2019–20 Inverness Caledonian Thistle F.C. season

Inverness Caledonian Thistle
2019–20 season
ChairmanGraham Rae and Ross Morrison
ManagerJohn Robertson
StadiumCaledonian Stadium
Championship2nd
Scottish CupQuarter-finals lost 5–2 vs. Hibernian
League CupGroup stage
Challenge CupWinners
Top goalscorerLeague: Jordan White (7)
All: Jordan White (10)
Highest home attendance2,902; vs Dundee United (2 November 2019)
Lowest home attendance1,021; vs Greenock Morton (7 September 2019)
Average home league attendance1,962

The 2019–20 Inverness Caledonian Thistle season was the club's 26th Season in Scottish football.

Fixtures and results

Friendlies

29 June 2019 Friendly Strathspey Thistle 3–6 Inverness Caledonian Thistle XI Grantown-on-Spey
13:00 Stadium: Seafield Park
29 June 2019 Friendly Clachnacuddin 0–2 Inverness Caledonian Thistle XI Inverness
13:00 Keatings 7', Todorov 59' Stadium: Grant Street Park
2 July 2019 Friendly Forres Mechanics 1–6 Inverness Caledonian Thistle XI Forres
19:45 Taylor 79' Todorov 19', 55'

Keatings 20', 37' Walsh 50'

Harkness 89'		 Stadium: Mosset Park
2 July 2019 Friendly Rothes 1–7 Inverness Caledonian Thistle XI Rothes
19:45 Wilson 81' Curry 11', 75'

Rooney 19' Doran 30', 36' White 71'

MacGregor 83'		 Stadium: Mackessack Park
6 July 2019 Friendly Inverness Caledonian Thistle 1–1 Aberdeen Elgin
15:00 McKay 69' Main soccer ball with check mark Stadium: Borough Briggs
8 July 2019 Angus Beith benefit Heart of Midlothian 1–1 Inverness Caledonian Thistle Edinburgh
19:30 McDonald 21' Curry 77' Stadium: Tynecastle
10 July 2019 Friendly Wick Academy 3–2 Inverness Caledonian Thistle XI Wick
19:30 Stadium: Harmsworth Park
12 July 2019 Friendly Inverness Caledonian Thistle 3–1 St Johnstone Inverness
19:30 Keatings 36'

Todorov 67'

Machado 85'		 Tanser soccer ball with check mark Stadium: Grant Street
13 July 2019 Friendly Buckie Thistle 3–4 Inverness Caledonian Thistle XI Buckie
14:00 Stadium: Victoria Park
19 July 2019 Friendly Brora Rangers 2–2 Inverness Caledonian Thistle XI Brora
19:30 Stadium: Dudgeon Park
4 August 2019 Friendly St Duthus 3–7 Inverness Caledonian Thistle XI Tain
14:00 Stadium: Grant Park
April 2020 Ryan Esson Testimonial Inverness Caledonian Thistle Cancelled Inverness Caledonian Thistle Legends XI Inverness
TBC Stadium: Canal Park
Note: Initially cancelled due to COVID-19, eventually cancelled outright in December due to COVID-19 still going on and replaced by charity auction.

League

3 August 2019 Championship Dundee United 4–1 Inverness Caledonian Thistle Dundee
15:00 Shankland 7', 31', 53', 86' Walsh 29' Stadium: Tannadice Park
10 August 2019 Championship Inverness Caledonian Thistle 2–1 Arbroath Inverness
15:00 Doran 44', Storey 82' Linn 26' Stadium: Caledonian Stadium
24 August 2019 Championship Dundee 0–0 Inverness Caledonian Thistle Dundee
15:00 Stadium: Dens Park
30 August 2019 Championship Inverness Caledonian Thistle 5–0 Greenock Morton Inverness
19:05 Keatings 43', 46',

White 67', Donaldson 77',

Todorov 80'		 Report Stadium: Caledonian Thistle
Attendance: 2,136
Note: Live on BBC Scotland
14 September 2019 Championship Dunfermline Athletic 0–1 Inverness Caledonian Thistle Dunfermline
15:00 Welsh 87' Stadium: East End Park
21 September 2019 Championship Inverness Caledonian Thistle 2–0 Queen of the South Inverness
15:00 Welsh 15', Walsh 20' Stadium: Caledonian Stadium
28 September 2019 Championship Inverness Caledonian Thistle 1–3 Partick Thistle Inverness
15:00 White 21' Zannata 10',

Miller 46',

Palmer 82'		 Stadium: Caledonian Stadium
5 October 2019 Championship Ayr United 0–2 Inverness Caledonian Thistle Ayr
15:00 Vincent 31', Rooney 64' Stadium: Somerset Park
19 October 2019 Championship Inverness Caledonian Thistle 2–2 Alloa Athletic Inverness
15:00 Tremarco 61', White 85' Buchanan 5', Trouten 89' Stadium: Caledonian Stadium
26 October 2019 Championship Greenock Morton 2–1 Inverness Caledonian Thistle Greenock
15:00 McHugh 6', 81' Curry 27' Stadium: Cappielow
29 October 2019 Championship Queen of the South 0–2 Inverness Caledonian Thistle Dumfries
19:45 Doran 30', Todorov 90+3' Stadium: Palmerston Park
2 November 2019 Championship Inverness Caledonian Thistle 0–3 Dundee United Inverness
15:00 Rooney {{o.g.|20}},

Clark 72'

Shankland (76 p)		 Stadium: Caledonian Thistle
9 November 2019 Championship Arbroath 3–0 Inverness Caledonian Thistle Arbroath
15:00 Stewart 28',

Linn (54 p),

Kader 86'		 Stadium: Gayfield Park
23 November 2019 Championship Inverness Caledonian Thistle 1–0 Dundee Inverness
15:00 Doran 16' Stadium: Caledonian Stadium
Attendance: 2,184
30 November 2019 Championship Alloa Athletic 0–2 Inverness Caledonian Thistle Alloa
15:00 Dick Red card Taggart (o.g.), Doran 45' Stadium: Indodrill Stadium
Attendance: 721
14 December 2019 Championship Partick Thistle 3–1 Inverness Caledonian Thistle Glasgow
15:00 Jones 48',

Saunders 64',

Zanatta 90'		 Keatings 57' Stadium: Firhill Stadium
Attendance: 2,144
21 December 2019 Championship Inverness Caledonian Thistle 2–0 Dunfermline Athletic Inverness
15:00 Rooney 33', McCart 80' Stadium: Caledonian Stadium
Attendance: 2,116
28 December 2019 Championship Inverness Caledonian Thistle 0–1 Arbroath Inverness
15:00 Donnelly 47' Stadium: Caledonian Stadium
4 January 2020 Championship Dundee 0–2 Inverness Caledonian Thistle Dundee
15:00 Doran 17', Keatings 24' Stadium: Dens Park
Attendance: 5,040
11 January 2020 Championship Inverness Caledonian Thistle P – P Queen of the South Inverness
15:00 Stadium: Caledonian Stadium
25 January 2020 Championship Ayr United 1–0 inverness Caledonian Thistle Ayr
15:00 Kelly 61' Stadium: Somerset Park
1 February 2020 Championship Inverness Caledonian Thistle 1–1 Alloa Athletic Inverness
15:00 White 59' Flannigan soccer ball with check mark Stadium: Caledonian Stadium
21 February 2020 Championship Dundee United 2–1 Inverness Caledonian Thistle Dundee
19:05 Appere 12', Shankland 59' White 32' Stadium: Tannadice
25 February 2020 Championship Dunfermline Athletic 1–2 Inverness Caledonian Thistle Dunfermline
19:45 Thomas 70' Doran 23', Walsh 77' Stadium: East End Park
3 March 2020 Championship Inverness Caledonian Thistle 3–2 Greenock Morton Inverness
19:45 White 18',

Rooney 67',

Todorov 90'		 Nesbitt 61', Lyon 76' Stadium: Caledonian Stadium
7 March 2020 Championship Alloa Athletic 2–0 Inverness Caledonian Thistle Alloa
15:00 Connelly 12', Trouten 28' Stadium: Indodrill Stadium
10 March 2020 Championship Inverness Caledonian Thistle 3–1 Queen of the South Inverness
19:45 Vincent 30',

Keatings 57',

Storey 79'		 Semple 72' Stadium: Caledonian Stadium

ALL SPFL GAMES POSTPONED FOR FORESEEABLE FUTURE DUE TO CORONAVIRUS PANDEMIC

14 March 2020 Championship Arbroath P – P Inverness Caledonian Thistle Arbroath
15:00 Stadium: Gayfield Park
17 March 2020 Championship Inverness Caledonian Thistle P – P Partick Thistle Inverness
19:45 Stadium: Caledonian Stadium
21 March 2020 Championship Inverness Caledonian Thistle P – P Dundee Inverness
15:00 Stadium: Caledonian Stadium
28 March 2020 Championship Inverness Caledonian Thistle P – P Ayr United Inverness
15:00 Stadium: Caledonian Stadium
Note: Postponed due to fixture clash with Scottish Challenge Cup Final

Scottish Cup

18 January 2020 Fourth Round Alloa Athletic 2–3 Inverness Caledonian Thistle Alloa
15:00 Cawley 18', O'Hara 75' Doran 8',

White 61',

Trafford 86'		 Stadium: Indodrill Stadium
8 February 2020 Fifth Round Inverness Caledonian Thistle 1–0 Livingston Inverness
15:01 Welsh 61' Stadium: Caledonian Stadium
28 February 2020 Quarter Finals Hibernian 5–2 Inverness Caledonian Thistle Edinburgh
19:45 Jackson 38',

Allan 58', Docherty 71', Omeonga 81',

Gullan 84'		 Tremarco 73',

McKay Red card 74',

Todorov 88'		 Stadium: Easter Road

League Cup

On 28 May 2019, Inverness were drawn into Group D of the Scottish League Cup, alongside Dundee, Raith Rovers, Peterhead and Cove Rangers.

16 July 2019 Peterhead 0–0
(11–10 p)		 Inverness Caledonian Thistle Peterhead
19:45 Report Stadium: Balmoor Stadium
Attendance: 606
Penalties
soccer ball with check mark McAllister,

soccer ball with check mark Gibson,
soccer ball with check mark Leitch,
soccer ball with check markStevenson,
soccer ball with check mark Armour,
soccer ball with check mark Boyle,
soccer ball with check mark Brown,
soccer ball with check mark Dunlop,
soccer ball with check mark Eadie,
soccer ball with check mark Ferry,

soccer ball with check mark Fleming		 soccer ball with check mark White,

soccer ball with check mark Donaldson,
soccer ball with check mark Todorov,
soccer ball with check mark Walsh,
soccer ball with check mark Tremarco,
soccer ball with check mark Carson,
soccer ball with check mark Trafford,
soccer ball with check mark McCart,
soccer ball with check mark MacGregor,

soccer ball with red X Ridgers,
20 July 2019 Inverness Caledonian Thistle 4–1 Raith Rovers Inverness
15:00 White 6'

Donaldson 56' Doran 58'

Todorov 90+2'		 Allan 50' Stadium: Caledonian Stadium
Attendance: 1,064
23 July 2019 Inverness Caledonian Thistle 3–2 Cove Rangers Inverness
19:45 White 38',

Keatings 55',

Todorov 71'		 Megginson 45', 46' Stadium: Caledonian Stadium
28 July 2019 Dundee 1–0 Inverness Caledonian Thistle Dundee
15:00 Johnson 33' Stadium: Dens Park

Challenge Cup

7 September 2019 Third Round Inverness Caledonian Thistle 3–1 Greenock Morton Inverness
15:00 Todorov 25',

Doran 31',

Storey 57'		 Sutton 78' Stadium: Caledonian Stadium
12 October 2019 Fourth Round Inverness Caledonian Thistle 3–0 Alloa Athletic Inverness
15:00 Curry 42',

Storey 64',

Machado 88'		 Stadium: Caledonian Stadium
17 November 2019 Quarter-final Inverness Caledonian Thistle 0–0
(4–2 p)		 Clyde Inverness
15:00 Stadium: Caledonian Stadium
Penalties
Todorov soccer ball with check mark,

Tremarco soccer ball with check mark,
Donaldson soccer ball with check mark,

Keatings soccer ball with check mark		 soccer ball with check mark Grant,

soccer ball with red X Wallace,
soccer ball with check mark McMullin,

soccer ball with red X McStay
16 February 2020 Semi-final Inverness Caledonian Thistle 2–1 Rangers U21s Inverness
14:10 Keatings 44', Yellow card 58' Yellow-red card Storey 73' Mebude 6' Stadium: Caledonian Stadium
28 March 2020 Final Inverness Caledonian Thistle P – P Raith Rovers Perth
16:10 Stadium: McDiarmid Park
Note: Postponed due to Coronavirus Pandemic
Cancelled Final Inverness Caledonian Thistle Shared Raith Rovers  

North of Scotland Cup

31 July 2019 First Round Lossiemouth 1–3 Inverness Caledonian Thistle XI Lossiemouth
Stadium: Grant Park
20 August 2019 Quarter Finals Inverness Caledonian Thistle XI 3–1 Forres Mechanics Inverness
Stadium: Caledonian Stadium
4 September 2019 Semi Final Inverness Caledonian Thistle XI 4–1 Clachnacuddin Inverness
Stadium: Caledonian Stadium
6 October 2019 Final Inverness Caledonian Thistle XI 2–3 Brora Rangers Forres
Stadium: Mosset Park

Team statistics

League table

Pos Team
 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts PPG Promotion, qualification or relegation[a]
1 Dundee United (C) 28 18 5 5 52 22 +30 59 2.11 Promotion to the Premiership
2 Inverness Caledonian Thistle 27 14 3 10 39 32 +7 45 1.67
3 Dundee 27 11 8 8 32 31 +1 41 1.52
4 Ayr United 27 12 4 11 38 35 +3 40 1.48
5 Arbroath 26 10 6 10 24 26 −2 36 1.38
Source: SPFL
Rules for classification: 1) Points per game.
(C) Champions
Notes:
  1. ^ All play-off matches were cancelled, as clubs voted to curtail the season due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Scotland.[1]


Management Statistics

First team player statistics

League Goalscorers

Rank Player Goals
1st Scotland Jordan White 7
2nd Republic of Ireland Aaron Doran 6
3rd Scotland James Keatings 5
4th Bulgaria Nikolay Todorov 4
= Scotland Shaun Rooney
= Scotland Tom Walsh
7th England Miles Storey 3
8th Scotland Sean Welsh 2
= England James Vincent
9th Scotland Coll Donaldson 1
= Scotland Jamie McCart
= England Carl Tremarco
= England Mitchell Curry

Overall Goalscorers

Rank Player Goals
1st Scotland Jordan White 10
2nd Republic of Ireland Aaron Doran 9
3rd Bulgaria Nikolay Todorov 7
= Scotland James Keatings
5th England Miles Storey 5
6th Scotland Shaun Rooney 3
= Scotland Tom Walsh
= Scotland Sean Welsh
9th Scotland Coll Donaldson 2
= Canada Charlie Trafford
= England Carl Tremarco
= England Mitchell Curry
= England James Vincent
14th Brazil Matheus Machado 1
= Scotland Jamie McCart
Total Goals Scored 59

*as of match played 10 March 2020

**players in Italics left the club during the season, so cannot move up the table

Transfers

Transfers In
Player Age* Pos From Fee Date Notes
Scotland James Keatings 27 FW Scotland Hamilton Academical Pre-contract agreement 13 May 2019
England David Carson 23 MF England Morpeth Town Free 16 May 2019
Bulgaria Nikolay Todorov 22 ST Scotland Falkirk Free 19 June 2019
England James Vincent 29 MF Scotland Dundee Free 20 June 2019
England Miles Storey 25 ST Scotland Partick Thistle Free 3 August 2019
Scotland Lewis Toshney 27 DF Scotland Falkirk Free 10 January 2020
Transfers Out
Player Age* Pos To Fee Date Notes
Scotland Liam Polworth 24 MF Scotland Motherwell Pre-contract agreement 17 April 2019
England Nathan Austin 25 FW Scotland Kelty Hearts Free 19 May 2019
Scotland Joe Chalmers 25 MF Scotland Ross County Free 20 May 2019
Northern Ireland Darren McCauley 27 MF Northern Ireland Derry City Free 7 June 2019
Wales Owain Fôn Williams 32 GK Scotland Hamilton Academical Free 1 July 2019
Scotland Coll Donaldson 24 DF Scotland Ross County Undisclosed 15 January 2020
Scotland Jamie McCart 22 DF Scotland St Johnstone Undisclosed 28 January 2020
Scotland Kieran Chalmers 19 MF Scotland Strathspey Thistle Free 13 February 2020
Loans In/Return
Player Age* Pos From Duration Date In Date Out Notes
England Mitchell Curry 19 ST England Middlesbrough 6 Months 26 June 2019 6 January 2020
Scotland Daniel Hoban 21 GK Scotland Elgin City Loan Return 3 January 2020 N/A
Scotland Jack Brown 18 MF Scotland Fort William Loan Return 16 January 2020 N/A
Scotland Martin MacKinnon 19 GK Scotland Fort William Loan Return 16 January 2020
Loans Out/Return
Player Age* Pos To Duration Date Out Date In Notes
Scotland Anthony McDonald 18 MF Scotland Heart of Midlothian Loan Return End of Previous Season N/A
9 Academy Players 18/19 Various Scotland Fort William Full Season 25 July 2019
Scotland Daniel MacKay 18 MF Scotland Elgin City Full Season Loan extended in January 2020
Scotland Daniel Hoban 21 GK Scotland Elgin City Half Season 3 January 2020
Scotland Cameron Harper 18 DF Scotland Elgin City Half Season 3 January 2020 30 January 2020 Recalled from loan due to lack of defenders
Scotland Daniel Hoban 21 GK Scotland Fort William Half Season 16 January 2020
Scotland Jack Brown 18 MF Scotland Rothes Half Season
Scotland Lewis Hyde 17 MF Scotland Fort William Half Season

*At time of transfer/loan

See also

References

  1. ^ "Dundee Utd, Raith & Cove win titles and reconstruction talks start after Dundee vote". BBC Sport. 15 April 2020. Retrieved 15 April 2020.