2015–16 Ross County F.C. season

The 2015–16 season was the club's 3rd season in the Scottish Premiership and their fourth consecutive appearance in the top flight of Scottish football. Ross County also competed in the League Cup and the Scottish Cup.

Ross County
2015–16 season
ChairmanRoy MacGregor
ManagerJim McIntyre
StadiumVictoria Park
PremiershipSixth place
League CupWinners
Scottish CupQuarter Final
Top goalscorerLeague: Liam Boyce (15)
All: Liam Boyce (20)
Highest home attendance6,042 vs Celtic
Scottish Premiership
8 November 2015
Lowest home attendance1,341 vs Falkirk
League Cup
22 September 2015
Average home league attendance4,287

On 13 March 2016, Ross County won their first ever major trophy when they beat Hibernian 2–1 in the final of the 2015–16 Scottish League Cup.[1][2]

Results and fixtures

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  Win   Draw   Loss   Postponed

Pre season / Friendlies

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8 July 2015[3] Friendly Nairn County 1–2 Ross County Nairn
19:30 Wallace   77' Report Graham   41'
Kyle MacLeod   57'
Stadium: Station Park
11 July 2015[4] Friendly Elgin City 3–5 Ross County Elgin
15:00 Brian Cameron   28', 42'
Mark Nicolson   33'
Graham   9'
Gardyne   29'
Curran   61'
De Vita   63'
Reckord   90' (pen.)
Stadium: Borough Briggs
14 July 2015[3] Friendly   Soroksár SC 1–1 Ross County Budapest, Hungary
15:00 Stadium: Sporttelep Mihály Szamosi
18 July 2015[3] Friendly   Szolnoki MÁV FC 2–0 Ross County Szolnok, Hungary
15:00 Stadium: Tiszaligeti Stadion
18 July 2015[5] Friendly Ross County 0–2   NEC Nijmegen Victoria Park
15:00 Emilsson   67', 71' Referee: Don Robertson

Scottish Premiership

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1 August 2015 1 Celtic 2–0 Ross County Celtic Park
12:30 Griffiths   4' (pen.)
Johansen   35'
Report Attendance: 45,197
Referee: Collum
8 August 2015 2 Ross County 2–0 Hamilton Academical Victoria Park
15:00 Curran   10', 41' BBC Report Attendance: 3,479
Referee: Dallas
11 August 2015 3 St Johnstone 1–1 Ross County McDiarmid Park
19:45 Cummins   52' BBC Report Curran   17' Attendance: 3,065
Referee: Muir
15 August 2015 4 Ross County 1–2 Heart of Midlothian Victoria Park
15:00 Boyce   39' (pen.) BBC Report Sow   11'
Öztürk   14'
Attendance: 4,806
Referee: Madden
22 August 2015 5 Kilmarnock 0–4 Ross County Rugby Park
15:00 BBC Report Boyce   2', 29'
Franks   4'
Davies   35'
Attendance: 3,604
Referee: Robertson
29 August 2015 6 Ross County 2–1 Dundee United Victoria Park
15:00 Boyce   17' (pen.)
Davies   28'
BBC Report Dillon   61' Attendance: 4,014
Referee: Thomson
12 September 2015 7 Motherwell 1–1 Ross County Fir Park
15:00 Moult   90+1' BBC Report Gardyne   33' Attendance: 3,545
Referee: Robertson
19 September 2015 8 Ross County 1–0 Partick Thistle Victoria Park
15:00 Boyce   18' BBC Report Attendance: 3,531
Referee: Aitken
26 September 2015 9 Dundee 3–3 Ross County Dens Park
15:00 Stewart   20'
Loy   54' (pen.), 69'
BBC Report Boyce   19'
McPake   37' (o.g.)
Gardyne   43'
Davies   53'  
Attendance: 5,128
Referee: Thomson
3 October 2015 10 Ross County 1–2 Inverness Caledonian Thistle Victoria Park
15:00 Boyce   90+1' BBC Report Storey   42'
Vincent   45'
Attendance: 5,473
Referee: Collum
16 October 2015 11 Ross County 2–0 Aberdeen Victoria Park
15:00 Graham   36', 49' BBC Report Attendance: 5,543
Referee: Thomson
24 October 2015 12 Heart of Midlothian 2–0 Ross County Tynecastle Stadium
15:00 Paterson   15'
Augustyn   48'
Sow   67'
BBC Report Attendance: 16,264
Referee: Muir
31 October 2015 13 Dundee United 1–0 Ross County Tannadice Park
15:00 McKay   81' (pen.) BBC Report Attendance: 5,549
Referee: Robertson
8 November 2015 14 Ross County 1–4 Celtic Victoria Park
Dingwall   59' BBC Report Rogić   38'
Griffiths   54', 56'
Bitton   75'
Attendance: 6,042
Referee: Clancy
21 November 2015 15 Ross County 3–0 Motherwell Victoria Park
15:00 Curran   22'
Dingwall   69'
Boyce   90+2' (pen.)
BBC Report Attendance: 3,378
Referee: Allan
28 November 2015 16 Aberdeen 3–1 Ross County Pittodrie Stadium
15:00 Rooney   51'
Hayes   53'
McGinn   80'
BBC Report Curran   14' Attendance: 10,843
Referee: Beaton
5 December 2015 17 Ross County 2–3 St Johnstone Victoria Park
15:00 Boyce   68'
Davidson   88' (Own goal)
BBC Report Wotherspoon   3', 43'
Mackay   88'
Attendance: 3,229
Referee: Clancy
12 December 2015 18 Hamilton Academical 1–3 Ross County New Douglas Park
15:00 Kurtaj   26' BBC Report Curran   58'
Murdoch   86'
Boyce   68'
Attendance: 2,120
Referee: Collum
19 December 2015 19 Partick Thistle 1–0 Ross County Firhill Stadium
15:00 Andrew Davies   52' (Own goal) BBC Report Attendance: 2,762
Referee: Dallas
26 December 2015 20 Ross County 5–2 Dundee Victoria Park
15:00 Boyce   29', 69', 85'
Gardyne   55'
Irvine   60'
BBC Report Hemmings   5', 53' Attendance: 3,687
Referee: Allan
29 December 2015 21 Ross County 3–2 Kilmarnock Victoria Park
19:45 Curran   12'
Gardyne   50', 56'
Report Obadeyi   33'
Magennis   48'
Attendance: 3,518
Referee: McLean
17 January 2016 23 Ross County 2–3 Aberdeen Victoria Park
12:15 McShane   27', 82' BBC Report Reynolds   26'  
Rooney   33' (pen.)
Logan   36', 60'
Attendance: 4,107
Referee: Allan
23 January 2016 24 Motherwell 1–2 Ross County Fir Park
15:00 Pearson   87' BBC Report Irvine   20'
Graham   69'
Attendance: 3,279
Referee: Collum
10 February 2016 25 Ross County 0–3 Heart of Midlothian Victoria Park
19:45 Walker   53'
Dauda   86', 89'
Attendance: 3,391
Referee: McLean
13 February 2016 26 Celtic 2–0 Ross County Celtic Park
15:00 Sviatchenko   40'
Griffiths   45+1'
Boyata   57'
Rogić   87'
Report Robertson   23'
Gardyne   31'
Attendance: 42,550
Referee:   Kevin Clancy
20 February 2016 27 Ross County 2–1 Hamilton Academical Victoria Park
15:00 Schalk   45+1'
Reckford   47'
Davies   73'
McShane   78'
Quinn   84'
Jesús García Tena   13'
Kurakins   45'
Imrie   66'
Attendance: 3,059
Referee:   Greg Aitken
27 February 2016 28 Ross County 0–3 Dundee United Victoria Park
15:00 Schalk   17'
Woods   61'
Report Paton   10'
Gunning   17'
Donaldson   30'
Mckay   71'
Dow   76'
Attendance: 3,564
Referee:   John Beaton
1 March 2016 29 Kilmarnock 0–2 Ross County Rugby Park
19:45 Report Schalk   8'
Fraser   28'
Goodwillie   58'
Davies   75'
Woods   82'
Graham   90'
Attendance: 2,633
Referee:   Stephen Finnie
16 March 2016 30 St Johnstone 1–1 Ross County McDiarmid Park
19:45 Wotherspoon   11'
Lappin   66'
Report Graham   65' (pen.) Attendance: 2,501
Referee:   Steven McLean (referee)
19 March 2016 31 Ross County 0–3 Inverness Caledonian Thistle Victoria Park
15:00 Foster   52'
Boyce   64'
Fraser   70'
Report Polworth   32'
Draper   37'
Vigurs   42'
Storey   48'
Attendance: 5,912
Referee:   Bobby Madden
2 April 2016 32 Dundee 5–2 Ross County Dens Park
15:00 Stewart   7'   90+2'
Hemmings   9'
Loy   38'
Konrad   45+2'
Holt   76'
Wighton   85'
Report Davies   15'
Woods   16'
Foster   41'
Schalk   45'
Attendance: 5,095
Referee:   Andrew Dallas
9 April 2016 33 Ross County 1–0 Partick Thistle Victoria Park
15:00 Schalk   14'
Murdoch   45'
Report Miller   75'
Lawless   82'
Seaborne   84'
Attendance: 3,603
Referee:   Nick Walsh
24 April 2016 34 Celtic 1–1 Ross County Celtic Park
15:00 Griffiths   23'
Lustig   87'
Report Murdoch   64'   68'
De Vita   86'
Attendance: 41,396
Referee:   Dom Robertson
30 April 2016 35 Ross County 0–1 St Johnstone Victoria Park
15:00 Quinn   33' Report Craig   25'
MacLean   56'
Shaughnessy   88'
Attendance: 3,329
Referee:   Stephen Finnie
7 May 2016 36 Heart of Midlothian 1–1 Ross County Tynecastle Stadium
15:00 Souttar   76'
Juanma   84'
Report Woods   65'
Goodwillie   88'
Attendance: 15,438
Referee:   Nick Walsh
11 May 2016 37 Ross County 1–3 Motherwell Victoria Park
19:45 Boyce   69' Report Pearson   4', 90+2'
Lasley   16'
Attendance: 2,976
Referee: John Beaton
15 May 2016 38 Aberdeen 0–4 Ross County Pittodrie Stadium
12:30 BBC Report Graham   23' (pen.)
Gardyne   37'
Schalk   45'
Boyce   68'
Woods   78'
Attendance: 10,003
Referee: Collum

Scottish League Cup

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25 August 2015 Second Round [6] Ross County 2–0 Ayr United Victoria Park
19:45 Boyce   3'
Gardyne   50'
BBC Report Attendance: 1,743
Referee: Craig Charleston
22 September 2015 Third Round [7] Ross County 7–0 Falkirk Victoria Park
19:45 Boyce   30', 35', 40'
De Vita   46'
Franks   54'
Graham   58'
Holden   81'
BBC Report Attendance: 1,341
Referee: Stephen Finnie
31 January 2016 Semi Final Ross County 3–1 Celtic Hampden Park
15:00 Woods   15' (pen.)
Quinn   48'
Schalk   63'
BBC Report Mackay-Steven   1' Attendance: 22,130
Referee: Thomson
13 March 2016 Final Hibernian 1–2 Ross County Hampden Park
15:00 Fontaine   45'
Bartley   63'
McGinn   84'
Report Gardyne   25'
Schalk   90'
Attendance: 38,796
Referee:   Kevin Clancy

Scottish Cup

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9 January 2016 Fourth round[8] Dunfermline Athletic 2–2 Ross County East End Park
15:00 El Bakhtaoui   15'
McKay   56'
BBC Report Schalk   4'
Graham   27' (pen.)
Attendance: 3,439
Referee: Muir
6 February 2016 Fifth round Ross County 4–2 Linlithgow Rose Victoria Park
15:00 Quinn   4'
Graham   58', 78'
Schalk   63'
BBC Report Reckord   44' (Own goal)
MacLennan   76'
Attendance: 2,208
Referee: Anderson
5 March 2016 Quarter-finals Ross County 2–3 Dundee United Victoria Park
15:00 Boyce   24'
Graham   60' (pen.)
BBC Sport Report Anier   57', 65'
Durnan   59'
McKay   89'
Attendance: 3,052
Referee: Craig Thomson

Squad statistics

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During the 2015–16 season, Ross County used twenty-seven different players in competitive games. The table below shows the number of appearances and goals scored by each player.[9]

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 31 0 27 0 2 0 2 0
2 DF   SCO Marcus Fraser 37 0 29+0 0 4 0 4 0
3 DF   ENG Jamie Reckord 21 0 14+2 0 3 0 2 0
5 DF   SCO Scott Boyd 19 0 12+3 0 2 0 2 0
6 DF   SCO Chris Robertson 26 0 21+2 0 2 0 1 0
7 FW   SCO Michael Gardyne 43 8 34+1 5 4 3 3+1 0
8 MF   SCO Ian McShane 26 3 16+2 3 3+1 0 1+3 0
9 FW   SCO Brian Graham 31 11 10+13 6 2+2 1 4 4
10 FW   NIR Liam Boyce 42 20 29+6 15 4+1 4 1+1 1
11 FW   ENG Craig Curran 20 7 15+4 7 1 0 0 0
12 DF   SCO Richard Foster 40 0 28+4 0 3+1 0 2+2 0
13 GK   USA Chris Konopka 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
14 DF   SCO Darren Holden 2 1 0 0 0+2 1 0 0
15 DF   ENG Andrew Davies 38 3 31 3 4 0 3 0
17 FW   ENG Jonathan Franks 36 2 18+11 1 1+2 1 3+1 0
18 MF   SCO Stewart Murdoch 34 2 14+15 2 2+2 0 1 0
19 MF   SCO Tony Dingwall 15 2 5+7 2 1+2 0 0 0
21 GK   ENG Gary Woods 16 0 11+1 0 2 0 2 0
23 FW   NED Alex Schalk 31 9 14+10 5 2+1 2 3+1 2
24 MF   ITA Raffaele De Vita 25 2 8+11 0 2 1 2+2 1
25 FW   SCO David Goodwillie 9 1 4+5 1 0 0 0 0
26 MF   SCO Martin Woods 31 2 23+3 1 3 1 2 0
31 GK   ENG James Severn 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
36 MF   AUS Jackson Irvine 45 3 34+2 2 5 1 4 0
41 GK   ENG Mark Foden 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
43 MF   SCO Paul Quinn 18 2 14+0 0 2 1 2 1
44 DF   SCO Christopher McLaughlin 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 0
53 MF   SCO Greg Morrison 2 0 0+2 0 0 0 0 0
Players who left the club during the 2015–16 season
4 MF   SCO Rocco Quinn 12 0 5+5 0 0+1 0 0+1 0
21 GK   AUT Daniel Bachmann 2 0 0+1 0 1 0 0 0

Goalscorers

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Ranking Nation Number Name Scottish Premiership League Cup Scottish Cup Total
1   10 Liam Boyce 15 4 1 20
2   9 Brian Graham 6 1 4 11
3   23 Alex Schalk 5 2 2 9
4   7 Michael Gardyne 5 3 0 8
5   11 Craig Curran 7 0 0 7
6   8 Ian McShane 3 0 0 3
=   15 Andrew Davies 3 0 0 3
=   36 Jackson Irvine 2 1 0 3
9   17 Jonathan Franks 1 1 0 2
=   18 Stewart Murdoch 2 0 0 2
=   19 Tony Dingwall 2 0 0 2
=   24 Raffaele De Vita 0 1 1 2
=   26 Martin Woods 1 1 0 2
=   43 Paul Quinn 0 1 1 2
15   25 David Goodwillie 1 0 0 1
=   14 Darren Holden 0 1 0 1
Own goal 2 0 0 2
TOTALS 55 16 9 80

Disciplinary record

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As of 6 February 2016
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 1 0 1 0 1 0 3 0
3   DF Jamie Reckord 1 0 0 0 1 0 2 0
4   MF Rocco Quinn 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
5   DF Scott Boyd 2 0 0 0 1 0 3 0
6   DF Chris Robertson 3 0 0 0 0 0 3 0
8   MF Ian McShane 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0
9   FW Brian Graham 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
10   FW Liam Boyce 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
11   FW Craig Curran 4 0 0 0 0 0 4 0
12   DF Richard Foster 5 0 1 0 0 0 6 0
15   DF Andrew Davies 5 1 1 0 0 0 6 1
18   MF Stewart Murdoch 1 0 1 0 0 0 2 0
19   MF Tony Dingwall 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
24   MF Raffaele De Vita 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0
26   MF Martin Woods 2 0 2 0 1 0 5 0
36   MF Jackson Irvine 4 0 0 0 0 0 4 0
TOTALS 34 0 7 0 5 0 46 0

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]
4 St Johnstone 38 16 8 14 58 55 +3 56
5 Motherwell 38 15 5 18 47 63 −16 50
6 Ross County 38 14 6 18 55 61 −6 48
7 Inverness Caledonian Thistle 38 14 10 14 54 48 +6 52
8 Dundee 38 11 15 12 53 57 −4 48
Source: Scottish Premiership, Soccerway (first phase), Soccerway (second phase)
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).[10]
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).

Results by round

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Round1234567891011121314151617181920212223242526272829303132333435363738
GroundAHAHAAAHAHHAAHHAHAAHHAHAHAHHAAHAHAHAHA
ResultLWDLWWDWDLWLLLWLLWLWWLLWLLWLWDLLWDLDLW
Position116665544553455566555555467564468666666
Updated to match(es) played on 15 May 2016. Source: worldfootball.net
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Management statistics

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Name From To P W D L Win%[nb 1]
Jim McIntyre[11] 1 August 2015 Present 47 21 7 19 044.68

Transfers

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See also

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Notes

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  1. ^ Win% is the percentage of matches won rounded to two decimal places.

References

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