2017–18 Ross County F.C. season

Ross County 2017–18 football season

Ross County

2017–18 season

Chairman

Roy MacGregor

Manager

Jim McIntyre
(until 25 September)
Owen Coyle
(from 28 September - 1 March)
Steven Ferguson and
Stuart Kettlewell

Ground

Victoria Park

Scottish Premiership

Twelfth Place

Scottish League Cup

Second Round

Scottish Cup

Fourth Round

Top goalscorer

League: Schalk (11)
All: Schalk (13)

Highest home attendance

6,590 vs Celtic
Premiership
18 November 2017

Lowest home attendance

1,108 vs Alloa Athletic
League Cup
15 July 2017

Average home league attendance

4,612

Home colours

Away colours

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The 2017–18 season was the club's 5th season in the Scottish Premiership and their sixth consecutive appearance in the top flight of Scottish football. Ross County also competed in the League Cup and the Scottish Cup.

On 25 September, manager Jim McIntyre was sacked by the club.^[1] On 28 September, Owen Coyle took over as manager.^[2] He resigned on 1 March with Steven Ferguson and Stuart Kettlewell taking over as co-managers^[3] but they could not keep County in the Premiership and on 12 May after 6 years they were relegated back to the Championship.^[4]

Results & fixtures

Win Draw Loss Postponed

Pre-season

Elgin City v Ross County

1 July 2017^[5] Friendly	Elgin City	0–1	Ross County	Borough Briggs
15:00		Report	Herron 72'

Valenciennes v Ross County

6 July 2017 Friendly	Valenciennes	2–1	Ross County	Pinatar Arena, Spain
19:00	Mothiba 38' Ndao 65'	Report	Schalk 35'

Scottish Premiership

Dundee v Ross County

5 August 2017 1	Dundee	1–2	Ross County	Dens Park
15:00	Hendry 86' Holt 78'	BBC Report	Chow 29' Lindsay 35' Routis 61' Gardyne 71'	Attendance: 5,032 Referee: Willie Collum

Ross County v Aberdeen

12 August 2017 2	Ross County	1–2	Aberdeen	Global Energy Stadium
15:00	Curran 2' Routis 39' O'Brien 57' Keillor-Dunn 82'	BBC Report	Reynolds 23' Logan 71' Shinnie 72'	Attendance: 5,965 Referee: Don Robertson

Motherwell v Ross County

19 August 2017 3	Motherwell	2–0	Ross County	Dens Park
15:00	Heneghan 3' Rose 27' Tait 53' Moult 74' (pen.)	BBC Report	Chow 17' Fraser 46' van der Weg 74'	Attendance: 3,911 Referee: Alan Muir

Ross County v Rangers

27 August 2017 4	Ross County	1–3	Rangers	Global Energy Stadium
15:00 BST	Davies 45' Mikkelsen 59' Gardyne 71'	BBC Report	Morelos 31', 41' Herrera 89'	Attendance: 6,400 Referee: Craig Thomson

Ross County v Partick Thistle

9 September 2017 5	Ross County	1–1	Partick Thistle	Global Energy Stadium
15:00 BST	Kelly 58' Routis 61' Davies 45' Schalk 86' (pen.)	BBC Report	Devine 7' Spittal 22'	Attendance: 3,660 Referee: John Beaton

Celtic v Ross County

16 September 2017 6	Celtic	4–0	Ross County	Celtic Park
15:00 BST	Rogic 13' Dembélé 42' Forrest 52', 74'	BBC Report	O'Brien 47'	Attendance: 58,624 Referee: Steven McLean

Ross County v Hibernian

23 September 2017 7	Ross County	0–1	Hibernian	Global Energy Stadium
15:00 BST	Draper 56' O'Brien 67'	BBC Report	Hanlon 13' Bartley 57'	Attendance: 4,181 Referee: Andrew Dallas

Kilmarnock v Ross County

30 September 2017 8	Kilmarnock	0–2	Ross County	Rugby Park
15:00 BST		BBC Report	Curran 34' van der Weg 44'	Attendance: 3,337 Referee: Craig Thomson

Ross County v Heart of Midlothian

14 October 2017 9	Ross County	1–2	Heart of Midlothian	Global Energy Stadium
15:00 BST	Keillor-Dunn 36'	BBC Report	Gonçalves 34' Walker 59' Randall 65'	Attendance: 4,819 Referee: William Collum

Ross County v Hamilton Academical

21 October 2017 10	Ross County	2–1	Hamilton Academical	Global Energy Stadium
15:00 BST	Davies 21' Schalk 70' O'Brien 82' Mikkelsen 90+2'	BBC Report	Docherty 52' Boyd 67' Longridge 89'	Attendance: 3,509 Referee: Stephen Finnie

St Johnstone v Ross County

24 October 2017 11	St Johnstone	0–0	Ross County	McDiarmid Park
19:45 BST		BBC Report	Fraser 59' Chow 68' O'Brien 90' McCarey 90+2'	Attendance: 2,267 Referee: Barry Cook

Aberdeen v Ross County

28 October 2017 12	Aberdeen	2–1	Ross County	Pittodrie Stadium
15:00 BST	Christie 12' 88' McLean 52' (pen.) 90+2' McKenna 75'	BBC Report	Gardyne 8' 90+1' Lindsay 52' Draper 84'	Attendance: 13,918 Referee: Don Robertson

Ross County v Motherwell

4 November 2017 13	Ross County	3–2	Motherwell	Global Energy Stadium
15:00 GMT	Gardyne 13', 42' Keillor-Dunn 26' Draper 84'	BBC Report	Bowman 48' Hartley 52' Moult 79'	Attendance: 4,014 Referee: Euan Anderson

Ross County v Celtic

18 November 2017 14	Ross County	0–1	Celtic	Global Energy Stadium
12:30 GMT	Gardyne 42' O'Brien 77' Kelly 88'	BBC Report	Boyata 45+1' Tierney 66' Griffiths 78'	Attendance: 6,590 Referee: Nick Walsh

Heart of Midlothian v Ross County

25 November 2017 15	Heart of Midlothian	0–0	Ross County	Tynecastle Stadium
15:00 GMT	Walker 45+1' Stockton 73'	BBC Report	O'Brien 56' Draper 88'	Attendance: 15,601 Referee: John Beaton

Ross County v Dundee

2 December 2017 16	Ross County	0–2	Dundee	Global Energy Stadium
15:00 GMT	Draper 78'	BBC Report	O'Hara 18' El Bakhtaoui 89'	Attendance: 3,896 Referee: Steven McLean

Rangers v Ross County

9 December 2017 17	Rangers	2–1	Ross County	Ibrox Stadium
15:00 GMT	Morelos 59' Wilson 83'	BBC Report	Curran 10' Keillor-Dunn 71'	Attendance: 48,139 Referee: Euan Anderson

Ross County v Kilmarnock

13 December 2017 18	Ross County	2–2	Kilmarnock	Global Energy Stadium
19:45 GMT	Routis 31' Naismith 41'	BBC Report	Power 34' Brophy 61' Boyd 54' 86' Mulumbu 90'	Attendance: 3,021 Referee: Andrew Dallas

Hamilton Academical v Ross County

16 December 2017 19	Hamilton Academical	3–2	Ross County	SuperSeal Stadium
15:00 GMT	Imrie 30' (pen.) Sarris 75' Lindsay 89' (OG.) Skondras 90+2'	BBC Report	Curran 73' Van Der Weg 84' Gardyne 86'	Attendance: 1,272 Referee: Gavin Duncan

Hibernian v Ross County

23 December 2017 20	Hibernian	2–1	Ross County	Easter Road
15:00 GMT	Stokes 21' Shaw 75'	BBC Report	Curran 14'	Attendance: 16,228 Referee: Nick Walsh

Ross County v St Johnstone

27 December 2017 21	Ross County	1–1	St Johnstone	Global Energy Stadium
19:45 GMT	Schalk 54' (pen.)	BBC Report	Johnstone 2'	Attendance: 3,636 Referee: Greg Aitken

Partick Thistle v Ross County

30 December 2017 22	Partick Thistle	2–0	Ross County	Firhill Stadium
15:00 GMT		BBC Report	Doolan 35' Sammon 86'	Attendance: 2,870 Referee: Stephen Finnie

Motherwell v Ross County

24 January 2018 23	Motherwell	2–0	Ross County	Fir Park
19:45 GMT	Souttar 45' (OG) Main 47' Kipré 79' Ross MacLean 81'	[1]	Routis 60'	Attendance: 3,196 Referee: Kevin Clancy

Ross County v Rangers

28 January 2018 24	Ross County	1–2	Rangers	Global Energy Stadium
14:00 GMT	Naismith 25' Chow 50' N'Gog 90'	[2]	Candeias 21' Cummings 82'	Attendance: 6,541 Referee: Steven Maclean

Ross County v Aberdeen

31 January 2018 25	Ross County	2–4	Aberdeen	Global Energy Stadium
19:45	Schalk 77', 82'	[3]	McLean 28', 64' Rooney 32' (pen.), 34'	Attendance: 4,318 Referee: Andrew Dallas

Dundee v Ross County

3 February 2018 26	Dundee	1–4	Ross County	Dens Park
15:00	Waddell 57'	[4]	Keillor-Dunn 49' Schalk 61', 64' Souttar 89' Tim Chow 90'	Attendance: 4,971 Referee: John Beaton

Ross County v Heart of Midlothian

17 February 2018 27	Ross County	1–1	Heart of Midlothian	Global Energy Stadium
12:30	Fontaine 53' Naismith 76' Tansey 89'	[5]	Lafferty 53' Adao 87'	Attendance: 4,936 Referee: Craig Thompson

St Johnstone v Ross County

24 February 2018 28	St Johnstone	2–0	Ross County	McDiarmid Park
15:00 BST	Davidson 29', 40' 33' Kane 59' MacLean 86'	[6]	Curran	Attendance: 2,533 Referee: Willie Collum

Kilmarnock v Ross County

10 March 2018 29	Kilmarnock	3–2	Ross County	Rugby Park
15:00 BST	Erwin 16' Broadfoot 33' Boyd 46' Brophy 74'	[7]	Naismith 53' O'Brien 72' Mckay 86' Schalk 90+1'	Attendance: 4,001 Referee: John Beaton

Ross County v Hamilton Academical

17 March 2018 30	Ross County	2–2	Hamilton Academical	Global Energy Stadium
15:00	Lindsay 23' Davies 76'	[8]	Imrie 49' Ogkmpoe 52'	Attendance: 3,586 Referee: Kevin Clancy

Celtic v Ross County

31 March 2018 31	Celtic	3–0	Ross County	Celtic Park
15:00 BST	Dembélé 25' Armstrong 48' Rogic 60'	[9]	Davies 39'	Attendance: 58,765 Referee: Steven McLean

Ross County v Partick Thistle

3 April 2018 32	Ross County	4–0	Partick Thistle	Global Energy Stadium
19:45 BST	Lindsay 14' Schalk 35' 56' 72' Draper 41'	Report	Keown 65'	Attendance: 3,944 Referee: Willie Collum

Ross County v Hibernian

7 April 2018 33	Ross County	1–1	Hibernian	Global Energy Stadium
15:00 BST	Mckay 28' Draper 43' Routis 44'	Report	Shaw 90'	Attendance: 5,389 Referee: Bobby Madden

Ross County v Motherwell

21 April 2018 34	Ross County	0–0	Motherwell	Global Energy Stadium
15:00 BST	Lindsay 45+1' Schalk 53' Fontaine 90+1'	Report	Kipré 54'	Attendance: 3,879 Referee: Alan Muir

Hamilton Academical v Ross County

28 April 2018 35	Hamilton Academical	2–0	Ross County	SuperSeal Stadium
12:30 BST	MacKinnon 1' Imrie 56' (pen.) Templeton 67' Sarris 90+2'	[10]	Fraser 21'	Attendance: 2,057 Referee: Bobby Madden

Partick Thistle v Ross County

4 May 2018 36	Partick Thistle	1–1	Ross County	Firhill Stadium
19:45 BST	Erskine 21'	BBC Report	Mckay 42'	Attendance: 4,312 Referee: Kevin Clancy

Ross County v Dundee

8 May 2018 37	Ross County	0–1	Dundee	Global Energy Stadium
19:45 BST		BBC Report	Murray 51'	Attendance: Andrew Dallas Referee: 3,976

St Johnstone v Ross County

12 May 2018 38	St Johnstone	1–1	Ross County	McDiarmid Park
15:00 BST	Wotherspoon 90+2'	BBC Report	Curran 3'	Attendance: Nick Walsh Referee: 3,279

Scottish League Cup

Matches

Ross County v Alloa

15 July 2017^[6] Group D^[6]	Ross County	2–0	Alloa	Global Energy Stadium
15:00	Fraser 40' Curran 69'	BBC Report		Attendance: 1,108 Referee: John McKendrick

Montrose v Ross County

18 July 2017 Group D^[6]	Montrose	0–6	Ross County	Links Park
19:45	Hay 81' Watson 90'	BBC Report	Mikkelsen 15', 54' Gardyne 31' Curran 27' (pen.), 45' Schalk 58'	Attendance: 421 Referee: Alan Newlands

Ross County v Hibernian

21 July 2017 Group D^[6]	Ross County	0–0 (4–3 p)	Hibernian	Global Energy Stadium
19:45		BBC Report SPFL Report		Attendance: 2,065 Referee: Steven McLean
	Penalties
	Routis O'Brien Schalk Fraser Gardyne		Whittaker McGinn Boyle Murray Shaw

Arbroath v Ross County

29 July 2017 Group D^[6]	Arbroath	0–0 (4–5 p)	Ross County	Gayfield Park
15:00		BBC Report SPFL Report		Attendance: 702 Referee: Steven Kirkland
	Penalties
	Henry Linn McCord Yule Little Gold		Fraser Routis Schalk Kelly Mikkelsen Chow

League Cup Group D Table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	PW	PL	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification	HIB	ROS	ARB	MON	ALO
1	Hibernian (Q)	4	3	0	1	0	13	1	+12	10	Qualification for the Second Round	—	—	6–1	4–0	—
2	Ross County (Q)	4	2	2	0	0	8	0	+8	10	Qualification for the Second Round	p0–0	—	—	—	2–0
3	Arbroath	4	1	1	1	1	6	7	−1	6		—	0–0p	—	4–0	—
4	Montrose	4	1	0	0	3	2	15	−13	3		—	0–6	—	—	2–1
5	Alloa Athletic	4	0	0	1	3	2	8	−6	1		0–3	—	1–1p	—	—

Source: ^[7]
Rules for classification: 1) goal difference, 2) goals scored, 3) away goals scored, 4) matches won, 5) away matches won, 6) drawing of lots.^[8]
(Q) Qualified to the phase indicated

Knockout stage

Ross County v Motherwell

9 August 2017 Second Round	Ross County	2–3 (a.e.t.)	Motherwell	Global Energy Stadium
19:45 BST	Schalk 65' Dow 69' Curran 104' (pen.)	BBC Report	Bigirimana 50' Moult 77' MacLean 90+3' 112' Cadden 92' Dunne 104'	Attendance: 1,612 Referee: Stephen Finnie

Scottish Cup

Kilmarnock v Ross County

20 January 2017 Fourth Round	Kilmarnock	1–0	Ross County	Rugby Park
15:00 GMT	Boyd 45+3' Erwin 88' (pen.)	BBC Report	Draper 39' Chow 88'	Attendance: 3,595 Referee: Bobby Madden

Squad statistics

Appearances

As of 12 May 2018

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	Scott Fox	31	0	26+1	0	4	0	0	0
2	DF	SCO	Marcus Fraser	43	1	38	0	4+1	1	0	0
3	DF	SCO	Jason Naismith	41	2	34+1	2	5	0	1	0
4	DF	FRA	Christopher Routis	30	2	21+3	2	1+4	0	1	0
5	DF	SCO	Harry Souttar	13	0	11+2	0	0	0	0	0
6	DF	SCO	Sean Kelly	18	0	11+2	0	5	0	0	0
7	FW	SCO	Michael Gardyne	39	4	27+6	3	5	1	1	0
8	MF	TPE	Tim Chow	20	1	10+4	1	5	0	0+1	0
9	FW	SCO	Ryan Dow	23	0	4+14	0	5	0	0	0
10	FW	NED	Alex Schalk	37	13	20+11	11	4+1	2	0+1	0
11	FW	ENG	Craig Curran	40	10	20+15	6	4+1	4	0	0
14	FW	FRA	David N'Gog	10	1	4+6	1	0	0	0	0
15	DF	ENG	Andrew Davies (c)	30	1	24	1	5	0	1	0
17	MF	ENG	Ross Draper	29	1	25+3	1	0	0	1	0
18	MF	SCO	Jamie Lindsay	32	2	21+5	2	4+1	0	1	0
22	FW	NIR	Billy Mckay	24	3	14+9	3	0	0	1	0
23	MF	ENG	Greg Tansey	3	0	2+1	0	0	0	0	0
24	MF	SCO	Tony Dingwall	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
25	MF	SCO	Jim O'Brien	31	0	24+3	0	1+2	0	1	0
31	GK	EIR	Aaron McCarey	16	0	12+2	0	1	0	1	0
32	DF	ENG	Liam Fontaine	14	0	14	0	0	0	0	0
35	DF	ENG	Max Melbourne	6	0	6	0	0	0	0	0
40	MF	ENG	Davis Keillor-Dunn	30	3	18+11	3	0+1	0	0	0
41	GK	ENG	Mark Foden	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
43	FW	SCO	Greg Morrison	1	0	0	0	0+1	0	0	0
47	MF	EST	Mattias Käit	6	0	3+3	0	0	0	0	0
51	GK	SCO	Ross Munro	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Players who left the club during the 2017–18 season
12	FW	ENG	Inih Effiong (Released from contract)	3	0	2	0	0	0	1	0
16	MF	SCO	Dylan Dykes (loaned to Stranraer)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
19	FW	DEN	Thomas Mikkelsen (loaned to Dundee United)	14	4	2+7	2	1+4	2	0	0
28	DF	NED	Kenny van der Weg (Joined Hamilton Academical)	21	2	16+3	2	1	0	1	0
33	MF	ENG	Chris Eagles (Released from contract)	9	0	7+1	0	0	0	0+1	0
42	DF	SCO	Reghan Tumilty (loaned to Falkirk)	2	0	1+1	0	0	0	0	0
44	FW	SCO	Russell Dingwall (loaned to Forfar Athletic)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
45	MF	SCO	Blair Malcolm (loaned to Cowdenbeath)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

Team statistics

League table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation^[a]
8	St Johnstone	38	12	10	16	42	53	−11	46
9	Dundee	38	11	6	21	36	57	−21	39
10	Hamilton Academical	38	9	6	23	47	68	−21	33
11	Partick Thistle (R)	38	8	9	21	31	61	−30	33	Qualification for the Premiership play-off final
12	Ross County (R)	38	6	11	21	40	62	−22	29	Relegation to the Championship

Source: Soccerway BBC
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).^[9]
(R) Relegated
Notes:

^ Teams play each other three times (33 matches) before the league is split into two groups (the top six and the bottom six).

Transfers

In

Date	Player	From	Fee
11 June 2017	Sean Kelly	AFC Wimbledon	Free^[10]
3 July 2017	Jamie Lindsay	Celtic	Loan^[11]
4 July 2017	Thomas Mikkelsen	Odense Boldklub	Undisclosed^[12]
20 July 2017	Jim O'Brien	Shrewsbury Town	Free^[13]
25 July 2017	Billy Mckay	Wigan Athletic	Free^[14]
9 August 2017	Ross Draper	Inverness Caledonian Thistle	£100,000^[15]
23 November 2017	Chris Eagles	Port Vale	Free^[16]
9 January 2018	Greg Tansey	Aberdeen	Loan^[17]
19 January 2018	Inih Effiong	Woking	Undisclosed ^[18]
23 January 2018	David N'Gog	Panionios	Free^[19]
24 January 2018	Harry Souttar	Stoke City	Loan^[20]
31 January 2018	Liam Fontaine	Hibernian	Free ^[21]
31 January 2018	Max Melbourne	West Brom	Loan ^[22]
31 January 2018	Mattias Kait	Fulham	Loan ^[23]

Out

Date	Player	To	Fee
20 June 2017	Liam Boyce	Burton Albion	Undisclosed^[24]
13 July 2017	Ian McShane	St Mirren	Free^[25]
15 July 2017	Christopher McLaughlin	Dumbarton	Free^[26]
15 July 2017	Mark Foden	Stirling Albion	Loan^[27]
18 July 2017	Chris Burke	Kilmrnock	Free^[28]
22 July 2017	David Brownlie	Airdrieonians	Free^[29]
27 July 2017	Jay McEveley	Tranmere Rovers	Free^[30]
12 August 2017	Paul Quinn	Dundee United	Free^[31]^[32]
17 August 2017	Jonathan Franks	Hartlepool United	Free^[31]^[33]
30 August 2017	Greg Morrison	Dumbarton	Loan^[34]
17 November 2017	Blair Malcolm	Cowdenbeath	Loan^[35]
23 November 2017	Reghan Tumilty	Falkirk	Loan^[36]
1 December 2017	Oscar Gobern	Yeovil Town	Free^[31]^[37]
12 January 2018	Dylan Dykes	Stranraer	Loan^[38]
19 January 2018	Thomas Mikkelsen	Dundee United	Loan^[39]
26 January 2018	Russell Dingwall	Forfar Athletic	Loan^[40]
26 January 2018	Ross Maciver	Forfar Athletic	Loan^[41]
31 January 2018	Kenny van der Weg	Hamilton Academical	Free^[42]^[43]
4 April 2018	Chris Eagles	Free Agent	Mutual consent^[44]

Notes and references

^ "Ross County sack manager McIntyre". BBC Sport.
^ "Coyle relishes Ross County challenge". BBC Sport.
^ "Ross County name Steven Ferguson and Stuart Kettlewell as co-managers".
^ "St Johnstone 1-1 Ross County". BBC Sport.
^ "Pre-Season Friendly". Ross County FC twitter. Retrieved 22 June 2017.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e "Betfred Cup 2017/2018 Fixtures". spfl.co.uk.
^ "Summary - League Cup Group D". Soccerway. Retrieved 10 August 2019.
^ "Format". SPFL. Retrieved 15 June 2017.
^ "Premiership 2017/2018 - Season rules". Scoresway. Retrieved 1 June 2017.
^ "Ross County sign Sean Kelly after AFC Wimbledon exit for defender". BBC Sport. 11 June 2017. Retrieved 22 June 2017.
^ "Ross County bring in Lindsay on loan". SPFL. 3 July 2017. Archived from the original on 6 August 2017. Retrieved 7 July 2017.
^ "Thomas Mikkelsen joins Ross County from Odense after Dundee United loan". BBC Sport. 4 July 2017. Retrieved 4 July 2017.
^ "Ross County: Jim O'Brien makes move permanent following loan spell". BBC Sport. 20 July 2017. Retrieved 20 July 2017.
^ "Billy Mckay: Northern Ireland striker leaves Wigan for Ross County". BBC Sport. 25 July 2017. Retrieved 29 July 2017.
^ "Ross County sign midfielder from Inverness Caledonian Thistle". bbc.co.uk/sport. BBC Sport. 9 August 2017. Retrieved 12 August 2017.
^ "Chris Eagles signs for Ross County until end of season". Sky Sports. 23 November 2017. Retrieved 24 November 2017.
^ "Ross County: Midfielder Greg Tansey joins on loan from Aberdeen". BBC Sport. 9 January 2018. Retrieved 11 January 2018.
^ "Inih Effiong joins the club". Ross County FC. 19 January 2018. Retrieved 19 January 2018.
^ "Ross County sign former Liverpool striker David Ngog". BBC Sport. 23 January 2018. Retrieved 23 January 2018.
^ "Harry Souttar: Stoke defender joins Ross County on loan after signing new contract". BBC Sport. 24 January 2018. Retrieved 24 January 2018.
^ "Liam Fontaine: Ross County sign defender from Hibernian". BBC. Retrieved 31 January 2018.
^ "Liam Fontaine: Ross County sign defender from Hibernian". BBC. Retrieved 31 January 2018.
^ "Liam Fontaine: Ross County sign defender from Hibernian". BBC. Retrieved 31 January 2018.
^ "Liam Boyce: Burton sign Ross County striker in club-record deal". BBC Sport. 20 June 2017. Retrieved 22 June 2017.
^ "St Mirren sign Ian McShane after midfielder leaves Ross County". BBC Sport. 13 July 2017. Retrieved 15 July 2017.
^ "IT'S A DOUBLE SIGNING: McLAUGHLIN IS ON BOARD". Dumbarton Football Club. 15 July 2017. Retrieved 22 August 2017.
^ "Scottish League Two ins and out – summer 2017". BBC Sport. 6 August 2017. Retrieved 22 August 2017.
^ "Kilmarnock: Chris Burke joins Rugby Park side on one-year deal". BBC Sport. 18 July 2017. Retrieved 20 July 2017.
^ "Scottish League One ins and out – summer 2017". BBC Sport. 6 August 2017. Retrieved 22 August 2017.
^ "Jay McEveley: Tranmere Rovers sign former Derby County defender on one-year deal". BBC Sport. 27 July 2017. Retrieved 22 August 2017.
^ ^a ^b ^c "Club captain Paul Quinn one of several Ross County departures". BBC Sport. 22 May 2017. Retrieved 22 June 2017.
^ "Paul Quinn: Dundee United sign defender on short-term deal". BBC Sport. 12 August 2017. Retrieved 22 August 2017.
^ "Jonathan Franks: Hartlepool United re-sign winger after Ross County exit". BBC Sport. 17 August 2017. Retrieved 8 September 2017.
^ "Completed Transfers – Deadline Day August 2017". SPFL. 30 August 2017. Retrieved 8 September 2017.
^ "Blair Malcolm completes loan move to Cowdenbeath". Ross County FC. 17 November 2017. Retrieved 24 November 2017.
^ "Chris Eagles signs for Ross County until end of season". Sky Sports. 23 November 2017. Retrieved 24 November 2017.
^ "Oscar Gobern: Yeovil sign midfielder on non-contract terms until end of the season". BBC Sport. 1 December 2017. Retrieved 27 December 2017.
^ "Dylan Dykes completes loan move to Stranraer". Ross County FC. 12 January 2018. Retrieved 12 May 2018.
^ "Thomas Mikkelsen completes loan move to Dundee United". Ross County FC. 19 January 2018. Retrieved 19 January 2018.
^ "Russell Dingwall and Ross Maciver complete loan move to Forfar". Ross County FC. 26 January 2018. Archived from the original on 30 January 2018. Retrieved 26 January 2018.
^ "Russell Dingwall and Ross Maciver complete loan move to Forfar". Ross County FC. 26 January 2018. Archived from the original on 30 January 2018. Retrieved 26 January 2018.
^ "Ross County release Kenny van der Weg at Dutch left-back's request". BBC Sport. 1 February 2018. Retrieved 1 February 2018.
^ "Hamilton Academical sign Kenny Van der Weg & Ross Jenkins". BBC Sport. 12 February 2018. Retrieved 12 February 2018.
^ "Chris Eagles: Winger leaves Ross County by mutual consent". BBC Sport. 4 April 2018. Retrieved 12 May 2018.

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Transfers	Summer 2017 Winter 2017–18
Club seasons
Premiership	Aberdeen Celtic Dundee Hamilton Academical Heart of Midlothian Hibernian Kilmarnock Motherwell Partick Thistle Rangers Ross County St Johnstone
Championship	Brechin City Dumbarton Dundee United Dunfermline Athletic Falkirk Greenock Morton Inverness Caledonian Thistle Livingston Queen of the South St Mirren
League One	Airdrieonians Albion Rovers Alloa Athletic Arbroath Ayr United East Fife Forfar Athletic Queen's Park Raith Rovers Stranraer
League Two	Annan Athletic Berwick Rangers Clyde Cowdenbeath Edinburgh City Elgin City Montrose Peterhead Stenhousemuir Stirling Albion