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Ross County Football Club are a Scottish professional association football club based in Dingwall. Ross County joined the Highland Football League in 1929, and then were one of two clubs voted into the Scottish Professional Football League System in 1994.

The club's record appearance maker is Michael Gardyne, who has made Over 400 appearances through four spells at the club. Gordon Connelly is County's all time goal scorer, scoring 101 goals.

This list encompasses the major honours won by Ross County, records set by the club, their managers and their players. The player records section includes details of the club's leading goalscorers and those who have made most appearances in first-team competitions. It also records notable achievements by Ross County players on the international stage, and the highest transfer fees paid and received by the club. Attendance records are also included in the list.

Honours

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League

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Cup

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Youth

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Player records

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Individual Records

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Most appearances

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As of 30 October 2024

# Name Career Apps Goals
1 Scotland Michael Gardyne 2006–2007, 2008–2012, 2014–2015, 2015–2021 444 73
2 Scotland Scott Boyd 2007–2008, 2008–2017 306 12
3 Scotland Mark McCulloch 2002–2009 288 8
4 Scotland Richard Brittain 2008–2015 269 50
5 Scotland Don Cowie 2000–2007, 2018–2020 249 29
6 Scotland Iain Vigurs 2009–2013, 2018–2021 238 29
7 Scotland Sean Higgins 2002–2009 220 59
8 Scotland Steven Ferguson 1996–2003 220 54
9 Scotland Marcus Fraser 2015–2020 197 4
10 Scotland Paul Lawson 2007–2013 190 17
11 Scotland Martin Scott 2006–2011, 2012–2013 189 9
12 Scotland Kenny Gilbert 1996–2003 183 4
13 Scotland David MacKay 1994–2001 177 2
14 Scotland Ross Laidlaw 2019– 172 0
15 Scotland Ian Maxwell 1998–2002 171 5
16 Scotland Jordan White 2021– 162 35
17 Scotland Hugh Robertson 2000–2004, 2006-2008 160 16
18 Scotland Billy Herd 1994–1999 154 5
19 ScotlandStuart Kettlewell 2009–2014 154 10
20 Scotland Brian Irvine 1999–2003 150 18
21 Scotland Gary Miller 2007–2012 150 3
22 Scotland David Winters 1996–2003 148 42
23 Scotland Stuart Golabek 1995–1999, 2007–2009 147 10
24 Scotland Scott Fox 2014–2019 147 0
25 Scotland Alex Keddie 2006–2010 146 10

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Top goalscorers

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As of 30 October 2024

# Name Career Apps Goals Ratio
1 Scotland Michael Gardyne 2006–2007, 2008–2012, 2014–2015, 2015–2021 444 73 0.16
2 Scotland Sean Higgins 2002–2009 220 59 0.27
3 Scotland Derek Adams 1996–1998, 2006–2009 134 56 0.42
4 Northern Ireland Liam Boyce 2014–2017 115 55 0.48
5 Scotland Steven Ferguson 1996–2003 220 54 0.25
6 Scotland Richard Brittain 2008–2015 269 50 0.19
7 Scotland Andrew Barrowman 2007–2008, 2010–2011 94 45 0.48
8 Scotland Alex Bone 2000, 2000–2003 105 44 0.42
9 Scotland David Winters 2003, 2003–2006, 2008–2008 148 42 0.28
10 Northern Ireland Billy McKay 2017–2021 126 41 0.33
11 Scotland Brian Graham 2015–2016, 2018–2020 97 37 0.38
12 Scotland Jordan White 2021– 162 35 0.22
13 Scotland Steven Craig 2008–2012 123 33 0.27
14 Netherlands Alex Schalk 2015–2018 108 30 0.28
15 Scotland Don Cowie 2000–2007, 2018–2020 249 30 0.12
16 England Craig Curran 2014–2018 118 29 0.25
17 Scotland Iain Vigurs 2009–2013, 2018–2021 238 29 0.12
18 Scotland Gary Wood 1996–2000 80 28 0.35
19 Scotland Ross Stewart 2018–2021 82 28 0.34
20 Scotland Neil Tarrant 1997–1999, 2001-2002 60 27 0.45
21 Scotland Simon Murray 2023–2024 62 26 0.42
22 Scotland Brian Grant 1994–1996 84 26 0.31
23 Australia Jamie MacPherson 1994–1999 65 21 0.32
24 Scotland Colin McMenamin 2011–2013 60 21 0.35
25 Scotland John Rankin 2003–2006 124 21 0.17

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Clean Sheets

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As of 30 October 2024

# Name Career Apps Clean Sheets Ratio
1 Scotland Nicky Walker 1997–2001 137 54 0.39
2 Scotland Ross Laidlaw 2019– 172 42 0.24
3 England Tony Bullock 2001–2003, 2007–2009 145 41 0.28
4 Scotland Scott Fox 2014–2019 147 38 0.26
5 Northern Ireland Michael McGovern 2009–2011 96 32 0.33
6 Scotland Steve Hutchison 1994–1998 98 30 0.31
7 Scotland Michael Fraser 2011–2014 77 25 0.32
8 Scotland Mark Brown 2012–2015 71 17 0.24
9 Scotland Colin Stewart 2003–2005 47 13 0.28
10 Scotland Stuart Garden 2004–2006 52 9 0.17

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Club captains

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Name Dates Notes
Scotland Jim Lauchlan 2004–2006
Scotland Don Cowie 2006–2007
Scotland Richard Brittain 2009–2015
England Andrew Davies 2015–2018
Scotland Marcus Fraser 2018–2020
Scotland Iain Vigurs 2020–2021
Scotland Keith Watson 2021–2023
England Jack Baldwin 2023–2024
England Connor Randall 2024–

Team of the Decade

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In January 2020 Ross County Twitter put out a poll to fans to decide on the team of the 2010s. The Results were as follows:

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International players

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This is a list of former and current players who have played at full international level while with the club and the year of their first International cap while at the club.

Club records

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Managers

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As of 30 October 2024

Period Manager G W D L Win % Honours
1929–1930 Scotland Tom Pirie
1966–1968 Scotland Ian McNeill Highland Football League: 1966–1967
1971–1976 Scotland Ian McNeill North of Scotland Cup: 1971–1972
1977–1979 Scotland Bill Cassidy Highland League Cup: 1978–1979
1985–1987 Scotland John Buchanan
1987–1996 Scotland Robert Wilson 355 190 60 105 053.52 Highland Football League: 1990–91, 1991–92
Highland League Cup: 1991–1992
North of Scotland Cup: 1991–1992
1 July 1996 – 11 November 2002 Scotland Neale Cooper 275 131 62 82 047.64 Third Division: 1998–99
11 November 2002 – 27 November 2002 Scotland Danny McDonald (caretaker) 2 0 1 1 000.00
27 November 2002 – 11 June 2005 Scotland Alex Smith 110 39 26 45 035.45
21 June 2005 – 24 October 2005 Scotland John Robertson 15 6 5 4 040.00
24 October 2005 – 3 June 2006 Scotland Gardner Speirs (caretaker) 28 11 10 7 039.29
1 July 2006 – 17 June 2007 Scotland Scott Leitch 46 14 12 20 030.43 Scottish Challenge Cup: 2006–07
17 June 2007 – 2 October 2007 Scotland Dick Campbell 12 6 3 3 050.00
2 October 2007 – 11 November 2010 Scotland Derek Adams 140 66 31 43 047.14 Second Division: 2007–08
25 November 2010 – 12 February 2011 Scotland Willie McStay 9 0 6 3 000.00
17 February 2011 – 15 May 2011 Scotland Jimmy Calderwood 17 7 6 4 041.18 Challenge Cup: 2010–11
19 May 2011 – 28 August 2014 Scotland Derek Adams 113 41 32 40 036.28 First Division: 2011–12
9 September 2014 – 25 September 2017 Scotland Jim McIntyre 138 50 32 56 036.23 Scottish League Cup: 2015–16
28 September 2017 – 1 March 2018 Republic of Ireland Owen Coyle 22 4 5 13 018.18
2 March 2018 – 10 June 2020 Scotland Steven Ferguson
Scotland Stuart Kettlewell 		96 43 23 30 044.79 Championship: 2018–19, Challenge Cup: 2018–19
10 June 2020 – 19 December 2020 Scotland Stuart Kettlewell 24 7 5 12 029.17
21 December 2020 – 24 May 2021 Scotland John Hughes 21 8 2 11 038.10
26 May 2021 – 15 November 2023 Scotland Malky Mackay 107 31 25 51 028.97
20 November 2023 – 7 February 2024 Scotland Derek Adams 11 2 3 6 018.18
8 February 2024 – Present Scotland Don Cowie 33 12 9 12 036.36

References

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  1. ^ "Ross County Player goal Records". Staggies Archive. 17 February 2019. Retrieved 17 February 2019.
  2. ^ "Ross County Player goal Records". Staggies Archive. 17 February 2019. Retrieved 17 February 2019.
  3. ^ "Ross County Clean sheets". Staggies Archive. 17 February 2019. Retrieved 17 February 2019.
  4. ^ "Ross County Team of the Decade". Ross County Twitter. 6 January 2020. Retrieved 6 January 2020.
  5. ^ "Ross County All-Time Records". Staggies Archive. 7 October 2019. Retrieved 7 October 2019.
  6. ^ "Ross County sign midfielder from Inverness Caledonian Thistle". bbc.co.uk/sport. BBC Sport. 9 August 2017. Retrieved 12 August 2017.
  7. ^ "Liam Boyce: Burton sign Ross County striker in club-record deal". BBC Sport. 20 June 2017. Retrieved 20 June 2017.
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