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2015–16 Inverness Caledonian Thistle F.C. season

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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

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  Win   Draw   Loss   Postponed

Pre season / Friendlies

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18 July 2015[1] Friendly Nairn County 0–1 Inverness Caledonian Thistle Nairn
15:00 BST Foran 25' Stadium: Station Park

Scottish Premiership

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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 Red card 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

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Scottish League Cup

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Scottish Cup

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Squad statistics

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Appearances

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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 England ENG David Raven 26 1 18+1 1 2+0 0 3+0 0 1+1 0
3 DF England ENG Carl Tremarco 37 2 28+4 2 2+0 0 3+0 0 0+0 0
4 MF Scotland SCO James Vincent 18 2 14+2 2 2+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
5 DF England ENG Gary Warren 32 0 23+2 0 0+0 0 5+0 0 2+0 0
6 DF England ENG Josh Meekings 26 2 21+0 2 2+0 0 1+0 0 2+0 0
7 FW Spain ESP Dani López 10 1 5+2 1 0+1 0 0+0 0 2+0 0
8 MF England ENG Ross Draper 40 5 31+1 5 1+0 0 5+0 0 1+1 0
9 MF Republic of Ireland IRL Richie Foran 11 1 0+7 1 0+0 0 1+1 0 0+2 0
10 MF Republic of Ireland IRL Aaron Doran 2 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 2+0 0
11 MF England ENG Jordan Roberts 13 3 8+1 2 0+0 0 1+2 1 0+1 0
14 DF Northern Ireland NIR Daniel Devine 46 3 37+0 2 2+0 1 5+0 0 2+0 0
15 MF England ENG Nat Wedderburn 19 0 8+7 0 0+0 0 2+0 0 2+0 0
16 MF England ENG Greg Tansey 45 9 37+0 8 2+0 1 4+0 0 2+0 0
17 MF England ENG Lewis Horner 18 1 11+5 1 0+0 0 1+1 0 0+0 0
18 MF England ENG Tobi Sho-Silva 5 0 0+5 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
18 FW England ENG Alex Fisher 3 0 0+1 0 0+0 0 0+2 0 0+0 0
19 MF England ENG Danny Williams 44 1 25+10 1 1+1 0 4+1 0 2+0 0
20 MF Scotland SCO Liam Polworth 43 6 33+3 6 1+1 0 3+2 0 0+0 0
22 MF Scotland SCO Ryan Christie 17 3 12+1 3 2+0 0 0+0 0 2+0 0
25 GK Wales WAL Owain Fôn Williams 47 0 38+0 0 2+0 0 5+0 0 2+0 0
27 MF Scotland SCO Iain Vigurs 36 8 24+6 6 1+0 0 5+0 2 0+0 0
28 FW Democratic Republic of the Congo COD Andréa Mbuyi-Mutombo 30 1 12+13 0 0+1 0 2+2 1 0+0 0
37 FW Scotland SCO Alisdair Sutherland 6 0 0+5 0 0+1 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
39 FW England ENG Miles Storey 37 13 29+1 11 2+0 1 4+1 1 0+0 0

Overall Goalscorers

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

Northern Ireland Danny Devine

England Jordan Roberts

3
9th Democratic Republic of the Congo Andréa Mbuyi-Mutombo

England Josh Meekings

England Carl Tremarco

Scotland James Vincent

2
13th Republic of Ireland Richie Foran

England Lewis Horner

Spain Dani López

England David Raven

England Danny Williams

1

Disciplinary record

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

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League table

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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

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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

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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

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

See also

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Notes

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

References

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  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.