2017–18 Hibernian F.C. season

The 2017–18 season was Hibernian's (Hibs) first 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.[1] They last played in the Scottish Premiership during the 2013–14 season.[2] Hibs reached the semi-final of the League Cup, where they lost 4–2 to holders Celtic. In the Scottish Cup, Hibs lost 1–0 to Edinburgh derby rivals Hearts in the fourth round (last 32). Hibs challenged for a second-place finish in the league, but eventually finished in fourth.[3]

Hibernian
2017–18 season
ChairmanRod Petrie
ManagerNeil Lennon
StadiumEaster Road
Leith, Edinburgh, Scotland
(Capacity: 20,421)
Premiership4th
League CupSemi-final, lost to Celtic
Scottish CupFourth round, lost to Heart of Midlothian
Top goalscorerLeague:
Florian Kamberi (9)
All:
Simon Murray (14)
Highest home attendance20,193
Hibernian v Celtic
(10 December 2017)
Lowest home attendance15,459
Hibernian v Motherwell
(31 January 2018)
Average home league attendance18,123

Results and fixtures

  Win   Draw   Loss   Postponed

Friendlies
6 July 2017[4] FriendlyDunfermline Athletic0–4HibernianEast End Park
19:45 Report Swanson  27'
Pennant  68'
Boyle  70'
Shaw  75'
9 July 2017[5] Testimonial match for Lewis StevensonHibernian2–2SunderlandEaster Road
14:00 Boyle
S. Murray  73'		 Report Khazri
Lens 		Attendance: 9,309
11 July 2017[6] FriendlyBerwick Rangers0–2HibernianShielfield Park
Report Handling  72'
Shaw  78'		 Attendance: 1,206

Scottish Premiership
Main article: 2017–18 Scottish Premiership
5 August 2017 PremiershipHibernian3 – 1Partick ThistleEaster Road
15:00 Boyle  14'
Whittaker  33'
S. Murray  52' (pen.)		 BBC Report Erskine  7' Attendance: 17,634
Referee: Walsh
12 August 2017 PremiershipRangers2 – 3HibernianIbrox Stadium
15:00 Morelos  3'
Jack  36'
Tavernier  81'		 BBC Report S. Murray  21'
Tavernier  39' (o.g.)
Slivka  65'		 Attendance: 49,636
Referee: Beaton
19 August 2017 PremiershipHibernian1 – 3Hamilton AcademicalEaster Road
15:00 Stokes  3' BBC Report Bingham  52' (pen.), 88'
Longridge  69'		 Attendance: 16,633
Referee: McLean
27 August 2017 PremiershipDundee1 – 1HibernianDens Park
12:30 Holt  9' (pen.) BBC Report Stokes  39' Attendance: 6,004
Referee: Robertson
9 September 2017 PremiershipSt Johnstone1 – 1HibernianMcDiarmid Park
15:00 O'Halloran  48' BBC Report Paton  61' (o.g.) Attendance: 5,591
Referee: Walsh
16 September 2017 PremiershipHibernian2 – 2MotherwellEaster Road
15:00 Stokes  21' (pen.), 57' BBC Report Moult  64', 74' Attendance: 17,335
Referee: Cook
23 September 2017 PremiershipRoss County0 – 1HibernianVictoria Park
15:00 BBC Report Hanlon  13' Attendance: 4,181
Referee: Dallas
30 September 2017 PremiershipCeltic2 – 2HibernianCeltic Park
15:00 McGregor  15', 80' BBC Report McGinn  53', 77' Attendance: 59,259
Referee: Collum
14 October 2017 PremiershipHibernian0 – 1AberdeenEaster Road
15:00 BBC Report Mackay-Steven  38' Attendance: 19,038
Referee: McLean
24 October 2017 PremiershipHibernian1 – 0Heart of MidlothianEaster Road
19:45 S. Murray  3' BBC Report Attendance: 20,165
Referee: Dallas
28 October 2017 PremiershipMotherwell0 – 1HibernianFir Park
15:00 BBC Report Boyle  27' Attendance: 6,043
Referee: Madden
31 October 2017 PremiershipKilmarnock0 – 3HibernianRugby Park
19:45 BBC Report McGinn  10'
S. Murray  61'
Boyle  90+3'		 Attendance: 5,005
Referee: Finnie
4 November 2017 PremiershipHibernian2 – 1DundeeEaster Road
15:00 Boyle  2'
S. Murray  63'		 BBC Report Haber  21' Attendance: 16,936
Referee: Beaton
18 November 2017 PremiershipHibernian1 – 2St JohnstoneEaster Road
Stokes  90+1' BBC Report Davidson  74'
MacLean  90+3'		 Attendance: 17,044
Referee: Thomson
25 November 2017 PremiershipHamilton Academical1 – 1HibernianNew Douglas Park
Rojano  72' BBC Report S. Murray  29' Attendance: 2,945
Referee: Robertson
2 December 2017 PremiershipPartick Thistle0 – 1HibernianFirhill Stadium
BBC Report Barton  48' (Own goal) Attendance: 4,997
Referee: Thomson
10 December 2017 PremiershipHibernian2 – 2CelticEaster Road
Ambrose  76'
Shaw  79'		 BBC Report Sinclair  59', 64' Attendance: 20,193
Referee: Beaton
13 December 2017 PremiershipHibernian1 – 2RangersEaster Road
Stevenson  9' BBC Report Windass  42'
Morelos  45'		 Attendance: 20,057
Referee: Clancy
16 December 2017 PremiershipAberdeen4 – 1HibernianPittodrie Stadium
Shinnie  11'
Mackay-Steven  36', 45', 62'		 BBC Report Stokes  89' Attendance: 14,923
Referee: Madden
23 December 2017 PremiershipHibernian2 – 1Ross CountyEaster Road
Stokes  21'
Shaw  75'		 BBC Report Curran  14' Attendance: 16,228
Referee: Walsh
27 December 2017 PremiershipHeart of Midlothian0 – 0HibernianTynecastle Park
BBC Report Attendance: 19,316
Referee: McLean
30 December 2017 PremiershipHibernian1 – 1KilmarnockEaster Road
Shaw  23' BBC Report Boyd  1' Attendance: 17,666
Referee: Muir
24 January 2018 PremiershipDundee0 – 1HibernianDens Park
BBC Report McGinn  52' Attendance: 5,323
Referee: Robertson
27 January 2018 PremiershipCeltic1 – 0HibernianCeltic Park
Griffiths  27' BBC Report Attendance: 58,998
Referee: Madden
31 January 2018 PremiershipHibernian2 – 1MotherwellEaster Road
Kamberi  28'
Barker  47'		 BBC Sport Main  78' Attendance: 15,459
Referee: Muir
3 February 2018 PremiershipRangers1 – 2HibernianIbrox Stadium
Goss  73' BBC Sport McGinn  41'
Maclaren  75' (pen.)		 Attendance: 49,986
Referee: Collum
17 February 2018 PremiershipHibernian2 – 0AberdeenEaster Road
Boyle  46'
Kamberi  60'		 BBC Sport Attendance: 19,551
Referee: Dallas
24 February 2018 PremiershipKilmarnock2 – 2HibernianRugby Park
Jones  58'
Boyd  61'		 BBC Sport Kamberi  1'
Porteous  9'		 Attendance: 5,348
Referee: Clancy
9 March 2018 PremiershipHibernian2 – 0Heart of MidlothianEaster Road
Allan  59'
Maclaren  80'		 BBC Sport Attendance: 20,166
Referee: Madden
16 March 2018 PremiershipSt Johnstone1 – 1HibernianMcDiarmid Park
Kane  83' BBC Report Ambrose  2'
Marciano  14'		 Attendance: 3,652
Referee: Beaton
31 March 2018 PremiershipHibernian2 – 0Partick ThistleEaster Road
Maclaren  71'
Hanlon  76'		 BBC Sport Devine Attendance: 17,497
Referee: Dallas
3 April 2018 PremiershipHibernian3 – 1Hamilton AcademicalEaster Road
Kamberi  17', 63', 85' BBC Sport Ogboe  9'
Imrie 		Attendance: 15,818
Referee: McLean
7 April 2018 PremiershipRoss County1 – 1HibernianVictoria Park
Mckay  28' BBC Sport Shaw  90' Attendance: 5,389
Referee: Madden
21 April 2018 PremiershipHibernian2 – 1CelticEaster Road
Maclaren  24'
Slivka  80'		 BBC Sport
Celtic Report		 Édouard  87' Attendance: 19,886
Referee: Steven McLean
28 April 2018 PremiershipHibernian5 – 3KilmarnockEaster Road
Allan  29'
Whittaker  54'
Maclaren  64'
Kamberi  76'
Barker  90+2'		 BBC Sport Boyd  33', 80'
Findlay  61'		 Attendance: 17,470
Referee: Robertson
5 May 2018 PremiershipAberdeen0 – 0HibernianPittodrie Stadium
BBC Sport Attendance: 17,822
Referee: Beaton
9 May 2018 PremiershipHeart of Midlothian2 – 1HibernianTynecastle Park
Lafferty  26'
Naismith  57'		 BBC Sport Kamberi  48' (pen.) Attendance: 19,324
Referee: Thomson
13 May 2018 PremiershipHibernian5 – 5RangersEaster Road
Kamberi  10' (pen.)
Allan  19'
Maclaren  22', 70', 90+3'		 BBC Sport Tavernier  25'
Rossiter  27'
Alves  40'
Holt  54'
Windass  68'		 Attendance: 19,579
Referee: Dallas

League Cup
Main article: 2017–18 Scottish League Cup

Matches
15 July 2017 League Cup Group DHibernian4 – 0MontroseEaster Road
15:00 S Murray  12', 53'
F Murray  22'
Graham  88' (Penalty)		 BBC Report Attendance: 5,226
Referee: Dallas
21 July 2017 League Cup Group DRoss County0 – 0
(4 – 3 p)		HibernianVictoria Park
19:45 BBC Report
Sky Report		 Attendance: 2,065
Referee: Steve McLean
Penalties
Routis
O'Brien
Schalk
Fraser
Gardyne 		Whittaker
McGinn
Boyle
F. Murray
Shaw
25 July 2017 League Cup Group DHibernian6 – 1ArbroathEaster Road
19:45 S. Murray  63' (51), 90+1'
Porteous  45' (88)
McGinn  53'		 BBC Report Doris  38' Attendance: 4,856
Referee: Stephen Finnie
29 July 2017 League Cup Group DAlloa Athletic0 – 3HibernianRecreation Park
15:00 BBC Report F. Murray  15'
S. Murray  63', 80'		 Attendance: 1,758
Referee: Collum
8 August 2017 League Cup Second roundHibernian5 – 0Ayr UnitedEaster Road
19:45 Stokes  20', 59'
S. Murray  31'
Ambrose  69'
Matulevičius  85'		 BBC Report Attendance: 8,135
Referee: Clancy
19 September 2017 League Cup Quarter finalHibernian3 – 2LivingstonEaster Road
19:45 Swanson  18'
Boyle  32'
Stokes  83' (Penalty)		 BBC Report Lithgow  10'
De Vita  28'		 Attendance: 8,535
Referee: Madden
21 October 2017 League Cup Semi finalHibernian2 – 4CelticHampden Park
Stokes  59' (pen.)
Shaw  70'		 BBC Report Lustig  15', 42'
Dembélé  66', 88'		 Attendance: 39,813
Referee: Clancy

Scottish Cup
Main article: 2017–18 Scottish Cup
21 January 2018 Scottish Cup Fourth roundHeart of Midlothian1 – 0HibernianTynecastle Park
14:05 Cowie  87' BBC Report Attendance: 18,709
Referee: Clancy

Player statistics

During the 2017–18 season, Hibs have used twenty-nine different players in competitive games. The table below shows the number of appearances and goals scored by each player. David Gray is club captain for the season.[7][8]

As of 31 March (UTC)[9][10]
Number Position Nation Name Totals Premiership League Cup Scottish Cup
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
1 GK Ofir Marciano 39034+004+001+00
2 DF David Gray 1207+104+000+00
3 DF Steven Whittaker 31219+723+200+00
4 DF Paul Hanlon 40236+022+101+00
5 DF Liam Fontaine 200+002+000+00
6 DF Marvin Bartley 31020+604+001+00
7 MF John McGinn 43635+057+011+00
8 MF Vykintas Slivka 2729+1322+201+00
9 FW Deivydas Matulevičius 1410+1200+210+00
10 MF Dylan McGeouch 42030+505+101+00
11 MF Danny Swanson 2214+1304+110+00
14 DF Faycal Rherras 100+100+000+00
15 FW Simon Murray 281417+565+080+10
16 DF Lewis Stevenson 44136+017+001+00
17 FW Martin Boyle 43634+055+311+00
19 FW Jamie Maclaren 15811+480+000+00
20 MF Brandon Barker 30217+1021+100+10
21 GK Ross Laidlaw 603+003+000+00
22 FW Florian Kamberi 14914+090+000+00
23 MF Scott Allan 12312+030+000+00
24 DF Darren McGregor 29022+204+001+00
25 DF Efe Ambrose 45337+126+011+00
26 MF Scott Martin 200+000+200+00
28 FW Anthony Stokes 211115+373+040+00
29 FW Brian Graham 210+000+210+00
31 GK Cammy Bell 201+100+000+00
32 FW Oli Shaw 2155+1140+411+00
33 MF Fraser Murray 620+202+220+00
36 DF Ryan Porteous 832+313+020+00

Disciplinary record
As of 31 March 2018
Number Position Nation Name Premiership League Cup Scottish Cup Total
1GKMarciano11000011
3DFWhittaker20000020
4DFHanlon30000030
6MFBartley60000060
7MFMcGinn1202010150
8MFSlivka20100030
10MFMcGeouch30000030
11MFSwanson00200020
15DFMurray10000010
16DFStevenson40100050
17FWBoyle10000010
22FWKamberi20000020
23MFAllan20000020
24DFMcGregor10000010
25DFAmbrose40000040
28FWStokes40000040
36DFPorteous40000040
Total 4916010561

Goal Scorers

Last updated 31 March 2018[11]

Place Position Nation Name Premiership League Cup Scottish Cup Total
1FWSimon Murray68014
2FWAnthony Stokes74011
3FWMartin Boyle5106
MFJohn McGinn5106
5FWOli Shaw3104
FWFlorian Kamberi4004
DFRyan Porteous2204
8DFEfe Ambrose2103
FWJamie Maclaren3003
10MFFraser Murray0202
DFPaul Hanlon2002
12MFDanny Swanson0101
FWBrian Graham0101
DFSteven Whittaker1001
FWDeivydas Matulevičius0101
MFVykintas Slivka1001
DFLewis Stevenson1001
MFBrandon Barker1001
MFScott Allan1001
Total 4423067


Club statistics

League table
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation[lower-alpha 1]
2 Aberdeen 38 22 7 9 56 37 +19 73 Qualification for the Europa League second qualifying round
3 Rangers 38 21 7 10 76 50 +26 70 Qualification for the Europa League first qualifying round
4 Hibernian 38 18 13 7 62 46 +16 67
5 Kilmarnock 38 16 11 11 49 47 +2 59
6 Heart of Midlothian 38 12 13 13 39 39 0 49
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).[12]
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).

Division summary
Round1234567891011121314151617181920212223242526272829303132333435363738
GroundHAHAAHAAHHAAHHAAHHAHAHAAHAHAHAHHAHHAAH
ResultWWLDDDWDLWWWWLDWDLLWDDWLWWWDWDWWDWWDLD
Position23566646655333334444444444444444444444
Updated to match(es) played on 13 May 2018. Source:
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

League Cup group table
Pos Team Pld W PW PL L GF GA GD Pts Qualification HIB ROS ARB MON ALO
1 Hibernian (Q) 4 3 0 1 0 13 1 +12 10 Qualification for the Second Round — — 6–1 4–0 —
2 Ross County (Q) 4 2 2 0 0 8 0 +8 10 p0–0 — — — 2–0
3 Arbroath 4 1 1 1 1 6 7 −1 6 — 0–0p — 4–0 —
4 Montrose 4 1 0 0 3 2 15 −13 3 — 0–6 — — 2–1
5 Alloa Athletic 4 0 0 1 3 2 8 −6 1 0–3 — 1–1p — —
Source: [13]
Rules for classification: 1) goal difference, 2) goals scored, 3) away goals scored, 4) matches won, 5) away matches won, 6) drawing of lots.[14]
(Q) Qualified to the phase indicated.

Management statistics
As of 18 September 2018
Name From To P W D L Win%[nb 1]
Neil Lennon[15] 15 July 2017 Present Day 46 23 14 9 050.00

Transfers

See also

Notes
  1. Win% is the percentage of matches won rounded to two decimal places.

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