# 2013–14 Ross County F.C. season

The 2013–14 season was Ross County's first season in the newly formed Scottish Premiership and their second consecutive season in the top flight of Scottish football. Ross County also competed in the Scottish Cup and the League Cup.

## Summary
### Season

Ross County finished seventh in the Scottish Premiership with 40 points. They reached the second round of the League Cup, losing to Stranraer, and the fourth round of the Scottish Cup, losing to Hibernian.

## Results and fixtures

Win  Draw  Loss  Postponed

### Scottish Cup
## Squad statistics
### Appearances

    As of 11 May 2014
| 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 | Mark Brown | 30 | 0 | 28+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 |
| 2 | DF | SVK | Erik Čikoš | 14 | 0 | 14+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 3 | DF | ENG | Ben Gordon | 29 | 1 | 25+3 | 1 | 0+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 |
| 4 | MF | SCO | Stuart Kettlewell | 27 | 2 | 22+3 | 2 | 1+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 |
| 5 | DF | SCO | Scott Boyd | 29 | 1 | 27+1 | 1 | 0+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 |
| 7 | MF | SVK | Filip Kiss | 17 | 6 | 17+0 | 6 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 8 | MF | SCO | Richard Brittain | 36 | 8 | 34+0 | 7 | 1+0 | 1 | 1+0 | 0 |
| 10 | MF | SCO | Rocco Quinn | 31 | 2 | 20+9 | 2 | 1+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 |
| 11 | FW | NED | Melvin de Leeuw | 35 | 9 | 19+14 | 9 | 0+1 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 |
| 12 | MF | SCO | Michael Tidser | 16 | 0 | 15+1 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 14 | MF | NED | Darren Maatsen | 12 | 1 | 2+8 | 1 | 0+1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 15 | FW | SCO | Gary Glen | 16 | 0 | 4+11 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 |
| 16 | MF | SCO | Alex Cooper | 17 | 1 | 5+12 | 1 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 18 | MF | NED | Marc Klok | 6 | 0 | 4+2 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 20 | GK | SCO | Michael Fraser | 10 | 0 | 10+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 21 | DF | NIR | Brian McLean | 28 | 0 | 25+1 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 |
| 22 | DF | SCO | Steven Saunders | 13 | 1 | 4+8 | 1 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 23 | MF | IRL | Graham Carey | 38 | 3 | 31+5 | 3 | 1+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 |
| 24 | MF | SCO | Tony Dingwall | 0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 25 | FW | ENG | Jordan Slew | 20 | 1 | 17+3 | 1 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 26 | DF | GRE | Vangelis Oikonomou | 15 | 0 | 15+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 27 | FW | MTQ | Yoann Arquin | 16 | 4 | 14+2 | 4 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 28 | DF | CMR | Yann Songo'o | 17 | 3 | 17+0 | 3 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 42 | GK | SCO | Sean McCarthy | 0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| Players who left the club during the 2013–14 season ||||||||||||
| 2 | DF | SUI | Mihael Kovačević | 15 | 0 | 13+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 6 | DF | SUI | Branislav Mićić | 10 | 0 | 8+1 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 |
| 7 | MF | NIR | Ivan Sproule | 11 | 2 | 7+3 | 2 | 1+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 9 | FW | SUI | Orhan Mustafi | 8 | 1 | 2+5 | 0 | 0+1 | 1 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 12 | DF | SCO | Grant Munro | 7 | 0 | 5+1 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 17 | FW | SCO | Steven Ross | 10 | 0 | 5+5 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 19 | FW | NED | Kevin Luckassen | 16 | 0 | 9+5 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 |

## Team statistics
### League table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 5 | Inverness Caledonian Thistle | 38 | 16 | 9 | 13 | 44 | 44 | 0 | 57 | |
| 6 | St Johnstone | 38 | 15 | 8 | 15 | 48 | 42 | +6 | 53 | Qualification for the Europa League second qualifying round |
| 7 | Ross County | 38 | 11 | 7 | 20 | 44 | 62 | −18 | 40 | |
| 8 | St Mirren | 38 | 10 | 9 | 19 | 39 | 58 | −19 | 39 | |
| 9 | Kilmarnock | 38 | 11 | 6 | 21 | 45 | 66 | −21 | 39 | |
* ↑ St Johnstone, as winners of the 2013–14 Scottish Cup, qualified for the Europa League second qualifying round.

### Division summary

| 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 | H | H | A | H | A | H | A | A | H | H | A | H | A | A | H | A | H | H | A | A | H | H | H | A | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A |
| Result | L | L | L | W | D | L | W | L | W | L | L | L | D | L | L | L | L | L | W | W | D | W | L | D | L | W | L | D | W | L | D | D | L | L | W | L | W | W |
| Position | 9 | 10 | 11 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 10 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 10 | 11 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 11 | 10 | 10 | 9 | 7 |