2022–23 Inverness Caledonian Thistle F.C. season

Inverness Caledonian Thistle
2022–23 season
Chairman	Ross Morrison
Manager	Billy Dodds
Stadium	Caledonian Stadium
Scottish Championship	6th
Scottish Cup	Runners-up; lost 3–1 to Celtic
League Cup	Round of 16; lost 4–0 to Motherwell
Challenge Cup	Fourth round; lost 2–0 to Hamilton Academical
Top goalscorer	League: Billy Mckay (14); All: Billy Mckay (19)
Highest home attendance	3,822; vs Dundee, 22 April 2023
Lowest home attendance	738; vs Stirling Albion, 26 November 2022
Home colours	Away colours
	← 2021–22 2023–24 →

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	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', 89' 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 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 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 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

4 March 2023 Scottish Championship	Ayr United	1 – 2	Inverness Caledonian Thistle	Ayr
15:00	Akinyemi 12', O'Connor 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 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 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 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 Samuels Harper Mckay Allardice		Megginson Leitch Fyvie 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 Oakley Boyd Allardice Deas		Bain McGrath Loudon Inglis 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 v t e	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	Qualification for the Premiership play-off quarter-final
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	Billy Mckay	14
2nd	Nathan Shaw	9
3rd	Cameron Harper	5
4th	Jay Henderson	4
4th	Scott Allardice	4
6th	Austin Samuels	3
7th	Aaron Doran	2
7th	Daniel MacKay	2
9th	George Oakley	1
	Steven Boyd
	Robbie Deas
	Danny Devine
	Lewis Nicolson
	Ethan Cairns
	Sean Welsh
	David Carson

Overall goalscorers


Rank	Player	Goals
1st	Billy Mckay	19
2nd	Nathan Shaw	11
3rd	Cameron Harper	7
4th	Daniel MacKay	5
5th	George Oakley	4
	Austin Samuels
	Jay Henderson
	Scott Allardice
9th	Aaron Doran	3
9th	Sean Welsh	3
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


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

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
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

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

[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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