# 2008–09 Ross County F.C. season

The 2008–09 season was Ross County's first season back in the Scottish First Division, having been promoted as champions of the Scottish Second Division at the end of the 2007–08 season. They also competed in the Challenge Cup, League Cup and the Scottish Cup.

## Summary

Ross County finished Eighth in the First Division. They reached the first round of the League Cup, the fourth round of the Scottish Cup, and the final of the Challenge Cup, losing 3–2 on penalties to Airdrie United.

## Results and fixtures

Win  Draw  Loss

### Scottish Cup
## League table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Promotion, qualification or relegation |
| 6 | Greenock Morton | 36 | 12 | 11 | 13 | 40 | 40 | 0 | 47 | |
| 7 | Livingston (R) | 36 | 13 | 8 | 15 | 56 | 58 | −2 | 47 | |
| 8 | Ross County | 36 | 13 | 8 | 15 | 42 | 46 | −4 | 47 | |
| 9 | Airdrie United | 36 | 10 | 12 | 14 | 29 | 43 | −14 | 42 | Qualification for the First Division Play-offs |
| 10 | Clyde (R) | 36 | 10 | 9 | 17 | 41 | 58 | −17 | 39 | Relegation to the Second Division |
* ↑ Demoted to 3rd Division for Financial Irregularities
* ↑ Spared Relegation as Losing Finalist in the playoff due to Livingston
* ↑ The 9th placed team will be entered into a play-off with the Second Division's 2nd, 3rd and 4th placed teams. The winning team will be awarded a place in the 2009–10 First Division.

## Player statistics
### Squad

| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Total | Total | First Division | First Division | Challenge Cup | Challenge Cup | League Cup | League Cup | Scottish Cup | Scottish Cup |
| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| | GK | ENG | Tony Bullock | 24 | 0 | 16+0 | 0 | 5+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | 2+0 | 0 |
| | GK | SCO | Joe Malin | 8 | 0 | 7+1 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| | GK | SCO | Derek Soutar | 14 | 0 | 13+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 |
| | DF | SCO | Scott Boyd | 36 | 0 | 28+0 | 0 | 5+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 3+0 | 0 |
| | DF | SCO | Martyn Corrigan | 10 | 0 | 10+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| | DF | SCO | Andy Dowie | 37 | 2 | 28+1 | 1 | 5+0 | 1 | 1+0 | 0 | 2+0 | 0 |
| | DF | SCO | Stuart Golabek | 18 | 0 | 14+1 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 |
| | DF | SCO | Alex Keddie | 35 | 3 | 25+4 | 1 | 4+0 | 2 | 0+0 | 0 | 2+0 | 0 |
| | DF | SCO | Mark McCulloch | 44 | 3 | 35+0 | 3 | 5+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | 3+0 | 0 |
| | DF | SCO | Scott Morrison | 22 | 2 | 7+8 | 2 | 2+2 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 2+1 | 0 |
| | DF | SCO | Steven Watt | 29 | 0 | 23+1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | 3+0 | 0 |
| | MF | SCO | Richard Brittain | 39 | 5 | 30+0 | 4 | 5+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | 3+0 | 1 |
| | MF | SCO | Richard Hart | 42 | 5 | 24+9 | 3 | 5+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 1 | 2+1 | 1 |
| | MF | SCO | Paul Lawson | 24 | 0 | 18+2 | 0 | 3+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| | MF | SCO | Martin Scott | 32 | 0 | 16+8 | 0 | 1+4 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 1+2 | 0 |
| | MF | SCO | Adam Strachan | 33 | 0 | 12+12 | 0 | 3+2 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | 2+1 | 0 |
| | FW | SCO | Craig Brewster | 10 | 3 | 10+0 | 3 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| | FW | ENG | Steven Craig | 36 | 12 | 26+5 | 10 | 2+0 | 2 | 1+0 | 0 | 2+0 | 0 |
| | FW | NED | Dyron Daal | 35 | 6 | 16+12 | 3 | 2+1 | 2 | 1+0 | 1 | 2+1 | 0 |
| | FW | SCO | Michael Gardyne | 30 | 1 | 9+18 | 1 | 1+1 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| | FW | SCO | Sean Higgins | 39 | 14 | 23+8 | 10 | 4+1 | 2 | 0+1 | 0 | 2+0 | 2 |
| | FW | SCO | Dene Shields | 1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| | FW | SCO | John Stewart | 10 | 0 | 3+6 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| | FW | SCO | David Winters | 11 | 1 | 3+3 | 0 | 2+1 | 1 | 0+1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |