2013–14 Ross County F.C. season

Ross County
2013–14 season
ChairmanRoy MacGregor
ManagerDerek Adams
StadiumVictoria Park
PremiershipSeventh Place
League CupSecond Round
Scottish CupFourth Round
Top goalscorerLeague: Melvin de Leeuw (9)
All: Melvin de Leeuw (9)
Highest home attendance5,982 vs. Celtic, Premiership, 9 November 2013
Lowest home attendance2,213 vs. Hibernian, Scottish Cup, 30 November 2013
Average home league attendance3,806

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 England Manchester United XI Victoria Park
Luckassen 5'
Cooper 57'
Report Petrucci 35'
Tunnicliffe 64'
23 July 2013 Friendly Netherlands Den Bosch 1 – 0 Ross County Amsterdam
16:00 Zeldenrust 87' Report Brittain Red card 79'
26 July 2013 Friendly Netherlands 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
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 Red card 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 Red card 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.)Red card 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 Scotland SCO Mark Brown 30 0 28+0 0 1+0 0 1+0 0
2 DF Slovakia SVK Erik Čikoš 14 0 14+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
3 DF England ENG Ben Gordon 29 1 25+3 1 0+0 0 1+0 0
4 MF Scotland SCO Stuart Kettlewell 27 2 22+3 2 1+0 0 1+0 0
5 DF Scotland SCO Scott Boyd 29 1 27+1 1 0+0 0 1+0 0
7 MF Slovakia SVK Filip Kiss 17 6 17+0 6 0+0 0 0+0 0
8 MF Scotland SCO Richard Brittain 36 8 34+0 7 1+0 1 1+0 0
10 MF Scotland SCO Rocco Quinn 31 2 20+9 2 1+0 0 1+0 0
11 FW Netherlands NED Melvin de Leeuw 35 9 19+14 9 0+1 0 1+0 0
12 MF Scotland SCO Michael Tidser 16 0 15+1 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
14 MF Netherlands NED Darren Maatsen 12 1 2+8 1 0+1 0 0+1 0
15 FW Scotland SCO Gary Glen 16 0 4+11 0 0+0 0 1+0 0
16 MF Scotland SCO Alex Cooper 17 1 5+12 1 0+0 0 0+0 0
18 MF Netherlands NED Marc Klok 6 0 4+2 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
20 GK Scotland SCO Michael Fraser 10 0 10+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
21 DF Northern Ireland NIR Brian McLean 28 0 25+1 0 1+0 0 1+0 0
22 DF Scotland SCO Steven Saunders 13 1 4+8 1 0+0 0 0+1 0
23 MF Republic of Ireland IRL Graham Carey 38 3 31+5 3 1+0 0 1+0 0
24 MF Scotland SCO Tony Dingwall 0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
25 FW England ENG Jordan Slew 20 1 17+3 1 0+0 0 0+0 0
26 DF Greece GRE Vangelis Oikonomou 15 0 15+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
27 FW Martinique MTQ Yoann Arquin 16 4 14+2 4 0+0 0 0+0 0
28 DF Cameroon CMR Yann Songo'o 17 3 17+0 3 0+0 0 0+0 0
42 GK Scotland 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 Switzerland SUI Mihael Kovačević 15 0 13+0 0 1+0 0 0+1 0
6 DF Switzerland SUI Branislav Mićić 10 0 8+1 0 0+0 0 1+0 0
7 MF Northern Ireland NIR Ivan Sproule 11 2 7+3 2 1+0 0 0+0 0
9 FW Switzerland SUI Orhan Mustafi 8 1 2+5 0 0+1 1 0+0 0
12 DF Scotland SCO Grant Munro 7 0 5+1 0 1+0 0 0+0 0
17 FW Scotland SCO Steven Ross 10 0 5+5 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
19 FW Netherlands 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:
  1. ^ St Johnstone, as winners of the 2013–14 Scottish Cup, qualified for the Europa League second qualifying round.


Division summary

Round1234567891011121314151617181920212223242526272829303132333435363738
GroundAHAHAHHAHAHAAHHAHAAHAHHAAHHHAAHAHAHAHA
ResultLLLWDLWLWLLLDLLLLLWWDWLDLWLDWLDDLLWLWW
Position910119999999910101011111111111111111011111110119999911101097
Source: [5]
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Transfers

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