2015–16 Hamilton Academical F.C. season

Hamilton Academical
2015–16 season
Chairman Les Gray
Manager Martin Canning
Stadium New Douglas Park
Premiership Tenth place
League Cup Round 2
lost to Raith Rovers
Scottish Cup Round 4
lost to Annan Athletic
Top goalscorer League:
All: Carlton Morris (8)
Highest home attendance 5,017 vs.
Celtic
Premiership
26 February 2016
Lowest home attendance 1,516 vs.
Inverness Caledonian Thistle
Premiership
11 May 2016
Average home league attendance 4,387

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.

Results & fixtures

  Win   Draw   Loss   Postponed

Scottish Premiership

Scottish League Cup

Scottish Cup

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

Round1234567891011121314151617181920212223242526272829303132333435363738
GroundHAHAHAAAAHHAHAHA
ResultDLWWWLLWWLDDLLDW
Position61154466544556666
Updated to match(es) played on 28 November 2015. 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

Notes

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

References

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  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. "Hamilton 2015/16 Results". Statto. Retrieved 24 March 2015.
  6. "Martin Canning Statistics". soccerbase.com. Soccerbase. Retrieved 27 July 2015.
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  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. 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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