2015–16 Inverness Caledonian Thistle F.C. season

The 2015–16 season is the club's 3rd season in the Scottish Premiership and their 6th consecutive season in the top flight. Inverness Caledonian Thistle will also compete in the League Cup, the Scottish Cup, and the Europa League.

Inverness Caledonian Thistle
2015–16 season
ChairmanKenny Cameron
ManagerJohn Hughes
StadiumCaledonian Stadium
Premiership7th
League CupQuarter Finals
Scottish CupQuarter Final Replay
Europa LeagueSecond qualifying round, lost to Astra Giurgiu
Top goalscorerLeague: Miles Storey (11)
All: Miles Storey (13)
Highest home attendance6,410 vs. Aberdeen
Lowest home attendance1,231 vs Stirling Albion
2015–16 Scottish Cup
Average home league attendance3,754

Results and fixtures

  Win   Draw   Loss   Postponed

Pre season / Friendlies
27 June 2015[1] FriendlyClachnacuddin0–3Inverness Caledonian ThistleInverness
13:00 BST goals Trialist  18'
Trialist  21'
Tansey  26'		 Stadium: Grant Street Park
1 July 2015[1] FriendlyBrora Rangers0–3Inverness Caledonian ThistleBrora
19:45 BST goals Trialist  16'
Trialist  55'
Doran  90'		 Stadium: Dudgeon Park
3 July 2015[1] FriendlyDeveronvale1–2Inverness Caledonian ThistleBanff
17:30 BST Stadium: Princess Royal Park
7 July 2015[1] FriendlyForres Mechanics0–5Inverness Caledonian ThistleForres
19:45 BST Stadium: Mosset Park
11 July 2015[1] FriendlyInverness Caledonian Thistle1–1St MirrenInverness
15:00 BST Stadium: Caledonian Stadium
18 July 2015[1] FriendlyNairn County0–1Inverness Caledonian ThistleNairn
15:00 BST Foran  25' Stadium: Station Park

Scottish Premiership
Main article: 2015–16 Scottish Premiership
1 August 2015 PremiershipInverness Caledonian Thistle0–1MotherwellCaledonian Stadium
15:00 BBC Report Fletcher  4' Attendance: 3,307
Referee: Allan
8 August 2015 PremiershipSt Johnstone1–1Inverness Caledonian ThistleMcDiarmid Park
15:00 Cummins  90' BBC Report Christie  9' Attendance: 2,959
Referee: Collum
12 August 2015 PremiershipInverness Caledonian Thistle0–0Partick ThistleCaledonian Stadium
19:45 BBC Report Attendance: 3,141
Referee: Finnie
15 August 2015 PremiershipCeltic4–2Inverness CTCeltic Park
15:00 Lustig  8'
Griffiths  12'
Armstrong  55', 67'		 BBC Report Christie  70'
Lopez  77'		 Attendance: 42,727
Referee: Craig Thomson
22 August 2015 PremiershipInverness Caledonian Thistle0–2Hamilton AcademicalCaledonian Stadium
15:00 BBC Report Morris  18'
Longridge  90+1'		 Attendance: 3,003
Referee: Anderson
29 August 2015 PremiershipDundee1–1Inverness Caledonian ThistleDens Park
15:00 Hemmings  90+1' BBC Report Raven  60'
Mbuyi-Mutombo  90+3'		 Attendance: 4,767
Referee: Dallas
11 September 2015 PremiershipInverness Caledonian Thistle2–0Heart of MidlothianCaledonian Stadium
19:45 Vincent  49'
Storey  89'		 BBC Report Oshaniwa  87' Attendance: 4,160
Referee: McLean
19 September 2015 PremiershipDundee United1–1Inverness Caledonian ThistleTannadice Park
15:00 McKay  7' BBC Report Meekings  56' Attendance: 6,235
Referee: Clancy
26 September 2015 PremiershipInverness Caledonian Thistle2–1AberdeenCaledonian Stadium
15:00 Storey  8'
Christie  29'
Christie  90' 		 BBC Report Taylor  35' Attendance: 6,410
Referee: Beaton
3 October 2015 PremiershipRoss County1–2Inverness Caledonian ThistleVictoria Park
15:00 Boyce  90+1' BBC Report Storey  42'
Vincent  45'		 Attendance: 5,473
Referee: Collum
17 October 2015 PremiershipKilmarnock2–0Inverness Caledonian ThistleRugby Park
15:00 Kiltie  45+1'
Magennis  66'		 Report Storey  70' Attendance: 3,234
Referee: Finnie
24 October 2015 PremiershipInverness Caledonian Thistle0–1St JohnstoneCaledonian Stadium
15:00 Meekings  86'
Devine  90+4'		 Report Mackay  47'
Scobbie  66'
Craig  90+3' (pen.)		 Attendance: 3,471
Referee: Robertson
31 October 2015 PremiershipInverness Caledonian Thistle1–1DundeeCaledonian Stadium
15:00 Raven  50'
Tansey  64' (pen.)		 BBC Report Loy  50' (pen.) Attendance: 2,940
Referee: Colvin
7 November 2015 PremiershipMotherwell1–3Inverness Caledonian ThistleRugby Park
15:00 Moult  58'
McManus  90+5' 		 Report Tansey  11' (pen.)
Storey  45'
Vigurs  53'		 Attendance: 3,569
Referee: Thomson
21 November 2015 PremiershipPartick Thistle2–1Inverness Caledonian ThistleFirhill Stadium
15:00 Doolan  42'
Stevenson  90'		 BBC Report Storey  6' Attendance: 2,864
Referee: Robertson
29 November 2015 PremiershipInverness Caledonian Thistle1–3CelticCaledonian Stadium
Storey  39' BBC Report McGregor  7'
Griffiths  59'
Devine  85' (o.g.)		 Attendance: 5,976
Referee: Collum
5 December 2015 PremiershipHeart of MidlothianP – PInverness Caledonian ThistleTynecastle Stadium
15:00 BBC Report Referee: Muir
Note: Postponed due to adverse weather conditions
12 December 2015 PremiershipInverness Caledonian Thistle2–1KilmarnockCaledonian Stadium
15:00 Vigurs  14', 32' BBC Report Connolly  87' Attendance: 2,775
Referee: Cook
19 December 2015 PremiershipInverness Caledonian Thistle2–2Dundee UnitedCaledonian Stadium
15:00 Polworth  46'
Horner  90+2'		 BBC Report Rankin  26'
McKay  81'		 Attendance: 2,981
Referee: Thomson
26 December 2015 PremiershipAberdeen2–2Inverness Caledonian ThistlePittodrie Stadium
15:00 McGinn  73'
Rooney  90+1' (pen.)		 BBC Report Polworth  41'
Tansey  47' (pen.)		 Attendance: 15,142
Referee: Collum
30 December 2015 PremiershipHamilton Academical3–4Inverness Caledonian ThistleNew Douglas Park
Morris  66'
Gordon  81'
Nadé  90'		 BBC Report Tansey  18', 88'
Polworth  51', 90+3'		 Attendance: 1,555
Referee: Anderson
2 January 2016 PremiershipInverness Caledonian Thistle2–0Ross CountyCaledonian Stadium
15:00 Storey  26'
Tansey  45+2'		 BBC Report Attendance: 5,388
Referee: Beaton
16 January 2016 PremiershipKilmarnock2–1Inverness Caledonian ThistleRugby Park
15:00 Kiltie  9'
Slater  51'		 BBC Report Draper  41' Attendance: 2,937
Referee: Robertson
23 January 2016 PremiershipInverness Caledonian Thistle0–0Partick ThistleCaledonian Stadium
15:00 BBC Report Attendance: 3,556
Referee: Aitken
30 January 2016 PremiershipInverness Caledonian ThistleP – PHeart of MidlothianCaledonian Stadium
12:30 BBC Report Referee: Collum
Note: Postponed due to a waterlogged pitch and extreme weather conditions in Inverness.
15 February 2016 PremiershipInverness CT3–1AberdeenInverness
19:45 Vigurs  18'

Tansey  51'

Tremarco  65'		 Rooney  7' Stadium: Caledonian Stadium
Attendance: 4,544
Referee: Collum
20 February 2016 PremiershipCeltic3–0Inverness CTGlasgow
15:00 Mackay-Steven  54' Griffiths  59'  90+3' Stadium: Celtic Park
Attendance: 43,600
Referee: Robertson

UEFA Europa League

Qualifying phase
16 July 2015 Second qualifying round 1st legInverness Caledonian Thistle0–1Astra Giurgiu Inverness, Scotland
19:45 BBC Report Budescu  24' Stadium: Caledonian Stadium, Inverness
Attendance: 5,534
Referee: Henry Johnsen
23 July 2015 Second qualifying round 2nd leg Astra Giurgiu0–0
(1–0 agg.)		Inverness Caledonian ThistleGiurgiu, Romania
19:00 BBC Report Stadium: Stadionul Marin Anastasovici
Attendance: 3,067
Referee: Kuchin

Scottish League Cup
Main article: 2015–16 Scottish League Cup
22 September 2015 League Cup Third RoundLivingston0–2Inverness Caledonian ThistleAlmondvale Stadium
19:45 BBC Report Storey  12'
Devine  43'		 Attendance: 644
Referee: Muir
27 October 2015 League Cup Quarter FinalInverness Caledonian Thistle1–2Ross CountyCaledonian Stadium
19:05 Tansey  78' BBC Sport Report Irvine  41'
Gardyne  48'		 Attendance: 3,004
Referee: McLean

Scottish Cup
Main article: 2015–16 Scottish Cup
9 January 2016 Scottish Cup Fourth roundStirling Albion0–0Inverness Caledonian ThistleForthbank Stadium
15:00 BBC Report Attendance: 1,224
Referee: Northcroft
19 January 2016 Scottish Cup Fourth round replayInverness Caledonian Thistle2–0Stirling AlbionCaledonian Stadium
19:45 Mbuyi-Mutombo  28'
Vigurs  61'		 BBC Report Attendance: 1,231
Referee: Northcroft
6 February 2016 Scottish Cup Fifth roundMotherwell1–2Inverness Caledonian ThistleFir Park
Mcdonald  (67) Miles Storey  39' Roberts  90' Attendance: 3,907
Referee: McLean
6 March 2016 Scottish Cup QFInverness Caledonian Thistle1–1HibernianEaster Road
Mbuyi-Mutombo  77' Keatings  (54) Attendance: 9,884
Referee: Allan
16 March 2016 Scottish Cup QF replayInverness Caledonian Thistle0–2HibernianCaledonian Stadium
19:45 Vigurs  77' Report Stokes  36'  41' Attendance: 3,207
Referee: Finnie
Main article: 2015–16 Scottish Cup

Squad statistics

During the 2015–16 season, Inverness Caledonian Thistle have used twenty-three different players in competitive games. The table below shows the number of appearances and goals scored by each player.

Appearances
As of 30 January 2016
No. Pos Nat Player TotalPremiershipLeague CupScottish CupEuropa League
AppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
2 DF David Raven 24118+012+002+001+10
3 DF Carl Tremarco 20014+402+000+000+00
4 MF James Vincent 16214+022+000+000+00
5 DF Gary Warren 1509+200+002+002+00
6 DF Josh Meekings 16112+012+000+002+00
7 FW Dani López 1005+200+100+002+00
8 MF Ross Draper 23117+111+002+001+10
9 MF Richie Foran 400+100+000+100+20
10 MF Aaron Doran 200+000+000+002+00
11 MF Jordan Roberts 200+000+000+100+10
14 DF Daniel Devine 28122+002+012+002+00
15 MF Nat Wedderburn 1607+600+001+002+00
16 MF Greg Tansey 29723+062+012+002+00
17 MF Lewis Horner 916+310+000+000+00
18 MF Tobi Sho-Silva 500+500+000+000+00
18 FW Alex Fisher 300+100+000+200+00
19 MF Danny Williams 28019+301+102+002+00
20 MF Liam Polworth 25418+341+102+000+00
22 MF Ryan Christie 17212+122+000+002+00
25 GK Owain Fôn Williams 29023+002+002+002+00
27 MF Iain Vigurs 20411+631+002+010+00
28 FW Andréa Mbuyi-Mutombo 2017+1000+101+110+00
37 FW Alisdair Sutherland 600+500+100+000+00
39 FW Miles Storey 20816+072+012+000+00

Overall Goalscorers
Rank Player Goals
1st Miles Storey 13
2nd Greg Tansey 9
3rd Iain Vigurs 8
4th Liam Polworth 6
5th Ross Draper 5
6th Ryan Christie

Danny Devine

Jordan Roberts

 3
9th Andréa Mbuyi-Mutombo

Josh Meekings

Carl Tremarco

James Vincent

 2
13th Richie Foran

Lewis Horner

Dani López

David Raven

Danny Williams

 1

Disciplinary record
As of 30 January 2016
Number Nation Position Name Premiership League Cup Scottish Cup Europa League Total
2DFDavid Raven 4120001071
3DFCarl Tremarco 4000000040
5DFGary Warren 2000000020
6DFJosh Meekings 1000001020
7FWDani López 0000001010
8DFRoss Draper 6000100070
11DFJordan Roberts 0000101020
14DFDaniel Devine 5000000050
15MFNat Wedderburn 1000000010
16MFGreg Tansey 5000100060
19MFDanny Williams 1000101030
20MFLiam Polworth 1000000010
22MFRyan Christie 3100000031
25GKOwain Fôn Williams 2000000020
27MFIain Vigurs 7010100090
28FWAndréa Mbuyi-Mutombo 3100000031
39FWMiles Storey 1000000010
TOTALS 47 3 3 0 5 0 5 0 60 3

Team statistics

League table
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation[lower-alpha 1]
5 Motherwell 38 15 5 18 47 63 −16 50
6 Ross County 38 14 6 18 55 61 −6 48
7 Inverness Caledonian Thistle 38 14 10 14 54 48 +6 52
8 Dundee 38 11 15 12 53 57 −4 48
9 Partick Thistle 38 12 10 16 41 50 −9 46
Source: Scottish Premiership, Soccerway (first phase), Soccerway (second phase)
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).[2]
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).

Division summary
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ResultLDDLLDWDWWLLDWLLWDDWWLD
Position1010911111079888998887986676
Updated to match(es) played on 30 January 2016. Source: [3]
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Management statistics
Last updated on 30 January 2016
Name From To P W D L Win%[nb 1]
John Hughes[4] 23 July 2015 Present 29 9 10 10 031.03

Transfers
Main articles: List of Scottish football transfers summer 2015 and List of Scottish football transfers winter 2015–16
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See also

Notes
  1. Win% is the percentage of matches won rounded to two decimal places.

References
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  2. "Premiership 2015/2016 - Season rules". Scoresway. Retrieved 1 August 2015.
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