2018–19 Ross County F.C. season

Ross County
2018–19 season
Chairman	Roy MacGregor
Manager	Steven Ferguson and; Stuart Kettlewell
Ground	Victoria Park; Dingwall, Ross-shire; (Capacity: 6,541)
Top goalscorer	League: Billy McKay (4); All: Billy McKay (7)
Highest home attendance	League: 6,402 vs Inverness Caledonian Thistle ; 22 September 2018 ; Cup: 1,532 vs Dundee United; League Cup; 17 July 2018
Lowest home attendance	League: 3,065 vs Alloa Athletic ; 22 September ; Cup: 790 vs Raith Rovers; Challenge Cup; 8 September 2018

The 2018–19 season is the club's 1st season back in the Scottish Championship after being relegated from the Scottish Premiership, the top flight of Scottish football.

Ross County will also be competing in the League Cup, the Scottish Cup and the Scottish Challenge Cup.

Results & fixtures

Win Draw Loss Postponed

Pre-season

*Note: Games played on the same day and same time are played with two different squads led by two different managers. Fixtures are being played on the same day as to avoid preseason friendlies leaking into time taken up by the League Cup Group Stage.

30 June 2018^[1] Friendly	Nairn County	0–3	Ross County	Nairn
15:00		Report	Draper 37' Fontaine 63', 78'	Stadium: Station Park Referee: Stuart Riddoch

30 June 2018^[2] Friendly	Wick Academy	3–1	Ross County XI	Wick
13:00	David Allan 24', 86' Craig Gunn 73'		Joel MacBeath 20'	Stadium: Harmsworth Park Referee: Gordon Seago

4 July 2018^[3] Friendly	Sint-Truidense V.V.	2–0	Ross County	Netherlands
18:00				Stadium: VV DUNO Training ground Attendance: Behind closed doors^[4]

6 July 2018^[3] Friendly	Utrecht	2–0	Ross County	Netherlands
19:00	V.D. Maarel 53' V.D. Streek 90' (pen.)			Stadium: Dolderse Sportclub DOSC

10 July 2018^[2] Friendly	Clachnacuddin	0–7	Ross County	Inverness
19:30		Report		Stadium: Grant Street, Inverness

21 July 2018^[2] Friendly	Formartine United	6–1	Ross County XI	Aberdeenshire
		Report

Scottish Championship

4 August 2018 1	Ross County	1–0	Alloa Athletic	Global Energy Stadium
15:00	Fraser 88' Lindsay 90+5'		Hetherington 24'	Attendance: 3,065 Referee: Mike Roncone

11 August 2018 2	Dunfermline Athletic	1–3	Ross County	East End Park
15:00	Vincent 22' Longridge 28' Ashcroft 54'		Mullin 25' Watson 30' 68' Gardyne 42'	Attendance: 4,949 Referee: Craig Thomson

25 August 2018 3	Greenock Morton	2–1	Ross County	Cappielow Park
15:00	Buchanan 41' Tidser 60' McHugh 77'		Gardyne 48' Cowie 58' 75' Vigurs 73'	Attendance: 1,994 Referee: Greg Aitken

1 September 2018 4	Ross County	2–0	Falkirk	Global Energy Stadium
15:00	Morris 39' Lindsay 68' McManus 90' Vigurs 90+2'		Muirhead 40' Kidd 73' Harrison 89'	Attendance: 3,564 Referee: Nick Walsh

15 September 2018 5	Queen of the South	0–0	Ross County	Palmerston Park
15:00	Jacobs 6'		Vigurs 54'	Attendance: 1,509 Referee: Steven Maclean

22 September 2018 6	Ross County	0–0	Inverness Caledonian Thistle	Global Energy Stadium
15:00	Kelly 72'		Donaldson 89'	Attendance: 6,402 Referee: Willie Collum

29 September 2018 7	Dundee United	1–5	Ross County	Tannadice Park
15:00	Safranko 17' Curran 37' Murdoch 59'		McKay 11', 29', 51' Morris 20' Watson 34' Kelly 42' Mullin 50'	Attendance: 4,446 Referee: John Beaton

6 October 2018 8	Partick Thistle	0–2	Ross County	Firhill Park
15:00	Bannigan 8' Keown 38' Elliott 55' Erskine 56'		Mullin 14' McKay 56' Draper 90+1'	Attendance: 2,784 Referee: Nick Walsh

For upcoming Scottish Premiership fixtures, see the official Ross County F.C. website

Scottish League Cup

Matches

14 July 2018^[5] Group A^[5]	Ross County	2–0	Elgin City	Global Energy Stadium
15:00	McManus 61' Mullin 82' Morris 88'	Report	Miller 54' McLeish 73'	Attendance: 1,270 Referee: Alan Newlands

17 July 2018 Group A^[5]	Ross County	1–0	Dundee United	Global Energy Stadium
19:45	Draper 32' Lindsay 85'	Sky Report United Report	Stanton 22' Smith 26'	Attendance: 1,532 Referee: Willie Collum

25 July 2018 Group A^[5]	Arbroath	4–1	Ross County	Gayfield Park
19:45	McKenna 6' 43', 59' Hamilton 72' Hester 83'	P&J Report	Mckay 23' Dingwall , 57' Vigurs 69' Draper 81'	Attendance: 496 Referee: Steven Kirkland

28 July 2018 Group A^[5]	Alloa Athletic	0–2	Ross County	Recreation Park
15:00	Karadachki 54' Trouten 54'	Report	McManus 50' Morris 59' Dow 81' Paton 90+2'	Attendance: 431 Referee: Ryan Lee

18 August 2018 Second Round	Hibernian	3–2	Ross County	Easter Road
15:00 BST	Gray 15' Mallan 70' Horgan 90+1' Whittaker 90+5'	Report	Vigurs 1' Gardyne 10' Draper 28' Morris 45' Mullin 64' Cowie 75'	Attendance: 7,452 Referee: Kevin Clancy

Scottish Challenge Cup

14 August 2018 First round	Heart of Midlothian Colts	1–2	Ross County	Tynecastle
19:45	Keena 44' 67' Cochrane 47'	Report	Mckay 4', 30' Dow 52' Dingwall 82'	Attendance: 344 Referee: Gavin Duncan

8 September 2018 Second round	Ross County	5–0	Raith Rovers	Victoria Park
15:00	Graham 18', 29', 40', 42' Lindsay 37'	Report	Gillespie 80'	Attendance: 790 Referee: John Beaton

13 October 2018 Third round	Ross County	v	Montrose	Victoria Park
15:00

Scottish Cup

Ross County will enter at the Fourth Round of the Scottish Cup

Squad statistics

Appearances

As of 6 October 2018

No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Total		Championship		League Cup		Scottish Cup		Challenge Cup
No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
1	GK		Scott Fox	13	0	8	0	5	0	0	0	0	0
2	DF		Marcus Fraser (c)	6	1	2	1	4	0	0	0	0	0
3	DF		Sean Kelly	13	1	6+1	1	5	0	0	0	1	0
4	DF		Liam Fontaine	9	0	6	0	2	0	0	0	1	0
5	DF		Callum Morris	15	1	8	0	4+1	1	0	0	2	0
6	MF		Ross Draper	13	0	8	0	3+1	0	0	0	1	0
7	FW		Michael Gardyne	11	2	6	1	5	1	0	0	0	0
8	MF		Jamie Lindsay	13	3	6+1	1	4+1	1	0	0	1	1
9	FW		Billy Mckay	13	7	5+2	4	3+1	1	0	0	2	2
10	FW		Declan McManus	13	2	4+3	1	4+1	1	0	0	0+1	0
11	MF		Iain Vigurs	11	0	7+1	0	3	0	0	0	0	0
12	DF		Stelios Demetriou	4	0	0	0	1+1	0	0	0	2	0
14	MF		Josh Mullin	13	5	7+1	3	3+1	2	0	0	1	0
15	DF		Keith Watson	10	1	6	1	4	0	0	0	0	0
16	MF		Dylan Dykes	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	0
17	MF		Davis Keillor-Dunn	9	0	1+4	0	0+2	0	0	0	2	0
19	FW		Brian Graham	10	4	3+4	0	0+1	0	0	0	2	4
21	GK		Ross Munro	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0
22	MF		Tony Dingwall	6	0	1+1	0	2	0	0	0	1+1	0
23	FW		Russell Dingwall	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0+1	0
26	MF		Don Cowie	7	1	4+2	1	0+1	0	0	0	0	0
27	FW		Ross Stewart	4	0	0+2	0	0	0	0	0	1+1	0
49	MF		Mark Gallagher	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0+1	0
Players who left the club on loan during the season
18	FW		Ryan Dow	7	0	0+2	0	2+2	0	0	0	1	0
20	FW		Greg Morrison	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0+1	0
24	MF		Harry Paton	2	1	0	0	0+1	1	0	0	1	0

Team statistics

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion, qualification or relegation
1	Ayr United	8	6	1	1	18	9	+9	19	Promotion to the Scottish Premiership
2	Ross County	8	5	2	1	14	4	+10	17	Qualification for the Premiership play-off semi-finals
3	Inverness Caledonian Thistle	8	3	5	0	10	5	+5	14	Qualification for the Premiership play-off quarter-finals
4	Dundee United	9	4	2	3	14	15	−1	14	Qualification for the Premiership play-off quarter-finals
5	Dunfermline Athletic	8	3	2	3	9	13	−4	11

Updated to match(es) played on 13 October 2018. Source:
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored; 4) Points in head-to-head matches; 5) Goal difference in hth matches; 6). Goals scored in hth matches; 7). Play-off (only for deciding promotion, play-off participation and relegation).^[6]

League Cup table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	PW	PL	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification	ROS	ARB	ALO	DUN	ELG
1	Ross County (Q)	4	3	0	0	1	6	4	+2	9	Qualification for the Second Round	—	—	—	1–0	2–0
2	Arbroath (X)	4	2	1	0	1	9	6	+3	8	Possible Second Round	4–1	—	—	—	2–0
3	Alloa Athletic	4	2	1	0	1	8	5	+3	8		0–2	4–2	—	—	—
4	Dundee United	4	1	0	2	1	6	3	+3	5		—	1–1p	1–1p	—	—
5	Elgin City	4	0	0	0	4	0	11	−11	0		—	—	0–3	0–4	—

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; (X) Advances to best runners-up.

Transfers

In

Date	Player	From	Fee
15 May 2018	Iain Vigurs	Inverness Caledonian Thistle	Free^[9]
28 May 2018	Josh Mullin	Livingston	Free^[10]
4 June 2018	Jamie Lindsay	Celtic	Undisclosed^[11]
6 June 2018	Declan McManus	Dunfermline Athletic	Free^[12]
21 June 2018	Harry Paton	Heart of Midlothian	Free^[13]
21 June 2018	Callum Morris	Dunfermline Athletic	Free^[14]
21 June 2018	Keith Watson	St. Johnstone	Free^[14]
25 June 2018	Stelios Demetriou	St Mirren	Free^[15]
2 August 2018	Brian Graham	Cheltenham Town	Free^[16]
10 August 2018	Ross Stewart	St Mirren	undisclosed^[17]
13 August 2018	Don Cowie	Hearts of Midlothian	Free^[18]

Out

Date	Player	To	Fee
1 June 2018	Craig Curran	Dundee United	Free^[19]
12 June 2018	Jason Naismith	Peterborough United	Undisclosed^[20]
14 June 2018	Thomas Mikkelsen	Breiðablik	Free^[21]^[22]
15 June 2018	Christopher Routis	Servette	Free^[23]^[24]
16 June 2018	Max Ashmore	Stranraer	Free^[21]^[25]
25 June 2018	Andrew Davies	Hartlepool	Free
27 June 2018	Blair Malcolm	Cowdenbeath	Free^[21]^[26]
1 July 2018	Sam Morrison	Buckie Thistle	Free^[21]
9 July 2018	Kyle Johnson	Stenhousemuir	Free^[21]^[27]
10 July 2018	Alex Schalk	Servette	Free^[28]
17 July 2018	Reghan Tumilty	Greenock Morton	Free^[21]^[29]
20 July 2018	Mark Foden	Gateshead	Free^[21]^[30]
3 August 2018	Tim Chow	Spartak Subotica	Free^[21]^[31]
10 August 2018	David Ngog	Budapest Honvéd	Free
23 August 2018	Greg Morrison	Elgin City	Loan
31 August 2018	Aaron McCarey	Warrenpoint Town	Free^[21]^[32]
11 September 2018	Harry Paton	Stenhousemuir	Loan
13 September 2018	Jim O’Brien	Bradford City	Free^[33]
14 September 2018	Ryan Dow	Peterhead	Loan^[34]

Notes and references

↑ "Gregg Main testimonial". Ross County FC twitter. Retrieved 19 June 2018.
1 2 3 "Pre-Season". Ross County FC twitter. Retrieved 19 June 2018.
1 2 "PRE-SEASON CAMP". Ross County FC. Retrieved 4 June 2018.
↑ "PRE-SEASON". Ross County FC. Retrieved 26 June 2018.
1 2 3 4 5 "Betfred Cup group stage fixtures". spfl.co.uk.
↑ "Championship 2017/2018 - Season rules". Scoresway. Retrieved 22 April 2017.
↑ "Tables". SPFL. Retrieved 15 June 2017.
↑ "Format". SPFL. Retrieved 15 June 2017.
↑ "Hearts sign Jake Mulraney, Angus Beith goes to Inverness, Iain Vigurs to Ross County". BBC Sport. 15 May 2018. Retrieved 20 May 2018.
↑ Durent, Jamie (28 May 2018). "Ross County add Livingston midfielder Josh Mullin". The Press & Journal. Retrieved 28 May 2018.
↑ "Jamie Lindsay signs on a permanent deal with the Staggies". Ross County F.C. 4 June 2018. Retrieved 4 June 2018.
↑ "Declan McManus signs for the Staggies". Ross County FC. 6 June 2018. Retrieved 6 June 2018.
↑ "Kettlewell impressed by Paton potential". Ross-shire Journal. 21 June 2018. Retrieved 22 June 2018.
1 2 "Two defenders in the door at County". Ross-shire Journal. 21 June 2018. Retrieved 22 June 2018.
↑ "Ross County: Andrew Davies terminates contract, Stelios Demetriou arrives". Ross-shire Journal. 25 June 2018.
↑ "Ross County: Brian Graham returns for second spell". BBC Sport. BBC. 2 August 2018. Retrieved 3 August 2018.
↑ "Ross County confirm signing of St Mirren striker Ross Stewart". Press and Journal. 10 August 2018. Retrieved 10 August 2018.
↑ "Don Cowie: Ross County sign midfielder from Hearts". BBC Sport. 13 August 2018. Retrieved 13 August 2018.
↑ "Dundee United: Craig Curran and Fraser Aird join club's promotion push". BBC. 1 June 2018. Retrieved 1 June 2018.
↑ "Jason Naismith: Peterborough United sign defender from Ross County". BBC Sport. 12 June 2018. Retrieved 12 June 2018.
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 "Starting from scratch as Ross County rebuild begins". Press & Journal. 16 May 2018. Retrieved 20 May 2018.
↑ "Islandsk tophold snupper Mikkelsen". 14 June 2018. Retrieved 14 June 2018.
↑ "Michael Gardyne & Ross Draper sign on for the season". Ross County FC. 21 May 2018. Retrieved 21 May 2018.
↑ "Le Servette FC annonce l'arrivée de Christopher Routis au club". Servette FC. 29 June 2018. Retrieved 29 June 2018.
↑ https://twitter.com/StranraerFC/status/1007948387893895169
↑ "Blair and Bryan back to the Blue Brazil". Cowdenbeath FC. 26 June 2018. Retrieved 30 June 2018.
↑ "Welcome our latest signing". Jamie Swinney. Stenhousemuir FC. 9 July 2018. Retrieved 17 July 2018.
↑ "Alex Schalk". BN Destem. 10 July 2018. Retrieved 10 July 2018.
↑ "Morton secure defender Reghan Tumilty on one-year deal". Greenock Telegraph. 17 July 2018.
↑ "Foden signs for Gateshead". hartlepool mail. 20 July 2018. Retrieved 20 July 2018.
↑ Spartak dovodi Engleza Čaua i Ukrajinca Kuliniča ("Spartak brings Englishman Chaw and Ukrainian Kulynych") at Sportski žurnal, 3-8-2018 (in Serbian)
↑ "Warrenpoint Town bring in keeper Aaron McCarey from Ross County". BBC. 3 September 2018. Retrieved 3 September 2018.
↑ "Jim O'Brien: Bradford City sign former Barnsley and Coventry midfielder". BBC Sport. 13 September 2018. Retrieved 14 September 2018.
↑ "Peterhead confirm loan signing of Ross County forward Ryan Dow". Press and Journal. 14 September 2018. Retrieved 14 September 2018.

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[1] "Gregg Main testimonial". Ross County FC twitter. Retrieved 19 June 2018.

[Pre-season_2-2] 1 2 3 "Pre-Season". Ross County FC twitter. Retrieved 19 June 2018.

[Pre-season-3] 1 2 "PRE-SEASON CAMP". Ross County FC. Retrieved 4 June 2018.

[4] "PRE-SEASON". Ross County FC. Retrieved 26 June 2018.

[spfl.co.uk-5] 1 2 3 4 5 "Betfred Cup group stage fixtures". spfl.co.uk.

[6] "Championship 2017/2018 - Season rules". Scoresway. Retrieved 22 April 2017.

[7] "Tables". SPFL. Retrieved 15 June 2017.

[8] "Format". SPFL. Retrieved 15 June 2017.

[9] "Hearts sign Jake Mulraney, Angus Beith goes to Inverness, Iain Vigurs to Ross County". BBC Sport. 15 May 2018. Retrieved 20 May 2018.

[10] Durent, Jamie (28 May 2018). "Ross County add Livingston midfielder Josh Mullin". The Press & Journal. Retrieved 28 May 2018.

[11] "Jamie Lindsay signs on a permanent deal with the Staggies". Ross County F.C. 4 June 2018. Retrieved 4 June 2018.

[12] "Declan McManus signs for the Staggies". Ross County FC. 6 June 2018. Retrieved 6 June 2018.

[13] "Kettlewell impressed by Paton potential". Ross-shire Journal. 21 June 2018. Retrieved 22 June 2018.

[double_signing-14] 1 2 "Two defenders in the door at County". Ross-shire Journal. 21 June 2018. Retrieved 22 June 2018.

[Davies_Demetriou-15] "Ross County: Andrew Davies terminates contract, Stelios Demetriou arrives". Ross-shire Journal. 25 June 2018.

[16] "Ross County: Brian Graham returns for second spell". BBC Sport. BBC. 2 August 2018. Retrieved 3 August 2018.

[17] "Ross County confirm signing of St Mirren striker Ross Stewart". Press and Journal. 10 August 2018. Retrieved 10 August 2018.

[18] "Don Cowie: Ross County sign midfielder from Hearts". BBC Sport. 13 August 2018. Retrieved 13 August 2018.

[Craig_Curran_joins_Dundee_United-19] "Dundee United: Craig Curran and Fraser Aird join club's promotion push". BBC. 1 June 2018. Retrieved 1 June 2018.

[20] "Jason Naismith: Peterborough United sign defender from Ross County". BBC Sport. 12 June 2018. Retrieved 12 June 2018.

[County_released-21] 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 "Starting from scratch as Ross County rebuild begins". Press & Journal. 16 May 2018. Retrieved 20 May 2018.

[22] "Islandsk tophold snupper Mikkelsen". 14 June 2018. Retrieved 14 June 2018.

[Routis_Released-23] "Michael Gardyne & Ross Draper sign on for the season". Ross County FC. 21 May 2018. Retrieved 21 May 2018.

[24] "Le Servette FC annonce l'arrivée de Christopher Routis au club". Servette FC. 29 June 2018. Retrieved 29 June 2018.

[25] ttps://twitter.com/StranraerFC/status/1007948387893895169

[26] "Blair and Bryan back to the Blue Brazil". Cowdenbeath FC. 26 June 2018. Retrieved 30 June 2018.

[27] "Welcome our latest signing". Jamie Swinney. Stenhousemuir FC. 9 July 2018. Retrieved 17 July 2018.

[28] "Alex Schalk". BN Destem. 10 July 2018. Retrieved 10 July 2018.

[29] "Morton secure defender Reghan Tumilty on one-year deal". Greenock Telegraph. 17 July 2018.

[30] "Foden signs for Gateshead". hartlepool mail. 20 July 2018. Retrieved 20 July 2018.

[31] Spartak dovodi Engleza Čaua i Ukrajinca Kuliniča ("Spartak brings Englishman Chaw and Ukrainian Kulynych") at Sportski žurnal, 3-8-2018 (in Serbian)

[32] "Warrenpoint Town bring in keeper Aaron McCarey from Ross County". BBC. 3 September 2018. Retrieved 3 September 2018.

[33] "Jim O'Brien: Bradford City sign former Barnsley and Coventry midfielder". BBC Sport. 13 September 2018. Retrieved 14 September 2018.

[34] "Peterhead confirm loan signing of Ross County forward Ryan Dow". Press and Journal. 14 September 2018. Retrieved 14 September 2018.

Ross County Football Club
Players Managers Records Notable matches Honours Seasons
History	2006-07 2007-08 2008–09 2009–10 2010–11 2011–12 2012–13 2013–14 2014–15 2015–16 2016–17 2017–18
Home stadium	Victoria Park
Rivalries	Highland derby

2018–19 in Scottish football
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Domestic leagues	SPFL Premiership Championship League One League Two Highland Lowland East of Scotland South of Scotland North Caledonian SJFA West Premiership SJFA East Super League SJFA North Superleague SPFL Reserve League Women's Premier League SWPL 1 SWPL 2 Scottish Women's Football League North South
Domestic cups	Scottish Cup League Cup Group stage Challenge Cup South Region Challenge Cup Junior Cup Youth Cup Women's Cup
European competitions	Champions League Europa League Youth League
Related to national team	Results Men's Women's 2018–19 UEFA Nations League C 2019 FIFA Women's World Cup qualification – UEFA Group 2
Transfers	Summer 2018 Winter 2018–19
Club seasons
Premiership	Aberdeen Celtic Dundee Hamilton Academical Heart of Midlothian Hibernian Kilmarnock Livingston Motherwell Rangers St Johnstone St Mirren
Championship	Alloa Athletic Ayr United Dundee United Dunfermline Athletic Falkirk Greenock Morton Inverness Caledonian Thistle Partick Thistle Queen of the South Ross County
League One	Airdrieonians Arbroath Brechin City Dumbarton East Fife Forfar Athletic Montrose Raith Rovers Stranraer Stenhousemuir
League Two	Albion Rovers Annan Athletic Berwick Rangers Clyde Cowdenbeath Edinburgh City Elgin City Peterhead Queen's Park Stirling Albion