The 2015–16 season was the club's second season in the Scottish Premiership, having been promoted from the Scottish Championship at the end of the 2013–14 season.[1] Hamilton Academical also competed in the League Cup and the Scottish Cup.
| 2015–16 season | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Chairman | Les Gray | ||
| Manager | Martin Canning | ||
| Stadium | New Douglas Park | ||
| Premiership | Tenth Place | ||
| League Cup | Second Round | ||
| Scottish Cup | Fourth Round | ||
| Top goalscorer | League: Carlton Morris (8) All: Morris (8) | ||
| Highest home attendance | 5,017 vs Celtic, Premiership, 26 February 2016 | ||
| Lowest home attendance | 1,516 vs Inverness CT, Premiership, 11 May 2016 | ||
| Average home league attendance | 4,387 | ||
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Results and fixtures
editWin Draw Loss Postponed
Scottish Premiership
edit| 1 August 2015 1 | Hamilton Academical | 0–0 | Partick Thistle | New Douglas Park |
| 15:00 | BBC Report | Frans  25'  |
Attendance: 2,872 Referee: Colvin |
| 8 August 2015 2 | Ross County | 2–0 | Hamilton Academical | Victoria Park |
| 15:00 | Curran  10', 41' |
BBC Report | Attendance: 3,479 Referee: Dallas |
| 15 August 2015 3 | Hamilton Academical | 4–0 | Dundee United | New Douglas Park |
| 15:00 | Crawford 19' Lucas 36'Morris 39'Nadé 90+2' |
BBC Report | Attendance: 2,173 Referee: McLean |
| 22 August 2015 4 | Inverness Caledonian Thistle | 0–2 | Hamilton Academical | Caledonian Stadium |
| 15:00 | BBC Report | Morris 18' Longridge 90+1' |
Attendance: 3,003 Referee: Anderson |
| 29 August 2015 5 | Hamilton Academical | 3–2 | Heart of Midlothian | New Douglas Park |
| 15:00 | Kurtaj 45' Crawford 83'García Tena 88' |
BBC Report | King 53' Paterson 71'Paterson  77' |
Attendance: Collum Referee: 4,745 |
| 12 September 2015 6 | St Johnstone | 4–1 | Hamilton Academical | McDiarmid Park |
| 15:00 | Craig 22' MacLean 25' (pen.), 43', 54' |
BBC Report | Tagliapietra 67' |
Attendance: 2,648 Referee: Dallas |
| 15 September 2015 7 | Aberdeen | 1–0 | Hamilton Academical | Pittodrie Stadium |
| 15:00 | Rooney 23' (pen.) |
BBC Report | Attendance: Allan Referee: 13,246 |
| 19 September 2015 8 | Hamilton Academical | 1–0 | Motherwell | New Douglas Park |
| 15:00 | Imrie 72' |
BBC Report | Attendance: 3,325 Referee: Thomson |
| 26 September 2015 9 | Kilmarnock | 1–2 | Hamilton Academical | Rugby Park |
| 15:00 | Kiltie 34' Ashcroft 90+4' |
BBC Report | Imrie 49' Crawford 64' |
Attendance: 3,308 Referee: Robertson |
| 4 October 2015 10 | Hamilton Academical | 1–2 | Celtic | New Douglas Park |
| Kurtaj 4' |
BBC Report | Boyata 26' Griffiths 31' |
Attendance: 4,910 Referee: Steven McLean |
| 17 October 2015 11 | Hamilton Academical | 1–1 | Dundee | New Douglas Park |
| 15:00 | MacKinnon 61' Imrie 87' 87' |
Report | Etxabeguren 16' Holt 47'Harkins 82' |
Attendance: 2,862 Referee: Collum |
| 24 October 2015 12 | Partick Thistle | 1–1 | Hamilton Academical | Firhill Stadium |
| 15:00 | Welsh 7' Pogba 60'Muirhead 87' |
Report | Gillespie 35' Lucas 45+4'imrie 78'Canning 84' |
Attendance: 3,122 Referee: Anderson |
| 31 October 2015 13 | Hamilton Academical | 2–4 | St Johnstone | New Douglas Park |
| 15:00 | Garcia Tena 81', 89' (pen.) |
BBC Report | Cummins 40', 49' Wotherspoon 63'O'Halloran 67' |
Attendance: 2,216 Referee: Clancy |
| 7 November 2015 14 | Heart of Midlothian | 2–0 | Hamilton Academical | Tynecastle Stadium |
| 15:00 | Buaben 27' Djoum 38' |
BBC Report | Attendance: 16,121 Referee: Madden |
| 22 November 2015 15 | Hamilton Academical | 1–1 | Aberdeen | New Douglas Park |
| 12:30 | Imrie 70' |
BBC Report | McLean 4' |
Attendance: 2,434 Referee: Collum |
| 28 November 2015 16 | Dundee United | 1–2 | Hamilton Academical | Tannadice Park |
| 15:00 | McKay 29' |
BBC Report | Tagliapietra 43' Gordon 79' |
Attendance: 5,788 Referee: Finnie |
| 12 December 2015 17 | Hamilton Academical | 1–3 | Ross County | New Douglas Park |
| 15:00 | Kurtaj 26' Sendels-White 34' |
Report | Davies 20' Curaan 58'Woods 72'Murdoch 86'Boyce 90' |
Attendance: 2,120 Referee:  Willie Collum |
| 19 December 2015 18 | Dundee | 4–0 | Hamilton Academical | Dens Park |
| 15:00 | Hemmings 5' 21' 26' Stewart 19' 52' |
Report | Gillespie 70' |
Attendance: 4,568 Referee: Don Robertson |
| 26 December 2015 19 | Hamilton Academical | 0–1 | Kilmarnock | New Douglas Park |
| 15:00 | Morris 28' Jesús García Tena 79' |
Report | Magennis 22' Obadeyi 69'Smith 76'O'Hara 90' |
Attendance: 2,006 Referee: Kevin Clancy |
| 30 December 2015 20 | Hamilton Academical | 3–4 | Inverness Caledonian Thistle | New Douglas Park |
| 15:00 | Gillespie 25' Morris 66'Gordon 81'Imrie 88' Nadé 90' |
Report | Tansey 18' 84' 88' Draper 26'Polworth 51' 90'Raven 71' |
Attendance: 1,555 Referee: Euan Anderson |
| 2 January 2016 21 | Motherwell | 3–3 | Hamilton Academical | Fir Park |
| 15:00 | McDonald 9' 46' Grimshaw 38'Law 49'Moult 57'Lasley 70' McManus 87' |
Report | Lucas 25' MacKinnon 28'Imrie 50'Crawford 52' 90' (pen.)Kurakins 78' |
Attendance: 5,734 Referee: Greg Aitken |
| 16 January 2016 22 | St Johnstone | 0–0 | Hamilton Academical | McDiarmid Park |
| 15:00 | Report | Lucas 47' Gillespie 78' |
Attendance: 2,685 Referee: Andrew Dallas |
| 19 January 2016 23 | Celtic | 8–1 | Hamilton Academical | Celtic Park |
| 19:45 | Lustig 4' Bitton 9'Rogic 10'Griffiths 22' 34' 54'Forrest 53'McGregor 89' |
Report | Brophy 73' |
Attendance: 45,659 Referee: Craig Thomson (referee) |
| 24 January 2016 24 | Hamilton Academical | 0–0 | Heart of Midlothian | New Douglas Park |
| 12:45 | Devlin 17' MacKinnon 41'Jesús García Tena 87' |
Report | Öztürk 39' Buaben 39'Igor 40' |
Attendance: 2,684 Referee: Bobby Madden |
| 30 January 2016 25 | Kilmarnock | 0–1 | Hamilton Academical | Rugby Park |
| 15:00 | Ashcroft 18' Balatoni 62'Hamill 73' |
Report | Morris 62' 71' MacKinnon 80' |
Attendance: 3,076 Referee: Stephen Finnie |
| 13 February 2016 26 | Hamilton Academical | 0–0 | Dundee United | New Douglas Park |
| 15:00 | Devlin 65' |
Report | Attendance: 3,902 Referee: Steven McLean (referee) |
| 20 February 2016 27 | Ross County | 2–1 | Hamilton Academical | Global Energy Stadium |
| 15:00 | Schalk 45+1' Reckford 47'Davies 73'McShane 78'Quinn 84' |
Report | Jesús García Tena 13' Kurakins 45'Imrie 66' |
Attendance: 3,059 Referee: Greg Aitken |
| 26 February 2016 28 | Hamilton Academical | 1–1 | Celtic | New Douglas Park |
| 19:45 | Gordon 49' Lucas 66'Brophy 73'MacKinnon 80'Imrie 85' |
Report | Griffiths 35' (pen.) Boyata 42' |
Attendance: 5,017 Referee: Craig Thomson (referee) |
| 5 March 2016 29 | Hamilton Academical | 0–1 | Motherwell | New Douglas Park |
| 15:00 | Gordon 7' Kurakins 9'Kurtaj 10'McGovern 79'Carlton Morris 85' |
Report | Laing 45' Johnson 77' |
Attendance: 3,755 Referee: Kevin Clancy |
| 12 March 2016 30 | Inverness Caledonian Thistle | 0–1 | Hamilton Academical | Tulloch Caledonian Stadium |
| 15:00 | Devine 49' |
Report | Carlton Morris 59' Imrie 63'Gillespie 63'McGovern 90+4' |
Attendance: 3,510 Referee: Steven McLean (referee) |
| 19 March 2016 31 | Hamilton Academical | 1–2 | Partick Thistle | New Douglas Park |
| 15:00 | Kurtaj 9' Docherty 10'Lucas 17' |
Report | Pogba 50' Danny Seaborne 70'Edwards 84' |
Attendance: 3,055 Referee: Willie Collum |
| 3 April 2016 32 | Aberdeen | 3–0 | Hamilton Academical | Pittodrie Stadium |
| 12:30 | Church 5' McGinn 15'McLean 33'Storie 90+2' |
Report | Agustien 24' Imrie 46'Crawford 87' |
Attendance: 12,509 Referee: Kevin Clancy |
| 9 April 2016 33 | Hamilton Academical | 2–1 | Dundee | New Douglas Park |
| 15:00 | Crawford 30' Jesús García Tena 41' (pen.)Imrie 42'Carlton Morris 64'Docherty 84' |
Report | Julen Etxabeguren 19' Harkins 63'O'Dea 84' |
Attendance: 2,764 Referee: John Beaton |
| 24 April 2016 34 | Dundee United | 1–3 | Hamilton Academical | Tannadice Park |
| 15:00 | Dow 43' Durnan 47'Murray 89' |
Report | Gillespie 12' Carlton Morris 23' 52' 73'Crawford 50'Imrie 76' |
Attendance: 5,884 Referee: Steven McLean (referee) |
| 30 April 2016 35 | Hamilton Academical | 0–4 | Kilmarnock | New Douglas Park |
| 15:00 | MacKinnon 11' Imrie 55'Lucas 57'Carlton Morris 65'Gordon 67'Kurakins 69' |
Report | Kiltie 11' 32' O'Hara 34'Boyd 58' (pen.)Magennis 77' |
Attendance: 3,595 Referee: Craig Thomson (referee) |
| 7 May 2016 36 | Dundee | 0–1 | Hamilton Academical | Dens Park |
| 15:00 | Meggatt 60' Gadzhalov 83' |
Report | Carlton Morris 8' 60' Imrie 42'Kurtaj 42'Jesús García Tena 53'Redmond 90'Gordon 90+1' |
Attendance: 4,757 Referee: Steven McLean (referee) |
| 11 May 2016 37 | Hamilton Academical | 0–1 | Inverness Caledonian Thistle | New Douglas Park |
| 19:45 | MacKinnon 73' Gillespie 83' |
Report | Devine 41' Warren 58'Polworth 85' |
Attendance: 1,516 Referee: Stephen Finnie |
| 14 May 2016 38 | Partick Thistle | 2–2 | Hamilton Academical | Firhill Stadium |
| 12:30 | Doolan 3' Amoo 19'Miller 67' |
Report | Brophy 10' (pen.) 20' |
Attendance: 2,971 Referee: Alan Muir |
Scottish League Cup
edit| 25 August 2015 Round 2 | Raith Rovers | 2–1 | Hamilton Academical | Stark's Park |
| 19:45 | Davidson 3' Benedictus 81' |
BBC Report | Nadé 66' |
Attendance: 1,470 Referee: Robertson |
Scottish Cup
edit| 9 January 2016 Round 4 | Annan Athletic | 4–1 | Hamilton Academical | Galabank |
| 15:00 | Matty Flynn 6' Todd 47' 76'Rabin Omar 66' 71' 73' |
Report | Docherty 65' |
Attendance: 817 Referee: Barry Cook |
Squad statistics
editDuring the 2015–16 season, Hamilton Academical have used thirty different players in competitive games. The table below shows the number of appearances and goals scored by each player. Ziggy Gordon started all 40 matches.
Appearances
edit- As of 14 May 2016[2]
| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Total | Premiership | League Cup | Scottish Cup | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||||
| 1 | GK |  NIR
|
Michael McGovern | 39 | 0 | 37 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 2 | DF | SCO
|
Ziggy Gordon | 40 | 2 | 38 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 3 | DF |  LVA
|
Antons Kurakins | 36 | 0 | 35 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 4 | DF | SCO
|
Michael Devlin | 17 | 0 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 5 | DF | SCO
|
Martin Canning | 3 | 0 | 1+2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 6 | MF | SCO
|
Grant Gillespie | 31 | 1 | 28+2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 7 | MF | SCO
|
Dougie Imrie | 36 | 6 | 34+1 | 6 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 8 | MF | NIR
|
Chris Turner | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 8 | FW |  FRA
|
Oumar Diaby | 6 | 0 | 1+5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 9 | FW |  BRA
|
Alexandre D'Acol | 16 | 0 | 3+12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 11 | MF | SCO
|
Ali Crawford | 35 | 5 | 32+1 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 12 | MF |  GER
|
Gramoz Kurtaj | 35 | 3 | 28+6 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 14 | FW |  ENG
|
Carlton Morris | 33 | 8 | 27+5 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 15 | MF |  CUW
|
Kemy Agustien | 2 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 15 | DF | NIR
|
Jamie Sendles-White | 7 | 0 | 4+3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 16 | MF | SCO
|
Craig Watson | 1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 17 | MF | SCO
|
Louis Longridge | 16 | 1 | 6+9 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 18 | FW | SCO
|
Darian MacKinnon | 33 | 0 | 30+1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 20 | FW | SCO
|
Eamonn Brophy | 15 | 4 | 7+7 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 21 | MF | SCO
|
Greg Docherty | 36 | 2 | 16+18 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 22 | MF | SCO
|
Darren Lyon | 13 | 0 | 9+3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 24 | MF |  ESP
|
Jesús García Tena | 25 | 4 | 20+3 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 26 | GK | SCO
|
Alan Martin | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 27 | FW | FRA
|
Christian Nadé | 18 | 3 | 4+13 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 28 | FW | GER
|
Christopher Mandiangu | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 28 | MF | ENG
|
Daniel Redmond | 12 | 0 | 1+10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 30 | MF | SCO
|
Steven Boyd | 6 | 0 | 2+3 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 33 | MF | SCO
|
Ronan Hughes | 2 | 0 | 0+2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 35 | FW | SCO
|
Ross Cunningham | 1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 44 | DF | BRA
|
Lucas | 35 | 3 | 34+0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Team statistics
editLeague table
edit| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation[a] |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8 | Dundee | 38 | 11 | 15 | 12 | 53 | 57 | −4 | 48 | |
| 9 | Partick Thistle | 38 | 12 | 10 | 16 | 41 | 50 | −9 | 46 | |
| 10 | Hamilton Academical | 38 | 11 | 10 | 17 | 42 | 63 | −21 | 43 | |
| 11 | Kilmarnock (O) | 38 | 9 | 9 | 20 | 41 | 64 | −23 | 36 | Qualification for the Premiership play-off final |
| 12 | Dundee United[b] (R) | 38 | 8 | 7 | 23 | 45 | 70 | −25 | 28 | Relegation to the Scottish Championship |
Source: Scottish Premiership, Soccerway (first phase), Soccerway (second phase)
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored; 4) Play-off (only if deciding champion, UEFA competitions qualification and second stage group allocation).[4]
(O) Play-off winners; (R) Relegated
Notes:
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored; 4) Play-off (only if deciding champion, UEFA competitions qualification and second stage group allocation).[4]
(O) Play-off winners; (R) Relegated
Notes:
Division summary
editUpdated to match(es) played on 14 May 2016. Source: [5]
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss
Management statistics
edit| Name | From | To | P | W | D | L | Win%[nb 1] |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Martin Canning[6] | 1 August 2015 | Present | 40 | 11 | 10 | 19 | 27.50 |
Transfers
edit
Notes
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