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

  Win   Draw   Loss   Postponed

Scottish Premiership
Main article: 2015–16 Scottish Premiership
1 August 2015 1Hamilton Academical0–0Partick ThistleNew Douglas Park
15:00 BBC Report Frans  25'  Attendance: 2,872
Referee: Colvin
8 August 2015 2Ross County2–0Hamilton AcademicalVictoria Park
15:00 Curran  10', 41' BBC Report Attendance: 3,479
Referee: Dallas
15 August 2015 3Hamilton Academical4–0Dundee UnitedNew Douglas Park
15:00 Crawford  19'
Lucas  36'
Morris  39'
Nadé  90+2'		 BBC Report Attendance: 2,173
Referee: McLean
22 August 2015 4Inverness Caledonian Thistle0–2Hamilton AcademicalCaledonian Stadium
15:00 BBC Report Morris  18'
Longridge  90+1'		 Attendance: 3,003
Referee: Anderson
29 August 2015 5Hamilton Academical3–2Heart of MidlothianNew 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 6St Johnstone4–1Hamilton AcademicalMcDiarmid Park
15:00 Craig  22'
MacLean  25' (pen.), 43', 54'		 BBC Report Tagliapietra  67' Attendance: 2,648
Referee: Dallas
15 September 2015 7Aberdeen1–0Hamilton AcademicalPittodrie Stadium
15:00 Rooney  23' (pen.) BBC Report Attendance: Allan
Referee: 13,246
19 September 2015 8Hamilton Academical1–0MotherwellNew Douglas Park
15:00 Imrie  72' BBC Report Attendance: 3,325
Referee: Thomson
26 September 2015 9Kilmarnock1–2Hamilton AcademicalRugby Park
15:00 Kiltie  34'
Ashcroft  90+4' 		 BBC Report Imrie  49'
Crawford  64'		 Attendance: 3,308
Referee: Robertson
4 October 2015 10Hamilton Academical1–2CelticNew Douglas Park
Kurtaj  4' BBC Report Boyata  26'
Griffiths  31'		 Attendance: 4,910
Referee: Steven McLean
17 October 2015 11Hamilton Academical1–1DundeeNew Douglas Park
15:00 MacKinnon  61'
Imrie  87'  87'		 Report Etxabeguren  16'
Holt  47'
Harkins  82'		 Attendance: 2,862
Referee: Collum
24 October 2015 12Partick Thistle1–1Hamilton AcademicalFirhill 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 13Hamilton Academical2–4St JohnstoneNew 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 14Heart of Midlothian2–0Hamilton AcademicalTynecastle Stadium
15:00 Buaben  27'
Djoum  38'		 BBC Report Attendance: 16,121
Referee: Madden
22 November 2015 15Hamilton Academical1–1AberdeenNew Douglas Park
12:30 Imrie  70' BBC Report McLean  4' Attendance: 2,434
Referee: Collum
28 November 2015 16Dundee United1–2Hamilton AcademicalTannadice Park
15:00 McKay  29' BBC Report Tagliapietra  43'
Gordon  79'		 Attendance: 5,788
Referee: Finnie
12 December 2015 17Hamilton Academical1–3Ross CountyNew 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 18Dundee4–0Hamilton AcademicalDens Park
15:00 Hemmings  5'  21'  26'
Stewart  19'  52'		 Report Gillespie  70' Attendance: 4,568
Referee: Don Robertson
26 December 2015 19Hamilton Academical0–1KilmarnockNew 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 20Hamilton Academical3–4Inverness Caledonian ThistleNew 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 21Motherwell3–3Hamilton AcademicalFir 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 22St Johnstone0–0Hamilton AcademicalMcDiarmid Park
15:00 Report Lucas  47'
Gillespie  78'		 Attendance: 2,685
Referee: Andrew Dallas
19 January 2016 23Celtic8–1Hamilton AcademicalCeltic 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 24Hamilton Academical0–0Heart of MidlothianNew 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 25Kilmarnock0–1Hamilton AcademicalRugby Park
15:00 Ashcroft  18'
Balatoni  62'
Hamill  73'		 Report Morris  62'  71'
MacKinnon  80'		 Attendance: 3,076
Referee: Stephen Finnie
13 February 2016 26Hamilton Academical0–0Dundee UnitedNew Douglas Park
15:00 Devlin  65'  Report Attendance: 3,902
Referee: Steven McLean (referee)
20 February 2016 27Ross County2–1Hamilton AcademicalGlobal 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 28Hamilton Academical1–1CelticNew 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 29Hamilton Academical0–1MotherwellNew 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 30Inverness Caledonian Thistle0–1Hamilton AcademicalTulloch 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 31Hamilton Academical1–2Partick ThistleNew 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 32Aberdeen3–0Hamilton AcademicalPittodrie 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 33Hamilton Academical2–1DundeeNew 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 34Dundee United1–3Hamilton AcademicalTannadice 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 35Hamilton Academical0–4KilmarnockNew 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 36Dundee0–1Hamilton AcademicalDens 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 37Hamilton Academical0–1Inverness Caledonian ThistleNew Douglas Park
19:45 MacKinnon  73' 
Gillespie  83'		 Report Devine  41'
Warren  58'
Polworth  85'		 Attendance: 1,516
Referee: Stephen Finnie
14 May 2016 38Partick Thistle2–2Hamilton AcademicalFirhill Stadium
12:30 Doolan  3'
Amoo  19'
Miller  67'		 Report Brophy  10' (pen.)  20' Attendance: 2,971
Referee: Alan Muir

Scottish League Cup
Main article: 2015–16 Scottish League Cup
25 August 2015 Round 2Raith Rovers2–1Hamilton AcademicalStark's Park
19:45 Davidson  3'
Benedictus  81'		 BBC Report Nadé  66' Attendance: 1,470
Referee: Robertson

Scottish Cup
9 January 2016 Round 4Annan Athletic4–1Hamilton AcademicalGalabank
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 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 14 May 2016[2]
No. Pos Nat Player TotalPremiershipLeague CupScottish Cup
AppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
1 GK Michael McGovern 3903701010
2 DF Ziggy Gordon 4023821010
3 DF Antons Kurakins 3603501000
4 DF Michael Devlin 1701600010
5 DF Martin Canning 301+200000
6 MF Grant Gillespie 31128+210010
7 MF Dougie Imrie 36634+160+1000
8 MF Chris Turner 30300000
8 FW Oumar Diaby 601+500000
9 FW Alexandre D'Acol 1603+1200010
11 MF Ali Crawford 35532+151010
12 MF Gramoz Kurtaj 35328+631000
14 FW Carlton Morris 33827+58000+10
15 MF Kemy Agustien 201+100000
15 DF Jamie Sendles-White 704+300000
16 MF Craig Watson 100+100000
17 MF Louis Longridge 1616+911000
18 FW Darian MacKinnon 33030+101010
20 FW Eamonn Brophy 1547+740010
21 MF Greg Docherty 36216+1811011
22 MF Darren Lyon 1309+30000+10
24 MF Jesus Garcia 25420+341010
26 GK Alan Martin 10100000
27 FW Christian Nadé 1834+1321100
28 FW Christopher Mandiangu 1000000+10
28 MF Daniel Redmond 1201+1000010
30 MF Steven Boyd 602+300+1000
33 MF Ronan Hughes 200+200000
35 FW Ross Cunningham 100+100000
44 DF Lucas 35334+031000

Team statistics

League table
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation[lower-alpha 1]
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[lower-alpha 2] (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 winner; (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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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
Name From To P W D L Win%[nb 1]
Martin Canning[6] 1 August 2015 Present 40 11 10 19 027.50

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

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