2016–17 Hamilton Academical F.C. season
Appearance
2016–17 season | |||
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Chairman | Les Gray | ||
Manager | Martin Canning | ||
Stadium | New Douglas Park Hamilton, Scotland (Capacity: 5,510) | ||
Scottish Premiership | Eleventh place | ||
Scottish League Cup | Second Round lost to Greenock Morton | ||
Scottish Cup | Quarter-finals lost to Rangers | ||
Top goalscorer | League: Ali Crawford (8) All: Ali Crawford (10) | ||
Highest home attendance | 5,292 vs Rangers Premiership 16 December 2016 | ||
Lowest home attendance | 764 vs Livingston League Cup 30 July 2016 | ||
Average home league attendance | 2,439[1] | ||
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The 2016–17 season was the club's third season in the Scottish Premiership. Hamilton also competed in the Scottish Cup and the League Cup.[2] Hamilton secured their top flight status for the 2017–18 season by beating Dundee United 1-0 on aggregate in the Premiership play-off final.
Summary
Management
The club began the 2016-17 season under the continued management of Martin Canning who also extended his own playing contract, staying as the player-manager for the club.[3]
After saving the club from relegation through the play-offs, manager Martin Canning thanked the board for sticking with him throughout the season.[4]
Results & fixtures
Win Draw Loss Postponed
Scottish Premiership
6 August 2016 1 | Rangers | 1 - 1 | Hamilton Academical | Ibrox Stadium |
12:30 | Waghorn ![]() |
BBC SPFL |
Crawford ![]() Devlin ![]() Sarris ![]() Kurakins ![]() Crawford ![]() Donati ![]() |
Attendance: 49,125 Referee: Don Robertson |
13 August 2016 2 | Hamilton Academical | 1 - 2 | Kilmarnock | SuperSeal Stadium |
15:00 | Longridge ![]() Gillespie ![]() |
BBC SPFL |
Boyd ![]() Coulibaly ![]() Green ![]() Boyle ![]() McKenzie ![]() |
Attendance: 2,228 Referee: Steven McLean |
19 August 2016 3 | Dundee | 1 - 1 | Hamilton Academical | Dens Park |
19:45 | O'Hara ![]() Etxabeguren ![]() |
BBC SPFL |
Lyon ![]() Lyon ![]() Donati ![]() |
Attendance: 5,287 Referee: Kevin Clancy |
27 August 2016 4 | Hamilton Academical | 1 - 0 | Ross County | SuperSeal Stadium |
15:00 | Imrie ![]() Redmond ![]() Gillespie ![]() Docherty ![]() |
BBC SPFL |
McEveley ![]() Quinn ![]() |
Attendance: 1,609 Referee: Greg Aitken |
10 September 2016 5 | Hearts | 3 - 1 | Hamilton Academical | Tynecastle Stadium |
15:00 | Walker ![]() ![]() Nicholson ![]() Watt ![]() Paterson ![]() Rossi ![]() |
BBC SPFL |
Crawford ![]() Want ![]() Imrie ![]() Crawford ![]() |
Attendance: 15,947 Referee: Craig Thomson |
17 September 2016 6 | Motherwell | 4 - 2 | Hamilton Academical | Fir Park |
15:00 | Moult ![]() McManus ![]() Lasley ![]() Clay ![]() |
BBC SPFL |
Crawford ![]() Donati ![]() Gillespie ![]() Imrie ![]() Devlin ![]() |
Attendance: 4,514 Referee: William Collum |
25 September 2016 7 | Hamilton Academical | 1 - 1 | St Johnstone | SuperSeal Stadium |
15:00 | Docherty ![]() Donati ![]() Doherty ![]() MacKinnon ![]() Seaborne ![]() Crawford ![]() |
BBC SPFL |
Craig ![]() Davidson ![]() |
Attendance: 1,705 Referee: Euan Anderson |
1 October 2016 8 | Hamilton Academical | 1 - 1 | Inverness Caledonian Thistle | SuperSeal Stadium |
15:00 | D'Acol ![]() Imrie ![]() |
BBC SPFL |
Polworth ![]() Doumbouya ![]() |
Attendance: 1,611 Referee: Barry Cook |
15 October 2016 9 | Partick Thsitle | 2 - 2 | Hamilton Academical | Firhill Stadium |
15:00 | Edwards ![]() Lindsay ![]() Gordon ![]() |
BBC SPFL |
Donati ![]() Brophy ![]() Sarris ![]() Doherty ![]() |
Attendance: 2,843 Referee: Greg Aitken |
25 October 2016 10 | Hamilton Academical | 1 - 0 | Aberdeen | SuperSeal Stadium |
19:45 | D'Acol ![]() |
BBC SPFL |
Attendance: 2,315 Referee: William Collum |
29 October 2016 11 | Hamilton Academical | 0 - 1 | Dundee | SuperSeal Stadium |
15:00 | Imrie ![]() Kurtaj ![]() |
BBC SPFL |
McGowan ![]() Hateley ![]() |
Attendance: 1,853 Referee: Stephen Finch |
5 November 2016 12 | Kilmarnock | 0 - 0 | Hamilton Academical | Rugby Park |
15:00 | Burn ![]() Jones ![]() |
Report | Gillespie ![]() Sarris ![]() |
Attendance: 3,387 Referee: ![]() |
21 November 2016 13 | Hamilton Academical | 3 - 3 | Heart of Midlothian | SuperSeal Stadium |
19:45 | Crawford ![]() ![]() Bingham ![]() ![]() |
Report | Walker ![]() ![]() Paterson ![]() Öztürk ![]() Rherras ![]() |
Attendance: 2,339 Referee: ![]() |
26 November 2016 14 | Ross County | 1 - 1 | Hamilton Academical | Global Energy Stadium |
15:00 | Boyce ![]() Schalk ![]() Chow ![]() Routis ![]() |
Report | Seaborne ![]() Crawford ![]() Devlin ![]() |
Attendance: 3,275 Referee: ![]() |
3 December 2016 15 | Hamilton Academical | 1 - 1 | Partick Thistle | SuperSeal Stadium |
15:00 | D'Acol ![]() Gillespie ![]() MacKinnon ![]() Crawford ![]() Seaborne ![]() |
Report | Welsh ![]() Lindsay ![]() |
Attendance: 2,210 Referee: ![]() |
10 December 2016 16 | Inverness Caledonian Thistle | 1 - 1 | Hamilton Academical | Tulloch Caledonian Stadium |
15:00 | Draper ![]() Cole ![]() Brad McKay ![]() King ![]() |
Report | Crawford ![]() Imrie ![]() Gillespie ![]() McMann ![]() |
Attendance: 2,473 Referee: ![]() |
13 December 2016 17 | Celtic | 1 - 0 | Hamilton Academical | Celtic Park |
19:45 | Griffiths ![]() Sviatchenko ![]() |
Report | Donati ![]() Gillespie ![]() |
Attendance: 55,076 Referee: ![]() |
16 December 2016 18 | Hamilton Academical | 1 - 2 | Rangers | SuperSeal Stadium |
19:45 | Sarris ![]() Imrie ![]() ![]() MacKinnon ![]() Devlin ![]() McMann ![]() |
Report | Waghorn ![]() ![]() Garner ![]() |
Attendance: 5,292 Referee: ![]() |
24 December 2016 19 | Hamilton Academical | 0 - 3 | Celtic | SuperSeal Stadium |
12:30 | McMann ![]() Devlin ![]() Donati ![]() |
Report | McGregor ![]() ![]() Griffiths ![]() Armstrong ![]() Dembélé ![]() |
Attendance: 5,003 Referee: ![]() |
27 December 2016 20 | Aberdeen | 2 - 1 | Hamilton Academical | Pittodrie Stadium |
15:00 | Taylor ![]() Lewis ![]() Rooney ![]() Maddison ![]() |
Report | Imrie ![]() ![]() Sarris ![]() Devlin ![]() McMann ![]() |
Attendance: 13,131 Referee: ![]() |
31 December 2016 21 | Hamilton Academical | 1 - 1 | Motherwell | SuperSeal Stadium |
13:00 | Sarris ![]() D'Acol ![]() Kurtaj ![]() |
Report | Lucas ![]() McDonald ![]() Moult ![]() ![]() |
Attendance: 3,526 Referee: ![]() |
28 January 2017 22 | St Johnstone | 3 - 0 | Hamilton Academical | McDiarmid Park |
15:00 | Swanson ![]() Cummins ![]() ![]() Davidson ![]() |
Report | Redmond ![]() |
Attendance: 3,279 Referee: ![]() |
31 January 2017 23 | Hamilton Academical | 3 - 0 | Inverness Caledonian Thistle | SuperSeal Stadium |
19:45 | D'Acol ![]() Devlin ![]() Redmond ![]() Gillespie ![]() MacKinnon ![]() Bingham ![]() |
Report | Vigurs ![]() Tansey ![]() |
Attendance: 1,745 Referee: ![]() |
4 February 2017 24 | Hamilton Academical | 1 - 1 | Kilmarnock | SuperSeal Stadium |
15:00 | Imrie ![]() Brophy ![]() Redmond ![]() |
Report | Longstaff ![]() Wilson ![]() Umerah ![]() |
Attendance: 2,159 Referee: ![]() |
18 February 2017 25 | Partick Thistle | 2 - 0 | Hamilton Academical | Firhill Stadium |
15:00 | Doolan ![]() ![]() Lawless ![]() |
Report | Devlin ![]() Watson ![]() SAkondras ![]() |
Attendance: 3,057 Referee: ![]() |
25 February 2017 26 | Celtic | 2 - 0 | Hamilton Academical | Celtic Park |
15:00 | Dembélé ![]() ![]() |
Report | Devlin ![]() Donati ![]() Kurtaj ![]() Skondras ![]() |
Attendance: 54,685 Referee: ![]() |
28 February 2017 27 | Hamilton Academical | 1 - 0 | Aberdeen | SuperSeal Stadium |
19:45 | Devlin ![]() Skondras ![]() MacKinnon ![]() ![]() |
Report | Shinnie ![]() |
Attendance: 2,006 Referee: ![]() |
11 March 2017 28 | Heart of Midlothian | 4 - 0 | Hamilton Academical | Tynecastle Stadium |
15:00 | Djoum ![]() Esmaël Gonçalves ![]() Walker ![]() Martin ![]() |
Report | Bingham ![]() Skondras ![]() Gillespie ![]() |
Attendance: 15,881 Referee: ![]() |
18 March 2017 29 | Rangers | 4 - 0 | Hamilton Academical | Ibrox Stadium |
15:00 | Hyndman ![]() Hill ![]() Waghorn ![]() Tavernier ![]() Wallace ![]() ![]() |
Report | Redmond ![]() Gogić ![]() |
Attendance: 49,090 Referee: ![]() |
1 April 2017 30 | Hamilton Academical | 1 - 0 | St Johnstone | SuperSeal Stadium |
15:00 | Devlin ![]() Crawford ![]() D'Acol ![]() |
Report | Swanson ![]() Foster ![]() Cummins ![]() |
Attendance: 1,662 Referee: ![]() |
5 April 2017 31 | Motherwell | 0 - 0 | Hamilton Academical | Fir Park |
19:45 | Pearson ![]() |
Report | Skondras ![]() Mackinnon ![]() Sarris ![]() |
Attendance: 4,644 Referee: ![]() |
8 April 2017 32 | Hamilton Academical | 1 - 1 | Ross County | SuperSeal Stadium |
15:00 | Donati ![]() Bingham ![]() McMann ![]() Skondras ![]() Devlin ![]() |
Report | Curran ![]() |
Attendance: 1,548 Referee: ![]() |
15 April 2017 33 | Dundee | 0 - 2 | Hamilton Academical | Dens Park |
15:00 | Report | D'Acol ![]() Bingham ![]() Devlin ![]() |
Attendance: 6,489 Referee: ![]() |
29 April 2017 34 | Hamilton Academical | 0 - 2 | Kilmarnock | SuperSeal Stadium |
15:00 | Report | Sammon ![]() Jones ![]() |
Attendance: 2,482 Referee: ![]() |
6 May 2017 35 | Inverness Caledonian Thistle | 2 - 1 | Hamilton Academical | Tulloch Caledonian Stadium |
15:00 | W McKay ![]() Tansey ![]() |
Report | Redmond ![]() |
Attendance: 2,478 Referee: ![]() |
13 May 2017 36 | Hamilton Academical | 0 - 1 | Motherwell | SuperSeal Stadium |
15:00 | Report | Moult ![]() |
Attendance: 4,173 Referee: ![]() |
16 May 2017 37 | Ross County | 3 - 2 | Hamilton Academical | Global Energy Stadium |
19:45 | Gardyne ![]() Matthews ![]() O'Brien ![]() Franks ![]() Boyce ![]() |
Report | Bingham ![]() Longridge ![]() MacKinnon ![]() Templeton ![]() Imrie ![]() Skondras ![]() |
Attendance: 4,871 Referee: ![]() |
20 May 2017 38 | Hamilton Academical | 4 - 0 | Dundee | SuperSeal Stadium |
15:00 | Bingham ![]() Skondras ![]() Imrie ![]() Gogić ![]() Crawford ![]() |
Report | El Bakhtaoui ![]() |
Attendance: 2,616 Referee: ![]() |
Relegation Play Off
25 May 2017 First Leg | Dundee United | 0 - 0 | Hamilton Academical | Tannadice Park |
19:45 | Murray ![]() |
Report | Attendance: 9,386 Referee: ![]() |
28 May 2017 Second Leg | Hamilton Academical | 1 - 0 (1 - 0 agg.) | Dundee United | SuperSeal Stadium |
15:00 | Docherty ![]() |
Report | Attendance: 5,027 Referee: ![]() |
Scottish League Cup
Group G
Pos | Team | Pld | W | PW | PL | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | HAM | AYR | STM | LIV | EDC | |
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1 | Hamilton Academical (Q) | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 5 | +5 | 9 | Qualification to the Second Round | — | — | 3–0 | 2–1 | — | |
2 | Ayr United (X) | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 2 | +3 | 9 | Possible Second Round as one of the 4 best runners up | 2–1 | — | — | — | 1–0 | |
3 | St Mirren | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 5 | +2 | 9 | — | 1–0 | — | — | 3–0 | ||
4 | Livingston | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 7 | −1 | 3 | — | 0–2 | 2–3 | — | — | ||
5 | Edinburgh City | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 11 | −9 | 0 | 2–4 | — | — | 0–3 | — |
Updated to match(es) played on 30 July 2016. Source: BBC
(Q) Qualified; (X) Advances to Best runners-up
(Q) Qualified; (X) Advances to Best runners-up
16 July 2016 Group G | Ayr United | 2 – 1 | Hamilton Academical | Somerset Park, Ayr |
15:00 | Forrest ![]() Crawford ![]() Adams ![]() |
SPFL Report | Longridge ![]() MacKinnon ![]() Devlin ![]() |
Attendance: 994 Referee: Willie Collum |
23 July 2016 Group G | Hamilton Academical | 3 – 0 | St Mirren | New Douglas Park, Hamilton |
15:00 | Crawford ![]() Imrie ![]() Donati ![]() Devlin ![]() |
SPFL Report | Hutton ![]() |
Attendance: 1,379 Referee: Don Robertson |
27 July 2016 Group G | Edinburgh City | 2 – 4 | Hamilton Academical | Meadowbank Stadium, Edinburgh |
19:45 | Allum ![]() Gibson ![]() McFarland ![]() |
SPFL Report | Crawford ![]() D'Acol ![]() McGregor ![]() Imrie ![]() Crawford ![]() |
Attendance: 459 Referee: Colin Steven |
30 July 2016 Group G | Hamilton Academical | 2 – 1 | Livingston | New Douglas Park, Hamilton |
15:00 | D'Acol ![]() Longridge ![]() Sarris ![]() McGregor ![]() |
SPFL Report | Matthews ![]() Miller ![]() |
Attendance: 764 Referee: Euan Anderson |
9 August 2016 Second round | Hamilton Academical | 1 - 2 | Morton | New Douglas Park, Hamilton |
19:45 | Imrie ![]() |
SPFL Report | Forbes ![]() Quitongo ![]() |
Attendance: 1,112 Referee: Stephen Finnie |
Scottish Cup
21 January 2017 Fourth Round | Kilmarnock | 0 - 1 | Hamilton Academical | Kilmarnock |
15:00 | Report | Imrie ![]() Devlin ![]() Redmond ![]() Bingham ![]() MacKinnon ![]() |
Stadium: Rugby Park Attendance: 2,944 Referee: ![]() |
11 February 2017 Fifth Round | Dunfermline Athletic | 1 - 1 | Hamilton Academical | Dunfermline |
15:00 | McMullan ![]() |
Report | Redmond ![]() |
Stadium: East End Park Attendance: 2,945 Referee: ![]() |
14 February 2017 Fifth Round Replay | Hamilton Academical | 1 - 1 (a.e.t.) (3 - 0 p) | Dunfermline Athletic | Hamilton |
19:45 | Seaborne ![]() MacKinnon ![]() Redmond ![]() Bingham ![]() McMann ![]() |
Report | Morris ![]() McMullan ![]() |
Stadium: SuperSeal Stadium Attendance: 1,222 Referee: ![]() |
4 March 2017 Quarter Finals | Rangers | 6 - 0 | Hamilton Academical | Glasgow |
12:30 | Waghorn ![]() Garner ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Jon Toral ![]() Hill ![]() |
Report | Stadium: Ibrox Stadium Attendance: 27,287 Referee: ![]() |
Squad statistics
Appearances
Hamilton used 36 players during the season.[5]
No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Total | Premiership | League Cup | Scottish Cup | Play-offs | |||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||||
1 | GK | ![]() |
Remi Matthews | 27 | 0 | 17 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
2 | DF | ![]() |
Danny Seaborne | 13 | 0 | 10+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
3 | DF | ![]() |
Giannis Skondras | 18 | 1 | 11+2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2+1 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
4 | DF | ![]() |
Michael Devlin | 36 | 2 | 28 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
5 | DF | ![]() |
Martin Canning | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
6 | MF | ![]() |
Grant Gillespie | 41 | 1 | 28+3 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
7 | MF | ![]() |
Dougie Imrie | 48 | 7 | 36+1 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 3+1 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
8 | MF | ![]() |
Greg Docherty | 37 | 2 | 23+6 | 1 | 4+1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 1+1 | 1 |
9 | FW | ![]() |
Alexandre D'Acol | 35 | 9 | 24+5 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
10 | MF | ![]() |
Daniel Redmond | 34 | 2 | 15+12 | 1 | 0+2 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 |
11 | MF | ![]() |
Ali Crawford | 42 | 10 | 31+2 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
12 | MF | ![]() |
Gramoz Kurtaj | 17 | 0 | 5+9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
14 | DF | ![]() |
Alex Gogić | 9 | 0 | 3+4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
15 | FW | ![]() |
Rakish Bingham | 36 | 7 | 23+7 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 3+1 | 2 | 2 | 0 |
16 | MF | ![]() |
Craig Watson | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
17 | MF | ![]() |
Louis Longridge | 24 | 3 | 9+7 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 0+1 | 0 | 0+2 | 0 |
18 | MF | ![]() |
Darian MacKinnon | 42 | 0 | 32+1 | 0 | 3+2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
19 | GK | ![]() |
Darren Jamieson | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
20 | FW | ![]() |
Eamonn Brophy | 31 | 2 | 7+21 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
21 | MF | ![]() |
Massimo Donati | 40 | 3 | 26+5 | 2 | 3+1 | 1 | 3+1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
22 | MF | ![]() |
Darren Lyon | 8 | 1 | 5+1 | 1 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
23 | DF | ![]() |
Scott McMann | 31 | 0 | 21+2 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 | 2+2 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
24 | DF | ![]() |
Jesús García | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
25 | DF | ![]() |
Ben Reilly | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
26 | GK | ![]() |
Alex Marshall | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
27 | DF | ![]() |
Shaun Want | 2 | 0 | 0+2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
28 | FW | ![]() |
Ross Cunningham | 4 | 0 | 0+2 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
31 | FW | ![]() |
Ryan Tierney | 2 | 0 | 0+2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
32 | DF | ![]() |
Jack Breslin | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
33 | MF | ![]() |
Ronan Hughes | 4 | 0 | 0+2 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
34 | GK | ![]() |
Gary Woods | 22 | 0 | 21 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
37 | FW | ![]() |
David Templeton | 5 | 1 | 1+2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
39 | DF | ![]() |
Blair Adams | 7 | 0 | 2+3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
89 | DF | ![]() |
Georgios Sarris | 34 | 0 | 30 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
Players who left the club during the 2016–17 season | |||||||||||||
3 | DF | ![]() |
Antons Kurakins (contract terminated) | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
14 | FW | ![]() |
Richard Roy (joined Broughty Athletic) | 2 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
29 | DF | ![]() |
Jordan McGregor (on loan to Airdrieonians) | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2+1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
30 | MF | ![]() |
Steven Boyd (on loan to Albion Rovers) | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1+2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
35 | GK | ![]() |
Robbie Thomson (joined Falkirk) | 1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
46 | DF | ![]() |
Lennard Sowah (joined Hearts) | 7 | 0 | 6+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
MF | ![]() |
Sean McKirdy (on loan to Berwick Rangers) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Team statistics
League table
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation[a] |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
8 | Kilmarnock | 38 | 9 | 14 | 15 | 36 | 56 | −20 | 41 | |
9 | Motherwell | 38 | 10 | 8 | 20 | 46 | 69 | −23 | 38 | |
10 | Dundee | 38 | 10 | 7 | 21 | 38 | 62 | −24 | 37 | |
11 | Hamilton Academical (O) | 38 | 7 | 14 | 17 | 37 | 56 | −19 | 35 | Qualification for the Premiership play-off final |
12 | Inverness Caledonian Thistle (R) | 38 | 7 | 13 | 18 | 44 | 71 | −27 | 34 | Relegation to the Scottish Championship |
Source: Scottish Premiership, Soccerway
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).[6]
(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).[6]
(O) Play-off winners; (R) Relegated
Notes:
- ^ Teams played each other three times (33 matches), before the league split into two groups (the top six and the bottom six) for the last five matches.
References
- ^ http://www.worldfootball.net/attendance/sco-premiership-2016-2017/1/
- ^ http://stv.tv/sport/football/1355636-motherwell-and-rangers-to-meet-in-scottish-league-cup-group-stage/
- ^ "Hamilton Academical boss Martin Canning extends his own playing contract". bbc.co.uk/sport. BBC Sport. 30 May 2016. Retrieved 30 July 2016.
- ^ "Martin Canning thanks Hamilton Accies board for sticking by him". BBC Sport. 28 May 2017. Retrieved 22 June 2017.
- ^ "Hamilton FC Player Appearances". soccerbase.com. Soccerbase. Retrieved 22 June 2017.
- ^ "Premiership 2016/2017 - Season rules". Scoresway. Retrieved 1 September 2016.