2015–16 Hamilton Academical F.C. season
Appearance
2015–16 season | |||
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Chairman | Les Gray | ||
Manager | Martin Canning | ||
Stadium | New Douglas Park | ||
Premiership | Tenth place | ||
League Cup | Second round, lost to Raith Rovers | ||
Scottish Cup | Fourth round, lost to Annan Athletic | ||
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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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.
Results and fixtures
Win Draw Loss Postponed
Scottish Premiership
1 August 2015 Premiership | Hamilton Academical | 0 – 0 | Partick Thistle | New Douglas Park |
15:00 | BBC Report | Frans ![]() ![]() |
Attendance: 2,872 Referee: Colvin |
8 August 2015 Premiership | Ross County | 2 – 0 | Hamilton Academical | Victoria Park |
15:00 | Curran ![]() |
BBC Report | Attendance: 3,479 Referee: Dallas |
15 August 2015 Premiership | Hamilton Academical | 4 – 0 | Dundee United | New Douglas Park |
15:00 | Crawford ![]() Lucas ![]() Morris ![]() Nadé ![]() |
BBC Report | Attendance: 2,173 Referee: McLean |
22 August 2015 Premiership | Inverness Caledonian Thistle | 0 – 2 | Hamilton Academical | Caledonian Stadium |
15:00 | BBC Report | Morris ![]() Longridge ![]() |
Attendance: 3,003 Referee: Anderson |
29 August 2015 Premiership | Hamilton Academical | 3 – 2 | Heart of Midlothian | New Douglas Park |
15:00 | Kurtaj ![]() Crawford ![]() García Tena ![]() |
BBC Report | King ![]() Paterson ![]() Paterson ![]() |
Attendance: Collum Referee: 4,745 |
12 September 2015 Premiership | St Johnstone | 4 – 1 | Hamilton Academical | McDiarmid Park |
15:00 | Craig ![]() MacLean ![]() |
BBC Report | Tagliapietra ![]() |
Attendance: 2,648 Referee: Dallas |
15 September 2015 Premiership | Aberdeen | 1 – 0 | Hamilton Academical | Pittodrie Stadium |
15:00 | Rooney ![]() |
BBC Report | Attendance: Allan Referee: 13,246 |
19 September 2015 Premiership | Hamilton Academical | 1 – 0 | Motherwell | New Douglas Park |
15:00 | Imrie ![]() |
BBC Report | Attendance: 3,325 Referee: Thomson |
26 September 2015 Premiership | Kilmarnock | 1 – 2 | Hamilton Academical | Rugby Park |
15:00 | Kiltie ![]() Ashcroft ![]() ![]() |
BBC Report | Imrie ![]() Crawford ![]() |
Attendance: 3,308 Referee: Robertson |
4 October 2015 Premiership | Hamilton Academical | 1 – 2 | Celtic | New Douglas Park |
Kurtaj ![]() |
BBC Report | Boyata ![]() Griffiths ![]() |
Attendance: 4,910 Referee: Steven McLean |
17 October 2015 Premiership | Hamilton Academical | 1 – 1 | Dundee | New Douglas Park |
15:00 | MacKinnon ![]() Imrie ![]() ![]() |
Report | Etxabeguren ![]() Holt ![]() Harkins ![]() |
Attendance: 2,862 Referee: Collum |
24 October 2015 Premiership | Partick Thistle | 1 – 1 | Hamilton Academical | Firhill Stadium |
15:00 | Welsh ![]() Pogba ![]() Muirhead ![]() |
Report | Gillespie ![]() Lucas ![]() imrie ![]() Canning ![]() |
Attendance: 3,122 Referee: Anderson |
31 October 2015 Premiership | Hamilton Academical | 2 – 4 | St Johnstone | New Douglas Park |
15:00 | Garcia Tena ![]() |
BBC Report | Cummins ![]() Wotherspoon ![]() O'Halloran ![]() |
Attendance: 2,216 Referee: Clancy |
7 November 2015 Premiership | Heart of Midlothian | 2 – 0 | Hamilton Academical | Tynecastle Stadium |
15:00 | Buaben ![]() Djoum ![]() |
BBC Report | Attendance: 16,121 Referee: Madden |
22 November 2015 Premiership | Hamilton Academical | 1 – 1 | Aberdeen | New Douglas Park |
12:30 | Imrie ![]() |
BBC Report | McLean ![]() |
Attendance: 2,434 Referee: Collum |
28 November 2015 Premiership | Dundee United | 1 – 2 | Hamilton Academical | Tannadice Park |
15:00 | McKay ![]() |
BBC Report | Tagliapietra ![]() Gordon ![]() |
Attendance: 5,788 Referee: Finnie |
12 December 2015 Premiership | Hamilton Academical | 1 – 3 | Ross County | New Douglas Park |
15:00 | Kurtaj ![]() Sendels-White ![]() |
Report | Davies ![]() Curaan ![]() Woods ![]() Murdoch ![]() Boyce ![]() |
Attendance: 2,120 Referee: ![]() |
19 December 2015 Premiership | Dundee | 4 – 0 | Hamilton Academical | Dens Park |
15:00 | Hemmings ![]() ![]() ![]() Stewart ![]() ![]() |
Report | Gillespie ![]() |
Attendance: 4,568 Referee: ![]() |
26 December 2015 Premiership | Hamilton Academical | 0 – 1 | Kilmarnock | New Douglas Park |
15:00 | Morris ![]() Jesús García Tena ![]() |
Report | Magennis ![]() Obadeyi ![]() Smith ![]() O'Hara ![]() |
Attendance: 2,006 Referee: ![]() |
30 December 2015 Premiership | Hamilton Academical | 3 – 4 | Inverness Caledonian Thistle | New Douglas Park |
15:00 | Gillespie ![]() Morris ![]() Gordon ![]() Imrie ![]() ![]() |
Report | Tansey ![]() ![]() ![]() Draper ![]() Polworth ![]() ![]() Raven ![]() |
Attendance: 1,555 Referee: ![]() |
2 January 2016 Premiership | Motherwell | 3 – 3 | Hamilton Academical | Fir Park |
15:00 | McDonald ![]() ![]() Grimshaw ![]() Law ![]() Moult ![]() Lasley ![]() ![]() McManus ![]() |
Report | Lucas ![]() MacKinnon ![]() Imrie ![]() Crawford ![]() ![]() Kurakins ![]() |
Attendance: 5,734 Referee: ![]() |
16 January 2016 Premiership | St Johnstone | 0 – 0 | Hamilton Academical | McDiarmid Park |
15:00 | Report | Lucas ![]() Gillespie ![]() |
Attendance: 2,685 Referee: ![]() |
19 January 2016 Premiership | Celtic | 8 – 1 | Hamilton Academical | Celtic Park |
19:45 | Lustig ![]() Bitton ![]() Rogic ![]() Griffiths ![]() ![]() ![]() Forrest ![]() McGregor ![]() |
Report | Brophy ![]() |
Attendance: 45,659 Referee: ![]() |
24 January 2016 Premiership | Hamilton Academical | 0 – 0 | Heart of Midlothian | New Douglas Park |
12:45 | Devlin ![]() MacKinnon ![]() Jesús García Tena ![]() |
Report | Öztürk ![]() Buaben ![]() Igor ![]() |
Attendance: 2,684 Referee: ![]() |
30 January 2016 Premiership | Kilmarnock | 0 – 1 | Hamilton Academical | Rugby Park |
15:00 | Ashcroft ![]() Balatoni ![]() Hamill ![]() |
Report | Morris ![]() ![]() MacKinnon ![]() |
Attendance: 3,076 Referee: ![]() |
13 February 2016 Premiership | Hamilton Academical | 0 – 0 | Dundee United | New Douglas Park |
15:00 | Devlin ![]() ![]() |
Report | Attendance: 3,902 Referee: ![]() |
20 February 2016 Premiership | Ross County | 2 – 1 | Hamilton Academical | Global Energy Stadium |
15:00 | Schalk ![]() Reckford ![]() Davies ![]() McShane ![]() Quinn ![]() |
Report | Jesús García Tena ![]() Kurakins ![]() Imrie ![]() |
Attendance: 3,059 Referee: ![]() |
26 February 2016 Premiership | Hamilton Academical | 1 – 1 | Celtic | New Douglas Park |
19:45 | Gordon ![]() Lucas ![]() Brophy ![]() MacKinnon ![]() Imrie ![]() |
Report | Griffiths ![]() Boyata ![]() |
Attendance: 5,017 Referee: ![]() |
5 March 2016 Premiership | Hamilton Academical | 0 – 1 | Motherwell | New Douglas Park |
15:00 | Gordon ![]() Kurakins ![]() Kurtaj ![]() McGovern ![]() Carlton Morris ![]() |
Report | Laing ![]() Johnson ![]() |
Attendance: 3,755 Referee: ![]() |
12 March 2016 Premiership | Inverness Caledonian Thistle | 0 – 1 | Hamilton Academical | Tulloch Caledonian Stadium |
15:00 | Devine ![]() |
Report | Carlton Morris ![]() Imrie ![]() Gillespie ![]() McGovern ![]() |
Attendance: 3,510 Referee: ![]() |
19 March 2016 Premiership | Hamilton Academical | 1 – 2 | Partick Thistle | New Douglas Park |
15:00 | Kurtaj ![]() Docherty ![]() Lucas ![]() |
Report | Pogba ![]() Danny Seaborne ![]() Edwards ![]() |
Attendance: 3,055 Referee: ![]() |
3 April 2016 Premiership | Aberdeen | 3 – 0 | Hamilton Academical | Pittodrie Stadium |
12:30 | Church ![]() McGinn ![]() McLean ![]() Storie ![]() |
Report | Agustien ![]() Imrie ![]() Crawford ![]() |
Attendance: 12,509 Referee: ![]() |
9 April 2016 Premiership | Hamilton Academical | 2 – 1 | Dundee | New Douglas Park |
15:00 | Crawford ![]() Jesús García Tena ![]() Imrie ![]() Carlton Morris ![]() Docherty ![]() |
Report | Julen Etxabeguren ![]() Harkins ![]() O'Dea ![]() |
Attendance: 2,764 Referee: ![]() |
24 April 2016 Premiership | Dundee United | 1 – 3 | Hamilton Academical | Tannadice Park |
15:00 | Dow ![]() Durnan ![]() Murray ![]() |
Report | Gillespie ![]() Carlton Morris ![]() ![]() ![]() Crawford ![]() Imrie ![]() |
Attendance: 5,884 Referee: ![]() |
30 April 2016 Premiership | Hamilton Academical | 0 – 4 | Kilmarnock | New Douglas Park |
15:00 | MacKinnon ![]() Imrie ![]() Lucas ![]() Carlton Morris ![]() Gordon ![]() Kurakins ![]() |
Report | Kiltie ![]() ![]() O'Hara ![]() Boyd ![]() Magennis ![]() |
Attendance: 3,595 Referee: ![]() |
7 May 2016 Premiership | Dundee | 0 – 1 | Hamilton Academical | Dens Park |
15:00 | Meggatt ![]() Gadzhalov ![]() |
Report | Carlton Morris ![]() ![]() Imrie ![]() Kurtaj ![]() Jesús García Tena ![]() Redmond ![]() Gordon ![]() |
Attendance: 4,757 Referee: ![]() |
11 May 2016 Premiership | Hamilton Academical | 0 – 1 | Inverness Caledonian Thistle | New Douglas Park |
19:45 | MacKinnon ![]() ![]() Gillespie ![]() |
Report | Devine ![]() Warren ![]() Polworth ![]() |
Attendance: 1,516 Referee: ![]() |
14 May 2016 Premiership | Partick Thistle | 2 – 2 | Hamilton Academical | Firhill Stadium |
12:30 | Doolan ![]() Amoo ![]() Miller ![]() |
Report | Brophy ![]() ![]() |
Attendance: 2,971 Referee: ![]() |
Scottish League Cup
25 August 2015 Round 2 | Raith Rovers | 2 – 1 | Hamilton Academical | Stark's Park |
19:45 | Davidson ![]() Benedictus ![]() |
BBC Report | Nadé ![]() |
Attendance: 1,470 Referee: Robertson |
Scottish Cup
9 January 2016 Round 4 | Annan Athletic | 4 – 1 | Hamilton Academical | Galabank |
15:00 | Matty Flynn ![]() Todd ![]() ![]() Rabin Omar ![]() ![]() ![]() |
Report | Docherty ![]() |
Attendance: 817 Referee: ![]() |
Squad statistics
During 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
- As of 30 July 2016[2]
No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Total | Premiership | League Cup | Scottish Cup | ||||
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Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||||
1 | GK | ![]() |
Michael McGovern | 39 | 0 | 37 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
2 | DF | ![]() |
Ziggy Gordon | 40 | 2 | 38 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
3 | DF | ![]() |
Antons Kurakins | 36 | 0 | 35 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
4 | DF | ![]() |
Michael Devlin | 17 | 0 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
5 | DF | ![]() |
Martin Canning | 3 | 0 | 1+2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
6 | MF | ![]() |
Grant Gillespie | 31 | 1 | 28+2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
7 | MF | ![]() |
Dougie Imrie | 36 | 6 | 34+1 | 6 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
8 | MF | ![]() |
Chris Turner | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
8 | FW | ![]() |
Oumar Diaby | 6 | 0 | 1+5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
9 | FW | ![]() |
Alexandre D'Acol | 16 | 0 | 3+12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
11 | MF | ![]() |
Ali Crawford | 35 | 5 | 32+1 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
12 | MF | ![]() |
Gramoz Kurtaj | 35 | 3 | 28+6 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
14 | FW | ![]() |
Carlton Morris | 33 | 8 | 27+5 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
15 | MF | ![]() |
Kemy Agustien | 2 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
15 | DF | ![]() |
Jamie Sendles-White | 7 | 0 | 4+3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
16 | MF | ![]() |
Craig Watson | 1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
17 | MF | ![]() |
Louis Longridge | 16 | 1 | 6+9 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
18 | FW | ![]() |
Darian MacKinnon | 33 | 0 | 30+1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
20 | FW | ![]() |
Eamonn Brophy | 15 | 4 | 7+7 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
21 | MF | ![]() |
Greg Docherty | 36 | 2 | 16+18 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
22 | MF | ![]() |
Darren Lyon | 13 | 0 | 9+3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
24 | MF | ![]() |
Jesus Garcia | 25 | 4 | 20+3 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
26 | GK | ![]() |
Alan Martin | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
27 | FW | ![]() |
Christian Nadé | 18 | 3 | 4+13 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
28 | FW | ![]() |
Christopher Mandiangu | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
28 | MF | ![]() |
Daniel Redmond | 12 | 0 | 1+10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
30 | MF | ![]() |
Steven Boyd | 6 | 0 | 2+3 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
33 | MF | ![]() |
Ronan Hughes | 2 | 0 | 0+2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
35 | FW | ![]() |
Ross Cunningham | 1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
44 | DF | ![]() |
Lucas | 35 | 3 | 34+0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Team statistics
League table
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation[a] |
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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
Updated 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
Name | From | To | P | W | D | L | Win%[nb 1] |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Martin Canning[6] | 1 August 2015 | Present | 40 | 11 | 10 | 19 | 27.50 |
Transfers
Notes
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