The 2018–19 season was Hamilton's fifth consecutive season in the top flight of Scottish football since their promotion at the end of the 2013–14 season. Hamilton also competed in the League Cup and the Scottish Cup.
Summary
Season Hamilton finished in tenth place in the Scottish Premiership for the second consecutive season and once again avoided dropping into the relegation play-off place on the final day of the season with their victory over St Johnstone. Hamilton were also eliminated in the group stage of the league cup and the fourth round of the Scottish Cup.
Management Hamilton began the season under the management of Martin Canning who had been at the club as a player since 2008 and player-manager since 2015. On 29 January 2019, Canning departed the club by mutual consent. Two days later on 31 January, former St Mirren assistant Brian Rice was appointed as the club's new head coach.
Results and fixtures
Scottish Premiership
Scottish League Cup
Scottish Cup
UEFA Youth League
Squad statistics Appearances As of 18 May 2019
|colspan="10"|Players who left the club during the 2018–19 season
Team statistics League table
Division summary
League Cup table
Transfers
Players in Player From Fee Alex Penny Peterborough UnitedUndisclosed Ziggy Gordon Pogoń SiedlceFree Tom Taiwo FalkirkFree Aaron Smith Nottingham ForestFree Sam Kelly Grimsby TownFree Aaron McGowan MorecambeFree Lennard Sowah CracoviaFree Delphin Tshiembe HorsensFree Jacob Marsden Mildenhall TownFree Kieran Monlouis St Albans CityFree Scott Martin HibernianFree James Keatings Dundee UnitedUndisclosed Matt Kilgallon Bradford CityFree Ján Mucha Bruk-Bet Termalica NiecieczaFree Steve Davies BlackpoolFree George Oakley Inverness CTUndisclosed
Players out Player To Fee Darren Jamieson ArbroathFree Daniel Redmond The New SaintsFree Georgios Sarris Petrolul PloieștiFree Xavier Tomas Red StarFree Lewis Ferguson AberdeenCompensation Kenny van der Weg AalesundsFree David Templeton Burton AlbionFree Ali Crawford Doncaster RoversFree Darren Lyon Peterborough UnitedFree Ross JenkinsFree agentFree Sam Kelly Braintree TownFree Rakish Bingham Cheltenham TownFree
Loans in Player From Fee Mason Bloomfield Norwich CityLoan Adam PhillipsLoan Fredrik Brustad Molde FKLoan Tony Andreu Coventry CityLoan David McMillan St JohnstoneLoan
Loans out Player To Fee Ross Cunningham Forfar AthleticLoan Jack Breen Edinburgh CityLoan
References