2021–22 Ross County F.C. season

Ross County
2021–22 season
Chairman	Roy MacGregor
Manager	Malky Mackay
Ground	Victoria Park; Dingwall, Ross-shire; (Capacity: 6,541)
Scottish Premiership	10th
Scottish League Cup	Group stage
Top goalscorer	League: Regan Charles-Cook (6 goals); All: Regan Charles-Cook (6 goals)
Highest home attendance	6,450 vs Rangers ; (league)
Lowest home attendance	1,990 vs St Johnstone ; (league)
Home colours	Away colours
	← 2020–21

The 2021–22 season is Ross County's third consecutive season in the Scottish Premiership and the club's 9th season overall in the top flight of Scottish football. Ross County will also compete in the Scottish Cup and Scottish League Cup. Malky Mackay was appointed as the club's manager on 26 May 2021.^[1]

Results and fixtures[]

Win Draw Loss Postponed

Pre-season[]

3 July 2021 Friendly	Elgin City	0–5	Ross County	Elgin
		[1]	White 2', 52' Callachan 49' Samuel 84' Wright 86'	Stadium: Borough Briggs

Scottish Premiership[]

League table[]

Pos	Team v t	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation^[a]
8	Livingston	20	5	5	10	16	26	−10	20
9	St Mirren	20	3	10	7	18	31	−13	19
10	Ross County	20	4	6	10	27	35	−8	18
11	Dundee	20	4	4	12	18	37	−19	16	Qualification for the Premiership play-off final
12	St Johnstone	20	3	5	12	11	25	−14	14	Relegation to the Championship

Updated to match(es) played on 26 December 2021. Source: ^[2]^[3]
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).^[4]
Notes:

^ Teams play each other three times (33 matches), before the league is split into two groups (the top six and the bottom six).

Matches[]

31 July 2021 1	Ross County	0–0	St Johnstone	Dingwall
15:00		[2]	McCann 70'	Stadium: Victoria Park Attendance: 1,990 Referee: Colin Steven

8 August 2021 2	Hibernian	3–0	Ross County	Edinburgh
15:00	Boyle 22' Magennis 26' Doidge 33'	[3]		Stadium: Easter Road Attendance: 5,600 Referee: Grant Irvine

21 August 2021 3	Ross County	2–4	Rangers	Dingwall
15:00	Clarke 40' White 77' (pen.)	[4]	Aribo 15' Goldson 19' Morelos 56' Arfield 84'	Stadium: Victoria Park Attendance: 6,450 Referee: David Munro

29 August 2021 4	Aberdeen	1–1	Ross County	Aberdeen
15:00	Ramirez 88'	[5]	Charles-Cook 33'	Stadium: Pittodrie Attendance: 14,434 Referee: Nick Walsh

11 September 2021 5	Celtic	3–0	Ross County	Glasgow
15:00	Carter-Vickers 64' Ajeti 70', 85'	[6]		Stadium: Celtic Park Attendance: TBA Referee: Don Robertson

18 September 2021 6	Ross County	2–2	Heart of Midlothian	Dingwall
15:00	Spittal 10', 45'	[7]	Boyce 9' Kingsley 66'	Stadium: Victoria Park Attendance: 3,802 Referee: David Dickinson

25 September 2021 7	Motherwell	2–1	Ross County	Motherwell
15:00	Slattery 2' Watt 80'	[8]	Charles-Cook 39'	Stadium: Fir Park Attendance: 4,477 Referee: Craig Napier

2 October 2021 8	Dundee United	1–0	Ross County	Dundee
15:00	Niskanen 31'	[9]		Stadium: Tannadice Park Attendance: 6,548 Referee: Don Robertson

16 October 2021 9	Ross County	2–3	St Mirren	Dingwall
15:00	Spittal 37' Iacovitti 66'	[10]	Brophy 15' Fraser 34' Tanser 38'	Stadium: Victoria Park Attendance: 3,882 Referee: Colin Steven

23 October 2021 10	Ross County	2–3	Livingston	Dingwall
15:00	Clarke 7' White 24' Callachan 67' (pen.)	[11]	Anderson 31' Bailey 43' Parkes 90+5'	Stadium: Victoria Park Attendance: 2,566 Referee: Euan Anderson

27 October 2021 11	Dundee	0–5	Ross County	Dens Park
19:45		[12]	Clarke 18' Callachan 27' Hungbo 34' Charles-Cook 40', 71'	Attendance: 4,883 Referee: David Dickinson

7 November 2021 12	Rangers	4–2	Ross County	Glasgow
15:00	Aribo 19' Kent 30' Bacuna 49' Iacovitti 60' (o.g.)	[13]	Hungbo 6' White 87'	Stadium: Ibrox Stadium Attendance: 49,222 Referee: David Munro

24 November 2021 13	Ross County	1–0	Hibernian	Dingwall
19:45	Spittal 72'	[14]		Stadium: Victoria Park Attendance: 3,316 Referee: Gavin Duncan

27 November 2021 14	Ross County	1–1	Dundee United	Dingwall
15:00	Baldwin 90+3'	[15]	Appere 49'	Stadium: Victoria Park Attendance: 3,214 Referee: Greg Aitken

1 December 2021 15	St Mirren	0–0	Ross County	Paisley
19:45		[16]		Stadium: St Mirren Park Attendance: 3,806 Referee: David Dickinson

11 December 2021 16	Ross County	3–2	Dundee	Dingwall
15:00	D. Samuel 23' Mullen 64' (o.g.) Charles-Cook 78'	Report	McCowan 15', 38'	Stadium: Victoria Park Attendance: 3,122 Referee: Bobby Madden

15 December 2021 17	Ross County	1–2	Celtic	Dingwall
19:45	Baldwin 57'	[17]	Abada 21' Ralston 90+7'	Stadium: Victoria Park Attendance: 5,592 Referee: Alan Muir

18 December 2021 18	Livingston	1–1	Ross County	Livingston
15:00	Obileye 89'	[18]	Cancola 45+1'	Stadium: Almondvale Stadium Attendance: 2,554 Referee: Grant Irvine

22 December 2021 19	St Johnstone	1–2	Ross County	Perth
19:45	Butterfield 19'	[19]	Charles-Cook 15' Callachan 29' 69'	Stadium: McDiarmid Park Attendance: 2,249 Referee: William Collum

26 December 2021 20	Heart of Midlothian	2–1	Ross County	Edinburgh
15:00	Smith 4' Woodburn 42'	[20]	White 72'	Stadium: Tynecastle Park Attendance: 0 Referee: David Munro

Scottish Cup[]

League Cup[]

Ross County's first two group stage matches were forfeited due to a COVID-19 outbreak in their squad leaving them unable to field a team.^[5]^[6]

Matches[]

10 July 2021	Forfar Athletic	3–0^[5]	Ross County	Forfar
15:00				Stadium: Station Park

18 July 2021	Ross County	0–3^[6]	Dundee	Dingwall
15:00				Stadium: Global Energy Stadium

21 July 2021	Brora Rangers	0–1	Ross County	Brora
19:45		[21]	Iacovitti 53'	Stadium: Dudgeon Park Referee: Euan Anderson

24 July 2021	Ross County	4–1	Montrose	Dingwall
15:00	Spittal 6', 56' Iacovitti 35' White 53'	[22]	Johnston 61'	Stadium: Global Energy Stadium Referee: Craig Napier

Squad statistics[]

^[7]^[8]

Captains[]

No.	Pos	Name	No of games	Notes
5	DF	Jack Baldwin	10
15	DF	Keith Watson	8	Club Captain
7	MF	Blair Spittal	4

Appearances[]

As of 26 December 2021

No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Total		Premiership		Scottish Cup		League Cup
No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
1	GK	SCO	Ross Laidlaw	8	0	6	0	0	0	2	0
2	DF	ENG	Connor Randall	15	0	12+1	0	0	0	1+1	0
3	DF	ENG	Jake Vokins	8	0	5+1	0	0	0	2	0
4	MF	AUT	David Cancola	11	1	9+2	1	0	0	0	0
5	DF	ENG	Jack Baldwin	17	2	16+1	2	0	0	0	0
6	MF	CAN	Harry Paton	16	0	13+3	0	0	0	0	0
7	MF	SCO	Blair Spittal	22	6	16+4	4	0	0	2	2
8	MF	SCO	Ross Callachan	20	3	16+2	3	0	0	2	0
9	FW	WAL	Alex Samuel	4	0	3+1	0	0	0	0	0
10	FW	ENG	Dominic Samuel	15	1	5+8	1	0	0	2	0
11	MF	ENG	Alexander Robertson	5	0	0+3	0	0	0	1+1	0
15	DF	SCO	Keith Watson	15	0	6+7	0	0	0	2	0
16	DF	SCO	Alex Iacovitti	16	3	14	1	0	0	2	2
17	MF	GRN	Regan Charles-Cook	19	6	19	6	0	0	0	0
18	MF	SCO	Jack Burroughs	11	0	6+5	0	0	0	0	0
20	DF	ENG	Harry Clarke	17	3	15+2	3	0	0	0	0
21	GK	SCO	Ross Munro	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
22	MF	ENG	Jordan Tillson	18	0	14+2	0	0	0	2	0
23	FW	ENG	Joseph Hungbo	15	2	10+5	2	0	0	0	0
25	MF	CAN	Ben Paton	7	0	5+2	0	0	0	0	0
25	DF	SCO	Coll Donaldson	4	0	2	0	0	0	2	0
26	FW	SCO	Jordan White	22	4	14+6	3	0	0	1+1	1
31	GK	AUS	Ashley Maynard-Brewer	14	0	14	0	0	0	0	0
34	MF	SCO	Ryan MacLeman	1	0	0	0	0	0	0+1	0
Players who left the club during the season
9	FW	SCO	Oli Shaw	3	0	0+1	0	0	0	1+1	0
12	DF	ENG	Tom Grivosti	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
30	FW	SCO	Matthew Wright	1	0	0	0	0	0	0+1	0
33	DF	SCO	Ben Williamson	1	0	0	0	0	0	0+1	0

Goalscorers[]

Rank	No.	Po.	Name	Premiership	Scottish Cup	League Cup	Total
1	17	MF	Regan Charles-Cook	6	0	0	6
1	7	MF	Blair Spittal	4	0	2	6
3	26	FW	Jordan White	3	0	1	4
4	8	MF	Ross Callachan	3	0	0	3
	20	DF	Harry Clarke	3	0	0
	16	DF	Alex Iacovitti	1	0	2
7	23	MF	Joseph Hungbo	2	0	0	2
7	5	DF	Jack Baldwin	2	0	0	2
8	10	FW	Dominic Samuel	1	0	0	1
8	4	MF	David Cancola	1	0	0	1
Own Goals				1	0	0	1
Total				27	0	5	32
As of 26 December 2021

Transfers[]

In[]

Date	Player	From	Fee
3 June 2021	Ross Callachan	Hamilton Academical	Free^[9]
29 June 2021	Dominic Samuel	Gillingham	Free^[10]
2 July 2021	Jake Vokins	Southampton	Loan^[11]
5 July 2021	Alexander Robertson	Manchester City	Loan^[12]
22 July 2021	David Cancola	Slovan Liberec	Free^[13]
2 August 2021	Harry Clarke	Arsenal	Loan^[14]
6 August 2021	Ashley Maynard-Brewer	Charlton Athletic	Loan^[15]
6 August 2021	Jack Burroughs	Coventry City	Loan^[16]
6 August 2021	Ben Paton	Blackburn Rovers	Free^[17]
17 August 2021	Joseph Hungbo	Watford	Loan^[18]
25 August 2021	Jack Baldwin	Bristol Rovers	Free^[19]
31 August 2021	Alex Samuel	Wycombe Wanderers	Free^[20]

Out[]

Date	Player	To	Fee
27 May 2021	Carl Tremarco		Retired
27 May 2021	Callum Morris		Free
27 May 2021	Mohamed Maouche		Free
27 May 2021	Tony Andreu		Free
16 June 2021	Billy McKay	Inverness Caledonian Thistle	Free
17 June 2021	Michael Gardyne	Inverness Caledonian Thistle	Free
17 June 2021	Jason Naismith	Kilmarnock	Free
23 June 2021	Ross Draper	Cove Rangers	Free
23 June 2021	Iain Vigurs	Cove Rangers	Free^[21]
26 June 2021	Jermaine Hylton	Newport County	Free^[22]
11 August 2021	Matthew Wright	Brora Rangers	Loan^[23]
11 August 2021	Ben Williamson	Nairn County	Loan
11 August 2021	Logan Ross	Lossiemouth	Loan
31 August 2021	Oli Shaw	Kilmarnock	Undisclosed^[24]
1 September 2021	Tom Grivosti	Elgin City	Loan

Notes and references[]

^ "Ross County: Malky Mackay is appointed manager at Scottish Premiership club". BBC Sport. 26 May 2021. Retrieved 26 May 2021.
^ "Scottish Premiership Table". BBC. Retrieved 26 December 2021.
^ "cinch Premiership League Table". Scottish Prefessional Football League. Retrieved 26 December 2021.
^ "The Rules of the Scottish Professional Football League" (PDF). SPFL. Archived (PDF) from the original on 11 November 2020. Retrieved 24 November 2020.
^ ^a ^b "Ross County forfeit cup opener against Forfar due to Covid". STV Sport. 8 July 2021. Retrieved 8 July 2021.
^ ^a ^b "Scottish League Cup: Dundee handed 3-0 win as Ross County forfeit second tie in a row". bbc.co.uk. 16 July 2021. Retrieved 20 July 2021.
^ "1ST TEAM". Ross County F.C. Archived from the original on 3 June 2021. Retrieved 3 June 2021.
^ "squad update". Ross County F.C. 27 May 2021. Retrieved 27 May 2021.
^ "Mackay makes Callachan his first Ross County signing". STV Sport. 3 June 2021. Retrieved 3 June 2021.
^ "Dominic Samuel: Ross County sign striker on two-year deal". BBC Sport. 29 June 2021. Retrieved 29 June 2021.
^ "Vokins joins Ross County on loan". Southampton FC. 2 July 2021. Retrieved 2 July 2021.
^ "Alexander Robertson joins The Staggies". Ross County FC. 5 July 2021. Retrieved 5 July 2021.
^ "David Cancola: Ross County sign Austrian midfielder from Slovan Liberec". BBC Sport. 23 July 2021. Retrieved 23 July 2021.
^ "Harry Clarke joins Ross County for the season". Arsenal FC. Retrieved 2 August 2021.
^ "Ashley Maynard-Brewer joins Ross County on season-long loan". Charlton Athletic. Retrieved 6 August 2021.
^ "Jack Burroughs join Ross County on loan". Coventry City FC. Retrieved 6 August 2021.
^ "Ben Paton joins County". Ross County FC. 6 August 2021. Retrieved 17 August 2021.
^ "Joseph Hungbo joins The Staggies". Ross County FC. 17 August 2021. Retrieved 17 August 2021.
^ "Jack Baldwin: Ross County sign former Bristol Rovers defender". BBC Sport. 25 August 2021. Retrieved 25 August 2021.
^ "Alex Samuel: Ross County sign striker from Wycombe Wanderers". BBC Sport. Retrieved 31 August 2021.
^ "squad update". Ross County F.C. 27 May 2021. Retrieved 27 May 2021.
^ "Newport County sign Courtney Baker-Richardson, Jermaine Hylton and James Clarke". BBC Sport. 25 June 2021. Retrieved 26 June 2021.
^ "Loan spells for Graduates". Ross County. 11 August 2021. Retrieved 11 August 2021.
^ "Oli Shaw joins Killie on two-year deal". Kilmarnock FC. Retrieved 31 August 2021.

[2] Teams play each other three times (33 matches), before the league is split into two groups (the top six and the bottom six).

[1] "Ross County: Malky Mackay is appointed manager at Scottish Premiership club". BBC Sport. 26 May 2021. Retrieved 26 May 2021.

[3] "Scottish Premiership Table". BBC. Retrieved 26 December 2021.

[4] "cinch Premiership League Table". Scottish Prefessional Football League. Retrieved 26 December 2021.

[5] "The Rules of the Scottish Professional Football League" (PDF). SPFL. Archived (PDF) from the original on 11 November 2020. Retrieved 24 November 2020.

[forfeit-6] "Ross County forfeit cup opener against Forfar due to Covid". STV Sport. 8 July 2021. Retrieved 8 July 2021.

[forfeit2-7] "Scottish League Cup: Dundee handed 3-0 win as Ross County forfeit second tie in a row". bbc.co.uk. 16 July 2021. Retrieved 20 July 2021.

[8] "1ST TEAM". Ross County F.C. Archived from the original on 3 June 2021. Retrieved 3 June 2021.

[9] "squad update". Ross County F.C. 27 May 2021. Retrieved 27 May 2021.

[10] "Mackay makes Callachan his first Ross County signing". STV Sport. 3 June 2021. Retrieved 3 June 2021.

[11] "Dominic Samuel: Ross County sign striker on two-year deal". BBC Sport. 29 June 2021. Retrieved 29 June 2021.

[12] "Vokins joins Ross County on loan". Southampton FC. 2 July 2021. Retrieved 2 July 2021.

[13] "Alexander Robertson joins The Staggies". Ross County FC. 5 July 2021. Retrieved 5 July 2021.

[14] "David Cancola: Ross County sign Austrian midfielder from Slovan Liberec". BBC Sport. 23 July 2021. Retrieved 23 July 2021.

[15] "Harry Clarke joins Ross County for the season". Arsenal FC. Retrieved 2 August 2021.

[16] "Ashley Maynard-Brewer joins Ross County on season-long loan". Charlton Athletic. Retrieved 6 August 2021.

[17] "Jack Burroughs join Ross County on loan". Coventry City FC. Retrieved 6 August 2021.

[18] "Ben Paton joins County". Ross County FC. 6 August 2021. Retrieved 17 August 2021.

[19] "Joseph Hungbo joins The Staggies". Ross County FC. 17 August 2021. Retrieved 17 August 2021.

[20] "Jack Baldwin: Ross County sign former Bristol Rovers defender". BBC Sport. 25 August 2021. Retrieved 25 August 2021.

[21] "Alex Samuel: Ross County sign striker from Wycombe Wanderers". BBC Sport. Retrieved 31 August 2021.

[22] "squad update". Ross County F.C. 27 May 2021. Retrieved 27 May 2021.

[23] "Newport County sign Courtney Baker-Richardson, Jermaine Hylton and James Clarke". BBC Sport. 25 June 2021. Retrieved 26 June 2021.

[24] "Loan spells for Graduates". Ross County. 11 August 2021. Retrieved 11 August 2021.

[25] "Oli Shaw joins Killie on two-year deal". Kilmarnock FC. Retrieved 31 August 2021.

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Home stadium	Victoria Park
Rivalries	Highland derby

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European competitions	Champions League Europa League Europa Conference League Youth League
Related to national team	Results Men's Women's 2022 FIFA World Cup qualification (UEFA) 2023 FIFA Women's World Cup qualification (UEFA)
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Premiership	Aberdeen Celtic Dundee Dundee United Heart of Midlothian Hibernian Motherwell Rangers Ross County St Johnstone St Mirren
Championship	Ayr United Dunfermline Athletic Inverness Caledonian Thistle Kilmarnock Partick Thistle Queen of the South Raith Rovers
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