2022–23 Inverness Caledonian Thistle F.C. season

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

30 July 2022 Scottish Championship Inverness Caledonian Thistle 1 – 1 Queen's Park Inverness
15:00 Mckay 44' Davidson 13' Stadium: Caledonian Stadium
Attendance: 1,993
6 August 2022 Scottish Championship Arbroath 0 – 0 Inverness Caledonian Thistle Arbroath
15:00 Stadium: Gayfield Park
Attendance: 1,861
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
27 August 2022 Scottish Championship Inverness Caledonian Thistle 0 – 1 Greenock Morton Inverness
15:00 Gillespie pen' (84) Stadium: Caledonian Stadium
Attendance: 1,924
3 September 2022 Scottish Championship Raith Rovers 0 – 2 Inverness Caledonian Thistle Kirkcaldy
15:00 Allardice pen' (61)
Mckay 90+2'		 Stadium: Starks Park
Attendance: 1,745
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
1 October 2022 Scottish Championship Ayr United 0 – 1 Inverness Caledonian Thistle Ayr
15:00 Harper 47' Stadium: Somerset Park
Attendance: 1,866
7 October 2022 Scottish Championship Inverness Caledonian Thistle 1 – 0 Partick Thistle Inverness
15:00 Mckay 75' Turner Red card 40' Stadium: Caledonian Stadium
Attendance: 2,354
15 October 2022 Scottish Championship Cove Rangers 0 – 1 Inverness Caledonian Thistle Aberdeen
15:00 Boyd 19' Stadium: Balmoral Stadium
Attendance: 1,071
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
22 October 2022 Scottish Championship Inverness Caledonian Thistle 1 – 1 Raith Rovers Inverness
15:00 Deas 38' Stanton 13' Stadium: Caledonian Stadium
Attendance: 2,225
28 October 2022 Scottish Championship Greenock Morton 4 – 0 Inverness Caledonian Thistle Greenock
19:45 Muirhead 6',

Gillespie 12',
Carson (o.g.) 41',

Blues 73'		 Stadium: Cappielow Park
Attendance: 1,516
5 November 2022 Scottish Championship Inverness Caledonian Thistle 1 – 1 Arbroath Inverness
15:00 Shaw 52' Shanks 60' Stadium: Caledonian Stadium
Attendance: 1,847
12 November 2022 Scottish Championship Queen's Park 2 – 1 Inverness Caledonian Thistle Stenhousemuir
17:30 Fox 50'
Murray 73'		 Mckay 18' Stadium: Ochilview Park
Attendance: 593
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
3 December 2022 Scottish Championship Inverness Caledonian Thistle 0 – 1 Dundee Inverness
15:00 McMullan 26' Stadium: Caledonian Stadium
Attendance: 2,435
17 December 2022 Scottish Championship Hamilton Academical P – P Inverness Caledonian Thistle Hamilton
15:00 Stadium: New Douglas Park
Note: Postponed due to frozen pitch
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 Red card 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
14 January 2023 Scottish Championship Inverness Caledonian Thistle 0 – 0 Queen's Park Inverness
15:00 Stadium: Caledonian Stadium
Attendance: 2,038
28 January 2023 Scottish Championship Raith Rovers 2 – 2 Inverness Caledonian Thistle Kirkcaldy
15:00 Vaughan 29',
Connolly 62'		 Henderson 49',
Mckay 83'		 Stadium: Starks Park
Attendance: 2,025
4 February 2023 Scottish Championship Inverness Caledonian Thistle 2 – 2 Greenock Morton Inverness
15:00 Mckay 57',
Cairns 85'		 Miller 5',
Muirhead 80'		 Stadium: Caledonian Stadium
Attendance: 1,852
18 February 2023 Scottish Championship Inverness Caledonian Thistle 0 – 3 Hamilton Academical Inverness
15:00 De Bolle 47',

Tiehi 80',

Smith pen' (87)		 Stadium: Caledonian Stadium
Attendance: 2,171
21 February 2023 Championship Hamilton Academical 2 – 1 Inverness Caledonian Thistle Hamilton
19:45 O'Reilly 19',
Smith pen' (73)		 Allardice 43',
Mckay Yellow card 90+4' Yellow-red card		 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
4 March 2023 Scottish Championship Ayr United 1 – 2 Inverness Caledonian Thistle Ayr
15:00 Akinyemi 12',
O'Connor Red card 29'		 Welsh 19',
Henderson 74'		 Stadium: Somerset Park
Attendance: 1,820
18 March 2023 Scottish Championship Queen's Park 2 – 1 Inverness Caledonian Thistle Stenhousemuir
15:00 Savoury 64',
Eze 70'		 MacKay 27' Stadium: Ochilview Park
Attendance: 627
24 March 2023 Scottish Championship Inverness Caledonian Thistle 1 – 0 Partick Thistle Inverness
19:45 Shaw 50'
Welsh Red card 56'		 Stadium: Caledonian Stadium
Attendance: 2,075
1 April 2023 Scottish Championship Greenock Morton 1 – 2 Inverness Caledonian Thistle Greenock
15:00 Gillespie pen' (69) Allardice 54'
Carson 88'		 Stadium: Cappielow Park
Attendance: 1,958
8 April 2023 Scottish Championship Inverness Caledonian Thistle 2 – 0 Raith Rovers Inverness
15:00 Henderson 12'
Shaw 21'		 Stadium: Caledonian Stadium
Attendance: 2,198
11 April 2023 Scottish Championship Inverness Caledonian Thistle 2 – 0 Arbroath Inverness
19:45 Shaw 53',

Allardice pen' (78),

Henderson Red card 79'		 Stadium: Caledonian Stadium
Attendance: 2,038
15 April 2023 Scottish Championship Cove Rangers 1 – 2 Inverness Caledonian Thistle Aberdeen
15:00 Vigurs 56' Mckay pen' (67),
Harper 71'		 Stadium: Balmoral Stadium
Attendance: 959
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
22 April 2023 Scottish Championship Inverness Caledonian Thistle 1 – 1 Dundee Inverness
15:00 Samuels 75' Cameron 60' Stadium: Caledonian Stadium
Attendance: 3,822
5 May 2023 Scottish Championship Inverness Caledonian Thistle 1 – 2 Ayr United Inverness
15:00 Shaw 81' Mullin 35'
McKenzie 88'		 Stadium: Caledonian Stadium
Attendance: 3,435

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
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
3 June 2023 Final Celtic 3 – 1 Inverness Caledonian Thistle Glasgow
17:30 Furuhashi 38'

Abada 65'

Jota 90+1'		 MacKay 85' Stadium: Hampden Park

League Cup

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
12 July 2022 Scottish League Cup Group G Livingston 1 – 2 Inverness Caledonian Thistle Livingston
19:45 Stryjek Red card 59'
Holt 84'		 Samuels 37'
MacKay 67'		 Stadium: Almondvale Stadium
Attendance: 944
19 July 2022 Scottish League Cup Group G Inverness Caledonian Thistle 4 – 0 Albion Rovers Inverness
19:45 Mckay 2',

Harper 41', 53'

Duffy 46'		 Stadium: Caledonian Stadium
Attendance: 871
23 July 2022 Scottish League Cup Group G Inverness Caledonian Thistle 1 – 1
(5 – 3 p)		 Cove Rangers Inverness
15:00 MacGregor 13' Megginson 19' Stadium: Caledonian Stadium
Attendance: 1,020
Penalties
Boyd soccer ball with check mark

Samuels soccer ball with check mark
Harper soccer ball with check mark
Mckay soccer ball with check mark

Allardice soccer ball with check mark		 soccer ball with check mark Megginson

soccer ball with check mark Leitch
soccer ball with red X Fyvie

soccer ball with check mark Logan
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
10 December 2022 Scottish Challenge Cup Fourth Round Hamilton Academical 2 – 0 Inverness Caledonian Thistle Hamilton
15:00 Nixon (o.g.) 4',
Mimnaugh 33'		 Stadium: New Douglas Park
Attendance: 488

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

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  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.