2023–24 Inverness Caledonian Thistle F.C. season

The 2023–24 Inverness Caledonian Thistle season is the club's 30th campaign in the SPFL, and the club's seventh consecutive season in the Scottish Championship.

Inverness Caledonian Thistle
2023–24 season
ManagerBilly Dodds
(until 17 September) Duncan Ferguson
(from 26 September)
StadiumCaledonian Stadium
Scottish Championship9th
Scottish CupTBC
League CupGroup Stage
Challenge CupThird Round; lost 4–2 to Arbroath
Highest home attendance3,503; vs Dundee United,
23 September 2023
Lowest home attendance1,040; vs Elgin City,
8 July 2023

Fixtures

Friendlies
8 July 2023 Friendly Inverness Caledonian Thistle 4 – 1 Elgin City Inverness
15:00 Doran 6',

Samuels 15', 45'

Mckay 62'		 Cameron 12' Stadium: Caledonian Stadium
Attendance: 1,040
11 July 2023 Friendly Nairn County 0 – 6 Inverness Caledonian Thistle Nairn
19:45 Brooks 6', 7',

Tokely (o.g.) 19',
Mckay 24',
Cairns 55',

Samuels 87'		 Stadium: Station Park

League
5 August 2023 Scottish Championship Inverness Caledonian Thistle 1 – 2 Queen's Park Inverness
15:00 Davidson 86' Thomas 31',
Robson 48'		 Stadium: Caledonian Stadium
Attendance: 2,030
12 August 2023 Scottish Championship Ayr United 1 – 0 Inverness Caledonian Thistle Ayr
15:00 Amartey 8' Stadium: Somerset Park
Attendance: 1,989
26 August 2023 Scottish Championship Airdrieonians 2 – 1 Inverness Caledonian Thistle Airdrie
15:00 Harper 1' (og),
Gallagher 32'		 Shaw 70' Stadium: Excelsior Stadium
2 September 2023 Scottish Championship Inverness Caledonian Thistle 1 – 1 Dunfermline Athletic Inverness
15:00 Shaw 12' Hamilton 80' Stadium: Caledonian Stadium
Attendance: 2,338
16 September 2023 Scottish Championship Raith Rovers 1 – 0 Inverness Caledonian Thistle Kirkcaldy
15:00 Gullan 87' Stadium: Stark's Park
Attendance: 2,846
23 September 2023 Scottish Championship Inverness Caledonian Thistle 0 – 1 Dundee United Inverness
15:00 Tillson Yellow card 69' Yellow-red card,
Mochrie 90+3'		 Stadium: Caledonian Stadium
Attendance: 3,503
30 September 2023 Scottish Championship Arbroath 2 – 3 Inverness Caledonian Thistle Arbroath
15:00 Stewart 69',
McKenna 79'		 Longstaff 10',

Doran 31',

Mckay 49'		 Stadium: Gayfield Park
Attendance: 1,723
7 October 2023 Scottish Championship Inverness Caledonian Thistle 0 – 0 Partick Thistle Inverness
15:00 Stadium: Caledonian Stadium
Attendance: 2,364
21 October 2023 Scottish Championship Greenock Morton P – P Inverness Caledonian Thistle Greenock
15:00 Stadium: Cappielow Park
Note: Postponed due to Storm Babet
28 October 2023 Scottish Championship Inverness Caledonian Thistle v Airdrieonians Inverness
15:00 Stadium: Caledonian Stadium
31 October 2023 Scottish Championship Dunfermline Athletic v Inverness Caledonian Thistle Dunfermline
19:45 Stadium: East End Park
4 November 2023 Scottish Championship Dundee United v Inverness Caledonian Thistle Dundee
15:00 Stadium: Tannadice Park
11 November 2023 Scottish Championship Inverness Caledonian Thistle v Ayr United Inverness
15:00 Stadium: Caledonian Stadium
2 December 2023 Scottish Championship Inverness Caledonian Thistle v Raith Rovers Inverness
15:00 Stadium: Caledonian Stadium
9 December 2023 Scottish Championship Queen's Park v Inverness Caledonian Thistle Glasgow
15:00 Stadium: Hampden Park or Lesser Hampden
16 December 2023 Scottish Championship Inverness Caledonian Thistle v Arbroath Inverness
15:00 Stadium: Caledonian Stadium
23 December 2023 Scottish Championship Partick Thistle v Inverness Caledonian Thistle Glasgow
15:00 Stadium: Firhill Stadium
30 December 2023 Scottish Championship Inverness Caledonian Thistle v Greenock Morton Inverness
15:00 Stadium: Caledonian Stadium

Scottish Cup
Scottish Cup Third Round v

League Cup
15 July 2023 Scottish League Cup Group E Inverness Caledonian Thistle 2 – 1 Bonnyrigg Rose Inverness
15:00 Doran 4', 40' McGachie 90' Stadium: Caledonian Stadium
Attendance: 1,077
18 July 2023 Scottish League Cup Group E Dumbarton 2 – 1 Inverness Caledonian Thistle Dumbarton
19:45 R. Wallace 27',
T. Wallace 50'		 Mckay 76' Stadium: Dumbarton Football Stadium
25 July 2023 Scottish League Cup Group E Inverness Caledonian Thistle 2 – 3 Airdrieonians Inverness
19:45 Gilmour 62',
Mckay 72' (pen)		 Ballantyne 22',

Telfer 29',

Todorov 88'		 Stadium: Caledonian Stadium
30 July 2023 Scottish League Cup Group E Dundee 1 – 0 Inverness Caledonian Thistle Dundee
15:00 Robinson 60' Stadium: Dens Park
Attendance: 2,337

Challenge Cup
9 September 2023 Third round Arbroath 4 – 2 Inverness Caledonian Thistle Arbroath
15:00 Gold 34',

O'Brien 41',
Stewart 70',

Steele 84'		 Brooks 43',

Lodovica Red card 63',

Hyde 90+3'		 Stadium: Gayfield Park

Inverness Cup
22 August 2023 Inverness Cup Clachnacuddin 1 – 4 Inverness Caledonian Thistle Inverness
19:30 Ferguson 64' Lodovica 16', pen' (36), 39',
Mackie 75'		 Stadium: Grant Street Park

North of Scotland Cup
27 September 2023 North of Scotland Cup Quarter Final Rothes 0 – 1 Inverness Caledonian Thistle XI Rothes
20:00 Bray 9' Stadium: Mackessack Park
18 October 2023 North of Scotland Cup Semi Final Nairn County 2 – 2
(7 – 6 p)		 Inverness Caledonian Thistle XI Nairn
20:00 Tokely 45',
MacKay 51'		 Lodovica 65', 88' Stadium: Station Park
Penalties
MacLeod soccer ball with check mark
Dey soccer ball with check mark
Tokely soccer ball with check mark
Gillies soccer ball with check mark
Young soccer ball with check mark
Robesten soccer ball with check mark
MacKay soccer ball with check mark		 soccer ball with check mark Davidson
soccer ball with check mark Walker
soccer ball with check mark Hyde
soccer ball with check mark Brooks
soccer ball with check mark Thompson
soccer ball with check mark Lodovica
soccer ball with red X Delaney

Team Statistics

League Standings
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion, qualification or relegation
1 Dundee United 9 6 3 0 22 4 +18 21 Promotion to the Premiership
2 Raith Rovers 8 5 2 1 13 9 +4 17 Qualification for the Premiership play-off semi-final
3 Partick Thistle 9 4 2 3 17 14 +3 14 Qualification for the Premiership play-off quarter-final
4 Airdrieonians 9 4 1 4 9 13 −4 13
5 Arbroath 8 4 0 4 15 11 +4 12
6 Ayr United 9 4 0 5 12 17 −5 12
7 Dunfermline Athletic 8 3 2 3 9 9 0 11
8 Queen's Park 10 3 2 5 12 20 −8 11
9 Inverness Caledonian Thistle 8 1 2 5 6 10 −4 5 Qualification for the Championship play-offs
10 Greenock Morton 8 1 2 5 8 16 −8 5 Relegation to League One
Updated to match(es) played on 21 October 2023. Source: [1]
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).[2]

First Team Player Statistics

As of 30 September 2023, vs Arbroath.

League Goalscorers
Rank Player Goals
1st England Nathan Shaw 2
2nd Scotland Jake Davidson 1
Republic of Ireland Aaron Doran
Northern Ireland Billy Mckay
England Luis Longstaff
6th
7th

Overall Goalscorers
Rank Player Goals
1st Republic of Ireland Aaron Doran 3
Northern Ireland Billy Mckay
2nd England Nathan Shaw 2
3rd England Charlie Gilmour 1
Scotland Jake Davidson
Scotland Adam Brooks
Scotland Lewis Hyde
England Luis Longstaff

*players in italics left the club during the season

Hat-tricks
Player Competition Score Opponent Date
England Harry Lodovica Inverness Cup 1–4 Clachnacuddin 22 August 2023

Transfers
Transfers In
Player Age* Pos From Fee Date Notes
Scotland Jake Davidson 22 DF Scotland Queen's Park Free 16 June 2023
England Charlie Gilmour 24 MF Scotland St Johnstone Free 20 June 2023
Scotland Adam Brooks 19 MF Scotland Celtic Free 8 July 2023
England Luis Longstaff 22 MF Scotland Cove Rangers Free 20 July 2023
England Harry Lodovica 24 ST England Aveley Free 30 July 2023
Scotland Sam Nixon 17 DF Academy 10 August 2023
Scotland Calum MacLeod 17 MF
Scotland Jack Walker 17 DF
Australia Nikola Ujdur 24 DF Australia Rockdale Ilinden Free 1 September 2023
Canada David Wotherspoon 33 MF Free Agent N/A 17 October 2023
Transfers Out
Player Age* Pos To Fee Date Notes
Scotland Robbie Deas 23 DF Scotland Kilmarnock Free 5 June 2023 [3]
Scotland Lewis Munro 17 GK Scotland Nairn County Free 6 June 2023
Scotland Jamie Carnihan 17 DF Scotland Nairn County Free 6 June 2023
Scotland Steven Boyd 26 FW Scotland Greenock Morton Free 7 June 2023
England Ben Woods 20 MF Released N/A 7 June 2023
Scotland Shane Sutherland 32 ST Released N/A 9 June 2023
Scotland Scott Allardice 25 MF Scotland Ross County Free 18 June 2023
Scotland Tom Walsh 26 MF Released N/A 1 July 2023
Scotland Aaron Nicolson 18 FW Scotland Nairn County Free 11 July 2023
England Max Ram 22 DF England Gloucester City Free 24 August 2023
Loans In/Return
Player Age* Pos From Duration Date In Date Out Notes
Scotland Matthew Strachan 18 DF Scotland Nairn County Return 1 July 2023 N/A
Scotland Max Anderson 22 MF Scotland Dundee Season Long 28 August 2023
Wales Morgan Boyes 22 DF Scotland Livingston Season Long 1 September 2023
Loans Out/Return
Player Age* Pos To Duration Date Out Date In Notes
Scotland Daniel MacKay 22 FW Scotland Hibernian Return 1 July 2023 N/A
Scotland Jay Henderson 21 MF Scotland St Mirren Return 1 July 2023 N/A
Scotland Harry Hennem 19 MF Scotland Clachnacuddin Half Season 28 July 2023
Scotland Ethan Cairns 18 MF Scotland Forres Mechanics Half Season 29 July 2023
Scotland Matthew Strachan 18 DF Scotland Brora Rangers Half Season 1 August 2023
Scotland Jack Walker 17 DF Scotland Forres Mechanics Half Season 20 October 2023
Scotland Sam Nixon 17 DF Scotland Forres Mechanics Half Season 20 October 2023
Scotland Calum MacKay 18 MF Scotland Nairn County Half Season 20 October 2023

*Age at time of transfer

References
  1. "cinch Championship Table". Scottish Professional Football League. Retrieved 21 October 2023.
  2. "The Rules of the Scottish Professional Football League" (PDF). SPFL. pp. 38–39. Retrieved 20 October 2019.
  3. "Kilmarnock sign Deas from Inverness". BBC Sport. 2023-06-05. Retrieved 2023-06-05.
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