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{{Short description|Association football club in Leith, Edinburgh, Scotland}}
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| chairman = Ian Gordon
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| manager = [[David Gray (footballer, born 1988)|David Gray]]
| mgrtitle = Head coach
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'''Hibernian Football Club''' ({{IPAc-en|h|ᵻ|ˈ|b|ɜːr|n|i|ə|n}}), commonly known as '''Hibs''', is a professional [[Association football|football]] club in [[Edinburgh]], Scotland. The team competes in the {{Scottish football updater|Hibernia}}, the top division of [[Scottish football league system|Scottish football]]. The club was founded in 1875 by members of Edinburgh's [[Irish people in Great Britain|Irish community]], and the name is derived from [[Hibernia|the Latin for Ireland]].<ref name="Origins">{{cite web|url=http://www.hibernianfc.co.uk/page/TimelineDetail/0,,10290~1750533,00.html|title=The Origins of Hibernian – 3|date=11 August 2009|publisher=Hibernian F.C.|work=Hibernianfc.co.uk|access-date=22 February 2010|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110716054950/http://www.hibernianfc.co.uk/page/TimelineDetail/0,,10290~1750533,00.html|archive-date=16 July 2011|df=dmy-all}}</ref> The Irish heritage of Hibernian is reflected in the name, colours and badge of the club.<ref name="Origins" /><ref name="jambo experience">{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=2nMObKWGCVwC&q=hibernian+edinburgh+catholic&pg=PA195|title=The Jambo Experience: An Anthropological Study of Hearts Fans|publisher=Berg|year=1997|quote=Even though Hibs were founded by Irish–Catholic immigrants, this connection to their sectarian origins has faded significantly in the Protestant-dominated Edinburgh of the twentieth century.|author=Hans Kristian Hognestad|isbn=978-1-85973-193-2|access-date=17 August 2010}}</ref><ref name="campbell history">{{Cite book|url=https://archive.org/details/edinburghcultura0000camp |url-access=registration |page=[https://archive.org/details/edinburghcultura0000camp/page/132 132] |author=Donald Campbell |quote=Sectarian bigotry may not be completely absent from this relationship, but it has always been less important than identification with territory. Hibs supporters tend to belong to the north and east of Edinburgh, while [[Heart of Midlothian F.C.|Hearts]] supporters (who outnumber their city rivals by a ratio of approximately two to one) are more usually found in the south and west. |title=Edinburgh: a Cultural and Literary History |isbn =978-1-902669-73-1 |year=2003 |access-date=16 August 2010 |publisher=Signal Books}}</ref><ref name="Jewel" /> The green main shirt colour is usually accompanied by white sleeves and shorts. Their local rivals are [[Heart of Midlothian F.C.|Heart of Midlothian]], with whom they contest the [[Edinburgh derby]].

Home matches are played at [[Easter Road]], which has been in use since 1893,<ref name="easterroad">{{Cite web |url=http://www.scottishgrounds.co.uk/hibernian.htm |title=Hibernian F.C. |publisher=Duncan Adams |work=Scottish Football Ground Guide |access-date=22 February 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160410095612/http://www.footballgroundguide.com/scotland//hibernian.htm |archive-date=10 April 2016 |url-status=live }}</ref> when the club joined the [[Scottish Football League]].<ref name="crampsey" /> The name of the club is regularly shortened to ''Hibs'',<ref name="nicknameone">{{Cite web|url=https://www.rsssf.org/miscellaneous/scotnick.html|title=Scotland – Club Nicknames|date=5 March 2005|publisher=[[Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation]]|access-date=22 February 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100102045910/http://rsssf.com/miscellaneous/scotnick.html|archive-date=2 January 2010|url-status=live}}</ref> with the team also being known as ''The Hibees''<ref name="nicknameone" /> (pronounced {{IPAc-en|ˈ|h|aɪ|b|iː|z}}) and supporters known as ''Hibbies''. Another nickname is ''The Cabbage'', derived from the shortened [[rhyming slang]] for Hibs ("[[Bacon and cabbage|Cabbage and Ribs]]").<ref name="nicknametwo">{{Cite web |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/articles/cw4pvvl2xg9o |title=Hibs reveal 'cabbage' away kit |website=BBC Sport |date=30 June 2022 |access-date=16 August 2025}}</ref>

Hibernian have won the [[List of Scottish football champions|Scottish league championship]] four times, most recently in [[1951–52 in Scottish football|1952]]. Three of those four championships were won between 1948 and 1952, when the club had the services of [[the Famous Five (football)|The Famous Five]] [[Forward (association football)|forward]] line.<ref name="Bobby Johnstone" /> The club have won the [[Scottish Cup]] three times, in [[1886–87 Scottish Cup|1887]], [[1901–02 Scottish Cup|1902]] and [[2015–16 Scottish Cup|2016]], with the latter victory ending a notorious drought. Hibs have also won the [[Scottish League Cup]] three times, in [[1972–73 Scottish League Cup|1972]], [[1991–92 Scottish League Cup|1991]] and [[2006–07 Scottish League Cup|2007]]. Hibernian reached the semi-final of the first ever [[UEFA Champions League|European Cup]] in [[1955–56 European Cup|1955–56]], becoming the first British side to participate in European competition. They reached the same stage of the [[Inter-Cities Fairs Cup]] in [[1960–61 Inter-Cities Fairs Cup|1960–61]].<ref name="European Union" />

==History==
{{Main|History of Hibernian F.C.}}
{{See also|List of Hibernian F.C. seasons}}

===Foundation and early history (1875–1939)===
[[File:Cowgate, Edinburgh.JPG|thumb|upright|The [[Cowgate]], where Hibs were formed in 1875.]]

The club was founded in 1875 by Irishmen living in the [[Cowgate]] area of [[Edinburgh]].<ref name = "coles">{{cite web |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/articles/2BJKzyV3GpSD66swPg6Gr4h/the-football-team-formed-in-the-shadow-of-famine-that-fought-xenophobia-and-raised-money-for-impoverished-immigrants |title=The football team, formed in the shadow of famine, that fought xenophobia and raised money for impoverished immigrants |publisher=BBC |date=21 November 2018 |access-date=22 November 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181122202312/http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/articles/2BJKzyV3GpSD66swPg6Gr4h/the-football-team-formed-in-the-shadow-of-famine-that-fought-xenophobia-and-raised-money-for-impoverished-immigrants |archive-date=22 November 2018 |url-status=live }}</ref> The name ''Hibernian'' (deriving from [[Hibernia]], an ancient name for Ireland<ref name ="Origins"/>), the colour green, the [[Celtic harp]] and the [[Irish language]] phrase ''[[Erin go bragh]]'' (meaning ''Ireland Forever'') were adopted as symbols early on.<ref name="ErinGoBragh">{{cite web |url=http://www.hibernianfc.co.uk/page/TimelineDetail/0,,10290~1750533,00.html |title=Erin go Bragh |publisher=Hibernian F.C. |access-date=15 January 2011 |date=11 August 2009 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110716054950/http://www.hibernianfc.co.uk/page/TimelineDetail/0%2C%2C10290~1750533%2C00.html |archive-date=16 July 2011 }}</ref> Founder Fr. [[Edward Joseph Hannan]] was the first president of the club and Michael Whelahan its first team captain.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.limerickleader.ie/news/sport/643568/the-ballingarry-priest-who-founded-famed-scottish-club-hibernian-fc.html |title=The Ballingarry priest who founded famed Scottish club Hibernian FC |first=Mike |last=Hennessey |newspaper=Limerick Leader |date=24 June 2021 |accessdate=9 June 2022 |archive-date=25 July 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220725181442/https://www.limerickleader.ie/news/sport/643568/the-ballingarry-priest-who-founded-famed-scottish-club-hibernian-fc.html |url-status=live }}</ref> [[James Connolly]], the famous [[Socialism|socialist]] and [[Irish republicanism|Irish Republican]] leader, was a Hibs fan,<ref name = "grass roots"/><ref>{{Cite news |last=Vallely |first=Joanna |url=http://sport.scotsman.com/hibernianfc/God-squad-signs-up-to.2798179.jp |title=God squad signs up to play host to Hibs past |work=Edinburgh Evening News |publisher=Johnston Press |date=4 August 2006 |access-date=22 February 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081226002539/http://sport.scotsman.com/hibernianfc/God-squad-signs-up-to.2798179.jp |archive-date=26 December 2008 |url-status=live }}</ref> while the club were "closely identified" with the [[Irish Home Rule movement]] during the 1880s.<ref name = "crampsey"/> There was some [[Sectarianism|sectarian]] resistance initially to an Irish club participating in [[Football in Scotland|Scottish football]],<ref name = "coles"/> but Hibs established themselves as a force in Scottish football in the 1880s.<ref name ="Origins"/><ref name = "crampsey">{{harvnb|Crampsey|1990|p=27}}</ref><ref name = "grass roots"/> Hibs were the first club from the east coast of Scotland to win a major trophy, the [[1886–87 Scottish Cup|1887 Scottish Cup]]. They went on to defeat [[Preston North End F.C.|Preston North End]], who had reached the semi-finals of the [[1886–87 FA Cup|1887 FA Cup]], in a [[Exhibition game|friendly match]] described as the ''[[Football World Championship|Association Football Championship of the World Decider]]''.<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=jqnq0hIia0cC&q=hibernian+easter+road&pg=PA145|title=Day of the Match: A History of Football in 365 Days|publisher=Boxtree|year=2008|quote=In August 1887, [[Scottish Cup]] holders Hibernian took on [[FA Cup]] winners [[Preston North End F.C.|Preston North End]] in a [[Exhibition game|friendly]] at Hibs' [[Hibernian Park|Easter Road]] ground. Posters appeared all over [[Edinburgh]] billing the encounter as 'The Association Football Championship of the World'. Hibernian won the match 2–1 and therefore had the right (whichever way you look at it, as nobody else had bothered to stage such an event) to call themselves the first world champions, beating [[Uruguay national football team|Uruguay]] to it by 43 years.|author=Scott Murray and Rowan Walker|access-date=17 August 2010|isbn=978-0-7522-2678-1}}</ref><ref>{{harvnb|Mackay|1986|p=40}}</ref><ref>{{harvnb|Lugton|1999|p=121}}</ref> Despite advertising the match as 'The Association Football Championship of the World', Preston had lost in the FA Cup semi-finals to West Bromwich Albion and were not the 'best' English side that year.

Mismanagement over the next few years led to Hibs becoming homeless and the club temporarily ceased operating in 1891.<ref name = "crampsey"/> A lease on the [[Easter Road]] site was acquired in late 1892 and Hibs played its first match at Easter Road on 4 February 1893.<ref name="New Beginnings">{{Cite web|url=http://www.hibernianfc.co.uk/page/TimelineDetail/0,,10290~1750639,00.html|title=The Origins of Hibernian – Part 12|date=11 August 2009|publisher=Hibernian F.C.|work=Hibernianfc.co.uk|access-date=22 February 2010|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090927103314/http://www.hibernianfc.co.uk/page/TimelineDetail/0,,10290~1750639,00.html|archive-date=27 September 2009|df=dmy-all}}</ref> Despite this interruption, the club today views the period since 1875 as one continued history and therefore counts the honours won between 1875 and 1891, including the 1887 Scottish Cup.<ref name = "m256"/><ref name = "hibs honours"/> The club were admitted to the [[Scottish Football League]] in 1893, although they had to win the Second Division twice before being elected into the First Division in 1895.<ref name = "crampsey"/>

A significant change at this time was that players were no longer required to be members of the Catholic Young Men's Society.<ref name = "grass roots"/><ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=7YVCwNJW1A8C&q=hibernian+edinburgh+catholic&pg=PA339 |author=Stephen Dobson and John A. Goddard |title=The Economics of Football |publisher=[[Cambridge University Press]] |year=2001 |access-date=16 August 2010 |isbn=978-0-521-66158-4 |quote=Edinburgh Hibernians were founded as the first [[Roman Catholic|catholic]] club in 1875. In its first incarnation, only catholics were permitted to play for Hibernian, but when the club was reconstituted in 1893 the ban on protestants was lifted.}}</ref> Hibs are not seen today as being an Irish or [[Catholic Church|Roman Catholic]] institution, as it was in the early years of its history.<ref name = "forgotten Irish">{{Cite journal|last=Kelly |first=John |title=Hibernian Football Club: The Forgotten Irish? |journal=Sport in Society |date = May 2007|volume=10 |issue=3 |pages=514–536 |doi=10.1080/17430430701333950 |s2cid=143084869 }}</ref><ref name = "jambo experience"/> For instance, the [[Celtic harp|Irish harp]] was only re-introduced to the club badge when it was last re-designed in 2000. This design reflects the three pillars of the club's identity: Ireland, Edinburgh (the [[Edinburgh Castle|castle]]) and [[Leith]] (the ship). Geography as well as ethnicity and religion shapes the modern fan base of the club, with Hibs drawing most of their support from the north and east of Edinburgh.<ref name = "campbell history"/><ref name = "Jewel">{{Cite news|author-link=Graham Spiers |last=Spiers |first=Graham |url=http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/sport/football/scotland/article2797038.ece |title=Edinburgh derby is the jewel of game in Scotland |work=The Times|publisher=News International |date=3 November 2007 |access-date=4 May 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110811235342/http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/sport/football/scotland/article2797038.ece |archive-date=11 August 2011}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |url=https://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/rugby_union/scottish/3148651.stm |title=New capital groundshare plan |publisher=BBC Sport |date=13 August 2003 |access-date=22 February 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20031011080259/http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/rugby_union/scottish/3148651.stm |archive-date=11 October 2003 |url-status=live }}</ref>

Hibs had some success after being reformed, winning the [[1901–02 Scottish Cup|1902 Scottish Cup]] and their first [[List of Scottish football champions|league championship]] a year later. After this, however, the club endured a long barren spell. The club lost its placing in the league and were [[promotion and relegation|relegated]] for the first time in 1931, although they were promoted back to the top division two years later. The notorious Scottish Cup drought<ref name = "Cup of woe">{{Cite news |last=Black |first=Jim |url=https://www.theguardian.com/football/2008/feb/03/newsstory.hibernian |title=Hibs' Cup of woe adds to strife of Reilly |work=[[The Observer]] |date=3 February 2008 |access-date=22 February 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080416212524/http://football.guardian.co.uk/News_Story/0,,2251647,00.html |archive-date=16 April 2008 |url-status=live }}</ref> began as they reached three cup finals, two in consecutive years, but lost each of them.

===The Famous Five (1939–1959)===
[[File:Famous Five mural.JPG|right|thumb|upright|Picture depicting [[The Famous Five (football)|the Famous Five]] at [[Easter Road]] stadium.]]

Hibs' most successful era was in the decade following the end of the [[World War II|Second World War]], when it was "among the foremost clubs in Britain".<ref name = "Bobby Johnstone"/> The [[forward (association football)|forward]] line of [[Gordon Smith (footballer, born 1924)|Gordon Smith]], [[Bobby Johnstone]], [[Lawrie Reilly]], [[Eddie Turnbull]] and [[Willie Ormond]], collectively known as [[The Famous Five (football)|the Famous Five]], was "regarded as the finest ever seen in Scottish football".<ref name = "Bobby Johnstone">{{Cite web|last=Gordon |first=Phil |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/obituaries/bobby-johnstone-729354.html |title=Bobby Johnstone |work=The Independent|date=24 August 2001 |access-date=22 February 2010 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081226005513/http://www.independent.co.uk/news/obituaries/bobby-johnstone-729354.html |archive-date=26 December 2008}}</ref> Each of the Famous Five scored more than 100 goals for Hibs.<ref name = "Bobby Johnstone"/> The north stand at [[Easter Road]] is now named in their honour. Smith was signed by Hibs in 1941, while Ormond, Turnbull, Reilly and Johnstone were all signed during 1946. Of the five, only Ormond cost Hibs a transfer fee, [[Pound sterling|£]]1200 from [[Stenhousemuir F.C.|Stenhousemuir]].<ref>{{harvnb|Jeffrey|2005|p=125}}</ref> Reilly, Johnstone, Smith and Turnbull were all signed from youth or junior leagues.<ref name = "Bobby Johnstone"/><ref name = "lawrie load of goals"/>

In the first season of competitive football after the Second World War, Hibs reached the [[1947 Scottish Cup final]]. They took an early lead in the match, but went on to lose 2–1 to [[Aberdeen F.C.|Aberdeen]]. With Reilly added to the first team in [[1947–48 in Scottish football|1947–48]], Hibs won the [[list of Scottish football champions|Scottish league championship]] for the first time since 1903. This was achieved despite the death of team manager [[Willie McCartney]] in January 1948.<ref name = "lawrie load of goals"/> McCartney was succeeded by [[Hugh Shaw (footballer, born 1896)|Hugh Shaw]],<ref name = "lawrie load of goals"/> who added Johnstone to the first team during 1948. Hibs finished third in the league in [[1948–49 in Scottish football|1948–49]]. In a [[Exhibition game|friendly match]] against [[Nithsdale Wanderers F.C.|Nithsdale Wanderers]] on 21 April 1949, Hibs included all of the famous five players in the same team for the first time.<ref name = "lawrie load of goals"/> They then made their collective competitive debut on 15 October 1949, in a 2–0 win against [[Queen of the South F.C.|Queen of the South]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.qosfc.com/History |title=Club History |publisher=Queen of the South FC |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110508013726/http://www.qosfc.com/history |date=13 September 2009 |archive-date=8 May 2011 |access-date=2 May 2017}}</ref> They improved on their season from the year before, by finishing second in the league to Rangers by one point.

[[1950–51 in Scottish football|1950–51]] was the high point of the Famous Five era. With other internationalists such as [[Tommy Younger]] and [[Bobby Combe]], Hibs won the league by 10 points (when two points were awarded for each win). They reached the [[1950 Scottish League Cup final]]. Turnbull had scored a hattrick in the semi-final but was unavailable for the final. [[Jimmy Bradley]] started at left wing with Ormond moved to inside left. Motherwell beat them 3–0. Hibs retained the league championship in [[1951–52 in Scottish football|1951–52]], this time winning by four points. Hibs were narrowly denied a third consecutive title in [[1952–53 in Scottish football|1952–53]] on the last day of the season. A late Rangers equaliser against Queen of the South took the title to Ibrox on [[Goal difference#Goal difference v. goal average|goal average]]. The Famous Five forward line remained in place until March 1955, when Johnstone was sold to [[Manchester City F.C.|Manchester City]].<ref name = "Bobby Johnstone"/>

{{See also|Hibernian F.C. in European football|1955–56 European Cup}}
Despite only finishing fifth in the Scottish League in 1955, Hibs were invited to participate in the first season of the [[UEFA Champions League|European Cup]], which was not strictly based on league positions at that time.<ref name = "European Union"/> Eighteen clubs who were thought would generate interest across Europe and who also had the [[floodlight]]s necessary to play games at night, were invited to participate.<ref name = "European Union">{{Cite news|last=Wilson |first=Richard |url=http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/sport/football/article545013.ece |title=European Union |work=The Sunday Times|publisher=News International |date=17 July 2005 |access-date=4 May 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110629123237/http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/sport/football/article545013.ece |archive-date=29 June 2011}}</ref> Floodlights had been used at [[Easter Road]] for the first time in a [[Exhibition game|friendly match]] against Hearts on 18 October 1954.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.londonhearts.com/scores/games/19541018.html |title=Mon 18 Oct 1954 |publisher=London Hearts Supporters' Club |work=Londonhearts.com |access-date=22 February 2010 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081201193027/http://www.londonhearts.com/scores/games/19541018.html |archive-date=1 December 2008 |df=dmy-all }}</ref> Hibs became the first British club in Europe because the [[English Football League]] secretary [[Alan Hardaker]] persuaded [[Chelsea F.C.|Chelsea]], the [[List of English football champions|English champions]], not to enter.<ref>{{Cite news|author-link=Brian Glanville |last=Glanville |first=Brian |url=http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/sport/football/european_football/article385542.ece |title=The great Chelsea surrender |work=The Times |date=27 April 2005 |access-date=4 May 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110811183830/http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/sport/football/european_football/article385542.ece |archive-date=11 August 2011}}</ref>

Hibs played their first match against [[Rot-Weiss Essen]], winning 4–0 in the [[Georg-Melches-Stadion]]<ref name = "European Union"/> and drawing 1–1 at Easter Road. They defeated [[Djurgårdens IF Fotboll|Djurgårdens IF]] to reach the semi-final,<ref name = "European Union"/> but in that clash they were defeated 3–0 on [[Two-legged tie|aggregate]] by [[Stade de Reims]],<ref name = "European Union"/> who had the famous [[France national football team|France international]] player [[Raymond Kopa]] in their side.<ref name = "European Union"/> Reims lost 4–3 to [[Real Madrid CF|Real Madrid]] in the [[1956 European Cup Final|final]].<ref name = "European Union"/>

===Turnbull's Tornadoes (1960–1989)===
Hibs frequently participated in the [[Inter-Cities Fairs Cup|Fairs Cup]] during the 1960s, winning matches against [[FC Barcelona|Barcelona]]<ref>{{Cite news |last=Leslie |first=Colin |url=http://sport.scotsman.com/hibernianfc/Kinloch-still-treasures-shot-at.4182599.jp |title=Kinloch still treasures shot at glory |work=The Scotsman |publisher=Johnston Press |date=13 June 2008 |access-date=22 February 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081226003451/http://sport.scotsman.com/hibernianfc/Kinloch-still-treasures-shot-at.4182599.jp |archive-date=26 December 2008 |url-status=live }}</ref> and [[SSC Napoli|Napoli]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://sport.scotsman.com/hibernianfc/Classic-Match-Hibs-5-.3907874.jp|title=Classic Match: Hibs 5–0 Napoli, 29 November 1967|date=24 March 2008|publisher=Johnston Press|work=The Scotsman|access-date=23 February 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081226000044/http://sport.scotsman.com/hibernianfc/Classic-Match-Hibs-5-.3907874.jp|archive-date=26 December 2008|url-status=live}}</ref> However, the club achieved little domestically until former player [[Eddie Turnbull]] was persuaded to return to Easter Road as [[manager (association football)|manager]] in 1971. The team, popularly known as ''Turnbull's Tornadoes'', finished second in the league in 1974 and 1975 and won the [[Scottish League Cup|League Cup]] in 1972. The club also won the [[Drybrough Cup]] in 1972 and 1973,<ref name = "history"/> and recorded a 7–0 win over [[Edinburgh derby]] rivals Hearts at [[Tynecastle Park|Tynecastle]] on 1 January 1973.

Performances went into decline after the mid-1970s, as Hibs were replaced by the [[New Firm (Scotland)|New Firm]] of [[Aberdeen F.C.|Aberdeen]] and [[Dundee United F.C.|Dundee United]] as the main challengers to the [[Old Firm]]. Turnbull resigned as manager and Hibs were [[promotion and relegation|relegated]], for the second time in their history, in 1980. They were immediately [[promotion and relegation|promoted]] back to the [[Scottish Premier Division]] in 1981, but the club struggled during the 1980s, failing to qualify for European competition until 1989.<ref name = "history"/>

===1990s: Attempted takeover by Hearts===
After mismanagement during the late 1980s, Hibs were on the brink of financial ruin in 1990.<ref name = "merger memories">{{Cite web |last=Murray |first=Scott |url=https://www.theguardian.com/football/2001/may/03/sport.comment |title=Merger memories |work=The Guardian |date=3 May 2001 |access-date=22 February 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131002152452/http://www.theguardian.com/football/2001/may/03/sport.comment |archive-date=2 October 2013 |url-status=live }}</ref> [[Wallace Mercer]], the chairman of Hearts, proposed a merger of the two clubs,<ref name = "merger memories"/> but the Hibs fans believed that the proposal was more like a [[hostile takeover]].<ref name = "hands off hibs">{{Cite news|url=http://living.scotsman.com/theproclaimers/Family-and-football.2650156.jp |title=Family and football |work=The Scotsman |publisher=Johnston Press |date=9 August 2005 |access-date=22 February 2010 |last=Bowditch |first=Gillian}}</ref> They formed the ''Hands off Hibs'' group to campaign for the continued existence of the club.<ref name = "hands off hibs"/><ref name=saviours>{{cite news |url=https://www.scotsman.com/sport/football/hibs/creative-accountancy-how-jim-mclean-and-others-were-unlikely-saviours-hibs-wallace-mercer-circled-2873914 |title='Creative accountancy': How Jim McLean - and others - were unlikely saviours of Hibs as Wallace Mercer circled |newspaper=The Scotsman |date=4 June 2020 |access-date=5 June 2020 |first=Alan |last=Pattullo |archive-date=4 June 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200604215457/https://www.scotsman.com/sport/football/hibs/creative-accountancy-how-jim-mclean-and-others-were-unlikely-saviours-hibs-wallace-mercer-circled-2873914 |url-status=live }}</ref> This succeeded when a prominent local businessman, [[Kwik Fit]] owner Sir [[Tom Farmer]], acquired a controlling interest in Hibs.<ref name ="backseat"/> The fans were able to persuade Farmer to take control despite the fact that he had no great interest in football.<ref name ="backseat"/> Farmer was persuaded in part by the fact that a relative of his had been involved in the rescue of Hibs from financial ruin in the early 1890s.<ref name ="New Beginnings"/> After the attempted takeover by Mercer, Hibs had a few good years in the early 1990s, winning the [[1991 Scottish League Cup final]] and finishing in the top five in the league in 1993, 1994 and 1995. Soon after [[Alex McLeish]] was appointed as [[manager (association football)|manager]] in 1998, Hibs were [[Promotion and relegation|relegated]] to the [[Scottish Football League First Division|First Division]],<ref>{{Cite news |last=Buckland |first=Simon |url=http://www.sportinglife.com/football/scottishpremier/hibernian/reports/story_get.cgi?STORY_NAME=soccer/98/05/02/SOCCER_Hibernian_Nightlead.html&TEAMHD=hibernian |title=Hibernian 1 Dundee United 2 |work=[[Sporting Life (British newspaper)|Sporting Life]] |access-date=23 February 2010 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20120526230302/http://www.sportinglife.com/football/scottishpremier/hibernian/reports/story_get.cgi?STORY_NAME=soccer/98/05/02/SOCCER_Hibernian_Nightlead.html&TEAMHD=hibernian |archive-date=26 May 2012 |url-status=live }}</ref> but immediately won promotion back to the [[Scottish Premier League|SPL]] in 1999.<ref name="falkirk 2-1">{{Cite news|url=http://sport.scotsman.com/hibernianfc/Hibs-history-Hibees-bounce-back.6281921.jp|title=Hibs history: Hibees bounce back to top tier – Hibs 2–1 Falkirk, 8 May 1999|date=8 May 2010|work=Edinburgh Evening News|publisher=Johnston Press|access-date=18 August 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100512031652/http://sport.scotsman.com/hibernianfc/Hibs-history-Hibees-bounce-back.6281921.jp|archive-date=12 May 2010|url-status=live}}</ref>

===2000s: "Golden generation"===
Hibs enjoyed a good season in 2000–01 as they finished third in the league and reached the [[2001 Scottish Cup final]], which was lost 3–0 to [[Celtic F.C.|Celtic]].<ref name ="2001 Cup Final">{{Cite news |url=https://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/scottish_cup/1343842.stm |title=Celtic lift cup to complete Treble |publisher=BBC Sport |date=26 May 2001 |access-date=22 February 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060207220617/http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/scottish_cup/1343842.stm |archive-date=7 February 2006 |url-status=live }}</ref> Manager [[Alex McLeish]] departed for Rangers in December 2001;<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/teams/r/rangers/1701609.stm |title=Rangers unveil McLeish |publisher=BBC Sport |date=11 December 2001 |access-date=23 February 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090627163412/http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/teams/r/rangers/1701609.stm |archive-date=27 June 2009 |url-status=live }}</ref> team [[captain (association football)|captain]] [[Franck Sauzée]] was appointed as the new manager, despite the fact that he had no previous coaching experience.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/h/hibernian/1711001.stm |title=Hibs choose Sauzee |publisher=BBC Sport |date=14 December 2001 |access-date=23 February 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170811225550/http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/h/hibernian/1711001.stm |archive-date=11 August 2017 |url-status=live }}</ref> A terrible run of form followed and Sauzée was fired after being in charge for 69 days.<ref name = "joy of six">{{Cite news |last=Murray |first=Scott |url=http://blogs.guardian.co.uk/sport/2007/11/06/the_joy_of_six_terrible_manage.html |title=The Joy of Six: terrible managerial stints |work=[[The Guardian]] |date=6 November 2007 |access-date=23 February 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080210141119/http://blogs.guardian.co.uk/sport/2007/11/06/the_joy_of_six_terrible_manage.html |archive-date=10 February 2008 |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref name = "Hibs sack Sauzee">{{Cite web |url=https://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/teams/h/hibernian/1833764.stm |title=Hibs sack Sauzee |publisher=BBC Sport |date=21 February 2002 |access-date=23 February 2010}}</ref>

[[Kilmarnock F.C.|Kilmarnock]] manager [[Bobby Williamson]] was then hired, but he proved to be unpopular with Hibs supporters.<ref name = "few hibees will mourn">{{Cite web |last=Moffat |first=Colin |url=https://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/h/hibernian/3644519.stm |title=Few Hibees will mourn Williamson |publisher=BBC Sport |date=20 April 2004 |access-date=23 February 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20040423012240/http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/h/hibernian/3644519.stm |archive-date=23 April 2004 |url-status=live }}</ref> However, a "[[golden generation]]" of exciting young players emerged, including [[Garry O'Connor]], [[Derek Riordan]], [[Kevin Thomson]] and [[Scott Brown (footballer, born June 1985)|Scott Brown]].<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.msn.com/en-gb/sport/football/lee-johnson-has-the-new-hibs-golden-generation-next-season-to-kickstart-easter-road-revival-tam-mcmanus |title=Lee Johnson has the new Hibs golden generation next season to kickstart Easter Road revival - Tam McManus |website=msn.com |date=8 June 2022 |accessdate=8 July 2022}}</ref> These players featured heavily as Hibs eliminated both halves of the [[Old Firm]]<ref name=hibsgers>{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/36243609|title=Hibernian & Rangers: Memorable cup ties|publisher=BBC Sport|date=20 May 2016|access-date=10 November 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181112195540/https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/36243609|archive-date=12 November 2018|url-status=live}}</ref> to reach the [[2004 Scottish League Cup final]], only to lose 2–0 to [[Livingston F.C.|Livingston]].<ref name = "few hibees will mourn"/> Williamson departed near the end of that season to manage [[Plymouth Argyle F.C.|Plymouth Argyle]] and was replaced by [[Tony Mowbray]].<ref name = "few hibees will mourn"/><ref name = "Mowbray is new Hibs boss">{{Cite web |url=https://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/h/hibernian/3741809.stm |title=Mowbray is new Hibs boss |publisher=BBC Sport |date=24 May 2004 |access-date=23 February 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20040723133741/http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/h/hibernian/3741809.stm |archive-date=23 July 2004 |url-status=live }}</ref> Hibs finished third in his first season as manager, while Mowbray won the [[SFWA Manager of the Year]] award.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/scot_prem/4505709.stm |title=Hartson wins writers' top prize |publisher=BBC Sport |date=2 May 2005 |access-date=23 February 2010}}</ref>

[[File:HibsCupwinnersEasterRoad2007.jpg|thumb|right|The [[Scottish League Cup]] is paraded in March 2007.]]
Mowbray left Hibs in October 2006 to manage [[West Bromwich Albion F.C.|West Bromwich Albion]],<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/w/west_bromwich_albion/6043410.stm |title=Mowbray leaves Hibs for West Brom |publisher=BBC Sport |date=13 October 2006 |access-date=23 February 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080215112119/http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/w/west_bromwich_albion/6043410.stm |archive-date=15 February 2008 |url-status=live }}</ref> and was replaced by former player [[John Collins (footballer, born 1968)|John Collins]].<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/teams/h/hibernian/6097278.stm |title=John Collins confirmed as Hibs manager |publisher=BBC Sport |date=31 October 2006 |access-date=23 February 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20061109040557/http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/h/hibernian/6097278.stm |archive-date=9 November 2006 |url-status=live }}</ref> The team won the [[2007 Scottish League Cup final]] under his management,<ref name="2007 League Cup">{{Cite web|url=https://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/scot_cups/6456647.stm|title=Kilmarnock 1–5 Hibernian|last=Lindsay|first=Clive|date=18 March 2007|publisher=BBC Sport|access-date=22 February 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070325160048/http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/scot_cups/6456647.stm|archive-date=25 March 2007|url-status=live}}</ref> but the club sold [[Kevin Thomson]], [[Scott Brown (footballer, born June 1985)|Scott Brown]] and [[Steven Whittaker]] for fees totalling more than [[Pound sterling|£]]8&nbsp;million.<ref name ="Collins resigns"/> Collins resigned later that year, frustrated by the lack of funds provided to sign new players.<ref name ="Collins resigns">{{Cite web |url=https://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/teams/h/hibernian/7153893.stm |title=Collins resigns as Hibs manager |publisher=BBC Sport |date=20 December 2007 |access-date=23 February 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080317134344/http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/h/hibernian/7153893.stm |archive-date=17 March 2008 |url-status=live }}</ref> Former Hibs player [[Mixu Paatelainen]] was hired to replace Collins, but he left after the end of his first full season.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/football/leagues/scottishpremier/hibernian/5408828/Mixu-Paatelainen-resigns-as-Hibs-manager.html |archive-url=https://archive.today/20120526230302/http://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/football/leagues/scottishpremier/hibernian/5408828/Mixu-Paatelainen-resigns-as-Hibs-manager.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=26 May 2012 |title=Mixu Paatelainen resigns as Hibs manager |work=[[Daily Telegraph]] |last=Lomax |first=Andrew |date=29 May 2009 |access-date=3 October 2011|publisher=Telegraph Media Group Limited}}</ref>

Another former Hibernian player, [[John Hughes (footballer, born 1964)|John Hughes]], was soon appointed in place of Paatelainen.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/teams/h/hibernian/8089954.stm |title=Hughes appointed Hibernian boss |publisher=BBC Sport |date=8 June 2009 |access-date=23 February 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090612081224/http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/h/hibernian/8089954.stm |archive-date=12 June 2009 |url-status=live }}</ref> Hughes, who made high-profile signings such as [[Anthony Stokes]]<ref>{{Cite news |url=https://www.theguardian.com/football/blog/2009/aug/28/hibernian-john-hughes-anthony-stokes |title=John Hughes' resurgent Hibernian face early test from Celtic |work=[[The Guardian]] Sport Blog |date=28 August 2009 |access-date=23 February 2010 |last=Murray |first=Ewan |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131002145756/http://www.theguardian.com/football/blog/2009/aug/28/hibernian-john-hughes-anthony-stokes |archive-date=2 October 2013 |url-status=live }}</ref> and [[Liam Miller]],<ref name = "world's a stage">{{Cite news |url=http://sport.scotsman.com/football/The-world39s-a-stage-for.5805159.jp |title=The world's a stage for Miller |work=[[Scotland on Sunday]] |publisher=Johnston Press |date=8 November 2009 |access-date=23 February 2010 |last=Hannan |first=Martin |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091109090910/http://sport.scotsman.com/football/The-world39s-a-stage-for.5805159.jp |archive-date=9 November 2009 |url-status=live }}</ref> led Hibs to a good start to the 2009–10 season.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://sport.stv.tv/football/131719-hibs-must-seize-the-initiative-against-weak-old-firm/ |title=Hibs must seize the initiative against weak Old Firm |publisher=STV Sport |date=21 October 2009 |access-date=23 February 2010 |last=Drysdale |first=Neil |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091029062047/http://sport.stv.tv/football/131719-hibs-must-seize-the-initiative-against-weak-old-firm/ |archive-date=29 October 2009 |url-status=dead }}</ref>

===2010s: Scottish Cup success===
Hibs finished fourth in 2010 and qualified for the [[2010–11 UEFA Europa League|Europa League]],<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/scot_prem/8666200.stm|title=Dundee Utd 0–2 Hibernian|date=9 May 2010|publisher=BBC Sport|access-date=9 May 2010}}</ref> but a poor start to the 2010&ndash;11 season led to [[John Hughes (footballer, born 1964)|John Hughes]] leaving the club.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/teams/h/hibernian/9057294.stm |title=Manager John Hughes parts company with Hibernian |publisher=BBC Sport |date=4 October 2010 |access-date=4 October 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101006221704/http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/h/hibernian/9057294.stm |archive-date=6 October 2010 |url-status=live }}</ref> Hughes was replaced by [[Colin Calderwood]], who was himself sacked a year later.<ref>{{cite web |title=Calderwood sacked as Hibs manager |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/15614041 |publisher=BBC Sport |first=Brian |last=McLauchlin |date=6 November 2011 |access-date=6 November 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190822093353/https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/15614041 |archive-date=22 August 2019 |url-status=live }}</ref> The club avoided relegation in [[2011–12 Scottish Premier League|2011–12]] and reached the [[2012 Scottish Cup final]] under new manager [[Pat Fenlon]], but this was lost 5–1 to Hearts.<ref name="2012 Cup Final">{{cite news|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/18044372|title=Hibernian 1–5 Hearts|last=Campbell|first=Andy|date=19 May 2012|publisher=BBC Sport|access-date=13 June 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120522062430/http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/football/18044372|archive-date=22 May 2012|url-status=live}}</ref> Fenlon largely rebuilt the team after this defeat.<ref name = "recovery">{{cite web |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/19690673 |title=Hibernian on the road to recovery |first=Alasdair |last=Lamont |publisher=BBC Sport |date=23 September 2012 |access-date=24 September 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120926023024/http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/football/19690673 |archive-date=26 September 2012 |url-status=live }}</ref> This resulted in an improved league position in [[2012–13 Scottish Premier League|2012–13]] and the team reaching the [[2013 Scottish Cup final]], which was lost 3–0 to league champions Celtic.<ref name="2013 cup final">{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/22676443|title=Scottish Cup final: Hibs progress despite defeat – Pat Fenlon|date=26 May 2013|publisher=BBC Sport|access-date=28 May 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130609213943/http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/football/22676443|archive-date=9 June 2013|url-status=live}}</ref> Hibs qualified for the [[2013–14 UEFA Europa League]], but they suffered a Scottish record defeat in European competition (9–0 on aggregate against [[Malmö FF|Malmö]]).<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/23460365 |title=Europa League: Embarrassed Pat Fenlon's apology to Hibs fans |publisher=BBC Sport |date=26 July 2013 |access-date=29 July 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130728102831/http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/football/23460365 |archive-date=28 July 2013 |url-status=live }}</ref> Fenlon resigned on 1 November and was replaced by [[Terry Butcher]].<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/24897952 |title=Hibernian: Terry Butcher takes over after Inverness CT agree deal |publisher=BBC Sport |date=12 November 2013 |access-date=14 November 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131114012044/http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/football/24897952 |archive-date=14 November 2013 |url-status=live }}</ref> A run of 13 games without a win to finish the [[2013–14 Scottish Premiership]] season meant that Hibs fell into a relegation play-off,<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/27265461|title=Hibernian 0–1 Kilmarnock|last=Lamont|first=Alasdair|date=10 May 2014|publisher=BBC Sport|access-date=10 May 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140510175422/http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/football/27265461|archive-date=10 May 2014|url-status=live}}</ref> which was lost after a [[penalty shoot-out (association football)|penalty shootout]] against [[Hamilton Academical F.C.|Hamilton Academical]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/27464444|title=Hibernian 0–2 Hamilton|date=25 May 2014|publisher=BBC Sport|access-date=25 May 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140526030805/http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/football/27464444|archive-date=26 May 2014|url-status=live}}</ref>

Butcher was sacked in June 2014<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/27783337|title=Hibernian sack Terry Butcher following club's relegation|date=10 June 2014|publisher=BBC Sport|access-date=10 June 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140610210923/http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/football/27783337|archive-date=10 June 2014|url-status=live}}</ref> and was replaced by [[Alan Stubbs]]. He was unable to lead the team to promotion, but the 2015–16 season saw considerable cup success. The team reached the [[2016 Scottish League Cup final (March)|League Cup final]], which was lost to [[Ross County F.C.|Ross County]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.theguardian.com/football/2016/mar/13/hibernian-ross-county-scottish-league-cup-final-match-report|title=Alex Schalk hands Ross County fairytale finish over Hibernian|date=13 March 2016|work=The Guardian|access-date=13 June 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190607063930/https://www.theguardian.com/football/2016/mar/13/hibernian-ross-county-scottish-league-cup-final-match-report|archive-date=7 June 2019|url-status=live}}</ref> This was followed by victory in the [[Scottish Cup]] for the first time since 1902 with a [[2016 Scottish Cup final|3–2 win in the final]] against Rangers.<ref name = "2016 SC win">{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/36292302|title=Scottish Cup final: Rangers 2-3 Hibernian|date=21 May 2016|publisher=BBC Sport|access-date=21 May 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160521080240/http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/36292302|archive-date=21 May 2016|url-status=live}}</ref> As well as ending the unwanted long-term cup record, the result helped shake off a reputation of Hibs building up expectations of success only to fail, popularised among opposing supporters and in Scottish media as having 'Hibsed it';<ref>[https://www.scotsman.com/sport/football/hibsed-it-jokers-dont-faze-hibs-squad-jason-cummings-1478606 'Hibsed it' jokers don't faze Hibs squad - Jason Cummings] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231128233730/https://www.scotsman.com/sport/football/hibsed-it-jokers-dont-faze-hibs-squad-jason-cummings-1478606 |date=28 November 2023 }}, The Scotsman, 16 April 2016</ref><ref>[https://www.skysports.com/football/news/13869/10289578/david-tanner-column-scottish-cup-final-and-brendan-rodgers-arrival-at-celtic David Tanner column: Scottish Cup final and Brendan Rodgers' arrival at Celtic], Sky Sports, 16 May 2016</ref><ref>[https://www.deadlinenews.co.uk/2016/05/16/sports-psychologist-tom-lucas-insists-andy-murrays-weekend-win-can-inspire-hibs-scottish-cup-glory/ Sports psychologist Tom Lucas insists Andy Murray’s weekend win can inspire Hibs to Scottish Cup glory] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231128233735/https://www.deadlinenews.co.uk/2016/05/16/sports-psychologist-tom-lucas-insists-andy-murrays-weekend-win-can-inspire-hibs-scottish-cup-glory/ |date=28 November 2023 }}, Iain Collin, Capital City Press, 16 May 2016</ref><ref>[https://books.google.com/books?id=JOdsDQAAQBAJ&dq=Hibsed+it&pg=PT80 Persevered: The Epic Story of Hibs' 2016 Scottish Cup Campaign], Aidan Smith, Birlinn Ltd, 2016; {{ISBN|9780857909213}}</ref> the club's own fans then adopted the phrase as a positive reference to the occasion<ref>[https://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/sport/football/leeann-dempster-says-hibsed-phrase-9127380 Leeann Dempster says Hibsed it is a phrase she now loves after stunning Scottish Cup triumph] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231128233730/https://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/sport/football/leeann-dempster-says-hibsed-phrase-9127380 |date=28 November 2023 }}, Anthony Haggerty, 26 October 2016</ref> though it would still be repeated in future when the club was seen as underachieving.<ref>[https://www.scottishfa.co.uk/news/the-saints-drawn-together-in-exciting-semi-final-match-up/ The Saints drawn together in exciting semi-final match-up], Scottish Football Association, 26 April 2021</ref><ref>[https://www.thetimes.com/sport/football/article/kyle-magennis-steps-up-for-hibs-as-christian-doidge-is-ruled-out-until-christmas-scvmbblhq Kyle Magennis steps up for Hibs as Christian Doidge is rule out until Christmas], The Times, 16 August 2021 {{subscription required}}</ref><ref>[https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/66469773 Hibernian 3-1 Luzern: From Andorra embarrassment to 'benchmark' European win], Nick McPheat, BBC Sport, 10 August 2023</ref> Soon after the cup win, Stubbs resigned as Hibs manager to take charge at [[Rotherham United F.C.|Rotherham United]]<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.mirror.co.uk/sport/football/news/alan-stubbs-leaves-hibernian-take-8090518|title=Alan Stubbs leaves Hibernian to take charge of Rotherham on three-year deal|last=Cooney|first=Darren|date=31 May 2016|website=Daily Mirror|access-date=13 June 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190604214653/https://www.mirror.co.uk/sport/football/news/alan-stubbs-leaves-hibernian-take-8090518|archive-date=4 June 2019|url-status=live}}</ref> and was replaced by [[Neil Lennon]], who led the team to promotion by winning the [[2016–17 Scottish Championship]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/39536738|title=Hibernian 3–0 Queen of the South|last=McLauchlin|first=Brian|date=15 April 2017|publisher=BBC Sport|access-date=15 April 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170415171226/http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/39536738|archive-date=15 April 2017|url-status=live}}</ref> In their first season back in the top flight, Hibs finished fourth in the [[2017&ndash;18 Scottish Premiership|Premiership]] and qualified for the [[2018&ndash;19 UEFA Europa League|Europa League]].<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/44109185 |title=Celtic canter to title glory but elsewhere it was a season of twists & turns |first=Tom |last=English |publisher=BBC Sport |date=14 May 2018 |access-date=14 May 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180805131731/https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/44109185 |archive-date=5 August 2018 |url-status=live }}</ref> Lennon left the club in January 2019<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/47039159 |title=Neil Lennon: Hibs head coach officially leaves post by mutual consent |publisher=BBC Sport |date=30 January 2019 |access-date=30 January 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190130164335/https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/47039159 |archive-date=30 January 2019 |url-status=live }}</ref> and was replaced by [[Paul Heckingbottom]], who only held the post for seven months.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/47225844 |title=Hibernian: Paul Heckingbottom appointed as head coach |publisher=BBC Sport |date=13 February 2019 |access-date=13 February 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190213230557/https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/47225844 |archive-date=13 February 2019 |url-status=live }}</ref> [[Jack Ross (footballer, born 1976)|Jack Ross]] was appointed on 15 November 2019.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/50430835 |title=Hibernian: Jack Ross appointed as head coach |publisher=BBC Sport |date=15 November 2019 |access-date=15 November 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190213230557/https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/50430835 |archive-date=13 February 2019 |url-status=live }}</ref>

===2020s: Managerial turnover===
Hibs finished seventh in a 2019&ndash;20 league season that was curtailed by the [[COVID-19 pandemic in Scotland|COVID-19 pandemic]]. In the following season they finished third in the league and reached the [[2021 Scottish Cup final]], but this was lost 1&ndash;0 to [[St Johnstone F.C.|St Johnstone]].<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/57125203 |title=St Johnstone 1&ndash;0 Hibernian |website=BBC Sport |date=22 May 2021 |access-date=24 May 2021 |first=Clive |last=Lindsay |archive-date=22 May 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210522082112/https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/57125203 |url-status=live }}</ref> Ross guided Hibs to the [[2021 Scottish League Cup final (December)|League Cup final]] later that year, but was sacked 10 days before the final after a run of seven defeats in nine league games.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/59591315 |title=Hibernian: Jack Ross exits as head coach |website=BBC Sport |date=9 December 2021 |accessdate=9 December 2021 |first=Brian |last=McLauchlin}}</ref> [[Shaun Maloney]] was appointed as manager in December 2021,<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/59664751 |title=Shaun Maloney appointed Hibernian manager with Gary Caldwell assistant |website=BBC Sport |date=20 December 2021 |accessdate=27 January 2022 |archive-date=20 December 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211220111636/https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/59664751 |url-status=live }}</ref> but was himself sacked four months later, having won six games out of nineteen.<ref>{{cite web |title=Hibernian: Shaun Maloney sacked as manager after four months |website=BBC Sport |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/61147640 |access-date=27 January 2023 |archive-date=19 April 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220419091126/https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/61147640 |url-status=live }}</ref> His successor, [[Lee Johnson (footballer)|Lee Johnson]], was appointed manager on 19 May 2022.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.instagram.com/p/CdvSTM4DxZq/ |title=We are pleased to announce Lee Johnson as our new Manager at Hibernian FC! |author=Hibernian Football Club |website=Instagram |date=19 May 2022 |accessdate=30 January 2023}}</ref> Hibs finished fifth and qualified for European competition under Johnson, but his "rollercoaster" 15-month spell was ended when the team lost three consecutive games to start the [[2023&ndash;24 Scottish Premiership|2023&ndash;24]] league season.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/66630500 |title=Hibernian: Where did it go wrong for Lee Johnson & who might replace him as manager? |website=BBC Sport |first=Nick |last=McPheat |date=27 August 2023 |accessdate=28 August 2023 |archive-date=28 August 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230828044925/https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/66630500 |url-status=live }}</ref>

Following a fourth stint as caretaker manager, [[David Gray (footballer, born 1988)|David Gray]] was appointed on a permanent basis in June 2024.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/articles/c0kk097wg50o |title=Hibernian: David Gray appointed head coach on three-year deal |first=Brian |last=McLauchlin |website=BBC Sport |date=6 June 2024 |accessdate=6 June 2024 |archive-date=7 December 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20241207161625/https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/articles/c0kk097wg50o |url-status=live }}</ref> After a bad start to the [[2024&ndash;25 Scottish Premiership|2024&ndash;25]] season that had Hibs bottom of the Premiership table in early December, they went on a 17-game unbeaten run that lifted them into a third-place finish and European qualification.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/articles/c4gr80ngl59o |title=Are record-equalling Hibs Scotland's third force? |first=Jamie |last=Lyall |website=BBC Sport |date=14 April 2025 |accessdate=17 May 2025 |archive-date=15 April 2025 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250415174504/https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/articles/c4gr80ngl59o |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/articles/cj092914d3zo |title=Who needs what in Premiership's final-day Europe race? |first=Richard |last=Winton |website=BBC Sport |date=16 May 2025 |accessdate=17 May 2025 |archive-date=17 May 2025 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250517065845/https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/articles/cj092914d3zo |url-status=live }}</ref>

On 1 August 2025, Dan Barnett became Chief Executive Officer of Hibernian FC, succeeding Ben Kensell.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2025-06-30 |title='Ambitious' Dan Barnett leaves Leicester to become Hibernian chief executive |url=https://www.bbc.com/sport/articles/cx200x4ynrno |access-date=2025-09-10 |website=BBC Sport |language=en-GB}}</ref> Barnett, formerly Commercial Director at [[Leicester City F.C.|Leicester City]] and involved in international sporting events including UEFA competitions and the [[America's Cup|America’s Cup]], was appointed to support the club’s commercial growth and strategic development.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Walker |first=Peter A. |date=2025-07-01 |title=Hibernian FC appoints new chief executive |url=https://www.insider.co.uk/appointments/hibernian-fc-appoints-new-chief-35479754 |access-date=2025-09-10 |website=businessInsider |language=en}}</ref>

==Colours and badge==
{{Commons|Hibernian F.C. kits}}

The predominant club colours are green and white, which have been used since the formation of the club in 1875.<ref name ="historical kits">{{Cite web |url=http://www.historicalkits.co.uk/Scottish_Football_League/Hibernian/hibernian.htm |title=Hibernian |publisher=Historical Football Kits |access-date=23 February 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080821120715/http://historicalkits.co.uk/Scottish_Football_League/Hibernian/hibernian.htm |archive-date=21 August 2008 |url-status=live }}</ref> The [[Kit (association football)|strip]] typically has a green body, white sleeves and a white collar.<ref name ="historical kits"/> The shorts are normally white, although green has been used in recent seasons.<ref name ="historical kits"/> The socks are green, usually with some white detail.<ref name ="historical kits"/> Hibs have used yellow, purple, black, white and a dark green in recent seasons for their alternate kits.<ref name="2008 kits">{{Cite web|url=http://www.historicalkits.co.uk/Scottish_Football_League/season/2008_2009/Scottish-Premier-League.html|title=Clydesdale Bank Scottish Premier League 2008–2009|publisher=Historical Football Kits|access-date=23 February 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090420110422/http://www.historicalkits.co.uk/Scottish_Football_League/season/2008_2009/Scottish-Premier-League.html|archive-date=20 April 2009|url-status=live}}</ref> In 1977, Hibs became the first professional club in Scotland to bear sponsorship on their shirts, after [[Bellshill Athletic F.C.|Bellshill Athletic]] did so in 1975.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Blair |first=Olivia |quote=Hibs, in fact, were the first Scottish club to carry a shirt sponsor, that of Bukta in 1977 ([[Kettering Town F.C.|Kettering Town]] were the first south of the border, in 1976). |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/sport/the-earth-definitely-didnt-move-for-ipswich-last-season-so-much-so-that-they-changed-their-shirt-sponsors-from-fisons-to-greene-king-1358051.html |title=The earth definitely didn't move for Ipswich last season, so much so that they changed their shirt sponsors from Fisons to Greene King |newspaper=The Independent |date=12 October 1996 |access-date=24 February 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121111200910/http://www.independent.co.uk/sport/the-earth-definitely-didnt-move-for-ipswich-last-season-so-much-so-that-they-changed-their-shirt-sponsors-from-fisons-to-greene-king-1358051.html |archive-date=11 November 2012 |url-status=live }}</ref> This arrangement prompted television companies to threaten a boycott of Hibs games if they used the sponsored kit, which resulted in the club using an alternate kit for the first time.<ref name ="historical kits"/><ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.historicalkits.co.uk/Articles/History.htm |title=A Brief History of Football Kit Design in England and Scotland |website=Historical Football Kits |publisher=Dave Moor |date=May 2009 |access-date=24 February 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080118075657/http://www.historicalkits.co.uk/Articles/History.htm |archive-date=18 January 2008 |url-status=live }}</ref>

Hibs wore green and white hooped shirts during the 1870s,<ref name ="historical kits"/> which was the inspiration for the style later adopted by [[Celtic F.C.|Celtic]].<ref>{{Cite news |last=Turner |first=Georgina |url=https://www.theguardian.com/football/2005/nov/23/theknowledge.sport |title=Nicking the shirts off their backs |newspaper=The Guardian |date=23 November 2005 |access-date=23 February 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131002172425/http://www.theguardian.com/football/2005/nov/23/theknowledge.sport |archive-date=2 October 2013 |url-status=live }}</ref> Hibs then wore all-green shirts from 1879 until 1938, when white sleeves were added to the shirts.<ref name ="historical kits"/> This was similar in style to [[Arsenal F.C.|Arsenal]], who had added white sleeves to their red shirts earlier in the 1930s.<ref name ="Arsenal">{{Cite news |url=http://www.arsenal.com/news/news-archive/the-arsenal-kit |publisher=Arsenal FC |website=Arsenal.com |title=The Arsenal home kit |date=21 March 2007 |access-date=23 February 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100305153417/http://www.arsenal.com/news/news-archive/the-arsenal-kit |archive-date=5 March 2010 |url-status=live }}</ref> The colour of the shorts was changed to a green which matched the shirts in 2004, to celebrate the fortieth anniversary of a [[Exhibition game|friendly]] win in October 1964 against [[Real Madrid CF|Real Madrid]].<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/scotland/sportscotland/asportingnation/article/0043/page04.shtml |title=Hibernian reach the first European Cup semi-finals 1956 |publisher=BBC |website=A Sporting Nation |access-date=24 February 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090106113553/http://www.bbc.co.uk/scotland/sportscotland/asportingnation/article/0043/page04.shtml |archive-date=6 January 2009 |url-status=live }}</ref> Green shorts were used in that match to avoid a colour clash with the all-white colours of Real Madrid. Hibs also used green shorts in the 2006–07, 2007–08 and 2008–09 seasons.<ref name ="historical kits"/> For the 2012–13 season, Hibs changed the primary colour of the shirts to a darker "bottle" green, instead of the normal emerald green.<ref name = "bottle"/> A darker green had been used until the 1930s.<ref name = "bottle">{{cite news|url=http://www.scotsman.com/edinburgh-evening-news/football/hibs/hibs-unveil-new-home-kit-1-2384539|title=Hibs unveil new home kit |newspaper=Edinburgh Evening News|publisher=Johnston Press|date=29 June 2012|access-date=20 July 2012}}</ref> For the 2014–15 season, Hibs removed the traditional white sleeves from their home kit, as they changed to a darker green shirt in commemoration of the [[The Famous Five (football)|Famous Five]] forward line.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://sport.stv.tv/football/clubs/hibernian/281416-hibernian-to-play-without-white-sleeves-in-new-tribute-kit-to-famous-five/ |title=Hibernian to play without white sleeves in new tribute kit to Famous Five |first=Jamie |last=Borthwick |publisher=STV Sport |date=3 July 2014 |access-date=5 July 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140714184700/http://sport.stv.tv/football/clubs/hibernian/281416-hibernian-to-play-without-white-sleeves-in-new-tribute-kit-to-famous-five/ |archive-date=14 July 2014 |url-status=live }}</ref>

The badge used to identify the club has changed frequently over the years, which has reflected an ongoing debate about its identity. This debate has centred on whether its Irish heritage should be proudly displayed, or ignored for fear of being accused of [[sectarianism]].<ref name = "grass roots">{{Cite news |last=Hannan |first=Martin |url=https://www.scotsman.com/sport/football/whose-grass-roots-are-the-greener-1-1288245 |title=Whose grass-roots are the greener? |newspaper=Scotland on Sunday |publisher=Johnston Press |date=20 May 2001 |access-date=9 March 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160104204806/http://www.scotsman.com/sport/football/whose-grass-roots-are-the-greener-1-1288245 |archive-date=4 January 2016 |url-status=live }}</ref> The [[Celtic harp|Irish harp]] was first removed in the 1950s, then re-introduced to [[Graphic design|the club badge]] when it was last re-designed in 2000.<ref name = "grass roots"/> [[Scottish Football Museum]] director Ged O'Brien said in 2001, that the current design shows that Hibs "are comfortable with all the strands of their tradition – it has Leith, Edinburgh and Ireland in it."<ref name = "grass roots"/> As well as the harp representing Ireland, the present badge includes a ship (for the [[Forth Ports|port of Leith]]) and a castle (as in [[Edinburgh Castle]]).<ref name = "grass roots"/>

{| class="wikitable" style="text-align: center"
|-
! Period !!Kit manufacturer!!Shirt sponsor (front)!!Shirt sponsor (sleeve)
|-
|1976–1977 || rowspan=2| [[Bukta]]|| rowspan=1 | ''No sponsor'' || rowspan=25 | ''No sponsor''
|-
|1977–1980 || Bukta
|-
|1980–1981 || rowspan=5| [[Umbro]] || ''No sponsor''
|-
|1981–1984 || Fisher's Alfa Romeo
|-
|1984–1985 || ''No sponsor''
|-
|1985–1986 || Insave
|-
|1986–1987 || rowspan=2| P&D Windows
|-
|1987–1988 || rowspan=3| [[Adidas]]
|-
|1988–1991 || Frank Graham Group
|-
|1991–1992 || ''No sponsor''
|-
|1992–1994 || [[Bukta]] || 	Macbean Protective Coating
|-
|1994–1996 || rowspan=2| [[Mitre Sports International|Mitre]] || [[Calor Gas|Calor]]
|-
|1996–1998 || rowspan=2| [[Carlsberg Group|Carlsberg]]
|-
|1998–2004 || rowspan=3| [[Le Coq Sportif]]
|-
|2004–2009 || [[Whyte & Mackay]]
|-
|2009–2010 || rowspan=2| [[McEwan Fraser Legal|McEwan Fraser]]
|-
|2010–2011 || rowspan=2| [[Puma (brand)|Puma]]
|-
|2011–2013 || rowspan=2| [[Crabbie's]]
|-
|2013–2014 || rowspan=2| [[Nike, Inc.|Nike]] 
|-
|2014–2017 || rowspan=2| [[Marathonbet|Marathon Bet]]
|-
|2017–2019 || rowspan=3| [[Macron (sportswear)|Macron]]
|-
|2019–2020 || Hibernian Community Foundation
|-
|2020–2021 || Thank You [[NHS Scotland|NHS]]
|-
|2021–2023 || rowspan=3| [[Joma]] || [[Utilita Energy|Utilita]]
|-
|2023–2024 || rowspan=2| Bevvy.com<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.hibernianfc.co.uk/news/2023/june/15/Bevvycom-Become-Hibernian-FCs-Front-Of-Shirt-Sponsor-and-Principal-Partner/ |title=Bevvy.com Become Hibernian FC’s Front Of Shirt Sponsor and Principal Partner |publisher=Hibernian FC |date=15 June 2023 |access-date=19 June 2025 |archive-date=14 July 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240714163650/https://www.hibernianfc.co.uk/news/2023/june/15/Bevvycom-Become-Hibernian-FCs-Front-Of-Shirt-Sponsor-and-Principal-Partner/ |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.hibernianfc.co.uk/news/2025/june/16/hibs-extend-front-of-shirt-partnership-with-bevvy-com-/ |title=Hibs Extend Men's Front Of Shirt Partnership With Bevvy.com |publisher=Hibernian FC |date=16 June 2025 |access-date=19 June 2025 |archive-date=16 June 2025 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250616192031/https://www.hibernianfc.co.uk/news/2025/june/16/hibs-extend-front-of-shirt-partnership-with-bevvy-com-/ |url-status=live }}</ref>
|-
|2024– || SBK<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.hibernianfc.co.uk/news/2024/august/01/hibernian-fc-announce-new-sleeve-partnership-with-sbk/ |title=HIBERNIAN FC ANNOUNCE NEW SLEEVE PARTNERSHIP WITH SBK |publisher=Hibernian FC |date=2 August 2024|access-date=14 August 2024}}</ref>
|}

==Stadium==
{{Main|Easter Road|Hibernian Park}}
[[File:Easter Road 2010.JPG|thumb|right|Easter Road in 2010.]]
Hibs played on [[The Meadows, Edinburgh|The Meadows]] for the first two years of their history,<ref name = "lugton 227">{{harvnb|Lugton|1999|p=227}}</ref> before moving to grounds in [[Newington, Edinburgh|Newington]] (Mayfield Park)<ref name = "lugton 227"/> and Bonnington Road, [[Leith]] ([[Powderhall]]),<ref>{{harvnb|Lugton|1999|p=229}}</ref> in different spells between 1877 and 1879. After the lease on Mayfield Park expired, Hibs moved to a ground known as [[Hibernian Park]],<ref>{{harvnb|Lugton|1999|p=232}}</ref> on what is now Bothwell Street in Leith. Hibs failed to secure the ground lease and a builder started constructing houses on the site in 1890.<ref>{{harvnb|Lugton|1999|p=275}}</ref> Hibs obtained a lease on a site that is now known as [[Easter Road]] in 1892 and have played their home matches there since February 1893.<ref>{{harvnb|Lugton|1999|p=278}}</ref>

Before the [[Taylor Report]] demanded that the stadium be all-seated, Easter Road had vast banks of terracing on three sides, which meant that it could hold crowds in excess of 60,000.<ref name = "firm favourite">{{Cite news |url=http://sport.scotsman.com/sport/Fans39-favourite-to-make-its.6094654.jp |work=The Scotsman |publisher=Johnston Press |title=Fans' favourite to make its last stand as sun sets on the East |date=23 February 2010 |access-date=23 February 2010 |last=Leslie |first=Colin |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100228090931/http://sport.scotsman.com/sport/Fans39-favourite-to-make-its.6094654.jp |archive-date=28 February 2010 |url-status=live }}</ref> The record attendance of 65,860, which is also a record for a football match played in Edinburgh,<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/h/heart_of_midlothian/6920204.stm |title=Hearts heading for a home record |publisher=BBC Sport |date=27 July 2007 |access-date=23 February 2010}}</ref> was set by an Edinburgh derby played on 2 January 1950.<ref name = "firm favourite"/><ref name = "east open"/> Such vast crowds were drawn by the success of [[the Famous Five (football)|the Famous Five]].<ref name = "east open"/>

The pitch had a pronounced slope, but this was removed in 2000.<ref name = "east open"/><ref>{{Cite news |url=https://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/sport/football/scottish_premier/730435.stm |title=Hibs bid farewell to slope |publisher=BBC Sport |date=29 April 2000 |access-date=23 February 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090107005901/http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/sport/football/scottish_premier/730435.stm |archive-date=7 January 2009 |url-status=live }}</ref> The ground is currently all-seated and has a capacity of {{SPFL-stadiums|hibernian}}.<ref name="capacity">{{cite web |url=http://spfl.co.uk/clubs/hibernian/ |title=Hibernian Football Club |work=Scottish Professional Football League |access-date=5 January 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140108152858/http://spfl.co.uk/clubs/hibernian/ |archive-date=8 January 2014 |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=http://sport.scotsman.com/football/Easter-Road-set-for-biggest.6609194.jp |title=Easter Road set for biggest crowd in 17 years as Hibs take on Hearts |last=Hardie |first=David |work=Edinburgh Evening News |publisher=Johnston Press |date=2 November 2010 |access-date=2 November 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101105051344/http://sport.scotsman.com/football/Easter-Road-set-for-biggest.6609194.jp |archive-date=5 November 2010 |url-status=live }}</ref> Easter Road is a modern stadium, with all four of its stands having been built since 1995.<ref name = "east open">{{Cite news |url=http://edinburghnews.scotsman.com/sport/Stand-and-watch-march-of.6483344.jp |title=Stand and watch march of progress at Hibs |work=Edinburgh Evening News |publisher=Johnston Press |last=Hardie |first=David |date=19 August 2010 |access-date=19 August 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110615122030/http://edinburghnews.scotsman.com/sport/Stand-and-watch-march-of.6483344.jp |archive-date=15 June 2011 |url-status=live }}</ref> The most recent redevelopment was the construction of a new East Stand in 2010.<ref name = "east open"/>

[[Scotland national football team|Scotland]] have played seven of their [[Scotland national football team home stadium|home matches]] at Easter Road, between 1998 and 2017.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/38723946 |title=Scotland line up friendly with Canada at Easter Road |publisher=BBC Sport |date=23 January 2017 |access-date=26 March 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170326041539/http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/38723946 |archive-date=26 March 2017 |url-status=live }}</ref> [[Scotland women's national football team|Scotland women]] played their first match at Easter Road in August 2019, a [[UEFA Women's Euro 2022 qualifying|Euro 2022 qualifying]] match against [[Cyprus women's national football team|Cyprus]].<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/49473010 |title=Scotland Women 8&ndash;0 Cyprus Women |work=BBC Sport |publisher=BBC |date=30 August 2019 |access-date=30 August 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190830205126/https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/49473010 |archive-date=30 August 2019 |url-status=live }}</ref> The ground has hosted one international not involving the Scotland teams, a friendly played between [[Ghana national football team|Ghana]] and [[South Korea national football team|South Korea]] preceding the [[2006 FIFA World Cup]].<ref>{{Cite news |last=Hardie |first=David |work=Edinburgh Evening News |publisher=Johnston Press |url=http://sport.scotsman.com/ghanasworldcup/Essiens-delight-at-Easter-Road.2781460.jp |title=Essien's delight at Easter Road |date=5 June 2006 |access-date=24 February 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110617061102/http://sport.scotsman.com/ghanasworldcup/Essiens-delight-at-Easter-Road.2781460.jp |archive-date=17 June 2011 |url-status=live }}</ref> Easter Road has also sometimes been used as a neutral venue for [[Scottish League Cup]] semi-final matches<ref>{{cite web|url=https://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/scot_cups/6315447.stm|title=Office semi-divided|publisher=BBC Sport|date=30 January 2007|access-date=30 October 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070202171928/http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/scot_cups/6315447.stm|archive-date=2 February 2007|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.scotsman.com/sport/football/european/cup_semi_for_easter_road_1_896848|title=Cup semi for Easter Road |work=The Scotsman|publisher=Johnston Press|date=10 December 2003|access-date=30 October 2011}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.scotsman.com/sport/butcher_bemoans_easter_road_semi_1_562569|title=Butcher bemoans Easter Road semi |work=The Scotsman|publisher=Johnston Press|date=19 November 2004|access-date=30 October 2011}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.scotsman.com/sport/semi_final_now_pay_at_gate_after_crowd_fears_1_689564|title=Semi-final now pay-at-gate after crowd fears|work=The Scotsman|publisher=Johnston Press|date=24 January 2006|access-date=30 October 2011}}</ref> and once hosted a [[Scottish Challenge Cup]] final.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/24748182 |title=Raith v Rangers: Easter Road hosts Ramsdens Cup final |publisher=BBC Sport |date=30 October 2013 |access-date=27 July 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160104204804/http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/football/24748182 |archive-date=4 January 2016 |url-status=live }}</ref>

==Rivalry==
[[File:Hearts vs. Hibs.jpg|right|thumb|[[Rob Jones (footballer, born 1979)|Rob Jones]] scores a goal for Hibs against [[Heart of Midlothian F.C.|Hearts]] in 2006.]]
{{Main|Edinburgh derby}}
{{See also|East of Scotland Shield|Festival Cup|Rosebery Charity Cup|Wilson Cup (football)}}
Hibs have a traditional local rivalry in [[Edinburgh]] with [[Heart of Midlothian F.C.|Hearts]]; the derby match between the two clubs is one of the oldest rivalries in world football.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.edinburgh-inspiringcapital.com/live/leisure/spectator_sports.aspx |title=Spectator sports |publisher=[[City of Edinburgh Council]]|work=Edinburgh: Inspiring Capital |access-date=24 February 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110710171733/http://www.edinburgh-inspiringcapital.com/live/leisure/spectator_sports.aspx |archive-date=10 July 2011}}</ref> [[Graham Spiers]] has described it as "one of the jewels of the Scottish game".<ref name = "Jewel"/> The clubs first met on Christmas Day 1875, when Hearts won 1–0 in the first match ever contested by Hibs. The two clubs became distinguished in Edinburgh after a five-game struggle for the [[East of Scotland Shield|Edinburgh Football Association Cup]] in 1878, which Hearts finally won with a 3–2 victory after four successive draws.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.londonhearts.com/scores/games/187804201.html |title=Sat 20 Apr 1878 EFA Cup Hearts 3 Hibernian 2 |publisher=London Hearts Supporters' Club |work=Londonhearts.com |access-date=25 February 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111215140324/http://londonhearts.com/scores/games/187804201.html |archive-date=15 December 2011 |url-status=live }}</ref> The clubs have met each other in two [[List of Scottish Cup finals|Scottish Cup finals]], in [[1896 Scottish Cup Final|1896]] and [[2012 Scottish Cup Final|2012]], both of which were won by Hearts.<ref name ="logie green"/> The 1896 match was the only Scottish Cup final to be played outside [[Glasgow]].<ref name ="logie green">{{Cite news |url=http://sport.scotsman.com/capitalcupclassics/Logie-Green-the-final-Edinburgh.2762269.jp |title=Logie Green: the final Edinburgh didn't want |work=The Scotsman |publisher=Johnston Press |date=31 March 2006 |access-date=25 February 2010 |last=Halliday |first=Stephen |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090428011023/http://sport.scotsman.com/capitalcupclassics/Logie-Green-the-final-Edinburgh.2762269.jp |archive-date=28 April 2009 |url-status=live }}</ref>

Hearts have the better overall record in derby matches,<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.londonhearts.com/scores/tea/hibernian.html |title=Hibernian |publisher=London Hearts Supporters' Club |access-date=24 February 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100330113616/http://www.londonhearts.com/scores/tea/hibernian.html |archive-date=30 March 2010 |url-status=live }}</ref> but Hibs recorded the biggest derby win in a competitive match when they won 7–0 at [[Tynecastle Park|Tynecastle]] on New Year's Day 1973.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.londonhearts.com/scores/misc/hibscomp.htm |title=Hearts vs Hibs Competitive Games Only |publisher=London Hearts Supporters' Club |work=Londonhearts.com |access-date=28 March 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170708113306/http://www.londonhearts.com/scores/misc/hibscomp.htm |archive-date=8 July 2017 |url-status=live }}</ref> While it has been noted that religious, ethnic or political background lies behind the rivalry, that aspect is "muted" and is a "pale reflection" of the [[sectarianism in Glasgow]].<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=eEL69iDskI4C&q=hibernian+edinburgh+catholic&pg=PA215 |title=Scotland in the 20th Century |author = Thomas Martin Devine and Richard J. Finlay |publisher=[[Edinburgh University Press]] |year=1996 |access-date=16 August 2010 |quote=Sectarian loyalties became articulated in club support for, respectively, Glasgow's [[Celtic F.C.|Celtic]] and [[Rangers F.C.|Rangers]], Edinburgh's Hibs and [[Heart of Midlothian F.C.|Hearts]] and, early on, for Dundee's Hibs (from 1923 [[Dundee United F.C.|United]]) and [[Dundee F.C.]] |isbn=978-0-7486-0751-8}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=OfNbUfnmPoIC&q=hibernian+edinburgh+catholic&pg=PA123|title=Sport in Britain 1945–2000|publisher=[[Blackwell Publishers]]|year=2000|quote=Other rivalries such as between [[Heart of Midlothian F.C.|Heart of Midlothian]] and Hibernian in Edinburgh or the [[Dundee F.C.|Dundee]] and [[Dundee United F.C.|Dundee United]] divide were but pale reflections of this fiercer and peculiarly Scottish rivalry.|author=Richard Holt and Tony Mason|access-date=16 August 2010|isbn=978-0-631-17153-9}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=vtChCoG6veMC&q=hibernian+edinburgh+catholic&pg=PA258 |quote=Sectarianism of a more muted kind also lay beneath the Hearts and Hibs split in Edinburgh |title=Sport and the British: a Modern History |author=Richard Holt |publisher=[[Oxford University Press]] |year=1989 |access-date=16 August 2010 |isbn=978-0-19-285229-8}}</ref> Although the clubs are inescapable rivals, the rivalry is mainly "good-natured" and has had beneficial effects.<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://archive.org/details/edinburghcultura0000camp |url-access=registration |page=[https://archive.org/details/edinburghcultura0000camp/page/132 132] |author=Donald Campbell |quote=Since both Hearts and Hibs originated in the [[Old Town, Edinburgh|Old Town]], rivalry between the clubs was always inescapable. But in the main it is a fairly good-natured rivalry and, in fact, has not been without its productive aspects. |title=Edinburgh: a Cultural and Literary History |isbn =978-1-902669-73-1 |year=2003 |access-date=16 August 2010 |publisher=Signal Books}}</ref>

==Supporters and culture==

[[File:Hibernian FC (11313831766).jpg|right|thumb|View of Easter Road with Leith in the distance]]
Hibernian are one of only two full-time professional football clubs in Edinburgh, which is the capital of and second largest city in Scotland.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.scotland.org/about/fact-file/population/index.html |title=Population of Scotland, Statistics of Scottish City population |publisher=Scotland.org |access-date=24 February 2010 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090303130239/http://www.scotland.org/about/fact-file/population/index.html |archive-date=3 March 2009 |df=dmy-all }}</ref> The club had the fourth largest average attendance in the Scottish leagues during the [[2022–23 Scottish Professional Football League|2022–23]] season (17,469).<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.european-football-statistics.co.uk/attn/avesco.htm|title=Attendances|work=european-football-statistics.co.uk|access-date=19 May 2020|archive-date=26 April 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230426144230/http://www.european-football-statistics.co.uk/attn/avesco.htm|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name = "attendance"/> In the period after the Second World War, Hibs attracted average attendances in excess of 20,000, peaking at 31,567 in the [[1951–52 in Scottish football|1951–52]] season.<ref name = "attendance">{{cite web |url=http://www.fitbastats.com/hibs/club_records_league_attendance.php |title=Average Attendances |work=fitbastats.com |publisher=Bobby Sinnett and Thomas Jamieson |access-date=13 May 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170620215043/http://www.fitbastats.com/hibs/club_records_league_attendance.php |archive-date=20 June 2017 |url-status=live }}</ref> Since [[Easter Road]] was redeveloped into an [[all-seater stadium]] in the mid-1990s, average attendance has varied between a high of 18,124 in [[2017–18 in Scottish football|2017–18]] and a low of 9,150 in [[2003–04 in Scottish football|2003–04]].<ref name = "17 att"/><ref name = "attendance"/> There has been a significant increase in recent seasons, inspired by the Scottish Cup victory in 2016 and promotion in 2017.<ref name = "17 att">{{cite web |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/39830955 |title=Hibernian: Emotional boss Neil Lennon 'glad to deliver' Championship title |publisher=BBC Sport |date=6 May 2017 |access-date=7 May 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170512213521/http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/39830955 |archive-date=12 May 2017 |url-status=live }}</ref> In the 1980s and 1990s, a minority of the club's supporters had a reputation as one of Britain's most prominent [[Casual (subculture)|casuals]] groups, known as the [[Capital City Service]].<ref>{{Cite news |last=Smith |first=Mark |url=http://news.scotsman.com/footballhooligans/Hibs-thugs-boast-of-violence.2392263.jp |title=Hibs thugs boast of violence on internet |work=Edinburgh Evening News |publisher=Johnston Press |date=10 January 2003 |access-date=24 February 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090530021335/http://news.scotsman.com/footballhooligans/Hibs-thugs-boast-of-violence.2392263.jp |archive-date=30 May 2009 |url-status=live }}</ref> Hibernian’s ultra group, founded in 2021, is called Block Seven.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.hibernianfc.co.uk/news/2022/october/20/Get-To-Know-Block-Seven/ |title=Get To Know: Block Seven |date=20 October 2022 |accessdate=28 October 2025 |publisher=Hibernian FC}}</ref>

===Literature===
The works of author [[Irvine Welsh]], particularly ''[[Trainspotting (novel)|Trainspotting]]'', contain several references to Hibernian.<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Qi9h-xmdO3oC&q=hibernian+edinburgh+catholic&pg=PA99 |quote=Welsh, a lifelong Hibernian fan, is notoriously partisan in this regard, and in the novels before ''Glue'', few of his positive characters follow [[Heart of Midlothian F.C.|Heart of Midlothian]]. Welsh uses the traditions of Edinburgh's football clubs to discuss the difficult subjects of community identity and contemporary conflict |publisher=Peter Lang AG|title=Affecting Irishness: Negotiating Cultural Identity Within and Beyond the Nation |author= James P. Byrne, Padraig Kirwan and Michael O'Sullivan |year=2009 |access-date=16 August 2010 |isbn=978-3-03911-830-4}}</ref> The team is often mentioned in casual conversation and is the team many of his characters support.<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=hHUQTMtwRFkC&q=hibernian+edinburgh+catholic&pg=PA145 |author=Gerard Carruthers |title=Scottish Literature |publisher=[[Edinburgh University Press]] |year=2009 |access-date=16 August 2010 |isbn=978-0-7486-3308-1 |quote=Like his main group of friends, a fan of Hibernian Football Club}}</ref> Visual references to Hibs are noticeable in [[Danny Boyle]]'s film adaptation of ''[[Trainspotting (film)|Trainspotting]]'';<ref>{{Cite news |last=McKay |first=Ron |url=https://www.theguardian.com/theobserver/1996/feb/04/featuresreview.review |title=Would the real Irvine Welsh shoot up? |work=The Observer |date=4 February 1996 |access-date=24 February 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140303005741/http://www.theguardian.com/theobserver/1996/feb/04/featuresreview.review |archive-date=3 March 2014 |url-status=live }}</ref> Francis Begbie wears a Hibs shirt while he plays [[five-a-side football]], while many Hibs posters and pictures can be seen on the walls of Mark Renton's bedroom.

In the final short story of Welsh's ''[[The Acid House]]'', Coco Bryce, a boy from the "Hibs [[List of hooligan firms|firm]]" [[Capital City Service]], is struck by lightning while under the influence of [[LSD]] in a [[Pilton, Edinburgh|Pilton]] park. His soul is then transferred to the body of an unborn child from one of the more affluent areas of Edinburgh.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/scotland/arts/writingscotland/writers/irvine_welsh/works.shtml |title=Irvine Welsh |publisher=BBC |work=Writing Scotland |access-date=24 February 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090106130200/http://www.bbc.co.uk/scotland/arts/writingscotland/writers/irvine_welsh/works.shtml |archive-date=6 January 2009 |url-status=dead }}</ref> The appearances by Hibs in the [[2012 Scottish Cup Final|2012]] and [[2016 Scottish Cup Final|2016]] Scottish Cup finals are described in Welsh's novels ''[[A Decent Ride]]'' and ''Dead Men's Trousers'' respectively.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.theguardian.com/books/2015/apr/24/a-decent-ride-irvine-welsh-review-novel |title=A Decent Ride by Irvine Welsh review – poor writing and penis jokes |first=Stuart |last=Kelly |work=The Guardian |date=24 April 2015 |access-date=27 July 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180727084914/https://www.theguardian.com/books/2015/apr/24/a-decent-ride-irvine-welsh-review-novel |archive-date=27 July 2018 |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite news |date=23 March 2018 |access-date=27 July 2018 |url=https://www.scotsman.com/lifestyle/culture/books/book-review-dead-men-s-trousers-by-irvine-welsh-1-4711903 |title=Book Review: Dead Men's Trousers by Irvine Welsh |work=The Scotsman |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180727084959/https://www.scotsman.com/lifestyle/culture/books/book-review-dead-men-s-trousers-by-irvine-welsh-1-4711903 |archive-date=27 July 2018 |url-status=live }}</ref>

Hibernian are also frequently referred to in the [[Inspector Rebus]] series of [[Detective fiction|detective novels]] by [[Ian Rankin]]. Rankin has stated that Rebus is a [[Raith Rovers F.C.|Raith Rovers]] supporter<ref>{{Cite news  | last = Donaldson  | first = Mark  | title = Ian Rankin : Stretching the Imagination  | newspaper = The Active Nation Scottish Cup Semi-final Official Programme&nbsp;– Raith Rovers v Dundee United  | location = Glasgow  | pages = 34–5  | publisher = The Scottish Football Association  | date = 11 April 2010  }}</ref> but he is a Hibs fan in the 2000s [[Rebus (2000 TV series)|television adaptation]] of the series.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Rankin |first=Ian |url=http://www.ianrankin.net/pages/content/index.asp?PageID=109 |title=Rebus |work=Ian Rankin |date=July 2007 |access-date=5 September 2014 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150615010603/http://www.ianrankin.net/pages/content/index.asp?PageID=109 |archive-date=15 June 2015 |df=dmy-all }}</ref><ref name = "ken stott"/> That version of Rebus is played by a [[Heart of Midlothian F.C.|Hearts]] supporter, [[Ken Stott]].<ref name="ken stott">{{Cite news|url=http://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/news/tm_objectid=16458882&method=full&siteid=66633&headline=born-to-be-rebus--name_page.html |title=Born To Be Rebus |work=Daily Record |publisher=Trinity Mirror |date=8 December 2005 |access-date=24 February 2010 |last=Fulton |first=Rick |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110919172944/http://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/news/tm_objectid%3D16458882%26method%3Dfull%26siteid%3D66633%26headline%3Dborn-to-be-rebus--name_page.html |archive-date=19 September 2011 |url-status=dead |df=dmy-all }}</ref> DS [[List of Inspector Rebus characters#Detective Sergeant Siobhan Clarke|Siobhan Clarke]], his colleague in the later books, is a "loyal supporter" of Hibs.<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=tdnPmptS7U8C&q=hibernian+f.c.&pg=PA156 |quote=She [Siobhan Clarke] is single, fiercely independent and is fond of both music and football, being a loyal supporter of Hibernian FC. |title=Contemporary Scottish Fictions: Film, Television and the Novel |author=Duncan Petrie |year=2004 |access-date=18 August 2010 |isbn=978-0-7486-1789-0 |publisher=[[Edinburgh University Press]]}}</ref>

===Music===
The Hibs anthem "[[Glory Glory (football chant)#History|Glory, Glory to the Hibees]]" was written and performed by the Scottish comedian, [[Hector Nicol]].<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.amazon.co.uk/Hibernian-FC-Glory-Hibees/dp/B0000241BM |title=Hibernian FC: Glory Glory to the Hibees |website=Amazon UK |access-date=24 February 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090311014238/http://www.amazon.co.uk/Hibernian-FC-Glory-Hibees/dp/B0000241BM |archive-date=11 March 2009 |url-status=live }}</ref> Former [[Marillion]] singer [[Fish (singer)|Fish]] is a Hibs fan;<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.the-company.com/email/e2007-03-27.htm |title=Email 27th March 2007 |publisher=The-Company.Com: Official [[Fish (singer)|Fish]] Site |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080807173150/http://www.the-company.com/email/e2007-03-27.htm |archive-date=7 August 2008 |df=dmy-all }}</ref> [[Easter Road]] is mentioned in the song "Lucky", from the album ''[[Internal Exile (Fish album)|Internal Exile]]''. [[The Proclaimers]] are lifelong Hibs fans and were heavily involved with the 'Hands off Hibs' campaign to save the club in 1990.<ref name = "hands off hibs"/> ''[[Sunshine on Leith (song)|Sunshine on Leith]]'' has become a Hibs anthem,<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://living.scotsman.com/theproclaimers/Singing-twins-bring-sunshine-to.2324083.jp |title=Singing twins bring sunshine to Leith |date=4 May 2002 |access-date=24 February 2010 |work=Edinburgh Evening News|publisher=Johnston Press |last=Ferguson |first=Brian}}</ref> which is traditionally played after big victories at [[Easter Road]] and the finals of cup competitions.<ref>{{Cite web|author-link=Stuart Cosgrove |last=Cosgrove |first=Stuart |url=http://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/comment/columnists/sport-columnists/stuart-cosgrove/2007/03/29/i-would-walk-500-miles-to-savour-hampden-roar-86908-18824838/ |work=Daily Record|publisher=Trinity Mirror |date=29 March 2007 |access-date=5 August 2017 |title=I Would Walk 500 Miles To Savour Hampden Roar|archive-date=25 January 2008 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080125005513/http://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/comment/columnists/sport-columnists/stuart-cosgrove/2007/03/29/i-would-walk-500-miles-to-savour-hampden-roar-86908-18824838/}}</ref> In their song "Cap in Hand", from the [[Sunshine on Leith (album)|''Sunshine on Leith'' album]], The Proclaimers make a reference to the Hibs player [[Andy Goram]]:<ref>{{cite tweet |user=The_Proclaimers |number=1543555997 |title=Deepest condolences to the Goram family. Andy was a magnificent Hibs goalie when we wrote Cap In Hand. |date=3 July 2022 |accessdate=3 July 2022}}</ref>
{{cquote|I can understand why [[Stranraer F.C.|Stranraer]] lie so lowly<br />They could save a lot of points by signing Hibs' [[goalkeeper (association football)|goalie]]}}

The song "Joyful Kilmarnock Blues", from the [[This Is the Story|first Proclaimers' album]], is about a Hibs victory away from home.<ref name = "hands off hibs"/>
{{cquote|I'd never been to [[Ayrshire]]<br />I [[Hitchhiking|hitched]] down one Saturday<br />Sixty miles to [[Kilmarnock]]<br />Just to see Hibernian play}}

===Television===
Hibs are featured in the TV series ''[[Succession (TV series)|Succession]],'' during episode ''[[Dundee (Succession)|Dundee]]'' in the second series'','' when [[Roman Roy]] ([[Kieran Culkin]]) purchases [[Heart of Midlothian F.C.|Hearts]] believing them to be his father's favourite football team. Upon receiving the gift [[Logan Roy]] reveals he is a Hibs supporter.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2021-12-17 |title=Succession, Hearts & Hibs: How Scottish football teams feature in hit HBO series |url=https://www.goal.com/en-gb/news/succession-hearts-and-hibs-how-scottish-football-teams-feature-in-hit-hbo-series/blta9cb67c3c926c290 |access-date=2023-06-08 |website=Goal.com |language=en-GB |archive-date=26 May 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230526130244/https://www.goal.com/en-gb/news/succession-hearts-and-hibs-how-scottish-football-teams-feature-in-hit-hbo-series/blta9cb67c3c926c290 |url-status=live }}</ref>

==Ownership and finances==
Although the football club was formed in 1875, it was not incorporated until 1903.<ref group = "note">Hibernian FC was registered on 11 April 1903 with [[Companies House]] as The Hibernian Football Club Limited, company number SC005323.</ref> The club remained a private company until 1988, when it was publicly listed on the [[London Stock Exchange]].<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.heraldscotland.com/sport/spl/aberdeen/edinburgh-hibernian-loses-1-1-m-in-first-year-1.597669|title=Edinburgh Hibernian loses £0.5m in first year|last=McConnell|first=Tom|date=23 December 1989|work=The Herald|publisher=Herald & Times Group|access-date=25 February 2013}}</ref><ref name = "hostile bid">{{cite news |url=http://www.carlukegazette.co.uk/sport/local-sport/mercer-merger-20-years-on-hibs-chairman-s-revolution-ended-in-club-being-open-to-hostile-bid-1-1246616 |title=Mercer Merger 20 years on: Hibs chairman's revolution ended in club being open to hostile bid |work=Carluke Gazette |publisher=Johnston Publishing |date=2 June 2010 |access-date=25 February 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160104204805/http://www.carlukegazette.co.uk/sport/local-sport/mercer-merger-20-years-on-hibs-chairman-s-revolution-ended-in-club-being-open-to-hostile-bid-1-1246616 |archive-date=4 January 2016 |url-status=live }}</ref> This public listing, combined with poor financial performance, made Hibs vulnerable to an attempted takeover in 1990 by [[Heart of Midlothian F.C.|Hearts]] chairman [[Wallace Mercer]].<ref name = "hostile bid"/><ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.fifetoday.co.uk/sport/mercer-merger-20-years-on-scheme-to-join-hearts-and-hibs-is-unveiled-1-1246542 |title=Mercer merger 20 years on: Scheme to join Hearts and Hibs is unveiled |work=Fife Today |publisher=Johnston Publishing |date=1 June 2010 |access-date=25 February 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160104204805/http://www.fifetoday.co.uk/sport/mercer-merger-20-years-on-scheme-to-join-hearts-and-hibs-is-unveiled-1-1246542 |archive-date=4 January 2016 |url-status=live }}</ref><ref name="mercer">{{cite news|url=http://www.scotsman.com/sport/mercer-merger-20-years-on-wallace-mercer-decides-to-call-it-quites-as-david-duff-digs-in-1-1243770|title=Mercer Merger – 20 years on: Wallace Mercer decides to call it quites as David Duff digs in|date=4 June 2010|work=Edinburgh Evening News|publisher=Johnston Publishing|access-date=25 February 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160104204804/http://www.scotsman.com/sport/mercer-merger-20-years-on-wallace-mercer-decides-to-call-it-quites-as-david-duff-digs-in-1-1243770|archive-date=4 January 2016|url-status=live}}</ref> This attempt was averted when Mercer was unable to acquire the 75% shareholding needed to liquidate the company.<ref name = "hostile bid"/><ref name = "mercer"/> The club's parent company, Forth Investments plc, entered receivership in 1991<ref name="history">{{cite web |url=http://www.hibernianfc.co.uk/page/TimelineDetail/0,,10290~1750388,00.html |title=Hibernian History |date=11 August 2009 |access-date=25 February 2013 |work=hibernianfc.co.uk |publisher=Hibernian FC |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130121175233/http://www.hibernianfc.co.uk/page/TimelineDetail/0,,10290~1750388,00.html |archive-date=21 January 2013 |df=dmy-all }}</ref><ref name = "stake"/> and Sir [[Tom Farmer]] acquired control of the club from the receiver for £3&nbsp;million.<ref name = "backseat"/><ref name = "stake"/> Farmer funded redevelopments of [[Easter Road]] and financial losses made by Hibs, although he delegated control to other figures such as [[Rod Petrie]].<ref name = "backseat">{{cite news|url=https://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/h/hibernian/6089742.stm|title=Farmer content with Hibs backseat|publisher=BBC Sport|date=26 October 2006|access-date=2 May 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170806025407/http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/h/hibernian/6089742.stm|archive-date=6 August 2017|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=https://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/h/hibernian/4094791.stm|title=Petrie takes over as Hibs chair|publisher=BBC Sport|date=14 December 2004|access-date=2 May 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170806030709/http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/h/hibernian/4094791.stm|archive-date=6 August 2017|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=https://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/teams/h/hibernian/3225299.stm|title=Farmer backs ground decision|publisher=BBC Sport|date=29 October 2003|access-date=2 May 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20031031082326/http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/h/hibernian/3225299.stm|archive-date=31 October 2003|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name = "stake">{{cite web |url=https://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/teams/h/hibernian/3109551.stm |title=Hibs reveal Farmer stake|publisher=BBC Sport |date=30 July 2003 |access-date=25 February 2013}}</ref><ref name="shares">{{cite web|url=http://www.football-finances.org.uk/hibs/2008/clubownership.htm|title=Hibs – Shareholders|archive-url=https://archive.today/20130423192250/http://www.football-finances.org.uk/hibs/2008/clubownership.htm|archive-date=23 April 2013|url-status=usurped|work=football-finances.org.uk|access-date=25 February 2013}}</ref>

In December 2014, the club said it intended to sell up to 51% ownership of the club to its supporters.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/30624431 |title=Hibernian: Club move a step closer to fan ownership |publisher=BBC Sport |first=Brian |last=McLauchlin |date=29 December 2014 |access-date=29 December 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141230015422/http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/football/30624431 |archive-date=30 December 2014 |url-status=live }}</ref> By November 2017, supporters had increased their shareholding in the club to 34%.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.edinburghnews.scotsman.com/sport/football/hibs/final-season-in-championship-results-in-300k-loss-for-hibs-1-4617582 |title=Final season in Championship results in £300k loss for Hibs |work=Edinburgh Evening News |date=20 November 2017 |access-date=20 November 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171123072409/http://www.edinburghnews.scotsman.com/sport/football/hibs/final-season-in-championship-results-in-300k-loss-for-hibs-1-4617582 |archive-date=23 November 2017 |url-status=live }}</ref> The majority ownership of the club was sold in July 2019 to Peruvian-born US-based businessman Ronald Gordon, who became the executive chairman.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/48837235 |title=Hibernian: Ronald Gordon takes ownership from Sir Tom Farmer |publisher=BBC Sport |date=2 July 2019 |access-date=2 July 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190702105743/https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/48837235 |archive-date=2 July 2019 |url-status=live }}</ref> On 21 February 2023 Hibernian announced that Gordon had died of cancer at the age of 68,<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/64721109 |title=Ron Gordon: Hibernian owner dies aged 68 after cancer diagnosis |publisher=BBC Sport |date=21 February 2023 |access-date=21 February 2023 |archive-date=21 February 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230221172225/https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/64721109 |url-status=live }}</ref> and his majority shareholding was passed to his family.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/articles/cl4z83ymrpgo |title=Gordon moves from Hibs head of recruitment to executive role |website=BBC Sport |date=4 May 2023 |accessdate=8 October 2023 |first=Brian |last=McLauchlin}}</ref>

The [[annual general meeting|agm]] held in February 2024 ratified a deal with Black Knight, the majority shareholder of English club [[AFC Bournemouth]].<ref name = foley>{{cite web |url=https://www.bbc.com/sport/football/68418733 |title=Bill Foley: Hibernian shareholders vote through American's £6m investment in club |website=BBC Sport |date=27 February 2024 |accessdate=27 February 2024 |first=Brian |last=McLauchlin |archive-date=11 April 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240411103549/https://www.bbc.com/sport/football/68418733 |url-status=live }}</ref> The Gordon family retained majority control (60%), with Black Knight acquiring 25% for a £6 million investment.<ref name = foley/> Minority shareholders, such as fans group Hibernian Supporters Limited, saw their holdings diluted.<ref name = foley/> Black Knight sold their holding to the Gordon family in November 2025, with "philosophical differences" cited for the partnership breaking down.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/articles/cyv80r210dno |title=Hibernian: Foley sells 25% stake back to Gordon family |website=BBC Sport |date=12 November 2025 |accessdate=12 November 2025 |first=Brian |last=McLauchlin |archive-date= |archive-url= |url-status= }}</ref>

==Players==

===First team squad===
{{updated|5 September 2025}}<ref name = "team">{{Cite web |url=https://www.hibernianfc.co.uk/teams/ |title=Men's First Team |publisher=Hibernian FC |access-date=18 October 2020 |archive-date=6 August 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220806175113/https://www.hibernianfc.co.uk/teams |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.hibernianfc.co.uk/news/2024/june/10/2023-24-retained-list-confirmed/ |title=2023/24 Retained List Confirmed! |publisher=Hibernian FC |date=10 June 2024 |access-date=10 June 2024 |archive-date=10 June 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240610160300/https://www.hibernianfc.co.uk/news/2024/june/10/2023-24-retained-list-confirmed/ |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.hibernianfc.co.uk/article/lee-johnson-confirms-hibs-captain |title=Lee Johnson Confirms Hibs Captain |website=www.hibernianfc.co.uk |date=28 July 2022 |accessdate=28 July 2022 |archive-date=18 April 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230418204503/https://www.hibernianfc.co.uk/article/lee-johnson-confirms-hibs-captain |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.uefa.com/uefaconferenceleague/clubs/52821--hibernian/squad/ |title=Hibernian: UEFA Europa Conference League 2023/24 |website=[[UEFA]] |access-date=4 August 2023 |archive-date=16 August 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240816011422/https://www.uefa.com/uefaconferenceleague/clubs/52821--hibernian/squad/ |url-status=live }}</ref>
{{Fs start}}
{{Fs player|no= 1|nat=AUT|pos=GK|name=[[Raphael Sallinger]]}}
{{Fs player|no= 4|nat=SCO|pos=DF|name=[[Grant Hanley]]}}
{{Fs player|no= 5|nat=IRL|pos=DF|name=[[Warren O'Hora]]}}
{{Fs player|no= 6|nat=WAL|pos=MF|name=[[Dylan Levitt]]}}
{{Fs player|no= 7|nat=FRA|pos=FW|name=[[Élie Youan]]}}
{{Fs player|no= 8|nat=GAM|pos=MF|name=[[Alasana Manneh]]|other=}}
{{Fs player|no= 9|nat=SCO|pos=FW|name=[[Kieron Bowie]]|other=}}
{{Fs player|no=10|nat=AUS|pos=FW|name=[[Martin Boyle]]|other=[[Captain (association football)|vice-captain]]}}
{{Fs player|no=11|nat=ENG|pos=MF|name=[[Joe Newell]]|other=[[Captain (association football)|captain]]}}
{{Fs player|no=12|nat=SCO|pos=DF|name=[[Chris Cadden]]}}
{{Fs player|no=13|nat=ENG|pos=GK|name=[[Jordan Smith (English footballer)|Jordan Smith]]}}
{{Fs player|no=14|nat=ZAM|pos=MF|name=[[Miguel Chaiwa]]}}
{{Fs player|no=15|nat=AUS|pos=DF|name=[[Jack Iredale]]}}
{{Fs mid}}
{{Fs player|no=17|nat=IRL|pos=MF|name=[[Jamie McGrath]]}}
{{Fs player|no=18|nat=TOG|pos=FW|name=[[Thibault Klidjé]]}}
{{Fs player|no=19|nat=SCO|pos=MF|name=[[Nicky Cadden]]|other=}}
{{Fs player|no=20|nat=SCO|pos=MF|name=[[Josh Mulligan]]|other=}}
{{Fs player|no=21|nat=UGA|pos=DF|name=[[Jordan Obita]]}}
{{Fs player|no=22|nat=ENG|pos=MF|name=[[Daniel Barlaser]]|other=on loan from [[Middlesbrough F.C.|Middlesbrough]]}}
{{Fs player|no=23|nat=CAN|pos=FW|name=[[Junior Hoilett]]}}
{{Fs player|no=24|nat=ENG|pos=DF|name=[[Zach Mitchell]]|other=on loan from [[Charlton Athletic F.C.|Charlton Athletic]]}}
{{Fs player|no=27|nat=ENG|pos=DF|name=[[Kanayo Megwa]]}}
{{Fs player|no=31|nat=SCO|pos=GK|name=[[Murray Johnson]]}}
{{Fs player|no=32|nat=SCO|pos=MF|name=[[Josh Campbell (footballer)|Josh Campbell]]}}
{{Fs player|no=33|nat=COD|pos=DF|name=[[Rocky Bushiri]]}}
{{Fs player|no=35|nat=SCO|pos=MF|name=[[Rudi Molotnikov]]}}
{{Fs end}}

===On loan===
{{Fs start}}
{{Fs player|no=30|nat=SCO|pos=MF|name=[[Jacob MacIntyre]]|other=on loan at [[Arbroath F.C.|Arbroath]]}}
{{Fs player|no=47|nat=SCO|pos=DF|name=Owen Calder|other=co-operation loan with [[Gala Fairydean Rovers F.C.|Gala Fairydean Rovers]]}}
{{Fs mid}}
{{Fs player|no=51|nat=SCO|pos=GK|name=Freddie Owens|other=co-operation loan with [[East Kilbride F.C.|East Kilbride]]<ref name="Co-operation agreement">{{cite news|url=https://www.hibernianfc.co.uk/news/2025/july/12/hibs-academy-pair-join-east-kilbride-on-loan-/ |title=Hibs academy pair join East Kilbride on loan |website=hibernianfc.co.uk |access-date=12 July 2025}}</ref>}}
{{Fs player|no=52|nat=SCO|pos=MF|name=Jamie McMurdo|other=co-operation loan with [[Gala Fairydean Rovers F.C.|Gala Fairydean Rovers]]}}
{{Fs end}}

===Academy squads===
{{Further|Hibernian F.C. Reserves and Academy}}

===Women's team===
{{Main|Hibernian W.F.C.}}

The club that became the Hibernian women's team was founded in 1997 by Iain Johnston and Paul Johnston, but for the initial two seasons of its existence the club was under the auspices of [[Preston Athletic F.C.|Preston Athletic]].<ref name=hist>{{cite web|url=http://www.ultrasoft.hostinguk.com/swfa/Clubs.htm#HIBERNIAN |title=Hibernian LFC |publisher=Scottish Women's Premier League |access-date=4 March 2011 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110712221551/http://www.ultrasoft.hostinguk.com/swfa/Clubs.htm |archive-date=12 July 2011 }}</ref> The name changed to Hibernian Ladies in 1999 and they became one of the leading women's teams in Scotland.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://web.mac.com/hibsladiesfc/Hibernian_Ladies_Football_Club/HISTORY.html |title=History |publisher=Hibs Ladies FC |access-date=20 February 2011 }}{{dead link|date=April 2017 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref>

Hibernian won the [[Scottish Women's Cup]] in 2010, for the fifth time in eight years.<ref name = "scottish cup">{{cite web|url=https://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/women/9188586.stm|title=Women's Scottish Cup glory for Hibernian|publisher=BBC Sport|date=14 November 2010|access-date=20 February 2011}}</ref> Their success in the national cup competition was contrasted to the male affiliate,<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.heraldscotland.com/sport/more-scottish-football/hibernian-women-again-show-the-men-way-to-scottish-cup-success-1.1068178|last=MacKenzie|first=Roddy|date=15 November 2010|access-date=20 February 2011|title=Hibernian women again show the men way to Scottish Cup success|work=[[The Herald (Glasgow)|The Herald]]|archive-date=8 October 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121008174903/http://www.heraldscotland.com/sport/more-scottish-football/hibernian-women-again-show-the-men-way-to-scottish-cup-success-1.1068178|url-status=live}}</ref> who went over a century without winning the equivalent competition until their victory in [[2016 Scottish Cup final|2016]]. Hibernian Ladies won domestic cup doubles in 2016, 2017<ref name = "cup double">{{cite web |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/42128892 |title=Hibs hammer Glasgow City to 3–0 win Scottish Cup final |publisher=BBC Sport |first=Andrew |last=Southwick |date=26 November 2017 |access-date=26 November 2017 |archive-date=26 November 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171126200518/http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/42128892 |url-status=live }}</ref> and 2018.<ref name = "2018 cup double">{{cite web |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/46091439 |title=Scottish Women's Cup final: Hibs 8–0 Motherwell |publisher=BBC Sport |first=Andrew |last=Southwick |date=4 November 2018 |access-date=4 November 2018 |archive-date=4 November 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181104220017/https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/46091439 |url-status=live }}</ref>

Ahead of the 2020 season, the club was rebranded as '''Hibernian Women''' and players were offered their first part-time professional contracts.<ref name = women>{{cite web |url=http://www.hibernianfc.co.uk/news/10558/DhLQr7W2OiPTHlLSYpstE66CaiE4HtO3SJJWx/RgkWs= |title=JOELLE MURRAY FIRST TO AGREE PART-TIME PRO CONTRACT WITH HIBERNIAN WOMEN |publisher=Hibernian FC |date=21 February 2020 |access-date=21 February 2020 |archive-date=21 February 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200221164957/http://www.hibernianfc.co.uk/news/10558/DhLQr7W2OiPTHlLSYpstE66CaiE4HtO3SJJWx/RgkWs%3D |url-status=dead }}</ref> The women's first team was fully integrated into the men's club in July 2022, with the youth sides still being run by the Hibernian Community Foundation.<ref name="ownership">{{cite web |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/62076023 |title=Hibernian take women's side under club ownership |website=BBC Sport |date=7 July 2022 |access-date=8 July 2022 |archive-date=8 July 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220708223012/https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/62076023 |url-status=live }}</ref>

==Club officials==
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===First team coaching staff===
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{{Fb cs staff |bg=  |p=Head coach|s={{flagicon|SCO}} [[David Gray (footballer, born 1988)|David Gray]]}}
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{{Fb cs staff |bg=  |p=Assistant head coach |s={{flagicon|SCO}} [[Eddie May (Scottish footballer)|Eddie May]]}}
{{Fb cs staff |bg=y |p=Goalkeeping coach|s={{flagicon|SCO}} [[Craig Samson]]}}
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===Board of directors===
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{{Fb oi information |bg=y |id=Chairman |i=Ian Gordon}}
{{Fb oi information |bg=  |id=Non-executive vice-chairman |i=Kathrin Hamilton}}
{{Fb oi information |bg=y |id=Chief executive officer |i=Dan Barnett}}
{{Fb oi information |bg= |id=Non-executive director |i=Colin Gordon}}
{{Fb oi information |bg=y |id=Non-executive director |i=Malcolm McPherson}}
{{Fb oi information |bg=  |id=Non-executive director |i=Leslie Robb}}
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===Backroom staff===
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{{Fb cs staff |bg=  |p=Sporting director |s=[[Malky Mackay]]}}<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.hibernianfc.co.uk/news/2024/may/14/malky-mackay-appointed-sporting-director/ |title=Malky Mackay Appointed Sporting Director |publisher=Hibernian FC |date=14 May 2024 |accessdate=14 May 2024 |archive-date=14 May 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240514161628/https://www.hibernianfc.co.uk/news/2024/may/14/malky-mackay-appointed-sporting-director/ |url-status=live }}</ref>
{{Fb cs staff |bg=y |p=Head of recruitment |s=Garvan Stewart}}<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.hibernianfc.co.uk/news/2024/december/03/garvan-stewart-appointed-as-head-of-recruitment/ |title=Garvan Stewart appointed as Head of Recruitment |publisher=Hibernian FC |date=3 December 2024 |accessdate=3 December 2024}}</ref>
{{Fb cs staff |bg=  |p=Technical performance manager |s=[[David Marshall (Scottish footballer)|David Marshall]]}}<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.hibernianfc.co.uk/news/2024/june/10/david-marshall-retires---joins-hibs-football-department-/ |title=David Marshall retires & joins Hibs football department |publisher=Hibernian FC |date=10 June 2024 |accessdate=10 June 2024 |archive-date=10 June 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240610204149/https://www.hibernianfc.co.uk/news/2024/june/10/david-marshall-retires---joins-hibs-football-department-/ |url-status=live }}</ref>
{{Fb cs staff |bg=y |p=Academy director|s=[[Gareth Evans (footballer, born 1967)|Gareth Evans]]}}<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.hibernianfc.co.uk/article/gareth-evans-named-academy-director |title=Gareth Evans named Academy director |publisher=Hibernian FC |date=25 May 2023 |accessdate=25 May 2023 |archive-date=25 May 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230525145747/https://www.hibernianfc.co.uk/article/gareth-evans-named-academy-director |url-status=live }}</ref>
{{Fb cs staff |bg=  |p=Head of academy coaching |s=[[Guillaume Beuzelin]]}}<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.footballscotland.co.uk/spfl/scottish-premiership/guillaume-beuzelin-makes-hibs-return-23019663 |title=Guillaume Beuzelin makes Hibs return as Steve Kean outlines academy changes at Easter Road club |publisher=Football Scotland |date=8 February 2022 |accessdate=7 February 2023 |archive-date=7 February 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230207024654/https://www.footballscotland.co.uk/spfl/scottish-premiership/guillaume-beuzelin-makes-hibs-return-23019663 |url-status=live }}</ref>
{{Fb cs staff |bg=y |p=Head of professional phase academy |s=[[James McDonaugh]]}}<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.edinburghnews.scotsman.com/sport/football/hibs/hibs-james-mcdonaugh-leaves-edinburgh-city-to-return-to-easter-road-3347568 |title=Hibs: James McDonaugh leaves Edinburgh City to return to Easter Road |publisher=Edinburgh Evening News |date=16 August 2021 |accessdate=7 February 2023}}</ref>
{{Fb cs staff |bg=  |p=U18 head coach |s=[[Darren McGregor]]}}<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.hibernianfc.co.uk/article/darren-mcgregor-takes-up-new-role-with-hibs-development-squad |title=New Dev Squad Role For Darren McGregor |publisher=Hibernian FC |date=23 June 2022 |accessdate=7 February 2023}}</ref>
{{Fb cs staff |bg=y |p=First team performance analyst |s=Dom Howes}}<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.hibernianfc.co.uk/article/hibernian-fc-staff-update |title=Hibernian FC staff update |publisher=Hibernian FC |date=9 December 2020 |accessdate=7 February 2023 |archive-date=7 February 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230207024648/https://www.hibernianfc.co.uk/article/hibernian-fc-staff-update |url-status=live }}</ref>
{{Fb cs staff |bg=  |p=Lead sport scientist |s=Colin Clancy}}<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.edinburghlive.co.uk/sport/football/hibs-defender-darren-mcgregor-gets-19830953 |title=Hibs defender Darren McGregor roots out secret ingredient powering first team comeback |publisher=Edinburgh Live |date=12 February 2021 |accessdate=7 February 2023 |archive-date=7 February 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230207024644/https://www.edinburghlive.co.uk/sport/football/hibs-defender-darren-mcgregor-gets-19830953 |url-status=live }}</ref>
{{Fb cs staff |bg=y |p=Strength and conditioning coach |s=Matthew Fenwick}}<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.hibernianfc.co.uk/player/matthew-fenwick |title=Matthew Fenwick |publisher=Hibernian FC |date=26 May 2023 |accessdate=26 May 2023}}</ref>
{{Fb cs staff |bg=  |p=Lead physiotherapist |s=Euan Duffy}}<ref>{{cite web |url=https://twitter.com/HibernianFC/status/1525947420252721159 |title=Tonight's Staff Member of the Year award, sponsored by MB Media, goes to the club's Lead Physiotherapist Alix Ronaldson! |publisher=Twitter, Inc |date=15 May 2022 |accessdate=7 February 2023 |archive-date=18 April 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230418202957/https://twitter.com/HibernianFC/status/1525947420252721159 |url-status=live }}</ref>
{{Fb cs staff |bg=y |p=Football logistics coordinator |s=Peter Logan}}<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.hibernianfc.co.uk/article/the-boot-room-the-kit-man-shaped-cog |title=The Boot Room: The Kit-Man Shaped Cog |publisher=Hibernian FC |date=14 September 2021 |accessdate=7 February 2023}}</ref>
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==Noted players==
{{Main|List of Hibernian F.C. players}}
{{For|a list of all Hibernian players with a Wikipedia article|Category:Hibernian F.C. players}}

[[Lewis Stevenson (Scottish footballer)|Lewis Stevenson]] holds the record for most league appearances for Hibs, passing 450 in 2023, taking the place of [[Arthur Duncan (footballer, born 1947)|Arthur Duncan]] who made 446.<ref name = "m256">{{harvnb|Mackay|1986|p=256}}</ref> All of [[The Famous Five (football)|the Famous Five]] – [[Gordon Smith (footballer, born 1924)|Gordon Smith]], [[Eddie Turnbull]], [[Lawrie Reilly]], [[Bobby Johnstone]] and [[Willie Ormond]] – scored more than 100 league goals for Hibs.<ref name = "Bobby Johnstone"/>

Hibernian players have been [[cap (sport)|capped]] at full international level for 33 different national teams, with 70 Hibernian players appearing for [[Scotland national football team|Scotland]].<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.londonhearts.com/scotland/clubs/hibernian.html |title=Hibernian |publisher=London Hearts Supporters' Club |website=www.londonhearts.com |access-date=2 April 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190107223212/http://www.londonhearts.com/scotland/clubs/hibernian.html |archive-date=7 January 2019 |url-status=live }}</ref> Hibernian rank fifth amongst all clubs in providing players for Scotland, behind the [[Old Firm]], [[Heart of Midlothian F.C.|Hearts]] and [[Queen's Park F.C.|Queen's Park]].<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.londonhearts.com/scotland/clubs/playersbyclubcaps.html |title=Scotland Players By Club Sorted by Most Players |publisher=London Hearts Supporters' Club |website=www.londonhearts.com |access-date=2 April 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090822144936/http://www.londonhearts.com/scotland/clubs/playersbyclubcaps.html |archive-date=22 August 2009 |url-status=live }}</ref> [[James Lundie (footballer)|James Lundie]] and [[James McGhee]] were the first Hibs players to play for Scotland, in an [[1885–86 British Home Championship]] match against [[Wales national football team|Wales]].<ref name="Scotsman article">{{Cite news |url=http://sport.scotsman.com/football/Memorabilia-mixes-with-poignant-tales.4138731.jp |title=Memorabilia mixes with poignant tales in new Easter Road exhibit |work=The Scotsman |publisher=Johnston Press |date=31 May 2008 |access-date=23 February 2010 |last=Leslie |first=Colin |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081225235251/http://sport.scotsman.com/football/Memorabilia-mixes-with-poignant-tales.4138731.jp |archive-date=25 December 2008 |url-status=live }}</ref> [[Lawrie Reilly]] holds the record for most international caps earned while a Hibs player, making 38 appearances for Scotland between 1949 and 1957.<ref name="Scotsman article"/> In 1959, Hibs forward [[Joe Baker]] became the first player who had not previously played for an English club to win a cap for [[England national football team|England]].<ref name="Scotsman article"/>

To mark the club's 135th birthday, the club created a [[List of halls and walks of fame|Hall of Fame]] in 2010.<ref name = "hall of fame">{{Cite news |url=http://sport.scotsman.com/football/Hibs-unveil-Hall-of-Fame.6438024.jp |title=Hibs unveil Hall of Fame plan for 135th birthday, while Maribor await in Europe |date=24 July 2010 |access-date=24 July 2010 |work=The Scotsman |publisher=Johnston Press |last=Leslie |first=Colin |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110617055352/http://sport.scotsman.com/football/Hibs-unveil-Hall-of-Fame.6438024.jp |archive-date=17 June 2011 |url-status=live }}</ref> The first group of nominees, including 13 former players, were inducted at a dinner later that year.<ref name = "hall of fame"/><ref>{{cite news |url=http://sport.scotsman.com/football/Famous-Five-among-first-to.6463602.jp |title=Famous Five among first to enter Easter Road hall of fame |last=Forbes |first=Craig |work=The Scotsman |publisher=Johnston Press |date=9 August 2010 |access-date=9 August 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110617055716/http://sport.scotsman.com/football/Famous-Five-among-first-to.6463602.jp |archive-date=17 June 2011 |url-status=live }}</ref>

==Noted managers==

{{Main|List of Hibernian F.C. managers}}

From 1875 until 1903, Hibs were managed by a [[committee]],<ref>{{harvnb|Mackay|1986|p=98}}</ref> although [[Dan McMichael]], who also acted as treasurer, secretary and physiotherapist, was effectively the manager when the club won the [[1901–02 Scottish Cup|1902 Scottish Cup]] and the [[1902–03 in Scottish football|1903]] league championship.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/scottish_cup/1346578.stm |title=99 years and counting ... |publisher=BBC Sport |date=23 May 2001 |access-date=23 February 2010}}</ref> [[Willie McCartney]] took charge of part of the league-winning 1947–48 season, but he collapsed and died after a Scottish Cup match in January 1948.<ref name = "lawrie load of goals">{{Cite news|last=Bonthrone |first=Mark |url=http://sport.scotsman.com/hibernianfc/A-Lawrie-load-of-goals.2809630.jp |title=A Lawrie load of goals to thrill a nation |work=Edinburgh Evening News|publisher=Johnston Press |date=11 September 2006 |access-date=23 February 2010}}</ref><ref>{{harvnb|Mackay|1986|p=156}}</ref> [[Hugh Shaw (footballer, born 1896)|Hugh Shaw]] inherited that team and went on to win three league championships in the late 1940s and early 1950s. [[Alan Stubbs]] won the [[Scottish Cup]] in [[2015–16 Scottish Cup|2015–16]], ending a 114-year drought in that competition.<ref name = "2016 SC win"/><ref name = "stubbsrufc">{{cite web |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/36426717 |title=Alan Stubbs: Rotherham United appoint Hibernian boss as their new manager |publisher=BBC Sport |date=1 June 2016 |access-date=2 June 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160602053820/http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/36426717 |archive-date=2 June 2016 |url-status=live }}</ref> [[Eddie Turnbull]], [[Alex Miller]] and [[John Collins (footballer, born 1968)|John Collins]] all won one [[Scottish League Cup]] each. [[Bobby Templeton (footballer, born 1894)|Bobby Templeton]], [[Bertie Auld]], [[Alex McLeish]] and [[Neil Lennon]] all won [[Scottish Football League First Division|second tier]] championships.

==Honours==
{{Further|Hibernian F.C. seasons}}

===Major honours===
[[File:Hibs 1903.jpg|thumb|right|Hibs held both the [[Scottish Cup]] and the [[list of Scottish football champions|Scottish league championship]] trophy in early 1903. This team photo was taken at that time.]]

*'''[[Scottish football league system|Scottish league]]''' (tier I)<ref name = "m256"/><ref name = "hibs honours">{{Cite web|url=http://www.hibs.co.uk/Honours.php  |title=Honours & Records |publisher=Hibernian F.C.|work=Hibs.co.uk |access-date=4 March 2010 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20080629015811/http://www.hibs.co.uk/Honours.php |archive-date = 29 June 2008}}</ref><ref group="note" name = "scottish league, first tier">From 1890 to 1975, the top division of the [[Scottish football league system]] was known as [[Scottish Football League Division One|Division One]], or briefly as [[Scottish Football League Division A|Division A]]. From 1975 to 1998, the top division was the [[Scottish Football League Premier Division|Premier Division]] and from 1998 to 2013, it was known as the [[Scottish Premier League|Premier League]]. Since 2013, the top tier has been known as the [[Scottish Premiership|Premiership]].</ref>
**'''Winners (4):''' [[1902–03 Scottish Division One|1902–03]], [[1947–48 Scottish Division A|1947–48]], [[1950–51 Scottish Division A|1950–51]], [[1951–52 Scottish Division A|1951–52]]
**Runners-up (6): [[1896–97 in Scottish football|1896–97]], [[1946–47 Scottish Division A|1946–47]], [[1949–50 Scottish Division A|1949–50]], [[1952–53 Scottish Division A|1952–53]], [[1973–74 Scottish Division One|1973–74]], [[1974–75 Scottish Division One|1974–75]]
*'''[[Scottish Cup]]'''<ref name = "m256"/><ref name = "hibs honours"/>
**'''Winners (3):''' [[1886–87 Scottish Cup|1886–87]], [[1901–02 Scottish Cup|1901–02]], [[2015–16 Scottish Cup|2015–16]]
**Runners-up (12): [[1895–96 Scottish Cup|1895–96]], [[1913–14 Scottish Cup|1913–14]], [[1922–23 Scottish Cup|1922–23]], [[1923–24 Scottish Cup|1923–24]], [[1946–47 Scottish Cup|1946–47]], [[1957–58 Scottish Cup|1957–58]], [[1971–72 Scottish Cup|1971–72]], [[1978–79 Scottish Cup|1978–79]], [[2000–01 Scottish Cup|2000–01]], [[2011–12 Scottish Cup|2011–12]], [[2012–13 Scottish Cup|2012–13]], [[2020–21 Scottish Cup|2020–21]]
*'''[[Scottish League Cup]]'''<ref name = "m256"/><ref name = "hibs honours"/>
**'''Winners (3):''' [[1972–73 Scottish League Cup|1972–73]], [[1991–92 Scottish League Cup|1991–92]], [[2006–07 Scottish League Cup|2006–07]]
**Runners-up (8): [[1950–51 Scottish League Cup|1950–51]], [[1968–69 Scottish League Cup|1968–69]], [[1974–75 Scottish League Cup|1974–75]], [[1985 Scottish League Cup Final|1985–86]], [[1993–94 Scottish League Cup|1993–94]], [[2003–04 Scottish League Cup|2003–04]], [[2015–16 Scottish League Cup|2015–16]], [[2021–22 Scottish League Cup|2021–22]]

===Other honours===
*'''[[Scottish football league system|Scottish league]]''' (tier II):<ref name = "hibs honours"/><ref group="note" name = "scottish league, second tier">From 1893 to 1975, [[Scottish Football League Division Two|Division Two]] was the second tier of league football. With the introduction of the [[Scottish Football League Premier Division|Premier Division]] in 1975, the second tier became known as the [[Scottish Football League First Division|First Division]]. Since 2013, the second tier has been named the [[Scottish Championship|Championship]].</ref> [[1893–94 Scottish Division Two|1893–94]], [[1894–95 Scottish Division Two|1894–95]], [[1932–33 Scottish Division Two|1932–33]], [[1980–81 Scottish First Division|1980–81]], [[1998–99 Scottish First Division|1998–99]], [[2016–17 Scottish Championship|2016–17]]
*'''[[Drybrough Cup]]''':<ref name = "hibs honours"/> 1972, 1973
*'''[[Summer Cup (Scotland)|Summer Cup]]''':<ref name = "hibs honours"/> 1941, 1964
*'''[[Southern League Cup (Scotland)|Southern League Cup]]''':<ref name = "hibs honours"/><ref group="note" name="fn_3">The Southern League Cup was a regional competition held during the [[Second World War]].</ref> [[1943–44 Southern League Cup (Scotland)|1943–44]]
*'''[[East of Scotland Shield]]''': 60 times
*'''[[Rosebery Charity Cup]]''': 22 times
*'''[[Wilson Cup (football)|Wilson Cup]]''': 14 times
*'''[[Glasgow Merchants Charity Cup]]''':<ref>[https://www.londonhearts.com/scores/images/1902/1902053104.htm Another Glorious Victory], The Scottish Referee, 2 June 1902, scan via London Hearts Supporters Club</ref> 1902
*'''[[Edinburgh Football League]]''': 1901–02
*'''[[Edinburgh Football League|North-Eastern Cup]]''': 1910–11
*'''Dunedin Cup''': 1921, 1929<ref>[http://sfha.org.uk/dunedincup.htm Dunedin Cup], Scottish Football Historical Archive, 18 June 2020</ref>

==Records==
{{Main|List of Hibernian F.C. records and statistics}}

===Attendance===
*Highest single game attendance: 65,860 vs [[Heart of Midlothian F.C.|Hearts]], 2 January 1950<ref name = "firm favourite"/>
*Highest average home attendance: 31,567 in the [[1951–52 in Scottish football|1951–52 season]]<ref name = "attendance"/>
*Highest attendance for any match involving Hibs: 143,570 vs [[Rangers F.C.|Rangers]] at [[Hampden Park]], 27 March 1948<ref name = "m256"/>

===Single game===
*Biggest victory: 22–1 vs Black Watch Highlanders, 3 September 1881<ref name = "m256"/>
*Biggest competitive victory: 15–1 vs [[Peebles Rovers F.C.|Peebles Rovers]], 11 February 1961<ref name = "m256"/>
*Biggest league victory: 11–1 vs [[Airdrieonians F.C. (1878)|Airdrie]], 24 October 1959 and vs [[Hamilton Academical F.C.|Hamilton]], 6 November 1965<ref name = "m256"/>
*Biggest defeat: 0–10 vs [[Rangers F.C.|Rangers]], 24 December 1898<ref name = "m256"/>

===Caps and appearances===
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*Most competitive appearances: [[Gordon Smith (footballer, born 1924)|Gordon Smith]], 636<ref name="atp">{{cite web|title=Alltime Player Records|url=http://www.fitbastats.com/hibs/player_records_overall.php|website=FitbaStats|access-date=9 March 2020}}</ref>
*Most league appearances: [[Lewis Stevenson (Scottish footballer)|Lewis Stevenson]], 477<ref name="atplg">{{cite web |url=http://www.fitbastats.com/hibs/player_records_filtered.php?opposition=0&from=128&to=149&competition=1&venue=0&update=Update |title=Filtered Player Records |website=www.fitbastats.com |access-date=9 March 2020 }}{{Dead link|date=October 2023 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/sport/football/football-news/lewis-stevenson-set-break-hibs-29126028 |title=Lewis Stevenson set to break Hibs record as Easter Road mate Paul Hanlon admits stalwart's 'annoying' trait |newspaper=Daily Record |first=Fraser |last=Wilson |date=4 February 2023 |accessdate=4 February 2023}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/64436048 |title=St Mirren 0-1 Hibernian: Youan strike ends Paisley side's home record |first=Andrew |last=Petrie |website=BBC Sport |date=4 February 2023 |accessdate=4 February 2023 |archive-date=4 February 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230204141234/https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/64436048 |url-status=live }}</ref>
*Most capped player: [[Lawrie Reilly]], 38 for [[Scotland men's national football team|Scotland]]<ref name="Scotsman article"/>

===Goals===
*Most competitive goals: [[Gordon Smith (footballer, born 1924)|Gordon Smith]], 303<ref name="atp"/>
*Most league goals: [[Lawrie Reilly]], 187<ref name="atplg"/><ref name = "Mackay266">{{harvnb|Mackay|1986|p=266}}</ref><ref>{{harvnb|Jeffrey|2005|p=179}}</ref>
*Most competitive goals in a season: [[Joe Baker]], 46 in [[1959–60 in Scottish football|1959–60]]<ref name = "Mackay261">{{harvnb|Mackay|1986|p=261}}</ref>
*Most league goals in a season: [[Joe Baker]], 42 in 1959–60<ref name = "Mackay261"/>

===Transfers===
*Record fee paid: Undisclosed (>£1,000,000) for [[Thibault Klidjé]] to [[FC Luzern|Luzern]] in 2025<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/articles/c5ykwwk9984o |title=Hibs break transfer record for Togo striker Klidje |website=BBC Sport |date=13 July 2025 |accessdate=13 July 2025}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.heraldscotland.com/sport/25309919.hibs-break-transfer-record-sign-international-forward/ |title=Hibs break transfer record to sign international forward |first=Josh |last=McCafferty |newspaper=The Herald |date=13 July 2025 |accessdate=13 July 2025}}</ref>
*Record fee received: £4,400,000 for [[Scott Brown (footballer, born June 1985)|Scott Brown]] from [[Celtic F.C.|Celtic]] in 2007<ref>{{Cite news |url=https://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/c/celtic/6661737.stm |title=Brown completes switch to Celtic |publisher=BBC Sport |date=16 May 2007 |access-date=23 February 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071007154841/http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/c/celtic/6661737.stm |archive-date=7 October 2007 |url-status=live }}</ref>

==See also==
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*[[Hibernian F.C. in European football]]
*[[Hibernian W.F.C.]]
*[[Hibernian F.C. Reserves and Academy]]
*[[Hibernian Training Centre]]

==Notes==
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==References==
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;Sources
*{{Cite book| last=Crampsey |first=Bob | title=The First 100 Years | publisher=[[Scottish Football League]] | year=1990 | isbn=978-0-9516433-0-3 | author-link=Bob Crampsey}}
*{{Cite book| last=Jeffrey |first=Jim | title=The Men Who Made Hibernian F.C. since 1946 | publisher=Tempus Publishing Ltd | year=2005 | isbn=978-0-7524-3091-1}}
*{{Cite book| last=Lugton|first=Alan | title=The Making of Hibernian 1 | publisher=John Donald Publishers Ltd | year=1999 | isbn=978-0-85976-509-1}}
*{{Cite book| last=Mackay |first=John | title=The Hibees | publisher=John Donald Publishers Ltd | year=1986 | isbn=978-0-85976-144-4}}

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