Ross County F.C. records and statistics
Ross County Football Club are a Scottish professional association football club based in Dingwall. Ross County joined the Highland Football League in 1929, and then were one of two clubs voted into the Scottish Professional Football League System in 1994.
The club's record appearance maker is Michael Gardyne, who has made Over 400 appearances through four spells at the club. Gordon Connelly is County's all time goal scorer, scoring 101 goals.
This list encompasses the major honours won by Ross County, records set by the club, their managers and their players. The player records section includes details of the club's leading goalscorers and those who have made most appearances in first-team competitions. It also records notable achievements by Ross County players on the international stage, and the highest transfer fees paid and received by the club. Attendance records are also included in the list.
Honours
editLeague
edit- First Division/Championship (second tier)
- Second Division (third tier)
- Winners (1): 2007–08
- Third Division (fourth tier)
- Winners (1): 1998–99
- Highland Football League
- North Caledonian Football League
- Winners (2): 1965–66, 1996–97
Cup
edit- Scottish Cup
- Runners-up (1): 2009–10
- Scottish League Cup:
- Winners (1): 2015–16
- Challenge Cup
- Qualifying Cup (North)
- North of Scotland Cup
- Winners (6): 1929–30, 1969–70, 1971–72, 1991–92, 2006–07, 2018–19
- Highland League Cup
- Winners (4): 1949–50, 1968–69, 1978–79, 1991–92
Youth
edit- SPFL Development League (Under-20)
- Winners (1): 2016–17
Player records
editIndividual Records
edit- Most Appearance Holder: Michael Gardyne (444)
- Record Goalscorer: Michael Gardyne (73)
- Most Goals in a season (all competitions): Andrew Barrowman (29)
- Most Goals in a season (league): Andrew Barrowman (24)
- Most Clean Sheets: Nicky Walker (54)
- Most Hat-Tricks: Liam Boyce (5)
Most appearances
editAs of 24 August 2024
# | Name | Career | Apps | Goals |
---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Michael Gardyne | 2006–2007, 2008–2012, 2014–2015, 2015–2021 | 444 | 73 |
2 | Scott Boyd | 2007–2008, 2008–2017 | 306 | 12 |
3 | Mark McCulloch | 2002–2009 | 288 | 8 |
4 | Richard Brittain | 2008–2015 | 269 | 50 |
5 | Don Cowie | 2000–2007, 2018–2020 | 249 | 29 |
6 | Iain Vigurs | 2009–2013, 2018–2021 | 238 | 29 |
7 | Sean Higgins | 2002–2009 | 220 | 59 |
8 | Steven Ferguson | 1996–2003 | 220 | 54 |
9 | Marcus Fraser | 2015–2020 | 197 | 4 |
10 | Paul Lawson | 2007–2013 | 190 | 17 |
11 | Martin Scott | 2006–2011, 2012–2013 | 189 | 9 |
12 | Kenny Gilbert | 1996–2003 | 183 | 4 |
13 | David MacKay | 1994–2001 | 177 | 2 |
14 | Ian Maxwell | 1998–2002 | 171 | 5 |
15 | Ross Laidlaw | 2019– | 164 | 0 |
16 | Hugh Robertson | 2000–2004 | 160 | 16 |
17 | Jordan White | 2021– | 154 | 33 |
18 | Billy Herd | 1994–1999 | 154 | 5 |
19 | Stuart Kettlewell | 2009–2014 | 154 | 10 |
20 | Brian Irvine | 1999–2003 | 150 | 18 |
21 | Gary Miller | 2007–2012 | 150 | 3 |
22 | David Winters | 1996–2003 | 148 | 42 |
23 | Stuart Golabek | 1995–1999, 2007–2009 | 147 | 10 |
24 | Scott Fox | 2014–2019 | 147 | 0 |
25 | Alex Keddie | 2006–2010 | 146 | 10 |
Source:[1]
Top goalscorers
editAs of 24 August 2024
# | Name | Career | Apps | Goals | Ratio |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Michael Gardyne | 2006–2007, 2008–2012, 2014–2015, 2015–2021 | 444 | 73 | 0.16 |
2 | Sean Higgins | 2002–2009 | 220 | 59 | 0.27 |
3 | Derek Adams | 1996–1998, 2006–2009 | 134 | 56 | 0.42 |
4 | Liam Boyce | 2014–2017 | 115 | 55 | 0.48 |
5 | Steven Ferguson | 1996–2003 | 220 | 54 | 0.25 |
6 | Richard Brittain | 2008–2015 | 269 | 50 | 0.19 |
7 | Andrew Barrowman | 2007–2008, 2010–2011 | 94 | 45 | 0.48 |
8 | Alex Bone | 2000, 2000–2003 | 105 | 44 | 0.42 |
9 | David Winters | 2003, 2003–2006, 2008–2008 | 148 | 42 | 0.28 |
10 | Billy McKay | 2017–2021 | 126 | 41 | 0.33 |
11 | Brian Graham | 2015–2016, 2018–2020 | 97 | 37 | 0.38 |
12 | Steven Craig | 2008–2012 | 123 | 33 | 0.27 |
13 | Jordan White | 2021– | 154 | 33 | 0.21 |
14 | Alex Schalk | 2015–2018 | 108 | 30 | 0.28 |
15 | Don Cowie | 2000–2007, 2018–2020 | 249 | 30 | 0.12 |
16 | Craig Curran | 2014–2018 | 118 | 29 | 0.25 |
17 | Iain Vigurs | 2009–2013, 2018–2021 | 238 | 29 | 0.12 |
18 | Gary Wood | 1996–2000 | 80 | 28 | 0.35 |
19 | Ross Stewart | 2018–2021 | 82 | 28 | 0.34 |
20 | Neil Tarrant | 1997–1999, 2001-2002 | 60 | 27 | 0.45 |
21 | Simon Murray | 2023–2024 | 62 | 26 | 0.42 |
22 | Brian Grant | 1994–1996 | 84 | 26 | 0.31 |
23 | Jamie MacPherson | 1994–1999 | 65 | 21 | 0.32 |
24 | Colin McMenamin | 2011–2013 | 60 | 21 | 0.35 |
25 | John Rankin | 2003–2006 | 124 | 21 | 0.17 |
Source:[2]
Clean Sheets
editAs of 24 August 2024
# | Name | Career | Apps | Clean Sheets | Ratio |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Nicky Walker | 1997–2001 | 137 | 54 | 0.39 |
2 | Tony Bullock | 2001–2003, 2007–2009 | 145 | 41 | 0.28 |
3 | Ross Laidlaw | 2019– | 164 | 40 | 0.24 |
4 | Scott Fox | 2014–2019 | 147 | 38 | 0.26 |
5 | Michael McGovern | 2009–2011 | 96 | 32 | 0.33 |
6 | Steve Hutchison | 1994–1998 | 98 | 30 | 0.31 |
7 | Michael Fraser | 2011–2014 | 77 | 25 | 0.32 |
8 | Mark Brown | 2012–2015 | 71 | 17 | 0.24 |
9 | Colin Stewart | 2003–2005 | 47 | 13 | 0.28 |
10 | Stuart Garden | 2004–2006 | 52 | 9 | 0.17 |
Source:[3]
Club captains
editName | Dates | Notes |
---|---|---|
Jim Lauchlan | 2004–2006 | |
Don Cowie | 2006–2007 | |
Richard Brittain | 2009–2015 | |
Andrew Davies | 2015–2018 | |
Marcus Fraser | 2018–2020 | |
Iain Vigurs | 2020–2021 | |
Keith Watson | 2021–2023 | |
Jack Baldwin | 2023–2024 | |
Connor Randall | 2024– |
Team of the Decade
editIn January 2020 Ross County Twitter put out a poll to fans to decide on the team of the 2010s. The Results were as follows:
- GK: Scott Fox
- DF: Marcus Fraser
- DF: Andrew Davies
- DF: Scott Boyd
- DF: Evangelos Ikonomou
- MF: Richard Brittain
- MF: Jackson Irvine
- MF: Iain Vigurs
- MF: Michael Gardyne
- FW: Liam Boyce
- FW: Alex Schalk
Source:[4]
International players
editThis is a list of former and current players who have played at full international level while with the club and the year of their first International cap while at the club.
|
- 2001 Richard Hastings
- 2006 Sean Webb
- 2010 Michael McGovern
- 2010 Atli Gregersen
- 2013 André Hainault
- 2014 Yoann Arquin
- 2014 Filip Kiss
- 2014 Erik Čikoš
- 2015 Liam Boyce
- 2015 Jackson Irvine
- 2017 Tim Chow
- 2018 Mattias Käit
- 2021 Regan Charles-Cook
- 2023 Nohan Kenneh
- 2023 William Akio
- 2023 Victor Loturi
- Most Caps while at Club: Liam Boyce, Atli Gregersen, Yoann Arquin, Richard Hastings (6)
- Most International Goals while at Club: Liam Boyce (1)
Club records
edit- First league goal scored: William D Herd 1994 v Cowdenbeath
- Record all-time attendance: 8,000 approx v Rangers (Scottish Cup 28 February 1966)
- Record league attendance: 6,590 v Celtic (Scottish Premiership 18 November 2017)
- Record win: 11–0 v St Cuthbert Wanderers (1993–94 Scottish Cup first round)
- Record League win 8-0 v Albion Rovers (15 August 1998)
- Record defeat: 0–7 v Kilmarnock (1961–62 Scottish Cup third round)
- Club record signing: £100,000 – Ross Draper from Inverness Caledonian Thistle, 9 August 2017[6]
- Club record sale: £500,000 – Liam Boyce to Burton Albion, 20 June 2017[7]
Managers
editAs of 24 August 2024
Period | Manager | G | W | D | L | Win % | Honours |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1929–1930 | Tom Pirie | ||||||
1966–1968 | Ian McNeill | Highland Football League: 1966–1967 | |||||
1971–1976 | Ian McNeill | North of Scotland Cup: 1971–1972 | |||||
1977–1979 | Bill Cassidy | Highland League Cup: 1978–1979 | |||||
1985–1987 | John Buchanan | ||||||
1987–1996 | Robert Wilson | Highland Football League: 1990–91, 1991–92 Highland League Cup: 1991–1992 North of Scotland Cup: 1991–1992 | |||||
1 July 1996 – 11 November 2002 | Neale Cooper | 275 | 131 | 62 | 82 | 47.64 | Third Division: 1998–99 |
11 November 2002 – 27 November 2002 | Danny McDonald (caretaker) | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0.00 | |
27 November 2002 – 11 June 2005 | Alex Smith | 110 | 39 | 26 | 45 | 35.45 | |
21 June 2005 – 24 October 2005 | John Robertson | 15 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 40.00 | |
24 October 2005 – 3 June 2006 | Gardner Speirs (caretaker) | 28 | 11 | 10 | 7 | 39.29 | |
1 July 2006 – 17 June 2007 | Scott Leitch | 46 | 14 | 12 | 20 | 30.43 | Scottish Challenge Cup: 2006–07 |
17 June 2007 – 2 October 2007 | Dick Campbell | 12 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 50.00 | |
2 October 2007 – 11 November 2010 | Derek Adams | 140 | 66 | 31 | 43 | 47.14 | Second Division: 2007–08 |
25 November 2010 – 12 February 2011 | Willie McStay | 9 | 0 | 6 | 3 | 0.00 | |
17 February 2011 – 15 May 2011 | Jimmy Calderwood | 17 | 7 | 6 | 4 | 41.18 | Challenge Cup: 2010–11 |
19 May 2011 – 28 August 2014 | Derek Adams | 113 | 41 | 32 | 40 | 36.28 | First Division: 2011–12 |
9 September 2014 – 25 September 2017 | Jim McIntyre | 138 | 50 | 32 | 56 | 36.23 | Scottish League Cup: 2015–16 |
28 September 2017 – 1 March 2018 | Owen Coyle | 22 | 4 | 5 | 13 | 18.18 | |
2 March 2018 – 10 June 2020 | Steven Ferguson Stuart Kettlewell |
96 | 43 | 23 | 30 | 44.79 | Championship: 2018–19, Challenge Cup: 2018–19 |
10 June 2020 – 19 December 2020 | Stuart Kettlewell | 24 | 7 | 5 | 12 | 29.17 | |
21 December 2020 – 24 May 2021 | John Hughes | 21 | 8 | 2 | 11 | 38.10 | |
26 May 2021 – 15 November 2023 | Malky Mackay | 107 | 31 | 25 | 51 | 28.97 | |
20 November 2023 – 7 February 2024 | Derek Adams | 11 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 18.18 | |
8 February 2024 – Present | Don Cowie | 25 | 10 | 6 | 9 | 40.00 |
References
edit- ^ "Ross County Player goal Records". Staggies Archive. 17 February 2019. Retrieved 17 February 2019.
- ^ "Ross County Player goal Records". Staggies Archive. 17 February 2019. Retrieved 17 February 2019.
- ^ "Ross County Clean sheets". Staggies Archive. 17 February 2019. Retrieved 17 February 2019.
- ^ "Ross County Team of the Decade". Ross County Twitter. 6 January 2020. Retrieved 6 January 2020.
- ^ "Ross County All-Time Records". Staggies Archive. 7 October 2019. Retrieved 7 October 2019.
- ^ "Ross County sign midfielder from Inverness Caledonian Thistle". bbc.co.uk/sport. BBC Sport. 9 August 2017. Retrieved 12 August 2017.
- ^ "Liam Boyce: Burton sign Ross County striker in club-record deal". BBC Sport. 20 June 2017. Retrieved 20 June 2017.