2018–19 Ross County F.C. season


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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
2018–19 season
ChairmanRoy MacGregor
ManagerSteven Ferguson and
Stuart Kettlewell
GroundVictoria Park
Scottish ChampionshipFirst (champions)
Scottish League CupSecond Round
Scottish Challenge CupWinners
Scottish CupFifth round
Top goalscorerLeague: Billy McKay (17)
All: Billy McKay (20)
Highest home attendanceLeague: 6,402 vs Inverness Caledonian Thistle
22 September 2018
Cup: 1,532 vs Dundee United
League Cup
17 July 2018
Lowest home attendanceLeague: 3,065 vs Alloa Athletic
22 September
Cup: 790 vs Raith Rovers
Challenge Cup
8 September 2018
Average home league attendance3,849

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.

  Win   Draw   Loss   Postponed

*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[3] Friendly Wick Academy 3–1 Ross County XI Wick
13:00 David Allan   24', 86'
Craig Gunn   73'		 Joel MacBeath   20' Stadium: Harmsworth Park
Referee: Gordon Seago

Scottish Championship

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Scottish Challenge Cup

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As of 4 May 2019

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

Pos Team 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

Notes and references

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  2. ^ @RossCounty (18 June 2018). "⚽️" (Tweet). Retrieved 19 June 2018 – via Twitter.
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  5. ^ "PRE-SEASON". Ross County FC. Retrieved 26 June 2018.
  6. ^ a b c d e "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.
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  18. ^ "Ross County confirm signing of St Mirren striker Ross Stewart". Press and Journal. 10 August 2018. Retrieved 10 August 2018.
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  29. ^ @StranraerFC (16 June 2018). "✍️" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
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  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.