2019–20 Inverness Caledonian Thistle F.C. season

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

Inverness Caledonian Thistle
2019–20 season
ChairmanGraham Rae
ManagerJohn Robertson
StadiumCaledonian Stadium
Championship2nd
Scottish CupQuarter Finals lost 5–2 vs. Hibernian
League CupGroup Stage
Challenge CupFinal (in progress)
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

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 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 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

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 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 (nom) 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 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  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
McAllister

Gibson Leitch Stevenson Armour Boyle Brown Dunlop Eadie Ferry

Fleming		 White

Donaldson Todorov Walsh Tremarco Carson Trafford McCart MacGregor

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

Tunnock's Caramel Wafer 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 Finals Inverness Caledonian Thistle 0–0
(4–2 p)		 Clyde Inverness
15:00 Stadium: Caledonian Stadium
Penalties
Todorov ,

Tremarco , Donaldson ,

Keatings 		Grant

Wallace McMullin

McStay
16 February 2020 Semi Finals Inverness Caledonian Thistle 2–1 Rangers U21s Inverness
14:10 Keatings  44',  58'  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 along with all SPFL Fixtures due to Coronavirus Pandemic

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[lower-alpha 1]
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) Champion.
Notes:
  1. All play-off matches were cancelled, as clubs voted to curtail the season due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Scotland.[1]

First team player statistics

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

Overall Goalscorers
Rank Player Goals
1st Jordan White 10
2nd Aaron Doran 9
3rd Nikolay Todorov 7
= James Keatings
5th Miles Storey 5
6th Shaun Rooney 3
= Tom Walsh
= Sean Welsh
9th Coll Donaldson 2
= Charlie Trafford
= Carl Tremarco
= Mitchell Curry
= James Vincent
14th Matheus Machado 1
= 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
James Keatings 27 FW Hamilton Academical Pre-contract agreement 13 May 2019
David Carson 23 MF Morpeth Town Free 16 May 2019
Nikolay Todorov 22 ST Falkirk Free 19 June 2019
James Vincent 29 MF Dundee Free 20 June 2019
Miles Storey 25 ST Partick Thistle Free 3 August 2019
Lewis Toshney 27 DF Falkirk Free 10 January 2020
Transfers Out
Player Age* Pos To Fee Date Notes
Liam Polworth 24 MF Motherwell Pre-contract agreement 17 April 2019
Nathan Austin 25 FW Kelty Hearts Free 19 May 2019
Joe Chalmers 25 MF Ross County Free 20 May 2019
Darren McCauley 27 MF Derry City Free 7 June 2019
Owain Fôn Williams 32 GK Hamilton Academical Free 1 July 2019
Coll Donaldson 24 DF Ross County Undisclosed 15 January 2020
Jamie McCart 22 DF St Johnstone Undisclosed 28 January 2020
Kieran Chalmers 19 MF Strathspey Thistle Free 13 February 2020
Loans In/Return
Player Age* Pos From Duration Date In Date Out Notes
Mitchell Curry 19 ST Middlesbrough 6 Months 26 June 2019 6 January 2020
Daniel Hoban 21 GK Elgin City Loan Return 3 January 2020 N/A
Jack Brown 18 MF Fort William Loan Return 16 January 2020 N/A
Martin MacKinnon 19 GK Fort William Loan Return 16 January 2020
Loans Out/Return
Player Age* Pos To Duration Date Out Date In Notes
Anthony McDonald 18 MF Heart of Midlothian Loan Return End of Previous Season N/A
9 Academy Players 18/19 Various Fort William Full Season 25 July 2019
Daniel MacKay 18 MF Elgin City Full Season Loan extended in January 2020
Daniel Hoban 21 GK Elgin City Half Season 3 January 2020
Cameron Harper 18 DF Elgin City Half Season 3 January 2020 30 January 2020 Recalled from loan due to lack of defenders
Daniel Hoban 21 GK Fort William Half Season 16 January 2020
Jack Brown 18 MF Rothes Half Season
Lewis Hyde 17 MF 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.
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