2015–16 Hamilton Academical F.C. season

April 2022 Hamilton Academical 2015–16 Martin Canning Les Gray New Douglas Park Premiership Tenth Place League Cup Second Round Scottish Cup Fourth Round Carlton Morris (8) Morris (8) 5,017 vs Celtic, Premiership, 26 February 2016 1,516 vs Inverness CT, Premiership, 11 May 2016 4,387 2014–15 2016–17 _whitehoops _white_hoops _whitehoops _transparent_bottom _color_3_stripes_red FF0000 FF0000 FF0000 FF0000 FFFFFF _navylines _hamilton1617a _navylines _hamilton1617a 82CAFF 82CAFF 15317E 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.http://www.skysports.com/football/news/14933/9325807/hamilton-promoted-to-the-scottish-premier-league-after-beating-hibernian-on-penalties Hamilton promoted after beating Hibernian on penalties Sky Sports skysports.com 25 May 2014 27 July 2015 Hamilton Academical also competed in the League Cup and the Scottish Cup. Results and fixtures #BBF3BB Win 1px solid #AAAAAA #FFFFBB Draw 1px solid #AAAAAA #FFBBBB Loss 1px solid #AAAAAA #BBBBBB Postponed 1px solid #AAAAAA Scottish Premiership 2015–16 Scottish Premiership D 1 August 2015 15:00 1 0–0 BBC Report Hamilton Academical Partick Thistle Frans 2 25 New Douglas Park 2,872 Colvin L 8 August 2015 15:00 2 2–0 BBC Report Ross County Hamilton Academical Curran 10 41 Victoria Park 3,479 Dallas W 15 August 2015 15:00 3 4–0 BBC Report Hamilton Academical Dundee United Crawford 19Lucas 36Morris 39Nadé 90+2 New Douglas Park 2,173 McLean W 22 August 2015 15:00 4 0–2 BBC Report Inverness Caledonian Thistle Hamilton Academical Morris 18Longridge 90+1 Caledonian Stadium 3,003 Anderson W 29 August 2015 15:00 5 3–2 BBC Report Hamilton Academical Heart of Midlothian Kurtaj 45Crawford 83García Tena 88 King 53Paterson 71Paterson 0 77 New Douglas Park Collum 4,745 L 12 September 2015 15:00 6 4–1 BBC Report St Johnstone Hamilton Academical Craig 22MacLean 25 pen. 43 54 Tagliapietra 67 McDiarmid Park 2,648 Dallas L 15 September 2015 15:00 7 1–0 BBC Report Aberdeen Hamilton Academical Rooney 23 pen. Pittodrie Stadium Allan 13,246 W 19 September 2015 15:00 8 1–0 BBC Report Hamilton Academical Motherwell Imrie 72 New Douglas Park 3,325 Thomson W 26 September 2015 15:00 9 1–2 BBC Report Kilmarnock Hamilton Academical Kiltie 34Ashcroft 1 90+4 Imrie 49Crawford 64 Rugby Park 3,308 Robertson L 10 4 October 2015 Hamilton Academical 1–2 BBC Report Celtic Kurtaj 4 Boyata 26Griffiths 31 New Douglas Park 4,910 Steven McLean D 17 October 2015 15:00 11 1–1 Report Hamilton Academical Dundee MacKinnon 0 61Imrie 87 87 Etxabeguren 16Holt 47Harkins 82 New Douglas Park 2,862 Collum D 24 October 2015 15:00 12 1–1 Report Partick Thistle Hamilton Academical Welsh 7Pogba 60Muirhead 87 Gillespie 35Lucas 0 45+4imrie 78Canning 84 Firhill Stadium 3,122 Anderson L 31 October 2015 15:00 13 2–4 BBC Report Hamilton Academical St Johnstone Garcia Tena 81 89 pen. Cummins 40 49Wotherspoon 63O'Halloran 67 New Douglas Park 2,216 Clancy L 7 November 2015 15:00 14 2–0 BBC Report Heart of Midlothian Hamilton Academical Buaben 27Djoum 38 Tynecastle Stadium 16,121 Madden D 22 November 2015 12:30 15 1–1 BBC Report Hamilton Academical Aberdeen Imrie 70 McLean 4 New Douglas Park 2,434 Collum W 28 November 2015 15:00 16 1–2 BBC Report Dundee United Hamilton Academical McKay 29 Tagliapietra 43Gordon 79 Tannadice Park 5,788 Finnie L 12 December 2015 15:00 17 1–3 Report Hamilton Academical Ross County Kurtaj 26Sendels-White 34 Davies 20Curaan 58Woods 72Murdoch 86Boyce 90 New Douglas Park 2,120 SCO Willie Collum L 19 December 2015 15:00 18 4–0 Report Dundee Hamilton Academical Hemmings 5 21 26Stewart 19 52 Gillespie 70 Dens Park 4,568 SCO Don Robertson L 26 December 2015 15:00 19 0–1 Report Hamilton Academical Kilmarnock Morris 28Jesús García Tena 79 Magennis 22Obadeyi 69Smith 76O'Hara 90 New Douglas Park 2,006 SCO Kevin Clancy L 30 December 2015 15:00 20 3–4 Report Hamilton Academical Inverness Caledonian Thistle Gillespie 25Morris 66Gordon 81Imrie 88 Nadé 90 Tansey 18 84 88Draper 26Polworth 51 90Raven 71 New Douglas Park 1,555 SCO Euan Anderson D 2 January 2016 15:00 21 3–3 Report Motherwell Hamilton Academical McDonald 9 46Grimshaw 38Law 49Moult 57Lasley 2 70 90McManus 87 Lucas 25MacKinnon 28Imrie 50Crawford 52 90 pen.Kurakins 78 Fir Park 5,734 SCO Greg Aitken D 16 January 2016 15:00 22 0–0 Report St Johnstone Hamilton Academical Lucas 47Gillespie 78 McDiarmid Park 2,685 SCO Andrew Dallas L 19 January 2016 19:45 23 8–1 Report Celtic Hamilton Academical Lustig 4Bitton 9Rogic 10Griffiths 22 34 54Forrest 53McGregor 89 Brophy 73 Celtic Park 45,659 SCO Craig Thomson (referee) D 24 January 2016 12:45 24 0–0 Report Hamilton Academical Heart of Midlothian Devlin 17MacKinnon 41Jesús García Tena 0 87 Öztürk 39Buaben 39Igor 0 40 New Douglas Park 2,684 SCO Bobby Madden W 30 January 2016 15:00 25 0–1 Report Kilmarnock Hamilton Academical Ashcroft 18Balatoni 62Hamill 73 Morris 62 71MacKinnon 80 Rugby Park 3,076 SCO Stephen Finnie D 13 February 2016 15:00 26 0–0 Report Hamilton Academical Dundee United Devlin 2 65 90+2 New Douglas Park 3,902 SCO Steven McLean (referee) L 20 February 2016 15:00 27 2–1 Report Ross County Hamilton Academical Schalk 45+1Reckford 0 47Davies 73McShane 78Quinn 84 Jesús García Tena 13Kurakins 45Imrie 66 Global Energy Stadium 3,059 SCO Greg Aitken D 26 February 2016 19:45 28 1–1 Report Hamilton Academical Celtic Gordon 49Lucas 66Brophy 73MacKinnon 80Imrie 85 Griffiths 35 pen.Boyata 0 42 New Douglas Park 5,017 SCO Craig Thomson (referee) L 5 March 2016 15:00 29 0–1 Report Hamilton Academical Motherwell Gordon 7Kurakins 9Kurtaj 10McGovern 79Carlton Morris 85 Laing 45Johnson 77 New Douglas Park 3,755 SCO Kevin Clancy W 12 March 2016 15:00 30 0–1 Report Inverness Caledonian Thistle Hamilton Academical Devine 49 Carlton Morris 59Imrie 63Gillespie 63McGovern 90+4 Tulloch Caledonian Stadium 3,510 SCO Steven McLean (referee) L 19 March 2016 15:00 31 1–2 Report Hamilton Academical Partick Thistle Kurtaj 9Docherty 10Lucas 17 Pogba 50Danny Seaborne 70Edwards 84 New Douglas Park 3,055 SCO Willie Collum L 3 April 2016 12:30 32 3–0 Report Aberdeen Hamilton Academical Church 5McGinn 15McLean 33Storie 90+2 Agustien 24Imrie 46Crawford 87 Pittodrie Stadium 12,509 SCOKevin Clancy W 9 April 2016 15:00 33 2–1 Report Hamilton Academical Dundee Crawford 30Jesús García Tena 41 pen.Imrie 42Carlton Morris 64Docherty 84 Julen Etxabeguren 19Harkins 63O'Dea 84 New Douglas Park 2,764 SCO John Beaton W 24 April 2016 15:00 34 1–3 Report Dundee United Hamilton Academical Dow 43Durnan 47Murray 89 Gillespie 12Carlton Morris 23 52 73Crawford 50Imrie 76 Tannadice Park 5,884 SCO Steven McLean (referee) L 30 April 2016 15:00 35 0–4 Report Hamilton Academical Kilmarnock MacKinnon 11Imrie 55Lucas 57Carlton Morris 65Gordon 67Kurakins 69 Kiltie 11 32O'Hara 34Boyd 58 pen.Magennis 77 New Douglas Park 3,595 SCO Craig Thomson (referee) W 7 May 2016 15:00 36 0–1 Report Dundee Hamilton Academical Meggatt 60Gadzhalov 83 Carlton Morris 8 60Imrie 42Kurtaj 42Jesús García Tena 53Redmond 90Gordon 90+1 Dens Park 4,757 SCO Steven McLean (referee) L 11 May 2016 19:45 37 0–1 Report Hamilton Academical Inverness Caledonian Thistle MacKinnon 2 73 75Gillespie 83 Devine 41Warren 58Polworth 85 New Douglas Park 1,516 SCO Stephen Finnie D 14 May 2016 12:30 38 2–2 Report Partick Thistle Hamilton Academical Doolan 3Amoo 19Miller 67 Brophy 10 pen. 20 Firhill Stadium 2,971 SCO Alan Muir Scottish League Cup 2015–16 Scottish League Cup L 25 August 2015 19:45 Round 2 2–1 BBC Report Raith Rovers Hamilton Academical Davidson 3Benedictus 81 Nadé 66 Stark's Park 1,470 Robertson Scottish Cup L 9 January 2016 15:00 Round 4 4–1 Report Annan Athletic Hamilton Academical Matty Flynn 6Todd 47 76Rabin Omar 66 71 73 Docherty 65 Galabank 817 SCO 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 14 May 2016http://www.soccerbase.com/teams/team.sd?team_id=1187&teamTabs=stats&season_id=145 Hamilton FC Player Appearances Soccerbase soccerbase.com 3 August 2015 Premiership League Cup Scottish Cup 1 NIR GK Michael McGovern 37 0 1 0 1 0 2 SCO DF Ziggy Gordon 38 2 1 0 1 0 3 Latvia DF Antons Kurakins 35 0 1 0 0 0 4 SCO DF Michael Devlin 16 0 0 0 1 0 5 SCO DF Martin Canning 1+2 0 0 0 0 0 6 SCO MF Grant Gillespie 28+2 1 0 0 1 0 7 SCO MF Dougie Imrie 34+1 6 0+1 0 0 0 8 Northern Ireland MF Chris Turner 3 0 0 0 0 0 8 FRA FW Oumar Diaby 1+5 0 0 0 0 0 9 BRA FW Alexandre D'Acol 3+12 0 0 0 1 0 11 SCO MF Ali Crawford 32+1 5 1 0 1 0 12 GER MF Gramoz Kurtaj 28+6 3 1 0 0 0 14 ENG FW Carlton Morris 27+5 8 0 0 0+1 0 15 CUW MF Kemy Agustien 1+1 0 0 0 0 0 15 NIR DF Jamie Sendles-White 4+3 0 0 0 0 0 16 SCO MF Craig Watson 0+1 0 0 0 0 0 17 SCO MF Louis Longridge 6+9 1 1 0 0 0 18 SCO FW Darian MacKinnon 30+1 0 1 0 1 0 20 SCO FW Eamonn Brophy 7+7 4 0 0 1 0 21 SCO MF Greg Docherty 16+18 1 1 0 1 1 22 SCO MF Darren Lyon 9+3 0 0 0 0+1 0 24 SPA MF Jesús García Tena 20+3 4 1 0 1 0 26 SCO GK Alan Martin 1 0 0 0 0 0 27 FRA FW Christian Nadé 4+13 2 1 1 0 0 28 GER FW Christopher Mandiangu 0 0 0 0 0+1 0 28 ENG MF Daniel Redmond 1+10 0 0 0 1 0 30 SCO MF Steven Boyd 2+3 0 0+1 0 0 0 33 SCO MF Ronan Hughes 0+2 0 0 0 0 0 35 SCO FW Ross Cunningham 0+1 0 0 0 0 0 44 BRA DF Lucas 34+0 3 1 0 0 0 |} Team statistics League table HAM Division summary table b Round 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 Home Away green2 Win yellow2 Draw red2 Loss 1st 2nd 3rd red1 14 May 2016 https://www.worldfootball.net/competition/ro57268/md1/results-and-standings/ Scottish Premiership 2015/16 worldfootball.net 27 April 2020 May 2016 Management statistics NameFromToPWDLWin%Win% is the percentage of matches won rounded to two decimal places. "note3" "nb" Martin Canninghttp://www.soccerbase.com/managers/manager.sd?manager_id=3247 Martin Canning Statistics Soccerbase soccerbase.com 27 July 2015dmy 2015 8 1Present 40 11 10 19 Transfers List of Scottish football transfers summer 2015 List of Scottish football transfers winter 2015–16 In PlayerFromFee Latvia Antons Kurakins Latvia FK VentspilsFreehttps://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/33028602 Scottish Premiership ins and outs Summer 2015 BBC Sport bbc.co.uk/sport 23 July 2015 27 July 2015 France Christian Nadé SCO Raith RoversFreehttps://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/33511075 Christian Nade among four signings BBC Sport bbc.co.uk/sport 13 July 2015 26 July 2015 Germany Gramoz Kurtaj Czech Republic Banik MostFree Northern Ireland Chris Turner SCO DumbartonFreehttps://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/33306350 Hamilton Academical secure Dumbarton's Chris Turner BBC Sport bbc.co.uk/sport 28 June 2015 27 July 2015 SCO Alan Martin SCO ClydeFreehttps://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/33078110 Goalkeeper Alan Martin arrives from Clyde BBC Sport bbc.co.uk/sport 10 June 2015 27 July 2015 ENG Carlton Morris ENG Norwich CityLoanhttp://www.canaries.co.uk/news/article/norwich-city-carlton-morris-hamilton-loan-2543909.aspx Young forward also makes loan switch to Hamilton Academical Norwich City canaries.co.uk 15 July 2015 27 July 2015 BRA Alex D'Acol GRE AEK AthensFree NIR Jamie Sendles-White ENG Queens Park RangersFree Out PlayerToFee SCO Stephen Hendrie ENG West Ham UnitedUndisclosedhttps://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/31032453 West Ham sign Hamilton fullback BBC Sport bbc.co.uk/sport 30 January 2015 1 August 2015 Netherlands Nigel Hasselbaink Netherlands ExcelsiorFreehttp://www.heraldscotland.com/sport/13420678.Former_Hamilton_ace_Hasselbaink_signs_for_Dutch_club_Excelsior/ Former Hamilton ace Hasselbaink signs for Dutch club Excelsior The Herald heraldscotland.com 14 July 2015 1 August 2015 ENG Jon Routledge SCO DumbartonFreehttps://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/33430159 Dumbarton add Jon Routledge and Calum Waters to squad BBC Sport bbc.co.uk/sport 7 July 2015 1 August 2015 SCO Darren Smith SCO LivingstonFree SCO Blair Currie SCO Annan AthleticFreehttp://spfl.co.uk/news/article/annan-add-four-to-squad/ Annan add four Scottish Professional Football League spfl.co.uk 21 July 2015 1 August 2015 SCO Jason Scotland SCO Stenhousemuir Free Czech Nico Sumsky SCO AirdrieoniansLoanhttp://spfl.co.uk/news/article/airdrie-loan-switch-for-sumsky/ Airdrie loan switch for Sumsky Scottish Professional Football League spfl.co.uk 13 July 2015 1 August 2015 https://web.archive.org/web/20150714082041/http://spfl.co.uk/news/article/airdrie-loan-switch-for-sumsky/ 14 July 2015 dead SCO Kieran MacDonald SCO East Fifehttp://www.espnfc.co.uk/scottish-league-two/match/425830/east-fife-stirling-albion/preview Kieran MacDonald ready for East Fife debut against Stirling Albion ESPN FC espnfc.co.uk 2 October 2015 11 October 2015Freehttps://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/34110505 Kieran MacDonald leaves after a season BBC Sport bbc.co.uk/sport 31 August 2015 2 September 2015 SCO Daniel Armstrong ENG Wolverhampton Wanderers Freehttps://www.expressandstar.com/sport/football/wolverhampton-wanderers-fc/2015/10/27/wolves-sign-youngster-daniel-armstrong/ Wolves sign youngster Daniel Armstrong Express & Star MNA Media 27 October 2015 10 February 2018 Notes "nb" References Category:Hamilton Academical F.C. seasons Hamilton Academical