2022–23 Inverness Caledonian Thistle F.C. season

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]

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

Fixtures and results

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Friendlies

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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
20 May 2023 Friendly   Dungannon Swifts 1 – 3 Inverness Caledonian Thistle Dungannon
15:00 Scott   54' Harper   8'

Duffy   16'

Samuels   56'
Stadium: Stanchmore Park

League

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13 August 2022 Scottish Championship Inverness Caledonian Thistle 4 – 1 Cove Rangers Inverness
15:00 Samuels   6',   74'

Doran   31'

Shaw   90+2'
Leitch   46' Stadium: Caledonian Stadium
Attendance: 2,106
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',   89'  
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
19 November 2022 Scottish Championship Inverness Caledonian Thistle 2 – 2 Ayr United Inverness
15:00 Shaw   6',   87' McKenzie   66',
Akinyemi   82'
Stadium: Caledonian Stadium
Attendance: 2,066
23 December 2022 Scottish Championship Partick Thistle 5 – 1 Inverness Caledonian Thistle Glasgow
19:45 Graham   16',

Turner   39',
McKinnon   54',
Muirhead   58',

Daniel Mullen   75'
Doran   74',
Duffy   77'
Stadium: Firhill Stadium
Attendance: 2,243
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
7 January 2023 Scottish Championship Arbroath 1 – 4 Inverness Caledonian Thistle Arbroath
15:00 El-Mhanni   26' Mckay   9',

Henderson   45',
MacKay   65',

Nicolson   86'
Stadium: Gayfield Park
Attendance: 1,803
21 February 2023 Championship Hamilton Academical 2 – 1 Inverness Caledonian Thistle Hamilton
19:45 O'Reilly   19',
Smith   pen' (73)
Allardice   43',
Mckay   90+4'  
Stadium: New Douglas Park
Attendance: 752
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
11 April 2023 Scottish Championship Inverness Caledonian Thistle 2 – 0 Arbroath Inverness
19:45 Shaw   53',

Allardice   pen' (78),

Henderson   79'
Stadium: Caledonian Stadium
Attendance: 2,038
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

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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
10 March 2023 Quarter Final Inverness Caledonian Thistle 2 – 1 Kilmarnock Inverness
19:45 Mckay   pen' (24)
Welsh   50'
Vassell   3' Stadium: Caledonian Stadium
Attendance: 2,902
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

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9 July 2022 Scottish League Cup Group G Kelty Hearts 0 – 1 Inverness Caledonian Thistle Kelty
15:00 Oakley   88' Stadium: New Central Park
Attendance: 601
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

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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  

Oakley  
Boyd  
Allardice  

Deas  
  Bain

  McGrath
  Loudon
  Inglis

  McInnes

Team statistics

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League standings

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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

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As of 3 June 2023, vs Celtic.

League goalscorers

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

Overall goalscorers

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

*players in italics left the club during the season

Hat-tricks

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

Transfers

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

References

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  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.