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 0–2 Ross County Clachnacuddin
19:00 Henderson 47'
Hale 74'		 Stadium: Grant Street Park

Scottish Championship

Main article: 2025–26 Scottish Championship
2 August 2025 1 Airdrieonians 2–2 Ross County Airdrie
15:00 Henderson 63', 74' Report Wright 19', 48' Stadium: Excelsior Stadium
Attendance: 1,278
Referee: Lloyd Wilson
8 August 2025 2 Ross County 0–1 St Johnstone Dingwall
19:45 Report Ikpeazu 82' Stadium: Victoria Park
Attendance: 3,185
Referee: Dan McFarlane
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 1–1
(6–5 p)		 Ross County Stranraer
15:00 Sharp 76' Report Hale 43' Stadium: Stair Park
Attendance: 469
Referee: Graham Grainger
19 July 2025 Group Stage Queen of the South 0–1 Ross County Dumfries
15:00 Report Henderson 73' Stadium: Palmerston Park
Attendance: 1,012
Referee: Peter Stuart
22 July 2025 Group Stage Ross County 8–0 Edinburgh City Dingwall
19:45 Hale 22', 39', 47 pen.'
Henderson 37', 57'
Coyle 76', 89'
Phillips 82'		 Report Stadium: Victoria Park
Attendance: 1,265
Referee: Sean Murdoch
26 July 2025 Group Stage Ross County 1–3 Partick Thistle Dingwall
15:00 White 88' Report Crawford 44'
Chalmers 64'
Stanway 84'		 Stadium: Victoria Park
Attendance: 1,740
Referee: Ryan Lee

Squad statistics

Captains

No. Pos Nat Name No of games Notes
6 MF England Connor Randall 2 Club Captain
23 MF Scotland Ross Docherty 4
26 FW Scotland Jordan White Vice-Captain

Appearances

As of 8 August 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 Scotland SCO Ross Laidlaw 4 0 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 0
2 DF England ENG Ben Compton 5 0 0+1 0 3+1 0 0 0 0 0
3 DF Republic of Ireland IRL Len O'Sullivan 6 0 2 0 4 0 0 0 0 0
4 DF England ENG Akil Wright 4 2 2 2 2 0 0 0 0 0
6 MF England ENG Connor Randall 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
7 MF Scotland SCO Jay Henderson 6 3 2 0 4 3 0 0 0 0
8 MF Scotland SCO Dean Cornelius 6 0 2 0 3+1 0 0 0 0 0
9 FW Northern Ireland NIR Ronan Hale 6 4 2 0 4 4 0 0 0 0
10 MF England ENG Noah Chilvers 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
11 FW England ENG Kieran Phillips 4 1 0 0 1+3 1 0 0 0 0
14 FW Scotland SCO Nicky Clark 4 0 0+1 0 2+1 0 0 0 0 0
15 DF Scotland SCO Dylan Smith 4 0 0 0 3+1 0 0 0 0 0
16 DF Scotland SCO Alex Iacovitti 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
17 MF Scotland SCO Gary Mackay-Steven 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
18 MF Scotland SCO Andrew Macleod 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
19 MF Scotland SCO Arron Lyall 5 0 0+1 0 2+2 0 0 0 0 0
20 MF England ENG George Robesten 3 0 0+1 0 0+2 0 0 0 0 0
21 GK England ENG Brad Foster 2 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0
22 FW Scotland SCO Adam Emslie 4 0 0 0 3+1 0 0 0 0 0
23 MF Scotland SCO Ross Docherty 5 0 1 0 4 0 0 0 0 0
26 FW Scotland SCO Jordan White 5 1 0+2 0 1+2 1 0 0 0 0
31 MF Scotland SCO Declan Gallagher 6 0 2 0 4 0 0 0 0 0
34 MF Scotland SCO Lewis Mackay 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
37 FW Scotland SCO Joe Coyle 1 2 0 0 0+1 2 0 0 0 0
38 MF Scotland SCO Jamie Lindsay 3 0 2 0 0+1 0 0 0 0 0
43 DF Scotland SCO Josh Reid 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
44 FW Scotland SCO James Scott 1 0 0+1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
45 DF Scotland SCO Alister Morrison 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Players who left the club during the season
27 FW Scotland SCO Eamonn Brophy 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
28 MF Scotland SCO Jamie Williamson 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
32 MF Scotland SCO Copeland Thain 1 0 0 0 0+1 0 0 0 0 0
35 DF Scotland SCO Oliver Lamont 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
41 GK Scotland SCO Jayden Reid 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
49 FW Scotland SCO Calum Brown 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

Goalscorers

Rank No. Nat. Po. Name Championship Scottish Cup League Cup Challenge Cup Total
1 9 Northern Ireland FW Ronan Hale 0 0 4 0 4
2 7 Scotland MF Jay Henderson 0 0 3 0 3
3 4 England DF Akil Wright 2 0 0 0 2
37 Scotland FW Joe Coyle 0 0 2 0 2
4 11 England FW Kieran Phillips 0 0 1 0 1
26 Scotland FW Jordan White 0 0 1 0 1
Own Goals 0 0 0 0 0
Total 2 0 11 0 13
As of 2 August 2025

Team statistics

League table

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion, qualification or relegation
4 Raith Rovers 2 1 1 0 2 1 +1 4 Qualification for the Premiership play-off quarter-final
5 Greenock Morton 2 0 2 0 1 1 0 2
6 Ross County 2 0 1 1 2 3 −1 1
7 Ayr United 2 0 1 1 1 2 −1 1
8 Queen's Park 2 0 1 1 2 4 −2 1
Updated to match(es) played on 9 August 2025. Source: [1]
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored; 4) Head-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 PAR ROS STR QOS EDI
1 Partick Thistle 4 4 0 0 0 11 2 +9 12 Qualification for the second round — — 2–0 2–0 —
2 Ross County 4 2 0 1 1 11 4 +7 7 1–3 — — — 8–0
3 Stranraer 4 1 1 1 1 2 3 −1 6 — p1–1 — 1–0 —
4 Queen of the South 4 1 0 0 3 4 4 0 3 — 0–1 — — 4–0
5 Edinburgh City 4 0 1 0 3 1 16 −15 2 1–4 — p0–0 — —
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 Scotland Declan Gallagher Scotland Dundee United Free[5]
10 June 2025 Scotland Gary Mackay-Steven Scotland Kilmarnock Free[6]
16 June 2025 Scotland Ross Docherty Scotland Dundee United Free[7]
19 June 2025 England Ben Crompton England Sunderland Free[8]
21 June 2025 Scotland Arron Lyall Scotland Greenock Morton Free[9]
23 June 2025 Scotland Dean Cornelius England Harrogate Town Free[10]
3 July 2025 England Brad Foster Wales Wrexham Free[11]
4 July 2025 Republic of Ireland Len O'Sullivan Northern Ireland Glenavon Free[12]
Scotland Adam Emslie Scotland Aberdeen Free[13]
17 July 2025 Scotland Nicky Clark Scotland St Johnstone Free[14]
18 July 2025 Scotland Jamie Lindsay England Bristol Rovers Free[15]
8 August 2025 Scotland Alex Iacovitti Scotland St Mirren Free[16]
Scotland James Scott Loan[17]

Out

Date Player To Fee
24 May 2025 Scotland Connall Ewan Scotland Elgin City Free[18]
28 May 2025 Scotland Scott Allardice Free[19]
Republic of Ireland James Brown Free[19]
1 June 2025 Wales Ryan Leak Free[20]
4 June 2025 Wales Alex Samuel Scotland Partick Thistle Free[21][22]
Scotland Logan Ross Scotland Inverness CT Free[21][23]
5 June 2025 Australia Josh Nisbet Netherlands Roda JC Free[24][25]
Scotland Charlie Telfer Free[26]
27 June 2025 Democratic Republic of the Congo Michee Efete Free[27]
Scotland Ricki Lamie Free[27]
30 June 2025 Germany Jordan Amissah England Burton Albion Undisclosed[28]
1 July 2025 England George Harmon England Cheltenham Town Free[29]
24 July 2025 Scotland Jamie Williamson Scotland Strathspey Thistle Loan[30]
Scotland Calum Brown
1 August 2025 Scotland Eamonn Brophy Scotland Greenock Morton Free[31]
8 August 2025 Scotland Rio Hastings Scotland Invergordon Co-operation loan[32]
Scotland Oliver Lamont
Scotland Lewis Mackay
Scotland Jayden Reid
11 August 2025 Scotland Copeland Thain Scotland Clachnacuddin Loan[33]

Notes and references

  1. ^ "Championship Table". Scottish Professional Football League. Retrieved 9 August 2025.
  2. ^ "The Rules of the Scottish Professional Football League" (PDF). SPFL. pp. 38–39. Retrieved 20 October 2019.
  3. ^ "Summary - League Cup". Soccerway. Retrieved 27 July 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. ^ "Nicky Clark joins the Staggies". Ross County FC. 17 July 2025. Retrieved 18 July 2025.
  15. ^ "Jamie Lindsay rejoins the Staggies!". Ross County FC. 18 July 2025. Retrieved 18 July 2025.
  16. ^ "Iacovitti returns to Ross County!". rosscountyfootballclub.co.uk. Ross County FC. 8 August 2025. Retrieved 8 August 2025.
  17. ^ "James Scott signs for Ross County!". Ross County FC. 8 August 2025. Retrieved 8 August 2025.
  18. ^ ""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.
  19. ^ a b "Squad Update: Scott Allardice & James Brown". rosscountyfootballclub.co.uk. Ross County FC. 28 May 2025. Retrieved 29 May 2025.
  20. ^ "Squad Update: Ryan Leak". Ross County FC. 1 June 2025. Retrieved 4 June 2025.
  21. ^ a b "Squad Update: Alex Samuel and Logan Ross". Ross County FC. 4 June 2025. Retrieved 4 June 2025.
  22. ^ "Alex Samuel becomes a Jag". Partick Thistle. 12 August 2025. Retrieved 12 August 2025.
  23. ^ "Logan Ross Signs for ICTFC". Inverness CT. 16 June 2025. Retrieved 18 June 2025.
  24. ^ "Squad Update: Josh Nisbet". Ross County FC. 5 June 2025. Retrieved 6 June 2025.
  25. ^ "Josh Nisbet and Charlie Telfer depart Ross County". Ross County FC. 5 June 2025. Retrieved 17 June 2025.
  26. ^ "Squad Update: Charlie Telfer". Ross County FC. 5 June 2025. Retrieved 6 June 2025.
  27. ^ a b "Squad Update: Michee Efete & Ricki Lamie". Ross County FC. 27 June 2025. Retrieved 27 June 2025.
  28. ^ "Jordan Amissah Signs for Burton Albion". Burton Albion FC. 30 June 2025. Retrieved 30 June 2025.
  29. ^ "George Harmon departs". Ross County FC. 1 July 2025. Retrieved 2 July 2025.
  30. ^ "Brown and Williamson join Strathspey Thistle on loan for the 2025/2026 Campaign". Ross County FC. 24 July 2025. Retrieved 24 July 2025.
  31. ^ "Eamonn Brophy Signs for the Ton". Greenock Morton FC. 1 August 2025. Retrieved 1 August 2025.
  32. ^ "Ross County Collaborate with Invergordon FC". Ross County FC. 8 August 2025. Retrieved 11 August 2025.
  33. ^ "Copeland Thain joins Clach on loan". Ross County FC. 11 August 2025. Retrieved 12 August 2025.
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