The 2021–22 season was Hamilton Academical's first season back in the second tier of Scottish football, following their relegation from the Scottish Premiership at the end of the 2020–21 season. Hamilton also competed in the League Cup, Challenge Cup and the Scottish Cup.
Summary Management Hamilton began the season under the management of Brian Rice who had been at the club since January 2019. Rice would resign from his position after only the second game of the league season following a 1–0 loss to Greenock Morton.
Former Hamilton player and assistant manager Stuart Taylor returned to the club after being appointed as their new head coach on 20 August.
Results and fixtures
Scottish Championship
Scottish League Cup
Group stage
Scottish Challenge Cup
Scottish Cup
Squad statistics Appearances As of 29 April 2022
|colspan="10"|Players who left the club during the 2021–22 season
Team statistics League table
League Cup table
Transfers
Players in Player From Fee Matthew Shiels RangersFree Kieran MacDonald Raith RoversFree Andy Ryan Stirling AlbionFree Lewis Spence Scunthorpe UnitedFree Miko Virtanen AberdeenFree Daniel O'Reilly Drogheda UnitedFree Ellis Brown Boreham WoodUndisclosed Steve Lawson LivingstonFree
Players out Player To Fee Nathan Thomas Free AgentFree Charlie Trafford WrexhamFree Ross Callachan Ross CountyFree Aaron Martin Port ValeFree Kyle Gourlay Cove RangersFree Marios Ogkmpoe AELFree Hakeem Odoffin Rotherham UnitedUndisclosed Callum Smith AirdrieoniansFree Scott McMann Dundee UnitedUndisclosed Daryl Meikle Blackburn UnitedFree George Stanger University of StirlingFree David TempletonRetired Ryan ScullyFree agentFree
Loans in Player From Fee Joe Hilton Blackburn RoversLoan Josh Mullin LivingstonLoan Luke Matheson Wolverhampton WanderersLoan Mihai Popescu Heart of MidlothianLoan Kai Kennedy RangersLoan
Loans out Player To Fee Ben Stirling Edinburgh CityLoan
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