Editing Dundee (section)

== Sport and recreation ==
=== Football ===
[[File:Dundee football grounds from Dundee Law, December 2014.jpg|thumb|[[Dens Park]] and [[Tannadice Park]]]]
Dundee has two professional [[association football|football]] clubs: [[Dundee F.C.|Dundee]], founded in 1893, and [[Dundee United F.C.|Dundee United]], founded in 1909 as Dundee Hibernian. Dundee FC and Dundee United currently play in the [[Scottish Premiership]]. Their grounds [[the ScotFoam Stadium]] and [[Tannadice Park]] are just 100 metres apart, closer together than any other football stadiums in the UK. The [[Dundee derby]] is one of the most highly anticipated fixtures in Scottish football.

Dundee is one of four British cities to have produced two [[European Champion Clubs' Cup|European Cup]] semi-finalists. Dundee lost to [[A.C. Milan]] in [[European Cup 1962-63#Semi finals|1963]]<ref name="Dundee, European Cup History">{{harvnb|European Cup History, Season 1962–1963 }}</ref> and Dundee United lost to [[A.S. Roma]] in [[European Cup 1983-84#Semi-finals|1984]].<ref name="Dundee United, European Cup History">{{harvnb|European Cup History, Season 1983–1984 }}</ref> Dundee also reached the semi-finals of the forerunner to the UEFA Cup in [[Inter-Cities Fairs Cup 1967-68#Semifinals|1968]] and Dundee United were runners-up in the UEFA Cup in [[UEFA Cup 1986-87#Final|1987]].<ref name="Dundee United, UEFA Cup History">{{harvnb|UEFA Cup History, Season 1986–1987 }}</ref> There are also seven junior football teams in the area: [[Dundee North End F.C.|Dundee North End]], [[East Craigie F.C.|East Craigie]], [[Lochee Harp F.C.|Lochee Harp]], [[Lochee United F.C.|Lochee United]], [[Dundee Violet F.C.|Dundee Violet]], [[Broughty Athletic F.C.|Broughty Athletic]] and [[Downfield F.C.|Downfield]].<ref name="Scottish Junior Football Clubs A–K">{{harvnb|Scottish Junior Football Clubs A–K }}</ref>

=== Ice hockey ===
[[Dundee Stars]], the main [[ice hockey]] team, play at the [[Dundee Ice Arena]]. The team joined the [[Elite Ice Hockey League|Elite League]] in the [[2010–11 EIHL season|2010/2011 season]].<ref name="Dundee Stars join Elite">{{harvnb|Dundee Stars join Elite }}</ref> They are one of three professional ice hockey teams in Scotland, and play against teams from England, Wales and Northern Ireland in the Elite League. In the 2013/2014 season, Dundee Stars won the Gardiner Conference trophy, their only one to date. The majority of the players are from Canada and the United States. Marc LeFebvre is the current head coach and general manager of the Dundee Stars.{{citation needed|date=June 2023}}

There also is an amateur ice hockey team, [[Dundee Rockets]], who play in the [[Scottish National League (ice hockey)|Scottish National League]].

=== Rugby ===
The city is also home to six [[rugby union]] teams. [[Dundee HSFP|Dundee High School Former Pupils]] play in [[Scottish National League Division One]],<ref name="Dundee HSFP">{{harvnb|Dundee HSFP }}</ref> the second tier of Scottish club rugby. The remainder of the teams compete in the [[Caledonia Regional League]] – [[Harris Academy RFC|Harris Academy FP]] play in Caledonia Division One,<ref name="Harris Academy">{{harvnb|Harris Academy }}</ref> [[Morgan Academy FP RFC|Morgan Academy FP]] and [[Panmure RFC|Panmure]] in Caledonia Division Two Midlands,<ref name="Morgan Academy">{{harvnb|Morgan Academy }}</ref> Dundee University Medics and Stobswell in Caledonia Division Three Midlands.<ref name="Panmure and Stobswell">{{harvnb|Panmure and Stobswell }}</ref>

=== Athletics ===
[[Liz McColgan]] and [[Eilish McColgan]] both hail from Dundee and have been members of the Dundee Hawkhill Harriers athletics club.

=== Other sports ===
Local sports clubs include [[Dundee Handball Club]], Grove Menzieshill Hockey Club; Dundee Wanderers Hockey Club, Dundee Volleyball Club,<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.dundeevolleyballclub.com/ |title=Dundee Volleyball Club |access-date=9 January 2021 |archive-date=25 February 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200225154549/http://www.dundeevolleyballclub.com/ |url-status=live }}</ref> Dundee Northern Lights [[Floorball]] Club, Dundee Hawkhill Harriers, Dundee City Aquatics, [[Dundee Hurricanes]], [[Dundee Roller Derby]] and Dundee & Angus Radio Controlled Car Klub (DARCCK).

The [[Olympia Leisure Centre (2013)|Olympia Leisure Centre]], opened in 2013, has a swimming pool.

There is a velodrome, [[Caird Park Velodrome]].