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2021–22 Ross County F.C. season

The 2021–22 season is Ross County's third consecutive season in the Scottish Premiership and the club's 9th season overall in the top flight of Scottish football. Ross County will also compete in the Scottish Cup and Scottish League Cup. Malky Mackay was appointed as the club's manager on 26 May 2021.[1]

Ross County
2021–22 season
ChairmanRoy MacGregor
ManagerMalky Mackay
GroundVictoria Park
Dingwall, Ross-shire
(Capacity: 6,541)
Scottish PremiershipSixth place
Scottish CupFourth round
Scottish League CupGroup stage
Top goalscorerLeague: Charles-Cook (13 goals)
All: Charles-Cook (13 goals)
Highest home attendance6,698 vs Rangers
(league)
Lowest home attendance1,990 vs St Johnstone
(league)

Results and fixtures edit

  Win   Draw   Loss   Postponed

Pre-season edit

3 July 2021 Friendly Elgin City 0–5 Ross County Elgin
[1] White   2', 52'
Callachan   49'
Samuel   84'
Wright   86'		 Stadium: Borough Briggs

Scottish Premiership edit

Main article: 2021–22 Scottish Premiership
31 July 2021 1 Ross County 0–0 St Johnstone Dingwall
15:00 [2] McCann   70' Stadium: Victoria Park
Attendance: 1,990
Referee: Colin Steven
8 August 2021 2 Hibernian 3–0 Ross County Edinburgh
15:00 Boyle   22'
Magennis   26'
Doidge   33'		 [3] Stadium: Easter Road
Attendance: 5,600
Referee: Grant Irvine
21 August 2021 3 Ross County 2–4 Rangers Dingwall
15:00 Clarke   40'
White   77' (pen.)		 [4] Aribo   15'
Goldson   19'
Morelos   56'
Arfield   84'		 Stadium: Victoria Park
Attendance: 6,450
Referee: David Munro
29 August 2021 4 Aberdeen 1–1 Ross County Aberdeen
15:00 Ramirez   88' [5] Charles-Cook   33' Stadium: Pittodrie
Attendance: 14,434
Referee: Nick Walsh
11 September 2021 5 Celtic 3–0 Ross County Glasgow
15:00 Carter-Vickers   64'
Ajeti   70', 85'		 [6] Stadium: Celtic Park
Attendance: 56,511
Referee: Don Robertson
18 September 2021 6 Ross County 2–2 Heart of Midlothian Dingwall
15:00 Spittal   10', 45' [7] Boyce   9'
Kingsley   66'		 Stadium: Victoria Park
Attendance: 3,802
Referee: David Dickinson
25 September 2021 7 Motherwell 2–1 Ross County Motherwell
15:00 Slattery   2'
Watt   80'		 [8] Charles-Cook   39' Stadium: Fir Park
Attendance: 4,477
Referee: Craig Napier
2 October 2021 8 Dundee United 1–0 Ross County Dundee
15:00 Niskanen   31' [9] Stadium: Tannadice Park
Attendance: 6,548
Referee: Don Robertson
16 October 2021 9 Ross County 2–3 St Mirren Dingwall
15:00 Spittal   37'
Iacovitti   66'		 [10] Brophy   15'
Fraser   34'
Tanser   38'		 Stadium: Victoria Park
Attendance: 3,882
Referee: Colin Steven
23 October 2021 10 Ross County 2–3 Livingston Dingwall
15:00 Clarke   7'
White   24'
Callachan   67' (pen.)		 [11] Anderson   31'
Bailey   43'
Parkes   90+5'		 Stadium: Victoria Park
Attendance: 2,566
Referee: Euan Anderson
27 October 2021 11 Dundee 0–5 Ross County Dundee
19:45 [12] Clarke   18'
Callachan   27'
Hungbo   34'
Charles-Cook   40', 71'		 Stadium: Dens Park
Attendance: 4,883
Referee: David Dickinson
7 November 2021 12 Rangers 4–2 Ross County Glasgow
15:00 Aribo   19'
Kent   30'
Bacuna   49'
Iacovitti   60' (o.g.)		 [13] Hungbo   6'
White   87'		 Stadium: Ibrox Stadium
Attendance: 49,222
Referee: David Munro
24 November 2021 13 Ross County 1–0 Hibernian Dingwall
19:45 Spittal   72' [14] Stadium: Victoria Park
Attendance: 3,316
Referee: Gavin Duncan
27 November 2021 14 Ross County 1–1 Dundee United Dingwall
15:00 Baldwin   90+3' [15] Appere   49' Stadium: Victoria Park
Attendance: 3,214
Referee: Greg Aitken
1 December 2021 15 St Mirren 0–0 Ross County Paisley
19:45 [16] Stadium: St Mirren Park
Attendance: 3,806
Referee: David Dickinson
11 December 2021 16 Ross County 3–2 Dundee Dingwall
15:00 D. Samuel   23'
Mullen   64' (o.g.)
Charles-Cook   78'		 Report McCowan   15', 38' Stadium: Victoria Park
Attendance: 3,122
Referee: Bobby Madden
15 December 2021 17 Ross County 1–2 Celtic Dingwall
19:45 Baldwin   57' [17] Abada   21'
Ralston   90+7'		 Stadium: Victoria Park
Attendance: 5,592
Referee: Alan Muir
18 December 2021 18 Livingston 1–1 Ross County Livingston
15:00 Obileye   89' [18] Cancola   45+1' Stadium: Almondvale Stadium
Attendance: 2,554
Referee: Grant Irvine
22 December 2021 19 St Johnstone 1–2 Ross County Perth
19:45 Butterfield   19' [19] Charles-Cook   15'
Callachan   29'   69'		 Stadium: McDiarmid Park
Attendance: 2,249
Referee: William Collum
26 December 2021 20 Heart of Midlothian 2–1 Ross County Edinburgh
15:00 Smith   4'
Woodburn   42'		 [20] White   72' Stadium: Tynecastle Park
Attendance: 0
Referee: David Munro
18 January 2022 21 Ross County 3–1 Motherwell Dingwall
19:45 Solholm Johansen   57' (o.g.)
Charles-Cook   72', 79' (pen.)		 [21] Roberts   55' Stadium: Victoria Park
Attendance: 2,523
Referee: John Beaton
26 January 2022 22 Dundee United 2–1 Ross County Dundee
19:45 Clark   74' (pen.), 90+1' [22] Charles-Cook   52' Stadium: Tannadice Park
Attendance: 4,519
Referee: David Munro
29 January 2022 23 Ross County 3–3 Rangers Dingwall
12:30 White   25'
Charles-Cook   29'
Wright   90+6'		 [23] Diallo   5'
Tavernier   49'
Goldson   72'		 Stadium: Victoria Park
Attendance: 6,401
Referee: Nick Walsh
1 February 2022 24 Ross County 1–1 Aberdeen Dingwall
19:45 Callachan   53' [24] Hayes   48' Stadium: Victoria Park
Attendance: 3,343
Referee: Alan Muir
5 February 2022 25 Dundee 1–2 Ross County Dundee
15:00 Rudden   24'
[25] Hungbo   45+1'
Charles-Cook   59'   80'		 Stadium: Dens Park
Attendance: 4,621
Referee: Don Robertson
9 February 2022 26 Ross County 1–1 Livingston Dingwall
19:45 Ramsey   90+3' [26] Forrest   50'
Obileye  		 Stadium: Victoria Park
Attendance: 2,224
Referee: David Munro
19 February 2022 27 Hibernian 2–0 Ross County Edinburgh
15:00 Doyle-Hayes   50', 78' [27] Stadium: Easter Road
Attendance: 14,149
Referee: Steven McLean
26 February 2022 28 Ross County 3–1 St Johnstone Dingwall
15:00 Charles-Cook   35', 53'
Hungbo   66'		 [28] Hendry   24' Stadium: Victoria Park
Attendance: 3,161
Referee: Nick Walsh
2 March 2022 29 Motherwell 0–1 Ross County Motherwell
19:45 [29] Hungbo   15' (pen.) Stadium: Fir Park
Attendance: 3,587
Referee: John Beaton
5 March 2022 30 Ross County 1–0 St Mirren Dingwall
15:00 Hungbo   49' (pen.) [30] Stadium: Victoria Park
Attendance: 3,229
Referee: David Dickinson
19 March 2022 31 Celtic 4–0 Ross County Glasgow
15:00 Giakoumakis   11', 18', 61' (pen.)
Maeda   26'		 [31] Stadium: Celtic Park
Attendance: 58,432
Referee: Don Robertson
2 April 2022 32 Ross County 1–1 Heart of Midlothian Dingwall
15:00 Iacovitti   31' [32] McKay   17'   39' Stadium: Victoria Park
Attendance: 5,210
Referee: Gavin Duncan
9 April 2022 33 Aberdeen 0–1 Ross County Aberdeen
15:00 [33] Hungbo   86' (pen.) Stadium: Pittodrie
Attendance: 15,162
Referee: Greg Aitken
24 April 2022 34 Ross County 0–2 Celtic Dingwall
14:30 [34] Furuhashi   12'
Jota   87'		 Stadium: Victoria Park
Attendance: 6,698
Referee: Kevin Clancy
30 April 2022 35 Heart of Midlothian 0–0 Ross County Edinburgh
15:00 [35] Stadium: Tynecastle Park
Attendance: 16,699
Referee: Steven McLean
7 May 2022 36 Ross County 0–1 Motherwell Dingwall
15:00 [36] van Veen   68' (pen.) Stadium: Victoria Park
Attendance: 3,067
Referee: David Munro
11 May 2022 37 Rangers 4–1 Ross County Glasgow
19:45 Wright   13'
Tavernier   29' (pen.)
Sakala   82'
Diallo   90'		 White   72' Stadium: Ibrox Stadium
Attendance: 48,474
Referee: Andrew Dallas
14 May 2022 38 Ross County 1–2 Dundee United Dingwall
12:15 Spittal   65' [37] Clark   70' (pen.), 89' Stadium: Victoria Park
Attendance: 5,165
Referee: Nick Walsh

Scottish League Cup edit

Main article: 2021–22 Scottish League Cup

Ross County's first two group stage matches were forfeited due to a COVID-19 outbreak in their squad leaving them unable to field a team.[2][3]

Group stage edit

10 July 2021 Forfar Athletic 3–0[2] Ross County Forfar
15:00 Stadium: Station Park
18 July 2021 Ross County 0–3[3] Dundee Dingwall
15:00 Stadium: Global Energy Stadium
21 July 2021 Brora Rangers 0–1 Ross County Brora
19:45 [38] Iacovitti   53' Stadium: Dudgeon Park
Referee: Euan Anderson
24 July 2021 Ross County 4–1 Montrose Dingwall
15:00 Spittal   6', 56'
Iacovitti   35'
White   53'		 [39] Johnston   61' Stadium: Global Energy Stadium
Referee: Craig Napier

Scottish Cup edit

Main article: 2021–22 Scottish Cup
22 January 2022 Fourth round Livingston 1–0 Ross County Livingston
15:00 Obileye   16' (pen.) [40] Stadium: Almondvale Stadium
Attendance: 1,227
Referee: Bobby Madden

Squad statistics edit

[4][5]

Captains edit

No. Pos Nat Name No of games Notes
5 DF   Jack Baldwin 19
15 DF   Keith Watson 15 Club Captain
7 MF   Blair Spittal 7

Appearances edit

As of 14 May 2022

No. Pos Nat Player Total Premiership Scottish Cup League Cup
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
1 GK   SCO Ross Laidlaw 23 0 20 0 1 0 2 0
2 DF   ENG Connor Randall 32 0 27+2 0 1 0 1+1 0
3 DF   ENG Jake Vokins 23 0 19+1 0 1 0 2 0
4 MF   AUT David Cancola 18 1 12+6 1 0 0 0 0
5 DF   ENG Jack Baldwin 30 2 27+3 2 0 0 0 0
6 MF   CAN Harry Paton 32 0 23+8 0 0+1 0 0 0
7 MF   SCO Blair Spittal 37 7 27+7 5 1 0 2 2
8 MF   SCO Ross Callachan 38 4 33+2 4 1 0 2 0
9 FW   WAL Alex Samuel 6 0 3+2 0 1 0 0 0
10 FW   ENG Dominic Samuel 31 1 9+19 1 1 0 2 0
11 MF   ENG Josh Sims 1 0 0+1 0 0 0 0 0
15 DF   SCO Keith Watson 26 0 13+11 0 0 0 2 0
16 DF   SCO Alex Iacovitti 33 4 31 2 0 0 2 2
17 MF   GRN Regan Charles-Cook 37 13 36+1 13 0 0 0 0
18 MF   SCO Jack Burroughs 18 0 7+10 0 1 0 0 0
19 DF   ENG Kayne Ramsay 9 1 5+3 1 1 0 0 0
20 DF   ENG Declan Drysdale 6 0 3+2 0 1 0 0 0
21 GK   SCO Ross Munro 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0
22 MF   ENG Jordan Tillson 34 0 29+3 0 0 0 2 0
23 FW   ENG Joseph Hungbo 33 7 21+12 7 0 0 0 0
25 MF   CAN Ben Paton 11 0 6+4 0 1 0 0 0
26 FW   SCO Jordan White 41 6 31+7 5 0+1 0 1+1 1
30 FW   SCO Matthew Wright 5 1 0+4 1 0 0 0+1 0
31 GK   AUS Ashley Maynard-Brewer 17 0 17 0 0 0 0 0
32 MF   SCO Adam Mackinnon 3 0 1+2 0 0 0 0 0
33 DF   SCO Ben Williamson 1 0 0 0 0 0 0+1 0
34 MF   SCO Ryan MacLeman 1 0 0 0 0 0 0+1 0
Players who left the club during the season
9 FW   SCO Oli Shaw 3 0 0+1 0 0 0 1+1 0
11 MF   ENG Alexander Robertson 5 0 0+3 0 0 0 1+1 0
12 DF   ENG Tom Grivosti 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
20 DF   ENG Harry Clarke 17 3 15+2 3 0 0 0 0
25 DF   SCO Coll Donaldson 4 0 2 0 0 0 2 0

Goalscorers edit

Rank No. Nat. Po. Name Premiership Scottish Cup League Cup Total
1 17   MF Regan Charles-Cook 13 0 0 13
2 23   MF Joseph Hungbo 7 0 0 7
7   MF Blair Spittal 5 0 2
4 26   FW Jordan White 5 0 1 6
5 8   MF Ross Callachan 4 0 0 4
16   DF Alex Iacovitti 2 0 2
6 20   DF Harry Clarke 3 0 0 3
8 5   DF Jack Baldwin 2 0 0 2
9 10   FW Dominic Samuel 1 0 0 1
30   FW Matthew Wright 1 0 0
4   MF David Cancola 1 0 0
19   DF Kayne Ramsay 1 0 0
Own Goals 2 0 0 2
Total 47 0 5 52
As of 14 May 2022

Team statistics edit

League table edit

Pos Team
 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation[a]
4 Dundee United 38 12 12 14 37 44 −7 48 Qualification for the Europa Conference League third qualifying round
5 Motherwell 38 12 10 16 42 61 −19 46 Qualification for the Europa Conference League second qualifying round
6 Ross County 38 10 11 17 47 61 −14 41
7 Livingston 38 13 10 15 41 46 −5 49
8 Hibernian 38 11 12 15 38 42 −4 45
Source: [6][7]
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored; 4) Head-to-head points; 5) Head-to-Head goal difference; 6) Play-off (only if deciding champion, UEFA competitions qualification, second stage group allocation or relegation).[8]
Notes:
  1. ^ Teams play each other three times (33 matches), before the league is split into two groups (the top six and the bottom six).

League cup table edit

Pos Team
 Pld W PW PL L GF GA GD Pts Qualification DUN FOR ROS MON BRO
1 Dundee 4 4 0 0 0 14 2 +12 12 Qualification for the second round — 5–2 — — 4–0
2 Forfar Athletic 4 2 1 0 1 6 5 +1 8 — — 3–0[a] p0–0 —
3 Ross County 4 2 0 0 2 5 7 −2 6 0–3[b] — — 4–1 —
4 Montrose 4 1 0 1 2 4 6 −2 4 0–2 — — — 3–0
5 Brora Rangers 4 0 0 0 4 0 9 −9 0 — 0–1 0–1 — —
Source: [11]
Rules for classification: 1) goal difference, 2) goals scored, 3) away goals scored, 4) matches won, 5) away matches won, 6) drawing of lots.[12]
Notes:
  1. ^ Forfar Athletic were awarded a technical 3−0 win over Ross County, who were unable to raise a team after a COVID-19 outbreak among players and staff.[9]
  2. ^ Dundee were awarded a technical 3−0 win over Ross County, who were unable to raise a team after a COVID-19 outbreak among players and staff.[10]

Transfers edit

In edit

Date Player From Fee
3 June 2021   Ross Callachan   Hamilton Academical Free[13]
29 June 2021   Dominic Samuel   Gillingham Free[14]
2 July 2021   Jake Vokins   Southampton Loan[15]
5 July 2021   Alexander Robertson   Manchester City Loan[16]
22 July 2021   David Cancola   Slovan Liberec Free[17]
2 August 2021   Harry Clarke   Arsenal Loan[18]
6 August 2021   Ashley Maynard-Brewer   Charlton Athletic Loan[19]
6 August 2021   Jack Burroughs   Coventry City Loan[20]
6 August 2021   Ben Paton   Blackburn Rovers Free[21]
17 August 2021   Joseph Hungbo   Watford Loan[22]
25 August 2021   Jack Baldwin   Bristol Rovers Free[23]
31 August 2021   Alex Samuel   Wycombe Wanderers Free[24]
11 January 2022   Declan Drysdale   Coventry City Loan[25]
14 January 2022   Kayne Ramsay   Southampton Loan[26]
14 February 2022   Josh Sims   Southampton Free[27]

Out edit

Date Player To Fee
27 May 2021   Carl Tremarco Retired Free
27 May 2021   Mohamed Maouche Free
16 June 2021   Billy McKay   Inverness Caledonian Thistle Free
17 June 2021   Michael Gardyne   Inverness Caledonian Thistle Free
17 June 2021   Jason Naismith   Kilmarnock Free
23 June 2021   Ross Draper   Cove Rangers Free
23 June 2021   Iain Vigurs   Cove Rangers Free[28]
26 June 2021   Jermaine Hylton   Newport County Free[29]
19 July 2021   Callum Morris   Morpeth Town Free[30]
11 August 2021   Matthew Wright   Brora Rangers Loan[31]
11 August 2021   Ben Williamson   Nairn County Loan
11 August 2021   Logan Ross   Lossiemouth Loan
31 August 2021   Oli Shaw   Kilmarnock Undisclosed[32]
1 September 2021   Tom Grivosti   Elgin City Loan
3 January 2022   Coll Donaldson   Dunfermline Athletic Loan[33]
20 January 2022   Tom Grivosti   St Patrick's Athletic Undisclosed
2 February 2022   Tony Andreu   UE Sant Julià Free[34]

Notes and references edit

  1. ^ "Ross County: Malky Mackay is appointed manager at Scottish Premiership club". BBC Sport. 26 May 2021. Retrieved 26 May 2021.
  2. ^ a b "Ross County forfeit cup opener against Forfar due to Covid". STV Sport. 8 July 2021. Retrieved 8 July 2021.
  3. ^ a b "Scottish League Cup: Dundee handed 3-0 win as Ross County forfeit second tie in a row". bbc.co.uk. 16 July 2021. Retrieved 20 July 2021.
  4. ^ "1ST TEAM". Ross County F.C. Archived from the original on 6 June 2019. Retrieved 3 June 2021.
  5. ^ "squad update". Ross County F.C. 27 May 2021. Retrieved 27 May 2021.
  6. ^ "Scottish Premiership Table". BBC. Retrieved 15 May 2022.
  7. ^ "cinch Premiership League Table". Scottish Professional Football League. Retrieved 15 May 2022.
  8. ^ "The Rules of the Scottish Professional Football League" (PDF). SPFL. Archived (PDF) from the original on 11 November 2020. Retrieved 24 November 2020.
  9. ^ "SPFL Statement Premier Sports Cup – Forfar Athletic v Ross County". SPFL. 8 July 2021. Retrieved 8 July 2021.
  10. ^ "SPFL Statement Premier Sports Cup – Ross County v Dundee". SPFL. 16 July 2021. Retrieved 16 July 2021.
  11. ^ "Summary - League Cup Group C". Soccerway. Retrieved 24 July 2021.
  12. ^ "Format". SPFL. Retrieved 30 May 2021.
  13. ^ "Mackay makes Callachan his first Ross County signing". STV Sport. 3 June 2021. Retrieved 3 June 2021.
  14. ^ "Dominic Samuel: Ross County sign striker on two-year deal". BBC Sport. 29 June 2021. Retrieved 29 June 2021.
  15. ^ "Vokins joins Ross County on loan". Southampton FC. 2 July 2021. Archived from the original on 3 July 2021. Retrieved 2 July 2021.
  16. ^ "Alexander Robertson joins The Staggies". Ross County FC. 5 July 2021. Retrieved 5 July 2021.
  17. ^ "David Cancola: Ross County sign Austrian midfielder from Slovan Liberec". BBC Sport. 23 July 2021. Retrieved 23 July 2021.
  18. ^ "Harry Clarke joins Ross County for the season". Arsenal FC. Retrieved 2 August 2021.
  19. ^ "Ashley Maynard-Brewer joins Ross County on season-long loan". Charlton Athletic. Retrieved 6 August 2021.
  20. ^ "Jack Burroughs join Ross County on loan". Coventry City FC. Retrieved 6 August 2021.
  21. ^ "Ben Paton joins County". Ross County FC. 6 August 2021. Retrieved 17 August 2021.
  22. ^ "Joseph Hungbo joins The Staggies". Ross County FC. 17 August 2021. Retrieved 17 August 2021.
  23. ^ "Jack Baldwin: Ross County sign former Bristol Rovers defender". BBC Sport. 25 August 2021. Retrieved 25 August 2021.
  24. ^ "Alex Samuel: Ross County sign striker from Wycombe Wanderers". BBC Sport. Retrieved 31 August 2021.
  25. ^ "Declan Drysdale joins County". RCFC. Retrieved 11 January 2022.
  26. ^ "Welcome Kayne Ramsay". RCFC. Retrieved 15 January 2022.
  27. ^ "Josh Sims joins Ross County". RCFC. Retrieved 14 February 2022.
  28. ^ "squad update". Ross County F.C. 27 May 2021. Retrieved 27 May 2021.
  29. ^ "Newport County sign Courtney Baker-Richardson, Jermaine Hylton and James Clarke". BBC Sport. 25 June 2021. Retrieved 26 June 2021.
  30. ^ "Double signing delight for Morpeth". Northumberland Gazette. 19 July 2021. Retrieved 19 July 2021.
  31. ^ "Loan spells for Graduates". Ross County. 11 August 2021. Retrieved 11 August 2021.
  32. ^ "Oli Shaw joins Killie on two-year deal". Kilmarnock FC. Retrieved 31 August 2021.
  33. ^ "Coll Donaldson arrives on loan | Dunfermline Athletic Football Club". www.dafc.co.uk. Retrieved 3 January 2022.
  34. ^ "Highlights and signings". Bon Dia. 2 February 2022.
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