2016–17 Ross County F.C. season

Ross County
2016–17 season
Chairman Roy MacGregor
Manager Jim McIntyre
Stadium Victoria Park
Dingwall, Ross-shire
(Capacity: 6,541)
League Cup Group Stage
Top goalscorer League: Liam Boyce (7)
All: Liam Boyce (7)
Highest home attendance 6,590 vs Rangers
Premiership
6 November 2016
Lowest home attendance 722 vs Cove Rangers
League Cup
30 July 2016
← 2015–16 2017–18 →

The 2016–17 season is the club's 4th season in the Scottish Premiership and their fifth consecutive appearance in the top flight of Scottish football. Ross County will also compete in the Scottish Cup and the League Cup, having won the League Cup the previous year for the first time in their history.[1] However, they were unable to retain the trophy after being knocked out of the Group Stages in a new format introduced by the SPFL.[2]

Results & fixtures

  Win   Draw   Loss   Postponed

Pre-season

Scottish Premiership

League Cup

Scottish Cup

Main article: 2016-17 Scottish Cup
  • Ross County will enter at the Fourth round.

Squad statistics

Appearances

As of 19 November 2016
No. Pos Nat Player TotalPremiership League Cup Scottish Cup
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
1 GK Scotland Scott Fox 17 0 14 0 3 0 0 0
2 DF Scotland Marcus Fraser 9 0 9 0 0 0 0 0
3 DF Slovakia Erik Čikoš 7 0 5 0 2 0 0 0
4 DF France Christopher Routis 14 1 10+1 1 2+1 0 0 0
5 DF Scotland Jay McEveley 15 1 9+2 1 4 0 0 0
7 FW Scotland Michael Gardyne 17 0 13 0 4 0 0 0
8 MF Scotland Martin Woods 16 0 12 0 4 0 0 0
9 FW Scotland Ryan Dow 7 0 4+3 0 0 0 0 0
10 FW Northern Ireland Liam Boyce 16 7 12 7 4 0 0 0
11 FW England Craig Curran 15 4 7+4 2 1+3 2 0 0
12 MF England Tim Chow 7 0 3+4 0 0 0 0 0
15 DF England Andrew Davies 15 1 13 1 2 0 0 0
16 MF Scotland Tony Dingwall 11 0 0+9 0 0+2 0 0 0
17 FW England Jonathan Franks 10 0 7+1 0 1+1 0 0 0
18 MF Scotland Ian McShane 10 0 5+2 0 2+1 0 0 0
22 MF Scotland Chris Burke 6 1 4+2 1 0 0 0 0
23 FW Netherlands Alex Schalk 15 4 4+7 1 3+1 3 0 0
28 DF Netherlands Kenny van der Weg 14 0 9+2 0 3 0 0 0
31 GK Republic of Ireland Aaron McCarey 2 0 0+1 0 1 0 0 0
43 DF Scotland Paul Quinn 14 0 12 0 2 0 0 0
53 FW Scotland Greg Morrison 4 0 1+3 0 0 0 0 0
Players who left the club during the 2016–17 season
6 DF Scotland Chris Robertson (contract terminated) 3 0 0 0 2+1 0 0 0
12 DF Scotland Richard Foster (sold to St Johnstone) 3 0 1 0 2 0 0 0
19 FW Scotland Brian Graham (sold to Hibernian) 5 6 1 0 2+2 6 0 0
20 DF Scotland Scott Boyd (on loan to Kilmarnock) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

Goalscorers

As of 19 November 2016
Ranking Nation Number Name Scottish Premiership League Cup Scottish Cup Total
1Northern Ireland10Liam Boyce7007
2Scotland19Brian Graham0606
3England11Craig Curran2204
=Netherlands23Alex Schalk1304
5France4Christopher Routis1001
=Scotland5Jay McEveley1001
=England15Andrew Davies1001
=Scotland22Chris Burke1001
TOTALS 1411025

Disciplinary record

As of 19 November 2016
Number Nation Position Name Premiership League Cup Scottish Cup Total
Red card Red card Red card Red card
1ScotlandGK Scott Fox 10000010
2ScotlandDF Marcus Fraser 20000020
4FranceDF Christopher Routis 30000030
5ScotlandDF Jay McEveley 51100061
7ScotlandFW Michael Gardyne 10100020
8ScotlandMF Martin Woods 30000030
9ScotlandFW Ryan Dow 30000030
10Northern IrelandFW Liam Boyce 00100010
11EnglandFW Craig Curran 20000020
12EnglandDF Tim Chow 11000011
12ScotlandDF Richard Foster 10200030
15EnglandDF Andrew Davies 40000040
16ScotlandMF Tony Dingwall 20000020
18ScotlandMF Ian McShane 01100011
19ScotlandFW Brian Graham 00100010
22ScotlandMF Chris Burke 10000010
28NetherlandsDF Kenny van der Weg 20000020
43ScotlandDF Paul Quinn 30100040
TOTALS 34 3 8 0 0 0 42 3

Team statistics

League table

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation[lower-alpha 1]
5 St Johnstone 15 6 4 5 22 19 +3 22
6 Kilmarnock 15 4 5 6 14 24 −10 17
7 Ross County 16 3 7 6 17 28 −11 16
8 Hamilton Academical 15 2 9 4 17 21 −4 15
9 Motherwell 15 4 3 8 20 27 −7 15
Updated to match(es) played on 3 December 2016. Source: 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).[7]
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 opponent

Ross County score first

Team Results Points
1 2 3 4
Aberdeen 0-4 0
Celtic 0-4 0
Dundee 1-3 0
Hamilton Academical 0-1 0
Heart of Midlothian 0-0 1
Inverness C.T. 3-2 3
Kilmarnock 2-0 3
Motherwell 1-1 1-4 1
Partick Thistle 1-1 1
Rangers 0-0 1-1 2
St. Johnstone 0-2 4-2 3

Source: 2016–17 Scottish Premier League Results Table

See also

Notes and references

    {{2016–17 in Scottish football}}

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