# 2006–07 Ross County F.C. season

The 2006–07 season was Ross County's seventh consecutive season in the Scottish First Division, having been promoted as champions of the Scottish Second Division at the end of the 1999–2000 season. They also competed in the Challenge Cup, League Cup and the Scottish Cup.

## Summary

Ross County finished tenth in the First Division and were relegated to the Second Division. They reached the second round of the League Cup, the third round of the Scottish Cup, and the final of the Challenge Cup, beating Clyde 5–4 on penalties.

### Management

The club started season 2006–07 under the management of Scott Leitch, who had been appointed towards the end of the previous season. On 30 April 2007, following the club's confirmed relegation Leitch resigned as manager.

## 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 | Livingston | 36 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 41 | 46 | −5 | 45 | |
| 7 | Partick Thistle | 36 | 12 | 9 | 15 | 47 | 63 | −16 | 45 | |
| 8 | Queen of the South | 36 | 10 | 11 | 15 | 34 | 54 | −20 | 41 | |
| 9 | Airdrie United (R) | 36 | 11 | 7 | 18 | 39 | 50 | −11 | 40 | Qualification for the First Division Play-offs |
| 10 | Ross County (R) | 36 | 9 | 10 | 17 | 40 | 57 | −17 | 37 | Relegation to the Second 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 | SCO | Joe Malin | 2 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 2+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| | GK | SCO | Mark Ridgers | 1 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| | GK | SCO | Craig Samson | 35 | 0 | 29+0 | 0 | 3+0 | 0 | 2+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 |
| | GK | ITA | Matteo Tomei | 7 | 0 | 7+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| | DF | SCO | Andy Dowie | 43 | 4 | 36+0 | 2 | 4+0 | 2 | 2+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 |
| | DF | SCO | Gary Irvine | 24 | 0 | 17+0 | 0 | 5+0 | 0 | 2+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| | DF | SCO | Alex Keddie | 32 | 1 | 26+0 | 1 | 4+0 | 0 | 2+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| | DF | SCO | Mark McCulloch | 35 | 0 | 26+2 | 0 | 3+1 | 0 | 2+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 |
| | DF | SCO | David Niven | 10 | 0 | 6+0 | 0 | 3+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| | DF | SCO | Hugh Robertson | 28 | 2 | 18+6 | 2 | 1+3 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| | DF | ENG | James Smith | 9 | 0 | 8+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 |
| | DF | SCO | Sean Webb | 7 | 0 | 5+1 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 |
| | DF | SCO | Lee Wilkie | 4 | 0 | 4+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| | MF | SCO | Derek Adams | 32 | 2 | 24+1 | 2 | 4+0 | 0 | 2+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 |
| | MF | SCO | Stuart Anderson | 13 | 1 | 7+2 | 0 | 1+2 | 1 | 0+1 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| | MF | SCO | Don Cowie | 36 | 9 | 28+0 | 7 | 5+0 | 0 | 2+0 | 2 | 1+0 | 0 |
| | MF | SCO | Neal Hooks | 5 | 1 | 1+4 | 1 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| | MF | SCO | Kevin McKinlay | 37 | 9 | 27+3 | 5 | 5+0 | 3 | 1+0 | 1 | 1+0 | 0 |
| | MF | SCO | Daniel Moore | 17 | 0 | 13+2 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 |
| | MF | SCO | Alan Morgan | 5 | 0 | 5+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| | MF | SCO | Martin Scott | 33 | 2 | 21+7 | 2 | 1+3 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| | MF | SCO | Fergus Tiernan | 13 | 0 | 5+3 | 0 | 3+0 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| | FW | FRA | Amick Ciani | 16 | 2 | 5+9 | 1 | 2+0 | 1 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| | FW | SCO | Jason Crooks | 8 | 0 | 2+5 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| | FW | SCO | Michael Gardyne | 39 | 6 | 24+8 | 6 | 4+0 | 0 | 2+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 |
| | FW | SCO | Craig Gunn | 35 | 6 | 7+20 | 2 | 1+4 | 3 | 0+2 | 1 | 0+1 | 0 |
| | FW | SCO | Sean Higgins | 33 | 8 | 21+7 | 5 | 3+0 | 2 | 1+0 | 1 | 1+0 | 0 |
| | FW | EIR | Diarmuid O'Carroll | 16 | 2 | 9+6 | 2 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| | FW | ITA | Malik Rezgane | 1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| | FW | SCO | Dene Shields | 13 | 0 | 13+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| | FW | SCO | David Winters | 2 | 0 | 0+2 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| | FW | SCO | Alex Williams | 5 | 1 | 2+2 | 0 | 1+0 | 1 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |