2016–17 Inverness Caledonian Thistle F.C. season
The 2016–17 Inverness Caledonian Thistle F.C. season is the club's fourth season in the Scottish Premiership and their seventh consecutive season in the top division of Scottish football. Caley Thistle also competed in the Scottish League Cup and the Scottish Cup.
2016–17 season | |
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Chairman | Kenny Cameron |
Manager | Richie Foran |
Stadium | Caledonian Stadium |
Premiership | Twelfth place |
League Cup | Second round, lost to Alloa Athletic |
Scottish Cup | Fifth round, lost to Celtic |
Top goalscorer | League: Alex Fisher (8) All: Alex Fisher (8) |
Highest home attendance | 7,012 vs. Rangers, 14 October 2016 |
Lowest home attendance | 1,316 vs. Arbroath, 30 July 2016 |
Average home league attendance | 3,949[1] |
Summary
Season
Caley Thistle finished twelfth in the Scottish Premiership and were automatically relegated to the Scottish Championship.[2] They reached the second round of the Scottish League Cup,[3] the fifth round of the Scottish Cup.[4]
Management
Caley Thistle were managed by Richie Foran, during the 2016–17 season.[5] John Hughes departed the club during the close season on 20 May 2016,[6] having negotiated his exit with the board.[7] Hughes had previously raised concerns with the club's budget for 2016–17.[8] On 30 May 2016, Foran was appointed manager on a four-year contract,[9] marking his retirement as a player.[10] Brian Rice remained as assistant manager.[11]
Results and fixtures
Win Draw Loss Postponed
Friendlies
2 July 2016 Friendly/William West Testimonial | Fraserburgh | 3–3 | Inverness CT | Fraserburgh |
15:00 | Stadium: Bellslea Park |
5 July 2016 Friendly | Brora Rangers | 1–1 | Inverness CT | Brora |
19:30 | Stadium: Dudgeon Park |
7 July 2016 Friendly | Nairn County | 0–3 | Inverness CT | Nairn |
19:30 | Stadium: Station Park |
9 July 2016 Friendly/Andy Low Testimonial | Buckie Thistle | 1–8 | Inverness CT | Buckie |
14:00 | Stadium: Victoria Park |
10 July 2016 Friendly | Clachnacuddin | 1–3 | Inverness CT | Inverness |
12:00 | Stadium: Grant Street Park |
12 July 2016 Friendly | Elgin City | 0–3 | Inverness CT | Elgin |
19:45 | Stadium: Borough Briggs |
19 July 2016 Friendly | Forres Mechanics | 1–3 | Inverness CT | Forres |
19:30 | Stadium: Mosset Park |
Scottish Premiership
6 August 2016 Premiership | Partick Thistle | 2–0 | Inverness Caledonian Thistle | Glasgow |
15:00 | Gordon 5' Amoo 24' 60' Erskine 36' |
BBC Report | Polworth 69' | Stadium: Firhill Stadium Attendance: 2,943 Referee: Walsh |
13 August 2016 Premiership | Inverness Caledonian Thistle | 2–3 | Ross County | Inverness |
15:00 | Raven 12' Williams 18' Boden 45' Draper 50' 65' Horner 75' |
BBC Report | Boyce 7' 28' 47' Curran 28' Davies 75' Foster 80' Gardyne 82' Routis 85' |
Stadium: Tulloch Caledonian Stadium Attendance: 4,204 Referee: Dallas |
20 August 2016 Premiership | Heart of Midlothian | 5–1 | Inverness Caledonian Thistle | Edinburgh |
15:00 | Cowie 7' 47' Sammon 18' Kitchen 29' Nicholson 78' 79' |
BBC Report | Tremarco 10' Mulraney 12' Polworth 40' Horner 77' Draper 87' |
Stadium: Tynecastle Stadium Attendance: 15,880 Referee: McLean |
27 August 2016 Premiership | Inverness Caledonian Thistle | 2–1 | St Johnstone | Inverness |
15:00 | Draper 59' 67' Meekings 90+1' Warren 90+2' |
BBC Report | Wotherspoon 58' Foster 79' |
Stadium: Tulloch Caledonian Stadium Attendance: 2,729 Referee: Finnie |
10 September 2016 Premiership | Aberdeen | 1–1 | Inverness Caledonian Thistle | Aberdeen |
15:00 | McGinn 51' | BBC Report | Tansey 31' Tremarco 45' King 45+1' Vigurs 68' |
Stadium: Pittodrie Stadium Attendance: 11,356 Referee: Allan |
18 September 2016 Premiership | Inverness Caledonian Thistle | 2–2 | Celtic | Inverness |
15:00 | King 28' Fisher 89' |
BBC Report | Rogić 17' Sinclair 34' |
Stadium: Tulloch Caledonian Stadium Attendance: 6,061 Referee: Allan |
24 September 2016 Premiership | Inverness Caledonian Thistle | 3–1 | Dundee | Inverness |
15:00 | Doumbouya 8' Tansey 17' Polworth 51' |
BBC report | Low 84' | Stadium: Tulloch Caledonian Stadium Attendance: 2,884 Referee: Allan |
1 October 2016 Premiership | Hamilton Academical | 1–1 | Inverness Caledonian Thistle | Hamilton |
15:00 | D'Acol 18' MacKinnon 81' Imrie 86' |
BBC report | Doumbouya 62' Polworth 90+3' |
Stadium: New Douglas Park Attendance: 1,611 Referee: Cook |
14 October 2016 Premiership | Inverness Caledonian Thistle | 0–1 | Rangers | Inverness |
19:45 | McKay 33' Draper 51' Warren 84' |
BBC report | Miller 22' Waghorn 51' |
Stadium: Tulloch Caledonian Stadium Attendance: 7,012 Referee: Collum |
22 October 2016 Premiership | Inverness Caledonian Thistle | 1–1 | Kilmarnock | Inverness |
15:00 | Polworth 63' Meekings 80' Doumbouya 86' Vigurs 90+4' |
BBC report | Coulibaly 7' (pen.) Boyd 26' Hendrie 88' |
Stadium: Tulloch Caledonian Stadium Attendance: 2,591 Referee: Walsh |
26 October 2016 Premiership | Motherwell | 0–3 | Inverness Caledonian Thistle | Motherwell |
19:45 | BBC report | Tremarco 57' 86' Doumbouya 71' Polworth 83' |
Stadium: Fir Park Attendance: 3,131 Referee: Robertson |
29 October 2016 Premiership | Inverness Caledonian Thistle | 3–3 | Heart of Midlothian | Inverness |
15:00 | Raven 15' Doumbouya 32' Doran 55' Meekings 79' McKay 85' Vigurs 86' |
BBC report | Johnsen 38' Rherras 50' 51' Djoum 74' Kitchen 90+2' |
Stadium: Tulloch Caledonian Stadium Attendance: 3,565 Referee: Thomson |
5 November 2016 Premiership | Celtic | 3–0 | Inverness Caledonian Thistle | Glasgow |
15:00 | Sinclair 48' Griffiths 63' Rogic 83' |
BBC report | Tansey 43' | Stadium: Celtic Park Attendance: 54,152 Referee: Allan |
19 November 2016 Premiership | Inverness Caledonian Thistle | 1–3 | Aberdeen | Inverness |
15:00 | Doumbouya 15' Vigurs 54' |
BBC report | McLean 28' 89' Rooney 33' (pen.) Maddison 68' |
Stadium: Tulloch Caledonian Stadium Attendance: 4,867 Referee: Clancy |
26 November 2016 Premiership | Dundee | 2–1 | Inverness Caledonian Thistle | Dundee |
15:00 | Wighton 25' Vincent 57' Gadzhalov 60' Hateley 78' O'Dea 90+2' |
BBC report | Tremarco 81' Cole 85' Horner 90+4' |
Stadium: Dens Park Attendance: 5,094 Referee: Dallas |
3 December 2016 Premiership | St Johnstone | 3–0 | Inverness Caledonian Thistle | Perth |
15:00 | Craig 14' Coulson 57' Davidson 62' Wotherspoon 75' Swanson 81' |
BBC report | Draper 45+1' Doumbouya 51' Warren 60' |
Stadium: McDiarmid Park Attendance: 2,549 Referee: Anderson |
10 December 2016 Premiership | Inverness Caledonian Thistle | 1–1 | Hamilton Academical | Inverness |
15:00 | Draper 36' Cole 51' McKay 86' King 90' |
BBC report | Crawford 16' Imrie 58' Gillespie 74' McMann 76' |
Stadium: Tulloch Caledonian Stadium Attendance: 2,473 Referee: Aitken |
17 December 2016 Premiership | Kilmarnock | 1–1 | Inverness Caledonian Thistle | Kilmarnock |
15:00 | McKenzie 45+2' Taylor 64' Coulibaly 73' Smith 90' |
BBC report | Draper 16' Warren 84' Polworth 90+1' |
Stadium: Rugby Park Attendance: 3,294 Referee: Walsh |
24 December 2016 Premiership | Rangers | 1–0 | Inverness Caledonian Thistle | Glasgow |
12:30 | McKay 13' (o.g.) Tavernier 43' |
BBC report | Cole 37' Vigurs 45+2' Meekings 85' |
Stadium: Ibrox Stadium Attendance: 48,528 Referee: Robertson |
28 December 2016 Premiership | Inverness Caledonian Thistle | 1–2 | Motherwell | Inverness |
19:45 | Cole 36' McKay 40' Fisher 77' Vigurs 89' Tansey 90' |
BBC report | Clay 50' Moult 59' McDonald 87' |
Stadium: Tulloch Caledonian Stadium Attendance: 3,097 Referee: Cook |
31 December 2016 Premiership | Ross County | 3–2 | Inverness Caledonian Thistle | Dingwall |
15:00 | Boyce 2' 35' Woods 61' McEveley 76' |
BBC report | Tremarco 28' Warren 46' Fisher 81' McKay 90+3' |
Stadium: Global Energy Stadium Attendance: 5,111 Referee: Madden |
28 January 2017 Premiership | Inverness Caledonian Thistle | 0–0 | Partick Thistle | Inverness |
15:00 | Warren 66' Henri Anier 73' |
BBC report | Stadium: Tulloch Caledonian Stadium Attendance: 2,823 Referee: Finnie |
31 January 2017 Premiership | Hamilton Academical | 3–0 | Inverness Caledonian Thistle | Hamilton |
19:45 | D'Acol 11' Devlin 26' Redmond 32' Gillespie 47' MacKinnon 54' Bingham 61' |
BBC report | Vigurs 30' Tansey 39' |
Stadium: SuperSeal Stadium Attendance: 1,745 Referee: Anderson |
4 February 2017 Premiership | Inverness Caledonian Thistle | 2–2 | Dundee | Inverness |
15:00 | Billy Mckay 53' (pen.) 58' Tremarco 75' Tansey 79' |
BBC report | Haber 37' O'Dea 43' 48' Julen Etxabeguren 52' McGowan 63' |
Stadium: Tulloch Caledonian Stadium Attendance: 2,606 Referee: Walsh |
18 February 2017 Premiership | Heart of Midlothian | 1–1 | Inverness Caledonian Thistle | Edinburgh |
15:00 | Djoum 64' | BBC report | Tremarco 15' 24' Mulraney 36' Raven 38' |
Stadium: Tynecastle Stadium Attendance: 16,372 Referee: Madden |
24 February 2017 Premiership | Inverness Caledonian Thistle | 2–1 | Rangers | Inverness |
19:45 | Tansey 45' 66' Laing 56' Vigurs 86' (pen miss) Billy Mckay 89' |
BBC report | Jon Toral 14' Waghorn 67' (pen.) Wilson 86' |
Stadium: Tulloch Caledonian Stadium Attendance: 6,415 Referee: McLean |
1 March 2017 Premiership | Inverness Caledonian Thistle | 0–4 | Celtic | Inverness |
19:45 | Laing 65' | BBC report | Sinclair 43' Dembélé 46' 73' Armstrong 66' |
Stadium: Tulloch Caledonian Stadium Attendance: 5,948 Referee: Dallas |
11 March 2017 Premiership | Partick Thistle | 1–1 | Inverness Caledonian Thistle | Glasgow |
15:00 | Doolan 56' Amoo 83' |
BBC report | Vigurs 21' McCart 45+3' Warren 90+2' |
Stadium: Firhill Stadium Attendance: 3,082 Referee: Collum |
18 March 2017 Premiership | Inverness Caledonian Thistle | 1–1 | Ross County | Inverness |
15:00 | Tansey 48' | BBC report | Schalk 86' | Stadium: Tulloch Caledonian Stadium Attendance: 4,123 Referee: Allan |
1 April 2017 Premiership | Inverness Caledonian Thistle | 1–1 | Kilmarnock | Inverness |
15:00 | Mckay 25' Brad McKay 34' |
BBC report | Boyd 19' (pen.) Dicker 76' |
Stadium: Tulloch Caledonian Stadium Attendance: 2,780 Referee: Madden |
4 April 2017 Premiership | Aberdeen | 1–0 | Inverness Caledonian Thistle | Aberdeen |
19:45 | Warren 22' (o.g.) | BBC report | Billy Mckay 40' Tremarco 66' |
Stadium: Pittodrie Stadium Attendance: 11,507 Referee: Dallas |
8 April 2017 Premiership | Inverness Caledonian Thistle | 0–3 | St Johnstone | Inverness |
15:00 | Cole 81' | BBC report | MacLean 40' Alston 65' Craig 88' (pen.) Cummins 90+1' |
Stadium: Tulloch Caledonian Stadium Attendance: 2,961 Referee: Finnie |
15 April 2017 Premiership | Motherwell | 4–2 | Inverness Caledonian Thistle | Motherwell |
15:00 | Cadden 7' Moult 9' McDonald 65' Campbell 70' |
BBC report | Fisher 21' 54' Brad McKay 89' |
Stadium: Fir Park Attendance: 3,696 Referee: Collum |
28 April 2017 Premiership | Ross County | 4–0 | Inverness Caledonian Thistle | Dingwall |
19:45 | O'Brien 10' Boyce 21' 34' 49' (pen.) 60' (pen.) Chow 53' |
BBC report | Vigurs 49' Polworth 60' |
Stadium: Global Energy Stadium Attendance: 4,928 Referee: Thomson |
6 May 2017 Premiership | Inverness Caledonian Thistle | 2–1 | Hamilton Academical | Inverness |
12:15 | Brad McKay 10' Tansey 36' (pen.) 54' Draper 40' Billy Mckay 51' Boden 74' |
BBC report | Donati 35' Redmond 90+4' |
Stadium: Tulloch Caledonian Stadium Attendance: 2,478 Referee: Dallas |
13 May 2017 Premiership | Kilmarnock | 2–1 | Inverness Caledonian Thistle | Kilmarnock |
15:00 | Wilson 15' Smith 16' Longstaff 17' Jones 57' |
BBC report | Brad McKay 15' Fisher 71' |
Stadium: Rugby Park Attendance: 3,137 Referee: Beaton |
17 May 2017 Premiership | Dundee | 0–2 | Inverness Caledonian Thistle | Dundee |
19:45 | BBC report | Billy Mckay 2' Fisher 10' Vigurs 65' Henri Anier 81' |
Stadium: Dens Park Attendance: 5,574 Referee: Clancy |
20 May 2017 Premiership | Inverness Caledonian Thistle | 3–2 | Motherwell | Inverness |
15:00 | Tansey 64' Fisher 66', 67' |
BBC report | McFadden 73' Bowman 90+3' |
Stadium: Tulloch Caledonian Stadium Attendance: 5351 Referee: Thomson |
League Cup
16 July 2016 Group C | Cowdenbeath | 1–2 | Inverness Caledonian Thistle | Central Park |
15:00 | Brett 23' 53' Rutherford 63' Chris Turner 69' |
SPFL Report | Draper 13' Warren 68' 74' |
Attendance: 487 Referee: Finnie |
23 July 2016 Group C | Inverness Caledonian Thistle | 1–1 (1–4 p) | Dundee United | Caledonian Stadium |
15:00 | Boden 35' Draper 37' |
BBC Report | Murdoch 46' van der Velden 49' Durnan 79' Obadeyi 81' |
Attendance: 1,839 Referee: Anderson |
26 July 2016 Group C | Dunfermline Athletic | 1–5 | Inverness Caledonian Thistle | East End Park |
19:45 | Geggan 24' 28' Cardle 61' |
SPFL Report | Vigurs 16' 42' 66' King 54' Tremarco 89' |
Attendance: 2,580 Referee: Allan |
30 July 2016 Group C | Inverness Caledonian Thistle | 7–0 | Arbroath | Caledonian Stadium |
15:00 | King 10' Boden 18' 25' 71' Tremarco 37' 87' Vigurs 47' |
BBC Report | Attendance: 1,316 Referee: Aitken |
9 August 2016 Second Round | Alloa Athletic | 1–0 | Inverness Caledonian Thistle | The Indodrill Stadium |
19:30 | Marr 28' Flannigan 35' Jamie Longworth 44' Waters 90+1' |
Sky Report | Attendance: 613 Referee: Robertson |
Scottish Cup
21 January 2017 Scottish Cup Fourth round | Elgin City | 1–2 | Inverness Caledonian Thistle | Borough Briggs |
15:00 | Mark Nicolson 25' Archie MacPhee 53' Darryl McHardy 78' |
BBC Report | Cole 32' Doumbouya 66' Doran 76' |
Attendance: 3,624 Referee: McKendrick |
11 February 2017 Scottish Cup Fifth round | Celtic | 6–0 | Inverness Caledonian Thistle | Celtic Park |
12:15 | Lustig 20' 73' Dembélé 45' 50' 59' Tierney 86' Brown 90+1' |
BBCReport | Tremarco 29' Draper 35' Vigurs 37' Warren 42' |
Attendance: 25,577 Referee: Clancy |
Squad statistics
During the 2016–17 season, Inverness Caledonian Thistle have used twenty-nine different players in competitive games. The table below shows the number of appearances and goals scored by each player.
Appearances
- As of 20 May 2017
No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Total | Premiership | League Cup | Scottish Cup | ||||
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Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||||
1 | GK | Ryan Esson | 7 | 0 | 6+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | |
2 | DF | David Raven | 26 | 1 | 19+2 | 1 | 4+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | |
3 | DF | Carl Tremarco | 36 | 7 | 29+0 | 4 | 5+0 | 3 | 2+0 | 0 | |
4 | DF | Kevin McNaughton | 14 | 0 | 5+4 | 0 | 5+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | |
5 | DF | Gary Warren | 40 | 3 | 33+0 | 2 | 5+0 | 1 | 2+0 | 0 | |
6 | DF | Josh Meekings | 18 | 1 | 18+0 | 1 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | |
7 | MF | Liam Polworth | 38 | 3 | 26+6 | 3 | 5+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | |
8 | MF | Ross Draper | 43 | 4 | 35+2 | 3 | 2+3 | 1 | 1+0 | 0 | |
9 | FW | Dean Ebbe | 4 | 0 | 0+3 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | |
10 | MF | Aaron Doran | 19 | 1 | 6+11 | 1 | 0+1 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | |
11 | MF | Iain Vigurs | 39 | 5 | 28+4 | 1 | 5+0 | 4 | 2+0 | 0 | |
12 | DF | Jamie McCart | 11 | 0 | 9+2 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | |
13 | FW | Billy Mckay | 14 | 4 | 13+0 | 4 | 0+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | |
14 | MF | Jason Brown | 1 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | |
15 | MF | Jake Mulraney | 32 | 0 | 10+16 | 0 | 3+2 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | |
16 | MF | Greg Tansey | 44 | 7 | 37+0 | 7 | 5+0 | 0 | 2+0 | 0 | |
17 | DF | Lewis Horner | 11 | 0 | 5+5 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | |
18 | FW | Alex Fisher | 25 | 8 | 8+13 | 8 | 0+4 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | |
19 | FW | Scott Boden | 19 | 5 | 3+10 | 1 | 5+0 | 4 | 1+0 | 0 | |
20 | MF | Billy King | 32 | 3 | 17+9 | 1 | 5+0 | 2 | 1+0 | 0 | |
21 | FW | Alisdair Sutherland | 2 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | |
21 | DF | Louis Laing | 14 | 0 | 14+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | |
22 | DF | Brad McKay | 29 | 1 | 25+2 | 1 | 0+0 | 0 | 2+0 | 0 | |
23 | FW | Henri Anier | 15 | 0 | 8+5 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 | |
25 | GK | Owain Fôn Williams | 35 | 0 | 31+0 | 0 | 2+0 | 0 | 2+0 | 0 | |
26 | FW | Lonsana Doumbouya | 20 | 6 | 17+2 | 5 | 0+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 1 | |
29 | MF | Larnell Cole | 23 | 2 | 13+8 | 1 | 0+0 | 0 | 1+1 | 1 | |
31 | GK | Cameron Mackay | 4 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | 2+1 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | |
33 | DF | Cameron Gilchrist | 1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
Overall goalscorers
Rank | Player | Goals |
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1st | Alex Fisher | 9 |
2nd | 7 | |
4th | Lonsana Doumbouya | 6 |
5th | 5 | |
7th | Ross Draper | 4 |
8th | 3 | |
12th | Larnell Cole | 2 |
13th | 1 |
Team statistics
League table
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation[lower-alpha 1] |
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8 | Kilmarnock | 38 | 9 | 14 | 15 | 36 | 56 | −20 | 41 | |
9 | Motherwell | 38 | 10 | 8 | 20 | 46 | 69 | −23 | 38 | |
10 | Dundee | 38 | 10 | 7 | 21 | 38 | 62 | −24 | 37 | |
11 | Hamilton Academical (O) | 38 | 7 | 14 | 17 | 37 | 56 | −19 | 35 | Qualification for the Premiership play-off final |
12 | Inverness Caledonian Thistle (R) | 38 | 7 | 13 | 18 | 44 | 71 | −27 | 34 | Relegation to the Scottish Championship |
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).[12]
(O) Play-off winner; (R) Relegated.
Notes:
- Teams played each other three times (33 matches), before the league split into two groups (the top six and the bottom six) for the last five matches.
Results by matchday
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss
Management statistics
- Last updated on 20 May 2017
Name | From | To | P | W | D | L | Win%[nb 1] |
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Richie Foran[13] | 14 July 2016 | Present | 45 | 11 | 13 | 21 | 24.44 |
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