2013–14 Queen of the South F.C. season

The 2013–14 season was Queen of the South's first season back in the second tier of Scottish football and their first season in the newly established Scottish Championship, having been promoted as champions from the Scottish Second Division at the end of the 2012–13 season. Queens also competed in the Challenge Cup, League Cup and the Scottish Cup.

Summary

Queen of the South finished fourth in the Scottish Championship. Their league position qualified the club for the quarter-final stage of the Scottish Premiership play-offs where they were defeated 4-3 on aggregate by Falkirk over two legs.

The club reached the third round of the Challenge Cup, the third round of the League Cup and the fourth round of the Scottish Cup.

Management The club were managed by Jim McIntyre, alongside his assistant Gerry McCabe for the 2013–14 season, following the departures of Allan Johnston and Sandy Clark who left to become the new manager and assistant of Scottish Premiership side Kilmarnock. On 9 June 2014 McCabe left to become the new assistant manager at newly promoted Scottish Premiership side Dundee under Paul Hartley.

Results & fixtures

Preseason

Scottish Championship

Premiership play-offs

Scottish Challenge Cup

Scottish League Cup

Scottish Cup

Player statistics

Captains

Squad Last updated 10 May 2014

a. Includes other competitive competitions, including the play-offs and the Challenge Cup.

Disciplinary record Includes all competitive matches. Last updated 10 May 2014 NationPositionNameScottish ChampionshipOtherLeague CupScottish CupTotal GKCalum Antell0000000000 GKZander Clark0010000010 GKJames Atkinson0100000001 DFScott Hooper0000000000 DFMark Durnan6110000071 DF Chris Higgins6121000082 DF Ryan McGuffie2000100030 DFChris Mitchell6000001070 DFAndy Dowie3000000030 DFKevin Holt4010100060 DFLewis Kidd0010000010 MFKevin Dzierzawski1000000010 MFPaul Burns6000000060 MFMark Kerr1000000010 MF Daniel Carmichael1000000010 MF Ian McShane4000000040 MF Stephen McKenna6000100070 MF Dan Orsi0000000000 MFPatrick Slattery0000000000 MF Derek Young2000000020 FWIain Russell5100201081 FWDerek Lyle6000001070 FW Gavin Reilly0000000000 FW Michael Paton2000000020 FWAidan Smith0000000000 FW Robert McHugh0000000000

Clean sheets {| class="wikitable" style="font-size: 95%; text-align: center;" |- !width=15| !width=15| !width=15| !width=150|Name !width=80|Scottish Championship !width=80|Other !width=80|League Cup !width=80|Scottish Cup !width=80|Total |- |1 |GK | |Calum Antell |2 |2 |1 |0 |5 |- |2 |GK | |Zander Clark |9 |0 |0 |1 |10 |- |3 |GK | |James Atkinson |1 |0 |0 |0 |1

! Totals !! 12 !! 2 !! 1 !! 1 !! 16

Top Scorers Last updated on 10 May 2014 PositionNationName Scottish ChampionshipOther League Cup Scottish CupTotal1 Derek Lyle733114= Iain Russell13001143 Gavin Reilly12000124 Michael Paton302165 Mark Durnan50005= Robert McHugh230057 Stephen McKenna02103 = Ryan McGuffie20103= Chris Higgins20103 = Ian McShane3000311 Andy Dowie20002= Kevin Holt11002 13 Paul Burns10001

Team statistics

League table

Division summary

Transfers

Players in PlayerFromFee Iain Russell LivingstonFree Andy Dowie Partick ThistleFree Calum Antell HibernianFree Kevin Dzierzawski Dartmouth Big GreenFree Zander Clark St JohnstoneLoan Robert McHugh MotherwellLoan Mark Kerr Partick ThistleFree Lewis Kidd CelticLoan

Players out PlayerToFee Nicky Clark RangersFree Lee Robinson Ostersunds FKFree Steven Black Annan AthleticFree Marc Fitzpatrick Greenock MortonFree Kevin Smith DumbartonFree Calum Antell Brechin CityLoan Dan Orsi Annan AthleticFree Ryan McGuffie St Albans SaintsFree Liam Park Dalbeattie StarLoan

See also List of Queen of the South F.C. seasons

References