# 2016–17 Ross County F.C. season

The 2016–17 season was the club's 4th season in the Scottish Premiership and their fifth consecutive appearance in the top flight of Scottish football. Ross County also competed in the Scottish Cup and the League Cup, having won the League Cup the previous year for the first time in their history.

## Season summary

County were unable to retain the trophy after being knocked out of the Group Stages in a new format introduced by the SPFL. County U20s won the Development League, managed by Stuart Kettlewell. Liam Boyce finished the season on 23 league goals and was the top goalscorer in the Scottish Premiership.

## Results and fixtures

Win  Draw  Loss  Postponed

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

| 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 | Scott Fox | 40 | 0 | 35 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 2 | DF | SCO | Marcus Fraser | 35 | 0 | 33 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 3 | DF | SCO | Jason Naismith | 16 | 0 | 14+2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 4 | DF | FRA | Christopher Routis | 34 | 5 | 23+7 | 3 | 2+1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 5 | DF | SCO | Jay McEveley | 29 | 3 | 20+3 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 6 | MF | IRL | Jim O'Brien | 18 | 1 | 8+8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1+1 | 1 |
| 7 | FW | SCO | Michael Gardyne | 38 | 2 | 28+5 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 8 | MF | SCO | Martin Woods | 35 | 1 | 27+2 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 9 | FW | SCO | Ryan Dow | 24 | 1 | 13+10 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 10 | FW | NIR | Liam Boyce | 41 | 24 | 35 | 23 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 1 |
| 11 | FW | ENG | Craig Curran | 38 | 7 | 25+8 | 5 | 1+3 | 2 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 12 | MF | TPE | Tim Chow | 32 | 2 | 26+4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 |
| 15 | DF | ENG | Andrew Davies | 34 | 1 | 31 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 16 | MF | SCO | Tony Dingwall | 17 | 0 | 4+11 | 0 | 0+2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 17 | FW | ENG | Jonathan Franks | 19 | 1 | 9+8 | 1 | 1+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 18 | MF | SCO | Ian McShane | 10 | 0 | 5+2 | 0 | 2+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 19 | MF | ENG | Oscar Gobern | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 22 | MF | SCO | Chris Burke | 6 | 1 | 4+2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 23 | FW | NED | Alex Schalk | 38 | 8 | 15+17 | 5 | 3+1 | 3 | 2 | 0 |
| 27 | FW | SVK | Milan Lalkovic | 8 | 0 | 2+4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+2 | 0 |
| 28 | DF | NED | Kenny van der Weg | 38 | 0 | 29+4 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 31 | GK | IRL | Aaron McCarey | 5 | 0 | 3+1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 41 | GK | ENG | Mark Foden | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 43 | DF | SCO | Paul Quinn | 19 | 1 | 16 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 50 | MF | ENG | Davis Keillor-Dunn | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 52 | DF | SCO | Reghan Tumilty | 9 | 0 | 2+6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 53 | FW | SCO | Greg Morrison | 5 | 0 | 1+4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 57 | MF | SCO | Blair Malcolm | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 58 | FW | SCO | Russell Dingwall | 1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 63 | MF | SCO | Dylan Dykes | 2 | 0 | 0+2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Players who left the club during the 2016–17 season ||||||||||
| 3 | DF | SVK | Erik Čikoš (contract terminated by mutual consent) | 7 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 6 | DF | SCO | Chris Robertson (contract terminated) | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 12 | DF | SCO | Richard Foster (joined St Johnstone) | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 19 | FW | SCO | Brian Graham (joined Hibernian) | 5 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 2+2 | 6 | 0 | 0 |
| 20 | DF | SCO | Scott Boyd (joined Kilmarnock) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 44 | DF | SCO | Christopher McLaughlin (loaned to Forfar Athletic) | 1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |

### Goalscorers

| Ranking | Nation | Number | Name | Scottish Premiership | League Cup | Scottish Cup | Total |
| 1 | | 10 | Liam Boyce | 23 | 0 | 1 | 24 |
| 2 | | 23 | Alex Schalk | 5 | 3 | 0 | 8 |
| 3 | | 11 | Craig Curran | 5 | 2 | 0 | 7 |
| 4 | | 19 | Brian Graham | 0 | 6 | 0 | 6 |
| 5 | | 4 | Christopher Routis | 3 | 0 | 2 | 5 |
| 6 | | 5 | Jay McEveley | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 7 | | 7 | Michael Gardyne | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| = | | 12 | Tim Chow | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 9 | | 6 | Jim O'Brien | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| = | | 8 | Martin Woods | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| = | | 9 | Ryan Dow | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| = | | 15 | Andrew Davies | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| = | | 17 | Jonathan Franks | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| = | | 22 | Chris Burke | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| = | | 43 | Paul Quinn | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| | | | Own Goal | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| TOTALS | TOTALS | TOTALS | TOTALS | 48 | 11 | 6 | 65 |

### Disciplinary record

| Number | Position | Name | Premiership | Premiership | League Cup | League Cup | Scottish Cup | Scottish Cup | Total | Total |
| 1 | GK | Scott Fox | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 2 | DF | Marcus Fraser | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| 3 | DF | Jason Naismith | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 4 | DF | Christopher Routis | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 |
| 5 | DF | Jay McEveley | 9 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 1 |
| 6 | MF | Jim O'Brien | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 1 |
| 7 | FW | Michael Gardyne | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| 8 | MF | Martin Woods | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 |
| 9 | FW | Ryan Dow | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| 10 | FW | Liam Boyce | 7 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 0 |
| 11 | FW | Craig Curran | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 |
| 12 | DF | Tim Chow | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 1 |
| 12 | DF | Richard Foster | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 15 | DF | Andrew Davies | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 0 |
| 16 | MF | Tony Dingwall | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 18 | MF | Ian McShane | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 19 | FW | Brian Graham | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 22 | MF | Chris Burke | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 23 | FW | Alex Schalk | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 23 | FW | Milan Lalkovic | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 28 | DF | Kenny van der Weg | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 |
| 43 | DF | Paul Quinn | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| 52 | DF | Reghan Tumilty | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| | | TOTALS | 83 | 5 | 8 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 95 | 5 |

## Team statistics
### League table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| 5 | Heart of Midlothian | 38 | 12 | 10 | 16 | 55 | 52 | +3 | 46 |
| 6 | Partick Thistle | 38 | 10 | 12 | 16 | 38 | 54 | −16 | 42 |
| 7 | Ross County | 38 | 11 | 13 | 14 | 48 | 58 | −10 | 46 |
| 8 | Kilmarnock | 38 | 9 | 14 | 15 | 36 | 56 | −20 | 41 |
| 9 | Motherwell | 38 | 10 | 8 | 20 | 46 | 69 | −23 | 38 |
* ↑ Teams played each other three times (33 matches), before the league split into two groups (the top six and the bottom six) for the last five matches.