The 2017–18 Inverness Caledonian Thistle F.C. season was 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
Friendlies/Charity Games
Scottish Championship
League Cup
Scottish Challenge Cup
Scottish Cup
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
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 +PlayerCompetitionScoreOpponentDate Nathan AustinScottish Championship5–1Dumbarton14 April 2018
Club statistics
League table
League Cup table
Division summary
Management statistics Last updated 18 April 2018 NameFromToPWDLWin% Present
Transfers +Transfers InPlayerAge*PosFromFeeDateNotes John Baird31ST FalkirkFree1 July 2017 Daniel Hoban19GKAcademyFree1 July 2017 Mark Ridgers26GK Partick ThistleFree3 July 2017 George Oakley21ST AFC WimbledonFree3 July 2017 Collin Seedorf22DF RKC WaalwijkFree5 July 2017 Riccardo Calder21DF Aston VillaFree6 July 2017 Zak Elbouzedi19MF West Bromwich AlbionFree7 July 2017 Joe Chalmers23MF MotherwellFree13 July 2017 Felitciano Zschusschen25ST 1. FC SaarbrückenFree17 July 2017 Alex Cooper25DF East FifeFree21 July 2017 Connor Bell21ST ServetteFree29 July 2017 Charlie Trafford25MF RoPSFree18 August 2017 Coll Donaldson22DF Dundee UnitedFree19 August 2017 Nathan Austin23ST FalkirkFree1 January 2018 +Transfers OutPlayerAge*PosToFeeDateNotes Greg Tansey28MF AberdeenFree1 July 2017 Alex Fisher27ST MotherwellFree1 July 2017 Dean Ebbe22ST Bluebell UnitedFree1 July 2017 Scott Boden27ST WrexhamFree6 July 2017 Kevin McNaughton34DFRetiredN/A7 July 2017 Henri Anier26ST FC LahtiFree10 July 2017 Louis Laing24DF Hartlepool UnitedFree10 July 2017 Jason Brown21DF PeterheadFree14 July 2017 Lewis Horner25MF Blyth SpartansFree21 July 2017 Ross Draper28DF Ross County£100,0009 August 2017 Josh Meekings24DF DundeeFree18 August 2017 Alex Cooper26DF FresnoFree7 January 2018 David Raven32DF WrexhamFree27 January 2018 Felitciano Zschusschen26STReleasedN/A31 January 2018 +Loans In/ReturnsPlayerAge*PosFromDurationDate InDate Out Matthew Elsdon20DF MiddlesbroughHalf Season6 July 20177 January 2018 +PlayerAge*PosToDurationDate OutDate In Daniel Hoban20GK Brora RangersSeason29 July 20171 May 2018 Cammy Mackay20GK Brora RangersEmergency Loan13 October 201710 November 2017 Zak Elbouzedi19MF Elgin CityEmergency Loan30 December 201727 January 2018 Owain Fôn Williams30GK Indy ElevenSeason31 January 201830 November 2018 John Baird32FW Greenock MortonEmergency Loan26 February 201830 April 2018
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