2016–17 Ross County F.C. season

Ross County
2016–17 season
Chairman	Roy MacGregor
Manager	Jim McIntyre
Stadium	Victoria Park
Premiership	Seventh place
League Cup	Group Stage
Scottish Cup	Fifth round
Top goalscorer	League: Liam Boyce (23); All: Liam Boyce (24)
Highest home attendance	6,590 vs Rangers; Premiership; 6 November 2016
Lowest home attendance	722 vs Cove Rangers; League Cup; 30 July 2016
Average home league attendance	4,103
Home colours	Away colours
	← 2015–16 2017–18 →

The 2016–17 season was the club's 4th season in the Scottish Premiership and their fifth consecutive appearance in the top flight of Scottish football. Ross County also competed in the Scottish Cup and the League Cup, having won the League Cup the previous year for the first time in their history.^[2]

Season summary

County were unable to retain the trophy after being knocked out of the Group Stages in a new format introduced by the SPFL.^[3] County U20s won the Development League, managed by Stuart Kettlewell.^[4] Liam Boyce finished the season on 23 league goals and was the top goalscorer in the Scottish Premiership.^[5]

Results and fixtures

Win Draw Loss Postponed

Pre-season

5 July 2016^[6] Friendly	Paksi FC	1–3	Ross County	Budapest, Hungary
18:00	Kovács 41'	1	Schalk 15', 32' Graham 79'	Stadium: Globall Sport Complex

8 July 2016^[6] Friendly	Soroksár SC	1–1	Ross County	Budapest, Hungary
18:00	Koós 9'	2	Irvine 45'	Stadium: Globall Sport Complex

Scottish Premiership

6 August 2016 1	Ross County	1–3	Dundee	Victoria Park
15:00	Curran 67'	Report	Loy 13', 41' (pen.) McGowan 62'	Attendance: 3,669 Referee: Madden

13 August 2016 2	Inverness Caledonian Thistle	2–3	Ross County	Tulloch Caledonian Stadium
15:00	Boden 45' Draper 65'	Report	Boyce 7', 26', 47'	Attendance: 4,204 Referee: Dallas

20 August 2016 3	Ross County	2–0	Kilmarnock	Victoria Park
15:00	Boyce 29', 74'	Report		Attendance: 3,263 Referee: Walsh

27 August 2016 4	Hamilton Academical	1–0	Ross County	New Douglas Park
15:00	Imrie 74'	Report		Attendance: 1,609 Referee: Aitken

10 September 2016 5	Ross County	1–1	Motherwell	Victoria Park
15:00	Boyce 61' McEveley 24' 70'	Report	Moult 41' (pen.)	Attendance: 3,019 Referee: Muir

17 September 2016 6	Rangers	0–0	Ross County	Ibrox Stadium
15:00		Report		Attendance: 47,935 Referee: Aitken

24 September 2016 7	Heart of Midlothian	0–0	Ross County	Tynecastle Stadium
15:00	Rherras 55' Djoum 87'	BBC Report SPFL Report	Woods 50' Dingwall 57' McShane 81' 83' Fraser 90'	Attendance: 16,321 Referee: Muir

1 October 2016 8	Ross County	0–2	St Johnstone	Victoria Park
15:00	Woods 90+3'	BBC Report SPFL Report	Swanson 42' (pen.) Kane 73' Foster 90+2'	Attendance: 3,299 Referee: Allan

15 October 2016 9	Aberdeen	4–0	Ross County	Pittodrie Stadium
15:00	Hayes 20' Logan 32' Reynolds 67' McGinn 68' Stockley 78'	Report SPFL Report	Fraser 12' Chow 21' Davies 73'	Attendance: 10,091 Referee: Thomson

22 October 2016 10	Partick Thistle	1–1	Ross County	Firhill Stadium
15:00	Welsh 20' Azeez 58'	BBC Report SPFL Report	Davies 12' Curran 50' Dow 90+3' Burke 90+5'	Attendance: 3,777 Referee: Robertson

26 October 2016 11	Ross County	0–4	Celtic	Victoria Park
19:45	Dow 64' McEveley 86'	BBC Sport SPFL Report	Roberts 3' Armstrong 83' Griffiths 44' Gordon 73' Sinclair 90+1' Dembélé 90+3'	Attendance: 6,290 Referee: Muir

22 October 2016 12	Motherwell	4–1	Ross County	Fir Park
15:00	McDonald 8' van der Weg 32' (o.g.) Heneghan 49' Tait 51' Ainsworth 62'	BBC Report SPFL Report	van der Weg 39' Quinn 53' Schalk 78'	Attendance: 3,177 Referee: Walsh

6 November 2016 13	Ross County	1–1	Rangers	Victoria Park
12:00	McEveley 11' Davies 26' Chow 61' Dow 76' Dingwall 78' Routis 82' Burke 86'	BBC Report SPFL Report	Hill 8' Holt 67' Waghorn 74'	Attendance: 6,590 Referee: Dallas

19 November 2016 14	St Johnstone	2–4	Ross County	McDiarmid Park
15:00	Anderson 4' Paton 55' Foster 62' Swanson 65' (pen.) MacLean 80'	BBC Report SPFL Report	McEveley 24' 65' Routis 38' van der Weg 45+4' Curran 63' Boyce 83'	Attendance: 2,554 Referee: Beaton

26 November 2016 15	Ross County	1–1	Hamilton Academical	Victoria Park
15:00	Boyce 39'	BBC Report	Crawford 77'	Attendance: 3,275 Referee: Thomson

3 December 2016 16	Ross County	2–2	Heart of Midlothian	Victoria Park
15:00	McEveley 43' Boyce 86' (pen.)	BBC Report	Djoum 66' Paterson 67'	Attendance: 4,042 Referee: Collum

10 December 2016 17	Dundee	0–0	Ross County	Dens Park
15:00		BBC Report		Attendance: 4,742 Referee: Anderson

17 December 2016 18	Ross County	2–1	Aberdeen	Victoria Park
15:00	Boyce 26' Dow 88'	BBC Report SPFL Report	McGinn 68'	Attendance: 4,467 Referee: Thomson

23 December 2016 19	Ross County	1–3	Partick Thistle	Victoria Park
19:45	Boyce 83'	BBC Report SPFL Report	Lindsay 50' Doolan 62' Erskine 78'	Attendance: 2,935 Referee: Beaton

28 December 2016 20	Celtic	2–0	Ross County	Celtic Park
15:00	Sviatchenko 38' Armstrong 45+1'	BBC Sport SPFL Report		Attendance: 55,355 Referee: Walsh

31 December 2016 21	Ross County	3–2	Inverness Caledonian Thistle	Victoria Park
15:00	Boyce 2', 35' Woods 61'	BBC Report SPFL Report	Tremarco 28' Fisher 81'	Attendance: 5,111 Referee: Madden

28 January 2017 22	Kilmarnock	3–2	Ross County	Rugby Park
15:00	Boyd 1' Dicker 61' Longstaff 90'	BBC Sport SPFL Report	Routis 7' Schalk 11'	Attendance: 3,207 Referee: Barry Cook

31 January 2017 23	Ross County	1–2	Motherwell	Victoria Park
15:00	McEveley 34'	BBC Report SPFL Report	McDonald 28' Moult 54'	Attendance: 2,511 Referee: McLean

4 February 2017 24	Rangers	1–1	Ross County	Ibrox Stadium
15:00	Wallace 71'	BBC Report SPFL Report	Schalk 18'	Attendance: 49,428 Referee: Don Robertson

18 February 2017 25	Ross County	1–2	St Johnstone	Victoria Park
15:00	Curran 73' O'Brien 76'	BBC Report	McEveley 31' (o.g.) Kane 90+1'	Attendance: 3,187 Referee: Beaton

25 February 2017 26	Aberdeen	1–0	Ross County	Pittodrie Stadium
15:00	Reynolds 27' Rooney 69'	BBC Report SPFL Report	Gardyne 23'	Attendance: 11,774 Referee: Collum

1 March 2017 27	Heart Of Midlothian	0–1	Ross County	Tynecastle Stadium
19:45	Struna 16'	BBC Report	Chow 15' Schalk 51' Boyce 68'	Attendance: 15,470 Referee: Muir

11 March 2017 28	Ross County	1–2	Kilmarnock	Victoria Park
15:00	Boyce 38' 58' van der Weg 74' Curran 79' Chow 80'	BBC Report	Sammon 46' Boyd 85' Roberts 32' Hendrie 64' Taylor 79'	Attendance: 3,380 Referee: Nick Walsh

18 March 2017 29	Inverness Caledonian Thistle	1–1	Ross County	Tulloch Caledonian Stadium
15:00	Tansey 48' Tremarco 88'	BBC Report	Naismith 52' Schalk 86'	Attendance: 4,123 Referee: Crawford Allan

1 April 2017 30	Partick Thistle	2–1	Ross County	Firhill Stadium
15:00	Doolan 64', 79' 65' Edwards 68' Lawless 74'	BBC Report	Curran 58' Fraser 84'	Attendance: 3,149 Referee: Collum

4 April 2017 31	Ross County	2–1	Dundee	Victoria Park
19:45	Chow 7' Davies 25' O'Brien 56' 81' Boyce 90' (pen.) Curran 90+1'	BBC Report	O'Dea 26' 45' (pen.) O'Hara 90+1' Williams 52' 90+2'	Attendance: 2,819 Referee: Beaton

8 April 2017 32	Hamilton Academical	1–1	Ross County	New Douglas Park
15:00	Donati 3' Bingham 15' McMann 37' Skondras 45' Devlin 57'	BBC Report	Curran 60'	Attendance: 1,548 Referee: McLean

16 April 2017 33	Ross County	2–2	Celtic	Victoria Park
12:30	Gardyne 40' 50' O'Brien 76' Boyce 90' (pen.) 90+1' Davies 90+3'	BBC Report	Tierney 34' Roberts 78' Šimunović 88' Brown 90+2'	Attendance: 6,205 Referee: Don Robertson

28 April 2017 34	Ross County	4–0	Inverness Caledonian Thistle	Victoria Park
19:45	O'Brien 10' Boyce 21', 34', 49' (pen.), 60' (pen.) Chow 53'	BBC Report	Vigurs 49' Polworth 60'	Attendance: 4,928 Referee: Thomson

6 May 2017 35	Motherwell	0–1	Ross County	Fir Park
15:00		BBC Report	van der Weg 44' O'Brien 61' Routis 72'	Attendance: 3,870 Referee: Madden

13 May 2017 36	Dundee	1–1	Ross County	Dens Park
15:00	McGowan 62' Vincent 63' O'Dea 76' (pen.) 77'	BBC Report	Boyce 4' Fraser 33' Woods 54' Gardyne 65' O'Brien 69' Curran 76' Tumilty 90+4'	Attendance: 6,812 Referee: Nick Walsh

16 May 2017 37	Ross County	3–2	Hamilton Academical	Victoria Park
19:45	Gardyne 3' Matthews 31' (o.g.) O'Brien 89' Franks 90+1' Boyce 90+3'	BBC Report	Bingham 26' Longridge 8' MacKinnon 13' Templeton 75' Imrie 90' Skondras 90+3'	Attendance: 4,871 Referee: Alan Muir

20 May 2017 38	Kilmarnock	1–2	Ross County	Rugby Park
15:00	Sammon 10' (pen.) Smith 41' Dicker 67'	BBC Report	Boyce 21', 34'	Attendance: 3,951 Referee: Madden

League Cup

16 July 2016^[7] Group D^[7]	Montrose	0–1	Ross County	Links Park
15:00		SPFL Report	Graham 86' (pen.)	Attendance: 557 Referee: Charleston

23 July 2016 Group D	Ross County	1–1 (3–4 p)	Raith Rovers	Victoria Park
15:00	Graham 75' (pen.)	SPFL Report	Čikoš 18' (o.g.)	Attendance: 1,173 Referee: McKendrick
	Penalties
	Schalk Graham Gardyne Routis McEveley McShane		Benedictus Stewart Callachan Thomson McManus McHattie

26 July 2016 Group D	Alloa Athletic	3–2	Ross County	Recreation Park
19:30	Kirkpatrick 2' Robertson 11' Waters 72'	SPFL report	Graham 14' Schalk 21'	Attendance: 319 Referee: Finnie

30 July 2016 Group D	Ross County	7–0	Cove Rangers	Victoria Park
15:00	Schalk 24', 49' Graham 46', 56', 89' Curran 65', 81'	SPFL Report		Attendance: 722 Referee: Mat Northcroft

Scottish Cup

21 January 2017 Fourth round	Ross County	6–2	Dundee United	Victoria Park
15:00	Routis 6' 76' Quinn 16' Chow 28' Boyce 30' O'Brien 90+2'	Report	Andreu 13' 35' 45+2' Telfer 15' Fraser 39'	Attendance: 2,440 Referee: Kevin Clancy

11 February 2017 Fifth round	Ross County	0–1	Aberdeen	Victoria Park
15:00		Report	Logan 87'	Attendance: 4,671 Referee: Madden

Squad statistics

Appearances

No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Total		Premiership		League Cup		Scottish Cup
No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
1	GK	SCO	Scott Fox	40	0	35	0	3	0	2	0
2	DF	SCO	Marcus Fraser	35	0	33	0	0	0	2	0
3	DF	SCO	Jason Naismith	16	0	14+2	0	0	0	0	0
4	DF	FRA	Christopher Routis	34	5	23+7	3	2+1	0	1	2
5	DF	SCO	Jay McEveley	29	3	20+3	3	4	0	2	0
6	MF	IRL	Jim O'Brien	18	1	8+8	0	0	0	1+1	1
7	FW	SCO	Michael Gardyne	38	2	28+5	2	4	0	1	0
8	MF	SCO	Martin Woods	35	1	27+2	1	4	0	2	0
9	FW	SCO	Ryan Dow	24	1	13+10	1	0	0	1	0
10	FW	NIR	Liam Boyce	41	24	35	23	4	0	2	1
11	FW	ENG	Craig Curran	38	7	25+8	5	1+3	2	0+1	0
12	MF	TPE	Tim Chow	32	2	26+4	1	0	0	2	1
15	DF	ENG	Andrew Davies	34	1	31	1	2	0	1	0
16	MF	SCO	Tony Dingwall	17	0	4+11	0	0+2	0	0	0
17	FW	ENG	Jonathan Franks	19	1	9+8	1	1+1	0	0	0
18	MF	SCO	Ian McShane	10	0	5+2	0	2+1	0	0	0
19	MF	ENG	Oscar Gobern	1	0	0	0	0	0	0+1	0
22	MF	SCO	Chris Burke	6	1	4+2	1	0	0	0	0
23	FW	NED	Alex Schalk	38	8	15+17	5	3+1	3	2	0
27	FW	SVK	Milan Lalkovic	8	0	2+4	0	0	0	0+2	0
28	DF	NED	Kenny van der Weg	38	0	29+4	0	3	0	2	0
31	GK	IRL	Aaron McCarey	5	0	3+1	0	1	0	0	0
41	GK	ENG	Mark Foden	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
43	DF	SCO	Paul Quinn	19	1	16	0	2	0	1	1
50	MF	ENG	Davis Keillor-Dunn	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
52	DF	SCO	Reghan Tumilty	9	0	2+6	0	0	0	0+1	0
53	FW	SCO	Greg Morrison	5	0	1+4	0	0	0	0	0
57	MF	SCO	Blair Malcolm	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0
58	FW	SCO	Russell Dingwall	1	0	0+1	0	0	0	0	0
63	MF	SCO	Dylan Dykes	2	0	0+2	0	0	0	0	0
Players who left the club during the 2016–17 season
3	DF	SVK	Erik Čikoš (contract terminated by mutual consent)	7	0	5	0	2	0	0	0
6	DF	SCO	Chris Robertson (contract terminated)	3	0	0	0	2+1	0	0	0
12	DF	SCO	Richard Foster (joined St Johnstone)	3	0	1	0	2	0	0	0
19	FW	SCO	Brian Graham (joined Hibernian)	5	6	1	0	2+2	6	0	0
20	DF	SCO	Scott Boyd (joined Kilmarnock)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
44	DF	SCO	Christopher McLaughlin (loaned to Forfar Athletic)	1	0	0+1	0	0	0	0	0

Goalscorers

Ranking	Number	Name	Scottish Premiership	League Cup	Scottish Cup	Total
1	10	Liam Boyce	23	0	1	24
2	23	Alex Schalk	5	3	0	8
3	11	Craig Curran	5	2	0	7
4	19	Brian Graham	0	6	0	6
5	4	Christopher Routis	3	0	2	5
6	5	Jay McEveley	3	0	0	3
7	7	Michael Gardyne	2	0	0	2
=	12	Tim Chow	1	0	1	2
9	6	Jim O'Brien	0	0	1	1
=	8	Martin Woods	1	0	0	1
=	9	Ryan Dow	1	0	0	1
=	15	Andrew Davies	1	0	0	1
=	17	Jonathan Franks	1	0	0	1
=	22	Chris Burke	1	0	0	1
=	43	Paul Quinn	0	0	1	1
		Own Goal	1	0	0	1
TOTALS			48	11	6	65

Disciplinary record

Number	Nation	Position	Name
Number	Nation	Position	Name	Premiership		League Cup		Scottish Cup		Total
1		GK	Scott Fox	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
2		DF	Marcus Fraser	4	0	0	0	1	0	5	0
3		DF	Jason Naismith	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
4		DF	Christopher Routis	6	0	0	0	0	0	6	0
5		DF	Jay McEveley	9	1	1	0	0	0	10	1
6		MF	Jim O'Brien	6	1	0	0	0	0	6	1
7		FW	Michael Gardyne	4	0	1	0	0	0	5	0
8		MF	Martin Woods	6	0	0	0	0	0	6	0
9		FW	Ryan Dow	4	0	0	0	0	0	4	0
10		FW	Liam Boyce	7	0	1	0	1	0	9	0
11		FW	Craig Curran	6	0	0	0	0	0	6	0
12		DF	Tim Chow	8	1	0	0	1	0	9	1
12		DF	Richard Foster	1	0	2	0	0	0	3	0
15		DF	Andrew Davies	7	0	0	0	1	0	8	0
16		MF	Tony Dingwall	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	0
18		MF	Ian McShane	0	1	1	0	0	0	1	1
19		FW	Brian Graham	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	0
22		MF	Chris Burke	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
23		FW	Alex Schalk	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
23		FW	Milan Lalkovic	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
28		DF	Kenny van der Weg	4	1	0	0	0	0	4	1
43		DF	Paul Quinn	3	0	1	0	0	0	4	0
52		DF	Reghan Tumilty	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
			TOTALS	83	5	8	0	4	0	95	5

Team statistics

League table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
5	Heart of Midlothian	38	12	10	16	55	52	+3	46
6	Partick Thistle	38	10	12	16	38	54	−16	42

7	Ross County	38	11	13	14	48	58	−10	46
8	Kilmarnock	38	9	14	15	36	56	−20	41
9	Motherwell	38	10	8	20	46	69	−23	38

Source: Scottish Premiership, Soccerway
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored; 4) Play-off (only if deciding champion, UEFA competitions qualification and second stage group allocation).^[8]
Notes:

^ Teams played each other three times (33 matches), before the league split into two groups (the top six and the bottom six) for the last five matches.

Transfers

In

Date	Player	From	Fee
25 May 2016	Erik Čikoš	Slovan Bratislava	Free^[9]
25 May 2016	Aaron McCarey	Wolverhampton Wanderers	Free^[9]
25 May 2016	Christopher Routis	Bradford City	Free^[9]
25 May 2016	Kenny van der Weg	NAC Breda	Free^[9]
24 June 2016	Jay McEveley	Sheffield United	Free^[10]
25 August 2016	Tim Chow	Wigan Athletic	Free^[11]
9 September 2016	Ryan Dow	Dundee United	Free^[12]
27 September 2016	Chris Burke	Nottingham Forest	Free^[13]
18 January 2017	Jason Naismith	St. Mirren	Undisclosed^[14]
18 January 2017	Jim O'Brien	Shrewsbury Town	Loan^[14]
20 January 2017	Oscar Gobern	Mansfield Town	Free^[15]
20 January 2017	Milan Lalkovic	Portsmouth	Loan^[15]

Out

Date	Player	To	Fee
14 June 2016	Stewart Murdoch	Dundee United	Free^[16]
15 July 2016	Jackson Irvine	Burton Albion	£300,000^[17]^[18]
19 August 2016	Richard Foster	St Johnstone	Free^[19]
21 August 2016	Brian Graham	Hibernian	Free^[20]
31 August 2016	Scott Boyd	Kilmarnock	Loan^[21]
2 September 2016	Chris Robertson	AFC Wimbledon	Free^[22]
17 January 2017	Erik Čikoš	Monopoli	Free^[23]
30 January 2017	Christopher McLaughlin	Forfar Athletic	Loan^[24]
31 January 2017	Scott Boyd	Kilmarnock	Free^[25]

Notes and references

^ "Scottish Premiership 2016/2017 Home Average Attendance".
^ "Motherwell and Rangers to meet in Scottish League Cup group stage". STV Sport. Archived from the original on 30 May 2016. Retrieved 2 June 2016.
^ "Scottish League Cup: Alloa 3-2 Ross County". BBC Sport. 26 July 2016.
^ "Ross County youth coach Stuart Kettlewell targets first team spots for his stars". BBC Sport. 5 May 2017.
^ "Ross County have no interest in selling Liam Boyce - Jim McIntyre". BBC Sport. 21 May 2017.
^ ^a ^b "Ross County FC Pre-Season Plans". Ross County FC. Retrieved 20 July 2015.
^ ^a ^b "Betfred Cup 2016/2017 Fixtures". spfl.co.uk.
^ "Premiership 2016/2017 - Season rules". Scoresway. Retrieved 1 September 2016.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d "Ross County bring in four new signings on free transfers". BBC Sport. 25 May 2016. Retrieved 12 January 2017.
^ "Jay McEveley joins Ross County after Sheffield United exit". BBC Sport. 24 June 2016. Retrieved 12 January 2017.
^ "Tim Chow: Ross County sign Wigan Athletic midfielder". BBC Sport. 25 August 2016. Retrieved 12 January 2017.
^ "Ryan Dow signs on at Ross County until the end of the season". Ross County FC. 9 September 2016. Retrieved 12 January 2017.
^ "Ross County sign Scotland winger Chris Burke". BBC Sport. 27 September 2016. Retrieved 12 January 2017.
^ ^a ^b "Ross County sign Jason Naismith for fee and Jim O'Brien on loan". BBC Sport. 18 January 2017. Retrieved 25 January 2017.
^ ^a ^b "Ross County: Staggies sign midfielders Gobern and Lalkovic". BBC Sport. 20 January 2017. Retrieved 25 January 2017.
^ "Dundee United sign Stewart Murdoch after Ross County exit". BBC Sport. 14 June 2016. Retrieved 12 January 2017.
^ "Jackson Irvine: Burton Albion sign Ross County midfielder". BBC Sport. 15 July 2016. Retrieved 12 January 2017.
^ "Nigel Clough: Jackson Irvine has a 'worrying' likeness to Robbie Savage". BBC Sport. 18 July 2016. Retrieved 12 January 2017.
^ "Foster joins Saints - signings update". SPFL. 19 August 2016. Retrieved 12 January 2017.
^ "Graham joins Hibernian". SPFL. 21 August 2016. Retrieved 12 January 2017.
^ "Kilmarnock sign Ross County's Scott Boyd on loan". BBC Sport. 31 August 2016. Retrieved 12 January 2017.
^ "Chris Robertson: AFC Wimbledon sign former Ross County centre-back". BBC Sport. 2 September 2016. Retrieved 12 January 2017.
^ "Erik Cikos leaves Ross County to pursue 'exciting opportunity'". BBC Sport. 17 January 2017. Retrieved 25 January 2017.
^ "Ross County FC Transfer News Christopher McLaughlin completes Development loan to Forfar Athletic". rosscountyfootballclub. 30 January 2017. Archived from the original on 29 June 2018. Retrieved 18 March 2017.
^ "Kilmarnock secure deals for Conor Sammon, Scott Boyd and Joshua Umerah". BBC Sport. 31 January 2017. Retrieved 3 February 2017.

[8] Teams played each other three times (33 matches), before the league split into two groups (the top six and the bottom six) for the last five matches.

[1] "Scottish Premiership 2016/2017 Home Average Attendance".

[2] "Motherwell and Rangers to meet in Scottish League Cup group stage". STV Sport. Archived from the original on 30 May 2016. Retrieved 2 June 2016.

[3] "Scottish League Cup: Alloa 3-2 Ross County". BBC Sport. 26 July 2016.

[4] "Ross County youth coach Stuart Kettlewell targets first team spots for his stars". BBC Sport. 5 May 2017.

[5] "Ross County have no interest in selling Liam Boyce - Jim McIntyre". BBC Sport. 21 May 2017.

[Pre-Season_Friendly_2-6] "Ross County FC Pre-Season Plans". Ross County FC. Retrieved 20 July 2015.

[spfl.co.uk-7] "Betfred Cup 2016/2017 Fixtures". spfl.co.uk.

[9] "Premiership 2016/2017 - Season rules". Scoresway. Retrieved 1 September 2016.

[ReferenceA-10] "Ross County bring in four new signings on free transfers". BBC Sport. 25 May 2016. Retrieved 12 January 2017.

[11] "Jay McEveley joins Ross County after Sheffield United exit". BBC Sport. 24 June 2016. Retrieved 12 January 2017.

[12] "Tim Chow: Ross County sign Wigan Athletic midfielder". BBC Sport. 25 August 2016. Retrieved 12 January 2017.

[13] "Ryan Dow signs on at Ross County until the end of the season". Ross County FC. 9 September 2016. Retrieved 12 January 2017.

[14] "Ross County sign Scotland winger Chris Burke". BBC Sport. 27 September 2016. Retrieved 12 January 2017.

[ReferenceB-15] "Ross County sign Jason Naismith for fee and Jim O'Brien on loan". BBC Sport. 18 January 2017. Retrieved 25 January 2017.

[ReferenceC-16] "Ross County: Staggies sign midfielders Gobern and Lalkovic". BBC Sport. 20 January 2017. Retrieved 25 January 2017.

[17] "Dundee United sign Stewart Murdoch after Ross County exit". BBC Sport. 14 June 2016. Retrieved 12 January 2017.

[18] "Jackson Irvine: Burton Albion sign Ross County midfielder". BBC Sport. 15 July 2016. Retrieved 12 January 2017.

[19] "Nigel Clough: Jackson Irvine has a 'worrying' likeness to Robbie Savage". BBC Sport. 18 July 2016. Retrieved 12 January 2017.

[20] "Foster joins Saints - signings update". SPFL. 19 August 2016. Retrieved 12 January 2017.

[21] "Graham joins Hibernian". SPFL. 21 August 2016. Retrieved 12 January 2017.

[22] "Kilmarnock sign Ross County's Scott Boyd on loan". BBC Sport. 31 August 2016. Retrieved 12 January 2017.

[23] "Chris Robertson: AFC Wimbledon sign former Ross County centre-back". BBC Sport. 2 September 2016. Retrieved 12 January 2017.

[24] "Erik Cikos leaves Ross County to pursue 'exciting opportunity'". BBC Sport. 17 January 2017. Retrieved 25 January 2017.

[25] "Ross County FC Transfer News Christopher McLaughlin completes Development loan to Forfar Athletic". rosscountyfootballclub. 30 January 2017. Archived from the original on 29 June 2018. Retrieved 18 March 2017.

[26] "Kilmarnock secure deals for Conor Sammon, Scott Boyd and Joshua Umerah". BBC Sport. 31 January 2017. Retrieved 3 February 2017.

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