2015–16 Hamilton Academical F.C. season

Hamilton Academical

2015–16 season

Chairman

Les Gray

Manager

Martin Canning

Stadium

New Douglas Park

← 2014–15

The 2015–16 season is 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 will also compete in the League Cup and the Scottish Cup.

Results & fixtures

Win Draw Loss Postponed

Scottish Premiership

Main article: 2015–16 Scottish Premiership

1 August 2015 Premiership	Hamilton Academical	0 – 0	Partick Thistle	New Douglas Park
15:00		BBC Report	Frans 25'	Attendance: 2,872 Referee: Colvin

8 August 2015 Premiership	Ross County	2 – 0	Hamilton Academical	Victoria Park
15:00	Curran 10', 41'	BBC Report		Attendance: 3,479 Referee: Dallas

15 August 2015 Premiership	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 Premiership	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 Premiership	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 Premiership	St Johnstone	4 – 1	Hamilton Academical	McDiarmid Park
15:00	Craig 22' MacLean 25' (Penalty), 43', 54'	BBC Report	Tagliapietra 67'	Attendance: 2,648 Referee: Dallas

15 September 2015 Premiership	Aberdeen	1 – 0	Hamilton Academical	Pittodrie Stadium
15:00	Rooney 23' (Penalty kick)	BBC Report		Attendance: Allan Referee: 13,246

19 September 2015 Premiership	Hamilton Academical	1 – 0	Motherwell	New Douglas Park
15:00	Imrie 72'	BBC Report		Attendance: 3,325 Referee: Thomson

26 September 2015 Premiership	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 Premiership	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 Premiership	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 Premiership	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 Premiership	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 Premiership	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 Premiership	Hamilton Academical	1 – 1	Aberdeen	New Douglas Park
12:30	Imrie 70'	BBC Report	McLean 4'	Attendance: 2,434 Referee: Collum

28 November 2015 Premiership	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 Premiership	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 Premiership	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 Premiership	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 Premiership	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 Premiership	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 Premiership	St Johnstone	0 - 0	Hamilton Academical	McDiarmid Park
15:00		Report	Lucas 47' Gillespie 78'	Attendance: 2,685 Referee: Andrew Dallas

19 January 2016 Premiership	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 Premiership	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 Premiership	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 Premiership	Hamilton Academical	0 - 0	Dundee United	New Douglas Park
15:00	Devlin 65'	Report		Attendance: 3,902 Referee: Steven McLean (referee)

Scottish League Cup

Main article: 2015–16 Scottish League Cup

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

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

During the 2015–16 season, Hamilton Academical have used twenty different players in competitive games. The table below shows the number of appearances and goals scored by each player.

Appearances

As of 24 October 2015^[2]

No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Total		Premiership		League Cup		Scottish Cup
No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
1	GK		Michael McGovern	13	0	12+0	0	1+0	0	0+0	0
2	DF		Ziggy Gordon	13	0	12+0	0	1+0	0	0+0	0
3	DF		Antons Kurakins	13	0	12+0	0	1+0	0	0+0	0
5	DF		Martin Canning	1	0	0+1	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
6	MF		Grant Gillespie	12	0	12+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
7	MF		Dougie Imrie	13	4	12+0	4	0+1	0	0+0	0
8	MF		Chris Turner	2	0	2+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
9	FW		Alexandre D'Acol	3	0	0+3	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
11	MF		Ali Crawford	12	3	11+0	3	1+0	0	0+0	0
12	MF		Gramoz Kurtaj	13	2	10+2	2	1+0	0	0+0	0
14	FW		Carlton Morris	11	2	9+2	2	0+0	0	0+0	0
16	MF		Craig Watson	1	0	0+1	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
17	MF		Louis Longridge	11	1	3+7	1	1+0	0	0+0	0
18	FW		Darian MacKinnon	9	0	7+1	0	1+0	0	0+0	0
21	MF		Greg Docherty	11	0	3+7	0	1+0	0	0+0	0
22	MF		Darren Lyon	2	0	1+1	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
24	MF		Jesus Garcia	13	1	11+1	1	1+0	0	0+0	0
27	FW		Christian Nadé	13	2	3+9	1	1+0	1	0+0	0
30	MF		Steven Boyd	1	0	0+0	0	0+1	0	0+0	0
44	DF		Lucas	13	2	12+0	2	1+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	Inverness Caledonian Thistle	36	12	10	14	49	48	+1	46
9	Partick Thistle	36	12	8	16	36	45	−9	44
10	Hamilton Academical	36	11	9	16	40	60	−20	42
11	Kilmarnock (Q)	36	9	8	19	38	59	−21	35	Qualification to Premiership play-off finals
12	Dundee United (R)	36	7	6	23	38	65	−27	27	Relegation to Scottish Championship

Updated to match(es) played on 7 May 2016. 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).^[3]
(Q) Qualified to the phase indicated; (R) Relegated.
Notes:

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

Division summary

Round	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16
Ground	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	A	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	A
Result	D	L	W	W	W	L	L	W	W	L	D	D	L	L	D	W
Position	6	11	5	4	4	6	6	5	4	4	5	5	6	6	6	6

Last updated: 28 November 2015.
Source: ^[4]
Ground: A = Away; H = Home. Result: D = Draw; L = Loss; W = Win; P = Postponed.

Management statistics

Last updated on 28 November 2015

Name	From	To	P	W	D	L	Win%^{[nb 1]}
Canning, MartinMartin Canning^[5]	000000002015-08-01-00001 August 2015	Present	7001170000000000000♠17	7000600000000000000♠6	7000400000000000000♠4	7000700000000000000♠7	7001352900000000000♠35.29

Transfers

Main articles: List of Scottish football transfers summer 2015 and List of Scottish football transfers winter 2015–16

In

Player	From	Fee
Antons Kurakins	FK Ventspils	Free^[6]
Christian Nadé	Raith Rovers	Free^[7]
Gramoz Kurtaj	Banik Most	Free^[6]
Chris Turner	Dumbarton	Free^[8]
Alan Martin	Clyde	Free^[9]
Carlton Morris	Norwich City	Loan^[10]
Alex D'Acol	AEK Athens	Free
Jamie Sendles-White	Queens Park Rangers	Free

Out

Player	To	Fee
Stephen Hendrie	West Ham United	Undisclosed^[11]
Nigel Hasselbaink	Excelsior	Free^[12]
Jon Routledge	Dumbarton	Free^[13]
Darren Smith	Livingston	Free^[6]
Blair Currie	Annan Athletic	Free^[14]
Jason Scotland		Free^[6]
Nico Sumsky	Airdrieonians	Loan^[15]
Kieran MacDonald	East Fife^[16]	Free^[17]
Danny Armstrong		Free^[17]

Notes

↑ Win% is the percentage of matches won rounded to two decimal places.

References

↑ "Hamilton promoted after beating Hibernian on penalties". skysports.com. Sky Sports. 25 May 2014. Retrieved 27 July 2015.
↑ "Hamilton Stats". soccerbase.com. Soccerbase. Retrieved 3 August 2015.
↑ "Premiership 2015/2016 - Season rules". Scoresway. Retrieved 1 August 2015.
↑ "Hamilton 2015/16 Results". Statto. Retrieved 24 March 2015.
↑ "Martin Canning Statistics". soccerbase.com. Soccerbase. Retrieved 27 July 2015.
1 2 3 4 "Scottish Premiership ins and outs Summer 2015". bbc.co.uk/sport. BBC Sport. 23 July 2015. Retrieved 27 July 2015.
↑ "Christian Nade among four signings". bbc.co.uk/sport. BBC Sport. 13 July 2015. Retrieved 26 July 2015.
↑ "Hamilton Academical secure Dumbarton's Chris Turner". bbc.co.uk/sport. BBC Sport. 28 June 2015. Retrieved 27 July 2015.
↑ "Goalkeeper Alan Martin arrives from Clyde". bbc.co.uk/sport. BBC Sport. 10 June 2015. Retrieved 27 July 2015.
↑ "Young forward also makes loan switch to Hamilton Academical". canaries.co.uk. Norwich City. 15 July 2015. Retrieved 27 July 2015.
↑ "West Ham sign Hamilton fullback". bbc.co.uk/sport. BBC Sport. 30 January 2015. Retrieved 1 August 2015.
↑ "Former Hamilton ace Hasselbaink signs for Dutch club Excelsior". heraldscotland.com. The Herald. 14 July 2015. Retrieved 1 August 2015.
↑ "Dumbarton add Jon Routledge and Calum Waters to squad". bbc.co.uk/sport. BBC Sport. 7 July 2015. Retrieved 1 August 2015.
↑ "Annan add four". spfl.co.uk. Scottish Professional Football League. 21 July 2015. Retrieved 1 August 2015.
↑ "Airdrie loan switch for Sumsky". spfl.co.uk. Scottish Professional Football League. 13 July 2015. Retrieved 1 August 2015.
↑ "Kieran MacDonald ready for East Fife debut against Stirling Albion". espnfc.co.uk. ESPN FC. 2 October 2015. Retrieved 11 October 2015.
1 2 "Kieran MacDonald leaves after a season". bbc.co.uk/sport. BBC Sport. 31 August 2015. Retrieved 2 September 2015.

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2015–16 in Scottish football

« 2014–15 2016–17 »

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

Domestic cups	Scottish Cup (Final) League Cup (Final) Challenge Cup (Final) Junior Cup Youth Cup Women's Cup

European competitions	Champions League Europa League Youth League

Related to national team	Results UEFA Euro 2016 qualifying Group D

Transfers	Summer 2015 Winter 2015–16

Club seasons

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

Championship	Alloa Athletic Dumbarton Falkirk Greenock Morton Hibernian Livingston Queen of the South Raith Rovers Rangers St. Mirren

League One	Airdrieonians Albion Rovers Ayr United Brechin City Cowdenbeath Dunfermline Athletic Forfar Athletic Peterhead Stenhousemuir Stranraer

League Two	Annan Athletic Arbroath Berwick Rangers Clyde East Fife East Stirlingshire Elgin City Montrose Queen's Park Stirling Albion

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