2016–17 Inverness Caledonian Thistle F.C. season

Inverness Caledonian Thistle
2016–17 season
Chairman	Kenny Cameron
Manager	Richie Foran
Stadium	Caledonian Stadium
Premiership	Twelfth place
League Cup	Second round, lost to Alloa Athletic
Scottish Cup	Fifth round, lost to Celtic
Top goalscorer	League: ; Alex Fisher (8); All: ; Alex Fisher (8)
Highest home attendance	7,012 vs. Rangers, 14 October 2016
Lowest home attendance	1,316 vs. Arbroath, 30 July 2016
Average home league attendance	3,949
Home colours	Away colours
	← 2015–16 2017–18 →

The 2016–17 Inverness Caledonian Thistle F.C. season is the club's fourth season in the Scottish Premiership and their seventh consecutive season in the top division of Scottish football. Caley Thistle also competed in the Scottish League Cup and the Scottish Cup.

Summary

Season

Caley Thistle finished twelfth in the Scottish Premiership and were automatically relegated to the Scottish Championship.^[2] They reached the second round of the Scottish League Cup,^[3] the fifth round of the Scottish Cup.^[4]

Management

Caley Thistle were managed by Richie Foran, during the 2016–17 season.^[5] John Hughes departed the club during the close season on 20 May 2016,^[6] having negotiated his exit with the board.^[7] Hughes had previously raised concerns with the club's budget for 2016–17.^[8] On 30 May 2016, Foran was appointed manager on a four-year contract,^[9] marking his retirement as a player.^[10] Brian Rice remained as assistant manager.^[11]

Results and fixtures

Win Draw Loss Postponed

Friendlies

2 July 2016 Friendly/William West Testimonial	Fraserburgh	3–3	Inverness CT	Fraserburgh
15:00				Stadium: Bellslea Park

5 July 2016 Friendly	Brora Rangers	1–1	Inverness CT	Brora
19:30				Stadium: Dudgeon Park

7 July 2016 Friendly	Nairn County	0–3	Inverness CT	Nairn
19:30				Stadium: Station Park

9 July 2016 Friendly/Andy Low Testimonial	Buckie Thistle	1–8	Inverness CT	Buckie
14:00				Stadium: Victoria Park

10 July 2016 Friendly	Clachnacuddin	1–3	Inverness CT	Inverness
12:00				Stadium: Grant Street Park

12 July 2016 Friendly	Elgin City	0–3	Inverness CT	Elgin
19:45				Stadium: Borough Briggs

19 July 2016 Friendly	Forres Mechanics	1–3	Inverness CT	Forres
19:30				Stadium: Mosset Park

Scottish Premiership

6 August 2016 Premiership	Partick Thistle	2–0	Inverness Caledonian Thistle	Glasgow
15:00	Gordon 5' Amoo 24' 60' Erskine 36'	BBC Report	Polworth 69'	Stadium: Firhill Stadium Attendance: 2,943 Referee: Walsh

13 August 2016 Premiership	Inverness Caledonian Thistle	2–3	Ross County	Inverness
15:00	Raven 12' Williams 18' Boden 45' Draper 50' 65' Horner 75'	BBC Report	Boyce 7' 28' 47' Curran 28' Davies 75' Foster 80' Gardyne 82' Routis 85'	Stadium: Tulloch Caledonian Stadium Attendance: 4,204 Referee: Dallas

20 August 2016 Premiership	Heart of Midlothian	5–1	Inverness Caledonian Thistle	Edinburgh
15:00	Cowie 7' 47' Sammon 18' Kitchen 29' Nicholson 78' 79'	BBC Report	Tremarco 10' Mulraney 12' Polworth 40' Horner 77' Draper 87'	Stadium: Tynecastle Stadium Attendance: 15,880 Referee: McLean

27 August 2016 Premiership	Inverness Caledonian Thistle	2–1	St Johnstone	Inverness
15:00	Draper 59' 67' Meekings 90+1' Warren 90+2'	BBC Report	Wotherspoon 58' Foster 79'	Stadium: Tulloch Caledonian Stadium Attendance: 2,729 Referee: Finnie

10 September 2016 Premiership	Aberdeen	1–1	Inverness Caledonian Thistle	Aberdeen
15:00	McGinn 51'	BBC Report	Tansey 31' Tremarco 45' King 45+1' Vigurs 68'	Stadium: Pittodrie Stadium Attendance: 11,356 Referee: Allan

18 September 2016 Premiership	Inverness Caledonian Thistle	2–2	Celtic	Inverness
15:00	King 28' Fisher 89'	BBC Report	Rogić 17' Sinclair 34'	Stadium: Tulloch Caledonian Stadium Attendance: 6,061 Referee: Allan

24 September 2016 Premiership	Inverness Caledonian Thistle	3–1	Dundee	Inverness
15:00	Doumbouya 8' Tansey 17' Polworth 51'	BBC report	Low 84'	Stadium: Tulloch Caledonian Stadium Attendance: 2,884 Referee: Allan

1 October 2016 Premiership	Hamilton Academical	1–1	Inverness Caledonian Thistle	Hamilton
15:00	D'Acol 18' MacKinnon 81' Imrie 86'	BBC report	Doumbouya 62' Polworth 90+3'	Stadium: New Douglas Park Attendance: 1,611 Referee: Cook

14 October 2016 Premiership	Inverness Caledonian Thistle	0–1	Rangers	Inverness
19:45	McKay 33' Draper 51' Warren 84'	BBC report	Miller 22' Waghorn 51'	Stadium: Tulloch Caledonian Stadium Attendance: 7,012 Referee: Collum

22 October 2016 Premiership	Inverness Caledonian Thistle	1–1	Kilmarnock	Inverness
15:00	Polworth 63' Meekings 80' Doumbouya 86' Vigurs 90+4'	BBC report	Coulibaly 7' (pen.) Boyd 26' Hendrie 88'	Stadium: Tulloch Caledonian Stadium Attendance: 2,591 Referee: Walsh

26 October 2016 Premiership	Motherwell	0–3	Inverness Caledonian Thistle	Motherwell
19:45		BBC report	Tremarco 57' 86' Doumbouya 71' Polworth 83'	Stadium: Fir Park Attendance: 3,131 Referee: Robertson

29 October 2016 Premiership	Inverness Caledonian Thistle	3–3	Heart of Midlothian	Inverness
15:00	Raven 15' Doumbouya 32' Doran 55' Meekings 79' McKay 85' Vigurs 86'	BBC report	Johnsen 38' Rherras 50' 51' Djoum 74' Kitchen 90+2'	Stadium: Tulloch Caledonian Stadium Attendance: 3,565 Referee: Thomson

5 November 2016 Premiership	Celtic	3–0	Inverness Caledonian Thistle	Glasgow
15:00	Sinclair 48' Griffiths 63' Rogic 83'	BBC report	Tansey 43'	Stadium: Celtic Park Attendance: 54,152 Referee: Allan

19 November 2016 Premiership	Inverness Caledonian Thistle	1–3	Aberdeen	Inverness
15:00	Doumbouya 15' Vigurs 54'	BBC report	McLean 28' 89' Rooney 33' (pen.) Maddison 68'	Stadium: Tulloch Caledonian Stadium Attendance: 4,867 Referee: Clancy

26 November 2016 Premiership	Dundee	2–1	Inverness Caledonian Thistle	Dundee
15:00	Wighton 25' Vincent 57' Gadzhalov 60' Hateley 78' O'Dea 90+2'	BBC report	Tremarco 81' Cole 85' Horner 90+4'	Stadium: Dens Park Attendance: 5,094 Referee: Dallas

3 December 2016 Premiership	St Johnstone	3–0	Inverness Caledonian Thistle	Perth
15:00	Craig 14' Coulson 57' Davidson 62' Wotherspoon 75' Swanson 81'	BBC report	Draper 45+1' Doumbouya 51' Warren 60'	Stadium: McDiarmid Park Attendance: 2,549 Referee: Anderson

10 December 2016 Premiership	Inverness Caledonian Thistle	1–1	Hamilton Academical	Inverness
15:00	Draper 36' Cole 51' McKay 86' King 90'	BBC report	Crawford 16' Imrie 58' Gillespie 74' McMann 76'	Stadium: Tulloch Caledonian Stadium Attendance: 2,473 Referee: Aitken

17 December 2016 Premiership	Kilmarnock	1–1	Inverness Caledonian Thistle	Kilmarnock
15:00	McKenzie 45+2' Taylor 64' Coulibaly 73' Smith 90'	BBC report	Draper 16' Warren 84' Polworth 90+1'	Stadium: Rugby Park Attendance: 3,294 Referee: Walsh

24 December 2016 Premiership	Rangers	1–0	Inverness Caledonian Thistle	Glasgow
12:30	McKay 13' (o.g.) Tavernier 43'	BBC report	Cole 37' Vigurs 45+2' Meekings 85'	Stadium: Ibrox Stadium Attendance: 48,528 Referee: Robertson

28 December 2016 Premiership	Inverness Caledonian Thistle	1–2	Motherwell	Inverness
19:45	Cole 36' McKay 40' Fisher 77' Vigurs 89' Tansey 90'	BBC report	Clay 50' Moult 59' McDonald 87'	Stadium: Tulloch Caledonian Stadium Attendance: 3,097 Referee: Cook

31 December 2016 Premiership	Ross County	3–2	Inverness Caledonian Thistle	Dingwall
15:00	Boyce 2' 35' Woods 61' McEveley 76'	BBC report	Tremarco 28' Warren 46' Fisher 81' McKay 90+3'	Stadium: Global Energy Stadium Attendance: 5,111 Referee: Madden

28 January 2017 Premiership	Inverness Caledonian Thistle	0–0	Partick Thistle	Inverness
15:00	Warren 66' Henri Anier 73'	BBC report		Stadium: Tulloch Caledonian Stadium Attendance: 2,823 Referee: Finnie

31 January 2017 Premiership	Hamilton Academical	3–0	Inverness Caledonian Thistle	Hamilton
19:45	D'Acol 11' Devlin 26' Redmond 32' Gillespie 47' MacKinnon 54' Bingham 61'	BBC report	Vigurs 30' Tansey 39'	Stadium: SuperSeal Stadium Attendance: 1,745 Referee: Anderson

4 February 2017 Premiership	Inverness Caledonian Thistle	2–2	Dundee	Inverness
15:00	Billy Mckay 53' (pen.) 58' Tremarco 75' Tansey 79'	BBC report	Haber 37' O'Dea 43' 48' Julen Etxabeguren 52' McGowan 63'	Stadium: Tulloch Caledonian Stadium Attendance: 2,606 Referee: Walsh

18 February 2017 Premiership	Heart of Midlothian	1–1	Inverness Caledonian Thistle	Edinburgh
15:00	Djoum 64'	BBC report	Tremarco 15' 24' Mulraney 36' Raven 38'	Stadium: Tynecastle Stadium Attendance: 16,372 Referee: Madden

24 February 2017 Premiership	Inverness Caledonian Thistle	2–1	Rangers	Inverness
19:45	Tansey 45' 66' Laing 56' Vigurs 86' (pen miss) Billy Mckay 89'	BBC report	Jon Toral 14' Waghorn 67' (pen.) Wilson 86'	Stadium: Tulloch Caledonian Stadium Attendance: 6,415 Referee: McLean

1 March 2017 Premiership	Inverness Caledonian Thistle	0–4	Celtic	Inverness
19:45	Laing 65'	BBC report	Sinclair 43' Dembélé 46' 73' Armstrong 66'	Stadium: Tulloch Caledonian Stadium Attendance: 5,948 Referee: Dallas

11 March 2017 Premiership	Partick Thistle	1–1	Inverness Caledonian Thistle	Glasgow
15:00	Doolan 56' Amoo 83'	BBC report	Vigurs 21' McCart 45+3' Warren 90+2'	Stadium: Firhill Stadium Attendance: 3,082 Referee: Collum

18 March 2017 Premiership	Inverness Caledonian Thistle	1–1	Ross County	Inverness
15:00	Tansey 48'	BBC report	Schalk 86'	Stadium: Tulloch Caledonian Stadium Attendance: 4,123 Referee: Allan

1 April 2017 Premiership	Inverness Caledonian Thistle	1–1	Kilmarnock	Inverness
15:00	Mckay 25' Brad McKay 34'	BBC report	Boyd 19' (pen.) Dicker 76'	Stadium: Tulloch Caledonian Stadium Attendance: 2,780 Referee: Madden

4 April 2017 Premiership	Aberdeen	1–0	Inverness Caledonian Thistle	Aberdeen
19:45	Warren 22' (o.g.)	BBC report	Billy Mckay 40' Tremarco 66'	Stadium: Pittodrie Stadium Attendance: 11,507 Referee: Dallas

8 April 2017 Premiership	Inverness Caledonian Thistle	0–3	St Johnstone	Inverness
15:00	Cole 81'	BBC report	MacLean 40' Alston 65' Craig 88' (pen.) Cummins 90+1'	Stadium: Tulloch Caledonian Stadium Attendance: 2,961 Referee: Finnie

15 April 2017 Premiership	Motherwell	4–2	Inverness Caledonian Thistle	Motherwell
15:00	Cadden 7' Moult 9' McDonald 65' Campbell 70'	BBC report	Fisher 21' 54' Brad McKay 89'	Stadium: Fir Park Attendance: 3,696 Referee: Collum

28 April 2017 Premiership	Ross County	4–0	Inverness Caledonian Thistle	Dingwall
19:45	O'Brien 10' Boyce 21' 34' 49' (pen.) 60' (pen.) Chow 53'	BBC report	Vigurs 49' Polworth 60'	Stadium: Global Energy Stadium Attendance: 4,928 Referee: Thomson

6 May 2017 Premiership	Inverness Caledonian Thistle	2–1	Hamilton Academical	Inverness
12:15	Brad McKay 10' Tansey 36' (pen.) 54' Draper 40' Billy Mckay 51' Boden 74'	BBC report	Donati 35' Redmond 90+4'	Stadium: Tulloch Caledonian Stadium Attendance: 2,478 Referee: Dallas

13 May 2017 Premiership	Kilmarnock	2–1	Inverness Caledonian Thistle	Kilmarnock
15:00	Wilson 15' Smith 16' Longstaff 17' Jones 57'	BBC report	Brad McKay 15' Fisher 71'	Stadium: Rugby Park Attendance: 3,137 Referee: Beaton

17 May 2017 Premiership	Dundee	0–2	Inverness Caledonian Thistle	Dundee
19:45		BBC report	Billy Mckay 2' Fisher 10' Vigurs 65' Henri Anier 81'	Stadium: Dens Park Attendance: 5,574 Referee: Clancy

20 May 2017 Premiership	Inverness Caledonian Thistle	3–2	Motherwell	Inverness
15:00	Tansey 64' Fisher 66', 67'	BBC report	McFadden 73' Bowman 90+3'	Stadium: Tulloch Caledonian Stadium Attendance: 5351 Referee: Thomson

League Cup

16 July 2016 Group C	Cowdenbeath	1–2	Inverness Caledonian Thistle	Central Park
15:00	Brett 23' 53' Rutherford 63' Chris Turner 69'	SPFL Report	Draper 13' Warren 68' 74'	Attendance: 487 Referee: Finnie

23 July 2016 Group C	Inverness Caledonian Thistle	1–1 (1–4 p)	Dundee United	Caledonian Stadium
15:00	Boden 35' Draper 37'	BBC Report	Murdoch 46' van der Velden 49' Durnan 79' Obadeyi 81'	Attendance: 1,839 Referee: Anderson

26 July 2016 Group C	Dunfermline Athletic	1–5	Inverness Caledonian Thistle	East End Park
19:45	Geggan 24' 28' Cardle 61'	SPFL Report	Vigurs 16' 42' 66' King 54' Tremarco 89'	Attendance: 2,580 Referee: Allan

30 July 2016 Group C	Inverness Caledonian Thistle	7–0	Arbroath	Caledonian Stadium
15:00	King 10' Boden 18' 25' 71' Tremarco 37' 87' Vigurs 47'	BBC Report		Attendance: 1,316 Referee: Aitken

9 August 2016 Second Round	Alloa Athletic	1–0	Inverness Caledonian Thistle	The Indodrill Stadium
19:30	Marr 28' Flannigan 35' Jamie Longworth 44' Waters 90+1'	Sky Report		Attendance: 613 Referee: Robertson

Scottish Cup

21 January 2017 Scottish Cup Fourth round	Elgin City	1–2	Inverness Caledonian Thistle	Borough Briggs
15:00	Mark Nicolson 25' Archie MacPhee 53' Darryl McHardy 78'	BBC Report	Cole 32' Doumbouya 66' Doran 76'	Attendance: 3,624 Referee: McKendrick

11 February 2017 Scottish Cup Fifth round	Celtic	6–0	Inverness Caledonian Thistle	Celtic Park
12:15	Lustig 20' 73' Dembélé 45' 50' 59' Tierney 86' Brown 90+1'	BBCReport	Tremarco 29' Draper 35' Vigurs 37' Warren 42'	Attendance: 25,577 Referee: Clancy

Squad statistics

During the 2016–17 season, Inverness Caledonian Thistle have used twenty-nine different players in competitive games. The table below shows the number of appearances and goals scored by each player.

Appearances

As of 20 May 2017

No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Total		Premiership		League Cup		Scottish Cup
No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
1	GK	SCO	Ryan Esson	7	0	6+0	0	1+0	0	0+0	0
2	DF	ENG	David Raven	26	1	19+2	1	4+0	0	1+0	0
3	DF	ENG	Carl Tremarco	36	7	29+0	4	5+0	3	2+0	0
4	DF	SCO	Kevin McNaughton	14	0	5+4	0	5+0	0	0+0	0
5	DF	ENG	Gary Warren	40	3	33+0	2	5+0	1	2+0	0
6	DF	ENG	Josh Meekings	18	1	18+0	1	0+0	0	0+0	0
7	MF	SCO	Liam Polworth	38	3	26+6	3	5+0	0	1+0	0
8	MF	ENG	Ross Draper	43	4	35+2	3	2+3	1	1+0	0
9	FW	IRL	Dean Ebbe	4	0	0+3	0	0+0	0	0+1	0
10	MF	IRL	Aaron Doran	19	1	6+11	1	0+1	0	1+0	0
11	MF	SCO	Iain Vigurs	39	5	28+4	1	5+0	4	2+0	0
12	DF	SCO	Jamie McCart	11	0	9+2	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
13	FW	ENG	Billy Mckay	14	4	13+0	4	0+0	0	1+0	0
14	MF	SCO	Jason Brown	1	0	0+0	0	0+1	0	0+0	0
15	MF	IRL	Jake Mulraney	32	0	10+16	0	3+2	0	0+1	0
16	MF	ENG	Greg Tansey	44	7	37+0	7	5+0	0	2+0	0
17	DF	ENG	Lewis Horner	11	0	5+5	0	1+0	0	0+0	0
18	FW	ENG	Alex Fisher	25	8	8+13	8	0+4	0	0+0	0
19	FW	ENG	Scott Boden	19	5	3+10	1	5+0	4	1+0	0
20	MF	SCO	Billy King	32	3	17+9	1	5+0	2	1+0	0
21	FW	SCO	Alisdair Sutherland	2	0	0+1	0	0+1	0	0+0	0
21	DF	ENG	Louis Laing	14	0	14+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
22	DF	SCO	Brad McKay	29	1	25+2	1	0+0	0	2+0	0
23	FW	EST	Henri Anier	15	0	8+5	0	0+0	0	1+1	0
25	GK	WAL	Owain Fôn Williams	35	0	31+0	0	2+0	0	2+0	0
26	FW	GUI	Lonsana Doumbouya	20	6	17+2	5	0+0	0	1+0	1
29	MF	ENG	Larnell Cole	23	2	13+8	1	0+0	0	1+1	1
31	GK	SCO	Cameron Mackay	4	0	1+0	0	2+1	0	0+0	0
33	DF	ENG	Cameron Gilchrist	1	0	0+1	0	0+0	0	0+0	0

Overall goalscorers


Rank	Player	Goals
1st	Alex Fisher	9
2nd	Greg Tansey Carl Tremarco	7
4th	Lonsana Doumbouya	6
5th	Scott Boden Iain Vigurs	5
7th	Ross Draper	4
8th	Billy King Billy Mckay Liam Polworth Gary Warren	3
12th	Larnell Cole	2
13th	Aaron Doran Brad McKay Josh Meekings David Raven	1

Hat-tricks


Player	Competition	Score	Opponent	Date
Iain Vigurs	Scottish League Cup	1–5	Dunfermline Athletic	26 July 2016
Scott Boden	Scottish League Cup	7–0	Arbroath	30 July 2016

Team statistics

League table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation^[a]
8	Kilmarnock	38	9	14	15	36	56	−20	41
9	Motherwell	38	10	8	20	46	69	−23	38
10	Dundee	38	10	7	21	38	62	−24	37
11	Hamilton Academical (O)	38	7	14	17	37	56	−19	35	Qualification for the Premiership play-off final
12	Inverness Caledonian Thistle (R)	38	7	13	18	44	71	−27	34	Relegation to the Scottish Championship

Source: Scottish Premiership, Soccerway
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).^[12]
(O) Play-off winners; (R) Relegated
Notes:

^ Teams played each other three times (33 matches), before the league split into two groups (the top six and the bottom six) for the last five matches.

Results by matchday

Matchday	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31	32	33	34	35	36	37	38
Ground	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	A	H
Result	L	L	L	W	D	D	W	D	L	D	W	D	L	L	L	L	D	D	L	L	L	D	L	D	D	W	L	D	D	D	L	L	L	L	W	L	W	W
Position	12	12	12	12	11	11	8	6	6	6	6	6	6	8	10	12	11	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	11	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12

Updated to match(es) played on 17 May 2017. Source: ^{[citation needed]}
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Management statistics

Last updated on 20 May 2017

Name	From	To	P	W	D	L	Win%^{[nb 1]}
Richie Foran^[13]	14 July 2016	31 May 2017	45	11	13	21	024.44

Transfers

Players In
Player	Age*	Pos	From	Fee	Date
Jake Mulraney	20	MF	Queens Park Rangers	Free	1 July 2016
Jason Brown	19	DF	Academy	N/A	1 July 2016
Ali Sutherland	19	MF			1 July 2016
Cameron Mackay	19	GK			1 July 2016
Scott Boden	26	ST	Newport County	Free	1 July 2016
Kevin McNaughton	33	DF	Wigan Athletic	Free	12 July 2016
Lonsana Doumbouya	25	ST	Cercle Brugge	Free	25 August 2016
Brad McKay	23	DF	St Johnstone	Free	31 August 2016
Dean Ebbe	22	ST	Bluebell United	Undisclosed	4 January 2017
Henri Anier	26	ST	Kalmar FF	Free	16 January 2017
Louis Laing	23	MF	Free Agent	N/A	16 February 2017

Players Out
Player	Age*	Pos	To	Fee	Date	Notes
Danny Williams	28	MF	Dundee	Free	1 July 2016
Nat Wedderburn	26	MF	Dunfermline Athletic	Free	1 July 2016
Jordan Roberts	22	MF	Crawley Town	Free	1 July 2016
James Vincent	26	MF	Dundee	Free	1 July 2016
Dean Brill	30	GK	Motherwell	Free	1 July 2016
Danny Devine	23	DF	Partick Thistle	Free	1 July 2016
Liam Hughes	23	MF	Barrow	Free	1 July 2016
Richie Foran	36	MF	Retired	N/A	1 July 2016	Took Managerial Role
Calum Ferguson	21	ST	Albion Rovers	Free	2 July 2016
Ryan Williams	25	MF	Ottawa Fury	Free	19 July 2016
Lonsana Doumbouya	26	ST	SKN St. Pölten	Free	26 January 2018
Alisdair Sutherland	20	MF	Elgin City	Free	1 February 2017
Andréa Mbuyi-Mutombo	26	MF	RNK Split	Free	17 February 2017

Loans In/Returns
Player	Age*	Pos	From	Duration	Date In	Date Out
Billy King	22	MF	Heart of Midlothian	Season	12 July 2016	29 May 2017
Larnell Cole	23	MF	Fulham	Season	31 August 2016	31 May 2017
Cameron Mackay	19	GK	Elgin City	Return	9 September 2016	N/A
Jason Brown	20	DF	Arbroath	Return	19 October 2016	N/A
Jamie McCart	19	DF	Celtic	Half Season	31 January 2017	31 May 2017
Billy Mckay	28	ST	Wigan Athletic	Half Season	31 January 2017	31 May 2017
Jason Brown	20	DF	Cove Rangers	Return	1 May 2017	N/A
Cameron Mackay	20	GK	Elgin City	Return	15 May 2017	N/A

Loans Out/Returns
Player	Age*	Pos	To	Duration	Date Out	Date In
Cameron Mackay	19	GK	Elgin City	Emergency Loan	13 August 2016	9 September 2016
Jason Brown	20	DF	Arbroath	Short Term	26 August 2016	19 October 2016
Cameron Mackay	20	GK	Elgin City	Half Season	10 December 2016	15 May 2017
Jason Brown	20	DF	Cove Rangers	Half Season	27 January 2017	1 May 2017
Billy King	23	MF	Heart of Midlothian	Season	29 May 2017	N/A
Billy Mckay	28	ST	Wigan Athletic	Half Season	31 May 2017	N/A
Larnell Cole	24	MF	Fulham	Season	31 May 2017	N/A
Jamie McCart	19	DF	Celtic	Season	31 May 2017	N/A

* - Age at time of signing

Notes

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

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^ "RICHIE FORAN TO RETIRE FROM PLAYING AFTER BECOMING INVERNESS MANAGER". eveningexpress.co.uk. Evening Express. 30 May 2016. Retrieved 21 May 2017.^{[permanent dead link]}
^ "Brian Rice stays on as assistant manager". bbc.co.uk/sport. BBC Sport. 17 June 2016. Retrieved 21 May 2017.
^ "Premiership 2016/2017 - Season rules". Scoresway. Retrieved 1 September 2016.
^ "Richie Foran Statistics". soccerbase.com. Soccerbase. Retrieved 22 May 2017.

External links

Official website

[12] Teams played each other three times (33 matches), before the league split into two groups (the top six and the bottom six) for the last five matches.

[note3-14] Win% is the percentage of matches won rounded to two decimal places.

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[4] "Moussa Dembele hat-trick puts Celtic in Scottish Cup quarter-finals". skysports.com. Sky Sports. 11 February 2017. Retrieved 3 June 2017.

[5] "Inverness Caley Thistle appoint Richie Foran as manager". scotsman.com. The Scotsman. 20 May 2016. Retrieved 21 May 2017.

[6] "Manager John Hughes leaves Inverness Caledonian Thistle". skysports.com. Sky Sports. 20 May 2016. Retrieved 21 May 2017.

[7] "Manager John Hughes 'poised to leave' Inverness Caledoinian Thistle". skysports.com. Sky Sports. 30 May 2016. Retrieved 21 May 2017.

[8] "Inverness CT manager negotiating exit from club". bbc.co.uk/sport. BBC Sport. 19 May 2016. Retrieved 21 May 2017.

[9] "Richie Foran given four-year contract". bbc.co.uk/sport. BBC Sport. 30 May 2016. Retrieved 21 May 2017.

[10] "RICHIE FORAN TO RETIRE FROM PLAYING AFTER BECOMING INVERNESS MANAGER". eveningexpress.co.uk. Evening Express. 30 May 2016. Retrieved 21 May 2017.^{[permanent dead link]}

[11] "Brian Rice stays on as assistant manager". bbc.co.uk/sport. BBC Sport. 17 June 2016. Retrieved 21 May 2017.

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