2017–18 Hibernian F.C. season

Hibernian
2017–18 season
Chairman	Rod Petrie
Manager	Neil Lennon
Stadium	Easter Road; Leith, Edinburgh, Scotland; (Capacity: 20,421)
Premiership	4th
League Cup	Semi-final, lost to Celtic
Scottish Cup	Fourth round, lost to Heart of Midlothian
Top goalscorer	League: ; Florian Kamberi (9); All: ; Simon Murray (14)
Highest home attendance	20,193; Hibernian v Celtic; (10 December 2017)
Lowest home attendance	15,459; Hibernian v Motherwell; (31 January 2018)
Average home league attendance	18,123
	← 2016–17 2018–19 →

The 2017–18 season was Hibernian's (Hibs) first 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.^[1] They last played in the Scottish Premiership during the 2013–14 season.^[2] Hibs reached the semi-final of the League Cup, where they lost 4–2 to holders Celtic. In the Scottish Cup, Hibs lost 1–0 to Edinburgh derby rivals Hearts in the fourth round (last 32). Hibs challenged for a second-place finish in the league, but eventually finished in fourth.^[3]

Results and fixtures edit

Win Draw Loss Postponed

Friendlies edit

6 July 2017^[4] Friendly	Dunfermline Athletic	0–4	Hibernian	East End Park
19:45		Report	Swanson 27' Pennant 68' Boyle 70' Shaw 75'

9 July 2017^[5] Testimonial match for Lewis Stevenson	Hibernian	2–2	Sunderland	Easter Road
14:00	Boyle S. Murray 73'	Report	Khazri Lens	Attendance: 9,309

11 July 2017^[6] Friendly	Berwick Rangers	0–2	Hibernian	Shielfield Park
		Report	Handling 72' Shaw 78'	Attendance: 1,206

Scottish Premiership edit

5 August 2017 Premiership	Hibernian	3 – 1	Partick Thistle	Easter Road
15:00	Boyle 14' Whittaker 33' S. Murray 52' (pen.)	BBC Report	Erskine 7'	Attendance: 17,634 Referee: Walsh

12 August 2017 Premiership	Rangers	2 – 3	Hibernian	Ibrox Stadium
15:00	Morelos 3' Jack 36' Tavernier 81'	BBC Report	S. Murray 21' Tavernier 39' (o.g.) Slivka 65'	Attendance: 49,636 Referee: Beaton

19 August 2017 Premiership	Hibernian	1 – 3	Hamilton Academical	Easter Road
15:00	Stokes 3'	BBC Report	Bingham 52' (pen.), 88' Longridge 69'	Attendance: 16,633 Referee: McLean

27 August 2017 Premiership	Dundee	1 – 1	Hibernian	Dens Park
12:30	Holt 9' (pen.)	BBC Report	Stokes 39'	Attendance: 6,004 Referee: Robertson

9 September 2017 Premiership	St Johnstone	1 – 1	Hibernian	McDiarmid Park
15:00	O'Halloran 48'	BBC Report	Paton 61' (o.g.)	Attendance: 5,591 Referee: Walsh

16 September 2017 Premiership	Hibernian	2 – 2	Motherwell	Easter Road
15:00	Stokes 21' (pen.), 57'	BBC Report	Moult 64', 74'	Attendance: 17,335 Referee: Cook

23 September 2017 Premiership	Ross County	0 – 1	Hibernian	Victoria Park
15:00		BBC Report	Hanlon 13'	Attendance: 4,181 Referee: Dallas

30 September 2017 Premiership	Celtic	2 – 2	Hibernian	Celtic Park
15:00	McGregor 15', 80'	BBC Report	McGinn 53', 77'	Attendance: 59,259 Referee: Collum

14 October 2017 Premiership	Hibernian	0 – 1	Aberdeen	Easter Road
15:00		BBC Report	Mackay-Steven 38'	Attendance: 19,038 Referee: McLean

24 October 2017 Premiership	Hibernian	1 – 0	Heart of Midlothian	Easter Road
19:45	S. Murray 3'	BBC Report		Attendance: 20,165 Referee: Dallas

28 October 2017 Premiership	Motherwell	0 – 1	Hibernian	Fir Park
15:00		BBC Report	Boyle 27'	Attendance: 6,043 Referee: Madden

31 October 2017 Premiership	Kilmarnock	0 – 3	Hibernian	Rugby Park
19:45		BBC Report	McGinn 10' S. Murray 61' Boyle 90+3'	Attendance: 5,005 Referee: Finnie

4 November 2017 Premiership	Hibernian	2 – 1	Dundee	Easter Road
15:00	Boyle 2' S. Murray 63'	BBC Report	Haber 21'	Attendance: 16,936 Referee: Beaton

18 November 2017 Premiership	Hibernian	1 – 2	St Johnstone	Easter Road
	Stokes 90+1'	BBC Report	Davidson 74' MacLean 90+3'	Attendance: 17,044 Referee: Thomson

25 November 2017 Premiership	Hamilton Academical	1 – 1	Hibernian	New Douglas Park
	Rojano 72'	BBC Report	S. Murray 29'	Attendance: 2,945 Referee: Robertson

2 December 2017 Premiership	Partick Thistle	0 – 1	Hibernian	Firhill Stadium
		BBC Report	Barton 48' (Own goal)	Attendance: 4,997 Referee: Thomson

10 December 2017 Premiership	Hibernian	2 – 2	Celtic	Easter Road
	Ambrose 76' Shaw 79'	BBC Report	Sinclair 59', 64'	Attendance: 20,193 Referee: Beaton

13 December 2017 Premiership	Hibernian	1 – 2	Rangers	Easter Road
	Stevenson 9'	BBC Report	Windass 42' Morelos 45'	Attendance: 20,057 Referee: Clancy

16 December 2017 Premiership	Aberdeen	4 – 1	Hibernian	Pittodrie Stadium
	Shinnie 11' Mackay-Steven 36', 45', 62'	BBC Report	Stokes 89'	Attendance: 14,923 Referee: Madden

23 December 2017 Premiership	Hibernian	2 – 1	Ross County	Easter Road
	Stokes 21' Shaw 75'	BBC Report	Curran 14'	Attendance: 16,228 Referee: Walsh

27 December 2017 Premiership	Heart of Midlothian	0 – 0	Hibernian	Tynecastle Park
		BBC Report		Attendance: 19,316 Referee: McLean

30 December 2017 Premiership	Hibernian	1 – 1	Kilmarnock	Easter Road
	Shaw 23'	BBC Report	Boyd 1'	Attendance: 17,666 Referee: Muir

24 January 2018 Premiership	Dundee	0 – 1	Hibernian	Dens Park
		BBC Report	McGinn 52'	Attendance: 5,323 Referee: Robertson

27 January 2018 Premiership	Celtic	1 – 0	Hibernian	Celtic Park
	Griffiths 27'	BBC Report		Attendance: 58,998 Referee: Madden

31 January 2018 Premiership	Hibernian	2 – 1	Motherwell	Easter Road
	Kamberi 28' Barker 47'	BBC Sport	Main 78'	Attendance: 15,459 Referee: Muir

3 February 2018 Premiership	Rangers	1 – 2	Hibernian	Ibrox Stadium
	Goss 73'	BBC Sport	McGinn 41' Maclaren 75' (pen.)	Attendance: 49,986 Referee: Collum

17 February 2018 Premiership	Hibernian	2 – 0	Aberdeen	Easter Road
	Boyle 46' Kamberi 60'	BBC Sport		Attendance: 19,551 Referee: Dallas

24 February 2018 Premiership	Kilmarnock	2 – 2	Hibernian	Rugby Park
	Jones 58' Boyd 61'	BBC Sport	Kamberi 1' Porteous 9'	Attendance: 5,348 Referee: Clancy

9 March 2018 Premiership	Hibernian	2 – 0	Heart of Midlothian	Easter Road
	Allan 59' Maclaren 80'	BBC Sport		Attendance: 20,166 Referee: Madden

16 March 2018 Premiership	St Johnstone	1 – 1	Hibernian	McDiarmid Park
	Kane 83'	BBC Report	Ambrose 2' Marciano 14'	Attendance: 3,652 Referee: Beaton

31 March 2018 Premiership	Hibernian	2 – 0	Partick Thistle	Easter Road
	Maclaren 71' Hanlon 76'	BBC Sport	Devine	Attendance: 17,497 Referee: Dallas

3 April 2018 Premiership	Hibernian	3 – 1	Hamilton Academical	Easter Road
	Kamberi 17', 63', 85'	BBC Sport	Ogboe 9' Imrie	Attendance: 15,818 Referee: McLean

7 April 2018 Premiership	Ross County	1 – 1	Hibernian	Victoria Park
	Mckay 28'	BBC Sport	Shaw 90'	Attendance: 5,389 Referee: Madden

21 April 2018 Premiership	Hibernian	2 – 1	Celtic	Easter Road
	Maclaren 24' Slivka 80'	BBC Sport Celtic Report	Édouard 87'	Attendance: 19,886 Referee: Steven McLean

28 April 2018 Premiership	Hibernian	5 – 3	Kilmarnock	Easter Road
	Allan 29' Whittaker 54' Maclaren 64' Kamberi 76' Barker 90+2'	BBC Sport	Boyd 33', 80' Findlay 61'	Attendance: 17,470 Referee: Robertson

5 May 2018 Premiership	Aberdeen	0 – 0	Hibernian	Pittodrie Stadium
		BBC Sport		Attendance: 17,822 Referee: Beaton

9 May 2018 Premiership	Heart of Midlothian	2 – 1	Hibernian	Tynecastle Park
	Lafferty 26' Naismith 57'	BBC Sport	Kamberi 48' (pen.)	Attendance: 19,324 Referee: Thomson

13 May 2018 Premiership	Hibernian	5 – 5	Rangers	Easter Road
	Kamberi 10' (pen.) Allan 19' Maclaren 22', 70', 90+3'	BBC Sport	Tavernier 25' Rossiter 27' Alves 40' Holt 54' Windass 68'	Attendance: 19,579 Referee: Dallas

League Cup edit

Matches edit

15 July 2017 League Cup Group D	Hibernian	4 – 0	Montrose	Easter Road
15:00	S Murray 12', 53' F Murray 22' Graham 88' (Penalty)	BBC Report		Attendance: 5,226 Referee: Dallas

21 July 2017 League Cup Group D	Ross County	0 – 0 (4 – 3 p)	Hibernian	Victoria Park
19:45		BBC Report Sky Report		Attendance: 2,065 Referee: Steve McLean
	Penalties
	Routis O'Brien Schalk Fraser Gardyne		Whittaker McGinn Boyle F. Murray Shaw

25 July 2017 League Cup Group D	Hibernian	6 – 1	Arbroath	Easter Road
19:45	S. Murray 63' (51), 90+1' Porteous 45' (88) McGinn 53'	BBC Report	Doris 38'	Attendance: 4,856 Referee: Stephen Finnie

29 July 2017 League Cup Group D	Alloa Athletic	0 – 3	Hibernian	Recreation Park
15:00		BBC Report	F. Murray 15' S. Murray 63', 80'	Attendance: 1,758 Referee: Collum

8 August 2017 League Cup Second round	Hibernian	5 – 0	Ayr United	Easter Road
19:45	Stokes 20', 59' S. Murray 31' Ambrose 69' Matulevičius 85'	BBC Report		Attendance: 8,135 Referee: Clancy

19 September 2017 League Cup Quarter final	Hibernian	3 – 2	Livingston	Easter Road
19:45	Swanson 18' Boyle 32' Stokes 83' (Penalty)	BBC Report	Lithgow 10' De Vita 28'	Attendance: 8,535 Referee: Madden

21 October 2017 League Cup Semi final	Hibernian	2 – 4	Celtic	Hampden Park
	Stokes 59' (pen.) Shaw 70'	BBC Report	Lustig 15', 42' Dembélé 66', 88'	Attendance: 39,813 Referee: Clancy

Scottish Cup edit

21 January 2018 Scottish Cup Fourth round	Heart of Midlothian	1 – 0	Hibernian	Tynecastle Park
14:05	Cowie 87'	BBC Report		Attendance: 18,709 Referee: Clancy

Player statistics edit

During the 2017–18 season, Hibs have used twenty-nine different players in competitive games. The table below shows the number of appearances and goals scored by each player. David Gray is club captain for the season.^[7]^[8]

As of 31 March 2024^[9]^[10]

Number	Position	Nation	Name	Totals		Premiership		League Cup		Scottish Cup
Number	Position	Nation	Name	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
1	GK	ISR	Ofir Marciano	39	0	34+0	0	4+0	0	1+0	0
2	DF	SCO	David Gray	12	0	7+1	0	4+0	0	0+0	0
3	DF	SCO	Steven Whittaker	31	2	19+7	2	3+2	0	0+0	0
4	DF	SCO	Paul Hanlon	40	2	36+0	2	2+1	0	1+0	0
5	DF	ENG	Liam Fontaine	2	0	0+0	0	2+0	0	0+0	0
6	DF	JAM	Marvin Bartley	31	0	20+6	0	4+0	0	1+0	0
7	MF	SCO	John McGinn	43	6	35+0	5	7+0	1	1+0	0
8	MF	LTU	Vykintas Slivka	27	2	9+13	2	2+2	0	1+0	0
9	FW	LTU	Deivydas Matulevičius	14	1	0+12	0	0+2	1	0+0	0
10	MF	SCO	Dylan McGeouch	42	0	30+5	0	5+1	0	1+0	0
11	MF	SCO	Danny Swanson	22	1	4+13	0	4+1	1	0+0	0
14	DF	MAR	Faycal Rherras	1	0	0+1	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
15	FW	SCO	Simon Murray	28	14	17+5	6	5+0	8	0+1	0
16	DF	SCO	Lewis Stevenson	44	1	36+0	1	7+0	0	1+0	0
17	FW	SCO	Martin Boyle	43	6	34+0	5	5+3	1	1+0	0
19	FW	AUS	Jamie Maclaren	15	8	11+4	8	0+0	0	0+0	0
20	MF	ENG	Brandon Barker	30	2	17+10	2	1+1	0	0+1	0
21	GK	SCO	Ross Laidlaw	6	0	3+0	0	3+0	0	0+0	0
22	FW	SUI	Florian Kamberi	14	9	14+0	9	0+0	0	0+0	0
23	MF	SCO	Scott Allan	12	3	12+0	3	0+0	0	0+0	0
24	DF	SCO	Darren McGregor	29	0	22+2	0	4+0	0	1+0	0
25	DF	NGA	Efe Ambrose	45	3	37+1	2	6+0	1	1+0	0
26	MF	SCO	Scott Martin	2	0	0+0	0	0+2	0	0+0	0
28	FW	IRL	Anthony Stokes	21	11	15+3	7	3+0	4	0+0	0
29	FW	SCO	Brian Graham	2	1	0+0	0	0+2	1	0+0	0
31	GK	SCO	Cammy Bell	2	0	1+1	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
32	FW	SCO	Oli Shaw	21	5	5+11	4	0+4	1	1+0	0
33	MF	SCO	Fraser Murray	6	2	0+2	0	2+2	2	0+0	0
36	DF	SCO	Ryan Porteous	8	3	2+3	1	3+0	2	0+0	0

Source: ^[9]

Disciplinary record edit

As of 31 March 2018

Number	Position	Nation	Name	Premiership		League Cup		Scottish Cup		Total
Number	Position	Nation	Name
1	GK		Marciano	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	1
3	DF		Whittaker	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	0
4	DF		Hanlon	3	0	0	0	0	0	3	0
6	MF		Bartley	6	0	0	0	0	0	6	0
7	MF		McGinn	12	0	2	0	1	0	15	0
8	MF		Slivka	2	0	1	0	0	0	3	0
10	MF		McGeouch	3	0	0	0	0	0	3	0
11	MF		Swanson	0	0	2	0	0	0	2	0
15	DF		Murray	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
16	DF		Stevenson	4	0	1	0	0	0	5	0
17	FW		Boyle	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
22	FW		Kamberi	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	0
23	MF		Allan	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	0
24	DF		McGregor	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
25	DF		Ambrose	4	0	0	0	0	0	4	0
28	FW		Stokes	4	0	0	0	0	0	4	0
36	DF		Porteous	4	0	0	0	0	0	4	0
Total				49	1	6	0	1	0	56	1

Goal Scorers edit

Last updated 31 March 2018^[11]

Place	Position	Name	Premiership	League Cup	Total
1	FW	Simon Murray	6	8	14
2	FW	Anthony Stokes	7	4	11
3	FW	Martin Boyle	5	1	6
3	MF	John McGinn	5	1	6
5	FW	Oli Shaw	3	1	4
	FW	Florian Kamberi	4	0	4
	DF	Ryan Porteous	2	2	4
8	DF	Efe Ambrose	2	1	3
8	FW	Jamie Maclaren	3	0	3
10	MF	Fraser Murray	0	2	2
10	DF	Paul Hanlon	2	0	2
12	MF	Danny Swanson	0	1	1
	FW	Brian Graham	0	1	1
	DF	Steven Whittaker	1	0	1
	FW	Deivydas Matulevičius	0	1	1
	MF	Vykintas Slivka	1	0	1
	DF	Lewis Stevenson	1	0	1
	MF	Brandon Barker	1	0	1
	MF	Scott Allan	1	0	1
Total			44	23	67

Club statistics edit

League table edit

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation^[a]
2	Aberdeen	38	22	7	9	56	37	+19	73	Qualification for the Europa League second qualifying round
3	Rangers	38	21	7	10	76	50	+26	70	Qualification for the Europa League first qualifying round
4	Hibernian	38	18	13	7	62	46	+16	67	Qualification for the Europa League first qualifying round
5	Kilmarnock	38	16	11	11	49	47	+2	59
6	Heart of Midlothian	38	12	13	13	39	39	0	49

Source: Soccerway BBC
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored; 4) Play-off (only if deciding champion, UEFA competitions qualification and second-stage group allocation).^[12]
Notes:

^ Teams play each other three times (33 matches) before the league is split into two groups (the top six and the bottom six).

Division summary edit

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
Ground	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	A	H	H	A	A	H	H	A	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	H	A	A	H
Result	W	W	L	D	D	D	W	D	L	W	W	W	W	L	D	W	D	L	L	W	D	D	W	L	W	W	W	D	W	D	W	W	D	W	W	D	L	D
Position	2	3	5	6	6	6	4	6	6	5	5	3	3	3	3	3	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4

Updated to match(es) played on 13 May 2018. Source: ^{[citation needed]}
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

League Cup group table edit

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	PW	PL	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification	HIB	ROS	ARB	MON	ALO
1	Hibernian (Q)	4	3	0	1	0	13	1	+12	10	Qualification for the Second Round	—	—	6–1	4–0	—
2	Ross County (Q)	4	2	2	0	0	8	0	+8	10	Qualification for the Second Round	p0–0	—	—	—	2–0
3	Arbroath	4	1	1	1	1	6	7	−1	6		—	0–0p	—	4–0	—
4	Montrose	4	1	0	0	3	2	15	−13	3		—	0–6	—	—	2–1
5	Alloa Athletic	4	0	0	1	3	2	8	−6	1		0–3	—	1–1p	—	—

Source: ^[13]
Rules for classification: 1) goal difference, 2) goals scored, 3) away goals scored, 4) matches won, 5) away matches won, 6) drawing of lots.^[14]
(Q) Qualified to the phase indicated

Management statistics edit

As of 18 September 2018

Name	From	To	P	W	D	L	Win%^{[nb 1]}
Neil Lennon^[15]	15 July 2017	13 May 2018	46	23	14	9	050.00

Transfers edit

Players in edit

Player	From	Fee
Danny Swanson	St Johnstone^[16]	Free^[17]
Simon Murray	Dundee United	Free^[18]
Efe Ambrose	Celtic	Free^[19]
Ofir Marciano	Ashdod	Undisclosed^[20]
Steven Whittaker	Norwich City	Free^[21]
Deivydas Matulevičius	Royal Excel Mouscron	Free^[22]
Vykintas Slivka	Juventus	Undisclosed^[23]
Anthony Stokes	Blackburn Rovers	Free^[24]
Cammy Bell	Kilmarnock	Free^[25]

Players out edit

Player	To	Fee
James Keatings	Dundee United	Free^[26]
Scott Gallacher	Dumbarton	Free^[27]
Brian McLean	IBV	Free^[27]
Alex Harris	Falkirk^[28]	Free^[27]
Chris Humphrey	Bury	Free^[29]
Grant Holt	King's Lynn Town	Free^[27]
Jamie Insall	Connah's Quay Nomads	Free^[27]^[30]^[31]
Aaron Dunsmore	East Fife	Free^[32]
Ali Smith	Cowdenbeath	Free^[32]^[33]
Jason Cummings	Nottingham Forest	Undisclosed^[34]
Fraser Fyvie	Dundee United^[35]	Free^[36]
Jordon Forster	Cheltenham Town	Undisclosed^[37]
Sam Stanton	Dundee United	Free^[38]
Danny Handling	Dumbarton	Free^[39]
Anthony Stokes	Apollon Smyrni	Free^[40]
Deivydas Matulevičius	KuPS	Free^[41]
Liam Fontaine	Ross County	Free^[42]

Loans in edit

Player	From
Brandon Barker	Manchester City^[43]
Scott Bain	Dundee^[44]
Jamie Maclaren	SV Darmstadt 98^[45]
Faycal Rherras	KV Mechelen^[46]
Florian Kamberi	Grasshoppers^[47]
Scott Allan	Celtic^[25]

Loans out edit

Player	To
Kevin Waugh	Berwick Rangers^[48]
Callum Donaldson	Berwick Rangers^[48]
Sam Stanton	Dundee United^[49]
Scott Martin	Arbroath^[50]
Simon Murray	Dundee^[25]

Notes edit

^ Win% is the percentage of matches won rounded to two decimal places.

References edit

[12] Teams play each other three times (33 matches) before the league is split into two groups (the top six and the bottom six).

[note3-16] Win% is the percentage of matches won rounded to two decimal places.

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