title: 2017–18 Inverness Caledonian Thistle F.C. season
text: # 2017–18 Inverness Caledonian Thistle F.C. season
  
  The 2017–18 Inverness Caledonian Thistle F.C. season is the club's first season in the Scottish Championship, having been relegated from the Scottish Premiership at the end of the 2016–17 season. Thistle will also compete in the Scottish Challenge Cup, Scottish League Cup and the Scottish Cup.
  
  This season has seen the most postponements of any Inverness CT season, with 10 Postponements as of 18 April 2018.
  
  ## Summary
  
  ### Management
  
  Following the club's relegation at the end of the previous season manager Richie Foran was sacked by the club during the close season on 29 May 2017. On 14 June 2017, John Robertson was appointed as manager on a two-year contract, leaving his role of Head of Coach Education at Heart of Midlothian. Brian Rice assistant manager to Foran oversaw team affairs prior to Robertson's appointment.
  
  ## Results and fixtures
  
  Win  Draw  Loss  Postponed
  
  ## Squad statistics
  
  During the 2017–18 season, Inverness Caledonian Thistle have used twenty-four different players in competitive games. The table below shows the number of appearances and goals scored by each player.
  
  ### Appearances
  
      As of 20 January 2018
  
  | No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Total | Total | Championship | Championship | Challenge Cup | Challenge Cup | League Cup | League Cup | Scottish Cup | Scottish Cup |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
  | 2 | DF | ENG | David Raven | 22 | 1 | 15+3 | 0 | 3+0 | 1 | 1+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
  | 3 | DF | ENG | Carl Tremarco | 18 | 2 | 14+1 | 1 | 2+1 | 1 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
  | 4 | DF | SCO | Joe Chalmers | 29 | 1 | 21+0 | 1 | 3+0 | 0 | 2+2 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 |
  | 5 | DF | ENG | Gary Warren | 14 | 3 | 9+2 | 1 | 0+0 | 0 | 2+0 | 2 | 1+0 | 0 |
  | 6 | DF | ENG | Matthew Elsdon | 8 | 0 | 3+0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 2+2 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
  | 7 | MF | SCO | Liam Polworth | 30 | 3 | 22+0 | 1 | 3+0 | 2 | 4+0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
  | 8 | MF | ENG | Ross Draper | 5 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 4+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
  | 8 | FW | SCO | Nathan Austin | 2 | 0 | 2+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
  | 9 | FW | SCO | John Baird | 29 | 4 | 18+3 | 3 | 3+0 | 0 | 4+0 | 1 | 0+1 | 0 |
  | 10 | MF | IRL | Aaron Doran | 8 | 3 | 3+3 | 2 | 0+1 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 1 |
  | 11 | MF | SCO | Iain Vigurs | 27 | 5 | 19+0 | 5 | 3+0 | 0 | 4+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 |
  | 14 | FW | ENG | George Oakley | 27 | 7 | 8+11 | 4 | 0+3 | 0 | 3+1 | 2 | 1+0 | 1 |
  | 15 | MF | IRL | Jake Mulraney | 23 | 1 | 13+7 | 1 | 0+0 | 0 | 2+1 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
  | 16 | MF | ENG | Riccardo Calder | 23 | 2 | 5+10 | 0 | 2+1 | 2 | 4+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 |
  | 17 | DF | NED | Collin Seedorf | 7 | 0 | 3+1 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 3+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
  | 19 | FW | CUW | Felitciano Zschusschen | 5 | 0 | 0+2 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 1+2 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
  | 20 | FW | ENG | Connor Bell | 24 | 7 | 16+4 | 6 | 2+0 | 1 | 0+1 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 |
  | 21 | FW | SCO | Alex Cooper | 10 | 1 | 3+3 | 1 | 2+1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
  | 22 | DF | SCO | Brad McKay | 29 | 2 | 21+0 | 2 | 3+0 | 0 | 4+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 |
  | 23 | DF | SCO | Coll Donaldson | 20 | 0 | 15+1 | 0 | 3+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 |
  | 24 | MF | CAN | Charlie Trafford | 17 | 0 | 10+5 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 |
  | 25 | GK | WAL | Owain Fôn Williams | 3 | 0 | 2+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
  | 27 | MF | SCO | Daniel MacKay | 2 | 1 | 0+1 | 0 | 0+1 | 1 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
  | 28 | GK | SCO | Mark Ridgers | 27 | 0 | 20+0 | 0 | 2+0 | 0 | 4+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 |
  
  ### Overall goalscorers
  
  | Rank | Player | Goals |
  | - | - | - |
  | 1st | George Oakley | 12 |
  | 2nd | Iain Vigurs | 8 |
  | 3rd | Connor Bell | 7 |
  | 4th | Nathan Austin | 6 |
  | 5th | Joe Chalmers Aaron Doran Liam Polworth | 5 |
  | 8th | John Baird Gary Warren | 4 |
  | 10th | Jake Mulraney Carl Tremarco | 3 |
  | 12th | Riccardo Calder Daniel MacKay Brad McKay | 2 |
  | 15th | Alex Cooper Coll Donaldson David Raven | 1 |
  
  ### Hat-tricks
  
  | Player | Competition | Score | Opponent | Date |
  | - | - | - | - | - |
  | Nathan Austin | Scottish Championship | 5–1 | Dumbarton | 14 April 2018 |
  
  ## Club statistics
  
  ### League table
  
  | Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Promotion, qualification or relegation |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | 3 | Dundee United | 36 | 18 | 7 | 11 | 52 | 42 | +10 | 61 | Qualification for the Premiership play-off quarter-final |
  | 4 | Dunfermline Athletic | 36 | 16 | 11 | 9 | 60 | 35 | +25 | 59 | Qualification for the Premiership play-off quarter-final |
  | 5 | Inverness Caledonian Thistle | 36 | 16 | 9 | 11 | 53 | 37 | +16 | 57 | |
  | 6 | Queen of the South | 36 | 14 | 10 | 12 | 59 | 53 | +6 | 52 | |
  | 7 | Greenock Morton | 36 | 13 | 11 | 12 | 47 | 40 | +7 | 50 | |
  
  **League Cup table**
  
  | Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | PW | PL | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | FAL | INV | STI | BRE | FOR |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | 1 | Falkirk (Q) | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 1 | +12 | 12 | Qualification for the Second Round | — | — | 4–1 | — | 4–0 |
  | 2 | Inverness Caledonian Thistle | 4 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 3 | +2 | 8 | | 0–2 | — | — | 3–0 | — |
  | 3 | Stirling Albion | 4 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 5 | +1 | 7 | | — | 0–0p | — | 2–0 | — |
  | 4 | Brechin City | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 9 | −8 | 2 | | 0–3 | — | — | — | p1–1 |
  | 5 | Forfar Athletic | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 10 | −7 | 1 | | — | 1–2 | 1–3 | — | — |
  
  ### 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 |
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  | Ground | H | A | H | A | A | H | A | H | A | A | H | A | H | H | A | H | A | A | H | A | H | H | A | A | A | A | A | H | H | H | A | H | A | H | A | A |
  | Result | L | L | D | W | L | L | L | D | D | W | W | D | L | W | D | W | L | W | D | L | W | W | L | L | L | D | W | D | W | W | W | W | W | D | W | W |
  | Position | 8 | 12 | 10 | 7 | 7 | 8 | 8 | 9 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 7 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 8 | | | | | | | | | | 5 | 5 |
  
  ### Management statistics
  
      Last updated 18 April 2018
  
  | Name | From | To | P | W | D | L | Win% |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | John Robertson | 15 July 2017 | Present | 29 | 12 | 8 | 9 | 041.38 |
  