Dundee United Football Club Women is a Scottish

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club based in

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that is affiliated with the professional men's club

Dundee United F.C. Dundee United Football Club is a Scottish professional football club based 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 Tang ...

Founded in 2015, they play in Scottish Women's Premier League 1, the first tier of the national league system, after winning promotion from the second tier in 2021–22 and third tier in 2018. They had previously been promoted from the fourth tier in their 2016 debut season.

History

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club

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announced in April 2015 that they were going to launch a women's team to compete in the

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(SWFL) from the following year. Club co-owner and director Justine Mitchell was instrumental in the decision. There were over fifty applicants for the position of head coach, none of whom were women.

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was appointed as the team's first head coach in June 2015, with player trials commencing later that month. Ahead of the 2016 season, Fiona Mearns was chosen as the team captain. United played their first competitive match on 6 March 2016, a 5–0 win over Dunfermline Athletic Development in SWFL Division 2 East at Gussie Park in

. The same teams met again in June to contest the SWFL Division 2 Cup final. United lifted their first trophy with a 9–0 win, having led 7–0 at half time. The league title was secured with a 6–0 win over Edinburgh Caledonia on 9 October 2016. The club ended their first season having won all 16 league matches with a goal difference of +134. In October 2018, Dundee United secured the SWFL Division 1 North title with a 7–2 win over Cove Rangers. United finished top of the league by a four-point margin, winning promotion to the second tier of the national

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(SWPL) for the

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. United came under the auspices of the senior men's club in May 2022, changing their name from Dundee United Women's Football Club to Dundee United Football Club Women.

Colours and badge

Dundee United wear similar colours to the men's team, with tangerine shirts and black shorts. Change colours are white and black. The club uses the same badge as the men's team.

Stadium

The team play their home matches at Foundation Park (formerly Gussie Park), which is owned by Dundee United F.C. and situated opposite the club's main

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stadium. They played at Gussie Park, then known as the GA Arena due to sponsorship, from when the team was founded in 2015. Between 2020 and 2022, the team mainly played at the Regional Performance Centre at Caird Park., and also used the

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on occasion during this period. Following the completion of the first phase of redevelopment work on the Gussie Park facilities, it once again became the team's regular ground from 2022 onwards. In August 2023, a new 200-seat spectator stand was opened at the same time as the ground was formally renamed Foundation Park, in recognition of the contribution to its redevelopment by the Dundee United Supporters' Foundation. The team has also occasionally played matches on Tannadice Park itself, with the first being he match against Cove Rangers that clinched the SWFL Division 1 North title on 21 October 2018. This match was watched by an attendance of over 400. In May 2022, a new club record crowd of 726 watched them lift the SWPL2 trophy after a 3–2 win against

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. The team's first top flight match at Tannadice was against

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in November 2022.

Squad

Managers

(2015–2021) *Graeme Hart (2021–2024) *

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(2024–present)

Coaching Staff

* Head coach:

* Assistant coaches: Duncan Donald and Drew Myles

Honours

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: 2021–22 * SWFL First Division (North): 2018 * SWFL Division 2 East: 2017 * SWFL Division 2 Cup: 2016

References

External links

* {{Football in Dundee Women's football clubs in Scotland Dundee United F.C. Football clubs in Dundee Association football clubs established in 2015 2015 establishments in Scotland Scottish Women's Football League clubs Scottish Women's Premier League clubs