2013–14 Ross County F.C. season

The 2013–14 season was Ross County's first season in the newly formed Scottish Premiership and their second consecutive season in the top flight of Scottish football. Ross County also competed in the Scottish Cup and the League Cup.

Ross County
2013–14 season
ChairmanRoy MacGregor
ManagerDerek Adams
StadiumVictoria Park
PremiershipSeventh Place
League CupSecond Round
Scottish CupFourth Round
Top goalscorerLeague: Melvin de Leeuw (9)
All: Melvin de Leeuw (9)
Highest home attendance5,982 vs. Celtic, Premiership, 9 November 2013
Lowest home attendance2,213 vs. Hibernian, Scottish Cup, 30 November 2013
Average home league attendance3,806

Summary

Season

Ross County finished seventh in the Scottish Premiership with 40 points.[1] They reached the second round of the League Cup, losing to Stranraer,[2] and the fourth round of the Scottish Cup, losing to Hibernian.[3]

Results and fixtures

  Win   Draw   Loss   Postponed

Pre season / Friendlies
20 July 2013 FriendlyRoss County2 – 2Manchester United XIVictoria Park
Luckassen  5'
Cooper  57'		 Report Petrucci  35'
Tunnicliffe  64'
23 July 2013 FriendlyDen Bosch1 – 0Ross CountyAmsterdam
16:00 Zeldenrust  87' Report Brittain  79'
26 July 2013 FriendlyPEC Zwolle5 – 1Ross CountyMAC³PARK Stadion, Amsterdam
16:00 Benson  21'
Saymak  27'
Fernandez  55'  62'
Nijland  76'		 Report Sproule  26'

Scottish Premiership
Main article: 2013–14 Scottish Premiership
3 August 2013 1Celtic2 – 1Ross CountyCeltic Park
15:00 Stokes  28'  87' BBC Maatsen  3' Attendance: 45,705
Referee: Willie Collum
10 August 2013 2Ross County1 – 3Partick ThistleVictoria Park
17:15 Carey  71' BBC Doolan  18'
Lawles  52'  59'		 Attendance: 3,331
Referee: Alan Muir
17 August 2013 3St. Johnstone4 – 0Ross CountyMcDiarmid Park
15:00 Hasselbaink  14'
Wotherspoon  18'
May  50'
MacKay  62'		 BBC Attendance: 2,833
Referee: Brian Colvin
24 August 2013 4Ross County3 – 0St. MirrenVictoria Park
15:00 Kettlewell  9'
Brittain  24'  57'		 BBC Attendance: 3,142
Referee: Calum Murray
31 August 2013 5Hibernian0 – 0Ross CountyEaster Road
15:00 BBC Attendance: 9,569
Referee: Iain Brines
15 September 2013 6Ross County2 – 4Dundee UnitedVictoria Park
12:45 Sproule  72'
Quinn  76'		 BBC Mackay-Steven  18' (pen.)
Armstrong  20'
Gauld  40'
Çiftçi  65'		 Attendance: 3,005
Referee: Brian Colvin
21 September 2013 7Ross County2 – 1Heart of MidlothianVictoria Park
15:00 de Leeuw  89'
Brittain  90'		 BBC Paterson  24' Attendance: 4,059
Referee: Euan Norris
28 September 2013 8Motherwell3 – 1Ross CountyFir Park
15:00 Sutton  54'  68'
McHugh  77'		 Report de Leeuw  30' Attendance: 4,263
Referee: Bobby Madden
5 October 2013 9Ross County1 – 0AberdeenVictoria Park
15:00 Quinn  52' BBC Attendance: 5,290
Referee: Crawford Allan
19 October 2013 10Kilmarnock2 – 0Ross CountyRugby Park
15:00 Boyd  17'
Irvine  70'		 BBC Attendance: 3,5,82
Referee: Stephen Finnie
9 November 2013 11Ross County1 – 4CelticVictoria Park
12:45 Sproule  68' BBC Van Dijk  41'  53'
Ledley  70'  73'		 Attendance: 5,982
Referee: Kevin Clancy
17 November 2013 12St Mirren2 – 1Ross CountySt Mirren Park
15:00 McLean  35'
Newton  51'		 BBC Saunders  67' Attendance: 4,205
Referee: Willie Collum
23 November 2013 13Heart of Midlothian2 – 2Ross CountyTynecastle Park
15:00 Paterson  28'
Stevenson  89'		 BBC Carey  23'
de Leeuw  50'		 Attendance: 12,508
Referee: Crawford Allan
7 December 2013 14Ross County1 – 2KilmarnockVictoria Park
15:00 Kettlewell  33' BBC Johnston  7'
Boyd  43'		 Attendance: 2,937
Referee: Bobby Madden
14 December 2013 15Ross County1 – 2MotherwellVictoria Park
15:00 de Leeuw  62' BBC Sutton  15'  17' Attendance: 2,792
Referee: Crawford Allan
21 December 2013 16Dundee United1 – 0Ross CountyTannadice Park
15:00 Mackay-Steven  69' BBC Attendance: 8,029
Referee: Iain Brines
26 December 2013 17Ross County0 – 2HibernianVictoria Park
15:00 BBC Nelson  18'
Forster  56'		 Attendance: 3,383
Referee: Brian Colvin
29 December 2013 18Aberdeen1 – 0Ross CountyPittodrie Stadium
15:00 Low  2' BBC Sport Attendance: 11,602
Referee: Calum Murray
1 January 2014 19Inverness Caledonian Thistle1 – 2Ross CountyCaledonian Stadium
15.00 Doran  89' BBC Boyd  15'
Cooper  17'		 Attendance: 4,332
Referee: Alan Muir
4 January 2014 20Ross County1 – 0St. JohnstoneVictoria Park
15:00 Carey  88' BBC Attendance: 3,305
Referee: Euan Norris
11 January 2014 21Partick Thistle3 – 3Ross CountyFirhill Stadium
15:00 Taylor  28'  39'
Lawless  47'		 BBC Kiss  23'  76'
Gordon  50'
Kettlewell  84'		 Attendance: 3,539
Referee: Bobby Madden
18 January 2014 22Ross County3 – 0Dundee UnitedVictoria Park
15:00 Kiss  42'  74'
Arquin  69'		 BBC Sport Attendance: 3,609
Referee: Craig Charleston
25 January 2015 23Ross County1 – 2Heart of MidlothianVictoria Park
15:00 Songo'o  45' BBC Paterson  37'
Robinson  80'		 Attendance: 4,016
Referee: Kevin Clancy
1 February 2014 24Kilmarnock2 – 2Ross CountyRugby Park
15:00 Boyd  47'  90' BBC Arquin  30'
Songo'o  36'
Kiss  76'		 Attendance: 3,372
Referee: Crawford Allan
15 February 2014 25Hibernian2 – 1Ross CountyEaster Road
15:00 Stanton  10'
Taiwo  24'		 BBC Brittain  59' Attendance: 8,411
Referee: Bobby Madden
22 February 2014 26Ross County2 – 1St. MirrenVictoria Park
15:00 Arquin  38'
de Leeuw  83'		 BBC McGinn  66' Attendance: 3,394
Referee: Willie Collum
25 February 2014 27Ross County0 – 3Inverness Caledonian ThistleVictoria Park
19:45 BBC Raven  8'
McKay  40'
Watkins  78'		 Attendance: 4,805
Referee: Calum Murray
1 March 2014 28Ross County1 – 1Partick ThistleVictoria Park
15:00 Brittain  14' BBC Higginbotham  9' Attendance: 3,441
Referee: Craig Thomson
15 March 2014 29St. Johnstone0 – 1Ross CountyMcDiarmid Park
15:00 BBC de Leeuw  29' Attendance: 2,213
Referee: Bobby Madden
22 March 2014 30Motherwell2 – 1Ross CountyFir Park
15:00 McFadden  47'
Sutton  60'		 BBC Songo'o  82' Attendance: 4,080
Referee: Iain Brines
25 March 2014 31Ross County1 – 1AberdeenVictoria Park
19:45 de Leeuw  35' BBC Rooney  77' Attendance: 3,775
Referee: Brian Colvin
29 March 2014 32Celtic1 – 1Ross CountyCeltic Park
15:00 Commons  35' BBC de Leeuw  16' Attendance: 49,270
Referee: John Beaton
4 April 2014 33Ross County1 – 2Inverness Caledonian ThistleVictoria Park
19:45 Kiss  49' BBC Doran  45'
McKay  79'		 Attendance: 4,433
Referee: Calum Murray
19 April 2014 34Heart of Midlothian2 – 0Ross CountyTynecastle Park
15:00 Hamill  65' (pen.) 70'
Carrick  90'		 BBC Attendance: 13,692
Referee: Willie Collum
26 April 2014 35Ross County2 – 1KilmarnockVictoria Park
15:00 Kiss  41'
Brittain  77' (pen.)		 BBC Boyd  88' Attendance: 3,401
Referee: Kevin Clancy
3 May 2014 36St Mirren1 – 0Ross CountySt Mirren Park
15:00 Wylde  79' BBC Attendance: 4,414
Referee: Craig Thomson
6 May 2014 37Ross County1 – 0HibernianVictoria Park
19:45 Brittain  77' (pen.) BBC Attendance: 3,850
Referee: John Beaton
10 May 2014 38Partick Thistle2 – 3Ross CountyFirhill Stadium
15:00 Taylor  51'
Moncur  73'		 BBC Slew  22'
Arquin  48'
de Leeuw  77'		 Attendance: 4,390
Referee: Bobby Madden

Scottish League Cup
Main article: 2013–14 Scottish League Cup
27 August 2013 Second RoundStranraer3 – 2Ross CountyStair Park
19:45 Winter  65'
Aitken  65' (pen.)
Grehan  82'		 BBC Brittain  45' (pen.)
Mustafi  79'		 Attendance: 215

Scottish Cup
Main article: 2013–14 Scottish Cup
30 November 2013 Fourth RoundRoss County0 – 1HibernianVictoria Park
15:00 BBC Handling  31' Attendance: 2,213

Squad statistics

Appearances
As of 11 May 2014[4]
No. Pos Nat Player TotalPremiershipLeague CupScottish Cup
AppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
1 GK Mark Brown 30028+001+001+00
2 DF Erik Čikoš 14014+000+000+00
3 DF Ben Gordon 29125+310+001+00
4 MF Stuart Kettlewell 27222+321+001+00
5 DF Scott Boyd 29127+110+001+00
7 MF Filip Kiss 17617+060+000+00
8 MF Richard Brittain 36834+071+011+00
10 MF Rocco Quinn 31220+921+001+00
11 FW Melvin de Leeuw 35919+1490+101+00
12 MF Michael Tidser 16015+100+000+00
14 MF Darren Maatsen 1212+810+100+10
15 FW Gary Glen 1604+1100+001+00
16 MF Alex Cooper 1715+1210+000+00
18 MF Marc Klok 604+200+000+00
20 GK Michael Fraser 10010+000+000+00
21 DF Brian McLean 28025+101+001+00
22 DF Steven Saunders 1314+810+000+10
23 MF Graham Carey 38331+531+001+00
24 MF Tony Dingwall 000+000+000+00
25 FW Jordan Slew 20117+310+000+00
26 DF Vangelis Oikonomou 15015+000+000+00
27 FW Yoann Arquin 16414+240+000+00
28 DF Yann Songo'o 17317+030+000+00
42 GK Sean McCarthy 000+000+000+00
Players who left the club during the 2013–14 season
2 DF Mihael Kovačević 15013+001+000+10
6 DF Branislav Mićić 1008+100+001+00
7 MF Ivan Sproule 1127+321+000+00
9 FW Orhan Mustafi 812+500+110+00
12 DF Grant Munro 705+101+000+00
17 FW Steven Ross 1005+500+000+00
19 FW Kevin Luckassen 1609+501+001+00

Team statistics

League table
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
5 Inverness Caledonian Thistle 38 16 9 13 44 44 0 57
6 St Johnstone 38 15 8 15 48 42 +6 53 Qualification for the Europa League second qualifying round[lower-alpha 1]
7 Ross County 38 11 7 20 44 62 −18 40
8 St Mirren 38 10 9 19 39 58 −19 39
9 Kilmarnock 38 11 6 21 45 66 −21 39
Source: SPFL Archive
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
Notes:
  1. St Johnstone, as winners of the 2013–14 Scottish Cup, qualified for the Europa League second qualifying round.

Division summary
Round1234567891011121314151617181920212223242526272829303132333435363738
GroundAHAHAHHAHAHAAHHAHAAHAHHAAHHHAAHAHAHAHA
ResultLLLWDLWLWLLLDLLLLLWWDWLDLWLDWLDDLLWLWW
Position910119999999910101011111111111111111011111110119999911101097
Source: [5]
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Transfers

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