# 2019–20 Ross County F.C. season

The 2019–20 season was the club's 1st season back in the Scottish Premiership, the top flight of Scottish football, after being promoted as Champions from the Scottish Championship. Ross County also competed in the League Cup and the Scottish Cup.

## Results & fixtures

Win  Draw  Loss  Postponed

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

As of 8 March 2020
| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Total | Total | Premiership | Premiership | Scottish Cup | Scottish Cup | League Cup | League Cup |
| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| 1 | GK | SCO | Ross Laidlaw | 22 | 0 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| 2 | DF | SCO | Marcus Fraser(c) | 31 | 1 | 25+1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4+1 | 0 |
| 3 | DF | SCO | Sean Kelly | 23 | 0 | 18 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| 4 | DF | ENG | Liam Fontaine | 27 | 1 | 22 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| 5 | DF | NIR | Callum Morris | 19 | 0 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 6 | MF | ENG | Ross Draper | 12 | 0 | 8+3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 7 | FW | SCO | Michael Gardyne | 17 | 0 | 13+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2+1 | 0 |
| 8 | FW | SCO | Lee Erwin | 19 | 1 | 11+6 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 9 | FW | NIR | Billy Mckay | 33 | 11 | 22+5 | 7 | 0+1 | 0 | 4+1 | 4 |
| 11 | MF | SCO | Iain Vigurs | 22 | 2 | 16 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3+2 | 0 |
| 12 | DF | ENG | Tom Grivosti | 8 | 0 | 5+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 14 | MF | SCO | Josh Mullin | 32 | 2 | 21+6 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3+1 | 1 |
| 15 | DF | SCO | Keith Watson | 20 | 0 | 14+3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2+1 | 0 |
| 16 | MF | SCO | Lewis Spence | 15 | 0 | 10+5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 18 | DF | SCO | Richard Foster | 21 | 0 | 19+1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 19 | FW | SCO | Oli Shaw | 7 | 0 | 2+5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 20 | MF | SCO | Blair Spittal | 26 | 4 | 10+10 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 4+1 | 2 |
| 21 | GK | ENG | Nathan Baxter | 14 | 0 | 13 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 22 | MF | ENG | Jordan Tillson | 8 | 0 | 5+2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 23 | MF | SCO | Joe Chalmers | 19 | 3 | 6+8 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 4+1 | 0 |
| 24 | MF | CAN | Harry Paton | 23 | 1 | 11+8 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2+1 | 1 |
| 25 | DF | SCO | Coll Donaldson | 8 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 26 | MF | SCO | Don Cowie | 9 | 0 | 7+2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 27 | FW | SCO | Ross Stewart | 26 | 11 | 19+2 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 4+1 | 4 |
| 38 | DF | SCO | Ruari Fraser | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 41 | GK | ENG | Tommy Dixon-Hodge | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 43 | DF | SCO | Josh Reid | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 44 | FW | SCO | Matthew Wright | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Players who left the club during the season ||||||||||
| 8 | MF | SCO | Jamie Lindsay | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 17 | MF | SCO | Ewan Henderson | 10 | 0 | 6+3 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 19 | FW | SCO | Brian Graham | 23 | 6 | 5+13 | 4 | 0+1 | 0 | 2+2 | 2 |
| 22 | MF | IRL | Simon Power | 4 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1+2 | 0 |
| 25 | GK | SCO | Jack Ruddy | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 36 | MF | SCO | Mark Gallagher | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |

### Goalscorers

| Rank | Pos. | Player | Premiership | Scottish Cup | League Cup | Total |
| 1 | ST | Ross Stewart | 7 | 0 | 4 | 11 |
| 1 | ST | Billy Mckay | 7 | 0 | 4 | 11 |
| 3 | ST | Brian Graham | 4 | 0 | 2 | 6 |
| 4 | MF | Blair Spittal | 2 | 0 | 2 | 4 |
| 5 | MF | Joe Chalmers | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 6 | MF | Iain Vigurs | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 6 | MF | Josh Mullin | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 7 | DF | Liam Fontaine | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 7 | DF | Marcus Fraser | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 7 | FW | Lee Erwin | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 7 | MF | Harry Paton | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Totals | Totals | Totals | 29 | 0 | 14 | 43 |
| Last updated: 4 March 2020 |||||||

## Team statistics
### League table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | PPG | Qualification or relegation |
| 8 | Kilmarnock | 30 | 9 | 6 | 15 | 31 | 41 | −10 | 33 | 1.10 | |
| 9 | St Mirren | 30 | 7 | 8 | 15 | 24 | 41 | −17 | 29 | 0.97 | |
| 10 | Ross County | 30 | 7 | 8 | 15 | 29 | 60 | −31 | 29 | 0.97 | |
| 11 | Hamilton Academical | 30 | 6 | 9 | 15 | 30 | 50 | −20 | 27 | 0.90 | |
| 12 | Heart of Midlothian (R) | 30 | 4 | 11 | 15 | 31 | 52 | −21 | 23 | 0.77 | Relegation to the Championship |
* ↑ All play-off matches were cancelled, as clubs voted to curtail the season due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

### League Cup table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | PW | PL | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | ROS | FOR | MON | STJ | BRE |
| 1 | Ross County | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 2 | +10 | 12 | Qualification for the Second Round | — | 2–0 | 4–1 | — | — |
| 2 | Forfar Athletic | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 4 | +5 | 9 | Qualification for the Second Round | — | — | — | 2–1 | 3–0 |
| 3 | Montrose | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 9 | −5 | 5 | | — | 1–4 | — | 1–0 | — |
| 4 | St Johnstone | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 5 | +1 | 3 | | 1–2 | — | — | — | 4–0 |
| 5 | Brechin City | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 12 | −11 | 1 | | 0–4 | — | 1–1p | — | — |