2024–25 Ross County F.C. season

The 2024–25 season was Ross County's sixth consecutive season in the Scottish Premiership and the club's 12th season overall in the top flight of Scottish football. Ross County also competed in the Scottish Cup entering in the fourth round and Scottish League Cup entering in the group stage.

Ross County

2024–25 season
Chairman	Roy MacGregor
Manager	Don Cowie
Ground	Victoria Park Dingwall, Ross-shire (Capacity: 6,541)
Scottish Premiership	11th (relegated via play-offs)
Scottish Cup	Fourth round
Scottish League Cup	Second round
Top goalscorer	League: Ronan Hale (12) All: Ronan Hale (18)
Highest home attendance	6,372 vs. Celtic, Premiership, 6 October 2024
Lowest home attendance	1,027 vs. Stirling Albion, League Cup, 27 July 2024
Average home league attendance	4,372
Home colours Away colours
← 2023–24 2025–26 →

Results and fixtures

  Win   Draw   Loss   Postponed

Pre-season and friendlies

Brora Rangers v Ross County

6 July 2024	Brora Rangers	1–2	Ross County	Brora
15:00	Wallace 25'		Trialist 33' Brophy 66'	Stadium: Dudgeon Park

Clachnacuddin v Ross County

9 July 2024	Clachnacuddin	0–6	Ross County	Inverness
19:45		Report	Brophy Samuel White Macleod	Stadium: Grant Street Park

Scottish Premiership

Main article: 2024–25 Scottish Premiership

Motherwell v Ross County

3 August 2024 1	Motherwell	0–0	Ross County	Motherwell
15:00		Report		Stadium: Fir Park Attendance: 4,353 Referee: John Beaton

Ross County v Dundee United

10 August 2024 2	Ross County	1–1	Dundee United	Dingwall
15:00	Hale 90+5'	Report	Babunski 48'	Stadium: Victoria Park Attendance: 4,169 Referee: Craig Napier

Rangers v Ross County

24 August 2024 3	Rangers	6–0	Ross County	Glasgow
15:00	Dessers 18', 58' Matondo 45', 69' Lawrence 65' Danilo 90'	Report		Stadium: Hampden Park Attendance: 48,832

Ross County v Aberdeen

31 August 2024 4	Ross County	0–1	Aberdeen	Dingwall
15:00		Report	Nisbet 90+8'	Stadium: Victoria Park Attendance: 5,480 Referee: Euan Anderson

Ross County v Dundee

14 September 2024 5	Ross County	2–0	Dundee	Dingwall
15:00	Wright 6' White 45+4 pen.'	Report		Stadium: Victoria Park Attendance: 4,068 Referee: Euan Anderson

Ross County v St Johnstone

21 September 2024 6	Ross County	3–3	St Johnstone	Dingwall
15:00	Hale 19' Samuel 87' Wright 90+7'	Report	Wright 44' Clark 60', 84'	Stadium: Victoria Park Attendance: 3,063 Referee: Dan McFarlane

Heart of Midlothian v Ross County

28 September 2024 7	Heart of Midlothian	1–1	Ross County	Edinburgh
15:00	Shankland 90+6'	Report	Hale 35'	Stadium: Tynecastle Park Attendance: 18,399 Referee: Iain Snedden

Ross County v Celtic

6 October 2024 8	Ross County	1–2	Celtic	Dingwall
12:00	Hale 43 pen.'	Report	McGregor 76' Kühn 88'	Stadium: Victoria Park Attendance: 6,372 Referee: Kevin Clancy

St Johnstone v Ross County

18 October 2024 9	St Johnstone	3–0	Ross County	Perth
15:00	Kimpioka 16', 45' Kirk 90+4'	Report	Campbell  31' Telfer  78'	Stadium: McDiarmid Park Attendance: 3,688 Referee: John Beaton

Ross County v Kilmarnock

26 October 2024 10	Ross County	2–1	Kilmarnock	Dingwall
15:00	White 61' Wright 82 o.g.'	Report	Ndaba 39' Donnelly  60'	Stadium: Victoria Park Attendance: 3,419 Referee: Matthew MacDermid

Ross County v Hibernian

30 October 2024 11	Ross County	0–0	Hibernian	Dingwall
19:45		Report		Stadium: Victoria Park Attendance: 3,468 Referee: Grant Irvine

St Mirren v Ross County

2 November 2024 12	St Mirren	0–0	Ross County	Paisley
15:00		Report		Stadium: St Mirren Park Attendance: 6,142 Referee: Don Robertson

Dundee United v Ross County

9 November 2024 13	Dundee United	3–0	Ross County	Dundee
15:00	Stephenson 57' Dalby 68' Stirton 90+2'	Report		Stadium: Tannadice Park Attendance: 8,349 Referee: John Beaton

Ross County v Motherwell

23 November 2024 14	Ross County	2–1	Motherwell	Dingwall
15:00	Hale 47' Nisbet 54'	Report	Robinson 83'	Stadium: Victoria Park Attendance: 3,410 Referee: Chris Graham

Celtic v Ross County

30 November 2024 15	Celtic	5–0	Ross County	Glasgow
15:00	Scales 10' McCowan 27' Bernardo 35' McGregor 36' Idah 40'	Report		Stadium: Celtic Park Attendance: 58,436 Referee: Calum Scott

Ross County v Rangers

8 December 2024 16	Ross County	0–3	Rangers	Dingwall
12:00		Report	Igamane 6' Danilo 37' Tavernier 86'	Stadium: Victoria Park Attendance: 6,011 Referee: Kevin Clancy

Hibernian v Ross County

14 December 2024 17	Hibernian	3–1	Ross County	Edinburgh
15:00	Gayle 45+6' Youan 73 pen.' J.Campbell 90+4'	Report	E.Campbell 3'	Stadium: Easter Road Attendance: 14,885 Referee: Lloyd Wilson

Ross County v St Mirren

21 December 2024 18	Ross County	1–2	St Mirren	Dingwall
15:00	Efete 46'	Report	Iacovitti 27' Tanser  55' Smyth 89'	Stadium: Victoria Park Attendance: 3,271 Referee: Iain Snedden

Dundee v Ross County

26 December 2024 19	Dundee	0–3	Ross County	Dundee
15:00		Report	Chilvers 23' Nisbet 70' White 78 pen.'	Stadium: Dens Park Attendance: 5,207 Referee: Don Robertson

Ross County v Heart of Midlothian

29 December 2024 20	Ross County	2–2	Heart of Midlothian	Dingwall
15:00	Nisbet 90+7' White 90+9'	Report	Wilson 2', 48'	Stadium: Victoria Park Attendance: 4,994 Referee: Ross Hardie

Aberdeen v Ross County

2 January 2025 21	Aberdeen	1–2	Ross County	Aberdeen
15:00	Nisbet 45+11'	Report	Wright 24' Chilvers 60'	Stadium: Pittodrie Stadium Attendance: 17,007 Referee: David Dickinson

Kilmarnock v Ross County

5 January 2025 22	Kilmarnock	0–1	Ross County	Kilmarnock
15:00		Report	Harmon 86'	Stadium: Rugby Park Attendance: 5,426 Referee: Steven McLean

Ross County v Celtic

11 January 2025 23	Ross County	1–4	Celtic	Dingwall
12:00	White 60 pen.'	Report	Furuhashi 40', 81' Engels 90+6 pen.' McCowan 90+8'	Stadium: Victoria Park Attendance: 6,254 Referee: Matthew MacDermid

Ross County v Hibernian

25 January 2024 24	Ross County	1–1	Hibernian	Dingwall
15:00	Hale 87 pen.'	Report	Levitt 42'	Stadium: Victoria Park Attendance: 4,003 Referee: David Dickinson

Rangers v Ross County

2 February 2025 25	Rangers	4–0	Ross County	Glasgow
15:00	Hagi 18', 25' Souttar 35' Tavernier 79 pen.'	Report		Stadium: Ibrox Stadium Attendance: 46,973 Referee: Steven McLean

Motherwell v Ross County

15 February 2025 26	Motherwell	0–3	Ross County	Motherwell
15:00		Report	Hale 32', 59' Randall 89'	Stadium: Fir Park Attendance: 3,973 Referee: Iain Snedden

Ross County v Dundee

22 February 2025 27	Ross County	3–1	Dundee	Dingwall
15:00	Phillips 18' Wright 47' Chilvers 49'	Report	Murray 4'	Stadium: Victoria Park Attendance: 4,075 Referee: Matthew MacDermid

St Johnstone v Ross County

26 February 2025 28	St Johnstone	1–0	Ross County	Perth
19:45	Kirk 66'	Report		Stadium: McDiarmid Park Attendance: 3,576 Referee: Dan McFarlane

Ross County v Kilmarnock

1 March 2025 29	Ross County	1–0	Kilmarnock	Dingwall
15:00	Phillips 35'	Report		Stadium: Victoria Park Attendance: 3,385 Referee: David Dickinson

Heart of Midlothian v Ross County

15 March 2025 30	Heart of Midlothian	2–0	Ross County	Edinburgh
15:00	Kabangu 26' Grant 89'	Report		Stadium: Tynecastle Park Attendance: 18,648 Referee: Calum Scott

Ross County v Dundee United

30 March 2025 31	Ross County	0–1	Dundee United	Dingwall
14:30		Report	Graham 74'	Stadium: Victoria Park Attendance: 4,088 Referee: Steven McLean

Ross County v Aberdeen

5 April 2025 32	Ross County	0–1	Aberdeen	Dingwall
15:00		Report	Morris 33'	Stadium: Victoria Park Attendance: 5,194 Referee: Lloyd Wilson

St Mirren v Ross County

12 April 2025 33	St Mirren	3–2	Ross County	Paisley
15:00	Boyd-Munce 36' Ayunga 50' Idowu 86'	Report	Hale 22' White 63'	Stadium: St Mirren Park Attendance: 6,318 Referee: Calum Scott

Kilmarnock v Ross County

26 April 2025 34	Kilmarnock	2–0	Ross County	Kilmarnock
15:00	Anderson 36' Donnelly 69'	Report		Stadium: Rugby Park Attendance: 5,425 Referee: Nick Walsh

Ross County v Heart of Midlothian

3 May 2025 35	Ross County	1–3	Heart of Midlothian	Dingwall
15:00	Hale 26'	Report	Shankland 40', 58' Forrest 82'	Stadium: Victoria Park Attendance: 4,181 Referee: Don Robertson

St Johnstone v Ross County

10 May 2025 36	St Johnstone	2–1	Ross County	Perth
15:00	Balodis 31' Watt 60'	Report	Samuel 41' Ashworth  90+11'	Stadium: McDiarmid Park Attendance: 4,355 Referee: John Beaton

Dundee v Ross County

14 May 2025 37	Dundee	1–1	Ross County	Dundee
19:45	Tiffoney 55'	Report	Hale 90+6 pen.'	Stadium: Dens Park Attendance: 5,905 Referee: Nick Walsh

Ross County v Motherwell

18 May 2025 38	Ross County	1–1	Motherwell	Dingwall
15:00	Hale 29'	Report	Ebiye 83'	Stadium: Victoria Park Attendance: 4,170 Referee: Don Robertson

Premiership play-offs

Livingston v Ross County

22 May 2025 Final 1st leg	Livingston	1–1	Ross County	Livingston
20:00	Wilson 45+1'	Report	Hale 90+6 pen.'	Stadium: Almondvale Stadium Attendance: 2,643 Referee: John Beaton

Ross County v Livingston

26 May 2025 Final 2nd leg	Ross County	2–4 (3–5 agg.)	Livingston	Dingwall
20:00	Nisbet 7' Hale 24'	Report	Smith 39' Wilson 57' Muirhead 61' Yengi 90+7'	Stadium: Victoria Park Attendance: 4,138 Referee: Nick Walsh

Scottish League Cup

Main article: 2024–25 Scottish League Cup

Group stage

Stranraer v Ross County

13 July 2024	Stranraer	1–3	Ross County	Stranraer
15:00	Lang 81'	Report	White 6', 32' Brophy 83'	Stadium: Stair Park Attendance: 515 Referee: Lloyd Wilson

Ross County v Raith Rovers

20 July 2024	Ross County	2–1	Raith Rovers	Dingwall
15:00	White 29' Harmon 87'	Report	Smith 51'	Stadium: Victoria Park Attendance: 1,228 Referee: Euan Anderson

Hamilton Academical v Ross County

23 July 2024	Hamilton Academical	1–2	Ross County	Hamilton
19:45	Shaw 6'	Report	Hale 25' White 28'	Stadium: New Douglas Park Attendance: 561 Referee: Matthew McDermid

Ross County v Stirling Albion

27 July 2024	Ross County	3–0	Stirling Albion	Dingwall
15:00	Hale 29', 43' Brown 80'	Report		Stadium: Victoria Park Attendance: 1,027 Referee: Nick Walsh

Knockout phase

The Spartans v Ross County

17 August 2024 Second round	The Spartans	1–0	Ross County	Edinburgh
15:00	Henderson 46'	Report		Stadium: Ainslie Park Attendance: 712 Referee: Dan McFarlane

Scottish Cup

Main article: 2023–24 Scottish Cup

Ross County v Livingston

18 January 2025 Fourth round	Ross County	2–3 (a.e.t.)	Livingston	Dingwall
15:00	White 56' Hale 73'	Report	Muirhead 45+1 pen.' Montaño 62' Shinnie 119'	Stadium: Victoria Park Attendance: 1,802 Referee: Chris Graham

Squad statistics

Captains

No.	Pos	Nat	Name	No of games	Notes
8	MF		Connor Randall	41	Club Captain
26	FW		Jordan White	3	Vice-Captain
5	DF		Ricki Lamie	1

Appearances

As of 26 May 2025

No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Total		Premiership		Scottish Cup		League Cup		Play-offs
				Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
1	GK	SCO	Ross Laidlaw	18	0	15	0	0	0	3	0	0	0
2	DF	IRL	James Brown	31	1	18+7	0	1	0	4+1	1	0	0
3	DF	WAL	Ryan Leak	20	0	14+2	0	0	0	4	0	0	0
4	DF	ENG	Akil Wright	45	4	38	4	1	0	4	0	2	0
6	MF	SCO	Scott Allardice	20	0	6+10	0	0+1	0	1+2	0	0	0
8	MF	ENG	Connor Randall	43	1	37	1	0+1	0	3	0	2	0
9	FW	NIR	Ronan Hale	41	18	28+7	12	1	1	3	3	2	2
10	MF	ENG	Noah Chilvers	32	3	25+5	3	1	0	1	0	0	0
11	FW	ENG	Kieran Phillips	18	2	9+7	2	0+1	0	0	0	0+1	0
12	DF	USA	Jonathan Tomkinson	13	0	11+2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
14	FW	ENG	Jack Grieves	24	0	8+13	0	0+1	0	1+1	0	0	0
15	DF	WAL	Zac Ashworth	13	0	7+3	0	0+1	0	0	0	1+1	0
16	DF	ENG	George Harmon	32	2	21+3	1	1	0	3+2	1	1+1	0
18	GK	GER	Jordan Amissah	22	0	19	0	1	0	0	0	2	0
19	DF	ENG	Elijah Campbell	31	1	25+3	1	1	0	0	0	2	0
20	DF	POL	Kacper Łopata	30	0	29	0	1	0	0	0	0	0
23	MF	AUS	Josh Nisbet	39	4	26+10	3	1	0	0	0	2	1
24	DF	COD	Michee Efete	26	1	12+8	1	0	0	2+2	0	2	0
25	FW	WAL	Alex Samuel	28	2	7+14	2	0	0	1+4	0	1+1	0
26	FW	SCO	Jordan White	45	11	20+17	6	1	1	4+1	4	1+1	0
30	DF	SCO	Dylan Smith	8	0	0+6	0	0	0	1	0	0+1	0
33	MF	SCO	Andrew Macleod	6	0	0+2	0	0	0	2+2	0	0	0
34	FW	ENG	George Robesten	11	0	2+8	0	0	0	0+1	0	0	0
35	DF	ENG	Will Nightingale	9	0	6	0	0	0	1	0	2	0
41	GK	SCO	Jayden Reid	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
42	MF	LBR	Nohan Kenneh	18	0	14+1	0	1	0	0	0	2	0
Players who left the club during the season
5	DF	SCO	Ricki Lamie	3	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0
7	MF	CAN	Victor Loturi	15	0	2+8	0	0	0	4+1	0	0	0
12	MF	ENG	Max Sheaf	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
15	MF	SCO	Aidan Denholm	17	0	8+7	0	0	0	1+1	0	0	0
17	MF	SCO	Jay Henderson	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
21	MF	SCO	Charlie Telfer	11	0	1+5	0	0+1	0	2+2	0	0	0
22	GK	SCO	Jack Hamilton	5	0	2+1	0	0	0	2	0	0	0
27	FW	SCO	Eamonn Brophy	16	1	3+8	0	0	0	3+2	1	0	0
31	GK	SCO	Logan Ross	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
32	DF	SCO	Connall Ewan	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
36	MF	SCO	Jamie Williamson	1	0	0	0	0	0	0+1	0	0	0
43	DF	SCO	Josh Reid	9	0	2+4	0	0	0	2+1	0	0	0

Goalscorers

Rank	No.	Nat.	Po.	Name	Premiership	Scottish Cup	League Cup	Play-offs	Total
1	9		FW	Ronan Hale	12	1	3	2	18
2	26		FW	Jordan White	6	1	4	0	11
3	4		DF	Akil Wright	4	0	0	0	4
	23		MF	Josh Nisbet	3	0	0	1	4
4	10		MF	Noah Chilvers	3	0	0	0	3
5	11		FW	Kieran Phillips	2	0	0	0	2
	16		DF	George Harmon	1	0	1	0	2
	25		FW	Alex Samuel	2	0	0	0	2
6	2		DF	James Brown	0	0	1	0	1
	19		DF	Elijah Campbell	1	0	0	0	1
	24		DF	Michee Efete	1	0	0	0	1
	27		FW	Eamonn Brophy	0	0	1	0	1
Own Goals					1	0	0	0	1
Total					37	2	10	2	49
As of 26 May 2025

Team statistics

League table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation[a]
8	Motherwell	38	14	7	17	46	63	−17	49
9	Kilmarnock	38	12	8	18	45	64	−19	44
10	Dundee	38	11	8	19	57	77	−20	41
11	Ross County (R)	38	9	10	19	37	65	−28	37	Qualification for the Premiership play-off final
12	St Johnstone (R)	38	9	5	24	38	68	−30	32	Relegation to Championship

Source: ^[1][2]
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 if deciding champion, UEFA competitions qualification, second stage group allocation or relegation).^[3]
(R) Relegated
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).

League cup table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	PW	PL	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification		ROS	RAI	HAM	STI	STR
1	Ross County	4	4	0	0	0	10	3	+7	12	Qualification for the second round		—	2–1	—	3–0	—
2	Raith Rovers	4	2	1	0	1	7	4	+3	8			—	—	p1–1	—	2–1
3	Hamilton Academical	4	1	0	2	1	5	3	+2	5			1–2	—	—	0–0p	—
4	Stirling Albion	4	0	2	0	2	2	8	−6	4			—	0–3	—	—	p2–2
5	Stranraer	4	0	0	1	3	4	10	−6	1			1–3	—	0–3	—	—

Source: ^[4]
Rules for classification: 1) goal difference, 2) goals scored, 3) away goals scored, 4) matches won, 5) away matches won, 6) drawing of lots.^[5]

Transfers

In

Date	Player	From	Fee
27 June 2024	Will Nightingale	AFC Wimbledon	Loan[6]
1 July 2024	Ricki Lamie	Motherwell	Free[7]
4 July 2024	Jack Hamilton	Livingston	Free[8]
5 July 2024	Charlie Telfer	Airdrieonians	Free[9]
8 July 2024	Akil Wright	Stockport County	Undisclosed[10]
9 July 2024	Ronan Hale	Cliftonville	Undisclosed[11]
24 July 2024	Jack Grieves	Watford	Loan[12]
26 July 2024	Aidan Denholm	Heart of Midlothian	Loan[13]
31 July 2024	Noah Chilvers	Colchester United	Undisclosed[14]
22 August 2024	Josh Nisbet	Central Coast Mariners	Free[15]
29 August 2024	Elijah Campbell	Everton	Loan[16]
	Kacper Łopata	Barnsley	Loan[17]
6 December 2024	Jordan Amissah	Sheffield United	Free[18]
1 January 2025	Nohan Kenneh	Hibernian	Loan[19]
6 January 2025	Kieran Phillips	Huddersfield Town	Undisclosed[20]
16 January 2025	Zac Ashworth	Blackpool	Loan[21]
	Jonathan Tomkinson	Norwich City	Loan[22]

Out

Date	Player	To	Fee
30 May 2024	Yan Dhanda	Heart of Midlothian	Free[23][24]
	Adam Mackinnon	Inverness Caledonian Thistle	Free[23][25]
	Jordan Tillson	Bath City	Free[23][26]
	Matthew Wright	Nairn County	Free[23][27]
1 June 2024	Jay Henderson	Ayr United	Loan[28][29]
6 June 2024	Kyle Turner	Partick Thistle	Free[30][31]
19 June 2024	Ross Callachan	Motherwell	Free[32]
3 July 2024	Calum Brown	Forres Mechanics	Loan[33]
5 July 2024	Alister Morrison	Nairn County	Loan[34]
9 July 2024	Jack Baldwin	Northampton Town	Undisclosed[35]
10 July 2024	Simon Murray	Dundee	Undisclosed[36][37]
	Josh Sims	Yeovil Town	Free[38][39]
27 July 2024	Logan Ross	Huntly	Loan[40]
2 August 2024	Jamie Williamson	Nairn County	Loan[41]
29 August 2024	Connall Ewan	Inverness Caledonian Thistle	Loan[42]
30 August 2024	George Robesten	Brora Rangers	Loan[43]
30 September 2024	Dylan Smith	Arbroath	Loan[44]
3 October 2024	Andrew Macleod	Brora Rangers	Loan[45]
9 January 2025	Eamonn Brophy	Falkirk	Loan[46]
10 January 2025	Max Sheaf	Gateshead	Free[47]
23 January 2025	Ricki Lamie	Hamilton Academical	Loan[48]
28 January 2025	Victor Loturi	CF Montréal	Free[49]
30 January 2025	Jack Hamilton	Livingston	Free[50]
13 February 2025	Josh Reid	Partick Thistle	Loan[51]
14 February 2025	Logan Ross	Clachnacuddin	Loan[52]
18 February 2025	Charlie Telfer	Hamilton Academical	Loan[53]