The 2026–27 season is Ross County's first season in Scottish League One and the club's first season back in the Third tier of Scottish football since the 2007–08 season. This comes following their relegation from the Scottish Championship at the end of the 2025–26 season. Ross County will also compete in the Scottish Cup, the League Cup and the Challenge Cup.
Summary Stuart Kettlewell was appointed the club's permanent manager on 4 May 2026 following a short-term contract with the club taking him to the end of the 2025–26 season, with Stephen Frail continuing as his assistant.
Results and fixtures
Pre-season and friendlies
Scottish League One
Scottish League Cup
Group stage
Knockout phase
Scottish Challenge Cup
League phase
Squad statistics
Captains No.PosNatNameNo of gamesNotes9FWBrian Graham14Club Captain43DFJosh Reid36MFConnor Randall2
Appearances As of 3 October 2026
Goalscorers Rank No. Nat. Po. Name League One League Cup Challenge Cup Scottish Cup Total 1 9 FW Brian Graham 7 5 0 0 12 11 FW Kieran Phillips 3 0 9 0 12 2 10 MF Jamie Lindsay 3 2 1 0 6 16 MF Chris Hamilton 3 0 3 0 6 17 FW Ricco Diack 1 0 5 0 6 3 7 MF Richard Chin 1 2 1 0 4 19 MF Luke McCarvel 1 0 3 0 4 4 6 MF Connor Randall 2 1 0 0 3 5 22 FW Adam Emslie 1 0 1 0 2 24 FW Lewis Jamieson 0 1 1 0 2 43 DF Josh Reid 1 0 1 0 2 6 3 DF Lewis Strapp 1 0 0 0 1 4 DF Akil Wright 1 0 0 0 1 15 DF Dylan Smith 0 0 1 0 1 18 MF Andrew Macleod 0 0 1 0 1 20 MF Jack Turner 0 1 0 0 1 39 FW Joe Coyle 0 0 1 0 1 Own goals 1 1 0 0 2Total 26 13 28 0 67As of 3 October 2026
Team statistics League table
League cup table
Challenge Cup table
Transfers
In DatePlayerFromFee 23 May 2026 Lewis Strapp Airdrieonians Free 26 May 2026 Brian Graham Falkirk Free 28 May 2026 Luke McCarvel Kelty Hearts Free 29 May 2026 Lewis Reid Stranraer Free 1 June 2026 Chris Hamilton Dunfermline Athletic Free 5 June 2026 Jack Turner Woking Free 9 June 2026 Richard Chin Raith Rovers Undisclosed 1 July 2026 Bradley Wade Ballymena United Free 23 July 2026 Lewis Jamieson Newport County Undisclosed 30 July 2026 Adam Forrester Heart of Midlothian Loan 31 August 2026 Ricco Diack Partick Thistle Loan
Out DatePlayerToFee 4 May 2026 Ross Laidlaw Free Alex Iacovitti Free Uche Ikpeazu Free 3 June 2026 Ben Crompton Kidderminster Harriers Free 8 June 2026 Jay Henderson Coleraine Free 11 June 2026 Arron Lyall Raith Rovers Free 24 June 2026 Jordan White Cove Rangers Free 8 July 2026 Noah Chilvers Oldham Athletic Undisclosed 18 July 2026 Rio Hastings Rothes Loan 21 July 2026 Declan Gallagher Airdrieonians Free 23 July 2026 Calum Brown Elgin City Co-operation loan Lewis Mackay 23 July 2026 Ruaridh Campbell Alness United Loan Sam MacLennan Alexander Brown 24 July 2026 Joe Coyle Invergordon Co-operation loan Copeland Thain Oliver Lamont 24 July 2026 Jayden Reid Loan Torran Lambie 4 September 2026 Len O'Sullivan Free
Notes and references