Dundee United F.C. season 1988-89
- Dundee United F.C. season 1988-89
Infobox Football club season
club = Dundee United
season = 1988-89
manager = Jim McLean
chairman = Jim McLean
league = Scottish Premier Division
league result = 4th
W16 D12 L8 F44 A26 P44
cup1 = Tennent's Scottish Cup| cup1 result = Quarter-finals
cup2 = Skol Cup | cup2 result = Semi-finals
cup3 = Cup Winners' Cup | cup3 result = Second round
league topscorer = Mixu Paatelainen (10)
season topscorer = Mixu Paatelainen (17)
highest attendance = 20,071 (vs Rangers, 27 Sep)
lowest attendance = 5,957 (vs St Mirren, 17 Feb)
prevseason = 1987-88
nextseason = 1989-90The 1988-89 season was the 80th year of football played by Dundee United, and covers the period from 1988-07-01 to 1989-06-30. United finished in fourth place, securing UEFA Cup football for the following season.
Match results
Dundee United played a total of 50 competitive matches during the 1988-89 season.[cite web|url=http://www.soccerbase.com/results2.sd?teamid=740&seasonid=118|title=Dundee Utd 1988/1989 results and fixtures|work=Soccerbase|accessdate=2008-02-04] The team finished fourth in the Scottish Premier Division.]In the cup competitions, United lost in the quarter-finals of the Tennent's Scottish Cup to eventual runners-up Rangers and lost in the Skol Cup semi-finals to Aberdeen, who also finished as losers in the final. Romanian side Dinamo Bucharest knocked United out of the Cup Winners' Cup in the second round.
Legend
kol Cup
Goalscorers
United had 17 players score with the team scoring 60 goals in total. The top goalscorer was Mixu Paatelainen, who finished the season with 17 goals.[cite web|url=http://www.dirtyarab.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/History/1988s/1988-89/88-89page.htm|title=1988/89|work=Glenrothes Arabs|accessdate=2008-02-05] ]Playing kit
The jerseys were sponsored by Belhaven for a second season.
Trivia
* All four of United's matches against Hearts finished 0-0.
References
ee also
* 1988-89 in Scottish football
External links
* [http://www.dirtyarab.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/History/1988s/1988-89/88-89page.htm Glenrothes Arabs 1988/89 season review]
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