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 Finals lost to Dundee United
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

  Win   Draw   Loss   Postponed

Pre season / Friendlies

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

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
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

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

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

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

No. Pos Nat Player TotalPremiershipLeague CupScottish Cup
AppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
1 GK Scott Fox 3102702020
2 DF Marcus Fraser 37029+004040
3 DF Jamie Reckord 21014+203020
5 DF Scott Boyd 19012+302020
6 DF Chris Robertson 26021+202010
7 FW Michael Gardyne 43834+15433+10
8 MF Ian McShane 26316+233+101+30
9 FW Brian Graham 311110+1362+2144
10 FW Liam Boyce 422029+6154+141+11
11 FW Craig Curran 20715+471000
12 DF Richard Foster 40028+403+102+20
13 GK Chris Konopka 00000000
14 DF Darren Holden 21000+2100
15 DF Andrew Davies 3833134030
17 FW Jonathan Franks 36218+1111+213+10
18 MF Stewart Murdoch 34214+1522+2010
19 MF Tony Dingwall 1525+721+2000
21 GK Gary Woods 16011+102020
23 FW Alex Schalk 31914+1052+123+12
24 MF Raffaele De Vita 2528+110212+21
25 FW David Goodwillie 914+510000
26 MF Martin Woods 31223+313120
31 GK James Severn 00000000
36 MF Jackson Irvine 45334+225140
41 GK Mark Foden 00000000
43 MF Paul Quinn 18214+002121
44 DF Christopher McLaughlin 20200000
53 MF Greg Morrison 200+200000
Players who left the club during the 2015–16 season
4 MF Rocco Quinn 1205+500+100+10
21 GK Daniel Bachmann 200+101000

Goalscorers

Ranking Nation Number Name Scottish Premiership League Cup Scottish Cup Total
110Liam Boyce154120
29Brian Graham61411
323Alex Schalk5229
47Michael Gardyne5308
511Craig Curran7007
68Ian McShane3003
=15Andrew Davies3003
=36Jackson Irvine2103
917Jonathan Franks1102
=18Stewart Murdoch2002
=19Tony Dingwall2002
=24Raffaele De Vita0112
=26Martin Woods1102
=43Paul Quinn0112
1525David Goodwillie1001
=14Darren Holden0101
Own goal2002
TOTALS 5516980

Disciplinary record

As of 6 February 2016
Number Nation Position Name Premiership League Cup Scottish Cup Total
1GKScott Fox 10000010
2DFMarcus Fraser 10101030
3DFJamie Reckord 10001020
4MFRocco Quinn 20000020
5DFScott Boyd 20001030
6DFChris Robertson 30000030
8MFIan McShane 00100010
9FWBrian Graham 10000010
10FWLiam Boyce 10000010
11FWCraig Curran 40000040
12DFRichard Foster 50100060
15DFAndrew Davies 51100061
18MFStewart Murdoch 10100020
19MFTony Dingwall 10000010
24MFRaffaele De Vita 00001010
26MFMartin Woods 20201050
36MFJackson Irvine 40000040
TOTALS 34 0 7 0 5 0 46 0

Team statistics

League table

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation[lower-alpha 1]
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

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

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

Transfers

See also

Notes

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

References

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