2016–17 Inverness Caledonian Thistle F.C. season

Inverness Caledonian Thistle
2016–17 season
ChairmanKenny Cameron
ManagerRichie Foran
StadiumCaledonian Stadium
PremiershipTwelfth place
League CupSecond round, lost to Alloa Athletic
Scottish CupFifth round, lost to Celtic
Top goalscorerLeague:
Alex Fisher (8)

All:
Alex Fisher (8)
Highest home attendance7,012 vs. Rangers, 14 October 2016
Lowest home attendance1,316 vs. Arbroath, 30 July 2016
Average home league attendance3,949[1]

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
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

13 August 2016 Premiership Inverness Caledonian Thistle 2–3 Ross County Inverness
15:00 Raven Yellow card 12'
Williams Yellow card 18'
Boden 45'
Draper Yellow card 50' 65'
Horner Yellow card 75'
BBC Report Boyce 7' 28' 47'
Curran Yellow card 28'
Davies Yellow card 75'
Foster Yellow card 80'
Gardyne Yellow card 82'
Routis Yellow card 85'
Stadium: Tulloch Caledonian Stadium
Attendance: 4,204
Referee: Dallas
10 September 2016 Premiership Aberdeen 1–1 Inverness Caledonian Thistle Aberdeen
15:00 McGinn 51' BBC Report Tansey Yellow card 31'
Tremarco Yellow card 45'
King Yellow card 45+1'
Vigurs 68'
Stadium: Pittodrie Stadium
Attendance: 11,356
Referee: Allan
5 November 2016 Premiership Celtic 3–0 Inverness Caledonian Thistle Glasgow
15:00 Sinclair 48'
Griffiths 63'
Rogic 83'
BBC report Tansey Yellow card 43' Yellow-red card Stadium: Celtic Park
Attendance: 54,152
Referee: Allan
26 November 2016 Premiership Dundee 2–1 Inverness Caledonian Thistle Dundee
15:00 Wighton 25'
Vincent Yellow card 57'
Gadzhalov 60'
Hateley Yellow card 78'
O'Dea Yellow card 90+2'
BBC report Tremarco 81'
Cole Yellow card 85'
Horner Red card 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 Yellow card 57'
Davidson 62'
Wotherspoon Yellow card 75'
Swanson 81'
BBC report Draper Yellow card 45+1'
Doumbouya Yellow card 51'
Warren Yellow card 60' Yellow-red card
Stadium: McDiarmid Park
Attendance: 2,549
Referee: Anderson
17 December 2016 Premiership Kilmarnock 1–1 Inverness Caledonian Thistle Kilmarnock
15:00 McKenzie Yellow card 45+2'
Taylor Yellow card 64'
Coulibaly 73'
Smith Yellow card 90'
BBC report Draper Yellow card 16'
Warren 84'
Polworth Yellow card 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 Yellow card 43'
BBC report Cole Yellow card 37'
Vigurs Yellow card 45+2'
Meekings Yellow card 85'
Stadium: Ibrox Stadium
Attendance: 48,528
Referee: Robertson
28 December 2016 Premiership Inverness Caledonian Thistle 1–2 Motherwell Inverness
19:45 Cole Yellow card 36'
McKay Yellow card 40'
Fisher Yellow card 77'
Vigurs Yellow card 89'
Tansey 90'
BBC report Clay 50'
Moult Yellow card 59'
McDonald 87'
Stadium: Tulloch Caledonian Stadium
Attendance: 3,097
Referee: Cook
24 February 2017 Premiership Inverness Caledonian Thistle 2–1 Rangers Inverness
19:45 Tansey 45' Yellow card 66'
Laing Yellow card 56'
Vigurs 86' (pen miss)
Billy Mckay 89'
BBC report Jon Toral Yellow card 14'
Waghorn 67' (pen.)
Wilson Yellow card 86'
Stadium: Tulloch Caledonian Stadium
Attendance: 6,415
Referee: McLean
28 April 2017 Premiership Ross County 4–0 Inverness Caledonian Thistle Dingwall
19:45 O'Brien Yellow card 10'
Boyce 21' 34' 49' (pen.) 60' (pen.)
Chow Yellow card 53'
BBC report Vigurs Yellow card 49'
Polworth Red card 60'
Stadium: Global Energy Stadium
Attendance: 4,928
Referee: Thomson

League Cup

16 July 2016 Group C Cowdenbeath 1–2 Inverness Caledonian Thistle Central Park
15:00 Brett 23' Yellow card 53'
Rutherford Yellow card 63'
Chris Turner Yellow card 69'
SPFL Report Draper 13'
Warren Yellow card 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 Yellow card 37'
BBC Report Murdoch 46'
van der Velden Yellow card 49'
Durnan Yellow card 79'
Obadeyi Yellow card 81'
Attendance: 1,839
Referee: Anderson
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

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 Yellow card 53'
Darryl McHardy Yellow card 78'
BBC Report Cole 32'
Doumbouya 66'
Doran Yellow card 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' Yellow card 73'
Dembélé 45' 50' 59'
Tierney 86'
Brown 90+1'
BBCReport Tremarco Yellow card 29'
Draper Yellow card 35'
Vigurs Yellow card 37'
Warren Yellow card 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
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
1 GK Scotland SCO Ryan Esson 7 0 6+0 0 1+0 0 0+0 0
2 DF England ENG David Raven 26 1 19+2 1 4+0 0 1+0 0
3 DF England ENG Carl Tremarco 36 7 29+0 4 5+0 3 2+0 0
4 DF Scotland SCO Kevin McNaughton 14 0 5+4 0 5+0 0 0+0 0
5 DF England ENG Gary Warren 40 3 33+0 2 5+0 1 2+0 0
6 DF England ENG Josh Meekings 18 1 18+0 1 0+0 0 0+0 0
7 MF Scotland SCO Liam Polworth 38 3 26+6 3 5+0 0 1+0 0
8 MF England ENG Ross Draper 43 4 35+2 3 2+3 1 1+0 0
9 FW Republic of Ireland IRL Dean Ebbe 4 0 0+3 0 0+0 0 0+1 0
10 MF Republic of Ireland IRL Aaron Doran 19 1 6+11 1 0+1 0 1+0 0
11 MF Scotland SCO Iain Vigurs 39 5 28+4 1 5+0 4 2+0 0
12 DF Scotland SCO Jamie McCart 11 0 9+2 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
13 FW England ENG Billy Mckay 14 4 13+0 4 0+0 0 1+0 0
14 MF Scotland SCO Jason Brown 1 0 0+0 0 0+1 0 0+0 0
15 MF Republic of Ireland IRL Jake Mulraney 32 0 10+16 0 3+2 0 0+1 0
16 MF England ENG Greg Tansey 44 7 37+0 7 5+0 0 2+0 0
17 DF England ENG Lewis Horner 11 0 5+5 0 1+0 0 0+0 0
18 FW England ENG Alex Fisher 25 8 8+13 8 0+4 0 0+0 0
19 FW England ENG Scott Boden 19 5 3+10 1 5+0 4 1+0 0
20 MF Scotland SCO Billy King 32 3 17+9 1 5+0 2 1+0 0
21 FW Scotland SCO Alisdair Sutherland 2 0 0+1 0 0+1 0 0+0 0
21 DF England ENG Louis Laing 14 0 14+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
22 DF Scotland SCO Brad McKay 29 1 25+2 1 0+0 0 2+0 0
23 FW Estonia EST Henri Anier 15 0 8+5 0 0+0 0 1+1 0
25 GK Wales WAL Owain Fôn Williams 35 0 31+0 0 2+0 0 2+0 0
26 FW Guinea GUI Lonsana Doumbouya 20 6 17+2 5 0+0 0 1+0 1
29 MF England ENG Larnell Cole 23 2 13+8 1 0+0 0 1+1 1
31 GK Scotland SCO Cameron Mackay 4 0 1+0 0 2+1 0 0+0 0
33 DF England ENG Cameron Gilchrist 1 0 0+1 0 0+0 0 0+0 0

Overall goalscorers

Rank Player Goals
1st England Alex Fisher 9
2nd 7
4th Guinea Lonsana Doumbouya 6
5th 5
7th England Ross Draper 4
8th 3
12th England Larnell Cole 2
13th 1

Hat-tricks

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

Team statistics

League table

Pos Team 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:
  1. ^ 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

Matchday1234567891011121314151617181920212223242526272829303132333435363738
GroundAHAHAHHAHHAHAHAAHAAHAHAHAHHAHHAHAAHAAH
ResultLLLWDDWDLDWDLLLLDDLLLDLDDWLDDDLLLLWLWW
Position12121210101081010108101212121212121212121212121212121211121212121212121212
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* From Fee
Republic of Ireland Jake Mulraney 20 England Queens Park Rangers Free
Scotland Kevin McNaughton 33 England Wigan Athletic Free
Guinea Lonsana Doumbouya 25 Belgium Cercle Brugge Free
Scotland Brad McKay 23 Scotland St Johnstone Free
Estonia Henri Anier 26 Sweden Kalmar FF Free
England Scott Boden 26 England Newport County Free
England Louis Laing 23 Scotland Motherwell Free
Republic of Ireland Dean Ebbe 22 Republic of Ireland Bluebell United Undisclosed
Scotland Jamie McCart 19 Scotland Celtic Loan
Northern Ireland Billy Mckay 28 England Wigan Athletic Loan
Scotland Billy King 22 Scotland Heart of Midlothian Loan
England Larnell Cole 23 England Fulham Loan
Players Out
Player Age* To Fee
England Danny Williams 28 Scotland Dundee Free
England Nat Wedderburn 26 Scotland Dunfermline Athletic Free
England Jordan Roberts 22 England Crawley Town Free
England James Vincent 26 Scotland Dundee Free
England Dean Brill 30 Scotland Motherwell Free
England Ryan Williams 25 United States Ottawa Fury Free
Northern Ireland Danny Devine 23 Scotland Partick Thistle Free
Guinea Lonsana Doumbouya 26 Austria SKN St. Pölten Free
England Liam Hughes 23 England Barrow Free
Canada Calum Ferguson 21 Scotland Albion Rovers Free
Scotland Alisdair Sutherland 20 Scotland Elgin City Free
Democratic Republic of the Congo Andréa Mbuyi-Mutombo 26 Croatia RNK Split Free
Republic of Ireland Richie Foran 36 Retired
England Larnell Cole 24 England Fulham Loan Return
Scotland Jamie McCart 19 Scotland Celtic Loan Return
Northern Ireland Billy Mckay 28 England Wigan Athletic Loan Return
Scotland Billy King 23 Scotland Heart of Midlothian Loan Return

* - At time of signing

See also

Notes

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

References

  1. ^ "Premiership 2016/2017 - Attendance". worldfootball.net.
  2. ^ "The reasons behind Inverness CT's relegation". scotsman.com. The Scotsman. 20 May 2017. Retrieved 3 June 2017.
  3. ^ "Jason Marr's first-half strike earned Alloa Athletic a place in the Scottish League Cup". bbc.co.uk/sport. BBC Sport. 9 August 2016. Retrieved 3 June 2017.
  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.
  12. ^ "Premiership 2016/2017 - Season rules". Scoresway. Retrieved 1 September 2016.
  13. ^ "Richie Foran Statistics". soccerbase.com. Soccerbase. Retrieved 22 May 2017.

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