2013–14 Ross County F.C. season

Ross County 2013–14 football season

Ross County

2013–14 season

Chairman

Roy MacGregor

Manager

Derek Adams

Stadium

Victoria Park

Premiership

Seventh Place

League Cup

Second Round

Scottish Cup

Fourth Round

Top goalscorer

League: Melvin de Leeuw (9)
All: Melvin de Leeuw (9)

Highest home attendance

5,982 vs. Celtic, Premiership, 9 November 2013

Lowest home attendance

2,213 vs. Hibernian, Scottish Cup, 30 November 2013

Average home league attendance

3,806

Home colours

Away colours

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The 2013–14 season was Ross County's first season in the newly formed Scottish Premiership and their second consecutive season in the top flight of Scottish football. Ross County also competed in the Scottish Cup and the League Cup.

Summary

Season

Ross County finished seventh in the Scottish Premiership with 40 points.^[1] They reached the second round of the League Cup, losing to Stranraer,^[2] and the fourth round of the Scottish Cup, losing to Hibernian.^[3]

Results and fixtures

Win Draw Loss Postponed

Pre season / Friendlies

Ross County v

Manchester United XI

20 July 2013 Friendly	Ross County	2 – 2	Manchester United XI	Victoria Park
	Luckassen 5' Cooper 57'	Report	Petrucci 35' Tunnicliffe 64'

Den Bosch v Ross County

23 July 2013 Friendly	Den Bosch	1 – 0	Ross County	Amsterdam
16:00	Zeldenrust 87'	Report	Brittain 79'

PEC Zwolle v Ross County

26 July 2013 Friendly	PEC Zwolle	5 – 1	Ross County	MAC³PARK Stadion, Amsterdam
16:00	Benson 21' Saymak 27' Fernandez 55' 62' Nijland 76'	Report	Sproule 26'

Scottish Premiership

Celtic v Ross County

3 August 2013 1	Celtic	2 – 1	Ross County	Celtic Park
15:00	Stokes 28', 87'	BBC	Maatsen 3'	Attendance: 45,705 Referee: Willie Collum

Ross County v Partick Thistle

10 August 2013 2	Ross County	1 – 3	Partick Thistle	Victoria Park
17:15	Carey 71'	BBC	Doolan 18' Lawless 52', 59'	Attendance: 3,331 Referee: Alan Muir

St. Johnstone v Ross County

17 August 2013 3	St. Johnstone	4 – 0	Ross County	McDiarmid Park
15:00	Hasselbaink 14' Wotherspoon 18' May 50' MacKay 62'	BBC		Attendance: 2,833 Referee: Brian Colvin

Ross County v St. Mirren

24 August 2013 4	Ross County	3 – 0	St. Mirren	Victoria Park
15:00	Kettlewell 9' Brittain 24' 57'	BBC		Attendance: 3,142 Referee: Calum Murray

Hibernian v Ross County

31 August 2013 5	Hibernian	0 – 0	Ross County	Easter Road
15:00		BBC		Attendance: 9,569 Referee: Iain Brines

Ross County v Dundee United

15 September 2013 6	Ross County	2 – 4	Dundee United	Victoria Park
12:45	Sproule 72' Quinn 76'	BBC	Mackay-Steven 18' (pen.) Armstrong 20' Gauld 40' Çiftçi 65'	Attendance: 3,005 Referee: Brian Colvin

Ross County v Heart of Midlothian

21 September 2013 7	Ross County	2 – 1	Heart of Midlothian	Victoria Park
15:00	de Leeuw 89' Brittain 90'	BBC	Paterson 24'	Attendance: 4,059 Referee: Euan Norris

Motherwell v Ross County

28 September 2013 8	Motherwell	3 – 1	Ross County	Fir Park
15:00	Sutton 54' 68' McHugh 77'	Report	de Leeuw 30'	Attendance: 4,263 Referee: Bobby Madden

Ross County v Aberdeen

5 October 2013 9	Ross County	1 – 0	Aberdeen	Victoria Park
15:00	Quinn 52'	BBC		Attendance: 5,290 Referee: Crawford Allan

Kilmarnock v Ross County

19 October 2013 10	Kilmarnock	2 – 0	Ross County	Rugby Park
15:00	Boyd 17' Irvine 70'	BBC		Attendance: 3,5,82 Referee: Stephen Finnie

Ross County v Celtic

9 November 2013 11	Ross County	1 – 4	Celtic	Victoria Park
12:45	Sproule 68'	BBC	Van Dijk 41' 53' Ledley 70' 73'	Attendance: 5,982 Referee: Kevin Clancy

St Mirren v Ross County

17 November 2013 12	St Mirren	2 – 1	Ross County	St Mirren Park
15:00	McLean 35' Newton 51'	BBC	Saunders 67'	Attendance: 4,205 Referee: Willie Collum

Heart of Midlothian v Ross County

23 November 2013 13	Heart of Midlothian	2 – 2	Ross County	Tynecastle Park
15:00	Paterson 28' Stevenson 89'	BBC	Carey 23' de Leeuw 50'	Attendance: 12,508 Referee: Crawford Allan

Ross County v Kilmarnock

7 December 2013 14	Ross County	1 – 2	Kilmarnock	Victoria Park
15:00	Kettlewell 33'	BBC	Johnston 7' Boyd 43'	Attendance: 2,937 Referee: Bobby Madden

Ross County v Motherwell

14 December 2013 15	Ross County	1 – 2	Motherwell	Victoria Park
15:00	de Leeuw 62'	BBC	Sutton 15' 17'	Attendance: 2,792 Referee: Crawford Allan

Dundee United v Ross County

21 December 2013 16	Dundee United	1 – 0	Ross County	Tannadice Park
15:00	Mackay-Steven 69'	BBC		Attendance: 8,029 Referee: Iain Brines

Ross County v Hibernian

26 December 2013 17	Ross County	0 – 2	Hibernian	Victoria Park
15:00		BBC	Nelson 18' Forster 56'	Attendance: 3,383 Referee: Brian Colvin

Aberdeen v Ross County

29 December 2013 18	Aberdeen	1 – 0	Ross County	Pittodrie Stadium
15:00	Low 2'	BBC Sport		Attendance: 11,602 Referee: Calum Murray

Inverness Caledonian Thistle v Ross County

1 January 2014 19	Inverness Caledonian Thistle	1 – 2	Ross County	Caledonian Stadium
15.00	Doran 89'	BBC	Boyd 15' Cooper 17'	Attendance: 4,332 Referee: Alan Muir

Ross County v St. Johnstone

4 January 2014 20	Ross County	1 – 0	St. Johnstone	Victoria Park
15:00	Carey 88'	BBC		Attendance: 3,305 Referee: Euan Norris

Partick Thistle v Ross County

11 January 2014 21	Partick Thistle	3 – 3	Ross County	Firhill Stadium
15:00	Taylor 28' 39' Lawless 47'	BBC	Kiss 23' 76' Gordon 50' Kettlewell 84'	Attendance: 3,539 Referee: Bobby Madden

Ross County v Dundee United

18 January 2014 22	Ross County	3 – 0	Dundee United	Victoria Park
15:00	Kiss 42' 74' Arquin 69'	BBC Sport		Attendance: 3,609 Referee: Craig Charleston

Ross County v Heart of Midlothian

25 January 2015 23	Ross County	1 – 2	Heart of Midlothian	Victoria Park
15:00	Songo'o 45'	BBC	Paterson 37' Robinson 80'	Attendance: 4,016 Referee: Kevin Clancy

Kilmarnock v Ross County

1 February 2014 24	Kilmarnock	2 – 2	Ross County	Rugby Park
15:00	Boyd 47' 90'	BBC	Arquin 30' Songo'o 36' Kiss 76'	Attendance: 3,372 Referee: Crawford Allan

Hibernian v Ross County

15 February 2014 25	Hibernian	2 – 1	Ross County	Easter Road
15:00	Stanton 10' Taiwo 24'	BBC	Brittain 59'	Attendance: 8,411 Referee: Bobby Madden

Ross County v St. Mirren

22 February 2014 26	Ross County	2 – 1	St. Mirren	Victoria Park
15:00	Arquin 38' de Leeuw 83'	BBC	McGinn 66'	Attendance: 3,394 Referee: Willie Collum

Ross County v Inverness Caledonian Thistle

25 February 2014 27	Ross County	0 – 3	Inverness Caledonian Thistle	Victoria Park
19:45		BBC	Raven 8' McKay 40' Watkins 78'	Attendance: 4,805 Referee: Calum Murray

Ross County v Partick Thistle

1 March 2014 28	Ross County	1 – 1	Partick Thistle	Victoria Park
15:00	Brittain 14'	BBC	Higginbotham 9'	Attendance: 3,441 Referee: Craig Thomson

St. Johnstone v Ross County

15 March 2014 29	St. Johnstone	0 – 1	Ross County	McDiarmid Park
15:00		BBC	de Leeuw 29'	Attendance: 2,213 Referee: Bobby Madden

Motherwell v Ross County

22 March 2014 30	Motherwell	2 – 1	Ross County	Fir Park
15:00	McFadden 47' Sutton 60'	BBC	Songo'o 82'	Attendance: 4,080 Referee: Iain Brines

Ross County v Aberdeen

25 March 2014 31	Ross County	1 – 1	Aberdeen	Victoria Park
19:45	de Leeuw 35'	BBC	Rooney 77'	Attendance: 3,775 Referee: Brian Colvin

Celtic v Ross County

29 March 2014 32	Celtic	1 – 1	Ross County	Celtic Park
15:00	Commons 35'	BBC	de Leeuw 16'	Attendance: 49,270 Referee: John Beaton

Ross County v Inverness Caledonian Thistle

4 April 2014 33	Ross County	1 – 2	Inverness Caledonian Thistle	Victoria Park
19:45	Kiss 49'	BBC	Doran 45' McKay 79'	Attendance: 4,433 Referee: Calum Murray

Heart of Midlothian v Ross County

19 April 2014 34	Heart of Midlothian	2 – 0	Ross County	Tynecastle Park
15:00	Hamill 65' (pen.) 70' Carrick 90'	BBC		Attendance: 13,692 Referee: Willie Collum

Ross County v Kilmarnock

26 April 2014 35	Ross County	2 – 1	Kilmarnock	Victoria Park
15:00	Kiss 41' Brittain 77' (pen.)	BBC	Boyd 88'	Attendance: 3,401 Referee: Kevin Clancy

St Mirren v Ross County

3 May 2014 36	St Mirren	1 – 0	Ross County	St Mirren Park
15:00	Wylde 79'	BBC		Attendance: 4,414 Referee: Craig Thomson

Ross County v Hibernian

6 May 2014 37	Ross County	1 – 0	Hibernian	Victoria Park
19:45	Brittain 77' (pen.)	BBC		Attendance: 3,850 Referee: John Beaton

Partick Thistle v Ross County

10 May 2014 38	Partick Thistle	2 – 3	Ross County	Firhill Stadium
15:00	Taylor 51' Moncur 73'	BBC	Slew 22' Arquin 48' de Leeuw 77'	Attendance: 4,390 Referee: Bobby Madden

Scottish League Cup

Stranraer v Ross County

27 August 2013 Second Round	Stranraer	3 – 2	Ross County	Stair Park
19:45	Winter 65' Aitken 65' (pen.) Grehan 82'	BBC	Brittain 45' (pen.) Mustafi 79'	Attendance: 215

Scottish Cup

Ross County v Hibernian

30 November 2013 Fourth Round	Ross County	0 – 1	Hibernian	Victoria Park
15:00		BBC	Handling 31'	Attendance: 2,213

Squad statistics

Appearances

As of 11 May 2014^[4]

No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Total		Premiership		League Cup		Scottish Cup
No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
1	GK	SCO	Mark Brown	30	0	28+0	0	1+0	0	1+0	0
2	DF	SVK	Erik Čikoš	14	0	14+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
3	DF	ENG	Ben Gordon	29	1	25+3	1	0+0	0	1+0	0
4	MF	SCO	Stuart Kettlewell	27	2	22+3	2	1+0	0	1+0	0
5	DF	SCO	Scott Boyd	29	1	27+1	1	0+0	0	1+0	0
7	MF	SVK	Filip Kiss	17	6	17+0	6	0+0	0	0+0	0
8	MF	SCO	Richard Brittain	36	8	34+0	7	1+0	1	1+0	0
10	MF	SCO	Rocco Quinn	31	2	20+9	2	1+0	0	1+0	0
11	FW	NED	Melvin de Leeuw	35	9	19+14	9	0+1	0	1+0	0
12	MF	SCO	Michael Tidser	16	0	15+1	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
14	MF	NED	Darren Maatsen	12	1	2+8	1	0+1	0	0+1	0
15	FW	SCO	Gary Glen	16	0	4+11	0	0+0	0	1+0	0
16	MF	SCO	Alex Cooper	17	1	5+12	1	0+0	0	0+0	0
18	MF	NED	Marc Klok	6	0	4+2	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
20	GK	SCO	Michael Fraser	10	0	10+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
21	DF	NIR	Brian McLean	28	0	25+1	0	1+0	0	1+0	0
22	DF	SCO	Steven Saunders	13	1	4+8	1	0+0	0	0+1	0
23	MF	IRL	Graham Carey	38	3	31+5	3	1+0	0	1+0	0
24	MF	SCO	Tony Dingwall	0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
25	FW	ENG	Jordan Slew	20	1	17+3	1	0+0	0	0+0	0
26	DF	GRE	Vangelis Oikonomou	15	0	15+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
27	FW	MTQ	Yoann Arquin	16	4	14+2	4	0+0	0	0+0	0
28	DF	CMR	Yann Songo'o	17	3	17+0	3	0+0	0	0+0	0
42	GK	SCO	Sean McCarthy	0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
Players who left the club during the 2013–14 season
2	DF	SUI	Mihael Kovačević	15	0	13+0	0	1+0	0	0+1	0
6	DF	SUI	Branislav Mićić	10	0	8+1	0	0+0	0	1+0	0
7	MF	NIR	Ivan Sproule	11	2	7+3	2	1+0	0	0+0	0
9	FW	SUI	Orhan Mustafi	8	1	2+5	0	0+1	1	0+0	0
12	DF	SCO	Grant Munro	7	0	5+1	0	1+0	0	0+0	0
17	FW	SCO	Steven Ross	10	0	5+5	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
19	FW	NED	Kevin Luckassen	16	0	9+5	0	1+0	0	1+0	0

Team statistics

League table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
5	Inverness Caledonian Thistle	38	16	9	13	44	44	0	57
6	St Johnstone	38	15	8	15	48	42	+6	53	Qualification for the Europa League second qualifying round^[a]

7	Ross County	38	11	7	20	44	62	−18	40
8	St Mirren	38	10	9	19	39	58	−19	39
9	Kilmarnock	38	11	6	21	45	66	−21	39

Source: SPFL Archive
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
Notes:

^ St Johnstone, as winners of the 2013–14 Scottish Cup, qualified for the Europa League second qualifying round.

Division summary

Source: ^[5]
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Transfers

Players in

Player	From	Fee
Melvin de Leeuw	SC Cambuur	Free^[6]
Darren Maatsen	Excelsior	Free^[7]
Kevin Luckassen	AZ Alkmaar	Free^[8]
Marc Klok	FC Utrecht	Free^[9]
Ben Gordon	Yeovil Town	Free^[10]
Steven Saunders	Motherwell	Free^[11]
Brian McLean	Dundee United	Free^[12]
Graham Carey	St Mirren	Free^[13]
Orhan Mustafi	Grasshopper	Loan^[14]
Jordan Slew	Blackburn Rovers	Loan^[15]
Michael Tidser	Rotherham United	Loan^[16]
Vangelis Oikonomou	Free Agent	Free^[17]
Filip Kiss	Cardiff City	Loan^[18]
Yoann Arquin	Notts County	Free^[19]
Yann Songo'o	Blackburn Rovers	Loan^[20]
Erik Čikoš	Slovan Bratislava	Loan^[21]

Players out

Player	To	Fee
Paul Lawson	Motherwell	Free^[22]
Paul Gallagher	Partick Thistle	Free^[23]
Steffen Wohlfarth	FV Ravensburg	Free
Iain Vigurs	Motherwell	Free^[24]
Sam Morrow	Free Agent	Released
Mark Corcoran	Stranraer	Free
Andre Hainault	VfR Aalen	Free^[25]
Marc Fitzpatrick	Greenock Morton	Free^[26]
Mark Fotheringham	Notts County	Free^[27]
Martin Scott	Livingston	Free^[28]
Vangelis Oikonomou	Veria	Free
Grant Munro	Brora Rangers	Free^[29]
Ivan Sproule	Linfield	Free^[30]
Steven Ross	Brora Rangers	Loan
Mihael Kovačević	Free Agent	Released
Branislav Mićić	Free Agent	Released^[31]
Kevin Luckassen	Slovan Liberec	Undisclosed^[32]

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External links

Ross County 2013–14 at Soccerbase.com (select relevant season from dropdown list)

v t e 2013–14 in Scottish football
« 2012–13 2014–15 »
Domestic leagues	SPFL Premiership Championship League One League Two Highland Lowland East of Scotland SJFA West Premier SJFA East Superleague SJFA North Superleague SPFL U20 League Women's Premier League 2013 2014
Domestic cups	Scottish Cup Final League Cup Final Challenge Cup Final Junior Cup Youth Cup Women's Cup 2013 2014 Women's League Cup 2013 2014
European competitions	Champions League Europa League
Related to national team	Results 2014 FIFA World Cup qualification – UEFA Group A
Transfers	Summer 2013 Winter 2013–14
Club seasons
Premiership	Aberdeen Celtic Dundee United Heart of Midlothian Hibernian Inverness Caledonian Thistle Kilmarnock Motherwell Partick Thistle Ross County St Johnstone St Mirren
Championship	Alloa Athletic Cowdenbeath Dumbarton Dundee Falkirk Greenock Morton Hamilton Academical Livingston Queen of the South Raith Rovers
League One	Airdrieonians Arbroath Ayr United Brechin City Dunfermline Athletic East Fife Forfar Athletic Rangers Stenhousemuir Stranraer
League Two	Albion Rovers Annan Athletic Berwick Rangers Clyde East Stirlingshire Elgin City Montrose Peterhead Queen's Park Stirling Albion

v t e Ross County Football Club
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History	2004–05 2005–06 2006–07 2007–08 2008–09 2009–10 2010–11 2011–12 2012–13 2013–14 2014–15 2015–16 2016–17 2017–18 2018–19 2019–20 2020–21 2021–22 2022–23 2023–24
Home stadium	Victoria Park
Rivalries	Highland derby