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.

Inverness Caledonian Thistle
2016–17 season
ChairmanKenny Cameron
ManagerRichie Foran
StadiumCaledonian Stadium
PremiershipTwelfth place
League CupSecond round, lost to Alloa Athletic
Scottish CupFifth round, lost to Celtic
Top goalscorerLeague:
Alex Fisher (8)

All:
Alex Fisher (8)
Highest home attendance7,012 vs. Rangers, 14 October 2016
Lowest home attendance1,316 vs. Arbroath, 30 July 2016
Average home league attendance3,949[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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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

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
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

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 TotalPremiershipLeague CupScottish Cup
AppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
1 GK  SCO Ryan Esson 706+001+000+00
2 DF  ENG David Raven 26119+214+001+00
3 DF  ENG Carl Tremarco 36729+045+032+00
4 DF  SCO Kevin McNaughton 1405+405+000+00
5 DF  ENG Gary Warren 40333+025+012+00
6 DF  ENG Josh Meekings 18118+010+000+00
7 MF  SCO Liam Polworth 38326+635+001+00
8 MF  ENG Ross Draper 43435+232+311+00
9 FW  EIR Dean Ebbe 400+300+000+10
10 MF  EIR Aaron Doran 1916+1110+101+00
11 MF  SCO Iain Vigurs 39528+415+042+00
12 DF  SCO Jamie McCart 1109+200+000+00
13 FW  ENG Billy Mckay 14413+040+001+00
14 MF  SCO Jason Brown 100+000+100+00
15 MF  EIR Jake Mulraney 32010+1603+200+10
16 MF  ENG Greg Tansey 44737+075+002+00
17 DF  ENG Lewis Horner 1105+501+000+00
18 FW  ENG Alex Fisher 2588+1380+400+00
19 FW  ENG Scott Boden 1953+1015+041+00
20 MF  SCO Billy King 32317+915+021+00
21 FW  SCO Alisdair Sutherland 200+100+100+00
21 DF  ENG Louis Laing 14014+000+000+00
22 DF  SCO Brad McKay 29125+210+002+00
23 FW  EST Henri Anier 1508+500+001+10
25 GK  WAL Owain Fôn Williams 35031+002+002+00
26 FW  GUI Lonsana Doumbouya 20617+250+001+01
29 MF  ENG Larnell Cole 23213+810+001+11
31 GK  SCO Cameron Mackay 401+002+100+00
33 DF  ENG Cameron Gilchrist 100+100+000+00

Overall goalscorers

Rank Player Goals
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]
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
Source: Scottish Premiership, Soccerway
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:
  1. 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

Matchday1234567891011121314151617181920212223242526272829303132333435363738
GroundAHAHAHHAHHAHAHAAHAAHAHAHAHHAHHAHAAHAAH
ResultLLLWDDWDLDWDLLLLDDLLLDLDDWLDDDLLLLWLWW
Position12121210101081010108101212121212121212121212121212121211121212121212121212
Updated to match(es) played on 17 May 2017. Source:
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]
Richie Foran[13] 14 July 2016 31 May 2017 45 11 13 21 024.44

Transfers

Players In
Player Age* From Fee
Jake Mulraney 20 Queens Park Rangers Free
Kevin McNaughton 33 Wigan Athletic Free
Lonsana Doumbouya 25 Cercle Brugge Free
Brad McKay 23 St Johnstone Free
Henri Anier 26 Kalmar FF Free
Scott Boden 26 Newport County Free
Louis Laing 23 Motherwell Free
Dean Ebbe 22 Bluebell United Undisclosed
Jamie McCart 19 Celtic Loan
Billy Mckay 28 Wigan Athletic Loan
Billy King 22 Heart of Midlothian Loan
Larnell Cole 23 Fulham Loan
Players Out
Player Age* To Fee
Danny Williams 28 Dundee Free
Nat Wedderburn 26 Dunfermline Athletic Free
Jordan Roberts 22 Crawley Town Free
James Vincent 26 Dundee Free
Dean Brill 30 Motherwell Free
Ryan Williams 25 Ottawa Fury Free
Danny Devine 23 Partick Thistle Free
Lonsana Doumbouya 26 SKN St. Pölten Free
Liam Hughes 23 Barrow Free
Calum Ferguson 21 Albion Rovers Free
Alisdair Sutherland 20 Elgin City Free
Andréa Mbuyi-Mutombo 26 RNK Split Free
Richie Foran 36 Retired
Larnell Cole 24 Fulham Loan Return
Jamie McCart 19 Celtic Loan Return
Billy Mckay 28 Wigan Athletic Loan Return
Billy King 23 Heart of Midlothian Loan Return

* - At time of signing

See also

Notes

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

References

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  2. "The reasons behind Inverness CT's relegation". scotsman.com. The Scotsman. 20 May 2017. Retrieved 3 June 2017.
  3. "Jason Marr's first-half strike earned Alloa Athletic a place in the Scottish League Cup". bbc.co.uk/sport. BBC Sport. 9 August 2016. Retrieved 3 June 2017.
  4. "Moussa Dembele hat-trick puts Celtic in Scottish Cup quarter-finals". skysports.com. Sky Sports. 11 February 2017. Retrieved 3 June 2017.
  5. "Inverness Caley Thistle appoint Richie Foran as manager". scotsman.com. The Scotsman. 20 May 2016. Retrieved 21 May 2017.
  6. "Manager John Hughes leaves Inverness Caledonian Thistle". skysports.com. Sky Sports. 20 May 2016. Retrieved 21 May 2017.
  7. "Manager John Hughes 'poised to leave' Inverness Caledoinian Thistle". skysports.com. Sky Sports. 30 May 2016. Retrieved 21 May 2017.
  8. "Inverness CT manager negotiating exit from club". bbc.co.uk/sport. BBC Sport. 19 May 2016. Retrieved 21 May 2017.
  9. "Richie Foran given four-year contract". bbc.co.uk/sport. BBC Sport. 30 May 2016. Retrieved 21 May 2017.
  10. "RICHIE FORAN TO RETIRE FROM PLAYING AFTER BECOMING INVERNESS MANAGER". eveningexpress.co.uk. Evening Express. 30 May 2016. Retrieved 21 May 2017.
  11. "Brian Rice stays on as assistant manager". bbc.co.uk/sport. BBC Sport. 17 June 2016. Retrieved 21 May 2017.
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