# 2011–12 Ross County F.C. season

The 2011–12 season was Ross County's fourth consecutive season in the Scottish First Division, having been promoted as champions of the Scottish Second Division at the end of 2007–08 season. They also competed in the Challenge Cup, League Cup and the Scottish Cup.

## Summary

Ross County finished first in the First Division and were promoted to the Premier League for the first time. They reached the first round of the Challenge Cup, the third round of the League Cup and the fifth round of the Scottish Cup.

## Results and fixtures

Win  Draw  Loss  Postponed

### Scottish Cup
## Player statistics
### Captains

| No. | P | Name | Country | No. games | Notes |
| | MF | Richard Brittain | | 40 | Club captain |
Last updated: 5 May 2012 Source: Competitive match reports. Competitive matches only Matches started as captain only Country: FIFA nationality; No.: Squad number; P: Position; Name: Player name; No. Games: Number of games started as captain.

### Squad

    Last updated 5 May 2012
| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Total | Total | Scottish First Division | Scottish First Division | Scottish Cup | Scottish Cup | League Cup | League Cup | Challenge Cup | Challenge Cup |
| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| | GK | SCO | Joe Malin | 1 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| | GK | SCO | Michael Fraser | 42 | 0 | 35+0 | 0 | 3+0 | 0 | 3+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 |
| | DF | SCO | Scott Boyd | 41 | 2 | 33+1 | 2 | 4+0 | 0 | 3+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| | DF | SCO | Grant Munro | 40 | 2 | 33+0 | 2 | 3+0 | 0 | 3+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 |
| | DF | NIR | Johnny Flynn | 10 | 1 | 3+4 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 1 | 1+0 | 0 |
| | DF | SCO | Darren McCormack | 0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| | DF | SCO | Gary Miller | 43 | 1 | 35+0 | 1 | 4+0 | 0 | 2+1 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 |
| | DF | SCO | Scott Morrison | 27 | 1 | 22+1 | 0 | 3+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 1 |
| | MF | SCO | Richard Brittain | 41 | 11 | 33+1 | 9 | 3+0 | 2 | 3+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 |
| | MF | SCO | Mark Corcoran | 38 | 0 | 7+24 | 0 | 2+1 | 0 | 2+1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| | MF | SCO | Marc Fitzpatrick | 17 | 0 | 13+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | 3+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| | MF | SCO | Rocco Quinn | 32 | 3 | 16+11 | 3 | 1+2 | 0 | 2+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| | MF | SCO | Alex Cooper | 2 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+2 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| | MF | SCO | Stuart Kettlewell | 32 | 5 | 26+1 | 5 | 3+0 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| | MF | SCO | Russell Duncan | 7 | 0 | 0+4 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| | MF | SCO | Paul Lawson | 37 | 3 | 30+2 | 2 | 2+0 | 1 | 2+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 |
| | MF | SCO | Iain Vigurs | 34 | 7 | 26+3 | 5 | 3+0 | 2 | 1+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 |
| | FW | NIR | Sam Morrow | 13 | 4 | 4+7 | 3 | 1+1 | 1 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| | FW | SCO | Steven Craig | 31 | 6 | 8+17 | 4 | 3+0 | 1 | 1+1 | 1 | 1+0 | 0 |
| | FW | SCO | Michael Gardyne | 40 | 17 | 29+4 | 12 | 3+0 | 4 | 2+1 | 1 | 1+0 | 0 |
| | FW | SCO | Garry Wood | 0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| | FW | IRL | Kurtis Byrne | 21 | 3 | 1+12 | 1 | 0+4 | 2 | 1+2 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| | FW | SCO | Colin McMenamin | 39 | 20 | 33+0 | 19 | 2+0 | 0 | 2+1 | 1 | 1+0 | 0 |

### Disciplinary record

Includes all competitive matches.
    Last updated 5 May 2012
| Position | Name | Scottish First Division | Scottish First Division | Scottish Cup | Scottish Cup | League Cup | League Cup | Challenge Cup | Challenge Cup | Total | Total |
| GK | Joe Malin | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| GK | Michael Fraser | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| DF | Scott Boyd | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| DF | Grant Munro | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| DF | Johnny Flynn | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| DF | Darren McCormack | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| DF | Gary Miller | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 1 |
| DF | Scott Morrison | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| MF | Richard Brittain | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 |
| MF | Mark Corcoran | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| MF | Marc Fitzpatrick | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| MF | Rocco Quinn | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 1 |
| MF | Alex Cooper | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| MF | Stuart Kettlewell | 7 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 1 |
| MF | Russell Duncan | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| MF | Paul Lawson | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 |
| MF | Iain Vigurs | 10 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 0 |
| FW | Sam Morrow | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| FW | Steven Craig | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| FW | Michael Gardyne | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| FW | Garry Wood | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| FW | Kurtis Byrne | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| FW | Colin McMenamin | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0 |

### Awards

    Last updated 27 May 2012
| Name | Award | Month |
| Derek Adams | First Division Manager of the Month (shared) | October |
| Grant Munro | Player of the Month (shared) | October |
| Derek Adams | First Division Manager of the Month | March |
| Richard Brittain | Player of the Month | March |
| Colin McMenamin | First Division Player of the Year | IRN-BRU SFL End of Season Awards |
| Derek Adams | First Division Manager of the Season | IRN-BRU SFL End of Season Awards |
| Derek Adams | Phenomenal Achievement of the Season | IRN-BRU SFL End of Season Awards |
| Ross County | Team of the Season | IRN-BRU SFL End of Season Awards |
| Derek Adams | PFA Scotland Manager of the Year | PFA Scotland Awards 2012 |

## League table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Promotion, qualification or relegation |
| 1 | Ross County (C, P) | 36 | 22 | 13 | 1 | 72 | 32 | +40 | 79 | Promotion to the Premier League |
| 2 | Dundee (P) | 36 | 15 | 10 | 11 | 53 | 43 | +10 | 55 | Promotion to the Premier League |
| 3 | Falkirk | 36 | 13 | 13 | 10 | 53 | 48 | +5 | 52 | |
| 4 | Hamilton Academical | 36 | 14 | 7 | 15 | 55 | 56 | −1 | 49 | |
| 5 | Livingston | 36 | 13 | 9 | 14 | 56 | 54 | +2 | 48 | |
* ↑ Rangers were liquidated prior to the 2012–13 season. Dundee were chosen to take their place, gaining promotion to the SPL.