2012–13 Ross County F.C. season

Ross County
2012–13 season
ChairmanRoy MacGregor
ManagerDerek Adams
StadiumVictoria Park
Premier LeagueFifth place
League CupSecond round
Scottish CupFourth round
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

Season

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

  Win   Draw   Loss   Postponed

Pre season

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
21 July 2012[6] Friendly Fort William 1 – 6 Ross County Claggan park
Browettt Report Byrne
Cooper
Dingwall

Scottish Premier League

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  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  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

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

Player statistics

Captains

No. P Name Country No. games Notes
10 MF Richard Brittain[9] 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

[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  SCO Michael Fraser 24 0 24+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
2 DF  ENG Jon Bateson 1 0 0+0 0 1+0 0 0+0 0
3 MF  SCO Marc Fitzpatrick 23 0 18+2 0 1+0 0 2+0 0
3 DF  SUI Branislav Mićić 1 0 0+1 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
4 DF  SCO Grant Munro 38 2 36+1 2 0+0 0 0+1 0
5 DF  SCO Scott Boyd 38 0 34+1 0 1+0 0 2+0 0
6 DF  SCO Ross Tokely 19 0 14+3 0 0+0 0 2+0 0
7 MF  SCO Stuart Kettlewell 27 2 19+6 2 0+0 0 2+0 0
8 MF  SCO Paul Lawson 23 2 20+2 2 1+0 0 0+0 0
9 FW  SCO Colin McMenamin 20 1 11+8 1 0+0 0 1+0 0
10 MF  SCO Richard Brittain 36 10 34+0 9 0+0 0 2+0 1
11 MF  SCO Iain Vigurs 39 9 37+0 7 0+0 0 2+0 2
12 MF  SCO Rocco Quinn 33 6 31+0 5 0+0 0 2+0 1
13 GK  SCO Joe Malin 0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
13 DF  CAN André Hainault 8 1 5+3 1 0+0 0 0+0 0
14 MF  SCO Martin Scott 16 0 9+6 0 1+0 0 0+0 0
15 MF  SCO Mark Corcoran 5 0 2+3 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
15 FW  GER Steffen Wohlfarth 16 3 6+10 3 0+0 0 0+0 0
16 FW  SCO Steven Craig 0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
16 MF  NIR Ivan Sproule 14 6 14+0 6 0+0 0 0+0 0
17 FW  NIR Sam Morrow 25 3 17+6 3 1+0 0 1+0 0
18 MF  SCO Russell Duncan 4 1 1+2 0 1+0 1 0+0 0
18 DF  GRE Vangelis Ikonomou 18 0 18+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
19 FW  IRL Kurtis Byrne 1 0 0+0 0 1+0 0 0+0 0
19 GK  SCO Paul Gallacher 1 0 1+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
20 FW  SCO Gary Glen 28 3 6+20 3 1+0 0 1+0 0
21 MF  SCO Alex Cooper 16 0 7+8 0 0+0 0 0+1 0
22 DF  SUI Mihael Kovacevic 33 0 28+2 0 1+0 0 2+0 0
24 MF  SCO Steven Ross 11 1 4+5 1 0+0 0 0+2 0
25 GK  SCO Mark Brown 16 0 13+0 0 1+0 0 2+0 0
29 MF  SCO Mark Fotheringham 16 0 12+2 0 0+0 0 1+1 0

Disciplinary record

Includes all competitive matches.

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

Team statistics

League table

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

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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

See also

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