Inverness Caledonian Thistle
2022–23 season
ChairmanRoss Morrison
ManagerBilly Dodds
StadiumCaledonian Stadium
Scottish Championship6th
Scottish CupRunners-up; lost 3–1 to Celtic
League CupRound of 16; lost 4–0 to Motherwell
Challenge CupFourth round; lost 2–0 to Hamilton Academical
Top goalscorerLeague: Billy Mckay (14)
All: Billy Mckay (19)
Highest home attendance3,822; vs Dundee, 22 April 2023
Lowest home attendance738; vs Stirling Albion, 26 November 2022

The 2022–23 Inverness Caledonian Thistle season is the club's 29th campaign in the SPFL, and the club's sixth consecutive season in the Scottish Championship after narrowly missing out on promotion, being defeated 6–2 on aggregate in the Premiership Play-Off Finals by St Johnstone.[1]

Fixtures and Results

Friendlies

29 June 2022 Friendly Clachnacuddin 0 – 10 Inverness Caledonian Thistle Inverness
19:30 Mckay 13', 31'

Shaw 18'
Harper 32'
Thompson 36'
Doran 39'
Samuels pen' (47)
Cairns 55'
Boyd 73'

MacGregor 77'		 Stadium: Grant Street Park
2 July 2022 Friendly Brora Rangers 0 – 1 Inverness Caledonian Thistle Brora
15:00 Doran 55' Stadium: Dudgeon Park
5 July 2022 Friendly Inverness Caledonian Thistle 6 – 3 St. Johnstone Inverness
15:15 Mckay 7', 9', 39'

Harper 11'
Boyd 28'

Samuels 70'		 Bair 14'

Kucheriavyi 64'

Alex Ferguson		 Stadium: Grant Street Park
Attendance: Behind Closed Doors
Note: Kick Off delayed twice due to accident on A9
6 July 2022 Friendly Forres Mechanics 0 – 3 Inverness Caledonian Thistle Forres
19:30 Oakley

Cairns

Macleod 		Stadium: Mosset Park
20 May 2023 Friendly Northern Ireland Dungannon Swifts 1 – 3 Inverness Caledonian Thistle Dungannon
15:00 Scott 54' Harper 8'

Duffy 16'

Samuels 56'		 Stadium: Stanchmore Park

League

19 August 2022 Scottish Championship Partick Thistle 4 – 1 Inverness Caledonian Thistle Glasgow
19:45 Graham 21', 35'

Holt pen' (59)

Dowds 84'		 Oakley 90+2' Stadium: Firhill Stadium
Attendance: 2,632
Note: Live on BBC Scotland
10 September 2022 Scottish Championship Inverness Caledonian Thistle P – P Hamilton Academical Inverness
15:00 Stadium: Caledonian Stadium
Note: League fixtures postponed by the SPFL out of respect following the death of Queen Elizabeth II
17 September 2022 Scottish Championship Dundee 2 – 3 Inverness Caledonian Thistle Dundee
15:00 Sweeney 12', Yellow card 89' Yellow-red card
McMullan 57'		 Harper 15', 83',
Mckay pen' (45+2)		 Stadium: Dens Park
Attendance: 4,396
18 October 2022 Scottish Championship Inverness Caledonian Thistle 0 – 1 Hamilton Academical Inverness
19:45 Winter 22' Stadium: Caledonian Stadium
Attendance: 2,052
Note: Rescheduled fixture from 10 September
2 January 2023 Scottish Championship Inverness Caledonian Thistle 6 – 1 Cove Rangers Inverness
15:00 Mckay 32', pen' (44), 64',

Devine 40',
McClelland (o.g.) 50',

Ross (o.g.) 52',		 Sanders 22' Stadium: Caledonian Stadium
Attendance: 2,052
25 February 2023 Scottish Championship Dundee 1 – 1 Inverness Caledonian Thistle Dundee
15:00 Robinson pen' (13) Harper 56' Stadium: Dens Park
Attendance: 4,447
18 April 2023 Scottish Championship Hamilton Academical 1 – 2 Inverness Caledonian Thistle Hamilton
19:45 Smith 72' Shaw 75'
Mckay 88'		 Stadium: New Douglas Park
Attendance: 1,316
Note: Moved forward from 29 April due to Inverness playing Falkirk in the Scottish Cup Semi Final

Scottish Cup

26 November 2022 Third Round Inverness Caledonian Thistle 3 – 2 Stirling Albion Inverness
15:00 Duffy 32'
Ram 40'
Doran 68'		 Report Carrick 27', 45+1' Stadium: Caledonian Stadium
Attendance: 738
Referee: Dan McFarlane
21 January 2023 Fourth round Inverness Caledonian Thistle P – P Queen's Park Inverness
15:00 Stadium: Caledonian Stadium
Note: Postponed due to snowbound pitch
31 January 2023 Fourth Round Inverness Caledonian Thistle 3 – 0 (Awarded) Queen's Park Inverness
19:45 Report Thomas 74'
Williamson 84'		 Stadium: Caledonian Stadium
Attendance: 869
Referee: Chris Graham
Note: Inverness awarded win after Queen's Park fielded an ineligible player in their initial 2–0 win.
11 February 2023 Fifth Round Livingston 0 – 3 Inverness Caledonian Thistle Livingston
15:00 Report Mckay 51', 80'
Welsh 62'		 Stadium: Almondvale Stadium
Attendance: 1,284
Referee: Don Robertson
29 April 2023 Semi Final Falkirk 0 – 3 Inverness Caledonian Thistle Glasgow
12:15 Mckay pen' (7), 57'
MacKay 34'		 Stadium: Hampden Park
Attendance: 12,877

League Cup

31 August 2022 Scottish League Cup Round of 16 Motherwell 4 – 0 Inverness Caledonian Thistle Motherwell
19:45 van Veen 9', pen' (38), pen' (67),
Devine (o.g.) 26'		 Stadium: Fir Park
Attendance: 3,982

Challenge Cup

24 September 2022 Scottish Challenge Cup Third Round Inverness Caledonian Thistle 3 – 3
(4 – 3 p)		 Brechin City Inverness
14:00 Oakley 6', pen' (47)
Shaw 38'		 McHattie 28'

McGrath 71'

Spark 78'		 Stadium: Caledonian Stadium
Attendance: 832
Penalties
Mckay soccer ball with check mark

Oakley soccer ball with red X
Boyd soccer ball with check mark
Allardice soccer ball with check mark

Deas soccer ball with check mark		 soccer ball with red X Bain

soccer ball with check mark McGrath
soccer ball with check mark Loudon
soccer ball with check mark Inglis

soccer ball with red X McInnes

Team Statistics

League Standings

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion, qualification or relegation
1 Dundee (C, P) 36 17 12 7 66 40 +26 63 Promotion to the Premiership
2 Ayr United 36 16 10 10 61 43 +18 58 Qualification for the Premiership play-off semi-final
3 Queen's Park 36 17 7 12 63 52 +11 58 Qualification for the Premiership play-off quarter-final
4 Partick Thistle 36 16 9 11 65 45 +20 57
5 Greenock Morton 36 15 12 9 53 43 +10 57
6 Inverness Caledonian Thistle 36 15 10 11 52 47 +5 55
7 Raith Rovers 36 11 10 15 46 49 −3 43
8 Arbroath 36 6 16 14 29 47 −18 34
9 Hamilton Academical (R) 36 7 10 19 31 63 −32 31 Qualification for the Championship play-offs
10 Cove Rangers (R) 36 7 10 19 38 75 −37 31 Relegation to League One
Source: [2]
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored; 4) Head-to-to head points; 5) Head-to-head goal difference; 6) Play-off (only for deciding promotion, play-off participation and relegation).[3]
(C) Champions; (P) Promoted; (R) Relegated

First Team Player Statistics

As of 3 June 2023, vs Celtic.

League Goalscorers

Rank Player Goals
1st Northern Ireland Billy Mckay 14
2nd England Nathan Shaw 9
3rd Scotland Cameron Harper 5
4th Scotland Jay Henderson 4
Scotland Scott Allardice
England Austin Samuels
6th Republic of Ireland Aaron Doran 2
Scotland Daniel MacKay
8th England George Oakley 1
Scotland Steven Boyd
Scotland Robbie Deas
Northern Ireland Danny Devine
Scotland Lewis Nicolson
Scotland Ethan Cairns
Scotland Sean Welsh
England David Carson

Overall Goalscorers

Rank Player Goals
1st Northern Ireland Billy Mckay 19
2nd England Nathan Shaw 11
3rd Scotland Cameron Harper 7
4th England Austin Samuels 5
Scotland Daniel MacKay
6th England George Oakley 4
Scotland Jay Henderson
Scotland Scott Allardice
9th Republic of Ireland Aaron Doran 3
Scotland Sean Welsh
11th Scotland Wallace Duffy 2
13th Scotland Roddy MacGregor 1
Scotland Steven Boyd
Scotland Robbie Deas
England Max Ram
Northern Ireland Danny Devine
Scotland Lewis Nicolson
Scotland Ethan Cairns
England David Carson

*players in italics left the club during the season

Hat-tricks

Player Competition Score Opponent Date
Northern Ireland Billy Mckay Friendly 6–3 St. Johnstone 5 July 2022
Northern Ireland Billy Mckay Scottish Championship 6–1 Cove Rangers 2 January 2023

Transfers

Transfers In
Player Age* Pos From Fee Date Notes
England Nathan Shaw 21 MF England AFC Fylde Free 19 June 2022
Scotland Steven Boyd 25 FW Scotland Alloa Athletic Free 19 June 2022
England Max Ram 21 DF England Wycombe Wanderers Free 1 July 2022
Republic of Ireland Zak Delaney 20 DF England West Bromwich Albion Free 4 July 2022
England George Oakley 26 FW England Woking Free 6 July 2022
Scotland Keith Bray 17 MF Academy Apprenticeship 11 July 2022 [4]
Scotland Matthew Strachan 18 DF
Scotland Calum MacKay 18 MF
Scotland Aaron Nicolson 17 DF 4 November 2022
Wales Ryan Barrett 21 DF England Newcastle United Free 26 November 2022 Short-term deal
England Ben Woods 20 MF England Burnley Free 13 January 2023 Short-term deal
Transfers Out
Player Age* Pos To Fee Date Notes
Scotland Ryan Fyffe 21 DF Scotland Buckie Thistle Free 4 May 2022 [5]
Scotland Ruardhri Nicol 18 GK Scotland Brora Rangers Released 17 June 2022
Scotland Harry Nicolson 21 DF Republic of Ireland Finn Harps Free 6 July 2022
Scotland Kirk Broadfoot 37 DF Scotland Open Goal Broomhill Free 8 July 2022 [6]
Wales Ryan Barrett 21 DF England Blyth Spartans Free 20 January 2023
England George Oakley 27 ST Scotland Greenock Morton Free 20 January 2023
Scotland Aly Riddle 18 ST Scotland Clachnacuddin Free 20 January 2023
Loans In/Return
Player Age* Pos From Duration Date In Date Out Notes
Scotland Daniel MacKay 21 MF Scotland Hibernian Season 8 July 2022 1 July 2023
Scotland Jay Henderson 20 MF Scotland St. Mirren Half Season 1 January 2023 1 July 2023
Loans Out/Return
Player Age* Pos To Duration Date Out Date In Notes
Scotland Reece McAlear 20 MF England Norwich City Return 27 May 2022 N/A
Scotland Logan Chalmers 22 FW Scotland Dundee United Return 27 May 2022 N/A
England Joe Hardy 23 FW England Accrington Stanley Return 27 May 2022 N/A
Scotland Robbie Thompson 18 MF Scotland Clachnacuddin Full Season 22 July 2022 1 January 2023 All recalled in January due to injury crisis
Scotland Ethan Cairns 17 FW Scotland Forres Mechanics Full Season 28 July 2022 1 January 2023
Scotland Aly Riddle 18 DF Scotland Clachnacuddin Half Season 29 July 2022 1 January 2023
Scotland Harry Hennem 18 MF Scotland Wick Academy Half Season 5 August 2022 1 January 2023
Scotland Lewis Nicolson 18 DF Scotland Elgin City Half Season 16 August 2022 1 January 2023
Scotland Matthew Strachan 17 DF Scotland Nairn County Half Season 24 February 2023 31 June 2023

References

  1. ↑ "Premiership play-off: Reaction as St Johnstone triumph in final over Inverness". BBC Sport. Retrieved 2022-06-26.
  2. ↑ "cinch Championship Table". Scottish Professional Football League. Retrieved 5 May 2023.
  3. ↑ "The Rules of the Scottish Professional Football League" (PDF). SPFL. pp. 38–39. Retrieved 20 October 2019.
  4. ↑ "Three Academy Graduates sign professional contracts". ICTFC. 2022-07-11. Retrieved 2022-07-11.
  5. ↑ Law, Callum. "Buckie Thistle's Lewis MacKinnon hails the signing of Ryan Fyffe". Press and Journal. Retrieved 2022-06-17.
  6. ↑ Andy Skinner. "Kirk Broadfoot leaving Caley Thistle with fond memories". Press and Journal. Retrieved 2022-06-17.
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