2016–17 Inverness Caledonian Thistle F.C. season

Inverness Caledonian Thistle
2016–17 season
ChairmanKenny Cameron
ManagerRichie Foran
StadiumCaledonian Stadium
PremiershipTwelfth place
League CupSecond round, lost to Alloa Athletic
Scottish CupFifth round, lost to Celtic
Top goalscorerLeague:
Alex Fisher (8)

All:
Alex Fisher (8)
Highest home attendance7,012 vs. Rangers, 14 October 2016
Lowest home attendance1,316 vs. Arbroath, 30 July 2016
Average home league attendance3,949

The 2016–17 Inverness Caledonian Thistle F.C. season is the club's fourth season in the Scottish Premiership and their seventh consecutive season in the top division of Scottish football. Caley Thistle also competed in the Scottish League Cup and the Scottish Cup.

Summary

Season

Caley Thistle finished twelfth in the Scottish Premiership and were automatically relegated to the Scottish Championship. They reached the second round of the Scottish League Cup, the fifth round of the Scottish Cup.

Management

Caley Thistle were managed by Richie Foran, during the 2016–17 season. John Hughes departed the club during the close season on 20 May 2016, having negotiated his exit with the board. Hughes had previously raised concerns with the club's budget for 2016–17. On 30 May 2016, Foran was appointed manager on a four-year contract, marking his retirement as a player. Brian Rice remained as assistant manager.

Results and fixtures

  Win   Draw   Loss   Postponed

Friendlies

2 July 2016 Friendly/William West Testimonial Fraserburgh 3–3 Inverness CT Fraserburgh
15:00 Stadium: Bellslea Park
5 July 2016 Friendly Brora Rangers 1–1 Inverness CT Brora
19:30 Stadium: Dudgeon Park
7 July 2016 Friendly Nairn County 0–3 Inverness CT Nairn
19:30 Stadium: Station Park
9 July 2016 Friendly/Andy Low Testimonial Buckie Thistle 1–8 Inverness CT Buckie
14:00 Stadium: Victoria Park
12 July 2016 Friendly Elgin City 0–3 Inverness CT Elgin
19:45 Stadium: Borough Briggs
19 July 2016 Friendly Forres Mechanics 1–3 Inverness CT Forres
19:30 Stadium: Mosset Park

Scottish Premiership

6 August 2016 Premiership Partick Thistle 2–0 Inverness Caledonian Thistle Glasgow
15:00 Gordon  5'
Amoo  24' 60'
Erskine 36'
BBC Report Polworth  69' Stadium: Firhill Stadium
Attendance: 2,943
Referee: Walsh
13 August 2016 Premiership Inverness Caledonian Thistle 2–3 Ross County Inverness
15:00 Raven  12'
Williams  18'
Boden 45'
Draper  50' 65'
Horner  75'
BBC Report Boyce 7' 28' 47'
Curran  28'
Davies  75'
Foster  80'
Gardyne  82'
Routis  85'
Stadium: Tulloch Caledonian Stadium
Attendance: 4,204
Referee: Dallas
10 September 2016 Premiership Aberdeen 1–1 Inverness Caledonian Thistle Aberdeen
15:00 McGinn 51' BBC Report Tansey  31'
Tremarco  45'
King  45+1'
Vigurs 68'
Stadium: Pittodrie Stadium
Attendance: 11,356
Referee: Allan
5 November 2016 Premiership Celtic 3–0 Inverness Caledonian Thistle Glasgow
15:00 Sinclair 48'
Griffiths 63'
Rogic 83'
BBC report Tansey  43'  Stadium: Celtic Park
Attendance: 54,152
Referee: Allan
26 November 2016 Premiership Dundee 2–1 Inverness Caledonian Thistle Dundee
15:00 Wighton 25'
Vincent  57'
Gadzhalov 60'
Hateley  78'
O'Dea  90+2'
BBC report Tremarco 81'
Cole  85'
Horner  90+4'
Stadium: Dens Park
Attendance: 5,094
Referee: Dallas
17 December 2016 Premiership Kilmarnock 1–1 Inverness Caledonian Thistle Kilmarnock
15:00 McKenzie  45+2'
Taylor  64'
Coulibaly 73'
Smith  90'
BBC report Draper  16'
Warren 84'
Polworth  90+1'
Stadium: Rugby Park
Attendance: 3,294
Referee: Walsh
24 December 2016 Premiership Rangers 1–0 Inverness Caledonian Thistle Glasgow
12:30 McKay 13' (o.g.)
Tavernier  43'
BBC report Cole  37'
Vigurs  45+2'
Meekings  85'
Stadium: Ibrox Stadium
Attendance: 48,528
Referee: Robertson
24 February 2017 Premiership Inverness Caledonian Thistle 2–1 Rangers Inverness
19:45 Tansey 45'  66'
Laing  56'
Vigurs 86' (pen miss)
Billy Mckay 89'
BBC report Jon Toral  14'
Waghorn 67' (pen.)
Wilson  86'
Stadium: Tulloch Caledonian Stadium
Attendance: 6,415
Referee: McLean
28 April 2017 Premiership Ross County 4–0 Inverness Caledonian Thistle Dingwall
19:45 O'Brien  10'
Boyce 21' 34' 49' (pen.) 60' (pen.)
Chow  53'
BBC report Vigurs  49'
Polworth  60'
Stadium: Global Energy Stadium
Attendance: 4,928
Referee: Thomson

League Cup

16 July 2016 Group C Cowdenbeath 1–2 Inverness Caledonian Thistle Central Park
15:00 Brett 23'  53'
Rutherford  63'
Chris Turner  69'
SPFL Report Draper 13'
Warren  68' 74'
Attendance: 487
Referee: Finnie

Scottish Cup

21 January 2017 Scottish Cup Fourth round Elgin City 1–2 Inverness Caledonian Thistle Borough Briggs
15:00 Mark Nicolson 25'
Archie MacPhee  53'
Darryl McHardy  78'
BBC Report Cole 32'
Doumbouya 66'
Doran  76'
Attendance: 3,624
Referee: McKendrick
11 February 2017 Scottish Cup Fifth round Celtic 6–0 Inverness Caledonian Thistle Celtic Park
12:15 Lustig 20'  73'
Dembélé 45' 50' 59'
Tierney 86'
Brown 90+1'
BBCReport Tremarco  29'
Draper  35'
Vigurs  37'
Warren  42'
Attendance: 25,577
Referee: Clancy

Squad statistics

During the 2016–17 season, Inverness Caledonian Thistle have used twenty-nine different players in competitive games. The table below shows the number of appearances and goals scored by each player.

Appearances

As of 20 May 2017
No. Pos Nat Player Total Premiership League Cup Scottish Cup
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
1 GK  SCO Ryan Esson 7 0 6+0 0 1+0 0 0+0 0
2 DF  ENG David Raven 26 1 19+2 1 4+0 0 1+0 0
3 DF  ENG Carl Tremarco 36 7 29+0 4 5+0 3 2+0 0
4 DF  SCO Kevin McNaughton 14 0 5+4 0 5+0 0 0+0 0
5 DF  ENG Gary Warren 40 3 33+0 2 5+0 1 2+0 0
6 DF  ENG Josh Meekings 18 1 18+0 1 0+0 0 0+0 0
7 MF  SCO Liam Polworth 38 3 26+6 3 5+0 0 1+0 0
8 MF  ENG Ross Draper 43 4 35+2 3 2+3 1 1+0 0
9 FW  IRL Dean Ebbe 4 0 0+3 0 0+0 0 0+1 0
10 MF  IRL Aaron Doran 19 1 6+11 1 0+1 0 1+0 0
11 MF  SCO Iain Vigurs 39 5 28+4 1 5+0 4 2+0 0
12 DF  SCO Jamie McCart 11 0 9+2 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
13 FW  ENG Billy Mckay 14 4 13+0 4 0+0 0 1+0 0
14 MF  SCO Jason Brown 1 0 0+0 0 0+1 0 0+0 0
15 MF  IRL Jake Mulraney 32 0 10+16 0 3+2 0 0+1 0
16 MF  ENG Greg Tansey 44 7 37+0 7 5+0 0 2+0 0
17 DF  ENG Lewis Horner 11 0 5+5 0 1+0 0 0+0 0
18 FW  ENG Alex Fisher 25 8 8+13 8 0+4 0 0+0 0
19 FW  ENG Scott Boden 19 5 3+10 1 5+0 4 1+0 0
20 MF  SCO Billy King 32 3 17+9 1 5+0 2 1+0 0
21 FW  SCO Alisdair Sutherland 2 0 0+1 0 0+1 0 0+0 0
21 DF  ENG Louis Laing 14 0 14+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
22 DF  SCO Brad McKay 29 1 25+2 1 0+0 0 2+0 0
23 FW  EST Henri Anier 15 0 8+5 0 0+0 0 1+1 0
25 GK  WAL Owain Fôn Williams 35 0 31+0 0 2+0 0 2+0 0
26 FW  GUI Lonsana Doumbouya 20 6 17+2 5 0+0 0 1+0 1
29 MF  ENG Larnell Cole 23 2 13+8 1 0+0 0 1+1 1
31 GK  SCO Cameron Mackay 4 0 1+0 0 2+1 0 0+0 0
33 DF  ENG Cameron Gilchrist 1 0 0+1 0 0+0 0 0+0 0

Overall goalscorers

Rank Player Goals
1st Alex Fisher 9
2nd 7
4th Lonsana Doumbouya 6
5th 5
7th Ross Draper 4
8th 3
12th Larnell Cole 2
13th 1

Hat-tricks

Player Competition Score Opponent Date
Iain Vigurs Scottish League Cup 1–5 Dunfermline Athletic 26 July 2016
Scott Boden Scottish League Cup 7–0 Arbroath 30 July 2016

Team statistics

League table

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
8 Kilmarnock 38 9 14 15 36 56 −20 41
9 Motherwell 38 10 8 20 46 69 −23 38
10 Dundee 38 10 7 21 38 62 −24 37
11 Hamilton Academical (O) 38 7 14 17 37 56 −19 35 Qualification for the Premiership play-off final
12 Inverness Caledonian Thistle (R) 38 7 13 18 44 71 −27 34 Relegation to the Scottish Championship
Source: Scottish Premiership, Soccerway
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).
(O) Play-off winners; (R) Relegated
Notes:
  1. ^ Teams played each other three times (33 matches), before the league split into two groups (the top six and the bottom six) for the last five matches.

Results by matchday

Matchday1234567891011121314151617181920212223242526272829303132333435363738
GroundAHAHAHHAHHAHAHAAHAAHAHAHAHHAHHAHAAHAAH
ResultLLLWDDWDLDWDLLLLDDLLLDLDDWLDDDLLLLWLWW
Position1212121211118876666791211111212121212121211121211121212121212121212
Updated to match(es) played on 20 May 2017. Source: [citation needed]
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Management statistics

Last updated on 20 May 2017
Name From To P W D L Win%
Richie Foran 14 July 2016 31 May 2017 45 11 13 21 024.44

Transfers

Players In
Player Age* Pos From Fee Date
Jake Mulraney 20 MF Queens Park Rangers Free 1 July 2016
Jason Brown 19 DF Academy N/A 1 July 2016
Ali Sutherland 19 MF 1 July 2016
Cameron Mackay 19 GK 1 July 2016
Scott Boden 26 ST Newport County Free 1 July 2016
Kevin McNaughton 33 DF Wigan Athletic Free 12 July 2016
Lonsana Doumbouya 25 ST Cercle Brugge Free 25 August 2016
Brad McKay 23 DF St Johnstone Free 31 August 2016
Dean Ebbe 22 ST Bluebell United Undisclosed 4 January 2017
Henri Anier 26 ST Kalmar FF Free 16 January 2017
Louis Laing 23 MF Free Agent N/A 16 February 2017
Players Out
Player Age* Pos To Fee Date Notes
Danny Williams 28 MF Dundee Free 1 July 2016
Nat Wedderburn 26 MF Dunfermline Athletic Free 1 July 2016
Jordan Roberts 22 MF Crawley Town Free 1 July 2016
James Vincent 26 MF Dundee Free 1 July 2016
Dean Brill 30 GK Motherwell Free 1 July 2016
Danny Devine 23 DF Partick Thistle Free 1 July 2016
Liam Hughes 23 MF Barrow Free 1 July 2016
Richie Foran 36 MF Retired N/A 1 July 2016 Took Managerial Role
Calum Ferguson 21 ST Albion Rovers Free 2 July 2016
Ryan Williams 25 MF Ottawa Fury Free 19 July 2016
Lonsana Doumbouya 26 ST SKN St. Pölten Free 26 January 2018
Alisdair Sutherland 20 MF Elgin City Free 1 February 2017
Andréa Mbuyi-Mutombo 26 MF RNK Split Free 17 February 2017
Loans In/Returns
Player Age* Pos From Duration Date In Date Out
Billy King 22 MF Heart of Midlothian Season 12 July 2016 29 May 2017
Larnell Cole 23 MF Fulham Season 31 August 2016 31 May 2017
Cameron Mackay 19 GK Elgin City Return 9 September 2016 N/A
Jason Brown 20 DF Arbroath Return 19 October 2016 N/A
Jamie McCart 19 DF Celtic Half Season 31 January 2017 31 May 2017
Billy Mckay 28 ST Wigan Athletic Half Season 31 January 2017 31 May 2017
Jason Brown 20 DF Cove Rangers Return 1 May 2017 N/A
Cameron Mackay 20 GK Elgin City Return 15 May 2017 N/A
Loans Out/Returns
Player Age* Pos To Duration Date Out Date In
Cameron Mackay 19 GK Elgin City Emergency Loan 13 August 2016 9 September 2016
Jason Brown 20 DF Arbroath Short Term 26 August 2016 19 October 2016
Cameron Mackay 20 GK Elgin City Half Season 10 December 2016 15 May 2017
Jason Brown 20 DF Cove Rangers Half Season 27 January 2017 1 May 2017
Billy King 23 MF Heart of Midlothian Season 29 May 2017 N/A
Billy Mckay 28 ST Wigan Athletic Half Season 31 May 2017 N/A
Larnell Cole 24 MF Fulham Season 31 May 2017 N/A
Jamie McCart 19 DF Celtic Season 31 May 2017 N/A


* - Age at time of signing

See also

Notes

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

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