# 2017–18 Hamilton Academical F.C. season

The 2017–18 season was Hamilton Academical's fourth consecutive season in the top flight of Scottish football since their promotion at the end of the 2013–14 season. Hamilton also competed in the League Cup and the Scottish Cup.

## Summary
### Season

Hamilton finished in tenth place in the Scottish Premiership and only avoided the relegation play-off place on the final day of the season due to goal difference with Partick Thistle's victory over Dundee. Hamilton also reached the second round of the league cup and the fourth round of the Scottish Cup.

## Results and fixtures

Win  Draw  Loss  Postponed

### Scottish League Cup
#### Group stage

Results

#### Knockout stage
### Scottish Cup
## Squad statistics
### Appearances

    As of match played 12 May 2018
| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Total | Total | Scottish Premiership | Scottish Premiership | Scottish Cup | Scottish Cup | Scottish League Cup | Scottish League Cup |
| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| 1 | GK | ENG | Gary Woods | 37 | 0 | 32 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| 2 | DF | GRE | Giannis Skondras | 23 | 3 | 20+1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 3 | DF | SCO | Scott McMann | 39 | 0 | 30+4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| 4 | MF | ENG | Ross Jenkins | 11 | 0 | 9+2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 5 | DF | FRA | Xavier Tomas | 40 | 1 | 36 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 6 | MF | ENG | Charlie Scott | 2 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 7 | MF | SCO | Dougie Imrie | 41 | 8 | 33+2 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| 8 | FW | ENG | Mickel Miller | 6 | 0 | 1+5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 9 | FW | ENG | Rakish Bingham | 38 | 6 | 18+14 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4+1 | 1 |
| 10 | FW | ENG | Daniel Redmond | 31 | 2 | 11+14 | 2 | 0+1 | 0 | 2+3 | 0 |
| 11 | MF | SCO | Ali Crawford | 19 | 3 | 11+3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4+1 | 2 |
| 12 | GK | SCO | Ryan Fulton | 7 | 0 | 5+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 13 | DF | CYP | Alex Gogić | 21 | 1 | 15+3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 15 | DF | NED | Kenny van der Weg | 11 | 0 | 10+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 16 | MF | SCO | David Templeton | 31 | 9 | 20+7 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 1+2 | 1 |
| 17 | MF | SCO | Louis Longridge | 13 | 2 | 3+6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2+2 | 1 |
| 18 | MF | SCO | Darian MacKinnon | 36 | 2 | 31 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 1 |
| 19 | GK | SCO | Darren Jamieson | 2 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 20 | FW | ARG | Antonio Rojano | 26 | 3 | 14+12 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 21 | MF | SCO | Lewis Smith | 13 | 1 | 6+4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1+1 | 1 |
| 22 | MF | SCO | Darren Lyon | 30 | 2 | 21+6 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 |
| 23 | MF | SCO | Ronan Hughes | 4 | 0 | 2+1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 25 | MF | SCO | Lewis Ferguson | 14 | 0 | 12+1 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 27 | DF | SCO | Shaun Want | 14 | 2 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 28 | FW | SCO | Ross Cunningham | 7 | 0 | 0+6 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 29 | MF | SCO | Jack Breen | 0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 30 | FW | SCO | Steven Boyd | 18 | 3 | 7+6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2+3 | 2 |
| 89 | DF | GRE | Georgios Sarris | 24 | 1 | 19+2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 99 | FW | GRE | Marios Ogkmpoe | 17 | 3 | 12+4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Players who left the club during the 2017–18 season ||||||||||||
| 4 | DF | SCO | Mikey Devlin | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 6 | MF | SCO | Grant Gillespie | 7 | 0 | 1+2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| 8 | MF | SCO | Greg Docherty | 25 | 3 | 21 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3+1 | 0 |
| 14 | FW | SCO | Botti Biabi | 4 | 0 | 2+2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 21 | MF | ITA | Massimo Donati | 13 | 1 | 6+4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1+1 | 1 |
| 24 | FW | SCO | Ryan Tierney | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |

## Team statistics
### League table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 8 | St Johnstone | 38 | 12 | 10 | 16 | 42 | 53 | −11 | 46 | |
| 9 | Dundee | 38 | 11 | 6 | 21 | 36 | 57 | −21 | 39 | |
| 10 | Hamilton Academical | 38 | 9 | 6 | 23 | 47 | 68 | −21 | 33 | |
| 11 | Partick Thistle (R) | 38 | 8 | 9 | 21 | 31 | 61 | −30 | 33 | Qualification for the Premiership play-off final |
| 12 | Ross County (R) | 38 | 6 | 11 | 21 | 40 | 62 | −22 | 29 | Relegation to the Championship |
* ↑ Teams play each other three times (33 matches) before the league is split into two groups (the top six and the bottom six).

### 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 | A | H | A | A | H | H | A | H | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | A | H | H | A | H | H | H | A | A | A | A | H | H | A | H | A | H | A |
| Result | L | W | W | D | L | L | L | L | L | L | D | W | D | W | D | D | L | L | W | L | W | L | L | L | L | W | W | D | L | L | L | L | L | L | W | L | L | L |
| Position | 11 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 7 | 8 | 8 | 9 | 9 | 10 | 9 | 8 | 9 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 10 | 10 | 11 | 11 | 10 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 10 | 9 | 10 | 10 | 10 |

### League Cup Table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | PW | PL | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | HAM | ALB | QOS | EKI | STE |
| 1 | Hamilton Academical (Q) | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 6 | +4 | 9 | Qualification for the Second Round | — | — | p1–1 | — | 3–0 |
| 2 | Albion Rovers | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 12 | 9 | +3 | 7 | | p4–4 | — | — | — | 1–1p |
| 3 | Queen of the South | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 4 | +2 | 7 | | — | p2–2 | — | 0–0p | — |
| 4 | East Kilbride | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 9 | −4 | 5 | | 1–3 | 2–5 | — | — | — |
| 5 | Stenhousemuir | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 9 | −6 | 2 | | — | — | 1–3 | 1–2 | — |

## Transfers
### In

| Date | Position | Name | From | Fee |
| 14 July 2017 | DF | Xavier Tomas | FC Lausanne-Sport | Free transfer |
| 18 July 2017 | GK | Ryan Fulton | Liverpool | Free transfer |
| 22 August 2017 | FW | Antonio Rojano | Real Potosí | Free transfer |
| 31 August 2017 | FW | Botti Biabi | Swansea City | Loan |
| 10 January 2018 | MF | Chrysovalantis Kozoronis | PAS Giannina | Free transfer |
| 20 January 2018 | FW | Mickel Miller | Carshalton Athletic | Undisclosed |
| 24 January 2018 | FW | Marios Ogkmpoe | OFI Crete | Free transfer |
| 31 January 2018 | DF | Charlie Scott | Manchester United | Loan |
| 12 February 2018 | DF | Kenny van der Weg | Ross County | Free transfer |
| 12 February 2018 | MF | Ross Jenkins | Viking FK | Free transfer |

### Out

| Date | Position | Name | To | Fee |
| 31 May 2017 | FW | Alexandre D'Acol | Lamia | Free transfer |
| 7 June 2017 | DF | Jack Breslin | Clyde | Free transfer |
| 7 June 2017 | DF | Craig Watson | East Fife | Free transfer |
| 22 June 2017 | DF | Blair Adams | Hartlepool United | Free transfer |
| 4 July 2017 | MF | Gramoz Kurtaj | SHB Da Nang | Free transfer |
| 17 August 2017 | DF | Jordan McGregor | Airdrieonians | Loan |
| 18 August 2017 | FW | Eamonn Brophy | Kilmarnock | Free transfer |
| 18 August 2017 | FW | Ryan Tierney | Airdrieonians | Loan |
| 5 January 2018 | DF | Louis Longridge | Falkirk | Free transfer |
| 18 January 2018 | FW | Steven Boyd | Livingston | Loan |
| 25 January 2018 | MF | Greg Docherty | Rangers | Undisclosed |
| 26 January 2018 | FW | Michael Devlin | Aberdeen | Undisclosed |
| 31 January 2018 | MF | Grant Gillespie | Dundee United | Free transfer |
| 20 February 2018 | MF | Massimo Donati | St Mirren | Free transfer |
| 20 March 2018 | MF | Chrysovalantis Kozoronis | Free agent | Released |