List of Dundee United F.C. seasons explained

The following table is a season-by-season summary of league performances for Dundee United.^[1]

Key

Key
W	Winners
F	Finalists
SF	Semi-finalists
QF	Quarter-finalists
R1	Round 1, etc.
bgcolor=gold	1st	Champions (league/cup)
bgcolor=silver	2nd	Runners-up (cup only)
3rd	3rd Place/Semi-finalist
R	Relegation

Pre-War

Season	League									Scot. Cup
	Division	Pos	P	W	D	L	GF	GA	Pts
	Northern League	4th								–
	Division Two	11th	22	7	5	10	29	36	19	–
		10th	22	5	5	12	21	41	15	–
		10th	26	6	10	10	34	43	22	R2
		edit style="background-color: #CD7F32;"	3rd	22	11	4	7	36	31	26	R2
		11th	26	8	3	15	48	61	19	–
		10th	22	7	1	14	36	57	15	–
		5th	17	6	3	8	29	3	15	–
		5th	24	7	5	12	30	48	19	–
	No Eastern League (friendly matches only)
		bgcolor=gold	1st								–
		17th	34	10	7	17	39	52	27	–
		19th	38	10	8	20	47	65	28	R1
										R2
		9th	38	12	15	11	41	41	39	R1
		1st	38	20	10	8	58	44	50	R2
		17th	38	11	6	21	52	74	28	R1
		20th	38	7	8	23	56	101	22	QF
		6th	38	17	9	12	81	73	43	R2
		1st	36	24	3	9	99	55	51	QF
		19th	38	7	8	23	56	109	22	R2
		2nd	38	21	8	9	93	54	50	R2
		19th	38	6	7	25	40	118	19	R3
		13th	34	14	4	16	65	67	32	R2
		17th	34	10	4	20	81	88	24	R1
		4th	34	18	6	10	105	65	42	R3
		7th	34	16	5	13	108	81	37	R2
		14th	34	9	9	16	72	97	27	R1
		14th	34	9	5	20	69	104	23	R2
		9th	34	15	3	16	78	69	33	R2
		7th	4^[2]	2	1	1	8	7	5	bgcolor=silver	F^[3]

War

The Second World War saw the suspension of the major tournaments, with regional tournaments going ahead. Dundee United played in the North Eastern League, which consisted of autumn and season league and cup tournaments. In 1945–56, United played in the Southern League and corresponding league cup tournament.

Season	League									NEL Cup	Other
	Division	Pos	P	W	D	L	GF	GA	Pts
	North Eastern League (First Series)	6th	14	3	4	7	32	45	10	bgcolor=silver	F	–
	North Eastern League (Second Series)^[4]	4th	14	7	3	4	37	25	17	bgcolor=gold	W	–
	North Eastern League (First Series)	6th	14	5	0	9	24	36	10	QF	–
	North Eastern League (Second Series)	6th	14	5	1	8	25	32	11	QF	–
	North Eastern League (First Series)	5th	14	7	0	7	36	43	14	QF	–
	North Eastern League (Second Series)^[5]	4th	14	6	1	7	30	39	13	QF	–
	North Eastern League (First Series)	7th	18	5	3	10	34	49	13	–	–
	North Eastern League (Second Series)	6th	18	7	2	9	31	54	16	R1	–
	Southern League B	12th	26	6	3	17	46	70	15	–		R1
												R1

Post-War

Season	League									Scot. Cup	Leag. Cup	Europe/ Other	Top league goalscorer(s)
	Division	Pos	P	W	D	L	GF	GA	Pts
		10th	26	9	4	13	53	60	22	R1	QF		SF	Alex Lister	18
		15th	30	10	2	18	58	88	22	R2	SS		R1	Peter McKay	13
		8th	30	10	7	13	60	67	27	R2	SS		R1	Peter McKay	38
		7th	30	14	5	11	74	56	33	R2	SS		R1	Peter McKay	35
		4th	30	16	4	10	78	58	36	R1	QF			Peter McKay	38
		4th	30	16	5	9	75	60	37	R3	SS		R1	Peter McKay	36
		8th	30	12	5	13	52	56	29	R1	SS			Frank Quinn	24
		15th	30	8	6	16	54	79	22	R1	SS			Peter McKay	26
		13th	30	8	6	16	55	70	22	R4	SS			Tom McGairy	11
		8th	36	12	14	10	78	65	38	R5	SS			Johnny Coyle	43
		13th	36	14	6	16	75	80	34	R6	QF			Johnny Coyle	38
		9th	36	12	9	15	81	77	33	R2	SS			Wilson Humphries	27
		17th	36	9	7	20	62	86	25	R2	SS			Willie McDonald	15
		2nd	36	22	6	8	90	45	50	R2	SS			Jim Irvine	24
		9th	34	13	7	14	60	58	33	R2	SS			Dennis Gillespie	15
		10th	34	13	6	15	70	71	32	R1	SS
		7th	34	15	11	8	67	52	41	SF	SS
		8th	34	13	8	13	65	49	34	R1	SS
		9th	34	15	6	13	59	51	36	R2	SF
		5th	34	19	5	10	79	51	43	R2	SS
		9th	34	14	9	11	68	62	37	SF	SS		R3
		11th	34	10	11	13	53	72	31	R2	SS
		5th	34	17	9	8	61	49	43	QF	SS
		5th	34	16	6	12	62	64	38	R2	SS		R1
		6th	34	14	8	12	53	54	36	R4	SS		R2
		9th	34	12	7	15	55	70	31	R3	SS		R1
		7th	34	17	5	12	56	51	39	R3	R2		R1
		8th	34	15	7	12	55	51	37	bgcolor=silver	F	SS		SF
		4th	34	19	7	8	72	43	45	R4	SS		R2
		8th	36	12	8	16	46	48	32	R4	SS		R2
		4th	36	16	9	11	54	45	41	R3	SS		R1
		3rd	36	16	8	12	42	32	40	SF	QF		R1
		3rd	36	18	8	10	56	37	44	R3	R2		R1
		4th	36	12	13	11	43	30	37	R4	bgcolor=gold	W		R2 style="background-color: #CD7F32;"	SF
		5th	36	17	9	10	66	42	43	bgcolor=silver	F	bgcolor=gold	W		R2
		4th	36	15	10	11	61	38	40	QF	bgcolor=silver	F		QF
		bgcolor=gold	1st	36	24	8	4	90	35	56	R3	SF		QF
		3rd	36	18	11	7	67	39	47	QF	SF		SF
		3rd	36	20	7	9	67	33	47	bgcolor=silver	F	bgcolor=silver	F		R3
		3rd	36	18	11	7	59	31	47	SF	SF		R3
		3rd	44	24	12	8	66	36	60	bgcolor=silver	F	SF		bgcolor=silver	F
		5th	44	16	15	13	54	47	47	bgcolor=silver	F	QF		R2
		4th	36	16	12	8	44	26	44	QF	SF		R2
		4th	36	11	13	12	36	39	35	SF	R3		R2
		4th	36	17	7	12	41	29	41	bgcolor=silver	F	SF		R2
		4th	44	19	13	12	66	50	51	R4	QF
		4th	44	19	9	16	56	49	47	R4	QF
		6th	44	11	20	13	47	48	42	bgcolor=gold	W	SF		R1
		10th	36	9	9	18	40	56	36	QF	QF		R1
		2nd	36	19	10	7	73	37	67	QF	R3		bgcolor=silver	F
		3rd	36	17	9	10	46	33	60	SF	R3
		7th	36	8	13	15	43	51	37	QF	bgcolor=silver	F		QR2
		9th	36	8	10	18	37	48	34	SF	R3
		8th	36	11	6	19	34	57	39	QF	SF
		11th	38	9	8	21	38	63	35	SF	QF
		8th	38	12	10	16	38	59	46	QF	QF
		11th	38	7	11	20	35	68	32	R3	SF
		5th	38	13	10	15	47	60	49	R3	R3
		9th	38	8	12	18	41	59	36	bgcolor=silver	F	SF
		9th	38	7	12	19	41	66	33	R3	R3		QR2
		9th	38	10	12	16	40	59	42	R4	R3
		5th	38	14	10	14	53	47	52	R5	bgcolor=silver	F			Noel Hunt	13
		5th	38	13	14	11	47	50	53	R5	SF			Francisco Sandaza	10
		3rd	38	17	12	9	55	47	63	bgcolor=gold	W	QF			Jon Daly	13
		4th	38	17	10	11	55	50	61	QF	QF		QR4	David Goodwillie	18
		4th	38	16	11	11	62	50	59	QF	QF		QR2	Jon Daly	19
		6th	38	11	14	13	51	62	47	SF	QF		QR3	Johnny Russell	20
		4th	38	16	10	12	65	50	58	bgcolor=silver	F	QF			Nadir Çiftçi	17
		5th	38	17	5	16	58	56	56	QF	bgcolor=silver	F			Nadir Çiftçi	16
		12th	38	8	7	23	45	70	28	SF	QF			Billy Mckay	9
			3rd	36	15	12	9	50	42	57	R4	QF		bgcolor=gold	W	Tony Andreu	19
			3rd	36	18	7	11	52	42	61	R2	R5			QF	Scott McDonald	10
			2nd	36	17	8	9	49	40	65	QF	GS			R2	Pavol Šafranko	12
		1st	28	18	5	5	52	22	59	R4	GS			R3	Lawrence Shankland	24
		9th	38	10	14	14	32	50	44	SF	GS			Nicky Clark	8
		4th	38	12	12	14	37	44	48	QF	QF			Nicky Clark	8
		12th	38	8	7	23	40	70	31	R5	QF			QR3	Steven Fletcher	9
		1st	36	22	9	5	73	23	75	R3	GS			QF	Louis Moult	18
		4th	14	6	5	3	21	14	23	--	QF

Sources:

• LondonHearts.com

External links

• Official club website history

Notes and References

1. The League Cup was founded in 1946.
2. The outbreak of the Second World War on 3 September 1939 caused the suspension of Division Two after four matches
3. [Scottish War Emergency Cup]
4. An extra bonus point was awarded by having a better aggregate score over each opponent
5. Bonus points were awarded for an away win (three) and an away draw (two)