2015–16 Heart of Midlothian F.C. season

The 2015–16 season is the 119th season of competitive football by Heart of Midlothian. It is the club's first season of play back in the top tier of Scottish football since 2014, having been promoted from the Scottish Championship at the end of the previous 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] In the League Cup, Hearts reached the quarter-final and were eliminated by Celtic. Hearts will also compete in the Scottish Cup.

Heart of Midlothian

2015–16 season
Executive chairwoman	Ann Budge[1]
Head coach	Robbie Neilson
Stadium	Tynecastle Stadium
League Cup	Quarter-final, lost to Celtic
Scottish Cup	Fifth round, lost to Hibernian
Average home league attendance	16,423
Home colours Away colours

Friendlies

Hearts returned for pre-season training on 19 June,[5] before heading to Ireland for a four-day training camp in Dublin,[6] with games against Bohemian[7] and Shelbourne.[8] On return to Scotland the club travelled to Raith Rovers,[9] Dumbarton,[10] Stirling Albion[11] and Cowdenbeath.[12] Hearts also took part in the Oban Challenge Cup, winning the Round-robin format tournament.[13] The squad then traveled to England to play Preston North End,[14] before returning to Edinburgh to play English Premier League side Everton.[15]

Fixtures

1 July 2015[16] Friendly	Bohemian	0–2	Heart of Midlothian	Dalymount Park
19:45		Scotsman Report Edinburgh Evening News Report Hearts Report	Paterson  86' El Hassnaoui  89'	Referee: Rogers

4 July 2015[16] Friendly	Shelbourne	2–4	Heart of Midlothian	Tolka Park
15:00	English  53', 82'	Scotsman Report Hearts Report	Oliver  28' Nicholson  57' McGhee  80' Juanma  90'	Attendance: 374 Referee: Connolly

7 July 2015[17] Friendly	Raith Rovers	0–2	Heart of Midlothian	Stark's Park
19:45		Scotsman Report Edinburgh Evening News Report Hearts Report	Oliver  54' Walker  79'	Attendance: 1,983 Referee: Allan

9 July 2015[18] Friendly	Dumbarton	2–0	Heart of Midlothian	Dumbarton Football Stadium
19:45	Gallagher  8' Cawley  55'	Edinburgh Evening News Report Hearts Report		Attendance: 347 Referee: Muir

11 July 2015 Oban Challenge Cup	Alloa Athletic	0–3	Heart of Midlothian	Mossfield Stadium
11:40			McGhee  2' Oliver  4', 18'

11 July 2015 Oban Challenge Cup	Heart of Midlothian	2–1	St Johnstone	Mossfield Stadium
12:20	Juanma  11' Oliver  13'		15'

11 July 2015 Oban Challenge Cup	Dundee United	1–1	Heart of Midlothian	Mossfield Stadium
13:40	29'		Paterson  12'

11 July 2015 Oban Challenge Cup	Oban Saints	2–1	Heart of Midlothian	Mossfield Stadium
14:20	Smith  17', 22'		Nicholson  6'

11 July 2015 Oban Challenge Cup	Heart of Midlothian	1–0	Hamilton Academical	Mossfield Stadium
15:40	Nicholson  6'

14 July 2015[19] Supporters Direct Scotland Cup	Stirling Albion	2–1	Heart of Midlothian	Forthbank Stadium
19:30	Dickson  76' Kouider-Aissa  78'	Hearts Report Stirling Report Edinburgh Evening News Report	McLean  17'	Attendance: 1,012 Referee: Charleston

15 July 2015[20] Friendly	Cowdenbeath	1–1	Heart of Midlothian	Central Park
19:30	Johnston  36'	Hearts Report Cowdenbeath Report Edinburgh Evening News Report	King  1'	Attendance: 463 Referee: Salmond

18 July 2015[21] Friendly	Preston North End	1–0	Heart of Midlothian	Deepdale
15:00	Garner  63'	Hearts Report Preston Report Edinburgh Evening News Report		Attendance: 4,860 Referee: Handley

26 July 2015[22] Friendly	Heart of Midlothian	1–3	Everton	Tynecastle Stadium
15:00	Paterson  9'	Hearts Report Everton Report Edinburgh Evening News Report	Lukaku  9', 35' (pen.), 48' (pen.)	Attendance: 10,439 Referee: Collum

Scottish Premiership

The fixture list for the first 33 Scottish Premiership matches in the 2015–16 season were announced on 19 June.[23] Hearts were handed a home game to start the season against St Johnstone, with the championship flag set to be unveiled,[24] having been promoted as champions the previous season.[25] The match had been scheduled to be played on 1 August, however was moved to 2 August to be shown on live television.[26]

Fixtures

2 August 2015[26] Premiership	Heart of Midlothian	4–3	St Johnstone	Tynecastle Stadium
12:30	Juanma  4' Walker  53' Paterson  62' Nicholson  80'	BBC Report	Lappin  56' Sutton  75' Cummins  78'	Attendance: 16,334 Referee: McLean

8 August 2015 Premiership	Dundee	1–2	Heart of Midlothian	Dens Park
15:00	Hemmings  5'	BBC Report	Juanma  56', 63' (pen.)	Attendance: 8,222 Referee: Thomson

12 August 2015 Premiership	Heart of Midlothian	2–0	Motherwell	Tynecastle Stadium
19:45	Reilly  32' (pen.) King  64'	BBC Report		Attendance: 16,645 Referee: Colvin

15 August 2015 Premiership	Ross County	1–2	Heart of Midlothian	Victoria Park
15:00	Boyce  39' (pen.)	BBC Report	Sow  11' Öztürk  14'	Attendance: 4,806 Referee: Madden

22 August 2015 Premiership	Heart of Midlothian	3–0	Partick Thistle	Tynecastle Stadium
15:00	Sow  29' Nicholson  69' Juanma  71'	BBC Report		Attendance: 16,657 Referee: Beaton

29 August 2015 Premiership	Hamilton Academical	3–2	Heart of Midlothian	New Douglas Park
15:00	Kurtaj  45' Crawford  83' García Tena  88'	BBC Report	King  53' Paterson  71' Paterson  77'	Attendance: 4,745 Referee: Collum

11 September 2015 Premiership	Inverness Caledonian Thistle	2–0	Heart of Midlothian	Caledonian Stadium
19:45	Vincent  49' Storey  89'	BBC Report	Oshaniwa  87'	Attendance: 4,160 Referee: McLean

20 September 2015 Premiership	Heart of Midlothian	1–3	Aberdeen	Tynecastle Stadium
14:15	Rossi  52'	BBC Report	Goodwillie  9', 45' McGinn  23'	Attendance: 16,702 Referee: Madden

26 September 2015 Premiership	Celtic	0–0	Heart of Midlothian	Celtic Park
15:00	Ambrose  90+4'	BBC Report		Attendance: 46,297 Referee: Clancy

3 October 2015 Premiership	Heart of Midlothian	1–1	Kilmarnock	Tynecastle Stadium
15:00	Walker  40' (pen.) Reilly  90+2'	BBC Report	Balatoni  79'	Attendance: 16,461 Referee: Beaton

18 October 2015 Premiership	Dundee United	0–1	Heart of Midlothian	Tannadice Park
12:15	Spittal  90+3'	BBC Report	Juanma  16' (pen.)	Attendance: 7,461 Referee: Clancy

24 October 2015 Premiership	Heart of Midlothian	2–0	Ross County	Tynecastle Stadium
15:00	Paterson  15' Augustyn  48' Sow  67'	BBC Report		Attendance: 16,264 Referee: Muir

31 October 2015 Premiership	Partick Thistle	0–4	Heart of Midlothian	Firhill Stadium
15:00	Scully  85'	BBC Report	Juanma  38', 64' (pen.) Sow  51', 86' (pen.)	Attendance: 4,776 Referee: McLean

7 November 2015 Premiership	Heart of Midlothian	2–0	Hamilton Academical	Tynecastle Stadium
15:00	Buaben  27' Djoum  38'	BBC Report		Attendance: 16,121 Referee: Madden

21 November 2015 Premiership	Heart of Midlothian	1–1	Dundee	Tynecastle Stadium
15:00	Djoum  24'	BBC Report	Loy  67'	Attendance: 16,736 Referee: Clancy

28 November 2015 Premiership	Motherwell	2–2	Heart of Midlothian	Fir Park
15:00	Moult  2' Johnson  65'	BBC Report	Juanma  9' Sow  69'	Attendance: 5,141 Referee: McLean

5 December 2015 Premiership	Heart of Midlothian	P–P	Inverness Caledonian Thistle	Tynecastle Stadium
15:00		BBC Report		Referee: Muir
Note: Postponed due to adverse weather conditions in Edinburgh.

12 December 2015[27] Premiership	Aberdeen	1–0	Heart of Midlothian	Pittodrie Stadium
12:30	Rooney  87' (pen)	BBC Report		Attendance: 13,110 Referee: Thomson

19 December 2015 Premiership	St Johnstone	0–0	Heart of Midlothian	McDiarmid Park
15:00		BBC Report	Juanma  28'	Attendance: 4,780 Referee: Clancy

27 December 2015[27] Premiership	Heart of Midlothian	2–2	Celtic	Tynecastle Stadium
14:00	Nicholson  45+1' Sow  90+1'	BBC Report	Bitton  42' Rogic  70'	Attendance: 16,844 Referee: McLean

30 December 2015 Premiership	Heart of Midlothian	3–2	Dundee United	Tynecastle Stadium
19:45	Reilly  17' Buaben  26' Sow  30' (pen.)	BBC Report	Mckay  2' (pen.) Fraser  45'	Attendance: 16,721 Referee: Madden

2 January 2016 Premiership	Kilmarnock	2–2	Heart of Midlothian	Rugby Park
15:00	Balatoni  43' Magennis  80'	BBC Report	Reilly  45+3' Paterson  56'	Attendance: 5,388 Referee: Muir

16 January 2016 Premiership	Heart of Midlothian	6–0	Motherwell	Tynecastle Stadium
15:00	Rossi  11' Sow  16' Reilly  22' (pen.) Paterson  77' Juanma  87' Djoum  90+1' (pen.)	BBC Report		Attendance: 16,574 Referee: Clancy

24 January 2016[28] Premiership	Hamilton Academical	0–0	Heart of Midlothian	New Douglas Park
12:45	Garcia Tena  87'	BBC Report	Rossi  40'	Attendance: 2,684 Referee: Madden

30 January 2016[28] Premiership	Inverness Caledonian Thistle	P–P	Heart of Midlothian	Caledonian Stadium
12:30		BBC Report		Referee: Collum
Note: Postponed due to a waterlogged pitch and extreme weather conditions in Inverness.

10 February 2016 Premiership	Ross County	0–3	Heart of Midlothian	Victoria Park
19:45		BBC Report	Davies  53' (o.g.) Dauda  86', 89'	Attendance: 3,391 Referee: McLean

13 February 2016 Premiership	Heart of Midlothian	P–P	Partick Thistle	Tynecastle Stadium
15:00		BBC Report		Referee: Madden
Note: Postponed due to a waterlogged pitch.

20 February 2016 Premiership	Dundee United	2–1	Heart of Midlothian	Tannadice Park
15:00	Demel  43' Paton  88' Anier  90'	BBC Report	McGhee  40'  Walker  48'	Attendance: 8,031 Referee: Clancy

27 February 2016 Premiership	Heart of Midlothian	1–0	Kilmarnock	Tynecastle Stadium
15:00	Walker  7'	BBC Report		Attendance: 16,354 Referee: Robertson

1 March 2016 Premiership	Heart of Midlothian	2–0	Inverness Caledonian Thistle	Tynecastle Stadium
19:45	Walker  35' Dauda  53'	BBC Report		Attendance: 15,767 Referee: Muir

5 March 2016 Premiership	Heart of Midlothian	1–0	Partick Thistle	Tynecastle Stadium
15:00	Djoum  25'	BBC Report		Attendance: 16,558 Referee: Madden

12 March 2016 Premiership	Dundee	0–1	Heart of Midlothian	Dens Park
15:00		BBC Report	Walker  52'	Attendance: 6,195 Referee: Collum

19 March 2016 Premiership	Heart of Midlothian	0–3	St Johnstone	Tynecastle Stadium
15:00		BBC Report	Davidson  11', 21' Fisher  88'	Attendance: 16,295 Referee: Thomson

2 April 2016 Premiership	Celtic	3–1	Heart of Midlothian	Celtic Park
12:30	Mackay-Steven  15' Roberts  35', 49'	BBC Report	Walker  5' Oshaniwa  90+3'	Attendance: 49,009 Referee: Madden

8 April 2016 Premiership	Heart of Midlothian	2–1	Aberdeen	Tynecastle Stadium
19:45	Juanma  33', 61'	BBC Report	Church  4'	Attendance: 16,995 Referee: McLean

12 April 2016 Premiership	Inverness Caledonian Thistle	0–0	Heart of Midlothian	Caledonian Stadium
19:45		BBC Report		Attendance: 3,202 Referee: Robertson
Note: Match was originally rescheduled for 15 March 2016 but again had to be changed due to Inverness' Scottish Cup quarter-final replay.

23 April 2016 Premiership	Motherwell	1–0	Heart of Midlothian	Fir Park
15:00	Ainsworth  28'	BBC Report		Attendance: 5,125 Referee: Dallas

30 April 2016 Premiership	Heart of Midlothian	1–3	Celtic	Tynecastle Stadium
12:30	Dauda  57'	BBC Report	Kazim-Richards  17' Roberts  66' Griffiths  85'	Attendance: 16,527 Referee: Muir

7 May 2016 Premiership	Heart of Midlothian	1–1	Ross County	Tynecastle Stadium
15:00	Juanma  84'	BBC Report	Goodwillie  88'	Attendance: 15,438 Referee: Walsh

12 May 2016 Premiership	Aberdeen	0–1	Heart of Midlothian	Pittodrie Stadium
19:45		BBC Report	Dauda  64'	Attendance: 10,087 Referee: Dallas

15 May 2016 Premiership	Heart of Midlothian	2–2	St Johnstone	Tynecastle Stadium
12:30	Djoum  17' Shaughnessy  20' (o.g.) Dauda  57'	BBC Report	Craig  9' (pen.) Cummins  12'	Attendance: 16,046 Referee: Aitken

League Cup

Having played in the Scottish Championship during the previous season, Hearts entered the League Cup at the first round stage.[29] The draw was held on 6 July 2015, and the club were drawn at home against Scottish League Two side Arbroath.[30]

Fixtures

30 July 2015[31] League Cup First round	Heart of Midlothian	4–2	Arbroath	Tynecastle Stadium
19:45	McGhee  57' Sow  60', 61' (pen.) Wilson  90+3' (o.g.)	BBC Sport	Gold  40' Grehan  85'	Attendance: 6,240 Referee: Muir

25 August 2015[32] League Cup Second round	Forfar Athletic	1–2 (a.e.t.)	Heart of Midlothian	Station Park
19:45	Dunlop  84' Denholm  90+1'  Nicoll  120+2'	BBC Sport	McHattie  74' Reilly  107'	Attendance: 1,844 Referee: Aitken

23 September 2015[33] League Cup Third round	Kilmarnock	2–3	Heart of Midlothian	Rugby Park
19:45	Magennis  13', 80'	BBC Sport	Ozturk  74' Juanma  90' Nicholson  90+4'	Attendance: 3,249 Referee: Thomson

28 October 2015 League Cup Quarter-final	Heart of Midlothian	1–2	Celtic	Tynecastle Stadium
19:45	Djoum  90+2'	BBC Sport	Griffiths  71' Rogic  82'	Attendance: 11,598 Referee: Beaton

Scottish Cup

Having played in the Scottish Championship during the previous season, Hearts entered the Scottish Cup at the fourth round stage.[34] The draw was held on 1 December 2015, and the club were drawn at home against fellow Scottish Premiership side Aberdeen.[35]

Fixtures

9 January 2016[36] Scottish Cup Fourth round	Heart of Midlothian	1–0	Aberdeen	Tynecastle Stadium
17:30	Paterson  3'	BBC Report		Attendance: 13,595 Referee: Beaton

7 February 2016[37] Scottish Cup Fifth round	Heart of Midlothian	2–2	Hibernian	Tynecastle Stadium
12:30	Djoum  32' Nicholson  44'	BBC Report	Cummings  80' Hanlon  90+1'	Attendance: 16,845 Referee: Thomson

16 February 2016 Scottish Cup Fifth round replay	Hibernian	1–0	Heart of Midlothian	Easter Road
19:45	Cummings  4' Cummings  78'	BBC Report	Augustyn  76'	Attendance: 19,433 Referee: Beaton

First team player statistics

Captains

No	Pos	Name	Country	No of games	Notes
5	DF	Öztürk[38][39]		29	Captain
4	DF	Augustyn[40]		7	Vice-captain
6	MF	Gomis		7	Vice-captain
2	DF	Paterson[41]		2	Vice-captain

Last updated: 15 May 2016
Source: Competitive match reports.
Competitive matches only
Matches started as captain only
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Squad information

The table below includes all players registered with the SPFL as part of Hearts squad for 2015–16 season.[42] They may not have made an appearance.

Last updated 10 February 2016[43][44]

Number	Position	Nation	Name	Totals		Premiership		League Cup		Scottish Cup
				Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
1	GK		Neil Alexander	28	0	24+0	0	2+0	0	2+0	0
2	DF		Callum Paterson	28	6	22+0	5	3+1	0	2+0	1
3	DF		Kevin McHattie	3	1	0+1	0	2+0	1	0+0	0
4	DF		Błażej Augustyn	20	0	16+0	0	2+0	0	2+0	0
5	DF		Alim Öztürk	15	2	11+0	1	2+0	1	2+0	0
6	MF		Morgaro Gomis	21	0	12+5	0	4+0	0	0+0	0
7	MF		Jamie Walker	15	3	9+2	3	0+3	0	0+1	0
8	MF		Prince Buaben	27	2	21+2	2	2+0	0	2+0	0
9	FW		Soufian El Hassnaoui	0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
10	FW		Osman Sow	27	11	22+1	9	3+0	2	1+0	0
11	MF		Sam Nicholson	27	5	18+3	3	4+0	1	2+0	1
12	FW		Billy King	20	2	7+8	2	4+0	0	0+1	0
13	GK		Jack Hamilton	2	0	0+0	0	2+0	0	0+0	0
14	MF		Miguel Pallardó	15	0	9+4	0	0+0	0	2+0	0
15	GK		Scott Gallacher	0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
16	FW		Gary Oliver	3	0	0+1	0	2+0	0	0+0	0
16	MF		Arnaud Djoum	17	5	12+2	3	0+1	1	2+0	1
17	DF		Juwon Oshaniwa	18	0	17+0	0	0+0	0	0+1	0
18	DF		Igor Rossi Branco	28	2	23+0	2	3+1	0	1+0	0
19	FW		Juanma Delgado	26	10	18+3	9	1+3	1	0+1	0
20	FW		Gavin Reilly	22	5	8+10	4	1+1	1	2+0	0
21	MF		Kenny Anderson	0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
21	MF		Don Cowie	2	0	1+0	0	0+0	0	0+1	0
22	DF		Jordan McGhee	20	1	7+8	0	3+0	1	1+1	0
23	MF		Danny Swanson	9	0	4+4	0	1+0	0	0+0	0
24	DF		John Souttar	1	0	1+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
25	FW		Abiola Dauda	2	2	0+1	2	0+0	0	1+0	0
26	MF		Angus Beith	0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
27	FW		Robbie Buchanan	0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
28	DF		Liam Smith	4	0	0+3	0	1+0	0	0+0	0
29	DF		Liam Henderson	0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
30	MF		Jahmal Howlett-Mundle	0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
31	MF		Nathan Flanagan	0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
32	FW		Alistair Roy	0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
34	DF		Leon Jones	0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
35	MF		Sean McKirdy	4	0	1+1	0	2+0	0	0+0	0
36	MF		Ian Smith	0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
37	MF		Lewis Moore	0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
38	FW		Russell McLean	0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
39	GK		Kelby Mason	0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
40	DF		Daniel Baur	0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
41	MF		Callumn Morrison	2	0	0+1	0	0+1	0	0+0	0
43	MF		Liam Fox	0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
44	FW		Dario Zanatta	7	0	0+7	0	0+0	0	0+0	0

• Last updated: 10 February 2016
• Source:Wikipedia players' articles, Heart of Midlothian, Sky Sports
• Ordered by Squad Number.

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Disciplinary record

During the 2015–16 season, Hearts players have been issued with fifty-five yellow cards and four reds. The table below shows the number of cards and type shown to each player. The red card issued to Callum Paterson during the game versus Hamilton Academical on 29 August, for a foul on Darian MacKinnon[45] was reduced on appeal[46] to a yellow card[47] and as such is listed as a yellow card.

Having gone over the SFA disciplinary points threshold, Callum Paterson,[48] Juanma Delgado[49] and Błażej Augustyn served a one-match ban.[50]

Last updated 10 February 2016

Number	Nation	Position	Name	Premiership		League Cup		Scottish Cup		Total
1		GK	Neil Alexander	1	0	0	0	1	0	2	0
2		DF	Callum Paterson	6	0	0	0	1	0	7	0
3		DF	Kevin McHattie	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
4		DF	Błażej Augustyn	7	1	0	0	1	0	8	1
5		DF	Alim Öztürk	3	0	0	0	2	0	5	0
6		MF	Morgaro Gomis	4	0	0	0	0	0	4	0
8		MF	Prince Buaben	7	0	0	0	0	0	7	0
11		MF	Sam Nicholson	3	0	0	0	1	0	4	0
14		MF	Miguel Pallardó	3	0	0	0	1	0	4	0
17		DF	Juwon Oshaniwa	1	1	0	0	1	0	2	1
18		DF	Igor Rossi Branco	3	1	0	0	1	0	4	1
19		FW	Juanma Delgado	6	1	2	0	0	0	8	1
20		FW	Gavin Reilly	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1
22		DF	Jordan McGhee	1	0	0	0	1	0	2	0
23		MF	Danny Swanson	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0

Top scorers

Last updated on 15 May 2016

Position	Nation	Number	Name	Premiership	League Cup	Scottish Cup	Total
1		19	Juanma Delgado	12	1	0	13
2		10	Osman Sow	9	2	0	11
3		7	Jamie Walker	7	0	0	7
		16	Arnaud Djoum	5	1	1	7
5		2	Callum Paterson	5	0	1	6
6		25	Abiola Dauda	5	0	0	5
		20	Gavin Reilly	4	1	0	5
		11	Sam Nicholson	3	1	1	5
9		18	Igor Rossi Branco	2	0	0	2
		8	Prince Buaben	2	0	0	2
		12	Billy King	2	0	0	2
		5	Alim Öztürk	1	1	0	2
13		22	Jordan McGhee	0	1	0	1
		3	Kevin McHattie	0	1	0	1
Total				57	9	3	69

Clean sheets

R	Pos	Nat	Name	Premiership	League Cup	Scottish Cup	Total
1	GK		Neil Alexander	16	0	1	17
2	GK		Jack Hamilton	1	0	0	1
			Totals	17	0	1	18

Last updated: 15 May 2016
Source: Match reports in Competitive matches

Team statistics

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation[lower-alpha 1]
1	Celtic (C)	38	26	8	4	93	31	+62	86	Qualification for the Champions League second qualifying round
2	Aberdeen	38	22	5	11	62	48	+14	71	Qualification for the Europa League first qualifying round
3	Heart of Midlothian	38	18	11	9	59	40	+19	65
4	St Johnstone	38	16	8	14	58	55	+3	56
5	Motherwell	38	15	5	18	47	63	−16	50

Source: Scottish Premiership, Soccerway (first phase), Soccerway (second phase)
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).[51]
(C) Champion.
Notes:

1. Teams play each other three times (33 matches), before the league is split into two groups (the top six and the bottom six).

Division summary

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	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	A	A	H	H	A	H	A	A	A	H	H	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	H	A	H
Result	W	W	W	W	W	L	L	L	D	D	W	W	W	W	D	D	L	D	D	W	D	W	D	W	L	W	W	W	W	L	L	W	D	L	L	D	W	D
Position	3	1	1	1	1	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	2	2	2	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3

Updated to match(es) played on 15 May 2016. Source: [52]
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Management statistics

Last updated on 15 May 2016

Name	From	To	P	W	D	L	Win%[nb 1]
Robbie Neilson[53]	30 July 2015	15 May 2016	45	22	12	11	048.89

Home attendances

  Win   Draw   Loss

Comp	Date	Score	Opponent	Attendance
League Cup	30 July 2015	4–2	Arbroath	6,240[54]
Premiership	2 August 2015	4–3	St Johnstone	16,334[55]
Premiership	12 August 2015	2–0	Motherwell	16,645[56]
Premiership	22 August 2015	3–0	Partick Thistle	16,657[57]
Premiership	20 September 2015	1–3	Aberdeen	16,702[58]
Premiership	3 October 2015	1–1	Kilmarnock	16,461[59]
Premiership	24 October 2015	2–0	Ross County	16,264[60]
League Cup	28 October 2015	1–2	Celtic	11,598[61]
Premiership	7 November 2015	2–0	Hamilton Academical	16,121[62]
Premiership	21 November 2015	1–1	Dundee	16,736[63]
Premiership	27 December 2015	2–2	Celtic	16,844[64]
Premiership	30 December 2015	3–2	Dundee United	16,721[65]
Scottish Cup	9 January 2016	1–0	Aberdeen	13,595[66]
Premiership	16 January 2016	6–0	Motherwell	16,574[67]
Scottish Cup	7 February 2016	2–2	Hibernian	16,845[68]
Premiership	27 February 2016	1–0	Kilmarnock	16,354[69]
Premiership	1 March 2016	2–0	Inverness Caledonian Thistle	15,767[70]
Premiership	5 March 2016	1–0	Partick Thistle	16,558[71]
Premiership	19 March 2016	0–3	St Johnstone	16,295[72]
Premiership	8 April 2016	2–1	Aberdeen	16,995[73]
Premiership	30 April 2016	1–3	Celtic	16,527[74]
Premiership	7 May 2016	1–1	Ross County	15,438[75]
Premiership	15 May 2016	2–2	St Johnstone	16,046[76]
			Total attendance:	360,317
			Total league attendance:	312,039
			Average league attendance:	16,423

Last updated: 15 May 2016
Source: Match reports in Results

Club

Club staff

Name Role[77] Robbie Neilson Head coach[78] Stevie Crawford Assistant head coach[79][80] Roger Arnott Academy Manager John Murray Chief Scout[81] John Hill First-team Sport Scientist[82] Scott Wilson Stadium Announcer[83]

Boardroom Name Role[84] Ann Budge Executive chairwoman[1] Eric Hogg Operations Director[81] Brian Cormack Foundation of Hearts Representative[85] Craig Levein Director of Football[81]

Playing kit

Hearts kits were manufactured by Puma for the 2015–16 season, ending the club's three-year association with Adidas.[86] The home and away kits are sponsored by the charity Save the Children,[87] in a three-year deal funded through philanthropy.[88] The sponsorship deal marked the first time a UK based football club had been sponsored by a worldwide charity.[89][90]

Deaths

The following players and people associated with the club died over the course of the season. Former forward Jimmy Murray.[91]

Transfers

Players in Date Player From Fee 14 May 2015 Liam Fox Raith Rovers Free[92] 12 June 2015 Russell McLean Alloa Athletic Free[93] 18 June 2015 Jahmal Howlett-Mundle Crystal Palace Free[94] 18 June 2015 Blazej Augustyn Górnik Zabrze Free[95] 23 June 2015 Gavin Reilly Queen of the South Undisclosed[96][97] 25 June 2015 Juanma Delgado Kalloni Free[98] 22 July 2015 Igor Rossi Branco Marítimo Free[99] 1 August 2015 Juwon Oshaniwa Ashdod Free[100] 6 August 2015 Dario Zanatta Vancouver Whitecaps Free[101] 9 September 2015 Danny Swanson Coventry City Free[102] 23 September 2015 Arnaud Djoum Lech Poznań Free[103] 1 February 2016 Don Cowie Wigan Athletic Free[104] 1 February 2016 John Souttar Dundee United Undisclosed[105] 2 March 2016 Perry Kitchen D.C. United Free[106]

Players out Date Player To Fee 29 May 2015 James Keatings Hibernian[107] Free[108] 31 May 2015 Brad McKay St Johnstone Free[109] 31 May 2015 Adam Eckersley Hibernian[110] Free[111] 31 May 2015 Danny Wilson Rangers[112] Free[113] 31 May 2015 Scott Robinson Kilmarnock[114] Free[115] 31 May 2015 Jason Holt Rangers[116] Undisclosed[117][118] 31 May 2015 Jake Hutchings Enfield Town[119] Free[120] 31 May 2015 Liam Gordon St Johnstone[121] Free[108] 8 July 2015 Dale Carrick Kilmarnock[122] Free[123] 1 September 2015 Kevin McHattie Kilmarnock[124] Free[125][126] 1 September 2015 Gary Oliver Queen of the South Undisclosed[127][128] 6 January 2016 Kenny Anderson Waalwijk[129] Released[130] 8 January 2016 Nathan Flanagan Free[131] 11 January 2016 Scott Gallacher Alloa Athletic[132] Free[133] 1 February 2016 Danny Swanson St Johnstone[134] Free[135] 1 February 2016 Osman Sow Henan Jianye £1.5m[136]

Loans and temporary transfers In Date Player From Fee 1 February 2016 Abiola Dauda Vitesse Arnhem Loan[137]

Loans and temporary transfers out Date Player To Fee 14 July 2015 Liam Henderson Stenhousemuir Loan[138] 31 July 2015 Alistair Roy East Stirlingshire Loan[139] 7 August 2015 Robbie Buchanan Cowdenbeath Loan[140] 5 November 2015 Jahmal Howlett-Mundle Montrose Loan[141] 28 January 2016 Billy King Rangers Loan[142] 1 February 2016 Morgaro Gomis Motherwell Loan[143]

Contract extensions

The following players extended their contracts with the club over the course of the season.

Date	Player	Length	Expiry
5 May 2015	Billy King	2 years	2017[144]
5 May 2015	Robbie Buchanan	2 years	2017[144]
5 May 2015	Gary Oliver	1 year	2016[144]
29 May 2015	Miguel Pallardó	1 year	2016[145]
1 December 2015	Igor Rossi Branco	1 year	2017[146][147]
2 December 2015	Arnaud Djoum	18 months	2017[148][149]
9 December 2015	Jamie Walker	2 years	2018[150]
14 January 2016	Liam Smith	2 years	2018[151]

See also

• List of Heart of Midlothian F.C. seasons

Notes

1. Win% is the percentage of matches won rounded to two decimal places.

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