# 2017–18 Inverness Caledonian Thistle F.C. season

The 2017–18 Inverness Caledonian Thistle F.C. season was the club's first season in the Scottish Championship, having been relegated from the Scottish Premiership at the end of the 2016–17 season. Thistle will also compete in the Scottish Challenge Cup, Scottish League Cup and the Scottish Cup.
This season has seen the most postponements of any Inverness CT season, with 10 Postponements as of 18 April 2018.

## Summary
### Management

Following the club's relegation at the end of the previous season manager Richie Foran was sacked by the club during the close season on 29 May 2017. On 14 June 2017, John Robertson was appointed as manager on a two-year contract, leaving his role of Head of Coach Education at Heart of Midlothian. Brian Rice assistant manager to Foran oversaw team affairs prior to Robertson's appointment.

## Results and fixtures

Win  Draw  Loss  Postponed

### Scottish Cup
## Squad statistics

During the 2017–18 season, Inverness Caledonian Thistle have used twenty-four different players in competitive games. The table below shows the number of appearances and goals scored by each player.

### Appearances

    As of 20 January 2018
| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Total | Total | Championship | Championship | 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 |
| 2 | DF | ENG | David Raven | 22 | 1 | 15+3 | 0 | 3+0 | 1 | 1+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 3 | DF | ENG | Carl Tremarco | 18 | 2 | 14+1 | 1 | 2+1 | 1 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 4 | DF | SCO | Joe Chalmers | 29 | 1 | 21+0 | 1 | 3+0 | 0 | 2+2 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 |
| 5 | DF | ENG | Gary Warren | 14 | 3 | 9+2 | 1 | 0+0 | 0 | 2+0 | 2 | 1+0 | 0 |
| 6 | DF | ENG | Matthew Elsdon | 8 | 0 | 3+0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 2+2 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 7 | MF | SCO | Liam Polworth | 30 | 3 | 22+0 | 1 | 3+0 | 2 | 4+0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 8 | MF | ENG | Ross Draper | 5 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 4+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 8 | FW | SCO | Nathan Austin | 2 | 0 | 2+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 9 | FW | SCO | John Baird | 29 | 4 | 18+3 | 3 | 3+0 | 0 | 4+0 | 1 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 10 | MF | IRL | Aaron Doran | 8 | 3 | 3+3 | 2 | 0+1 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 1 |
| 11 | MF | SCO | Iain Vigurs | 27 | 5 | 19+0 | 5 | 3+0 | 0 | 4+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 |
| 14 | FW | ENG | George Oakley | 27 | 7 | 8+11 | 4 | 0+3 | 0 | 3+1 | 2 | 1+0 | 1 |
| 15 | MF | IRL | Jake Mulraney | 23 | 1 | 13+7 | 1 | 0+0 | 0 | 2+1 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 16 | MF | ENG | Riccardo Calder | 23 | 2 | 5+10 | 0 | 2+1 | 2 | 4+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 |
| 17 | DF | NED | Collin Seedorf | 7 | 0 | 3+1 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 3+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 19 | FW | CUW | Felitciano Zschusschen | 5 | 0 | 0+2 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 1+2 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 20 | FW | ENG | Connor Bell | 24 | 7 | 16+4 | 6 | 2+0 | 1 | 0+1 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 |
| 21 | FW | SCO | Alex Cooper | 10 | 1 | 3+3 | 1 | 2+1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 22 | DF | SCO | Brad McKay | 29 | 2 | 21+0 | 2 | 3+0 | 0 | 4+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 |
| 23 | DF | SCO | Coll Donaldson | 20 | 0 | 15+1 | 0 | 3+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 |
| 24 | MF | CAN | Charlie Trafford | 17 | 0 | 10+5 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 |
| 25 | GK | WAL | Owain Fôn Williams | 3 | 0 | 2+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 27 | MF | SCO | Daniel MacKay | 2 | 1 | 0+1 | 0 | 0+1 | 1 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 28 | GK | SCO | Mark Ridgers | 27 | 0 | 20+0 | 0 | 2+0 | 0 | 4+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 |

### Overall goalscorers

| Rank | Player | Goals |
| 1st | George Oakley | 12 |
| 2nd | Iain Vigurs | 8 |
| 3rd | Connor Bell | 7 |
| 4th | Nathan Austin | 6 |
| 5th | Joe Chalmers Aaron Doran Liam Polworth | 5 |
| 8th | John Baird Gary Warren | 4 |
| 10th | Jake Mulraney Carl Tremarco | 3 |
| 12th | Riccardo Calder Daniel MacKay Brad McKay | 2 |
| 15th | Alex Cooper Coll Donaldson David Raven | 1 |

### Hat-tricks

| Player | Competition | Score | Opponent | Date |
| Nathan Austin | Scottish Championship | 5–1 | Dumbarton | 14 April 2018 |

## Club statistics
### League table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Promotion, qualification or relegation |
| 3 | Dundee United | 36 | 18 | 7 | 11 | 52 | 42 | +10 | 61 | Qualification for the Premiership play-off quarter-final |
| 4 | Dunfermline Athletic | 36 | 16 | 11 | 9 | 60 | 35 | +25 | 59 | Qualification for the Premiership play-off quarter-final |
| 5 | Inverness Caledonian Thistle | 36 | 16 | 9 | 11 | 53 | 37 | +16 | 57 | |
| 6 | Queen of the South | 36 | 14 | 10 | 12 | 59 | 53 | +6 | 52 | |
| 7 | Greenock Morton | 36 | 13 | 11 | 12 | 47 | 40 | +7 | 50 | |

#### League Cup table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | PW | PL | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | FAL | INV | STI | BRE | FOR |
| 1 | Falkirk (Q) | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 1 | +12 | 12 | Qualification for the Second Round | — | — | 4–1 | — | 4–0 |
| 2 | Inverness Caledonian Thistle | 4 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 3 | +2 | 8 | | 0–2 | — | — | 3–0 | — |
| 3 | Stirling Albion | 4 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 5 | +1 | 7 | | — | 0–0p | — | 2–0 | — |
| 4 | Brechin City | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 9 | −8 | 2 | | 0–3 | — | — | — | p1–1 |
| 5 | Forfar Athletic | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 10 | −7 | 1 | | — | 1–2 | 1–3 | — | — |

### Division summary

| Round | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 | 24 | 25 | 26 | 27 | 28 | 29 | 30 | 31 | 32 | 33 | 34 | 35 | 36 |
| Ground | H | A | H | A | A | H | A | H | A | A | H | A | H | H | A | H | A | A | H | A | H | H | A | A | A | A | A | H | H | H | A | H | A | H | A | A |
| Result | L | L | D | W | L | L | L | D | D | W | W | D | L | W | D | W | L | W | D | L | W | W | L | L | L | D | W | D | W | W | W | W | W | D | W | W |
| Position | 8 | 12 | 10 | 7 | 7 | 8 | 8 | 9 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 7 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 8 | | | | | | | | | | 5 | 5 |

### Management statistics

    Last updated 18 April 2018
| Name | From | To | P | W | D | L | Win% |
| John Robertson | 15 July 2017 | Present | 29 | 12 | 8 | 9 | 041.38 |

## Transfers

Transfers In :
| Player | Age* | Pos | From | Fee | Date |
| John Baird | 31 | ST | Falkirk | Free | 1 July 2017 |
| Daniel Hoban | 19 | GK | Academy | Free | 1 July 2017 |
| Mark Ridgers | 26 | GK | Partick Thistle | Free | 3 July 2017 |
| George Oakley | 21 | ST | AFC Wimbledon | Free | 3 July 2017 |
| Collin Seedorf | 22 | DF | RKC Waalwijk | Free | 5 July 2017 |
| Riccardo Calder | 21 | DF | Aston Villa | Free | 6 July 2017 |
| Zak Elbouzedi | 19 | MF | West Bromwich Albion | Free | 7 July 2017 |
| Joe Chalmers | 23 | MF | Motherwell | Free | 13 July 2017 |
| Felitciano Zschusschen | 25 | ST | 1. FC Saarbrücken | Free | 17 July 2017 |
| Alex Cooper | 25 | DF | East Fife | Free | 21 July 2017 |
| Connor Bell | 21 | ST | Servette | Free | 29 July 2017 |
| Charlie Trafford | 25 | MF | RoPS | Free | 18 August 2017 |
| Coll Donaldson | 22 | DF | Dundee United | Free | 19 August 2017 |
| Nathan Austin | 23 | ST | Falkirk | Free | 1 January 2018 |
Transfers Out :
| Player | Age* | Pos | To | Fee | Date |
| Greg Tansey | 28 | MF | Aberdeen | Free | 1 July 2017 |
| Alex Fisher | 27 | ST | Motherwell | Free | 1 July 2017 |
| Dean Ebbe | 22 | ST | Bluebell United | Free | 1 July 2017 |
| Scott Boden | 27 | ST | Wrexham | Free | 6 July 2017 |
| Kevin McNaughton | 34 | DF | Retired | N/A | 7 July 2017 |
| Henri Anier | 26 | ST | FC Lahti | Free | 10 July 2017 |
| Louis Laing | 24 | DF | Hartlepool United | Free | 10 July 2017 |
| Jason Brown | 21 | DF | Peterhead | Free | 14 July 2017 |
| Lewis Horner | 25 | MF | Blyth Spartans | Free | 21 July 2017 |
| Ross Draper | 28 | DF | Ross County | £100,000 | 9 August 2017 |
| Josh Meekings | 24 | DF | Dundee | Free | 18 August 2017 |
| Alex Cooper | 26 | DF | Fresno | Free | 7 January 2018 |
| David Raven | 32 | DF | Wrexham | Free | 27 January 2018 |
| Felitciano Zschusschen | 26 | ST | Released | N/A | 31 January 2018 |
Loans In/Returns :
| Player | Age* | Pos | From | Duration | Date In | Date Out |
| Matthew Elsdon | 20 | DF | Middlesbrough | Half Season | 6 July 2017 | 7 January 2018 |
| Player | Age* | Pos | To | Duration | Date Out | Date In |
| Daniel Hoban | 20 | GK | Brora Rangers | Season | 29 July 2017 | 1 May 2018 |
| Cammy Mackay | 20 | GK | Brora Rangers | Emergency Loan | 13 October 2017 | 10 November 2017 |
| Zak Elbouzedi | 19 | MF | Elgin City | Emergency Loan | 30 December 2017 | 27 January 2018 |
| Owain Fôn Williams | 30 | GK | Indy Eleven | Season | 31 January 2018 | 30 November 2018 |
| John Baird | 32 | FW | Greenock Morton | Emergency Loan | 26 February 2018 | 30 April 2018 |