2015–16 Inverness Caledonian Thistle F.C. season

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

  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

Main article: 2015–16 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 Red card 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 Red card 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 Yellow card 90' Yellow-red card		 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 Yellow card 70' Attendance: 3,234
Referee: Finnie
24 October 2015 Premiership Inverness Caledonian Thistle 0–1 St Johnstone Caledonian Stadium
15:00 Meekings Yellow card 86'
Devine Yellow card 90+4'		 Report Mackay Red card 47'
Scobbie Yellow card 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 Red card 50'
Tansey 64' (pen.)		 BBC Report Loy 50' (pen.) Attendance: 2,940
Referee: Colvin
7 November 2015 Premiership Motherwell 1–3 Inverness Caledonian Thistle Rugby Park
15:00 Moult 58'
McManus Yellow card 90+5' Yellow-red card		 Report Tansey 11' (pen.)
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
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' (pen.)		 BBC Report Polworth 41'
Tansey 47' (pen.)		 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
15 February 2016 Premiership Inverness Caledonian Thistle 3–1 Aberdeen Caledonian Stadium
19:45 Vigurs 18'
Tansey 51'
Tremarco 65'		 BBC Report Rooney 7' Attendance: 4,544
Referee: Collum
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
1 March 2016 Premiership Heart of Midlothian 2–0 Inverness Caledonian Thistle Tynecastle Park
19:45 Walker 35'
Dauda 53'		 BBC Report Attendance: 15,767
Referee: Alan Muir
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
12 March 2016 Premiership Inverness Caledonian Thistle 0–1 Hamilton Academical Caledonian Stadium
15:00 BBC Report Morris 59' Attendance: 3,510
Referee: Steven McLean
19 March 2016 Premiership Ross County 0–3 Inverness Caledonian Thistle Victoria Park
15:00 BBC Report Polworth 32'
Draper 37'
Storey 48'		 Attendance: 5,912
Referee: Bobby Madden
2 April 2016 Premiership Inverness Caledonian Thistle 1–2 Motherwell Caledonian Stadium
15:00 Vigurs 70 pen.' BBC Report Ainsworth 62'
Johnson 90+4'		 Attendance: 3,348
Referee: John Beaton
9 April 2016 Premiership Dundee United 0–2 Inverness Caledonian Thistle Tannadice Park
15:00 BBC Report Storey 13'
Vigurs 50'		 Attendance: 6,927
Referee: Craig Thomson
12 April 2016 Premiership Inverness Caledonian Thistle 0–0 Heart of Midlothian Caledonian Stadium
19:45 BBC Report Attendance: 3,202
Referee: Don Robertson
24 April 2016 Premiership Inverness Caledonian Thistle 3–1 Kilmarnock Caledonian Stadium
12:00 Tansey 55 pen.'
Draper 73'
Williams 76'		 BBC Report Higginbotham 44'
MacDonald Red card 53'		 Attendance: 2,228
Referee: John Beaton
30 April 2016 Premiership Partick Thistle 1–4 Inverness Caledonian Thistle Firhill Stadium
15:00 Doolan 83' BBC Report Tremarco 14'
Storey 46'
Meekings 76'
Roberts 85'		 Attendance: 2,609
Referee: Euan Anderson
6 May 2016 Premiership Inverness Caledonian Thistle 2–3 Dundee United Caledonian Stadium
19:45 Roberts 56'
Polworth 69'		 BBC Report Murray 6'
Meekings 45+1 o.g.'
Ofere 55'
Morris Red card 78'		 Attendance: 3,587
Referee: Don Robertson
11 May 2016 Premiership Hamilton Academical 0–1 Inverness Caledonian Thistle New Douglas Park
19:45 MacKinnon Red card 75' BBC Report Devine 41' Attendance: 1,516
Referee: Stephen Finnie
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

Main article: 2015–16 UEFA Europa League qualifying phase and play-off round
16 July 2015 Second qualifying round 1st leg Inverness Caledonian Thistle 0–1 Astra Giurgiu Romania 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 Romania 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

Main article: 2015–16 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

Main article: 2015–16 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' BBC Report 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' BBC Report Keatings 54' Attendance: 9,884
Referee: Allan
16 March 2016 Scottish Cup QF replay Inverness Caledonian Thistle 1–2 Hibernian Caledonian Stadium
19:45 Vigurs 77' BBC Report Stokes 36', 41' Attendance: 3,207
Referee: Finnie

Squad statistics

Appearances

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

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

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

League table

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

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

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

Main articles: List of Scottish football transfers summer 2015 and List of Scottish football transfers winter 2015–16
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

Notes

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

References

  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.