# 2015–16 Ross County F.C. season

The 2015–16 season was the club's 3rd season in the Scottish Premiership and their fourth consecutive appearance in the top flight of Scottish football. Ross County also competed in the League Cup and the Scottish Cup.
On 13 March 2016, Ross County won their first ever major trophy when they beat Hibernian 2–1 in the final of the 2015–16 Scottish League Cup.

## Results and fixtures

Win  Draw  Loss  Postponed

### Scottish Cup
## Squad statistics

During the 2015–16 season, Ross County used twenty-seven different players in competitive games. The table below shows the number of appearances and goals scored by each player.

### Appearances

| 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 | 27 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 2 | DF | SCO | Marcus Fraser | 37 | 0 | 29+0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| 3 | DF | ENG | Jamie Reckord | 21 | 0 | 14+2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 5 | DF | SCO | Scott Boyd | 19 | 0 | 12+3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 6 | DF | SCO | Chris Robertson | 26 | 0 | 21+2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 7 | FW | SCO | Michael Gardyne | 43 | 8 | 34+1 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 3+1 | 0 |
| 8 | MF | SCO | Ian McShane | 26 | 3 | 16+2 | 3 | 3+1 | 0 | 1+3 | 0 |
| 9 | FW | SCO | Brian Graham | 31 | 11 | 10+13 | 6 | 2+2 | 1 | 4 | 4 |
| 10 | FW | NIR | Liam Boyce | 42 | 20 | 29+6 | 15 | 4+1 | 4 | 1+1 | 1 |
| 11 | FW | ENG | Craig Curran | 20 | 7 | 15+4 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 12 | DF | SCO | Richard Foster | 40 | 0 | 28+4 | 0 | 3+1 | 0 | 2+2 | 0 |
| 13 | GK | USA | Chris Konopka | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 14 | DF | SCO | Darren Holden | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0+2 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 15 | DF | ENG | Andrew Davies | 38 | 3 | 31 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 17 | FW | ENG | Jonathan Franks | 36 | 2 | 18+11 | 1 | 1+2 | 1 | 3+1 | 0 |
| 18 | MF | SCO | Stewart Murdoch | 34 | 2 | 14+15 | 2 | 2+2 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 19 | MF | SCO | Tony Dingwall | 15 | 2 | 5+7 | 2 | 1+2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 21 | GK | ENG | Gary Woods | 16 | 0 | 11+1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 23 | FW | NED | Alex Schalk | 31 | 9 | 14+10 | 5 | 2+1 | 2 | 3+1 | 2 |
| 24 | MF | ITA | Raffaele De Vita | 25 | 2 | 8+11 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2+2 | 1 |
| 25 | FW | SCO | David Goodwillie | 9 | 1 | 4+5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 26 | MF | SCO | Martin Woods | 31 | 2 | 23+3 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 |
| 31 | GK | ENG | James Severn | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 36 | MF | AUS | Jackson Irvine | 45 | 3 | 34+2 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 0 |
| 41 | GK | ENG | Mark Foden | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 43 | MF | SCO | Paul Quinn | 18 | 2 | 14+0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 |
| 44 | DF | SCO | Christopher McLaughlin | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 53 | MF | SCO | Greg Morrison | 2 | 0 | 0+2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Players who left the club during the 2015–16 season ||||||||||||
| 4 | MF | SCO | Rocco Quinn | 12 | 0 | 5+5 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 21 | GK | AUT | Daniel Bachmann | 2 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |

### Goalscorers

| Ranking | Number | Name | Scottish Premiership | League Cup | Scottish Cup | Total |
| 1 | 10 | Liam Boyce | 15 | 4 | 1 | 20 |
| 2 | 9 | Brian Graham | 6 | 1 | 4 | 11 |
| 3 | 23 | Alex Schalk | 5 | 2 | 2 | 9 |
| 4 | 7 | Michael Gardyne | 5 | 3 | 0 | 8 |
| 5 | 11 | Craig Curran | 7 | 0 | 0 | 7 |
| 6 | 8 | Ian McShane | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| = | 15 | Andrew Davies | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| = | 36 | Jackson Irvine | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
| 9 | 17 | Jonathan Franks | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| = | 18 | Stewart Murdoch | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| = | 19 | Tony Dingwall | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| = | 24 | Raffaele De Vita | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| = | 26 | Martin Woods | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| = | 43 | Paul Quinn | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 15 | 25 | David Goodwillie | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| = | 14 | Darren Holden | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| | | Own goal | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| | | TOTALS | 55 | 16 | 9 | 80 |

### Disciplinary record

    As of 6 February 2016
| Number | Position | Name | Premiership | Premiership | League Cup | League Cup | Scottish Cup | Scottish Cup | Total | Total |
| 1 | GK | Scott Fox | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 2 | DF | Marcus Fraser | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 3 | DF | Jamie Reckord | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 4 | MF | Rocco Quinn | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 5 | DF | Scott Boyd | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 6 | DF | Chris Robertson | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 8 | MF | Ian McShane | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 9 | FW | Brian Graham | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 10 | FW | Liam Boyce | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 11 | FW | Craig Curran | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| 12 | DF | Richard Foster | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 |
| 15 | DF | Andrew Davies | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 1 |
| 18 | MF | Stewart Murdoch | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 19 | MF | Tony Dingwall | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 24 | MF | Raffaele De Vita | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 26 | MF | Martin Woods | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| 36 | MF | Jackson Irvine | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| | | TOTALS | 34 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 46 | 0 |

## Team statistics
### League table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| 4 | St Johnstone | 38 | 16 | 8 | 14 | 58 | 55 | +3 | 56 |
| 5 | Motherwell | 38 | 15 | 5 | 18 | 47 | 63 | −16 | 50 |
| 6 | Ross County | 38 | 14 | 6 | 18 | 55 | 61 | −6 | 48 |
| 7 | Inverness Caledonian Thistle | 38 | 14 | 10 | 14 | 54 | 48 | +6 | 52 |
| 8 | Dundee | 38 | 11 | 15 | 12 | 53 | 57 | −4 | 48 |
* ↑ Teams play each other three times (33 matches), before the league is split into two groups (the top six and the bottom six).

### Results by round

| Round | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 | 24 | 25 | 26 | 27 | 28 | 29 | 30 | 31 | 32 | 33 | 34 | 35 | 36 | 37 | 38 |
| Ground | A | H | A | H | A | A | A | H | A | H | H | A | A | H | H | A | H | A | A | H | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | H | A | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A |
| Result | L | W | D | L | W | W | D | W | D | L | W | L | L | L | W | L | L | W | L | W | W | L | L | W | L | L | W | L | W | D | L | L | W | D | L | D | L | W |
| Position | 11 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 6 | 7 | 5 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 8 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 |

### Management statistics

| Name | From | To | P | W | D | L | Win% |
| Jim McIntyre | 1 August 2015 | Present | 47 | 21 | 7 | 19 | 044.68 |