2016–17 Hamilton Academical F.C. season

Hamilton Academical 2016–17 football season
Hamilton Academical
2016–17 season
ChairmanLes Gray
ManagerMartin Canning
StadiumNew Douglas Park
Scottish Premiership11th
Scottish CupQuarter-final
Scottish League CupSecond round
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
Home colours
Away colours

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.[1] 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.

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.[2]

After saving the club from relegation through the play-offs, manager Martin Canning thanked the board for sticking with him throughout the season.[3]

Results & fixtures

  Win   Draw   Loss   Postponed

Scottish Premiership

Rangers v Hamilton Academical
6 August 2016 1 Rangers 1–1 Hamilton Academical Ibrox Stadium
12:30 Waghorn 62' BBC
SPFL		 Crawford 30'
Devlin Yellow card 35'
Sarris Yellow card 37'
Kurakins Yellow card 39'
Crawford Yellow card 45'
Donati Yellow card 53'		 Attendance: 49,125
Referee: Don Robertson
Hamilton Academical v Kilmarnock
13 August 2016 2 Hamilton Academical 1–2 Kilmarnock SuperSeal Stadium
15:00 Longridge 26'
Gillespie Yellow card 75'		 BBC
SPFL		 Boyd 71'
Coulibaly 73'
Green Yellow card 51'
Boyle Yellow card 52'
McKenzie Yellow card 89'		 Attendance: 2,228
Referee: Steven McLean
Dundee v Hamilton Academical
19 August 2016 3 Dundee 1–1 Hamilton Academical Dens Park
19:45 O'Hara 17'
Etxabeguren Yellow card 42'		 BBC
SPFL		 Lyon 13'
Lyon Yellow card 62'
Donati Yellow card 74'		 Attendance: 5,287
Referee: Kevin Clancy
Hamilton Academical v Ross County
27 August 2016 4 Hamilton Academical 1–0 Ross County SuperSeal Stadium
15:00 Imrie 74'
Redmond Yellow card 62'
Gillespie Yellow card 63'
Docherty Yellow card 70'		 BBC
SPFL		 McEveley Yellow card 26'
Quinn Yellow card 87'		 Attendance: 1,609
Referee: Greg Aitken
Hearts v Hamilton Academical
10 September 2016 5 Hearts 3–1 Hamilton Academical Tynecastle Stadium
15:00 Walker 69' 81' (pen.)
Nicholson 90'
Watt Yellow card 30'
Paterson Yellow card 87'
Rossi Yellow card 49'		 BBC
SPFL		 Crawford 50'
Want Yellow card 80'
Imrie Yellow card 81'
Crawford Yellow card 90'		 Attendance: 15,947
Referee: Craig Thomson
Motherwell v Hamilton Academical
17 September 2016 6 Motherwell 4–2 Hamilton Academical Fir Park
15:00 Moult 8', 13', 21', 50' (pen.)
McManus Yellow card 79'
Lasley Yellow card 88'
Clay Yellow card 90'		 BBC
SPFL		 Crawford 36', 64'
Donati Yellow card 23'
Gillespie Yellow card 54'
Imrie Yellow card 75'
Devlin Yellow card 80'		 Attendance: 4,514
Referee: William Collum
Hamilton Academical v St Johnstone
25 September 2016 7 Hamilton Academical 1–1 St Johnstone SuperSeal Stadium
15:00 Docherty 37'
Donati Yellow card 58'
Doherty Yellow card 63'
MacKinnon Yellow card 70'
Seaborne Yellow card 78'
Crawford Yellow card 90'		 BBC
SPFL		 Craig 82'
Davidson Yellow card 33'		 Attendance: 1,705
Referee: Euan Anderson
Hamilton Academical v Inverness Caledonian Thistle
1 October 2016 8 Hamilton Academical 1–1 Inverness Caledonian Thistle SuperSeal Stadium
15:00 D'Acol 18'
Imrie Yellow card 85'		 BBC
SPFL		 Polworth 90'
Doumbouya Yellow card 61'		 Attendance: 1,611
Referee: Barry Cook
Partick Thsitle v Hamilton Academical
15 October 2016 9 Partick Thsitle 2–2 Hamilton Academical Firhill Stadium
15:00 Edwards 21'
Lindsay 42'
Gordon Yellow card 54'		 BBC
SPFL		 Donati 14'
Brophy 83'
Sarris Yellow card 39'
Doherty Yellow card 57'		 Attendance: 2,843
Referee: Greg Aitken
Hamilton Academical v Aberdeen
25 October 2016 10 Hamilton Academical 1–0 Aberdeen SuperSeal Stadium
19:45 D'Acol 6' (pen.) BBC
SPFL		 Attendance: 2,315
Referee: William Collum
Hamilton Academical v Dundee
29 October 2016 11 Hamilton Academical 0–1 Dundee SuperSeal Stadium
15:00 Imrie Yellow card 56'
Kurtaj Yellow card 72'		 BBC
SPFL		 McGowan 62'
Hateley Yellow card 32'		 Attendance: 1,853
Referee: Stephen Finch
Kilmarnock v Hamilton Academical
5 November 2016 12 Kilmarnock 0–0 Hamilton Academical Rugby Park
15:00 Burn Yellow card 37'
Jones Yellow card 51'		 Report Gillespie Yellow card 5'
Sarris Yellow card 77'		 Attendance: 3,387
Referee: Scotland Euan Anderson
Hamilton Academical v Heart of Midlothian
21 November 2016 13 Hamilton Academical 3–3 Heart of Midlothian SuperSeal Stadium
19:45 Crawford 24' Yellow card 90+3'
Bingham 46' 68'		 Report Walker 8' 73' (pen.)
Paterson 86'
Öztürk Yellow card 90'
Rherras Yellow card 90+1'		 Attendance: 2,339
Referee: Scotland Steven McLean
Ross County v Hamilton Academical
26 November 2016 14 Ross County 1–1 Hamilton Academical Global Energy Stadium
15:00 Boyce 39'
Schalk Yellow card 59'
Chow Yellow card 90+1'
Routis Yellow card 90+1'		 Report Seaborne Yellow card 5'
Crawford 77'
Devlin Yellow card 90+2'		 Attendance: 3,275
Referee: Scotland Craig Thomson
Hamilton Academical v Partick Thistle
3 December 2016 15 Hamilton Academical 1–1 Partick Thistle SuperSeal Stadium
15:00 D'Acol 15'
Gillespie Yellow card 40'
MacKinnon Yellow card 50'
Crawford Yellow card 84'
Seaborne Yellow card 87'		 Report Welsh 61'
Lindsay Yellow card 90'		 Attendance: 2,210
Referee: Scotland Don Robertson
Inverness Caledonian Thistle v Hamilton Academical
10 December 2016 16 Inverness Caledonian Thistle 1–1 Hamilton Academical Tulloch Caledonian Stadium
15:00 Draper Yellow card 36'
Cole 51'
Brad McKay Yellow card 86'
King Yellow card 90'		 Report Crawford 16'
Imrie Yellow card 58'
Gillespie Yellow card 74'
McMann Yellow card 76'		 Attendance: 2,473
Referee: Scotland Greg Aitken
Celtic v Hamilton Academical
13 December 2016 17 Celtic 1–0 Hamilton Academical Celtic Park
19:45 Griffiths 36'
Sviatchenko Yellow card 82'		 Report Donati Yellow card 74'
Gillespie Yellow card 80'		 Attendance: 55,076
Referee: Scotland Crawford Allan
Hamilton Academical v Rangers
16 December 2016 18 Hamilton Academical 1–2 Rangers SuperSeal Stadium
19:45 Sarris Yellow card 10'
Imrie 77' Yellow card 90'
MacKinnon Yellow card 86'
Devlin Yellow card 90+2'
McMann Yellow card 90+3'		 Report Waghorn 45' 52'
Garner Yellow card 90+2'		 Attendance: 5,292
Referee: Scotland Alan Muir
Hamilton Academical v Celtic
24 December 2016 19 Hamilton Academical 0–3 Celtic SuperSeal Stadium
12:30 McMann Yellow card 35'
Devlin Yellow card 39'
Donati Yellow card 50'		 Report McGregor Yellow card 26' Yellow-red card
Griffiths 41'
Armstrong 54'
Dembélé 84'		 Attendance: 5,003
Referee: Scotland Willie Collum
Aberdeen v Hamilton Academical
27 December 2016 20 Aberdeen 2–1 Hamilton Academical Pittodrie Stadium
15:00 Taylor 34'
Lewis Yellow card 37'
Rooney 68'
Maddison Yellow card 90'		 Report Imrie 38' (pen.) Yellow card 45+2'
Sarris Yellow card 58'
Devlin Yellow card 87'
McMann Red card 90+2'		 Attendance: 13,131
Referee: Scotland Andrew Dallas
Hamilton Academical v Motherwell
31 December 2016 21 Hamilton Academical 1–1 Motherwell SuperSeal Stadium
13:00 Sarris Yellow card 24'
D'Acol 54'
Kurtaj Yellow card 56'		 Report Lucas Red card 27'
McDonald Yellow card 56'
Moult 90+3' Yellow card 90+4'		 Attendance: 3,526
Referee: Scotland Euan Anderson
St Johnstone v Hamilton Academical
28 January 2017 22 St Johnstone 3–0 Hamilton Academical McDiarmid Park
15:00 Swanson Yellow card 30'
Cummins 53' 59'
Davidson 74'		 Report Redmond Yellow card 34' Attendance: 3,279
Referee: Scotland Nick Walsh
Hamilton Academical v Inverness Caledonian Thistle
31 January 2017 23 Hamilton Academical 3–0 Inverness Caledonian Thistle SuperSeal Stadium
19:45 D'Acol 11'
Devlin Yellow card 26'
Redmond Yellow card 32'
Gillespie 47'
MacKinnon Yellow card 54'
Bingham 61'		 Report Vigurs Yellow card 30'
Tansey Yellow card 39'		 Attendance: 1,745
Referee: Scotland Euan Anderson
Hamilton Academical v Kilmarnock
4 February 2017 24 Hamilton Academical 1–1 Kilmarnock SuperSeal Stadium
15:00 Imrie Yellow card 15'
Brophy 43'
Redmond Yellow card 51'		 Report Longstaff 7'
Wilson Yellow card 64'
Umerah Yellow card 75'		 Attendance: 2,159
Referee: Scotland Steven McLean
Partick Thistle v Hamilton Academical
18 February 2017 25 Partick Thistle 2–0 Hamilton Academical Firhill Stadium
15:00 Doolan 68' 79'
Lawless Yellow card 81'		 Report Devlin Yellow card 61'
Watson Yellow card 64'
Skondras Yellow card 76'		 Attendance: 3,057
Referee: Scotland Willie Collum
Celtic v Hamilton Academical
25 February 2017 26 Celtic 2–0 Hamilton Academical Celtic Park
15:00 Dembélé 45' 59' (pen.) Report Devlin Yellow card 15'
Donati Yellow card 59'
Kurtaj Yellow card 78'
Skondras Yellow card 90+2'		 Attendance: 54,685
Referee: Scotland Crawford Allan
Hamilton Academical v Aberdeen
28 February 2017 27 Hamilton Academical 1–0 Aberdeen SuperSeal Stadium
19:45 Devlin 9'
Skondras Yellow card 52'
MacKinnon Yellow card 83' Yellow-red card		 Report Shinnie Yellow card 72' Attendance: 2,006
Referee: Scotland Steven McLean
Heart of Midlothian v Hamilton Academical
11 March 2017 28 Heart of Midlothian 4–0 Hamilton Academical Tynecastle Stadium
15:00 Djoum 45+2'
Esmaël Gonçalves 55'
Walker 58'
Martin 88'		 Report Bingham Yellow card 40'
Skondras Yellow card 57'
Gillespie Yellow card 76'		 Attendance: 15,881
Referee: Scotland Craig Thomson
Rangers v Hamilton Academical
18 March 2017 29 Rangers 4–0 Hamilton Academical Ibrox Stadium
15:00 Hyndman 26'
Hill 41'
Waghorn 55' (pen.)
Tavernier Yellow card 57'
Wallace 74' Yellow card 84'		 Report Redmond Yellow card 36'
Gogić Yellow card 49'		 Attendance: 49,090
Referee: Scotland Don Robertson
Hamilton Academical v St Johnstone
1 April 2017 30 Hamilton Academical 1–0 St Johnstone SuperSeal Stadium
15:00 Devlin Yellow card 23'
Crawford Yellow card 45+3'
D'Acol 89'		 Report Swanson Red card 45+3'
Foster Red card 45+3'
Cummins Yellow card 83'		 Attendance: 1,662
Referee: Scotland Don Robertson
Motherwell v Hamilton Academical
5 April 2017 31 Motherwell 0–0 Hamilton Academical Fir Park
19:45 Pearson Yellow card 45+1' Report Skondras Yellow card 59'
Mackinnon Red card 74'
Sarris Yellow card 80'		 Attendance: 4,644
Referee: Scotland Kevin Clancy
Hamilton Academical v Ross County
8 April 2017 32 Hamilton Academical 1–1 Ross County SuperSeal Stadium
15:00 Donati 3'
Bingham Yellow card 15'
McMann Yellow card 37'
Skondras Red card 45+1'
Devlin Yellow card 57'		 Report Curran 60' Attendance: 1,548
Referee: Scotland Steven McLean
Dundee v Hamilton Academical
15 April 2017 33 Dundee 0–2 Hamilton Academical Dens Park
15:00 Report D'Acol 23' (pen.)
Bingham Yellow card 68'
Devlin 84'		 Attendance: 6,489
Referee: Scotland John Beaton
Hamilton Academical v Kilmarnock
29 April 2017 34 Hamilton Academical 0–2 Kilmarnock SuperSeal Stadium
15:00 Report Sammon 11'
Jones 23'		 Attendance: 2,482
Referee: Scotland William Collum
Inverness Caledonian Thistle v Hamilton Academical
6 May 2017 35 Inverness Caledonian Thistle 2–1 Hamilton Academical Tulloch Caledonian Stadium
15:00 W McKay 10'
Tansey 36' (pen.)		 Report Redmond 90+4' Attendance: 2,478
Referee: Scotland Andrew Dallas
Hamilton Academical v Motherwell
13 May 2017 36 Hamilton Academical 0–1 Motherwell SuperSeal Stadium
15:00 Report Moult 66' Attendance: 4,173
Referee: Scotland Kevin Clancy
Ross County v Hamilton Academical
16 May 2017 37 Ross County 3–2 Hamilton Academical Global Energy Stadium
19:45 Gardyne 3'
Matthews 31' (o.g.)
O'Brien Yellow card 89'
Franks 90+1'
Boyce Yellow card 90+3'		 Report Bingham 26'
Longridge Yellow card 8'
MacKinnon Yellow card 13'
Templeton 75'
Imrie Yellow card 90'
Skondras Yellow card 90+3'		 Attendance: 4,871
Referee: Scotland Alan Muir
Hamilton Academical v Dundee
20 May 2017 38 Hamilton Academical 4–0 Dundee SuperSeal Stadium
15:00 Bingham 23'
Skondras 25'
Imrie 56' (pen.)
Gogić Yellow card 58'
Crawford 76'		 Report El Bakhtaoui Yellow card 84' Attendance: 2,616
Referee: Scotland Crawford Allan

Premiership Play Off

Dundee United v Hamilton Academical
25 May 2017 First Leg Dundee United 0–0 Hamilton Academical Tannadice Park
19:45 Murray Red card 77' Report Attendance: 9,386
Referee: Scotland Steven McLean
Hamilton Academical v Dundee United
28 May 2017 Second Leg Hamilton Academical 1–0
(1–0 agg.)		 Dundee United SuperSeal Stadium
15:00 Docherty 64' Report Attendance: 5,027
Referee: Scotland Craig Thomson

Scottish League Cup

Ayr United v Hamilton Academical
16 July 2016 (2016-07-16) Group G Ayr United 2–1 Hamilton Academical Somerset Park, Ayr
15:00 Forrest 2' (pen.)
Crawford 49'
Adams Yellow card 31'		 SPFL Report Longridge 90+4'
MacKinnon Yellow card 2'
Devlin Yellow card 61'		 Attendance: 994
Referee: Willie Collum
Hamilton Academical v St Mirren
23 July 2016 (2016-07-23) Group G Hamilton Academical 3–0 St Mirren New Douglas Park, Hamilton
15:00 Crawford 13'
Imrie 51'
Donati 70'
Devlin Yellow card 83'		 SPFL Report
Hutton Yellow card 49'		 Attendance: 1,379
Referee: Don Robertson
Edinburgh City v Hamilton Academical
27 July 2016 (2016-07-27) Group G Edinburgh City 2–4 Hamilton Academical Meadowbank Stadium, Edinburgh
19:45 Allum 17', 19'
Gibson Yellow card 53'
McFarland Yellow card 65'		 SPFL Report Crawford 22'
D'Acol 26'
McGregor 66'
Imrie 71' (pen.)
Crawford Yellow card 59'		 Attendance: 459
Referee: Colin Steven
Hamilton Academical v Livingston
30 July 2016 (2016-07-30) Group G Hamilton Academical 2–1 Livingston New Douglas Park, Hamilton
15:00 D'Acol 22'
Longridge 55'
Sarris Yellow card 37'
McGregor Yellow card 68'		 SPFL Report Matthews 41' (o.g.)
Miller Yellow card 85'		 Attendance: 764
Referee: Euan Anderson

Knockout round

Hamilton Academical v Greenock Morton
9 August 2016 (2016-08-09) Second round Hamilton Academical 1–2 Greenock Morton New Douglas Park, Hamilton
19:45 Imrie 8' (pen.) SPFL Report Forbes 59'
Quitongo 63'		 Attendance: 1,112
Referee: Stephen Finnie

Scottish Cup

Kilmarnock v Hamilton Academical
21 January 2017 Fourth round Kilmarnock 0–1 Hamilton Academical Kilmarnock
15:00 Report Imrie Yellow card 38'
Devlin Yellow card 48'
Redmond Yellow card 84'
Bingham 90+2' (pen.)
MacKinnon Yellow card 90+4'		 Stadium: Rugby Park
Attendance: 2,944
Referee: Scotland Crawford Allan
Dunfermline Athletic v Hamilton Academical
11 February 2017 Fifth round Dunfermline Athletic 1–1 Hamilton Academical Dunfermline
15:00 McMullan 30' Report Redmond 74' Stadium: East End Park
Attendance: 2,945
Referee: Scotland Craig Thomson (referee)
Hamilton Academical v Dunfermline Athletic
14 February 2017 Fifth round replay Hamilton Academical 1–1 (a.e.t.)
(3–0 p)		 Dunfermline Athletic Hamilton
19:45 Seaborne Yellow card 18'
MacKinnon Yellow card 33'
Redmond Yellow card 83'
Bingham 87' (pen.)
McMann Yellow card 98'		 Report Morris 25'
McMullan Yellow card 70'		 Stadium: SuperSeal Stadium
Attendance: 1,222
Referee: Scotland Craig Thomson (referee)
Rangers v Hamilton Academical
4 March 2017 Quarter-final Rangers 6–0 Hamilton Academical Glasgow
12:30 Waghorn 33' (pen.)
Garner 48' Yellow card 56' 88' 90+1'
Jon Toral 77'
Hill 82'		 Report Stadium: Ibrox Stadium
Attendance: 27,287
Referee: Scotland John Beaton

Squad statistics

Appearances

As of 20 May 2017[4]

No. Pos Nat Player Total Premiership League Cup Scottish Cup Play-offs
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
1 GK England ENG Remi Matthews 27 0 17 0 5 0 3 0 2 0
3 DF Greece GRE Giannis Skondras 18 1 11+2 1 0 0 2+1 0 2 0
4 DF Scotland SCO Michael Devlin 36 2 28 2 4 0 4 0 0 0
5 DF Scotland SCO Martin Canning 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
6 MF Scotland SCO Grant Gillespie 41 1 28+3 1 5 0 4 0 1 0
7 MF Scotland SCO Dougie Imrie 48 7 36+1 4 5 3 3+1 0 2 0
8 MF Scotland SCO Greg Docherty 37 2 23+6 1 4+1 0 0+1 0 1+1 1
9 FW Brazil BRA Alexandre D'Acol 35 9 24+5 7 4 2 1 0 0+1 0
10 MF England ENG Daniel Redmond 34 2 15+12 1 0+2 0 3 1 2 0
11 MF Scotland SCO Ali Crawford 42 10 31+2 8 5 2 2 0 2 0
12 MF Kosovo KOS Gramoz Kurtaj 17 0 5+9 0 0 0 2+1 0 0 0
14 DF Cyprus CYP Alex Gogić 9 0 3+4 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
15 FW England ENG Rakish Bingham 36 7 23+7 5 0 0 3+1 2 2 0
16 MF Scotland SCO Craig Watson 4 0 2 0 0 0 1+1 0 0 0
17 MF Scotland SCO Louis Longridge 24 3 9+7 1 5 2 0+1 0 0+2 0
18 MF Scotland SCO Darian MacKinnon 42 0 32+1 0 3+2 0 3 0 1 0
19 GK Scotland SCO Darren Jamieson 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
20 FW Scotland SCO Eamonn Brophy 31 2 7+21 2 0 0 2+1 0 0 0
21 MF Italy ITA Massimo Donati 40 3 26+5 2 3+1 1 3+1 0 1 0
22 MF Scotland SCO Darren Lyon 8 1 5+1 1 0+1 0 0 0 0+1 0
23 DF Scotland SCO Scott McMann 31 0 21+2 0 1+1 0 2+2 0 2 0
24 DF Spain ESP Jesús García Tena 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0
25 DF Scotland SCO Ben Reilly 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
26 GK Scotland SCO Alex Marshall 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
27 DF Scotland SCO Shaun Want 2 0 0+2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
28 FW Scotland SCO Ross Cunningham 4 0 0+2 0 0+1 0 0+1 0 0 0
31 FW Scotland SCO Ryan Tierney 2 0 0+2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
32 DF Scotland SCO Jack Breslin 1 0 0 0 0+1 0 0 0 0 0
33 MF Scotland SCO Ronan Hughes 4 0 0+2 0 1+1 0 0 0 0 0
34 GK England ENG Gary Woods 22 0 21 0 0 0 1 0 0 0
37 FW Scotland SCO David Templeton 5 1 1+2 1 0 0 0 0 2 0
39 DF England ENG Blair Adams 7 0 2+3 0 0 0 2 0 0 0
89 DF Greece GRE Georgios Sarris 34 0 30 0 2 0 1 0 0+1 0
Players who left the club during the 2016–17 season
2 DF England ENG Danny Seaborne 13 0 10+1 0 0 0 2 0 0 0
3 DF Latvia LVA Antons Kurakins 5 0 1 0 4 0 0 0 0 0
14 FW Trinidad and Tobago TRI Richard Roy 2 0 0+1 0 0+1 0 0 0 0 0
29 DF Scotland SCO Jordan McGregor 3 1 0 0 2+1 1 0 0 0 0
30 MF Scotland SCO Steven Boyd 3 0 0 0 1+2 0 0 0 0 0
35 GK Scotland SCO Robbie Thomson 1 0 0+1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
46 DF Germany GER Lennard Sowah 7 0 6+1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
MF Scotland SCO Sean McKirdy 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 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 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).[5]
(O) Play-off winners; (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.

League Cup Table

Pos Team
  • v
  • t
  • e
 Pld W PW PL L GF GA GD Pts Qualification HAM AYR STM LIV EDI
1 Hamilton Academical (Q) 4 3 0 0 1 10 5 +5 9 Qualification for the Second Round — — 3–0 2–1 —
2 Ayr United (Q) 4 3 0 0 1 5 2 +3 9 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 —
Source: SPFL
(Q) Qualified to the phase indicated

Transfers

In

Date Position Nationality Name From Fee
13 July 2016[6] DF Scotland Jack Breslin Celtic Free transfer
14 July 2016[7] DF Scotland Jordan McGregor Hibernian Free transfer
14 July 2016[8] GK England Remi Matthews Norwich City Loan
18 July 2016[9] MF Italy Massimo Donati Bari Free transfer
27 July 2016[10] GK England Gary Woods Leyton Orient Free transfer
27 July 2016[11] DF Greece Georgios Sarris Kayseri Erciyesspor Free transfer
11 August 2016[12] MF Scotland Sean McKirdy Heart of Midlothian Free transfer
24 August 2016[13] DF England Danny Seaborne Partick Thistle Free transfer
2 September 2016[14] GK Scotland Robbie Thomson Queen of the South Free transfer
25 September 2016[15] GK Scotland Darren Jamieson Livingston Free transfer
12 October 2016[16] DF Germany Lennard Sowah Hamburg Free transfer
27 January 2017[17] DF England Blair Adams Cambridge United Free transfer
30 January 2017[18] DF Greece Giannis Skondras PAOK Free transfer
25 February 2017[19] MF Cyprus Alex Gogić Swansea City Free transfer
24 March 2017[20] MF Scotland David Templeton Rangers Free transfer

Out

Date Position Nationality Name To Fee
11 July 2016[21] DF Scotland Ziggy Gordon Partick Thistle Free transfer
19 July 2016[22] GK Northern Ireland Michael McGovern Norwich City Free transfer
3 August 2016[23] GK Scotland Alan Martin Dumbarton Free transfer
19 August 2016[24] FW Scotland Steven Boyd Albion Rovers Loan
24 August 2017[25] DF Latvia Antons Kurakins Free Agent Released
3 January 2017[26] GK Scotland Robbie Thomson Falkirk Free transfer
9 January 2017[27] DF Germany Lennard Sowah Heart of Midlothian Free transfer
27 January 2017[28] FW Trinidad and Tobago Richard Roy Broughty Athletic Free transfer
31 January 2017[29] DF Scotland Jordan McGregor Airdrieonians Loan
17 February 2017[30] MF Scotland Sean McKirdy Berwick Rangers Loan
10 April 2017[31] DF England Danny Seaborne Exeter City Free transfer

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