2016–17 Hamilton Academical F.C. season

Hamilton Academical

2016–17 season

Chairman

Les Gray

Manager

Martin Canning

Stadium

New Douglas Park
Hamilton, Scotland
(Capacity: 5,510)

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Top goalscorer

League: Ali Crawford (4)
All: Ali Crawford (6)

Highest home attendance

2,228 vs.
Kilmarnock
Premiership
13 August 2016

Lowest home attendance

764 vs.
Livingston
League Cup
30 July 2016

Home colours

Away colours

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The 2016–17 season is the club's third season in the Scottish Premiership. Hamilton will also compete in the Scottish Cup and the League Cup.^[1]

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.^[2]

Results & fixtures

Win Draw Loss Postponed

Scottish Premiership

Main article: 2016–17 Scottish Premiership

6 August 2016 1	Rangers	1 - 1	Hamilton Academical	Ibrox Stadium
12:30	Waghorn 62'	BBC SPFL	Crawford 30' Devlin 35' Sarris 37' Kurakins 39' Crawford 45' Donati 53'	Attendance: 49,125 Referee: Don Robertson

13 August 2016 2	Hamilton Academical	1 - 2	Kilmarnock	New Douglas Park
15:00	Longridge 26' Gillespie 75'	BBC SPFL	Boyd 71' Coulibaly 73' Green 51' Boyle 52' McKenzie 89'	Attendance: 2,228 Referee: Steven McLean

19 August 2016 3	Dundee	1 - 1	Hamilton Academical	Dens Park
19:45	O'Hara 17' Etxabeguren 42'	BBC SPFL	Lyon 13' Lyon 62' Donati 74'	Attendance: 5,287 Referee: Kevin Clancy

27 August 2016 4	Hamilton Academical	1 - 0	Ross County	New Douglas Park
15:00	Imrie 74' Redmond 62' Gillespie 63' Docherty 70'	BBC SPFL	McEveley 26' Quinn 87'	Attendance: 1,609 Referee: Greg Aitken

10 September 2016 5	Hearts	3 - 1	Hamilton Academical	Tynecastle Stadium
15:00	Walker 69' 81' (pen.) Nicholson 90' Watt 30' Paterson 87' Rossi 49'	BBC SPFL	Crawford 50' Want 80' Imrie 81' Crawford 90'	Attendance: 15,947 Referee: Craig Thomson (Referee)

17 September 2016 6	Motherwell	4 - 2	Hamilton Academical	Fir Park
15:00	Moult 8', 13', 21', 50' (pen.) McManus 79' Lasley 88' Clay 90'	BBC SPFL	Crawford 36', 64' Donati 23' Gillespie 54' Imrie 75' Devlin 80'	Attendance: 4,514 Referee: William Collum

25 September 2016 7	Hamilton Academical	1 - 1	St Johnstone	New Douglas Park
15:00	Docherty 37' Donati 58' Doherty 63' MacKinnon 70' Seaborne 78' Crawford 90'	BBC SPFL	Craig 82' Davidson 33'	Attendance: 1,705 Referee: Euan Anderson

1 October 2016 8	Hamilton Academical	1 - 1	Inverness C T	New Douglas Park
15:00	D'Acol 18' Imrie 85'	BBC SPFL	Polworth 90' Doumbouya 61'	Attendance: 1,611 Referee: Barry Cook (Referee)

15 October 2016 9	Partick Thsitle	2 - 2	Hamilton Academical	Firhill Stadium
15:00	Edwards 21' Lindsay 42' Gordon 54'	BBC SPFL	Donati 14' Brophy 83' Sarris 39' Doherty 57'	Attendance: 2,843 Referee: Greg Aitken

25 October 2016 10	Hamilton Academical	1 - 0	Aberdeen	New Douglas Park
19:45	D'Acol 6' (pen.)	BBC SPFL		Attendance: 2,315 Referee: William Collum

29 October 2016 11	Hamilton Academical	0 - 1	Dundee	New Douglas Park
15:00	Imrie 56' Kurtaj 72'	BBC SPFL	McGowan 62' Hateley 32'	Attendance: 1,853 Referee: Stephen Finch

5 November 2016 12	Kilmarnock	-	Hamilton Academical	Rugby Park
15:00		[BBC] [SPFL]

Scottish League Cup

Group G

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification	HAM	AYR	STM	LIV	EDC
1	Hamilton Academical (Q)	4	3	1	10	5	+5	9	Qualification to the Second Round	—	—	3–0	2–1	—
2	Ayr United (X)	4	3	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	1	7	5	+2	9		—	1–0	—	—	3–0
4	Livingston	4	1	3	6	7	−1	3		—	0–2	2–3	—	—
5	Edinburgh City	4	0	4	2	11	−9	0		2–4	—	—	0–3	—

Updated to match(es) played on 30 July 2016. Source: BBC
(Q) Qualified to the phase indicated; (X) Advances to Best runners-up.

Main article: 2016–17 Scottish League Cup

16 July 2016 (2016-07-16) Group G	Ayr United	2 – 1	Hamilton Academical	Somerset Park, Ayr
15:00	Forrest 2' (pen.) Crawford 49' Adams 31'	SPFL Report	Longridge 90+4' MacKinnon 2' Devlin 61'	Attendance: 994 Referee: Willie Collum

23 July 2016 (2016-07-23) Group G	Hamilton Academical	3 – 0	St Mirren	New Douglas Park, Hamilton
15:00	Crawford 13' Imrie 51' Donati 70' Devlin 83'	SPFL Report	Hutton 49'	Attendance: 1,379 Referee: Don Robertson

27 July 2016 (2016-07-27) Group G	Edinburgh City	2 – 4	Hamilton Academical	Meadowbank Stadium, Edinburgh
19:45	Allum 17', 19' Gibson 53' McFarland 65'	SPFL Report	Crawford 22' D'Acol 26' McGregor 66' Imrie 71' (pen.) Crawford 59'	Attendance: 459 Referee: Colin Steven

30 July 2016 (2016-07-30) Group G	Hamilton Academical	2 – 1	Livingston	New Douglas Park, Hamilton
15:00	D'Acol 22' Longridge 55' Sarris 37' McGregor 68'	SPFL Report	Matthews 41' (o.g.) Miller 85'	Attendance: 764 Referee: Euan Anderson

9 August 2016 (2016-08-09) Second round	Hamilton Academical	1 - 2	Morton	New Douglas Park, Hamilton
19:45	Imrie 8' (pen.)	SPFL Report	Forbes 59' Quitongo 63'	Attendance: 1,112 Referee: Stephen Finnie

Scottish Cup

Main article: 2016-17 Scottish Cup

Fourth Round	TBA	v	TBA
		report

Squad statistics

Appearances

As of 17 September 2016

No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Total		Premiership		League Cup		Scottish Cup
No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
1	GK		Remi Matthews	11	0	6	0	5	0	0	0
2	DF		Danny Seaborne	2	0	1+1	0	0	0	0	0
4	DF		Michael Devlin	9	0	5	0	4	0	0	0
6	MF		Grant Gillespie	11	0	6	0	5	0	0	0
7	MF		Dougie Imrie	11	4	6	1	5	3	0	0
8	MF		Greg Docherty	10	0	4+1	0	4+1	0	0	0
9	FW		Alexandre D'Acol	9	2	5	0	4	2	0	0
10	MF		Daniel Redmond	5	0	0+3	0	0+2	0	0	0
11	MF		Ali Crawford	10	6	5	4	5	2	0	0
12	MF		Gramoz Kurtaj	3	0	1+2	0	0	0	0	0
14	FW		Richard Roy	2	0	0+1	0	0+1	0	0	0
15	FW		Rakish Bingham	2	0	0+2	0	0	0	0	0
17	MF		Louis Longridge	9	3	4	1	5	2	0	0
18	MF		Darian MacKinnon	9	0	4	0	3+2	0	0	0
20	FW		Eamonn Brophy	5	0	1+4	0	0	0	0	0
21	MF		Massimo Donati	10	1	6	0	3+1	1	0	0
22	MF		Darren Lyon	7	1	5+1	1	0+1	0	0	0
23	DF		Scott McMann	2	0	0	0	1+1	0	0	0
24	DF		Jesús García	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0
27	DF		Shaun Want	1	0	0+1	0	0	0	0	0
28	FW		Ross Cunningham	1	0	0	0	0+1	0	0	0
29	DF		Jordan McGregor	3	1	0	0	2+1	1	0	0
32	DF		Jack Breslin	1	0	0	0	0+1	0	0	0
33	MF		Ronan Hughes	3	0	0+1	0	1+1	0	0	0
89	DF		Georgios Sarris	8	0	6	0	2	0	0	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
30	MF		Steven Boyd (on loan to Albion Rovers)	3	0	0	0	1+2	0	0	0

Team statistics

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
6	Kilmarnock	15	4	5	6	14	24	−10	17
7	Ross County	16	3	7	6	17	28	−11	16
8	Hamilton Academical	15	2	9	4	17	21	−4	15
9	Motherwell	15	4	3	8	20	27	−7	15
10	Dundee	16	4	3	9	14	22	−8	15

Updated to match(es) played on 3 December 2016. Source: 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).^[3]
Notes:

↑ Teams play each other three times (33 matches), before the league is split into two groups (the top six and the bottom six).

Results by opponent

Hamilton score first

Team	Results				Points
Team	1	2	3	4	Points
Aberdeen					0
Celtic					0
Dundee	1-1				1
Heart of Midlothian	1-3				0
Inverness C.T.					0
Kilmarnock	1-2				0
Motherwell	2-4				0
Partick Thistle					0
Rangers	1-1				1
Ross County	1-0				3
St. Johnstone					0

Source: 2016–17 Scottish Premier League Results Table

References

↑ 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.
↑ "Premiership 2016/2017 - Season rules". Scoresway. Retrieved 1 September 2016.

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2016–17 in Scottish football

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Domestic leagues	SPFL Premiership Championship League One League Two Highland Lowland East of Scotland South of Scotland North Caledonian SJFA West Premier SJFA East Superleague SJFA North Superleague SPFL Development League Women's Premier League SWPL 1 SWPL 2 Scottish Women's Football League North South

Domestic cups	Scottish Cup League Cup Group stage Final Challenge Cup Junior Cup Youth Cup Women's Cup

European competitions	Champions League Europa League Youth League

Related to national team	Results 2018 FIFA World Cup qualification – UEFA Group F

Transfers	Summer 2016 Winter 2016–17

Club seasons

Premiership	Aberdeen Celtic Dundee Hamilton Academical Heart of Midlothian Inverness Caledonian Thistle Kilmarnock Motherwell Partick Thistle Rangers Ross County St Johnstone

Championship	Ayr United Dumbarton Dundee United Dunfermline Athletic Falkirk Greenock Morton Hibernian Queen of the South Raith Rovers St Mirren

League One	Airdrieonians Albion Rovers Alloa Athletic Brechin City East Fife Livingston Peterhead Queen's Park Stenhousemuir Stranraer

League Two	Annan Athletic Arbroath Berwick Rangers Clyde Cowdenbeath Edinburgh City Elgin City Forfar Athletic Montrose Stirling Albion

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