Ross County F.C. records and statistics

Ross County Football Club are a Scottish professional association football club based in Dingwall. Ross County joined the Highland Football League in 1929, and then were one of two clubs voted into the Scottish Professional Football League System in 1994.

The club's record appearance maker is Michael Gardyne, who has made Over 400 appearances through four spells at the club. Gordon Connelly is County's all time goal scorer, scoring 101 goals.

This list encompasses the major honours won by Ross County, records set by the club, their managers and their players. The player records section includes details of the club's leading goalscorers and those who have made most appearances in first-team competitions. It also records notable achievements by Ross County players on the international stage, and the highest transfer fees paid and received by the club. Attendance records are also included in the list.

Honours

League

• First Division/Championship (second tier)
  • Winners (2): 2011–12, 2018–19
• Second Division (third tier)
  • Winners (1): 2007–08
• Third Division (fourth tier)
  • Winners (1): 1998–99
• Highland Football League
  • Winners (3): 1966–67, 1990–91, 1991–92
  • Runners-up (2): 1967–68, 1972–73
• North Caledonian Football League
  • Winners (2): 1965–66, 1996–97

Cup

• Scottish Cup
  • Runners-up (1): 2009–10
• Scottish League Cup:
  • Winners (1): 2015–16
• Challenge Cup
  • Winners (3): 2006–07, 2010–11, 2018–19
  • Runners-up (2): 2004–05, 2008–09
• Qualifying Cup (North)
  • Winners (1): 1993–94
  • Runners-up (5): 1933–34, 1965–66, 1969–70, 1972–73, 1973–74
• North of Scotland Cup
  • Winners (6): 1929–30, 1969–70, 1971–72, 1991–92, 2006–07, 2018–19
• Highland League Cup
  • Winners (4): 1949–50, 1968–69, 1978–79, 1991–92

Youth

• SPFL Development League (Under-20)
  • Winners (1): 2016–17

Player records

Individual Records

• Most Appearance Holder: Michael Gardyne (444)
• Record Goalscorer: Michael Gardyne (73)
• Most Goals in a season (all competitions): Andrew Barrowman (29)
• Most Goals in a season (league): Andrew Barrowman (24)
• Most Clean Sheets: Nicky Walker (54)
• Most Hat-Tricks: Liam Boyce (5)

Most appearances

As of 16 April 2024

#	Name	Career	Apps	Goals
1	Michael Gardyne	2006–2007, 2008–2012, 2014–2015, 2015–2021	444	73
2	Scott Boyd	2007–2008, 2008–2017	306	12
3	Mark McCulloch	2002–2009	288	8
4	Richard Brittain	2008–2015	269	50
5	Don Cowie	2000–2007, 2018–2020	249	29
6	Iain Vigurs	2009–2013, 2018–2021	238	29
7	Sean Higgins	2002–2009	220	59
8	Steven Ferguson	1996–2003	220	54
9	Marcus Fraser	2015–2020	197	4
10	Paul Lawson	2007–2013	190	17
11	Martin Scott	2006–2011, 2012–2013	189	9
12	Kenny Gilbert	1996–2003	183	4
13	David MacKay	1994–2001	177	2
14	Ian Maxwell	1998–2002	171	5
15	Hugh Robertson	2000–2004	160	16
16	Billy Herd	1994–1999	154	5
17	Stuart Kettlewell	2009–2014	154	10
18	Ross Laidlaw	2019–	151	0
19	Brian Irvine	1999–2003	150	18
20	Gary Miller	2007–2012	150	3
21	David Winters	1996–2003	148	42
22	Stuart Golabek	1995–1999, 2007–2009	147	10
23	Scott Fox	2014–2019	147	0
24	Alex Keddie	2006–2010	146	10

Source: ^[1]

Top goalscorers

As of 16 April 2024

#	Name	Career	Apps	Goals	Ratio
1	Michael Gardyne	2006–2007, 2008–2012, 2014–2015, 2015–2021	444	73	0.16
2	Sean Higgins	2002–2009	220	59	0.27
3	Derek Adams	1996–1998, 2006–2009	134	55	0.41
4	Liam Boyce	2014–2017	115	55	0.48
5	Steven Ferguson	1996–2003	220	54	0.25
6	Richard Brittain	2008–2015	269	50	0.19
7	Andrew Barrowman	2007–2008, 2010–2011	94	45	0.48
8	Alex Bone	2000, 2000–2003	105	44	0.42
9	David Winters	2003, 2003–2006, 2008–2008	148	42	0.28
10	Billy McKay	2017–2021	126	41	0.33
11	Brian Graham	2015–2016, 2018–2020	97	37	0.38
12	Steven Craig	2008–2012	123	33	0.27
13	Alex Schalk	2015–2018	108	30	0.28
14	Don Cowie	2000–2007, 2018–2020	249	30	0.12
15	Craig Curran	2014–2018	118	29	0.25
16	Iain Vigurs	2009–2013, 2018–2021	238	29	0.12
17	Gary Wood	1996–2000	80	28	0.35
18	Ross Stewart	2018–2021	82	28	0.34
19	Neil Tarrant	1997–1999, 2001-2002	60	27	0.45
20	Jordan White	2021–	135	27	0.20
21	Brian Grant	1994–1996	84	26	0.31
22	Simon Murray	2023–	55	21	0.47
23	Jamie MacPherson	1994–1999	65	21	0.32
24	Colin McMenamin	2011–2013	60	21	0.35
25	John Rankin	2003–2006	124	21	0.17

Source: ^[2]

Clean Sheets

As of 21 March 2024

#	Name	Career	Apps	Clean Sheets	Ratio
1	Nicky Walker	1997–2001	137	54	0.39
2	Tony Bullock	2001–2003, 2007–2009	145	41	0.28
3	Scott Fox	2014–2019	147	38	0.26
4	Ross Laidlaw	2019–	151	37	0.25
5	Michael McGovern	2009–2011	96	32	0.33
6	Steve Hutchison	1994–1998	98	30	0.31
7	Michael Fraser	2011–2014	77	25	0.32
8	Mark Brown	2012–2015	71	17	0.24
9	Colin Stewart	2003–2005	47	13	0.28
10	Stuart Garden	2004–2006	52	9	0.17

Source: ^[3]

Club captains

Name	Dates	Notes
Jim Lauchlan	2004–2006
Don Cowie	2006–2007
Richard Brittain	2009–2015
Andrew Davies	2015–2018
Marcus Fraser	2018–2020
Iain Vigurs	2020–2021
Keith Watson	2021–2023
Jack Baldwin	2023–

Team of the Decade

In January 2020 Ross County Twitter put out a poll to fans to decide on the team of the 2010s. The Results were as follows:

• GK: Scott Fox
• DF: Marcus Fraser
• DF: Andrew Davies
• DF: Scott Boyd
• DF: Evangelos Ikonomou
• MF: Richard Brittain
• MF: Jackson Irvine
• MF: Iain Vigurs
• MF: Michael Gardyne
• FW: Liam Boyce
• FW: Alex Schalk

Source: ^[4]

International players

This is a list of former and current players who have played at full international level while with the club and the year of their first International cap while at the club.

• 2001 Richard Hastings
• 2006 Sean Webb
• 2010 Michael McGovern
• 2010 Atli Gregersen
• 2013 André Hainault
• 2014 Yoann Arquin
• 2014 Filip Kiss
• 2014 Erik Čikoš
• 2015 Liam Boyce
• 2015 Jackson Irvine
• 2017 Tim Chow
• 2018 Mattias Käit
• 2021 Regan Charles-Cook
• 2023 Nohan Kenneh
• 2023 William Akio
• 2023 Victor Loturi
• Most Caps while at Club: Liam Boyce, Atli Gregersen, Yoann Arquin, Richard Hastings (6)
• Most International Goals while at Club: Liam Boyce (1)

Club records

^[5]

• First league goal scored: William D Herd 1994 v Cowdenbeath
• Record all-time attendance: 8,000 approx v Rangers (Scottish Cup 28 February 1966)
• Record league attendance: 6,590 v Celtic (Scottish Premiership 18 November 2017)
• Record win: 11–0 v St Cuthbert Wanderers (1993–94 Scottish Cup first round)
• Record League win 8-0 v Albion Rovers (15 August 1998)
• Record defeat: 0–7 v Kilmarnock (1961–62 Scottish Cup third round)
• Club record signing: £100,000 – Ross Draper from Inverness Caledonian Thistle, 9 August 2017 ^[6]
• Club record sale: £500,000 – Liam Boyce to Burton Albion, 20 June 2017 ^[7]

Managers

As of 16 April 2024

Period	Manager	G	W	D	L	Win %	Honours
1929–1930	Tom Pirie
1966–1968	Ian McNeill						Highland Football League: 1966–1967
1971–1976	Ian McNeill						North of Scotland Cup: 1971–1972
1977–1979	Bill Cassidy						Highland League Cup: 1978–1979
1985–1987	John Buchanan
1987–1996	Robert Wilson						Highland Football League: 1990–91, 1991–92 Highland League Cup: 1991–1992 North of Scotland Cup: 1991–1992
1 July 1996 – 11 November 2002	Neale Cooper	275	131	62	82	047.6	Third Division: 1998–99
11 November 2002 – 27 November 2002	Danny McDonald (caretaker)	2	0	1	1	000.0
27 November 2002 – 11 June 2005	Alex Smith	110	39	26	45	035.5
21 June 2005 – 24 October 2005	John Robertson	15	6	5	4	040.0
24 October 2005 – 3 June 2006	Gardner Speirs (caretaker)	28	11	10	7	039.3
1 July 2006 – 17 June 2007	Scott Leitch	46	14	12	20	030.4	Scottish Challenge Cup: 2006–07
17 June 2007 – 2 October 2007	Dick Campbell	12	6	3	3	050.0
2 October 2007 – 11 November 2010	Derek Adams	140	66	31	43	047.1	Second Division: 2007–08
25 November 2010 – 12 February 2011	Willie McStay	9	0	6	3	000.0
17 February 2011 – 15 May 2011	Jimmy Calderwood	17	7	6	4	041.2	Challenge Cup: 2010–11
19 May 2011 – 28 August 2014	Derek Adams	113	41	32	40	036.3	First Division: 2011–12
9 September 2014 – 25 September 2017	Jim McIntyre	138	50	32	56	036.2	Scottish League Cup: 2015–16
28 September 2017 – 1 March 2018	Owen Coyle	22	4	5	13	018.2
2 March 2018 – 10 June 2020	Steven Ferguson Stuart Kettlewell	96	43	23	30	044.8	Championship: 2018–19, Challenge Cup: 2018–19
10 June 2020 – 19 December 2020	Stuart Kettlewell	24	7	5	12	029.2
21 December 2020 – 24 May 2021	John Hughes	21	8	2	11	038.1
26 May 2021 – 15 November 2023	Malky Mackay	107	31	25	51	029.0
20 November 2023 – 7 February 2024	Derek Adams	11	2	3	6	018.2
8 February 2024 – Present	Don Cowie	10	3	2	5	030.0

References

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2. "Ross County Player goal Records". Staggies Archive. 17 February 2019. Retrieved 17 February 2019.
3. "Ross County Clean sheets". Staggies Archive. 17 February 2019. Retrieved 17 February 2019.
4. "Ross County Team of the Decade". Ross County Twitter. 6 January 2020. Retrieved 6 January 2020.
5. "Ross County All-Time Records". Staggies Archive. 7 October 2019. Retrieved 7 October 2019.
6. "Ross County sign midfielder from Inverness Caledonian Thistle". bbc.co.uk/sport. BBC Sport. 9 August 2017. Retrieved 12 August 2017.
7. "Liam Boyce: Burton sign Ross County striker in club-record deal". BBC Sport. 20 June 2017. Retrieved 20 June 2017.