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
Chairman	Les Gray
Manager	Martin Canning
Stadium	New Douglas Park
Premiership	Tenth Place
League Cup	Second Round
Scottish Cup	Fourth Round
Top goalscorer	League: Carlton Morris (8) All: Morris (8)
Highest home attendance	5,017 vs Celtic, Premiership, 26 February 2016
Lowest home attendance	1,516 vs Inverness CT, Premiership, 11 May 2016
Average home league attendance	4,387
Home colours Away colours
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Results and fixtures

  Win   Draw   Loss   Postponed

Scottish Premiership

Main article: 2015–16 Scottish Premiership

Hamilton Academical v Partick Thistle

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

Ross County v Hamilton Academical

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

Hamilton Academical v Dundee United

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

Inverness Caledonian Thistle v Hamilton Academical

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

Hamilton Academical v Heart of Midlothian

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

St Johnstone v Hamilton Academical

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

Aberdeen v Hamilton Academical

15 September 2015 7	Aberdeen	1–0	Hamilton Academical	Pittodrie Stadium
15:00	Rooney 23' (pen.)	BBC Report		Attendance: Allan Referee: 13,246

Hamilton Academical v Motherwell

19 September 2015 8	Hamilton Academical	1–0	Motherwell	New Douglas Park
15:00	Imrie 72'	BBC Report		Attendance: 3,325 Referee: Thomson

Kilmarnock v Hamilton Academical

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

Hamilton Academical v Celtic

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

Hamilton Academical v Dundee

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

Partick Thistle v Hamilton Academical

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

Hamilton Academical v St Johnstone

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

Heart of Midlothian v Hamilton Academical

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

Hamilton Academical v Aberdeen

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

Dundee United v Hamilton Academical

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

Hamilton Academical v Ross County

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

Dundee v Hamilton Academical

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

Hamilton Academical v Kilmarnock

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

Hamilton Academical v Inverness Caledonian Thistle

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

Motherwell v Hamilton Academical

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

St Johnstone v Hamilton Academical

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

Celtic v Hamilton Academical

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)

Hamilton Academical v Heart of Midlothian

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

Kilmarnock v Hamilton Academical

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

Hamilton Academical v Dundee United

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)

Ross County v Hamilton Academical

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

Hamilton Academical v Celtic

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)

Hamilton Academical v Motherwell

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

Inverness Caledonian Thistle v Hamilton Academical

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)

Hamilton Academical v Partick Thistle

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

Aberdeen v Hamilton Academical

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

Hamilton Academical v Dundee

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

Dundee United v Hamilton Academical

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)

Hamilton Academical v Kilmarnock

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)

Dundee v Hamilton Academical

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)

Hamilton Academical v Inverness Caledonian Thistle

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

Partick Thistle v Hamilton Academical

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

Main article: 2015–16 Scottish League Cup

Raith Rovers v Hamilton Academical

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

Annan Athletic v Hamilton Academical

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 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	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

League table

Pos	Team v t e	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

Round	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31	32	33	34	35	36	37	38
Ground	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	A	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	A	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A
Result	D	L	W	W	W	L	L	W	W	L	D	D	L	L	D	W	L	L	L	L	D	D	L	D	W	D	L	D	L	W	L	L	W	W	L	W	L	D
Position	6	10	5	5	5	6	5	4	4	5	5	6	6	6	5	5	7	8	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10

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

In Player From Fee Antons Kurakins FK Ventspils Free[7] Christian Nadé Raith Rovers Free[8] Gramoz Kurtaj Banik Most Free[7] Chris Turner Dumbarton Free[9] Alan Martin Clyde Free[10] Carlton Morris Norwich City Loan[11] Alex D'Acol AEK Athens Free Jamie Sendles-White Queens Park Rangers Free

Out Player To Fee Stephen Hendrie West Ham United Undisclosed[12] Nigel Hasselbaink Excelsior Free[13] Jon Routledge Dumbarton Free[14] Darren Smith Livingston Free[7] Blair Currie Annan Athletic Free[15] Jason Scotland Stenhousemuir Free Nico Sumsky Airdrieonians Loan[16] Kieran MacDonald East Fife[17] Free[18] Daniel Armstrong Wolverhampton Wanderers Free[19]

Notes

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