List of Hibernian F.C. seasons

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 have won the league championship four times, the Scottish Cup twice 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.[1]

Contents

Seasons

Season League Scottish Cup League Cup Europe Top league goalscorer
Division  P   W   D   L   F   A   Pts   Pos  Name Goals
1877–78 [note 1] R5 [note 2] [note 3] [note 1]
1878–79 R5
1879–80 R6
1880–81 R3
1881–82 R5
1882–83 R5
1883–84 Semi
1884–85 Semi
1885–86 Semi
1886–87 Winners
1887–88 R3
1888–89 R1
1889–90 R6
1890–91 R2
1891–92 DNE[note 4]
1892–93
1893–94 2 18 13 3 2 83 29 29 1st[note 5] DNQ[note 6] Martin
1894–95 2 18 14 2 2 92 28 30 1st R2 Martin
1895–96 1 18 13 3 2 83 29 29 3rd Final Smith
1896–97 1 18 12 2 4 50 20 26 2nd R2 Price 10
1897–98 1 18 10 2 6 48 28 22 3rd R3 Martin
1898–99 1 18 10 3 5 42 43 23 4th R2 Atherton 7
1899–00 1 18 9 6 3 43 24 24 3rd R2 McGuigan
1900–01 1 20 9 7 4 29 22 25 3rd Semi Handling 7
1901–02 1 18 6 4 8 36 24 16 6th Winners McCartney 7
1902–03 1 22 16 5 1 48 18 37 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 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 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 Final Hendren 18
1914–15 1 38 12 11 15 59 66 35 10th [note 7] Hendren 14
1915–16 1 38 9 7 22 44 71 25 19th Fleming
Hutchison		 9
1916–17 1 38 10 10 18 57 72 30 17th Kilpatrick 12
1917–18 1 34 8 9 17 42 57 25 16th Miller 16
1918–19 1 34 5 3 26 30 91 16 18th Gilmour 6
1919–20 1 42 13 7 22 60 79 33 18th R2 Williamson 21
1920–21 1 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 Final McColl 12
1923–24 1 38 15 11 12 66 52 41 7th Final McColl 21
1924–25 1 38 22 8 8 78 43 52 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 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 1 38 9 7 22 49 81 25 19th R3 Main 15
1931–32 2 38 18 8 12 73 52 44 7th R1 Dobson 14
1932–33 2 37 28 4 5 99 33 60 1st R4 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 Semi Milne 22
1939–40 Competitive football was cancelled due to the Second World War.
1940–41
1941–42
1942–43
1943–44
1944–45
1945–46
1946–47 A 30 19 6 5 69 33 44 2nd Final Semi [note 3] Weir 14
1947–48 A 30 22 4 4 86 27 48 1st Semi Group Smith 19
1948–49 A 30 17 5 8 75 52 39 3rd Quarter Group Reilly
Cuthbertson		 14
1949–50 A 30 22 5 3 86 34 49 2nd R1 Semi Smith 25
1950–51 A 30 22 4 4 78 26 48 1st Semi Final Reilly 23
1951–52 1 30 20 5 5 92 36 45 1st R1 Group Reilly 27
1952–53 1 30 19 5 6 93 51 43 2nd Quarter Semi Reilly 30
1953–54 1 30 15 4 11 72 51 34 5th R3 Semi Reilly 15
1954–55 1 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 Semi Reilly 23
1956–57 1 34 12 9 13 69 56 33 9th R5 Group DNQ Reilly 16
1957–58 1 34 13 5 16 59 60 31 9th Final Group DNQ Baker 14
1958–59 1 34 13 6 15 68 70 32 10th Quarter Group DNQ Baker 25
1959–60 1 34 14 7 13 106 85 35 7th Quarter Group DNQ Baker 42
1960–61 1 34 15 4 15 66 69 34 8th Quarter Group ICFC 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 Semi DNQ Martin 19
1964–65 1 34 21 4 9 75 47 46 4th Semi Group DNQ Martin 25
1965–66 1 34 16 6 12 81 55 38 6th R2 Semi ICFC R1 Cormack 15
1966–67 1 34 19 4 11 72 49 42 5th Quarter Group DNQ Cormack
Davis		 13
1967–68 1 34 20 5 9 67 49 45 3rd R2 Group ICFC Quarter Stein 21
1968–69 1 34 12 7 15 60 59 31 12th R1 Final ICFC R3 McBride 19
1969–70 1 34 19 6 9 65 40 44 3rd R1 Group DNQ McBride 20
1970–71 1 34 10 10 14 47 53 30 12th Semi Quarter ICFC R3 Baker 8
1971–72 1 34 19 6 9 62 34 44 4th Final Quarter DNQ Duncan
O'Rourke		 11
1972–73 1 34 19 7 8 74 33 45 3rd R4 Winners ECWC Quarter Gordon 27
1973–74 1 34 20 9 5 75 42 49 2nd Quarter Quarter UC R2 Gordon 16
1974–75 1 34 20 9 5 69 37 49 2nd R3 Final UC R2 Duncan
Harper		 12
1975–76 Premier 36 18 7 11 55 43 43 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 DNQ MacLeod 16
1978–79 Premier 36 12 13 11 44 48 37 5th Final Semi UC R2 MacLeod 8
1979–80 Premier 36 6 6 24 29 67 18 10th Semi R3 DNQ MacLeod 8
1980–81 First 39 25 8 6 67 22 58 1st Quarter Quarter DNQ MacLeod 15
1981–82 Premier 36 11 14 11 38 40 36 6th R4 Group DNQ Rae 11
1982–83 Premier 36 7 15 14 35 51 29 7th R3 Group DNQ Rae
Murray		 6
1983–84 Premier 36 12 7 17 45 55 31 7th R3 Group DNQ Irvine 19
1984–85 Premier 36 10 7 19 38 61 27 8th R3 R3 DNQ Durie
Kane		 8
1985–86 Premier 36 11 6 19 49 63 28 8th Semi Final DNQ Cowan 19
1986–87 Premier 44 10 13 21 44 70 33 9th R4 Quarter DNQ McCluskey 9
1987–88 Premier 44 12 19 13 41 42 43 6th R4 Quarter DNQ Kane 10
1988–89 Premier 36 13 9 14 37 36 35 5th Semi Quarter DNQ 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 DNQ Wright 6
1991–92 Premier 44 16 17 11 53 45 49 5th Quarter Winners DNQ Weir 11
1992–93 Premier 44 12 13 19 54 64 37 7th Semi R3 UC R1 Jackson 13
1993–94 Premier 44 16 15 13 53 48 47 5th R4 Final DNQ Wright 16
1994–95 Premier 36 12 17 7 49 37 53 3rd Semi Quarter DNQ Jackson
Wright
O'Neill		 10
1995–96 Premier 36 11 10 15 43 57 43 5th R3 R3 DNQ Wright 10
1996–97 Premier 36 9 11 16 38 55 38 9th R4 Quarter DNQ Jackson 11
1997–98 Premier 36 6 12 18 38 59 30 10th R3 R3 DNQ Crawford 9
1998–99 First 36 28 5 3 84 33 89 1st R3 Quarter DNQ Crawford 14
1999–00 SPL 36 10 11 15 49 61 41 6th Semi R3 DNQ Miller 11
2000–01 SPL 38 18 12 8 57 35 66 3rd Final Quarter DNQ Paatelainen 11
2001–02 SPL 38 10 11 17 51 56 41 10th R4 Semi UC R1 O'Connor 9
2002–03 SPL 38 15 6 17 56 64 51 7th R4 R3 DNQ McManus 11
2003–04 SPL 38 11 11 16 41 60 44 8th R3 Final DNQ Riordan 15
2004–05 SPL 38 18 7 13 64 57 61 3rd Semi Quarter IC R2 Riordan 20
2005–06 SPL 38 17 5 16 61 56 56 4th Semi Quarter UC R1 Riordan 16
2006–07 SPL 38 13 10 15 56 46 49 6th Semi Winners IC R3 Killen 13
2007–08 SPL 38 14 10 14 49 45 52 6th R5 R3 DNQ Fletcher 13
2008–09 SPL 38 11 14 13 42 46 47 6th R4 R2 DNQ Riordan 12
2009–10 SPL 38 15 9 14 58 55 54 4th Quarter R3 DNQ Stokes 21
2010–11 SPL 38 10 7 21 39 61 37 10th R4 R3 UEL QR3 Riordan 11
2011–12 SPL QF DNQ

Key

Colour coding

Champions or
Top goalscorer		 Runners-up 3rd or
Semi-finals		 Promoted Relegated

Notes

  1. ^ a b The Scottish Football League was not formed until 1890; Hibs were not admitted to the league until the 1893–94 season.
  2. ^ The League Cup competition did not start until the 1946–47 season.
  3. ^ a b European club competitions did not begin until the 1955–56 season.
  4. ^ Hibs suspended operations completely during the 1891–92 season and did not enter the Scottish Cup in either season.
  5. ^ Hibs were not promoted to Division One for the following season. Promotion and relegation were decided by election rather than automatic selection.
  6. ^ Due to not participating in the Scottish Football League in the previous season, Hibs were forced to play in the Scottish Qualifying Cup. Hibs were beaten by Vale of Leven and therefore did not qualify for the Scottish Cup.
  7. ^ The Scottish Cup was not held between 1915 and 1919 because of the Great War.

References

  1. ^ Mackay (1986) pp259

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