2013–14 Ross County F.C. season
| 2013–14 season | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Chairman | Roy MacGregor | ||
| Manager | Derek Adams | ||
| Stadium | Victoria Park | ||
| Premiership | Seventh Place | ||
| League Cup | Second Round | ||
| Scottish Cup | Fourth Round | ||
| Top goalscorer | League: Melvin de Leeuw (9) All: Melvin de Leeuw (9) | ||
| Highest home attendance | 5,982 vs. Celtic, Premiership, 9 November 2013 | ||
| Lowest home attendance | 2,213 vs. Hibernian, Scottish Cup, 30 November 2013 | ||
| Average home league attendance | 3,806 | ||
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The 2013–14 season was Ross County's first season in the newly formed Scottish Premiership and their second consecutive season in the top flight of Scottish football. Ross County also competed in the Scottish Cup and the League Cup.
Summary
Season
Ross County finished seventh in the Scottish Premiership with 40 points.[1] They reached the second round of the League Cup, losing to Stranraer,[2] and the fourth round of the Scottish Cup, losing to Hibernian.[3]
Results and fixtures
Win Draw Loss Postponed
Pre season / Friendlies
| 20 July 2013 Friendly | Ross County | 2 – 2 |  Manchester United XI | Victoria Park |
Luckassen  5'Cooper 57' |
Report | Petrucci 35' Tunnicliffe 64' |
| 23 July 2013 Friendly |  Den Bosch | 1 – 0 | Ross County | Amsterdam |
| 16:00 | Zeldenrust 87' |
Report | Brittain  79' |
| 26 July 2013 Friendly | PEC Zwolle | 5 – 1 | Ross County | MAC³PARK Stadion, Amsterdam |
| 16:00 | Benson 21' Saymak 27'Fernandez 55' 62'Nijland 76' |
Report | Sproule 26' |
Scottish Premiership
| 3 August 2013 1 | Celtic | 2 – 1 | Ross County | Celtic Park |
| 15:00 | Stokes 28', 87' |
BBC | Maatsen 3' |
Attendance: 45,705 Referee: Willie Collum |
| 10 August 2013 2 | Ross County | 1 – 3 | Partick Thistle | Victoria Park |
| 17:15 | Carey 71' |
BBC | Doolan 18' Lawless 52', 59' |
Attendance: 3,331 Referee: Alan Muir |
| 17 August 2013 3 | St. Johnstone | 4 – 0 | Ross County | McDiarmid Park |
| 15:00 | Hasselbaink 14' Wotherspoon 18'May 50'MacKay 62' |
BBC | Attendance: 2,833 Referee: Brian Colvin |
| 24 August 2013 4 | Ross County | 3 – 0 | St. Mirren | Victoria Park |
| 15:00 | Kettlewell 9' Brittain 24' 57' |
BBC | Attendance: 3,142 Referee: Calum Murray |
| 31 August 2013 5 | Hibernian | 0 – 0 | Ross County | Easter Road |
| 15:00 | BBC | Attendance: 9,569 Referee: Iain Brines |
| 15 September 2013 6 | Ross County | 2 – 4 | Dundee United | Victoria Park |
| 12:45 | Sproule 72' Quinn 76' |
BBC | Mackay-Steven 18' (pen.) Armstrong 20'Gauld 40'Çiftçi 65' |
Attendance: 3,005 Referee: Brian Colvin |
| 21 September 2013 7 | Ross County | 2 – 1 | Heart of Midlothian | Victoria Park |
| 15:00 | de Leeuw 89' Brittain 90' |
BBC | Paterson 24' |
Attendance: 4,059 Referee: Euan Norris |
| 28 September 2013 8 | Motherwell | 3 – 1 | Ross County | Fir Park |
| 15:00 | Sutton 54' 68' McHugh 77' |
Report | de Leeuw 30' |
Attendance: 4,263 Referee: Bobby Madden |
| 5 October 2013 9 | Ross County | 1 – 0 | Aberdeen | Victoria Park |
| 15:00 | Quinn 52' |
BBC | Attendance: 5,290 Referee: Crawford Allan |
| 19 October 2013 10 | Kilmarnock | 2 – 0 | Ross County | Rugby Park |
| 15:00 | Boyd 17' Irvine 70' |
BBC | Attendance: 3,5,82 Referee: Stephen Finnie |
| 9 November 2013 11 | Ross County | 1 – 4 | Celtic | Victoria Park |
| 12:45 | Sproule 68' |
BBC | Van Dijk 41' 53' Ledley 70' 73' |
Attendance: 5,982 Referee: Kevin Clancy |
| 17 November 2013 12 | St Mirren | 2 – 1 | Ross County | St Mirren Park |
| 15:00 | McLean 35' Newton 51' |
BBC | Saunders 67' |
Attendance: 4,205 Referee: Willie Collum |
| 23 November 2013 13 | Heart of Midlothian | 2 – 2 | Ross County | Tynecastle Park |
| 15:00 | Paterson 28' Stevenson 89' |
BBC | Carey 23' de Leeuw 50' |
Attendance: 12,508 Referee: Crawford Allan |
| 7 December 2013 14 | Ross County | 1 – 2 | Kilmarnock | Victoria Park |
| 15:00 | Kettlewell 33' |
BBC | Johnston 7' Boyd 43' |
Attendance: 2,937 Referee: Bobby Madden |
| 14 December 2013 15 | Ross County | 1 – 2 | Motherwell | Victoria Park |
| 15:00 | de Leeuw 62' |
BBC | Sutton 15' 17' |
Attendance: 2,792 Referee: Crawford Allan |
| 21 December 2013 16 | Dundee United | 1 – 0 | Ross County | Tannadice Park |
| 15:00 | Mackay-Steven 69' |
BBC | Attendance: 8,029 Referee: Iain Brines |
| 26 December 2013 17 | Ross County | 0 – 2 | Hibernian | Victoria Park |
| 15:00 | BBC | Nelson 18' Forster 56' |
Attendance: 3,383 Referee: Brian Colvin |
| 29 December 2013 18 | Aberdeen | 1 – 0 | Ross County | Pittodrie Stadium |
| 15:00 | Low 2' |
BBC Sport | Attendance: 11,602 Referee: Calum Murray |
| 1 January 2014 19 | Inverness Caledonian Thistle | 1 – 2 | Ross County | Caledonian Stadium |
| 15.00 | Doran 89' |
BBC | Boyd 15' Cooper 17' |
Attendance: 4,332 Referee: Alan Muir |
| 4 January 2014 20 | Ross County | 1 – 0 | St. Johnstone | Victoria Park |
| 15:00 | Carey 88' |
BBC | Attendance: 3,305 Referee: Euan Norris |
| 11 January 2014 21 | Partick Thistle | 3 – 3 | Ross County | Firhill Stadium |
| 15:00 | Taylor 28' 39' Lawless 47' |
BBC | Kiss 23' 76' Gordon 50'Kettlewell 84' |
Attendance: 3,539 Referee: Bobby Madden |
| 18 January 2014 22 | Ross County | 3 – 0 | Dundee United | Victoria Park |
| 15:00 | Kiss 42' 74' Arquin 69' |
BBC Sport | Attendance: 3,609 Referee: Craig Charleston |
| 25 January 2015 23 | Ross County | 1 – 2 | Heart of Midlothian | Victoria Park |
| 15:00 | Songo'o 45' |
BBC | Paterson 37' Robinson 80' |
Attendance: 4,016 Referee: Kevin Clancy |
| 1 February 2014 24 | Kilmarnock | 2 – 2 | Ross County | Rugby Park |
| 15:00 | Boyd 47' 90' |
BBC | Arquin 30' Songo'o 36'Kiss 76' |
Attendance: 3,372 Referee: Crawford Allan |
| 15 February 2014 25 | Hibernian | 2 – 1 | Ross County | Easter Road |
| 15:00 | Stanton 10' Taiwo 24' |
BBC | Brittain 59' |
Attendance: 8,411 Referee: Bobby Madden |
| 22 February 2014 26 | Ross County | 2 – 1 | St. Mirren | Victoria Park |
| 15:00 | Arquin 38' de Leeuw 83' |
BBC | McGinn 66' |
Attendance: 3,394 Referee: Willie Collum |
| 25 February 2014 27 | Ross County | 0 – 3 | Inverness Caledonian Thistle | Victoria Park |
| 19:45 | BBC | Raven 8' McKay 40'Watkins 78' |
Attendance: 4,805 Referee: Calum Murray |
| 1 March 2014 28 | Ross County | 1 – 1 | Partick Thistle | Victoria Park |
| 15:00 | Brittain 14' |
BBC | Higginbotham 9' |
Attendance: 3,441 Referee: Craig Thomson |
| 15 March 2014 29 | St. Johnstone | 0 – 1 | Ross County | McDiarmid Park |
| 15:00 | BBC | de Leeuw 29' |
Attendance: 2,213 Referee: Bobby Madden |
| 22 March 2014 30 | Motherwell | 2 – 1 | Ross County | Fir Park |
| 15:00 | McFadden 47' Sutton 60' |
BBC | Songo'o 82' |
Attendance: 4,080 Referee: Iain Brines |
| 25 March 2014 31 | Ross County | 1 – 1 | Aberdeen | Victoria Park |
| 19:45 | de Leeuw 35' |
BBC | Rooney 77' |
Attendance: 3,775 Referee: Brian Colvin |
| 29 March 2014 32 | Celtic | 1 – 1 | Ross County | Celtic Park |
| 15:00 | Commons 35' |
BBC | de Leeuw 16' |
Attendance: 49,270 Referee: John Beaton |
| 4 April 2014 33 | Ross County | 1 – 2 | Inverness Caledonian Thistle | Victoria Park |
| 19:45 | Kiss 49' |
BBC | Doran 45' McKay 79' |
Attendance: 4,433 Referee: Calum Murray |
| 19 April 2014 34 | Heart of Midlothian | 2 – 0 | Ross County | Tynecastle Park |
| 15:00 | Hamill 65' (pen.) 70' Carrick 90' |
BBC | Attendance: 13,692 Referee: Willie Collum |
| 26 April 2014 35 | Ross County | 2 – 1 | Kilmarnock | Victoria Park |
| 15:00 | Kiss 41' Brittain 77' (pen.) |
BBC | Boyd 88' |
Attendance: 3,401 Referee: Kevin Clancy |
| 3 May 2014 36 | St Mirren | 1 – 0 | Ross County | St Mirren Park |
| 15:00 | Wylde 79' |
BBC | Attendance: 4,414 Referee: Craig Thomson |
| 6 May 2014 37 | Ross County | 1 – 0 | Hibernian | Victoria Park |
| 19:45 | Brittain 77' (pen.) |
BBC | Attendance: 3,850 Referee: John Beaton |
| 10 May 2014 38 | Partick Thistle | 2 – 3 | Ross County | Firhill Stadium |
| 15:00 | Taylor 51' Moncur 73' |
BBC | Slew 22' Arquin 48'de Leeuw 77' |
Attendance: 4,390 Referee: Bobby Madden |
Scottish League Cup
| 27 August 2013 Second Round | Stranraer | 3 – 2 | Ross County | Stair Park |
| 19:45 | Winter 65' Aitken 65' (pen.)Grehan 82' |
BBC | Brittain 45' (pen.) Mustafi 79' |
Attendance: 215 |
Scottish Cup
| 30 November 2013 Fourth Round | Ross County | 0 – 1 | Hibernian | Victoria Park |
| 15:00 | BBC | Handling 31' |
Attendance: 2,213 |
Squad statistics
Appearances
- As of 11 May 2014[4]
| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Total | Premiership | League Cup | Scottish Cup | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||||
| 1 | GK |  SCO
|
Mark Brown | 30 | 0 | 28+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 |
| 2 | DF |  SVK
|
Erik Čikoš | 14 | 0 | 14+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 3 | DF | ENG
|
Ben Gordon | 29 | 1 | 25+3 | 1 | 0+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 |
| 4 | MF | SCO
|
Stuart Kettlewell | 27 | 2 | 22+3 | 2 | 1+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 |
| 5 | DF | SCO
|
Scott Boyd | 29 | 1 | 27+1 | 1 | 0+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 |
| 7 | MF | SVK
|
Filip Kiss | 17 | 6 | 17+0 | 6 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 8 | MF | SCO
|
Richard Brittain | 36 | 8 | 34+0 | 7 | 1+0 | 1 | 1+0 | 0 |
| 10 | MF | SCO
|
Rocco Quinn | 31 | 2 | 20+9 | 2 | 1+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 |
| 11 | FW | NED
|
Melvin de Leeuw | 35 | 9 | 19+14 | 9 | 0+1 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 |
| 12 | MF | SCO
|
Michael Tidser | 16 | 0 | 15+1 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 14 | MF | NED
|
Darren Maatsen | 12 | 1 | 2+8 | 1 | 0+1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 15 | FW | SCO
|
Gary Glen | 16 | 0 | 4+11 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 |
| 16 | MF | SCO
|
Alex Cooper | 17 | 1 | 5+12 | 1 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 18 | MF | NED
|
Marc Klok | 6 | 0 | 4+2 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 20 | GK | SCO
|
Michael Fraser | 10 | 0 | 10+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 21 | DF |  NIR
|
Brian McLean | 28 | 0 | 25+1 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 |
| 22 | DF | SCO
|
Steven Saunders | 13 | 1 | 4+8 | 1 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 23 | MF |  IRL
|
Graham Carey | 38 | 3 | 31+5 | 3 | 1+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 |
| 24 | MF | SCO
|
Tony Dingwall | 0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 25 | FW | ENG
|
Jordan Slew | 20 | 1 | 17+3 | 1 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 26 | DF |  GRE
|
Vangelis Oikonomou | 15 | 0 | 15+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 27 | FW |  MTQ
|
Yoann Arquin | 16 | 4 | 14+2 | 4 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 28 | DF |  CMR
|
Yann Songo'o | 17 | 3 | 17+0 | 3 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 42 | GK | SCO
|
Sean McCarthy | 0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| Players who left the club during the 2013–14 season | |||||||||||
| 2 | DF |  SUI
|
Mihael Kovačević | 15 | 0 | 13+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 6 | DF | SUI
|
Branislav Mićić | 10 | 0 | 8+1 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 |
| 7 | MF | NIR
|
Ivan Sproule | 11 | 2 | 7+3 | 2 | 1+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 9 | FW | SUI
|
Orhan Mustafi | 8 | 1 | 2+5 | 0 | 0+1 | 1 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 12 | DF | SCO
|
Grant Munro | 7 | 0 | 5+1 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 17 | FW | SCO
|
Steven Ross | 10 | 0 | 5+5 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 19 | FW | NED
|
Kevin Luckassen | 16 | 0 | 9+5 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 |
Team statistics
League table
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5 | Inverness Caledonian Thistle | 38 | 16 | 9 | 13 | 44 | 44 | 0 | 57 | |
| 6 | St Johnstone | 38 | 15 | 8 | 15 | 48 | 42 | +6 | 53 | Qualification for the Europa League second qualifying round[a] |
| 7 | Ross County | 38 | 11 | 7 | 20 | 44 | 62 | −18 | 40 | |
| 8 | St Mirren | 38 | 10 | 9 | 19 | 39 | 58 | −19 | 39 | |
| 9 | Kilmarnock | 38 | 11 | 6 | 21 | 45 | 66 | −21 | 39 |
Source: SPFL Archive
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
Notes:
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
Notes:
- ^ St Johnstone, as winners of the 2013–14 Scottish Cup, qualified for the Europa League second qualifying round.
Division summary
Transfers
References
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External links
- Ross County 2013–14 at Soccerbase.com (select relevant season from dropdown list)