2016–17 Hamilton Academical F.C. season

Hamilton Academical
2016–17 season
Chairman	Les Gray
Manager	Martin Canning
Stadium	New Douglas Park; Hamilton, Scotland; (Capacity: 5,510)
Scottish Premiership	Eleventh place
Scottish League Cup	Second Round ; lost to Greenock Morton
Scottish Cup	Quarter-finals ; lost to Rangers
Top goalscorer	League: Ali Crawford (8); All: Ali Crawford (10)
Highest home attendance	5,292 vs Rangers; Premiership; 16 December 2016
Lowest home attendance	764 vs Livingston; League Cup; 30 July 2016
Average home league attendance	2,439[1]
Home colours	Away colours

The 2016–17 season was the club's third season in the Scottish Premiership. Hamilton also competed in the Scottish Cup and the League Cup.^[2] Hamilton secured their top flight status for the 2017–18 season by beating Dundee United 1-0 on aggregate in the Premiership play-off final.

Summary

Management

The club began the 2016-17 season under the continued management of Martin Canning who also extended his own playing contract, staying as the player-manager for the club.^[3]

After saving the club from relegation through the play-offs, manager Martin Canning thanked the board for sticking with him throughout the season.^[4]

Results & fixtures

Win Draw Loss Postponed

Scottish Premiership

6 August 2016 1	Rangers	1 - 1	Hamilton Academical	Ibrox Stadium
12:30	Waghorn 62'	BBC SPFL	Crawford 30' Devlin 35' Sarris 37' Kurakins 39' Crawford 45' Donati 53'	Attendance: 49,125 Referee: Don Robertson

13 August 2016 2	Hamilton Academical	1 - 2	Kilmarnock	SuperSeal Stadium
15:00	Longridge 26' Gillespie 75'	BBC SPFL	Boyd 71' Coulibaly 73' Green 51' Boyle 52' McKenzie 89'	Attendance: 2,228 Referee: Steven McLean

19 August 2016 3	Dundee	1 - 1	Hamilton Academical	Dens Park
19:45	O'Hara 17' Etxabeguren 42'	BBC SPFL	Lyon 13' Lyon 62' Donati 74'	Attendance: 5,287 Referee: Kevin Clancy

27 August 2016 4	Hamilton Academical	1 - 0	Ross County	SuperSeal Stadium
15:00	Imrie 74' Redmond 62' Gillespie 63' Docherty 70'	BBC SPFL	McEveley 26' Quinn 87'	Attendance: 1,609 Referee: Greg Aitken

10 September 2016 5	Hearts	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: Craig Thomson

17 September 2016 6	Motherwell	4 - 2	Hamilton Academical	Fir Park
15:00	Moult 8', 13', 21', 50' (pen.) McManus 79' Lasley 88' Clay 90'	BBC SPFL	Crawford 36', 64' Donati 23' Gillespie 54' Imrie 75' Devlin 80'	Attendance: 4,514 Referee: William Collum

25 September 2016 7	Hamilton Academical	1 - 1	St Johnstone	SuperSeal Stadium
15:00	Docherty 37' Donati 58' Doherty 63' MacKinnon 70' Seaborne 78' Crawford 90'	BBC SPFL	Craig 82' Davidson 33'	Attendance: 1,705 Referee: Euan Anderson

1 October 2016 8	Hamilton Academical	1 - 1	Inverness Caledonian Thistle	SuperSeal Stadium
15:00	D'Acol 18' Imrie 85'	BBC SPFL	Polworth 90' Doumbouya 61'	Attendance: 1,611 Referee: Barry Cook

15 October 2016 9	Partick Thsitle	2 - 2	Hamilton Academical	Firhill Stadium
15:00	Edwards 21' Lindsay 42' Gordon 54'	BBC SPFL	Donati 14' Brophy 83' Sarris 39' Doherty 57'	Attendance: 2,843 Referee: Greg Aitken

25 October 2016 10	Hamilton Academical	1 - 0	Aberdeen	SuperSeal Stadium
19:45	D'Acol 6' (pen.)	BBC SPFL		Attendance: 2,315 Referee: William Collum

29 October 2016 11	Hamilton Academical	0 - 1	Dundee	SuperSeal Stadium
15:00	Imrie 56' Kurtaj 72'	BBC SPFL	McGowan 62' Hateley 32'	Attendance: 1,853 Referee: Stephen Finch

5 November 2016 12	Kilmarnock	0 - 0	Hamilton Academical	Rugby Park
15:00	Burn 37' Jones 51'	Report	Gillespie 5' Sarris 77'	Attendance: 3,387 Referee: Euan Anderson

21 November 2016 13	Hamilton Academical	3 - 3	Heart of Midlothian	SuperSeal Stadium
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: Steven McLean

26 November 2016 14	Ross County	1 - 1	Hamilton Academical	Global Energy Stadium
15:00	Boyce 39' Schalk 59' Chow 90+1' Routis 90+1'	Report	Seaborne 5' Crawford 77' Devlin 90+2'	Attendance: 3,275 Referee: Craig Thomson

3 December 2016 15	Hamilton Academical	1 - 1	Partick Thistle	SuperSeal Stadium
15:00	D'Acol 15' Gillespie 40' MacKinnon 50' Crawford 84' Seaborne 87'	Report	Welsh 61' Lindsay 90'	Attendance: 2,210 Referee: Don Robertson

10 December 2016 16	Inverness Caledonian Thistle	1 - 1	Hamilton Academical	Tulloch Caledonian Stadium
15:00	Draper 36' Cole 51' Brad McKay 86' King 90'	Report	Crawford 16' Imrie 58' Gillespie 74' McMann 76'	Attendance: 2,473 Referee: Greg Aitken

13 December 2016 17	Celtic	1 - 0	Hamilton Academical	Celtic Park
19:45	Griffiths 36' Sviatchenko 82'	Report	Donati 74' Gillespie 80'	Attendance: 55,076 Referee: Crawford Allan

16 December 2016 18	Hamilton Academical	1 - 2	Rangers	SuperSeal Stadium
19:45	Sarris 10' Imrie 77' 90' MacKinnon 86' Devlin 90+2' McMann 90+3'	Report	Waghorn 45' 52' Garner 90+2'	Attendance: 5,292 Referee: Alan Muir

24 December 2016 19	Hamilton Academical	0 - 3	Celtic	SuperSeal Stadium
12:30	McMann 35' Devlin 39' Donati 50'	Report	McGregor 26', 47' Griffiths 41' Armstrong 54' Dembélé 84'	Attendance: 5,003 Referee: Willie Collum

27 December 2016 20	Aberdeen	2 - 1	Hamilton Academical	Pittodrie Stadium
15:00	Taylor 34' Lewis 37' Rooney 68' Maddison 90'	Report	Imrie 38' (pen.) 45+2' Sarris 58' Devlin 87' McMann 90+2'	Attendance: 13,131 Referee: Andrew Dallas

31 December 2016 21	Hamilton Academical	1 - 1	Motherwell	SuperSeal Stadium
13:00	Sarris 24' D'Acol 54' Kurtaj 56'	Report	Lucas 27' McDonald 56' Moult 90+3' 90+4'	Attendance: 3,526 Referee: Euan Anderson

28 January 2017 22	St Johnstone	3 - 0	Hamilton Academical	McDiarmid Park
15:00	Swanson 30' Cummins 53' 59' Davidson 74'	Report	Redmond 34'	Attendance: 3,279 Referee: Nick Walsh

31 January 2017 23	Hamilton Academical	3 - 0	Inverness Caledonian Thistle	SuperSeal Stadium
19:45	D'Acol 11' Devlin 26' Redmond 32' Gillespie 47' MacKinnon 54' Bingham 61'	Report	Vigurs 30' Tansey 39'	Attendance: 1,745 Referee: Euan Anderson

4 February 2017 24	Hamilton Academical	1 - 1	Kilmarnock	SuperSeal Stadium
15:00	Imrie 15' Brophy 43' Redmond 51'	Report	Longstaff 7' Wilson 64' Umerah 75'	Attendance: 2,159 Referee: Steven McLean

18 February 2017 25	Partick Thistle	2 - 0	Hamilton Academical	Firhill Stadium
15:00	Doolan 68' 79' Lawless 81'	Report	Devlin 61' Watson 64' SAkondras 76'	Attendance: 3,057 Referee: Willie Collum

25 February 2017 26	Celtic	2 - 0	Hamilton Academical	Celtic Park
15:00	Dembélé 45' 59' (pen.)	Report	Devlin 15' Donati 59' Kurtaj 78' Skondras 90+2'	Attendance: 54,685 Referee: Crawford Allan

28 February 2017 27	Hamilton Academical	1 - 0	Aberdeen	SuperSeal Stadium
19:45	Devlin 9' Skondras 52' MacKinnon 83', 83'	Report	Shinnie 72'	Attendance: 2,006 Referee: Steven McLean

11 March 2017 28	Heart of Midlothian	4 - 0	Hamilton Academical	Tynecastle Stadium
15:00	Djoum 45+2' Esmaël Gonçalves 55' Walker 58' Martin 88'	Report	Bingham 40' Skondras 57' Gillespie 76'	Attendance: 15,881 Referee: Craig Thomson

18 March 2017 29	Rangers	4 - 0	Hamilton Academical	Ibrox Stadium
15:00	Hyndman 26' Hill 41' Waghorn 55' (pen.) Tavernier 57' Wallace 74' 84'	Report	Redmond 36' Gogić 49'	Attendance: 49,090 Referee: Don Robertson

1 April 2017 30	Hamilton Academical	1 - 0	St Johnstone	SuperSeal Stadium
15:00	Devlin 23' Crawford 45+3' D'Acol 89'	Report	Swanson 45+3' Foster 45+3' Cummins 83'	Attendance: 1,662 Referee: Don Robertson

5 April 2017 31	Motherwell	0 - 0	Hamilton Academical	Fir Park
19:45	Pearson 45+1'	Report	Skondras 59' Mackinnon 74' Sarris 80'	Attendance: 4,644 Referee: Kevin Clancy

8 April 2017 32	Hamilton Academical	1 - 1	Ross County	SuperSeal Stadium
15:00	Donati 3' Bingham 15' McMann 37' Skondras 45+1' Devlin 57'	Report	Curran 60'	Attendance: 1,548 Referee: Steven McLean

15 April 2017 33	Dundee	0 - 2	Hamilton Academical	Dens Park
15:00		Report	D'Acol 23' (pen.) Bingham 68' Devlin 84'	Attendance: 6,489 Referee: John Beaton

29 April 2017 34	Hamilton Academical	0 - 2	Kilmarnock	SuperSeal Stadium
15:00		Report	Sammon 11' Jones 23'	Attendance: 2,482 Referee: William Collum

6 May 2017 35	Inverness Caledonian Thistle	2 - 1	Hamilton Academical	Tulloch Caledonian Stadium
15:00	W McKay 10' Tansey 36' (pen.)	Report	Redmond 90+4'	Attendance: 2,478 Referee: Andrew Dallas

13 May 2017 36	Hamilton Academical	0 - 1	Motherwell	SuperSeal Stadium
15:00		Report	Moult 66'	Attendance: 4,173 Referee: Kevin Clancy

16 May 2017 37	Ross County	3 - 2	Hamilton Academical	Global Energy Stadium
19:45	Gardyne 3' Matthews 31' (o.g.) O'Brien 89' Franks 90+1' Boyce 90+3'	Report	Bingham 26' Longridge 8' MacKinnon 13' Templeton 75' Imrie 90' Skondras 90+3'	Attendance: 4,871 Referee: Alan Muir

20 May 2017 38	Hamilton Academical	4 - 0	Dundee	SuperSeal Stadium
15:00	Bingham 23' Skondras 25' Imrie 56' (pen.) Gogić 58' Crawford 76'	Report	El Bakhtaoui 84'	Attendance: 2,616 Referee: Crawford Allan

Relegation Play Off

25 May 2017 First Leg	Dundee United	0 - 0	Hamilton Academical	Tannadice Park
19:45	Murray 77'	Report		Attendance: 9,386 Referee: Steven McLean

28 May 2017 Second Leg	Hamilton Academical	1 - 0 (1 - 0 agg.)	Dundee United	SuperSeal Stadium
15:00	Docherty 64'	Report		Attendance: 5,027 Referee: Craig Thomson

Scottish League Cup

Group G

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification	HAM	AYR	STM	LIV	EDC
1	Hamilton Academical (Q)	4	3	1	10	5	+5	9	Qualification to the Second Round	—	—	3–0	2–1	—
2	Ayr United (X)	4	3	1	5	2	+3	9	Possible Second Round as one of the 4 best runners up	2–1	—	—	—	1–0
3	St Mirren	4	3	1	7	5	+2	9		—	1–0	—	—	3–0
4	Livingston	4	1	3	6	7	−1	3		—	0–2	2–3	—	—
5	Edinburgh City	4	0	4	2	11	−9	0		2–4	—	—	0–3	—

Updated to match(es) played on 30 July 2016. Source: BBC
(Q) Qualified; (X) Advances to Best runners-up.

16 July 2016 (2016-07-16) Group G	Ayr United	2 – 1	Hamilton Academical	Somerset Park, Ayr
15:00	Forrest 2' (pen.) Crawford 49' Adams 31'	SPFL Report	Longridge 90+4' MacKinnon 2' Devlin 61'	Attendance: 994 Referee: Willie Collum

23 July 2016 (2016-07-23) Group G	Hamilton Academical	3 – 0	St Mirren	New Douglas Park, Hamilton
15:00	Crawford 13' Imrie 51' Donati 70' Devlin 83'	SPFL Report	Hutton 49'	Attendance: 1,379 Referee: Don Robertson

27 July 2016 (2016-07-27) Group G	Edinburgh City	2 – 4	Hamilton Academical	Meadowbank Stadium, Edinburgh
19:45	Allum 17', 19' Gibson 53' McFarland 65'	SPFL Report	Crawford 22' D'Acol 26' McGregor 66' Imrie 71' (pen.) Crawford 59'	Attendance: 459 Referee: Colin Steven

30 July 2016 (2016-07-30) Group G	Hamilton Academical	2 – 1	Livingston	New Douglas Park, Hamilton
15:00	D'Acol 22' Longridge 55' Sarris 37' McGregor 68'	SPFL Report	Matthews 41' (o.g.) Miller 85'	Attendance: 764 Referee: Euan Anderson

9 August 2016 (2016-08-09) Second round	Hamilton Academical	1 - 2	Morton	New Douglas Park, Hamilton
19:45	Imrie 8' (pen.)	SPFL Report	Forbes 59' Quitongo 63'	Attendance: 1,112 Referee: Stephen Finnie

Scottish Cup

21 January 2017 Fourth Round	Kilmarnock	0 - 1	Hamilton Academical	Kilmarnock
15:00		Report	Imrie 38' Devlin 48' Redmond 84' Bingham 90+2' (pen.) MacKinnon 90+4'	Stadium: Rugby Park Attendance: 2,944 Referee: Crawford Allan

11 February 2017 Fifth Round	Dunfermline Athletic	1 - 1	Hamilton Academical	Dunfermline
15:00	McMullan 30'	Report	Redmond 74'	Stadium: East End Park Attendance: 2,945 Referee: Craig Thomson (referee)

14 February 2017 Fifth Round Replay	Hamilton Academical	1 - 1 (a.e.t.) (3 - 0 p)	Dunfermline Athletic	Hamilton
19:45	Seaborne 18' MacKinnon 33' Redmond 83' Bingham 87' (pen.) McMann 98'	Report	Morris 25' McMullan 70'	Stadium: SuperSeal Stadium Attendance: 1,222 Referee: Craig Thomson (referee)

4 March 2017 Quarter Finals	Rangers	6 - 0	Hamilton Academical	Glasgow
12:30	Waghorn 33' (pen.) Garner 48' 56' 88' 90+1' Jon Toral 77' Hill 82'	Report		Stadium: Ibrox Stadium Attendance: 27,287 Referee: John Beaton

Squad statistics

Appearances

Hamilton used 36 players during the season.^[5]

No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Total		Premiership		League Cup		Scottish Cup		Play-offs
No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
1	GK		Remi Matthews	27	0	17	0	5	0	3	0	2	0
2	DF		Danny Seaborne	13	0	10+1	0	0	0	2	0	0	0
3	DF		Giannis Skondras	18	1	11+2	1	0	0	2+1	0	2	0
4	DF		Michael Devlin	36	2	28	2	4	0	4	0	0	0
5	DF		Martin Canning	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
6	MF		Grant Gillespie	41	1	28+3	1	5	0	4	0	1	0
7	MF		Dougie Imrie	48	7	36+1	4	5	3	3+1	0	2	0
8	MF		Greg Docherty	37	2	23+6	1	4+1	0	0+1	0	1+1	1
9	FW		Alexandre D'Acol	35	9	24+5	7	4	2	1	0	0+1	0
10	MF		Daniel Redmond	34	2	15+12	1	0+2	0	3	1	2	0
11	MF		Ali Crawford	42	10	31+2	8	5	2	2	0	2	0
12	MF		Gramoz Kurtaj	17	0	5+9	0	0	0	2+1	0	0	0
14	DF		Alex Gogić	9	0	3+4	0	0	0	0	0	2	0
15	FW		Rakish Bingham	36	7	23+7	5	0	0	3+1	2	2	0
16	MF		Craig Watson	4	0	2	0	0	0	1+1	0	0	0
17	MF		Louis Longridge	24	3	9+7	1	5	2	0+1	0	0+2	0
18	MF		Darian MacKinnon	42	0	32+1	0	3+2	0	3	0	1	0
19	GK		Darren Jamieson	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
20	FW		Eamonn Brophy	31	2	7+21	2	0	0	2+1	0	0	0
21	MF		Massimo Donati	40	3	26+5	2	3+1	1	3+1	0	1	0
22	MF		Darren Lyon	8	1	5+1	1	0+1	0	0	0	0+1	0
23	DF		Scott McMann	31	0	21+2	0	1+1	0	2+2	0	2	0
24	DF		Jesús García	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0
25	DF		Ben Reilly	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
26	GK		Alex Marshall	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
27	DF		Shaun Want	2	0	0+2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
28	FW		Ross Cunningham	4	0	0+2	0	0+1	0	0+1	0	0	0
31	FW		Ryan Tierney	2	0	0+2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
32	DF		Jack Breslin	1	0	0	0	0+1	0	0	0	0	0
33	MF		Ronan Hughes	4	0	0+2	0	1+1	0	0	0	0	0
34	GK		Gary Woods	22	0	21	0	0	0	1	0	0	0
37	FW		David Templeton	5	1	1+2	1	0	0	0	0	2	0
39	DF		Blair Adams	7	0	2+3	0	0	0	2	0	0	0
89	DF		Georgios Sarris	34	0	30	0	2	0	1	0	0+1	0
Players who left the club during the 2016–17 season
3	DF		Antons Kurakins (contract terminated)	5	0	1	0	4	0	0	0	0	0
14	FW		Richard Roy (joined Broughty Athletic)	2	0	0+1	0	0+1	0	0	0	0	0
29	DF		Jordan McGregor (on loan to Airdrieonians)	3	1	0	0	2+1	1	0	0	0	0
30	MF		Steven Boyd (on loan to Albion Rovers)	3	0	0	0	1+2	0	0	0	0	0
35	GK		Robbie Thomson (joined Falkirk)	1	0	0+1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
46	DF		Lennard Sowah (joined Hearts)	7	0	6+1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	MF		Sean McKirdy (on loan to Berwick Rangers)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

Team statistics

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation^{[lower-alpha 1]}
8	Kilmarnock	38	9	14	15	36	56	−20	41
9	Motherwell	38	10	8	20	46	69	−23	38
10	Dundee	38	10	7	21	38	62	−24	37
11	Hamilton Academical (O)	38	7	14	17	37	56	−19	35	Qualification for the Premiership play-off final
12	Inverness Caledonian Thistle (R)	38	7	13	18	44	71	−27	34	Relegation to the Scottish Championship

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).^[6]
(O) Play-off winner; (R) Relegated.
Notes:

↑ 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.

References

↑ http://www.worldfootball.net/attendance/sco-premiership-2016-2017/1/
↑ http://stv.tv/sport/football/1355636-motherwell-and-rangers-to-meet-in-scottish-league-cup-group-stage/
↑ "Hamilton Academical boss Martin Canning extends his own playing contract". bbc.co.uk/sport. BBC Sport. 30 May 2016. Retrieved 30 July 2016.
↑ "Martin Canning thanks Hamilton Accies board for sticking by him". BBC Sport. 28 May 2017. Retrieved 22 June 2017.
↑ "Hamilton FC Player Appearances". soccerbase.com. Soccerbase. Retrieved 22 June 2017.
↑ "Premiership 2016/2017 - Season rules". Scoresway. Retrieved 1 September 2016.

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[6] 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.

[1] ttp://www.worldfootball.net/attendance/sco-premiership-2016-2017/1/

[2] ttp://stv.tv/sport/football/1355636-motherwell-and-rangers-to-meet-in-scottish-league-cup-group-stage/

[3] "Hamilton Academical boss Martin Canning extends his own playing contract". bbc.co.uk/sport. BBC Sport. 30 May 2016. Retrieved 30 July 2016.

[4] "Martin Canning thanks Hamilton Accies board for sticking by him". BBC Sport. 28 May 2017. Retrieved 22 June 2017.

[5] "Hamilton FC Player Appearances". soccerbase.com. Soccerbase. Retrieved 22 June 2017.

[7] "Premiership 2016/2017 - Season rules". Scoresway. Retrieved 1 September 2016.

2016–17 in Scottish football
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Domestic leagues	SPFL Premiership Championship League One League Two Highland Lowland East of Scotland South of Scotland North Caledonian SJFA West Premier SJFA East Superleague SJFA North Superleague SPFL Development League Women's Premier League SWPL 1 SWPL 2 Scottish Women's Football League North South
Domestic cups	Scottish Cup Final League Cup Group stage Final Challenge Cup Final Junior Cup Youth Cup Women's Cup
European competitions	Champions League Europa League Youth League
Related to national team	Results 2018 FIFA World Cup qualification – UEFA Group F
Transfers	Summer 2016 Winter 2016–17
Club seasons
Premiership	Aberdeen Celtic Dundee Hamilton Academical Heart of Midlothian Inverness Caledonian Thistle Kilmarnock Motherwell Partick Thistle Rangers Ross County St Johnstone
Championship	Ayr United Dumbarton Dundee United Dunfermline Athletic Falkirk Greenock Morton Hibernian Queen of the South Raith Rovers St Mirren
League One	Airdrieonians Albion Rovers Alloa Athletic Brechin City East Fife Livingston Peterhead Queen's Park Stenhousemuir Stranraer
League Two	Annan Athletic Arbroath Berwick Rangers Clyde Cowdenbeath Edinburgh City Elgin City Forfar Athletic Montrose Stirling Albion