# 2019–20 Hamilton Academical F.C. season

The 2019–20 season was Hamilton's sixth 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

On 13 March 2020, the Scottish football season was suspended with immediate effect due to the COVID-19 Coronavirus outbreak. On 9 April, the Scottish football season was further suspended until at least 10 June. On 18 May 2020, the SPFL declared the end of the season determining on an average points per game with Accies finishing in eleventh place and surviving for another season.

## Results and fixtures

Win  Draw  Loss  Postponed

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

As of 7 March 2020
| 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 | Aaron McGowan | 29 | 1 | 22 | 1 | 4+1 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 3 | DF | SCO | Scott McMann | 34 | 2 | 27 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 1 |
| 4 | DF | SCO | Ciaran McKenna | 7 | 0 | 2+1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 5 | DF | NOR | Markus Fjørtoft | 10 | 0 | 5+2 | 0 | 0+2 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 6 | DF | ENG | Johnny Hunt | 18 | 0 | 10+6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 7 | MF | ENG | Will Collar | 19 | 1 | 14+2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 |
| 8 | FW | ENG | Steve Davies | 15 | 2 | 5+8 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 9 | FW | ENG | George Oakley | 27 | 4 | 17+4 | 4 | 2+3 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 10 | MF | SCO | Blair Alston | 25 | 2 | 14+5 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 1+1 | 0 |
| 11 | FW | ENG | Mikel Miller | 26 | 4 | 16+5 | 3 | 1+2 | 0 | 1+1 | 1 |
| 12 | DF | ENG | Sam Woods | 3 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 13 | DF | CYP | Alex Gogić | 36 | 1 | 29 | 1 | 4+1 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 14 | FW | SCO | Ross Cunningham | 12 | 7 | 6+3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 4 |
| 16 | MF | SCO | David Templeton | 6 | 1 | 3+3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 19 | FW | SCO | Andy Winter | 5 | 1 | 0+3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1+1 | 1 |
| 20 | FW | ZIM | David Moyo | 20 | 2 | 8+12 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 21 | DF | SCO | Shaun Want | 13 | 1 | 9+2 | 1 | 1+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 22 | GK | SCO | Kyle Gourlay | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 23 | GK | SCO | Ryan Fulton | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 24 | DF | SCO | Brian Easton | 23 | 0 | 17+1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 25 | MF | SCO | Scott Martin | 21 | 1 | 18+2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 26 | MF | ENG | Andy Dales | 4 | 1 | 1+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 |
| 28 | MF | SCO | Lewis Smith | 28 | 5 | 17+6 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 29 | MF | SCO | Jack Breen | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 30 | FW | SCO | Steven Boyd | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 31 | GK | NIR | Luke Southwood | 16 | 0 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 32 | DF | SCO | Leon McCann | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 33 | MF | SCO | Reegan Mimnaugh | 3 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 40 | DF | SCO | Jamie Hamilton | 14 | 0 | 11+1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 42 | MF | SCO | Charlie Reilly | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 99 | FW | GRE | Marios Ogkmpoe | 29 | 7 | 16+7 | 6 | 3+2 | 1 | 0+1 | 0 |
| Players who left the club during the 2018–19 season ||||||||||
| 1 | GK | WAL | Owain Fôn Williams | 21 | 0 | 15 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 12 | MF | NGA | Korede Adedoyin | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 15 | MF | SCO | Ronan Hughes | 12 | 0 | 5+3 | 0 | 3+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 17 | MF | GER | Adrian Beck | 6 | 0 | 2+4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 18 | MF | SCO | Darian MacKinnon | 11 | 0 | 3+3 | 0 | 3+2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 26 | DF | ENG | Sam Stubbs | 20 | 0 | 19 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 27 | DF | NZL | George Stanger | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |

## Team statistics
### League table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | PPG | Qualification or relegation |
| 8 | Kilmarnock | 30 | 9 | 6 | 15 | 31 | 41 | −10 | 33 | 1.10 | |
| 9 | St Mirren | 30 | 7 | 8 | 15 | 24 | 41 | −17 | 29 | 0.97 | |
| 10 | Ross County | 30 | 7 | 8 | 15 | 29 | 60 | −31 | 29 | 0.97 | |
| 11 | Hamilton Academical | 30 | 6 | 9 | 15 | 30 | 50 | −20 | 27 | 0.90 | |
| 12 | Heart of Midlothian (R) | 30 | 4 | 11 | 15 | 31 | 52 | −21 | 23 | 0.77 | Relegation to the Championship |
* ↑ All play-off matches were cancelled, as clubs voted to curtail the season due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

### League Cup table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | PW | PL | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Partick Thistle | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 5 | +3 | 10 | Qualification for the Second Round |
| 2 | Hamilton Academical | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 5 | +3 | 9 | Qualification for the Second Round |
| 3 | Airdrieonians | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 8 | −1 | 5 | |
| 4 | Queen's Park | 4 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 5 | −1 | 5 | |
| 5 | Clyde | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 10 | −4 | 1 | |