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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 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]
After "labouring" to a 1–0 win at Station Park, [14] Hibs were drawn away again in the fifth round at Championship side Inverness Caledonian Thistle. [15] They progressed through that round more comfortably, winning 3–1. [16] Hibs were drawn at home to Rangers in the quarter-finals, their first Scottish Cup meeting since the 2016 final. [17]
Celtic and Leeds United met in the semi-final of the 1970 European Cup, which was the first contest to be popularly described as a "Battle of Britain". [14] Celtic won the first leg at Elland Road 1–0, and the second leg was played at Hampden Park to allow a bigger crowd to attend than could be held at Celtic Park, with the resultant attendance of 136,505 the largest ever crowd for a ...
Hibernian are set to include recent signing Dwight Gayle for the first time. Danilo, Oscar Cortes, Rabbi Matondo and Ridvan Yilmaz remain out. Rangers v Hibs - Team news
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 were drawn to play defending league champions Rangers at that stage. [12] Hibs did not play a competitive match for almost a month before the semi-final due to a COVID-19 outbreak, which led to the postponement of two league fixtures. [5] [13] [14] Despite this disruption, a Martin Boyle hat-trick put Hibs three goals ahead and they held ...
Despite the underdogs taking a shock lead, Hibs ran out 3–1 winners in a game that was played on a neutral venue . [8] In the quarter-final, Hibs were drawn to play Dundee United at Tannadice . Hibs took the lead through a Derek Riordan goal in the first half and held it for most of the game, but Jim McIntyre scored a late equaliser in normal ...
The games themselves also fell early in pre-season, and they lost in the 2004 competition to Lithuanian club Vetra. [34] They played a friendly match against Rot-Weiss Essen in July 2005 to mark the 50th anniversary of the clubs' first match in European competition. [1] Hibernian had finished third in the league and qualified for the 2005–06 ...