1946–47 Hibernian F.C. season
# 1946–47 Hibernian F.C. season

During the 1946–47 season Hibernian, a football club based in Edinburgh, came second out of 16 clubs in the Scottish First Division.

## Scottish First Division

| Match Day | Date | Opponent | H/A | Score | Attendance |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | 10 August | Queen of the South | H | 9–1 | 30,000 |
| 2 | 14 August | Rangers | A | 2–1 | 50,000 |
| 3 | 17 August | Queen's Park | A | 1–0 | 47,752 |
| 4 | 21 August | Clyde | H | 1–0 | 25,000 |
| 5 | 24 August | Hamilton Academical | H | 3–2 | 20,000 |
| 6 | 28 August | Aberdeen | A | 1–2 | 29,000 |
| 7 | 31 August | Motherwell | A | 1–2 | 10,000 |
| 8 | 4 September | Kilmarnock | H | 6–0 | 20,000 |
| 9 | 7 September | Heart of Midlothian | H | 0–1 | 39,000 |
| 10 | 14 September | Morton | A | 2–0 | 10,000 |
| 11 | 2 November | Third Lanark | H | 4–1 | 20,000 |
| 12 | 9 November | Celtic | A | 1–4 | 45,000 |
| 13 | 16 November | Falkirk | H | 2–2 | 15,000 |
| 14 | 23 November | Partick Thistle | H | 5–1 | 20,000 |
| 14 | 30 November | St Mirren | A | 1–0 | 14,000 |
| 15 | 7 December | Queen of the South | A | 3–1 | 10,000 |
| 17 | 14 December | Rangers | H | 1–1 | 41,378 |
| 18 | 21 December | Clyde | A | 2–2 | 15,000 |
| 19 | 28 December | Aberdeen | H | 1–1 | 30,000 |
| 20 | 1 January | Heart of Midlothian | A | 3–2 | 33,810 |
| 21 | 2 January | Queen's Park | H | 3–1 | 20,000 |
| 22 | 4 January | Morton | H | 1–1 | 18,000 |
| 23 | 11 January | Hamilton Academical | A | 0–0 | 5,000 |
| 24 | 18 January | Kilmarnock | A | 5–3 | 15,000 |
| 25 | 1 February | Motherwell | H | 1–2 | 25,000 |
| 26 | 12 April | Celtic | H | 2–0 | 25,000 |
| 27 | 26 April | St Mirren | H | 1–0 | 15,000 |
| 28 | 3 May | Partick Thistle | A | 2–0 | 5,000 |
| 29 | 10 May | Third Lanark | A | 2–0 | 5,487 |
| 30 | 17 May | Falkirk | A | 3–2 | 7,000 |

### Final League table

| P | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Rangers | 30 | 21 | 4 | 5 | 76 | 26 | 50 | 46 |
| 2 | Hibernian | 30 | 19 | 6 | 5 | 69 | 33 | 36 | 44 |
| 3 | Aberdeen | 30 | 16 | 7 | 7 | 58 | 41 | 17 | 39 |

### Scottish League Cup

**Group stage**

| Round | Date | Opponent | H/A | Score | Attendance |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| G3 | 21 September | Celtic | H | 4–2 | 20,000 |
| G3 | 28 September | Hamilton Academical | A | 6–3 | 1,000 |
| G3 | 5 October | Third Lanark | H | 1–2 | 25,000 |
| G3 | 12 October | Celtic | A | 1–1 | 40,000 |
| G3 | 19 October | Hamilton Academical | H | 2–0 | 15,000 |
| G3 | 26 October | Third Lanark | A | 2–1 | 17,811 |

**Group 3 final table**

| P | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Hibernian | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 16 | 9 | 7 | 9 |
| 2 | Celtic | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 11 | 10 | 1 | 7 |
| 3 | Hamilton Academical | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 14 | 16 | –2 | 5 |
| 4 | Third Lanark | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 8 | 14 | –6 | 3 |

**Knockout stage**

| Round | Date | Opponent | H/A | Score | Attendance |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| QF L1 | 1 March | Airdrieonians | H | 4–4 | 18,000 |
| QF L2 | 5 March | Airdrieonians | A | 1–0 | 22,260 |
| SF | 22 March | Rangers | N | 1–3 | 123,654 |

### Scottish Cup

| Round | Date | Opponent | H/A | Score | Attendance |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| R1 | 25 January | Alloa Athletic | H | 8–0 | 11,000 |
| R2 | 15 February | Bye into Round 3 | | | |
| R3 | 22 February | Rangers | A | 0–0 | 95,000 |
| R3 R | 8 March | Rangers | H | 2–0 | 48,816 |
| R4 | 15 March | Dumbarton | H | 2–0 | 32,579 |
| SF | 29 March | Motherwell | N | 2–1 | 46,705 |
| F | 19 April | Aberdeen | N | 1–2 | 80,640 |
