2012–13 Ross County F.C. season

The 2012–13 season was Ross County's first season in the Scottish Premier League, having been promoted as champions of the Scottish First Division at the end of 2011–12 season.[2] They also competed in the League Cup and the Scottish Cup.

Ross County
2012–13 season
ChairmanRoy MacGregor
ManagerDerek Adams
StadiumVictoria Park
Premier LeagueFifth place
League CupSecond round, lost to Raith Rovers
Scottish CupFourth Round, lost to Inverness Caledonian Thistle
Top goalscorerLeague:
Richard Brittain (9)
All:
Richard Brittain (10)
Highest home attendance6,110 vs Celtic, 18 August 2012
Lowest home attendance2,837 vs St Mirren, 27 November 2012
Average home league attendanceLeague: 4,429[1]

Summary

Season

During season 2012–13 Ross County finished fifth in the Scottish Premier League.[3] They reached the second round of the League Cup[4] and the fourth round of the Scottish Cup.[5]

Results and fixtures

  Win   Draw   Loss   Postponed

Pre season
4 July 2012[6] Friendly Brora Rangers 1 – 3 Ross County Dudgeon Park
19:30 Baxter  36' Report Kettlewell  14'
Brittain  25'
Morrow  38'		 Referee: Ross
7 July 2012[7] Friendly Turriff United 0 – 1 Ross County The Haughs
15:00 Report McMenamin  22'
10 July 2012[6] Friendly Raith Rovers 1 – 1 Ross County Stark's Park
19:30 Graham  16' Raith Rovers Report Morrow  8'
14 July 2012[6] Friendly Clachnacuddin 0 – 3 Ross County Grant Street Park
15:00 Report Scott  5'
Byrne  7'
McMenamin
17 July 2012[6] Friendly Nairn County 0 – 0 Ross County Station Park
19:45 Report
18 July 2012[6] Friendly Ross County 1 – 0 Coventry City Grant Street Park
19:30 Craig  85' Report
21 July 2012[8] Friendly Elgin City 1 – 4 Ross County Borough Briggs
19:30 Gunn  37' Record Report
Report		 Boyd  8'
Glen  20'
McMenamin  25'
Duffy  39' (Own goal)		 Attendance: 516
21 July 2012[6] Friendly Fort William 1 – 6 Ross County Claggan park
Browettt Report Byrne
Cooper
Dingwall
27 July 2012[6] Friendly FC Den Bosch 2 – 1 Ross County De Vliert
19:00 (Local Time) McMenamin

Scottish Premier League
Main article: 2012–13 Scottish Premier League
4 August 2012 Scottish Premier League Ross County 0 – 0 Motherwell Victoria Park
15:00 BBC Report Attendance: 4,828
Referee: Muir
11 August 2012 Scottish Premier League Aberdeen 0 – 0 Ross County Pittodrie Stadium
15:00 BBC Report Attendance: 14,010
Referee: Norris
18 August 2012 Scottish Premier League Ross County 1 – 1 Celtic Victoria Park
12:15 Brittain  49' BBC Report Commons  90+3' Attendance: 6,110
Referee: Thomson
25 August 2012 Scottish Premier League Dundee 0 – 1 Ross County Dens Park
15:00 BBC Report Brittain  72' (Penalty) Attendance: 4,905
Referee: McLean
1 September 2012 Scottish Premier League Ross County 0 – 0 Kilmarnock Victoria Park
15:00 BBC Report Attendance: 4,006
Referee: Beaton
14 September 2012 Scottish Premier League Dundee United 0 – 0 Ross County Tannadice
19:45 BBC Report Attendance: 6,892
Referee: Collum
22 September 2012 Scottish Premier League Ross County 1 – 2 St Johnstone Victoria Park
15:00 Morrow  68' BBC Report Craig  30'
Vine  30'
Wright  86'		 Attendance: 4,094
Referee: Allan
29 September 2012 Scottish Premier League St Mirren 5 – 4 Ross County St Mirren Park
15:00 Thompson  39', 89'
Guy  54' (Penalty)
Parkin  59'
McLean  64'		 BBC Report Vigurs  11'
Munro  45'
Quinn  79', 80'		 Attendance: 3,706
Referee: Mclean
5 October 2012 Scottish Premier League Inverness Caledonian Thistle 3 – 1 Ross County Caledonian Stadium
19:45 Draper  9'
Shinnie  28'
Doran  87'		 BBC Report Vigurs  48' Attendance: 6,766
Referee: Brines
20 October 2012 Scottish Premier League Ross County 3 – 2 Hibernian Victoria Park
15:00 Kettlewell  9'
Vigurs  34'
McMenamin  83'		 BBC Report Griffiths  6'
McPake  45'		 Attendance: 4,070
Referee: McLean
27 October 2012 Scottish Premier League Heart of Midlothian 2 – 2 Ross County Tynecastle Stadium
15:00 Novikovas  40'
Sutton  90+3'		 BBC Report Brittain  55' (pen.)
Kettlewell  77'		 Attendance: 12,139
Referee: Charleston
3 November 2012 Scottish Premier League Ross County 2 – 1 Aberdeen Victoria Park
15:00 Reynolds  37' (o.g.)
Ross  49'		 BBC Report McGinn  77' Attendance: 6,064
Referee: Thomson
10 November 2012 Scottish Premier League Kilmarnock 3 – 0 Ross County Rugby Park
15:00 Heffernan  66', 82'
Harkins  77'		 BBC Report Attendance: 4,012
Referee: Madden
17 November 2012 Scottish Premier League St Johnstone 1 – 1 Ross County McDiarmid Park
15:00 Mackay  51' BBC Report Craig  70' (Own goal) Attendance: 3,037
Referee: Collum
24 November 2012 Scottish Premier League Ross County 1 – 2 Dundee United Victoria Park
15:00 Vigurs  49' BBC Report Russell  52'
Armstrong  64'		 Attendance: 3,930
Referee: Brines
27 November 2012 Scottish Premier League Ross County 0 – 0 St Mirren Victoria Park
19:45 BBC Report Attendance: 2,837
Referee: McLean
8 December 2012 Scottish Premier League Motherwell 3 – 2 Ross County Fir Park
15:00 Higdon  25'
Law  46'
Lasley  82'		 BBC Report Quinn  17', 70' Attendance: 3,739
Referee: Murray
15 December 2012 Scottish Premier League Ross County 1 – 1 Dundee Victoria Park
15:00 Glen  74' BBC Report Davidson  37' Attendance: 3,129
Referee: Muir
22 December 2012 Scottish Premier League Celtic 4 – 0 Ross County Celtic Park
15:00 Brown  46'
Hooper  53', 64'
Forrest  70'		 BBC Report Attendance: 49,428
Referee: Norris
26 December 2012 Scottish Premier League Hibernian 0 – 1 Ross County Easter Road
15:00 BBC Report Brittain  57' Attendance: 8,980
Referee: Beaton
29 December 2012 Scottish Premier League Ross County P – P Heart of Midlothian Victoria Park
15:00 BBC Report
Note: Postponed due to waterlogged pitch
2 January 2013 Scottish Premier League Ross County P – P Inverness Caledonian Thistle Victoria Park
15:05 BBC Report
Note: Postponed due to waterlogged pitch
19 January 2013 Scottish Premier League St Mirren 1 – 4 Ross County St Mirren Park
12:45 Thompson  50' BBC Report Brittain  22'
Morrow  67'
Sproule  71', 74'		 Attendance: 3,802
Referee: Norris
26 January 2013 Scottish Premier League Dundee United 1 – 1 Ross County Tannadice Park
15:00 Mackay-Steven  52' BBC Report Brittain  82' Attendance: 5,117
Referee: Brines
30 January 2013 Scottish Premier League Ross County 1 – 0 Hibernian Victoria Park
19:45 Sproule  36' BBC Report Attendance: 3,055
Referee: Madden
2 February 2013 Scottish Premier League Ross County 2 – 2 Heart of Midlothian Victoria Park
15:00 Quinn  20'
Vigurs  90+2'		 BBC Report Ngoo  31'
Walker  63'		 Attendance: 3,903
Referee: Finnie
8 February 2013 Scottish Premier League Dundee 0 – 2 Ross County Dens Park
19:45 BBC Report Lawson  80'
Glen  90+3'		 Attendance: 4,726
Referee: McKendrick
16 February 2013 Scottish Premier League Ross County 1 – 0 St Johnstone Victoria Park
15:00 Sproule  11' BBC Report Attendance: 3,516
Referee: Beaton
23 February 2013 Scottish Premier League Ross County 3 – 0 Motherwell Victoria Park
15:00 Sproule  34'
Brittain  71'
Vigurs  89'		 BBC Report Attendance: 3,797
Referee: Collum
26 February 2013 Scottish Premier League Aberdeen 0 – 1 Ross County Pittodrie Stadium
19:45 BBC Report Glen  81' Attendance: 6,394
Referee: Allan
2 March 2013 Scottish Premier League Ross County 0 – 0 Inverness Caledonian Thistle Victoria Park
15:00 BBC Report Attendance: 5,959
Referee: McLean
9 March 2013 Scottish Premier League Ross County 3 – 2 Celtic Victoria Park
15:00 Munro  30'
Morrow  36'
Wohlfarth  90+1'		 BBC Report Mulgrew  15'
Hooper  21'		 Attendance: 6,031
Referee: Collum
16 March 2013 Scottish Premier League Inverness Caledonian Thistle 2 – 1 Ross County Caledonian Stadium
15:00 Shinnie  5'
McKay  59' (Penalty)		 BBC Report Lawson  35' Attendance: 5,750
Referee: Brines
30 March 2013 Scottish Premier League Ross County 0 – 1 Kilmarnock Victoria Park
15:00 BBC Report Fowler  2' Attendance: 3,782
Referee: Norris
6 April 2013 Scottish Premier League Heart of Midlothian 4 – 2 Ross County Tynecastle Stadium
12:00 Ngoo  49', 84'
Holt  79'
Ikonomou  80' (Own goal)		 BBC Report Wohlfarth  22', 54' Attendance: 10,456
Referee: Muir
21 April 2013 Scottish Premier League St Johnstone 2 – 2 Ross County McDiarmid Park
16:00 MacLean  6'
Davidson  25'		 BBC Report Brittain  15' (Penalty), 76' (Penalty) Attendance: 2,444
Referee: Collum
26 April 2013 Scottish Premier League Ross County 1 – 0 Dundee United Victoria Park
19:35 Sproule  54' BBC Report Douglas  65' Attendance: 3,183
Referee: Clancy
5 May 2013 Scottish Premier League Ross County 1 – 1 Celtic Victoria Park
Vigurs  41' BBC Report Stokes  4' Attendance: 5,873
Referee: Mclean
12 May 2013 Scottish Premier League Motherwell 2 – 0 Ross County Fir Park
16:05 McFadden  8'
Humphrey  45'		 BBC Report Attendance: 7,734
Referee: Thomson
19 May 2013 Scottish Premier League Ross County 1 – 0 Inverness Caledonian Thistle Victoria Park
12:45 Hainault  44' BBC Report Attendance: 6,002
Referee: Norris

Scottish League Cup
Main article: 2012–13 Scottish League Cup
28 August 2012 Scottish League Cup Round 2 Ross County 1 – 4 Raith Rovers Victoria Park
19:45 Duncan  84' BBC Report Spence  25'
Graham  41', 63'
Hill  51'		 Attendance: 1,147
Referee: Mckendrick

Scottish Cup
Main article: 2012–13 Scottish Cup
1 December 2012 Scottish Cup Round 4 Ross County 3 – 3 Inverness Caledonian Thistle Victoria Park
12:15 Quinn  49'
Vigurs  86'
Brittain  90+3'		 BBC Report McKay  30'
Foran  74'
Roberts  90+5'		 Attendance: 5,077
Referee: Craig Thomson
11 December 2012 Scottish Cup Round 4 Replay Inverness Caledonian Thistle 2 – 1 Ross County Caledonian Stadium
19:45 McKay  9' (Penalty), 54' BBC Report Vigurs  41' Attendance: 4,135
Referee: Thomson

Player statistics

Captains
No. P Name Country No. games Notes
10 MF Richard Brittain[9] 36 Club captain

Last updated: 19 May 2013
Source: Competitive match reports.
Competitive matches only
Matches started as captain only
Country: FIFA nationality; No.: Squad number; P: Position; Name: Player name; No. Games: Number of games started as captain.

Squad
[10][11]Last updated 19 May 2013
No. Pos Nat Player TotalPremier LeagueLeague CupScottish Cup
AppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
1 GK Michael Fraser 24024+000+000+00
2 DF Jon Bateson 100+001+000+00
3 MF Marc Fitzpatrick 23018+201+002+00
3 DF Branislav Mićić 100+100+000+00
4 DF Grant Munro 38236+120+000+10
5 DF Scott Boyd 38034+101+002+00
6 DF Ross Tokely 19014+300+002+00
7 MF Stuart Kettlewell 27219+620+002+00
8 MF Paul Lawson 23220+221+000+00
9 FW Colin McMenamin 20111+810+001+00
10 MF Richard Brittain 361034+090+002+01
11 MF Iain Vigurs 39937+070+002+02
12 MF Rocco Quinn 33631+050+002+01
13 GK Joe Malin 000+000+000+00
13 DF André Hainault 815+310+000+00
14 MF Martin Scott 1609+601+000+00
15 MF Mark Corcoran 502+300+000+00
15 FW Steffen Wohlfarth 1636+1030+000+00
16 FW Steven Craig 000+000+000+00
16 MF Ivan Sproule 14614+060+000+00
17 FW Sam Morrow 25317+631+001+00
18 MF Russell Duncan 411+201+010+00
18 DF Evangelos Ikonomou 18018+000+000+00
19 FW Kurtis Byrne 100+001+000+00
19 GK Paul Gallacher 101+000+000+00
20 FW Gary Glen 2836+2031+001+00
21 MF Alex Cooper 1607+800+000+10
22 DF Mihael Kovacevic 33028+201+002+00
24 MF Steven Ross 1114+510+000+20
25 GK Mark Brown 16013+001+002+00
29 MF Mark Fotheringham 16012+200+001+10

Disciplinary record

Includes all competitive matches.

Last updated 19 May 2013
Number Nation Position Name Premier League League Cup Scottish Cup Total
1GKMichael Fraser 00000000
2DFJon Bateson 00000000
3MFMarc Fitzpatrick 20100030
4DFGrant Munro 50000050
5DFScott Boyd 70000070
6DFRoss Tokely 10000010
7MFStuart Kettlewell 70001080
8MFPaul Lawson 40000040
9FWColin McMenamin 50000050
10MFRichard Brittain 70000070
11MFIain Vigurs 80001090
12MFRocco Quinn 0000070
13GKJoe Malin 00000000
13DFAndré Hainault 00000000
14MFMartin Scott 10000010
15MFMark Corcoran 00000000
15FWSteffen Wohlfarth 10000010
16FWSteven Craig 00000000
16MFIvan Sproule 10000010
17FWSam Morrow 00000000
18MFRussell Duncan 00000000
18DFEvangelos Ikonomou 30000030
19FWKurtis Byrne 00000000
19GKPaul Gallacher 00000000
20FWGary Glen 00000000
21MFAlex Cooper 20000020
22DFMihael Kovacevic 40000040
24MFSteven Ross 00000000
25GKMark Brown 00000000
29MFMark Fotheringham 50001060
3DFBranislav Mićić 10000010

Team statistics

League table
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
3 St Johnstone 38 14 14 10 45 44 +1 56 Qualification for the Europa League second qualifying round
4 Inverness Caledonian Thistle 38 13 15 10 64 60 +4 54
5 Ross County 38 13 14 11 47 48 −1 53
6 Dundee United 38 11 14 13 51 62 −11 47[lower-alpha 1]
7 Hibernian 38 13 12 13 49 52 −3 51[lower-alpha 1] Qualification for the Europa League second qualifying round[lower-alpha 2]
Source: SPFL Archive
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
Notes:
  1. Teams in the bottom half at the time of the split may not overtake a team in the top 6 at the time of the split.
  2. Since the winners of 2012–13 Scottish Cup, Celtic, qualified for European competition based on league position, the runners–up Hibernian secured a spot in Europa League second qualifying round.

Division summary
Round1234567891011121314151617181920212223242526272829303132333435363738
GroundHAHAHAHAAHAHAAHHAHAAAAHHAHHAHHAHAAHHAH
ResultDDDWDDLLLWDWLDLDLDLWWDWDWWWWDWLLLDWDLW
Position889444810109989101010101011111110101078534344554555
Updated to match(es) played on 19 May 2013. Source: [12]
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Transfers
Main article: List of Scottish football transfers summer 2012

See also

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