2018–19 Ross County F.C. season
| 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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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
[edit]Win Draw Loss Postponed
Pre-season
[edit]*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  37'Fontaine 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 24', 86' Craig Gunn 73' |
Joel MacBeath 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 53' V.D. Streek 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
[edit]| 4 August 2018 1 | Ross County | 1–0 | Alloa Athletic | Global Energy Stadium |
| 15:00 | Fraser 88' Lindsay  90+5' |
Hetherington 24' |
Attendance: 3,065 Referee: Mike Roncone |
| 11 August 2018 2 | Dunfermline Athletic | 1–3 | Ross County | East End Park |
| 15:00 | Vincent 22' Longridge 28' Ashcroft 54' |
[1] | Mullin 25' Watson 30' 68' Gardyne 42' |
Attendance: 4,949 Referee: Craig Thomson |
| 25 August 2018 3 | Greenock Morton | 2–1 | Ross County | Cappielow Park |
| 15:00 | Buchanan 41' Tidser 60' McHugh 77' |
[2] | Gardyne 48' Cowie 58' 75' Vigurs 73' |
Attendance: 1,994 Referee: Greg Aitken |
| 1 September 2018 4 | Ross County | 2–0 | Falkirk | Global Energy Stadium |
| 15:00 | Morris 39' Lindsay 68' McManus 90' Vigurs 90+2' |
[3] | Muirhead 40' Kidd 73' Harrison 89' |
Attendance: 3,564 Referee: Nick Walsh |
| 15 September 2018 5 | Queen of the South | 0–0 | Ross County | Palmerston Park |
| 15:00 | Jacobs 6' |
Vigurs 54' |
Attendance: 1,509 Referee: Steven Maclean |
| 22 September 2018 6 | Ross County | 0–0 | Inverness Caledonian Thistle | Global Energy Stadium |
| 15:00 | Kelly 72' |
[4] | Donaldson 89' |
Attendance: 6,402 Referee: Willie Collum |
| 29 September 2018 7 | Dundee United | 1–5 | Ross County | Tannadice Park |
| 15:00 | Safranko 17' Curran 37' Murdoch  59' |
[5] | McKay 11', 29', 51' Morris 20' Watson 34' Kelly 42' Mullin 50' |
Attendance: 4,446 Referee: John Beaton |
| 6 October 2018 8 | Partick Thistle | 0–2 | Ross County | Firhill Park |
| 15:00 | Bannigan 8' Keown 38' Elliott 55' Erskine 56' |
[6] | Mullin 14' McKay 56' Draper 90+1'  |
Attendance: 2,784 Referee: Nick Walsh |
| 20 October 2018 9 | Ross County | 2–1 | Ayr United | Global Energy Stadium |
| 15:00 | Morris 21' McKay 23' Mullin 34' Watson 70' Demetriou 83' Keillor-Dunn 87' |
[7] | Shankland 50' Moore 55' |
Attendance: 3,140 Referee: Steven McLean |
| 27 October 2018 10 | Ross County | 5–0 | Greenock Morton | Global Energy Stadium |
| 15:00 | McKay 9', 42', 48' Keillor-Dunn 57' Graham 90+1' |
[8] | Telfer 45+1' |
Attendance: 3,481 Referee: Steven Reid |
| 30 October 2018 11 | Falkirk | 1–1 | Ross County | Falkirk Stadium |
| 19:45 | Draper 26' (o.g.) Muirhead 63' Robson 75' |
[9] | Graham 66' Vigurs 72' 78' |
Attendance: 3,767 Referee: Euan Anderson |
| 3 November 2018 12 | Inverness Caledonian Thistle | 2–2 | Ross County | Caledonian Stadium |
| 15:00 | Oakley 19' Rooney 30' Calder 45+1' Walsh 49' |
[10] | Lindsay 17' 90+3' Mackay 43' (o.g.) Vigurs 67' |
Attendance: 4,353 Referee: Kevin Clancy |
| 10 November 2018 13 | Ross County | 0–1 | Dundee United | Global Energy Stadium |
| 15:00 | Mullin 36' Kelly 39' |
[11] | Watson 15' McMullan 21' Fyvie 60' Murdoch 90+6' Rabitsch 90+6' |
Attendance: 4,565 Referee: Alan Newlands |
| 24 November 2018 14 | Ross County | 2–1 | Dunfermline Athletic | Global Energy Stadium |
| 15:00 | McKay 9' Lindsay 60' |
Report | Higginbotham 15' Vincent 31' Longridge 74' Ashcroft 83' |
Attendance: 3,121 Referee: Alan Muir |
| 1 December 2018 15 | Alloa Athletic | 0–1 | Ross County | The Indodrill Stadium |
| 15:00 | Flannigan 41' Zanatta 57' |
[12] | Grivosti 66' Watson 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 24' Mullin 55' |
Report | Norman 35' Stirling 71' |
Attendance: 3,305 Referee: Mike Roncone |
| 15 December 2018 17 | Ayr United | 3–3 | Ross County | Somerset Park |
| 15:00 | Shankland 21', 25' Geggan 43' 63' Bell 47' |
[13] | Mullin 12' Demetriou 24' Mckay 48' Cowie 52' Lindsay 61' |
Attendance: 2,030 Referee: Bobby Madden |
| 22 December 2018 18 | Ross County | 2–0 | Partick Thistle | Global Energy Stadium |
| 15:00 | Mckay 26' Draper 71' Stewart 79' |
Bannigan 57' Scobbie 61' |
Attendance: 3,467 Referee: Colin Steven |
| 29 December 2018 19 | Ross County | 2–1 | Inverness Caledonian Thistle | Global Energy Stadium |
| 15:00 | Mckay 26' Stewart 85' Graham 90' |
[14] | White 44' Rooney 90' |
Attendance: 6,313 Referee: Andrew Dallas |
| 4 January 2019 20 | Greenock Morton | 1–0 | Ross County | Cappielow Park |
| 19:45 | Tidser 53' McHugh 54' Waddell 66' Iredale 73' Millar 90' |
[15] | Fraser 90' Gardyne 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 12', 77' Doyle 45' Maguire 45' |
[16] | Gardyne 38' Spence 59' Mullin 68' |
Attendance: 1,386 Referee: Steven Reid |
| 26 January 2019 22 | Ross County | 2–0 | Alloa Athletic | Global Energy Stadium |
| 15:00 | McManus 12' Spence 24' Lindsay 62' |
Attendance: 3,521 Referee: Steven Kirkland |
| 2 February 2019 23 | Dunfermline Athletic | 1–2 | Ross County | East End Park |
| 15:00 | Craigen 9' Devine 24' Anderson 41' Smith 79' Higginbotham 87' |
[17] | Mckay 52' Lindsay 68' Gardyne 77' Spence 89' van der Weg 89' |
Attendance: 4,347 Referee: Barry Cook |
| 23 February 2019 24 | Partick Thistle | 2–4 | Ross County | Firhill Park |
| 15:00 | Fitzpatrick 21' Elliott 24' |
[18] | Stewart 47', 74' Lindsay 64' McKay 79' |
Attendance: 3,007 Referee: Gavin Duncan |
| 26 February 2019 25 | Ross County | 3–2 | Ayr United | Global Energy Stadium |
| 19:45 | McKay 35', 70', 75' |
[19] | Shankland 62' Murdoch 73' |
Attendance: 3,489 Referee: Nick Walsh |
| 9 March 2019 26 | Ross County | 2–0 | Greenock Morton | Global Energy Stadium |
| 15:00 | Mullin 55' Graham 78' |
[20] | Attendance: 3,110 Referee: Greg Aitken |
| 12 March 2019 27 | Ross County | 2–1 | Falkirk | Global Energy Stadium |
| 19:45 | Graham 12' Watson 22' Grivosti 85' |
[21] | McShane 87' |
Attendance: 3,148 Referee: Steven Kirkland |
| 19 March 2019 28 | Dundee United | 1–0 | Ross County | Tannadice Park |
| 19:45 | Butcher 7' Connolly 29' Clark 90+1' |
[22] | Stewart 11' Lindsay 90+2' |
Attendance: 4,290 Referee: Willie Collum |
| 30 March 2019 29 | Alloa Athletic | 1–0 | Ross County | The Indodrill Stadium |
| 15:00 | Zanatta 33' |
[23] | Attendance: 697 Referee: Colin Steven |
| 2 April 2019 30 | Inverness Caledonian Thistle | 1–2 | Ross County | Caledonian Stadium |
| 19:05 | Tremarco 24' Trafford 45+1' |
[24] | Mullin 8' Boyle 34' |
Attendance: 3,795 Referee: Nick Walsh |
| 5 April 2019 31 | Ross County | 1–1 | Dundee United | Global Energy Stadium |
| 19:05 | Lindsay 90+4' |
[25] | Pavol Šafranko 12' |
Attendance: 3,550 Referee: Steven McLean |
| 9 April 2018 32 | Ross County | 1–0 | Dunfermline Athletic | Global Energy Stadium |
| 19:45 | Grivosti 60' |
[26] | Attendance: 3,222 Referee: Don Robertson |
| 13 April 2019 33 | Ross County | 0–0 | Partick Thistle | Global Energy Stadium |
| 15:00 | Kelly 82' |
Gordon 72' |
Attendance: 4,031 Referee: Gavin Duncan |
| 19 April 2019 34 | Ayr United | 1–3 | Ross County | Somerset Park |
| 19:05 | Miller 12' Harvie 57' |
[27] | Graham 42', 46', 71' 73' Gardyne 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 29' Graham 51', 81' Mullin 54' Gardyne 76' |
[28] | Wilson 5' Dykes 85' |
Attendance: 4,805 Referee: John Beaton |
| 4 May 2019 36 | Falkirk | 3–2 | Ross County | Falkirk Stadium |
| 15:00 | Rudden 27' McKenna 75' McGhee 77' |
[29] | Stewart 29' Vigurs 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
[edit]Matches
[edit]| 14 July 2018[6] Group A[6] | Ross County | 2–0 | Elgin City | Global Energy Stadium |
| 15:00 | McManus 61' Mullin 82'Morris 88' |
Report | Miller 54' McLeish 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 32' Lindsay 85' |
Sky Report United Report |
Stanton 22' Smith 26' |
Attendance: 1,532 Referee: Willie Collum |
| 25 July 2018 Group A[6] | Arbroath | 4–1 | Ross County | Gayfield Park |
| 19:45 | McKenna 6' 43', 59' Hamilton 72'Hester 83' |
P&J Report | Mckay 23' Dingwall 57' Vigurs 69'Draper 81' |
Attendance: 496 Referee: Steven Kirkland |
| 28 July 2018 Group A[6] | Alloa Athletic | 0–2 | Ross County | Recreation Park |
| 15:00 | Karadachki 54' Trouten 54' |
Report | McManus 50' Morris 59'Dow 81'Paton 90+2' |
Attendance: 431 Referee: Ryan Lee |
| 18 August 2018 Second round | Hibernian | 3–2 | Ross County | Easter Road |
| 15:00 BST | Gray 15' Mallan 70' Horgan 90+1' Whittaker 90+5' |
Report | Vigurs 1' Gardyne 10' Draper 28' Morris 45' Mullin 64' Cowie 75' |
Attendance: 7,452 Referee: Kevin Clancy |
Scottish Challenge Cup
[edit]| 14 August 2018 First round | Heart of Midlothian Colts | 1–2 | Ross County | Tynecastle |
| 19:45 | Keena 44' 67' Cochrane 47' |
Report | Mckay 4', 30' Dow 52' Dingwall 82' |
Attendance: 344 Referee: Gavin Duncan |
| 8 September 2018 Second round | Ross County | 5–0 | Raith Rovers | Victoria Park |
| 15:00 | Graham 18', 29', 40', 42' Lindsay 37' |
Report | Gillespie 80' |
Attendance: 790 Referee: John Beaton |
| 13 October 2018 Third round | Ross County | 3–1 | Montrose | Victoria Park |
| 15:00 | Ross Stewart 20' Davis Keillor-Dunn 41', 51' |
[30] | Johnston 44' |
Attendance: 1,122 Referee: Craig Napier |
| 17 November 2018 Quarter final | Motherwell Colts | 1–2 | Ross County | Fir Park |
| 15:00 | Rodriguez 15' Livingstone 53' Mbulu 54'Watson 90+4' |
[31] | Demetriou 45' Stewart 51', 56' Draper 53' |
Attendance: 1,209 Referee: David Munro |
| 15 February 2019 Semi final | Ross County | 2–1 | East Fife | Victoria Park |
| 19:45 | Armstrong 18' McManus 38' |
[32] | Dowds 39' |
Attendance: 1,283 Referee: Alan Newlands |
| 23 March 2019 Final | Ross County | 3–1 |  Connah's Quay Nomads | Caledonian Stadium |
| 16:30 | Mullin 75', 78' Lindsay 86' |
Report | Bakare 22' |
Attendance: 3,057 Referee: Alan Muir |
Scottish Cup
[edit]| 19 January 2019 Forth round | Motherwell | 1–2 | Ross County | Fir Park |
| 15:00 | Hastie 90+1' |
Report | Graham 52', 60' Draper 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 55' Watson 68' Mullin 90+1' |
[33] | Doran 13' Welsh 25' McKay 65' Chalmers 77' |
Referee: John Beaton |
| 19 February 2019 | Inverness Caledonian Thistle | 2–2 (a.e.t.) (5–4 p) | Ross County | Inverness |
| 19:45 | White 56', 81' |
Report | Stadium: Caledonian Stadium Attendance: 3,608 Referee: John Beaton | |
| Penalties | ||||
Squad statistics
[edit]Appearances
[edit]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 |
Team statistics
[edit]League table
[edit]| 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
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
[edit]| 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
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
[edit]
See also
[edit]Notes and references
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- ^ "Summary - League Cup Group A". Soccerway. Retrieved 4 August 2019.
- ^ "Format". SPFL. Retrieved 15 June 2017.
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- ^ 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.
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- ^ "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.
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- ^ a b "Ross County sign Callum Semple & Daniel Armstrong". BBC Sport. 22 January 2019. Retrieved 22 January 2019.
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