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Hibernian Football Club (/ h ɪ ˈ b ɜːr n i ə n /), commonly known as Hibs, is a professional football club in Edinburgh, Scotland. The team competes in the Scottish Premiership, the top division of Scottish football. The club was founded in 1875 by members of Edinburgh's Irish community, and the name is derived from the Latin for Ireland. [5]
Hibernian Football Club (/ h ɪ ˈ b ɜːr n i ə n /), commonly known as "Hibs", is a professional football club based in the Leith area of Edinburgh, Scotland.The club was founded in 1875 by members of Edinburgh's Irish community, and named after the Roman word for Ireland. [1]
The 2024–25 season is the 148th season of football played by Hibernian, a professional football club based in Edinburgh, Scotland. The club is competing in the top tier of Scottish football, the Scottish Premiership, for the eighth consecutive season. Hibs are also competing in the Scottish Cup and League Cup.
After an embarrassing first leg defeat to the Andorran side Inter Club d'Escaldes, Hibs progressed to the next round with a comfortable aggregate by winning 6–1 in the return game. [22] In the third qualifying round, Hibs produced an impressive 3–1 home win against Swiss club Luzern and backed that up by drawing 2–2 in the second away leg ...
Because of this policy, Hibs have been accused of being the first sectarian football club in Scotland, [9] [10] a charge commonly levelled at Rangers. [11] The club was intended to be an organisation for young Catholics to pursue a life of temperance and religious adherence by offering top-class football to them. [ 12 ]
The Hibernian Historical Trust staged an exhibition of memorabilia relating to these international players at Easter Road during the summer of 2008. [74] Despite the club having an Irish heritage, the first Hibs player to represent a national team other than Scotland was when Bobby Atherton played for Wales in 1899. [ 74 ]
This is a list of seasons played by Hibernian F.C. in Scottish and European football since the club first entered the Scottish Cup in 1877. The club was founded by Irish immigrants in 1875 and was admitted into the Scottish Football League in 1893.
Hibs entered the 2022–23 Scottish League Cup at the group stage, and were drawn in Group D along with Morton, Falkirk, Clyde and SPFL newcomers Bonnyrigg Rose. [9] A defeat by Falkirk and a penalty shootout loss against Morton left Hibs on the brink of elimination at the group stage. [10]