Heart of Midlothian 2016–17 football 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 .
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
Management
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
Win
Draw
Loss
Postponed
Premiership
Scottish Cup
League Cup
UEFA Europa League
Qualifying rounds
First team player statistics
Captains
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.
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]
Appearances (starts and substitute appearances) and goals include those in Scottish Premiership , Europa League , League Cup and the Scottish Cup .
Disciplinary record
Last updated 23 May 2017
Goal Scorers
(Played in Italics have since left club )
Last updated 23 May 2017
Clean sheets
Last updated 23 May 2017
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
Team statistics
League table
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:
^ 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
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 H A H A H A H A H H A A H A H A A H A H H A H A H A H H A H A H A H H A A A Result L D W W W L D W W W L D D D W D L D L W L L W W D L L W L L L W D D L L L L Position 9 11 5 3 2 2 3 3 3 2 2 2 2 3 3 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5
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
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
0 45.00
Jon Daly
3 December 2016
5 December 2016
1
0
1
0
00 0.00
Ian Cathro
5 December 2016
1 August 2017
27
6
6
15
0 22.22
Club
Club staff
As of 23 May 2017 [ 28] [ 29]
Boardroom
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
See also
Notes
References
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