2024–25 Ross County F.C. season

Ross County
2024–25 season
ChairmanRoy MacGregor
ManagerDon Cowie
GroundVictoria Park
Dingwall, Ross-shire
(Capacity: 6,541)

The 2024–25 season is Ross County's sixth consecutive season in the Scottish Premiership and the club's 12th season overall in the top flight of Scottish football. Ross County will also compete in the Scottish Cup entering in the fourth round and Scottish League Cup entering in the group stage.

Results and fixtures

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  Win   Draw   Loss   Postponed

Pre-season and friendlies

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6 July 2024 Brora Rangers 1–2 Ross County Brora
15:00 Wallace 25' [1] Trialist 33'
Brophy 66'		 Stadium: Dudgeon Park
9 July 2024 Clachnacuddin 0–6 Ross County Inverness
19:45 Report Brophy
Samuel
White
Macleod 		Stadium: Grant Street Park

Scottish Premiership

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Main article: 2024–25 Scottish Premiership
3 August 2024 1 Motherwell v Ross County Motherwell
Stadium: Fir Park
10 August 2024 2 Ross County v Dundee United Dingwall
15:00 Stadium: Victoria Park
24 August 2024 3 Rangers v Ross County Glasgow
Stadium: Hampden Park
31 August 2024 4 Ross County v Aberdeen Dingwall
15:00 Stadium: Victoria Park

Scottish League Cup

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Main article: 2024–25 Scottish League Cup

Group stage

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13 July 2024 Stranraer 1–3 Ross County Stranraer
15:00 Lang 81' Report White 6', 32'
Brophy 83'		 Stadium: Stair Park
Attendance: 515
Referee: Lloyd Wilson
20 July 2024 Ross County 2–1 Raith Rovers Dingwall
15:00 White 29'
Harmon 87'		 Report Smith 51' Stadium: Victoria Park
Attendance: 1,228
Referee: Euan Anderson
23 July 2024 Hamilton Academical 1–2 Ross County Hamilton
19:45 Shaw 6' Report Hale 25'
White 28'		 Stadium: New Douglas Park
Attendance: 561
Referee: Matthew McDermid
27 July 2024 Ross County 3–0 Stirling Albion Dingwall
15:00 Hale 29', 43'
Brown 80'		 Report Stadium: Victoria Park
Attendance: 1,027
Referee: Nick Walsh

Knockout phase

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Second round The Spartans v Ross County Edinburgh
Stadium: Ainslie Park

Squad statistics

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Captains

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No. Pos Nat Name No of games Notes
5 DF Scotland Ricki Lamie 1
8 MF England Connor Randall 2
26 FW Scotland Jordan White 1

Appearances

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As of 27 July 2024

No. Pos Nat Player Total Premiership Scottish Cup League Cup
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
1 GK Scotland SCO Ross Laidlaw 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
2 DF Republic of Ireland IRL James Brown 4 1 0 0 0 0 3+1 1
3 DF Wales WAL Ryan Leak 3 0 0 0 0 0 3 0
4 DF England ENG Akil Wright 4 0 0 0 0 0 4 0
5 DF Scotland SCO Ricki Lamie 3 0 0 0 0 0 3 0
6 MF Scotland SCO Scott Allardice 3 0 0 0 0 0 1+2 0
7 MF Canada CAN Victor Loturi 4 0 0 0 0 0 3+1 0
8 MF England ENG Connor Randall 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
9 FW Republic of Ireland IRL Ronan Hale 2 3 0 0 0 0 2 3
12 MF England ENG Max Sheaf 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
14 FW England ENG Jack Grieves 1 0 0 0 0 0 1+0 0
15 MF Scotland SCO Aidan Denholm 1 0 0 0 0 0 0+1 0
16 DF England ENG George Harmon 4 1 0 0 0 0 2+2 1
21 MF Scotland SCO Charlie Telfer 3 0 0 0 0 0 2+1 0
22 GK Scotland SCO Jack Hamilton 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
24 DF Democratic Republic of the Congo COD Michee Efete 4 0 0 0 0 0 2+2 0
25 FW Wales WAL Alex Samuel 4 0 0 0 0 0 1+3 0
26 FW Scotland SCO Jordan White 4 4 0 0 0 0 3+1 4
27 FW Scotland SCO Eamonn Brophy 4 1 0 0 0 0 3+1 1
30 DF Scotland SCO Dylan Smith 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
31 GK Scotland SCO Logan Ross 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
32 DF Scotland SCO Connall Ewan 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
33 MF Scotland SCO Andrew Macleod 4 0 0 0 0 0 2+2 0
34 FW England ENG George Robesten 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
35 DF England ENG Will Nightingale 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
36 MF Scotland SCO Jamie Williamson 1 0 0 0 0 0 0+1 0
41 GK Scotland SCO Jayden Reid 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
43 DF Scotland SCO Josh Reid 3 0 0 0 0 0 2+1 0

Goalscorers

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Rank No. Nat. Po. Name Premiership Scottish Cup League Cup Total
1 26 Scotland FW Jordan White 0 0 4 4
2 9 Republic of Ireland FW Ronan Hale 0 0 3 3
2 2 Republic of Ireland DF James Brown 0 0 1 1
16 England DF George Harmon 0 0 1 1
27 Scotland FW Eamonn Brophy 0 0 1 1
Own Goals 0 0 0 0
Total 0 0 10 10
As of 27 July 2024

Team statistics

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League table

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Pos Team
 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation[a]
8 Motherwell 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
9 Rangers 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
10 Ross County 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
11 St Johnstone 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Qualification for the Premiership play-off final
12 St Mirren 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Relegation to Championship
First match(es) will be played: 3 August 2024. Source: [1][2]
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored; 4) Head-to-Head points; 5) Head-to-Head goal difference; 6) Play-off (only if deciding champion, UEFA competitions qualification, second stage group allocation or relegation).[3]
Notes:
  1. ^ Teams play each other three times (33 matches), before the league is split into two groups (the top six and the bottom six).

League cup table

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Pos Team
 Pld W PW PL L GF GA GD Pts Qualification ROS RAI HAM STI STR
1 Ross County 4 4 0 0 0 10 3 +7 12 Qualification for the second round — 2–1 — 3–0 —
2 Raith Rovers 4 2 1 0 1 7 4 +3 8 — — p1–1 — 2–1
3 Hamilton Academical 4 1 0 2 1 5 3 +2 5 1–2 — — 0–0p —
4 Stirling Albion 4 0 2 0 2 2 8 −6 4 — 0–3 — — p2–2
5 Stranraer 4 0 0 1 3 4 10 −6 1 1–3 — 0–3 — —
Source: [4]
Rules for classification: 1) goal difference, 2) goals scored, 3) away goals scored, 4) matches won, 5) away matches won, 6) drawing of lots.[5]

Transfers

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In

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Date Player From Fee
27 June 2024 England Will Nightingale England AFC Wimbledon Loan[6]
1 July 2024 Scotland Ricki Lamie Scotland Motherwell Free[7]
4 July 2024 Scotland Jack Hamilton Scotland Livingston Free[8]
5 July 2024 Scotland Charlie Telfer Scotland Airdrieonians Free[9]
8 July 2024 England Akil Wright England Stockport County Undisclosed[10]
9 July 2024 Republic of Ireland Ronan Hale Northern Ireland Cliftonville Undisclosed[11]
24 July 2024 England Jack Grieves England Watford Loan[12]
26 July 2024 Scotland Aidan Denholm Scotland Heart of Midlothian Loan[13]

Out

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Date Player To Fee
30 May 2024 England Yan Dhanda Scotland Heart of Midlothian Free[14][15]
Scotland Adam Mackinnon Free[14]
England Jordan Tillson England Bath City Free[14][16]
Scotland Matthew Wright Scotland Nairn County Free[14][17]
1 June 2024 Scotland Jay Henderson Scotland Ayr United Loan[18][19]
6 June 2024 Scotland Kyle Turner Scotland Partick Thistle Free[20][21]
19 June 2024 Scotland Ross Callachan Scotland Motherwell Free[22]
3 July 2024 Scotland Calum Brown Scotland Forres Mechanics Loan[23]
5 July 2024 Scotland Alister Morrison Scotland Nairn County Loan[24]
9 July 2024 England Jack Baldwin England Northampton Town Undisclosed[25]
10 July 2024 Scotland Simon Murray Scotland Dundee Undisclosed[26][27]
England Josh Sims Free[28]

Notes and references

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  1. ^ "Scottish Premiership Table". BBC. 15 April 2024.
  2. ^ "Premiership League Table". Scottish Professional Football League. Retrieved 15 April 2024.
  3. ^ "The Rules of the Scottish Professional Football League (Rule Number C35-C37)" (PDF). SPFL. Archived (PDF) from the original on 28 September 2022. Retrieved 24 September 2022.
  4. ^ "Summary - League Cup Group H". Soccerway. Retrieved 28 May 2024.
  5. ^ "Format". SPFL. Retrieved 7 June 2023.
  6. ^ "Will Nightingale joins on loan from AFC Wimbledon". rosscountyfootballclub.co.uk. Ross County FC. 27 June 2024. Retrieved 29 June 2024.
  7. ^ "Ricki Lamie joins the Staggies". RCFC. Retrieved 1 July 2024.
  8. ^ "Ross County complete signing of former Hearts and Dundee goalkeeper Jack Hamilton to challenge Ross Laidlaw for gloves in Dingwall". ross-shirejournal.co.uk. 4 July 2024.
  9. ^ "Charlie Telfer joins the Staggies". Ross County FC. 5 July 2024. Retrieved 5 July 2024.
  10. ^ "Akil Wright joins from Stockport County". Ross County FC. 8 July 2024. Retrieved 8 July 2024.
  11. ^ "Ronan Hale joins the Staggies". Ross County FC. 9 July 2024. Retrieved 10 July 2024.
  12. ^ "Jack Grieves joins on loan from Watford". BBC Sport. 24 July 2024. Retrieved 27 July 2024.
  13. ^ "Aidan Denholm joins on loan from Hearts". Ross County FC. 24 July 2024. Retrieved 27 July 2024.
  14. ^ a b c d "Initial Squad Update - End of 23/24 Season". rosscountyfootballclub.co.uk. Ross County FC. 30 May 2024. Retrieved 7 June 2024.
  15. ^ "Yan Dhanda: Hearts secure Ross County midfielder on pre-contract". skysports.com. Sky Sports. 29 January 2024. Retrieved 7 June 2024.
  16. ^ "Player News - Jordan Tillson". Bath City FC. 13 July 2024. Retrieved 15 July 2024.
  17. ^ "Attacker Matthew Wright joins Nairn County". nairncountyfc.co.uk. Nairn County FC. 14 June 2024. Retrieved 14 June 2024.
  18. ^ "Jay Henderson departs on loan". rosscountyfootballclub.co.uk. Ross County FC. 1 June 2024. Retrieved 7 June 2024.
  19. ^ "Henderson joins Ayr on loan". bbc.co.uk. BBC Sport. 1 June 2024. Retrieved 7 June 2024.
  20. ^ "Kyle Turner departs the Staggies". rosscountyfootballclub.co.uk. Ross County FC. 6 June 2024. Retrieved 7 June 2024.
  21. ^ "Kyle returns to Firhill Road on two-year deal". ptfc.co.uk. Partick Thistle FC. 6 June 2024. Retrieved 7 June 2024.
  22. ^ "Say Hello to Ross Callachan". motherwellfc.co.uk. Motherwell FC. 19 June 2024. Retrieved 20 June 2024.
  23. ^ "Calum Brown joins Forres Mechanics on loan". Ross County FC. 3 July 2024. Retrieved 5 July 2024.
  24. ^ "Alister Morrison joins Nairn County on loan". Ross County FC. 5 July 2024. Retrieved 5 July 2024.
  25. ^ "Northampton sign Ross County skipper Baldwin". BBC Sport. 9 July 2024. Retrieved 9 July 2024.
  26. ^ "Simon Murray joins Dundee FC". Ross County FC. 10 July 2024. Retrieved 10 July 2024.
  27. ^ "Murray's Home". Dundee FC. 10 July 2024. Retrieved 10 July 2024.
  28. ^ "Josh Sims departs the club". Ross County FC. 10 July 2024. Retrieved 10 July 2024.
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