# 2020–21 Hamilton Academical F.C. season

The 2020–21 season was the seventh consecutive season in the top flight of Scottish football played by Hamilton Academical, following their promotion to the division at the end of the 2013–14 season. Hamilton also competed in the League Cup and the Scottish Cup.

## Results and fixtures

Win  Draw  Loss  Postponed

### Scottish Cup
## Squad statistics
### Appearances

As of 16 May 2021
| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Total | Total | Premiership | Premiership | League Cup | League Cup | Scottish Cup | Scottish Cup |
| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| 2 | DF | ENG | Hakeem Odoffin | 41 | 4 | 37 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 3 | DF | SCO | Scott McMann | 40 | 2 | 36 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 4 | DF | SCO | Ben Stirling | 22 | 0 | 16+4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 5 | DF | SCO | Brian Easton | 26 | 0 | 24 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 6 | DF | SCO | Jamie Hamilton | 28 | 0 | 21+6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 7 | FW | SCO | Bruce Anderson | 14 | 2 | 13 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 8 | MF | SCO | Scott Martin | 27 | 1 | 21+3 | 1 | 1+1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 9 | FW | GRE | Marios Ogkmpoe | 22 | 4 | 15+5 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 10 | MF | SCO | David Templeton | 10 | 1 | 7+1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 11 | MF | SCO | Lewis Smith | 10 | 0 | 4+5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 12 | DF | SCO | Shaun Want | 11 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 14 | MF | CAN | Charlie Trafford | 11 | 1 | 3+7 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 15 | MF | SCO | Ronan Hughes | 18 | 2 | 7+9 | 2 | 0+1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 16 | DF | ENG | Aaron Martin | 26 | 0 | 24 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 17 | DF | NZL | George Stanger | 5 | 0 | 1+4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 18 | MF | SCO | Reegan Mimnaugh | 19 | 0 | 8+9 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 19 | FW | SCO | Andy Winter | 23 | 0 | 10+12 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 20 | FW | ZIM | David Moyo | 36 | 3 | 23+10 | 3 | 0+2 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 21 | MF | SCO | Kyle Munro | 20 | 2 | 9+7 | 2 | 1+2 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 22 | GK | SCO | Kyle Gourlay | 11 | 0 | 9+1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 23 | GK | SCO | Ryan Fulton | 31 | 0 | 28 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 24 | MF | ENG | Nathan Thomas | 11 | 0 | 3+7 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 25 | FW | SCO | Sean Slaven | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 26 | MF | SCO | Marley Redfern | 1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 27 | DF | NIR | Lee Hodson | 36 | 1 | 33 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 31 | GK | SCO | Jamie Smith | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 32 | FW | SCO | Callum Smith | 26 | 2 | 8+15 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 33 | MF | SCO | Daryl Meikle | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 34 | MF | SCO | Ross Callachan | 37 | 10 | 32+1 | 10 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 41 | GK | IRL | Ryan Scully | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Players who left the club during the 2018–19 season ||||||||||
| 4 | DF | SCO | Ciaran McKenna | 1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 7 | MF | ENG | Will Collar | 6 | 0 | 5+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 16 | DF | NOR | Markus Fjørtoft | 2 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 36 | FW | BEL | Tunde Owolabi | 9 | 0 | 1+6 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 37 | FW | NED | Justin Johnson | 7 | 0 | 1+4 | 0 | 0+2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |

## Team statistics
### League table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 8 | Motherwell | 38 | 12 | 9 | 17 | 39 | 55 | −16 | 45 | |
| 9 | Dundee United | 38 | 10 | 14 | 14 | 32 | 50 | −18 | 44 | |
| 10 | Ross County | 38 | 11 | 6 | 21 | 35 | 66 | −31 | 39 | |
| 11 | Kilmarnock (R) | 38 | 10 | 6 | 22 | 43 | 54 | −11 | 36 | Qualification for the Premiership play-off final |
| 12 | Hamilton Academical (R) | 38 | 7 | 9 | 22 | 34 | 67 | −33 | 30 | Relegation to Championship |
* 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 Match played behind closed doors
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* ↑ Teams play each other three times (33 matches), before the league is split into two groups (the top six and the bottom six).

### 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 | A | H | H | A | H | A | A | H | A | H | A | A | A | H | H | H | A | H | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | H | A | A | A | H | A | A | H | H | H | A | A | H |
| Result | L | L | L | W | L | W | L | D | L | L | L | L | L | D | W | L | W | L | L | D | W | L | D | L | L | D | W | D | L | D | D | L | D | L | L | W | L | L |
| Position | 12 | 12 | 12 | 9 | 11 | 9 | 10 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 10 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 10 | 11 | 11 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 12 | 11 | 11 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 |

### League Cup table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | PW | PL | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | AYR | ANN | STR | HAM | ALB |
| 1 | Ayr United | 4 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 5 | +3 | 8 | Qualification for the Second round | — | 1–0 | p1–1 | — | — |
| 2 | Annan Athletic | 4 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 4 | +5 | 7 | | — | — | 1–1p | 3–1 | — |
| 3 | Stranraer | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 5 | +1 | 7 | | — | — | — | 2–1 | 2–2p |
| 4 | Hamilton Academical | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 6 | +1 | 6 | | 2–1 | — | — | — | 3–0 |
| 5 | Albion Rovers | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 15 | −10 | 2 | | 2–5 | 1–5 | — | — | — |