2018–19 Ross County F.C. season

Ross County
2018–19 season
Chairman	Roy MacGregor
Manager	Steven Ferguson and; Stuart Kettlewell
Ground	Victoria Park
Scottish Championship	First (champions)
Scottish League Cup	Second Round
Scottish Challenge Cup	Winners
Scottish Cup	Fifth round
Top goalscorer	League: Billy McKay (17); All: Billy McKay (20)
Highest home attendance	League: 6,402 vs Inverness Caledonian Thistle ; 22 September 2018 ; Cup: 1,532 vs Dundee United; League Cup; 17 July 2018
Lowest home attendance	League: 3,065 vs Alloa Athletic ; 22 September ; Cup: 790 vs Raith Rovers; Challenge Cup; 8 September 2018
Average home league attendance	3,849
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	← 2017–18 2019–20 →

The 2018–19 season seen the club's return to the Scottish Championship after being relegated from the Scottish Premiership, the top flight of Scottish football. On 26 April 2019 however, they were crowned Champions and made an immediate return to the Premiership.^[1] Ross County also be competed in the League Cup, the Scottish Cup and the Scottish Challenge Cup. They won the Challenge Cup beating Connah's Quay Nomads in the final.

Results & fixtures

Win Draw Loss Postponed

Pre-season

*Note: Games played on the same day and same time are played with two different squads led by two different managers. Fixtures are being played on the same day as to avoid preseason friendlies leaking into time taken up by the League Cup Group Stage.

30 June 2018^[2] Friendly	Nairn County	0–3	Ross County	Nairn
15:00		Report	Draper File:Soccerball shade.svg 37' Fontaine File:Soccerball shade.svg 63', 78'	Stadium: Station Park Referee: Stuart Riddoch

30 June 2018^[3] Friendly	Wick Academy	3–1	Ross County XI	Wick
13:00	David Allan File:Soccerball shade.svg 24', 86' Craig Gunn File:Soccerball shade.svg 73'		Joel MacBeath File:Soccerball shade.svg 20'	Stadium: Harmsworth Park Referee: Gordon Seago

4 July 2018^[4] Friendly	Sint-Truidense V.V.	2–0	Ross County	Netherlands
18:00				Stadium: VV DUNO Training ground Attendance: Behind closed doors^[5]

6 July 2018^[4] Friendly	Utrecht	2–0	Ross County	Netherlands
19:00	V.D. Maarel File:Soccerball shade.svg 53' V.D. Streek File:Soccerball shade.svg 90' (pen.)			Stadium: Dolderse Sportclub DOSC

10 July 2018^[3] Friendly	Clachnacuddin	0–7	Ross County	Inverness
19:30		Report		Stadium: Grant Street, Inverness

21 July 2018^[3] Friendly	Formartine United	6–1	Ross County XI	Aberdeenshire
		Report

Scottish Championship

4 August 2018 1	Ross County	1–0	Alloa Athletic	Global Energy Stadium
15:00	Fraser File:Soccerball shade.svg 88' Lindsay Yellow card 90+5'		Hetherington Yellow card 24'	Attendance: 3,065 Referee: Mike Roncone

11 August 2018 2	Dunfermline Athletic	1–3	Ross County	East End Park
15:00	Vincent Yellow card 22' Longridge File:Soccerball shade.svg 28' Ashcroft Yellow card 54'	[1]	Mullin File:Soccerball shade.svg 25' Watson Yellow card 30' File:Soccerball shade.svg 68' Gardyne File:Soccerball shade.svg 42'	Attendance: 4,949 Referee: Craig Thomson

25 August 2018 3	Greenock Morton	2–1	Ross County	Cappielow Park
15:00	Buchanan Yellow card 41' Tidser File:Soccerball shade.svg 60' McHugh File:Soccerball shade.svg 77'	[2]	Gardyne Yellow card 48' Cowie File:Soccerball shade.svg 58' Yellow card 75' Vigurs Yellow card 73'	Attendance: 1,994 Referee: Greg Aitken

1 September 2018 4	Ross County	2–0	Falkirk	Global Energy Stadium
15:00	Morris Yellow card 39' Lindsay File:Soccerball shade.svg 68' McManus File:Soccerball shade.svg 90' Vigurs Yellow card 90+2'	[3]	Muirhead Yellow card 40' Kidd Yellow card 73' Harrison Yellow card 89'	Attendance: 3,564 Referee: Nick Walsh

15 September 2018 5	Queen of the South	0–0	Ross County	Palmerston Park
15:00	Jacobs Yellow card 6'		Vigurs Yellow card 54'	Attendance: 1,509 Referee: Steven Maclean

22 September 2018 6	Ross County	0–0	Inverness Caledonian Thistle	Global Energy Stadium
15:00	Kelly Yellow card 72'	[4]	Donaldson Yellow card 89'	Attendance: 6,402 Referee: Willie Collum

29 September 2018 7	Dundee United	1–5	Ross County	Tannadice Park
15:00	Safranko File:Soccerball shade.svg 17' Curran Yellow card 37' Murdoch Red card 59'	[5]	McKay File:Soccerball shade.svg 11', 29', 51' Morris Yellow card 20' Watson Yellow card 34' Kelly File:Soccerball shade.svg 42' Mullin File:Soccerball shade.svg 50'	Attendance: 4,446 Referee: John Beaton

6 October 2018 8	Partick Thistle	0–2	Ross County	Firhill Park
15:00	Bannigan Yellow card 8' Keown Yellow card 38' Elliott Yellow card 55' Erskine Yellow card 56'	[6]	Mullin File:Soccerball shade.svg 14' McKay File:Soccerball shade.svg 56' Draper Yellow card 90+1' Yellow-red card	Attendance: 2,784 Referee: Nick Walsh

20 October 2018 9	Ross County	2–1	Ayr United	Global Energy Stadium
15:00	Morris Yellow card 21' McKay File:Soccerball shade.svg 23' Mullin File:Soccerball shade.svg 34' Watson Yellow card 70' Demetriou Yellow card 83' Keillor-Dunn Yellow card 87'	[7]	Shankland File:Soccerball shade.svg 50' Moore Yellow card 55'	Attendance: 3,140 Referee: Steven McLean

27 October 2018 10	Ross County	5–0	Greenock Morton	Global Energy Stadium
15:00	McKay File:Soccerball shade.svg 9', 42', 48' Keillor-Dunn File:Soccerball shade.svg 57' Graham File:Soccerball shade.svg 90+1'	[8]	Telfer Yellow card 45+1'	Attendance: 3,481 Referee: Steven Reid

30 October 2018 11	Falkirk	1–1	Ross County	Falkirk Stadium
19:45	Draper File:Soccerball shade.svg 26' (o.g.) Muirhead Yellow card 63' Robson Yellow card 75'	[9]	Graham Yellow card 66' Vigurs Yellow card 72' File:Soccerball shade.svg 78'	Attendance: 3,767 Referee: Euan Anderson

3 November 2018 12	Inverness Caledonian Thistle	2–2	Ross County	Caledonian Stadium
15:00	Oakley File:Soccerball shade.svg 19' Rooney File:Soccerball shade.svg 30' Calder Yellow card 45+1' Walsh Yellow card 49'	[10]	Lindsay File:Soccerball shade.svg 17' Yellow card 90+3' Mackay File:Soccerball shade.svg 43' (o.g.) Vigurs Yellow card 67'	Attendance: 4,353 Referee: Kevin Clancy

10 November 2018 13	Ross County	0–1	Dundee United	Global Energy Stadium
15:00	Mullin Yellow card 36' Kelly Yellow card 39'	[11]	Watson File:Soccerball shade.svg 15' McMullan Yellow card 21' Fyvie Yellow card 60' Murdoch Yellow card 90+6' Rabitsch Yellow card 90+6'	Attendance: 4,565 Referee: Alan Newlands

24 November 2018 14	Ross County	2–1	Dunfermline Athletic	Global Energy Stadium
15:00	McKay File:Soccerball shade.svg 9' Lindsay File:Soccerball shade.svg 60'	Report	Higginbotham Red card 15' Vincent Yellow card 31' Longridge File:Soccerball shade.svg 74' Ashcroft Yellow card 83'	Attendance: 3,121 Referee: Alan Muir

1 December 2018 15	Alloa Athletic	0–1	Ross County	The Indodrill Stadium
15:00	Flannigan Yellow card 41' Zanatta Yellow card 57'	[12]	Grivosti Yellow card 66' Watson File:Soccerball shade.svg 90+1'	Attendance: 592 Referee: Greg Aitken

8 December 2018 16	Ross County	1–1	Queen of the South	Global Energy Stadium
15:00	Fraser Yellow card 24' Mullin File:Soccerball shade.svg 55'	Report	Norman Yellow card 35' Stirling File:Soccerball shade.svg 71'	Attendance: 3,305 Referee: Mike Roncone

15 December 2018 17	Ayr United	3–3	Ross County	Somerset Park
15:00	Shankland File:Soccerball shade.svg 21', 25' Geggan File:Soccerball shade.svg 43' Yellow card 63' Bell Yellow card 47'	[13]	Mullin File:Soccerball shade.svg 12' Demetriou Yellow card 24' Mckay File:Soccerball shade.svg 48' Cowie File:Soccerball shade.svg 52' Lindsay Yellow card 61'	Attendance: 2,030 Referee: Bobby Madden

22 December 2018 18	Ross County	2–0	Partick Thistle	Global Energy Stadium
15:00	Mckay File:Soccerball shade.svg 26' Draper Yellow card 71' Stewart File:Soccerball shade.svg 79'		Bannigan Yellow card 57' Scobbie Yellow card 61'	Attendance: 3,467 Referee: Colin Steven

29 December 2018 19	Ross County	2–1	Inverness Caledonian Thistle	Global Energy Stadium
15:00	Mckay File:Soccerball shade.svg 26' Stewart File:Soccerball shade.svg 85' Graham Red card 90'	[14]	White File:Soccerball shade.svg 44' Rooney Red card 90'	Attendance: 6,313 Referee: Andrew Dallas

4 January 2019 20	Greenock Morton	1–0	Ross County	Cappielow Park
19:45	Tidser Yellow card 53' McHugh Yellow card 54' Waddell File:Soccerball shade.svg 66' Iredale Yellow card 73' Millar Yellow card 90'	[15]	Fraser Red card 90' Gardyne Yellow card 90+1'	Attendance: 1,537 Referee: Willie Collum

12 January 2019 21	Queen of the South	4–0	Ross County	Palmerston Park
15:00	Dobbie File:Soccerball shade.svg 12', 77' Doyle File:Soccerball shade.svg 45' Maguire File:Soccerball shade.svg 45'	[16]	Gardyne Yellow card 38' Spence Yellow card 59' Mullin Red card 68'	Attendance: 1,386 Referee: Steven Reid

26 January 2019 22	Ross County	2–0	Alloa Athletic	Global Energy Stadium
15:00	McManus File:Soccerball shade.svg 12' Spence Yellow card 24' Lindsay File:Soccerball shade.svg 62'			Attendance: 3,521 Referee: Steven Kirkland

2 February 2019 23	Dunfermline Athletic	1–2	Ross County	East End Park
15:00	Craigen Yellow card 9' Devine Yellow card 24' Anderson File:Soccerball shade.svg 41' Smith Yellow card 79' Higginbotham Yellow card 87'	[17]	Mckay File:Soccerball shade.svg 52' Lindsay Yellow card 68' Gardyne File:Soccerball shade.svg 77' Spence Yellow card 89' van der Weg Yellow card 89'	Attendance: 4,347 Referee: Barry Cook

23 February 2019 24	Partick Thistle	2–4	Ross County	Firhill Park
15:00	Fitzpatrick File:Soccerball shade.svg 21' Elliott File:Soccerball shade.svg 24'	[18]	Stewart File:Soccerball shade.svg 47', 74' Lindsay File:Soccerball shade.svg 64' McKay File:Soccerball shade.svg 79'	Attendance: 3,007 Referee: Gavin Duncan

26 February 2019 25	Ross County	3–2	Ayr United	Global Energy Stadium
19:45	McKay File:Soccerball shade.svg 35', 70', 75'	[19]	Shankland File:Soccerball shade.svg 62' Murdoch File:Soccerball shade.svg 73'	Attendance: 3,489 Referee: Nick Walsh

9 March 2019 26	Ross County	2–0	Greenock Morton	Global Energy Stadium
15:00	Mullin File:Soccerball shade.svg 55' Graham File:Soccerball shade.svg 78'	[20]		Attendance: 3,110 Referee: Greg Aitken

12 March 2019 27	Ross County	2–1	Falkirk	Global Energy Stadium
19:45	Graham File:Soccerball shade.svg 12' Watson File:Soccerball shade.svg 22' Grivosti Red card 85'	[21]	McShane File:Soccerball shade.svg 87'	Attendance: 3,148 Referee: Steven Kirkland

19 March 2019 28	Dundee United	1–0	Ross County	Tannadice Park
19:45	Butcher File:Soccerball shade.svg 7' Connolly Yellow card 29' Clark Yellow card 90+1'	[22]	Stewart Yellow card 11' Lindsay Yellow card 90+2'	Attendance: 4,290 Referee: Willie Collum

30 March 2019 29	Alloa Athletic	1–0	Ross County	The Indodrill Stadium
15:00	Zanatta File:Soccerball shade.svg 33'	[23]		Attendance: 697 Referee: Colin Steven

2 April 2019 30	Inverness Caledonian Thistle	1–2	Ross County	Caledonian Stadium
19:05	Tremarco File:Soccerball shade.svg 24' Trafford Red card 45+1'	[24]	Mullin File:Soccerball shade.svg 8' Boyle File:Soccerball shade.svg 34'	Attendance: 3,795 Referee: Nick Walsh

5 April 2019 31	Ross County	1–1	Dundee United	Global Energy Stadium
19:05	Lindsay File:Soccerball shade.svg 90+4'	[25]	Pavol Šafranko File:Soccerball shade.svg 12'	Attendance: 3,550 Referee: Steven McLean

9 April 2018 32	Ross County	1–0	Dunfermline Athletic	Global Energy Stadium
19:45	Grivosti File:Soccerball shade.svg 60'	[26]		Attendance: 3,222 Referee: Don Robertson

13 April 2019 33	Ross County	0–0	Partick Thistle	Global Energy Stadium
15:00	Kelly Yellow card 82'		Gordon Yellow card 72'	Attendance: 4,031 Referee: Gavin Duncan

19 April 2019 34	Ayr United	1–3	Ross County	Somerset Park
19:05	Miller File:Soccerball shade.svg 12' Harvie Yellow card 57'	[27]	Graham File:Soccerball shade.svg 42', 46', 71' Yellow card 73' Gardyne Yellow card 84'	Attendance: 1,692 Referee: Euan Anderson

26 April 2018 35	Ross County	4–0	Queen of the South	Global Energy Stadium
19:05	Stewart File:Soccerball shade.svg 29' Graham File:Soccerball shade.svg 51', 81' Mullin File:Soccerball shade.svg 54' Gardyne Yellow card 76'	[28]	Wilson Yellow card 5' Dykes Yellow card 85'	Attendance: 4,805 Referee: John Beaton

4 May 2019 36	Falkirk	3–2	Ross County	Falkirk Stadium
15:00	Rudden File:Soccerball shade.svg 27' McKenna File:Soccerball shade.svg 75' McGhee File:Soccerball shade.svg 77'	[29]	Stewart File:Soccerball shade.svg 29' Vigurs File:Soccerball shade.svg 73'	Attendance: 4,682 Referee: Steven McLean

For upcoming Scottish Premiership fixtures, see the official Ross County F.C. website Archived 20 June 2018 at the Wayback Machine

Scottish League Cup

Matches

14 July 2018^[6] Group A^[6]	Ross County	2–0	Elgin City	Global Energy Stadium
15:00	McManus File:Soccerball shade.svg 61' Mullin File:Soccerball shade.svg 82' Morris Yellow card 88'	Report	Miller Yellow card 54' McLeish Yellow card 73'	Attendance: 1,270 Referee: Alan Newlands

17 July 2018 Group A^[6]	Ross County	1–0	Dundee United	Global Energy Stadium
19:45	Draper Yellow card 32' Lindsay File:Soccerball shade.svg 85'	Sky Report United Report	Stanton Yellow card 22' Smith Yellow card 26'	Attendance: 1,532 Referee: Willie Collum

25 July 2018 Group A^[6]	Arbroath	4–1	Ross County	Gayfield Park
19:45	McKenna Yellow card 6' File:Soccerball shade.svg 43', 59' Hamilton File:Soccerball shade.svg 72' Hester File:Soccerball shade.svg 83'	P&J Report	Mckay File:Soccerball shade.svg 23' Dingwall Yellow card Yellow-red card 57' Vigurs Yellow card 69' Draper Yellow card 81'	Attendance: 496 Referee: Steven Kirkland

28 July 2018 Group A^[6]	Alloa Athletic	0–2	Ross County	Recreation Park
15:00	Karadachki Yellow card 54' Trouten Yellow card 54'	Report	McManus Yellow card 50' Morris File:Soccerball shade.svg 59' Dow Yellow card 81' Paton File:Soccerball shade.svg 90+2'	Attendance: 431 Referee: Ryan Lee

18 August 2018 Second round	Hibernian	3–2	Ross County	Easter Road
15:00 BST	Gray File:Soccerball shade.svg 15' Mallan File:Soccerball shade.svg 70' Horgan File:Soccerball shade.svg 90+1' Whittaker Yellow card 90+5'	Report	Vigurs Yellow card 1' Gardyne File:Soccerball shade.svg 10' Draper Yellow card 28' Morris Yellow card 45' Mullin File:Soccerball shade.svg 64' Cowie Yellow card 75'	Attendance: 7,452 Referee: Kevin Clancy

Scottish Challenge Cup

14 August 2018 First round	Heart of Midlothian Colts	1–2	Ross County	Tynecastle
19:45	Keena File:Soccerball shade.svg 44' Yellow card 67' Cochrane Yellow card 47'	Report	Mckay File:Soccerball shade.svg 4', 30' Dow Yellow card 52' Dingwall Yellow card 82'	Attendance: 344 Referee: Gavin Duncan

8 September 2018 Second round	Ross County	5–0	Raith Rovers	Victoria Park
15:00	Graham File:Soccerball shade.svg 18', 29', 40', 42' Lindsay File:Soccerball shade.svg 37'	Report	Gillespie Yellow card 80'	Attendance: 790 Referee: John Beaton

13 October 2018 Third round	Ross County	3–1	Montrose	Victoria Park
15:00	Ross Stewart File:Soccerball shade.svg 20' Davis Keillor-Dunn File:Soccerball shade.svg 41', 51'	[30]	Johnston File:Soccerball shade.svg 44'	Attendance: 1,122 Referee: Craig Napier

17 November 2018 Quarter final	Motherwell Colts	1–2	Ross County	Fir Park
15:00	Rodriguez Yellow card 15' Livingstone File:Soccerball shade.svg 53' Mbulu Red card 54' Watson Yellow card 90+4'	[31]	Demetriou Yellow card 45' Stewart File:Soccerball shade.svg 51', 56' Draper Yellow card 53'	Attendance: 1,209 Referee: David Munro

15 February 2019 Semi final	Ross County	2–1	East Fife	Victoria Park
19:45	Armstrong File:Soccerball shade.svg 18' McManus File:Soccerball shade.svg 38'	[32]	Dowds File:Soccerball shade.svg 39'	Attendance: 1,283 Referee: Alan Newlands

23 March 2019 Final	Ross County	3–1	Wales Connah's Quay Nomads	Caledonian Stadium
16:30	Mullin File:Soccerball shade.svg 75', File:Soccerball shade.svg 78' Lindsay File:Soccerball shade.svg 86'	Report	Bakare File:Soccerball shade.svg 22'	Attendance: 3,057 Referee: Alan Muir

Scottish Cup

19 January 2019 Forth round	Motherwell	1–2	Ross County	Fir Park
15:00	Hastie File:Soccerball shade.svg 90+1'	Report	Graham File:Soccerball shade.svg 52', 60' Draper Yellow card 68'	Attendance: 3,869 Referee: Steven McLean

11 February 2019 Fifth round	Ross County	2–2	Inverness Caledonian Thistle	Global Energy Stadium
19:15	Stewart File:Soccerball shade.svg 55' Watson Yellow card 68' Mullin File:Soccerball shade.svg 90+1'	[33]	Doran File:Soccerball shade.svg 13' Welsh Yellow card 25' McKay File:Soccerball shade.svg 65' Chalmers Yellow card 77'	Referee: John Beaton

Squad statistics

Appearances

As of 4 May 2019

No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Total		Championship		League Cup		Scottish Cup		Challenge Cup
No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
1	GK	Scotland SCO	Scott Fox	45	0	36	0	5	0	3	0	1	0
2	DF	Scotland SCO	Marcus Fraser (c)	36	1	26	1	4	0	3	0	3	0
3	DF	Scotland SCO	Sean Kelly	27	1	19+1	1	5	0	1	0	1	0
4	DF	England ENG	Liam Fontaine	13	0	8+1	0	2	0	0	0	2	0
5	DF	Republic of Ireland IRL	Callum Morris	19	1	12	0	4+1	1	0	0	2	0
6	MF	England ENG	Ross Draper	35	0	23+1	0	3+1	0	3	0	4	0
7	FW	Scotland SCO	Michael Gardyne	35	4	19+6	2	5	1	3	1	1+1	0
8	MF	Scotland SCO	Jamie Lindsay	48	9	34+1	6	4+1	1	2+1	0	4+1	2
9	FW	Northern Ireland NIR	Billy Mckay	34	20	22+2	17	3+1	1	2+1	0	2+1	2
10	FW	Scotland SCO	Declan McManus	45	4	12+20	2	4+1	1	1+2	0	4+1	1
11	MF	Scotland SCO	Iain Vigurs	19	2	13+2	2	3	0	0	0	1	0
12	DF	Republic of Ireland IRL	Andy Boyle	15	1	9+2	1	0	0	2	0	2	0
14	MF	Scotland SCO	Josh Mullin	40	14	29+2	9	3+1	2	1+1	1	2+1	2
15	DF	Scotland SCO	Keith Watson	35	3	27	3	4	0	3	0	1	0
16	MF	Scotland SCO	Lewis Spence	18	0	11+3	0	0	0	3	0	0+1	0
18	DF	England ENG	Callum Semple	4	0	2+2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
19	FW	Scotland SCO	Brian Graham	38	14	12+18	8	0+1	0	2+1	2	4	4
21	GK	Scotland SCO	Ross Munro	6	0	0+1	0	0	0	0	0	5	0
24	MF	Canada CAN	Harry Paton	7	1	0+4	0	0+1	1	0	0	2	0
26	MF	Scotland SCO	Don Cowie	33	2	21+8	2	0+1	0	0	0	3	0
27	FW	Scotland SCO	Ross Stewart	32	10	17+6	6	0	0	1+2	1	5+1	3
28	DF	Netherlands NED	Kenny van der Weg	17	0	12	0	0	0	3	0	2	0
31	MF	Scotland SCO	Daniel Armstrong	8	1	3+3	0	0	0	0	0	1+1	1
41	GK	England ENG	Joe Williams	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
43	FW	Scotland SCO	James Wallace	3	0	0+1	0	0	0	0+1	0	0+1	0
44	DF	England ENG	Tom Grivosti	19	1	12+5	1	0	0	0	0	2	0
46	MF	Scotland SCO	Jack Murray	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0+1	0
48	DF	Scotland SCO	Tom Kelly	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0+1	0
49	MF	Scotland SCO	Mark Gallagher	3	0	0+2	0	0	0	0	0	0+1	0
50	FW	Scotland SCO	Joel MacBeath	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Players who left the club during the season
12	DF	Cyprus CYP	Stelios Demetriou	15	0	8+1	0	1+1	0	0	0	4	0
16	MF	Scotland SCO	Dylan Dykes	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	0
17	MF	England ENG	Davis Keillor-Dunn	16	3	6+5	1	0+2	0	0	0	3	2
18	FW	Scotland SCO	Ryan Dow	7	0	0+2	0	2+2	0	0	0	1	0
20	FW	Scotland SCO	Greg Morrison	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0+1	0
22	MF	Scotland SCO	Tony Dingwall	8	0	1+1	0	2	0	0	0	3+1	0
23	FW	Scotland SCO	Russell Dingwall	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0+1	0
40	MF	Scotland SCO	Ross Maciver	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0+1	0

Team statistics

League table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion, qualification or relegation
1	Ross County (C, P)	36	21	8	7	63	34	+29	71	Promotion to the Premiership
2	Dundee United	36	19	8	9	49	40	+9	65	Qualification for the Premiership play-off semi-final
3	Inverness Caledonian Thistle	36	14	14	8	48	40	+8	56	Qualification for the Premiership play-off quarter-final
4	Ayr United	36	15	9	12	50	38	+12	54	Qualification for the Premiership play-off quarter-final
5	Greenock Morton	36	11	13	12	36	45	−9	46

Source: SPFL
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored; 4) Points in head-to-head matches; 5) Goal difference in hth matches; 6). Goals scored in hth matches; 7). Play-off (only for deciding promotion, play-off participation and relegation).^[7]
(C) Champions; (P) Promoted

League Cup table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	PW	PL	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification	ROS	ARB	ALO	DUN	ELG
1	Ross County (Q)	4	3	0	0	1	6	4	+2	9	Qualification for the Second round	—	—	—	1–0	2–0
2	Arbroath	4	2	1	0	1	9	6	+3	8		4–1	—	—	—	2–0
3	Alloa Athletic	4	2	1	0	1	8	5	+3	8		0–2	4–2	—	—	—
4	Dundee United	4	1	0	2	1	6	3	+3	5		—	1–1p	1–1p	—	—
5	Elgin City	4	0	0	0	4	0	11	−11	0		—	—	0–3	0–4	—

Source: ^[8]
Rules for classification: 1) goal difference, 2) goals scored, 3) away goals scored, 4) matches won, 5) away matches won, 6) drawing of lots.^[9]
(Q) Qualified to the phase indicated

Transfers

In

Date	Player	From	Fee
15 May 2018	Scotland Iain Vigurs	Scotland Inverness Caledonian Thistle	Free^[10]
28 May 2018	Scotland Josh Mullin	Scotland Livingston	Free^[11]
4 June 2018	Scotland Jamie Lindsay	Scotland Celtic	Undisclosed^[12]
6 June 2018	Scotland Declan McManus	Scotland Dunfermline Athletic	Free^[13]
21 June 2018	Canada Harry Paton	Scotland Heart of Midlothian	Free^[14]
21 June 2018	Republic of Ireland Callum Morris	Scotland Dunfermline Athletic	Free^[15]
21 June 2018	Scotland Keith Watson	Scotland St. Johnstone	Free^[15]
25 June 2018	Cyprus Stelios Demetriou	Scotland St Mirren	Free^[16]
2 August 2018	Scotland Brian Graham	England Cheltenham Town	Free^[17]
10 August 2018	Scotland Ross Stewart	Scotland St Mirren	undisclosed^[18]
13 August 2018	Scotland Don Cowie	Scotland Heart of Midlothian	Free^[19]
10 January 2019	Scotland Lewis Spence	Scotland Dundee	Free^[20]
10 January 2019	Netherlands Kenny van der Weg	Belgium Roeselare	Free^[21]
22 January 2019	England Callum Semple	England Sheffield United	Free^[22]
22 January 2019	Scotland Daniel Armstrong	Scotland Raith Rovers	Free^[22]

Out

Date	Player	To	Fee
1 June 2018	England Craig Curran	Scotland Dundee United	Free^[23]
12 June 2018	Scotland Jason Naismith	England Peterborough United	Undisclosed^[24]
14 June 2018	Denmark Thomas Mikkelsen	Iceland Breiðablik	Free^[25]^[26]
15 June 2018	France Christopher Routis	Switzerland Servette	Free^[27]^[28]
16 June 2018	Scotland Max Ashmore	Scotland Stranraer	Free^[25]^[29]
25 June 2018	England Andrew Davies	England Hartlepool	Free
27 June 2018	Scotland Blair Malcolm	Scotland Cowdenbeath	Free^[25]^[30]
1 July 2018	Scotland Sam Morrison	Scotland Buckie Thistle	Free^[25]
9 July 2018	Scotland Kyle Johnson	Scotland Stenhousemuir	Free^[25]^[31]
10 July 2018	Netherlands Alex Schalk	Switzerland Servette	Free^[32]
17 July 2018	Scotland Reghan Tumilty	Scotland Greenock Morton	Free^[25]^[33]
20 July 2018	England Mark Foden	England Gateshead	Free^[25]^[34]
3 August 2018	Chinese Taipei Tim Chow	Serbia Spartak Subotica	Free^[25]^[35]
10 August 2018	France David Ngog	Hungary Budapest Honvéd	Free
23 August 2018	Scotland Greg Morrison	Scotland Elgin City	Loan
31 August 2018	Republic of Ireland Aaron McCarey	Northern Ireland Warrenpoint Town	Free^[25]^[36]
11 September 2018	Canada Harry Paton	Scotland Stenhousemuir	Loan
13 September 2018	Scotland Jim O’Brien	England Bradford City	Free^[37]
14 September 2018	Scotland Ryan Dow	Scotland Peterhead	Loan^[38]
3 January 2019	Scotland Ryan Dow	Scotland Peterhead	Free^[39]
8 January 2019	Scotland Russell Dingwall	Scotland Stenhousemuir	Loan
10 January 2019	England Davis Keillor-Dunn	Scotland Falkirk	Loan
11 January 2019	Scotland Dylan Dykes	Scotland Greenock Morton	Free
11 January 2019	Scotland Tony Dingwall	Scotland Raith Rovers	Free

Notes and references

↑ "Ross County secure title and promotion". BBC Sport. Retrieved 5 May 2019.
↑ @RossCounty (18 June 2018). "⚽️" (Tweet). Retrieved 19 June 2018 – via Twitter.
↑ ^3.0 ^3.1 ^3.2 @RossCounty (18 June 2018). "FRIENDLIES" (Tweet). Retrieved 19 June 2018 – via Twitter.
↑ ^4.0 ^4.1 "PRE-SEASON CAMP". Ross County FC. Retrieved 4 June 2018.
↑ "PRE-SEASON". Ross County FC. Retrieved 26 June 2018.
↑ ^6.0 ^6.1 ^6.2 ^6.3 ^6.4 "Betfred Cup group stage fixtures". spfl.co.uk.
↑ "Championship 2017/2018 - Season rules". Scoresway. Retrieved 22 April 2017.
↑ "Summary - League Cup Group A". Soccerway. Retrieved 4 August 2019.
↑ "Format". SPFL. Retrieved 15 June 2017.
↑ "Hearts sign Jake Mulraney, Angus Beith goes to Inverness, Iain Vigurs to Ross County". BBC Sport. 15 May 2018. Retrieved 20 May 2018.
↑ Durent, Jamie (28 May 2018). "Ross County add Livingston midfielder Josh Mullin". The Press & Journal. Retrieved 28 May 2018.
↑ "Jamie Lindsay signs on a permanent deal with the Staggies". Ross County F.C. 4 June 2018. Archived from the original on 11 September 2020. Retrieved 4 June 2018.
↑ "Declan McManus signs for the Staggies". Ross County FC. 6 June 2018. Archived from the original on 11 September 2020. Retrieved 6 June 2018.
↑ "Kettlewell impressed by Paton potential". Ross-shire Journal. 21 June 2018. Retrieved 22 June 2018.^{[permanent dead link‍]}
↑ ^15.0 ^15.1 "Two defenders in the door at County". Ross-shire Journal. 21 June 2018. Retrieved 22 June 2018.^{[permanent dead link‍]}
↑ "Ross County: Andrew Davies terminates contract, Stelios Demetriou arrives". Ross-shire Journal. 25 June 2018.
↑ "Ross County: Brian Graham returns for second spell". BBC Sport. BBC. 2 August 2018. Retrieved 3 August 2018.
↑ "Ross County confirm signing of St Mirren striker Ross Stewart". Press and Journal. 10 August 2018. Retrieved 10 August 2018.
↑ "Don Cowie: Ross County sign midfielder from Hearts". BBC Sport. 13 August 2018. Retrieved 13 August 2018.
↑ "Ross County: Andrew Davies terminates contract, Stelios Demetriou arrives". BBC Sport. 25 June 2018. Retrieved 25 June 2018.
↑ "Double signing for the Staggies as Van Der Weg and Spence check in". Ross County FC. 10 January 2019. Archived from the original on 23 September 2019. Retrieved 10 January 2019.
↑ ^22.0 ^22.1 "Ross County sign Callum Semple & Daniel Armstrong". BBC Sport. 22 January 2019. Retrieved 22 January 2019.
↑ "Dundee United: Craig Curran and Fraser Aird join club's promotion push". BBC. 1 June 2018. Retrieved 1 June 2018.
↑ "Jason Naismith: Peterborough United sign defender from Ross County". BBC Sport. 12 June 2018. Retrieved 12 June 2018.
↑ ^25.0 ^25.1 ^25.2 ^25.3 ^25.4 ^25.5 ^25.6 ^25.7 ^25.8 "Starting from scratch as Ross County rebuild begins". Press & Journal. 16 May 2018. Retrieved 20 May 2018.
↑ "Islandsk tophold snupper Mikkelsen". 14 June 2018. Retrieved 14 June 2018.
↑ "Michael Gardyne & Ross Draper sign on for the season". Ross County FC. 21 May 2018. Retrieved 21 May 2018.
↑ "Le Servette FC annonce l'arrivée de Christopher Routis au club". Servette FC. 29 June 2018. Retrieved 29 June 2018.
↑ @StranraerFC (16 June 2018). "✍️" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
↑ "Blair and Bryan back to the Blue Brazil". Cowdenbeath FC. 26 June 2018. Retrieved 30 June 2018.
↑ "Welcome our latest signing". Jamie Swinney. Stenhousemuir FC. 9 July 2018. Retrieved 17 July 2018.
↑ "Alex Schalk". BN Destem. 10 July 2018. Retrieved 10 July 2018.
↑ "Morton secure defender Reghan Tumilty on one-year deal". Greenock Telegraph. 17 July 2018.
↑ "Foden signs for Gateshead". hartlepool mail. 20 July 2018. Retrieved 20 July 2018.
↑ Spartak dovodi Engleza Čaua i Ukrajinca Kuliniča ("Spartak brings Englishman Chaw and Ukrainian Kulynych") at Sportski žurnal, 3-8-2018 (in Serbian)
↑ "Warrenpoint Town bring in keeper Aaron McCarey from Ross County". BBC. 3 September 2018. Retrieved 3 September 2018.
↑ "Jim O'Brien: Bradford City sign former Barnsley and Coventry midfielder". BBC Sport. 13 September 2018. Retrieved 14 September 2018.
↑ "Peterhead confirm loan signing of Ross County forward Ryan Dow". Press and Journal. 14 September 2018. Retrieved 14 September 2018.
↑ "Ryan returns after Ross County release". Peterhead FC. 3 January 2019. Retrieved 3 January 2019.

[1] "Ross County secure title and promotion". BBC Sport. Retrieved 5 May 2019.

[2] @RossCounty (18 June 2018). "⚽️" (Tweet). Retrieved 19 June 2018 – via Twitter.

[Pre-season_2-3] 3.0 ^3.1 ^3.2 @RossCounty (18 June 2018). "FRIENDLIES" (Tweet). Retrieved 19 June 2018 – via Twitter.

[Pre-season-4] 4.0 ^4.1 "PRE-SEASON CAMP". Ross County FC. Retrieved 4 June 2018.

[5] "PRE-SEASON". Ross County FC. Retrieved 26 June 2018.

[spfl.co.uk-6] 6.0 ^6.1 ^6.2 ^6.3 ^6.4 "Betfred Cup group stage fixtures". spfl.co.uk.

[7] "Championship 2017/2018 - Season rules". Scoresway. Retrieved 22 April 2017.

[8] "Summary - League Cup Group A". Soccerway. Retrieved 4 August 2019.

[9] "Format". SPFL. Retrieved 15 June 2017.

[10] "Hearts sign Jake Mulraney, Angus Beith goes to Inverness, Iain Vigurs to Ross County". BBC Sport. 15 May 2018. Retrieved 20 May 2018.

[11] Durent, Jamie (28 May 2018). "Ross County add Livingston midfielder Josh Mullin". The Press & Journal. Retrieved 28 May 2018.

[12] "Jamie Lindsay signs on a permanent deal with the Staggies". Ross County F.C. 4 June 2018. Archived from the original on 11 September 2020. Retrieved 4 June 2018.

[13] "Declan McManus signs for the Staggies". Ross County FC. 6 June 2018. Archived from the original on 11 September 2020. Retrieved 6 June 2018.

[14] "Kettlewell impressed by Paton potential". Ross-shire Journal. 21 June 2018. Retrieved 22 June 2018.^{[permanent dead link‍]}

[double_signing-15] 15.0 ^15.1 "Two defenders in the door at County". Ross-shire Journal. 21 June 2018. Retrieved 22 June 2018.^{[permanent dead link‍]}

[Davies_Demetriou-16] "Ross County: Andrew Davies terminates contract, Stelios Demetriou arrives". Ross-shire Journal. 25 June 2018.

[17] "Ross County: Brian Graham returns for second spell". BBC Sport. BBC. 2 August 2018. Retrieved 3 August 2018.

[18] "Ross County confirm signing of St Mirren striker Ross Stewart". Press and Journal. 10 August 2018. Retrieved 10 August 2018.

[19] "Don Cowie: Ross County sign midfielder from Hearts". BBC Sport. 13 August 2018. Retrieved 13 August 2018.

[davies-20] "Ross County: Andrew Davies terminates contract, Stelios Demetriou arrives". BBC Sport. 25 June 2018. Retrieved 25 June 2018.

[21] "Double signing for the Staggies as Van Der Weg and Spence check in". Ross County FC. 10 January 2019. Archived from the original on 23 September 2019. Retrieved 10 January 2019.

[semple-22] 22.0 ^22.1 "Ross County sign Callum Semple & Daniel Armstrong". BBC Sport. 22 January 2019. Retrieved 22 January 2019.

[Craig_Curran_joins_Dundee_United-23] "Dundee United: Craig Curran and Fraser Aird join club's promotion push". BBC. 1 June 2018. Retrieved 1 June 2018.

[24] "Jason Naismith: Peterborough United sign defender from Ross County". BBC Sport. 12 June 2018. Retrieved 12 June 2018.

[County_released-25] 25.0 ^25.1 ^25.2 ^25.3 ^25.4 ^25.5 ^25.6 ^25.7 ^25.8 "Starting from scratch as Ross County rebuild begins". Press & Journal. 16 May 2018. Retrieved 20 May 2018.

[26] "Islandsk tophold snupper Mikkelsen". 14 June 2018. Retrieved 14 June 2018.

[Routis_Released-27] "Michael Gardyne & Ross Draper sign on for the season". Ross County FC. 21 May 2018. Retrieved 21 May 2018.

[28] "Le Servette FC annonce l'arrivée de Christopher Routis au club". Servette FC. 29 June 2018. Retrieved 29 June 2018.

[29] @StranraerFC (16 June 2018). "✍️" (Tweet) – via Twitter.

[30] "Blair and Bryan back to the Blue Brazil". Cowdenbeath FC. 26 June 2018. Retrieved 30 June 2018.

[31] "Welcome our latest signing". Jamie Swinney. Stenhousemuir FC. 9 July 2018. Retrieved 17 July 2018.

[32] "Alex Schalk". BN Destem. 10 July 2018. Retrieved 10 July 2018.

[33] "Morton secure defender Reghan Tumilty on one-year deal". Greenock Telegraph. 17 July 2018.

[34] "Foden signs for Gateshead". hartlepool mail. 20 July 2018. Retrieved 20 July 2018.

[35] Spartak dovodi Engleza Čaua i Ukrajinca Kuliniča ("Spartak brings Englishman Chaw and Ukrainian Kulynych") at Sportski žurnal, 3-8-2018 (in Serbian)

[36] "Warrenpoint Town bring in keeper Aaron McCarey from Ross County". BBC. 3 September 2018. Retrieved 3 September 2018.

[37] "Jim O'Brien: Bradford City sign former Barnsley and Coventry midfielder". BBC Sport. 13 September 2018. Retrieved 14 September 2018.

[38] "Peterhead confirm loan signing of Ross County forward Ryan Dow". Press and Journal. 14 September 2018. Retrieved 14 September 2018.

[39] "Ryan returns after Ross County release". Peterhead FC. 3 January 2019. Retrieved 3 January 2019.

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History	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 2017–18 2018–19 2019–20 2020–21 2021–22 2022–23 2023–24
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Rivalries	Highland derby

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Domestic leagues	SPFL Premiership Championship League One League Two Highland Lowland East of Scotland South of Scotland North Caledonian SJFA West Premiership SJFA East Super League SJFA North Superleague SPFL Reserve League Women's Premier League 2018 2019 Women's First Division '18 '19
Domestic cups	Scottish Cup Final League Cup Group stage Final Challenge Cup Final South Region Challenge Cup Junior Cup Youth Cup Women's Cup 2018 2019 Women's Premier League Cup 2018 2019
European competitions	Champions League Europa League Youth League
Related to national team	Results Men's Women's 2018–19 UEFA Nations League C UEFA Euro 2020 qualifying Group I 2019 FIFA Women's World Cup World Cup Group D World Cup qualification – UEFA Group 2
Transfers	Summer 2018 Winter 2018–19
Club seasons
Premiership	Aberdeen Celtic Dundee Hamilton Academical Heart of Midlothian Hibernian Kilmarnock Livingston Motherwell Rangers St Johnstone St Mirren
Championship	Alloa Athletic Ayr United Dundee United Dunfermline Athletic Falkirk Greenock Morton Inverness Caledonian Thistle Partick Thistle Queen of the South Ross County
League One	Airdrieonians Arbroath Brechin City Dumbarton East Fife Forfar Athletic Montrose Raith Rovers Stranraer Stenhousemuir
League Two	Albion Rovers Annan Athletic Berwick Rangers Clyde Cowdenbeath Edinburgh City Elgin City Peterhead Queen's Park Stirling Albion