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Inverness Caledonian Thistle
2016–17 season
ChairmanKenny Cameron
Manager Richie Foran
Stadium Caledonian 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 [1]

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. [2] They reached the second round of the Scottish League Cup, [3] the fifth round of the Scottish Cup. [4]

Management

Caley Thistle were managed by Richie Foran, during the 2016–17 season. [5] John Hughes departed the club during the close season on 20 May 2016, [6] having negotiated his exit with the board. [7] Hughes had previously raised concerns with the club's budget for 2016–17. [8] On 30 May 2016, Foran was appointed manager on a four-year contract, [9] marking his retirement as a player. [10] Brian Rice remained as assistant manager. [11]

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
10 July 2016 Friendly Clachnacuddin 1–3 Inverness CT Inverness
12:00 Stadium: Grant Street 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 Yellow card 5'
Amoo Yellow card 24' 60'
Erskine 36'
BBC Report Polworth Yellow card 69' Stadium: Firhill Stadium
Attendance: 2,943
Referee: Walsh
13 August 2016 Premiership Inverness Caledonian Thistle 2–3 Ross County Inverness
15:00 Raven Yellow card 12'
Williams Yellow card 18'
Boden 45'
Draper Yellow card 50' 65'
Horner Yellow card 75'
BBC Report Boyce 7' 28' 47'
Curran Yellow card 28'
Davies Yellow card 75'
Foster Yellow card 80'
Gardyne Yellow card 82'
Routis Yellow card 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 Yellow card 31'
Tremarco Yellow card 45'
King Yellow card 45+1'
Vigurs 68'
Stadium: Pittodrie Stadium
Attendance: 11,356
Referee: Allan
14 October 2016 Premiership Inverness Caledonian Thistle 0–1 Rangers Inverness
19:45 McKay Yellow card 33'
Draper Yellow card 51'
Warren Yellow card 84'
BBC report Miller 22'
Waghorn Yellow card 51'
Stadium: Tulloch Caledonian Stadium
Attendance: 7,012
Referee: Collum
5 November 2016 Premiership Celtic 3–0 Inverness Caledonian Thistle Glasgow
15:00 Sinclair 48'
Griffiths 63'
Rogic 83'
BBC report Tansey Yellow card 43' Yellow-red card Stadium: Celtic Park
Attendance: 54,152
Referee: Allan
26 November 2016 Premiership Dundee 2–1 Inverness Caledonian Thistle Dundee
15:00 Wighton 25'
Vincent Yellow card 57'
Gadzhalov 60'
Hateley Yellow card 78'
O'Dea Yellow card 90+2'
BBC report Tremarco 81'
Cole Yellow card 85'
Horner Red card 90+4'
Stadium: Dens Park
Attendance: 5,094
Referee: Dallas
3 December 2016 Premiership St Johnstone 3–0 Inverness Caledonian Thistle Perth
15:00 Craig 14'
Coulson Yellow card 57'
Davidson 62'
Wotherspoon Yellow card 75'
Swanson 81'
BBC report Draper Yellow card 45+1'
Doumbouya Yellow card 51'
Warren Yellow card 60' Yellow-red card
Stadium: McDiarmid Park
Attendance: 2,549
Referee: Anderson
17 December 2016 Premiership Kilmarnock 1–1 Inverness Caledonian Thistle Kilmarnock
15:00 McKenzie Yellow card 45+2'
Taylor Yellow card 64'
Coulibaly 73'
Smith Yellow card 90'
BBC report Draper Yellow card 16'
Warren 84'
Polworth Yellow card 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 Yellow card 43'
BBC report Cole Yellow card 37'
Vigurs Yellow card 45+2'
Meekings Yellow card 85'
Stadium: Ibrox Stadium
Attendance: 48,528
Referee: Robertson
28 December 2016 Premiership Inverness Caledonian Thistle 1–2 Motherwell Inverness
19:45 Cole Yellow card 36'
McKay Yellow card 40'
Fisher Yellow card 77'
Vigurs Yellow card 89'
Tansey 90'
BBC report Clay 50'
Moult Yellow card 59'
McDonald 87'
Stadium: Tulloch Caledonian Stadium
Attendance: 3,097
Referee: Cook
31 December 2016 Premiership Ross County 3–2 Inverness Caledonian Thistle Dingwall
15:00 Boyce 2' 35'
Woods 61'
McEveley Yellow card 76'
BBC report Tremarco 28'
Warren Yellow card 46'
Fisher 81'
McKay Yellow card 90+3'
Stadium: Global Energy Stadium
Attendance: 5,111
Referee: Madden
4 February 2017 Premiership Inverness Caledonian Thistle 2–2 Dundee Inverness
15:00 Billy Mckay 53' ( pen.) Yellow card 58'
Tremarco Yellow card 75'
Tansey 79'
BBC report Haber 37'
O'Dea 43' Yellow card 48'
Julen Etxabeguren Yellow card 52'
McGowan Yellow card 63'
Stadium: Tulloch Caledonian Stadium
Attendance: 2,606
Referee: Walsh
24 February 2017 Premiership Inverness Caledonian Thistle 2–1 Rangers Inverness
19:45 Tansey 45' Yellow card 66'
Laing Yellow card 56'
Vigurs 86' (pen miss)
Billy Mckay 89'
BBC report Jon Toral Yellow card 14'
Waghorn 67' ( pen.)
Wilson Yellow card 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 Yellow card 10'
Boyce 21' 34' 49' ( pen.) 60' ( pen.)
Chow Yellow card 53'
BBC report Vigurs Yellow card 49'
Polworth Red card 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' Yellow card 53'
Rutherford Yellow card 63'
Chris Turner Yellow card 69'
SPFL Report Draper 13'
Warren Yellow card 68' 74'
Attendance: 487
Referee: Finnie
30 July 2016 Group C Inverness Caledonian Thistle 7–0 Arbroath Caledonian Stadium
15:00 King 10'
Boden 18' 25' 71'
Tremarco 37' 87'
Vigurs 47'
BBC Report Attendance: 1,316
Referee: Aitken
9 August 2016 Second Round Alloa Athletic 1–0 Inverness Caledonian Thistle The Indodrill Stadium
19:30 Marr 28'
Flannigan Yellow card 35'
Jamie Longworth Yellow card 44'
Waters Yellow card 90+1'
Sky Report Attendance: 613
Referee: Robertson

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 Yellow card 53'
Darryl McHardy Yellow card 78'
BBC Report Cole 32'
Doumbouya 66'
Doran Yellow card 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' Yellow card 73'
DembΓ©lΓ© 45' 50' 59'
Tierney 86'
Brown 90+1'
BBCReport Tremarco Yellow card 29'
Draper Yellow card 35'
Vigurs Yellow card 37'
Warren Yellow card 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 Scotland  SCO Ryan Esson 7 0 6+0 0 1+0 0 0+0 0
2 DF England  ENG David Raven 26 1 19+2 1 4+0 0 1+0 0
3 DF England  ENG Carl Tremarco 36 7 29+0 4 5+0 3 2+0 0
4 DF Scotland  SCO Kevin McNaughton 14 0 5+4 0 5+0 0 0+0 0
5 DF England  ENG Gary Warren 40 3 33+0 2 5+0 1 2+0 0
6 DF England  ENG Josh Meekings 18 1 18+0 1 0+0 0 0+0 0
7 MF Scotland  SCO Liam Polworth 38 3 26+6 3 5+0 0 1+0 0
8 MF England  ENG Ross Draper 43 4 35+2 3 2+3 1 1+0 0
9 FW Republic of Ireland  IRL Dean Ebbe 4 0 0+3 0 0+0 0 0+1 0
10 MF Republic of Ireland  IRL Aaron Doran 19 1 6+11 1 0+1 0 1+0 0
11 MF Scotland  SCO Iain Vigurs 39 5 28+4 1 5+0 4 2+0 0
12 DF Scotland  SCO Jamie McCart 11 0 9+2 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
13 FW England  ENG Billy Mckay 14 4 13+0 4 0+0 0 1+0 0
14 MF Scotland  SCO Jason Brown 1 0 0+0 0 0+1 0 0+0 0
15 MF Republic of Ireland  IRL Jake Mulraney 32 0 10+16 0 3+2 0 0+1 0
16 MF England  ENG Greg Tansey 44 7 37+0 7 5+0 0 2+0 0
17 DF England  ENG Lewis Horner 11 0 5+5 0 1+0 0 0+0 0
18 FW England  ENG Alex Fisher 25 8 8+13 8 0+4 0 0+0 0
19 FW England  ENG Scott Boden 19 5 3+10 1 5+0 4 1+0 0
20 MF Scotland  SCO Billy King 32 3 17+9 1 5+0 2 1+0 0
21 FW Scotland  SCO Alisdair Sutherland 2 0 0+1 0 0+1 0 0+0 0
21 DF England  ENG Louis Laing 14 0 14+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
22 DF Scotland  SCO Brad McKay 29 1 25+2 1 0+0 0 2+0 0
23 FW Estonia  EST Henri Anier 15 0 8+5 0 0+0 0 1+1 0
25 GK Wales  WAL Owain FΓ΄n Williams 35 0 31+0 0 2+0 0 2+0 0
26 FW Guinea  GUI Lonsana Doumbouya 20 6 17+2 5 0+0 0 1+0 1
29 MF England  ENG Larnell Cole 23 2 13+8 1 0+0 0 1+1 1
31 GK Scotland  SCO Cameron Mackay 4 0 1+0 0 2+1 0 0+0 0
33 DF England  ENG Cameron Gilchrist 1 0 0+1 0 0+0 0 0+0 0

Overall goalscorers

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

Hat-tricks

Player Competition Score Opponent Date
Scotland Iain Vigurs Scottish League Cup 1–5 Dunfermline Athletic 26 July 2016
England 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 [a]
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). [12]
(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
Position12121210101081010108101212121212121212121212121212121211121212121212121212
Updated to match(es) played on 17 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% [nb 1]
Richie Foran [13] 14 July 2016 31 May 2017 45 11 13 21 024.44

Transfers

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

References

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  2. ^ "The reasons behind Inverness CT's relegation". scotsman.com. The Scotsman. 20 May 2017. Retrieved 3 June 2017.
  3. ^ "Jason Marr's first-half strike earned Alloa Athletic a place in the Scottish League Cup". bbc.co.uk/sport. BBC Sport. 9 August 2016. Retrieved 3 June 2017.
  4. ^ "Moussa Dembele hat-trick puts Celtic in Scottish Cup quarter-finals". skysports.com. Sky Sports. 11 February 2017. Retrieved 3 June 2017.
  5. ^ "Inverness Caley Thistle appoint Richie Foran as manager". scotsman.com. The Scotsman. 20 May 2016. Retrieved 21 May 2017.
  6. ^ "Manager John Hughes leaves Inverness Caledonian Thistle". skysports.com. Sky Sports. 20 May 2016. Retrieved 21 May 2017.
  7. ^ "Manager John Hughes 'poised to leave' Inverness Caledoinian Thistle". skysports.com. Sky Sports. 30 May 2016. Retrieved 21 May 2017.
  8. ^ "Inverness CT manager negotiating exit from club". bbc.co.uk/sport. BBC Sport. 19 May 2016. Retrieved 21 May 2017.
  9. ^ "Richie Foran given four-year contract". bbc.co.uk/sport. BBC Sport. 30 May 2016. Retrieved 21 May 2017.
  10. ^ "RICHIE FORAN TO RETIRE FROM PLAYING AFTER BECOMING INVERNESS MANAGER". eveningexpress.co.uk. Evening Express. 30 May 2016. Retrieved 21 May 2017.[ permanent dead link]
  11. ^ "Brian Rice stays on as assistant manager". bbc.co.uk/sport. BBC Sport. 17 June 2016. Retrieved 21 May 2017.
  12. ^ "Premiership 2016/2017 - Season rules". Scoresway. Retrieved 1 September 2016.
  13. ^ "Richie Foran Statistics". soccerbase.com. Soccerbase. Retrieved 22 May 2017.

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