2019–20 Ross County F.C. season

The 2019–20 season will be the club's 1st season back in the Scottish Premiership, the top flight of Scottish football, after being promoted as Champions from the Scottish Championship.[1] Ross County will also competed in the League Cup and the Scottish Cup.

Ross County
2019–20 season
ChairmanRoy MacGregor
ManagerSteven Ferguson and
Stuart Kettlewell
GroundVictoria Park
Dingwall, Ross-shire
(Capacity: 6,541)
Scottish Premiership10th
Scottish League CupSecond Round
Scottish CupFourth Round
Top goalscorerLeague: Ross Stewart, Billy McKay (7)
All: Ross Stewart, Billy McKay (11)
Highest home attendance6,575 vs Rangers
(League)
Lowest home attendance3,301 vs Livingston
(League)

Results & fixtures

  Win   Draw   Loss   Postponed

Pre-season
29 June 2019 FriendlyNairn County0–3Ross CountyStation Park, Nairn
15:00 Stewart
Mckay
MacBeath
29 June 2019 FriendlyForres Mechanics0–11Ross CountyMosset Park, Forres
15:00 Watson
McManus
Paton
Murray
Graham
Armstrong
5 July 2019 Friendly Groningen2–0Ross CountyAssen, Netherlands
19:00 Postema  12'
Sierhuis  70'
7 July 2019 Friendly GFA Deventer City1–3Ross CountyDoorwerth, Netherlands
19:00 Watson
Graham
Stewart
27 July 2019 FriendlyRoss County2–0 Carlisle UnitedVictoria Park
15:00 Power  52'
Vigurs  73'		 Attendance: 735
Referee: Steven McLean

Scottish Premiership
Main article: 2019–20 Scottish Premiership
3 August 2019 1Ross County3–0Hamilton AcademicalDingwall
15:00 Chalmers  30'
Mckay  36'
Stewart  57'		 Report McKenna  1'
MacKinnon  51'
Oakley  71'		 Stadium: Victoria Park
Attendance: 4,071
Referee: Alan Newlands
10 August 2019 2Heart of Midlothian0–0Ross CountyEdinburgh
15:00 Report Morris  45'
Kelly  73'
Spittal  87'		 Stadium: Tynecastle
Attendance: 15,652
Referee: Alan Muir
24 August 2019 3Ross County1–4LivingstonDingwall
15:00 Stewart  44' Report Guthrie  3'
Lawless  14'
Dykes  26'
Stobbs  52'		 Stadium: Global Energy Stadium
Attendance: 4,237
Referee: John Beaton
31 August 2019 4Aberdeen3–0Ross CountyAberdeen
15:00 Leigh  34'
Cosgrove  37' (pen)
Hedges  50'
Ojo  51'
Considine  73'		 Report Stewart  27' Stadium: Pittodrie Stadium
Attendance: 13,006
Referee: Nick Walsh
14 September 2019 5Ross County2–1St MirrenDingwall
15:00 Stewart  62'
Fraser  90+2'		 Report Andreu  72' Stadium: Victoria Park
Attendance: 3,637
Referee: Colin Steven
21 September 2019 6Motherwell1–2Ross CountyMotherwell
15:00 Gallagher  58'
Campbell  61'
Carroll  78'  80'		 Report Graham  75'
Gardyne  84'
Stewart  88'
Spittal  90+4'		 Stadium: Fir Park
Attendance: 4,620
Referee: Alan Muir
28 September 2019 7Kilmarnock0–0Ross CountyKilmarnock
15:00 Report Gardyne  40'
Fraser  82'		 Stadium: Fir Park
Attendance: 4,906
Referee: Alan Newlands
5 October 2019 8Ross County2–2St JohnstoneDingwall
15:00 Chalmers  10'
Spittal  68'		 Report May  24'
Kennedy  51'		 Stadium: Victoria Park
Attendance: 4,124
Referee: Euan Anderson
19 October 2019 9Celtic6–0Ross CountyGlasgow
Elyounoussi  4', 72'
Édouard  46'
McGregor  49'
Fontaine  50' (o.g.)
Forrest  55'		 Report Stadium: Celtic Park
Attendance: 58,560
Referee: Don Robertson
26 October 2019 10Hibernian2–2Ross CountyEdinburgh
Horgan  50'
Allan  56'		 Report Graham  72'
Chalmers  90'		 Stadium: Easter Road
Attendance: 15,452
Referee: Steven Maclean
30 October 2019 11Ross County0−4RangersDingwall
19:45 Stewart  59' Report Morelos  20', 71'
Jack  29', 37'		 Stadium: Global Energy Stadium
Attendance: 6,575
Referee: Bobby Madden
2 November 2019 12Hamilton Academical2–2Ross CountyHamilton
15:00 Smith  52'
Oakley  64'
Martin  90+3'		 Report McKay  1'
Graham  88'		 Stadium: New Douglas Park
Attendance: 1,268
Referee: Colin Steven
9 November 2019 13Ross County1–3AberdeenAberdeen
15:00 GMT Mullin  5' (pen.)
Morris  22'
Fontaine  84'		 Report McGinn  10'
Hedges  52'
Ferguson  64'
Considine  70'		 Stadium: Global Energy Stadium
Attendance: 6,510
Referee: Alan Newlands
23 November 2019 14St Mirren2–1Ross CountyPaisley
15:00 McLoughlin  43'
Foley  88'		 Graham  24' Stadium: St Mirren Park
Attendance: 4,708
Referee: Euan Anderson
1 December 2019 15Ross County1–4CelticDingwall
Stewart  24' Report Christie  11', 38'
Rogic  67'
Johnston  73'		 Stadium: Victoria Park
Attendance: 6,512
Referee: Nick Walsh
4 December 2019 16Ross County2–1HibernianDingwall
Stewart  65', 75' Report Doidge  34' Stadium: Victoria Park
Attendance: 4,196
Referee: David Munro
14 December 2019 17Ross County1–0KilmarnockDingwall
Erwin  90+2' Report Stadium: Victoria Park
Attendance: 3,688
Referee: Alan Muir
21 December 2019 18Livingston4 − 0Ross CountyAlmondvale Stadium
15:00 Lamie  31'
Dykes  41', 50', 73'
Sibbald  60'		 Report Attendance: 1,201
Referee: Colin Steven
26 December 2019 19Ross County1 – 2MotherwellDingwall
15:00 GMT (UTC) Spittal  24'
Spence  48'  62'
Foster  71'
Fontaine  90+4'
Graham  90+5'		 Report Gallagher  49'  90+2'
Maciver  81'
Hartley  90+4'
Polworth  90+5'		 Stadium: Victoria Park
Attendance: 4,181
Referee: Greg Aitken
29 December 2019 20St Johnstone1 − 1Ross CountyMcDiarmid Park
15:00 Hendry  84' Report Vigurs  72'
Graham  68'  90+3'		 Attendance: 2,658
Referee: Bobby Madden
22 January 2020 21Ross County0 – 0Heart of MidlothianDingwall
19:45 Vigurs  81' Report Souttar  90+2' Stadium: Victoria Park
Attendance: 4,301
Referee: Gavin Duncan
25 January 2020 22Celtic3 – 0Ross CountyGlasgow
McGregor  37' (pen.)
Bauer  51'
Édouard  65',  68'		 Report Stadium: Celtic Park
Attendance: 58,785
Referee: Kevin Clancy
29 January 2020 23Rangers2−0Ross CountyGlasgow
19:45 Defoe  41'
Arfield  47'
Goldson  52'
Polster  67'		 Report Mullin  45'
Spence  74'
Kelly  76'
Fraser  86'		 Stadium: Ibrox Stadium
Attendance: 47,583
Referee: Don Robertson
1 February 2020 24Kilmarnock3–1Ross CountyKilmarnock
15:00 Brophy  54', 57'
Kabamba  82'		 Report Vigurs  25' Stadium: Fir Park
Attendance: 4,733
Referee: Willie Collum
5 February 2020 25Ross County2–0LivingstonDingwall
19:45 McKay  2', 59' Report Stadium: Global Energy Stadium
Attendance: 3,301
Referee: Nick Walsh
12 February 2020 26Hibernian3–0Ross CountyEdinburgh
19:45 McNulty  7'
Doidge  41'
Jackson  84'		 Report Stadium: Easter Road
Attendance: 14,486
Referee: Steven McLean
15 February 2020 27Ross County1–1St JohnstoneDingwall
15:00 McKay  90+4' Report May  33' Stadium: Victoria Park
Attendance: 3,569
Referee: Colin Dteven
22 February 2020 28Aberdeen1–2Ross CountyAberdeen
15:00 Main  28'
Campbell  18'  32'		 Report McKay  43', 88' Stadium: Pittodrie Stadium
Attendance: 14,860
Referee: Gavin Duncan
4 March 2020 29Motherwell4 – 1Ross CountyMotherwell
19:45 O'Hara  17'
Aarons  20'
Campbell  25', 75'
Tait  65'
Watt  90+3'		 Report Fontaine  3'
Morris  16'
Vigurs  64'
Stewart  80'		 Stadium: Fir Park
Attendance: 3,191
Referee: Alan Muir
8 March 2020 30Ross County0−1RangersDingwall
12:00 Fontaine  12'
Stewart  56'
Spittal  90+1'
Morris  90+5'		 Report Kent  77' Stadium: Global Energy Stadium
Attendance: 6,400
Referee: Andrew Dallas

Scottish League Cup
Main article: 2019–20 Scottish League Cup
13 July 2019 Ross County4–1MontroseDingwall
15:00 Mullin  7'
Stewart  13', 46'
Mckay  85'		 Lyons  18'
Allan  51'		 Stadium: Victoria Park
Attendance: 1,159
Referee: Chris Fordyce
16 July 2019 Brechin City0–4Ross CountyBrechin
19:45 Stewart  33', 44'
Mckay  49'
Spittal  75'		 Stadium: Glebe Park
Attendance: 272
Referee: Alan Newlands
21 July 2019 St Johnstone1–2Ross CountyPerth
15:00 Tanser  8' (pen.)
Craig  73'		 Mckay  30', 45+1'
Vigurs  63'		 Stadium: McDiarmid Park
Attendance: 1,648
Referee: Bobby Madden
24 July 2019 Ross County2–0Forfar AthleticDingwall
19:45 Graham  15', 76' [2] Bain  66' Stadium: Victoria Park
Attendance: 1,002
Referee: Willie Collum
17 August 2019 Partick Thistle3–2 (a.e.t.)Ross CountyGlasgow
15:00
[3]
Stadium: Firhill Stadium
Attendance: 2,053
Referee: Steven McLean

Scottish Cup
Main article: 2019–20 Scottish Cup
18 January 2020 Ayr United1–0Ross CountyAyr
15:00 Bell  37' Report Stadium: Somerset Park
Attendance: 1,538
Referee: Andrew Dallas

Squad statistics

Appearances

As of 8 March 2020

No. Pos Nat Player TotalPremiershipScottish CupLeague Cup
AppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
1 GK Ross Laidlaw 2201700050
2 DF Marcus Fraser 31125+11004+10
3 DF Sean Kelly 2301801040
4 DF Liam Fontaine 2712211040
5 DF Callum Morris 1901700020
6 MF Ross Draper 1208+300010
7 FW Michael Gardyne 17013+10002+10
8 FW Lee Erwin 19111+61100+10
9 FW Billy Mckay 331122+570+104+14
11 MF Iain Vigurs 222162103+20
12 DF Tom Grivosti 805+100020
14 MF Josh Mullin 32221+61103+11
15 DF Keith Watson 20014+30002+10
16 MF Lewis Spence 15010+500000
18 DF Richard Foster 21019+101000
19 FW Oli Shaw 702+500000
20 MF Blair Spittal 26410+102104+12
21 GK Nathan Baxter 1401301000
22 MF Jordan Tillson 805+201000
23 MF Joe Chalmers 1936+83004+10
24 MF Harry Paton 23111+80102+11
25 DF Coll Donaldson 80701000
26 MF Don Cowie 907+200000
27 FW Ross Stewart 261119+27004+14
38 DF Ruari Fraser 00000000
41 GK Tommy Dixon-Hodge 00000000
43 DF Josh Reid 00000000
44 FW Matthew Wright 00000000
Players who left the club during the season
8 MF Jamie Lindsay 10000010
17 MF Ewan Henderson 1006+300+1000
19 FW Brian Graham 2365+1340+102+22
22 MF Simon Power 400+10001+20
25 GK Jack Ruddy 00000000
36 MF Mark Gallagher 00000000

Goalscorers
Rank Pos. Player Premiership Scottish Cup League Cup Total
1ST Ross Stewart70411
ST Billy Mckay70411
3ST Brian Graham4026
4MF Blair Spittal2024
5MF Joe Chalmers3003
6MF Iain Vigurs2002
MF Josh Mullin1012
7DF Liam Fontaine1001
DF Marcus Fraser1001
FW Lee Erwin1001
MF Harry Paton0011
Totals2901443
Last updated: 4 March 2020

Team statistics

League table
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD PPG Qualification or relegation[lower-alpha 1]
8 Kilmarnock 30 9 6 15 31 41 −10 1.10
9 St Mirren 30 7 8 15 24 41 −17 0.97
10 Ross County 30 7 8 15 29 60 −31 0.97
11 Hamilton Academical 30 6 9 15 30 50 −20 0.90
12 Heart of Midlothian (R) 30 4 11 15 31 52 −21 0.77 Relegated to the Championship
Source: BBC SPFL
Rules for classification: 1) Points per game; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored; 4) Head-to-Head points; 5) Head-to-Head goal difference; 6) Play-off (only if deciding champion, UEFA competitions qualification, second stage group allocation or relegation).[5]
(R) Relegated.
Notes:
  1. All play-off matches were cancelled, as clubs voted to curtail the season due to the COVID-19 pandemic.[4]

Group B Table
Main article: 2019–20 Scottish League Cup § Group B
Pos Team Pld W PW PL L GF GA GD Pts Qualification ROS FOR MON STJ BRE
1 Ross County (Q) 4 4 0 0 0 12 2 +10 12 Qualification for the Second Round — 2–0 4–1 — —
2 Forfar Athletic (Q) 4 3 0 0 1 9 4 +5 9 — — — 2–1 3–0
3 Montrose 4 1 1 0 2 4 9 −5 5 — 1–4 — 1–0 —
4 St Johnstone 4 1 0 0 3 6 5 +1 3 1–2 — — — 4–0
5 Brechin City 4 0 0 1 3 1 12 −11 1 0–4 — 1–1p — —
Source: [6]
Rules for classification: 1) goal difference, 2) goals scored, 3) away goals scored, 4) matches won, 5) away matches won, 6) drawing of lots.[7]
(Q) Qualified to the phase indicated.

Transfers
Main articles: List of Scottish football transfers summer 2019 and List of Scottish football transfers winter 2019–20

See also

Notes and references
  1. "Ross County secure title and promotion". BBC Sport. Retrieved 5 May 2019.
  2. "Ross County v Forfar Athletic". www.bbc.co.uk/sport. BBC Sport. 24 July 2019. Retrieved 24 July 2019.
  3. Crawford, Kenny (17 August 2019). "Partick Thistle 3–2 Ross County (AET): Steven Saunders the hero for hosts". www.bbc.co.uk/sport. BBC Sport. Retrieved 17 August 2019.
  4. "Dundee Utd, Raith & Cove win titles and reconstruction talks start after Dundee vote". BBC Sport. 15 April 2020. Retrieved 15 April 2020.
  5. "The Rules of the Scottish Professional Football League" (PDF). SPFL. Retrieved 20 October 2019.
  6. "Summary - League Cup Group B". Soccerway. Retrieved 4 August 2019.
  7. "Format". SPFL. Retrieved 15 June 2017.
  8. "Joe Chalmers: Ross County to sign Inverness CT player". BBC Sport. 20 May 2019. Retrieved 30 May 2019.
  9. "Ross County sign goalkeeper Ross Laidlaw on pre-contract deal". Press and Journal. 30 May 2019. Retrieved 30 May 2019.
  10. Smith, Tyrone (4 June 2019). "Ross County: Blair Spittal out to 'rebuild reputation' after Partick Thistle exit". BBC Sport. Retrieved 4 June 2019.
  11. "County sign Chelsea goalkeeper on season-long loan". Press and Journal. 19 June 2019. Retrieved 19 June 2019.
  12. "In-demand Norwich City winger seals loan switch to Scottish top-flight". Eastern Daily Press. 4 July 2019. Retrieved 4 July 2019.
  13. "Ross County sign goalkeeper Jack Ruddy on a six-month deal". BBC Sport. 23 July 2019. Retrieved 23 July 2019.
  14. "Ross County sign goalkeeper Jack Ruddy on a six-month deal". BBC Sport. 23 July 2019. Retrieved 23 July 2019.
  15. "Steven Mackay sold Greg Morrison on Brora Rangers move after Ross County release". 25 May 2019. Retrieved 1 June 2019.
  16. "Callum Semple leaves Ross County". Press and Journal. 24 June 2019. Retrieved 24 June 2019.
  17. "Scott Fox: Goalkeeper leaves Ross County after talks breakdown". BBC Sport. 17 May 2019. Retrieved 30 May 2019.
  18. "Declan joins McKinnon's Bairns on Loan". Ross County FC. 16 July 2019. Retrieved 16 July 2019.
  19. Skinner, Andy (24 July 2019). "Lindsay leaves County to join Rotherham". Press & Journal. Retrieved 24 July 2019.
  20. "Keny van der Weg: Defender leaves Ross County to return to Holland". BBC Sport. 16 August 2019. Retrieved 18 August 2019.
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