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	Second Round
Scottish Cup	Fourth Round
Top goalscorer	League: Carlton Morris (8); All: Morris (8)
Highest home attendance	5,017 vs Celtic, Premiership, 26 February 2016
Lowest home attendance	1,516 vs Inverness CT, Premiership, 11 May 2016
Average home league attendance	4,387
Home colours	Away colours
	← 2014–15 2016–17 →

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 and fixtures

Win Draw Loss Postponed

Scottish Premiership

1 August 2015 1	Hamilton Academical	0–0	Partick Thistle	New Douglas Park
15:00		BBC Report	Frans 25'	Attendance: 2,872 Referee: Colvin

8 August 2015 2	Ross County	2–0	Hamilton Academical	Victoria Park
15:00	Curran 10', 41'	BBC Report		Attendance: 3,479 Referee: Dallas

15 August 2015 3	Hamilton Academical	4–0	Dundee United	New Douglas Park
15:00	Crawford 19' Lucas 36' Morris 39' Nadé 90+2'	BBC Report		Attendance: 2,173 Referee: McLean

22 August 2015 4	Inverness Caledonian Thistle	0–2	Hamilton Academical	Caledonian Stadium
15:00		BBC Report	Morris 18' Longridge 90+1'	Attendance: 3,003 Referee: Anderson

29 August 2015 5	Hamilton Academical	3–2	Heart of Midlothian	New Douglas Park
15:00	Kurtaj 45' Crawford 83' García Tena 88'	BBC Report	King 53' Paterson 71' Paterson 77'	Attendance: Collum Referee: 4,745

12 September 2015 6	St Johnstone	4–1	Hamilton Academical	McDiarmid Park
15:00	Craig 22' MacLean 25' (pen.), 43', 54'	BBC Report	Tagliapietra 67'	Attendance: 2,648 Referee: Dallas

15 September 2015 7	Aberdeen	1–0	Hamilton Academical	Pittodrie Stadium
15:00	Rooney 23' (pen.)	BBC Report		Attendance: Allan Referee: 13,246

19 September 2015 8	Hamilton Academical	1–0	Motherwell	New Douglas Park
15:00	Imrie 72'	BBC Report		Attendance: 3,325 Referee: Thomson

26 September 2015 9	Kilmarnock	1–2	Hamilton Academical	Rugby Park
15:00	Kiltie 34' Ashcroft 90+4'	BBC Report	Imrie 49' Crawford 64'	Attendance: 3,308 Referee: Robertson

4 October 2015 10	Hamilton Academical	1–2	Celtic	New Douglas Park
	Kurtaj 4'	BBC Report	Boyata 26' Griffiths 31'	Attendance: 4,910 Referee: Steven McLean

17 October 2015 11	Hamilton Academical	1–1	Dundee	New Douglas Park
15:00	MacKinnon 61' Imrie 87' 87'	Report	Etxabeguren 16' Holt 47' Harkins 82'	Attendance: 2,862 Referee: Collum

24 October 2015 12	Partick Thistle	1–1	Hamilton Academical	Firhill Stadium
15:00	Welsh 7' Pogba 60' Muirhead 87'	Report	Gillespie 35' Lucas 45+4' imrie 78' Canning 84'	Attendance: 3,122 Referee: Anderson

31 October 2015 13	Hamilton Academical	2–4	St Johnstone	New Douglas Park
15:00	Garcia Tena 81', 89' (pen.)	BBC Report	Cummins 40', 49' Wotherspoon 63' O'Halloran 67'	Attendance: 2,216 Referee: Clancy

7 November 2015 14	Heart of Midlothian	2–0	Hamilton Academical	Tynecastle Stadium
15:00	Buaben 27' Djoum 38'	BBC Report		Attendance: 16,121 Referee: Madden

22 November 2015 15	Hamilton Academical	1–1	Aberdeen	New Douglas Park
12:30	Imrie 70'	BBC Report	McLean 4'	Attendance: 2,434 Referee: Collum

28 November 2015 16	Dundee United	1–2	Hamilton Academical	Tannadice Park
15:00	McKay 29'	BBC Report	Tagliapietra 43' Gordon 79'	Attendance: 5,788 Referee: Finnie

12 December 2015 17	Hamilton Academical	1–3	Ross County	New Douglas Park
15:00	Kurtaj 26' Sendels-White 34'	Report	Davies 20' Curaan 58' Woods 72' Murdoch 86' Boyce 90'	Attendance: 2,120 Referee: Willie Collum

19 December 2015 18	Dundee	4–0	Hamilton Academical	Dens Park
15:00	Hemmings 5' 21' 26' Stewart 19' 52'	Report	Gillespie 70'	Attendance: 4,568 Referee: Don Robertson

26 December 2015 19	Hamilton Academical	0–1	Kilmarnock	New Douglas Park
15:00	Morris 28' Jesús García Tena 79'	Report	Magennis 22' Obadeyi 69' Smith 76' O'Hara 90'	Attendance: 2,006 Referee: Kevin Clancy

30 December 2015 20	Hamilton Academical	3–4	Inverness Caledonian Thistle	New Douglas Park
15:00	Gillespie 25' Morris 66' Gordon 81' Imrie 88' Nadé 90'	Report	Tansey 18' 84' 88' Draper 26' Polworth 51' 90' Raven 71'	Attendance: 1,555 Referee: Euan Anderson

2 January 2016 21	Motherwell	3–3	Hamilton Academical	Fir Park
15:00	McDonald 9' 46' Grimshaw 38' Law 49' Moult 57' Lasley 70' McManus 87'	Report	Lucas 25' MacKinnon 28' Imrie 50' Crawford 52' 90' (pen.) Kurakins 78'	Attendance: 5,734 Referee: Greg Aitken

16 January 2016 22	St Johnstone	0–0	Hamilton Academical	McDiarmid Park
15:00		Report	Lucas 47' Gillespie 78'	Attendance: 2,685 Referee: Andrew Dallas

19 January 2016 23	Celtic	8–1	Hamilton Academical	Celtic Park
19:45	Lustig 4' Bitton 9' Rogic 10' Griffiths 22' 34' 54' Forrest 53' McGregor 89'	Report	Brophy 73'	Attendance: 45,659 Referee: Craig Thomson (referee)

24 January 2016 24	Hamilton Academical	0–0	Heart of Midlothian	New Douglas Park
12:45	Devlin 17' MacKinnon 41' Jesús García Tena 87'	Report	Öztürk 39' Buaben 39' Igor 40'	Attendance: 2,684 Referee: Bobby Madden

30 January 2016 25	Kilmarnock	0–1	Hamilton Academical	Rugby Park
15:00	Ashcroft 18' Balatoni 62' Hamill 73'	Report	Morris 62' 71' MacKinnon 80'	Attendance: 3,076 Referee: Stephen Finnie

13 February 2016 26	Hamilton Academical	0–0	Dundee United	New Douglas Park
15:00	Devlin 65'	Report		Attendance: 3,902 Referee: Steven McLean (referee)

20 February 2016 27	Ross County	2–1	Hamilton Academical	Global Energy Stadium
15:00	Schalk 45+1' Reckford 47' Davies 73' McShane 78' Quinn 84'	Report	Jesús García Tena 13' Kurakins 45' Imrie 66'	Attendance: 3,059 Referee: Greg Aitken

26 February 2016 28	Hamilton Academical	1–1	Celtic	New Douglas Park
19:45	Gordon 49' Lucas 66' Brophy 73' MacKinnon 80' Imrie 85'	Report	Griffiths 35' (pen.) Boyata 42'	Attendance: 5,017 Referee: Craig Thomson (referee)

5 March 2016 29	Hamilton Academical	0–1	Motherwell	New Douglas Park
15:00	Gordon 7' Kurakins 9' Kurtaj 10' McGovern 79' Carlton Morris 85'	Report	Laing 45' Johnson 77'	Attendance: 3,755 Referee: Kevin Clancy

12 March 2016 30	Inverness Caledonian Thistle	0–1	Hamilton Academical	Tulloch Caledonian Stadium
15:00	Devine 49'	Report	Carlton Morris 59' Imrie 63' Gillespie 63' McGovern 90+4'	Attendance: 3,510 Referee: Steven McLean (referee)

19 March 2016 31	Hamilton Academical	1–2	Partick Thistle	New Douglas Park
15:00	Kurtaj 9' Docherty 10' Lucas 17'	Report	Pogba 50' Danny Seaborne 70' Edwards 84'	Attendance: 3,055 Referee: Willie Collum

3 April 2016 32	Aberdeen	3–0	Hamilton Academical	Pittodrie Stadium
12:30	Church 5' McGinn 15' McLean 33' Storie 90+2'	Report	Agustien 24' Imrie 46' Crawford 87'	Attendance: 12,509 Referee: Kevin Clancy

9 April 2016 33	Hamilton Academical	2–1	Dundee	New Douglas Park
15:00	Crawford 30' Jesús García Tena 41' (pen.) Imrie 42' Carlton Morris 64' Docherty 84'	Report	Julen Etxabeguren 19' Harkins 63' O'Dea 84'	Attendance: 2,764 Referee: John Beaton

24 April 2016 34	Dundee United	1–3	Hamilton Academical	Tannadice Park
15:00	Dow 43' Durnan 47' Murray 89'	Report	Gillespie 12' Carlton Morris 23' 52' 73' Crawford 50' Imrie 76'	Attendance: 5,884 Referee: Steven McLean (referee)

30 April 2016 35	Hamilton Academical	0–4	Kilmarnock	New Douglas Park
15:00	MacKinnon 11' Imrie 55' Lucas 57' Carlton Morris 65' Gordon 67' Kurakins 69'	Report	Kiltie 11' 32' O'Hara 34' Boyd 58' (pen.) Magennis 77'	Attendance: 3,595 Referee: Craig Thomson (referee)

7 May 2016 36	Dundee	0–1	Hamilton Academical	Dens Park
15:00	Meggatt 60' Gadzhalov 83'	Report	Carlton Morris 8' 60' Imrie 42' Kurtaj 42' Jesús García Tena 53' Redmond 90' Gordon 90+1'	Attendance: 4,757 Referee: Steven McLean (referee)

11 May 2016 37	Hamilton Academical	0–1	Inverness Caledonian Thistle	New Douglas Park
19:45	MacKinnon 73' Gillespie 83'	Report	Devine 41' Warren 58' Polworth 85'	Attendance: 1,516 Referee: Stephen Finnie

14 May 2016 38	Partick Thistle	2–2	Hamilton Academical	Firhill Stadium
12:30	Doolan 3' Amoo 19' Miller 67'	Report	Brophy 10' (pen.) 20'	Attendance: 2,971 Referee: Alan Muir

Scottish League Cup

25 August 2015 Round 2	Raith Rovers	2–1	Hamilton Academical	Stark's Park
19:45	Davidson 3' Benedictus 81'	BBC Report	Nadé 66'	Attendance: 1,470 Referee: Robertson

Scottish Cup

9 January 2016 Round 4	Annan Athletic	4–1	Hamilton Academical	Galabank
15:00	Matty Flynn 6' Todd 47' 76' Rabin Omar 66' 71' 73'	Report	Docherty 65'	Attendance: 817 Referee: Barry Cook

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 14 May 2016^[2]

No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Total		Premiership		League Cup		Scottish Cup
No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
1	GK	NIR	Michael McGovern	39	0	37	0	1	0	1	0
2	DF	SCO	Ziggy Gordon	40	2	38	2	1	0	1	0
3	DF	LVA	Antons Kurakins	36	0	35	0	1	0	0	0
4	DF	SCO	Michael Devlin	17	0	16	0	0	0	1	0
5	DF	SCO	Martin Canning	3	0	1+2	0	0	0	0	0
6	MF	SCO	Grant Gillespie	31	1	28+2	1	0	0	1	0
7	MF	SCO	Dougie Imrie	36	6	34+1	6	0+1	0	0	0
8	MF	NIR	Chris Turner	3	0	3	0	0	0	0	0
8	FW	FRA	Oumar Diaby	6	0	1+5	0	0	0	0	0
9	FW	BRA	Alexandre D'Acol	16	0	3+12	0	0	0	1	0
11	MF	SCO	Ali Crawford	35	5	32+1	5	1	0	1	0
12	MF	GER	Gramoz Kurtaj	35	3	28+6	3	1	0	0	0
14	FW	ENG	Carlton Morris	33	8	27+5	8	0	0	0+1	0
15	MF	CUW	Kemy Agustien	2	0	1+1	0	0	0	0	0
15	DF	NIR	Jamie Sendles-White	7	0	4+3	0	0	0	0	0
16	MF	SCO	Craig Watson	1	0	0+1	0	0	0	0	0
17	MF	SCO	Louis Longridge	16	1	6+9	1	1	0	0	0
18	FW	SCO	Darian MacKinnon	33	0	30+1	0	1	0	1	0
20	FW	SCO	Eamonn Brophy	15	4	7+7	4	0	0	1	0
21	MF	SCO	Greg Docherty	36	2	16+18	1	1	0	1	1
22	MF	SCO	Darren Lyon	13	0	9+3	0	0	0	0+1	0
24	MF	ESP	Jesús García Tena	25	4	20+3	4	1	0	1	0
26	GK	SCO	Alan Martin	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0
27	FW	FRA	Christian Nadé	18	3	4+13	2	1	1	0	0
28	FW	GER	Christopher Mandiangu	1	0	0	0	0	0	0+1	0
28	MF	ENG	Daniel Redmond	12	0	1+10	0	0	0	1	0
30	MF	SCO	Steven Boyd	6	0	2+3	0	0+1	0	0	0
33	MF	SCO	Ronan Hughes	2	0	0+2	0	0	0	0	0
35	FW	SCO	Ross Cunningham	1	0	0+1	0	0	0	0	0
44	DF	BRA	Lucas	35	3	34+0	3	1	0	0	0

Team statistics

League table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation^[a]
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^[b] (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 winners; (R) Relegated
Notes:

^ Teams play each other three times (33 matches), before the league is split into two groups (the top six and the bottom six).
^ 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

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	A	A	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	A	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A
Result	D	L	W	W	W	L	L	W	W	L	D	D	L	L	D	W	L	L	L	L	D	D	L	D	W	D	L	D	L	W	L	L	W	W	L	W	L	D
Position	6	10	5	5	5	6	5	4	4	5	5	6	6	6	5	5	7	8	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10

Updated to match(es) played on 14 May 2016. 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

In

Player	From	Fee
Antons Kurakins	FK Ventspils	Free^[7]
Christian Nadé	Raith Rovers	Free^[8]
Gramoz Kurtaj	Banik Most	Free^[7]
Chris Turner	Dumbarton	Free^[9]
Alan Martin	Clyde	Free^[10]
Carlton Morris	Norwich City	Loan^[11]
Alex D'Acol	AEK Athens	Free
Jamie Sendles-White	Queens Park Rangers	Free

Out

Player	To	Fee
Stephen Hendrie	West Ham United	Undisclosed^[12]
Nigel Hasselbaink	Excelsior	Free^[13]
Jon Routledge	Dumbarton	Free^[14]
Darren Smith	Livingston	Free^[7]
Blair Currie	Annan Athletic	Free^[15]
Jason Scotland	Stenhousemuir	Free
Nico Sumsky	Airdrieonians	Loan^[16]
Kieran MacDonald	East Fife^[17]	Free^[18]
Daniel Armstrong	Wolverhampton Wanderers	Free^[19]

Notes

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

References

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^ "Hamilton FC Player Appearances". soccerbase.com. Soccerbase. Retrieved 3 August 2015.
^ "Dundee Utd docked points for fielding ineligible player Ali Coote v ICT". BBC Sport. 11 May 2016. Retrieved 11 May 2016.
^ "Premiership 2015/2016 - Season rules". Scoresway. Retrieved 1 August 2015.
^ "Scottish Premiership 2015/16". worldfootball.net. Retrieved 27 April 2020.
^ "Martin Canning Statistics". soccerbase.com. Soccerbase. Retrieved 27 July 2015.
^ ^a ^b ^c "Scottish Premiership ins and outs Summer 2015". bbc.co.uk/sport. BBC Sport. 23 July 2015. Retrieved 27 July 2015.
^ "Christian Nade among four signings". bbc.co.uk/sport. BBC Sport. 13 July 2015. Retrieved 26 July 2015.
^ "Hamilton Academical secure Dumbarton's Chris Turner". bbc.co.uk/sport. BBC Sport. 28 June 2015. Retrieved 27 July 2015.
^ "Goalkeeper Alan Martin arrives from Clyde". bbc.co.uk/sport. BBC Sport. 10 June 2015. Retrieved 27 July 2015.
^ "Young forward also makes loan switch to Hamilton Academical". canaries.co.uk. Norwich City. 15 July 2015. Retrieved 27 July 2015.
^ "West Ham sign Hamilton fullback". bbc.co.uk/sport. BBC Sport. 30 January 2015. Retrieved 1 August 2015.
^ "Former Hamilton ace Hasselbaink signs for Dutch club Excelsior". heraldscotland.com. The Herald. 14 July 2015. Retrieved 1 August 2015.
^ "Dumbarton add Jon Routledge and Calum Waters to squad". bbc.co.uk/sport. BBC Sport. 7 July 2015. Retrieved 1 August 2015.
^ "Annan add four". spfl.co.uk. Scottish Professional Football League. 21 July 2015. Retrieved 1 August 2015.
^ "Airdrie loan switch for Sumsky". spfl.co.uk. Scottish Professional Football League. 13 July 2015. Archived from the original on 14 July 2015. Retrieved 1 August 2015.
^ "Kieran MacDonald ready for East Fife debut against Stirling Albion". espnfc.co.uk. ESPN FC. 2 October 2015. Retrieved 11 October 2015.
^ "Kieran MacDonald leaves after a season". bbc.co.uk/sport. BBC Sport. 31 August 2015. Retrieved 2 September 2015.
^ "Wolves sign youngster Daniel Armstrong". Express & Star. MNA Media. 27 October 2015. Retrieved 10 February 2018.

[3] Teams play each other three times (33 matches), before the league is split into two groups (the top six and the bottom six).

[table_note_DUN0.36028449486954-5] Dundee United were deducted three points for fielding an ineligible player in their win over Inverness Caledonian Thistle on 6 May 2016.^[3]

[note3-8] Win% is the percentage of matches won rounded to two decimal places.

[1] "Hamilton promoted after beating Hibernian on penalties". skysports.com. Sky Sports. 25 May 2014. Retrieved 27 July 2015.

[2] "Hamilton FC Player Appearances". soccerbase.com. Soccerbase. Retrieved 3 August 2015.

[4] "Dundee Utd docked points for fielding ineligible player Ali Coote v ICT". BBC Sport. 11 May 2016. Retrieved 11 May 2016.

[6] "Premiership 2015/2016 - Season rules". Scoresway. Retrieved 1 August 2015.

[7] "Scottish Premiership 2015/16". worldfootball.net. Retrieved 27 April 2020.

[9] "Martin Canning Statistics". soccerbase.com. Soccerbase. Retrieved 27 July 2015.

[outs-10] "Scottish Premiership ins and outs Summer 2015". bbc.co.uk/sport. BBC Sport. 23 July 2015. Retrieved 27 July 2015.

[11] "Christian Nade among four signings". bbc.co.uk/sport. BBC Sport. 13 July 2015. Retrieved 26 July 2015.

[12] "Hamilton Academical secure Dumbarton's Chris Turner". bbc.co.uk/sport. BBC Sport. 28 June 2015. Retrieved 27 July 2015.

[13] "Goalkeeper Alan Martin arrives from Clyde". bbc.co.uk/sport. BBC Sport. 10 June 2015. Retrieved 27 July 2015.

[14] "Young forward also makes loan switch to Hamilton Academical". canaries.co.uk. Norwich City. 15 July 2015. Retrieved 27 July 2015.

[15] "West Ham sign Hamilton fullback". bbc.co.uk/sport. BBC Sport. 30 January 2015. Retrieved 1 August 2015.

[16] "Former Hamilton ace Hasselbaink signs for Dutch club Excelsior". heraldscotland.com. The Herald. 14 July 2015. Retrieved 1 August 2015.

[17] "Dumbarton add Jon Routledge and Calum Waters to squad". bbc.co.uk/sport. BBC Sport. 7 July 2015. Retrieved 1 August 2015.

[18] "Annan add four". spfl.co.uk. Scottish Professional Football League. 21 July 2015. Retrieved 1 August 2015.

[19] "Airdrie loan switch for Sumsky". spfl.co.uk. Scottish Professional Football League. 13 July 2015. Archived from the original on 14 July 2015. Retrieved 1 August 2015.

[20] "Kieran MacDonald ready for East Fife debut against Stirling Albion". espnfc.co.uk. ESPN FC. 2 October 2015. Retrieved 11 October 2015.

[MacDonald-21] "Kieran MacDonald leaves after a season". bbc.co.uk/sport. BBC Sport. 31 August 2015. Retrieved 2 September 2015.

[22] "Wolves sign youngster Daniel Armstrong". Express & Star. MNA Media. 27 October 2015. Retrieved 10 February 2018.

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