2014–15 Ross County F.C. season

The 2014–15 season was the club's 2nd season in the Scottish Premiership and their third consecutive appearance in the top flight of Scottish football. Ross County also competed in the League Cup and the Scottish Cup.

Ross County
2014–15 season
ChairmanRoy MacGregor
ManagerDerek Adams
(until 28 August 2014)
Steven Ferguson
(Interim)
Jim McIntyre
(from 9 September)
StadiumVictoria Park
PremiershipNinth place
League CupThird Round lost to Hibernian
Scottish CupFourth Round lost to St Johnstone
Top goalscorerLeague: Liam Boyce (10)
All: Liam Boyce (11)
Highest home attendance5,693 vs Celtic
Premiership
18 October 2014
Lowest home attendance1,819 vs Hibernian
League Cup
23 September 2014

Summary

Management

Ross County began the 2014–15 season under the management of Derek Adams. On 28 August 2014, after a poor start to the season, Adams was sacked along with his father who was director of football at the club.[1] On 9 September 2014, Jim McIntyre joined from Scottish Championship side Queen of the South with Billy Dodds as his assistant.[2]

Season summary

County lost their first 7 games of the season and were rock-bottom of The Premiership. After the sacking of Derek Adams in late August, in September, they hired Jim McIntyre and started to pick up results. With County still bottom, McIntyre was backed by the board to bring in some new players.[3] They failed to win a match between end of November to the end of January. After the 4-0 defeat away to Aberdeen in early February, County went on an unbeaten run up to the split, winning 8 of the next 9 matches. On 13 April, Liam Boyce scored the club's first ever top-flight hat-trick for County in a 3-0 win at St Mirren.[4] On 16 May, County secured their Premiership status for the 2015-16 season after winning 2-1 against Hamilton Academical.[5]

Results and fixtures

  Win   Draw   Loss   Postponed

Pre season / Friendlies
22 July 2014 FriendlyClachnacuddin0 – 4Ross CountyGrant Street Park
19:45 Report Maatsen  30'
Cardle  63'
Boyce  78'
Michael Finnis  89' (o.g.)
26 July 2014 FriendlyNairn County1 – 1Ross CountyStation Park
15:00 Adam Naismith  12' Report Boyce  49'
1 August 2014 FriendlyJong FC Twente2 – 1Ross CountyDe Grolsch Veste
19:00 Merlin Schütte  20'
Hölscher  50'		 Report Jervis  53'

Scottish Premiership
Main article: 2014–15 Scottish Premiership
10 August 2014 1Ross County1 – 2St JohnstoneVictoria Park
15:00 Jervis  55' BBC O'Halloran  31'
MacLean  48'		 Attendance: 3,287
Referee: Kevin Clancy
13 August 2014 2Partick Thistle4 – 0Ross CountyFirhill Stadium
19:45 Bannigan  40'
Frempah  55' (o.g.)
Fraser  73'
O'Donnell  92'		 BBC Attendance: 3,261
Referee: Andrew Dallas
16 August 2014 3Ross County1 – 2KilmarnockVictoria Park
15:00 Boyce  81' BBC Magennis  39'
Obadeyi  56'		 Attendance: 2,790
Referee: Brian Colvin
23 August 2014 4Dundee United2 – 1Ross CountyTannadice Park
15:00 Çiftçi  19'
Erskine  86'		 BBC Jervis  51' Attendance: 7,179
Referee: McLean
30 August 2014 5Hamilton Academical4 – 0Ross CountyNew Douglas Park
15:00 Canning  47'
Antoine-Curier  56' (pen.), 63' (pen.)
Scotland  90'		 BBC Celcer  62' Attendance: 2,684
Referee: Willie Collum
13 September 2014 6Ross County1 – 2MotherwellVictoria Park
15:00 Boyce  78' BBC Vigurs  49'
Sutton  54'		 Attendance: 3,012
Referee: Steven McLean
20 September 2014 7Aberdeen3 – 0Ross CountyPittodrie Stadium
15:00 Rooney  20'
Goodwillie  26'
Pawlett  50'		 BBC Attendance: 10,865
Referee: Thomson
27 September 2014 8Ross County2 – 1DundeeVictoria Park
15:00 Gardyne  27'
Maatsen  90'		 Report Clarkson  69' Attendance: 3,118
Referee: Craig Charleston
5 October 2014 9Inverness Caledonian Thistle1 – 1Ross CountyCaledonian Stadium
12:45 Watkins  49' BBC Arquin  21' Attendance: 3,741
Referee: Thomson
27 September 2014 10Ross County0 – 5CelticVictoria Park
15:00 BBC Guidetti  11'
McGregor  14'
Stokes  29', 56'
Denayer  35'		 Attendance: 5,693
Referee: Bobby Madden
25 October 2014 11St Mirren2 – 2Ross CountySt Mirren Park
15:00 Drury  44'
Tesselaar  60'		 BBC Quinn  11'
Carey  58'		 Attendance: 3,459
Referee: Don Robertson
3 November 2014 12Ross County0 – 1AberdeenVictoria Park
19:45 BBC Quinn  56' (o.g.) Attendance: 3,745
Referee: Collum
8 November 2014 13Kilmarnock0 – 3Ross CountyRugby Park
15:00 BBC Carey  33'
Gardyne  40'
Quinn  45'		 Attendance: 3,684
Referee: Stephen Finnie
22 November 2014 14St Johnstone2 – 1Ross CountyMcDiarmid Park
15:00 McFadden  39'
O'Halloran  73'		 BBC Jervis  75' Attendance: 2,776
Referee: Steven McLean
5 December 2014 15Ross County2 – 3Dundee UnitedVictoria Park
19:45 Arquin  76'
Maatsen  89'
Boyce  84'		 BBC Çiftçi  21', 58'
Armstrong  49'		 Attendance: 2,922
Referee: Madden
13 December 2014 16Motherwell2 – 2Ross CountyFir Park
15:00 Sutton  53'
Ojamaa  59'		 BBC Dingwall  45', 90' Attendance: 3,193
Referee: Willie Collum
20 December 2014 17Ross County0 – 1Hamilton AcademicalVictoria Park
15:00 BBC Canning  6' Attendance: 2,966
Referee: John Beaton
27 December 2014 18Celtic0 – 0Ross CountyCeltic Park
15:00 BBC Sport Attendance: 45,798
Referee: Crawford Allan
1 January 2015 19Ross County1 – 3Inverness Caledonian ThistleVictoria Park
15.00 Jackson Irvine  60' BBC Aaron Doran  27', 58'
Billy McKay  73'		 Attendance: 4,887
Referee: McLean
4 January 2015 20Dundee1 – 1Ross CountyDens Park
15:00 McAlister  52' BBC Dunfield  9'
Curran  65'		 Attendance: 5,017
Referee: Craig Thomson
17 January 2015 21Ross County1 – 2St MirrenVictoria Park
15:00 Boyce  82' BBC Kelly  16'
Arquin  38'
Mallan  87'		 Attendance: 3,005
Referee: Brian Colvin
24 January 2015 22Ross County0 – 1CelticVictoria Park
15:00 BBC Sport Commons  52' Attendance: 5,289
Referee: Kevin Clancy
31 January 2015 23Inverness Caledonian Thistle1 – 1Ross CountyCaledonian Stadium
15.00 Watkins  38' BBC Warren  76' (o.g.) Attendance: 4,021
Referee: Beaton
7 February 2015 24Aberdeen4 – 0Ross CountyPittodrie Stadium
15:00 Rooney  12'
Pawlett  50'
Logan  61'
Goodwillie  85'		 BBC Attendance: 12,036
Referee: Thomson
14 February 2015 25Ross County3 – 2MotherwellVictoria Park
15:00 Woods  34'
P.Quinn  58'
De Vita  62'		 BBC Grant  53'
Kerr  78'		 Attendance: 2,982
Referee: Calum Murray
21 February 2015 26Partick Thistle1 – 3Ross CountyFirhill Stadium
15:00 Taylor  68' BBC Curran  11'
De Vita  65'
Fraser  71'		 Attendance: 2,951
Referee: Stephen Finnie
28 February 2015 27Ross County1 – 0DundeeVictoria Park
15:00 Reckord  66' BBC Attendance: 3,413
Referee: Andrew Dallas
7 March 2015 28Ross County1 – 0Partick ThistleVictoria Park
15:00 Curran  11' BBC Higginbotham  59' Attendance: 3,358
Referee: Alan Muir
14 March 2015 29Hamilton Academical2 – 2Ross CountyNew Douglas Park
15:00 Scotland  2'
Imrie  18'		 BBC Curran  28'
Gardyne  72'		 Attendance: 1,544
Referee: Craig Thomson
21 March 2015 30Ross County2 – 1KilmarnockVictoria Park
15:00 Gardyne  23'
Curran  59'		 BBC Ashcroft  88' Attendance: 3,389
Referee: Bobby Madden
4 April 2015 31Dundee United1 – 2Ross CountyTannadice Park
15:00 Çiftçi  20' (pen.) BBC Irvine  12'
De Vita  72'		 Attendance: 6,187
Referee: McLean
7 April 2015 32Ross County1 – 0St JohnstoneVictoria Park
19:45 Boyce  84' BBC Attendance: 3,319
Referee: Kevin Clancy
13 April 2014 33St Mirren0 – 3Ross CountySt Mirren Park
19:45 Genev  49' BBC Boyce  30', 75', 90' Attendance: 3,033
Referee: Willie Collum
25 April 2015 34Ross County1 – 2Partick ThistleVictoria Park
15:00 Gardyne  23' BBC Frans  26'
O'Donnell  54'		 Attendance: 3,315
Referee: Don Robertson
2 May 2015 35Motherwell1 – 1Ross CountyFir Park
15:00 McDonald  19' BBC Boyce  41' Attendance: 4,281
Referee: Crawford Allan
9 May 2015 36Ross County1 – 2St MirrenVictoria Park
15:00 Woods  31' (pen.)
Brown  90'		 BBC Mallan  39'
Thompson  91' (pen.)		 Attendance: 3,098
Referee: McLean
16 May 2015 37Ross County2 – 1Hamilton AcademicalVictoria Park
15:00 Gardyne  58'
Kiss  82'
Boyce  85'		 BBC Lucas  27' Attendance: 3,381
Referee: Bobby Madden
23 May 2015 38Kilmarnock1 – 2Ross CountyRugby Park
15:00 Kiltie  36' BBC Boyce  63'
Quinn  76'		 Attendance: 4,226
Referee: Euan Anderson

Scottish League Cup
Main article: 2014–15 Scottish League Cup
26 August 2014 Second RoundStranraer1 – 2Ross CountyStair Park
19:45 Sean Winter  3' BBC de Leeuw  15'
Boyce  69'		 Attendance: 297
Referee: Craig Charleston
23 September 2014 Third RoundRoss County0 – 2HibernianVictoria Park
19:45 Report Malonga  22', 36'
McGeouch  83'		 Attendance: 1,819
Referee: Stephen Finnie

Scottish Cup
Main article: 2014–15 Scottish Cup
29 November 2014 Fourth RoundSt Johnstone2 – 1Ross CountyMcDiarmid Park
15:00 O'Halloran  7'
McFadden  12'		 BBC Jervis  63' Attendance: 2,383
Referee: John Beaton

Squad statistics

During the 2014–15 season, Ross County have used thirty four different players in competitive games. The table below shows the number of appearances and goals scored by each player. This table also shows players who were on the bench and did not play.

Appearances
As of 23 May 2015
No. Pos Nat Player TotalPremiershipLeague CupScottish Cup
AppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
1 GK Antonio Reguero 1601600000
3 DF Abdoulaye Méïté 00000000
4 MF Rocco Quinn 1518+511+1000
5 DF Scott Boyd 34031+101010
6 DF Steven Saunders 706+100000
7 MF Joe Cardle 25011+1102010
8 MF Richard Brittain 24018+301+1010
9 FW Jake Jervis 29410+1731011
10 MF Filip Kiss 33021+1002000
11 FW Craig Curran 19517+250000
12 DF Jamie Reckord 2712610010
13 MF Darren Barr 605+100000
16 FW Liam Boyce 331117+13100+210+10
17 FW Steven Ross 502+300000
18 DF Ben Frempah 804+201+1000
20 MF Darvydas Šernas 500+500000
21 GK Mark Brown 2502202010
22 MF Rubén Palazuelos 501+400000
23 MF Graham Carey 25217+522010
24 MF Raffaele De Vita 14313+130000
26 MF Martin Woods 28226+120010
29 FW Kyle MacLeod 00000000
30 MF Tony Dingwall 20210+920010
31 MF Terry Dunfield 40400000
33 GK Peter Tait 00000000
36 MF Jackson Irvine 30227+121010
38 DF Cameron Burgess 00000000
40 FW Michael Gardyne 26622+260+100+10
43 DF Paul Quinn 30328+130010
44 DF Marcus Fraser 1611610000
Players who left the club during the 2014–15 season
2 DF Tim Dreesen 40301000
3 DF Uroš Celcer 60501000
11 FW Melvin de Leeuw 813+302100
14 FW Darren Maatsen 820+820000
15 FW Yoann Arquin 19214+32100+10
19 DF Jim Fenlon 60402000
20 MF Jordi Balk 50401000
25 DF Lewis Toshney 907+200000

Disciplinary record

Includes all competitive matches.

Last updated 23 May 2015
Number Nation Position Name Premiership League Cup Scottish Cup Total
1GKAntonio Reguero 10000010
2DFTim Dreesen 20000020
3DFUroš Celcer 11000011
4DFRocco Quinn 20000020
5DFScott Boyd 60000060
6DFSteven Saunders 30000030
8MFRichard Brittain 40000040
9FWJake Jervis 10000010
10MFFilip Kiss 71000071
11FWMelvin de Leeuw 30000030
11FWCraig Curran 10000010
12DFJamie Reckord 50001060
15FWYoann Arquin 20000020
16FWLiam Boyce 21000021
19DFJim Fenlon 10000010
20MFJordi Balk 10000010
20MFDarvydas Šernas 10000010
21GKMark Brown 01000001
23DFGraham Carey 50101070
24MFRaffaele De Vita 20000020
26MFMartin Woods 50000050
30MFTony Dingwall 10000010
31MFTerry Dunfield 11000011
36MFJackson Irvine 70000070
40FWMichael Gardyne 20100030
43DFPaul Quinn 40001050
44DFMarcus Fraser 40000040
TOTALS 73 5 2 0 3 0 78 5

Goal scorers
As of 23 May 2015
Ranking Nation Number Name Scottish Premiership League Cup Scottish Cup Total
116Liam Boyce101011
240Michael Gardyne6006
311Craig Curran5005
49Jake Jervis3014
524Raffaele De Vita3003
43Paul Quinn3003
714Darren Maatsen2002
15Yoann Arquin2002
23Graham Carey2002
26Martin Woods2002
30Tony Dingwall2002
36Jackson Irvine2002
134Rocco Quinn1001
11Melvin de Leeuw0101
12Jamie Reckord1001
44Marcus Fraser1001
Own Goals1001
TOTALS 462149

Team statistics

League table
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
7 Hamilton Academical 38 15 8 15 50 53 −3 53
8 Partick Thistle 38 12 10 16 48 44 +4 46
9 Ross County 38 12 8 18 46 63 −17 44
10 Kilmarnock 38 11 8 19 44 59 −15 41
11 Motherwell (O) 38 10 6 22 38 63 −25 36 Qualification for the Premiership play-off final
Source: SPFL
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored
(O) Play-off winner.

Results by round
Round1234567891011121314151617181920212223242526272829303132333435363738
GroundHAHAAHAHAHAHAAHAHAHAHHAAHAHHAHAHAHAHHA
ResultLLLLLLLWDLDLWLLDLDLDLLDLWWWWDWWWWLDLWW
Position91212121212121212121212121212111112121212121212121010101010101010101010109
Updated to match(es) played on 23 May 2015. Source: BBC Sport
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Results by opponent

Ross County score first

Team Results Points
1 2 3 4
Aberdeen0-30-10-4X0
Celtic0-50-00-1X1
Dundee2-11-11-0X7
Dundee United1-22-32-1X3
Hamilton Academical0-40-12-22-14
Inverness C.T.1-11-31-1X2
Kilmarnock1-23-02-12-19
Motherwell1-22-23-21-15
Partick Thistle0-43-11-01-26
St Johnstone1-21-21-0X3
St Mirren2-21-23-01-24

Source: 2014–15 Scottish Premier League Results Table

Awards

Player of the Month
Player Month
Raffaele De VitaMarch [6]

Manager of the Month
Manager Month
Jim McIntyreFebruary [7]
Jim McIntyreMarch [8]

Transfers
Main articles: List of Scottish football transfers winter 2014–15 and List of Scottish football transfers summer 2014
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See also

Notes and references
  1. "Ross County sack manager Derek Adams and his father George". bbc.co.uk/sport. BBC Sport. 28 August 2014. Retrieved 3 April 2015.
  2. "Ross County: Jim McIntyre joins from Queen of the South". bbc.co.uk/sport. BBC Sport. 9 September 2014. Retrieved 3 April 2015.
  3. "Ross County: Boss Jim McIntyre grateful for backing from board". bbc.co.uk/sport. BBC Sport. 16 October 2014. Retrieved 13 April 2015.
  4. "Boyce hat-trick in Ross County win at St Mirren". bbc.co.uk/sport. BBC Sport. 13 April 2015. Retrieved 13 April 2015.
  5. "Ross County 2-1 Hamilton Academical". bbc.co.uk/sport. BBC Sport. 16 May 2015. Retrieved 16 May 2015.
  6. "Ross County: Raffaelle De Vita takes March player award". BBC Sport. 12 April 2015. Retrieved 14 April 2015.
  7. "Ross County's McIntyre and ICT's Christie win February awards". BBC Sport. 15 March 2015. Retrieved 12 April 2015.
  8. "Jim McIntyre: Ross County boss wins Premiership manager award". BBC Sport. 10 April 2015. Retrieved 12 April 2015.
  9. "Ross County sign winger Joe Cardle from Raith Rovers". BBC Sport. 21 May 2014. Retrieved 11 April 2015.
  10. "Jake Jervis agrees Ross County move after Portsmouth exit". BBC Sport. 7 June 2014. Retrieved 11 April 2015.
  11. "Cliftonville striker Liam Boyce agrees move to Ross County". BBC Sport. 13 June 2014. Retrieved 11 April 2015.
  12. "Ross County: Goalkeeper Antonio Reguero agrees move to Dingwall". BBC Sport. 17 June 2014. Retrieved 11 April 2015.
  13. "Ross County boss Derek Adams snaps up trio of new faces". BBC Sport. 18 July 2014. Retrieved 11 April 2015.
  14. "Ross County boss Derek Adams snaps up trio of new faces". BBC Sport. 18 July 2014. Retrieved 11 April 2015.
  15. "Ross County boss Derek Adams snaps up trio of new faces". BBC Sport. 18 July 2014. Retrieved 11 April 2015.
  16. "Defender Jimmy Fenlon becomes latest Ross County capture". BBC Sport. 21 July 2014. Retrieved 11 April 2015.
  17. "Ross County: Filip Kiss among new trio of new signings". BBC Sport. 6 August 2014. Retrieved 11 April 2015.
  18. "Ross County: Filip Kiss among new trio of new signings". BBC Sport. 6 August 2014. Retrieved 11 April 2015.
  19. "Ross County: Filip Kiss among new trio of new signings". BBC Sport. 6 August 2014. Retrieved 11 April 2015.
  20. "Ross County: Three players sign on deadline day". BBC Sport. 1 September 2014. Retrieved 11 April 2015.
  21. "Ross County: Three players sign on deadline day". BBC Sport. 1 September 2014. Retrieved 11 April 2015.
  22. "Ross County: Three players sign on deadline day". BBC Sport. 1 September 2014. Retrieved 11 April 2015.
  23. "Ross County: Lewis Toshney impact hailed after first league win". BBC Sport. 27 September 2014. Retrieved 11 April 2015.
  24. "Ross County sign up midfielder Martin Woods". BBC Sport. 9 October 2014. Retrieved 11 April 2015.
  25. "Ross County: Boss Jim McIntyre grateful for backing from board". BBC Sport. 16 October 2014. Retrieved 11 April 2015.
  26. "Ross County: Boss Jim McIntyre grateful for backing from board". BBC Sport. 16 October 2014. Retrieved 11 April 2015.
  27. "Ross County: Striker Craig Curran wins six-month contract". BBC Sport. 2 January 2015. Retrieved 11 April 2015.
  28. "Ross County sign Cameron Burgess on loan from Fulham". BBC Sport. 15 January 2015. Retrieved 11 April 2015.
  29. "Ross County sign defender Marcus Fraser". BBC Sport. 22 January 2015. Retrieved 11 April 2015.
  30. "Darvydas Sernas: Ross County sign Lithuania midfielder". BBC Sport. 27 January 2015. Retrieved 11 April 2015.
  31. "Ross County add Ruben Palazuelos and Raffaele De Vita". BBC Sport. 30 January 2015. Retrieved 11 April 2015.
  32. "Ross County add Ruben Palazuelos and Raffaele De Vita". BBC Sport. 30 January 2015. Retrieved 11 April 2015.
  33. "Abdoulaye Meite: Ross County sign defender until season's end". BBC Sport. 13 February 2015. Retrieved 11 April 2015.
  34. "Elgin bring in trio". SPFL. 23 May 2014. Retrieved 11 April 2015.
  35. "Michael Fraser: Out of contract goalkeeper leaves Ross County". BBC Sport. 17 June 2014. Retrieved 11 April 2015.
  36. "Chris Lewington, Ben Gordon and Sean Clohessy join Colchester Utd". BBC Sport. 1 July 2014. Retrieved 11 April 2015.
  37. "Falkirk: Jamie MacDonald one of five new arrivals". BBC Sport. 3 July 2014. Retrieved 11 April 2015.
  38. "Livingston bring in Glen". SPFL. 11 July 2014. Retrieved 11 April 2015.
  39. "Ross County: Evangelos Oikonomou makes second exit". BBC Sport. 22 July 2014. Retrieved 11 April 2015.
  40. "Ross County: Midfielder Stuart Kettlewell leaves club". BBC Sport. 15 August 2014. Retrieved 11 April 2015.
  41. "Early Ross County release for Marc Klok". BBC Sport. 13 October 2014. Retrieved 11 April 2015.
  42. "Ross County: Melvin De Leeuw exits 'for personal reasons'". BBC Sport. 28 October 2014. Retrieved 11 April 2015.
  43. "Rosario Latouchent leaves Ross County". pressandjournal. 7 November 2014. Retrieved 11 April 2015.
  44. "Ross County: Jim McIntyre targets signings as three exit". BBC Sport. 13 November 2014. Retrieved 11 April 2015.
  45. "Ross County: Jim McIntyre targets signings as three exit". BBC Sport. 13 November 2014. Retrieved 11 April 2015.
  46. "Ross County: Jim McIntyre targets signings as three exit". BBC Sport. 13 November 2014. Retrieved 11 April 2015.
  47. "Balk maakt seizoen af bij FC Oss (in Dutch)". kliknieuws. 12 January 2015. Archived from the original on 13 January 2015. Retrieved 11 April 2015.
  48. "Ross County: Darren Maatsen leaves for Den Bosch". BBC Sport. 2 February 2015. Retrieved 11 April 2015.
  49. "Ross County: Darren Maatsen leaves for Den Bosch". BBC Sport. 2 February 2015. Retrieved 11 April 2015.
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