1971–72 Hibernian F.C. season
# 1971–72 Hibernian F.C. season

During the 1971–72 season Hibernian, a football club based in Edinburgh, came third out of 18 clubs in the Scottish First Division and reached the final of the Scottish Cup ending up losing 6–1 to Celtic.

## Scottish First Division

| Match Day | Date | Opponent | H/A | Score | Hibernian Scorer(s) | Attendance |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | 4 September | Heart of Midlothian | A | 2–0 | Cropley, Hamilton | 26,671 |
| 2 | 11 September | East Fife | H | 2–1 | Stanton, O'Rourke (pen.) | 10,891 |
| 3 | 18 September | Dundee United | A | 4–1 | Stanton (2), Hamilton, O'Rourke | 6,674 |
| 4 | 25 September | Ayr United | H | 1–0 | Auld | 9,837 |
| 5 | 2 October | Motherwell | A | 1–1 | Hamilton | 5,757 |
| 6 | 9 October | Celtic | H | 0–1 | | 40,671 |
| 7 | 16 October | Aberdeen | A | 1–2 | Duncan | 25,385 |
| 8 | 23 October | Falkirk | H | 6–0 | Duncan (4), Hamilton, Auld | 11,120 |
| 9 | 30 October | Clyde | A | 1–2 | Hamilton | 2,877 |
| 10 | 6 November | Dunfermline Athletic | H | 2–0 | Stanton, Duncan | 9,980 |
| 11 | 13 November | Airdrieonians | A | 2–2 | Blackley, Duncan | 5,263 |
| 12 | 27 November | Kilmarnock | H | 3–2 | O'Rourke (pen.), Baker, Edwards | 7,950 |
| 13 | 1 December | Partick Thistle | A | 1–0 | O'Rourke | 7,259 |
| 14 | 4 December | St Johnstone | A | 2–0 | Edwards, Hazel | 5,825 |
| 14 | 11 December | Dundee | H | 1–0 | O'Rourke (pen.) | 11,383 |
| 15 | 18 December | Morton | A | 1–1 | O'Rourke | 4,166 |
| 17 | 25 December | Rangers | H | 0–1 | | 25,145 |
| 18 | 1 January | Heart of Midlothian | H | 0–0 | | 36,046 |
| 19 | 3 January | East Fife | A | 1–2 | Stanton (pen.) | 8,217 |
| 20 | 8 January | Dundee United | H | 3–0 | Stanton, Brownlie, Duncan | 8,364 |
| 21 | 15 January | Ayr United | A | 2–1 | Brownlie, Duncan | 6,845 |
| 22 | 22 January | Motherwell | H | 1–2 | McEwan | 10,617 |
| 23 | 29 January | Celtic | A | 1–2 | Stanton | 37,168 |
| 24 | 12 February | Aberdeen | H | 2–2 | O'Rourke, Duncan | 21,389 |
| 25 | 19 February | Falkirk | A | 3–2 | Hamilton, Gordon, Baker | 7,407 |
| 26 | 4 March | Clyde | H | 1–0 | Gordon | 7,191 |
| 27 | 11 March | Dunfermline Athletic | A | 1-2 | O'Rourke (pen.) | 7,277 |
| 28 | 21 March | Airdrieonians | H | 1–3 | Brownlie | 6,052 |
| 29 | 25 March | Partick Thistle | H | 3–0 | O'Rourke (pen.), Baker, O.G. | 8,848 |
| 30 | 3 April | Kilmarnock | A | 1–1 | McEwan | 6,118 |
| 31 | 8 April | St Johnstone | H | 7–1 | Stanton, Edwards, O'Rourke, Baker, Gordon(2), Duncan | 6,358 |
| 32 | 17 April | Dundee | A | 2–1 | Hazel, Stanton | 9,137 |
| 33 | 22 April | Morton | H | 1–0 | Blackley | 7,131 |
| 34 | 29 April | Rangers | A | 2-1 | Auld, O'Rourke (pen.) | 13,124 |

### Final League table

| P | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | Pts |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 3 | Rangers | 34 | 21 | 2 | 11 | 71 | 38 | 44 |
| 4 | Hibernian | 34 | 19 | 6 | 9 | 62 | 34 | 44 |
| 5 | Dundee | 34 | 14 | 13 | 7 | 59 | 38 | 41 |

### Scottish League Cup

**Group stage**

| Round | Date | Opponent | H/A | Score | Hibernian Scorer(s) | Attendance |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| G1 | 14 August | Motherwell | A | 3–0 | Cropley, Hamilton (2) | 7,972 |
| G1 | 18 August | Dundee United | H | 2–0 | Cropley, O'Rourke (pen.) | 20,673 |
| G1 | 21 August | Kilmarnock | H | 3–1 | Baker, Hazel, Cropley | 7,054 |
| G1 | 25 August | Dundee United | A | 4–1 | Baker, Stevenson, Cropley, Duncan | 17,133 |
| G1 | 28 August | Motherwell | H | 2–1 | Hamilton, Baker | 1,690 |
| G1 | 1 September | Kilmarnock | A | 0–0 | | 3,876 |

**Group 1 final table**

| P | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Hibernian | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 14 | 3 | 11 | 11 |
| 2 | Kilmarnock | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 9 | –2 | 5 |
| 3 | Dundee United | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 13 | –4 | 5 |
| 4 | Motherwell | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 12 | –5 | 3 |

**Knockout stage**

| Round | Date | Opponent | H/A | Score | Hibernian Scorer(s) | Attendance |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| R2 L1 | 8 September | Falkirk | A | 0–2 | | 6,500 |
| R2 L2 | 22 September | Falkirk | H | 1–0 | O'Rourke | 9,134 |

### Scottish Cup

| Round | Date | Opponent | H/A | Score | Hibernian Scorer(s) | Attendance |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| R3 | 5 February | Partick Thistle | A | 2–0 | Schaedler, Gordon | 21,000 |
| R4 | 26 February | Airdrieonians | H | 2–0 | Baker, Gordon | 15,980 |
| QF | 18 March | Aberdeen | H | 2–0 | O'Rourke, Baker | 25,736 |
| SF | 15 April | Rangers | N | 1–1 | O'Rourke | 76,174 |
| SF R | 24 April | Rangers | N | 2–0 | Stanton, Edwards | 57,645 |
| F | 6 May | Celtic | N | 1–6 | Gordon | 105,909 |
