1948–49 Hibernian F.C. season
# 1948–49 Hibernian F.C. season

During the 1948–49 season Hibernian, a football club based in Edinburgh, came third out of 16 clubs in the Scottish First Division.

## Scottish First Division

| Match Day | Date | Opponent | H/A | Score | Attendance |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | 14 August | East Fife | H | 5–2 | 40,000 |
| 2 | 18 August | Queen of the South | A | 1–1 | 14,500 |
| 3 | 21 August | Heart of Midlothian | H | 3–1 | 40,000 |
| 4 | 28 August | Clyde | A | 5–3 | 25,000 |
| 5 | 1 September | Albion Rovers | H | 4–4 | 15,000 |
| 6 | 4 September | Aberdeen | A | 2–1 | 35,000 |
| 7 | 23 October | Partick Thistle | A | 6–2 | 25,000 |
| 8 | 30 October | Celtic | H | 1–2 | 32,000 |
| 9 | 6 November | Rangers | A | 4–2 | 50,000 |
| 10 | 13 November | Morton | H | 3–4 | 22,000 |
| 11 | 20 November | Motherwell | A | 1–5 | 12,000 |
| 12 | 27 November | Third Lanark | H | 1–0 | 25,000 |
| 13 | 4 December | Dundee | A | 2–1 | 32,000 |
| 14 | 11 December | Falkirk | A | 1–1 | 20,000 |
| 14 | 18 December | St Mirren | H | 1–1 | 25,000 |
| 15 | 25 December | Queen of the South | H | 1–1 | 25,000 |
| 17 | 1 January | Heart of Midlothian | A | 2–3 | 45,030 |
| 18 | 3 January | Clyde | H | 3–0 | 30,000 |
| 19 | 8 January | East Fife | A | 3–2 | 18,000 |
| 20 | 15 January | Aberdeen | H | 4–1 | 24,000 |
| 21 | 29 January | Albion Rovers | H | 3–0 | 8,000 |
| 22 | 12 February | Celtic | A | 2–1 | 40,000 |
| 23 | 19 February | Rangers | H | 0–1 | 50,000 |
| 24 | 26 February | Morton | A | 3–2 | 10,000 |
| 25 | 19 March | Dundee | A | 3–4 | 32,500 |
| 26 | 2 April | St Mirren | A | 0–2 | 10,000 |
| 27 | 9 April | Partick Thistle | H | 2–1 | 14,000 |
| 28 | 16 April | Motherwell | H | 5–1 | 25,000 |
| 29 | 19 April | Third Lanark | A | 2–3 | 7,000 |
| 30 | 23 April | Falkirk | H | 2–0 | 10,000 |

### Final League table

| P | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 2 | Dundee | 30 | 20 | 5 | 5 | 71 | 48 | 23 | 45 |
| 3 | Hibernian | 30 | 17 | 5 | 8 | 75 | 52 | 27 | 39 |
| 4 | East Fife | 30 | 16 | 3 | 11 | 64 | 46 | 18 | 35 |

### Scottish League Cup

**Group stage**

| Round | Date | Opponent | H/A | Score | Attendance |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| G1 | 11 September | Celtic | A | 0–1 | 55,000 |
| G1 | 18 September | Rangers | H | 0–0 | 47,000 |
| G1 | 25 September | Clyde | H | 4–0 | 25,000 |
| G1 | 2 October | Celtic | H | 4–2 | 53,000 |
| G1 | 9 October | Rangers | A | 0–1 | 74,466 |
| G1 | 16 October | Clyde | A | 4–1 | 18,000 |

**Group 1 final table**

| P | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Rangers | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 8 |
| 2 | Hibernian | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 12 | 5 | 7 | 7 |
| 3 | Celtic | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 12 | 13 | –1 | 6 |
| 4 | Clyde | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 9 | 17 | –8 | 3 |

### Scottish Cup

| Round | Date | Opponent | H/A | Score | Attendance |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| R1 | 22 January | Forfar Athletic | A | 4–0 | 5,347 |
| R2 | 5 February | Raith Rovers | H | 1–1 | 26,538 |
| R2 R | 9 February | Raith Rovers | A | 4–3 | 20,000 |
| R3 | 5 March | East Fife | H | 0–2 | 24,946 |
