2016–17 Hamilton Academical F.C. season

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.

Hamilton Academical
2016–17 season
ChairmanLes Gray
ManagerMartin Canning
StadiumNew Douglas Park
Hamilton, Scotland
(Capacity: 5,510)
Scottish PremiershipEleventh place
Scottish League CupSecond Round
lost to Greenock Morton
Scottish CupQuarter-finals
lost to Rangers
Top goalscorerLeague: Ali Crawford (8)
All: Ali Crawford (10)
Highest home attendance5,292 vs Rangers
Premiership
16 December 2016
Lowest home attendance764 vs Livingston
League Cup
30 July 2016
Average home league attendance2,439[1]

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
Main article: 2016–17 Scottish Premiership
6 August 2016 1Rangers1 - 1Hamilton AcademicalIbrox 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 2Hamilton Academical1 - 2KilmarnockSuperSeal 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 3Dundee1 - 1Hamilton AcademicalDens 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 4Hamilton Academical1 - 0Ross CountySuperSeal 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 5Hearts3 - 1Hamilton AcademicalTynecastle 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 6Motherwell4 - 2Hamilton AcademicalFir 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 7Hamilton Academical1 - 1St JohnstoneSuperSeal 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 8Hamilton Academical1 - 1Inverness Caledonian ThistleSuperSeal Stadium
15:00 D'Acol  18'
Imrie  85'		 BBC
SPFL		 Polworth  90'
Doumbouya  61'		 Attendance: 1,611
Referee: Barry Cook
15 October 2016 9Partick Thsitle2 - 2Hamilton AcademicalFirhill 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 10Hamilton Academical1 - 0AberdeenSuperSeal Stadium
19:45 D'Acol  6' (pen.) BBC
SPFL		 Attendance: 2,315
Referee: William Collum
29 October 2016 11Hamilton Academical0 - 1DundeeSuperSeal Stadium
15:00 Imrie  56'
Kurtaj  72'		 BBC
SPFL		 McGowan  62'
Hateley  32'		 Attendance: 1,853
Referee: Stephen Finch
5 November 2016 12Kilmarnock0 - 0Hamilton AcademicalRugby Park
15:00 Burn  37'
Jones  51'		 Report Gillespie  5'
Sarris  77'		 Attendance: 3,387
Referee: Euan Anderson
21 November 2016 13Hamilton Academical3 - 3Heart of MidlothianSuperSeal 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 14Ross County1 - 1Hamilton AcademicalGlobal 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 15Hamilton Academical1 - 1Partick ThistleSuperSeal 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 16Inverness Caledonian Thistle1 - 1Hamilton AcademicalTulloch 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 17Celtic1 - 0Hamilton AcademicalCeltic Park
19:45 Griffiths  36'
Sviatchenko  82'		 Report Donati  74'
Gillespie  80'		 Attendance: 55,076
Referee: Crawford Allan
16 December 2016 18Hamilton Academical1 - 2RangersSuperSeal 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 19Hamilton Academical0 - 3CelticSuperSeal Stadium
12:30 McMann  35'
Devlin  39'
Donati  50'		 Report McGregor  26' 
Griffiths  41'
Armstrong  54'
Dembélé  84'		 Attendance: 5,003
Referee: Willie Collum
27 December 2016 20Aberdeen2 - 1Hamilton AcademicalPittodrie 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 21Hamilton Academical1 - 1MotherwellSuperSeal 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 22St Johnstone3 - 0Hamilton AcademicalMcDiarmid Park
15:00 Swanson  30'
Cummins  53'  59'
Davidson  74'		 Report Redmond  34' Attendance: 3,279
Referee: Nick Walsh
31 January 2017 23Hamilton Academical3 - 0Inverness Caledonian ThistleSuperSeal 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 24Hamilton Academical1 - 1KilmarnockSuperSeal 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 25Partick Thistle2 - 0Hamilton AcademicalFirhill Stadium
15:00 Doolan  68'  79'
Lawless  81'		 Report Devlin  61'
Watson  64'
SAkondras  76'		 Attendance: 3,057
Referee: Willie Collum
25 February 2017 26Celtic2 - 0Hamilton AcademicalCeltic 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 27Hamilton Academical1 - 0AberdeenSuperSeal Stadium
19:45 Devlin  9'
Skondras  52'
MacKinnon  83' 		 Report Shinnie  72' Attendance: 2,006
Referee: Steven McLean
11 March 2017 28Heart of Midlothian4 - 0Hamilton AcademicalTynecastle 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 29Rangers4 - 0Hamilton AcademicalIbrox 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 30Hamilton Academical1 - 0St JohnstoneSuperSeal 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 31Motherwell0 - 0Hamilton AcademicalFir Park
19:45 Pearson  45+1' Report Skondras  59'
Mackinnon  74'
Sarris  80'		 Attendance: 4,644
Referee: Kevin Clancy
8 April 2017 32Hamilton Academical1 - 1Ross CountySuperSeal 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 33Dundee0 - 2Hamilton AcademicalDens Park
15:00 Report D'Acol  23' (pen.)
Bingham  68'
Devlin  84'		 Attendance: 6,489
Referee: John Beaton
29 April 2017 34Hamilton Academical0 - 2KilmarnockSuperSeal Stadium
15:00 Report Sammon  11'
Jones  23'		 Attendance: 2,482
Referee: William Collum
6 May 2017 35Inverness Caledonian Thistle2 - 1Hamilton AcademicalTulloch Caledonian Stadium
15:00 W McKay  10'
Tansey  36' (pen.)		 Report Redmond  90+4' Attendance: 2,478
Referee: Andrew Dallas
13 May 2017 36Hamilton Academical0 - 1MotherwellSuperSeal Stadium
15:00 Report Moult  66' Attendance: 4,173
Referee: Kevin Clancy
16 May 2017 37Ross County3 - 2Hamilton AcademicalGlobal 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 38Hamilton Academical4 - 0DundeeSuperSeal 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 LegDundee United0 - 0Hamilton AcademicalTannadice Park
19:45 Murray  77' Report Attendance: 9,386
Referee: Steven McLean
28 May 2017 Second LegHamilton Academical1 - 0
(1 - 0 agg.)		Dundee UnitedSuperSeal Stadium
15:00 Docherty  64' Report Attendance: 5,027
Referee: Craig Thomson

Scottish League Cup

Group G
Pos Team Pld W PW PL L GF GA GD Pts Qualification HAM AYR STM LIV EDC
1 Hamilton Academical (Q) 4 3 0 0 1 10 5 +5 9 Qualification to the Second Round — — 3–0 2–1 —
2 Ayr United (X) 4 3 0 0 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 0 0 1 7 5 +2 9 — 1–0 — — 3–0
4 Livingston 4 1 0 0 3 6 7 −1 3 — 0–2 2–3 — —
5 Edinburgh City 4 0 0 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.
Main article: 2016–17 Scottish League Cup
16 July 2016 (2016-07-16) Group GAyr United2 – 1Hamilton AcademicalSomerset 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 GHamilton Academical3 – 0St MirrenNew 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 GEdinburgh City2 – 4Hamilton AcademicalMeadowbank 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 GHamilton Academical2 – 1LivingstonNew 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 roundHamilton Academical1 - 2MortonNew 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 RoundKilmarnock0 - 1Hamilton AcademicalKilmarnock
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 RoundDunfermline Athletic1 - 1Hamilton AcademicalDunfermline
15:00 McMullan  30' Report Redmond  74' Stadium: East End Park
Attendance: 2,945
Referee: Craig Thomson (referee)
14 February 2017 Fifth Round ReplayHamilton Academical1 - 1 (a.e.t.)
(3 - 0 p)		Dunfermline AthleticHamilton
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 FinalsRangers6 - 0Hamilton AcademicalGlasgow
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 TotalPremiershipLeague CupScottish CupPlay-offs
AppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
1 GK Remi Matthews 270170503020
2 DF Danny Seaborne 13010+10002000
3 DF Giannis Skondras 18111+21002+1020
4 DF Michael Devlin 362282404000
5 DF Martin Canning 0000000000
6 MF Grant Gillespie 41128+31504010
7 MF Dougie Imrie 48736+14533+1020
8 MF Greg Docherty 37223+614+100+101+11
9 FW Alexandre D'Acol 35924+5742100+10
10 MF Daniel Redmond 34215+1210+203120
11 MF Ali Crawford 421031+28522020
12 MF Gramoz Kurtaj 1705+90002+1000
14 DF Alex Gogić 903+40000020
15 FW Rakish Bingham 36723+75003+1220
16 MF Craig Watson 4020001+1000
17 MF Louis Longridge 2439+71520+100+20
18 MF Darian MacKinnon 42032+103+203010
19 GK Darren Jamieson 0000000000
20 FW Eamonn Brophy 3127+212002+1000
21 MF Massimo Donati 40326+523+113+1010
22 MF Darren Lyon 815+110+10000+10
23 DF Scott McMann 31021+201+102+2020
24 DF Jesús García 1000100000
25 DF Ben Reilly 0000000000
26 GK Alex Marshall 0000000000
27 DF Shaun Want 200+20000000
28 FW Ross Cunningham 400+200+100+1000
31 FW Ryan Tierney 200+20000000
32 DF Jack Breslin 10000+100000
33 MF Ronan Hughes 400+201+100000
34 GK Gary Woods 220210001000
37 FW David Templeton 511+21000020
39 DF Blair Adams 702+30002000
89 DF Georgios Sarris 34030020100+10
Players who left the club during the 2016–17 season
3 DF Antons Kurakins (contract terminated) 5010400000
14 FW Richard Roy (joined Broughty Athletic) 200+100+100000
29 DF Jordan McGregor (on loan to Airdrieonians) 31002+110000
30 MF Steven Boyd (on loan to Albion Rovers) 30001+200000
35 GK Robbie Thomson (joined Falkirk) 100+10000000
46 DF Lennard Sowah (joined Hearts) 706+10000000
MF Sean McKirdy (on loan to Berwick Rangers) 0000000000

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:
  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.

References
  1. http://www.worldfootball.net/attendance/sco-premiership-2016-2017/1/
  2. http://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.
  6. "Premiership 2016/2017 - Season rules". Scoresway. Retrieved 1 September 2016.
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