# 2023–24 Ross County F.C. season

The 2023–24 season was Ross County's fifth consecutive season in the Scottish Premiership and the club's 11th season overall in the top flight of Scottish football. Ross County also competed in the Scottish Cup entering in the fourth round and Scottish League Cup entering in the group stage.

## Results and fixtures

Win  Draw  Loss  Postponed

### Scottish Cup
## Squad statistics
### Captains

| No. | Pos | Name | No of games | Notes |
| 5 | DF | Jack Baldwin | 37 | Club Captain |
| 10 | MF | Yan Dhanda | 5 | |
| 42 | DF | Ryan Leak | 4 | |

### Appearances

As of 26 May 2024
| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Total | Total | Premiership | Premiership | Scottish Cup | Scottish Cup | League Cup | League Cup | Play-offs | Play-offs |
| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| 1 | GK | SCO | Ross Laidlaw | 30 | 0 | 25 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 2 | DF | ENG | Connor Randall | 35 | 2 | 26 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 0 |
| 3 | DF | ENG | Cameron Borthwick-Jackson | 4 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 4 | DF | IRL | James Brown | 39 | 2 | 26+4 | 1 | 0+1 | 0 | 5+1 | 1 | 2 | 0 |
| 5 | DF | ENG | Jack Baldwin | 38 | 2 | 30 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 1 |
| 6 | MF | SCO | Scott Allardice | 17 | 0 | 9+3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3+1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 8 | MF | SCO | Ross Callachan | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 10 | MF | ENG | Yan Dhanda | 42 | 6 | 32+3 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 1 |
| 11 | MF | ENG | Josh Sims | 34 | 4 | 10+16 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 5+1 | 1 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 12 | MF | ENG | Max Sheaf | 18 | 0 | 7+7 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0+3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 14 | MF | CAN | Victor Loturi | 36 | 1 | 21+7 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3+2 | 0 | 0+2 | 0 |
| 15 | FW | SCO | Simon Murray | 46 | 23 | 36+1 | 14 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 7 | 2 | 2 |
| 16 | DF | ENG | George Harmon | 35 | 1 | 11+15 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 17 | MF | SCO | Jay Henderson | 14 | 1 | 0+7 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 2+3 | 1 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 18 | MF | WAL | Eli King | 18 | 0 | 14+1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 19 | MF | ENG | Brandon Khela | 14 | 1 | 3+10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+1 | 1 |
| 21 | MF | ENG | Teddy Jenks | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 24 | DF | COD | Michee Efete | 18 | 0 | 14+2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+2 | 0 |
| 26 | FW | SCO | Jordan White | 45 | 8 | 24+12 | 5 | 0+1 | 0 | 5+1 | 2 | 2 | 1 |
| 27 | FW | SCO | Eamonn Brophy | 27 | 4 | 11+13 | 3 | 0+1 | 0 | 0+2 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 28 | DF | CGO | Loick Ayina | 12 | 0 | 11+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 30 | DF | SCO | Dylan Smith | 8 | 0 | 2+4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 35 | DF | ENG | Will Nightingale | 28 | 0 | 18+3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3+1 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 40 | GK | ENG | George Wickens | 14 | 0 | 13 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 42 | DF | WAL | Ryan Leak | 38 | 0 | 33 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 43 | DF | SCO | Josh Reid | 24 | 0 | 14+5 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0+4 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Players who left the club during the season ||||||||||
| 3 | DF | ENG | Ben Purrington | 14 | 1 | 11+1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 7 | MF | SCO | Kyle Turner | 22 | 3 | 5+11 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3+3 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 18 | MF | SCO | Scott High | 2 | 0 | 0+2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 19 | FW | ENG | Jordy Hiwula | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 20 | MF | SCO | Adam Mackinnon | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 21 | GK | SCO | Ross Munro | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 22 | MF | ENG | Jordan Tillson | 2 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 23 | FW | SCO | Matthew Wright | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 24 | MF | CAN | Ben Paton | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 25 | FW | WAL | Alex Samuel | 15 | 0 | 1+12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |

### Goalscorers

| Rank | No. | Nat. | Po. | Name | Premiership | Scottish Cup | League Cup | Play-offs | Total |
| 1 | 17 | | FW | Simon Murray | 14 | 0 | 7 | 2 | 23 |
| 2 | 26 | | FW | Jordan White | 5 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 8 |
| 3 | 10 | | MF | Yan Dhanda | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 6 |
| 4 | 11 | | MF | Josh Sims | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 |
| 5 | 7 | | MF | Kyle Turner | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 |
| 5 | 27 | | FW | Eamonn Brophy | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 7 | 2 | | DF | Connor Randall | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 7 | 4 | | DF | James Brown | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 7 | 5 | | DF | Jack Baldwin | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 10 | 3 | | DF | Ben Purrington | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 10 | 16 | | DF | George Harmon | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 10 | 17 | | MF | Jay Henderson | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 10 | 19 | | MF | Brandon Khela | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 10 | 27 | | MF | Victor Loturi | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Own Goals | Own Goals | Own Goals | Own Goals | Own Goals | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | Total | 37 | 0 | 18 | 6 | 61 |
| As of 23 May 2024 ||||||||||

## Team statistics
### League table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 8 | Hibernian | 38 | 11 | 13 | 14 | 52 | 59 | −7 | 46 | |
| 9 | Motherwell | 38 | 10 | 13 | 15 | 56 | 59 | −3 | 43 | |
| 10 | St Johnstone | 38 | 8 | 11 | 19 | 29 | 54 | −25 | 35 | |
| 11 | Ross County (O) | 38 | 8 | 11 | 19 | 38 | 67 | −29 | 35 | Qualification for the Premiership play-off final |
| 12 | Livingston (R) | 38 | 5 | 10 | 23 | 29 | 70 | −41 | 25 | 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).

### League cup table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | PW | PL | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | ROS | GMO | KEL | STR | EDI |
| 1 | Ross County | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 13 | 6 | +7 | 10 | Qualification for the second round | — | 2–1 | 3–3p | — | — |
| 2 | Greenock Morton | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 11 | 4 | +7 | 9 | Qualification for the second round | — | — | — | 3–0 | 4–1 |
| 3 | Kelty Hearts | 4 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 11 | 9 | +2 | 8 | | — | 1–3 | — | 2–0 | — |
| 4 | Stranraer | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 11 | −8 | 3 | | 1–5 | — | — | — | 2–1 |
| 5 | Edinburgh City | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 6 | 14 | −8 | 0 | | 1–3 | — | 3–5 | — | — |

## Transfers
### In

| Date | Player | From | Fee |
| 18 June 2023 | Scott Allardice | Inverness Caledonian Thistle | Free |
| 21 June 2023 | Kyle Turner | Partick Thistle | Free |
| 26 June 2023 | Josh Reid | Coventry City | Undisclosed |
| 28 June 2023 | Max Sheaf | Redditch United | Undisclosed |
| 29 June 2023 | Eamonn Brophy | St Mirren | Undisclosed |
| 30 June 2023 | Jay Henderson | St Mirren | Undisclosed |
| 7 July 2023 | James Brown | Blackburn Rovers | Free |
| 18 July 2023 | Will Nightingale | AFC Wimbledon | Loan |
| 8 August 2023 | Ryan Leak | Salford City | Free |
| 1 September 2023 | Scott High | Huddersfield Town | Loan |
| 11 January 2024 | George Wickens | Fulham | Loan |
| 12 January 2024 | Brandon Khela | Birmingham City | Loan |
| 15 January 2024 | Eli King | Cardiff City | Loan |
| 18 January 2024 | Cameron Borthwick-Jackson | Śląsk Wrocław | Loan |
| 25 January 2024 | Loick Ayina | Huddersfield Town | Loan |
| 25 January 2024 | Teddy Jenks | Forest Green Rovers | Loan |
| 1 February 2024 | Michee Efete | Grimsby Town | Free |

### Out

| Date | Player | To | Fee |
| 15 June 2023 | Dominic Samuel | Ebbsfleet United | Free |
| 23 June 2023 | Alex Iacovitti | Port Vale | Free |
| 23 June 2023 | Keith Watson | Raith Rovers | Free |
| 13 July 2023 | Ryan MacLeman | Elgin City | Loan |
| 14 July 2023 | William Akio | Cavalry | Undisclosed |
| 1 August 2023 | Connall Ewan | Elgin City | Loan |
| 11 August 2023 | Matthew Wright | Elgin City | Loan |
| 7 September 2023 | Jordan Tillson | Dundee United | Loan |
| 18 September 2023 | David Cancola | Ionikos | Free |
| 10 January 2024 | Kyle Turner | Raith Rovers | Loan |
| 11 January 2024 | Ben Purrington | Exeter City | Undisclosed |
| 12 January 2024 | Adam Mackinnon | Arbroath | Loan |
| 19 January 2024 | Alex Samuel | Inverness Caledonian Thistle | Loan |
| 24 January 2024 | Ross Munro | Dundalk | Undisclosed |
| 24 January 2024 | Ryan MacLeman | Elgin City | Free |
| 2 February 2024 | Matthew Wright | Brechin City | Loan |