2018–19_Hibernian_F.C._season

2018–19 Hibernian F.C. season

2018–19 Hibernian F.C. season

Hibernian 2018–19 football season

The 2018–19 season was Hibernian's (Hibs) second season of play back in the top league of Scottish football (the Scottish Premiership), having been promoted from the Scottish Championship at the end of the 2016–17 season.[2] Hibs also entered the Europa League,[3] and progressed through two qualifying rounds before losing to Norwegian club Molde. They were knocked out of the League Cup in a penalty shootout by Aberdeen, and in the Scottish Cup by Celtic, and finished fifth in the league.

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Hibs manager Neil Lennon was suspended by the club on 26 January 2019,[4] and was subsequently replaced by Paul Heckingbottom.[5]

Results and fixtures

  Win   Draw   Loss   Postponed

Friendlies

30 June 2018 Friendly match Linlithgow Rose 0–2 Hibernian Linlithgow
Edinburgh Evening News Swanson 51', 82' Stadium: Prestonfield
Attendance: 2,200
Referee: Hall
4 July 2018 Friendly match Berwick Rangers 0–6 Hibernian Berwick-upon-Tweed
Edinburgh Evening News Shaw 13', 76'
Murray 28'
Gray 39'
Whittaker 56'
Allan 89'		 Stadium: Shielfield Park
Referee: Ross
8 July 2018 Testimonial match for Paul Hanlon[6] Hibernian 0–2 Blackburn Rovers Edinburgh
Edinburgh Evening News Conway 53'
Tomlinson 56'		 Stadium: Easter Road
Attendance: 6,520
Referee: Duncan
15 July 2018 Friendly match[7] Wick Academy 0–1 Hibernian XI Wick
Edinburgh Evening News Murray 13' Stadium: Harmsworth Park
22 July 2018 Friendly match[7] Coldstream 0–5 Hibernian XI Coldstream
Hibernian FC Woods
Mackie 64'
Gullan 70', 74'
Murray 84'		 Stadium: Home Park
30 July 2018 Bobby Johnstone Memorial Cup[7] Selkirk 0–10 Hibernian XI Selkirk
Report Stadium: Yarrow Park
6 August 2018 Friendly match[7] Tranent Juniors 2–6 Hibernian XI Tranent
Hibernian FC Stadium: Foresters Park
11 January 2019[8] Friendly match Al Wasl 0–1 Hibernian Dubai
Edinburgh Evening News Stadium: Zabeel Stadium

Scottish Premiership

Main article: 2018–19 Scottish Premiership

The schedule for the first 33 rounds of the 2018–19 Premiership was announced on 15 June 2018.[9]

5 August 2018 Premiership Hibernian 3–0 Motherwell Edinburgh
15:00 BST Mallan 30'
Shaw 45'
Boyle 51'		 BBC Sport Stadium: Easter Road
Attendance: 17,494
Referee: Madden
12 August 2018 Premiership St Johnstone 1–1 Hibernian Perth
15:00 BST Mallan 22' (o.g.) BBC Sport Shaw 51' Stadium: McDiarmid Park
Attendance: 4,637
Referee: Collum
25 August 2018 Premiership Hibernian 1–1 Aberdeen Edinburgh
15:00 BST Maclaren 86' BBC Sport Hoban 45' Stadium: Easter Road
Attendance: 18,583
Referee: Dallas
1 September 2018 Premiership Livingston 2–1 Hibernian Livingston
15:00 BST Byrne 58'
Pittman 70'		 BBC Sport Horgan 52' Stadium: Tony Macaroni Arena
Attendance: 5,305
Referee: McLean
15 September 2018 Premiership Hibernian 3–2 Kilmarnock Edinburgh
15:00 BST Mallan 12'
Gray 23'
Kamberi 78' (pen.)		 BBC Sport Brophy 26'
Stewart 44'		 Stadium: Easter Road
Attendance: 17,622
Referee: Beaton
22 September 2018 Premiership Dundee 0–3 Hibernian Dundee
15:00 BST BBC Sport Kamberi 51'
Boyle 54'
Agyepong 88'		 Stadium: Dens Park
Attendance: 6,076
Referee: Dallas
29 September 2018 Premiership St Mirren 0–1 Hibernian Paisley
15:00 BST BBC Sport Gray 14' Stadium: St Mirren Park
Attendance: 6,082
Referee: Anderson
6 October 2018 Premiership Hibernian 6–0 Hamilton Academical Edinburgh
15:00 BST Boyle 25'
Mallan 34', 71'
Hyndman 39'
Kamberi 90+1'
Kilgallon 90+2' (o.g.)		 BBC Sport Stadium: Easter Road
Attendance: 16,857
Referee: Robertson
20 October 2018 Premiership Celtic 4–2 Hibernian Glasgow
15:00 BST Rogic 8'
Ntcham 19'
Édouard 70', 88'		 BBC Sport Kamberi 63'
Boyle 73'		 Stadium: Celtic Park
Attendance: 58,452
Referee: Robertson
31 October 2018 Premiership Heart of Midlothian 0–0 Hibernian Edinburgh
19:45 GMT BBC Sport Kamberi Yellow card 65' Yellow-red card Stadium: Tynecastle Park
Attendance: 19,410
Referee: Dallas
3 November 2018 (2018-11-03) Premiership Hibernian 0–1 St Johnstone Edinburgh
15:00 GMT BBC Sport Shaughnessy 90' Stadium: Easter Road
Attendance: 17,307
Referee: Walsh
9 November 2018 (2018-11-09) Premiership Aberdeen 1–0 Hibernian Aberdeen
19:45 GMT Mackay-Steven 40' BBC Sport Stadium: Pittodrie Stadium
Attendance: 15,629
Referee: Muir[nb 1]
24 November 2018 (2018-11-24) Premiership Hibernian 2–2 Dundee Edinburgh
15:00 GMT Kusunga 1' (o.g.)
Porteous 30'		 BBC Sport Miller 45+1'
McGowan 47'		 Stadium: Easter Road
Attendance: 16,190
Referee: Aitken
1 December 2018 (2018-12-01) Premiership Kilmarnock 3–0 Hibernian Kilmarnock
15:00 GMT Brophy 6', 34' (pen.)
Stewart 90'		 BBC Sport Stadium: Rugby Park
Attendance: 6,036
Referee: Thomson
5 December 2018 (2018-12-05) Premiership Hibernian 2–2 St Mirren Edinburgh
19:45 GMT Shaw 56'
Porteous 73'		 BBC Sport Hammill 6'
McGinn 67'		 Stadium: Easter Road
Attendance: 15,096
Referee: Anderson
8 December 2018 Premiership Hamilton Academical 0–1 Hibernian Hamilton
15:00 GMT BBC Sport Shaw 65' Stadium: New Douglas Park
Attendance: 2,169
Referee: Madden
16 December 2018 Premiership Hibernian 2–0 Celtic Edinburgh
12:30 GMT Slivka 1'
Kamberi 59'		 BBC Sport Stadium: Easter Road
Attendance: 18,142
Referee: Robertson
19 December 2018 Premiership Hibernian 0–0 Rangers Edinburgh
19:45 GMT BBC Sport Stadium: Easter Road
Attendance: 18,662
Referee: Thomson
22 December 2018 Premiership Hibernian 1–1 Livingston Edinburgh
15:00 GMT Porteous 80' BBC Sport Hardie 56' Stadium: Easter Road
Attendance: 17,056
Referee: Aitken
26 December 2018 Premiership Rangers 1–1 Hibernian Glasgow
15:00 GMT Morelos 25' BBC Sport McGregor 86' Stadium: Ibrox Stadium
Attendance: 49,885
Referee: Dallas
29 December 2018 Premiership Hibernian 0–1 Heart of Midlothian Edinburgh
17:30 GMT BBC Sport Lee 28' Stadium: Easter Road
Attendance: 20,200
Referee: Clancy
23 January 2019 Premiership Motherwell 1–0 Hibernian Motherwell
19:45 GMT Turnbull 43' BBC Sport Stadium: Fir Park
Attendance: 4,090
Referee: Madden
27 January 2019 Premiership St Mirren 1–3 Hibernian Paisley
13:30 GMT Jackson 24' BBC Sport Shaw 61'
McGregor 70'
Mallan 87'		 Stadium: St Mirren Park
Attendance: 5,650
Referee: McLean
2 February 2019 Premiership Hibernian 1–2 Aberdeen Edinburgh
15:00 GMT Shaw 9' BBC Sport Considine 12'
Mackay-Steven 22'		 Stadium: Easter Road
Attendance: 16,269
Referee: Robertson
6 February 2019 Premiership Celtic 2–0 Hibernian Glasgow
19:45 GMT Christie 24'
Burke 63'		 BBC Sport Stadium: Celtic Park
Attendance: 56,730
Referee: Thomson
16 February 2019 Premiership Hibernian 2–0 Hamilton Academical Edinburgh
15:00 GMT Kamberi 17'
McNulty 39' (pen.)		 BBC Sport Stadium: Easter Road
Attendance: 16,265
Referee: Muir
22 February 2019 Premiership Dundee 2–4 Hibernian Dundee
19:45 GMT McGowan 35'
Wright 79'		 BBC Sport Kamberi 26'
McNulty 39', 63'
Mallan 66'		 Stadium: Dens Park
Attendance: 6,450
Referee: Beaton
27 February 2019 Premiership St Johnstone 1–2 Hibernian Perth
19:45 GMT Kane 15' BBC Sport McNulty 65' (pen.), 84' Stadium: McDiarmid Park
Attendance: 4,136
Referee: Duncan
8 March 2019 Premiership Hibernian 1–1 Rangers Edinburgh
19:45 GMT Kamberi 76' BBC Sport Candeias 43' Stadium: Easter Road
Attendance: 20,065
Referee: McLean
16 March 2019 Premiership Hibernian 2–0 Motherwell Edinburgh
15:00 GMT McNulty 19' (pen.)
Gray 39'		 BBC Sport Stadium: Easter Road
Attendance: 17,184
Referee: Clancy
29 March 2019 Premiership Livingston 1–2 Hibernian Livingston
19:45 GMT Hardie 90+1' (pen.) BBC Sport Hanlon 71'
Mallan 75'		 Stadium: Tony Macaroni Arena
Attendance: 4,774
Referee: Walsh
3 April 2019 Premiership Hibernian 0–0 Kilmarnock Edinburgh
19:45 BST BBC Sport Stadium: Easter Road
Attendance: 16,588
Referee: McLean
6 April 2019 Premiership Heart of Midlothian 1–2 Hibernian Edinburgh
12:30 BST Haring 25' BBC Sport Horgan 28', 56' Stadium: Tynecastle Park
Attendance: 19,667
Referee: Collum
21 April 2019 Premiership Hibernian 0–0 Celtic Edinburgh
12:30 BST BBC Sport Stadium: Easter Road
Attendance: 19,472
Referee: Walsh
28 April 2019 Premiership Hibernian 1–1 Heart of Midlothian Edinburgh
12:15 BST Berra 69' (o.g.) BBC Sport Ikpeazu 84' Stadium: Easter Road
Attendance: 19,395
Referee: Thomson
5 May 2019 Premiership Rangers 1–0 Hibernian Glasgow
15:30 BST Defoe 41' BBC Sport Stadium: Ibrox Stadium
Attendance: 49,662
Referee: Madden
11 May 2019 Premiership Kilmarnock 1–0 Hibernian Kilmarnock
15:00 BST Brophy 32' (pen.) BBC Sport Stadium: Rugby Park
Attendance: 7,484
Referee: Dallas
19 May 2019 Premiership Hibernian 1–2 Aberdeen Edinburgh
15:00 BST McNulty 26' BBC Sport Cosgrove 43'
Wilson 63'		 Stadium: Easter Road
Attendance: 18,631
Referee: Anderson

League Cup

Main article: 2018–19 Scottish League Cup

As one of the four clubs participating in European competition, Hibs received a bye to the second round (last 16) of the League Cup.[10] Hibs defeated Ross County in the second round, and were paired with Aberdeen in the quarter-finals. After both the regulation time and extra time periods finished goalless, Aberdeen won a penalty shootout to progress to the semi-finals.

19 August 2018 R2 Hibernian 3–2 Ross County Easter Road
15:00 BST Gray 15'
Mallan 70'
Horgan 90+1'		 BBC Sport Gardyne 10'
Mullin 64' (pen.)		 Attendance: 8,452
Referee: Clancy
25 September 2018 QF Hibernian 0–0 (a.e.t.)
(5–6 p)		 Aberdeen Easter Road
19:45 BST BBC Sport Attendance: 11,170
Referee: McLean

Scottish Cup

Main article: 2018–19 Scottish Cup

As a Premiership club, Hibernian entered the Scottish Cup at the fourth round stage and were drawn at home to League Two club Elgin City.[11] They won 4–0 and were then drawn at home to Raith Rovers in the fifth round.[12] A 3–1 victory put Hibs into the quarter-final, where they were drawn at home to cup holders Celtic.[13] They lost 2–0 to a Celtic side managed by Neil Lennon, who had left Hibs four weeks previously.[14]

19 January 2019 R4 Hibernian 4–0 Elgin City Edinburgh
15:00 GMT Kamberi 21'
Horgan 25', 53'
Mallan 45' (pen.)		 BBC Sport Stadium: Easter Road
Attendance: 7,082
Referee: Walsh
9 February 2019 R5 Hibernian 3–1 Raith Rovers Edinburgh
15:00 GMT Horgan 22'
Slivka 38'
McNulty 58'		 BBC Sport Murray 75' Stadium: Easter Road
Attendance: 9,130
Referee: Madden
2 March 2019 QF Hibernian 0–2 Celtic Edinburgh
17:15 GMT BBC Sport Forrest 62'
Brown 75'		 Stadium: Easter Road
Attendance: 15,719
Referee: Collum

UEFA Europa League

Having finished fourth in the 2017–18 Scottish Premiership, Hibs qualified for the 2018–19 UEFA Europa League.[3][15] In the first qualifying round they were paired with Faroese club Runavík.[15]

12 July 2018 QR1 Hibernian Scotland 6–1 Faroe Islands Runavík Edinburgh
Kamberi 3' (pen.), 21', 48'
Shaw 29'
Mallan 43', 84'		 BBC Sport Knudsen 53' Stadium: Easter Road
Attendance: 12,501
Referee: Manfredas Lukjancukas (Lithuania)
19 July 2018 QR1 Runavík Faroe Islands 4–6
(5–12 agg.)		 Scotland Hibernian Toftir
Ambrose 1' (o.g.)
Olsen 6', 35', 57'		 BBC Sport McGinn 10'
Stevenson 16'
Gray 45+1'
Ambrose 50'
Mallan 70', 77'		 Stadium: Svangaskard Stadium
Referee: Luis Miguel Teixeira (Portugal)
26 July 2018 QR2 Hibernian Scotland 3–2 Greece Asteras Tripolis Edinburgh
Ambrose 64'
Gray 77'
Kamberi 90+3'		 BBC Sport Kyriakopoulous 12', 35' Stadium: Easter Road
Referee: Andreas Ekberg (Sweden)
2 August 2018 QR2 Asteras Tripolis Greece 1–1
(3–4 agg.)		 Scotland Hibernian Tripoli
Tsilianidis 56' BBC Sport McGinn 44' Stadium: Theodoros Kolokotronis Stadium
Referee: Benoît Millot (France)
9 August 2018 QR3 Hibernian Scotland 0–0 Norway Molde Edinburgh
BBC Sport Stadium: Easter Road
Attendance: 16,339
Referee: Adam Farkas (Hungary)
16 August 2018 QR3 Molde Norway 3–0
(3–0 agg.)		 Scotland Hibernian Molde
Haaland 35', 82'
Aursnes 66'		 BBC Sport Stadium: Aker Stadion
Referee: Dennis Higler

Player statistics

As of 19 May 2019
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Club statistics

League table

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Source: Soccerway BBC
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).[16]
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).
  2. Since the winners of the 2018–19 Scottish Cup, Celtic, qualified for European competition based on league position, the spot awarded to the Scottish Cup winners (Europa League first qualifying round) was passed to the fourth-placed team.

Division summary

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Updated to match(es) played on 19 May 2019. Source: [citation needed]
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Management statistics

As of 19 May 2019
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Transfers

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See also

Notes

  1. [N 1]
    The referee was initially Willie Collum but after he picking up a groin injury, he was replaced with fourth official Alan Muir.
  2. [N 2]
    Win% is the percentage of matches won rounded to two decimal places.

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