2012–13 Ross County F.C. season

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Ross County
2012–13 season
ChairmanRoy MacGregor
ManagerDerek Adams
StadiumVictoria Park
Premier LeagueFifth place
League CupSecond round, lost to Raith Rovers
Scottish CupFourth round, lost to Inverness Caledonian Thistle
Top goalscorerLeague:
Richard Brittain (9)

All:
Richard Brittain (10)
Highest home attendance6,110 vs Celtic, 18 August 2012
Lowest home attendance2,837 vs St Mirren, 27 November 2012
Average home league attendanceLeague: 4,429[1]

The 2012–13 season was Ross County's first season in the Scottish Premier League, having been promoted as champions of the Scottish First Division at the end of 2011–12 season.[2] They also competed in the League Cup and the Scottish Cup.

Summary[edit]

Season[edit]

During season 2012–13 Ross County finished fifth in the Scottish Premier League.[3] They reached the second round of the League Cup[4] and the fourth round of the Scottish Cup.[5]

Results and fixtures[edit]

  Win   Draw   Loss   Postponed

Pre season[edit]

4 July 2012[6] Friendly Brora Rangers 1 – 3 Ross County Dudgeon Park
19:30 Baxter 36' Report Kettlewell 14'
Brittain 25'
Morrow 38'
Referee: Ross
21 July 2012[8] Friendly Elgin City 1 – 4 Ross County Borough Briggs
19:30 Gunn 37' Record Report
Report
Boyd 8'
Glen 20'
McMenamin 25'
Duffy 39' (Own goal)
Attendance: 516

Scottish Premier League[edit]

4 August 2012 Scottish Premier League Ross County 0 – 0 Motherwell Victoria Park
15:00 BBC Report Attendance: 4,828
Referee: Muir
11 August 2012 Scottish Premier League Aberdeen 0 – 0 Ross County Pittodrie Stadium
15:00 BBC Report Attendance: 14,010
Referee: Norris
18 August 2012 Scottish Premier League Ross County 1 – 1 Celtic Victoria Park
12:15 Brittain 49' BBC Report Commons 90+3' Attendance: 6,110
Referee: Thomson
25 August 2012 Scottish Premier League Dundee 0 – 1 Ross County Dens Park
15:00 BBC Report Brittain 72' (Penalty) Attendance: 4,905
Referee: McLean
1 September 2012 Scottish Premier League Ross County 0 – 0 Kilmarnock Victoria Park
15:00 BBC Report Attendance: 4,006
Referee: Beaton
14 September 2012 Scottish Premier League Dundee United 0 – 0 Ross County Tannadice
19:45 BBC Report Attendance: 6,892
Referee: Collum
22 September 2012 Scottish Premier League Ross County 1 – 2 St Johnstone Victoria Park
15:00 Morrow 68' BBC Report Craig 30'
Vine Red card 30'
Wright 86'
Attendance: 4,094
Referee: Allan
29 September 2012 Scottish Premier League St Mirren 5 – 4 Ross County St Mirren Park
15:00 Thompson 39', 89'
Guy 54' (Penalty)
Parkin 59'
McLean 64'
BBC Report Vigurs 11'
Munro 45'
Quinn 79', 80'
Attendance: 3,706
Referee: Mclean
3 November 2012 Scottish Premier League Ross County 2 – 1 Aberdeen Victoria Park
15:00 Reynolds 37' (o.g.)
Ross 49'
BBC Report McGinn 77' Attendance: 6,064
Referee: Thomson
10 November 2012 Scottish Premier League Kilmarnock 3 – 0 Ross County Rugby Park
15:00 Heffernan 66', 82'
Harkins 77'
BBC Report Attendance: 4,012
Referee: Madden
17 November 2012 Scottish Premier League St Johnstone 1 – 1 Ross County McDiarmid Park
15:00 Mackay 51' BBC Report Craig 70' (Own goal) Attendance: 3,037
Referee: Collum
27 November 2012 Scottish Premier League Ross County 0 – 0 St Mirren Victoria Park
19:45 BBC Report Attendance: 2,837
Referee: McLean
8 December 2012 Scottish Premier League Motherwell 3 – 2 Ross County Fir Park
15:00 Higdon 25'
Law 46'
Lasley 82'
BBC Report Quinn 17', 70' Attendance: 3,739
Referee: Murray
15 December 2012 Scottish Premier League Ross County 1 – 1 Dundee Victoria Park
15:00 Glen 74' BBC Report Davidson 37' Attendance: 3,129
Referee: Muir
22 December 2012 Scottish Premier League Celtic 4 – 0 Ross County Celtic Park
15:00 Brown 46'
Hooper 53', 64'
Forrest 70'
BBC Report Attendance: 49,428
Referee: Norris
26 December 2012 Scottish Premier League Hibernian 0 – 1 Ross County Easter Road
15:00 BBC Report Brittain 57' Attendance: 8,980
Referee: Beaton
29 December 2012 Scottish Premier League Ross County P – P Heart of Midlothian Victoria Park
15:00 BBC Report
Note: Postponed due to waterlogged pitch
19 January 2013 Scottish Premier League St Mirren 1 – 4 Ross County St Mirren Park
12:45 Thompson 50' BBC Report Brittain 22'
Morrow 67'
Sproule 71', 74'
Attendance: 3,802
Referee: Norris
30 January 2013 Scottish Premier League Ross County 1 – 0 Hibernian Victoria Park
19:45 Sproule 36' BBC Report Attendance: 3,055
Referee: Madden
8 February 2013 Scottish Premier League Dundee 0 – 2 Ross County Dens Park
19:45 BBC Report Lawson 80'
Glen 90+3'
Attendance: 4,726
Referee: McKendrick
16 February 2013 Scottish Premier League Ross County 1 – 0 St Johnstone Victoria Park
15:00 Sproule 11' BBC Report Attendance: 3,516
Referee: Beaton
23 February 2013 Scottish Premier League Ross County 3 – 0 Motherwell Victoria Park
15:00 Sproule 34'
Brittain 71'
Vigurs 89'
BBC Report Attendance: 3,797
Referee: Collum
26 February 2013 Scottish Premier League Aberdeen 0 – 1 Ross County Pittodrie Stadium
19:45 BBC Report Glen 81' Attendance: 6,394
Referee: Allan
9 March 2013 Scottish Premier League Ross County 3 – 2 Celtic Victoria Park
15:00 Munro 30'
Morrow 36'
Wohlfarth 90+1'
BBC Report Mulgrew 15'
Hooper 21'
Attendance: 6,031
Referee: Collum
26 April 2013 Scottish Premier League Ross County 1 – 0 Dundee United Victoria Park
19:35 Sproule 54' BBC Report Douglas Red card 65' Attendance: 3,183
Referee: Clancy
5 May 2013 Scottish Premier League Ross County 1 – 1 Celtic Victoria Park
Vigurs 41' BBC Report Stokes 4' Attendance: 5,873
Referee: Mclean

Scottish League Cup[edit]

28 August 2012 Scottish League Cup round 2 Ross County 1 – 4 Raith Rovers Victoria Park
19:45 Duncan 84' BBC Report Spence 25'
Graham 41', 63'
Hill 51'
Attendance: 1,147
Referee: Mckendrick

Scottish Cup[edit]

Player statistics[edit]

Captains[edit]

No. P Name Country No. games Notes
10 MF Richard Brittain[9] Scotland 36 Club captain

Last updated: 19 May 2013
Source: Competitive match reports.
Competitive matches only
Matches started as captain only
Country: FIFA nationality; No.: Squad number; P: Position; Name: Player name; No. Games: Number of games started as captain.

Squad[edit]

[10][11]Last updated 19 May 2013
No. Pos Nat Player Total Premier League League Cup Scottish Cup
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
1 GK Scotland SCO Michael Fraser 24 0 24+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
2 DF England ENG Jon Bateson 1 0 0+0 0 1+0 0 0+0 0
3 MF Scotland SCO Marc Fitzpatrick 23 0 18+2 0 1+0 0 2+0 0
3 DF Switzerland SUI Branislav Mićić 1 0 0+1 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
4 DF Scotland SCO Grant Munro 38 2 36+1 2 0+0 0 0+1 0
5 DF Scotland SCO Scott Boyd 38 0 34+1 0 1+0 0 2+0 0
6 DF Scotland SCO Ross Tokely 19 0 14+3 0 0+0 0 2+0 0
7 MF Scotland SCO Stuart Kettlewell 27 2 19+6 2 0+0 0 2+0 0
8 MF Scotland SCO Paul Lawson 23 2 20+2 2 1+0 0 0+0 0
9 FW Scotland SCO Colin McMenamin 20 1 11+8 1 0+0 0 1+0 0
10 MF Scotland SCO Richard Brittain 36 10 34+0 9 0+0 0 2+0 1
11 MF Scotland SCO Iain Vigurs 39 9 37+0 7 0+0 0 2+0 2
12 MF Scotland SCO Rocco Quinn 33 6 31+0 5 0+0 0 2+0 1
13 GK Scotland SCO Joe Malin 0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
13 DF Canada CAN André Hainault 8 1 5+3 1 0+0 0 0+0 0
14 MF Scotland SCO Martin Scott 16 0 9+6 0 1+0 0 0+0 0
15 MF Scotland SCO Mark Corcoran 5 0 2+3 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
15 FW Germany GER Steffen Wohlfarth 16 3 6+10 3 0+0 0 0+0 0
16 FW Scotland SCO Steven Craig 0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
16 MF Northern Ireland NIR Ivan Sproule 14 6 14+0 6 0+0 0 0+0 0
17 FW Northern Ireland NIR Sam Morrow 25 3 17+6 3 1+0 0 1+0 0
18 MF Scotland SCO Russell Duncan 4 1 1+2 0 1+0 1 0+0 0
18 DF Greece GRE Evangelos Ikonomou 18 0 18+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
19 FW Republic of Ireland IRL Kurtis Byrne 1 0 0+0 0 1+0 0 0+0 0
19 GK Scotland SCO Paul Gallacher 1 0 1+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
20 FW Scotland SCO Gary Glen 28 3 6+20 3 1+0 0 1+0 0
21 MF Scotland SCO Alex Cooper 16 0 7+8 0 0+0 0 0+1 0
22 DF Switzerland SUI Mihael Kovacevic 33 0 28+2 0 1+0 0 2+0 0
24 MF Scotland SCO Steven Ross 11 1 4+5 1 0+0 0 0+2 0
25 GK Scotland SCO Mark Brown 16 0 13+0 0 1+0 0 2+0 0
29 MF Scotland SCO Mark Fotheringham 16 0 12+2 0 0+0 0 1+1 0

Disciplinary record[edit]

Includes all competitive matches.

Last updated 19 May 2013
Number Nation Position Name Premier League League Cup Scottish Cup Total
Yellow card Red card Yellow card Red card Yellow card Red card Yellow card Red card
1 Scotland GK Michael Fraser 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2 England DF Jon Bateson 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
3 Scotland MF Marc Fitzpatrick 2 0 1 0 0 0 3 0
4 Scotland DF Grant Munro 5 0 0 0 0 0 5 0
5 Scotland DF Scott Boyd 7 0 0 0 0 0 7 0
6 Scotland DF Ross Tokely 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
7 Scotland MF Stuart Kettlewell 7 0 0 0 1 0 8 0
8 Scotland MF Paul Lawson 4 0 0 0 0 0 4 0
9 Scotland FW Colin McMenamin 5 0 0 0 0 0 5 0
10 Scotland MF Richard Brittain 7 0 0 0 0 0 7 0
11 Scotland MF Iain Vigurs 8 0 0 0 1 0 9 0
12 Scotland MF Rocco Quinn 0 0 0 0 0 7 0
13 Scotland GK Joe Malin 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
13 Canada DF André Hainault 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
14 Scotland MF Martin Scott 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
15 Scotland MF Mark Corcoran 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
15 Germany FW Steffen Wohlfarth 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
16 Scotland FW Steven Craig 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
16 Northern Ireland MF Ivan Sproule 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
17 Northern Ireland FW Sam Morrow 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
18 Scotland MF Russell Duncan 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
18 Greece DF Evangelos Ikonomou 3 0 0 0 0 0 3 0
19 Republic of Ireland FW Kurtis Byrne 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
19 Scotland GK Paul Gallacher 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
20 Scotland FW Gary Glen 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
21 Scotland MF Alex Cooper 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
22 Switzerland DF Mihael Kovacevic 4 0 0 0 0 0 4 0
24 Scotland MF Steven Ross 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
25 Scotland GK Mark Brown 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
29 Scotland MF Mark Fotheringham 5 0 0 0 1 0 6 0
3 Switzerland DF Branislav Mićić 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0

Team statistics[edit]

League table[edit]

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
3 St Johnstone 38 14 14 10 45 44 +1 56 Qualification for the Europa League second qualifying round
4 Inverness Caledonian Thistle 38 13 15 10 64 60 +4 54
5 Ross County 38 13 14 11 47 48 −1 53
6 Dundee United 38 11 14 13 51 62 −11 47[a]
7 Hibernian 38 13 12 13 49 52 −3 51[a] Qualification for the Europa League second qualifying round[b]
Source: SPFL Archive
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
Notes:
  1. ^ a b Teams in the bottom half at the time of the split may not overtake a team in the top 6 at the time of the split.
  2. ^ Since the winners of 2012–13 Scottish Cup, Celtic, qualified for European competition based on league position, the runners–up Hibernian secured a spot in Europa League second qualifying round.

Division summary[edit]

Round1234567891011121314151617181920212223242526272829303132333435363738
GroundHAHAHAHAAHAHAAHHAHAAAAHHAHHAHHAHAAHHAH
ResultDDDWDDLLLWDWLDLDLDLWWDWDWWWWDWLLLDWDLW
Position889444810109989101010101011111110101078534344554555
Updated to match(es) played on 19 May 2013. Source: [12]
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Transfers[edit]

See also[edit]

References[edit]

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