archived from the original on 25 October 2007. Retrieved 10 December 2007.
  5. ^ "Jerren Nixon". Glenrothes Arabs. Archived from the original on 28 August 2008. Retrieved 10 December 2007.
  6. ^ a b "Dundee Utd's transfers in 1992/1993". Soccerbase. Archived from the original on 1 October 2007. Retrieved 10 December 2007.
  7. ^ "Michael O'Neill". Glenrothes Arabs. Archived from the original on 28 August 2008. Retrieved 10 December 2007.
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