# 2020–21 Ross County F.C. season

The 2020–21 season is Ross County's second consecutive season in the Scottish Premiership and the club's 8th season overall in the top flight of Scottish football. Ross County will also compete in the Scottish Cup and Scottish League Cup. Stuart Kettlewell was sacked as the club's manager on 19 December, after a defeat to Hamilton. John Hughes was appointed as the new manager on 21 December.

## Results and fixtures

Win  Draw  Loss  Postponed

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

As of 16 May 2021
| 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 | 40 | 0 | 33 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 0 |
| 2 | DF | ENG | Connor Randall | 17 | 0 | 13+2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 |
| 3 | DF | ENG | Carl Tremarco | 15 | 0 | 8+4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 5 | DF | NIR | Callum Morris | 17 | 0 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4+1 | 0 |
| 4 | DF | NOR | Leo Hjelde | 12 | 1 | 10+1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 6 | MF | ENG | Ross Draper | 22 | 2 | 13+8 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 7 | FW | SCO | Michael Gardyne | 35 | 2 | 21+10 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1+2 | 0 |
| 8 | FW | SCO | Oli Shaw | 31 | 8 | 12+13 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 3+2 | 2 |
| 9 | FW | NIR | Billy Mckay | 35 | 7 | 14+14 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 4+2 | 1 |
| 10 | MF | FRA | Mohamed Maouche | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 11 | MF | SCO | Iain Vigurs (c) | 35 | 2 | 28+2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| 12 | DF | ENG | Tom Grivosti | 7 | 2 | 3+2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 |
| 14 | FW | ENG | Jermaine Hylton | 23 | 1 | 7+11 | 1 | 0+1 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| 15 | DF | SCO | Keith Watson | 26 | 0 | 17+6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 16 | DF | SCO | Alex Iacovitti | 42 | 4 | 34+2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5+1 | 2 |
| 17 | MF | GRN | Regan Charles-Cook | 32 | 2 | 9+17 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 5 | 2 |
| 18 | MF | SCO | Stephen Kelly | 29 | 0 | 16+9 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 19 | MF | ENG | Charlie Lakin | 24 | 4 | 14+5 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 3+1 | 1 |
| 20 | MF | SCO | Blair Spittal | 9 | 1 | 7+2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 21 | GK | ENG | Joe Hilton | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 22 | MF | ENG | Jordan Tillson | 36 | 0 | 20+12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2+2 | 0 |
| 22 | DF | SCO | Jason Naismith | 18 | 0 | 17 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 24 | MF | CAN | Harry Paton | 40 | 2 | 25+10 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4+1 | 1 |
| 25 | DF | SCO | Coll Donaldson | 34 | 1 | 26+2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4+1 | 0 |
| 26 | FW | SCO | Jordan White | 13 | 4 | 11+1 | 4 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 28 | MF | FRA | Tony Andreu | 6 | 0 | 4+2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 31 | GK | SCO | Ross Munro | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 44 | FW | SCO | Matthew Wright | 3 | 0 | 0+2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 46 | DF | SCO | Ben Williamson | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+2 | 0 |
| 47 | MF | SCO | Adam Mackinnon | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| Players who left the club during the season ||||||||||
| 10 | FW | SCO | Lee Erwin | 4 | 0 | 2+2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 10 | FW | IRL | Michael O'Connor | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 14 | MF | SCO | Josh Mullin | 5 | 0 | 1+4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 21 | GK | SCO | Ross Doohan | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 27 | FW | SCO | Ross Stewart | 24 | 6 | 19 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4+1 | 4 |
| 41 | GK | SCO | Logan Ross | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 43 | DF | SCO | Josh Reid | 24 | 0 | 17+3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3+1 | 0 |

### Goalscorers

| Rank | No. | Nat. | Po. | Name | League | Cup | League Cup | Total |
| 1 | 8 | | FW | Oli Shaw | 6 | 0 | 2 | 8 |
| 2 | 9 | | FW | Billy McKay | 5 | 1 | 1 | 7 |
| 3 | 27 | | FW | Ross Stewart | 2 | 0 | 4 | 6 |
| 4 | 26 | | FW | Jordan White | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| 4 | 19 | | MF | Charlie Lakin | 3 | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| 4 | 16 | | DF | Alex Iacovitti | 2 | 0 | 2 | 4 |
| 7 | 6 | | MF | Ross Draper | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 7 | 7 | | MF | Michael Gardyne | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 7 | 11 | | MF | Iain Vigurs | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 7 | 24 | | MF | Harry Paton | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 7 | 12 | | DF | Tom Grivosti | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 7 | 17 | | MF | Regan Charles-Cook | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 11 | 14 | | FW | Jermaine Hylton | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 11 | 20 | | MF | Blair Spittal | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 11 | 25 | | DF | Coll Donaldson | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 11 | 4 | | DF | Leo Hjelde | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Own Goals | Own Goals | Own Goals | Own Goals | Own Goals | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | Total | 35 | 1 | 14 | 50 |
| As of 16 May 2021 |||||||||

## Team statistics
### League table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 8 | Motherwell | 38 | 12 | 9 | 17 | 39 | 55 | −16 | 45 | |
| 9 | Dundee United | 38 | 10 | 14 | 14 | 32 | 50 | −18 | 44 | |
| 10 | Ross County | 38 | 11 | 6 | 21 | 35 | 66 | −31 | 39 | |
| 11 | Kilmarnock (R) | 38 | 10 | 6 | 22 | 43 | 54 | −11 | 36 | Qualification for the Premiership play-off final |
| 12 | Hamilton Academical (R) | 38 | 7 | 9 | 22 | 34 | 67 | −33 | 30 | Relegation to Championship |
* ↑ Teams play each other three times (33 matches), before the league is split into two groups (the top six and the bottom six).

### League cup table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | PW | PL | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | ROS | ARB | ELG | STI | MON |
| 1 | Ross County | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 5 | +7 | 11 | Qualification for the Second round | — | 2–1 | — | 3–0 | — |
| 2 | Arbroath | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 4 | +5 | 9 | Qualification for the Second round | — | — | 3–0 | — | 3–1 |
| 3 | Elgin City | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 7 | −2 | 6 | | 1–4 | — | — | 2–0 | — |
| 4 | Stirling Albion | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 8 | −5 | 3 | | — | 1–2 | — | — | 2–1 |
| 5 | Montrose | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 10 | −5 | 1 | | 3–3p | — | 0–2 | — | — |

## Transfers
### In

| Date | Player | From | Fee |
| 24 June 2020 | Stephen Kelly | Rangers | Loan |
| 25 June 2020 | Connor Randall | Arda Kardzhali | Free |
| 26 June 2020 | Alex Iacovitti | Oldham Athletic | Free |
| 30 June 2020 | Regan Charles-Cook | Gillingham | Free |
| 16 July 2020 | Carl Tremarco | Inverness Caledonian Thistle | Free |
| 1 August 2020 | Ross Doohan | Celtic | Loan |
| 27 September 2020 | Michael O'Connor | Waterford | Undisclosed |
| 2 October 2020 | Jermaine Hylton | Motherwell | Free |
| 5 October 2020 | Charlie Lakin | Birmingham City | Loan |
| 8 December 2020 | Jason Naismith | Peterborough United | Free |
| 7 January 2021 | Tony Andreu | St Mirren | Free |
| 8 January 2021 | Mohamed Maouche | Oldham Athletic | Free |
| 22 January 2021 | Leo Hjelde | Celtic | Loan |
| 27 January 2021 | Joe Hilton | Blackburn Rovers | Loan |
| 28 January 2021 | Jordan White | Motherwell | Free |

### Out

| Date | Player | To | Fee |
| 10 June 2020 | Don Cowie | Retired | Free |
| 10 July 2020 | Declan McManus | Dunfermline Athletic | Free |
| 20 July 2020 | Richard Foster | Partick Thistle | Free |
| 28 July 2020 | Marcus Fraser | St Mirren | Free |
| 3 August 2020 | Lewis Spence | Scunthorpe United | Free |
| 10 September 2020 | Lee Erwin | St Mirren | Free |
| 15 September 2020 | Joe Chalmers | Ayr United | Undisclosed |
| 5 October 2020 | Josh Mullin | Livingston | Free |
| 28 October 2020 | Sean Kelly | Falkirk | Free |
| 18 November 2020 | Adam Mackinnon | Brora Rangers | Loan |
| 18 November 2020 | Logan Ross | Lossiemouth | Loan |
| 20 November 2020 | Liam Fontaine | Dundee | Free |
| 1 December 2020 | Michael O'Connor | Shelbourne | Free |
| 28 January 2021 | Josh Reid | Coventry City | Undisclosed |
| 31 January 2021 | Ross Stewart | Sunderland | £300,000 |