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2015–16 Hamilton Academical F.C. season

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.

Hamilton Academical
2015–16 season
ChairmanLes Gray
ManagerMartin Canning
StadiumNew Douglas Park
PremiershipTenth Place
League CupSecond Round
Scottish CupFourth Round
Top goalscorerLeague: Carlton Morris (8)
All: Morris (8)
Highest home attendance5,017 vs Celtic, Premiership, 26 February 2016
Lowest home attendance1,516 vs Inverness CT, Premiership, 11 May 2016
Average home league attendance4,387

Results and fixtures

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  Win   Draw   Loss   Postponed

Scottish Premiership

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Main article: 2015–16 Scottish Premiership
1 August 2015 1 Hamilton Academical 0–0 Partick Thistle New Douglas Park
15:00 BBC Report Frans   25'   Attendance: 2,872
Referee: Colvin
8 August 2015 2 Ross County 2–0 Hamilton Academical Victoria Park
15:00 Curran   10', 41' BBC Report Attendance: 3,479
Referee: Dallas
15 August 2015 3 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 4 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 5 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 6 St Johnstone 4–1 Hamilton Academical McDiarmid Park
15:00 Craig   22'
MacLean   25' (pen.), 43', 54'		 BBC Report Tagliapietra   67' Attendance: 2,648
Referee: Dallas
15 September 2015 7 Aberdeen 1–0 Hamilton Academical Pittodrie Stadium
15:00 Rooney   23' (pen.) BBC Report Attendance: Allan
Referee: 13,246
19 September 2015 8 Hamilton Academical 1–0 Motherwell New Douglas Park
15:00 Imrie   72' BBC Report Attendance: 3,325
Referee: Thomson
26 September 2015 9 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 10 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 11 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 12 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 13 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 14 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 15 Hamilton Academical 1–1 Aberdeen New Douglas Park
12:30 Imrie   70' BBC Report McLean   4' Attendance: 2,434
Referee: Collum
28 November 2015 16 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 17 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 18 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 19 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 20 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 21 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 22 St Johnstone 0–0 Hamilton Academical McDiarmid Park
15:00 Report Lucas   47'
Gillespie   78'		 Attendance: 2,685
Referee:   Andrew Dallas
19 January 2016 23 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 24 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 25 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 26 Hamilton Academical 0–0 Dundee United New Douglas Park
15:00 Devlin   65'   Report Attendance: 3,902
Referee:   Steven McLean (referee)
20 February 2016 27 Ross County 2–1 Hamilton Academical Global Energy Stadium
15:00 Schalk   45+1'
Reckford   47'
Davies   73'
McShane   78'
Quinn   84'		 Report Jesús García Tena   13'
Kurakins   45'
Imrie   66'		 Attendance: 3,059
Referee:   Greg Aitken
26 February 2016 28 Hamilton Academical 1–1 Celtic New Douglas Park
19:45 Gordon   49'
Lucas   66'
Brophy   73'
MacKinnon   80'
Imrie   85'		 Report Griffiths   35' (pen.)
Boyata   42'		 Attendance: 5,017
Referee:   Craig Thomson (referee)
5 March 2016 29 Hamilton Academical 0–1 Motherwell New Douglas Park
15:00 Gordon   7'
Kurakins   9'
Kurtaj   10'
McGovern   79'
Carlton Morris   85'		 Report Laing   45'
Johnson   77'		 Attendance: 3,755
Referee:   Kevin Clancy
12 March 2016 30 Inverness Caledonian Thistle 0–1 Hamilton Academical Tulloch Caledonian Stadium
15:00 Devine   49' Report Carlton Morris   59'
Imrie   63'
Gillespie   63'
McGovern   90+4'		 Attendance: 3,510
Referee:   Steven McLean (referee)
19 March 2016 31 Hamilton Academical 1–2 Partick Thistle New Douglas Park
15:00 Kurtaj   9'
Docherty   10'
Lucas   17'		 Report Pogba   50'
Danny Seaborne   70'
Edwards   84'		 Attendance: 3,055
Referee:   Willie Collum
3 April 2016 32 Aberdeen 3–0 Hamilton Academical Pittodrie Stadium
12:30 Church   5'
McGinn   15'
McLean   33'
Storie   90+2'		 Report Agustien   24'
Imrie   46'
Crawford   87'		 Attendance: 12,509
Referee:  Kevin Clancy
9 April 2016 33 Hamilton Academical 2–1 Dundee New Douglas Park
15:00 Crawford   30'
Jesús García Tena   41' (pen.)
Imrie   42'
Carlton Morris   64'
Docherty   84'		 Report Julen Etxabeguren   19'
Harkins   63'
O'Dea   84'		 Attendance: 2,764
Referee:   John Beaton
24 April 2016 34 Dundee United 1–3 Hamilton Academical Tannadice Park
15:00 Dow   43'
Durnan   47'
Murray   89'		 Report Gillespie   12'
Carlton Morris   23'   52'   73'
Crawford   50'
Imrie   76'		 Attendance: 5,884
Referee:   Steven McLean (referee)
30 April 2016 35 Hamilton Academical 0–4 Kilmarnock New Douglas Park
15:00 MacKinnon   11'
Imrie   55'
Lucas   57'
Carlton Morris   65'
Gordon   67'
Kurakins   69'		 Report Kiltie   11'   32'
O'Hara   34'
Boyd   58' (pen.)
Magennis   77'		 Attendance: 3,595
Referee:   Craig Thomson (referee)
7 May 2016 36 Dundee 0–1 Hamilton Academical Dens Park
15:00 Meggatt   60'
Gadzhalov   83'		 Report Carlton Morris   8'   60'
Imrie   42'
Kurtaj   42'
Jesús García Tena   53'
Redmond   90'
Gordon   90+1'		 Attendance: 4,757
Referee:   Steven McLean (referee)
11 May 2016 37 Hamilton Academical 0–1 Inverness Caledonian Thistle New Douglas Park
19:45 MacKinnon   73'  
Gillespie   83'		 Report Devine   41'
Warren   58'
Polworth   85'		 Attendance: 1,516
Referee:   Stephen Finnie
14 May 2016 38 Partick Thistle 2–2 Hamilton Academical Firhill Stadium
12:30 Doolan   3'
Amoo   19'
Miller   67'		 Report Brophy   10' (pen.)   20' Attendance: 2,971
Referee:   Alan Muir

Scottish League Cup

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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

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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

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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

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As of 14 May 2016[2]
No. Pos Nat Player Total Premiership League Cup Scottish Cup
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
1 GK   NIR Michael McGovern 39 0 37 0 1 0 1 0
2 DF   SCO Ziggy Gordon 40 2 38 2 1 0 1 0
3 DF   LVA Antons Kurakins 36 0 35 0 1 0 0 0
4 DF   SCO Michael Devlin 17 0 16 0 0 0 1 0
5 DF   SCO Martin Canning 3 0 1+2 0 0 0 0 0
6 MF   SCO Grant Gillespie 31 1 28+2 1 0 0 1 0
7 MF   SCO Dougie Imrie 36 6 34+1 6 0+1 0 0 0
8 MF   NIR Chris Turner 3 0 3 0 0 0 0 0
8 FW   FRA Oumar Diaby 6 0 1+5 0 0 0 0 0
9 FW   BRA Alexandre D'Acol 16 0 3+12 0 0 0 1 0
11 MF   SCO Ali Crawford 35 5 32+1 5 1 0 1 0
12 MF   GER Gramoz Kurtaj 35 3 28+6 3 1 0 0 0
14 FW   ENG Carlton Morris 33 8 27+5 8 0 0 0+1 0
15 MF   CUW Kemy Agustien 2 0 1+1 0 0 0 0 0
15 DF   NIR Jamie Sendles-White 7 0 4+3 0 0 0 0 0
16 MF   SCO Craig Watson 1 0 0+1 0 0 0 0 0
17 MF   SCO Louis Longridge 16 1 6+9 1 1 0 0 0
18 FW   SCO Darian MacKinnon 33 0 30+1 0 1 0 1 0
20 FW   SCO Eamonn Brophy 15 4 7+7 4 0 0 1 0
21 MF   SCO Greg Docherty 36 2 16+18 1 1 0 1 1
22 MF   SCO Darren Lyon 13 0 9+3 0 0 0 0+1 0
24 MF   ESP Jesús García Tena 25 4 20+3 4 1 0 1 0
26 GK   SCO Alan Martin 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0
27 FW   FRA Christian Nadé 18 3 4+13 2 1 1 0 0
28 FW   GER Christopher Mandiangu 1 0 0 0 0 0 0+1 0
28 MF   ENG Daniel Redmond 12 0 1+10 0 0 0 1 0
30 MF   SCO Steven Boyd 6 0 2+3 0 0+1 0 0 0
33 MF   SCO Ronan Hughes 2 0 0+2 0 0 0 0 0
35 FW   SCO Ross Cunningham 1 0 0+1 0 0 0 0 0
44 DF   BRA Lucas 35 3 34+0 3 1 0 0 0

Team statistics

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League table

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Pos Team
 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation[a]
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:
  1. ^ Teams play each other three times (33 matches), before the league is split into two groups (the top six and the bottom six).
  2. ^ Dundee United were deducted three points for fielding an ineligible player in their win over Inverness Caledonian Thistle on 6 May 2016.[3]

Division summary

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Round1234567891011121314151617181920212223242526272829303132333435363738
GroundHAHAHAAAAHHAHAHAHAHHAAAHAHAHHAHAHAHAHA
ResultDLWWWLLWWLDDLLDWLLLLDDLDWDLDLWLLWWLWLD
Position61055565445566655781010101010101010101010101010101010101010
Updated to match(es) played on 14 May 2016. Source: [5]
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Management statistics

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Name From To P W D L Win%[nb 1]
Martin Canning[6] 1 August 2015 Present 40 11 10 19 027.50

Transfers

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

Notes

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

References

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  1. ^ "Hamilton promoted after beating Hibernian on penalties". skysports.com. Sky Sports. 25 May 2014. Retrieved 27 July 2015.
  2. ^ "Hamilton FC Player Appearances". soccerbase.com. Soccerbase. Retrieved 3 August 2015.
  3. ^ "Dundee Utd docked points for fielding ineligible player Ali Coote v ICT". BBC Sport. 11 May 2016. Retrieved 11 May 2016.
  4. ^ "Premiership 2015/2016 - Season rules". Scoresway. Retrieved 1 August 2015.
  5. ^ "Scottish Premiership 2015/16". worldfootball.net. Retrieved 27 April 2020.
  6. ^ "Martin Canning Statistics". soccerbase.com. Soccerbase. Retrieved 27 July 2015.
  7. ^ a b c "Scottish Premiership ins and outs Summer 2015". bbc.co.uk/sport. BBC Sport. 23 July 2015. Retrieved 27 July 2015.
  8. ^ "Christian Nade among four signings". bbc.co.uk/sport. BBC Sport. 13 July 2015. Retrieved 26 July 2015.
  9. ^ "Hamilton Academical secure Dumbarton's Chris Turner". bbc.co.uk/sport. BBC Sport. 28 June 2015. Retrieved 27 July 2015.
  10. ^ "Goalkeeper Alan Martin arrives from Clyde". bbc.co.uk/sport. BBC Sport. 10 June 2015. Retrieved 27 July 2015.
  11. ^ "Young forward also makes loan switch to Hamilton Academical". canaries.co.uk. Norwich City. 15 July 2015. Retrieved 27 July 2015.
  12. ^ "West Ham sign Hamilton fullback". bbc.co.uk/sport. BBC Sport. 30 January 2015. Retrieved 1 August 2015.
  13. ^ "Former Hamilton ace Hasselbaink signs for Dutch club Excelsior". heraldscotland.com. The Herald. 14 July 2015. Retrieved 1 August 2015.
  14. ^ "Dumbarton add Jon Routledge and Calum Waters to squad". bbc.co.uk/sport. BBC Sport. 7 July 2015. Retrieved 1 August 2015.
  15. ^ "Annan add four". spfl.co.uk. Scottish Professional Football League. 21 July 2015. Retrieved 1 August 2015.
  16. ^ "Airdrie loan switch for Sumsky". spfl.co.uk. Scottish Professional Football League. 13 July 2015. Archived from the original on 14 July 2015. Retrieved 1 August 2015.
  17. ^ "Kieran MacDonald ready for East Fife debut against Stirling Albion". espnfc.co.uk. ESPN FC. 2 October 2015. Retrieved 11 October 2015.
  18. ^ "Kieran MacDonald leaves after a season". bbc.co.uk/sport. BBC Sport. 31 August 2015. Retrieved 2 September 2015.
  19. ^ "Wolves sign youngster Daniel Armstrong". Express & Star. MNA Media. 27 October 2015. Retrieved 10 February 2018.
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