2024–25 Ross County F.C. season

Ross County
2024–25 season
Chairman	Roy MacGregor
Manager	Don Cowie
Ground	Victoria Park; Dingwall, Ross-shire; (Capacity: 6,541)
Scottish Premiership	6th
Scottish League Cup	Second round
Top goalscorer	League: Ronan Hale (1); All: Ronan Hale & Jordan White (4)
Home colours	Away colours
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The 2024–25 season is Ross County's sixth consecutive season in the Scottish Premiership and the club's 12th season overall in the top flight of Scottish football. Ross County will also compete in the Scottish Cup entering in the fourth round and Scottish League Cup entering in the group stage.

Results and fixtures

Win Draw Loss Postponed

Pre-season and friendlies

6 July 2024	Brora Rangers	1–2	Ross County	Brora
15:00	Wallace 25'	[1]	Trialist 33' Brophy 66'	Stadium: Dudgeon Park

9 July 2024	Clachnacuddin	0–6	Ross County	Inverness
19:45		Report	Brophy Samuel White Macleod	Stadium: Grant Street Park

Scottish Premiership

3 August 2024 1	Motherwell	0–0	Ross County	Motherwell
15:00		Report		Stadium: Fir Park Attendance: 4,353 Referee: John Beaton

10 August 2024 2	Ross County	1–1	Dundee United	Dingwall
15:00	Hale 90+5'	Report	Babunski 48'	Stadium: Victoria Park Attendance: 4,169 Referee: Craig Napier

24 August 2024 3	Rangers	v	Ross County	Glasgow
				Stadium: Hampden Park

31 August 2024 4	Ross County	v	Aberdeen	Dingwall
15:00				Stadium: Victoria Park

Scottish League Cup

Group stage

13 July 2024	Stranraer	1–3	Ross County	Stranraer
15:00	Lang 81'	Report	White 6', 32' Brophy 83'	Stadium: Stair Park Attendance: 515 Referee: Lloyd Wilson

20 July 2024	Ross County	2–1	Raith Rovers	Dingwall
15:00	White 29' Harmon 87'	Report	Smith 51'	Stadium: Victoria Park Attendance: 1,228 Referee: Euan Anderson

23 July 2024	Hamilton Academical	1–2	Ross County	Hamilton
19:45	Shaw 6'	Report	Hale 25' White 28'	Stadium: New Douglas Park Attendance: 561 Referee: Matthew McDermid

27 July 2024	Ross County	3–0	Stirling Albion	Dingwall
15:00	Hale 29', 43' Brown 80'	Report		Stadium: Victoria Park Attendance: 1,027 Referee: Nick Walsh

Knockout phase

17 August 2024 Second round	The Spartans	v	Ross County	Edinburgh
15:00				Stadium: Ainslie Park

Squad statistics

Captains

No.	Pos	Name	No of games	Notes
8	MF	Connor Randall	4	Club Captain
5	DF	Ricki Lamie	1
26	FW	Jordan White	1	Vice-Captain

Appearances

As of 10 August 2024

No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Total		Premiership		Scottish Cup		League Cup
No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
1	GK	SCO	Ross Laidlaw	4	0	2	0	0	0	2	0
2	DF	IRL	James Brown	6	1	1+1	0	0	0	3+1	1
3	DF	WAL	Ryan Leak	4	0	1	0	0	0	3	0
4	DF	ENG	Akil Wright	6	0	2	0	0	0	4	0
5	DF	SCO	Ricki Lamie	3	0	0	0	0	0	3	0
6	MF	SCO	Scott Allardice	4	0	1	0	0	0	1+2	0
7	MF	CAN	Victor Loturi	5	0	1	0	0	0	3+1	0
8	MF	ENG	Connor Randall	4	0	2	0	0	0	2	0
9	FW	IRL	Ronan Hale	4	4	2	1	0	0	2	3
10	MF	ENG	Noah Chilvers	2	0	0+2	0	0	0	0	0
12	MF	ENG	Max Sheaf	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
14	FW	ENG	Jack Grieves	3	0	2	0	0	0	1+0	0
15	MF	SCO	Aidan Denholm	3	0	1+1	0	0	0	0+1	0
16	DF	ENG	George Harmon	6	1	2	0	0	0	2+2	1
21	MF	SCO	Charlie Telfer	3	0	0	0	0	0	2+1	0
22	GK	SCO	Jack Hamilton	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	0
24	DF	COD	Michee Efete	6	0	1+1	0	0	0	2+2	0
25	FW	WAL	Alex Samuel	6	0	0+2	0	0	0	1+3	0
26	FW	SCO	Jordan White	6	4	1+1	0	0	0	3+1	4
27	FW	SCO	Eamonn Brophy	5	1	1	0	0	0	3+1	1
30	DF	SCO	Dylan Smith	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
32	DF	SCO	Connall Ewan	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
33	MF	SCO	Andrew Macleod	4	0	0	0	0	0	2+2	0
34	FW	ENG	George Robesten	1	0	0+1	0	0	0	0	0
35	DF	ENG	Will Nightingale	2	0	2	0	0	0	0	0
41	GK	SCO	Jayden Reid	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
43	DF	SCO	Josh Reid	3	0	0	0	0	0	2+1	0
Players who left the club during the season
31	GK	SCO	Logan Ross	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
36	MF	SCO	Jamie Williamson	1	0	0	0	0	0	0+1	0

Goalscorers

Rank	No.	Po.	Name	Premiership	Scottish Cup	League Cup	Total
1	9	FW	Ronan Hale	1	0	3	4
1	26	FW	Jordan White	0	0	4	4
2	2	DF	James Brown	0	0	1	1
	16	DF	George Harmon	0	0	1	1
	27	FW	Eamonn Brophy	0	0	1	1
Own Goals				0	0	0	0
Total				1	0	10	11
As of 10 August 2024

Team statistics

League table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
6	St Mirren	2	1	0	1	4	3	+1	3
7	Dundee United	2	0	2	0	3	3	0	2
8	Ross County	2	0	2	0	1	1	0	2
9	Motherwell	2	0	1	1	1	2	−1	1
10	Heart of Midlothian	2	0	1	1	1	3	−2	1

Updated to match(es) played on 11 August 2024. Source: ^[1]^[2]
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored; 4) Head-to-Head points; 5) Head-to-Head goal difference; 6) Play-off (only if deciding champion, UEFA competitions qualification, second stage group allocation or relegation).^[3]
Notes:

^ 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	Team v t e	Pld	W	PW	PL	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification	ROS	RAI	HAM	STI	STR
1	Ross County	4	4	0	0	0	10	3	+7	12	Qualification for the second round	—	2–1	—	3–0	—
2	Raith Rovers	4	2	1	0	1	7	4	+3	8		—	—	p1–1	—	2–1
3	Hamilton Academical	4	1	0	2	1	5	3	+2	5		1–2	—	—	0–0p	—
4	Stirling Albion	4	0	2	0	2	2	8	−6	4		—	0–3	—	—	p2–2
5	Stranraer	4	0	0	1	3	4	10	−6	1		1–3	—	0–3	—	—

Source: ^[4]
Rules for classification: 1) goal difference, 2) goals scored, 3) away goals scored, 4) matches won, 5) away matches won, 6) drawing of lots.^[5]

Transfers

In

Date	Player	From	Fee
27 June 2024	Will Nightingale	AFC Wimbledon	Loan^[6]
1 July 2024	Ricki Lamie	Motherwell	Free^[7]
4 July 2024	Jack Hamilton	Livingston	Free^[8]
5 July 2024	Charlie Telfer	Airdrieonians	Free^[9]
8 July 2024	Akil Wright	Stockport County	Undisclosed^[10]
9 July 2024	Ronan Hale	Cliftonville	Undisclosed^[11]
24 July 2024	Jack Grieves	Watford	Loan^[12]
26 July 2024	Aidan Denholm	Heart of Midlothian	Loan^[13]
31 July 2024	Noah Chilvers	Colchester United	Undisclosed^[14]

Out

Date	Player	To	Fee
30 May 2024	Yan Dhanda	Heart of Midlothian	Free^[15]^[16]
	Adam Mackinnon	Inverness Caledonian Thistle	Free^[15]^[17]
	Jordan Tillson	Bath City	Free^[15]^[18]
	Matthew Wright	Nairn County	Free^[15]^[19]
1 June 2024	Jay Henderson	Ayr United	Loan^[20]^[21]
6 June 2024	Kyle Turner	Partick Thistle	Free^[22]^[23]
19 June 2024	Ross Callachan	Motherwell	Free^[24]
3 July 2024	Calum Brown	Forres Mechanics	Loan^[25]
5 July 2024	Alister Morrison	Nairn County	Loan^[26]
9 July 2024	Jack Baldwin	Northampton Town	Undisclosed^[27]
10 July 2024	Simon Murray	Dundee	Undisclosed^[28]^[29]
10 July 2024	Josh Sims		Free^[30]
27 July 2024	Logan Ross	Huntly	Loan^[31]
2 August 2024	Jamie Williamson	Nairn County	Loan^[32]

Notes and references

^ "Scottish Premiership Table". BBC. 15 April 2024.
^ "Premiership League Table". Scottish Professional Football League. Retrieved 11 August 2024.
^ "The Rules of the Scottish Professional Football League (Rule Number C35-C37)" (PDF). SPFL. Archived (PDF) from the original on 28 September 2022. Retrieved 24 September 2022.
^ "Summary - League Cup Group H". Soccerway. Retrieved 28 May 2024.
^ "Format". SPFL. Retrieved 7 June 2023.
^ "Will Nightingale joins on loan from AFC Wimbledon". rosscountyfootballclub.co.uk. Ross County FC. 27 June 2024. Retrieved 29 June 2024.
^ "Ricki Lamie joins the Staggies". RCFC. Retrieved 1 July 2024.
^ "Ross County complete signing of former Hearts and Dundee goalkeeper Jack Hamilton to challenge Ross Laidlaw for gloves in Dingwall". ross-shirejournal.co.uk. 4 July 2024.
^ "Charlie Telfer joins the Staggies". Ross County FC. 5 July 2024. Retrieved 5 July 2024.
^ "Akil Wright joins from Stockport County". Ross County FC. 8 July 2024. Retrieved 8 July 2024.
^ "Ronan Hale joins the Staggies". Ross County FC. 9 July 2024. Retrieved 10 July 2024.
^ "Jack Grieves joins on loan from Watford". BBC Sport. 24 July 2024. Retrieved 27 July 2024.
^ "Aidan Denholm joins on loan from Hearts". Ross County FC. 24 July 2024. Retrieved 27 July 2024.
^ "Noah Chilvers joins the Staggies". Ross County FC. 31 July 2024. Retrieved 2 August 2024.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d "Initial Squad Update - End of 23/24 Season". rosscountyfootballclub.co.uk. Ross County FC. 30 May 2024. Retrieved 7 June 2024.
^ "Yan Dhanda: Hearts secure Ross County midfielder on pre-contract". skysports.com. Sky Sports. 29 January 2024. Retrieved 7 June 2024.
^ "Adam Mackinnon Signs For ICTFC". skysports.com. ICTFC. 2 August 2024. Retrieved 2 August 2024.
^ "Player News - Jordan Tillson". Bath City FC. 13 July 2024. Retrieved 15 July 2024.
^ "Attacker Matthew Wright joins Nairn County". nairncountyfc.co.uk. Nairn County FC. 14 June 2024. Retrieved 14 June 2024.
^ "Jay Henderson departs on loan". rosscountyfootballclub.co.uk. Ross County FC. 1 June 2024. Retrieved 7 June 2024.
^ "Henderson joins Ayr on loan". bbc.co.uk. BBC Sport. 1 June 2024. Retrieved 7 June 2024.
^ "Kyle Turner departs the Staggies". rosscountyfootballclub.co.uk. Ross County FC. 6 June 2024. Retrieved 7 June 2024.
^ "Kyle returns to Firhill Road on two-year deal". ptfc.co.uk. Partick Thistle FC. 6 June 2024. Retrieved 7 June 2024.
^ "Say Hello to Ross Callachan". motherwellfc.co.uk. Motherwell FC. 19 June 2024. Retrieved 20 June 2024.
^ "Calum Brown joins Forres Mechanics on loan". Ross County FC. 3 July 2024. Retrieved 5 July 2024.
^ "Alister Morrison joins Nairn County on loan". Ross County FC. 5 July 2024. Retrieved 5 July 2024.
^ "Northampton sign Ross County skipper Baldwin". BBC Sport. 9 July 2024. Retrieved 9 July 2024.
^ "Simon Murray joins Dundee FC". Ross County FC. 10 July 2024. Retrieved 10 July 2024.
^ "Murray's Home". Dundee FC. 10 July 2024. Retrieved 10 July 2024.
^ "Josh Sims departs the club". Ross County FC. 10 July 2024. Retrieved 10 July 2024.
^ "Huntly loan in Ross County goalkeeper". Huntly FC. 27 July 2024. Retrieved 9 August 2024.
^ "Jamie Williamson joins Nairn County on loan". Ross County FC. 2 August 2024. Retrieved 2 August 2024.

[1] Teams play each other three times (33 matches), before the league is split into two groups (the top six and the bottom six).

[2] "Scottish Premiership Table". BBC. 15 April 2024.

[3] "Premiership League Table". Scottish Professional Football League. Retrieved 11 August 2024.

[4] "The Rules of the Scottish Professional Football League (Rule Number C35-C37)" (PDF). SPFL. Archived (PDF) from the original on 28 September 2022. Retrieved 24 September 2022.

[5] "Summary - League Cup Group H". Soccerway. Retrieved 28 May 2024.

[format-6] "Format". SPFL. Retrieved 7 June 2023.

[7] "Will Nightingale joins on loan from AFC Wimbledon". rosscountyfootballclub.co.uk. Ross County FC. 27 June 2024. Retrieved 29 June 2024.

[8] "Ricki Lamie joins the Staggies". RCFC. Retrieved 1 July 2024.

[9] "Ross County complete signing of former Hearts and Dundee goalkeeper Jack Hamilton to challenge Ross Laidlaw for gloves in Dingwall". ross-shirejournal.co.uk. 4 July 2024.

[10] "Charlie Telfer joins the Staggies". Ross County FC. 5 July 2024. Retrieved 5 July 2024.

[11] "Akil Wright joins from Stockport County". Ross County FC. 8 July 2024. Retrieved 8 July 2024.

[12] "Ronan Hale joins the Staggies". Ross County FC. 9 July 2024. Retrieved 10 July 2024.

[13] "Jack Grieves joins on loan from Watford". BBC Sport. 24 July 2024. Retrieved 27 July 2024.

[14] "Aidan Denholm joins on loan from Hearts". Ross County FC. 24 July 2024. Retrieved 27 July 2024.

[15] "Noah Chilvers joins the Staggies". Ross County FC. 31 July 2024. Retrieved 2 August 2024.

[rcfc-16] "Initial Squad Update - End of 23/24 Season". rosscountyfootballclub.co.uk. Ross County FC. 30 May 2024. Retrieved 7 June 2024.

[17] "Yan Dhanda: Hearts secure Ross County midfielder on pre-contract". skysports.com. Sky Sports. 29 January 2024. Retrieved 7 June 2024.

[18] "Adam Mackinnon Signs For ICTFC". skysports.com. ICTFC. 2 August 2024. Retrieved 2 August 2024.

[19] "Player News - Jordan Tillson". Bath City FC. 13 July 2024. Retrieved 15 July 2024.

[20] "Attacker Matthew Wright joins Nairn County". nairncountyfc.co.uk. Nairn County FC. 14 June 2024. Retrieved 14 June 2024.

[21] "Jay Henderson departs on loan". rosscountyfootballclub.co.uk. Ross County FC. 1 June 2024. Retrieved 7 June 2024.

[22] "Henderson joins Ayr on loan". bbc.co.uk. BBC Sport. 1 June 2024. Retrieved 7 June 2024.

[23] "Kyle Turner departs the Staggies". rosscountyfootballclub.co.uk. Ross County FC. 6 June 2024. Retrieved 7 June 2024.

[24] "Kyle returns to Firhill Road on two-year deal". ptfc.co.uk. Partick Thistle FC. 6 June 2024. Retrieved 7 June 2024.

[25] "Say Hello to Ross Callachan". motherwellfc.co.uk. Motherwell FC. 19 June 2024. Retrieved 20 June 2024.

[26] "Calum Brown joins Forres Mechanics on loan". Ross County FC. 3 July 2024. Retrieved 5 July 2024.

[27] "Alister Morrison joins Nairn County on loan". Ross County FC. 5 July 2024. Retrieved 5 July 2024.

[28] "Northampton sign Ross County skipper Baldwin". BBC Sport. 9 July 2024. Retrieved 9 July 2024.

[29] "Simon Murray joins Dundee FC". Ross County FC. 10 July 2024. Retrieved 10 July 2024.

[30] "Murray's Home". Dundee FC. 10 July 2024. Retrieved 10 July 2024.

[31] "Josh Sims departs the club". Ross County FC. 10 July 2024. Retrieved 10 July 2024.

[32] "Huntly loan in Ross County goalkeeper". Huntly FC. 27 July 2024. Retrieved 9 August 2024.

[33] "Jamie Williamson joins Nairn County on loan". Ross County FC. 2 August 2024. Retrieved 2 August 2024.

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