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2015–16 Inverness Caledonian Thistle F.C. season

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.

Inverness Caledonian Thistle
2015–16 season
ChairmanKenny Cameron
ManagerJohn Hughes
StadiumCaledonian Stadium
PremiershipSeventh Place
League CupQuarter-final
Scottish CupQuarter-final
Europa LeagueSecond qualifying round, lost to Astra Giurgiu
Top goalscorerLeague: Miles Storey (11)
All: Miles Storey (13)
Highest home attendance6,410 vs. Aberdeen
Lowest home attendance1,231 vs. Stirling Albion
Average home league attendance3,754

Results and fixtures

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  Win   Draw   Loss   Postponed

Pre season / Friendlies

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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

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Main article: 2015–16 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 Red card  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 Red card  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 Yellow card  90' Yellow-red card 		 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 Yellow card  70' Attendance: 3,234
Referee: Finnie
24 October 2015 Premiership Inverness Caledonian Thistle 0–1 St Johnstone Caledonian Stadium
15:00 Meekings Yellow card  86'
Devine Yellow card  90+4'		 Report Mackay Red card  47'
Scobbie Yellow card  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 Red card  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 Yellow card  90+5' Yellow-red card 		 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 Red card  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 Red card  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 Red card  78'		 Attendance: 3,587
Referee: Don Robertson
11 May 2016 Premiership Hamilton Academical 0–1 Inverness Caledonian Thistle New Douglas Park
19:45 MacKinnon Red card  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

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Main article: 2015–16 UEFA Europa League qualifying phase and play-off round
16 July 2015 Second qualifying round 1st leg Inverness Caledonian Thistle 0–1 Astra Giurgiu Romania  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 Romania  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

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Main article: 2015–16 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

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Main article: 2015–16 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

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Appearances

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As of 14 May 2016
No. Pos Nat Player Total Premiership League Cup Scottish Cup Europa League
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
2 DF England  ENG David Raven 26 1 18+1 1 2+0 0 3+0 0 1+1 0
3 DF England  ENG Carl Tremarco 37 2 28+4 2 2+0 0 3+0 0 0+0 0
4 MF Scotland  SCO James Vincent 18 2 14+2 2 2+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
5 DF England  ENG Gary Warren 32 0 23+2 0 0+0 0 5+0 0 2+0 0
6 DF England  ENG Josh Meekings 26 2 21+0 2 2+0 0 1+0 0 2+0 0
7 FW Spain  ESP Dani López 10 1 5+2 1 0+1 0 0+0 0 2+0 0
8 MF England  ENG Ross Draper 40 5 31+1 5 1+0 0 5+0 0 1+1 0
9 MF Republic of Ireland  IRL Richie Foran 11 1 0+7 1 0+0 0 1+1 0 0+2 0
10 MF Republic of Ireland  IRL Aaron Doran 2 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 2+0 0
11 MF England  ENG Jordan Roberts 13 3 8+1 2 0+0 0 1+2 1 0+1 0
14 DF Northern Ireland  NIR Daniel Devine 46 3 37+0 2 2+0 1 5+0 0 2+0 0
15 MF England  ENG Nat Wedderburn 19 0 8+7 0 0+0 0 2+0 0 2+0 0
16 MF England  ENG Greg Tansey 45 9 37+0 8 2+0 1 4+0 0 2+0 0
17 MF England  ENG Lewis Horner 18 1 11+5 1 0+0 0 1+1 0 0+0 0
18 MF England  ENG Tobi Sho-Silva 5 0 0+5 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
18 FW England  ENG Alex Fisher 3 0 0+1 0 0+0 0 0+2 0 0+0 0
19 MF England  ENG Danny Williams 44 1 25+10 1 1+1 0 4+1 0 2+0 0
20 MF Scotland  SCO Liam Polworth 43 6 33+3 6 1+1 0 3+2 0 0+0 0
22 MF Scotland  SCO Ryan Christie 17 3 12+1 3 2+0 0 0+0 0 2+0 0
25 GK Wales  WAL Owain Fôn Williams 47 0 38+0 0 2+0 0 5+0 0 2+0 0
27 MF Scotland  SCO Iain Vigurs 36 8 24+6 6 1+0 0 5+0 2 0+0 0
28 FW Democratic Republic of the Congo  COD Andréa Mbuyi-Mutombo 30 1 12+13 0 0+1 0 2+2 1 0+0 0
37 FW Scotland  SCO Alisdair Sutherland 6 0 0+5 0 0+1 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
39 FW England  ENG Miles Storey 37 13 29+1 11 2+0 1 4+1 1 0+0 0

Overall Goalscorers

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Rank Player Goals
1st England  Miles Storey 13
2nd England  Greg Tansey 9
3rd Scotland  Iain Vigurs 8
4th Scotland  Liam Polworth 6
5th England  Ross Draper 5
6th Scotland  Ryan Christie

Northern Ireland  Danny Devine

England  Jordan Roberts

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9th Democratic Republic of the Congo  Andréa Mbuyi-Mutombo

England  Josh Meekings

England  Carl Tremarco

Scotland  James Vincent

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13th Republic of Ireland  Richie Foran

England  Lewis Horner

Spain  Dani López

England  David Raven

England  Danny Williams

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Disciplinary record

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As of 14 May 2016
Number Nation Position Name Premiership League Cup Scottish Cup Europa League Total
Yellow card  Red card  Yellow card  Red card  Yellow card  Red card  Yellow card  Red card  Yellow card  Red card 
2 England  DF David Raven 4 1 2 0 0 0 1 0 7 1
3 England  DF Carl Tremarco 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0
5 England  DF Gary Warren 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
6 England  DF Josh Meekings 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 0
7 Spain  FW Dani López 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0
8 England  DF Ross Draper 6 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 7 0
11 England  DF Jordan Roberts 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 2 0
14 Northern Ireland  DF Daniel Devine 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 0
15 England  MF Nat Wedderburn 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
16 England  MF Greg Tansey 5 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 6 0
19 England  MF Danny Williams 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 3 0
20 Scotland  MF Liam Polworth 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
22 Scotland  MF Ryan Christie 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 1
25 Wales  GK Owain Fôn Williams 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
27 Scotland  MF Iain Vigurs 7 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 9 0
28 Democratic Republic of the Congo  FW Andréa Mbuyi-Mutombo 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 1
39 England  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

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League table

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Pos Team
 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation[a]
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:
  1. ^ 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

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Round1234567891011121314151617181920212223242526272829303132333435363738
GroundHAHAHAHAHAAHHAAHHHAAHAHHAAAAHAHAHHAHAH
ResultLDDLLDWDWWLLDWLLWDDWWLDWLDLLLWLWDWWLWW
Position1010911111079888998889986676677799999997877
Updated to match(es) played on 14 May 2016. Source: [3]
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Management statistics

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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

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Main articles: List of Scottish football transfers summer 2015 and List of Scottish football transfers winter 2015–16
Transfers In
Player Age* Pos From Fee Date
Canada  Calum Ferguson 20 ST Academy N/A 1 July 2015
England  Nat Wedderburn 24 MF Scotland  Cowdenbeath Free 1 July 2015
England  Jordan Roberts 21 MF England  Aldershot Town Free 7 July 2015
Spain  Dani López 29 ST Spain  La Roda Free 11 July 2015
Wales  Owain Fôn Williams 28 GK England  Tranmere Rovers Free 16 July 2015
Democratic Republic of the Congo  Andréa Mbuyi-Mutombo 25 MF France  Fréjus Saint-Raphaël Free 30 July 2015
Scotland  Iain Vigurs 27 MF Scotland  Motherwell Free 12 August 2015
England  Alex Fisher 25 ST England  Torquay United Free 9 January 2016
England  Ryan Williams 24 MF England  Brentford Free 1 February 2016
England  Liam Hughes 23 MF England  Cambridge United Free 1 February 2016
Transfers Out
Player Age* Pos To Fee Date
Wales  Marley Watkins 24 MF England  Barnsley Free 1 July 2015
Scotland  Graeme Shinnie 23 MF Scotland  Aberdeen Free 1 July 2015
Scotland  Nick Ross 23 MF Scotland  Dundee Free 1 July 2015
Estonia  Tarmo Kink 29 MF Estonia  Levadia Tallinn Free 8 July 2015
Scotland  Ryan Baptie 20 DF Scotland  Peterhead Free 24 July 2015
Nigeria  Edward Ofere 29 ST Turkey  Boluspor Free 10 August 2015
Scotland  Ryan Christie 20 MF Scotland  Celtic £595,000 1 September 2015
Spain  Dani López 30 ST Spain  Arenas Club Free 13 January 2016
Loans In/Returns
Player Age* Pos From Duration Date In Date Out Notes
England  Tobi Sho-Silva 20 ST England  Charlton Athletic Half Season 1 September 2015 4 January 2016
England  Miles Storey 21 ST England  Swindon Town Season 1 September 2015 15 May 2016
Scotland  Ryan Christie 20 MF Scotland  Celtic Season 2 September 2015 23 December 2015 Recalled
Loans Out/Returns
Player Age* Pos To Duration Date Out Date In Notes
Scotland  Ryan Christie 20 MF Scotland  Celtic Return 23 December 2015 N/A Recalled
England  Tobi Sho-Silva 20 ST England  Charlton Athletic Return 4 January 2016 N/A
England  Miles Storey 22 ST England  Swindon Town Return 15 May 2016 N/A

See also

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Notes

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

References

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