Dundee United F.C.
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Full name
Dundee United Football Club
Nicknames
The Terrors
United
Arabs
(Supporters)
Founded
24 May 1909
(as Dundee Hibernian)
Ground
Tannadice Park, Dundee
Capacity
14,223
Chairman
Stephen Thompson
Head coach
Mixu Paatelainen
League
Scottish Premiership
2014-15
Scottish Premiership, 5th
Dundee United Football Club is a Scottish professional football club located in the city of Dundee.
Formed in 1909, originally as Dundee Hibernian, the club changed to the present name in 1923.
United are nicknamed The Terrors or The Tangerines and the supporters are known as Arabs.
The club has played in tangerine kits since the 1960s and have played at the present ground, Tannadice Park, since their foundation in 1909.
United were founder members of the Scottish Premier League (SPL) in 1998 and were ever-present in the competition until it was abolished in 2013 to make way for the new Scottish Premiership which is the top division of the current SPFL structure.
Domestically, the club has won the Scottish Premier Division on one occasion (1982-83), the Scottish Cup twice (1994 and 2010) and the Scottish League Cup twice (1979 & 1980).
United appeared in European competition for the first time in the 1966-67 season, going on to appear in Europe in 14 successive seasons from 1976.
They also reached the European Cup semi-finals in 1984 and the UEFA Cup final in 1987.
The club has a 100% record in four matches against Barcelona in competitive European ties.
Players