2015–16 Hamilton Academical F.C. season explained

Club:Hamilton Academical
Season:2015–16
Manager:Martin Canning
Chairman:Les Gray
Stadium:New Douglas Park
League:Premiership
League Result:Tenth Place
Cup1:League Cup
Cup1 Result:Second Round
Cup2:Scottish Cup
Cup2 Result:Fourth Round
League Topscorer:Carlton Morris (8)
Season Topscorer:Morris (8)
Highest Attendance:5,017 vs Celtic, Premiership, 26 February 2016
Lowest Attendance:1,516 vs Inverness CT, Premiership, 11 May 2016
Average Attendance:4,387
Prevseason:2014–15
Nextseason:2016–17
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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

Scottish Premiership

See main article: 2015–16 Scottish Premiership.

Scottish League Cup

See main article: 2015–16 Scottish League Cup.

Scottish Cup

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

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Team statistics

Management statistics

Transfers

See main article: List of Scottish football transfers summer 2015 and List of Scottish football transfers winter 2015–16.

In

PlayerFromFee
Antons Kurakins FK VentspilsFree[4]
Christian Nadé Raith RoversFree[5]
Gramoz Kurtaj Banik MostFree
Chris Turner DumbartonFree[6]
Alan Martin ClydeFree[7]
Carlton Morris Norwich CityLoan[8]
Alex D'Acol AEK AthensFree
Jamie Sendles-White Queens Park RangersFree

Out

PlayerToFee
Stephen Hendrie West Ham UnitedUndisclosed[9]
Nigel Hasselbaink ExcelsiorFree[10]
Jon Routledge DumbartonFree[11]
Darren Smith LivingstonFree
Blair Currie Annan AthleticFree[12]
Jason Scotland StenhousemuirFree
Nico Sumsky AirdrieoniansLoan[13]
Kieran MacDonald East Fife[14] Free[15]
Daniel Armstrong Wolverhampton WanderersFree[16]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Hamilton promoted after beating Hibernian on penalties . . skysports.com . 25 May 2014 . 27 July 2015.
  2. Web site: Hamilton FC Player Appearances . Soccerbase . soccerbase.com . 3 August 2015.
  3. Web site: Martin Canning Statistics . . soccerbase.com . 27 July 2015.
  4. Web site: Scottish Premiership ins and outs Summer 2015 . . bbc.co.uk/sport . 23 July 2015 . 27 July 2015.
  5. Web site: Christian Nade among four signings . . bbc.co.uk/sport . 13 July 2015 . 26 July 2015.
  6. Web site: Hamilton Academical secure Dumbarton's Chris Turner . . bbc.co.uk/sport . 28 June 2015 . 27 July 2015.
  7. Web site: Goalkeeper Alan Martin arrives from Clyde . . bbc.co.uk/sport . 10 June 2015 . 27 July 2015.
  8. Web site: Young forward also makes loan switch to Hamilton Academical . . canaries.co.uk . 15 July 2015 . 27 July 2015.
  9. Web site: West Ham sign Hamilton fullback . . bbc.co.uk/sport . 30 January 2015 . 1 August 2015.
  10. Web site: Former Hamilton ace Hasselbaink signs for Dutch club Excelsior . . heraldscotland.com . 14 July 2015 . 1 August 2015.
  11. Web site: Dumbarton add Jon Routledge and Calum Waters to squad . . bbc.co.uk/sport . 7 July 2015 . 1 August 2015.
  12. Web site: Annan add four . . spfl.co.uk . 21 July 2015 . 1 August 2015.
  13. Web site: Airdrie loan switch for Sumsky . . 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 .
  14. Web site: Kieran MacDonald ready for East Fife debut against Stirling Albion . . espnfc.co.uk . 2 October 2015 . 11 October 2015.
  15. Web site: Kieran MacDonald leaves after a season . . bbc.co.uk/sport . 31 August 2015 . 2 September 2015.
  16. Web site: Wolves sign youngster Daniel Armstrong . Express & Star . MNA Media . 27 October 2015 . 10 February 2018.