2024–25 Ross County F.C. season
| 2024–25 season | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Chairman | Roy MacGregor | ||
| Manager | Don Cowie | ||
| Ground | Victoria Park Dingwall, Ross-shire (Capacity: 6,541) | ||
| Scottish Premiership | 8th | ||
| League Cup | Second round | ||
| Top goalscorer | League: Ronan Hale (4) All: Ronan Hale (7) | ||
| Highest home attendance | 5,480 vs Aberdeen (31 August 2024) | ||
| Lowest home attendance | 1,027 vs Stirling Albion (27 July 2024) | ||
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The 2024–25 season is Ross County's sixth consecutive season in the Scottish Premiership and the club's 12th season overall in the top flight of Scottish football. Ross County will also compete in the Scottish Cup entering in the fourth round and Scottish League Cup entering in the group stage.
Results and fixtures
[edit]Win Draw Loss Postponed
Pre-season and friendlies
[edit]| 6 July 2024 | Brora Rangers | 1–2 | Ross County | Brora |
| 15:00 | Wallace  25' |
[1] | Trialist 33' Brophy 66' |
Stadium: Dudgeon Park |
| 9 July 2024 | Clachnacuddin | 0–6 | Ross County | Inverness |
| 19:45 | Report | Brophy Samuel White Macleod |
Stadium: Grant Street Park |
Scottish Premiership
[edit]| 3 August 2024 1 | Motherwell | 0–0 | Ross County | Motherwell |
| 15:00 | Report | Stadium: Fir Park Attendance: 4,353 Referee: John Beaton |
| 10 August 2024 2 | Ross County | 1–1 | Dundee United | Dingwall |
| 15:00 | Hale 90+5' |
Report | Babunski 48' |
Stadium: Victoria Park Attendance: 4,169 Referee: Craig Napier |
| 24 August 2024 3 | Rangers | 6–0 | Ross County | Glasgow |
| 15:00 | Dessers 18', 58' Matondo 45', 69'Lawrence 65'Danilo 90' |
Report | Stadium: Hampden Park Attendance: 48,832 |
| 31 August 2024 4 | Ross County | 0–1 | Aberdeen | Dingwall |
| 15:00 | Report | Nisbet 90+8' |
Stadium: Victoria Park Attendance: 5,480 Referee: Euan Anderson |
| 14 September 2024 5 | Ross County | 2–0 | Dundee | Dingwall |
| 15:00 | Wright 6' White 45+4 pen.' |
Report | Stadium: Victoria Park Attendance: 4,068 Referee: Euan Anderson |
| 21 September 2024 6 | Ross County | 3–3 | St Johnstone | Dingwall |
| 15:00 | Hale 19' Samuel 87'Wright 90+7' |
Report | Wright 44' Clark 60', 84' |
Stadium: Victoria Park Attendance: 3,063 Referee: Dan McFarlane |
| 28 September 2024 7 | Heart of Midlothian | 1–1 | Ross County | Edinburgh |
| 15:00 | Shankland 90+6' |
Report | Hale 35' |
Stadium: Tynecastle Park Attendance: 18,399 Referee: Iain Snedden |
| 6 October 2024 8 | Ross County | 1–2 | Celtic | Dingwall |
| 12:00 | Hale 43 pen.' |
Report | McGregor 76' Kühn 88' |
Stadium: Victoria Park Attendance: 6,372 Referee: Kevin Clancy |
| 18 October 2024 9 | St Johnstone | 3–0 | Ross County | Perth |
| 15:00 | Kimpioka 16', 45' Kirk 90+4' |
Report | Campbell  31'Telfer 78' |
Stadium: McDiarmid Park Attendance: 3,688 Referee: John Beaton |
| 26 October 2024 10 | Ross County | 2–1 | Kilmarnock | Dingwall |
| 15:00 | White 61' Wright 82 o.g.' |
Report | Ndaba 39' Donnelly 60' |
Stadium: Victoria Park Attendance: 3,419 Referee: Matthew MacDermid |
| 30 October 2024 11 | Ross County | 0–0 | Hibernian | Dingwall |
| 19:45 | Report | Stadium: Victoria Park Attendance: 3,468 Referee: Grant Irvine |
| 2 November 2024 12 | St Mirren | 0–0 | Ross County | Paisley |
| 15:00 | Report | Stadium: St Mirren Park Attendance: 6,142 Referee: Don Robertson |
Scottish League Cup
[edit]Group stage
[edit]| 13 July 2024 | Stranraer | 1–3 | Ross County | Stranraer |
| 15:00 | Lang 81' |
Report | White 6', 32' Brophy 83' |
Stadium: Stair Park Attendance: 515 Referee: Lloyd Wilson |
| 20 July 2024 | Ross County | 2–1 | Raith Rovers | Dingwall |
| 15:00 | White 29' Harmon 87' |
Report | Smith 51' |
Stadium: Victoria Park Attendance: 1,228 Referee: Euan Anderson |
| 23 July 2024 | Hamilton Academical | 1–2 | Ross County | Hamilton |
| 19:45 | Shaw 6' |
Report | Hale 25' White 28' |
Stadium: New Douglas Park Attendance: 561 Referee: Matthew McDermid |
| 27 July 2024 | Ross County | 3–0 | Stirling Albion | Dingwall |
| 15:00 | Hale 29', 43' Brown 80' |
Report | Stadium: Victoria Park Attendance: 1,027 Referee: Nick Walsh |
Knockout phase
[edit]| 17 August 2024 Second round | The Spartans | 1–0 | Ross County | Edinburgh |
| 15:00 | Henderson 46' |
Report | Stadium: Ainslie Park Attendance: 712 Referee: Dan McFarlane |
Squad statistics
[edit]Captains
[edit]| No. | Pos | Nat | Name | No of games | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8 | MF |  |
Connor Randall | 15 | Club Captain |
| 5 | DF |  |
Ricki Lamie | 1 | |
| 26 | FW | |
Jordan White | 1 | Vice-Captain |
Appearances
[edit]As of 2 November 2024
| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Total | Premiership | Scottish Cup | League Cup | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||||
| 1 | GK | SCO
|
Ross Laidlaw | 15 | 0 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 2 | DF |  IRL
|
James Brown | 15 | 1 | 7+3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4+1 | 1 |
| 3 | DF |  WAL
|
Ryan Leak | 13 | 0 | 8+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| 4 | DF | ENG
|
Akil Wright | 16 | 2 | 12 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| 5 | DF | SCO
|
Ricki Lamie | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 6 | MF | SCO
|
Scott Allardice | 9 | 0 | 2+4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1+2 | 0 |
| 7 | MF |  CAN
|
Victor Loturi | 11 | 0 | 2+4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4+1 | 0 |
| 8 | MF | ENG
|
Connor Randall | 15 | 0 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 9 | FW | IRL
|
Ronan Hale | 15 | 7 | 11+1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| 10 | MF | ENG
|
Noah Chilvers | 12 | 0 | 7+4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 12 | MF | ENG
|
Max Sheaf | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 14 | FW | ENG
|
Jack Grieves | 10 | 0 | 4+4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 |
| 15 | MF | SCO
|
Aidan Denholm | 13 | 0 | 6+5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 |
| 16 | DF | ENG
|
George Harmon | 10 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3+2 | 1 |
| 19 | DF | ENG
|
Elijah Campbell | 8 | 0 | 7+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 20 | DF |  POL
|
Kacper Łopata | 9 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 21 | MF | SCO
|
Charlie Telfer | 6 | 0 | 0+2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2+2 | 0 |
| 22 | GK | SCO
|
Jack Hamilton | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 23 | MF |  AUS
|
Josh Nisbet | 10 | 0 | 7+3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 24 | DF |  COD
|
Michee Efete | 13 | 0 | 5+4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2+2 | 0 |
| 25 | FW | WAL
|
Alex Samuel | 12 | 1 | 0+7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1+4 | 0 |
| 26 | FW | SCO
|
Jordan White | 16 | 6 | 8+3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4+1 | 4 |
| 27 | FW | SCO
|
Eamonn Brophy | 11 | 1 | 3+3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3+2 | 1 |
| 35 | DF | ENG
|
Will Nightingale | 4 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 41 | GK | SCO
|
Jayden Reid | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 43 | DF | SCO
|
Josh Reid | 7 | 0 | 2+2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2+1 | 0 |
| Players who left the club during the season | |||||||||||
| 17 | MF | SCO
|
Jay Henderson | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 30 | DF | SCO
|
Dylan Smith | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 31 | GK | SCO
|
Logan Ross | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 32 | DF | SCO
|
Connall Ewan | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 33 | MF | SCO
|
Andrew Macleod | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2+2 | 0 |
| 34 | FW | ENG
|
George Robesten | 2 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 36 | MF | SCO
|
Jamie Williamson | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
Goalscorers
[edit]| Rank | No. | Nat. | Po. | Name | Premiership | Scottish Cup | League Cup | Total | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 9 | |
FW | Ronan Hale | 4 | 0 | 3 | 7 | |
| 2 | 26 | |
FW | Jordan White | 2 | 0 | 4 | 6 | |
| 3 | 4 | |
DF | Akil Wright | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | |
| 4 | 2 | |
DF | James Brown | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| 16 | |
DF | George Harmon | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | ||
| 25 | |
FW | Alex Samuel | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||
| 27 | |
FW | Eamonn Brophy | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | ||
| Own Goals | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |||||
| Total | 10 | 0 | 10 | 20 | |||||
| As of 2 November 2024 | |||||||||
Team statistics
[edit]League table
[edit]| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation[a] |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 | Dundee | 12 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 18 | 24 | −6 | 12 | |
| 8 | Kilmarnock | 11 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 15 | 23 | −8 | 12 | |
| 9 | Ross County | 13 | 2 | 6 | 5 | 10 | 21 | −11 | 12 | |
| 10 | St Johnstone | 13 | 3 | 1 | 9 | 16 | 27 | −11 | 10 | |
| 11 | Heart of Midlothian | 12 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 14 | 19 | −5 | 9 | Qualification for the Premiership play-off final |
Updated to match(es) played on 9 November 2024. Source: [1][2]
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored; 4) Head-to-Head points; 5) Head-to-Head goal difference; 6) Play-off (only if deciding champion, UEFA competitions qualification, second stage group allocation or relegation).[3]
Notes:
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored; 4) Head-to-Head points; 5) Head-to-Head goal difference; 6) Play-off (only if deciding champion, UEFA competitions qualification, second stage group allocation or relegation).[3]
Notes:
- ^ Teams play each other three times (33 matches), before the league is split into two groups (the top six and the bottom six).
League cup table
[edit]| Pos | Team | Pld | W | PW | PL | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | ROS | RAI | HAM | STI | STR | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ross County | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 3 | +7 | 12 | Qualification for the second round | — | 2–1 | — | 3–0 | — | |
| 2 | Raith Rovers | 4 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 4 | +3 | 8 | — | — | p1–1 | — | 2–1 | ||
| 3 | Hamilton Academical | 4 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 3 | +2 | 5 | 1–2 | — | — | 0–0p | — | ||
| 4 | Stirling Albion | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 8 | −6 | 4 | — | 0–3 | — | — | p2–2 | ||
| 5 | Stranraer | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 10 | −6 | 1 | 1–3 | — | 0–3 | — | — |
Source: [4]
Rules for classification: 1) goal difference, 2) goals scored, 3) away goals scored, 4) matches won, 5) away matches won, 6) drawing of lots.[5]
Rules for classification: 1) goal difference, 2) goals scored, 3) away goals scored, 4) matches won, 5) away matches won, 6) drawing of lots.[5]
Transfers
[edit]In
[edit]| Date | Player | From | Fee |
|---|---|---|---|
| 27 June 2024 | Will Nightingale
|
AFC Wimbledon
|
Loan[6] |
| 1 July 2024 | Ricki Lamie
|
Motherwell
|
Free[7] |
| 4 July 2024 | Jack Hamilton
|
Livingston
|
Free[8] |
| 5 July 2024 | Charlie Telfer
|
Airdrieonians
|
Free[9] |
| 8 July 2024 | Akil Wright
|
Stockport County
|
Undisclosed[10] |
| 9 July 2024 | Ronan Hale
|
 Cliftonville
|
Undisclosed[11] |
| 24 July 2024 | Jack Grieves
|
Watford
|
Loan[12] |
| 26 July 2024 | Aidan Denholm
|
Heart of Midlothian
|
Loan[13] |
| 31 July 2024 | Noah Chilvers
|
Colchester United
|
Undisclosed[14] |
| 22 August 2024 | Josh Nisbet
|
Central Coast Mariners
|
Free[15] |
| 29 August 2024 | Elijah Campbell
|
Everton
|
Loan[16] |
| Kacper Łopata
|
Barnsley
|
Loan[17] |
Out
[edit]| Date | Player | To | Fee |
|---|---|---|---|
| 30 May 2024 | Yan Dhanda
|
Heart of Midlothian
|
Free[18][19] |
| Adam Mackinnon
|
Inverness Caledonian Thistle
|
Free[18][20] | |
| Jordan Tillson
|
Bath City
|
Free[18][21] | |
| Matthew Wright
|
Nairn County
|
Free[18][22] | |
| 1 June 2024 | Jay Henderson
|
Ayr United
|
Loan[23][24] |
| 6 June 2024 | Kyle Turner
|
Partick Thistle
|
Free[25][26] |
| 19 June 2024 | Ross Callachan
|
Motherwell
|
Free[27] |
| 3 July 2024 | Calum Brown
|
Forres Mechanics
|
Loan[28] |
| 5 July 2024 | Alister Morrison
|
Nairn County
|
Loan[29] |
| 9 July 2024 | Jack Baldwin
|
Northampton Town
|
Undisclosed[30] |
| 10 July 2024 | Simon Murray
|
Dundee
|
Undisclosed[31][32] |
| Josh Sims
|
Yeovil Town
|
Free[33][34] | |
| 27 July 2024 | Logan Ross
|
Huntly
|
Loan[35] |
| 2 August 2024 | Jamie Williamson
|
Nairn County
|
Loan[36] |
| 29 August 2024 | Connall Ewan
|
Inverness Caledonian Thistle
|
Loan[37] |
| 30 August 2024 | George Robesten
|
Brora Rangers
|
Loan[38] |
| 30 September 2024 | Dylan Smith
|
Arbroath
|
Loan[39] |
| 3 October 2024 | Andrew Macleod
|
Brora Rangers
|
Loan[40] |
Notes and references
[edit]- ^ "Scottish Premiership Table". BBC. 15 April 2024.
- ^ "Premiership League Table". Scottish Professional Football League. Retrieved 3 November 2024.
- ^ "The Rules of the Scottish Professional Football League (Rule Number C35-C37)" (PDF). SPFL. Archived (PDF) from the original on 28 September 2022. Retrieved 24 September 2022.
- ^ "Summary - League Cup Group H". Soccerway. Retrieved 28 May 2024.
- ^ "Format". SPFL. Retrieved 7 June 2023.
- ^ "Will Nightingale joins on loan from AFC Wimbledon". rosscountyfootballclub.co.uk. Ross County FC. 27 June 2024. Retrieved 29 June 2024.
- ^ "Ricki Lamie joins the Staggies". RCFC. Retrieved 1 July 2024.
- ^ "Ross County complete signing of former Hearts and Dundee goalkeeper Jack Hamilton to challenge Ross Laidlaw for gloves in Dingwall". ross-shirejournal.co.uk. 4 July 2024.
- ^ "Charlie Telfer joins the Staggies". Ross County FC. 5 July 2024. Retrieved 5 July 2024.
- ^ "Akil Wright joins from Stockport County". Ross County FC. 8 July 2024. Retrieved 8 July 2024.
- ^ "Ronan Hale joins the Staggies". Ross County FC. 9 July 2024. Retrieved 10 July 2024.
- ^ "Jack Grieves joins on loan from Watford". BBC Sport. 24 July 2024. Retrieved 27 July 2024.
- ^ "Aidan Denholm joins on loan from Hearts". Ross County FC. 24 July 2024. Retrieved 27 July 2024.
- ^ "Noah Chilvers joins the Staggies". Ross County FC. 31 July 2024. Retrieved 2 August 2024.
- ^ "Joshua Nisbet joins the Staggies!". Ross County FC. 22 August 2024. Retrieved 22 August 2024.
- ^ "Eli Campbell joins on loan from Everton". Ross County FC. 29 August 2024. Retrieved 29 August 2024.
- ^ "Kacper Łopata joins on loan from Barnsley". Ross County FC. 29 August 2024. Retrieved 29 August 2024.
- ^ a b c d "Initial Squad Update - End of 23/24 Season". rosscountyfootballclub.co.uk. Ross County FC. 30 May 2024. Retrieved 7 June 2024.
- ^ "Yan Dhanda: Hearts secure Ross County midfielder on pre-contract". skysports.com. Sky Sports. 29 January 2024. Retrieved 7 June 2024.
- ^ "Adam Mackinnon Signs For ICTFC". skysports.com. ICTFC. 2 August 2024. Retrieved 2 August 2024.
- ^ "Player News - Jordan Tillson". Bath City FC. 13 July 2024. Retrieved 15 July 2024.
- ^ "Attacker Matthew Wright joins Nairn County". nairncountyfc.co.uk. Nairn County FC. 14 June 2024. Retrieved 14 June 2024.
- ^ "Jay Henderson departs on loan". rosscountyfootballclub.co.uk. Ross County FC. 1 June 2024. Retrieved 7 June 2024.
- ^ "Henderson joins Ayr on loan". bbc.co.uk. BBC Sport. 1 June 2024. Retrieved 7 June 2024.
- ^ "Kyle Turner departs the Staggies". rosscountyfootballclub.co.uk. Ross County FC. 6 June 2024. Retrieved 7 June 2024.
- ^ "Kyle returns to Firhill Road on two-year deal". ptfc.co.uk. Partick Thistle FC. 6 June 2024. Retrieved 7 June 2024.
- ^ "Say Hello to Ross Callachan". motherwellfc.co.uk. Motherwell FC. 19 June 2024. Retrieved 20 June 2024.
- ^ "Calum Brown joins Forres Mechanics on loan". Ross County FC. 3 July 2024. Retrieved 5 July 2024.
- ^ "Alister Morrison joins Nairn County on loan". Ross County FC. 5 July 2024. Retrieved 5 July 2024.
- ^ "Northampton sign Ross County skipper Baldwin". BBC Sport. 9 July 2024. Retrieved 9 July 2024.
- ^ "Simon Murray joins Dundee FC". Ross County FC. 10 July 2024. Retrieved 10 July 2024.
- ^ "Murray's Home". Dundee FC. 10 July 2024. Retrieved 10 July 2024.
- ^ "Josh Sims departs the club". Ross County FC. 10 July 2024. Retrieved 10 July 2024.
- ^ "Signing | Josh Sims signs for the Glovers". Yeovil Town F.C. 15 August 2024. Retrieved 15 August 2024.
- ^ "Huntly loan in Ross County goalkeeper". Huntly FC. 27 July 2024. Retrieved 9 August 2024.
- ^ "Jamie Williamson joins Nairn County on loan". Ross County FC. 2 August 2024. Retrieved 2 August 2024.
- ^ "Jamie Williamson joins Inverness CT on loan". Ross County FC. 29 August 2024. Retrieved 29 August 2024.
- ^ "George Robesten joins Brora Rangers on loan". Ross County FC. 30 August 2024. Retrieved 11 September 2024.
- ^ "Dylan Smith joins Arbroath on loan". Ross County FC. 30 September 2024. Retrieved 6 October 2024.
- ^ "Dylan Smith joins Brora Rangers on loan". Ross County FC. 3 October 2024. Retrieved 6 October 2024.