The 2026–27 season is the 125th season in which Dundee will compete at a Scottish national level, and the 102nd season played in the highest division in the Scottish football league system. They will play in the Scottish Premiership for the fourth consecutive season after finishing 8th in the previous campaign. Dundee will also compete in the League Cup and the Scottish Cup.
Season summary
Pre-season On 3 June 2026, Dundee announced their first friendlies of the new season with away visits to newly-relegated Livingston and Brechin City. On 17 June, Dundee confirmed the club would embark on a pre-season trip to Hungary with a base at the Globall Football Park and Sporthotel in Telki on the outskirts of Budapest, with Hungarian club Paksi FC having previously announced a match with the Dark Blues during their trip. That same day, they also confirmed a friendly against Premier League club Everton which will take place at Dens Park midway through their Scottish League Cup group stage campaign.
July Dundee started their competitive season with a League Cup group match at home to Airdrieonians for the second straight year, though despite a sleepy first half they avoided another defeat and finished with the 3 points. Three days later, Dundee enjoyed a five-star 2nd half to dispatch Annan Athletic at Galabank with ease. The next week following a humbling by Premier League side Everton in a friendly, the Dee travelled up to Dingwall to take on a now 3rd tier Ross County but returned with similar results to previous visits to the Highlands, struggling for a draw before losing the bonus point on penalties to make qualification to the next round much more uncertain. After a slow first half, Dundee secured their qualification to the next round as a best runners-up with a four-goal flurry against Clyde at Dens.
August Dundee opened their league campaign with a daunting trip to Celtic Park to take on the reigning champions, but managed to keep things close and suffered only a narrow defeat. The following week, the first league game this season at Dens Park went exceedingly well as the Dee dominated Aberdeen and enjoyed a comfortable first win of the season, along with the streak of 3 straight wins over the Dons for the first time in their history. They could not extend this streak further the next week however in a rematch in the Scottish League Cup where a 12-minute flurry at Pittodrie saw Aberdeen progress comfortably in the end. Returning to league action, Dundee enjoyed another visit to Tannadice Park for the Dundee derby, scoring each side of half-time to dispatch Dundee United without reply to go joint-top. The next Sunday was another reality check though, as it was a case of "too little, too late" as a late goal wasn't enough to catch Hibernian in a home game where the hosts were comfortably second best.
September In a midweek match against St Johnstone, Dundee thought they had stolen a win after another lacklustre game before conceding a last minute equaliser to end the game in what ended up a frustrating but overall fair draw.
Competitions
Pre-season and friendlies
Scottish Premiership
Dundee will play against Aberdeen, Celtic, Dundee United, Falkirk, Heart of Midlothian, Hibernian, Kilmarnock, Motherwell, Rangers, St Johnstone and St Mirren in the 2026–27 Premiership campaign. They will play each team three times, twice at home and once away against half of the teams, and once at home and twice away against the other half. Following this, they will be split into either a top or bottom group of six depending on their position after 33 games, where they will play each team in their group once.
For upcoming Scottish Premiership fixtures, see the official Dundee F.C. website
League table
Results by round
Scottish Cup
Dundee will compete in the Scottish Cup, entering in the fourth round.
Scottish League Cup
Dundee competed in the Scottish League Cup, entering in the group stage. The draw for the group stage was held on 27 May 2026 at 13:00, broadcast live on Premier Sports Player and the SPFL YouTube channel. Dundee was drawn into Group D with Airdrieonians, Ross County, Clyde and Annan Athletic.
Group stage
Knockout stage Dundee qualified as one of the best runners-up, meaning they would be unseeded for the second round draw. The draw took place following the final group stage match on 26 July.
Group D table
Squad statistics
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Transfers
Summer
Players in Date Player From Fee26 June 2026 Idris Odutayo BromleyFree27 June 2026 Ryan Finnigan BlackpoolUndisclosed7 July 2026 Žan Bešir PrimorjeFree10 July 2026 Owen Bevan BournemouthFree13 July 2026 Alan Forrest Heart of MidlothianFree25 July 2026 Owen Goodman Crystal PalaceLoan20 August 2026 Bobby Wales Swansea CityLoan22 August 2026 Bradley Fink Wycombe WanderersLoan27 August 2026 Matai Akinmboni BournemouthLoan31 August 2026 Joe Wright Bradford CityUndisclosed2 September 2026 Jack Moorhouse Manchester UnitedLoan
Players out Date Player To Fee1 July 2026 Billy Koumetio Charlton Athletic£500,0002 July 2026 Luke Graham Stoke City£2,000,0007 July 2026 Paul Digby Colchester UnitedMutual consent8 July 2026 Emile Acquah Notts CountyUndisclosed30 July 2026 Aaron Donnelly Dunfermline AthleticLoan29 August 2026 Charley Oosenbrugh MontroseCo-operation loan
Winter
Players in Date Player From Fee
Players out Date Player To Fee
See also
List of Dundee F.C. seasons
References