2013–14 Ross County F.C. season

The 2013–14 season was Ross County's first season in the newly formed Scottish Premiership and their second consecutive season in the top flight of Scottish football. Ross County also competed in the Scottish Cup and the League Cup.

Ross County
2013–14 season
ChairmanRoy MacGregor
ManagerDerek Adams
StadiumVictoria Park
PremiershipSeventh Place
League CupSecond Round
Scottish CupFourth Round
Top goalscorerLeague: Melvin de Leeuw (9)
All: Melvin de Leeuw (9)
Highest home attendance5,982 vs. Celtic, Premiership, 9 November 2013
Lowest home attendance2,213 vs. Hibernian, Scottish Cup, 30 November 2013
Average home league attendance3,806

Summary edit

Season edit

Ross County finished seventh in the Scottish Premiership with 40 points.[1] They reached the second round of the League Cup, losing to Stranraer,[2] and the fourth round of the Scottish Cup, losing to Hibernian.[3]

Results and fixtures edit

  Win  Draw  Loss  Postponed

Pre season / Friendlies edit

Manchester United XI
20 July 2013 Friendly Ross County 2 – 2 Manchester United XI Victoria Park
Luckassen 5'
Cooper 57'
ReportPetrucci 35'
Tunnicliffe 64'
Den Bosch v Ross County
23 July 2013 Friendly Den Bosch 1 – 0 Ross County Amsterdam
16:00Zeldenrust 87'ReportBrittain  79'
PEC Zwolle v Ross County
26 July 2013 Friendly PEC Zwolle 5 – 1 Ross County MAC³PARK Stadion, Amsterdam
16:00Benson 21'
Saymak 27'
Fernandez 55' 62'
Nijland 76'
ReportSproule 26'

Scottish Premiership edit

3 August 2013 1 Celtic 2 – 1 Ross County Celtic Park
15:00Stokes 28', 87'BBCMaatsen 3'Attendance: 45,705
Referee: Willie Collum
10 August 2013 2 Ross County 1 – 3 Partick Thistle Victoria Park
17:15Carey 71'BBCDoolan 18'
Lawless 52', 59'
Attendance: 3,331
Referee: Alan Muir
17 August 2013 3 St. Johnstone 4 – 0 Ross County McDiarmid Park
15:00Hasselbaink 14'
Wotherspoon 18'
May 50'
MacKay 62'
BBCAttendance: 2,833
Referee: Brian Colvin
24 August 2013 4 Ross County 3 – 0 St. Mirren Victoria Park
15:00Kettlewell 9'
Brittain 24' 57'
BBCAttendance: 3,142
Referee: Calum Murray
31 August 2013 5 Hibernian 0 – 0 Ross County Easter Road
15:00BBCAttendance: 9,569
Referee: Iain Brines
15 September 2013 6 Ross County 2 – 4 Dundee United Victoria Park
12:45Sproule 72'
Quinn 76'
BBCMackay-Steven 18' (pen.)
Armstrong 20'
Gauld 40'
Çiftçi 65'
Attendance: 3,005
Referee: Brian Colvin
21 September 2013 7 Ross County 2 – 1 Heart of Midlothian Victoria Park
15:00de Leeuw 89'
Brittain 90'
BBCPaterson 24'Attendance: 4,059
Referee: Euan Norris
28 September 2013 8 Motherwell 3 – 1 Ross County Fir Park
15:00Sutton 54' 68'
McHugh 77'
Reportde Leeuw 30'Attendance: 4,263
Referee: Bobby Madden
5 October 2013 9 Ross County 1 – 0 Aberdeen Victoria Park
15:00Quinn 52'BBCAttendance: 5,290
Referee: Crawford Allan
19 October 2013 10 Kilmarnock 2 – 0 Ross County Rugby Park
15:00Boyd 17'
Irvine 70'
BBCAttendance: 3,5,82
Referee: Stephen Finnie
9 November 2013 11 Ross County 1 – 4 Celtic Victoria Park
12:45Sproule 68'BBCVan Dijk 41' 53'
Ledley 70' 73'
Attendance: 5,982
Referee: Kevin Clancy
17 November 2013 12 St Mirren 2 – 1 Ross County St Mirren Park
15:00McLean 35'
Newton 51'
BBCSaunders 67'Attendance: 4,205
Referee: Willie Collum
23 November 2013 13 Heart of Midlothian 2 – 2 Ross County Tynecastle Park
15:00Paterson 28'
Stevenson 89'
BBCCarey 23'
de Leeuw 50'
Attendance: 12,508
Referee: Crawford Allan
7 December 2013 14 Ross County 1 – 2 Kilmarnock Victoria Park
15:00Kettlewell 33'BBCJohnston 7'
Boyd 43'
Attendance: 2,937
Referee: Bobby Madden
14 December 2013 15 Ross County 1 – 2 Motherwell Victoria Park
15:00de Leeuw 62'BBCSutton 15' 17'Attendance: 2,792
Referee: Crawford Allan
21 December 2013 16 Dundee United 1 – 0 Ross County Tannadice Park
15:00Mackay-Steven 69'BBCAttendance: 8,029
Referee: Iain Brines
26 December 2013 17 Ross County 0 – 2 Hibernian Victoria Park
15:00BBCNelson 18'
Forster 56'
Attendance: 3,383
Referee: Brian Colvin
29 December 2013 18 Aberdeen 1 – 0 Ross County Pittodrie Stadium
15:00Low 2'BBC SportAttendance: 11,602
Referee: Calum Murray
4 January 2014 20 Ross County 1 – 0 St. Johnstone Victoria Park
15:00Carey 88'BBCAttendance: 3,305
Referee: Euan Norris
11 January 2014 21 Partick Thistle 3 – 3 Ross County Firhill Stadium
15:00Taylor 28' 39'
Lawless 47'
BBCKiss 23' 76'
Gordon 50'
Kettlewell  84'
Attendance: 3,539
Referee: Bobby Madden
18 January 2014 22 Ross County 3 – 0 Dundee United Victoria Park
15:00Kiss 42' 74'
Arquin 69'
BBC SportAttendance: 3,609
Referee: Craig Charleston
25 January 2015 23 Ross County 1 – 2 Heart of Midlothian Victoria Park
15:00Songo'o 45'BBCPaterson 37'
Robinson 80'
Attendance: 4,016
Referee: Kevin Clancy
1 February 2014 24 Kilmarnock 2 – 2 Ross County Rugby Park
15:00Boyd 47' 90'BBCArquin 30'
Songo'o 36'
Kiss  76'
Attendance: 3,372
Referee: Crawford Allan
15 February 2014 25 Hibernian 2 – 1 Ross County Easter Road
15:00Stanton 10'
Taiwo 24'
BBCBrittain 59'Attendance: 8,411
Referee: Bobby Madden
22 February 2014 26 Ross County 2 – 1 St. Mirren Victoria Park
15:00Arquin 38'
de Leeuw 83'
BBCMcGinn 66'Attendance: 3,394
Referee: Willie Collum
25 February 2014 27 Ross County 0 – 3 Inverness Caledonian Thistle Victoria Park
19:45BBCRaven 8'
McKay 40'
Watkins 78'
Attendance: 4,805
Referee: Calum Murray
1 March 2014 28 Ross County 1 – 1 Partick Thistle Victoria Park
15:00Brittain 14'BBCHigginbotham 9'Attendance: 3,441
Referee: Craig Thomson
15 March 2014 29 St. Johnstone 0 – 1 Ross County McDiarmid Park
15:00BBCde Leeuw 29'Attendance: 2,213
Referee: Bobby Madden
22 March 2014 30 Motherwell 2 – 1 Ross County Fir Park
15:00McFadden 47'
Sutton 60'
BBCSongo'o 82'Attendance: 4,080
Referee: Iain Brines
25 March 2014 31 Ross County 1 – 1 Aberdeen Victoria Park
19:45de Leeuw 35'BBCRooney 77'Attendance: 3,775
Referee: Brian Colvin
29 March 2014 32 Celtic 1 – 1 Ross County Celtic Park
15:00Commons 35'BBCde Leeuw 16'Attendance: 49,270
Referee: John Beaton
4 April 2014 33 Ross County 1 – 2 Inverness Caledonian Thistle Victoria Park
19:45Kiss 49'BBCDoran 45'
McKay 79'
Attendance: 4,433
Referee: Calum Murray
19 April 2014 34 Heart of Midlothian 2 – 0 Ross County Tynecastle Park
15:00Hamill 65' (pen.)  70'
Carrick 90'
BBCAttendance: 13,692
Referee: Willie Collum
26 April 2014 35 Ross County 2 – 1 Kilmarnock Victoria Park
15:00Kiss 41'
Brittain 77' (pen.)
BBCBoyd 88'Attendance: 3,401
Referee: Kevin Clancy
3 May 2014 36 St Mirren 1 – 0 Ross County St Mirren Park
15:00Wylde 79'BBCAttendance: 4,414
Referee: Craig Thomson
6 May 2014 37 Ross County 1 – 0 Hibernian Victoria Park
19:45Brittain 77' (pen.)BBCAttendance: 3,850
Referee: John Beaton
10 May 2014 38 Partick Thistle 2 – 3 Ross County Firhill Stadium
15:00Taylor 51'
Moncur 73'
BBCSlew 22'
Arquin 48'
de Leeuw 77'
Attendance: 4,390
Referee: Bobby Madden

Scottish League Cup edit

27 August 2013 Second Round Stranraer 3 – 2 Ross County Stair Park
19:45Winter 65'
Aitken 65' (pen.)
Grehan 82'
BBCBrittain 45' (pen.)
Mustafi 79'
Attendance: 215

Scottish Cup edit

30 November 2013 Fourth Round Ross County 0 – 1 Hibernian Victoria Park
15:00BBCHandling 31'Attendance: 2,213

Squad statistics edit

Appearances edit

As of 11 May 2014[4]
No.PosNatPlayerTotalPremiershipLeague CupScottish Cup
AppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
1GK  SCOMark Brown30028+001+001+00
2DF  SVKErik Čikoš14014+000+000+00
3DF  ENGBen Gordon29125+310+001+00
4MF  SCOStuart Kettlewell27222+321+001+00
5DF  SCOScott Boyd29127+110+001+00
7MF  SVKFilip Kiss17617+060+000+00
8MF  SCORichard Brittain36834+071+011+00
10MF  SCORocco Quinn31220+921+001+00
11FW  NEDMelvin de Leeuw35919+1490+101+00
12MF  SCOMichael Tidser16015+100+000+00
14MF  NEDDarren Maatsen1212+810+100+10
15FW  SCOGary Glen1604+1100+001+00
16MF  SCOAlex Cooper1715+1210+000+00
18MF  NEDMarc Klok604+200+000+00
20GK  SCOMichael Fraser10010+000+000+00
21DF  NIRBrian McLean28025+101+001+00
22DF  SCOSteven Saunders1314+810+000+10
23MF  IRLGraham Carey38331+531+001+00
24MF  SCOTony Dingwall000+000+000+00
25FW  ENGJordan Slew20117+310+000+00
26DF  GREVangelis Oikonomou15015+000+000+00
27FW  MTQYoann Arquin16414+240+000+00
28DF  CMRYann Songo'o17317+030+000+00
42GK  SCOSean McCarthy000+000+000+00
Players who left the club during the 2013–14 season
2DF  SUIMihael Kovačević15013+001+000+10
6DF  SUIBranislav Mićić1008+100+001+00
7MF  NIRIvan Sproule1127+321+000+00
9FW  SUIOrhan Mustafi812+500+110+00
12DF  SCOGrant Munro705+101+000+00
17FW  SCOSteven Ross1005+500+000+00
19FW  NEDKevin Luckassen1609+501+001+00

Team statistics edit

League table edit

PosTeamPldWDLGFGAGDPtsQualification or relegation
5Inverness Caledonian Thistle38169134444057
6St Johnstone38158154842+653Qualification for the Europa League second qualifying round[a]
7Ross County38117204462−1840
8St Mirren38109193958−1939
9Kilmarnock38116214566−2139
Source: SPFL Archive
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
Notes:
  1. ^ St Johnstone, as winners of the 2013–14 Scottish Cup, qualified for the Europa League second qualifying round.


Division summary edit

Round1234567891011121314151617181920212223242526272829303132333435363738
GroundAHAHAHHAHAHAAHHAHAAHAHHAAHHHAAHAHAHAHA
ResultLLLWDLWLWLLLDLLLLLWWDWLDLWLDWLDDLLWLWW
Position910119999999910101011111111111111111011111110119999911101097
Source: [5]
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Transfers edit

References edit

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  28. ^ "A homecoming for 'Jimmy' Scott". livingstonfc.co.uk. Livingston F.C. 26 July 2013. Retrieved 23 April 2020.
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