2015–16 Inverness Caledonian Thistle F.C. season

Inverness Caledonian Thistle
2015–16 season
Chairman	Kenny Cameron
Manager	John Hughes
Stadium	Caledonian Stadium
Premiership	Seventh Place
League Cup	Quarter-final
Scottish Cup	Quarter-final
Europa League	Second qualifying round, lost to Astra Giurgiu
Top goalscorer	League: Miles Storey (11); All: Miles Storey (13)
Highest home attendance	6,410 vs. Aberdeen
Lowest home attendance	1,231 vs. Stirling Albion
Average home league attendance	3,754
Home colours	Away colours
	← 2014–15 2016–17 →

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

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' (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 90+5'	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 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 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 78'	Attendance: 3,587 Referee: Don Robertson

11 May 2016 Premiership	Hamilton Academical	0–1	Inverness Caledonian Thistle	New Douglas Park
19:45	MacKinnon 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

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'	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
No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
2	DF	ENG	David Raven	26	1	18+1	1	2+0	0	3+0	0	1+1	0
3	DF	ENG	Carl Tremarco	37	2	28+4	2	2+0	0	3+0	0	0+0	0
4	MF	SCO	James Vincent	18	2	14+2	2	2+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
5	DF	ENG	Gary Warren	32	0	23+2	0	0+0	0	5+0	0	2+0	0
6	DF	ENG	Josh Meekings	26	2	21+0	2	2+0	0	1+0	0	2+0	0
7	FW	ESP	Dani López	10	1	5+2	1	0+1	0	0+0	0	2+0	0
8	MF	ENG	Ross Draper	40	5	31+1	5	1+0	0	5+0	0	1+1	0
9	MF	IRL	Richie Foran	11	1	0+7	1	0+0	0	1+1	0	0+2	0
10	MF	IRL	Aaron Doran	2	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	2+0	0
11	MF	ENG	Jordan Roberts	13	3	8+1	2	0+0	0	1+2	1	0+1	0
14	DF	NIR	Daniel Devine	46	3	37+0	2	2+0	1	5+0	0	2+0	0
15	MF	ENG	Nat Wedderburn	19	0	8+7	0	0+0	0	2+0	0	2+0	0
16	MF	ENG	Greg Tansey	45	9	37+0	8	2+0	1	4+0	0	2+0	0
17	MF	ENG	Lewis Horner	18	1	11+5	1	0+0	0	1+1	0	0+0	0
18	MF	ENG	Tobi Sho-Silva	5	0	0+5	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
18	FW	ENG	Alex Fisher	3	0	0+1	0	0+0	0	0+2	0	0+0	0
19	MF	ENG	Danny Williams	44	1	25+10	1	1+1	0	4+1	0	2+0	0
20	MF	SCO	Liam Polworth	43	6	33+3	6	1+1	0	3+2	0	0+0	0
22	MF	SCO	Ryan Christie	17	3	12+1	3	2+0	0	0+0	0	2+0	0
25	GK	WAL	Owain Fôn Williams	47	0	38+0	0	2+0	0	5+0	0	2+0	0
27	MF	SCO	Iain Vigurs	36	8	24+6	6	1+0	0	5+0	2	0+0	0
28	FW	COD	Andréa Mbuyi-Mutombo	30	1	12+13	0	0+1	0	2+2	1	0+0	0
37	FW	SCO	Alisdair Sutherland	6	0	0+5	0	0+1	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
39	FW	ENG	Miles Storey	37	13	29+1	11	2+0	1	4+1	1	0+0	0

Overall Goalscorers


Rank	Player	Goals
1st	Miles Storey	13
2nd	Greg Tansey	9
3rd	Iain Vigurs	8
4th	Liam Polworth	6
5th	Ross Draper	5
6th	Ryan Christie Danny Devine Jordan Roberts	3
9th	Andréa Mbuyi-Mutombo Josh Meekings Carl Tremarco James Vincent	2
13th	Richie Foran Lewis Horner Dani López David Raven Danny Williams	1

Disciplinary record

As of 14 May 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	Nat 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	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31	32	33	34	35	36	37	38
Ground	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	H	A	A	H	H	H	A	A	H	A	H	H	A	A	A	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	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	W	L	D	L	L	L	W	L	W	D	W	W	L	W	W
Position	10	10	9	11	11	10	7	9	8	8	8	9	9	8	8	8	9	9	8	6	6	7	6	6	7	7	7	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	7	8	7	7

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

Transfers In
Player	Age*	Pos	From	Fee	Date
Calum Ferguson	20	ST	Academy	N/A	1 July 2015
Nat Wedderburn	24	MF	Cowdenbeath	Free	1 July 2015
Jordan Roberts	21	MF	Aldershot Town	Free	7 July 2015
Dani López	29	ST	La Roda	Free	11 July 2015
Owain Fôn Williams	28	GK	Tranmere Rovers	Free	16 July 2015
Andréa Mbuyi-Mutombo	25	MF	Fréjus Saint-Raphaël	Free	30 July 2015
Iain Vigurs	27	MF	Motherwell	Free	12 August 2015
Alex Fisher	25	ST	Torquay United	Free	9 January 2016
Ryan Williams	24	MF	Brentford	Free	1 February 2016
Liam Hughes	23	MF	Cambridge United	Free	1 February 2016

Transfers Out
Player	Age*	Pos	To	Fee	Date
Marley Watkins	24	MF	Barnsley	Free	1 July 2015
Graeme Shinnie	23	MF	Aberdeen	Free	1 July 2015
Nick Ross	23	MF	Dundee	Free	1 July 2015
Tarmo Kink	29	MF	Levadia Tallinn	Free	8 July 2015
Ryan Baptie	20	DF	Peterhead	Free	24 July 2015
Edward Ofere	29	ST	Boluspor	Free	10 August 2015
Ryan Christie	20	MF	Celtic	£595,000	1 September 2015
Dani López	30	ST	Arenas Club	Free	13 January 2016

Loans In/Returns
Player	Age*	Pos	From	Duration	Date In	Date Out	Notes
Tobi Sho-Silva	20	ST	Charlton Athletic	Half Season	1 September 2015	4 January 2016
Miles Storey	21	ST	Swindon Town	Season	1 September 2015	15 May 2016
Ryan Christie	20	MF	Celtic	Season	2 September 2015	23 December 2015	Recalled

Loans Out/Returns
Player	Age*	Pos	To	Duration	Date Out	Date In	Notes
Ryan Christie	20	MF	Celtic	Return	23 December 2015	N/A	Recalled
Tobi Sho-Silva	20	ST	Charlton Athletic	Return	4 January 2016	N/A
Miles Storey	22	ST	Swindon Town	Return	15 May 2016	N/A

Notes

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

References

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f "Fixture List". ictfc.com. Inverness Caledonian Thistle F.C. Retrieved 7 February 2016.
^ "Premiership 2015/2016 - Season rules". Scoresway. Retrieved 1 August 2015.
^ "Inverness CT 2015/16 Results". Statto. Retrieved 24 March 2015.
^ "John Hughes Statistics". soccerbase.com. Soccerbase. Retrieved 27 July 2015.

[2] Teams play each other three times (33 matches), before the league is split into two groups (the top six and the bottom six).

[note3-5] Win% is the percentage of matches won rounded to two decimal places.

[Fixtures-1] ^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f "Fixture List". ictfc.com. Inverness Caledonian Thistle F.C. Retrieved 7 February 2016.

[3] "Premiership 2015/2016 - Season rules". Scoresway. Retrieved 1 August 2015.

[4] "Inverness CT 2015/16 Results". Statto. Retrieved 24 March 2015.

[6] "John Hughes Statistics". soccerbase.com. Soccerbase. Retrieved 27 July 2015.

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