# 2017–18 Ross County F.C. season

The 2017–18 season was the club's 5th season in the Scottish Premiership and their sixth consecutive appearance in the top flight of Scottish football. Ross County also competed in the League Cup and the Scottish Cup.
On 25 September, manager Jim McIntyre was sacked by the club. On 28 September, Owen Coyle took over as manager. He resigned on 1 March with Steven Ferguson and Stuart Kettlewell taking over as co-managers but they could not keep County in the Premiership and on 12 May after 6 years they were relegated back to the Championship.

## Results & fixtures

Win  Draw  Loss  Postponed

### Scottish League Cup
#### Matches
#### League Cup Group D Table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | PW | PL | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | HIB | ROS | ARB | MON | ALO |
| 1 | Hibernian (Q) | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 13 | 1 | +12 | 10 | Qualification for the Second Round | — | — | 6–1 | 4–0 | — |
| 2 | Ross County (Q) | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0 | +8 | 10 | Qualification for the Second Round | p0–0 | — | — | — | 2–0 |
| 3 | Arbroath | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 7 | −1 | 6 | | — | 0–0p | — | 4–0 | — |
| 4 | Montrose | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 15 | −13 | 3 | | — | 0–6 | — | — | 2–1 |
| 5 | Alloa Athletic | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 8 | −6 | 1 | | 0–3 | — | 1–1p | — | — |

#### Knockout stage
### Scottish Cup
## Squad statistics
### Appearances

As of 12 May 2018
| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Total | Total | Premiership | Premiership | League Cup | League Cup | Scottish Cup | Scottish Cup |
| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| 1 | GK | SCO | Scott Fox | 31 | 0 | 26+1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2 | DF | SCO | Marcus Fraser | 43 | 1 | 38 | 0 | 4+1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 3 | DF | SCO | Jason Naismith | 41 | 2 | 34+1 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 4 | DF | FRA | Christopher Routis | 30 | 2 | 21+3 | 2 | 1+4 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 5 | DF | SCO | Harry Souttar | 13 | 0 | 11+2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 6 | DF | SCO | Sean Kelly | 18 | 0 | 11+2 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 7 | FW | SCO | Michael Gardyne | 39 | 4 | 27+6 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 8 | MF | TPE | Tim Chow | 20 | 1 | 10+4 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 9 | FW | SCO | Ryan Dow | 23 | 0 | 4+14 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 10 | FW | NED | Alex Schalk | 37 | 13 | 20+11 | 11 | 4+1 | 2 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 11 | FW | ENG | Craig Curran | 40 | 10 | 20+15 | 6 | 4+1 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| 14 | FW | FRA | David Ngog | 10 | 1 | 4+6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 15 | DF | ENG | Andrew Davies (c) | 30 | 1 | 24 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 17 | MF | ENG | Ross Draper | 29 | 1 | 25+3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 18 | MF | SCO | Jamie Lindsay | 32 | 2 | 21+5 | 2 | 4+1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 22 | FW | NIR | Billy Mckay | 24 | 3 | 14+9 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 23 | MF | ENG | Greg Tansey | 3 | 0 | 2+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 24 | MF | SCO | Tony Dingwall | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 25 | MF | SCO | Jim O'Brien | 31 | 0 | 24+3 | 0 | 1+2 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 31 | GK | IRL | Aaron McCarey | 16 | 0 | 12+2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 32 | DF | ENG | Liam Fontaine | 14 | 0 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 35 | DF | ENG | Max Melbourne | 6 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 40 | MF | ENG | Davis Keillor-Dunn | 30 | 3 | 18+11 | 3 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 41 | GK | ENG | Mark Foden | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 43 | FW | SCO | Greg Morrison | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 47 | MF | EST | Mattias Käit | 6 | 0 | 3+3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 51 | GK | SCO | Ross Munro | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Players who left the club during the 2017–18 season ||||||||||
| 12 | FW | ENG | Inih Effiong (Released from contract) | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 16 | MF | SCO | Dylan Dykes (loaned to Stranraer) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 19 | FW | DEN | Thomas Mikkelsen (loaned to Dundee United) | 14 | 4 | 2+7 | 2 | 1+4 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 28 | DF | NED | Kenny van der Weg (Joined Hamilton Academical) | 21 | 2 | 16+3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 33 | MF | ENG | Chris Eagles (Released from contract) | 9 | 0 | 7+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 42 | DF | SCO | Reghan Tumilty (loaned to Falkirk) | 2 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 44 | FW | SCO | Russell Dingwall (loaned to Forfar Athletic) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 45 | MF | SCO | Blair Malcolm (loaned to Cowdenbeath) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |

## Team statistics
### League table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 8 | St Johnstone | 38 | 12 | 10 | 16 | 42 | 53 | −11 | 46 | |
| 9 | Dundee | 38 | 11 | 6 | 21 | 36 | 57 | −21 | 39 | |
| 10 | Hamilton Academical | 38 | 9 | 6 | 23 | 47 | 68 | −21 | 33 | |
| 11 | Partick Thistle (R) | 38 | 8 | 9 | 21 | 31 | 61 | −30 | 33 | Qualification for the Premiership play-off final |
| 12 | Ross County (R) | 38 | 6 | 11 | 21 | 40 | 62 | −22 | 29 | Relegation to the Championship |
* ↑ Teams play each other three times (33 matches) before the league is split into two groups (the top six and the bottom six).