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

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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

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  Win   Draw   Loss   Postponed

Pre-season

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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

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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

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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

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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

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Appearances

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No. Pos Nat Player Total Premiership League Cup Scottish Cup
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
1 GK   SCO Scott Fox 40 0 35 0 3 0 2 0
2 DF   SCO Marcus Fraser 35 0 33 0 0 0 2 0
3 DF   SCO Jason Naismith 16 0 14+2 0 0 0 0 0
4 DF   FRA Christopher Routis 34 5 23+7 3 2+1 0 1 2
5 DF   SCO Jay McEveley 29 3 20+3 3 4 0 2 0
6 MF   IRL Jim O'Brien 18 1 8+8 0 0 0 1+1 1
7 FW   SCO Michael Gardyne 38 2 28+5 2 4 0 1 0
8 MF   SCO Martin Woods 35 1 27+2 1 4 0 2 0
9 FW   SCO Ryan Dow 24 1 13+10 1 0 0 1 0
10 FW   NIR Liam Boyce 41 24 35 23 4 0 2 1
11 FW   ENG Craig Curran 38 7 25+8 5 1+3 2 0+1 0
12 MF   TPE Tim Chow 32 2 26+4 1 0 0 2 1
15 DF   ENG Andrew Davies 34 1 31 1 2 0 1 0
16 MF   SCO Tony Dingwall 17 0 4+11 0 0+2 0 0 0
17 FW   ENG Jonathan Franks 19 1 9+8 1 1+1 0 0 0
18 MF   SCO Ian McShane 10 0 5+2 0 2+1 0 0 0
19 MF   ENG Oscar Gobern 1 0 0 0 0 0 0+1 0
22 MF   SCO Chris Burke 6 1 4+2 1 0 0 0 0
23 FW   NED Alex Schalk 38 8 15+17 5 3+1 3 2 0
27 FW   SVK Milan Lalkovic 8 0 2+4 0 0 0 0+2 0
28 DF   NED Kenny van der Weg 38 0 29+4 0 3 0 2 0
31 GK   IRL Aaron McCarey 5 0 3+1 0 1 0 0 0
41 GK   ENG Mark Foden 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
43 DF   SCO Paul Quinn 19 1 16 0 2 0 1 1
50 MF   ENG Davis Keillor-Dunn 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
52 DF   SCO Reghan Tumilty 9 0 2+6 0 0 0 0+1 0
53 FW   SCO Greg Morrison 5 0 1+4 0 0 0 0 0
57 MF   SCO Blair Malcolm 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0
58 FW   SCO Russell Dingwall 1 0 0+1 0 0 0 0 0
63 MF   SCO Dylan Dykes 2 0 0+2 0 0 0 0 0
Players who left the club during the 2016–17 season
3 DF   SVK Erik Čikoš (contract terminated by mutual consent) 7 0 5 0 2 0 0 0
6 DF   SCO Chris Robertson (contract terminated) 3 0 0 0 2+1 0 0 0
12 DF   SCO Richard Foster (joined St Johnstone) 3 0 1 0 2 0 0 0
19 FW   SCO Brian Graham (joined Hibernian) 5 6 1 0 2+2 6 0 0
20 DF   SCO Scott Boyd (joined Kilmarnock) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
44 DF   SCO Christopher McLaughlin (loaned to Forfar Athletic) 1 0 0+1 0 0 0 0 0

Goalscorers

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Ranking Nation Number Name Scottish Premiership League Cup Scottish Cup Total
1   10 Liam Boyce 23 0 1 24
2   23 Alex Schalk 5 3 0 8
3   11 Craig Curran 5 2 0 7
4   19 Brian Graham 0 6 0 6
5   4 Christopher Routis 3 0 2 5
6   5 Jay McEveley 3 0 0 3
7   7 Michael Gardyne 2 0 0 2
=   12 Tim Chow 1 0 1 2
9   6 Jim O'Brien 0 0 1 1
=   8 Martin Woods 1 0 0 1
=   9 Ryan Dow 1 0 0 1
=   15 Andrew Davies 1 0 0 1
=   17 Jonathan Franks 1 0 0 1
=   22 Chris Burke 1 0 0 1
=   43 Paul Quinn 0 0 1 1
Own Goal 1 0 0 1
TOTALS 48 11 6 65

Disciplinary record

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Number Nation Position Name Premiership League Cup Scottish Cup Total
               
1   GK Scott Fox 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
2   DF Marcus Fraser 4 0 0 0 1 0 5 0
3   DF Jason Naismith 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
4   DF Christopher Routis 6 0 0 0 0 0 6 0
5   DF Jay McEveley 9 1 1 0 0 0 10 1
6   MF Jim O'Brien 6 1 0 0 0 0 6 1
7   FW Michael Gardyne 4 0 1 0 0 0 5 0
8   MF Martin Woods 6 0 0 0 0 0 6 0
9   FW Ryan Dow 4 0 0 0 0 0 4 0
10   FW Liam Boyce 7 0 1 0 1 0 9 0
11   FW Craig Curran 6 0 0 0 0 0 6 0
12   DF Tim Chow 8 1 0 0 1 0 9 1
12   DF Richard Foster 1 0 2 0 0 0 3 0
15   DF Andrew Davies 7 0 0 0 1 0 8 0
16   MF Tony Dingwall 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
18   MF Ian McShane 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 1
19   FW Brian Graham 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0
22   MF Chris Burke 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
23   FW Alex Schalk 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
23   FW Milan Lalkovic 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
28   DF Kenny van der Weg 4 1 0 0 0 0 4 1
43   DF Paul Quinn 3 0 1 0 0 0 4 0
52   DF Reghan Tumilty 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
TOTALS 83 5 8 0 4 0 95 5

Team statistics

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League table

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation[a]
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

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See also

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Notes and references

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  1. ^ "Scottish Premiership 2016/2017 Home Average Attendance".
  2. ^ "Motherwell and Rangers to meet in Scottish League Cup group stage". STV Sport. Archived from the original on 30 May 2016. Retrieved 2 June 2016.
  3. ^ "Scottish League Cup: Alloa 3-2 Ross County". BBC Sport. 26 July 2016.
  4. ^ "Ross County youth coach Stuart Kettlewell targets first team spots for his stars". BBC Sport. 5 May 2017.
  5. ^ "Ross County have no interest in selling Liam Boyce - Jim McIntyre". BBC Sport. 21 May 2017.
  6. ^ a b "Ross County FC Pre-Season Plans". Ross County FC. Retrieved 20 July 2015.
  7. ^ a b "Betfred Cup 2016/2017 Fixtures". spfl.co.uk.
  8. ^ "Premiership 2016/2017 - Season rules". Scoresway. Retrieved 1 September 2016.
  9. ^ a b c d "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. ^ a b "Ross County sign Jason Naismith for fee and Jim O'Brien on loan". BBC Sport. 18 January 2017. Retrieved 25 January 2017.
  15. ^ a b "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. Archived from the original on 29 June 2018. 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.