2022–23 Ross County F.C. season

Ross County
2022–23 season
Chairman	Roy MacGregor
Manager	Malky Mackay
Ground	Victoria Park; Dingwall, Ross-shire; (Capacity: 6,541)
Scottish Premiership	12th
Scottish League Cup	Round of 16
Top goalscorer	League: Owura Edwards ; (2 goals); All: Owura Edwards ; (4 goals)
Highest home attendance	5,502 vs Celtic ; (6 August 2022)
Lowest home attendance	726 vs East Fife ; (23 July 2022)
Home colours	Away colours
	← 2021–22 2022–23 →

The 2022–23 season is Ross County's fourth consecutive season in the Scottish Premiership and the club's 10th 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.

Pre-season and friendlies

Win Draw Loss Postponed

6 July 2022 Friendly	Brora Rangers	1–4	Ross County	Brora
19:30	Maclean 80'	[1]	Olaigbe 9' Samuel 21' Hiwula 52' Wright 75'	Stadium: Dudgeon Park

Scottish Premiership

Win Draw Loss Postponed

Scottish Premiership

League table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation^[a]
8	St Johnstone	13	5	1	7	14	17	−3	16
9	Livingston	12	5	1	6	9	16	−7	16
10	Kilmarnock	13	3	3	7	9	20	−11	12
11	Dundee United	13	2	3	8	11	26	−15	9	Qualification for the Premiership play-off final
12	Ross County	13	2	3	8	7	22	−15	9	Relegation to the Championship

Updated to match(es) played on 30 October 2022. 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).

30 July 2022 1	Heart of Midlothian	2–1	Ross County	Edinburgh
15:00	Forrest 59' McKay 77'	[2]	White 79'	Stadium: Tynecastle Park Attendance: 18,202 Referee: David Dickinson

6 August 2022 2	Ross County	1–3	Celtic	Dingwall
15:00	Iacovitti 58'	[3]	Furuhashi 48' Jenz 84' Abada 90+1'	Stadium: Victoria Park Attendance: 5,502 Referee: Don Robertson

13 August 2022 3	St Mirren	1–0	Ross County	Paisley
15:00	Tait 50'	[4]		Stadium: St Mirren Park Attendance: 4,557 Referee: Grant Irvine

6 August 2022 4	Ross County	1–0	Kilmarnock	Dingwall
15:00	Callachan 38' 81' Edwards 86'	[5]		Stadium: Victoria Park Attendance: 3,133 Referee: David Munro

27 August 2022 5	Rangers	4–0	Ross County	Glasgow
15:00	Lundstram 24' Čolak 39', 58' Davis 80'	[6]		Stadium: Ibrox Stadium Attendance: 48,899 Referee: Don Robertson

3 September 2022 6	Ross County	1–1	Aberdeen	Dingwall
15:00	Akio 90+5'	[7]	Lopes 88'	Stadium: Victoria Park Attendance: 5,210 Referee: Kevin Clancy

17 September 2022 7	St Johnstone	0–0	Ross County	Perth
15:00		[8]		Stadium: McDiarmid Park Attendance: 3,355 Referee: Matthew MacDermid

1 October 2022 8	Ross County	0–2	Hibernian	Dingwall
15:00		[9]	Porteous 46' Boyle 80'	Stadium: Victoria Park Attendance: 4,243 Referee: Alan Muir

4 October 2022 9	Ross County	0–5	Motherwell	Dingwall
19:45		[10]	van Veen 26' (pen.), 51', 89' Slattery 49' Efford 59'	Stadium: Victoria Park Attendance: 2,568 Referee: Chris Graham

8 October 2022 10	Livingston	0–1	Ross County	Livingston
15:00		[11]	Edwards 73'	Stadium: Almondvale Stadium Attendance: 3,696 Referee: Graham Grainger

15 October 2022 11	Ross County	1–1	Dundee United	Dingwall
15:00	Callachan 39'	[12]	Watt 61'	Stadium: Victoria Park Attendance: 3,744 Referee: Craig Napier

22 October 2022 12	Kilmarnock	1–0	Ross County	Kilmarnock
15:00	Armstrong 20'	[13]		Stadium: Rugby Park Attendance: 4,640 Referee: Colin Steven

30 August 2022 13	Ross County	1–2	Heart of Midlothian	Dingwall
15:00	White 11'	[14]	Shankland 15' Halliday 20'	Stadium: Victoria Park Attendance: 4,438 Referee: David Dickinson

Scottish Cup

League Cup

League table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	PW	PL	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification	ROS	DNF	ALL	EFI	BUC
1	Ross County	4	3	1	0	0	11	1	+10	11	Qualification for the second round	—	1–0	—	7–0	—
2	Dunfermline Athletic	4	2	0	1	1	8	2	+6	7		—	—	1–1p	—	5–0
3	Alloa Athletic	4	1	2	0	1	6	5	+1	7		0–2	—	—	p1–1	—
4	East Fife	4	1	0	1	2	4	12	−8	4		—	0–2	—	—	3–2
5	Buckie Thistle	4	0	0	1	3	4	13	−9	1		1–1p	—	1–4	—	—

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]

Group Stage

9 July 2022	Buckie Thistle	1–1 (3–5 p)	Ross County	Buckie
15:00	Urquhart 53'	[15]	Samuel 61'	Stadium: Victoria Park Referee: Chris Graham
	Penalties
	Goodall Barry Murray Pugh		Hiwula Olaigbe Samuel Cancola Callachan

16 July 2022	Ross County	1–0	Dunfermline Athletic	Dingwall
15:00	Hiwula 64'	[16]		Stadium: Victoria Park Attendance: 943 Referee: Nick Walsh

19 July 2022	Alloa Athletic	0–2	Ross County	Alloa
19:45		[17]	Sims 18' Hiwula 90+5'	Stadium: Recreation Park Attendance: 351 Referee: Chris Graham

23 July 2022	Ross County	7–0	East Fife	Dingwall
15:00	Loturi 26' Purrington 37' Hiwula 46' Edwards 48', 53' Olaigbe 59', 66'	[18]		Stadium: Victoria Park Attendance: 726 Referee: Mike Roncone

Knockout phase

31 August 2022 Second round	Ross County	1–4	Celtic	Dingwall
19:45	Iacovitti 68'	[19]	McGregor 21' Giakoumakis 25' Maeda 73' Forrest 90'	Stadium: Victoria Park Attendance: TBC Referee: Willie Collum

Squad statistics

^[6]^[7]

Captains

No.	Pos	Nat	Name	No of games	Notes
5	DF		Jack Baldwin	12
15	DF		Keith Watson	6	Club Captain

Appearances

As of 30 October 2022

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	15	0	13	0	0	0	2	0
2	DF	ENG	Connor Randall	6	0	2	0	0	0	3+1	0
3	DF	ENG	Ben Purrington	16	1	11	0	0	0	5	1
4	MF	AUT	David Cancola	16	0	11+1	0	0	0	1+3	0
5	DF	ENG	Jack Baldwin	14	0	12	0	0	0	2	0
6	DF	SCO	Alex Iacovitti	18	2	13	1	0	0	5	1
7	FW	ENG	Owura Edwards	18	4	8+5	2	0	0	3+2	2
8	MF	SCO	Ross Callachan	14	1	11	1	0	0	3	0
9	FW	ENG	Dominic Samuel	12	1	3+5	0	0	0	2+2	1
10	MF	ENG	Yan Dhanda	14	0	4+6	0	0	0	3+1	0
11	MF	ENG	Josh Sims	12	1	4+3	0	0	0	4+1	1
12	DF	ENG	Callum Johnson	15	0	9+3	0	0	0	2+1	0
14	MF	CAN	Victor Loturi	7	1	1+3	0	0	0	2+1	1
15	DF	SCO	Keith Watson	10	0	3+4	0	0	0	3	0
16	DF	ENG	George Harmon	8	0	3+2	0	0	0	1+2	0
17	FW	BEL	Kazeem Olaigbe	17	2	4+8	0	0	0	1+4	2
18	FW	SSD	William Akio	7	1	2+4	1	0	0	0+1	0
19	FW	ENG	Jordy Hiwula	18	3	9+4	0	0	0	3+2	3
21	GK	SCO	Ross Munro	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
22	MF	ENG	Jordan Tillson	13	0	9+2	0	0	0	2	0
24	MF	CAN	Ben Paton	8	0	3+1	0	0	0	2+2	0
25	FW	WAL	Alex Samuel	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
26	FW	SCO	Jordan White	17	2	8+5	2	0	0	3+1	0
30	DF	SCO	Dylan Smith	1	0	0+1	0	0	0	0	0
31	GK	ENG	Jake Eastwood	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	0
34	FW	ENG	George Robesten	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Players who left the club during the season
20	MF	SCO	Adam Mackinnon	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
23	FW	SCO	Matthew Wright	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
28	MF	SCO	Ryan MacLeman	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
32	DF	SCO	Connall Ewan	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
33	MF	SCO	Andrew Macleod	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
41	GK	SCO	Logan Ross	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

Goalscorers

Rank	No.	Po.	Name	Premiership	Scottish Cup	League Cup	Total
1	7	FW	Owura Edwards	2	0	2	4
2	19	FW	Jordy Hiwula	0	0	3	3
3	26	FW	Jordan White	2	0	0	2
	6	DF	Alex Iacovitti	1	0	1
	17	FW	Kazeem Olaigbe	0	0	2
6	26	FW	William Akio	1	0	0	1
	8	MF	Ross Callachan	1	0	0
	9	FW	Dominic Samuel	0	0	1
	11	MF	Josh Sims	0	0	1
	14	MF	Victor Loturi	0	0	1
	3	DF	Ben Purrington	0	0	1
Total				7	0	12	19
As of 30 October 2022

Transfers

In

Date	Player	From	Fee
21 June 2022	Victor Loturi	Cavalry FC	Undisclosed^[8]
21 June 2022	Yan Dhanda	Swansea City	Free^[9]
22 June 2022	George Harmon	Oxford City	Undisclosed^[10]
26 June 2022	Owura Edwards	Bristol City	Loan^[11]
27 June 2022	Kazeem Olaigbe	Southampton	Loan^[12]
28 June 2022	Jordy Hiwula	Doncaster Rovers	Free^[13]
29 June 2022	Ben Purrington	Charlton Athletic	Free^[14]
5 July 2022	Jake Eastwood	Sheffield United	Loan^[15]
13 July 2022	Callum Johnson	Portsmouth	Free^[16]
17 July 2022	William Akio	Valour FC	Undisclosed^[17]

Out

Date	Player	To	Fee
26 May 2022	Coll Donaldson	Falkirk	Free^[18]
27 May 2022	Blair Spittal	Motherwell	Free^[19]
8 June 2022	Regan Charles-Cook	KAS Eupen	Free^[20]
23 June 2022	Ben Williamson		Released
23 June 2022	Harry Paton		Released
6 July 2022	Logan Ross	Lossiemouth	Loan
22 July 2022	Ryan MacLeman	Forres Mechanics	Loan
22 July 2022	Connall Ewan	Forres Mechanics	Loan
28 July 2022	Adam Mackinnon	Montrose	Loan
28 July 2022	Matthew Wright	Montrose	Loan
12 September 2022	Andrew Macleod	Clachnacuddin	Loan

Notes and references

^ "Scottish Premiership Table". BBC.
^ "cinch Premiership League Table". Scottish Professional Football League. Retrieved 30 October 2022.
^ "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 C". Soccerway. Retrieved 23 July 2022.
^ "Format". SPFL. Retrieved 15 May 2022.
^ "1ST TEAM". Ross County F.C. Archived from the original on 3 June 2021. Retrieved 3 June 2021.
^ "squad update". Ross County F.C. 27 May 2021. Retrieved 27 May 2021.
^ "Ross County sign 'exciting' Canadian midfielder Loturi". BBC Sport. 21 June 2022. Retrieved 21 June 2022.
^ "Yan Dhanda becomes a Staggie". RCFC. Retrieved 26 June 2022.
^ "Left-back Harmon joins County". BBC Sport. 22 June 2022. Retrieved 22 June 2022.
^ "Edwards Joins Ross County On Loan". Bristol City FC. 26 June 2022. Retrieved 26 June 2022.
^ "Olaigbe joins Ross County on loan". Southampton FC. 27 June 2022. Retrieved 27 June 2022.
^ "Jordy Hiwula joins The Staggies". www.rosscountyfootballclub.co.uk. 28 June 2022. Retrieved 28 June 2022.
^ "Purrington joins Ross County". Ross County Official Site. Retrieved 29 June 2022.
^ "Jake Eastwood joins Ross County". Ross County. 5 July 2022. Retrieved 5 July 2022.
^ "Ross County sign full-back Johnson". BBC Sport. 13 July 2022. Retrieved 13 July 2022.
^ "Akio joins The Staggies". 17 July 2022.
^ "COLL DONALDSON SIGNS!". falkirkfc.co.uk. Falkirk FC. 26 May 2022. Retrieved 30 May 2022.
^ "Motherwell sign Blair Spittal after Ross County exit". BBC Sport. 27 May 2022. Retrieved 27 May 2022.
^ "Regan Charles-Cook: Forward joins KAS Eupen from Ross County". BBC Sport. 8 June 2022. Retrieved 8 June 2022.

[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.

[3] "cinch Premiership League Table". Scottish Professional Football League. Retrieved 30 October 2022.

[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 C". Soccerway. Retrieved 23 July 2022.

[format-6] "Format". SPFL. Retrieved 15 May 2022.

[7] "1ST TEAM". Ross County F.C. Archived from the original on 3 June 2021. Retrieved 3 June 2021.

[8] "squad update". Ross County F.C. 27 May 2021. Retrieved 27 May 2021.

[9] "Ross County sign 'exciting' Canadian midfielder Loturi". BBC Sport. 21 June 2022. Retrieved 21 June 2022.

[10] "Yan Dhanda becomes a Staggie". RCFC. Retrieved 26 June 2022.

[11] "Left-back Harmon joins County". BBC Sport. 22 June 2022. Retrieved 22 June 2022.

[12] "Edwards Joins Ross County On Loan". Bristol City FC. 26 June 2022. Retrieved 26 June 2022.

[13] "Olaigbe joins Ross County on loan". Southampton FC. 27 June 2022. Retrieved 27 June 2022.

[14] "Jordy Hiwula joins The Staggies". www.rosscountyfootballclub.co.uk. 28 June 2022. Retrieved 28 June 2022.

[15] "Purrington joins Ross County". Ross County Official Site. Retrieved 29 June 2022.

[16] "Jake Eastwood joins Ross County". Ross County. 5 July 2022. Retrieved 5 July 2022.

[17] "Ross County sign full-back Johnson". BBC Sport. 13 July 2022. Retrieved 13 July 2022.

[18] "Akio joins The Staggies". 17 July 2022.

[19] "COLL DONALDSON SIGNS!". falkirkfc.co.uk. Falkirk FC. 26 May 2022. Retrieved 30 May 2022.

[20] "Motherwell sign Blair Spittal after Ross County exit". BBC Sport. 27 May 2022. Retrieved 27 May 2022.

[21] "Regan Charles-Cook: Forward joins KAS Eupen from Ross County". BBC Sport. 8 June 2022. Retrieved 8 June 2022.

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2022–23 Ross County F.C. season

Contents

Pre-season and friendlies

Scottish Premiership

Scottish Premiership

League table

Scottish Cup

League Cup

League table

Group Stage

Knockout phase

Squad statistics

Captains

Appearances

Goalscorers

Transfers

In

Out

Notes and references

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