2017–18 Ross County F.C. season

The 2017–18 season was the club's 5th season in the Scottish Premiership and their sixth consecutive appearance in the top flight of Scottish football. Ross County also competed in the League Cup and the Scottish Cup.

Ross County
2017–18 season
ChairmanRoy MacGregor
ManagerJim McIntyre
(until 25 September)
Owen Coyle
(from 28 September - 1 March)
Steven Ferguson and
Stuart Kettlewell
GroundVictoria Park
Scottish PremiershipTwelfth Place
Scottish League CupSecond Round
Scottish CupFourth Round
Top goalscorerLeague: Schalk (11)
All: Schalk (13)
Highest home attendance6,590 vs Celtic
Premiership
18 November 2017
Lowest home attendance1,108 vs Alloa Athletic
League Cup
15 July 2017
Average home league attendance4,612

On 25 September, manager Jim McIntyre was sacked by the club.[1] On 28 September, Owen Coyle took over as manager.[2] He resigned on 1 March with Steven Ferguson and Stuart Kettlewell taking over as co-managers[3] but they could not keep County in the Premiership and on 12 May after 6 years they were relegated back to the Championship.[4]

Results & fixtures

  Win   Draw   Loss   Postponed

Pre-season

1 July 2017[5] Friendly Elgin City 0–1 Ross County Borough Briggs
15:00 Report Herron 72'
6 July 2017 Friendly Valenciennes 2–1 Ross County Pinatar Arena, Spain
19:00 Mothiba 38'
Ndao 65'
Report Schalk 35'

Scottish Premiership

5 August 2017 1 Dundee 1–2 Ross County Dens Park
15:00 Hendry 86'
Holt  78'
BBC Report Chow  29'
Lindsay 35'
Routis 61'
Gardyne  71'
Attendance: 5,032
Referee: Willie Collum
12 August 2017 2 Ross County 1–2 Aberdeen Global Energy Stadium
15:00 Curran 2'
Routis  39'
O'Brien  57'
Keillor-Dunn  82'
BBC Report Reynolds 23'
Logan 71'
Shinnie  72'
Attendance: 5,965
Referee: Don Robertson
19 August 2017 3 Motherwell 2–0 Ross County Dens Park
15:00 Heneghan  3'
Rose  27'
Tait 53'
Moult 74' (pen.)
BBC Report Chow  17'
Fraser  46'
van der Weg  74'
Attendance: 3,911
Referee: Alan Muir
27 August 2017 4 Ross County 1–3 Rangers Global Energy Stadium
15:00 BST Davies  45'
Mikkelsen 59'
Gardyne  71'
BBC Report Morelos 31', 41'
Herrera 89'
Attendance: 6,400
Referee: Craig Thomson
9 September 2017 5 Ross County 1–1 Partick Thistle Global Energy Stadium
15:00 BST Kelly  58'
Routis  61'
Davies  45'
Schalk 86' (pen.)
BBC Report Devine  7'
Spittal 22'
Attendance: 3,660
Referee: John Beaton
16 September 2017 6 Celtic 4–0 Ross County Celtic Park
15:00 BST Rogic 13'
Dembélé 42'
Forrest 52', 74'
BBC Report O'Brien  47' Attendance: 58,624
Referee: Steven McLean
23 September 2017 7 Ross County 0–1 Hibernian Global Energy Stadium
15:00 BST Draper  56'
O'Brien  67'
BBC Report Hanlon 13'
Bartley  57'
Attendance: 4,181
Referee: Andrew Dallas
30 September 2017 8 Kilmarnock 0–2 Ross County Rugby Park
15:00 BST BBC Report Curran 34'
van der Weg 44'
Attendance: 3,337
Referee: Craig Thomson
14 October 2017 9 Ross County 1–2 Heart of Midlothian Global Energy Stadium
15:00 BST Keillor-Dunn 36' BBC Report Gonçalves 34'
Walker 59'
Randall  65' 
Attendance: 4,819
Referee: William Collum
21 October 2017 10 Ross County 2–1 Hamilton Academical Global Energy Stadium
15:00 BST Davies  21'
Schalk 70'
O'Brien  82'
Mikkelsen 90+2'
BBC Report Docherty 52'
Boyd  67'
Longridge  89'
Attendance: 3,509
Referee: Stephen Finnie
24 October 2017 11 St Johnstone 0–0 Ross County McDiarmid Park
19:45 BST BBC Report Fraser  59'
Chow  68'
O'Brien  90'
McCarey  90+2'
Attendance: 2,267
Referee: Barry Cook
28 October 2017 12 Aberdeen 2–1 Ross County Pittodrie Stadium
15:00 BST Christie 12'  88'
McLean 52' (pen.)  90+2'
McKenna  75'
BBC Report Gardyne 8'  90+1'
Lindsay  52'
Draper  84'
Attendance: 13,918
Referee: Don Robertson
4 November 2017 13 Ross County 3–2 Motherwell Global Energy Stadium
15:00 GMT Gardyne 13', 42'
Keillor-Dunn 26'
Draper  84'
BBC Report Bowman 48'
Hartley  52'
Moult 79'
Attendance: 4,014
Referee: Euan Anderson
18 November 2017 14 Ross County 0–1 Celtic Global Energy Stadium
12:30 GMT Gardyne 42'
O'Brien  77'
Kelly  88'
BBC Report Boyata 45+1'
Tierney 66'
Griffiths 78'
Attendance: 6,590
Referee: Nick Walsh
25 November 2017 15 Heart of Midlothian 0–0 Ross County Tynecastle Stadium
15:00 GMT Walker  45+1'
Stockton  73'
BBC Report O'Brien  56'
Draper  88'
Attendance: 15,601
Referee: John Beaton
2 December 2017 16 Ross County 0–2 Dundee Global Energy Stadium
15:00 GMT Draper  78' BBC Report O'Hara 18'
El Bakhtaoui 89'
Attendance: 3,896
Referee: Steven McLean
9 December 2017 17 Rangers 2–1 Ross County Ibrox Stadium
15:00 GMT Morelos 59'
Wilson 83'
BBC Report Curran 10'
Keillor-Dunn  71'
Attendance: 48,139
Referee: Euan Anderson
13 December 2017 18 Ross County 2–2 Kilmarnock Global Energy Stadium
19:45 GMT Routis 31'
Naismith 41'
BBC Report Power  34'
Brophy 61'
Boyd  54' 86'
Mulumbu  90'
Attendance: 3,021
Referee: Andrew Dallas
16 December 2017 19 Hamilton Academical 3–2 Ross County SuperSeal Stadium
15:00 GMT Imrie 30' (pen.)
Sarris 75'
Lindsay 89' (OG.)
Skondras  90+2'
BBC Report Curran 73'
Van Der Weg 84'
Gardyne  86' 
Attendance: 1,272
Referee: Gavin Duncan
23 December 2017 20 Hibernian 2–1 Ross County Easter Road
15:00 GMT Stokes 21'
Shaw 75'
BBC Report Curran 14' Attendance: 16,228
Referee: Nick Walsh
27 December 2017 21 Ross County 1–1 St Johnstone Global Energy Stadium
19:45 GMT Schalk 54' (pen.) BBC Report Johnstone 2' Attendance: 3,636
Referee: Greg Aitken
30 December 2017 22 Partick Thistle 2–0 Ross County Firhill Stadium
15:00 GMT BBC Report Doolan 35'
Sammon 86'
Attendance: 2,870
Referee: Stephen Finnie
24 January 2018 23 Motherwell 2–0 Ross County Fir Park
19:45 GMT Souttar 45' (OG)
Main 47'
Kipré  79'
Ross MacLean  81'
Routis  60' Attendance: 3,196
Referee: Kevin Clancy
28 January 2018 24 Ross County 1–2 Rangers Global Energy Stadium
14:00 GMT Naismith  25'
Chow  50'
N'Gog 90'
Candeias 21'
Cummings 82'
Attendance: 6,541
Referee: Steven Maclean
31 January 2018 25 Ross County 2–4 Aberdeen Global Energy Stadium
19:45 Schalk 77', 82' McLean 28', 64'
Rooney 32' (pen.), 34'
Attendance: 4,318
Referee: Andrew Dallas
3 February 2018 26 Dundee 1–4 Ross County Dens Park
15:00 Waddell 57' Keillor-Dunn 49'
Schalk 61', 64'
Souttar  89'
Tim Chow 90'
Attendance: 4,971
Referee: John Beaton
17 February 2018 27 Ross County 1–1 Heart of Midlothian Global Energy Stadium
12:30 Fontaine  53'
Naismith 76'
Tansey  89'
Lafferty 53'
Adao  87'
Attendance: 4,936
Referee: Craig Thompson
24 February 2018 28 St Johnstone 2–0 Ross County McDiarmid Park
15:00 BST Davidson 29', 40'  33'
Kane  59'
MacLean  86'
Curran Attendance: 2,533
Referee: Willie Collum
10 March 2018 29 Kilmarnock 3–2 Ross County Rugby Park
15:00 BST Erwin 16'
Broadfoot  33'
Boyd 46'
Brophy 74'
Naismith  53'
O'Brien  72'
Mckay 86'
Schalk 90+1'
Attendance: 4,001
Referee: John Beaton
17 March 2018 30 Ross County 2–2 Hamilton Academical Global Energy Stadium
15:00 Lindsay 23'
Davies 76'
Imrie 49'
Ogkmpoe 52'
Attendance: 3,586
Referee: Kevin Clancy
31 March 2018 31 Celtic 3–0 Ross County Celtic Park
15:00 BST Dembélé 25'
Armstrong 48'
Rogic 60'
Davies  39' Attendance: 58,765
Referee: Steven McLean
3 April 2018 32 Ross County 4–0 Partick Thistle Global Energy Stadium
19:45 BST Lindsay  14'
Schalk 35' 56' 72'
Draper 41'
Report Keown  65' Attendance: 3,944
Referee: Willie Collum
7 April 2018 33 Ross County 1–1 Hibernian Global Energy Stadium
15:00 BST Mckay 28'
Draper  43'
Routis  44'
Report Shaw 90' Attendance: 5,389
Referee: Bobby Madden
21 April 2018 34 Ross County 0–0 Motherwell Global Energy Stadium
15:00 BST Lindsay  45+1'
Schalk  53'
Fontaine  90+1'
Report Kipré  54' Attendance: 3,879
Referee: Alan Muir
28 April 2018 35 Hamilton Academical 2–0 Ross County SuperSeal Stadium
12:30 BST MacKinnon  1'
Imrie 56' (pen.)
Templeton 67'
Sarris  90+2'
Fraser 21' Attendance: 2,057
Referee: Bobby Madden
4 May 2018 36 Partick Thistle 1–1 Ross County Firhill Stadium
19:45 BST Erskine 21' BBC Report Mckay 42' Attendance: 4,312
Referee: Kevin Clancy
8 May 2018 37 Ross County 0–1 Dundee Global Energy Stadium
19:45 BST BBC Report Murray 51' Attendance: Andrew Dallas
Referee: 3,976
12 May 2018 38 St Johnstone 1–1 Ross County McDiarmid Park
15:00 BST Wotherspoon 90+2' BBC Report Curran 3' Attendance: Nick Walsh
Referee: 3,279

Scottish League Cup

Matches

15 July 2017[6] Group D[6] Ross County 2–0 Alloa Global Energy Stadium
15:00 Fraser 40'
Curran 69'
BBC Report Attendance: 1,108
Referee: John McKendrick
18 July 2017 Group D[6] Montrose 0–6 Ross County Links Park
19:45 Hay  81'
Watson  90'
BBC Report Mikkelsen 15', 54'
Gardyne 31'
Curran 27' (pen.), 45'
Schalk 58'
Attendance: 421
Referee: Alan Newlands
21 July 2017 Group D[6] Ross County 0–0
(4–3 p)
Hibernian Global Energy Stadium
19:45 BBC Report
SPFL Report
Attendance: 2,065
Referee: Steven McLean
Penalties
29 July 2017 Group D[6] Arbroath 0–0
(4–5 p)
Ross County Gayfield Park
15:00 BBC Report
SPFL Report
Attendance: 702
Referee: Steven Kirkland
Penalties

League Cup Group D Table

Pos Team Pld W PW PL L GF GA GD Pts Qualification HIB ROS ARB MON ALO
1 Hibernian (Q) 4 3 0 1 0 13 1 +12 10 Qualification for the Second Round 6–1 4–0
2 Ross County (Q) 4 2 2 0 0 8 0 +8 10 p0–0 2–0
3 Arbroath 4 1 1 1 1 6 7 1 6 0–0p 4–0
4 Montrose 4 1 0 0 3 2 15 13 3 0–6 2–1
5 Alloa Athletic 4 0 0 1 3 2 8 6 1 0–3 1–1p
Source: [7]
Rules for classification: 1) goal difference, 2) goals scored, 3) away goals scored, 4) matches won, 5) away matches won, 6) drawing of lots.[8]
(Q) Qualified to the phase indicated

Knockout stage

9 August 2017 Second Round Ross County 2–3 (a.e.t.) Motherwell Global Energy Stadium
19:45 BST Schalk 65'
Dow  69'
Curran 104' (pen.)
BBC Report Bigirimana 50'
Moult  77'
MacLean  90+3' 112'
Cadden 92'
Dunne  104'
Attendance: 1,612
Referee: Stephen Finnie

Scottish Cup

20 January 2017 Fourth Round Kilmarnock 1–0 Ross County Rugby Park
15:00 GMT Boyd  45+3'
Erwin 88' (pen.)
BBC Report Draper  39'
Chow  88'
Attendance: 3,595
Referee: Bobby Madden

Squad statistics

Appearances

As of 12 May 2018

No. Pos Nat Player TotalPremiershipLeague CupScottish Cup
AppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
1 GK  SCO Scott Fox 31026+104000
2 DF  SCO Marcus Fraser 4313804+1100
3 DF  SCO Jason Naismith 41234+125010
4 DF  FRA Christopher Routis 30221+321+4010
5 DF  SCO Harry Souttar 13011+200000
6 DF  SCO Sean Kelly 18011+205000
7 FW  SCO Michael Gardyne 39427+635110
8 MF  TPE Tim Chow 20110+41500+10
9 FW  SCO Ryan Dow 2304+1405000
10 FW  NED Alex Schalk 371320+11114+120+10
11 FW  ENG Craig Curran 401020+1564+1400
14 FW  FRA David N'Gog 1014+610000
15 DF  ENG Andrew Davies (c) 3012415010
17 MF  ENG Ross Draper 29125+310010
18 MF  SCO Jamie Lindsay 32221+524+1010
22 FW  NIR Billy Mckay 24314+930010
23 MF  ENG Greg Tansey 302+100000
24 MF  SCO Tony Dingwall 00000000
25 MF  SCO Jim O'Brien 31024+301+2010
31 GK  EIR Aaron McCarey 16012+201010
32 DF  ENG Liam Fontaine 1401400000
35 DF  ENG Max Melbourne 60600000
40 MF  ENG Davis Keillor-Dunn 30318+1130+1000
41 GK  ENG Mark Foden 00000000
43 FW  SCO Greg Morrison 10000+1000
47 MF  EST Mattias Käit 603+300000
51 GK  SCO Ross Munro 00000000
Players who left the club during the 2017–18 season
12 FW  ENG Inih Effiong (Released from contract) 30200010
16 MF  SCO Dylan Dykes (loaned to Stranraer) 00000000
19 FW  DEN Thomas Mikkelsen (loaned to Dundee United) 1442+721+4200
28 DF  NED Kenny van der Weg (Joined Hamilton Academical) 21216+321010
33 MF  ENG Chris Eagles (Released from contract) 907+10000+10
42 DF  SCO Reghan Tumilty (loaned to Falkirk) 201+100000
44 FW  SCO Russell Dingwall (loaned to Forfar Athletic) 00000000
45 MF  SCO Blair Malcolm (loaned to Cowdenbeath) 00000000

Team statistics

League table

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation[lower-alpha 1]
8 St Johnstone 38 12 10 16 42 53 11 46
9 Dundee 38 11 6 21 36 57 21 39
10 Hamilton Academical 38 9 6 23 47 68 21 33
11 Partick Thistle (R) 38 8 9 21 31 61 30 33 Qualification for the Premiership play-off final
12 Ross County (R) 38 6 11 21 40 62 22 29 Relegation to the Championship
Source: Soccerway BBC
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).[9]
(R) Relegated
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).

Transfers

See also

Notes and references

  1. "Ross County sack manager McIntyre". BBC Sport.
  2. "Coyle relishes Ross County challenge". BBC Sport.
  3. "Ross County name Steven Ferguson and Stuart Kettlewell as co-managers".
  4. "St Johnstone 1-1 Ross County". BBC Sport.
  5. "Pre-Season Friendly". Ross County FC twitter. Retrieved 22 June 2017.
  6. "Betfred Cup 2017/2018 Fixtures". spfl.co.uk.
  7. "Summary - League Cup Group D". Soccerway. Retrieved 10 August 2019.
  8. "Format". SPFL. Retrieved 15 June 2017.
  9. "Premiership 2017/2018 - Season rules". Scoresway. Retrieved 1 June 2017.
  10. "Ross County sign Sean Kelly after AFC Wimbledon exit for defender". BBC Sport. 11 June 2017. Retrieved 22 June 2017.
  11. "Ross County bring in Lindsay on loan". SPFL. 3 July 2017. Retrieved 7 July 2017.
  12. "Thomas Mikkelsen joins Ross County from Odense after Dundee United loan". BBC Sport. 4 July 2017. Retrieved 4 July 2017.
  13. "Ross County: Jim O'Brien makes move permanent following loan spell". BBC Sport. 20 July 2017. Retrieved 20 July 2017.
  14. "Billy Mckay: Northern Ireland striker leaves Wigan for Ross County". BBC Sport. 25 July 2017. Retrieved 29 July 2017.
  15. "Ross County sign midfielder from Inverness Caledonian Thistle". bbc.co.uk/sport. BBC Sport. 9 August 2017. Retrieved 12 August 2017.
  16. "Chris Eagles signs for Ross County until end of season". Sky Sports. 23 November 2017. Retrieved 24 November 2017.
  17. "Ross County: Midfielder Greg Tansey joins on loan from Aberdeen". BBC Sport. 9 January 2018. Retrieved 11 January 2018.
  18. "Inih Effiong joins the club". Ross County FC. 19 January 2018. Retrieved 19 January 2018.
  19. "Ross County sign former Liverpool striker David Ngog". BBC Sport. 23 January 2018. Retrieved 23 January 2018.
  20. "Harry Souttar: Stoke defender joins Ross County on loan after signing new contract". BBC Sport. 24 January 2018. Retrieved 24 January 2018.
  21. "Liam Fontaine: Ross County sign defender from Hibernian". BBC. Retrieved 31 January 2018.
  22. "Liam Fontaine: Ross County sign defender from Hibernian". BBC. Retrieved 31 January 2018.
  23. "Liam Fontaine: Ross County sign defender from Hibernian". BBC. Retrieved 31 January 2018.
  24. "Liam Boyce: Burton sign Ross County striker in club-record deal". BBC Sport. 20 June 2017. Retrieved 22 June 2017.
  25. "St Mirren sign Ian McShane after midfielder leaves Ross County". BBC Sport. 13 July 2017. Retrieved 15 July 2017.
  26. "IT'S A DOUBLE SIGNING: McLAUGHLIN IS ON BOARD". Dumbarton Football Club. 15 July 2017. Retrieved 22 August 2017.
  27. "Scottish League Two ins and out – summer 2017". BBC Sport. 6 August 2017. Retrieved 22 August 2017.
  28. "Kilmarnock: Chris Burke joins Rugby Park side on one-year deal". BBC Sport. 18 July 2017. Retrieved 20 July 2017.
  29. "Scottish League One ins and out – summer 2017". BBC Sport. 6 August 2017. Retrieved 22 August 2017.
  30. "Jay McEveley: Tranmere Rovers sign former Derby County defender on one-year deal". BBC Sport. 27 July 2017. Retrieved 22 August 2017.
  31. "Club captain Paul Quinn one of several Ross County departures". BBC Sport. 22 May 2017. Retrieved 22 June 2017.
  32. "Paul Quinn: Dundee United sign defender on short-term deal". BBC Sport. 12 August 2017. Retrieved 22 August 2017.
  33. "Jonathan Franks: Hartlepool United re-sign winger after Ross County exit". BBC Sport. 17 August 2017. Retrieved 8 September 2017.
  34. "Completed Transfers – Deadline Day August 2017". SPFL. 30 August 2017. Retrieved 8 September 2017.
  35. "Blair Malcolm completes loan move to Cowdenbeath". Ross County FC. 17 November 2017. Retrieved 24 November 2017.
  36. "Chris Eagles signs for Ross County until end of season". Sky Sports. 23 November 2017. Retrieved 24 November 2017.
  37. "Oscar Gobern: Yeovil sign midfielder on non-contract terms until end of the season". BBC Sport. 1 December 2017. Retrieved 27 December 2017.
  38. "Dylan Dykes completes loan move to Stranraer". Ross County FC. 12 January 2018. Retrieved 12 May 2018.
  39. "Thomas Mikkelsen completes loan move to Dundee United". Ross County FC. 19 January 2018. Retrieved 19 January 2018.
  40. "Russell Dingwall and Ross Maciver complete loan move to Forfar". Ross County FC. 26 January 2018. Archived from the original on 30 January 2018. Retrieved 26 January 2018.
  41. "Russell Dingwall and Ross Maciver complete loan move to Forfar". Ross County FC. 26 January 2018. Archived from the original on 30 January 2018. Retrieved 26 January 2018.
  42. "Ross County release Kenny van der Weg at Dutch left-back's request". 1 February 2018. Retrieved 1 February 2018.
  43. "Hamilton Academical sign Kenny Van der Weg & Ross Jenkins". 12 February 2018. Retrieved 12 February 2018.
  44. "Chris Eagles: Winger leaves Ross County by mutual consent". BBC Sport. 4 April 2018. Retrieved 12 May 2018.
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