Dundee United F.C. season 1989-90

Infobox Football club season
club = Dundee United

season = 1989-90
manager = Jim McLean
chairman = Jim McLean
league = Scottish Premier Division
league result = 4th
W11 D13 L12 F36 A39 P35
cup1 = Tennent's Scottish Cup| cup1 result = Semi-finals
cup2 = Skol Cup | cup2 result = Third round
cup3 = UEFA Cup | cup3 result = Second round
league topscorer = Darren Jackson, Mixu Paatelainen (7)
season topscorer = Mixu Paatelainen (9)
highest attendance = 16,635 (vs Celtic, 13 Jan)
lowest attendance = 5,957 (vs St Mirren, 17 Feb)
prevseason = 1988-89
nextseason = 1990-91The 1989-90 season was the 81st year of football played by Dundee United, and covers the period from 1989-07-01 to 1990-06-30. United finished in fourth place, securing European football on the final day of the season.

Match results

Dundee United played a total of 47 competitive matches during the 1989-90 season.cite web|url=http://www.soccerbase.com/results2.sd?teamid=740&seasonid=119|title=Dundee Utd 1989/1990 results and fixtures|work=Soccerbase|accessdate=2008-01-31|format=HTML] The team finished fourth in the Scottish Premier Division.

In the cup competitions, United lost in the semi-final of the Tennent's Scottish Cup to eventual winners Aberdeen and lost in the Skol Cup third round to Hamilton.

Legend

kol Cup

Goalscorers

United had 13 players score with the team scoring 50 goals in total. The top goalscorer was Mixu Paatelainen, who finished the season with nine goals.cite web|url=http://www.dirtyarab.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/History/1989s/1989-90/89-90page.htm|title=1989/90|work=Glenrothes Arabs|accessdate=2008-02-01]

Out

Four players were sold by the club during the season with a public total of just over £1m. The club made a profit of around £400k from transfers during the season.The jerseys were sponsored by Belhaven for a third season.

References

ee also

* 1989-90 in Scottish football

External links

* [http://www.dirtyarab.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/History/1989s/1989-90/89-90page.htm Glenrothes Arabs 1989/90 season review]