2018–19 Hibernian F.C. season
# 2018–19 Hibernian F.C. season

The 2018–19 season was Hibernian's (Hibs) second 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. Hibs also entered the Europa League, and progressed through two qualifying rounds before losing to Norwegian club Molde. They were knocked out of the League Cup in a penalty shootout by Aberdeen, and in the Scottish Cup by Celtic, and finished fifth in the league.

Hibs manager Neil Lennon was suspended by the club on 26 January 2019, and was subsequently replaced by Paul Heckingbottom.

## Results and fixtures

Win  Draw  Loss  Postponed

### Scottish Premiership

The schedule for the first 33 rounds of the 2018–19 Premiership was announced on 15 June 2018.

### League Cup

As one of the four clubs participating in European competition, Hibs received a bye to the second round (last 16) of the League Cup. Hibs defeated Ross County in the second round, and were paired with Aberdeen in the quarter-finals. After both the regulation time and extra time periods finished goalless, Aberdeen won a penalty shootout to progress to the semi-finals.

### Scottish Cup

As a Premiership club, Hibernian entered the Scottish Cup at the fourth round stage and were drawn at home to League Two club Elgin City. They won 4–0 and were then drawn at home to Raith Rovers in the fifth round. A 3–1 victory put Hibs into the quarter-final, where they were drawn at home to cup holders Celtic. They lost 2–0 to a Celtic side managed by Neil Lennon, who had left Hibs four weeks previously.

### UEFA Europa League

Having finished fourth in the 2017–18 Scottish Premiership, Hibs qualified for the 2018–19 UEFA Europa League. In the first qualifying round they were paired with Faroese club Runavík.

## Player statistics

    As of 19 May 2019

| No. | Pos | Player | Premiership | Premiership | League Cup | League Cup | Scottish Cup | Scottish Cup | Europa League | Europa League | Total | Total |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| No. | Pos | Player | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| Goalkeepers |||||||||||||
| 1 | GK | Ofir Marciano | 20 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 23 | 0 |
| 21 | GK | Ross Laidlaw | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 31 | GK | Adam Bogdan | 18 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 25 | 0 |
| Defenders |||||||||||||
| 2 | DF | David Gray | 24 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 32 | 6 |
| 3 | DF | Steven Whittaker | 15 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 23 | 0 |
| 4 | DF | Paul Hanlon | 26 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 36 | 1 |
| 16 | DF | Lewis Stevenson | 34 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 44 | 1 |
| 18 | DF | Miquel Nelom | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 21 | DF | Darnell Johnson | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 23 | DF | Charalampos Mavrias | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 24 | DF | Darren McGregor | 24 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 30 | 2 |
| 25 | DF | Efe Ambrose | 21 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 29 | 2 |
| 26 | DF | Jonathan Spector | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 36 | DF | Ryan Porteous | 16 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 23 | 3 |
| 43 | DF | Sean Mackie | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 0 |
| Midfielders |||||||||||||
| 5 | MF | Mark Milligan | 28 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 31 | 0 |
| 6 | MF | Marvin Bartley | 13 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 21 | 0 |
| 7 | MF | John McGinn | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 2 |
| 7 | MF | Daryl Horgan | 34 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 38 | 7 |
| 8 | MF | Vykintas Slivka | 29 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 39 | 2 |
| 11 | MF | Danny Swanson | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| 13 | MF | Ryan Gauld | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 |
| 14 | MF | Stevie Mallan | 37 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 48 | 13 |
| 17 | MF | Thomas Agyepong | 9 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 1 |
| 20 | MF | Emerson Hyndman | 15 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 19 | 1 |
| 20 | MF | Gael Bigirimana | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 26 | MF | Scott Martin | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 33 | MF | Fraser Murray | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 |
| 40 | MF | Stéphane Oméonga | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 17 | 0 |
| Forwards |||||||||||||
| 9 | FW | Jamie Maclaren | 12 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 15 | 1 |
| 9 | FW | Marc McNulty | 15 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 17 | 8 |
| 10 | FW | Martin Boyle | 18 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 25 | 4 |
| 15 | FW | Simon Murray | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 22 | FW | Florian Kamberi | 33 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 43 | 13 |
| 32 | FW | Oli Shaw | 26 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 35 | 7 |
| 47 | FW | Jamie Gullan | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 49 | FW | Lewis Allan | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 |

* Source:

## Club statistics

### League table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 3 | Kilmarnock | 38 | 19 | 10 | 9 | 50 | 31 | +19 | 67 | Qualification for the Europa League first qualifying round |
| 4 | Aberdeen | 38 | 20 | 7 | 11 | 57 | 44 | +13 | 67 | Qualification for the Europa League first qualifying round |
| 5 | Hibernian | 38 | 14 | 12 | 12 | 51 | 39 | +12 | 54 | |
| 6 | Heart of Midlothian | 38 | 15 | 6 | 17 | 42 | 50 | −8 | 51 | |
| 7 | St Johnstone | 38 | 15 | 7 | 16 | 38 | 48 | −10 | 52 | |

* ↑ Teams play each other three times (33 matches), before the league is split into two groups (the top six and the bottom six).
* ↑ Since the winners of the 2018–19 Scottish Cup, Celtic, qualified for European competition based on league position, the spot awarded to the Scottish Cup winners (Europa League first qualifying round) was passed to the fourth-placed team.

### Division summary

| Round | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 | 24 | 25 | 26 | 27 | 28 | 29 | 30 | 31 | 32 | 33 | 34 | 35 | 36 | 37 | 38 |
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| Ground | H | A | H | A | H | A | A | H | A | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | H | H | A | H | A | A | H | A | H | A | A | H | H | A | H | A | H | H | A | A | H |
| Result | W | D | D | L | W | W | W | W | L | D | L | L | D | L | D | W | W | D | D | D | L | L | W | L | L | W | W | W | D | W | W | D | W | D | D | L | L | L |
| Position | 2 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 5 | 6 | 8 | 7 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 7 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 7 | 7 | 8 | 8 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 |

### Management statistics

    As of 19 May 2019

| Name | From | To | P | W | D | L | Win% |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Neil Lennon | 12 July 2018 | 26 January 2019 | 31 | 12 | 11 | 8 | 038.71 |
| Eddie May | 26 January 2019 | 13 February 2019 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 050.00 |
| Paul Heckingbottom | 13 February 2019 | 19 May 2019 | 14 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 042.86 |
