2016–17 Heart of Midlothian F.C. season

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
Europa League	Second qualifying round, lost to Birkirkara
League Cup	Second round, lost to St Johnstone
Scottish Cup	Fifth Round, lost to Hibernian
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

The 2016–17 season is the 120th season of competitive football by Heart of Midlothian F.C. with the team participating in the Scottish Premiership.

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 being 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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Qualifying Rounds

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)

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)

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)

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	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
Number	Position	Nation	Name	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
1	GK		Jack Hamilton	44	0	35+0	0	4+0	0	1+0	0	4+0	0
2	DF		Callum Paterson	25	10	20+0	8	4+0	1	1+0	1	0+0	0
4	MF		Alexandros Tziolis	18	1	14+2	1	0+0	0	0+0	0	2+0	0
5	DF		Aaron Hughes	12	0	8+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	4+0	0
6	MF		Perry Kitchen	35	0	26+3	0	2+1	0	0+0	0	3+0	0
7	MF		Jamie Walker	43	15	28+6	12	4+0	0	1+0	1	4+0	2
8	MF		Prince Buaben	26	2	11+9	1	4+0	1	1+0	0	1+0	0
10	MF		Arnaud Djoum	40	6	30+3	6	4+0	0	1+0	0	1+1	0
11	MF		Sam Nicholson	27	2	13+6	2	2+2	0	0+1	0	1+2	0
12	DF		Tasos Avlonitis	11	0	8+1	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	2+0	0
13	GK		Viktor Noring	3	0	3+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
14	MF		John Souttar	27	0	22+0	0	1+1	0	1+0	0	2+0	0
15	MF		Don Cowie	39	3	34+0	3	0+2	0	1+0	0	2+0	0
16	MF		Choulay	12	0	3+8	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+1	0
17	DF		Juwon Oshaniwa	0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
19	DF		Krystian Nowak	19	1	17+0	1	0+0	0	0+0	0	1+1	0
20	FW		Bjørn Johnsen	37	6	22+12	5	0+0	0	0+0	0	2+1	1
22	MF		Angus Beith	2	0	0+2	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
23	FW		Dylan Bikey	2	0	0+2	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
24	DF		Liam Smith	25	0	12+8	0	3+0	0	0+1	0	0+1	0
25	FW		Nikolay Todorov	0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
27	DF		Andraz Struna	17	1	13+0	1	0+0	0	0+0	0	4+0	0
29	MF		Jamie Brandon	1	0	1+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
30	FW		Rory Currie	11	1	1+8	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	1+1	1
46	DF		Lennard Sowah	15	0	11+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	4+0	0
49	FW		Euan Henderson	1	0	0+1	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
77	FW		Esmaël Gonçalves	17	8	15+0	7	0+0	0	0+0	0	2+0	1
88	MF		Malaury Martin	17	2	5+8	1	0+0	0	0+0	0	4+0	1
-	MF		Billy King	1	0	0+0	0	0+1	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
-	FW		Gavin Reilly	0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
-	DF		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		Conor Sammon	26	2	9+10	1	4+0	1	1+0	0	0+2	0
21	FW		Robbie Buchanan	0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
26	FW		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		Faycal Rherras	23	1	17+2	1	4+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
4	DF		Igor Rossi	24	2	20+0	0	3+0	2	1+0	0	0+0	0
5	DF		Alim Öztürk	10	1	2+3	0	4+0	1	1+0	0	0+0	0
9	FW		Juanma	4	0	0+0	0	1+3	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
23	FW		Robbie Muirhead	20	2	6+12	2	0+1	0	1+0	0	0+0	0
32	FW		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
Number	Nation	Position	Name
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	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
4	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	Name	Games	Premiership	Europa League	Scottish Cup	Total
1	GK	Jack Hamilton	44	10	1	1	12
2	GK	Viktor Noring	3	0	0	0	0
		Totals	45	10	1	1	12

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

Team statistics

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation[lower-alpha 1]
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	Qualification for the Europa League first qualifying round
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:

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

In

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

Out

Date	Position	Name	To	Fee
15 June 2016	GK	Neil Alexander	Aberdeen	Undisclosed[35]
15 June 2016	MF	Morgaro Gomis	Kelantan	Undisclosed[36]
4 January 2017	FW	Juanma	V-Varen Nagasaki	Undisclosed
8 January 2017	DF	Alim Öztürk	Boluspor	Undisclosed
13 January 2017	DF	Igor Rossi	Faisaly	Undisclosed
19 January 2017	FW	Robbie Muirhead	MK Dons	Undisclosed

Loans in

Date from	Date to	Position	Nationality	Name	From
20 July 2016	End of Season (loan ended 09 January 2017)	FW		Tony Watt	Charlton Athletic
28 January 2017	End of Season (loan ended 31 May 2017)	MF		Choulay	Stoke City

Loans out

Date from	Date to	Position	Name	To
13 June 2016	1 May 2017[37]	FW	Gavin Reilly	Dunfermline Athletic
5 July 2016	10 May 2017[38][39]	DF	Jordan McGhee	Middlesbrough F.C. U23
11 July 2016	29 May 2017[40]	MF	Billy King	Inverness Caledonian Thistle
27 July 2016	15 January 2017	FW	Nikolay Todorov	Cowdenbeath
31 August 2016	3 January 2017	FW	Juanma	UCAM Murcia
24 September 2016	31 October 2016	DF	Liam Smith	Raith Rovers
28 October 2016	15 January 2017	MF	Angus Beith	Stirling Albion
18 November 2016	24 December 2016	FW	Robbie Buchanan	Brechin City
23 January 2017	7 May 2017	FW	Nikolay Todorov	Livingston
31 January 2017	21 May 2017	FW	Robbie Buchanan	Cowdenbeath
31 January 2017	End of Season (loan ended 31 May 2017)	FW	Conor Sammon	Kilmarnock
30 March 2017	15 May 2017	FW	Dylan Bikey	Stirling Albion

Notes

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

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[29] 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.

[Infonet_Tallinn-21] Infonet Tallinn will play their home match at A. Le Coq Arena, Tallinn, instead of their regular stadium Lasnamäe KJH Stadium, Tallinn.[20]

[Birkirkara-22] Birkirkara play their home matches at Hibernians Stadium, Paola, instead of their regular stadium National Stadium, Ta' Qali.

[percentage-31] Win% is the percentage of matches won rounded to two decimal places.

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