2017–18 Ross County F.C. season

Ross County

2017–18 season

Chairman

Roy MacGregor

Manager

Jim McIntyre

Ground

Victoria Park
Dingwall, Ross-shire
(Capacity: 6,541)

Top goalscorer

League:
All: Curran (3)

Highest home attendance

2,065 vs Hibernian
League Cup
21 July 2017

Lowest home attendance

1,108 vs Alloa Athletic
League Cup
15 July 2017

← 2016–17

The 2017–18 season will be the club's 5th season in the Scottish Premiership and their sixth 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

1 July 2017^[1] Friendly	Elgin City	0–1	Ross County	Borough Briggs
15:00		Report	Herron 72'

6 July 2017 Friendly	Valenciennes	2–1	Ross County	Pinatar Arena, Spain
19:00	Mothiba 38' Ndao 65'	Report	Schalk 35'

Scottish Premiership

5 August 2017 1	Dundee	1–2	Ross County	Dens 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 2	Ross County	v	Aberdeen	Global Energy Stadium
15:00 BST

Scottish League Cup

Matches

15 July 2017^[2] Group D^[2]	Ross County	2–0	Alloa	Global Energy Stadium
15:00	Fraser 40' Curran 69'	BBC Report		Attendance: 1,108 Referee: John McKendrick

18 July 2017 Group D^[2]	Montrose	0–6	Ross County	Links Park
19:45	Hay 81' Watson 90'	BBC Report	Mikkelsen 15', 54' Dillon 31' (o.g.) Curran 27' (pen.), 45' Schalk 58'	Attendance: 421 Referee: Alan Newlands

21 July 2017 Group D^[2]	Ross County	0–0 (4–3 p)	Hibernian	Global Energy Stadium
19:45		BBC Report SPFL Report		Attendance: 2,065 Referee: Steven McLean
		Penalties
	Routis O'Brien Schalk Fraser Gardyne		Whittaker McGinn Boyle Murray Shaw

29 July 2017 Group D^[2]	Arbroath	0–0 (4–5 p)	Ross County	Gayfield Park
15:00		BBC Report SPFL Report		Attendance: 702 Referee: Steven Kirkland
		Penalties
	Henry Linn McCord Yule Little Gold		Fraser Routis Schalk Kelly Mikkelsen Chow

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 (X)	4	2	2	0	0	8	0	+8	10	Possible Second Round	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: ^[3]
Rules for classification: 1) goal difference, 2) goals scored, 3) away goals scored, 4) matches won, 5) away matches won, 6) drawing of lots.^[4]
(Q) Qualified to the phase indicated; (X) Advances to Best runners-up.

Knockout stage

9 August 2017 Second Round	Ross County	v	Motherwell	Global Energy Stadium
19:45 BST

Scottish Cup

Ross County will enter in the Fourth Round

Squad statistics

Appearances

As of 5 August 2017

No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Total		Premiership		League Cup		Scottish Cup
No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
1	GK		Scott Fox	4	0	1	0	3	0	0	0
2	DF		Marcus Fraser	5	1	1	0	3+1	1	0	0
3	DF		Jason Naismith	5	0	1	0	4	0	0	0
4	DF		Christopher Routis	5	1	1	1	0+4	0	0	0
6	DF		Sean Kelly	5	0	1	0	4	0	0	0
7	FW		Michael Gardyne	5	0	1	0	4	0	0	0
8	MF		Tim Chow	5	0	1	0	4	0	0	0
9	FW		Ryan Dow	5	0	1	0	4	0	0	0
10	FW		Alex Schalk	5	1	1	0	3+1	1	0	0
11	FW		Craig Curran	4	3	0	0	4	3	0	0
15	DF		Andrew Davies	5	0	1	0	4	0	0	0
16	DF		Dylan Dykes	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
18	MF		Jamie Lindsay	5	1	1	1	3+1	0	0	0
19	FW		Thomas Mikkelsen	5	2	0+1	0	1+3	2	0	0
25	MF		Jim O'Brien	2	0	0	0	1+1	0	0	0
28	DF		Kenny van der Weg	2	0	0+1	0	1	0	0	0
31	GK		Aaron McCarey	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0
40	DF		Davis Keillor-Dunn	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
42	DF		Reghan Tumilty	1	0	0+1	0	0	0	0	0
43	FW		Greg Morrison	1	0	0	0	0+1	0	0	0
44	FW		Russell Dingwall	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
45	MF		Blair Malcolm	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	MF		Martin Woods	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	MF		Tony Dingwall	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

Team statistics

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
5	Hamilton Academical	2	1	1	3	2	+1	3
6	Rangers	2	1	1	4	4	0	3
7	Ross County	2	1	1	3	3	0	3
8	Heart of Midlothian	2	1	1	2	4	−2	3
9	Kilmarnock	2	0	2	1	3	−2	0

Updated to match(es) played on 12 August 2017. 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).^[5]
Notes:

↑ Teams play each other three times (33 matches), before the league is split into two groups (the top six and the bottom six).

Results by opponent

Ross County score first

Team	Results				Points
Team	1	2	3	4	Points
Aberdeen					0
Celtic					0
Dundee	2-1				3
Hamilton Academical					0
Heart of Midlothian					0
Hibernian					0
Kilmarnock					0
Motherwell					0
Partick Thistle					0
Rangers					0
St. Johnstone					0

Source: 2017–18 Scottish Premier League Results Table

Transfers

In

Date	Player	From	Fee
11 June 2017	Sean Kelly	AFC Wimbledon	Free^[6]
3 July 2017	Jamie Lindsay	Celtic	Loan^[7]
4 July 2017	Thomas Mikkelsen	Odense Boldklub	Undisclosed^[8]
20 July 2017	Jim O'Brien	Shrewsbury Town	Free^[9]
25 July 2017	Billy Mckay	Wigan Athletic	Free^[10]

Out

Date	Player	To	Fee
31 May 2017	Paul Quinn		Released^[11]
31 May 2017	Jonathan Franks		Released^[11]
31 May 2017	Oscar Gobern		Released^[11]
20 June 2017	Liam Boyce	Burton Albion	Undisclosed^[12]
13 July 2017	Ian McShane	St Mirren	Free^[13]
18 July 2017	Chris Burke	Kilmarnock	Free^[14]
27 July 2017	Jay McEveley	Tranmere Rovers	Free

Notes and references

↑ "Pre-Season Friendly". Ross County FC twitter. Retrieved 22 June 2017.
1 2 3 4 5 "Betfred Cup 2017/2018 Fixtures". spfl.co.uk.
↑ "Tables". SPFL. Retrieved 15 June 2017.
↑ "Format". SPFL. Retrieved 15 June 2017.
↑ "Premiership 2017/2018 - Season rules". Scoresway. Retrieved 1 June 2017.
↑ "Ross County sign Sean Kelly after AFC Wimbledon exit for defender". BBC Sport. 11 June 2017. Retrieved 22 June 2017.
↑ "Ross County bring in Lindsay on loan". SPFL. 3 July 2017. Retrieved 7 July 2017.
↑ "Thomas Mikkelsen joins Ross County from Odense after Dundee United loan". BBC Sport. 4 July 2017. Retrieved 4 July 2017.
↑ "Ross County: Jim O'Brien makes move permanent following loan spell". BBC Sport. 20 July 2017. Retrieved 20 July 2017.
↑ "Billy Mckay: Northern Ireland striker leaves Wigan for Ross County". BBC Sport. 25 July 2017. Retrieved 29 July 2017.
1 2 3 "Club captain Paul Quinn one of several Ross County departures". BBC Sport. 22 May 2017. Retrieved 22 June 2017.
↑ "Liam Boyce: Burton sign Ross County striker in club-record deal". BBC Sport. 20 June 2017. Retrieved 22 June 2017.
↑ "St Mirren sign Ian McShane after midfielder leaves Ross County". BBC Sport. 13 July 2017. Retrieved 15 July 2017.
↑ "Kilmarnock: Chris Burke joins Rugby Park side on one-year deal". BBC Sport. 18 July 2017. Retrieved 20 July 2017.

Ross County Football Club
Players Managers Records Notable matches Honours Current season
History	Seasons 1975-76 1976-77 1977-78 1978-79 1979-80 1980-81 1981-82 1982-83 1983-84 1984-85 1985-86 1986-87 1987-88 1988-89 1989-90 1990-91 1991-92 1992-93 1993-94 1994-95 1995-96 1996-97 1997-98 1998-99 1999–00 2000-01 2001-02 2002–03 2003-04 2004-05 2005–06 2006-07 2007-08 2008–09 2009–10 2010–11 2011–12 2012–13 2013–14 2014–15 2015–16 2016–17
Home stadium	Victoria Park
Rivalries	Highland derby

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