2025–26 Ross County F.C. season

Ross County
2025–26 season
ChairmanRoy MacGregor
ManagerDon Cowie
GroundVictoria Park
Dingwall, Ross-shire
(Capacity: 6,541)
Scottish League CupGroup stage

The 2025–26 season is Ross County's first season in the Scottish Championship and the club's first season back in the second tier of Scottish football following their relegation from the Scottish Premiership at the end of the 2024–25 season. Ross County will also compete in the Scottish Cup, the League Cup and the Challenge Cup.

Results and fixtures

  Win   Draw   Loss   Postponed

Pre-season and friendlies

1 July 2025 Friendly Strathspey Thistle 0–5 Ross County Strathspey
19:45 Report Phillips 16'
Hale 49', 72', 75'
Brown 83'		 Stadium: Seafield Park
Note: Testimonial match for Aaron Doran
5 July 2025 Friendly Inverness CT 0–2 Ross County Inverness
14:00 Report Hale 7', 45' Stadium: Caledonian Stadium
Attendance: 2,000
Note: Testimonial match for Aaron Doran
8 July 2025 Friendly Clachnacuddin v Ross County Clachnacuddin
19:00 Stadium: Grant Street Park

Scottish Championship

Main article: 2025–26 Scottish Championship
2 August 2025 1 Airdrieonians v Ross County Airdrie
15:00 Stadium: Excelsior Stadium
8 August 2025 2 Ross County v St Johnstone Dingwall
19:45 Stadium: Victoria Park
23 August 2025 3 Ross County v Partick Thistle Dingwall
15:00 Stadium: Victoria Park
30 August 2025 4 Dunfermline Athletic v Ross County Dunfermline
15:00 Stadium: East End Park

Scottish League Cup

Group stage

Main article: 2025–26 Scottish League Cup
12 July 2025 Group Stage Stranraer v Ross County Stranraer
15:00 Stadium: Stair Park
19 July 2025 Group Stage Queen of the South v Ross County Dumfries
15:00 Stadium: Palmerston Park
22 July 2025 Group Stage Ross County v Edinburgh City Dingwall
19:45 Stadium: Victoria Park
26 July 2025 Group Stage Ross County v Partick Thistle Dingwall
15:00 Stadium: Victoria Park

Squad statistics

Captains

No. Pos Nat Name No of games Notes
8 MF Connor Randall Club Captain
26 FW Jordan White Vice-Captain

Appearances

As of 1 July 2025

No. Pos Nat Player Total Premiership League Cup Challenge Cup Scottish Cup
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
1 GK  SCO Ross Laidlaw 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2 DF  ENG Ben Compton 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
3 DF  IRL Len O'Sullivan 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
4 DF  ENG Akil Wright 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
6 MF  ENG Connor Randall 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
7 MF  SCO Jay Henderson 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
8 MF  SCO Dean Cornelius 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
9 FW  NIR Ronan Hale 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
10 MF  ENG Noah Chilvers 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
11 FW  ENG Kieran Phillips 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
15 DF  SCO Dylan Smith 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
19 MF  SCO Arron Lyall 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
20 MF  ENG George Robesten 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
21 GK  ENG Brad Foster 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
22 FW  SCO Adam Emslie 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
23 MF  SCO Ross Docherty 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
26 FW  SCO Jordan White 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
27 FW  SCO Eamonn Brophy 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
28 MF  SCO Jamie Williamson 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
31 MF  SCO Declan Gallagher 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
33 MF  SCO Andrew Macleod 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
37 FW  SCO Joe Coyle 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
41 GK  SCO Jayden Reid 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
43 DF  SCO Josh Reid 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
45 DF  SCO Alister Morrison 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
49 FW  SCO Calum Brown 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Players who left the club during the season

Team statistics

League table

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion, qualification or relegation
6 Partick Thistle 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
7 Queen's Park 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
8 Raith Rovers 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
9 Ross County 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Qualification for the Championship play-offs
10 St Johnstone 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Relegation to League One
First match(es) will be played: 1 August 2025. Source: [1]
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored; 4) Head-to-to head points; 5) Head-to-head goal difference; 6) Play-off (only for deciding promotion, play-off participation and relegation).[2]

League cup table

Pos Team Pld W PW PL L GF GA GD Pts Qualification ROS PAR QOS EDI STR
1 Ross County 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Qualification for the second round — 26 Jul — 22 Jul —
2 Partick Thistle 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Possible qualification for the second round — — 22 Jul — 15 Jul
3 Queen of the South 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 19 Jul — — 15 Jul —
4 Edinburgh City 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 — 11 Jul — — 19 Jul
5 Stranraer 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 12 Jul — 26 Jul — —
First match(es) will be played: 11 July 2025. Source: [3]
Rules for classification: 1) goal difference, 2) goals scored, 3) away goals scored, 4) matches won, 5) away matches won, 6) drawing of lots.[4]

Transfers

In

Date Player From Fee
6 June 2025 Declan Gallagher Dundee United Free[5]
10 June 2025 Gary Mackay-Steven Kilmarnock Free[6]
16 June 2025 Ross Docherty Dundee United Free[7]
19 June 2025 Ben Crompton Sunderland Free[8]
21 June 2025 Arron Lyall Greenock Morton Free[9]
23 June 2025 Dean Cornelius Harrogate Town Free[10]
3 July 2025 Brad Foster Wrexham Free[11]
4 July 2025 Len O'Sullivan Glenavon Free[12]
Adam Emslie Aberdeen Free[13]

Out

Date Player To Fee
24 May 2025 Connall Ewan Elgin City Free[14]
28 May 2025 Scott Allardice Free[15]
James Brown Free[15]
1 June 2025 Ryan Leak Free[16]
4 June 2025 Alex Samuel Free[17]
Logan Ross Inverness CT Free[17][18]
5 June 2025 Josh Nisbet Roda JC Free[19][20]
Charlie Telfer Free[21]
27 June 2025 Michee Efete Free[22]
Ricki Lamie Free[22]
30 June 2025 Jordan Amissah Burton Albion Undisclosed[23]
1 July 2025 George Harmon Free[24]

Notes and references

  1. ^ "Championship Table". Scottish Professional Football League.
  2. ^ "The Rules of the Scottish Professional Football League" (PDF). SPFL. pp. 38–39. Retrieved 20 October 2019.
  3. ^ "Summary - League Cup Group B". Soccerway. Retrieved 26 May 2025.
  4. ^ "Format". SPFL. Retrieved 7 June 2023.
  5. ^ "Declan Gallagher joins the Staggies!". Ross County FC. 6 June 2025. Retrieved 6 June 2025.
  6. ^ "GMS returns to the Staggies!". Ross County FC. 10 June 2025. Retrieved 10 June 2025.
  7. ^ "Ross Docherty becomes our third summer addition". Ross County FC. 16 June 2025. Retrieved 16 June 2025.
  8. ^ "Ben Crompton joins the Staggies". Ross County FC. 19 June 2025. Retrieved 21 June 2025.
  9. ^ "Arron Lyall joins the Staggies". Ross County FC. 21 June 2025. Retrieved 21 June 2025.
  10. ^ "Dean Cornelius joins the Staggies". Ross County FC. 23 June 2025. Retrieved 25 June 2025.
  11. ^ "Brad Foster joins the club". Ross County FC. 3 July 2025. Retrieved 3 July 2025.
  12. ^ "Len O'Sullivan joins the Staggies". Ross County FC. 4 July 2025. Retrieved 7 July 2025.
  13. ^ "Adam Emslie joins the Staggies". Ross County FC. 4 July 2025. Retrieved 7 July 2025.
  14. ^ ""It's Great to Be Back" – Connall Ewan Returns to Elgin City FC". elgincity.net. Elgin City FC. 24 May 2025. Retrieved 29 May 2025.
  15. ^ a b "Squad Update: Scott Allardice & James Brown". rosscountyfootballclub.co.uk. Ross County FC. 28 May 2025. Retrieved 29 May 2025.
  16. ^ "Squad Update: Ryan Leak". Ross County FC. 1 June 2025. Retrieved 4 June 2025.
  17. ^ a b "Squad Update: Alex Samuel and Logan Ross". Ross County FC. 4 June 2025. Retrieved 4 June 2025.
  18. ^ "Logan Ross Signs for ICTFC". Inverness CT. 16 June 2025. Retrieved 18 June 2025.
  19. ^ "Squad Update: Josh Nisbet". Ross County FC. 5 June 2025. Retrieved 6 June 2025.
  20. ^ "Josh Nisbet and Charlie Telfer depart Ross County". Ross County FC. 5 June 2025. Retrieved 17 June 2025.
  21. ^ "Squad Update: Charlie Telfer". Ross County FC. 5 June 2025. Retrieved 6 June 2025.
  22. ^ a b "Squad Update: Michee Efete & Ricki Lamie". Ross County FC. 27 June 2025. Retrieved 27 June 2025.
  23. ^ "Jordan Amissah Signs for Burton Albion". Burton Albion FC. 30 June 2025. Retrieved 30 June 2025.
  24. ^ "George Harmon departs". Ross County FC. 1 July 2025. Retrieved 2 July 2025.
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