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 three times and the Scottish League Cup three times as well.

For details of the current season, see 2019–20 Hibernian F.C. season.

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] 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

Season	League									Scottish Cup	League Cup	Challenge 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 4]		[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 5]
1892–93
1893–94	2	18	13	3	2	83	29	29	1st[note 6]	DNQ[note 7]					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					Pryce	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 8]					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					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	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]	[note 4]		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				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	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				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				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	Semi	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	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	NE	DNQ		Wright	6
1991–92	Premier	44	16	17	11	53	45	49	5th	Quarter	Winners				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				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	9th	R4	Quarter				Jackson	11
1997–98	Premier	36	6	12	18	38	59	30	10th	R3	R3				Crawford	9
1998–99	First	36	28	5	3	84	33	89	1st	R3	Quarter	[note 9]			Crawford	14
1999–00	SPL	36	10	11	15	49	61	41	6th	Semi	R3	NE			Miller	11
2000–01	SPL	38	18	12	8	57	35	66	3rd	Final	Quarter				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				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		IC	R2	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	38	8	9	21	40	67	33	11th	Final	Quarter		DNQ		O'Connor	12
2012–13	SPL	38	13	12	13	49	52	51	7th	Final	R2				Griffiths	23
2013–14	SP	38	8	11	19	31	50	35	11th	R5	Quarter	UEL	QR2	Collins Craig	6
2014–15	SC	36	21	7	8	70	32	70	2nd	Semi	Quarter	R1	DNQ		Cummings	18
2015–16	SC	36	21	7	8	59	34	70	3rd	Winners	Final	R1	DNQ		Cummings	18
2016–17	SC	36	19	14	3	59	25	71	1st	Semi	R2	R4	UEL	QR2	Cummings	19
2017–18	SP	38	18	13	7	62	46	67	4th	R4	Semi	[note 10]	DNQ		Kamberi	9
2018–19	SP	38	14	12	12	51	39	54	5th	Quarter	Quarter		UEL	QR3	Kamberi	8
2019–20	SP	30	9	10	11	42	49	37	7th[note 11]	Semi	Semi		DNQ		Doidge	12

Key

P = Played W = Games won D = Games drawn L = Games lost F = Goals for A = Goals against Pts = Points Pos = Final position 2 = Scottish Football League Division Two 1 = Scottish Football League Division One A = Scottish Football League Division A Premier = Scottish Football League Premier Division First = Scottish Football League First Division SPL = Scottish Premier League SP = Scottish Premiership SC = Scottish Championship EC = European Cup

ICFC = Inter-Cities Fairs Cup ECWC = European Cup Winners' Cup UC = UEFA Cup UEL = UEFA Europa League IC = UEFA Intertoto Cup DNE = Did Not Enter DNQ = Did Not Qualify NE = Not Eligible 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

Colour coding

Champions

Runners-up

Promoted

Relegated

Notes

1. 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. The Challenge Cup competition did not start until the 1990–91 season.
4. European club competitions did not begin until the 1955–56 season.
5. Hibs suspended operations during the 1891–92 season and did not enter the Scottish Cup in either 1891–92 or 1892–93.
6. Hibs were not promoted to Division One for the following season. At the time promotion and relegation were decided by election, rather than automatic selection.
7. 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.
8. The Scottish Cup was not held between 1915 and 1919 because of the Great War.
9. Although Hibs would have been eligible to enter the Challenge Cup as a First Division club in 1998–99, the competition was not operated during that season.
10. An under-20 team entered the competition.
11. The 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.

References

1. Mackay (1986) pp259

Sources

• Mackay, John (1986). The Hibees. John Donald Publishers Ltd. ISBN 0-85976-144-4.
• Jeffrey, Jim (2005). The Men Who Made Hibernian F.C. since 1946. Tempus Publishing Ltd. ISBN 0-7524-3091-2.

External links

• Scottish Cup Archive
• League Cup Archive
• Scotland - List of Topscorers