2015–16 Inverness Caledonian Thistle F.C. season

Inverness Caledonian Thistle
2015–16 season
ChairmanKenny Cameron
ManagerJohn Hughes
StadiumCaledonian Stadium
PremiershipSeventh Place
League CupQuarter-final
Scottish CupQuarter-final
Europa LeagueSecond qualifying round, lost to Astra Giurgiu
Top goalscorerLeague: Miles Storey (11)
All: Miles Storey (13)
Highest home attendance6,410 vs. Aberdeen
Lowest home attendance1,231 vs. Stirling Albion
Average home league attendance3,754

The 2015–16 season is the club's 3rd season in the Scottish Premiership and their 6th consecutive season in the top flight. Inverness Caledonian Thistle will also compete in the League Cup, the Scottish Cup, and the Europa League.

Results and fixtures

  Win   Draw   Loss   Postponed

Pre season / Friendlies

27 June 2015[1] Friendly Clachnacuddin 0–3 Inverness Caledonian Thistle Inverness
13:00 BST goals Trialist 18'
Trialist 21'
Tansey 26'
Stadium: Grant Street Park
18 July 2015[1] Friendly Nairn County 0–1 Inverness Caledonian Thistle Nairn
15:00 BST Foran 25' Stadium: Station Park

Scottish Premiership

15 August 2015 Premiership Celtic 4–2 Inverness CT Celtic Park
15:00 Lustig 8'
Griffiths 12'
Armstrong 55', 67'
BBC Report Christie 70'
Lopez 77'
Attendance: 42,727
Referee: Craig Thomson
20 February 2016 Premiership Celtic 3–0 Inverness Caledonian Thistle Celtic Park
15:00 Mackay-Steven 54'
Griffiths 59', 90+3'
BBC Report Attendance: 43,600
Referee: Robertson
27 February 2016 Premiership Dundee 1–1 Inverness Caledonian Thistle Dens Park
15:00 Hemmings 86' BBC Report Draper 13' Attendance: 5,048
Referee: Andrew Dallas
9 March 2016 Premiership St Johnstone 1–0 Inverness Caledonian Thistle McDiarmid Park
19:45 Kane 84' BBC Report Warren  68' Attendance: 2,157
Referee: Don Robertson
14 May 2016 Premiership Inverness Caledonian Thistle 4–0 Dundee Caledonian Stadium
15:00 Storey 61'
Devine 69'
Draper 71'
Foran 84 pen.'
BBC Report Attendance: 3,794
Referee: Barry Cook

UEFA Europa League

16 July 2015 Second qualifying round 1st leg Inverness Caledonian Thistle 0–1 Astra Giurgiu Inverness, Scotland
19:45 BBC Report Budescu 24' Stadium: Caledonian Stadium, Inverness
Attendance: 5,534
Referee: Henry Johnsen

Scottish League Cup

Scottish Cup

Squad statistics

Appearances

As of 14 May 2016
No. Pos Nat Player Total Premiership League Cup Scottish Cup Europa League
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
2 DF  ENG David Raven 26 1 18+1 1 2+0 0 3+0 0 1+1 0
3 DF  ENG Carl Tremarco 37 2 28+4 2 2+0 0 3+0 0 0+0 0
4 MF  SCO James Vincent 18 2 14+2 2 2+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
5 DF  ENG Gary Warren 32 0 23+2 0 0+0 0 5+0 0 2+0 0
6 DF  ENG Josh Meekings 26 2 21+0 2 2+0 0 1+0 0 2+0 0
7 FW  ESP Dani López 10 1 5+2 1 0+1 0 0+0 0 2+0 0
8 MF  ENG Ross Draper 40 5 31+1 5 1+0 0 5+0 0 1+1 0
9 MF  IRL Richie Foran 11 1 0+7 1 0+0 0 1+1 0 0+2 0
10 MF  IRL Aaron Doran 2 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 2+0 0
11 MF  ENG Jordan Roberts 13 3 8+1 2 0+0 0 1+2 1 0+1 0
14 DF  NIR Daniel Devine 46 3 37+0 2 2+0 1 5+0 0 2+0 0
15 MF  ENG Nat Wedderburn 19 0 8+7 0 0+0 0 2+0 0 2+0 0
16 MF  ENG Greg Tansey 45 9 37+0 8 2+0 1 4+0 0 2+0 0
17 MF  ENG Lewis Horner 18 1 11+5 1 0+0 0 1+1 0 0+0 0
18 MF  ENG Tobi Sho-Silva 5 0 0+5 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
18 FW  ENG Alex Fisher 3 0 0+1 0 0+0 0 0+2 0 0+0 0
19 MF  ENG Danny Williams 44 1 25+10 1 1+1 0 4+1 0 2+0 0
20 MF  SCO Liam Polworth 43 6 33+3 6 1+1 0 3+2 0 0+0 0
22 MF  SCO Ryan Christie 17 3 12+1 3 2+0 0 0+0 0 2+0 0
25 GK  WAL Owain Fôn Williams 47 0 38+0 0 2+0 0 5+0 0 2+0 0
27 MF  SCO Iain Vigurs 36 8 24+6 6 1+0 0 5+0 2 0+0 0
28 FW  COD Andréa Mbuyi-Mutombo 30 1 12+13 0 0+1 0 2+2 1 0+0 0
37 FW  SCO Alisdair Sutherland 6 0 0+5 0 0+1 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
39 FW  ENG Miles Storey 37 13 29+1 11 2+0 1 4+1 1 0+0 0

Overall Goalscorers

Rank Player Goals
1st Miles Storey 13
2nd Greg Tansey 9
3rd Iain Vigurs 8
4th Liam Polworth 6
5th Ross Draper 5
6th Ryan Christie

Danny Devine

Jordan Roberts

3
9th Andréa Mbuyi-Mutombo

Josh Meekings

Carl Tremarco

James Vincent

2
13th Richie Foran

Lewis Horner

Dani López

David Raven

Danny Williams

1

Disciplinary record

As of 14 May 2016
Number Nation Position Name Premiership League Cup Scottish Cup Europa League Total
2 DF David Raven 4 1 2 0 0 0 1 0 7 1
3 DF Carl Tremarco 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0
5 DF Gary Warren 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
6 DF Josh Meekings 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 0
7 FW Dani López 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0
8 DF Ross Draper 6 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 7 0
11 DF Jordan Roberts 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 2 0
14 DF Daniel Devine 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 0
15 MF Nat Wedderburn 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
16 MF Greg Tansey 5 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 6 0
19 MF Danny Williams 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 3 0
20 MF Liam Polworth 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
22 MF Ryan Christie 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 1
25 GK Owain Fôn Williams 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
27 MF Iain Vigurs 7 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 9 0
28 FW Andréa Mbuyi-Mutombo 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 1
39 FW Miles Storey 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
TOTALS 47 3 3 0 5 0 5 0 60 3

Team statistics

League table

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation[a]
5 Motherwell 38 15 5 18 47 63 −16 50
6 Ross County 38 14 6 18 55 61 −6 48
7 Inverness Caledonian Thistle 38 14 10 14 54 48 +6 52
8 Dundee 38 11 15 12 53 57 −4 48
9 Partick Thistle 38 12 10 16 41 50 −9 46
Source: Scottish Premiership, Soccerway (first phase), Soccerway (second phase)
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored; 4) Play-off (only if deciding champion, UEFA competitions qualification and second stage group allocation).[2]
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).

Division summary

Round1234567891011121314151617181920212223242526272829303132333435363738
GroundHAHAHAHAHAAHHAAHHHAAHAHHAAAAHAHAHHAHAH
ResultLDDLLDWDWWLLDWLLWDDWWLDWLDLLLWLWDWWLWW
Position1010911111079888998889986676677799999997877
Updated to match(es) played on 14 May 2016. Source: [3]
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Management statistics

Last updated on 14 May 2016
Name From To P W D L Win%[nb 1]
John Hughes[4] 16 July 2015 14 May 2016 47 17 13 17 036.17

Transfers

Transfers In
Player Age* Pos From Fee Date
Calum Ferguson 20 ST Academy N/A 1 July 2015
Nat Wedderburn 24 MF Cowdenbeath Free 1 July 2015
Jordan Roberts 21 MF Aldershot Town Free 7 July 2015
Dani López 29 ST La Roda Free 11 July 2015
Owain Fôn Williams 28 GK Tranmere Rovers Free 16 July 2015
Andréa Mbuyi-Mutombo 25 MF Fréjus Saint-Raphaël Free 30 July 2015
Iain Vigurs 27 MF Motherwell Free 12 August 2015
Alex Fisher 25 ST Torquay United Free 9 January 2016
Ryan Williams 24 MF Brentford Free 1 February 2016
Liam Hughes 23 MF Cambridge United Free 1 February 2016
Transfers Out
Player Age* Pos To Fee Date
Marley Watkins 24 MF Barnsley Free 1 July 2015
Graeme Shinnie 23 MF Aberdeen Free 1 July 2015
Nick Ross 23 MF Dundee Free 1 July 2015
Tarmo Kink 29 MF Levadia Tallinn Free 8 July 2015
Ryan Baptie 20 DF Peterhead Free 24 July 2015
Edward Ofere 29 ST Boluspor Free 10 August 2015
Ryan Christie 20 MF Celtic £595,000 1 September 2015
Dani López 30 ST Arenas Club Free 13 January 2016
Loans In/Returns
Player Age* Pos From Duration Date In Date Out Notes
Tobi Sho-Silva 20 ST Charlton Athletic Half Season 1 September 2015 4 January 2016
Miles Storey 21 ST Swindon Town Season 1 September 2015 15 May 2016
Ryan Christie 20 MF Celtic Season 2 September 2015 23 December 2015 Recalled
Loans Out/Returns
Player Age* Pos To Duration Date Out Date In Notes
Ryan Christie 20 MF Celtic Return 23 December 2015 N/A Recalled
Tobi Sho-Silva 20 ST Charlton Athletic Return 4 January 2016 N/A
Miles Storey 22 ST Swindon Town Return 15 May 2016 N/A

See also

Notes

  1. ^ Win% is the percentage of matches won rounded to two decimal places.

References

  1. ^ a b c d e f "Fixture List". ictfc.com. Inverness Caledonian Thistle F.C. Retrieved 7 February 2016.
  2. ^ "Premiership 2015/2016 - Season rules". Scoresway. Retrieved 1 August 2015.
  3. ^ "Inverness CT 2015/16 Results". Statto. Retrieved 24 March 2015.
  4. ^ "John Hughes Statistics". soccerbase.com. Soccerbase. Retrieved 27 July 2015.