The 2014–15 season was the club's 2nd season in the Scottish Premiership and their third consecutive appearance in the top flight of Scottish football. Ross County also competed in the League Cup and the Scottish Cup.
Season summary County lost their first 7 games of the season and were rock-bottom of The Premiership. After the sacking of Derek Adams in late August, in September, they hired Jim McIntyre and started to pick up results. With County still bottom, McIntyre was backed by the board to bring in some new players. They failed to win a match between end of November to the end of January. After the 4-0 defeat away to Aberdeen in early February, County went on an unbeaten run up to the split, winning 8 of the next 9 matches. On 13 April, Liam Boyce scored the club's first ever top-flight hat-trick for County in a 3-0 win at St Mirren. On 16 May, County secured their Premiership status for the 2015-16 season after winning 2-1 against Hamilton Academical.
Management Ross County began the 2014–15 season under the management of Derek Adams. On 28 August 2014, after a poor start to the season, Adams was sacked along with his father who was director of football at the club. On 9 September 2014, Jim McIntyre joined from Scottish Championship side Queen of the South with Billy Dodds as his assistant.
Results and fixtures
Pre season / Friendlies
Scottish Premiership
Scottish League Cup
Scottish Cup
Squad statistics During the 2014–15 season, Ross County have used thirty four different players in competitive games. The table below shows the number of appearances and goals scored by each player. This table also shows players who were on the bench and did not play.
Appearances
|colspan="12"|Players who left the club during the 2014–15 season
Disciplinary record Includes all competitive matches. Last updated 23 May 2015 NumberNationPositionNamePremiershipLeague CupScottish CupTotal 1 GK Antonio Reguero100000102 DF Tim Dreesen200000203 DF Uroš Celcer110000114 DF Rocco Quinn200000205 DF Scott Boyd600000606 DF Steven Saunders300000308 MF Richard Brittain400000409 FW Jake Jervis1000001010MF Filip Kiss7100007111FW Melvin de Leeuw3000003011FW Craig Curran1000001012DF Jamie Reckord5000106015FW Yoann Arquin2000002016FW Liam Boyce2100002119DF Jim Fenlon1000001020MF Jordi Balk1000001020MF Darvydas Šernas1000001021GK Mark Brown0100000123DF Graham Carey5010107024MF Raffaele De Vita2000002026MF Martin Woods5000005030MF Tony Dingwall1000001031MF Terry Dunfield1100001136MF Jackson Irvine7000007040FW Michael Gardyne2010003043DF Paul Quinn4000105044DF Marcus Fraser40000040 TOTALS7352030785
Goal scorers
RankingNationNumberNameScottish PremiershipLeague CupScottish CupTotal1 16Liam Boyce1010112 40Michael Gardyne60063 11Craig Curran50054 9 Jake Jervis30145 24Raffaele De Vita300343Paul Quinn30037 14Darren Maatsen200215Yoann Arquin200223Graham Carey200226Martin Woods200230Tony Dingwall200236Jackson Irvine200213 4 Rocco Quinn100111Melvin de Leeuw010112Jamie Reckord100144Marcus Fraser1001Own goals1001TOTALS462149
Team statistics
League table
Results by round
Results by opponent Ross County score first TeamResultsPoints1234Aberdeen 0-3 0-1 0-4 X 0Celtic 0-5 0-0 0-1 X 1Dundee 2-1 1-1 1-0 X 7Dundee United 1-2 2-3 2-1 X 3Hamilton Academical 0-4 0-1 2-2 2-1 4Inverness C.T. 1-1 1-3 1-1 X 2Kilmarnock 1-2 3-0 2-1 2-1 9Motherwell 1-2 2-2 3-2 1-1 5Partick Thistle 0-4 3-1 1-0 1-2 6St Johnstone 1-2 1-2 1-0 X 3St Mirren 2-2 1-2 3-0 1-2 4 Source: 2014–15 Scottish Premier League Results Table
Awards
Player of the Month PlayerMonthRaffaele De VitaMarch
Manager of the Month ManagerMonthJim McIntyreFebruary Jim McIntyreMarch
Transfers
Players In PlayerFromFee Joe Cardle Raith RoversFree Jake Jervis PortsmouthFree Liam Boyce CliftonvilleFree Antonio Reguero KilmarnockFree Tim Dreesen Fortuna SittardFree Jordi Balk UtrechtFree Ben Frempah Leicester CityFree Jim Fenlon AFC WimbledonFree Filip Kiss Cardiff CityLoan Uroš Celcer ParmaFree Rosario Latouchent CaenFree Michael Gardyne Dundee UnitedLoan Darren Barr KilmarnockFree Jackson Irvine CelticLoan Lewis Toshney CelticFree Martin Woods BarnsleyFree Terry Dunfield Oldham AthleticFree Jamie Reckord Wolverhampton WanderersFree Craig Curran Nuneaton TownFree Cameron Burgess FulhamLoan Marcus Fraser CelticFree Darvydas Šernas Wigry SuwałkiFree Rubén Palazuelos Ermis AradippouFree Raffaele De Vita Cheltenham TownFree Abdoulaye Meite OFIFree
Players Out PlayerFromFee Gordon Finlayson Elgin CityFree Michael Fraser Elgin CityFree Ben Gordon Colchester UnitedFree Alex Cooper FalkirkFree Gary Glen LivingstonFree Brian McLeanFree AgentFree Evangelos Ikonomou Doxa KatokopiasFree Stuart Kettlewell Brora RangersFree Marc Klok Cherno More VarnaFree Melvin de LeeuwFree AgentFree Rosario LatouchentFree AgentFree Uroš CelcerFree AgentFree Tim DreesenFree AgentFree Jordi Balk TOP OssFree Yoann Arquin St MirrenFree Darren Maatsen Den BoschFree Lewis Toshney CowdenbeathFree
See also List of Ross County F.C. seasons
Notes and references