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2015–16 Ross County F.C. season

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Ross County
2015–16 season
ChairmanRoy MacGregor
ManagerJim McIntyre
StadiumVictoria Park
PremiershipSixth place
League CupWinners
Scottish CupQuarter Final
Top goalscorerLeague: Liam Boyce (15)
All: Liam Boyce (20)
Highest home attendance6,042 vs Celtic
Scottish Premiership
8 November 2015
Lowest home attendance1,341 vs Falkirk
League Cup
22 September 2015
Average home league attendance4,287

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

On 13 March 2016, Ross County won their first ever major trophy when they beat Hibernian 2–1 in the final of the 2015–16 Scottish League Cup.[1][2]

Results and fixtures

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  Win   Draw   Loss   Postponed

Pre season / Friendlies

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8 July 2015[3] Friendly Nairn County 1–2 Ross County Nairn
19:30 Wallace 77' Report Graham 41'
Kyle MacLeod 57'
Stadium: Station Park
11 July 2015[4] Friendly Elgin City 3–5 Ross County Elgin
15:00 Brian Cameron 28', 42'
Mark Nicolson 33'
Graham 9'
Gardyne 29'
Curran 61'
De Vita 63'
Reckord 90' (pen.)
Stadium: Borough Briggs
14 July 2015[3] Friendly Hungary Soroksár SC 1–1 Ross County Budapest, Hungary
15:00 Stadium: Sporttelep Mihály Szamosi
18 July 2015[3] Friendly Hungary Szolnoki MÁV FC 2–0 Ross County Szolnok, Hungary
15:00 Stadium: Tiszaligeti Stadion
18 July 2015[5] Friendly Ross County 0–2 Netherlands NEC Nijmegen Victoria Park
15:00 Emilsson 67', 71' Referee: Don Robertson

Scottish Premiership

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1 August 2015 1 Celtic 2–0 Ross County Celtic Park
12:30 Griffiths 4' (pen.)
Johansen 35'
Report Attendance: 45,197
Referee: Collum
8 August 2015 2 Ross County 2–0 Hamilton Academical Victoria Park
15:00 Curran 10', 41' BBC Report Attendance: 3,479
Referee: Dallas
11 August 2015 3 St Johnstone 1–1 Ross County McDiarmid Park
19:45 Cummins 52' BBC Report Curran 17' Attendance: 3,065
Referee: Muir
15 August 2015 4 Ross County 1–2 Heart of Midlothian Victoria Park
15:00 Boyce 39' (pen.) BBC Report Sow 11'
Öztürk 14'
Attendance: 4,806
Referee: Madden
22 August 2015 5 Kilmarnock 0–4 Ross County Rugby Park
15:00 BBC Report Boyce 2', 29'
Franks 4'
Davies 35'
Attendance: 3,604
Referee: Robertson
29 August 2015 6 Ross County 2–1 Dundee United Victoria Park
15:00 Boyce 17' (pen.)
Davies 28'
BBC Report Dillon 61' Attendance: 4,014
Referee: Thomson
12 September 2015 7 Motherwell 1–1 Ross County Fir Park
15:00 Moult 90+1' BBC Report Gardyne 33' Attendance: 3,545
Referee: Robertson
19 September 2015 8 Ross County 1–0 Partick Thistle Victoria Park
15:00 Boyce 18' BBC Report Attendance: 3,531
Referee: Aitken
26 September 2015 9 Dundee 3–3 Ross County Dens Park
15:00 Stewart 20'
Loy 54' (pen.), 69'
BBC Report Boyce 19'
McPake 37' (o.g.)
Gardyne 43'
Davies Yellow card 53' Yellow-red card
Attendance: 5,128
Referee: Thomson
16 October 2015 11 Ross County 2–0 Aberdeen Victoria Park
15:00 Graham 36', 49' BBC Report Attendance: 5,543
Referee: Thomson
24 October 2015 12 Heart of Midlothian 2–0 Ross County Tynecastle Stadium
15:00 Paterson 15'
Augustyn Red card 48'
Sow 67'
BBC Report Attendance: 16,264
Referee: Muir
31 October 2015 13 Dundee United 1–0 Ross County Tannadice Park
15:00 McKay 81' (pen.) BBC Report Attendance: 5,549
Referee: Robertson
8 November 2015 14 Ross County 1–4 Celtic Victoria Park
Dingwall 59' BBC Report Rogić 38'
Griffiths 54', 56'
Bitton 75'
Attendance: 6,042
Referee: Clancy
21 November 2015 15 Ross County 3–0 Motherwell Victoria Park
15:00 Curran 22'
Dingwall 69'
Boyce 90+2' (pen.)
BBC Report Attendance: 3,378
Referee: Allan
28 November 2015 16 Aberdeen 3–1 Ross County Pittodrie Stadium
15:00 Rooney 51'
Hayes 53'
McGinn 80'
BBC Report Curran 14' Attendance: 10,843
Referee: Beaton
5 December 2015 17 Ross County 2–3 St Johnstone Victoria Park
15:00 Boyce 68'
Davidson 88' (Own goal)
BBC Report Wotherspoon 3', 43'
Mackay 88'
Attendance: 3,229
Referee: Clancy
12 December 2015 18 Hamilton Academical 1–3 Ross County New Douglas Park
15:00 Kurtaj 26' BBC Report Curran 58'
Murdoch 86'
Boyce 68'
Attendance: 2,120
Referee: Collum
19 December 2015 19 Partick Thistle 1–0 Ross County Firhill Stadium
15:00 Andrew Davies 52' (Own goal) BBC Report Attendance: 2,762
Referee: Dallas
26 December 2015 20 Ross County 5–2 Dundee Victoria Park
15:00 Boyce 29', 69', 85'
Gardyne 55'
Irvine 60'
BBC Report Hemmings 5', 53' Attendance: 3,687
Referee: Allan
29 December 2015 21 Ross County 3–2 Kilmarnock Victoria Park
19:45 Curran 12'
Gardyne 50', 56'
Report Obadeyi 33'
Magennis 48'
Attendance: 3,518
Referee: McLean
17 January 2016 23 Ross County 2–3 Aberdeen Victoria Park
12:15 McShane 27', 82' BBC Report Reynolds Yellow card 26' Red card
Rooney 33' (pen.)
Logan 36', 60'
Attendance: 4,107
Referee: Allan
23 January 2016 24 Motherwell 1–2 Ross County Fir Park
15:00 Pearson 87' BBC Report Irvine 20'
Graham 69'
Attendance: 3,279
Referee: Collum
10 February 2016 25 Ross County 0–3 Heart of Midlothian Victoria Park
19:45 Walker 53'
Dauda 86', 89'
Attendance: 3,391
Referee: McLean
13 February 2016 26 Celtic 2–0 Ross County Celtic Park
15:00 Sviatchenko Yellow card 40'
Griffiths 45+1'
Boyata 57'
Rogić Yellow card 87'
Report Robertson Yellow card 23'
Gardyne Yellow card 31'
Attendance: 42,550
Referee: Scotland Kevin Clancy
20 February 2016 27 Ross County 2–1 Hamilton Academical Victoria Park
15:00 Schalk 45+1'
Reckford Red card 47'
Davies Yellow card 73'
McShane 78'
Quinn Yellow card 84'
Jesús García Tena Yellow card 13'
Kurakins Yellow card 45'
Imrie 66'
Attendance: 3,059
Referee: Scotland Greg Aitken
27 February 2016 28 Ross County 0–3 Dundee United Victoria Park
15:00 Schalk Yellow card 17'
Woods Yellow card 61'
Report Paton 10'
Gunning Yellow card 17'
Donaldson Yellow card 30'
Mckay 71'
Dow 76'
Attendance: 3,564
Referee: Scotland John Beaton
1 March 2016 29 Kilmarnock 0–2 Ross County Rugby Park
19:45 Report Schalk 8'
Fraser Yellow card 28'
Goodwillie Yellow card 58'
Davies Yellow card 75'
Woods Yellow card 82'
Graham 90'
Attendance: 2,633
Referee: Scotland Stephen Finnie
16 March 2016 30 St Johnstone 1–1 Ross County McDiarmid Park
19:45 Wotherspoon 11'
Lappin Yellow card 66'
Report Graham 65' (pen.) Attendance: 2,501
Referee: Scotland Steven McLean (referee)
2 April 2016 32 Dundee 5–2 Ross County Dens Park
15:00 Stewart 7' 90+2'
Hemmings 9'
Loy 38'
Konrad Yellow card 45+2'
Holt Yellow card 76'
Wighton 85'
Report Davies 15'
Woods Yellow card 16'
Foster Yellow card 41'
Schalk 45'
Attendance: 5,095
Referee: Scotland Andrew Dallas
9 April 2016 33 Ross County 1–0 Partick Thistle Victoria Park
15:00 Schalk 14'
Murdoch Yellow card 45'
Report Miller Yellow card 75'
Lawless Yellow card 82'
Seaborne Yellow card 84'
Attendance: 3,603
Referee: Scotland Nick Walsh
24 April 2016 34 Celtic 1–1 Ross County Celtic Park
15:00 Griffiths 23'
Lustig Yellow card 87'
Report Murdoch 64' Yellow card 68'
De Vita Yellow card 86'
Attendance: 41,396
Referee: Scotland Dom Robertson
30 April 2016 35 Ross County 0–1 St Johnstone Victoria Park
15:00 Quinn Yellow card 33' Report Craig Yellow card 25'
MacLean 56'
Shaughnessy Yellow card 88'
Attendance: 3,329
Referee: Scotland Stephen Finnie
7 May 2016 36 Heart of Midlothian 1–1 Ross County Tynecastle Stadium
15:00 Souttar Yellow card 76'
Juanma 84'
Report Woods Yellow card 65'
Goodwillie 88'
Attendance: 15,438
Referee: Scotland Nick Walsh
11 May 2016 37 Ross County 1–3 Motherwell Victoria Park
19:45 Boyce 69' Report Pearson 4', 90+2'
Lasley 16'
Attendance: 2,976
Referee: John Beaton
15 May 2016 38 Aberdeen 0–4 Ross County Pittodrie Stadium
12:30 BBC Report Graham 23' (pen.)
Gardyne Yellow card 37'
Schalk 45'
Boyce 68'
Woods 78'
Attendance: 10,003
Referee: Collum

Scottish League Cup

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25 August 2015 Second Round [6] Ross County 2–0 Ayr United Victoria Park
19:45 Boyce 3'
Gardyne 50'
BBC Report Attendance: 1,743
Referee: Craig Charleston
22 September 2015 Third Round [7] Ross County 7–0 Falkirk Victoria Park
19:45 Boyce 30', 35', 40'
De Vita 46'
Franks 54'
Graham 58'
Holden 81'
BBC Report Attendance: 1,341
Referee: Stephen Finnie
31 January 2016 Semi Final Ross County 3–1 Celtic Hampden Park
15:00 Woods 15' (pen.)
Quinn 48'
Schalk 63'
BBC Report Mackay-Steven 1' Attendance: 22,130
Referee: Thomson
13 March 2016 Final Hibernian 1–2 Ross County Hampden Park
15:00 Fontaine 45'
Bartley Yellow card 63'
McGinn Yellow card 84'
Report Gardyne 25'
Schalk 90'
Attendance: 38,796
Referee: Scotland Kevin Clancy

Scottish Cup

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6 February 2016 Fifth round Ross County 4–2 Linlithgow Rose Victoria Park
15:00 Quinn 4'
Graham 58', 78'
Schalk 63'
BBC Report Reckord 44' (Own goal)
MacLennan 76'
Attendance: 2,208
Referee: Anderson
5 March 2016 Quarter-finals Ross County 2–3 Dundee United Victoria Park
15:00 Boyce 24'
Graham 60' (pen.)
BBC Sport Report Anier 57', 65'
Durnan Red card 59'
McKay 89'
Attendance: 3,052
Referee: Craig Thomson

Squad statistics

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During the 2015–16 season, Ross County used twenty-seven different players in competitive games. The table below shows the number of appearances and goals scored by each player.[9]

Appearances

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No. Pos Nat Player Total Premiership League Cup Scottish Cup
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
1 GK Scotland SCO Scott Fox 31 0 27 0 2 0 2 0
2 DF Scotland SCO Marcus Fraser 37 0 29+0 0 4 0 4 0
3 DF England ENG Jamie Reckord 21 0 14+2 0 3 0 2 0
5 DF Scotland SCO Scott Boyd 19 0 12+3 0 2 0 2 0
6 DF Scotland SCO Chris Robertson 26 0 21+2 0 2 0 1 0
7 FW Scotland SCO Michael Gardyne 43 8 34+1 5 4 3 3+1 0
8 MF Scotland SCO Ian McShane 26 3 16+2 3 3+1 0 1+3 0
9 FW Scotland SCO Brian Graham 31 11 10+13 6 2+2 1 4 4
10 FW Northern Ireland NIR Liam Boyce 42 20 29+6 15 4+1 4 1+1 1
11 FW England ENG Craig Curran 20 7 15+4 7 1 0 0 0
12 DF Scotland SCO Richard Foster 40 0 28+4 0 3+1 0 2+2 0
13 GK United States USA Chris Konopka 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
14 DF Scotland SCO Darren Holden 2 1 0 0 0+2 1 0 0
15 DF England ENG Andrew Davies 38 3 31 3 4 0 3 0
17 FW England ENG Jonathan Franks 36 2 18+11 1 1+2 1 3+1 0
18 MF Scotland SCO Stewart Murdoch 34 2 14+15 2 2+2 0 1 0
19 MF Scotland SCO Tony Dingwall 15 2 5+7 2 1+2 0 0 0
21 GK England ENG Gary Woods 16 0 11+1 0 2 0 2 0
23 FW Netherlands NED Alex Schalk 31 9 14+10 5 2+1 2 3+1 2
24 MF Italy ITA Raffaele De Vita 25 2 8+11 0 2 1 2+2 1
25 FW Scotland SCO David Goodwillie 9 1 4+5 1 0 0 0 0
26 MF Scotland SCO Martin Woods 31 2 23+3 1 3 1 2 0
31 GK England ENG James Severn 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
36 MF Australia AUS Jackson Irvine 45 3 34+2 2 5 1 4 0
41 GK England ENG Mark Foden 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
43 MF Scotland SCO Paul Quinn 18 2 14+0 0 2 1 2 1
44 DF Scotland SCO Christopher McLaughlin 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 0
53 MF Scotland SCO Greg Morrison 2 0 0+2 0 0 0 0 0
Players who left the club during the 2015–16 season
4 MF Scotland SCO Rocco Quinn 12 0 5+5 0 0+1 0 0+1 0
21 GK Austria AUT Daniel Bachmann 2 0 0+1 0 1 0 0 0

Goalscorers

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Ranking Nation Number Name Scottish Premiership League Cup Scottish Cup Total
1 Northern Ireland 10 Liam Boyce 15 4 1 20
2 Scotland 9 Brian Graham 6 1 4 11
3 Netherlands 23 Alex Schalk 5 2 2 9
4 Scotland 7 Michael Gardyne 5 3 0 8
5 England 11 Craig Curran 7 0 0 7
6 Scotland 8 Ian McShane 3 0 0 3
= England 15 Andrew Davies 3 0 0 3
= Australia 36 Jackson Irvine 2 1 0 3
9 England 17 Jonathan Franks 1 1 0 2
= Scotland 18 Stewart Murdoch 2 0 0 2
= Scotland 19 Tony Dingwall 2 0 0 2
= Italy 24 Raffaele De Vita 0 1 1 2
= Scotland 26 Martin Woods 1 1 0 2
= Scotland 43 Paul Quinn 0 1 1 2
15 Scotland 25 David Goodwillie 1 0 0 1
= Scotland 14 Darren Holden 0 1 0 1
Own goal 2 0 0 2
TOTALS 55 16 9 80

Disciplinary record

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As of 6 February 2016
Number Nation Position Name Premiership League Cup Scottish Cup Total
Yellow card Red card Yellow card Red card Yellow card Red card Yellow card Red card
1 Scotland GK Scott Fox 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
2 Scotland DF Marcus Fraser 1 0 1 0 1 0 3 0
3 England DF Jamie Reckord 1 0 0 0 1 0 2 0
4 Scotland MF Rocco Quinn 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
5 Scotland DF Scott Boyd 2 0 0 0 1 0 3 0
6 Scotland DF Chris Robertson 3 0 0 0 0 0 3 0
8 Scotland MF Ian McShane 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0
9 Scotland FW Brian Graham 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
10 Northern Ireland FW Liam Boyce 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
11 England FW Craig Curran 4 0 0 0 0 0 4 0
12 Scotland DF Richard Foster 5 0 1 0 0 0 6 0
15 England DF Andrew Davies 5 1 1 0 0 0 6 1
18 Scotland MF Stewart Murdoch 1 0 1 0 0 0 2 0
19 Scotland MF Tony Dingwall 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
24 Italy MF Raffaele De Vita 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0
26 Scotland MF Martin Woods 2 0 2 0 1 0 5 0
36 Australia MF Jackson Irvine 4 0 0 0 0 0 4 0
TOTALS 34 0 7 0 5 0 46 0

Team statistics

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League table

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation[a]
4 St Johnstone 38 16 8 14 58 55 +3 56
5 Motherwell 38 15 5 18 47 63 −16 50
6 Ross County 38 14 6 18 55 61 −6 48
7 Inverness Caledonian Thistle 38 14 10 14 54 48 +6 52
8 Dundee 38 11 15 12 53 57 −4 48
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).[10]
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).

Results by round

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Round1234567891011121314151617181920212223242526272829303132333435363738
GroundAHAHAAAHAHHAAHHAHAAHHAHAHAHHAAHAHAHAHA
ResultLWDLWWDWDLWLLLWLLWLWWLLWLLWLWDLLWDLDLW
Position116665544553455566555555467564468666666
Updated to match(es) played on 15 May 2016. Source: worldfootball.net
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Management statistics

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Name From To P W D L Win%[nb 1]
Jim McIntyre[11] 1 August 2015 Present 47 21 7 19 044.68

Transfers

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See also

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Notes

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

References

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  33. ^ "SIGNING NEWS : DARREN BARR JOINS DUMBARTON". dumbartonfootballclub.com. 20 June 2015. Retrieved 22 June 2015.
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  36. ^ "Paul Quinn joins The Dons". afc.co.uk. 12 June 2015. Retrieved 22 June 2015.
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