2022–23 Ross County F.C. season

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.

Ross County

2022–23 season
Chairman	Roy MacGregor
Manager	Malky Mackay
Ground	Victoria Park Dingwall, Ross-shire (Capacity: 6,541)
Scottish Premiership	11th
Scottish Cup	Fourth round
Scottish League Cup	Round of 16
Top goalscorer	League: Jordan White (11 goals) All: Jordan White (11 goals)
Highest home attendance	6,690 vs Celtic (2 April 2023)
Lowest home attendance	726 vs East Fife (23 July 2022)
Home colours Away colours
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Results & fixtures

  Win   Draw   Loss   Postponed

Pre-season and friendlies

Brora Rangers v Ross County

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

Scottish Premiership

Main article: 2022–23 Scottish Premiership

Heart of Midlothian v Ross County

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

Ross County v Celtic

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

St Mirren v Ross County

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

Ross County v Kilmarnock

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

Rangers v Ross County

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

Ross County v Aberdeen

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

St Johnstone v Ross County

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

Ross County v Hibernian

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

Ross County v Motherwell

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

Livingston v Ross County

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

Ross County v Dundee United

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

Kilmarnock v Ross County

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

Ross County v Heart of Midlothian

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

Ross County v St Mirren

5 November 2022 14	Ross County	3–2	St Mirren	Dingwall
15:00	White 10' Tillson 56' Harmon 60'		Strain 13' O'Hara 45+2'	Stadium: Victoria Park Attendance: 3,589 Referee: John Beaton

Hibernian v Ross County

8 November 2022 15	Hibernian	0–2	Ross County	Edinburgh
19:45			Harmon 45+2' Iacovitti 78'	Stadium: Easter Road Attendance: 13,930 Referee: Alan Muir

Celtic v Ross County

12 November 2022 16	Celtic	2–1	Ross County	Glasgow
15:00	Turnbull 62' Hakšabanović 68'		Cancola 50' (pen.)	Stadium: Celtic Park Attendance: 58,391 Referee: David Munro

Ross County v St Johnstone

17 December 2022 17	Ross County	1–2	St Johnstone	Dingwall
15:00	White 22' Baldwin  61'		Crawford 77', 79'	Stadium: Victoria Park Attendance: 4,393 Referee: Graham Grainger

Ross County v Rangers

23 December 2022 18	Ross County	0–1	Rangers	Dingwall
19:30			Lundstram 35',	Stadium: Victoria Park Attendance: 6,051 Referee: Don Robertson

Dundee United v Ross County

28 December 2022 19	Dundee United	3–0	Ross County	Dundee
19:45	Randall 9' (o.g.) Mulgrew 70' Sibbald 90+6'		Edwards  65'  85'	Stadium: Tannadice Park Attendance: 8,249 Referee: Chris Graham

Aberdeen v Ross County

2 January 2023 20	Aberdeen	0–0	Ross County	Aberdeen
15:00				Stadium: Pittodrie Attendance: 14,356 Referee: Matthew MacDermid

Ross County v Livingston

7 January 2023 21	Ross County	0–2	Livingston	Dingwall
15:00			Anderson 67', 70'	Stadium: Victoria Park Attendance: 3,083 Referee: William Collum

Motherwell v Ross County

14 January 2023 22	Motherwell	1–1	Ross County	Motherwell
15:00	McKinstry 68'		Hiwula 80'	Stadium: Fir Park Attendance: 4,574 Referee: David Dickinson

Ross County v Kilmarnock

28 January 2023 23	Ross County	3–0	Kilmarnock	Dingwall
15:00	Brophy 13' White 48' Dhanda 63'			Stadium: Victoria Park Attendance: 3,794 Referee: Chris Graham

Ross County v Hibernian

31 January 2023 24	Ross County	1–1	Hibernian	Dingwall
19:45	Dhanda 73'	Report	Youan 31'	Stadium: Victoria Park Attendance: 3,074 Referee: Graham Grainger

Rangers v Ross County

4 February 2023 25	Rangers	2–1	Ross County	Glasgow
15:00	Tillman 45+2' Barišić 75'		White 65'	Stadium: Ibrox Stadium Attendance: 49,115 Referee: Euan Anderson

St Mirren v Ross County

18 February 2023 26	St Mirren	1–0	Ross County	Paisley
15:00	Gallagher 7'		Edwards  90+3'	Stadium: St Mirren Park Attendance: 5,634 Referee: Graham Grainger

Ross County v Dundee United

25 February 2023 27	Ross County	4–0	Dundee United	Dingwall
15:00	Brophy 6', 70' Dhanda 14' White 62'			Stadium: Victoria Park Attendance: 4,922 Referee: Steven McLean

Ross County v Motherwell

4 March 2023 28	Ross County	0–2	Motherwell	Dingwall
15:00	Baldwin  70'		van Veen 74', 88'	Stadium: Victoria Park Attendance: 4,091 Referee: Don Robertson

Livingston v Ross County

18 March 2023 29	Livingston	2–1	Ross County	Livingston
15:00	Nouble 37' Devlin 38'		Murray 69'	Stadium: Tony Macaroni Arena Attendance: 1,283 Referee: William Collum

Ross County v Celtic

2 April 2023 30	Ross County	0–2	Celtic	Dingwall
12:00			Jota 45+5' (pen.) Bernabei 90+5'	Stadium: Victoria Park Attendance: 6,690 Referee: William Collum

St Johnstone v Ross County

8 April 2022 31	St Johnstone	0–2	Ross County	Perth
15:00			Murray 45' Cancola 49'	Stadium: McDiarmid Park Attendance: 3,027 Referee: Alan Muir

Ross County v Aberdeen

14 April 2023 32	Ross County	0–1	Aberdeen	Dingwall
19:45			Duk 17'	Stadium: Victoria Park Attendance: 6,619 Referee: Euan Anderson

Heart of Midlothian v Ross County

22 April 2023 33	Heart of Midlothian	6–1	Ross County	Edinburgh
12:30	Cochrane 17' Ginnelly 22', 56' Shankland 28', 45+7' (pen.)		Edwards 85' (pen.)	Stadium: Tynecastle Park Attendance: 18,316 Referee: Don Robertson

Ross County v Livingston

6 May 2023 34	Ross County	2–0	Livingston	Dingwall
15:00	Iacovitti 40' Samuel 60'		Guthrie  81'	Stadium: Victoria Park Attendance: 3,129 Referee: David Dickinson

Dundee United v Ross County

13 May 2023 35	Dundee United	1–3	Ross County	Dundee
15:00	McGrath 24' (pen.)		White 1', 57', 72'	Stadium: Tannadice Park Attendance: 10,138 Referee: John Beaton

Motherwell v Ross County

20 May 2023 36	Motherwell	1–0	Ross County	Motherwell
15:00	van Veen 90+9' (pen.)		Edwards  85'  90+1'	Stadium: Fir Park Attendance: 5,289 Referee: Euan Anderson

Ross County v St Johnstone

24 May 2023 37	Ross County	3–3	St Johnstone	Dingwall
19:45	Dhanda 54' (pen.) White 69' Baldwin 90'		May 22', 51' (pen.) McGowan 90+5'	Stadium: Victoria Park Attendance: 4,700 Referee: Nick Walsh

Kilmarnock v Ross County

28 May 2023 38	Kilmarnock	3–1	Ross County	Kilmarnock
15:00	Lyons 36' Armstrong 49' (pen.) Vassell 78'		Dhanda 63' (pen.)	Stadium: Rugby Park Attendance: 8,301 Referee: Kevin Clancy

Premiership play-offs

Partick Thistle v Ross County

1 June 2023 Final 1st Leg	Partick Thistle	2–0	Ross County	Glasgow
20:00	Fitzpatrick 9' Graham 45'			Stadium: Firhill Stadium Attendance: 7,291 Referee: David Munro

Ross County v Partick Thistle

4 June 2023 Final 2nd Leg	Ross County	3–1 (a.e.t.) (3–3 agg.) (5–4 p)	Partick Thistle	Dingwall
16:30	Dhanda 71' (pen.) Murray 72' Harmon 90'		Fitzpatrick 43'	Stadium: Victoria Park Attendance: 4,533 Referee: Nick Walsh
	Penalties
	Dhanda Murray White Baldwin Harmon Watson Sims		Muirhead Holt Turner Graham McMillan Bannigan Docherty

Scottish League Cup

Main article: 2022–23 Scottish League Cup

Group stage

Buckie Thistle v Ross County

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

Ross County v Dunfermline Athletic

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

Alloa Athletic v Ross County

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

Ross County v East Fife

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

Knockout phase

Ross County v Celtic

31 August 2022 Second round	Ross County	1–4	Celtic	Dingwall
19:45	Iacovitti 68'		McGregor 21' Giakoumakis 25' Maeda 73' Forrest 90'	Stadium: Victoria Park Attendance: 4,801 Referee: Willie Collum

Scottish Cup

Main article: 2022–23 Scottish Cup

Hamilton Academical v Ross County

21 January 2023	Hamilton Academical	0–0 (a.e.t.) (5–3 p)	Ross County	Hamilton
15:00				Stadium: New Douglas Park Attendance: 783 Referee: Grant Irvine
	Penalties
	Zanatta Winter McGowan Martin Ryan		White Loturi Cancola Akio

Squad statistics

^[1][2]

Captains

No.	Pos	Nat	Name	No of games	Notes
15	DF		Keith Watson	24	Club Captain
5	DF		Jack Baldwin	19
6	DF		Alex Iacovitti	3

Appearances

No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Total		Premiership		Scottish Cup		League Cup		Play-offs
				Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
1	GK	SCO	Ross Laidlaw	43	0	38	0	1	0	2	0	2	0
2	DF	ENG	Connor Randall	31	0	23+1	0	1	0	3+1	0	2	0
3	DF	ENG	Ben Purrington	18	1	11	0	0	0	5	1	1+1	0
4	MF	AUT	David Cancola	37	2	22+8	2	0+1	0	1+3	0	1+1	0
5	DF	ENG	Jack Baldwin	34	1	27+2	1	1	0	2	0	2	0
6	DF	SCO	Alex Iacovitti	41	4	36	3	0	0	5	1	0	0
7	FW	ENG	Owura Edwards	36	5	15+14	3	1	0	3+2	2	1	0
8	MF	SCO	Ross Callachan	28	1	17+7	1	1	0	3	0	0	0
9	FW	ENG	Dominic Samuel	15	1	3+8	0	0	0	2+2	1	0	0
10	MF	ENG	Yan Dhanda	37	6	23+7	5	1	0	3+1	0	2	1
11	MF	ENG	Josh Sims	27	1	10+10	0	0+1	0	4+1	1	0+1	0
14	MF	CAN	Victor Loturi	33	1	20+7	0	0+1	0	2+1	1	2	0
15	DF	SCO	Keith Watson	34	0	19+9	0	1	0	3	0	1+1	0
16	DF	ENG	George Harmon	36	3	28+2	2	1	0	1+2	0	2	1
17	FW	SCO	Simon Murray	16	3	5+9	2	0	0	0	0	0+2	1
19	FW	ENG	Jordy Hiwula	27	4	10+11	1	1	0	3+2	3	0	0
21	GK	SCO	Ross Munro	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0
22	MF	ENG	Jordan Tillson	32	1	19+9	1	0	0	2	0	1+1	0
24	MF	CAN	Ben Paton	11	0	3+4	0	0	0	2+2	0	0	0
25	FW	WAL	Alex Samuel	13	1	3+7	1	0+1	0	0	0	2	0
26	FW	SCO	Jordan White	45	11	33+5	11	0+1	0	3+1	0	2	0
27	FW	SCO	Eamonn Brophy	8	3	8	3	0	0	0	0	0	0
29	MF	WAL	Gwion Edwards	5	0	4+1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
30	DF	SCO	Dylan Smith	14	0	5+8	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
34	FW	ENG	George Robesten	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
35	DF	SCO	Zach MacPhee	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
36	MF	SCO	Jamie Williamson	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0+1	0
42	MF	LBR	Nohan Kenneh	19	0	13+3	0	1	0	0	0	1+1	0
49	FW	ENG	Josh Stones	6	0	0+6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Players who left the club during the season
12	DF	ENG	Callum Johnson	21	0	14+4	0	0	0	2+1	0	0	0
17	FW	BEL	Kazeem Olaigbe	25	2	7+12	0	1	0	1+4	2	0	0
18	FW	SSD	William Akio	14	1	2+10	1	0+1	0	0+1	0	0	0
20	MF	SCO	Adam Mackinnon	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
23	FW	SCO	Matthew Wright	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
28	MF	SCO	Ryan MacLeman	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
31	GK	ENG	Jake Eastwood	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0
32	DF	SCO	Connall Ewan	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
33	MF	SCO	Andrew Macleod	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
41	GK	SCO	Logan Ross	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

Goalscorers

Rank	No.	Nat.	Po.	Name	Premiership	Scottish Cup	League Cup	Play-offs	Total
1	26		FW	Jordan White	11	0	0	0	11
2	10		MF	Yan Dhanda	5	0	0	1	6
3	7		FW	Owura Edwards	3	0	2	0	5
4	6		DF	Alex Iacovitti	3	0	1	0	4
	19		FW	Jordy Hiwula	1	0	3	0
6	27		FW	Eamonn Brophy	3	0	0	0	3
	17		FW	Simon Murray	2	0	0	1
	16		DF	George Harmon	2	0	0	1
9	4		MF	David Cancola	2	0	0	0	2
	17		FW	Kazeem Olaigbe	0	0	2	0
11	26		FW	William Akio	1	0	0	0	1
	25		FW	Alex Samuel	1	0	0	0
	8		MF	Ross Callachan	1	0	0	0
	22		MF	Jordan Tillson	1	0	0	0
	5		DF	Jack Baldwin	1	0	0	0
	9		FW	Dominic Samuel	0	0	1	0
	11		MF	Josh Sims	0	0	1	0
	14		MF	Victor Loturi	0	0	1	0
	3		DF	Ben Purrington	0	0	1	0
Total					37	0	12	3	52
As of 4 June 2023

Team statistics

League table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation[a]
8	Livingston	38	13	7	18	36	60	−24	46
9	St Johnstone	38	12	7	19	41	59	−18	43
10	Kilmarnock	38	11	7	20	37	62	−25	40
11	Ross County (O)	38	9	7	22	37	60	−23	34	Qualification for the Premiership play-off final
12	Dundee United (R)	38	8	7	23	40	70	−30	31	Relegation to Championship

Source: ^[3][4]
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).^[5]
(O) Play-off winners; (R) Relegated
Notes:

1. 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	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: ^[6]
Rules for classification: 1) goal difference, 2) goals scored, 3) away goals scored, 4) matches won, 5) away matches won, 6) drawing of lots.^[7]

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]
13 January 2023	Nohan Kenneh	Hibernian	Loan[18]
24 January 2023	Josh Stones	Wigan Athletic	Loan[19]
25 January 2023	Eamonn Brophy	St Mirren	Loan[20]
31 January 2023	Simon Murray	Queen's Park	Undisclosed[21]
2 February 2023	Gwion Edwards	Wigan Athletic	Loan[22]

Out

Date	Player	To	Fee
26 May 2022	Coll Donaldson	Falkirk	Free[23]
27 May 2022	Blair Spittal	Motherwell	Free[24]
8 June 2022	Regan Charles-Cook	KAS Eupen	Free[25]
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
1 October 2022	Ben Williamson	Rothes	Free
6 January 2023	Logan Ross	Brora Rangers	Loan
6 January 2023	Andrew Macleod	Brora Rangers	Loan
13 January 2023	Callum Johnson	Mansfield Town	Undisclosed[26]
26 January 2023	Matthew Wright	Falkirk	Loan[27]
27 January 2023	Adam Mackinnon	Montrose	Loan[28]
28 January 2023	William Akio	Raith Rovers	Loan[29]
1 April 2023	Harry Paton	Motherwell	Free[30]