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2016–17 Heart of Midlothian F.C. season

The 2016–17 season is the 136th season of competitive football by Heart of Midlothian F.C. with the team participating in the Scottish Premiership.

Heart of Midlothian
2016–17 season
ChairmanAnn Budge[1]
Head coachRobbie Neilson
(Until 3 December 2016)
Ian Cathro
(From 5 December 2016)
StadiumTynecastle Stadium
Premiership5th
Scottish CupFifth round (lost to Hibernian)
League CupSecond round (lost to St Johnstone)
Europa LeagueSecond qualifying round (lost to Birkirkara)
Top goalscorerLeague: Jamie Walker (12)
All: Jamie Walker (15)
Highest home attendance16,971 vs Hibernian
Scottish Cup fifth round
12 February 2017
Lowest home attendance10,740 vs Raith Rovers
Scottish Cup fourth round replay
25 January 2017
Average home league attendance16,327

The club begins its second consecutive season in the top tier of Scottish football, having been promoted from the Scottish Championship at the end of the 2014–15 season.[2] Hearts played just one season in the Scottish Championship[3] after relegation from the Scottish Premiership at the end of the 2013–14 season.[4] Hearts also competed in the Scottish Cup, Scottish League Cup, and the UEFA Europa League.[5][6]

Summary edit

Management edit

Hearts started the Season with Robbie Neilson at the helm having been promoted to Head Coach for the 2014–15 season.[7] On 2 December 2016, Robbie Neilson joined English Football League One side MK Dons[8] along with assistant manager Stevie Crawford.[9] With 2 years remaining on his contract[10] compensation was paid to Hearts.[11] For that following weekend's fixture against Ross County, Jon Daly and Andy Kirk took charge, overseeing a 2–2 draw.[12][13] On 5 December, Ian Cathro was named as Hearts' new manager.[14] Although taking the position with no prior playing[15] or management experience,[16] Cathro was a coach at Rio Ave, Valencia and Newcastle United.[17] He was joined by Northern Ireland assistant manager Austin MacPhee.[18]

Results & fixtures edit

  Win   Draw   Loss   Postponed

Premiership edit

Main article: 2016–17 Scottish Premiership
7 August 2016 Premiership Heart of Midlothian 1–2 Celtic Tynecastle Stadium
14:15 Walker   36' (pen.)
Sammon   10'
Djoum   17'
Watt   28'
Walker   35'
Rossi   49'
Paterson   54'
Cowie   75'		 BBC
SPFL		 Forrest   8' Sinclair   81'
Gordon   34'
Brown   77'
Sinclair   80'
Dembele   90'		 Attendance: 16,777
Referee: Beaton
13 August 2016 Premiership Aberdeen 0–0 Heart of Midlothian Pittodrie Stadium
15:00 Shinnie   44'
Pawlett   50'		 BBC
SPFL		 Watt   31'
Rherras   37'
Bauben   43'
Djoum   53'
Rossi   78'		 Attendance: 13,559
Referee: Clancy
20 August 2016 Premiership Heart of Midlothian 5–1 Inverness Caledonian Thistle Tynecastle Stadium
15:00 Cowie   7'   46'
Sammon   18'
Nicholson   78'   79'
Kitchen   29'		 BBC
SPFL		 Draper   87'
Tremarco   11'
Mulraney   12'
Polworth   40'
Horner   77'		 Attendance: 15,880
Referee: McLean
27 August 2016 Premiership Partick Thistle 1–2 Heart of Midlothian Firhill Stadium
15:00 Lindsay   55'
Osman   76'
Edwards   84'		 BBC
SPFL		 Paterson   16'
Watt   90'		 Attendance: 4,919
Referee: Collum
10 September 2016 Premiership Heart of Midlothian 3–1 Hamilton Academical Tynecastle Stadium
15:00 Walker   69'   81' (pen.)
Nicholson   90'
Watt   30'
Paterson   87'
Rossi   49'		 BBC
SPFL		 Crawford   50'
Want   80'
Imrie   81'
Crawford   90'		 Attendance: 15,947
Referee: Thomson
17 September 2016 Premiership St Johnstone 1–0 Heart of Midlothian McDiarmid Park
15:00 Cummins   57'
Cummins   15'
Foster   33'
Davidson   49'
MacLean   75'
Kane   85'
Craig   90'		 BBC
SPFL		 Rossi   75' Attendance: 5,456
Referee: Beaton
24 September 2016 Premiership Heart of Midlothian 0–0 Ross County Tynecastle Stadium
15:00 Rherras   55'
Djoum   87'		 BBC
SPFL		 Woods   50'
Dingwall   57'
McShane   81'   82'
Fraser   90'		 Attendance: 16,321
Referee: Muir
30 September 2016 Premiership Motherwell 1–3 Heart of Midlothian Fir Park
19:45 McFadden   90+2' Report McManus   45' (o.g.)
Paterson   67'
Djoum   84'
Igor Rossi   63'		 Attendance: 4,666
Referee: McLean
15 October 2016 Premiership Heart of Midlothian 2–0 Dundee Tynecastle Stadium
15:00 Öztürk   20'
Paterson   68'
Johnsen   89'		 Report McGowan   67' Attendance: 16,512
Referee: Clancy
26 October 2016 Premiership Kilmarnock 2–0 Heart of Midlothian Rugby Park
19:45 Coulibaly   22'
Tyson   54'
Smith   71'		 Report Igor Rossi   64'
Muirhead   69'
Kitchen   76'		 Attendance: 3,917
Referee: Dallas
29 October 2016 Premiership Inverness Caledonian Thistle 3–3 Heart of Midlothian Caledonian Stadium
15:00 Raven   15'
Doumbouya   32'
Doran   55'
Meekings   79'
McKay   85'
Vigurs   86'		 Report Johnsen   38'
Rherras   50'   51'
Djoum   74'
Kitchen   90+2'		 Attendance: 3,565
Referee: Thomson
5 November 2016 Premiership Heart of Midlothian 2–2 St Johnstone Tynecastle Stadium
15:00 Buaben   25'   61'
Igor Rossi   77'
Paterson   87'
Muirhead   89'		 Report Alston   7'
Swanson   41'
Kane   85'
Easton   90+3'		 Attendance: 16,421
Referee: Robertson
21 November 2016 Premiership Hamilton Academical 3–3 Heart of Midlothian New Douglas Park
19:45 Crawford   24'   90+3'
Bingham   46'   68'		 Report Walker   8'   73' (pen.)
Paterson   86'
Öztürk   90'
Rherras   90+1'		 Attendance: 2,339
Referee: McLean
26 November 2016 Premiership Heart of Midlothian 3–0 Motherwell Tynecastle Stadium
15:00 Johnsen   31'   49'
Walker   66'
Smith   45+2'		 Report Tait   10' Attendance: 16,199
Referee: Madden
30 November 2016 Premiership Heart of Midlothian 2–0 Rangers Tynecastle Stadium
19.45 Muirhead   44'   60'
Paterson   45+2'
Souttar   76'		 Report Crooks   36' Attendance: 16,803
Referee: Thomson
3 December 2016 Premiership Ross County 2–2 Heart Of Midlothian Global Energy Stadium
15:00 McEveley   43'   64'
Boyce   60'   86' (pen.)
Davies   87'		 Report Djoum   66'
Paterson   67'   90+1'		 Attendance: 4,042
Referee: Collum
10 December 2016 Premiership Rangers 2–0 Heart Of Midlothian Ibrox Stadium
15:00 Kiernan   29'
Garner   42'
McKay   51'		 Report Kitchen   36'
Walker   41'
Djoum   45+2'
Paterson   67'		 Attendance: 50,039
Referee: Beaton
17 December 2016 Premiership Heart Of Midlothian 1–1 Partick Thistle Tynecastle Stadium
15:00 Johnsen   17' Report Devine   25'
Welsh   47'
Osman   64'		 Attendance: 16,418
Referee: Robertson
23 December 2016 Premiership Dundee 3–2 Heart Of Midlothian Dens Park
19:45 O'Dea   54'
McGowan   71'
Holt   88'
Haber   90+3'		 Report Walker   3' (pen.)
Paterson   48'
Smith   90+3'		 Attendance: 6,160
Referee: Clancy
27 December 2016 Premiership Heart Of Midlothian 4–0 Kilmarnock Tynecastle Stadium
19:45 Paterson   8'
Djoum   42'
Walker   48'   70'		 Report Boyle   30'
Webb   73'		 Attendance: 16,696
Referee: Thomson
30 December 2016 Premiership Heart Of Midlothian 0–1 Aberdeen Tynecastle Stadium
19:45 Johnsen   67'
Smith   89'		 Report Logan   8'
Taylor   18'
Hayes   66'		 Attendance: 16,630
Referee: Collum
29 January 2017 Premiership Celtic 4–0 Heart Of Midlothian Celtic Park
13:00 McGregor   29'
Sinclair   77', 90+1' (pen.)
Roberts   80'		 BBC Report Attendance: 58,247
Referee: Madden
1 February 2017 Premiership Heart Of Midlothian 4–1 Rangers Tynecastle Stadium
19:45 Nowak   4'
Walker   49', 63'
Cowie   54'		 BBC Report Hyndman   36' Attendance: 16,570
Referee: Clancy
4 February 2017 Premiership Motherwell 0–3 Heart Of Midlothian Fir Park
12:15 McHugh   53' BBC Report Tziolis   59'
Gonçalves   84', 88'		 Attendance: 4,651
Referee: Dallas
18 February 2017 Premiership Heart Of Midlothian 1–1 Inverness Caledonian Thistle Tynecastle Stadium
15:00 Djoum   64' [1] Tremarco   24'
Tremarco   15'
Mulraney   36'
Raven   38'		 Attendance: 16,372
Referee: Madden
25 February 2017 Premiership Partick Thistle 2–0 Heart Of Midlothian Firhill Stadium
15:00 Doolan   5'
Lindsay   73'
Elliott   54'
Lawless   86'
Azeez   88'		 [2] Nicholson   47'
Gonçalves   49'
Gonçalves   61'  		 Attendance: 4,143
Referee: Walsh
1 March 2017 Premiership Heart Of Midlothian 0–1 Ross County Tynecastle Stadium
19:45 Struna   16' [3] Schalk   51'
chow   15'
Boyce   68'		 Attendance: 15,470
Referee: Muir
11 March 2017 Premiership Heart Of Midlothian 4–0 Hamilton Academical Tynecastle Stadium
15:00 Djoum   45+2'
Gonçalves   55'
Walker   58'
Martin   88'		 [4] Bingham   40'
Skondras   57'
Gillespie   76'		 Attendance: 15,881
Referee: Thomson
18 March 2017 Premiership Aberdeen 2–0 Heart Of Midlothian Pittodrie Stadium
12:15 Logan   21'
Hayes   60'
Stockley   89'		 [5] Attendance: 12,178
Referee: McLean
2 April 2017 Premiership Heart Of Midlothian 0–5 Celtic Tynecastle Stadium
12:30 [6] Sinclair   24', 27', 81'
Armstrong   55'
Roberts   61'		 Attendance: 16,539
Referee: Clancy
5 April 2017 Premiership St Johnstone 1–0 Heart Of Midlothian McDiarmid Park
19:45 Shaughnessy   73' [7] Nicholson   83' Attendance: 4,197
Referee: Walsh
8 April 2017 Premiership Heart Of Midlothian 1–0 Dundee Tynecastle Stadium
15:00 Gonçalves   13' [8] Attendance: 16,304
Referee: Allan
14 April 2017 Premiership Kilmarnock 0–0 Heart Of Midlothian Rugby Park
19:45 [9] Attendance: 4,110
Referee: Anderson
29 April 2017 Premiership Heart Of Midlothian 2–2 Partick Tynecastle Stadium
15:00 Gonçalves   69' (pen.)
Struna   88'		 [10] Doolan   50'
Lawless   72'
Devine 		Attendance: 15,930
Referee: Dallas
7 May 2016 Premiership Heart of Midlothian 1–2 Aberdeen Tynecastle Stadium
15:00 Gonçalves   61'
Walker 		[11] Rooney   21'
O'Connor   64'		 Attendance: 16,552
Referee: Collum
13 May 2016 Premiership Rangers 2–1 Heart of Midlothian Ibrox Stadium
12:15 Garner   6'
McKay   53'		 [12] Gonçalves   51'
Buaben   26'		 Attendance: 47,809
Referee: Madden
17 May 2017 Premiership St Johnstone 1–0 Heart Of Midlothian McDiarmid Park
19:45 Kane   26' [13] Attendance: 3,141
Referee: Robertson
21 May 2017 Premiership Celtic 2–0 Heart of Midlothian Celtic Park
12:30 Griffiths   50'
Armstrong   76'		 [14] Attendance: 58,967
Referee: Beaton

Scottish Cup edit

Main article: 2016–17 Scottish Cup
22 January 2017 Fourth round Raith Rovers 1–1 Heart of Midlothian Stark's Park
13:05 GMT (UTC) Barr   85'
McManus   89'
Davidson   90+4'		 BBC Report Walker   37'
Struna   90+2'		 Attendance: 5,036
Referee: Beaton
25 January 2017 Fourth round replay Heart of Midlothian 4–2 (a.e.t.) Raith Rovers Tynecastle Stadium
19:45 GMT (UTC) Currie   35'
Martin   94' (pen.)
Walker   105' (pen.)
Johnsen   114'		 BBC Report Barr   14'
Hardie   101'		 Attendance: 10,740
Referee: Beaton
12 February 2017 Fifth round Heart of Midlothian 0–0 Hibernian Tynecastle Stadium
12:30 GMT (UTC) BBC Report Attendance: 16,971
Referee: Collum
22 February 2017 Fifth round replay Hibernian 3–1 Heart of Midlothian Easter Road
19:45 Cummings   21'
Holt   37'
Shinnie   63'
Shinnie   45+3'
McGregor   69'		 [15] Gonçalves   70'
Walker   40'		 Attendance: 20,205
Referee: McLean

League Cup edit

Main article: 2016–17 Scottish League Cup
10 August 2016 Second round St Johnstone 3–2 Heart of Midlothian McDiarmid Park
19:45 Swanson   10'   75' (pen.)
McKay   80'
Paton   45'
Swanson   71'
Alston   76'		 SPFL Report Paterson   43'
Walker   45' (pen.)
Cowie   9'
Murihead   54'
Ozturk   74'
Rossi   81'		 Attendance: 4,214
Referee: Allan

UEFA Europa League edit

Main article: 2016–17 UEFA Europa League

Qualifying rounds edit

Main article: 2016–17 UEFA Europa League qualifying phase and play-off round
30 June 2016 First qualifying round 1st leg Heart of Midlothian   2–1   Infonet Edinburgh, Scotland
20:00 BST (UTC+1) Buaben   28' (pen.)
Kalimullin   36' (o.g.)
Paterson   75'
Sammon   76'		 Report Harin   21'
Mošnikov   30'
Kruglov   42'
Avilov   45'
Appiah   60'
Volodin   90+1'		 Stadium: Tynecastle Stadium
Attendance: 14,417[19]
Referee: Vilhjálmur Alvar Þórarinsson (Iceland)
6 July 2016 First qualifying round 2nd leg Infonet   2–4
(3–6 agg.)		   Heart of Midlothian Tallinn, Estonia
16:45 BST (UTC+1) Appiah   21'
Harin   51'
Voskoboinikov   63'
Draman   90+1'		 Report Paterson   2'
Rossi   9', 52'
Kitchen   21'
Öztürk   45+1'		 Stadium: A. Le Coq Arena, Tallinn[note 1]
Attendance: 1,354[19]
Referee: Petr Ardeleanu (Czech Republic)
14 July 2016 Second qualifying round 1st leg Birkirkara   0–0   Heart of Midlothian Paola, Malta
19:30 BST (UTC+1) Emerson   51' Report Paterson   66'
Djoum   88'		 Stadium: Hibernians Stadium[note 2]
Attendance: 1,868[21]
Referee: Ivaylo Stoyanov (Bulgaria)
21 July 2016 Second qualifying round 2nd leg Heart of Midlothian   1–2
(1–2 agg.)		   Birkirkara Edinburgh, Scotland
20:00 BST (UTC+1) Sammon   74'
Walker   90+2'		 Report Attard   32'
Scicluna   43'
Bubalović   55'
Dimitrov   62'
Herrera   67'  68'		 Stadium: Tynecastle Stadium
Referee: Ville Nevalainen (Finland)

First team player statistics edit

Captains edit

No Pos Name Country No of games Notes
5 DF Öztürk[22][23]   5 Captain
6 MF Kitchen[24]   25 Captain
7 MF Walker   1 Vice-captain
15 MF Cowie[25]   16 Vice-captain

Last updated: 23 May 2017
Source: Competitive match reports.
Competitive matches only
Matches started as captain only
Country: FIFA nationality; No.: Squad number; P: Position; Name: Player name; No. Games: Number of games started as captain.

Squad information edit

During the 2016–17 season, Hearts have used thirty-three players in competitive games. The table below includes all players registered with the SPFL as part of Hearts squad for 2016–17 season. They may not have made an appearance.

Last updated 23 May 2017[26]
Number Position Nation Name Totals Premiership Europa League League Cup Scottish Cup
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
1 GK   SCO Jack Hamilton 44 0 35+0 0 4+0 0 1+0 0 4+0 0
2 DF   SCO Callum Paterson 25 10 20+0 8 4+0 1 1+0 1 0+0 0
4 MF   GRE Alexandros Tziolis 18 1 14+2 1 0+0 0 0+0 0 2+0 0
5 DF   NIR Aaron Hughes 12 0 8+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 4+0 0
6 MF   USA Perry Kitchen 35 0 26+3 0 2+1 0 0+0 0 3+0 0
7 MF   SCO Jamie Walker 43 15 28+6 12 4+0 0 1+0 1 4+0 2
8 MF   GHA Prince Buaben 26 2 11+9 1 4+0 1 1+0 0 1+0 0
10 MF   CMR Arnaud Djoum 40 6 30+3 6 4+0 0 1+0 0 1+1 0
11 MF   SCO Sam Nicholson 27 2 13+6 2 2+2 0 0+1 0 1+2 0
12 DF   GRE Tasos Avlonitis 11 0 8+1 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 2+0 0
13 GK   SWE Viktor Noring 3 0 3+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
14 MF   SCO John Souttar 27 0 22+0 0 1+1 0 1+0 0 2+0 0
15 MF   SCO Don Cowie 39 3 34+0 3 0+2 0 1+0 0 2+0 0
16 MF   MAR Choulay 12 0 3+8 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+1 0
17 DF   NGA Juwon Oshaniwa 0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
19 DF   POL Krystian Nowak 19 1 17+0 1 0+0 0 0+0 0 1+1 0
20 FW   NOR Bjørn Johnsen 37 6 22+12 5 0+0 0 0+0 0 2+1 1
22 MF   SCO Angus Beith 2 0 0+2 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
23 FW   FRA Dylan Bikey 2 0 0+2 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
24 DF   SCO Liam Smith 25 0 12+8 0 3+0 0 0+1 0 0+1 0
25 FW   BUL Nikolay Todorov 0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
27 DF   SVN Andraz Struna 17 1 13+0 1 0+0 0 0+0 0 4+0 0
29 MF   SCO Jamie Brandon 1 0 1+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
30 FW   SCO Rory Currie 11 1 1+8 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 1+1 1
46 DF   GER Lennard Sowah 15 0 11+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 4+0 0
49 FW   SCO Euan Henderson 1 0 0+1 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
77 FW   POR Esmaël Gonçalves 17 8 15+0 7 0+0 0 0+0 0 2+0 1
88 MF   FRA Malaury Martin 17 2 5+8 1 0+0 0 0+0 0 4+0 1
- MF   SCO Billy King 1 0 0+0 0 0+1 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
- FW   SCO Gavin Reilly 0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
- DF   SCO Jordan McGhee 1 0 0+0 0 0+1 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
Players away from Heart of Midlothian on loan:
18 FW   IRL Conor Sammon 26 2 9+10 1 4+0 1 1+0 0 0+2 0
21 FW   SCO Robbie Buchanan 0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
26 FW   CAN Dario Zanatta (Hearts F.C. U20) 3 0 0+0 0 0+1 0 0+0 0 0+2 0
Players who appeared for Heart of Midlothian no longer at the club:
3 DF   MAR Faycal Rherras 23 1 17+2 1 4+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
4 DF   BRA Igor Rossi 24 2 20+0 0 3+0 2 1+0 0 0+0 0
5 DF   TUR Alim Öztürk 10 1 2+3 0 4+0 1 1+0 0 0+0 0
9 FW   ESP Juanma 4 0 0+0 0 1+3 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
23 FW   SCO Robbie Muirhead 20 2 6+12 2 0+1 0 1+0 0 0+0 0
32 FW   SCO Tony Watt 17 1 12+4 1 0+0 0 0+1 0 0+0 0

Appearances (starts and substitute appearances) and goals include those in Scottish Premiership, Europa League, League Cup and the Scottish Cup.

Disciplinary record edit

Last updated 23 May 2017
Number Nation Position Name Premiership Europa League League Cup Scottish Cup Total
                   
2   DF Callum Paterson 5 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 7 0
3   DF Faycal Rherras 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0
4   DF Igor Rossi 6 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 7 0
4   DF Alexandros Tziolis 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
5   DF Alim Öztürk 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 3 0
6   MF Perry Kitchen 5 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 6 0
7   MF Jamie Walker 8 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 10 1
8   DF Prince Buaben 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 1
10   MF Arnaud Djoum 4 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 5 0
11   MF Sam Nicholson 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1
12   DF Tasos Avlonitis 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
14   DF John Souttar 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
15   MF Don Cowie 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 2 0
18   FW Conor Sammon 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
19   MF Krystian Nowak 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0
20   FW Bjørn Johnsen 3 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 4 0
23   FW Robbie Muirhead 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 3 0
24   DF Liam Smith 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 0
27   DF Andraz Struna 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 3 0
32   FW Tony Watt 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0
77   FW Esmaël Gonçalves 3 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 4 1
88   MF Malaury Martin 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0

Goal Scorers edit

(Played in Italics have since left club) Last updated 23 May 2017

Place Nation Position Number Name Premiership Europa League League Cup Scottish Cup Total
1 MF   7 Jamie Walker 12 0 1 2 15
2 DF   2 Callum Paterson 8 1 1 0 10
3 FW   77 Esmaël Gonçalves 7 0 0 1 8
4 MF   10 Arnaud Djoum 6 0 0 0 6
FW   20 Bjørn Johnsen 5 0 0 1 6
5 MF   15 Don Cowie 3 0 0 0 3
6 DF   4 Igor Rossi 0 2 0 0 2
MF   8 Prince Buaben 1 1 0 0 2
MF   11 Sam Nicholson 2 0 0 0 2
FW   18 Conor Sammon 1 1 0 0 2
FW   23 Robbie Muirhead 2 0 0 0 2
FW   88 Malaury Martin 1 0 0 1 2
7 DF   3 Faycal Rherras 1 0 0 0 1
FW   4 Alexandros Tziolis 1 0 0 0 1
DF   5 Alim Öztürk 0 1 0 0 1
DF   19 Krystian Nowak 1 0 0 0 1
DF   27 Andraz Struna 1 0 0 0 1
FW   30 Rory Currie 0 0 0 1 1
FW   32 Tony Watt 1 0 0 0 1

Clean sheets edit

Last updated 23 May 2017
R Pos Nat Name Games Premiership Europa League League Cup Scottish Cup Total
1 GK   Jack Hamilton 44 10 1 0 1 12
2 GK   Viktor Noring 3 0 0 0 0 0
Totals 45 10 1 0 1 12

Last updated: 23 May 2017
Source: Match reports in Competitive matches

Team statistics edit

League table edit

Pos Team
 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation[a]
3 Rangers 38 19 10 9 56 44 +12 67 Qualification for the Europa League first qualifying round
4 St Johnstone 38 17 7 14 50 46 +4 58
5 Heart of Midlothian 38 12 10 16 55 52 +3 46
6 Partick Thistle 38 10 12 16 38 54 −16 42
7 Ross County 38 11 13 14 48 58 −10 46
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).[27]
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.

Scottish Premiership results by round edit

Round1234567891011121314151617181920212223242526272829303132333435363738
GroundHAHAHAHAHHAAHAHAAHAHHAHAHAHHAHAHAHHAAA
ResultLDWWWLDWWWLDDDWDLDLWLLWWDLLWLLLWDDLLLL
Position911532233322223344444444444445555555555
Updated to match(es) played on 23 May 2017. Source: bbc.co.uk
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Management statistics edit

Last updated on 23 May 2017
Name From To P W D L Win%[note 3]
Robbie Neilson 30 June 2016 3 December 2016 20 9 6 5 045.00
Jon Daly 3 December 2016 5 December 2016 1 0 1 0 000.00
Ian Cathro 5 December 2016 1 August 2017 27 6 6 15 022.22

Club edit

Club staff edit

As of 23 May 2017[28][29]

Boardroom edit

Name Role[30]
  Ann Budge Owner, CEO and Chairwomen
  Craig Levein Director of Football
  Eric Hogg Non-Executive Director
  Donald Cumming Non-Executive Director
  Kevin Windram Non-Executive Director

Transfers edit

Main articles: List of Scottish football transfers summer 2016 and List of Scottish football transfers winter 2016-17

See also edit

Notes edit

  1. ^ Infonet Tallinn will play their home match at A. Le Coq Arena, Tallinn, instead of their regular stadium Lasnamäe KJH Stadium, Tallinn.[20]
  2. ^ Birkirkara play their home matches at Hibernians Stadium, Paola, instead of their regular stadium National Stadium, Ta' Qali.
  3. ^ Win% is the percentage of matches won rounded to two decimal places.

References edit

  1. ^ "Ann Budge to start at Tynecastle on Monday". bbc.co.uk/sport. BBC Sport. 9 May 2014. Retrieved 24 March 2015.
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