Dundee United F.C. season 1987-88

Infobox Football club season
club = Dundee United

season = 1987-88
manager = Jim McLean
chairman = George Fox
league = Scottish Premier Division
league result = 5th (Cup Winners' Cup)
W16 D15 L13 F54 A47 P47
cup1 = Tennent's Scottish Cup| cup1 result = Runners-up
cup2 = Skol Cup | cup2 result = Quarter-finals
cup3 = UEFA Cup | cup3 result = Second round
league topscorer = Iain Ferguson (11)
season topscorer = Iain Ferguson (16)
highest attendance = 20,846 vs Rangers (27 Feb)
lowest attendance = 5,703 vs Motherwell (12 Dec)
prevseason = 1986-87
nextseason = 1988-89The 1987-88 season was the 79th year of football played by Dundee United, and covers the period from 1987-07-01 to 1988-06-30. United finished in fifth place, securing Cup Winners' Cup football for the following season, despite their Scottish Cup final to Celtic (Celtic qualified for European competition as league winners).

Match results

Dundee United played a total of 60 competitive matches during the 1987-88 season.cite web|url=http://www.soccerbase.com/results2.sd?teamid=740&seasonid=117|title=Dundee Utd 1987/1988 results and fixtures|work=Soccerbase|accessdate=2008-02-06] The team finished fifth in the Scottish Premier Division.

In the cup competitions, United lost in the final of the Tennent's Scottish Cup to Celtic and lost in the Skol Cup quarter-finals to rivals Dundee. Czechoslovakian side Vítkovice ensured United wouldn't repeat last season's UEFA Cup run, beating them in the second round.

Legend

kol Cup

Goalscorers

United had 19 players score with the team scoring 83 goals in total. The top goalscorer was Iain Ferguson, who finished the season with 16 goals.cite web|url=http://www.dirtyarab.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/History/1987s/1987-88/87-88page.htm|title=1987/88|work=Glenrothes Arabs|accessdate=2008-02-06]

Out

Four players were sold by the club during the season with a public total of at least £80,000 (some figures unavailable).

Playing kit

The jerseys were sponsored by Belhaven Beers for the first time.

References

ee also

* 1987-88 in Scottish football

External links

* [http://www.dirtyarab.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/History/1980s/1987-88/87-88page.htm Glenrothes Arabs 1987/88 season review]