2016–17 Heart of Midlothian F.C. season

Heart of Midlothian
2016–17 season
Executive chairwoman	Ann Budge
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

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^[13]	FW		Tony Watt	Charlton Athletic

Loans out

Date from	Date to	Position	Name	To
13 June 2016	Season-long^[14]	FW	Gavin Reilly	Dunfermline Athletic
5 July 2016	Season-long^[15]^[16]	DF	Jordan McGhee	Middlesbrough
11 July 2016	Season-long^[17]	MF	Billy King	Inverness Caledonian Thistle

Released

Date	Position	Nationality	Name	Joined	Date
31 May 2016^[18]	DF		Błażej Augustyn
31 May 2016^[18]	MF		Miguel Pallardó

Squad

As of 30 June 2016.

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


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
1	GK	SCO	Jack Hamilton
2	DF	SCO	Callum Paterson
3	DF	MAR	Faycal Rherras
4	DF	BRA	Igor Rossi
5	DF	TUR	Alim Öztürk
6	MF	USA	Perry Kitchen
7	MF	SCO	Jamie Walker
8	MF	GHA	Prince Buaben
9	FW	ESP	Juanma
10	MF	BEL	Arnaud Djoum
11	MF	SCO	Sam Nicholson
13	GK	SWE	Viktor Noring


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

Out on loan

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


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


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
30	DF	SCO	Jordan McGhee (on loan at Middlesbrough)

Competitions

Premiership

League table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation^[a]
7	Ross County	38	11	13	14	48	58	−10	46
8	Kilmarnock	38	9	14	15	36	56	−20	41
9	Motherwell	38	10	8	20	46	69	−23	38
10	Dundee	38	10	7	21	38	62	−24	37
11	Hamilton Academical (O)	38	7	14	17	37	56	−19	35	Qualification for the Premiership play-off final

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).^[19]
(O) Play-off winners
Notes:

^ 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.

Results by round

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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
Celtic	1-2
Dundee
Hamilton Academical
Heart of Midlothian
Inverness C.T.
Kilmarnock
Partick Thistle
Rangers
Ross County
St Johnstone

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	-	Heart of Midlothian	Perth, Scotland
15:00				Stadium: McDiarmid Park Referee: John Beaton

24 September 2016 7	Heart of Midlothian	-	Ross County	Edinburgh, Scotland
15:00				Stadium: Tynecastle Stadium

30 September 2016 8	Motherwell	-	Heart of Midlothian	Motherwell, Scotland
15:00				Stadium: Fir Park

Scottish Cup

January 2017 Fourth Round		v
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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

Qualifying Rounds

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^[20] 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^[20] 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^[22] 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	SCO	Jack Hamilton	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	0
2	DF	SCO	Callum Paterson	4	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	1
3	DF	MAR	Faycal Rherras	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	0
4	DF	BRA	Igor Rossi	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	2
5	DF	TUR	Alim Öztürk	4	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	1
6	MF	USA	Perry Kitchen	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2+1	0
7	MF	SCO	Jamie Walker	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	0
8	MF	GHA	Prince Buaben	4	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	1
9	FW	ESP	Juanma	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1+3	0
10	MF	BEL	Arnaud Djoum	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	0
11	MF	SCO	Sam Nicholson	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2+1	0
14	MF	SCO	John Souttar	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1+1	0
15	MF	SCO	Don Cowie	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0+2	0
18	FW	IRL	Conor Sammon	4	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	1
23	FW	SCO	Robbie Muirhead	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0+1	0
24	DF	SCO	Liam Smith	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0
Players away from Heart of Midlothian on loan:
12	MF	SCO	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.^[21]
^ 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/
^ ^a ^b ^c 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.
^ "JOHNSEN JOINS JAMBOS". Heart of Midlothian. 22 July 2016. Retrieved 22 July 2016.
^ "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.
^ "JOHNSEN JOINS JAMBOS". Heart of Midlothian. 22 July 2016. Retrieved 22 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.
^ ^a ^b "Fond farewell". heartsfc.co.uk. Heart of Midlothian FC. 10 May 2016. Retrieved 11 May 2016.
^ "Premiership 2016/2017 - Season rules". Scoresway. Retrieved 1 September 2016.
^ ^a ^b "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.

[19] 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.

[Infonet_Tallinn-23] Infonet Tallinn will play their home match at A. Le Coq Arena, Tallinn, instead of their regular stadium Lasnamäe KJH Stadium, Tallinn.^[21]

[Birkirkara-24] Birkirkara play their home matches at Hibernians Stadium, Paola, instead of their regular stadium National Stadium, Ta' Qali.

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

[2] "Hearts celebrate securing Championship title". bbc.co.uk/sport. BBC Sport. 22 March 2015. Retrieved 24 March 2015.

[3] "Hearts win the Scottish Championship". Daily Record. 22 March 2015. Retrieved 24 March 2015.

[4] "Hearts relegated from Scottish Premiership despite victory at Partick Thistle". dailymail.co.uk. Daily Mail. 6 April 2014. Retrieved 24 March 2015.

[5] ttp://www.edinburghnews.scotsman.com/sport/football/hearts/reaching-europa-league-group-stage-would-transform-hearts-1-4120209

[6] ttp://www.heraldscotland.com/sport/14476489.Hearts_boss_Robbie_Neilson_looking_to_strengthen_Tynecastle_side_before_Europa_League_campaign/

[hearts1-7] McLauchlin, Brian (13 June 2016). "Robbie Muirhead: Hearts sign forward on one-year deal". BBC Sport. BBC. Retrieved 13 June 2016.

[8] "Paul Gallacher joins Hearts on player-coach contract". Sky Sports. Sky. 16 June 2016. Retrieved 16 June 2016.

[9] "Goalkeeper Noring joins Hearts". SPFL. 8 July 2016. Retrieved 9 July 2016.

[10] "JOHNSEN JOINS JAMBOS". Heart of Midlothian. 22 July 2016. Retrieved 22 July 2016.

[11] "Joe Lewis, Neil Alexander and Callum Morris join Aberdeen". BBC Sport. BBC. 16 June 2016. Retrieved 16 June 2016.

[12] "Gomis leaves Hearts to join Malaysian team, Kelantan". Edinburgh News. 11 July 2016. Retrieved 12 July 2016.

[13] "JOHNSEN JOINS JAMBOS". Heart of Midlothian. 22 July 2016. Retrieved 22 July 2016.

[14] "Gavin Reilly joins Dunfermline". Dunfermline Athletic FC. 13 June 2016. Retrieved 13 June 2016.

[15] ttp://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/36706010

[16] "Boro Take Scotland U21 Captain On Season Long Loan". Middlesbrough FC. 5 July 2016. Retrieved 5 July 2016.

[17] "Hearts' Billy King to join Inverness CT on loan". The Scotsman. Johnston Publishing Ltd. 11 July 2016. Retrieved 11 July 2016.

[Hearts1-18] "Fond farewell". heartsfc.co.uk. Heart of Midlothian FC. 10 May 2016. Retrieved 11 May 2016.

[20] "Premiership 2016/2017 - Season rules". Scoresway. Retrieved 1 September 2016.

[AttendanceQR1-21] "Summary UEFA Europa League - Round 1". Soccerway. Retrieved 2 July 2016.

[infonet-22] "UEFA switch Infonet' Europa League first leg clash to Tynecastle". fcinfonet.com/en. FC Infonet. 21 June 2016. Retrieved 21 June 2016.

[AttendanceQR2-25] "Summary UEFA Europa League - Round 1". Soccerway. Retrieved 2 July 2016.

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Club seasons
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