2016–17 Ross County F.C. season

The 2016–17 season was the club's 4th season in the Scottish Premiership and their fifth consecutive appearance in the top flight of Scottish football. Ross County also competed in the Scottish Cup and the League Cup, having won the League Cup the previous year for the first time in their history.[2]

Ross County
2016–17 season
ChairmanRoy MacGregor
ManagerJim McIntyre
StadiumVictoria Park
PremiershipSeventh place
League CupGroup Stage
Scottish CupFifth round
Top goalscorerLeague: Liam Boyce (23)
All: Liam Boyce (24)
Highest home attendance6,590 vs Rangers
Premiership
6 November 2016
Lowest home attendance722 vs Cove Rangers
League Cup
30 July 2016
Average home league attendance4,103[1]

Season summary

County were unable to retain the trophy after being knocked out of the Group Stages in a new format introduced by the SPFL.[3] County U20s won the Development League, managed by Stuart Kettlewell.[4] Liam Boyce finished the season on 23 league goals and was the top goalscorer in the Scottish Premiership.[5]

Results and fixtures

  Win   Draw   Loss   Postponed

Pre-season

5 July 2016[6] Friendly Paksi FC 1–3 Ross County Budapest, Hungary
18:00 Kovács  41' 1 Schalk  15', 32'
Graham  79'
Stadium: Globall Sport Complex
8 July 2016[6] Friendly Soroksár SC 1–1 Ross County Budapest, Hungary
18:00 Koós  9' 2 Irvine  45' Stadium: Globall Sport Complex

Scottish Premiership

6 August 2016 1 Ross County 1–3 Dundee Victoria Park
15:00 Curran  67' Report Loy  13', 41' (pen.)
McGowan  62'
Attendance: 3,669
Referee: Madden
13 August 2016 2 Inverness Caledonian Thistle 2–3 Ross County Tulloch Caledonian Stadium
15:00 Boden  45'
Draper  65'
Report Boyce  7', 26', 47' Attendance: 4,204
Referee: Dallas
20 August 2016 3 Ross County 2–0 Kilmarnock Victoria Park
15:00 Boyce  29', 74' Report Attendance: 3,263
Referee: Walsh
27 August 2016 4 Hamilton Academical 1–0 Ross County New Douglas Park
15:00 Imrie  74' Report Attendance: 1,609
Referee: Aitken
10 September 2016 5 Ross County 1–1 Motherwell Victoria Park
15:00 Boyce  61'
McEveley  24'  70'
Report Moult  41' (pen.) Attendance: 3,019
Referee: Muir
17 September 2016 6 Rangers 0–0 Ross County Ibrox Stadium
15:00 Report Attendance: 47,935
Referee: Aitken
24 September 2016 7 Heart of Midlothian 0–0 Ross County Tynecastle Stadium
15:00 Rherras  55'
Djoum  87'
BBC Report
SPFL Report
Woods  50'
Dingwall  57'
McShane  81'  83'
Fraser  90'
Attendance: 16,321
Referee: Muir
1 October 2016 8 Ross County 0–2 St Johnstone Victoria Park
15:00 Woods  90+3' BBC Report
SPFL Report
Swanson  42' (pen.)
Kane  73'
Foster  90+2'
Attendance: 3,299
Referee: Allan
15 October 2016 9 Aberdeen 4–0 Ross County Pittodrie Stadium
15:00 Hayes  20'
Logan  32'
Reynolds  67'
McGinn  68'
Stockley  78'
Report
SPFL Report
Fraser  12'
Chow  21'
Davies  73'
Attendance: 10,091
Referee: Thomson
22 October 2016 10 Partick Thistle 1–1 Ross County Firhill Stadium
15:00 Welsh  20'
Azeez  58'
BBC Report
SPFL Report
Davies  12'
Curran  50'
Dow  90+3'
Burke  90+5'
Attendance: 3,777
Referee: Robertson
26 October 2016 11 Ross County 0–4 Celtic Victoria Park
19:45 Dow  64'
McEveley  86'
BBC Sport
SPFL Report
Roberts  3'
Armstrong  83'
Griffiths  44'
Gordon  73'
Sinclair  90+1'
Dembélé  90+3'
Attendance: 6,290
Referee: Muir
22 October 2016 12 Motherwell 4–1 Ross County Fir Park
15:00 McDonald  8'
van der Weg  32' (o.g.)
Heneghan  49'
Tait  51'
Ainsworth  62'
BBC Report
SPFL Report
van der Weg  39'
Quinn  53'
Schalk  78'
Attendance: 3,177
Referee: Walsh
6 November 2016 13 Ross County 1–1 Rangers Victoria Park
12:00 McEveley  11'
Davies  26'
Chow  61'
Dow  76'
Dingwall  78'
Routis  82'
Burke  86'
BBC Report
SPFL Report
Hill  8'
Holt  67'
Waghorn  74'
Attendance: 6,590
Referee: Dallas
19 November 2016 14 St Johnstone 2–4 Ross County McDiarmid Park
15:00 Anderson  4'
Paton  55'
Foster  62'
Swanson  65' (pen.)
MacLean  80'
BBC Report
SPFL Report
McEveley  24'  65'
Routis  38'
van der Weg  45+4'
Curran  63'
Boyce  83'
Attendance: 2,554
Referee: Beaton
26 November 2016 15 Ross County 1–1 Hamilton Academical Victoria Park
15:00 Boyce  39' BBC Report Crawford  77' Attendance: 3,275
Referee: Thomson
3 December 2016 16 Ross County 2–2 Heart of Midlothian Victoria Park
15:00 McEveley  43'
Boyce  86' (pen.)
BBC Report Djoum  66'
Paterson  67'
Attendance: 4,042
Referee: Collum
10 December 2016 17 Dundee 0–0 Ross County Dens Park
15:00 BBC Report Attendance: 4,742
Referee: Anderson
17 December 2016 18 Ross County 2–1 Aberdeen Victoria Park
15:00 Boyce  26'
Dow  88'
BBC Report
SPFL Report
McGinn  68' Attendance: 4,467
Referee: Thomson
23 December 2016 19 Ross County 1–3 Partick Thistle Victoria Park
19:45 Boyce  83' BBC Report
SPFL Report
Lindsay  50'
Doolan  62'
Erskine  78'
Attendance: 2,935
Referee: Beaton
28 December 2016 20 Celtic 2–0 Ross County Celtic Park
15:00 Sviatchenko  38'
Armstrong  45+1'
BBC Sport
SPFL Report
Attendance: 55,355
Referee: Walsh
31 December 2016 21 Ross County 3–2 Inverness Caledonian Thistle Victoria Park
15:00 Boyce  2', 35'
Woods  61'
BBC Report
SPFL Report
Tremarco  28'
Fisher  81'
Attendance: 5,111
Referee: Madden
28 January 2017 22 Kilmarnock 3–2 Ross County Rugby Park
15:00 Boyd  1'
Dicker  61'
Longstaff  90'
BBC Sport
SPFL Report
Routis  7'
Schalk  11'
Attendance: 3,207
Referee: Barry Cook
31 January 2017 23 Ross County 1–2 Motherwell Victoria Park
15:00 McEveley  34' BBC Report
SPFL Report
McDonald  28'
Moult  54'
Attendance: 2,511
Referee: McLean
4 February 2017 24 Rangers 1–1 Ross County Ibrox Stadium
15:00 Wallace  71' BBC Report
SPFL Report
Schalk  18' Attendance: 49,428
Referee: Don Robertson
18 February 2017 25 Ross County 1–2 St Johnstone Victoria Park
15:00 Curran  73'
O'Brien  76'
BBC Report McEveley  31' (o.g.)
Kane  90+1'
Attendance: 3,187
Referee: Beaton
25 February 2017 26 Aberdeen 1–0 Ross County Pittodrie Stadium
15:00 Reynolds  27'
Rooney  69'
BBC Report
SPFL Report
Gardyne  23' Attendance: 11,774
Referee: Collum
1 March 2017 27 Heart Of Midlothian 0–1 Ross County Tynecastle Stadium
19:45 Struna  16' BBC Report Chow  15'
Schalk  51'
Boyce  68'
Attendance: 15,470
Referee: Muir
11 March 2017 28 Ross County 1–2 Kilmarnock Victoria Park
15:00 Boyce  38'  58'
van der Weg  74'
Curran  79'
Chow  80'
BBC Report Sammon  46'
Boyd  85'
Roberts  32'
Hendrie  64'
Taylor  79'
Attendance: 3,380
Referee: Nick Walsh
18 March 2017 29 Inverness Caledonian Thistle 1–1 Ross County Tulloch Caledonian Stadium
15:00 Tansey  48'
Tremarco  88'
BBC Report Naismith  52'
Schalk  86'
Attendance: 4,123
Referee: Crawford Allan
1 April 2017 30 Partick Thistle 2–1 Ross County Firhill Stadium
15:00 Doolan  64', 79'  65'
Edwards  68'
Lawless  74'
BBC Report Curran  58'
Fraser  84'
Attendance: 3,149
Referee: Collum
4 April 2017 31 Ross County 2–1 Dundee Victoria Park
19:45 Chow  7'
Davies  25'
O'Brien  56'  81'
Boyce  90' (pen.)
Curran  90+1'
BBC Report O'Dea  26'  45' (pen.)
O'Hara  90+1'
Williams  52'  90+2'
Attendance: 2,819
Referee: Beaton
8 April 2017 32 Hamilton Academical 1–1 Ross County New Douglas Park
15:00 Donati  3'
Bingham  15'
McMann  37'
Skondras  45'
Devlin  57'
BBC Report Curran  60' Attendance: 1,548
Referee: McLean
16 April 2017 33 Ross County 2–2 Celtic Victoria Park
12:30 Gardyne  40'  50'
O'Brien  76'
Boyce  90' (pen.)  90+1'
Davies  90+3'
BBC Report Tierney  34'
Roberts  78'
Šimunović  88'
Brown  90+2'
Attendance: 6,205
Referee: Don Robertson
28 April 2017 34 Ross County 4–0 Inverness Caledonian Thistle Victoria Park
19:45 O'Brien  10'
Boyce  21', 34', 49' (pen.), 60' (pen.)
Chow  53'
BBC Report Vigurs  49'
Polworth  60'
Attendance: 4,928
Referee: Thomson
6 May 2017 35 Motherwell 0–1 Ross County Fir Park
15:00 BBC Report van der Weg  44'
O'Brien  61'
Routis  72'
Attendance: 3,870
Referee: Madden
13 May 2017 36 Dundee 1–1 Ross County Dens Park
15:00 McGowan  62'
Vincent  63'
O'Dea  76' (pen.)  77'
BBC Report Boyce  4'
Fraser  33'
Woods  54'
Gardyne  65'
O'Brien  69'
Curran  76'
Tumilty  90+4'
Attendance: 6,812
Referee: Nick Walsh
16 May 2017 37 Ross County 3–2 Hamilton Academical Victoria Park
19:45 Gardyne  3'
Matthews  31' (o.g.)
O'Brien  89'
Franks  90+1'
Boyce  90+3'
BBC Report Bingham  26'
Longridge  8'
MacKinnon  13'
Templeton  75'
Imrie  90'
Skondras  90+3'
Attendance: 4,871
Referee: Alan Muir
20 May 2017 38 Kilmarnock 1–2 Ross County Rugby Park
15:00 Sammon  10' (pen.)
Smith  41'
Dicker  67'
BBC Report Boyce  21', 34' Attendance: 3,951
Referee: Madden

League Cup

16 July 2016[7] Group D[7] Montrose 0–1 Ross County Links Park
15:00 SPFL Report Graham  86' (pen.) Attendance: 557
Referee: Charleston
23 July 2016 Group D Ross County 1–1
(3–4 p)
Raith Rovers Victoria Park
15:00 Graham  75' (pen.) SPFL Report Čikoš  18' (o.g.) Attendance: 1,173
Referee: McKendrick
Penalties
26 July 2016 Group D Alloa Athletic 3–2 Ross County Recreation Park
19:30 Kirkpatrick  2'
Robertson  11'
Waters  72'
SPFL report Graham  14'
Schalk  21'
Attendance: 319
Referee: Finnie
30 July 2016 Group D Ross County 7–0 Cove Rangers Victoria Park
15:00 Schalk  24', 49'
Graham  46', 56', 89'
Curran  65', 81'
SPFL Report Attendance: 722
Referee: Mat Northcroft

Scottish Cup

21 January 2017 Fourth Round Ross County 6–2 Dundee United Victoria Park
15:00 Routis  6'  76'
Quinn  16'
Chow  28'
Boyce  30'
O'Brien  90+2'
Report Andreu  13'  35'  45+2'
Telfer  15'
Fraser  39'
Attendance: 2,440
Referee: Kevin Clancy
11 February 2017 Fifth Round Ross County 0–1 Aberdeen Victoria Park
15:00 Report Logan  87' Attendance: 4,671
Referee: Madden

Squad statistics

Appearances

No. Pos Nat Player TotalPremiershipLeague CupScottish Cup
AppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
1 GK Scott Fox 4003503020
2 DF Marcus Fraser 3503300020
3 DF Jason Naismith 16014+200000
4 DF Christopher Routis 34523+732+1012
5 DF Jay McEveley 29320+334020
6 MF Jim O'Brien 1818+80001+11
7 FW Michael Gardyne 38228+524010
8 MF Martin Woods 35127+214020
9 FW Ryan Dow 24113+1010010
10 FW Liam Boyce 412435234021
11 FW Craig Curran 38725+851+320+10
12 MF Tim Chow 32226+410021
15 DF Andrew Davies 3413112010
16 MF Tony Dingwall 1704+1100+2000
17 FW Jonathan Franks 1919+811+1000
18 MF Ian McShane 1005+202+1000
19 MF Oscar Gobern 1000000+10
22 MF Chris Burke 614+210000
23 FW Alex Schalk 38815+1753+1320
27 FW Milan Lalkovic 802+40000+20
28 DF Kenny van der Weg 38029+403020
31 GK Aaron McCarey 503+101000
41 GK Mark Foden 00000000
43 DF Paul Quinn 1911602011
50 MF Davis Keillor-Dunn 00000000
52 DF Reghan Tumilty 902+60000+10
53 FW Greg Morrison 501+400000
57 MF Blair Malcolm 10100000
58 FW Russell Dingwall 100+100000
63 MF Dylan Dykes 200+200000
Players who left the club during the 2016–17 season
3 DF Erik Čikoš (contract terminated by mutual consent) 70502000
6 DF Chris Robertson (contract terminated) 30002+1000
12 DF Richard Foster (joined St Johnstone) 30102000
19 FW Brian Graham (joined Hibernian) 56102+2600
20 DF Scott Boyd (joined Kilmarnock) 00000000
44 DF Christopher McLaughlin (loaned to Forfar Athletic) 100+100000

Goalscorers

Ranking Nation Number Name Scottish Premiership League Cup Scottish Cup Total
110Liam Boyce230124
223Alex Schalk5308
311Craig Curran5207
419Brian Graham0606
54Christopher Routis3025
65Jay McEveley3003
77Michael Gardyne2002
=12Tim Chow1012
96Jim O'Brien0011
=8Martin Woods1001
=9Ryan Dow1001
=15Andrew Davies1001
=17Jonathan Franks1001
=22Chris Burke1001
=43Paul Quinn0011
Own Goal1001
TOTALS 4811665

Disciplinary record

Number Nation Position Name Premiership League Cup Scottish Cup Total
1GKScott Fox 10000010
2DFMarcus Fraser 40001050
3DFJason Naismith 10000010
4DFChristopher Routis 60000060
5DFJay McEveley 911000101
6MFJim O'Brien 61000061
7FWMichael Gardyne 40100050
8MFMartin Woods 60000060
9FWRyan Dow 40000040
10FWLiam Boyce 70101090
11FWCraig Curran 60000060
12DFTim Chow 81001091
12DFRichard Foster 10200030
15DFAndrew Davies 70001080
16MFTony Dingwall 20000020
18MFIan McShane 01100011
19FWBrian Graham 00100010
22MFChris Burke 10000010
23FWAlex Schalk 10000010
23FWMilan Lalkovic 10000010
28DFKenny van der Weg 41000041
43DFPaul Quinn 30100040
52DFReghan Tumilty 10000010
TOTALS 83 5 8 0 4 0 95 5

Team statistics

League table

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation[lower-alpha 1]
5 Heart of Midlothian 38 12 10 16 55 52 +3 46
6 Partick Thistle 38 10 12 16 38 54 16 42
7 Ross County 38 11 13 14 48 58 10 46
8 Kilmarnock 38 9 14 15 36 56 20 41
9 Motherwell 38 10 8 20 46 69 23 38
Source: Scottish Premiership, Soccerway
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored; 4) Play-off (only if deciding champion, UEFA competitions qualification and second stage group allocation).[8]
Notes:
  1. Teams played each other three times (33 matches), before the league split into two groups (the top six and the bottom six) for the last five matches.

Transfers

See also

Notes and references

  1. http://www.football-lineups.com/tourn/Scottish_Premiership_2016-2017/stats/home_avg_atte/
  2. "Motherwell and Rangers to meet in Scottish League Cup group stage". STV Sport.
  3. "Scottish League Cup: Alloa 3-2 Ross County". 26 July 2016 via www.bbc.co.uk.
  4. "Ross County youth coach Stuart Kettlewell targets first team spots for his stars". 5 May 2017 via www.bbc.co.uk.
  5. "Ross County have no interest in selling Liam Boyce - Jim McIntyre". 21 May 2017 via www.bbc.co.uk.
  6. "Ross County FC Pre-Season Plans". Ross County FC. Retrieved 20 July 2015.
  7. "Betfred Cup 2016/2017 Fixtures". spfl.co.uk.
  8. "Premiership 2016/2017 - Season rules". Scoresway. Retrieved 1 September 2016.
  9. "Ross County bring in four new signings on free transfers". BBC Sport. 25 May 2016. Retrieved 12 January 2017.
  10. "Jay McEveley joins Ross County after Sheffield United exit". BBC Sport. 24 June 2016. Retrieved 12 January 2017.
  11. "Tim Chow: Ross County sign Wigan Athletic midfielder". BBC Sport. 25 August 2016. Retrieved 12 January 2017.
  12. "Ryan Dow signs on at Ross County until the end of the season". Ross County FC. 9 September 2016. Retrieved 12 January 2017.
  13. "Ross County sign Scotland winger Chris Burke". BBC Sport. 27 September 2016. Retrieved 12 January 2017.
  14. "Ross County sign Jason Naismith for fee and Jim O'Brien on loan". BBC Sport. 18 January 2017. Retrieved 25 January 2017.
  15. "Ross County: Staggies sign midfielders Gobern and Lalkovic". BBC Sport. 20 January 2017. Retrieved 25 January 2017.
  16. "Dundee United sign Stewart Murdoch after Ross County exit". BBC Sport. 14 June 2016. Retrieved 12 January 2017.
  17. "Jackson Irvine: Burton Albion sign Ross County midfielder". BBC Sport. 15 July 2016. Retrieved 12 January 2017.
  18. "Nigel Clough: Jackson Irvine has a 'worrying' likeness to Robbie Savage". BBC Sport. 18 July 2016. Retrieved 12 January 2017.
  19. "Foster joins Saints - signings update". SPFL. 19 August 2016. Retrieved 12 January 2017.
  20. "Graham joins Hibernian". SPFL. 21 August 2016. Retrieved 12 January 2017.
  21. "Kilmarnock sign Ross County's Scott Boyd on loan". BBC Sport. 31 August 2016. Retrieved 12 January 2017.
  22. "Chris Robertson: AFC Wimbledon sign former Ross County centre-back". BBC Sport. 2 September 2016. Retrieved 12 January 2017.
  23. "Erik Cikos leaves Ross County to pursue 'exciting opportunity'". BBC Sport. 17 January 2017. Retrieved 25 January 2017.
  24. "Ross County FC Transfer News Christopher McLaughlin completes Development loan to Forfar Athletic". rosscountyfootballclub. 30 January 2017. Retrieved 18 March 2017.
  25. "Kilmarnock secure deals for Conor Sammon, Scott Boyd and Joshua Umerah". BBC Sport. 31 January 2017. Retrieved 3 February 2017.
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