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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.
With the Edinburgh club propping up the Scottish Premiership table after just one win in 12 outings, is David Gray going to be the next victim? The atmosphere at Easter Road was poisonous ...
Hibs' main area of recruitment is the Lothian and Borders region around Edinburgh which has a population of around one million. They face a constant battle with rivals Heart of Midlothian to sign the most promising youngsters in the area. In the past both Hibs and Hearts have signed many players from youth club Hutchison Vale. [11]
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]
Hibs won their first three games of the season, the first time they had done this in the top division of the Scottish football league system since 1974–75. [5] A 1–0 win at Aberdeen in the penultimate match clinched third place for Hibs, which was their highest finishing position since 2004–05. [6]
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]
Hibs needed extra time to edge past Cove 1–0, and were then drawn away to Championship side Arbroath in the last 16. [17] Wins at Arbroath and Motherwell put Hibs into the semi-finals, where they were paired with Edinburgh derby rivals Hearts. [18] Hibs lost the semi-final 2–1, and manager Shaun Maloney was sacked a few days later. [8]
As a Premiership club, Hibs entered the Scottish Cup in the fourth round (last 32) and were drawn away to League Two club Forfar Athletic. [13] 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 ]