2018–19 Ross County F.C. season

Ross County
2018–19 season
Chairman	Roy MacGregor
Manager	Steven Fergusonand; Stuart Kettlewell
Ground	Victoria Park
Scottish Championship	First(champions)
Scottish League Cup	Second Round
Scottish Challenge Cup	Winners
Scottish Cup	Fifth round
Top goalscorer	League:Billy McKay(17); All:Billy McKay(20)
Highest home attendance	League:6,402 vsInverness Caledonian Thistle; 22 September 2018; Cup:1,532 vsDundee United; League Cup; 17 July 2018
Lowest home attendance	League:3,065 vsAlloa Athletic; 22 September; Cup:790 vsRaith Rovers; Challenge Cup; 8 September 2018
Average home league attendance	3,849
Home colours	Away colours
	←2017–18 2019–20→

The2018–19 seasonseen the club's return to theScottish Championshipafter being relegated from theScottish Premiership,the top flight of Scottish football. On 26 April 2019 however, they were crowned Champions and made an immediate return to the Premiership.^[1]

Ross County also be competed in theLeague Cup,theScottish Cupand theScottish Challenge Cup.They won theChallenge CupbeatingConnah's Quay Nomadsin the final.

Results & fixtures

Win Draw Loss Postponed

Pre-season

*Note: Games played on the same day and same time are played with two different squads led by two different managers. Fixtures are being played on the same day as to avoid preseason friendlies leaking into time taken up by the League Cup Group Stage.

30 June 2018^[2]Friendly	Nairn County	0–3	Ross County	Nairn
15:00		Report	Draper37' Fontaine63',78'	Stadium:Station Park Referee: Stuart Riddoch

30 June 2018^[3]Friendly	Wick Academy	3–1	Ross County XI	Wick
13:00	David Allan24',86' Craig Gunn73'		Joel MacBeath20'	Stadium:Harmsworth Park Referee: Gordon Seago

4 July 2018^[4]Friendly	Sint-Truidense V.V.	2–0	Ross County	Netherlands
18:00				Stadium:VV DUNO Training ground Attendance:Behind closed doors^[5]

6 July 2018^[4]Friendly	Utrecht	2–0	Ross County	Netherlands
19:00	V.D. Maarel53' V.D. Streek90' (pen.)			Stadium:Dolderse Sportclub DOSC

10 July 2018^[3]Friendly	Clachnacuddin	0–7	Ross County	Inverness
19:30		Report		Stadium:Grant Street, Inverness

21 July 2018^[3]Friendly	Formartine United	6–1	Ross County XI	Aberdeenshire
		Report

Scottish Championship

4 August 20181	Ross County	1–0	Alloa Athletic	Global Energy Stadium
15:00	Fraser88' Lindsay90+5'		Hetherington24'	Attendance: 3,065 Referee: Mike Roncone

11 August 20182	Dunfermline Athletic	1–3	Ross County	East End Park
15:00	Vincent22' Longridge28' Ashcroft54'	[1]	Mullin25' Watson30'68' Gardyne42'	Attendance: 4,949 Referee: Craig Thomson

25 August 20183	Greenock Morton	2–1	Ross County	Cappielow Park
15:00	Buchanan41' Tidser60' McHugh77'	[2]	Gardyne48' Cowie58'75' Vigurs73'	Attendance: 1,994 Referee: Greg Aitken

1 September 20184	Ross County	2–0	Falkirk	Global Energy Stadium
15:00	Morris39' Lindsay68' McManus90' Vigurs90+2'	[3]	Muirhead40' Kidd73' Harrison89'	Attendance: 3,564 Referee: Nick Walsh

15 September 20185	Queen of the South	0–0	Ross County	Palmerston Park
15:00	Jacobs6'		Vigurs54'	Attendance: 1,509 Referee: Steven Maclean

22 September 20186	Ross County	0–0	Inverness Caledonian Thistle	Global Energy Stadium
15:00	Kelly72'	[4]	Donaldson89'	Attendance: 6,402 Referee: Willie Collum

29 September 20187	Dundee United	1–5	Ross County	Tannadice Park
15:00	Safranko17' Curran37' Murdoch59'	[5]	McKay11',29',51' Morris20' Watson34' Kelly42' Mullin50'	Attendance: 4,446 Referee: John Beaton

6 October 20188	Partick Thistle	0–2	Ross County	Firhill Park
15:00	Bannigan8' Keown38' Elliott55' Erskine56'	[6]	Mullin14' McKay56' Draper90+1'	Attendance: 2,784 Referee: Nick Walsh

20 October 20189	Ross County	2–1	Ayr United	Global Energy Stadium
15:00	Morris21' McKay23' Mullin34' Watson70' Demetriou83' Keillor-Dunn87'	[7]	Shankland50' Moore55'	Attendance: 3,140 Referee: Steven McLean

27 October 201810	Ross County	5–0	Greenock Morton	Global Energy Stadium
15:00	McKay9',42',48' Keillor-Dunn57' Graham90+1'	[8]	Telfer45+1'	Attendance: 3,481 Referee: Steven Reid

30 October 201811	Falkirk	1–1	Ross County	Falkirk Stadium
19:45	Draper26' (o.g.) Muirhead63' Robson75'	[9]	Graham66' Vigurs72'78'	Attendance: 3,767 Referee: Euan Anderson

3 November 201812	Inverness Caledonian Thistle	2–2	Ross County	Caledonian Stadium
15:00	Oakley19' Rooney30' Calder45+1' Walsh49'	[10]	Lindsay17' 90+3' Mackay43' (o.g.) Vigurs67'	Attendance: 4,353 Referee: Kevin Clancy

10 November 201813	Ross County	0–1	Dundee United	Global Energy Stadium
15:00	Mullin36' Kelly39'	[11]	Watson15' McMullan21' Fyvie60' Murdoch90+6' Rabitsch90+6'	Attendance: 4,565 Referee: Alan Newlands

24 November 201814	Ross County	2–1	Dunfermline Athletic	Global Energy Stadium
15:00	McKay9' Lindsay60'	Report	Higginbotham15' Vincent31' Longridge74' Ashcroft83'	Attendance: 3,121 Referee: Alan Muir

1 December 201815	Alloa Athletic	0–1	Ross County	The Indodrill Stadium
15:00	Flannigan41' Zanatta57'	[12]	Grivosti66' Watson90+1'	Attendance: 592 Referee: Greg Aitken

8 December 201816	Ross County	1–1	Queen of the South	Global Energy Stadium
15:00	Fraser24' Mullin55'	Report	Norman35' Stirling71'	Attendance: 3,305 Referee: Mike Roncone

15 December 201817	Ayr United	3–3	Ross County	Somerset Park
15:00	Shankland21',25' Geggan43'63' Bell47'	[13]	Mullin12' Demetriou24' Mckay48' Cowie52' Lindsay61'	Attendance: 2,030 Referee: Bobby Madden

22 December 201818	Ross County	2–0	Partick Thistle	Global Energy Stadium
15:00	Mckay26' Draper71' Stewart79'		Bannigan57' Scobbie61'	Attendance: 3,467 Referee: Colin Steven

29 December 201819	Ross County	2–1	Inverness Caledonian Thistle	Global Energy Stadium
15:00	Mckay26' Stewart85' Graham90'	[14]	White44' Rooney90'	Attendance: 6,313 Referee: Andrew Dallas

4 January 201920	Greenock Morton	1–0	Ross County	Cappielow Park
19:45	Tidser53' McHugh54' Waddell66' Iredale73' Millar90'	[15]	Fraser90' Gardyne90+1'	Attendance: 1,537 Referee: Willie Collum

12 January 201921	Queen of the South	4–0	Ross County	Palmerston Park
15:00	Dobbie12',77' Doyle45' Maguire45'	[16]	Gardyne38' Spence59' Mullin68'	Attendance: 1,386 Referee: Steven Reid

26 January 201922	Ross County	2–0	Alloa Athletic	Global Energy Stadium
15:00	McManus12' Spence24' Lindsay62'			Attendance: 3,521 Referee: Steven Kirkland

2 February 201923	Dunfermline Athletic	1–2	Ross County	East End Park
15:00	Craigen9' Devine24' Anderson41' Smith79' Higginbotham87'	[17]	Mckay52' Lindsay68' Gardyne77' Spence89' van der Weg89'	Attendance: 4,347 Referee: Barry Cook

23 February 201924	Partick Thistle	2–4	Ross County	Firhill Park
15:00	Fitzpatrick21' Elliott24'	[18]	Stewart47',74' Lindsay64' McKay79'	Attendance: 3,007 Referee: Gavin Duncan

26 February 201925	Ross County	3–2	Ayr United	Global Energy Stadium
19:45	McKay35',70',75'	[19]	Shankland62' Murdoch73'	Attendance: 3,489 Referee: Nick Walsh

9 March 201926	Ross County	2–0	Greenock Morton	Global Energy Stadium
15:00	Mullin55' Graham78'	[20]		Attendance: 3,110 Referee: Greg Aitken

12 March 201927	Ross County	2–1	Falkirk	Global Energy Stadium
19:45	Graham12' Watson22' Grivosti85'	[21]	McShane87'	Attendance: 3,148 Referee: Steven Kirkland

19 March 201928	Dundee United	1–0	Ross County	Tannadice Park
19:45	Butcher7' Connolly29' Clark90+1'	[22]	Stewart11' Lindsay90+2'	Attendance: 4,290 Referee: Willie Collum

30 March 201929	Alloa Athletic	1–0	Ross County	The Indodrill Stadium
15:00	Zanatta33'	[23]		Attendance: 697 Referee: Colin Steven

2 April 201930	Inverness Caledonian Thistle	1–2	Ross County	Caledonian Stadium
19:05	Tremarco24' Trafford45+1'	[24]	Mullin8' Boyle34'	Attendance: 3,795 Referee: Nick Walsh

5 April 201931	Ross County	1–1	Dundee United	Global Energy Stadium
19:05	Lindsay90+4'	[25]	Pavol Šafranko12'	Attendance: 3,550 Referee: Steven McLean

9 April 201832	Ross County	1–0	Dunfermline Athletic	Global Energy Stadium
19:45	Grivosti60'	[26]		Attendance: 3,222 Referee: Don Robertson

13 April 201933	Ross County	0–0	Partick Thistle	Global Energy Stadium
15:00	Kelly82'		Gordon72'	Attendance: 4,031 Referee: Gavin Duncan

19 April 201934	Ayr United	1–3	Ross County	Somerset Park
19:05	Miller12' Harvie57'	[27]	Graham42',46',71'73' Gardyne84'	Attendance: 1,692 Referee: Euan Anderson

26 April 201835	Ross County	4–0	Queen of the South	Global Energy Stadium
19:05	Stewart29' Graham51',81' Mullin54' Gardyne76'	[28]	Wilson5' Dykes85'	Attendance: 4,805 Referee: John Beaton

4 May 201936	Falkirk	3–2	Ross County	Falkirk Stadium
15:00	Rudden27' McKenna75' McGhee77'	[29]	Stewart29' Vigurs73'	Attendance: 4,682 Referee: Steven McLean

For upcoming Scottish Premiership fixtures, see the officialRoss County F.C. website Archived20 June 2018 at theWayback Machine

Scottish League Cup

Matches

14 July 2018^[6]Group A^[6]	Ross County	2–0	Elgin City	Global Energy Stadium
15:00	McManus61' Mullin82' Morris88'	Report	Miller54' McLeish73'	Attendance: 1,270 Referee: Alan Newlands

17 July 2018Group A^[6]	Ross County	1–0	Dundee United	Global Energy Stadium
19:45	Draper32' Lindsay85'	Sky Report United Report	Stanton22' Smith26'	Attendance: 1,532 Referee:Willie Collum

25 July 2018Group A^[6]	Arbroath	4–1	Ross County	Gayfield Park
19:45	McKenna6'43',59' Hamilton72' Hester83'	P&J Report	Mckay23' Dingwall57' Vigurs69' Draper81'	Attendance: 496 Referee: Steven Kirkland

28 July 2018Group A^[6]	Alloa Athletic	0–2	Ross County	Recreation Park
15:00	Karadachki54' Trouten54'	Report	McManus50' Morris59' Dow81' Paton90+2'	Attendance: 431 Referee: Ryan Lee

18 August 2018Second round	Hibernian	3–2	Ross County	Easter Road
15:00BST	Gray15' Mallan70' Horgan90+1' Whittaker90+5'	Report	Vigurs1' Gardyne10' Draper28' Morris45' Mullin64' Cowie75'	Attendance: 7,452 Referee: Kevin Clancy

Scottish Challenge Cup

14 August 2018First round	Heart of Midlothian Colts	1–2	Ross County	Tynecastle
19:45	Keena44'67' Cochrane47'	Report	Mckay4',30' Dow52' Dingwall82'	Attendance: 344 Referee: Gavin Duncan

8 September 2018Second round	Ross County	5–0	Raith Rovers	Victoria Park
15:00	Graham18',29',40',42' Lindsay37'	Report	Gillespie80'	Attendance: 790 Referee: John Beaton

13 October 2018Third round	Ross County	3–1	Montrose	Victoria Park
15:00	Ross Stewart20' Davis Keillor-Dunn41',51'	[30]	Johnston44'	Attendance: 1,122 Referee: Craig Napier

17 November 2018Quarter final	Motherwell Colts	1–2	Ross County	Fir Park
15:00	Rodriguez15' Livingstone53' Mbulu54' Watson90+4'	[31]	Demetriou45' Stewart51',56' Draper53'	Attendance: 1,209 Referee: David Munro

15 February 2019Semi final	Ross County	2–1	East Fife	Victoria Park
19:45	Armstrong18' McManus38'	[32]	Dowds39'	Attendance: 1,283 Referee: Alan Newlands

23 March 2019Final	Ross County	3–1	Connah's Quay Nomads	Caledonian Stadium
16:30	Mullin75',78' Lindsay86'	Report	Bakare22'	Attendance: 3,057 Referee:Alan Muir

Scottish Cup

19 January 2019Forth round	Motherwell	1–2	Ross County	Fir Park
15:00	Hastie90+1'	Report	Graham52',60' Draper68'	Attendance: 3,869 Referee: Steven McLean

11 February 2019Fifth round	Ross County	2–2	Inverness Caledonian Thistle	Global Energy Stadium
19:15	Stewart55' Watson68' Mullin90+1'	[33]	Doran13' Welsh25' McKay65' Chalmers77'	Referee: John Beaton

19 February 2019	Inverness Caledonian Thistle	2–2(a.e.t.) (5–4p)	Ross County	Inverness
19:45	White56',81'	Report	Stewart22' Gardyne67'	Stadium:Caledonian Stadium Attendance: 3,608 Referee:John Beaton
	Penalties
	White Donaldson Welsh Polworth Austin		Gardyne Fraser McManus Graham Draper

Squad statistics

Appearances

As of 4 May 2019

No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Total		Championship		League Cup		Scottish Cup		Challenge Cup
No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
1	GK	SCO	Scott Fox	45	0	36	0	5	0	3	0	1	0
2	DF	SCO	Marcus Fraser(c)	36	1	26	1	4	0	3	0	3	0
3	DF	SCO	Sean Kelly	27	1	19+1	1	5	0	1	0	1	0
4	DF	ENG	Liam Fontaine	13	0	8+1	0	2	0	0	0	2	0
5	DF	IRL	Callum Morris	19	1	12	0	4+1	1	0	0	2	0
6	MF	ENG	Ross Draper	35	0	23+1	0	3+1	0	3	0	4	0
7	FW	SCO	Michael Gardyne	35	4	19+6	2	5	1	3	1	1+1	0
8	MF	SCO	Jamie Lindsay	48	9	34+1	6	4+1	1	2+1	0	4+1	2
9	FW	NIR	Billy Mckay	34	20	22+2	17	3+1	1	2+1	0	2+1	2
10	FW	SCO	Declan McManus	45	4	12+20	2	4+1	1	1+2	0	4+1	1
11	MF	SCO	Iain Vigurs	19	2	13+2	2	3	0	0	0	1	0
12	DF	IRL	Andy Boyle	15	1	9+2	1	0	0	2	0	2	0
14	MF	SCO	Josh Mullin	40	14	29+2	9	3+1	2	1+1	1	2+1	2
15	DF	SCO	Keith Watson	35	3	27	3	4	0	3	0	1	0
16	MF	SCO	Lewis Spence	18	0	11+3	0	0	0	3	0	0+1	0
18	DF	ENG	Callum Semple	4	0	2+2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
19	FW	SCO	Brian Graham	38	14	12+18	8	0+1	0	2+1	2	4	4
21	GK	SCO	Ross Munro	6	0	0+1	0	0	0	0	0	5	0
24	MF	CAN	Harry Paton	7	1	0+4	0	0+1	1	0	0	2	0
26	MF	SCO	Don Cowie	33	2	21+8	2	0+1	0	0	0	3	0
27	FW	SCO	Ross Stewart	32	10	17+6	6	0	0	1+2	1	5+1	3
28	DF	NED	Kenny van der Weg	17	0	12	0	0	0	3	0	2	0
31	MF	SCO	Daniel Armstrong	8	1	3+3	0	0	0	0	0	1+1	1
41	GK	ENG	Joe Williams	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
43	FW	SCO	James Wallace	3	0	0+1	0	0	0	0+1	0	0+1	0
44	DF	ENG	Tom Grivosti	19	1	12+5	1	0	0	0	0	2	0
46	MF	SCO	Jack Murray	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0+1	0
48	DF	SCO	Tom Kelly	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0+1	0
49	MF	SCO	Mark Gallagher	3	0	0+2	0	0	0	0	0	0+1	0
50	FW	SCO	Joel MacBeath	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Players who left the club during the season
12	DF	CYP	Stelios Demetriou	15	0	8+1	0	1+1	0	0	0	4	0
16	MF	SCO	Dylan Dykes	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	0
17	MF	ENG	Davis Keillor-Dunn	16	3	6+5	1	0+2	0	0	0	3	2
18	FW	SCO	Ryan Dow	7	0	0+2	0	2+2	0	0	0	1	0
20	FW	SCO	Greg Morrison	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0+1	0
22	MF	SCO	Tony Dingwall	8	0	1+1	0	2	0	0	0	3+1	0
23	FW	SCO	Russell Dingwall	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0+1	0
40	MF	SCO	Ross Maciver	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0+1	0

Team statistics

League table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion, qualification or relegation
1	Ross County(C, P)	36	21	8	7	63	34	+29	71	Promotion to thePremiership
2	Dundee United	36	19	8	9	49	40	+9	65	Qualification for thePremiership play-off semi-final
3	Inverness Caledonian Thistle	36	14	14	8	48	40	+8	56	Qualification for thePremiership play-off quarter-final
4	Ayr United	36	15	9	12	50	38	+12	54	Qualification for thePremiership play-off quarter-final
5	Greenock Morton	36	11	13	12	36	45	−9	46

Source:SPFL
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored; 4) Points in head-to-head matches; 5) Goal difference in hth matches; 6). Goals scored in hth matches; 7). Play-off (only for deciding promotion, play-off participation and relegation).^[7]
(C)Champions;(P)Promoted

League Cup table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	PW	PL	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification	ROS	ARB	ALO	DUN	ELG
1	Ross County(Q)	4	3	0	0	1	6	4	+2	9	Qualification for theSecond round	—	—	—	1–0	2–0
2	Arbroath	4	2	1	0	1	9	6	+3	8		4–1	—	—	—	2–0
3	Alloa Athletic	4	2	1	0	1	8	5	+3	8		0–2	4–2	—	—	—
4	Dundee United	4	1	0	2	1	6	3	+3	5		—	1–1p	1–1p	—	—
5	Elgin City	4	0	0	0	4	0	11	−11	0		—	—	0–3	0–4	—

Source:^[8]
Rules for classification: 1) goal difference, 2) goals scored, 3) away goals scored, 4) matches won, 5) away matches won, 6) drawing of lots.^[9]
(Q)Qualified to the phase indicated

Transfers

In

Date	Player	From	Fee
15 May 2018	Iain Vigurs	Inverness Caledonian Thistle	Free^[10]
28 May 2018	Josh Mullin	Livingston	Free^[11]
4 June 2018	Jamie Lindsay	Celtic	Undisclosed^[12]
6 June 2018	Declan McManus	Dunfermline Athletic	Free^[13]
21 June 2018	Harry Paton	Heart of Midlothian	Free^[14]
21 June 2018	Callum Morris	Dunfermline Athletic	Free^[15]
21 June 2018	Keith Watson	St. Johnstone	Free^[15]
25 June 2018	Stelios Demetriou	St Mirren	Free^[16]
2 August 2018	Brian Graham	Cheltenham Town	Free^[17]
10 August 2018	Ross Stewart	St Mirren	undisclosed^[18]
13 August 2018	Don Cowie	Heart of Midlothian	Free^[19]
10 January 2019	Lewis Spence	Dundee	Free^[20]
10 January 2019	Kenny van der Weg	Roeselare	Free^[21]
22 January 2019	Callum Semple	Sheffield United	Free^[22]
22 January 2019	Daniel Armstrong	Raith Rovers	Free^[22]

Out

Date	Player	To	Fee
1 June 2018	Craig Curran	Dundee United	Free^[23]
12 June 2018	Jason Naismith	Peterborough United	Undisclosed^[24]
14 June 2018	Thomas Mikkelsen	Breiðablik	Free^[25]^[26]
15 June 2018	Christopher Routis	Servette	Free^[27]^[28]
16 June 2018	Max Ashmore	Stranraer	Free^[25]^[29]
25 June 2018	Andrew Davies	Hartlepool	Free
27 June 2018	Blair Malcolm	Cowdenbeath	Free^[25]^[30]
1 July 2018	Sam Morrison	Buckie Thistle	Free^[25]
9 July 2018	Kyle Johnson	Stenhousemuir	Free^[25]^[31]
10 July 2018	Alex Schalk	Servette	Free^[32]
17 July 2018	Reghan Tumilty	Greenock Morton	Free^[25]^[33]
20 July 2018	Mark Foden	Gateshead	Free^[25]^[34]
3 August 2018	Tim Chow	Spartak Subotica	Free^[25]^[35]
10 August 2018	David N'Gog	Budapest Honvéd	Free
23 August 2018	Greg Morrison	Elgin City	Loan
31 August 2018	Aaron McCarey	Warrenpoint Town	Free^[25]^[36]
11 September 2018	Harry Paton	Stenhousemuir	Loan
13 September 2018	Jim O’Brien	Bradford City	Free^[37]
14 September 2018	Ryan Dow	Peterhead	Loan^[38]
3 January 2019	Ryan Dow	Peterhead	Free^[39]
8 January 2019	Russell Dingwall	Stenhousemuir	Loan
10 January 2019	Davis Keillor-Dunn	Falkirk	Loan
11 January 2019	Dylan Dykes	Greenock Morton	Free
11 January 2019	Tony Dingwall	Raith Rovers	Free

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