2015–16 Ross County F.C. season

Ross County
2015–16 season
Chairman Roy MacGregor
Manager Jim McIntyre
Stadium Victoria Park, Dingwall, Ross-shire
Premiership Fifth Place "Ongoing"
Top goalscorer League: Liam Boyce (13)
All: Liam Boyce (17)
Highest home attendance 6,042 vs Celtic
Scottish Premiership
8 November 2015
Lowest home attendance 1,341 vs Falkirk
League Cup
22 September 2015
Home colours
Away colours

The 2015–16 season is the club's 3rd season in the Scottish Premiership and their fourth consecutive appearance in the top flight of Scottish football. Ross County will also compete in the League Cup and the Scottish Cup.

Results & fixtures

      Win       Draw       Loss       Postponed

Pre season / Friendlies

Scottish Premiership

Scottish League Cup

Scottish Cup

Squad statistics

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

Appearances

As of 6 February 2016
No. Pos Nat Player TotalPremiership League Cup Scottish Cup
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
1 GK Scotland Scott Fox 21 0 17+0 0 2+0 0 2+0 0
2 DF Scotland Marcus Fraser 25 0 19+0 0 3+0 0 3+0 0
3 DF England Jamie Reckord 19 0 13+1 0 3+0 0 2+0 0
4 MF Scotland Rocco Quinn 12 0 5+5 0 0+1 0 0+1 0
5 DF Scotland Scott Boyd 18 0 11+3 0 2+0 0 2+0 0
6 DF Scotland Chris Robertson 19 0 16+0 0 2+0 0 1+0 0
7 FW Scotland Michael Gardyne 27 7 20+1 5 3+0 2 2+1 0
8 MF Scotland Ian McShane 13 2 6+1 2 2+1 0 1+2 0
9 FW Scotland Brian Graham 20 7 7+7 3 2+1 1 3+0 3
10 FW Northern Ireland Liam Boyce 26 17 20+1 13 3+1 4 0+1 0
11 FW England Craig Curran 20 7 15+4 7 1+0 0 0+0 0
12 DF Scotland Richard Foster 28 0 19+3 0 2+1 0 1+2 0
14 DF Scotland Darren Holden 2 1 0+0 0 0+2 1 0+0 0
15 DF England Andrew Davies 26 2 21+0 2 3+0 0 2+0 0
17 FW England Jonathan Franks 21 2 10+6 1 1+1 1 2+1 0
18 MF Scotland Stewart Murdoch 23 1 8+11 1 2+1 0 1+0 0
19 MF Scotland Tony Dingwall 13 2 5+5 2 1+2 0 0+0 0
21 GK England Gary Woods 12 0 10+0 0 1+0 0 1+0 0
23 FW Netherlands Alex Schalk 16 3 3+8 0 1+1 1 3+0 2
24 MF Italy Raffaele De Vita 19 2 7+7 0 2+0 1 2+1 1
26 MF Scotland Martin Woods 14 1 9+2 0 2+0 1 1+0 0
36 MF Australia Jackson Irvine 31 3 22+2 2 4 1 3 0
43 MF Scotland Paul Quinn 2 2 0+0 0 1+0 1 1+0 1
53 MF Scotland Greg Morrison 2 0 0+2 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
Players who left the club during the 2015–16 season
21 GK Austria Daniel Bachmann 2 0 0+1 0 1+0 0 0+0 0

Goalscorers

As of 6 February 2016
Ranking Nation Number Name Scottish Premiership League Cup Scottish Cup Total
1Northern Ireland10Liam Boyce134017
2Scotland7Michael Gardyne5207
=England11Craig Curran7007
=Scotland9Brian Graham3137
5Australia36Jackson Irvine2103
6England15Andrew Davies2002
=England17Jonathan Franks1102
=Scotland19Tony Dingwall2002
=Italy24Raffaele De Vita0112
=Scotland8Ian McShane2002
=Scotland43Paul Quinn0112
=Netherlands23Alex Schalk0123
13Scotland14Darren Holden0101
=Scotland18Stewart Murdoch1001
=Scotland26Martin Woods0101
TOTALS 3814558

Disciplinary record

As of 6 February 2016
Number Nation Position Name Premiership League Cup Scottish Cup Total
Red card Red card Red card Red card
1ScotlandGK Scott Fox 10000010
2ScotlandDF Marcus Fraser 10101030
3EnglandDFJamie Reckord 10001020
4ScotlandMF Rocco Quinn 20000020
5ScotlandDF Scott Boyd 20001030
6ScotlandDF Chris Robertson 30000030
8ScotlandMF Ian McShane 00100010
9ScotlandFW Brian Graham 10000010
10Northern IrelandFW Liam Boyce 10000010
11EnglandFW Craig Curran 40000040
12ScotlandDF Richard Foster 50100060
15EnglandDF Andrew Davies 51100061
18ScotlandMF Stewart Murdoch 10100020
19ScotlandMF Tony Dingwall 10000010
24ItalyMF Raffaele De Vita 00001010
26ScotlandMF Martin Woods 20201050
36AustraliaMF Jackson Irvine 40000040
TOTALS 34 0 7 0 5 0 46 0

Team statistics

League table

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation[lower-alpha 1]
4 St Johnstone 36 15 7 14 54 52 +2 52
5 Motherwell 36 14 5 17 44 55 11 47
6 Ross County[lower-alpha 2] 36 13 6 17 50 58 8 45
7 Dundee 36 11 14 11 52 52 0 47
8 Inverness Caledonian Thistle 36 12 10 14 49 48 +1 46
Updated to match(es) played on 7 May 2016. 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).[7]
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).
  2. Teams in the bottom six at the time of the split (33 games) cannot pass teams in the top six

Results by round

Round1234567891011121314151617181920212223242526272829303132333435363738
GroundAHAHAAAHAHHAAHHAHAAHHAHA
Result L W D L W W D W D L W L L L W L L W L W W L L W
Position 11 6 6 6 5 5 4 4 5 5 3 4 5 5 5 6 6 5 5 5 5 5 5 4

Last updated: 6 February 2016.
Source: BBC Sport
Ground: A = Away; H = Home. Result: D = Draw; L = Loss; W = Win; P = Postponed.

Management statistics

Last updated on 6 February 2016
Name From To P W D L Win%[nb 1]
McIntyre, JimJim McIntyre[8] 1 August 2015 Present 31 16 4 11 51.61

Transfers

In

Date Player From Fee
25 May 2015 Ian McShane Scotland Queen of the South Undisclosed[9]
27 May 2015 Michael Gardyne Scotland Dundee United Free[10]
29 May 2015 Scott Fox Scotland Partick Thistle Free[11]
10 June 2015 Brian Graham Scotland Dundee United Free[12]
16 June 2015 Darren Holden England Hartlepool United Free[13]
18 June 2015 Jonathan Franks England Hartlepool United Free[14]
30 June 2015 Richard Foster Scotland Rangers Free[15]
30 June 2015 Andrew Davies England Bradford City Free[15]
30 June 2015 Chris Robertson England Port Vale Free[15]
1 July 2015 Stewart Murdoch England Fleetwood Town Free[14]
28 July 2015 Jackson Irvine Scotland Celtic Compensation[16]
28 July 2015 Daniel Bachmann England Stoke City Loan[16]
31 August 2015 Martin Woods England Shrewsbury Town Free[17]
2 September 2015 Gary Woods England Leyton Orient Loan[18]
6 October 2015 Alex Schalk Netherlands Go Ahead Eagles Free[19]
16 October 2015 James Severn England Worcester City Free[20]
26 January 2016 Paul Quinn Scotland Aberdeen Free[21]
1 February 2016 David Goodwillie Scotland Aberdeen Loan[22]

Out

Date Player To Fee
20 May 2015 Richard Brittain Scotland Brora Rangers Free[23]
20 May 2015 Jake Jervis England Plymouth Argyle Free[23][24]
20 May 2015 Mark Brown Scotland Dumbarton Free[23][25]
20 May 2015 Joe Cardle Scotland Dunfermline Athletic Free[23][26]
20 May 2015 Graham Carey England Plymouth Argyle Free[23][27]
20 May 2015 Antonio Reguero Scotland Hibernian Free[23][28]
20 May 2015 Terry Dunfield Released Free[23]
20 May 2015 Ben Frempah Released Free[23]
20 May 2015 Abdoulaye Meite Released Free[23]
20 May 2015 Ruben Palazuelos Released Free[23]
20 May 2015 Steven Saunders Released Free[23]
20 May 2015 Darvydas Sernas Lithuania Zalgiris Vilnius Free[23]
20 May 2015 Darren Barr Scotland Dumbarton Free[23][29]
27 May 2015 Martin Woods England Shrewsbury Town Free[30][31]
27 May 2015 Paul Quinn Scotland Aberdeen Free[32]
15 January 2016 Rocco Quinn Scotland St Mirren Free[33]

See also

Notes

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

References

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