2016–17 Hamilton Academical F.C. season
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.[1] 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.
| 2016–17 season | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Chairman | Les Gray | ||
| Manager | Martin Canning | ||
| Stadium | New Douglas Park | ||
| Scottish Premiership | Eleventh Place | ||
| Scottish League Cup | Second Round | ||
| Scottish Cup | Quarter-final | ||
| 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 | ||
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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]
After saving the club from relegation through the play-offs, manager Martin Canning thanked the board for sticking with him throughout the season.[3]
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 Skondras |
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: |
Premiership 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
| 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 |
Group G Table
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | PW | PL | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | HAM | AYR | STM | LIV | EDI | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Hamilton Academical (Q) | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 5 | +5 | 9 | Qualification for the Second Round | — | — | 3–0 | 2–1 | — | |
| 2 | Ayr United (Q) | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 2 | +3 | 9 | 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 | — |
Knockout Round
| 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
As of 20 May 2017.[4]
| 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[lower-alpha 1] |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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).[5]
(O) Play-off winner; (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).[5]
(O) Play-off winner; (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
- "Motherwell and Rangers to meet in Scottish League Cup group stage". Archived from the original on 30 May 2016.
- "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.
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