2015–16 Inverness Caledonian Thistle F.C. season

Inverness Caledonian Thistle
	2015–16 season
Chairman	Kenny Cameron
Manager	John Hughes
Stadium	Caledonian Stadium
Europa League	Second qualifying round, lost to Astra Giurgiu
Highest home attendance	5,534 vs Astra Giurgiu; UEFA Europa League; 23 July 2015
Average home league attendance	3,754
Home colours	Away colours
← 2014–15

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 & fixtures

Win Draw Loss Postponed

Pre season / Friendlies

27 June 2015^[1] Friendly	Clachnacuddin	0–3	Inverness Caledonian Thistle	Inverness
13:00 BST		goals	Trialist 18' Trialist 21' Tansey 26'	Stadium: Grant Street Park

1 July 2015^[1] Friendly	Brora Rangers	0–3	Inverness Caledonian Thistle	Brora
19:45 BST		goals	Trialist 16' Trialist 55' Doran 90'	Stadium: Dudgeon Park

3 July 2015^[1] Friendly	Deveronvale	1–2	Inverness Caledonian Thistle	Banff
17:30 BST				Stadium: Princess Royal Park

7 July 2015^[1] Friendly	Forres Mechanics	0–5	Inverness Caledonian Thistle	Forres
19:45 BST				Stadium: Mosset Park

11 July 2015^[1] Friendly	Inverness Caledonian Thistle	1–1	St Mirren	Inverness
15:00 BST				Stadium: Caledonian Stadium

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

Scottish Premiership

1 August 2015 Premiership	Inverness Caledonian Thistle	0–1	Motherwell	Caledonian Stadium
15:00		BBC Report	Fletcher 4'	Attendance: 3,307 Referee: Allan

8 August 2015 Premiership	St Johnstone	1–1	Inverness Caledonian Thistle	McDiarmid Park
15:00	Cummins 90'	BBC Report	Christie 9'	Attendance: 2,959 Referee: Collum

12 August 2015 Premiership	Inverness Caledonian Thistle	0–0	Partick Thistle	Caledonian Stadium
19:45		BBC Report		Attendance: 3,141 Referee: Finnie

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

22 August 2015 Premiership	Inverness Caledonian Thistle	0–2	Hamilton Academical	Caledonian Stadium
15:00		BBC Report	Morris 18' Longridge 90+1'	Attendance: 3,003 Referee: Anderson

29 August 2015 Premiership	Dundee	1–1	Inverness Caledonian Thistle	Dens Park
15:00	Hemmings 90+1'	BBC Report	Raven 60' Mbuyi-Mutombo 90+3'	Attendance: 4,767 Referee: Dallas

11 September 2015 Premiership	Inverness Caledonian Thistle	2–0	Heart of Midlothian	Caledonian Stadium
19:45	Vincent 49' Storey 89'	BBC Report	Oshaniwa 87'	Attendance: 4,160 Referee: McLean

19 September 2015 Premiership	Dundee United	1–1	Inverness Caledonian Thistle	Tannadice Park
15:00	McKay 7'	BBC Report	Meekings 56'	Attendance: 6,235 Referee: Clancy

26 September 2015 Premiership	Inverness Caledonian Thistle	2–1	Aberdeen	Caledonian Stadium
15:00	Storey 8' Christie 29' Christie 90'	BBC Report	Taylor 35'	Attendance: 6,410 Referee: Beaton

3 October 2015 Premiership	Ross County	1–2	Inverness Caledonian Thistle	Victoria Park
15:00	Boyce 90+1'	BBC Report	Storey 42' Vincent 45'	Attendance: 5,473 Referee: Collum

17 October 2015 Premiership	Kilmarnock	2–0	Inverness Caledonian Thistle	Rugby Park
15:00	Kiltie 45+1' Magennis 66'	Report	Storey 70'	Attendance: 3,234 Referee: Finnie

24 October 2015 Premiership	Inverness Caledonian Thistle	0–1	St Johnstone	Caledonian Stadium
15:00	Meekings 86' Devine 90+4'	Report	Mackay 47' Scobbie 66' Craig 90+3' (pen.)	Attendance: 3,471 Referee: Robertson

31 October 2015 Premiership	Inverness Caledonian Thistle	1–1	Dundee	Caledonian Stadium
15:00	Raven 50' Tansey 64' (Penalty)	BBC Report	Loy 50' (Penalty)	Attendance: 2,940 Referee: Colvin

7 November 2015 Premiership	Motherwell	1–3	Inverness Caledonian Thistle	Rugby Park
15:00	Moult 58' McManus 90+5'	Report	Tansey 11' (Penalty) Storey 45' Vigurs 53'	Attendance: 3,569 Referee: Thomson

21 November 2015 Premiership	Partick Thistle	2–1	Inverness Caledonian Thistle	Firhill Stadium
15:00	Doolan 42' Stevenson 90'	BBC Report	Storey 6'	Attendance: 2,864 Referee: Robertson

29 November 2015 Premiership	Inverness Caledonian Thistle	1–3	Celtic	Caledonian Stadium
	Storey 39'	BBC Report	McGregor 7' Griffiths 59' Devine 85' (o.g.)	Attendance: 5,976 Referee: Collum

5 December 2015 Premiership	Heart of Midlothian	P – P	Inverness Caledonian Thistle	Tynecastle Stadium
15:00		BBC Report		Referee: Muir
Note: Postponed due to adverse weather conditions

12 December 2015 Premiership	Inverness Caledonian Thistle	2–1	Kilmarnock	Caledonian Stadium
15:00	Vigurs 14', 32'	BBC Report	Connolly 87'	Attendance: 2,775 Referee: Cook

19 December 2015 Premiership	Inverness Caledonian Thistle	2–2	Dundee United	Caledonian Stadium
15:00	Polworth 46' Horner 90+2'	BBC Report	Rankin 26' McKay 81'	Attendance: 2,981 Referee: Thomson

26 December 2015 Premiership	Aberdeen	2–2	Inverness Caledonian Thistle	Pittodrie Stadium
15:00	McGinn 73' Rooney 90+1' (Penalty)	BBC Report	Polworth 41' Tansey 47' (Penalty)	Attendance: 15,142 Referee: Collum

30 December 2015 Premiership	Hamilton Academical	3–4	Inverness Caledonian Thistle	New Douglas Park
	Morris 66' Gordon 81' Nadé 90'	BBC Report	Tansey 18', 88' Polworth 51', 90+3'	Attendance: 1,555 Referee: Anderson

2 January 2016 Premiership	Inverness Caledonian Thistle	2–0	Ross County	Caledonian Stadium
15:00	Storey 26' Tansey 45+2'	BBC Report		Attendance: 5,388 Referee: Beaton

16 January 2016 Premiership	Kilmarnock	2–1	Inverness Caledonian Thistle	Rugby Park
15:00	Kiltie 9' Slater 51'	BBC Report	Draper 41'	Attendance: 2,937 Referee: Robertson

23 January 2016 Premiership	Inverness Caledonian Thistle	0–0	Partick Thistle	Caledonian Stadium
15:00		BBC Report		Attendance: 3,556 Referee: Aitken

30 January 2016 Premiership	Inverness Caledonian Thistle	P – P	Heart of Midlothian	Caledonian Stadium
12:30		BBC Report		Referee: Collum
Note: Postponed due to a waterlogged pitch and extreme weather conditions in Inverness.

UEFA Europa League

Qualifying phase

16 July 2015 Second qualifying round 1st leg	Inverness Caledonian Thistle	0–1	Astra Giurgiu	Inverness, Scotland
19:45		BBC Report	Budescu 24'	Stadium: Caledonian Stadium, Inverness Attendance: 5,534 Referee: Henry Johnsen

23 July 2015 Second qualifying round 2nd leg	Astra Giurgiu	0–0 (1–0 agg.)	Inverness Caledonian Thistle	Giurgiu, Romania
19:00		BBC Report		Stadium: Stadionul Marin Anastasovici Attendance: 3,067 [1] Referee: Kuchin

Scottish League Cup

22 September 2015 League Cup Third Round	Livingston	0–2	Inverness Caledonian Thistle	Almondvale Stadium
19:45		BBC Report	Storey 12' Devine 43'	Attendance: 644 Referee: Muir

27 October 2015 League Cup Quarter Final	Inverness Caledonian Thistle	1–2	Ross County	Caledonian Stadium
19:05	Tansey 78'	BBC Sport Report	Irvine 41' Gardyne 48'	Attendance: 3,004 Referee: McLean

Scottish Cup

9 January 2016 Scottish Cup Fourth round	Stirling Albion	0–0	Inverness Caledonian Thistle	Forthbank Stadium
15:00		BBC Report		Attendance: 1,224 Referee: Northcroft

19 January 2016 Scottish Cup Fourth round replay	Inverness Caledonian Thistle	2–0	Stirling Albion	Caledonian Stadium
19:45	Mbuyi-Mutombo 28' Vigurs 61'	BBC Report		Attendance: 1,231 Referee: Northcroft

6 February 2016 Scottish Cup Fifth round	Motherwell	1–2	Inverness Caledonian Thistle	Fir Park
	Mcdonald (67)	[2]	Miles Storey 39' Roberts 90'	Attendance: 3,907 Referee: McLean

6 March 2016 Scottish Cup QF	Inverness Caledonian Thistle	1–1	Hibernian	Easter Road
	Mbuyi-Mutombo 77'	[3]	Keatings (54)	Attendance: 9,884 Referee: Allan

16 March 2016 Scottish Cup QF replay	Inverness Caledonian Thistle	0–2	Hibernian	Caledonian Stadium
19:45	Vigurs 77'	Report	Stokes 36' 41'	Attendance: 3,207 Referee: Finnie

Squad statistics

During the 2015–16 season, Inverness Caledonian Thistle have used twenty-three different players in competitive games. The table below shows the number of appearances and goals scored by each player.

Appearances

As of 30 January 2016

No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Total		Premiership		League Cup		Scottish Cup		Europa League
No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
2	DF		David Raven	24	1	18+0	1	2+0	0	2+0	0	1+1	0
3	DF		Carl Tremarco	20	0	14+4	0	2+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
4	MF		James Vincent	16	2	14+0	2	2+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
5	DF		Gary Warren	15	0	9+2	0	0+0	0	2+0	0	2+0	0
6	DF		Josh Meekings	16	1	12+0	1	2+0	0	0+0	0	2+0	0
7	FW		Dani López	10	0	5+2	0	0+1	0	0+0	0	2+0	0
8	MF		Ross Draper	23	1	17+1	1	1+0	0	2+0	0	1+1	0
9	MF		Richie Foran	4	0	0+1	0	0+0	0	0+1	0	0+2	0
10	MF		Aaron Doran	2	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	2+0	0
11	MF		Jordan Roberts	2	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+1	0	0+1	0
14	DF		Daniel Devine	28	1	22+0	0	2+0	1	2+0	0	2+0	0
15	MF		Nathaniel Wedderburn	16	0	7+6	0	0+0	0	1+0	0	2+0	0
16	MF		Greg Tansey	29	7	23+0	6	2+0	1	2+0	0	2+0	0
17	MF		Lewis Horner	9	1	6+3	1	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
18	MF		Tobi Sho-Silva	5	0	0+5	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
18	FW		Alex Fisher	3	0	0+1	0	0+0	0	0+2	0	0+0	0
19	MF		Danny Williams	28	0	19+3	0	1+1	0	2+0	0	2+0	0
20	MF		Liam Polworth	25	4	18+3	4	1+1	0	2+0	0	0+0	0
22	MF		Ryan Christie	17	2	12+1	2	2+0	0	0+0	0	2+0	0
25	GK		Owain Fôn Williams	29	0	23+0	0	2+0	0	2+0	0	2+0	0
27	MF		Iain Vigurs	20	4	11+6	3	1+0	0	2+0	1	0+0	0
28	FW		Andréa Mbuyi-Mutombo	20	1	7+10	0	0+1	0	1+1	1	0+0	0
37	FW		Alisdair Sutherland	6	0	0+5	0	0+1	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
39	FW		Miles Storey	20	8	16+0	7	2+0	1	2+0	0	0+0	0

Disciplinary record

As of 30 January 2016

Number	Nation	Position	Name
Number	Nation	Position	Name	Premiership		League Cup		Scottish Cup		Europa League		Total
2		DF	David Raven	4	1	2	0	0	0	1	0	7	1
3		DF	Carl Tremarco	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	0
5		DF	Gary Warren	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0
6		DF	Josh Meekings	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	0
7		FW	Dani López	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0
8		DF	Ross Draper	6	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	7	0
11		DF	Jordan Roberts	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	2	0
14		DF	Daniel Devine	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	0
15		MF	Nathaniel Wedderburn	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
16		MF	Greg Tansey	5	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	6	0
19		MF	Danny Williams	1	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	3	0
20		MF	Liam Polworth	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
22		MF	Ryan Christie	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	1
25		GK	Owain Fôn Williams	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0
27		MF	Iain Vigurs	7	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	9	0
28		FW	Andréa Mbuyi-Mutombo	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	1
39		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

League table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
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:

↑ 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

Round	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23
Ground	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	H	A	A	H	H	H	A	A	H	A	H
Result	L	D	D	L	L	D	W	D	W	W	L	L	D	W	L	L	W	D	D	W	W	L	D
Position	10	10	9	11	11	10	7	9	8	8	8	9	9	8	8	8	7	9	8	6	6	7	6

Last updated: 30 January 2016.
Source: ^[3]
Ground: A = Away; H = Home. Result: D = Draw; L = Loss; W = Win; P = Postponed.

Management statistics

Last updated on 30 January 2016

Name	From	To	P	W	D	L	Win%^{[nb 1]}
John Hughes^[4]	23 July 2015	Present	29	9	10	10	31.03

Transfers

In

Player	From	Fee
Nathaniel Wedderburn	Cowdenbeath	Free^[5]
Jordan Roberts	Aldershot Town	Free^[6]
Dani López	La Roda	Free^[7]
Owain Fôn Williams	Tranmere Rovers	Free^[8]
Iain Vigurs	Motherwell	Free^[9]
Miles Storey	Swindon Town	Loan^[10]
Tobi Sho-Silva	Charlton	Loan^[11]
Ryan Christie	Celtic	Loan^[12]
Alex Fisher	Torquay United	Free^[13]

Out

Player	From	Fee
Marley Watkins	Barnsley	Free^[14]
Graeme Shinnie	Aberdeen	Free^[15]
Edward Ofere	Boluspor^[16]	Free^[17]
Nick Ross	Dundee	Free^[18]
Tarmo Kink	Levadia Tallinn	Free^[19]
Ryan Baptie	Peterhead	Free^[20]
Ryan Christie	Celtic	Undisclosed^[21]

Notes

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

References

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Home stadium	Telford Street Park (1994−96) Pittodrie Stadium (2004−05) Caledonian Stadium (1996−present)
Rivalries	Highland derby North derby
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Domestic cups	Scottish Cup (Final) League Cup (Final) Challenge Cup (Final) Junior Cup Youth Cup Women's Cup
European competitions	Champions League Europa League Youth League
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Transfers	Summer 2015 Winter 2015–16
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2015–16 Inverness Caledonian Thistle F.C. season

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Results & fixtures

Pre season / Friendlies

Scottish Premiership

UEFA Europa League

Qualifying phase

Scottish League Cup

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Squad statistics

Appearances

Disciplinary record

Team statistics

League table

Division summary

Management statistics

Transfers

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