The 2016–17 season was the club's 4th season in the Scottish Premiership and their fifth consecutive appearance in the top flight of Scottish football. Ross County also competed in the Scottish Cup and the League Cup, having won the League Cup the previous year for the first time in their history.
Season summary County were unable to retain the trophy after being knocked out of the Group Stages in a new format introduced by the SPFL. County U20s won the Development League, managed by Stuart Kettlewell. Liam Boyce finished the season on 23 league goals and was the top goalscorer in the Scottish Premiership.
Results and fixtures
Pre-season
Scottish Premiership
League Cup
Scottish Cup
Squad statistics Appearances
|colspan="10"|Players who left the club during the 2016–17 season
Goalscorers RankingNationNumberNameScottish PremiershipLeague CupScottish CupTotal110Liam Boyce230124223Alex Schalk5308311Craig Curran5207419Brian Graham060654Christopher Routis302565Jay McEveley300377Michael Gardyne2002=12Tim Chow101296Jim O'Brien0011=8Martin Woods1001=9Ryan Dow1001=15Andrew Davies1001=17Jonathan Franks1001=22Chris Burke1001=43Paul Quinn0011Own goal1001TOTALS4811665
Disciplinary record NumberNationPositionNamePremiershipLeague CupScottish CupTotal 1GK Scott Fox100000102DF Marcus Fraser400010503DF Jason Naismith100000104DF Christopher Routis600000605DF Jay McEveley9110001016MF Jim O'Brien610000617FW Michael Gardyne401000508MF Martin Woods600000609FW Ryan Dow4000004010FW Liam Boyce7010109011FW Craig Curran6000006012DF Tim Chow8100109112DF Richard Foster1020003015DF Andrew Davies7000108016MF Tony Dingwall2000002018MF Ian McShane0110001119FW Brian Graham0010001022MF Chris Burke1000001023FW Alex Schalk1000001023FW Milan Lalkovic1000001028DF Kenny van der Weg4100004143DF Paul Quinn3010004052DF Reghan Tumilty10000010 TOTALS8358040955
Team statistics League table
Transfers
In DatePlayerFromFee 25 May 2016 Erik Čikoš Slovan Bratislava Free 25 May 2016 Aaron McCarey Wolverhampton Wanderers Free 25 May 2016 Christopher Routis Bradford City Free 25 May 2016 Kenny van der Weg NAC Breda Free 24 June 2016 Jay McEveley Sheffield United Free 25 August 2016 Tim Chow Wigan Athletic Free 9 September 2016 Ryan Dow Dundee United Free 27 September 2016 Chris Burke Nottingham Forest Free 18 January 2017 Jason Naismith St. Mirren Undisclosed 18 January 2017 Jim O'Brien Shrewsbury Town Loan 20 January 2017 Oscar Gobern Mansfield Town Free 20 January 2017 Milan Lalkovic Portsmouth Loan
Out DatePlayerToFee 14 June 2016 Stewart Murdoch Dundee United Free 15 July 2016 Jackson Irvine Burton Albion £300,000 19 August 2016 Richard Foster St Johnstone Free 21 August 2016 Brian Graham Hibernian Free 31 August 2016 Scott Boyd Kilmarnock Loan 2 September 2016 Chris Robertson AFC Wimbledon Free 17 January 2017 Erik Čikoš Monopoli Free 30 January 2017 Christopher McLaughlin Forfar Athletic Loan 31 January 2017 Scott Boyd Kilmarnock Free
See also List of Ross County F.C. seasons
Notes and references