2017–18 Ross County F.C. season

The 2017–18 season was the club's 5th season in the Scottish Premiership and their sixth consecutive appearance in the top flight of Scottish football. Ross County also competed in the League Cup and the Scottish Cup.

Ross County
2017–18 season
ChairmanRoy MacGregor
ManagerJim McIntyre
(until 25 September)
Owen Coyle
(from 28 September - 1 March)
Steven Ferguson and
Stuart Kettlewell
GroundVictoria Park
Scottish PremiershipTwelfth Place
Scottish League CupSecond Round
Scottish CupFourth Round
Top goalscorerLeague: Schalk (11)
All: Schalk (13)
Highest home attendance6,590 vs Celtic
Premiership
18 November 2017
Lowest home attendance1,108 vs Alloa Athletic
League Cup
15 July 2017
Average home league attendance4,612

On 25 September, manager Jim McIntyre was sacked by the club.[1] On 28 September, Owen Coyle took over as manager.[2] He resigned on 1 March with Steven Ferguson and Stuart Kettlewell taking over as co-managers[3] but they could not keep County in the Premiership and on 12 May after 6 years they were relegated back to the Championship.[4]

Results & fixtures

  Win   Draw   Loss   Postponed

Pre-season
1 July 2017[5] FriendlyElgin City0–1Ross CountyBorough Briggs
15:00 Report Herron  72'
6 July 2017 FriendlyValenciennes2–1Ross CountyPinatar Arena, Spain
19:00 Mothiba  38'
Ndao  65'		 Report Schalk  35'

Scottish Premiership
Main article: 2017–18 Scottish Premiership
5 August 2017 1Dundee1–2Ross CountyDens Park
15:00 Hendry  86'
Holt  78'		 BBC Report Chow  29'
Lindsay  35'
Routis  61'
Gardyne  71'		 Attendance: 5,032
Referee: Willie Collum
12 August 2017 2Ross County1–2AberdeenGlobal Energy Stadium
15:00 Curran  2'
Routis  39'
O'Brien  57'
Keillor-Dunn  82'		 BBC Report Reynolds  23'
Logan  71'
Shinnie  72'		 Attendance: 5,965
Referee: Don Robertson
19 August 2017 3Motherwell2–0Ross CountyDens Park
15:00 Heneghan  3'
Rose  27'
Tait  53'
Moult  74' (pen.)		 BBC Report Chow  17'
Fraser  46'
van der Weg  74'		 Attendance: 3,911
Referee: Alan Muir
27 August 2017 4Ross County1–3RangersGlobal Energy Stadium
15:00 BST Davies  45'
Mikkelsen  59'
Gardyne  71'		 BBC Report Morelos  31', 41'
Herrera  89'		 Attendance: 6,400
Referee: Craig Thomson
9 September 2017 5Ross County1–1Partick ThistleGlobal Energy Stadium
15:00 BST Kelly  58'
Routis  61'
Davies  45'
Schalk  86' (pen.)		 BBC Report Devine  7'
Spittal  22'		 Attendance: 3,660
Referee: John Beaton
16 September 2017 6Celtic4–0Ross CountyCeltic Park
15:00 BST Rogic  13'
Dembélé  42'
Forrest  52', 74'		 BBC Report O'Brien  47' Attendance: 58,624
Referee: Steven McLean
23 September 2017 7Ross County0–1HibernianGlobal Energy Stadium
15:00 BST Draper  56'
O'Brien  67'		 BBC Report Hanlon  13'
Bartley  57'		 Attendance: 4,181
Referee: Andrew Dallas
30 September 2017 8Kilmarnock0–2Ross CountyRugby Park
15:00 BST BBC Report Curran  34'
van der Weg  44'		 Attendance: 3,337
Referee: Craig Thomson
14 October 2017 9Ross County1–2Heart of MidlothianGlobal Energy Stadium
15:00 BST Keillor-Dunn  36' BBC Report Gonçalves  34'
Walker  59'
Randall  65' 		 Attendance: 4,819
Referee: William Collum
21 October 2017 10Ross County2–1Hamilton AcademicalGlobal Energy Stadium
15:00 BST Davies  21'
Schalk  70'
O'Brien  82'
Mikkelsen  90+2'		 BBC Report Docherty  52'
Boyd  67'
Longridge  89'		 Attendance: 3,509
Referee: Stephen Finnie
24 October 2017 11St Johnstone0–0Ross CountyMcDiarmid Park
19:45 BST BBC Report Fraser  59'
Chow  68'
O'Brien  90'
McCarey  90+2'		 Attendance: 2,267
Referee: Barry Cook
28 October 2017 12Aberdeen2–1Ross CountyPittodrie Stadium
15:00 BST Christie  12'  88'
McLean  52' (pen.)  90+2'
McKenna  75'		 BBC Report Gardyne  8'  90+1'
Lindsay  52'
Draper  84'		 Attendance: 13,918
Referee: Don Robertson
4 November 2017 13Ross County3–2MotherwellGlobal Energy Stadium
15:00 GMT Gardyne  13', 42'
Keillor-Dunn  26'
Draper  84'		 BBC Report Bowman  48'
Hartley  52'
Moult  79'		 Attendance: 4,014
Referee: Euan Anderson
18 November 2017 14Ross County0–1CelticGlobal Energy Stadium
12:30 GMT Gardyne 42'
O'Brien  77'
Kelly  88'		 BBC Report Boyata 45+1'
Tierney 66'
Griffiths  78'		 Attendance: 6,590
Referee: Nick Walsh
25 November 2017 15Heart of Midlothian0–0Ross CountyTynecastle Stadium
15:00 GMT Walker  45+1'
Stockton  73'		 BBC Report O'Brien  56'
Draper  88'		 Attendance: 15,601
Referee: John Beaton
2 December 2017 16Ross County0–2DundeeGlobal Energy Stadium
15:00 GMT Draper  78' BBC Report O'Hara  18'
El Bakhtaoui  89'		 Attendance: 3,896
Referee: Steven McLean
9 December 2017 17Rangers2–1Ross CountyIbrox Stadium
15:00 GMT Morelos  59'
Wilson  83'		 BBC Report Curran  10'
Keillor-Dunn  71'		 Attendance: 48,139
Referee: Euan Anderson
13 December 2017 18Ross County2–2KilmarnockGlobal Energy Stadium
19:45 GMT Routis  31'
Naismith  41'		 BBC Report Power  34'
Brophy  61'
Boyd  54'  86'
Mulumbu  90'		 Attendance: 3,021
Referee: Andrew Dallas
16 December 2017 19Hamilton Academical3–2Ross CountySuperSeal Stadium
15:00 GMT Imrie 30' (pen.)
Sarris  75'
Lindsay  89' (OG.)
Skondras  90+2'		 BBC Report Curran 73'
Van Der Weg  84'
Gardyne  86' 		 Attendance: 1,272
Referee: Gavin Duncan
23 December 2017 20Hibernian2–1Ross CountyEaster Road
15:00 GMT Stokes 21'
Shaw 75'		 BBC Report Curran  14' Attendance: 16,228
Referee: Nick Walsh
27 December 2017 21Ross County1–1St JohnstoneGlobal Energy Stadium
19:45 GMT Schalk  54' (pen.) BBC Report Johnstone  2' Attendance: 3,636
Referee: Greg Aitken
30 December 2017 22Partick Thistle2–0Ross CountyFirhill Stadium
15:00 GMT BBC Report Doolan  35'
Sammon  86'		 Attendance: 2,870
Referee: Stephen Finnie
24 January 2018 23Motherwell2–0Ross CountyFir Park
19:45 GMT Souttar  45' (OG)
Main  47'
Kipré  79'
Ross MacLean  81'		 Routis  60' Attendance: 3,196
Referee: Kevin Clancy
28 January 2018 24Ross County1–2RangersGlobal Energy Stadium
14:00 GMT Naismith  25'
Chow  50'
N'Gog  90'		 Candeias  21'
Cummings  82'		 Attendance: 6,541
Referee: Steven Maclean
31 January 2018 25Ross County2–4AberdeenGlobal Energy Stadium
19:45 Schalk  77', 82' McLean  28', 64'
Rooney  32' (pen.), 34'		 Attendance: 4,318
Referee: Andrew Dallas
3 February 2018 26Dundee1–4Ross CountyDens Park
15:00 Waddell  57' Keillor-Dunn  49'
Schalk  61', 64'
Souttar  89'
Tim Chow  90'		 Attendance: 4,971
Referee: John Beaton
17 February 2018 27Ross County1–1Heart of MidlothianGlobal Energy Stadium
12:30 Fontaine  53'
Naismith  76'
Tansey  89'		 Lafferty  53'
Adao  87'		 Attendance: 4,936
Referee: Craig Thompson
24 February 2018 28St Johnstone2–0Ross CountyMcDiarmid Park
15:00 BST Davidson  29', 40'  33'
Kane  59'
MacLean  86'		 Curran Attendance: 2,533
Referee: Willie Collum
10 March 2018 29Kilmarnock3–2Ross CountyRugby Park
15:00 BST Erwin  16'
Broadfoot  33'
Boyd  46'
Brophy  74'		 Naismith  53'
O'Brien  72'
Mckay  86'
Schalk  90+1'		 Attendance: 4,001
Referee: John Beaton
17 March 2018 30Ross County2–2Hamilton AcademicalGlobal Energy Stadium
15:00 Lindsay  23'
Davies  76'		 Imrie  49'
Ogkmpoe  52'		 Attendance: 3,586
Referee: Kevin Clancy
31 March 2018 31Celtic3–0Ross CountyCeltic Park
15:00 BST Dembélé  25'
Armstrong  48'
Rogic  60'		 Davies  39' Attendance: 58,765
Referee: Steven McLean
3 April 2018 32Ross County4–0Partick ThistleGlobal Energy Stadium
19:45 BST Lindsay  14'
Schalk  35'  56'  72'
Draper  41'		 Report Keown  65' Attendance: 3,944
Referee: Willie Collum
7 April 2018 33Ross County1–1HibernianGlobal Energy Stadium
15:00 BST Mckay  28'
Draper  43'
Routis  44'		 Report Shaw  90' Attendance: 5,389
Referee: Bobby Madden
21 April 2018 34Ross County0–0MotherwellGlobal Energy Stadium
15:00 BST Lindsay  45+1'
Schalk  53'
Fontaine  90+1'		 Report Kipré  54' Attendance: 3,879
Referee: Alan Muir
28 April 2018 35Hamilton Academical2–0Ross CountySuperSeal Stadium
12:30 BST MacKinnon  1'
Imrie 56' (pen.)
Templeton  67'
Sarris  90+2'		 Fraser 21' Attendance: 2,057
Referee: Bobby Madden
4 May 2018 36Partick Thistle1–1Ross CountyFirhill Stadium
19:45 BST Erskine  21' BBC Report Mckay  42' Attendance: 4,312
Referee: Kevin Clancy
8 May 2018 37Ross County0–1DundeeGlobal Energy Stadium
19:45 BST BBC Report Murray  51' Attendance: Andrew Dallas
Referee: 3,976
12 May 2018 38St Johnstone1–1Ross CountyMcDiarmid Park
15:00 BST Wotherspoon  90+2' BBC Report Curran  3' Attendance: Nick Walsh
Referee: 3,279

Scottish League Cup
Main article: 2017–18 Scottish League Cup

Matches
15 July 2017[6] Group D[6]Ross County2–0AlloaGlobal Energy Stadium
15:00 Fraser  40'
Curran  69'		 BBC Report Attendance: 1,108
Referee: John McKendrick
18 July 2017 Group D[6]Montrose0–6Ross CountyLinks Park
19:45 Hay  81'
Watson  90'		 BBC Report Mikkelsen  15', 54'
Gardyne  31'
Curran  27' (pen.), 45'
Schalk  58'		 Attendance: 421
Referee: Alan Newlands
21 July 2017 Group D[6]Ross County0–0
(4–3 p)		HibernianGlobal Energy Stadium
19:45 BBC Report
SPFL Report		 Attendance: 2,065
Referee: Steven McLean
Penalties
29 July 2017 Group D[6]Arbroath0–0
(4–5 p)		Ross CountyGayfield Park
15:00 BBC Report
SPFL Report		 Attendance: 702
Referee: Steven Kirkland
Penalties

League Cup Group D Table
Pos Team Pld W PW PL L GF GA GD Pts Qualification HIB ROS ARB MON ALO
1 Hibernian (Q) 4 3 0 1 0 13 1 +12 10 Qualification for the Second Round — — 6–1 4–0 —
2 Ross County (Q) 4 2 2 0 0 8 0 +8 10 p0–0 — — — 2–0
3 Arbroath 4 1 1 1 1 6 7 −1 6 — 0–0p — 4–0 —
4 Montrose 4 1 0 0 3 2 15 −13 3 — 0–6 — — 2–1
5 Alloa Athletic 4 0 0 1 3 2 8 −6 1 0–3 — 1–1p — —
Source: [7]
Rules for classification: 1) goal difference, 2) goals scored, 3) away goals scored, 4) matches won, 5) away matches won, 6) drawing of lots.[8]
(Q) Qualified to the phase indicated.

Knockout stage
9 August 2017 Second RoundRoss County2–3 (a.e.t.)MotherwellGlobal Energy Stadium
19:45 BST Schalk  65'
Dow  69'
Curran  104' (pen.)		 BBC Report Bigirimana  50'
Moult  77'
MacLean  90+3' 112'
Cadden  92'
Dunne  104'		 Attendance: 1,612
Referee: Stephen Finnie

Scottish Cup
Main article: 2017–18 Scottish Cup
20 January 2017 Fourth RoundKilmarnock1–0Ross CountyRugby Park
15:00 GMT Boyd  45+3'
Erwin  88' (pen.)		 BBC Report Draper  39'
Chow  88'		 Attendance: 3,595
Referee: Bobby Madden

Squad statistics

Appearances

As of 12 May 2018

No. Pos Nat Player TotalPremiershipLeague CupScottish Cup
AppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
1 GK Scott Fox 31026+104000
2 DF Marcus Fraser 4313804+1100
3 DF Jason Naismith 41234+125010
4 DF Christopher Routis 30221+321+4010
5 DF Harry Souttar 13011+200000
6 DF Sean Kelly 18011+205000
7 FW Michael Gardyne 39427+635110
8 MF Tim Chow 20110+41500+10
9 FW Ryan Dow 2304+1405000
10 FW Alex Schalk 371320+11114+120+10
11 FW Craig Curran 401020+1564+1400
14 FW David N'Gog 1014+610000
15 DF Andrew Davies (c) 3012415010
17 MF Ross Draper 29125+310010
18 MF Jamie Lindsay 32221+524+1010
22 FW Billy Mckay 24314+930010
23 MF Greg Tansey 302+100000
24 MF Tony Dingwall 00000000
25 MF Jim O'Brien 31024+301+2010
31 GK Aaron McCarey 16012+201010
32 DF Liam Fontaine 1401400000
35 DF Max Melbourne 60600000
40 MF Davis Keillor-Dunn 30318+1130+1000
41 GK Mark Foden 00000000
43 FW Greg Morrison 10000+1000
47 MF Mattias Käit 603+300000
51 GK Ross Munro 00000000
Players who left the club during the 2017–18 season
12 FW Inih Effiong (Released from contract) 30200010
16 MF Dylan Dykes (loaned to Stranraer) 00000000
19 FW Thomas Mikkelsen (loaned to Dundee United) 1442+721+4200
28 DF Kenny van der Weg (Joined Hamilton Academical) 21216+321010
33 MF Chris Eagles (Released from contract) 907+10000+10
42 DF Reghan Tumilty (loaned to Falkirk) 201+100000
44 FW Russell Dingwall (loaned to Forfar Athletic) 00000000
45 MF Blair Malcolm (loaned to Cowdenbeath) 00000000

Team statistics

League table
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation[lower-alpha 1]
8 St Johnstone 38 12 10 16 42 53 −11 46
9 Dundee 38 11 6 21 36 57 −21 39
10 Hamilton Academical 38 9 6 23 47 68 −21 33
11 Partick Thistle (R) 38 8 9 21 31 61 −30 33 Qualification for the Premiership play-off final
12 Ross County (R) 38 6 11 21 40 62 −22 29 Relegation to the Championship
Source: Soccerway BBC
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).[9]
(R) Relegated.
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).

Transfers
Main articles: List of Scottish football transfers summer 2017 and List of Scottish football transfers winter 2017–18

See also

Notes and references
  1. https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/41385001
  2. https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/41418673
  3. http://www.skysports.com/football/news/25704/11345030/ross-county-name-steven-ferguson-and-stuart-kettlewell-as-co-managers
  4. https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/44013678
  5. "Pre-Season Friendly". Ross County FC twitter. Retrieved 22 June 2017.
  6. "Betfred Cup 2017/2018 Fixtures". spfl.co.uk.
  7. "Summary - League Cup Group D". Soccerway. Retrieved 10 August 2019.
  8. "Format". SPFL. Retrieved 15 June 2017.
  9. "Premiership 2017/2018 - Season rules". Scoresway. Retrieved 1 June 2017.
  10. "Ross County sign Sean Kelly after AFC Wimbledon exit for defender". BBC Sport. 11 June 2017. Retrieved 22 June 2017.
  11. "Ross County bring in Lindsay on loan". SPFL. 3 July 2017. Retrieved 7 July 2017.
  12. "Thomas Mikkelsen joins Ross County from Odense after Dundee United loan". BBC Sport. 4 July 2017. Retrieved 4 July 2017.
  13. "Ross County: Jim O'Brien makes move permanent following loan spell". BBC Sport. 20 July 2017. Retrieved 20 July 2017.
  14. "Billy Mckay: Northern Ireland striker leaves Wigan for Ross County". BBC Sport. 25 July 2017. Retrieved 29 July 2017.
  15. "Ross County sign midfielder from Inverness Caledonian Thistle". bbc.co.uk/sport. BBC Sport. 9 August 2017. Retrieved 12 August 2017.
  16. "Chris Eagles signs for Ross County until end of season". Sky Sports. 23 November 2017. Retrieved 24 November 2017.
  17. "Ross County: Midfielder Greg Tansey joins on loan from Aberdeen". BBC Sport. 9 January 2018. Retrieved 11 January 2018.
  18. "Inih Effiong joins the club". Ross County FC. 19 January 2018. Retrieved 19 January 2018.
  19. "Ross County sign former Liverpool striker David Ngog". BBC Sport. 23 January 2018. Retrieved 23 January 2018.
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  28. "Kilmarnock: Chris Burke joins Rugby Park side on one-year deal". BBC Sport. 18 July 2017. Retrieved 20 July 2017.
  29. "Scottish League One ins and out – summer 2017". BBC Sport. 6 August 2017. Retrieved 22 August 2017.
  30. "Jay McEveley: Tranmere Rovers sign former Derby County defender on one-year deal". BBC Sport. 27 July 2017. Retrieved 22 August 2017.
  31. "Club captain Paul Quinn one of several Ross County departures". BBC Sport. 22 May 2017. Retrieved 22 June 2017.
  32. "Paul Quinn: Dundee United sign defender on short-term deal". BBC Sport. 12 August 2017. Retrieved 22 August 2017.
  33. "Jonathan Franks: Hartlepool United re-sign winger after Ross County exit". BBC Sport. 17 August 2017. Retrieved 8 September 2017.
  34. "Completed Transfers – Deadline Day August 2017". SPFL. 30 August 2017. Retrieved 8 September 2017.
  35. "Blair Malcolm completes loan move to Cowdenbeath". Ross County FC. 17 November 2017. Retrieved 24 November 2017.
  36. "Chris Eagles signs for Ross County until end of season". Sky Sports. 23 November 2017. Retrieved 24 November 2017.
  37. "Oscar Gobern: Yeovil sign midfielder on non-contract terms until end of the season". BBC Sport. 1 December 2017. Retrieved 27 December 2017.
  38. "Dylan Dykes completes loan move to Stranraer". Ross County FC. 12 January 2018. Retrieved 12 May 2018.
  39. "Thomas Mikkelsen completes loan move to Dundee United". Ross County FC. 19 January 2018. Retrieved 19 January 2018.
  40. "Russell Dingwall and Ross Maciver complete loan move to Forfar". Ross County FC. 26 January 2018. Archived from the original on 30 January 2018. Retrieved 26 January 2018.
  41. "Russell Dingwall and Ross Maciver complete loan move to Forfar". Ross County FC. 26 January 2018. Archived from the original on 30 January 2018. Retrieved 26 January 2018.
  42. "Ross County release Kenny van der Weg at Dutch left-back's request". 1 February 2018. Retrieved 1 February 2018.
  43. "Hamilton Academical sign Kenny Van der Weg & Ross Jenkins". 12 February 2018. Retrieved 12 February 2018.
  44. "Chris Eagles: Winger leaves Ross County by mutual consent". BBC Sport. 4 April 2018. Retrieved 12 May 2018.
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