1963–64 Dundee F.C. season

Dundee
1963–64 season
Manager	Bob Shankly
Division One	6th
Scottish Cup	Finalists
League Cup	Quarter-finals
Summer Cup	Group Stage
Top goalscorer	League: Alan Gilzean (33); All: Alan Gilzean (52)
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The 1963–64 season was the 62nd season in which Dundee competed at a Scottish national level, playing in Division One, where the club would finish in 6th place.^[1] Dundee would also compete in both the Scottish Cup and the Scottish League Cup.^[2] They would be knocked out of the Quarter-finals of the League Cup by Hibernian, and made it to the final of the Scottish Cup, where they lost Rangers. They would also compete in the revamped Summer Cup, being knocked out in the group stages.

Striker Alan Gilzean would break the club record for most goals in a single season, scoring 52 times in 48 appearances.^[3]

Scottish Division One

Statistics provided by Dee Archive.^[2]

Match Day	Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Dundee Scorer(s)	Attendance
1	21 August	Rangers	H	1–1	Seith	34,500
2	7 September	Aberdeen	A	4–2	Gilzean (2), Cameron, Penman	12,500
3	14 September	Dundee United	H	1–1	Gilzean	20,945
4	21 September	Third Lanark	A	2–1	Waddell, Gilzean	6,000
5	28 September	East Stirlingshire	H	3–1	Gilzean, Penman, Collumbine (o.g.)	11,000
6	5 October	Queen of the South	A	5–0	Waddell (2), Cousin, Gilzean (2)	5,500
7	12 October	Motherwell	H	1–3	Waddell	15,000
8	19 October	Hibernian	A	4–0	Gilzean (4)	11,071
9	26 October	Dunfermline Athletic	H	2–1	Cousin, Gilzean	17,500
10	2 November	St Mirren	A	1–2	Waddell	7,500
11	9 November	Airdrieonians	H	4–0	Cox, Penman, Gilzean (2) (pen.)	10,500
12	16 November	St Johnstone	A	6–1	Gilzean, Penman (2), Stuart, Richmond (o.g.), Waddell	12,000
13	23 November	Heart of Midlothian	A	3–1	Gilzean, Penman, Waddell	11,582
14	30 November	Celtic	H	1–1	Penman (pen.)	23,569
15	7 December	Kilmarnock	A	1–1	Gilzean	8,000
16	14 December	Partick Thistle	A	0–2		10,000
17	21 December	Falkirk	H	4–3	Waddell, Gilzean, Robertson, Hamilton	9,000
18	28 December	Rangers	A	1–2	Penman	43,000
19	1 January	Aberdeen	H	1–4	Gilzean	15,000
20	2 January	Dundee United	A	1–2	Gilzean	21,255
21	4 January	Third Lanark	H	6–0	Gilzean (2), Penman, Waddell, Cousin, Cameron	8,000
22	18 January	East Stirlingshire	A	5–1	Cousin (2), Waddell (2), Gilzean	3,500
23	1 February	Queen of the South	H	6–2	Cameron (2), Gilzean (3), Penman	11,000
24	29 April	Motherwell	A	2–2	Cousin, Cameron	7,000
25	19 February	Hibernian	H	3–0	Penman, Cameron (2)	10,591
26	22 February	Dunfermline Athletic	H	2–1	Cousin, Penman	9,000
27	29 February	St Mirren	H	9–2	Gilzean (3), Waddell (2), Cousin, Cameron (2), Penman	13,000
28	18 March	Airdrieonians	A	1–3	Stuart	802
29	21 March	Heart of Midlothian	H	2–4	Waddell, Cameron	11,593
30	1 April	Celtic	A	1–2	Gilzean	16,309
31	4 April	Kilmarnock	H	2–1	Cameron, Gilzean	13,000
32	13 April	St Johnstone	H	2–1	Stuart, Robertson	13,000
33	18 April	Partick Thistle	H	5–2	Stuart (2), Penman, Gilzean (2)	12,000
34	29 April	Falkirk	A	2–0	Penman (2)	3,000

League table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GR	Pts
4	Hearts	34	19	9	6	74	40	1.850	47
5	Dunfermline	34	18	9	7	64	33	1.939	45
6	Dundee	34	20	5	9	94	50	1.880	45
7	Partick Thistle	34	15	5	14	55	54	1.019	35
8	Dundee United	34	13	8	13	65	49	1.327	34

Source: RSSSF

Scottish League Cup

Statistics provided by Dee Archive.^[2]

Group 3

Match Day	Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Dundee Scorer(s)	Attendance
1	10 August	Third Lanark	A	2–1	Cousin, Gilzean	5,000
2	14 August	Airdrieonians	H	2–1	Penman, Houston	15,000
3	17 August	Dunfermline Athletic	H	4–1	Penman (2) (pen.), Gilzean, Robertson	16,500
4	24 August	Third Lanark	H	3–2	Gilzean (3)	14,500
5	28 August	Airdrieonians	A	1–4	Penman	7,000
6	31 August	Dunfermline Athletic	A	4–3	Gilzean (2), Cameron (2)	13,000

Group 3 table

Team v t e	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GR	Pts
Dundee	6	5	1	16	12	1.333	10
Dunfermline Athletic	6	3	3	13	13	1.000	6
Third Lanark	6	3	3	11	13	0.846	6
Airdrieonians	6	1	5	10	12	0.833	2

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

Knockout stage

Match Day	Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Dundee Scorer(s)	Attendance
Quarter-finals, 1st leg	11 September	Hibernian	H	3–3	Gilzean, Penman, Waddell	23,225
Quarter-finals, 2nd leg	18 September	Hibernian	A	0–2		24,375
Hibernian won 5–3 on aggregate

Scottish Cup

Statistics provided by Dee Archive.

Match Day	Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Dundee Scorer(s)	Attendance
1st round	11 January	Forres Mechanics	A	6–3	Waddell, Gilzean, Penman (pen.), Stuart, Cousin, Cameron	5,681
2nd round	25 January	Brechin City	A	9–2	Penman (2) (pen.), Waddell, Cousin (2), Gilzean (3), Cameron	8,022
3rd round	15 February	Forfar Athletic	H	6–1	Waddell (2), Gilzean (2), Cousin, Cameron	17,574
Quarter-finals	7 March	Motherwell	H	1–1	Cameron	30,443
QF replay	11 March	Motherwell	A	4–2	Cameron (2), Gilzean, Waddell	26,280
Semi-finals	28 March	Kilmarnock	N	4–0	Gilzean (2), Penman, McFadzean (o.g.)	32,664
Final	25 April	Rangers	N	1–3	Cameron	120,982

Summer Cup

Statistics provided by Dee Archive.

Group 2

Match Day	Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Dundee Scorer(s)	Attendance
1	1 May	Dundee United	A	0–0		13,500
2	6 May	Aberdeen	H	1–0	Cousin	5,000
3	9 May	St Johnstone	A	2–2	Penman, Cameron	7,000
4	13 May	Dundee United	H	3–3	Penman (2x pen.), Cameron	16,000
5	16 May	Aberdeen	A	1–3	Gilzean	9,000
6	20 May	St Johnstone	H	5–1	Penman (2), Gilzean, Tinney, Cousin	6,000

Group table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Aberdeen	6	4	0	2	14	8	+6	8
2	Dundee United	6	3	2	1	9	9	0	8
3	Dundee	6	2	3	1	12	9	+3	7
4	St Johnstone	6	0	1	5	5	14	−9	1