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Inverness Caledonian Thistle
2015–16 season
ChairmanKenny Cameron
ManagerJohn Hughes
StadiumCaledonian Stadium
Premiership7th
League CupQuarter Finals
Scottish CupQuarter Final Replay
Europa LeagueSecond qualifying round, lost to Astra Giurgiu
Top goalscorerLeague: Miles Storey (11)
All: Miles Storey (13)
Highest home attendance6,410 vs. Aberdeen
Lowest home attendance1,231 vs Stirling Albion
2015–16 Scottish Cup
Average home league attendance3,754

The 2015–16 season is the club's 3rd season in the Scottish Premiership and their 6th consecutive season in the top flight. Inverness Caledonian Thistle will also compete in the League Cup, the Scottish Cup, and the Europa League.

Results and fixtures

  Win   Draw   Loss   Postponed

Pre season / Friendlies

27 June 2015[1] Friendly Clachnacuddin 0–3 Inverness Caledonian Thistle Inverness
13:00 BST goals Trialist 18'
Trialist 21'
Tansey 26'		 Stadium: Grant Street Park
1 July 2015[1] Friendly Brora Rangers 0–3 Inverness Caledonian Thistle Brora
19:45 BST goals Trialist 16'
Trialist 55'
Doran 90'		 Stadium: Dudgeon Park
3 July 2015[1] Friendly Deveronvale 1–2 Inverness Caledonian Thistle Banff
17:30 BST Stadium: Princess Royal Park
7 July 2015[1] Friendly Forres Mechanics 0–5 Inverness Caledonian Thistle Forres
19:45 BST Stadium: Mosset Park
11 July 2015[1] Friendly Inverness Caledonian Thistle 1–1 St Mirren Inverness
15:00 BST Stadium: Caledonian Stadium
18 July 2015[1] Friendly Nairn County 0–1 Inverness Caledonian Thistle Nairn
15:00 BST Foran 25' Stadium: Station Park

Scottish Premiership

Main article: 2015–16 Scottish Premiership
1 August 2015 Premiership Inverness Caledonian Thistle 0–1 Motherwell Caledonian Stadium
15:00 BBC Report Fletcher 4' Attendance: 3,307
Referee: Allan
8 August 2015 Premiership St Johnstone 1–1 Inverness Caledonian Thistle McDiarmid Park
15:00 Cummins 90' BBC Report Christie 9' Attendance: 2,959
Referee: Collum
12 August 2015 Premiership Inverness Caledonian Thistle 0–0 Partick Thistle Caledonian Stadium
19:45 BBC Report Attendance: 3,141
Referee: Finnie
15 August 2015 Premiership Celtic 4–2 Inverness CT Celtic Park
15:00 Lustig 8'
Griffiths 12'
Armstrong 55', 67'		 BBC Report Christie 70'
Lopez 77'		 Attendance: 42,727
Referee: Craig Thomson
22 August 2015 Premiership Inverness Caledonian Thistle 0–2 Hamilton Academical Caledonian Stadium
15:00 BBC Report Morris 18'
Longridge 90+1'		 Attendance: 3,003
Referee: Anderson
29 August 2015 Premiership Dundee 1–1 Inverness Caledonian Thistle Dens Park
15:00 Hemmings 90+1' BBC Report Raven 60'
Mbuyi-Mutombo Red card 90+3'		 Attendance: 4,767
Referee: Dallas
11 September 2015 Premiership Inverness Caledonian Thistle 2–0 Heart of Midlothian Caledonian Stadium
19:45 Vincent 49'
Storey 89'		 BBC Report Oshaniwa Red card 87' Attendance: 4,160
Referee: McLean
19 September 2015 Premiership Dundee United 1–1 Inverness Caledonian Thistle Tannadice Park
15:00 McKay 7' BBC Report Meekings 56' Attendance: 6,235
Referee: Clancy
26 September 2015 Premiership Inverness Caledonian Thistle 2–1 Aberdeen Caledonian Stadium
15:00 Storey 8'
Christie 29'
Christie Yellow card 90' Yellow-red card		 BBC Report Taylor 35' Attendance: 6,410
Referee: Beaton
3 October 2015 Premiership Ross County 1–2 Inverness Caledonian Thistle Victoria Park
15:00 Boyce 90+1' BBC Report Storey 42'
Vincent 45'		 Attendance: 5,473
Referee: Collum
17 October 2015 Premiership Kilmarnock 2–0 Inverness Caledonian Thistle Rugby Park
15:00 Kiltie 45+1'
Magennis 66'		 Report Storey Yellow card 70' Attendance: 3,234
Referee: Finnie
24 October 2015 Premiership Inverness Caledonian Thistle 0–1 St Johnstone Caledonian Stadium
15:00 Meekings Yellow card 86'
Devine Yellow card 90+4'		 Report Mackay Red card 47'
Scobbie Yellow card 66'
Craig 90+3' (pen.)		 Attendance: 3,471
Referee: Robertson
31 October 2015 Premiership Inverness Caledonian Thistle 1–1 Dundee Caledonian Stadium
15:00 Raven Red card 50'
Tansey 64' (pen.)		 BBC Report Loy 50' (pen.) Attendance: 2,940
Referee: Colvin
7 November 2015 Premiership Motherwell 1–3 Inverness Caledonian Thistle Rugby Park
15:00 Moult 58'
McManus Yellow card 90+5' Yellow-red card		 Report Tansey 11' (pen.)
Storey 45'
Vigurs 53'		 Attendance: 3,569
Referee: Thomson
21 November 2015 Premiership Partick Thistle 2–1 Inverness Caledonian Thistle Firhill Stadium
15:00 Doolan 42'
Stevenson 90'		 BBC Report Storey 6' Attendance: 2,864
Referee: Robertson
29 November 2015 Premiership Inverness Caledonian Thistle 1–3 Celtic Caledonian Stadium
Storey 39' BBC Report McGregor 7'
Griffiths 59'
Devine 85' (o.g.)		 Attendance: 5,976
Referee: Collum
5 December 2015 Premiership Heart of Midlothian P – P Inverness Caledonian Thistle Tynecastle Stadium
15:00 BBC Report Referee: Muir
Note: Postponed due to adverse weather conditions
12 December 2015 Premiership Inverness Caledonian Thistle 2–1 Kilmarnock Caledonian Stadium
15:00 Vigurs 14', 32' BBC Report Connolly 87' Attendance: 2,775
Referee: Cook
19 December 2015 Premiership Inverness Caledonian Thistle 2–2 Dundee United Caledonian Stadium
15:00 Polworth 46'
Horner 90+2'		 BBC Report Rankin 26'
McKay 81'		 Attendance: 2,981
Referee: Thomson
26 December 2015 Premiership Aberdeen 2–2 Inverness Caledonian Thistle Pittodrie Stadium
15:00 McGinn 73'
Rooney 90+1' (pen.)		 BBC Report Polworth 41'
Tansey 47' (pen.)		 Attendance: 15,142
Referee: Collum
30 December 2015 Premiership Hamilton Academical 3–4 Inverness Caledonian Thistle New Douglas Park
Morris 66'
Gordon 81'
Nadé 90'		 BBC Report Tansey 18', 88'
Polworth 51', 90+3'		 Attendance: 1,555
Referee: Anderson
2 January 2016 Premiership Inverness Caledonian Thistle 2–0 Ross County Caledonian Stadium
15:00 Storey 26'
Tansey 45+2'		 BBC Report Attendance: 5,388
Referee: Beaton
16 January 2016 Premiership Kilmarnock 2–1 Inverness Caledonian Thistle Rugby Park
15:00 Kiltie 9'
Slater 51'		 BBC Report Draper 41' Attendance: 2,937
Referee: Robertson
23 January 2016 Premiership Inverness Caledonian Thistle 0–0 Partick Thistle Caledonian Stadium
15:00 BBC Report Attendance: 3,556
Referee: Aitken
30 January 2016 Premiership Inverness Caledonian Thistle P – P Heart of Midlothian Caledonian Stadium
12:30 BBC Report Referee: Collum
Note: Postponed due to a waterlogged pitch and extreme weather conditions in Inverness.
15 February 2016 Premiership Inverness CT 3–1 Aberdeen Inverness
19:45 Vigurs 18'

Tansey 51'

Tremarco 65'		 Rooney 7' Stadium: Caledonian Stadium
Attendance: 4,544
Referee: Collum
20 February 2016 Premiership Celtic 3–0 Inverness CT Glasgow
15:00 Mackay-Steven 54' Griffiths 59' 90+3' Stadium: Celtic Park
Attendance: 43,600
Referee: Robertson

UEFA Europa League

Qualifying phase

Main article: 2015–16 UEFA Europa League qualifying phase and play-off round
16 July 2015 Second qualifying round 1st leg Inverness Caledonian Thistle 0–1 Astra Giurgiu Romania Inverness, Scotland
19:45 BBC Report Budescu 24' Stadium: Caledonian Stadium, Inverness
Attendance: 5,534
Referee: Henry Johnsen
23 July 2015 Second qualifying round 2nd leg Romania Astra Giurgiu 0–0
(1–0 agg.)		 Inverness Caledonian Thistle Giurgiu, Romania
19:00 BBC Report Stadium: Stadionul Marin Anastasovici
Attendance: 3,067 [1]
Referee: Kuchin

Scottish League Cup

Main article: 2015–16 Scottish League Cup
22 September 2015 League Cup Third Round Livingston 0–2 Inverness Caledonian Thistle Almondvale Stadium
19:45 BBC Report Storey 12'
Devine 43'		 Attendance: 644
Referee: Muir
27 October 2015 League Cup Quarter Final Inverness Caledonian Thistle 1–2 Ross County Caledonian Stadium
19:05 Tansey 78' BBC Sport Report Irvine 41'
Gardyne 48'		 Attendance: 3,004
Referee: McLean

Scottish Cup

Main article: 2015–16 Scottish Cup
9 January 2016 Scottish Cup Fourth round Stirling Albion 0–0 Inverness Caledonian Thistle Forthbank Stadium
15:00 BBC Report Attendance: 1,224
Referee: Northcroft
19 January 2016 Scottish Cup Fourth round replay Inverness Caledonian Thistle 2–0 Stirling Albion Caledonian Stadium
19:45 Mbuyi-Mutombo 28'
Vigurs 61'		 BBC Report Attendance: 1,231
Referee: Northcroft
6 February 2016 Scottish Cup Fifth round Motherwell 1–2 Inverness Caledonian Thistle Fir Park
Mcdonald (67) [2] Miles Storey 39' Roberts 90' Attendance: 3,907
Referee: McLean
6 March 2016 Scottish Cup QF Inverness Caledonian Thistle 1–1 Hibernian Easter Road
Mbuyi-Mutombo 77' [3] Keatings (54) Attendance: 9,884
Referee: Allan
16 March 2016 Scottish Cup QF replay Inverness Caledonian Thistle 0–2 Hibernian Caledonian Stadium
19:45 Vigurs 77' Report Stokes 36' 41' Attendance: 3,207
Referee: Finnie
Main article: 2015–16 Scottish Cup

Squad statistics

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

Appearances

As of 30 January 2016
No. Pos Nat Player Total Premiership League Cup Scottish Cup Europa League
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
2 DF England ENG David Raven 24 1 18+0 1 2+0 0 2+0 0 1+1 0
3 DF England ENG Carl Tremarco 20 0 14+4 0 2+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
4 MF Scotland SCO James Vincent 16 2 14+0 2 2+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
5 DF England ENG Gary Warren 15 0 9+2 0 0+0 0 2+0 0 2+0 0
6 DF England ENG Josh Meekings 16 1 12+0 1 2+0 0 0+0 0 2+0 0
7 FW Spain ESP Dani López 10 0 5+2 0 0+1 0 0+0 0 2+0 0
8 MF England ENG Ross Draper 23 1 17+1 1 1+0 0 2+0 0 1+1 0
9 MF Ireland EIR Richie Foran 4 0 0+1 0 0+0 0 0+1 0 0+2 0
10 MF Ireland EIR Aaron Doran 2 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 2+0 0
11 MF England ENG Jordan Roberts 2 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+1 0 0+1 0
14 DF Northern Ireland NIR Daniel Devine 28 1 22+0 0 2+0 1 2+0 0 2+0 0
15 MF England ENG Nat Wedderburn 16 0 7+6 0 0+0 0 1+0 0 2+0 0
16 MF England ENG Greg Tansey 29 7 23+0 6 2+0 1 2+0 0 2+0 0
17 MF England ENG Lewis Horner 9 1 6+3 1 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
18 MF England ENG Tobi Sho-Silva 5 0 0+5 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
18 FW England ENG Alex Fisher 3 0 0+1 0 0+0 0 0+2 0 0+0 0
19 MF England ENG Danny Williams 28 0 19+3 0 1+1 0 2+0 0 2+0 0
20 MF Scotland SCO Liam Polworth 25 4 18+3 4 1+1 0 2+0 0 0+0 0
22 MF Scotland SCO Ryan Christie 17 2 12+1 2 2+0 0 0+0 0 2+0 0
25 GK Wales WAL Owain Fôn Williams 29 0 23+0 0 2+0 0 2+0 0 2+0 0
27 MF Scotland SCO Iain Vigurs 20 4 11+6 3 1+0 0 2+0 1 0+0 0
28 FW Democratic Republic of the Congo COD Andréa Mbuyi-Mutombo 20 1 7+10 0 0+1 0 1+1 1 0+0 0
37 FW Scotland SCO Alisdair Sutherland 6 0 0+5 0 0+1 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
39 FW England ENG Miles Storey 20 8 16+0 7 2+0 1 2+0 0 0+0 0

Overall Goalscorers

Rank Player Goals
1st England Miles Storey 13
2nd England Greg Tansey 9
3rd Scotland Iain Vigurs 8
4th Scotland Liam Polworth 6
5th England Ross Draper 5
6th Scotland Ryan Christie

Northern Ireland Danny Devine

England Jordan Roberts

3
9th Democratic Republic of the Congo Andréa Mbuyi-Mutombo

England Josh Meekings

England Carl Tremarco

Scotland James Vincent

2
13th Republic of Ireland Richie Foran

England Lewis Horner

Spain Dani López

England David Raven

England Danny Williams

1

Disciplinary record

As of 30 January 2016
Number Nation Position Name Premiership League Cup Scottish Cup Europa League Total
Yellow card Red card Yellow card Red card Yellow card Red card Yellow card Red card Yellow card Red card
2 England DF David Raven 4 1 2 0 0 0 1 0 7 1
3 England DF Carl Tremarco 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0
5 England DF Gary Warren 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
6 England DF Josh Meekings 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 0
7 Spain FW Dani López 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0
8 England DF Ross Draper 6 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 7 0
11 England DF Jordan Roberts 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 2 0
14 Northern Ireland DF Daniel Devine 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 0
15 England MF Nat Wedderburn 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
16 England MF Greg Tansey 5 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 6 0
19 England MF Danny Williams 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 3 0
20 Scotland MF Liam Polworth 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
22 Scotland MF Ryan Christie 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 1
25 Wales GK Owain Fôn Williams 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
27 Scotland MF Iain Vigurs 7 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 9 0
28 Democratic Republic of the Congo FW Andréa Mbuyi-Mutombo 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 1
39 England FW Miles Storey 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
TOTALS 47 3 3 0 5 0 5 0 60 3

Team statistics

League table

Pos Team
 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation[a]
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
9 Partick Thistle 38 12 10 16 41 50 −9 46
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).[2]
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).

Division summary

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GroundHAHAHAHAHAAHHAAHHHAAHAH
ResultLDDLLDWDWWLLDWLLWDDWWLD
Position1010911111079888998887986676
Updated to match(es) played on 30 January 2016. Source: [3]
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Management statistics

Last updated on 30 January 2016
Name From To P W D L Win%[nb 1]
John Hughes[4] 23 July 2015 Present 29 9 10 10 031.03

Transfers

Main articles: List of Scottish football transfers summer 2015 and List of Scottish football transfers winter 2015–16

See also

Notes

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

References

  1. ^ a b c d e f "Fixture List". ictfc.com. Inverness Caledonian Thistle F.C. Retrieved 7 February 2016.
  2. ^ "Premiership 2015/2016 - Season rules". Scoresway. Retrieved 1 August 2015.
  3. ^ "Heart of Midlothian 2015/16 Results". Statto. Retrieved 24 March 2015.
  4. ^ "John Hughes Statistics". soccerbase.com. Soccerbase. Retrieved 27 July 2015.
  5. ^ "Nat Wedderburn: Inverness sign former Cowdenbeath player". BBC Sport. 18 June 2015. Retrieved 27 June 2015.
  6. ^ "Midfielder Jordan Roberts joins Inverness Caledonian Thistle". BBC Sport. 7 July 2015. Retrieved 25 July 2015.
  7. ^ "Inverness Caledonian Thistle: Dani Lopez given one-year contract". BBC Sport. 13 July 2015. Retrieved 25 July 2015.
  8. ^ "Inverness CT: Goalkeeper Owain Fon Williams joins Highlanders". BBC Sport. 16 July 2015. Retrieved 25 July 2015.
  9. ^ "Iain Vigurs signs for second spell at Inverness Caledonian Thistle". bbc.co.uk/sport. BBC Sport. 12 August 2015. Retrieved 13 August 2015.
  10. ^ "Swindon's Miles Storey & Charlton's Sho-Silva join on loan". bbc.co.uk/sport. BBC Sport. 1 September 2015. Retrieved 6 September 2015.
  11. ^ "Inverness sign Miles Storey and Tobi Sho-Silva on loan". skysports.com. SKY Sports. 1 September 2015. Retrieved 6 September 2015.
  12. ^ "Celtic sign exciting young Scottish midfielder Ryan Christie". skysports.com. Sky Sports. 1 September 2015. Retrieved 6 September 2015.
  13. ^ "Inverness Caley Thistle land striker Alex Fisher". bbc.co.uk/sport. BBC Sport. 9 January 2016. Retrieved 10 January 2016.
  14. ^ "Marley Watkins: Barnsley sign Inverness Caley Thistle forward". BBC Sport. 5 June 2015. Retrieved 27 June 2015.
  15. ^ "ICT's Graeme Shinnie agrees summer move to Aberdeen". BBC Sport. 25 January 2015. Retrieved 27 June 2015.
  16. ^ "Turkish side Boluspor complete Edward Ofere's signing". today.ng. Nigerian Entertainment Today. 12 August 2015. Archived from the original on 2015-08-28. Retrieved 8 September 2015.
  17. ^ "Nat'll Do For Me". ictfc.com. 18 June 2015. Archived from the original on 18 June 2015. Retrieved 27 June 2015.
  18. ^ "Dundee: Nick Ross signs after Inverness Caledonian Thistle exit". BBC Sport. 24 June 2015. Retrieved 27 June 2015.
  19. ^ "TARMO KINK LIITUS FC LEVADIAGA". fclevadia.ee. Levadia Tallinn. 8 July 2015. Retrieved 27 July 2015.
  20. ^ "Scottish Premiership ins and outs Summer 2015". bbc.co.uk/sport. BBC Sport. 23 July 2015. Retrieved 27 July 2015.
  21. ^ "Ryan Christie delight as Celtic buy Caley Thistle midfielder". bbc.co.uk/sport. BBC Sport. 1 September 2015. Retrieved 6 September 2015.
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