# 2018–19 Ross County F.C. season

The 2018–19 season seen the club's return to the Scottish Championship after being relegated from the Scottish Premiership, the top flight of Scottish football. On 26 April 2019 however, they were crowned Champions and made an immediate return to the Premiership.
Ross County also be competed in the League Cup, the Scottish Cup and the Scottish Challenge Cup. They won the Challenge Cup beating Connah's Quay Nomads in the final.

## Results and fixtures

Win  Draw  Loss  Postponed

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

As of 4 May 2019
| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Total | Total | Championship | Championship | League Cup | League Cup | Scottish Cup | Scottish Cup | Challenge Cup | Challenge Cup |
| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| 1 | GK | SCO | Scott Fox | 45 | 0 | 36 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 2 | DF | SCO | Marcus Fraser (c) | 36 | 1 | 26 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 3 | DF | SCO | Sean Kelly | 27 | 1 | 19+1 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 4 | DF | ENG | Liam Fontaine | 13 | 0 | 8+1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 5 | DF | IRL | Callum Morris | 19 | 1 | 12 | 0 | 4+1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 6 | MF | ENG | Ross Draper | 35 | 0 | 23+1 | 0 | 3+1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| 7 | FW | SCO | Michael Gardyne | 35 | 4 | 19+6 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1+1 | 0 |
| 8 | MF | SCO | Jamie Lindsay | 48 | 9 | 34+1 | 6 | 4+1 | 1 | 2+1 | 0 | 4+1 | 2 |
| 9 | FW | NIR | Billy Mckay | 34 | 20 | 22+2 | 17 | 3+1 | 1 | 2+1 | 0 | 2+1 | 2 |
| 10 | FW | SCO | Declan McManus | 45 | 4 | 12+20 | 2 | 4+1 | 1 | 1+2 | 0 | 4+1 | 1 |
| 11 | MF | SCO | Iain Vigurs | 19 | 2 | 13+2 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 12 | DF | IRL | Andy Boyle | 15 | 1 | 9+2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 14 | MF | SCO | Josh Mullin | 40 | 14 | 29+2 | 9 | 3+1 | 2 | 1+1 | 1 | 2+1 | 2 |
| 15 | DF | SCO | Keith Watson | 35 | 3 | 27 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 16 | MF | SCO | Lewis Spence | 18 | 0 | 11+3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 18 | DF | ENG | Callum Semple | 4 | 0 | 2+2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 19 | FW | SCO | Brian Graham | 38 | 14 | 12+18 | 8 | 0+1 | 0 | 2+1 | 2 | 4 | 4 |
| 21 | GK | SCO | Ross Munro | 6 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| 24 | MF | CAN | Harry Paton | 7 | 1 | 0+4 | 0 | 0+1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 26 | MF | SCO | Don Cowie | 33 | 2 | 21+8 | 2 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 27 | FW | SCO | Ross Stewart | 32 | 10 | 17+6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 1+2 | 1 | 5+1 | 3 |
| 28 | DF | NED | Kenny van der Weg | 17 | 0 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 31 | MF | SCO | Daniel Armstrong | 8 | 1 | 3+3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1+1 | 1 |
| 41 | GK | ENG | Joe Williams | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 43 | FW | SCO | James Wallace | 3 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 44 | DF | ENG | Tom Grivosti | 19 | 1 | 12+5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 46 | MF | SCO | Jack Murray | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 48 | DF | SCO | Tom Kelly | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 49 | MF | SCO | Mark Gallagher | 3 | 0 | 0+2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 50 | FW | SCO | Joel MacBeath | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Players who left the club during the season ||||||||||
| 12 | DF | CYP | Stelios Demetriou | 15 | 0 | 8+1 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| 16 | MF | SCO | Dylan Dykes | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 17 | MF | ENG | Davis Keillor-Dunn | 16 | 3 | 6+5 | 1 | 0+2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 |
| 18 | FW | SCO | Ryan Dow | 7 | 0 | 0+2 | 0 | 2+2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 20 | FW | SCO | Greg Morrison | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 22 | MF | SCO | Tony Dingwall | 8 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3+1 | 0 |
| 23 | FW | SCO | Russell Dingwall | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 40 | MF | SCO | Ross Maciver | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |

## Team statistics
### League table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Promotion, qualification or relegation |
| 1 | Ross County (C, P) | 36 | 21 | 8 | 7 | 63 | 34 | +29 | 71 | Promotion to the Premiership |
| 2 | Dundee United | 36 | 19 | 8 | 9 | 49 | 40 | +9 | 65 | Qualification for the Premiership play-off semi-final |
| 3 | Inverness Caledonian Thistle | 36 | 14 | 14 | 8 | 48 | 40 | +8 | 56 | Qualification for the Premiership play-off quarter-final |
| 4 | Ayr United | 36 | 15 | 9 | 12 | 50 | 38 | +12 | 54 | Qualification for the Premiership play-off quarter-final |
| 5 | Greenock Morton | 36 | 11 | 13 | 12 | 36 | 45 | −9 | 46 | |

#### League Cup table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | PW | PL | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | ROS | ARB | ALO | DUN | ELG |
| 1 | Ross County (Q) | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 4 | +2 | 9 | Qualification for the Second round | — | — | — | 1–0 | 2–0 |
| 2 | Arbroath | 4 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 6 | +3 | 8 | | 4–1 | — | — | — | 2–0 |
| 3 | Alloa Athletic | 4 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 5 | +3 | 8 | | 0–2 | 4–2 | — | — | — |
| 4 | Dundee United | 4 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 3 | +3 | 5 | | — | 1–1p | 1–1p | — | — |
| 5 | Elgin City | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 11 | −11 | 0 | | — | — | 0–3 | 0–4 | — |