2022–23 Ross County F.C. season

The 2022–23 season is Ross County's fourth consecutive season in the Scottish Premiership and the club's 10th season overall in the top flight of Scottish football. Ross County will also compete in the Scottish Cup entering in the fourth round and Scottish League Cup entering in the group stage.

Ross County
2022–23 season
ChairmanRoy MacGregor
ManagerMalky Mackay
GroundVictoria Park
Dingwall, Ross-shire
(Capacity: 6,541)
Scottish Premiership11th
Scottish CupFourth round
Scottish League CupRound of 16
Top goalscorerLeague: Jordan White
(11 goals)

All: Jordan White
(11 goals)
Highest home attendance6,690 vs Celtic
(2 April 2023)
Lowest home attendance726 vs East Fife
(23 July 2022)

Results & fixtures edit

  Win   Draw   Loss   Postponed

Pre-season and friendlies edit

6 July 2022 Friendly Brora Rangers 1–4 Ross County Brora
19:30 Maclean   80' [1] Olaigbe   9'
Samuel   21'
Hiwula   52'
Wright   75'
Stadium: Dudgeon Park

Scottish Premiership edit

30 July 2022 1 Heart of Midlothian 2–1 Ross County Edinburgh
15:00 Forrest   59'
McKay   77'
[2] White   79' Stadium: Tynecastle Park
Attendance: 18,202
Referee: David Dickinson
6 August 2022 2 Ross County 1–3 Celtic Dingwall
15:00 Iacovitti   58' [3] Furuhashi   48'
Jenz   84'
Abada   90+1'
Stadium: Victoria Park
Attendance: 5,502
Referee: Don Robertson
13 August 2022 3 St Mirren 1–0 Ross County Paisley
15:00 Tait   50' [4] Stadium: St Mirren Park
Attendance: 4,557
Referee: Grant Irvine
20 August 2022 4 Ross County 1–0 Kilmarnock Dingwall
15:00 Callachan   38'   81'
Edwards   86'
[5] Stadium: Victoria Park
Attendance: 3,133
Referee: David Munro
27 August 2022 5 Rangers 4–0 Ross County Glasgow
15:00 Lundstram   24'
Čolak   39', 58'
Davis   80'
[6] Stadium: Ibrox Stadium
Attendance: 48,899
Referee: Don Robertson
3 September 2022 6 Ross County 1–1 Aberdeen Dingwall
15:00 Akio   90+5' [7] Lopes   88' Stadium: Victoria Park
Attendance: 5,210
Referee: Kevin Clancy
17 September 2022 7 St Johnstone 0–0 Ross County Perth
15:00 [8] Stadium: McDiarmid Park
Attendance: 3,355
Referee: Matthew MacDermid
1 October 2022 8 Ross County 0–2 Hibernian Dingwall
15:00 [9] Porteous   46'
Boyle   80'
Stadium: Victoria Park
Attendance: 4,243
Referee: Alan Muir
4 October 2022 9 Ross County 0–5 Motherwell Dingwall
19:45 [10] van Veen   26' (pen.), 51', 89'
Slattery   49'
Efford   59'
Stadium: Victoria Park
Attendance: 2,568
Referee: Chris Graham
8 October 2022 10 Livingston 0–1 Ross County Livingston
15:00 [11] Edwards   73' Stadium: Almondvale Stadium
Attendance: 3,696
Referee: Graham Grainger
15 October 2022 11 Ross County 1–1 Dundee United Dingwall
15:00 Callachan   39' [12] Watt   61' Stadium: Victoria Park
Attendance: 3,744
Referee: Craig Napier
22 October 2022 12 Kilmarnock 1–0 Ross County Kilmarnock
15:00 Armstrong   20' [13] Stadium: Rugby Park
Attendance: 4,640
Referee: Colin Steven
30 October 2022 13 Ross County 1–2 Heart of Midlothian Dingwall
15:00 White   11' [14] Shankland   15'
Halliday   20'
Stadium: Victoria Park
Attendance: 4,438
Referee: David Dickinson
5 November 2022 14 Ross County 3–2 St Mirren Dingwall
15:00 White   10'
Tillson   56'
Harmon   60'
[15] Strain   13'
O'Hara   45+2'
Stadium: Victoria Park
Attendance: 3,589
Referee: John Beaton
8 November 2022 15 Hibernian 0–2 Ross County Edinburgh
19:45 [16] Harmon   45+2'
Iacovitti   78'
Stadium: Easter Road
Attendance: 13,930
Referee: Alan Muir
12 November 2022 16 Celtic 2–1 Ross County Glasgow
15:00 Turnbull   62'
Hakšabanović   68'
[17] Cancola   50' (pen.) Stadium: Celtic Park
Attendance: 58,391
Referee: David Munro
17 December 2022 17 Ross County 1–2 St Johnstone Dingwall
15:00 White   22'
Baldwin   61'
[18] Crawford   77', 79' Stadium: Victoria Park
Attendance: 4,393
Referee: Graham Grainger
23 December 2022 18 Ross County 0–1 Rangers Dingwall
19:30 [19] Lundstram   35', Stadium: Victoria Park
Attendance: 6,051
Referee: Don Robertson
28 December 2022 19 Dundee United 3–0 Ross County Dundee
19:45 Randall   9' (o.g.)
Mulgrew   70'
Sibbald   90+6'
[20] Edwards   65'   85' Stadium: Tannadice Park
Attendance: 8,249
Referee: Chris Graham
2 January 2023 20 Aberdeen 0–0 Ross County Aberdeen
15:00 [21] Stadium: Pittodrie
Attendance: 14,356
Referee: Matthew MacDermid
7 January 2023 21 Ross County 0–2 Livingston Dingwall
15:00 [22] Anderson   67', 70' Stadium: Victoria Park
Attendance: 3,083
Referee: William Collum
14 January 2023 22 Motherwell 1–1 Ross County Motherwell
15:00 McKinstry   68' [23] Hiwula   80' Stadium: Fir Park
Attendance: 4,574
Referee: David Dickinson
28 January 2023 23 Ross County 3–0 Kilmarnock Dingwall
15:00 Brophy   13'
White   48'
Dhanda   63'
[24] Stadium: Victoria Park
Attendance: 3,794
Referee: Chris Graham
31 January 2023 24 Ross County 1–1 Hibernian Dingwall
19:45 Dhanda   73' Report Youan   31' Stadium: Victoria Park
Attendance: 3,074
Referee: Graham Grainger
4 February 2023 25 Rangers 2–1 Ross County Glasgow
15:00 Tillman   45+2'
Barišić   75'
[25] White   65' Stadium: Ibrox Stadium
Attendance: 49,115
Referee: Euan Anderson
18 February 2023 26 St Mirren 1–0 Ross County Paisley
15:00 Gallagher   7' [26] Edwards   90+3' Stadium: St Mirren Park
Attendance: 5,634
Referee: Graham Grainger
25 February 2023 27 Ross County 4–0 Dundee United Dingwall
15:00 Brophy   6', 70'
Dhanda   14'
White   62'
[27] Stadium: Victoria Park
Attendance: 4,922
Referee: Steven McLean
4 March 2023 28 Ross County 0–2 Motherwell Dingwall
15:00 Baldwin   70' [28] van Veen   74', 88' Stadium: Victoria Park
Attendance: 4,091
Referee: Don Robertson
18 March 2023 29 Livingston 2–1 Ross County Livingston
15:00 Nouble   37'
Devlin   38'
[29] Murray   69' Stadium: Tony Macaroni Arena
Attendance: 1,283
Referee: William Collum
2 April 2023 30 Ross County 0–2 Celtic Dingwall
12:00 [30] Jota   45+5' (pen.)
Bernabei   90+5'
Stadium: Victoria Park
Attendance: 6,690
Referee: William Collum
8 April 2022 31 St Johnstone 0–2 Ross County Perth
15:00 [31] Murray   45'
Cancola   49'
Stadium: McDiarmid Park
Attendance: 3,027
Referee: Alan Muir
14 April 2023 32 Ross County 0–1 Aberdeen Dingwall
19:45 [32] Duk   17' Stadium: Victoria Park
Attendance: 6,619
Referee: Euan Anderson
22 April 2023 33 Heart of Midlothian 6–1 Ross County Edinburgh
12:30 Cochrane   17'
Ginnelly   22', 56'
Shankland   28', 45+7' (pen.)
[33] Edwards   85' (pen.) Stadium: Tynecastle Park
Attendance: 18,316
Referee: Don Robertson
6 May 2023 34 Ross County 2–0 Livingston Dingwall
15:00 Iacovitti   40'
Samuel   60'
[34] Guthrie   81' Stadium: Victoria Park
Attendance: 3,129
Referee: David Dickinson
13 May 2023 35 Dundee United 1–3 Ross County Dundee
15:00 McGrath   24' (pen.) [35] White   1', 57', 72' Stadium: Tannadice Park
Attendance: 10,138
Referee: John Beaton
20 May 2023 36 Motherwell 1–0 Ross County Motherwell
15:00 van Veen   90+9' (pen.) [36] Edwards   85'   90+1' Stadium: Fir Park
Attendance: 5,289
Referee: Euan Anderson
24 May 2023 37 Ross County 3–3 St Johnstone Dingwall
19:45 Dhanda   54' (pen.)
White   69'
Baldwin   90'
[37] May   22', 51' (pen.)
McGowan   90+5'
Stadium: Victoria Park
Attendance: 4,700
Referee: Nick Walsh
28 May 2023 38 Kilmarnock 3–1 Ross County Kilmarnock
15:00 Lyons   36'
Armstrong   49' (pen.)
Vassell   78'
[38] Dhanda   63' (pen.) Stadium: Rugby Park
Attendance: 8,301
Referee: Kevin Clancy

Premiership play-offs edit

1 June 2023 Final 1st Leg Partick Thistle 2–0 Ross County Glasgow
20:00 Fitzpatrick   9'
Graham   45'
[39] Stadium: Firhill Stadium
Attendance: 7,291
Referee: David Munro
4 June 2023 Final 2nd Leg Ross County 3–1 (a.e.t.)
(3–3 agg.)
(5–4 p)
Partick Thistle Dingwall
16:30 Dhanda   71' (pen.)
Murray   72'
Harmon   90'
[40] Fitzpatrick   43' Stadium: Victoria Park
Attendance: 4,533
Referee: Nick Walsh
Penalties
Dhanda  
Murray  
White  
Baldwin  
Harmon  
Watson  
Sims  
Muirhead  
Holt  
Turner  
Graham  
McMillan  
Bannigan  
Docherty  

Scottish League Cup edit

Group stage edit

9 July 2022 Buckie Thistle 1–1
(3–5 p)
Ross County Buckie
15:00 Urquhart   53' [41] Samuel   61' Stadium: Victoria Park
Referee: Chris Graham
Penalties
  • Goodall  
  • Barry  
  • Murray  
  • Pugh  
16 July 2022 Ross County 1–0 Dunfermline Athletic Dingwall
15:00 Hiwula   64' [42] Stadium: Victoria Park
Attendance: 943
Referee: Nick Walsh
19 July 2022 Alloa Athletic 0–2 Ross County Alloa
19:45 [43] Sims   18'
Hiwula   90+5'
Stadium: Recreation Park
Attendance: 351
Referee: Chris Graham
23 July 2022 Ross County 7–0 East Fife Dingwall
15:00 Loturi   26'
Purrington   37'
Hiwula   46'
Edwards   48', 53'
Olaigbe   59', 66'
[44] Stadium: Victoria Park
Attendance: 726
Referee: Mike Roncone

Knockout phase edit

31 August 2022 Second round Ross County 1–4 Celtic Dingwall
19:45 Iacovitti   68' [45] McGregor   21'
Giakoumakis   25'
Maeda   73'
Forrest   90'
Stadium: Victoria Park
Attendance: 4,801
Referee: Willie Collum

Scottish Cup edit

21 January 2023 Hamilton Academical 0–0 (a.e.t.)
(5–3 p)
Ross County Hamilton
15:00 [46] Stadium: New Douglas Park
Attendance: 783
Referee: Grant Irvine
Penalties

Squad statistics edit

[1][2]

Captains edit

No. Pos Nat Name No of games Notes
15 DF   Keith Watson 24 Club Captain
5 DF   Jack Baldwin 19
6 DF   Alex Iacovitti 3

Appearances edit

No. Pos Nat Player Total Premiership Scottish Cup League Cup Play-offs
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
1 GK   SCO Ross Laidlaw 43 0 38 0 1 0 2 0 2 0
2 DF   ENG Connor Randall 31 0 23+1 0 1 0 3+1 0 2 0
3 DF   ENG Ben Purrington 18 1 11 0 0 0 5 1 1+1 0
4 MF   AUT David Cancola 37 2 22+8 2 0+1 0 1+3 0 1+1 0
5 DF   ENG Jack Baldwin 34 1 27+2 1 1 0 2 0 2 0
6 DF   SCO Alex Iacovitti 41 4 36 3 0 0 5 1 0 0
7 FW   ENG Owura Edwards 36 5 15+14 3 1 0 3+2 2 1 0
8 MF   SCO Ross Callachan 28 1 17+7 1 1 0 3 0 0 0
9 FW   ENG Dominic Samuel 15 1 3+8 0 0 0 2+2 1 0 0
10 MF   ENG Yan Dhanda 37 6 23+7 5 1 0 3+1 0 2 1
11 MF   ENG Josh Sims 27 1 10+10 0 0+1 0 4+1 1 0+1 0
14 MF   CAN Victor Loturi 33 1 20+7 0 0+1 0 2+1 1 2 0
15 DF   SCO Keith Watson 34 0 19+9 0 1 0 3 0 1+1 0
16 DF   ENG George Harmon 36 3 28+2 2 1 0 1+2 0 2 1
17 FW   SCO Simon Murray 16 3 5+9 2 0 0 0 0 0+2 1
19 FW   ENG Jordy Hiwula 27 4 10+11 1 1 0 3+2 3 0 0
21 GK   SCO Ross Munro 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0
22 MF   ENG Jordan Tillson 32 1 19+9 1 0 0 2 0 1+1 0
24 MF   CAN Ben Paton 11 0 3+4 0 0 0 2+2 0 0 0
25 FW   WAL Alex Samuel 13 1 3+7 1 0+1 0 0 0 2 0
26 FW   SCO Jordan White 45 11 33+5 11 0+1 0 3+1 0 2 0
27 FW   SCO Eamonn Brophy 8 3 8 3 0 0 0 0 0 0
29 MF   WAL Gwion Edwards 5 0 4+1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
30 DF   SCO Dylan Smith 14 0 5+8 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
34 FW   ENG George Robesten 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
35 DF   SCO Zach MacPhee 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
36 MF   SCO Jamie Williamson 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0+1 0
42 MF   LBR Nohan Kenneh 19 0 13+3 0 1 0 0 0 1+1 0
49 FW   ENG Josh Stones 6 0 0+6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Players who left the club during the season
12 DF   ENG Callum Johnson 21 0 14+4 0 0 0 2+1 0 0 0
17 FW   BEL Kazeem Olaigbe 25 2 7+12 0 1 0 1+4 2 0 0
18 FW   SSD William Akio 14 1 2+10 1 0+1 0 0+1 0 0 0
20 MF   SCO Adam Mackinnon 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
23 FW   SCO Matthew Wright 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
28 MF   SCO Ryan MacLeman 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
31 GK   ENG Jake Eastwood 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0
32 DF   SCO Connall Ewan 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
33 MF   SCO Andrew Macleod 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
41 GK   SCO Logan Ross 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

Goalscorers edit

Rank No. Nat. Po. Name Premiership Scottish Cup League Cup Play-offs Total
1 26   FW Jordan White 11 0 0 0 11
2 10   MF Yan Dhanda 5 0 0 1 6
3 7   FW Owura Edwards 3 0 2 0 5
4 6   DF Alex Iacovitti 3 0 1 0 4
19   FW Jordy Hiwula 1 0 3 0
6 27   FW Eamonn Brophy 3 0 0 0 3
17   FW Simon Murray 2 0 0 1
16   DF George Harmon 2 0 0 1
9 4   MF David Cancola 2 0 0 0 2
17   FW Kazeem Olaigbe 0 0 2 0
11 26   FW William Akio 1 0 0 0 1
25   FW Alex Samuel 1 0 0 0
8   MF Ross Callachan 1 0 0 0
22   MF Jordan Tillson 1 0 0 0
5   DF Jack Baldwin 1 0 0 0
9   FW Dominic Samuel 0 0 1 0
11   MF Josh Sims 0 0 1 0
14   MF Victor Loturi 0 0 1 0
3   DF Ben Purrington 0 0 1 0
Total 37 0 12 3 52
As of 4 June 2023

Team statistics edit

League table edit

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation[a]
8 Livingston 38 13 7 18 36 60 −24 46
9 St Johnstone 38 12 7 19 41 59 −18 43
10 Kilmarnock 38 11 7 20 37 62 −25 40
11 Ross County (O) 38 9 7 22 37 60 −23 34 Qualification for the Premiership play-off final
12 Dundee United (R) 38 8 7 23 40 70 −30 31 Relegation to Championship
Source: [3][4]
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).[5]
(O) Play-off winners; (R) Relegated
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 ROS DNF ALL EFI BUC
1 Ross County 4 3 1 0 0 11 1 +10 11 Qualification for the second round 1–0 7–0
2 Dunfermline Athletic 4 2 0 1 1 8 2 +6 7 1–1p 5–0
3 Alloa Athletic 4 1 2 0 1 6 5 +1 7 0–2 p1–1
4 East Fife 4 1 0 1 2 4 12 −8 4 0–2 3–2
5 Buckie Thistle 4 0 0 1 3 4 13 −9 1 1–1p 1–4
Source: [6]
Rules for classification: 1) goal difference, 2) goals scored, 3) away goals scored, 4) matches won, 5) away matches won, 6) drawing of lots.[7]

Transfers edit

In edit

Date Player From Fee
21 June 2022   Victor Loturi   Cavalry FC Undisclosed[8]
21 June 2022   Yan Dhanda   Swansea City Free[9]
22 June 2022   George Harmon   Oxford City Undisclosed[10]
26 June 2022   Owura Edwards   Bristol City Loan[11]
27 June 2022   Kazeem Olaigbe   Southampton Loan[12]
28 June 2022   Jordy Hiwula   Doncaster Rovers Free[13]
29 June 2022   Ben Purrington   Charlton Athletic Free[14]
5 July 2022   Jake Eastwood   Sheffield United Loan[15]
13 July 2022   Callum Johnson   Portsmouth Free[16]
17 July 2022   William Akio   Valour FC Undisclosed[17]
13 January 2023   Nohan Kenneh   Hibernian Loan[18]
24 January 2023   Josh Stones   Wigan Athletic Loan[19]
25 January 2023   Eamonn Brophy   St Mirren Loan[20]
31 January 2023   Simon Murray   Queen's Park Undisclosed[21]
2 February 2023   Gwion Edwards   Wigan Athletic Loan[22]

Out edit

Date Player To Fee
26 May 2022   Coll Donaldson   Falkirk Free[23]
27 May 2022   Blair Spittal   Motherwell Free[24]
8 June 2022   Regan Charles-Cook   KAS Eupen Free[25]
6 July 2022   Logan Ross   Lossiemouth Loan
22 July 2022   Ryan MacLeman   Forres Mechanics Loan
22 July 2022   Connall Ewan   Forres Mechanics Loan
28 July 2022   Adam Mackinnon   Montrose Loan
28 July 2022   Matthew Wright   Montrose Loan
12 September 2022   Andrew Macleod   Clachnacuddin Loan
1 October 2022   Ben Williamson   Rothes Free
6 January 2023   Logan Ross   Brora Rangers Loan
6 January 2023   Andrew Macleod   Brora Rangers Loan
13 January 2023   Callum Johnson   Mansfield Town Undisclosed[26]
26 January 2023   Matthew Wright   Falkirk Loan[27]
27 January 2023   Adam Mackinnon   Montrose Loan[28]
28 January 2023   William Akio   Raith Rovers Loan[29]
1 April 2023   Harry Paton   Motherwell Free[30]

Notes and references edit

  1. ^ "1ST TEAM". Ross County F.C. Archived from the original on 6 June 2019. Retrieved 3 June 2021.
  2. ^ "squad update". Ross County F.C. 27 May 2021. Retrieved 27 May 2021.
  3. ^ "Scottish Premiership Table". BBC.
  4. ^ "cinch Premiership League Table". Scottish Professional Football League. Retrieved 28 May 2023.
  5. ^ "The Rules of the Scottish Professional Football League (Rule Number C35-C37)" (PDF). SPFL. Archived (PDF) from the original on 28 September 2022. Retrieved 24 September 2022.
  6. ^ "Summary - League Cup Group C". Soccerway. Retrieved 23 July 2022.
  7. ^ "Format". SPFL. Retrieved 15 May 2022.
  8. ^ "Ross County sign 'exciting' Canadian midfielder Loturi". BBC Sport. 21 June 2022. Retrieved 21 June 2022.
  9. ^ "Yan Dhanda becomes a Staggie". RCFC. Retrieved 26 June 2022.
  10. ^ "Left-back Harmon joins County". BBC Sport. 22 June 2022. Retrieved 22 June 2022.
  11. ^ "Edwards Joins Ross County On Loan". Bristol City FC. 26 June 2022. Retrieved 26 June 2022.
  12. ^ "Olaigbe joins Ross County on loan". Southampton FC. 27 June 2022. Retrieved 27 June 2022.
  13. ^ "Jordy Hiwula joins The Staggies". www.rosscountyfootballclub.co.uk. 28 June 2022. Retrieved 28 June 2022.
  14. ^ "Purrington joins Ross County". Ross County Official Site. Retrieved 29 June 2022.
  15. ^ "Jake Eastwood joins Ross County". Ross County. 5 July 2022. Retrieved 5 July 2022.
  16. ^ "Ross County sign full-back Johnson". BBC Sport. 13 July 2022. Retrieved 13 July 2022.
  17. ^ "Akio joins The Staggies". 17 July 2022.
  18. ^ "Nohan Kenneh: Hibs midfielder joins Ross County on loan". BBC Sport. 13 January 2023. Retrieved 13 January 2023.
  19. ^ "Stones joins Staggies". RCFC. Retrieved 26 January 2023.
  20. ^ "Eamonn Brophy joins Ross County on loan until the end of the season". www.stmirren.com. Retrieved 26 January 2023.
  21. ^ "Ross County transfers: Simon Murray joins from Queen's Park". BBC Sport. 31 January 2023. Retrieved 31 January 2023.
  22. ^ "Ross County: Gwion Edwards signs on loan from Wigan". BBC Sport. 2 February 2023. Retrieved 2 February 2023.
  23. ^ "COLL DONALDSON SIGNS!". falkirkfc.co.uk. Falkirk FC. 26 May 2022. Retrieved 30 May 2022.
  24. ^ "Motherwell sign Blair Spittal after Ross County exit". BBC Sport. 27 May 2022. Retrieved 27 May 2022.
  25. ^ "Regan Charles-Cook: Forward joins KAS Eupen from Ross County". BBC Sport. 8 June 2022. Retrieved 8 June 2022.
  26. ^ "Callum Johnson: Mansfield Town sign Ross County defender on 18-month deal". BBC Sport. 13 January 2023. Retrieved 13 January 2023.
  27. ^ "MATTHEW WRIGHT SIGNS ON LOAN". Falkirk Football Club. Retrieved 26 January 2023.
  28. ^ "Mackinnon returns to Montrose on loan". RCFC. Retrieved 27 January 2023.
  29. ^ "Akio joins Raith Rovers on loan". Ross County FC. 28 January 2023.
  30. ^ "HARRY PATON JOINS UNTIL END OF SEASON". motherwellfc.co.uk. Motherwell F.C. 1 April 2023. Retrieved 1 April 2023.