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List of Hibernian F.C. seasons

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This is a list of seasons played by Hibernian F.C. in Scottish and European football since the club first entered the Scottish Cup in 1877. The club was founded by Irish immigrants in 1875 and was admitted into the Scottish Football League in 1893. Hibernian has won the league championship four times, the Scottish Cup three times and the Scottish League Cup three times.

The list details the club's achievements in all major competitions, and the top league goalscorer(s) for each season. For some seasons before 1900, the goalscoring information is incomplete but the player mentioned is almost certainly correct.Mackay (1986) pp259 Top scorers in bold were also the top scorers in Hibernian's division that season. Records of local competitions, such as the East of Scotland Shield, are not included.

Seasons

class="wikitable" style="text-align: center"
rowspan=2|Season

!colspan=9|League

!rowspan=2|Scottish Cup

!rowspan=2|League Cup

!rowspan=2|Challenge Cup

!rowspan=2 colspan=2|Europe

!colspan=2|Top league goalscorer(s)

Division

!  Pld 

 W  D  L  GF  GA  Pts  Pos 

!Player(s)

!Goals

1877–78

|rowspan="16" colspan="9"|The Scottish Football League was not formed until 1890; Hibs were not admitted to the league until the 1893–94 season.

|R5

|rowspan="62"|The League Cup competition did not start until the 1946–47 season.

|rowspan="62"|The Challenge Cup competition did not start until the 1990–91 season.

|rowspan="62" colspan="2"|European club competitions did not begin until the 1955–56 season.

|rowspan="16" colspan="2"|

1878–79

|R5

1879–80

|R6

1880–81

|R3

1881–82

|R5

1882–83

|R5

1883–84

|bgcolor="#c96"|Semi

1884–85

|bgcolor="#c96"|Semi

1885–86

|bgcolor="#c96"|Semi

1886–87

|bgcolor="gold"|Winners

1887–88

|R3

1888–89

|R1

1889–90

|R6

1890–91

|R2

1891–92

|rowspan="2" |DNEHibs suspended operations during the 1891–92 season and did not enter the Scottish Cup in either 1891–92 or 1892–93.

1892–93
1893–94

|2

||18||13||3||2||83||29||29

|1stHibs were not promoted to Division One for the following season. At the time promotion and relegation were decided by election, rather than automatic selection.

|DNQDue to not participating in the Scottish Football League in the previous season, Hibs were forced to play in the Scottish Qualifying Cup and were beaten by Vale of Leven, therefore did not qualify for the Scottish Cup.

|Martin

|

1894–95

|bgcolor="lightgreen"|2

||18||14||2||2||92||28||30

|bgcolor="lightgreen"|1st

|R2

|Martin

|

1895–96

|bgcolor="#c96"|1

||18||13||3||2||83||29||29

|bgcolor="#c96"|3rd

|bgcolor="silver"|Final

|Smith

|

1896–97

|bgcolor="silver"|1

||18||12||2||4||50||20||26||bgcolor="silver"|2nd||R2

|Pryce

|10

1897–98

|bgcolor="#c96"|1

||18||10||2||6||48||28||22

|bgcolor="#c96"|3rd

|R3

|Martin

|

1898–99

|1

||18||10||3||5||42||43||23

|4th

|R2

|Atherton

|7

1899–1900

|bgcolor="#c96"|1

||18||9||6||3||43||24||24

|bgcolor="#c96"|3rd

|R2

|McGuigan

|

1900–01

|bgcolor="#c96"|1

||20||9||7||4||29||22||25

|bgcolor="#c96"|3rd

|bgcolor="#c96"|Semi

|Handling

|7

1901–02

|1

||18||6||4||8||36||24||16

|6th

|bgcolor="gold"|Winners

|McCartney

|7

1902–03

|bgcolor="gold"|1

||22||16||5||1||48||18||37

|bgcolor="gold"|1st

|R3

|Reid

|13

1903–04

|1

||26||7||5||14||29||40||19

|10th

|R2

|Stewart

|7

1904–05

|1

|26||9||8||9||39||39||26

|5th

|R1

|Callaghan

|11

1905–06

|1

|30||10||5||15||35||40||25

|11th

|R3

|Callaghan

|8

1906–07

|1

|34||10||10||14||40||49||30

|12th

|bgcolor="#c96"|Semi

|Findlay

|10

1907–08

|1

|34||17||8||9||55||42||42

|5th

|R3

|Harker

|20

1908–09

|1

|34||16||7||11||40||32||39

|6th

|R2

|Peggie

|11

1909–10

|1

|34||14||6||14||33||40||34

|8th

|bgcolor="#c96"|Semi

|Peggie

Sharp
Smith

|5

1910–11

|1

|34||15||6||13||44||48||36

|9th

|R1

|Paterson

|17

1911–12

|1

|34||12||5||17||44||47||29

|13th

|R1

|Anderson

|8

1912–13

|1

|34||16||5||13||63||54||37

|6th

|R3

|Hendren

|18

1913–14

|1

|38||12||6||20||58||75||30

|13th

|bgcolor="silver"|Final

|Hendren

|18

1914–15

|1

|38||12||11||15||59||66||35

|10th

|rowspan="5"|The Scottish Cup was not held between 1915 and 1919 because of the Great War.

|Hendren

|14

1915–16

|SFL

|38||9||7||22||44||71||25

|19th

|Fleming

Hutchison

|9

1916–17

|SFL

|38||10||10||18||57||72||30

|17th

|Kilpatrick

|12

1917–18

|SFL

|34||8||9||17||42||57||25

|16th

|Miller

|16

1918–19

|SFL

|34||5||3||26||30||91||16

|18th

|Gilmour

|6

1919–20

|SFL

|42||13||7||22||60||79||33

|18th

|R2

|Williamson

|21

1920–21

|SFL

|42||16||9||17||58||57||41

|13th

|R2

|Anderson

|17

1921–22

|1

|42||16||14||12||55||44||44

|7th

|R2

|Young

|10

1922–23

|1

|42||17||7||14||45||40||41

|8th

|bgcolor="silver"|Final

|McColl

|12

1923–24

|1

|38||15||11||12||66||52||41

|7th

|bgcolor="silver"|Final

|McColl

|21

1924–25

|bgcolor="#c96"|1

|38||22||8||8||78||43||52

|bgcolor="#c96"|3rd

|R1

|Dunn

|24

1925–26

|1

|38||12||6||20||72||77||30

|16th

|R2

|Dunn

|17

1926–27

|1

|38||16||7||15||62||71||39

|9th

|R1

|McColl

|16

1927–28

|1

|38||13||9||16||73||75||35

|12th

|bgcolor="#c96"|Semi

|McColl

|24

1928–29

|1

|38||13||6||19||54||62||32

|14th

|R1

|Bradley

|13

1929–30

|1

|38||9||11||18||45||62||29

|17th

|R3

|Dobson

|11

1930–31

|bgcolor="pink"|1

|38||9||7||22||49||81||25

|bgcolor="pink"|19th

|R3

|Main

|15

1931–32

|2

|38||18||8||12||73||52||44

|7th

|R1

|Dobson

|14

1932–33

|bgcolor="lightgreen"|2

|37||28||4||5||99||33||60

|bgcolor="lightgreen"|1st

|R4

|R. Wallace

|20

1933–34

|1

|38||12||3||23||51||69||27

|16th

|R3

|Flucker

|12

1934–35

|1

|38||14||8||16||59||70||36

|11th

|R3

|Walls

|11

1935–36

|1

|38||11||7||20||56||82||29

|17th

|R2

|Brady

|18

1936–37

|1

|38||6||13||19||54||83||25

|17th

|R2

|Black

|12

1937–38

|1

|38||11||13||14||57||65||35

|10th

|R1

|Milne

|17

1938–39

|1

|38||14||7||17||68||69||35

|13th

|bgcolor="#c96"|Semi

|Milne

|22

1939–40

|rowspan="7" colspan="16"|Competitive football was cancelled due to the Second World War.

1940–41
1941–42
1942–43
1943–44
1944–45
1945–46
1946–47

|bgcolor="silver"|A

|30||19||6||5||69||33||44

|bgcolor="silver"|2nd

|bgcolor="silver"|Final

|bgcolor="#c96"|Semi

|rowspan="44"|

|rowspan="9" colspan="2"|

|Weir

|14

1947–48

|bgcolor="gold"|A

|30||22||4||4||86||27||48

|bgcolor="gold"|1st

|bgcolor="#c96"|Semi

|Group

|Smith

|19

1948–49

|bgcolor="#c96"|A

|30||17||5||8||75||52||39

|bgcolor="#c96"|3rd

|Quarter

|Group

|Reilly

Cuthbertson

|14

1949–50

|bgcolor="silver"|A

|30||22||5||3||86||34||49

|bgcolor="silver"|2nd

|R1

|bgcolor="#c96"|Semi

|Smith

|25

1950–51

|bgcolor="gold"|A

|30||22||4||4||78||26||48

|bgcolor="gold"|1st

|bgcolor="#c96"|Semi

|bgcolor="silver"|Final

|Reilly

|23

1951–52

|bgcolor="gold"|A

|30||20||5||5||92||36||45

|bgcolor="gold"|1st

|R1

|Group

|Reilly

|27

1952–53

|bgcolor="silver"|A

|30||19||5||6||93||51||43

|bgcolor="silver"|2nd

|Quarter

|bgcolor="#c96"|Semi

|Reilly

|30

1953–54

|A

|30||15||4||11||72||51||34

|5th

|R3

|bgcolor="#c96"|Semi

|Reilly

|15

1954–55

|A

|30||15||4||11||64||54||34

|5th

|R5

|Group

|Reilly

|15

1955–56

|1

|34||19||7||8||86||50||45

|4th

|R5

|Group

|EC

|bgcolor="#c96"|Semi

|Reilly

|23

1956–57

|1

|34||12||9||13||69||56||33

|9th

|R5

|Group

|rowspan="4" colspan=2 |DNQ

|Reilly

|16

1957–58

|1

|34||13||5||16||59||60||31

|9th

|bgcolor="silver"|Final

|Group

|Baker

|14

1958–59

|1

|34||13||6||15||68||70||32

|10th

|Quarter

|Group

|Baker

|25

1959–60

|1

|34||14||7||13||106||85||35

|7th

|Quarter

|Group

|Baker

|42

1960–61

|1

|34||15||4||15||66||69||34

|8th

|Quarter

|Group

|ICFC

|bgcolor="#c96"|Semi

|Baker

|21

1961–62

|1

|34||14||5||15||58||72||33

|8th

|R1

|Group

|ICFC

|R2

|Falconer

|12

1962–63

|1

|34||8||9||17||47||67||25

|16th

|R3

|Group

|ICFC

|Quarter

|Baker

|13

1963–64

|1

|34||12||6||16||59||66||30

|10th

|R1

|bgcolor="#c96"|Semi

|rowspan="2" colspan=2 |DNQ

|Martin

|19

1964–65

|1

|34||21||4||9||75||47||46

|4th

|bgcolor="#c96"|Semi

|Group

|Martin

|25

1965–66

|1

|34||16||6||12||81||55||38

|6th

|R2

|bgcolor="#c96"|Semi

|ICFC

|R1

|Cormack

|15

1966–67

|1

|34||19||4||11||72||49||42

|5th

|Quarter

|Group

|colspan=2 |DNQ

|Cormack

Davis

|13

1967–68

|bgcolor="#c96"|1

|34||20||5||9||67||49||45

|bgcolor="#c96"|3rd

|R2

|Group

|ICFC

|Quarter

|Stein

|21

1968–69

|1

|34||12||7||15||60||59||31

|12th

|R1

|bgcolor="silver"|Final

|ICFC

|R3

|McBride

|19

1969–70

|bgcolor="#c96"|1

|34||19||6||9||65||40||44

|bgcolor="#c96"|3rd

|R1

|Group

|colspan=2 |DNQ

|McBride

|20

1970–71

|1

|34||10||10||14||47||53||30

|12th

|bgcolor="#c96"|Semi

|Quarter

|ICFC

|R3

|Baker

|8

1971–72

|1

|34||19||6||9||62||34||44

|4th

|bgcolor="silver"|Final

|Quarter

|colspan=2 |DNQ

|Duncan

O'Rourke

|11

1972–73

|bgcolor="#c96"|1

|34||19||7||8||74||33||45

|bgcolor="#c96"|3rd

|R4

|bgcolor="gold"|Winners

|ECWC

|Quarter

|Gordon

|27

1973–74

|bgcolor="silver"|1

|34||20||9||5||75||42||49

|bgcolor="silver"|2nd

|Quarter

|Quarter

|UC

|R2

|Gordon

|16

1974–75

|bgcolor="silver"|1

|34||20||9||5||69||37||49

|bgcolor="silver"|2nd

|R3

|bgcolor="silver"|Final

|UC

|R2

|Duncan

Harper

|12

1975–76

|bgcolor="#c96"|Premier

|36||18||7||11||55||43||43

|bgcolor="#c96"|3rd

|Quarter

|Quarter

|UC

|R1

|Duncan

|13

1976–77

|Premier

|36||8||18||10||34||35||34

|6th

|R4

|Group

|UC

|R2

|Smith

|8

1977–78

|Premier

|36||15||7||14||52||43||37

|4th

|R4

|R1

|colspan=2 |DNQ

|MacLeod

|16

1978–79

|Premier

|36||12||13||11||44||48||37

|5th

|bgcolor="silver"|Final

|bgcolor="#c96"|Semi

|UC

|R2

|MacLeod

|8

1979–80

|bgcolor="pink"|Premier

|36||6||6||24||29||67||18

|bgcolor="pink"|10th

|bgcolor="#c96"|Semi

|R3

|rowspan="10" colspan=2 |DNQ

|MacLeod

|8

1980–81

|bgcolor="lightgreen"|First

|39||25||8||6||67||22||58

|bgcolor="lightgreen"|1st

|Quarter

|Quarter

|MacLeod

|15

1981–82

|Premier

|36||11||14||11||38||40||36

|6th

|R4

|Group

|Rae

|11

1982–83

|Premier

|36||7||15||14||35||51||29

|7th

|R3

|Group

|Rae

Murray

|6

1983–84

|Premier

|36||12||7||17||45||55||31

|7th

|R3

|Group

|Irvine

|19

1984–85

|Premier

|36||10||7||19||38||61||27

|8th

|R3

|R3

|Durie

Kane

|8

1985–86

|Premier

|36||11||6||19||49||63||28

|8th

|bgcolor="#c96"|Semi

|bgcolor="silver"|Final

|Cowan

|19

1986–87

|Premier

|44||10||13||21||44||70||33

|9th

|R4

|Quarter

|McCluskey

|9

1987–88

|Premier

|44||12||19||13||41||42||43

|6th

|R4

|Quarter

|Kane

|10

1988–89

|Premier

|36||13||9||14||37||36||35

|5th

|bgcolor="#c96"|Semi

|Quarter

|Archibald

|13

1989–90

|Premier

|36||12||10||14||34||41||34

|7th

|Quarter

|Quarter

|UC

|R2

|Houchen

|8

1990–91

|Premier

|36||6||13||17||24||51||25

|9th

|R4

|R3

|rowspan="8"|NE

|rowspan="2" colspan=2 |DNQ

|Wright

|6

1991–92

|Premier

|44||16||17||11||53||45||49

|5th

|Quarter

|bgcolor="gold"|Winners

|Weir

|11

1992–93

|Premier

|44||12||13||19||54||64||37

|7th

|bgcolor="#c96"|Semi

|R3

|UC

|R1

|Jackson

|13

1993–94

|Premier

|44||16||15||13||53||48||47

|5th

|R4

|bgcolor="silver"|Final

|rowspan="8" colspan=2 |DNQ

|Wright

|16

1994–95

|bgcolor="#c96"|Premier

|36||12||17||7||49||37||53

|bgcolor="#c96"|3rd

|bgcolor="#c96"|Semi

|Quarter

|Jackson

Wright
O'Neill

|10

1995–96

|Premier

|36||11||10||15||43||57||43

|5th

|R3

|R3

|Wright

|10

1996–97

|Premier

|36||9||11||16||38||55||38

|9thWon promotion/relegation play-off against Airdrieonians.

|R4

|Quarter

|Jackson

|11

1997–98

|bgcolor="pink"|Premier

|36||6||12||18||38||59||30

|bgcolor="pink"|10th

|R3

|R3

|Crawford

|9

1998–99

|bgcolor="lightgreen"|First

|36||28||5||3||84||33||89

|bgcolor="lightgreen"|1st

|R3

|Quarter

|The competition was not operated that season.

|Crawford

|14

1999–2000

|SPL

|36||10||11||15||49||61||41

|6th

|bgcolor="#c96"|Semi

|R3

|rowspan="15"|NE

|Miller

|11

2000–01

|bgcolor="#c96"|SPL

|38||18||12||8||57||35||66

|bgcolor="#c96"|3rd

|bgcolor="silver"|Final

|Quarter

|Paatelainen

|11

2001–02

|SPL

|38||10||11||17||51||56||41

|10th

|R4

|bgcolor="#c96"|Semi

|UC

|R1

|O'Connor

|9

2002–03

|SPL

|38||15||6||17||56||64||51

|7th

|R4

|R3

|rowspan="2" colspan=2 |DNQ

|McManus

|11

2003–04

|SPL

|38||11||11||16||41||60||44

|8th

|R3

|bgcolor="silver"|Final

|Riordan

|15

2004–05

|bgcolor="#c96"|SPL

|38||18||7||13||64||57||61

|bgcolor="#c96"|3rd

|bgcolor="#c96"|Semi

|Quarter

|IC

|R2

|Riordan

|20

2005–06

|SPL

|38||17||5||16||61||56||56

|4th

|bgcolor="#c96"|Semi

|Quarter

|UC

|R1

|Riordan

|16

2006–07

|SPL

|38||13||10||15||56||46||49

|6th

|bgcolor="#c96"|Semi

|bgcolor="gold"|Winners

|IC

|R3

|Killen

|13

2007–08

|SPL

|38||14||10||14||49||45||52

|6th

|R5

|R3

|colspan=2 |DNQ

|Fletcher

|13

2008–09

|SPL

|38||11||14||13||42||46||47

|6th

|R4

|R2

|IC

|R2

|Riordan

|12

2009–10

|SPL

|38||15||9||14||58||55||54

|4th

|Quarter

|R3

|colspan=2 |DNQ

|Stokes

|21

2010–11

|SPL

|38||10||7||21||39||61||37

|10th

|R4

|R3

|UEL

|QR3

|Riordan

|11

2011–12

|SPL

|38||8||9||21||40||67||33

|11th

|bgcolor="silver"|Final

|Quarter

|rowspan="2" colspan=2 |DNQ

|O'Connor

|12

2012–13

|SPL

|38||13||12||13||49||52||51

|7th

|bgcolor="silver"|Final

|R2

|Griffiths

|23

2013–14

|bgcolor="pink"|SP

|38||8||11||19||31||50||35

|bgcolor="pink"|11thLost promotion/relegation play-off against Hamilton Academical.

|R5

|Quarter

|UEL

|QR2

|Collins

Craig

|6

2014–15

|SC

|36||21||7||8||70||32||70

|2ndLost in promotion play-offs against Rangers.

|bgcolor="#c96"|Semi

|Quarter

|R1

|rowspan="1" colspan="2"|DNQ

|Cummings

|18

2015–16

|SC

|36||21||7||8||59||34||70

|3rdLost in promotion play-offs against Falkirk.

|bgcolor="gold"|Winners

|bgcolor="silver"|Final

|R1

|rowspan="1" colspan="2"|DNQ

|Cummings

|18

2016–17

|bgcolor="lightgreen"|SC

|36||19||14||3||59||25||71

|bgcolor="lightgreen"|1st

|bgcolor="#c96"|Semi

|R2

|R4

|UEL

|QR2

|Cummings

|19

2017–18

|SP

|38||18||13||7||62||46||67

|4th

|R4

|bgcolor="#c96"|Semi

|rowspan="3"|An under-20 team entered the competition.

|rowspan="1" colspan="2"|DNQ

|Kamberi

|9

2018–19

|SP

|38||14||12||12||51||39||54

|5th

|Quarter

|Quarter

|UEL

|QR3

|Kamberi

|8

2019–20

|SPThe 2019–20 Scottish Premiership season was curtailed due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Hibernian had been in 6th place when the league was suspended, but were awarded 7th place in the final table as St Johnstone had a slightly higher points average.

|30||9||10||11||42||49||37

|7th

|bgcolor="#c96"|Semi

|bgcolor="#c96"|Semi

|rowspan="2" colspan="2"|DNQ

|Doidge

|12

2020–21

|bgcolor="#c96"|SP

|38 ||18||9 ||11 || 48|| 35|| 63

|bgcolor="#c96"|3rd

|bgcolor="silver"|Final

|bgcolor="#c96"|Semi

|

|Nisbet

|14

2021–22

|SP

|38 ||11 ||12 ||15 || 38|| 42|| 45

|8th

|bgcolor="#c96"|Semi

|bgcolor="silver"|Final

|rowspan="4"|

|ECL

|QR3

|Boyle

|7

2022–23

|SP

|38 ||15 ||7 ||16 ||57 ||59 ||52

|5th

|R4

|Group

|rowspan="1" colspan="2"|DNQ

|Nisbet

|12

2023–24

|SP

|38 ||11 ||13 ||14 ||52 ||59 ||46

|8th

|Quarter

|bgcolor="#c96"|Semi

|ECL

|PO

|Maolida

|10

2024–25

|SP

| || || || || || ||

|

|Quarter

|R2

|rowspan="1" colspan="2"|DNQ

|

|

Key

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  • UEL = UEFA Europa League
  • ECL = UEFA Europa Conference League
  • IC = UEFA Intertoto Cup
  • DNE = Did not enter
  • DNQ = Did not qualify
  • NE = Not Eligible
  • QR1 = First qualifying round
  • QR2 = Second qualifying round
  • QR3 = Third qualifying round
  • PO = Play-off round
  • R1 = Round 1
  • R2 = Round 2
  • R3 = Round 3
  • R4 = Round 4
  • R5 = Round 5
  • R6 = Round 6
  • Quarter = Quarter-finals
  • Semi = Semi-finals
  • Final = Runners-up

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=Colour coding=

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|bgcolor=gold|Champions

|bgcolor=silver|Runners-up

|bgcolor="lightgreen"|Promoted

|bgcolor="pink"|Relegated

Notes

References

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Sources

  • {{cite book| last=Mackay | first=John | title=The Hibees | publisher=John Donald Publishers Ltd | year=1986 | isbn=0-85976-144-4}}
  • {{cite book| last=Jeffrey | first=Jim | title=The Men Who Made Hibernian F.C. since 1946 | publisher=Tempus Publishing Ltd | year=2005 | isbn=0-7524-3091-2}}

External links

  • [https://archive.today/20130505071502/http://scottishfootballarchive.co.uk/competitions/scottish-cup Scottish Cup Archive]
  • [http://www.soccerbase.com/cup2.sd?competitionid=61 League Cup Archive]
  • [https://www.rsssf.org/tabless/scottops.html Scotland – List of Topscorers]

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Seasons

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Seasons