2015–16 Inverness Caledonian Thistle F.C. season

The 2015–16 season is the club's 3rd season in the Scottish Premiership and their 6th consecutive season in the top flight. Inverness Caledonian Thistle will also compete in the League Cup, the Scottish Cup, and the Europa League.

Inverness Caledonian Thistle
2015–16 season
ChairmanKenny Cameron
ManagerJohn Hughes
StadiumCaledonian Stadium
Premiership7th
League CupQuarter Finals
Scottish CupQuarter Final Replay
Europa LeagueSecond qualifying round, lost to Astra Giurgiu
Top goalscorerLeague: Miles Storey (11)
All: Miles Storey (13)
Highest home attendance6,410 vs. Aberdeen
Lowest home attendance1,231 vs Stirling Albion
2015–16 Scottish Cup
Average home league attendance3,754

Results and fixtures

  Win   Draw   Loss   Postponed

Pre season / Friendlies

18 July 2015[1] Friendly Nairn County 0–1 Inverness Caledonian Thistle Nairn
15:00 BST Foran  25' Stadium: Station Park

Scottish Premiership

15 August 2015 Premiership Celtic 4–2 Inverness CT Celtic Park
15:00 Lustig  8'
Griffiths  12'
Armstrong  55', 67'
BBC Report Christie  70'
Lopez  77'
Attendance: 42,727
Referee: Craig Thomson
31 October 2015 Premiership Inverness Caledonian Thistle 1–1 Dundee Caledonian Stadium
15:00 Raven  50'
Tansey  64' (pen.)
BBC Report Loy  50' (pen.) Attendance: 2,940
Referee: Colvin
7 November 2015 Premiership Motherwell 1–3 Inverness Caledonian Thistle Rugby Park
15:00 Moult  58'
McManus  90+5' 
Report Tansey  11' (pen.)
Storey  45'
Vigurs  53'
Attendance: 3,569
Referee: Thomson
5 December 2015 Premiership Heart of Midlothian P – P Inverness Caledonian Thistle Tynecastle Stadium
15:00 BBC Report Referee: Muir
Note: Postponed due to adverse weather conditions
12 December 2015 Premiership Inverness Caledonian Thistle 2–1 Kilmarnock Caledonian Stadium
15:00 Vigurs  14', 32' BBC Report Connolly  87' Attendance: 2,775
Referee: Cook
26 December 2015 Premiership Aberdeen 2–2 Inverness Caledonian Thistle Pittodrie Stadium
15:00 McGinn  73'
Rooney  90+1' (pen.)
BBC Report Polworth  41'
Tansey  47' (pen.)
Attendance: 15,142
Referee: Collum
30 December 2015 Premiership Hamilton Academical 3–4 Inverness Caledonian Thistle New Douglas Park
Morris  66'
Gordon  81'
Nadé  90'
BBC Report Tansey  18', 88'
Polworth  51', 90+3'
Attendance: 1,555
Referee: Anderson
30 January 2016 Premiership Inverness Caledonian Thistle P – P Heart of Midlothian Caledonian Stadium
12:30 BBC Report Referee: Collum
Note: Postponed due to a waterlogged pitch and extreme weather conditions in Inverness.
15 February 2016 Premiership Inverness CT 3–1 Aberdeen Inverness
19:45 Vigurs  18'

Tansey  51'

Tremarco  65'
Rooney  7' Stadium: Caledonian Stadium
Attendance: 4,544
Referee: Collum
20 February 2016 Premiership Celtic 3–0 Inverness CT Glasgow
15:00 Mackay-Steven  54' Griffiths  59'  90+3' Stadium: Celtic Park
Attendance: 43,600
Referee: Robertson

Qualifying phase

Scottish League Cup

Scottish Cup

Squad statistics

During the 2015–16 season, Inverness Caledonian Thistle have used twenty-three different players in competitive games. The table below shows the number of appearances and goals scored by each player.

Appearances

As of 30 January 2016
No. Pos Nat Player TotalPremiershipLeague CupScottish CupEuropa League
AppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
2 DF David Raven 24118+012+002+001+10
3 DF Carl Tremarco 20014+402+000+000+00
4 MF James Vincent 16214+022+000+000+00
5 DF Gary Warren 1509+200+002+002+00
6 DF Josh Meekings 16112+012+000+002+00
7 FW Dani López 1005+200+100+002+00
8 MF Ross Draper 23117+111+002+001+10
9 MF Richie Foran 400+100+000+100+20
10 MF Aaron Doran 200+000+000+002+00
11 MF Jordan Roberts 200+000+000+100+10
14 DF Daniel Devine 28122+002+012+002+00
15 MF Nat Wedderburn 1607+600+001+002+00
16 MF Greg Tansey 29723+062+012+002+00
17 MF Lewis Horner 916+310+000+000+00
18 MF Tobi Sho-Silva 500+500+000+000+00
18 FW Alex Fisher 300+100+000+200+00
19 MF Danny Williams 28019+301+102+002+00
20 MF Liam Polworth 25418+341+102+000+00
22 MF Ryan Christie 17212+122+000+002+00
25 GK Owain Fôn Williams 29023+002+002+002+00
27 MF Iain Vigurs 20411+631+002+010+00
28 FW Andréa Mbuyi-Mutombo 2017+1000+101+110+00
37 FW Alisdair Sutherland 600+500+100+000+00
39 FW Miles Storey 20816+072+012+000+00

Overall Goalscorers

Rank Player Goals
1st Miles Storey 13
2nd Greg Tansey 9
3rd Iain Vigurs 8
4th Liam Polworth 6
5th Ross Draper 5
6th Ryan Christie

Danny Devine

Jordan Roberts

3
9th Andréa Mbuyi-Mutombo

Josh Meekings

Carl Tremarco

James Vincent

2
13th Richie Foran

Lewis Horner

Dani López

David Raven

Danny Williams

1

Disciplinary record

As of 30 January 2016
Number Nation Position Name Premiership League Cup Scottish Cup Europa League Total
2DFDavid Raven 4120001071
3DFCarl Tremarco 4000000040
5DFGary Warren 2000000020
6DFJosh Meekings 1000001020
7FWDani López 0000001010
8DFRoss Draper 6000100070
11DFJordan Roberts 0000101020
14DFDaniel Devine 5000000050
15MFNat Wedderburn 1000000010
16MFGreg Tansey 5000100060
19MFDanny Williams 1000101030
20MFLiam Polworth 1000000010
22MFRyan Christie 3100000031
25GKOwain Fôn Williams 2000000020
27MFIain Vigurs 7010100090
28FWAndréa Mbuyi-Mutombo 3100000031
39FWMiles Storey 1000000010
TOTALS 47 3 3 0 5 0 5 0 60 3

Team statistics

League table

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation[lower-alpha 1]
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
9 Partick Thistle 38 12 10 16 41 50 9 46
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).[2]
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).

Division summary

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ResultLDDLLDWDWWLLDWLLWDDWWLD
Position1010911111079888998887986676
Updated to match(es) played on 30 January 2016. Source: [3]
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Management statistics

Last updated on 30 January 2016
Name From To P W D L Win%[nb 1]
John Hughes[4] 23 July 2015 Present 29 9 10 10 031.03

Transfers

See also

Notes

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

References

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  2. "Premiership 2015/2016 - Season rules". Scoresway. Retrieved 1 August 2015.
  3. "Heart of Midlothian 2015/16 Results". Statto. Retrieved 24 March 2015.
  4. "John Hughes Statistics". soccerbase.com. Soccerbase. Retrieved 27 July 2015.
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  6. "Midfielder Jordan Roberts joins Inverness Caledonian Thistle". BBC Sport. 7 July 2015. Retrieved 25 July 2015.
  7. "Inverness Caledonian Thistle: Dani Lopez given one-year contract". BBC Sport. 13 July 2015. Retrieved 25 July 2015.
  8. "Inverness CT: Goalkeeper Owain Fon Williams joins Highlanders". BBC Sport. 16 July 2015. Retrieved 25 July 2015.
  9. "Iain Vigurs signs for second spell at Inverness Caledonian Thistle". bbc.co.uk/sport. BBC Sport. 12 August 2015. Retrieved 13 August 2015.
  10. "Swindon's Miles Storey & Charlton's Sho-Silva join on loan". bbc.co.uk/sport. BBC Sport. 1 September 2015. Retrieved 6 September 2015.
  11. "Inverness sign Miles Storey and Tobi Sho-Silva on loan". skysports.com. SKY Sports. 1 September 2015. Retrieved 6 September 2015.
  12. "Celtic sign exciting young Scottish midfielder Ryan Christie". skysports.com. Sky Sports. 1 September 2015. Retrieved 6 September 2015.
  13. "Inverness Caley Thistle land striker Alex Fisher". bbc.co.uk/sport. BBC Sport. 9 January 2016. Retrieved 10 January 2016.
  14. "Marley Watkins: Barnsley sign Inverness Caley Thistle forward". BBC Sport. 5 June 2015. Retrieved 27 June 2015.
  15. "ICT's Graeme Shinnie agrees summer move to Aberdeen". BBC Sport. 25 January 2015. Retrieved 27 June 2015.
  16. "Turkish side Boluspor complete Edward Ofere's signing". today.ng. Nigerian Entertainment Today. 12 August 2015. Archived from the original on 2015-08-28. Retrieved 8 September 2015.
  17. "Nat'll Do For Me". ictfc.com. 18 June 2015. Archived from the original on 18 June 2015. Retrieved 27 June 2015.
  18. "Dundee: Nick Ross signs after Inverness Caledonian Thistle exit". BBC Sport. 24 June 2015. Retrieved 27 June 2015.
  19. "TARMO KINK LIITUS FC LEVADIAGA". fclevadia.ee. Levadia Tallinn. 8 July 2015. Retrieved 27 July 2015.
  20. "Scottish Premiership ins and outs Summer 2015". bbc.co.uk/sport. BBC Sport. 23 July 2015. Retrieved 27 July 2015.
  21. "Ryan Christie delight as Celtic buy Caley Thistle midfielder". bbc.co.uk/sport. BBC Sport. 1 September 2015. Retrieved 6 September 2015.
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