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

Key

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

Pre-War

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Season League Scot.
Cup
Division Pos P W D L GF GA Pts
1909–10 Northern League 4th –
1910–11 Division Two 11th 22 7 5 10 29 36 19 –
1911–12 Division Two 10th 22 5 5 12 21 41 15 –
1912–13 Division Two 10th 26 6 10 10 34 43 22 R2
1913–14 Division Two 3rd 22 11 4 7 36 31 26 R2
1914–15 Division Two 11th 26 8 3 15 48 61 19 –
1915–16 Eastern League 10th 22 7 1 14 36 57 15 –
1916–17 Eastern League 5th 17 6 3 8 29 3 15 –
1917–18 Eastern League 5th 24 7 5 12 30 48 19 –
1918–19 No Eastern League (friendly matches only)
1919–20 Eastern League 1st –
1920–21 Central League 17th 34 10 7 17 39 52 27 –
1921–22 Division Two 19th 38 10 8 20 47 65 28 R1
1922–23 Alliance League R2
1923–24 Division Two 9th 38 12 15 11 41 41 39 R1
1924–25 Division Two 1st 38 20 10 8 58 44 50 R2
1925–26 Division One 17th 38 11 6 21 52 74 28 R1
1926–27 Division One 20th 38 7 8 23 56 101 22 QF
1927–28 Division Two 6th 38 17 9 12 81 73 43 R2
1928–29 Division Two 1st 36 24 3 9 99 55 51 QF
1929–30 Division One 19th 38 7 8 23 56 109 22 R2
1930–31 Division Two 2nd 38 21 8 9 93 54 50 R2
1931–32 Division One 19th 38 6 7 25 40 118 19 R3
1932–33 Division Two 13th 34 14 4 16 65 67 32 R2
1933–34 Division Two 17th 34 10 4 20 81 88 24 R1
1934–35 Division Two 4th 34 18 6 10 105 65 42 R3
1935–36 Division Two 7th 34 16 5 13 108 81 37 R2
1936–37 Division Two 14th 34 9 9 16 72 97 27 R1
1937–38 Division Two 14th 34 9 5 20 69 104 23 R2
1938–39 Division Two 9th 34 15 3 16 78 69 33 R2
1939–40 Division Two 7th 4[2] 2 1 1 8 7 5 F[3]

War

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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
1941–42 North Eastern League (First Series) 6th 14 3 4 7 32 45 10 F –
North Eastern League (Second Series)[4] 4th 14 7 3 4 37 25 17 W –
1942–43 North Eastern League (First Series) 6th 14 5 0 9 24 36 10 QF –
North Eastern League (Second Series)[4] 6th 14 5 1 8 25 32 11 QF –
1943–44 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 –
1944–45 North Eastern League (First Series) 7th 18 5 3 10 34 49 13 – –
North Eastern League (Second Series)[5] 6th 18 7 2 9 31 54 16 R1 –
1945–46 Southern League B 12th 26 6 3 17 46 70 15 – Southern Football League Cup R1
Victory Cup R1

Post-War

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Season League Scot.
Cup 		Leag.
Cup 		Europe/
Other 		Top league goalscorer(s)
Division Pos P W D L GF GA Pts
1946–47 Division B 10th 26 9 4 13 53 60 22 R1 QF Supplementary Cup SF Alex Lister 18
1947–48 Division B 15th 30 10 2 18 58 88 22 R2 SS Supplementary Cup R1 Peter McKay 13
1948–49 Division B 8th 30 10 7 13 60 67 27 R2 SS Supplementary Cup R1 Peter McKay 38
1949–50 Division B 7th 30 14 5 11 74 56 33 R2 SS Supplementary Cup R1 Peter McKay 35
1950–51 Division B 4th 30 16 4 10 78 58 36 R1 QF Peter McKay 38
1951–52 Division Two 4th 30 16 5 9 75 60 37 R3 SS Supplementary Cup R1 Peter McKay 36
1952–53 Division Two 8th 30 12 5 13 52 56 29 R1 SS Frank Quinn 24
1953–54 Division Two 15th 30 8 6 16 54 79 22 R1 SS Peter McKay 26
1954–55 Division Two 13th 30 8 6 16 55 70 22 R4 SS Tom McGairy 11
1955–56 Division Two 8th 36 12 14 10 78 65 38 R5 SS Johnny Coyle 43
1956–57 Division Two 13th 36 14 6 16 75 80 34 R6 QF Johnny Coyle 38
1957–58 Division Two 9th 36 12 9 15 81 77 33 R2 SS Wilson Humphries 27
1958–59 Division Two 17th 36 9 7 20 62 86 25 R2 SS Willie McDonald 15
1959–60 Division Two 2nd 36 22 6 8 90 45 50 R2 SS Jim Irvine 24
1960–61 Division One 9th 34 13 7 14 60 58 33 R2 SS Dennis Gillespie 15
1961–62 Division One 10th 34 13 6 15 70 71 32 R1 SS
1962–63 Division One 7th 34 15 11 8 67 52 41 SF SS
1963–64 Division One 8th 34 13 8 13 65 49 34 R1 SS
1964–65 Division One 9th 34 15 6 13 59 51 36 R2 SF
1965–66 Division One 5th 34 19 5 10 79 51 43 R2 SS
1966–67 Division One 9th 34 14 9 11 68 62 37 SF SS Fairs Cup R3
1967–68 Division One 11th 34 10 11 13 53 72 31 R2 SS
1968–69 Division One 5th 34 17 9 8 61 49 43 QF SS
1969–70 Division One 5th 34 16 6 12 62 64 38 R2 SS Fairs Cup R1
1970–71 Division One 6th 34 14 8 12 53 54 36 R4 SS Fairs Cup R2
1971–72 Division One 9th 34 12 7 15 55 70 31 R3 SS Texaco Cup R1
1972–73 Division One 7th 34 17 5 12 56 51 39 R3 R2 Texaco Cup R1
1973–74 Division One 8th 34 15 7 12 55 51 37 F SS Texaco Cup SF
1974–75 Division One 4th 34 19 7 8 72 43 45 R4 SS Cup Winners' Cup R2
1975–76 Premier Division 8th 36 12 8 16 46 48 32 R4 SS UEFA Cup R2
1976–77 Premier Division 4th 36 16 9 11 54 45 41 R3 SS Anglo-Scottish Cup R1
1977–78 Premier Division 3rd 36 16 8 12 42 32 40 SF QF UEFA Cup R1
1978–79 Premier Division 3rd 36 18 8 10 56 37 44 R3 R2 UEFA Cup R1
1979–80 Premier Division 4th 36 12 13 11 43 30 37 R4 W UEFA Cup
Drybrough Cup		 SF
1980–81 Premier Division 5th 36 17 9 10 66 42 43 F W UEFA Cup R2
1981–82 Premier Division 4th 36 15 10 11 61 38 40 QF F UEFA Cup QF
1982–83 Premier Division 1st 36 24 8 4 90 35 56 R3 SF UEFA Cup QF
1983–84 Premier Division 3rd 36 18 11 7 67 39 47 QF SF European Cup SF
1984–85 Premier Division 3rd 36 20 7 9 67 33 47 F F UEFA Cup R3
1985–86 Premier Division 3rd 36 18 11 7 59 31 47 SF SF UEFA Cup R3
1986–87 Premier Division 3rd 44 24 12 8 66 36 60 F SF UEFA Cup F
1987–88 Premier Division 5th 44 16 15 13 54 47 47 F QF UEFA Cup R2
1988–89 Premier Division 4th 36 16 12 8 44 26 44 QF SF Cup Winners' Cup R2
1989–90 Premier Division 4th 36 11 13 12 36 39 35 SF R3 UEFA Cup R2
1990–91 Premier Division 4th 36 17 7 12 41 29 41 F SF UEFA Cup R2
1991–92 Premier Division 4th 44 19 13 12 66 50 51 R4 QF
1992–93 Premier Division 4th 44 19 9 16 56 49 47 R4 QF
1993–94 Premier Division 6th 44 11 20 13 47 48 42 W SF UEFA Cup R1
1994–95 Premier Division 10th 36 9 9 18 40 56 36 QF QF Cup Winners' Cup R1
1995–96 First Division 2nd 36 19 10 7 73 37 67 QF R3 Challenge Cup F
1996–97 Premier Division 3rd 36 17 9 10 46 33 60 SF R3
1997–98 Premier Division 7th 36 8 13 15 43 51 37 QF F UEFA Cup QR2
1998–99 Premier League 9th 36 8 10 18 37 48 34 SF R3
1999–00 Premier League 8th 36 11 6 19 34 57 39 QF SF
2000–01 Premier League 11th 38 9 8 21 38 63 35 SF QF
2001–02 Premier League 8th 38 12 10 16 38 59 46 QF QF
2002–03 Premier League 11th 38 7 11 20 35 68 32 R3 SF
2003–04 Premier League 5th 38 13 10 15 47 60 49 R3 R3
2004–05 Premier League 9th 38 8 12 18 41 59 36 F SF
2005–06 Premier League 9th 38 7 12 19 41 66 33 R3 R3 UEFA Cup QR2
2006–07 Premier League 9th 38 10 12 16 40 59 42 R4 R3
2007–08 Premier League 5th 38 14 10 14 53 47 52 R5 F Noel Hunt 13
2008–09 Premier League 5th 38 13 14 11 47 50 53 R5 SF Francisco Sandaza 10
2009–10 Premier League 3rd 38 17 12 9 55 47 63 W QF Jon Daly 13
2010–11 Premier League 4th 38 17 10 11 55 50 61 QF QF Europa League QR4 David Goodwillie 18
2011–12 Premier League 4th 38 16 11 11 62 50 59 QF QF Europa League QR2 Jon Daly 19
2012–13 Premier League 6th 38 11 14 13 51 62 47 SF QF Europa League QR3 Johnny Russell 20
2013–14 Premiership 4th 38 16 10 12 65 50 58 F QF Nadir Çiftçi 17
2014–15 Premiership 5th 38 17 5 16 58 56 56 QF F Nadir Çiftçi 16
2015–16 Premiership 12th 38 8 7 23 45 70 28 SF QF Billy Mckay 9
2016–17 Championship 3rd 36 15 12 9 50 42 57 R4 QF Challenge Cup W Tony Andreu 19
2017–18 Championship 3rd 36 18 7 11 52 42 61 R2 R5 Challenge Cup QF Scott McDonald 10
2018–19 Championship 2nd 36 17 8 9 49 40 65 QF GS Challenge Cup R2 Pavol Šafranko 12
2019–20 Championship 1st 28 18 5 5 52 22 59 R4 GS Challenge Cup R3 Lawrence Shankland 24
2020–21 Premiership 9th 38 10 14 14 32 50 44 SF GS Nicky Clark 8
2021–22 Premiership 4th 38 12 12 14 37 44 48 QF QF Nicky Clark 8
2022–23 Premiership 12th 38 8 7 23 40 70 31 R5 QF Conference League QR3 Steven Fletcher 9
2023–24 Championship 1st 36 22 9 5 73 23 75 R3 GS Challenge Cup QF Louis Moult 18
2024–25 Premiership 4th 12 5 4 3 18 13 19 -- QF

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References

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  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 due to suspension of Scottish Cup by SFA
  4. ^ a b An extra bonus point was awarded by having a better aggregate score over each opponent
  5. ^ a b Bonus points were awarded for an away win (three) and an away draw (two)
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