2016–17 Heart of Midlothian F.C. season

The 2016–17 season is the 136th season of competitive football by Heart of Midlothian F.C. with the team participating in the Scottish Premiership.

Heart of Midlothian

2016–17 season
Chairman	Ann Budge[1]
Head coach	Robbie Neilson (Until 3 December 2016) Ian Cathro (From 5 December 2016)
Stadium	Tynecastle Stadium
Premiership	5th
Scottish Cup	Fifth round (lost to Hibernian)
League Cup	Second round (lost to St Johnstone)
Europa League	Second qualifying round (lost to Birkirkara)
Top goalscorer	League: Jamie Walker (12) All: Jamie Walker (15)
Highest home attendance	16,971 vs Hibernian Scottish Cup fifth round 12 February 2017
Lowest home attendance	10,740 vs Raith Rovers Scottish Cup fourth round replay 25 January 2017
Average home league attendance	16,327
Home colours Away colours
← 2015–16 2017–18 →

The club begins its second consecutive season in the top tier of Scottish football, having been promoted from the Scottish Championship at the end of the 2014–15 season.^[2] Hearts played just one season in the Scottish Championship^[3] after relegation from the Scottish Premiership at the end of the 2013–14 season.^[4] Hearts also competed in the Scottish Cup, Scottish League Cup, and the UEFA Europa League.^[5][6]

Summary

Management

Hearts started the Season with Robbie Neilson at the helm having been promoted to Head Coach for the 2014–15 season.^[7] On 2 December 2016, Robbie Neilson joined English Football League One side MK Dons^[8] along with assistant manager Stevie Crawford.^[9] With 2 years remaining on his contract^[10] compensation was paid to Hearts.^[11] For that following weekend's fixture against Ross County, Jon Daly and Andy Kirk took charge, overseeing a 2–2 draw.^[12][13] On 5 December, Ian Cathro was named as Hearts' new manager.^[14] Although taking the position with no prior playing^[15] or management experience,^[16] Cathro was a coach at Rio Ave, Valencia and Newcastle United.^[17] He was joined by Northern Ireland assistant manager Austin MacPhee.^[18]

Results & fixtures

  Win   Draw   Loss   Postponed

Premiership

Main article: 2016–17 Scottish Premiership

Heart of Midlothian v Celtic

7 August 2016 Premiership	Heart of Midlothian	1–2	Celtic	Tynecastle Stadium
14:15	Walker 36' (pen.) Sammon  10' Djoum  17' Watt  28' Walker  35' Rossi  49' Paterson  54' Cowie  75'	BBC SPFL	Forrest 8' Sinclair 81' Gordon  34' Brown  77' Sinclair  80' Dembele  90'	Attendance: 16,777 Referee: Beaton

Aberdeen v Heart of Midlothian

13 August 2016 Premiership	Aberdeen	0–0	Heart of Midlothian	Pittodrie Stadium
15:00	Shinnie  44' Pawlett  50'	BBC SPFL	Watt  31' Rherras  37' Bauben  43' Djoum  53' Rossi  78'	Attendance: 13,559 Referee: Clancy

Heart of Midlothian v Inverness Caledonian Thistle

20 August 2016 Premiership	Heart of Midlothian	5–1	Inverness Caledonian Thistle	Tynecastle Stadium
15:00	Cowie 7' 46' Sammon 18' Nicholson 78' 79' Kitchen  29'	BBC SPFL	Draper 87' Tremarco  11' Mulraney  12' Polworth  40' Horner  77'	Attendance: 15,880 Referee: McLean

Partick Thistle v Heart of Midlothian

27 August 2016 Premiership	Partick Thistle	1–2	Heart of Midlothian	Firhill Stadium
15:00	Lindsay 55' Osman  76' Edwards  84'	BBC SPFL	Paterson 16' Watt 90'	Attendance: 4,919 Referee: Collum

Heart of Midlothian v Hamilton Academical

10 September 2016 Premiership	Heart of Midlothian	3–1	Hamilton Academical	Tynecastle Stadium
15:00	Walker 69' 81' (pen.) Nicholson 90' Watt  30' Paterson  87' Rossi  49'	BBC SPFL	Crawford 50' Want  80' Imrie  81' Crawford  90'	Attendance: 15,947 Referee: Thomson

St Johnstone v Heart of Midlothian

17 September 2016 Premiership	St Johnstone	1–0	Heart of Midlothian	McDiarmid Park
15:00	Cummins 57' Cummins  15' Foster  33' Davidson  49' MacLean  75' Kane  85' Craig  90'	BBC SPFL	Rossi  75'	Attendance: 5,456 Referee: Beaton

Heart of Midlothian v Ross County

24 September 2016 Premiership	Heart of Midlothian	0–0	Ross County	Tynecastle Stadium
15:00	Rherras  55' Djoum  87'	BBC SPFL	Woods  50' Dingwall  57' McShane  81'  82' Fraser  90'	Attendance: 16,321 Referee: Muir

Motherwell v Heart of Midlothian

30 September 2016 Premiership	Motherwell	1–3	Heart of Midlothian	Fir Park
19:45	McFadden 90+2'	Report	McManus 45' (o.g.) Paterson 67' Djoum 84' Igor Rossi  63'	Attendance: 4,666 Referee: McLean

Heart of Midlothian v Dundee

15 October 2016 Premiership	Heart of Midlothian	2–0	Dundee	Tynecastle Stadium
15:00	Öztürk  20' Paterson 68' Johnsen 89'	Report	McGowan  67'	Attendance: 16,512 Referee: Clancy

Kilmarnock v Heart of Midlothian

26 October 2016 Premiership	Kilmarnock	2–0	Heart of Midlothian	Rugby Park
19:45	Coulibaly 22' Tyson  54' Smith 71'	Report	Igor Rossi  64' Muirhead  69' Kitchen  76'	Attendance: 3,917 Referee: Dallas

Inverness Caledonian Thistle v Heart of Midlothian

29 October 2016 Premiership	Inverness Caledonian Thistle	3–3	Heart of Midlothian	Caledonian Stadium
15:00	Raven 15' Doumbouya 32' Doran 55' Meekings  79' McKay  85' Vigurs  86'	Report	Johnsen 38' Rherras  50' 51' Djoum 74' Kitchen  90+2'	Attendance: 3,565 Referee: Thomson

Heart of Midlothian v St Johnstone

5 November 2016 Premiership	Heart of Midlothian	2–2	St Johnstone	Tynecastle Stadium
15:00	Buaben 25'  61' Igor Rossi  77' Paterson 87' Muirhead  89'	Report	Alston  7' Swanson 41' Kane 85' Easton  90+3'	Attendance: 16,421 Referee: Robertson

Hamilton Academical v Heart of Midlothian

21 November 2016 Premiership	Hamilton Academical	3–3	Heart of Midlothian	New Douglas Park
19:45	Crawford 24'  90+3' Bingham 46' 68'	Report	Walker 8' 73' (pen.) Paterson 86' Öztürk  90' Rherras  90+1'	Attendance: 2,339 Referee: McLean

Heart of Midlothian v Motherwell

26 November 2016 Premiership	Heart of Midlothian	3–0	Motherwell	Tynecastle Stadium
15:00	Johnsen 31' 49' Walker 66' Smith  45+2'	Report	Tait  10'	Attendance: 16,199 Referee: Madden

Heart of Midlothian v Rangers

30 November 2016 Premiership	Heart of Midlothian	2–0	Rangers	Tynecastle Stadium
19.45	Muirhead 44' 60' Paterson  45+2' Souttar  76'	Report	Crooks  36'	Attendance: 16,803 Referee: Thomson

Ross County v Heart Of Midlothian

3 December 2016 Premiership	Ross County	2–2	Heart Of Midlothian	Global Energy Stadium
15:00	McEveley 43'  64' Boyce  60' 86' (pen.) Davies  87'	Report	Djoum 66' Paterson 67'  90+1'	Attendance: 4,042 Referee: Collum

Rangers v Heart Of Midlothian

10 December 2016 Premiership	Rangers	2–0	Heart Of Midlothian	Ibrox Stadium
15:00	Kiernan 29' Garner  42' McKay 51'	Report	Kitchen  36' Walker  41' Djoum  45+2' Paterson  67'	Attendance: 50,039 Referee: Beaton

Heart Of Midlothian v Partick Thistle

17 December 2016 Premiership	Heart Of Midlothian	1–1	Partick Thistle	Tynecastle Stadium
15:00	Johnsen 17'	Report	Devine  25' Welsh 47' Osman  64'	Attendance: 16,418 Referee: Robertson

Dundee v Heart Of Midlothian

23 December 2016 Premiership	Dundee	3–2	Heart Of Midlothian	Dens Park
19:45	O'Dea 54' McGowan 71' Holt  88' Haber 90+3'	Report	Walker 3' (pen.) Paterson 48' Smith  90+3'	Attendance: 6,160 Referee: Clancy

Heart Of Midlothian v Kilmarnock

27 December 2016 Premiership	Heart Of Midlothian	4–0	Kilmarnock	Tynecastle Stadium
19:45	Paterson 8' Djoum 42' Walker 48' 70'	Report	Boyle  30' Webb  73'	Attendance: 16,696 Referee: Thomson

Heart Of Midlothian v Aberdeen

30 December 2016 Premiership	Heart Of Midlothian	0–1	Aberdeen	Tynecastle Stadium
19:45	Johnsen  67' Smith  89'	Report	Logan  8' Taylor  18' Hayes 66'	Attendance: 16,630 Referee: Collum

Celtic v Heart Of Midlothian

29 January 2017 Premiership	Celtic	4–0	Heart Of Midlothian	Celtic Park
13:00	McGregor 29' Sinclair 77', 90+1' (pen.) Roberts 80'	BBC Report		Attendance: 58,247 Referee: Madden

Heart Of Midlothian v Rangers

1 February 2017 Premiership	Heart Of Midlothian	4–1	Rangers	Tynecastle Stadium
19:45	Nowak 4' Walker 49', 63' Cowie 54'	BBC Report	Hyndman 36'	Attendance: 16,570 Referee: Clancy

Motherwell v Heart Of Midlothian

4 February 2017 Premiership	Motherwell	0–3	Heart Of Midlothian	Fir Park
12:15	McHugh  53'	BBC Report	Tziolis 59' Gonçalves 84', 88'	Attendance: 4,651 Referee: Dallas

Heart Of Midlothian v Inverness Caledonian Thistle

18 February 2017 Premiership	Heart Of Midlothian	1–1	Inverness Caledonian Thistle	Tynecastle Stadium
15:00	Djoum 64'		Tremarco 24' Tremarco  15' Mulraney  36' Raven  38'	Attendance: 16,372 Referee: Madden

Partick Thistle v Heart Of Midlothian

25 February 2017 Premiership	Partick Thistle	2–0	Heart Of Midlothian	Firhill Stadium
15:00	Doolan 5' Lindsay 73' Elliott  54' Lawless  86' Azeez  88'		Nicholson  47' Gonçalves  49' Gonçalves  61'	Attendance: 4,143 Referee: Walsh

Heart Of Midlothian v Ross County

1 March 2017 Premiership	Heart Of Midlothian	0–1	Ross County	Tynecastle Stadium
19:45	Struna  16'		Schalk 51' chow  15' Boyce  68'	Attendance: 15,470 Referee: Muir

Heart Of Midlothian v Hamilton Academical

11 March 2017 Premiership	Heart Of Midlothian	4–0	Hamilton Academical	Tynecastle Stadium
15:00	Djoum 45+2' Gonçalves 55' Walker 58' Martin 88'		Bingham  40' Skondras  57' Gillespie  76'	Attendance: 15,881 Referee: Thomson

Aberdeen v Heart Of Midlothian

18 March 2017 Premiership	Aberdeen	2–0	Heart Of Midlothian	Pittodrie Stadium
12:15	Logan 21' Hayes 60' Stockley  89'			Attendance: 12,178 Referee: McLean

Heart Of Midlothian v Celtic

2 April 2017 Premiership	Heart Of Midlothian	0–5	Celtic	Tynecastle Stadium
12:30			Sinclair 24', 27', 81' Armstrong 55' Roberts 61'	Attendance: 16,539 Referee: Clancy

St Johnstone v Heart Of Midlothian

5 April 2017 Premiership	St Johnstone	1–0	Heart Of Midlothian	McDiarmid Park
19:45	Shaughnessy 73'		Nicholson  83'	Attendance: 4,197 Referee: Walsh

Heart Of Midlothian v Dundee

8 April 2017 Premiership	Heart Of Midlothian	1–0	Dundee	Tynecastle Stadium
15:00	Gonçalves 13'			Attendance: 16,304 Referee: Allan

Kilmarnock v Heart Of Midlothian

14 April 2017 Premiership	Kilmarnock	0–0	Heart Of Midlothian	Rugby Park
19:45				Attendance: 4,110 Referee: Anderson

Heart Of Midlothian v Partick

29 April 2017 Premiership	Heart Of Midlothian	2–2	Partick	Tynecastle Stadium
15:00	Gonçalves 69' (pen.) Struna 88'		Doolan 50' Lawless 72' Devine  68'	Attendance: 15,930 Referee: Dallas

Heart of Midlothian v Aberdeen

7 May 2016 Premiership	Heart of Midlothian	1–2	Aberdeen	Tynecastle Stadium
15:00	Gonçalves 61' Walker  90'		Rooney 21' O'Connor 64'	Attendance: 16,552 Referee: Collum

Rangers v Heart of Midlothian

13 May 2016 Premiership	Rangers	2–1	Heart of Midlothian	Ibrox Stadium
12:15	Garner 6' McKay 53'		Gonçalves 51' Buaben  26'	Attendance: 47,809 Referee: Madden

St Johnstone v Heart Of Midlothian

17 May 2017 Premiership	St Johnstone	1–0	Heart Of Midlothian	McDiarmid Park
19:45	Kane 26'			Attendance: 3,141 Referee: Robertson

Celtic v Heart of Midlothian

21 May 2017 Premiership	Celtic	2–0	Heart of Midlothian	Celtic Park
12:30	Griffiths 50' Armstrong 76'			Attendance: 58,967 Referee: Beaton

Scottish Cup

Main article: 2016–17 Scottish Cup

Raith Rovers v Heart of Midlothian

22 January 2017 Fourth round	Raith Rovers	1–1	Heart of Midlothian	Stark's Park
13:05 GMT (UTC)	Barr  85' McManus 89' Davidson  90+4'	BBC Report	Walker 37' Struna  90+2'	Attendance: 5,036 Referee: Beaton

Heart of Midlothian v Raith Rovers

25 January 2017 Fourth round replay	Heart of Midlothian	4–2 (a.e.t.)	Raith Rovers	Tynecastle Stadium
19:45 GMT (UTC)	Currie 35' Martin 94' (pen.) Walker 105' (pen.) Johnsen 114'	BBC Report	Barr 14' Hardie 101'	Attendance: 10,740 Referee: Beaton

Heart of Midlothian v Hibernian

12 February 2017 Fifth round	Heart of Midlothian	0–0	Hibernian	Tynecastle Stadium
12:30 GMT (UTC)		BBC Report		Attendance: 16,971 Referee: Collum

Hibernian v Heart of Midlothian

22 February 2017 Fifth round replay	Hibernian	3–1	Heart of Midlothian	Easter Road
19:45	Cummings 21' Holt 37' Shinnie 63' Shinnie  45+3' McGregor  69'		Gonçalves 70' Walker  40'	Attendance: 20,205 Referee: McLean

League Cup

Main article: 2016–17 Scottish League Cup

St Johnstone v Heart of Midlothian

10 August 2016 Second round	St Johnstone	3–2	Heart of Midlothian	McDiarmid Park
19:45	Swanson 10' 75' (pen.) McKay 80' Paton  45' Swanson  71' Alston  76'	SPFL Report	Paterson 43' Walker 45' (pen.) Cowie  9' Murihead  54' Ozturk  74' Rossi  81'	Attendance: 4,214 Referee: Allan

UEFA Europa League

Main article: 2016–17 UEFA Europa League

Qualifying rounds

Main article: 2016–17 UEFA Europa League qualifying phase and play-off round

Heart of Midlothian v Infonet

30 June 2016 First qualifying round 1st leg	Heart of Midlothian	2–1	Infonet	Edinburgh, Scotland
20:00 BST (UTC+1)	Buaben 28' (pen.) Kalimullin 36' (o.g.) Paterson  75' Sammon  76'	Report	Harin 21' Mošnikov  30' Kruglov  42' Avilov  45' Appiah  60' Volodin  90+1'	Stadium: Tynecastle Stadium Attendance: 14,417[19] Referee: Vilhjálmur Alvar Þórarinsson (Iceland)

Infonet v Heart of Midlothian

6 July 2016 First qualifying round 2nd leg	Infonet	2–4 (3–6 agg.)	Heart of Midlothian	Tallinn, Estonia
16:45 BST (UTC+1)	Appiah  21' Harin 51' Voskoboinikov 63' Draman  90+1'	Report	Paterson 2' Rossi 9', 52' Kitchen  21' Öztürk 45+1'	Stadium: A. Le Coq Arena, Tallinn[note 1] Attendance: 1,354[19] Referee: Petr Ardeleanu (Czech Republic)

Birkirkara v Heart of Midlothian

14 July 2016 Second qualifying round 1st leg	Birkirkara	0–0	Heart of Midlothian	Paola, Malta
19:30 BST (UTC+1)	Emerson  51'	Report	Paterson  66' Djoum  88'	Stadium: Hibernians Stadium[note 2] Attendance: 1,868[21] Referee: Ivaylo Stoyanov (Bulgaria)

Heart of Midlothian v Birkirkara

21 July 2016 Second qualifying round 2nd leg	Heart of Midlothian	1–2 (1–2 agg.)	Birkirkara	Edinburgh, Scotland
20:00 BST (UTC+1)	Sammon 74' Walker  90+2'	Report	Attard  32' Scicluna  43' Bubalović 55' Dimitrov  62' Herrera 67' 68'	Stadium: Tynecastle Stadium Referee: Ville Nevalainen (Finland)

First team player statistics

Captains

No	Pos	Name	Country	No of games	Notes
5	DF	Öztürk[22][23]		5	Captain
6	MF	Kitchen[24]		25	Captain
7	MF	Walker		1	Vice-captain
15	MF	Cowie[25]		16	Vice-captain

Last updated: 23 May 2017
Source: Competitive match reports.
Competitive matches only
Matches started as captain only
Country: FIFA nationality; No.: Squad number; P: Position; Name: Player name; No. Games: Number of games started as captain.

Squad information

During the 2016–17 season, Hearts have used thirty-three players in competitive games. The table below includes all players registered with the SPFL as part of Hearts squad for 2016–17 season. They may not have made an appearance.

Last updated 23 May 2017^[26]

Number	Position	Nation	Name	Totals		Premiership		Europa League		League Cup		Scottish Cup
				Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
1	GK	SCO	Jack Hamilton	44	0	35+0	0	4+0	0	1+0	0	4+0	0
2	DF	SCO	Callum Paterson	25	10	20+0	8	4+0	1	1+0	1	0+0	0
4	MF	GRE	Alexandros Tziolis	18	1	14+2	1	0+0	0	0+0	0	2+0	0
5	DF	NIR	Aaron Hughes	12	0	8+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	4+0	0
6	MF	USA	Perry Kitchen	35	0	26+3	0	2+1	0	0+0	0	3+0	0
7	MF	SCO	Jamie Walker	43	15	28+6	12	4+0	0	1+0	1	4+0	2
8	MF	GHA	Prince Buaben	26	2	11+9	1	4+0	1	1+0	0	1+0	0
10	MF	CMR	Arnaud Djoum	40	6	30+3	6	4+0	0	1+0	0	1+1	0
11	MF	SCO	Sam Nicholson	27	2	13+6	2	2+2	0	0+1	0	1+2	0
12	DF	GRE	Tasos Avlonitis	11	0	8+1	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	2+0	0
13	GK	SWE	Viktor Noring	3	0	3+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
14	MF	SCO	John Souttar	27	0	22+0	0	1+1	0	1+0	0	2+0	0
15	MF	SCO	Don Cowie	39	3	34+0	3	0+2	0	1+0	0	2+0	0
16	MF	MAR	Choulay	12	0	3+8	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+1	0
17	DF	NGA	Juwon Oshaniwa	0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
19	DF	POL	Krystian Nowak	19	1	17+0	1	0+0	0	0+0	0	1+1	0
20	FW	NOR	Bjørn Johnsen	37	6	22+12	5	0+0	0	0+0	0	2+1	1
22	MF	SCO	Angus Beith	2	0	0+2	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
23	FW	FRA	Dylan Bikey	2	0	0+2	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
24	DF	SCO	Liam Smith	25	0	12+8	0	3+0	0	0+1	0	0+1	0
25	FW	BUL	Nikolay Todorov	0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
27	DF	SVN	Andraz Struna	17	1	13+0	1	0+0	0	0+0	0	4+0	0
29	MF	SCO	Jamie Brandon	1	0	1+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
30	FW	SCO	Rory Currie	11	1	1+8	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	1+1	1
46	DF	GER	Lennard Sowah	15	0	11+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	4+0	0
49	FW	SCO	Euan Henderson	1	0	0+1	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
77	FW	POR	Esmaël Gonçalves	17	8	15+0	7	0+0	0	0+0	0	2+0	1
88	MF	FRA	Malaury Martin	17	2	5+8	1	0+0	0	0+0	0	4+0	1
-	MF	SCO	Billy King	1	0	0+0	0	0+1	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
-	FW	SCO	Gavin Reilly	0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
-	DF	SCO	Jordan McGhee	1	0	0+0	0	0+1	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
Players away from Heart of Midlothian on loan:
18	FW	IRL	Conor Sammon	26	2	9+10	1	4+0	1	1+0	0	0+2	0
21	FW	SCO	Robbie Buchanan	0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
26	FW	CAN	Dario Zanatta (Hearts F.C. U20)	3	0	0+0	0	0+1	0	0+0	0	0+2	0
Players who appeared for Heart of Midlothian no longer at the club:
3	DF	MAR	Faycal Rherras	23	1	17+2	1	4+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
4	DF	BRA	Igor Rossi	24	2	20+0	0	3+0	2	1+0	0	0+0	0
5	DF	TUR	Alim Öztürk	10	1	2+3	0	4+0	1	1+0	0	0+0	0
9	FW	ESP	Juanma	4	0	0+0	0	1+3	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
23	FW	SCO	Robbie Muirhead	20	2	6+12	2	0+1	0	1+0	0	0+0	0
32	FW	SCO	Tony Watt	17	1	12+4	1	0+0	0	0+1	0	0+0	0

• Last updated: 23 May 2017
• Source: Wikipedia players' articles, Heart of Midlothian, Sky Sports
• Ordered by Squad Number.

Appearances (starts and substitute appearances) and goals include those in Scottish Premiership, Europa League, League Cup and the Scottish Cup.

Disciplinary record

Last updated 23 May 2017

Number	Nation	Position	Name	Premiership		Europa League		League Cup		Scottish Cup		Total
2		DF	Callum Paterson	5	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	7	0
3		DF	Faycal Rherras	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	0
4		DF	Igor Rossi	6	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	7	0
4		DF	Alexandros Tziolis	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0
5		DF	Alim Öztürk	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	3	0
6		MF	Perry Kitchen	5	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	6	0
7		MF	Jamie Walker	8	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	10	1
8		DF	Prince Buaben	4	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	1
10		MF	Arnaud Djoum	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	5	0
11		MF	Sam Nicholson	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1
12		DF	Tasos Avlonitis	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
14		DF	John Souttar	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
15		MF	Don Cowie	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	2	0
18		FW	Conor Sammon	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	2	0
19		MF	Krystian Nowak	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	0
20		FW	Bjørn Johnsen	3	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	4	0
23		FW	Robbie Muirhead	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	3	0
24		DF	Liam Smith	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	6	0
27		DF	Andraz Struna	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	3	0
32		FW	Tony Watt	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0
77		FW	Esmaël Gonçalves	3	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	4	1
88		MF	Malaury Martin	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0

Goal Scorers

(Played in Italics have since left club) Last updated 23 May 2017

Place	Nation	Position	Number	Name	Premiership	Europa League	League Cup	Scottish Cup	Total
1	MF		7	Jamie Walker	12	0	1	2	15
2	DF		2	Callum Paterson	8	1	1	0	10
3	FW		77	Esmaël Gonçalves	7	0	0	1	8
4	MF		10	Arnaud Djoum	6	0	0	0	6
	FW		20	Bjørn Johnsen	5	0	0	1	6
5	MF		15	Don Cowie	3	0	0	0	3
6	DF		4	Igor Rossi	0	2	0	0	2
	MF		8	Prince Buaben	1	1	0	0	2
	MF		11	Sam Nicholson	2	0	0	0	2
	FW		18	Conor Sammon	1	1	0	0	2
	FW		23	Robbie Muirhead	2	0	0	0	2
	FW		88	Malaury Martin	1	0	0	1	2
7	DF		3	Faycal Rherras	1	0	0	0	1
	FW		4	Alexandros Tziolis	1	0	0	0	1
	DF		5	Alim Öztürk	0	1	0	0	1
	DF		19	Krystian Nowak	1	0	0	0	1
	DF		27	Andraz Struna	1	0	0	0	1
	FW		30	Rory Currie	0	0	0	1	1
	FW		32	Tony Watt	1	0	0	0	1

Clean sheets

Last updated 23 May 2017

R	Pos	Nat	Name	Games	Premiership	Europa League	League Cup	Scottish Cup	Total
1	GK		Jack Hamilton	44	10	1	0	1	12
2	GK		Viktor Noring	3	0	0	0	0	0
			Totals	45	10	1	0	1	12

Last updated: 23 May 2017
Source: Match reports in Competitive matches

Team statistics

League table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation[a]
3	Rangers	38	19	10	9	56	44	+12	67	Qualification for the Europa League first qualifying round
4	St Johnstone	38	17	7	14	50	46	+4	58
5	Heart of Midlothian	38	12	10	16	55	52	+3	46
6	Partick Thistle	38	10	12	16	38	54	−16	42
7	Ross County	38	11	13	14	48	58	−10	46

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).^[27]
Notes:

1. 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.

Scottish Premiership results by round

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	H	A	H	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	A	A
Result	L	D	W	W	W	L	D	W	W	W	L	D	D	D	W	D	L	D	L	W	L	L	W	W	D	L	L	W	L	L	L	W	D	D	L	L	L	L
Position	9	11	5	3	2	2	3	3	3	2	2	2	2	3	3	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5

Updated to match(es) played on 23 May 2017. Source: bbc.co.uk
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Management statistics

Last updated on 23 May 2017

Name	From	To	P	W	D	L	Win%[note 3]
Robbie Neilson	30 June 2016	3 December 2016	20	9	6	5	045.00
Jon Daly	3 December 2016	5 December 2016	1	0	1	0	000.00
Ian Cathro	5 December 2016	1 August 2017	27	6	6	15	022.22

Club

Club staff

As of 23 May 2017^[28][29]

Name Role Ian Cathro Head coach Austin MacPhee Assistant head coach Karen Gibson Physio Paul Gallacher Goalkeeping Coach

Boardroom

Name	Role[30]
Ann Budge	Owner, CEO and Chairwomen
Craig Levein	Director of Football
Eric Hogg	Non-Executive Director
Donald Cumming	Non-Executive Director
Kevin Windram	Non-Executive Director

Transfers

Main articles: List of Scottish football transfers summer 2016 and List of Scottish football transfers winter 2016-17

In Date Position Nationality Name From Fee 13 June 2016 FW Conor Sammon Derby County Free[31] 13 June 2016 FW Robbie Muirhead Dundee United Free[32] 13 June 2016 DF Faycal Rherras Sint-Truidense Free[32] 16 June 2016 GK Paul Gallacher Partick Thistle Free[33] 8 July 2016 GK Viktor Noring Lyngby BK Undisclosed [34] 22 July 2016 FW Bjørn Johnsen Litex Lovech Undisclosed [35] 8 August 2016 DF Krystian Nowak Podbeskidzie Free[36] 9 January 2017 DF Aaron Hughes Kerala Blasters Free[37] 9 January 2017 DF Lennard Sowah Hamilton Free[37] 17 January 2017 MF Malaury Martin Lillestrøm SK Free[38] 18 January 2017 DF Andraž Struna Free Agent Free[39] 30 January 2017 DF Alexandros Tziolis PAOK FC Free[40] 30 January 2017 DF Tasos Avlonitis Free Agent Free[40] 30 January 2017 FW Esmaël Gonçalves Anorthosis £170,000[40]

Out Date Position Nationality Name To Fee 15 June 2016 GK Neil Alexander Aberdeen Undisclosed[41] 15 June 2016 MF Morgaro Gomis Kelantan Undisclosed[42] 4 January 2017 FW Juanma V-Varen Nagasaki Undisclosed[43] 8 January 2017 DF Alim Öztürk Boluspor Undisclosed[44] 13 January 2017 DF Igor Rossi Faisaly Undisclosed[45] 19 January 2017 FW Robbie Muirhead MK Dons Undisclosed[46]

Loans in Date from Date to Position Nationality Name From 20 July 2016 9 January 2017[47] FW Tony Watt Charlton Athletic 28 January 2017 31 May 2017[48] MF Moha Stoke City

Loans out Date from Date to Position Nationality Name To 13 June 2016 1 May 2017[49] FW Gavin Reilly Dunfermline Athletic 5 July 2016 10 May 2017[50][51] DF Jordan McGhee Middlesbrough 11 July 2016 29 May 2017[52] MF Billy King Inverness CT 27 July 2016 15 January 2017[53] FW Nikolay Todorov Cowdenbeath 31 August 2016 3 January 2017[54] FW Juanma UCAM Murcia 24 September 2016 31 October 2016[55] DF Liam Smith Raith Rovers 28 October 2016 15 January 2017[56] MF Angus Beith Stirling Albion 18 November 2016 24 December 2016[57] FW Robbie Buchanan Brechin City 23 January 2017 7 May 2017[58] FW Nikolay Todorov Livingston 31 January 2017 21 May 2017[59] FW Robbie Buchanan Cowdenbeath 31 January 2017 31 May 2017[60] FW Conor Sammon Kilmarnock 30 March 2017 15 May 2017[61] FW Dylan Bikey Stirling Albion

See also

• List of Heart of Midlothian F.C. seasons

Notes

1. Infonet Tallinn will play their home match at A. Le Coq Arena, Tallinn, instead of their regular stadium Lasnamäe KJH Stadium, Tallinn.^[20]
2. Birkirkara play their home matches at Hibernians Stadium, Paola, instead of their regular stadium National Stadium, Ta' Qali.
3. Win% is the percentage of matches won rounded to two decimal places.