2016–17 Heart of Midlothian F.C. season

Heart of Midlothian

2016–17 season

Executive chairwoman

Ann Budge^[1]

Head coach

Robbie Neilson

Stadium

Tynecastle Stadium

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The 2016–17 season is the 200th season of competitive football by Heart of Midlothian. It is the club's second season of play in the top tier of Scottish football, having been promoted from the Scottish Championship at the end of the 2014–15 season,^[2] having played just one season in the Scottish Championship.^[3] The club had been relegated from the Premiership at the end of the 2013–14 season.^[4] Hearts will also compete in the League Cup, Scottish Cup and the Europa League.^[5]^[6]

Transfers

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

In

Date	Position	Name	From	Fee
13 June 2016	FW	Conor Sammon	Derby County	Free^[7]
13 June 2016	FW	Robbie Muirhead	Dundee United	^[7]
13 June 2016	DF	Faycal Rherras	Sint-Truidense	Free^[7]
16 June 2016	GK	Paul Gallacher	Partick Thistle	Free^[8]
8 July 2016	GK	Viktor Noring	Lyngby BK	^[9]
22 July 2016	FW	Bjørn Johnsen	Litex Lovech	^[10]

Out

Date	Position	Nationality	Name	To	Fee
15 June 2016	GK		Neil Alexander	Aberdeen	Undisclosed^[11]
15 June 2016	MF		Morgaro Gomis	Kelantan	^[12]

Loans in

Date from	Date to	Position	Nationality	Name	From
20 July 2016	End of Season^[10]	FW		Tony Watt	Charlton Athletic

Loans out

Date from	Date to	Position	Name	To
13 June 2016	Season-long^[13]	FW	Gavin Reilly	Dunfermline Athletic
5 July 2016	Season-long^[14]^[15]	DF	Jordan McGhee	Middlesbrough
11 July 2016	Season-long^[16]	MF	Billy King	Inverness Caledonian Thistle

Released

Date	Position	Nationality	Name	Joined	Date
31 May 2016^[17]	DF		Błażej Augustyn
31 May 2016^[17]	MF		Miguel Pallardó

Squad

As of 30 June 2016.

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No.	Position	Player
1	GK	Jack Hamilton
2	DF	Callum Paterson
3	DF	Faycal Rherras
4	DF	Igor Rossi
5	DF	Alim Öztürk
6	MF	Perry Kitchen
7	MF	Jamie Walker
8	MF	Prince Buaben
9	FW	Juanma
10	MF	Arnaud Djoum
11	MF	Sam Nicholson
13	GK	Viktor Noring

No.	Position	Player
14	MF	John Souttar
15	MF	Don Cowie
17	DF	Juwon Oshaniwa
18	FW	Conor Sammon
19	DF	Krystian Nowak
20	FW	Bjørn Johnsen
22	MF	Angus Beith
23	FW	Robbie Muirhead
24	DF	Liam Smith
25	FW	Nikolay Todorov
26	FW	Dario Zanatta
32	FW	Tony Watt (loan from Charlton Athletic)
51	GK	Paul Gallacher

Out on loan

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No.		Position	Player
12		MF	Billy King (on loan at Inverness Caledonian Thistle)
20		FW	Gavin Reilly (on loan at Dunfermline Athletic)

No.		Position	Player
30		DF	Jordan McGhee (on loan at Middlesbrough)

Competitions

Premiership

Main article: 2016–17 Scottish Premiership

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation^{[lower-alpha 1]}
1	Celtic	13	12	1	0	39	11	+28	37	Qualification to Champions League second qualifying round
2	Rangers	16	8	5	3	21	17	+4	29	Qualification to Europa League first qualifying round
3	Heart of Midlothian	16	7	6	3	31	19	+12	27	Qualification to Europa League first qualifying round
4	Aberdeen	14	7	3	4	23	14	+9	24
5	St Johnstone	15	6	4	5	22	19	+3	22

Updated to match(es) played on 3 December 2016. Source: 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).^[18]
Notes:

↑ 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
Ground	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A
Result	L	D	W	W	W	L	D	W	W	L
Position	9	11	5	3	2	2	3	3	3	4

Source: BBC Sport
Ground: A = Away; H = Home. Result: D = Draw; L = Loss; W = Win; P = Postponed.

Results summary

Overall								Home						Away
Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

Source: BBC Sport

Results by opponent

Hearts score first

Team	Results				Points
Team	1	2	3	4	Points
Aberdeen	0-0
Celtic	1-2
Dundee	2-0
Hamilton Academical	3-1	3-3
Inverness C.T.	5-1	3-3
Kilmarnock	0-2
Motherwell F.C.	3-1	3-0
Partick Thistle	2-1
Rangers
Ross County	0-0
St Johnstone	0-1	2-2

Source: 2016–17 Scottish Premier League Results Table

Results

7 August 2016 1	Heart of Midlothian	1 – 2	Celtic	Edinburgh, Scotland
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'	Stadium: Tynecastle Stadium Attendance: 16,777 Referee: John Beaton

13 August 2016 2	Aberdeen	0 – 0	Heart of Midlothian	Aberdeen, Scotland
15:00	Shinnie 44' Pawlett 50'	BBC SPFL	Watt 31' Rherras 37' Bauben 43' Djoum 53' Rossi 78'	Stadium: Pittodrie Stadium Attendance: 13,559 Referee: Kevin Clancy

20 August 2016 3	Heart of Midlothian	5 – 1	Inverness CT	Edinburgh, Scotland
15:00	Cowie 7' 46' Sammon 18' Nicholson 78' 79' Kitchen 29'	BBC SPFL	Draper 87' Tremarco 11' Mulraney 12' Polworth 40' Horner 77'	Stadium: Tynecastle Stadium Attendance: 15,880 Referee: Steven McLean

27 August 2016 4	Partick Thistle	1 - 2	Heart of Midlothian	Glasgow, Scotland
15:00	Lindsay 55' Osman 76' Edwards 84'	BBC SPFL	Paterson 16' Watt 90'	Stadium: Firhill Stadium Attendance: 4,919 Referee: Willie Collum

10 September 2016 5	Heart of Midlothian	3 - 1	Hamilton Academical	Edinburgh, Scotland
15:00	Walker 69' 81' (pen.) Nicholson 90' Watt 30' Paterson 87' Rossi 49'	BBC SPFL	Crawford 50' Want 80' Imrie 81' Crawford 90'	Stadium: Tynecastle Stadium Attendance: 15,947 Referee: Craig Thomson (referee)

17 September 2016 6	St Johnstone	1 - 0	Heart of Midlothian	Perth, Scotland
15:00	Cummins 57' Cummins 15' Foster 33' Davidson 49' MacLean 75' Kane 85' Craig 90'	BBC SPFL	Rossi 75'	Stadium: McDiarmid Park Attendance: 5,456 Referee: John Beaton

24 September 2016 7	Heart of Midlothian	0 - 0	Ross County	Edinburgh, Scotland
15:00	Rherras 55' Djoum 87'	BBC SPFL	Woods 50' Dingwall 57' McShane 81', 82' Fraser 90'	Stadium: Tynecastle Stadium Attendance: 16,321 Referee: Alan Muir

30 September 2016 8	Motherwell	1 - 3	Heart of Midlothian	Motherwell, Scotland
19:45		Report		Stadium: Fir Park Attendance: 4,666 Referee: Steven McLean

15 October 2016 9	Heart of Midlothian	2 - 0	Dundee	Edinburgh, Scotland
15:00		Report		Stadium: Tynecastle Stadium Attendance: 16,512 Referee: Kevin Clancy

26 October 2016 10	Kilmarnock	2 - 0	Heart of Midlothian	Kilmarnock, Scotland
19:45		Report		Stadium: Rugby Park Attendance: 3,917 Referee: Andrew Dallas

29 October 2016 11	Inverness CT	3 - 3	Heart of Midlothian	Inverness, Scotland
15:00		Report		Stadium: Tulloch Stadium Attendance: 3,565 Referee: Craig Thomson

05 November 2016 12	Heart of Midlothian	2 - 2	St Johnstone	Edinburgh, Scotland
15:00				Stadium: Tynecastle Stadium Attendance: 16,421 Referee: Don Robertson

21 November 2016 13	Hamilton	3 - 3	Heart of Midlothian	Hamilton, Scotland
19:45		Report		Stadium: New Douglas Park Attendance: 2,339 Referee: Steven McLean

26 November 2016 14	Heart of Midlothian	3 - 0	Motherwell	Edinburgh, Scotland
15:00		Report		Stadium: Tynecastle Park Attendance: 16,199 Referee: Bobby Madden

Scottish Cup

Main article: 2016–17 Scottish Cup

January 2017 Fourth Round		v
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League Cup

Main article: 2016–17 Scottish League Cup

10 August 2016 2nd Round	St Johnstone	3 - 2	Heart of Midlothian	Perth, Scotland
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'	Stadium: McDiarmid Park Attendance: 4,214 Referee: Crawford Allan

UEFA Europa League

Main article: 2016–17 UEFA Europa League

Qualifying Rounds

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)

Squad Statistics

As of match played 21 July 2016

Appearances and goals

No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Total		Scottish Premiership		Scottish Cup		Scottish League Cup		Europa League
No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
1	GK		Jack Hamilton	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	0
2	DF		Callum Paterson	4	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	1
3	DF		Faycal Rherras	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	0
4	DF		Igor Rossi	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	2
5	DF		Alim Öztürk	4	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	1
6	MF		Perry Kitchen	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2+1	0
7	MF		Jamie Walker	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	0
8	MF		Prince Buaben	4	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	1
9	FW		Juanma	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1+3	0
10	MF		Arnaud Djoum	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	0
11	MF		Sam Nicholson	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2+1	0
14	MF		John Souttar	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1+1	0
15	MF		Don Cowie	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0+2	0
18	FW		Conor Sammon	4	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	1
23	FW		Robbie Muirhead	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0+1	0
24	DF		Liam Smith	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0
Players away from Heart of Midlothian on loan:
12	MF		Billy King	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0+1	0
Players who appeared for Heart of Midlothian no longer at the club:

Goal scorers

Place	Position	Number	Name	Europa League	Total
1	DF	4	Igor Rossi	2	2
2	MF	8	Prince Buaben	1	1
	DF	2	Callum Paterson	1	1
	DF	5	Alim Öztürk	1	1
	FW	18	Conor Sammon	1	1
			Own goal	1	1
			TOTALS	7	7

Disciplinary Record

Number	Nation	Position	Name
Number	Nation	Position	Name	Scottish Premiership		Scottish Cup		Scottish League Cup		Europa League		Total
2		DF	Callum Paterson	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	2	0
6		MF	Perry Kitchen	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0
7		MF	Jamie Walker	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0
10		MF	Arnaud Djoum	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0
18		FW	Conor Sammon	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0
			TOTALS	0	0	0	0	0	0	6	0	6	0

Notes

↑ Infonet Tallinn will play their home match at A. Le Coq Arena, Tallinn, instead of their regular stadium Lasnamäe KJH Stadium, Tallinn.^[20]
↑ Birkirkara play their home matches at Hibernians Stadium, Paola, instead of their regular stadium National Stadium, Ta' Qali.

References

↑ "Ann Budge to start at Tynecastle on Monday". bbc.co.uk/sport. BBC Sport. 9 May 2014. Retrieved 24 March 2015.
↑ "Hearts celebrate securing Championship title". bbc.co.uk/sport. BBC Sport. 22 March 2015. Retrieved 24 March 2015.
↑ "Hearts win the Scottish Championship". Daily Record. 22 March 2015. Retrieved 24 March 2015.
↑ "Hearts relegated from Scottish Premiership despite victory at Partick Thistle". dailymail.co.uk. Daily Mail. 6 April 2014. Retrieved 24 March 2015.
↑ http://www.edinburghnews.scotsman.com/sport/football/hearts/reaching-europa-league-group-stage-would-transform-hearts-1-4120209
↑ http://www.heraldscotland.com/sport/14476489.Hearts_boss_Robbie_Neilson_looking_to_strengthen_Tynecastle_side_before_Europa_League_campaign/
1 2 3 McLauchlin, Brian (13 June 2016). "Robbie Muirhead: Hearts sign forward on one-year deal". BBC Sport. BBC. Retrieved 13 June 2016.
↑ "Paul Gallacher joins Hearts on player-coach contract". Sky Sports. Sky. 16 June 2016. Retrieved 16 June 2016.
↑ "Goalkeeper Noring joins Hearts". SPFL. 8 July 2016. Retrieved 9 July 2016.
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↑ "Joe Lewis, Neil Alexander and Callum Morris join Aberdeen". BBC Sport. BBC. 16 June 2016. Retrieved 16 June 2016.
↑ "Gomis leaves Hearts to join Malaysian team, Kelantan". Edinburgh News. 11 July 2016. Retrieved 12 July 2016.
↑ "Gavin Reilly joins Dunfermline". Dunfermline Athletic FC. 13 June 2016. Retrieved 13 June 2016.
↑ http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/36706010
↑ "Boro Take Scotland U21 Captain On Season Long Loan". Middlesbrough FC. 5 July 2016. Retrieved 5 July 2016.
↑ "Hearts' Billy King to join Inverness CT on loan". The Scotsman. Johnston Publishing Ltd. 11 July 2016. Retrieved 11 July 2016.
1 2 "Fond farewell". heartsfc.co.uk. Heart of Midlothian FC. 10 May 2016. Retrieved 11 May 2016.
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1 2 "Summary UEFA Europa League - Round 1". Soccerway. Retrieved 2 July 2016.
↑ "UEFA switch Infonet' Europa League first leg clash to Tynecastle". fcinfonet.com/en. FC Infonet. 21 June 2016. Retrieved 21 June 2016.
↑ "Summary UEFA Europa League - Round 1". Soccerway. Retrieved 2 July 2016.

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2016–17 in Scottish football

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Domestic leagues	SPFL Premiership Championship League One League Two Highland Lowland East of Scotland South of Scotland North Caledonian SJFA West Premier SJFA East Superleague SJFA North Superleague SPFL Development League Women's Premier League SWPL 1 SWPL 2 Scottish Women's Football League North South

Domestic cups	Scottish Cup League Cup Group stage Final Challenge Cup Junior Cup Youth Cup Women's Cup

European competitions	Champions League Europa League Youth League

Related to national team	Results 2018 FIFA World Cup qualification – UEFA Group F

Transfers	Summer 2016 Winter 2016–17

Club seasons

Premiership	Aberdeen Celtic Dundee Hamilton Academical Heart of Midlothian Inverness Caledonian Thistle Kilmarnock Motherwell Partick Thistle Rangers Ross County St Johnstone

Championship	Ayr United Dumbarton Dundee United Dunfermline Athletic Falkirk Greenock Morton Hibernian Queen of the South Raith Rovers St Mirren

League One	Airdrieonians Albion Rovers Alloa Athletic Brechin City East Fife Livingston Peterhead Queen's Park Stenhousemuir Stranraer

League Two	Annan Athletic Arbroath Berwick Rangers Clyde Cowdenbeath Edinburgh City Elgin City Forfar Athletic Montrose Stirling Albion

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