| 2018–19 season | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Chairman | Roy MacGregor | ||
| Manager | Steven Ferguson and Stuart Kettlewell | ||
| Ground | Victoria Park | ||
| Scottish Championship | Winners | ||
| Scottish League Cup | Second Round | ||
| Scottish Challenge Cup | Winners | ||
| Scottish Cup | Fifth round | ||
| Top goalscorer | League:Billy McKay (17) All:Billy McKay (20) | ||
| Highest home attendance | League: 6,402 vsInverness CT 22 September 2018 Cup: 1,532 vsDundee United League Cup 17 July 2018 | ||
| Lowest home attendance | League: 3,065 vsAlloa Athletic 22 September Cup: 790 vsRaith Rovers Challenge Cup 8 September 2018 | ||
| Average home league attendance | 3,849 | ||
The2018–19 season seen the club's return to theScottish Championship after being relegated from theScottish Premiership, the top flight of Scottish football. On 26 April 2019 however, they were crowned Champions and made an immediate return to the Premiership.[1]
Ross County also be competed in theLeague Cup, theScottish Cup and theScottish Challenge Cup. They won theChallenge Cup beatingConnah's Quay Nomads in the final.
Win Draw Loss Postponed
| 30 June 2018Friendly | Nairn County | 0–3 | Ross County | Nairn |
| 15:00 | Report | Draper Fontaine | Stadium:Station Park Referee: Stuart Riddoch |
| 30 June 2018Friendly | Wick Academy | 3–1 | Ross County XI | Wick |
| 13:00 | David Allan Craig Gunn | Joel MacBeath | Stadium:Harmsworth Park Referee: Gordon Seago |
| 4 July 2018Friendly | Sint-Truidense V.V. | 2–0 | Ross County | Netherlands |
| 18:00 | Stadium:VV DUNO Training ground Attendance:Behind closed doors |
| 6 July 2018Friendly | FC Utrecht | 2–0 | Ross County | Netherlands |
| 19:00 | V.D. Maarel V.D. Streek | Stadium:Dolderse Sportclub DOSC |
| 10 July 2018Friendly | Clachnacuddin | 0–7 | Ross County | Inverness |
| 19:30 | Report | Stadium:Grant Street, Inverness |
| 21 July 2018Friendly | Formartine United | 6–1 | Ross County XI | Pitmedden |
| Report | Stadium:North Lodge Park |
| 4 August 20181 | Ross County | 1–0 | Alloa Athletic | Victoria Park |
| 15:00 | Fraser Lindsay | Hetherington | Attendance: 3,065 Referee: Mike Roncone |
| 11 August 20182 | Dunfermline Athletic | 1–3 | Ross County | East End Park |
| 15:00 | Vincent Longridge Ashcroft | [1] | Mullin Watson Gardyne | Attendance: 4,949 Referee: Craig Thomson |
| 25 August 20183 | Greenock Morton | 2–1 | Ross County | Cappielow |
| 15:00 | Buchanan Tidser McHugh | [2] | Gardyne Cowie Vigurs | Attendance: 1,994 Referee: Greg Aitken |
| 1 September 20184 | Ross County | 2–0 | Falkirk | Victoria Park |
| 15:00 | Morris Lindsay McManus Vigurs | [3] | Muirhead Kidd Harrison | Attendance: 3,564 Referee: Nick Walsh |
| 15 September 20185 | Queen of the South | 0–0 | Ross County | Palmerston Park |
| 15:00 | Jacobs | Vigurs | Attendance: 1,509 Referee: Steven Maclean |
| 22 September 20186 | Ross County | 0–0 | Inverness CT | Victoria Park |
| 15:00 | Kelly | [4] | Donaldson | Attendance: 6,402 Referee: Willie Collum |
| 29 September 20187 | Dundee United | 1–5 | Ross County | Tannadice Park |
| 15:00 | Safranko Curran Murdoch | [5] | McKay Morris Watson Kelly Mullin | Attendance: 4,446 Referee: John Beaton |
| 6 October 20188 | Partick Thistle | 0–2 | Ross County | Firhill Stadium |
| 15:00 | Bannigan Keown Elliott Erskine | [6] | Mullin McKay Draper | Attendance: 2,784 Referee: Nick Walsh |
| 20 October 20189 | Ross County | 2–1 | Ayr United | Victoria Park |
| 15:00 | Morris McKay Mullin Watson Demetriou Keillor-Dunn | [7] | Shankland Moore | Attendance: 3,140 Referee: Steven McLean |
| 27 October 201810 | Ross County | 5–0 | Greenock Morton | Victoria Park |
| 15:00 | McKay Keillor-Dunn Graham | [8] | Telfer | Attendance: 3,481 Referee: Steven Reid |
| 30 October 201811 | Falkirk | 1–1 | Ross County | Falkirk Stadium |
| 19:45 | Draper Muirhead Robson | [9] | Graham Vigurs | Attendance: 3,767 Referee: Euan Anderson |
| 3 November 201812 | Inverness CT | 2–2 | Ross County | Caledonian Stadium |
| 15:00 | Oakley Rooney Calder Walsh | [10] | Lindsay Mackay Vigurs | Attendance: 4,353 Referee: Kevin Clancy |
| 10 November 201813 | Ross County | 0–1 | Dundee United | Victoria Park |
| 15:00 | Mullin Kelly | [11] | Watson McMullan Fyvie Murdoch Rabitsch | Attendance: 4,565 Referee: Alan Newlands |
| 24 November 201814 | Ross County | 2–1 | Dunfermline Athletic | Victoria Park |
| 15:00 | McKay Lindsay | Report | Higginbotham Vincent Longridge Ashcroft | Attendance: 3,121 Referee: Alan Muir |
| 1 December 201815 | Alloa Athletic | 0–1 | Ross County | Recreation Park |
| 15:00 | Flannigan Zanatta | [12] | Grivosti Watson | Attendance: 592 Referee: Greg Aitken |
| 8 December 201816 | Ross County | 1–1 | Queen of the South | Victoria Park |
| 15:00 | Fraser Mullin | Report | Norman Stirling | Attendance: 3,305 Referee: Mike Roncone |
| 15 December 201817 | Ayr United | 3–3 | Ross County | Somerset Park |
| 15:00 | Shankland Geggan Bell | [13] | Mullin Demetriou Mckay Cowie Lindsay | Attendance: 2,030 Referee: Bobby Madden |
| 22 December 201818 | Ross County | 2–0 | Partick Thistle | Victoria Park |
| 15:00 | Mckay Draper Stewart | Bannigan Scobbie | Attendance: 3,467 Referee: Colin Steven |
| 29 December 201819 | Ross County | 2–1 | Inverness CT | Victoria Park |
| 15:00 | Mckay Stewart Graham | [14] | White Rooney | Attendance: 6,313 Referee: Andrew Dallas |
| 4 January 201920 | Greenock Morton | 1–0 | Ross County | Cappielow |
| 19:45 | Tidser McHugh Waddell Iredale Millar | [15] | Fraser Gardyne | Attendance: 1,537 Referee: Willie Collum |
| 12 January 201921 | Queen of the South | 4–0 | Ross County | Palmerston Park |
| 15:00 | Dobbie Doyle Maguire | [16] | Gardyne Spence Mullin | Attendance: 1,386 Referee: Steven Reid |
| 26 January 201922 | Ross County | 2–0 | Alloa Athletic | Victoria Park |
| 15:00 | McManus Spence Lindsay | Attendance: 3,521 Referee: Steven Kirkland |
| 2 February 201923 | Dunfermline Athletic | 1–2 | Ross County | East End Park |
| 15:00 | Craigen Devine Anderson Smith Higginbotham | [17] | Mckay Lindsay Gardyne Spence van der Weg | Attendance: 4,347 Referee: Barry Cook |
| 23 February 201924 | Partick Thistle | 2–4 | Ross County | Firhill Stadium |
| 15:00 | Fitzpatrick Elliott | [18] | Stewart Lindsay McKay | Attendance: 3,007 Referee: Gavin Duncan |
| 26 February 201925 | Ross County | 3–2 | Ayr United | Victoria Park |
| 19:45 | McKay | [19] | Shankland Murdoch | Attendance: 3,489 Referee: Nick Walsh |
| 9 March 201926 | Ross County | 2–0 | Greenock Morton | Victoria Park |
| 15:00 | Mullin Graham | [20] | Attendance: 3,110 Referee: Greg Aitken |
| 12 March 201927 | Ross County | 2–1 | Falkirk | Victoria Park |
| 19:45 | Graham Watson Grivosti | [21] | McShane | Attendance: 3,148 Referee: Steven Kirkland |
| 19 March 201928 | Dundee United | 1–0 | Ross County | Tannadice Park |
| 19:45 | Butcher Connolly Clark | [22] | Stewart Lindsay | Attendance: 4,290 Referee: Willie Collum |
| 30 March 201929 | Alloa Athletic | 1–0 | Ross County | Recreation Park |
| 15:00 | Zanatta | [23] | Attendance: 697 Referee: Colin Steven |
| 2 April 201930 | Inverness CT | 1–2 | Ross County | Caledonian Stadium |
| 19:05 | Tremarco Trafford | [24] | Mullin Boyle | Attendance: 3,795 Referee: Nick Walsh |
| 5 April 201931 | Ross County | 1–1 | Dundee United | Victoria Park |
| 19:05 | Lindsay | [25] | Pavol Šafranko | Attendance: 3,550 Referee: Steven McLean |
| 9 April 201832 | Ross County | 1–0 | Dunfermline Athletic | Victoria Park |
| 19:45 | Grivosti | [26] | Attendance: 3,222 Referee: Don Robertson |
| 13 April 201933 | Ross County | 0–0 | Partick Thistle | Victoria Park |
| 15:00 | Kelly | Gordon | Attendance: 4,031 Referee: Gavin Duncan |
| 19 April 201934 | Ayr United | 1–3 | Ross County | Somerset Park |
| 19:05 | Miller Harvie | [27] | Graham Gardyne | Attendance: 1,692 Referee: Euan Anderson |
| 26 April 201835 | Ross County | 4–0 | Queen of the South | Victoria Park |
| 19:05 | Stewart Graham Mullin Gardyne | [28] | Wilson Dykes | Attendance: 4,805 Referee: John Beaton |
| 4 May 201936 | Falkirk | 3–2 | Ross County | Falkirk Stadium |
| 15:00 | Rudden McKenna McGhee | [29] | Stewart Vigurs | Attendance: 4,682 Referee: Steven McLean |
| 14 July 2018Group A | Ross County | 2–0 | Elgin City | Victoria Park |
| 15:00 | McManus Mullin Morris | Report | Miller McLeish | Attendance: 1,270 Referee: Alan Newlands |
| 17 July 2018Group A | Ross County | 1–0 | Dundee United | Victoria Park |
| 19:45 | Draper Lindsay | Sky Report United Report | Stanton Smith | Attendance: 1,532 Referee:Willie Collum |
| 25 July 2018Group A | Arbroath | 4–1 | Ross County | Gayfield Park |
| 19:45 | McKenna Hamilton Hester | P&J Report | Mckay Dingwall Vigurs Draper | Attendance: 496 Referee: Steven Kirkland |
| 28 July 2018Group A | Alloa Athletic | 0–2 | Ross County | Recreation Park |
| 15:00 | Karadachki Trouten | Report | McManus Morris Dow Paton | Attendance: 431 Referee: Ryan Lee |
| 18 August 2018Second round | Hibernian | 3–2 | Ross County | Easter Road |
| 15:00BST | Gray Mallan Horgan Whittaker | Report | Vigurs Gardyne Draper Morris Mullin Cowie | Attendance: 7,452 Referee: Kevin Clancy |
| 14 August 2018First round | Heart of Midlothian Colts | 1–2 | Ross County | Tynecastle Park |
| 19:45 | Keena Cochrane | Report | Mckay Dow Dingwall | Attendance: 344 Referee: Gavin Duncan |
| 8 September 2018Second round | Ross County | 5–0 | Raith Rovers | Victoria Park |
| 15:00 | Graham Lindsay | Report | Gillespie | Attendance: 790 Referee: John Beaton |
| 13 October 2018Third round | Ross County | 3–1 | Montrose | Victoria Park |
| 15:00 | Ross Stewart Davis Keillor-Dunn | [30] | Johnston | Attendance: 1,122 Referee: Craig Napier |
| 17 November 2018Quarter-finals | Motherwell Colts | 1–2 | Ross County | Fir Park |
| 15:00 | Rodriguez Livingstone Mbulu Watson | [31] | Demetriou Stewart Draper | Attendance: 1,209 Referee: David Munro |
| 15 February 2019Semi-finals | Ross County | 2–1 | East Fife | Victoria Park |
| 19:45 | Armstrong McManus | [32] | Dowds | Attendance: 1,283 Referee: Alan Newlands |
| 23 March 2019Final | Ross County | 3–1 | Caledonian Stadium | |
| 16:30 | Mullin Lindsay | Report | Bakare | Attendance: 3,057 Referee:Alan Muir |
| 19 January 2019Fourth round | Motherwell | 1–2 | Ross County | Fir Park |
| 15:00 | Hastie | Report | Graham Draper | Attendance: 3,869 Referee: Steven McLean |
| 11 February 2019Fifth round | Ross County | 2–2 | Inverness CT | Victoria Park |
| 19:15 | Stewart Watson Mullin | [33] | Doran Welsh McKay Chalmers | Referee: John Beaton |
| 19 February 2019 | Inverness CT | 2–2 (a.e.t.) (5–4p) | Ross County | Inverness |
| 19:45 | White | Report | Stadium:Caledonian Stadium Attendance: 3,608 Referee:John Beaton | |
| Penalties | ||||
As of 4 May 2019
| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Total | Championship | League Cup | Scottish Cup | Challenge Cup | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||||
| 1 | GK | Scott Fox | 45 | 0 | 36 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
| 2 | DF | Marcus Fraser (c) | 36 | 1 | 26 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | |
| 3 | DF | Sean Kelly | 27 | 1 | 19+1 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
| 4 | DF | Liam Fontaine | 13 | 0 | 8+1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | |
| 5 | DF | Callum Morris | 19 | 1 | 12 | 0 | 4+1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | |
| 6 | MF | Ross Draper | 35 | 0 | 23+1 | 0 | 3+1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 0 | |
| 7 | FW | Michael Gardyne | 35 | 4 | 19+6 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1+1 | 0 | |
| 8 | MF | Jamie Lindsay | 48 | 9 | 34+1 | 6 | 4+1 | 1 | 2+1 | 0 | 4+1 | 2 | |
| 9 | FW | Billy Mckay | 34 | 20 | 22+2 | 17 | 3+1 | 1 | 2+1 | 0 | 2+1 | 2 | |
| 10 | FW | Declan McManus | 45 | 4 | 12+20 | 2 | 4+1 | 1 | 1+2 | 0 | 4+1 | 1 | |
| 11 | MF | Iain Vigurs | 19 | 2 | 13+2 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
| 12 | DF | Andy Boyle | 15 | 1 | 9+2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | |
| 14 | MF | Josh Mullin | 40 | 14 | 29+2 | 9 | 3+1 | 2 | 1+1 | 1 | 2+1 | 2 | |
| 15 | DF | Keith Watson | 35 | 3 | 27 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
| 16 | MF | Lewis Spence | 18 | 0 | 11+3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | |
| 18 | DF | Callum Semple | 4 | 0 | 2+2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 19 | FW | Brian Graham | 38 | 14 | 12+18 | 8 | 0+1 | 0 | 2+1 | 2 | 4 | 4 | |
| 21 | GK | Ross Munro | 6 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | |
| 24 | MF | Harry Paton | 7 | 1 | 0+4 | 0 | 0+1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | |
| 26 | MF | Don Cowie | 33 | 2 | 21+8 | 2 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | |
| 27 | FW | Ross Stewart | 32 | 10 | 17+6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 1+2 | 1 | 5+1 | 3 | |
| 28 | DF | Kenny van der Weg | 17 | 0 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | |
| 31 | MF | Daniel Armstrong | 8 | 1 | 3+3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1+1 | 1 | |
| 41 | GK | Joe Williams | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 43 | FW | James Wallace | 3 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | |
| 44 | DF | Tom Grivosti | 19 | 1 | 12+5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | |
| 46 | MF | Jack Murray | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | |
| 48 | DF | Tom Kelly | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | |
| 49 | MF | Mark Gallagher | 3 | 0 | 0+2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | |
| 50 | FW | Joel MacBeath | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Players who left the club during the season | |||||||||||||
| 12 | DF | Stelios Demetriou | 15 | 0 | 8+1 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | |
| 16 | MF | Dylan Dykes | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
| 17 | MF | Davis Keillor-Dunn | 16 | 3 | 6+5 | 1 | 0+2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | |
| 18 | FW | Ryan Dow | 7 | 0 | 0+2 | 0 | 2+2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
| 20 | FW | Greg Morrison | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | |
| 22 | MF | Tony Dingwall | 8 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3+1 | 0 | |
| 23 | FW | Russell Dingwall | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | |
| 40 | MF | Ross Maciver | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | |
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Promotion, qualification or relegation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ross County(C, P) | 36 | 21 | 8 | 7 | 63 | 34 | +29 | 71 | Promotion to thePremiership |
| 2 | Dundee United | 36 | 19 | 8 | 9 | 49 | 40 | +9 | 65 | Qualification for thePremiership play-off semi-final |
| 3 | Inverness Caledonian Thistle | 36 | 14 | 14 | 8 | 48 | 40 | +8 | 56 | Qualification for thePremiership play-off quarter-final |
| 4 | Ayr United | 36 | 15 | 9 | 12 | 50 | 38 | +12 | 54 | |
| 5 | Greenock Morton | 36 | 11 | 13 | 12 | 36 | 45 | −9 | 46 |
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | PW | PL | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | ROS | ARB | ALO | DUN | ELG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ross County(Q) | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 4 | +2 | 9 | Qualification for theSecond round | — | — | — | 1–0 | 2–0 | |
| 2 | Arbroath | 4 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 6 | +3 | 8 | 4–1 | — | — | — | 2–0 | ||
| 3 | Alloa Athletic | 4 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 5 | +3 | 8 | 0–2 | 4–2 | — | — | — | ||
| 4 | Dundee United | 4 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 3 | +3 | 5 | — | 1–1p | 1–1p | — | — | ||
| 5 | Elgin City | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 11 | −11 | 0 | — | — | 0–3 | 0–4 | — |