2018–19 Heart of Midlothian F.C. season

Heart of Midlothian
2018–19 season
ChairmanAnn Budge[1]
ManagerCraig Levein
StadiumTynecastle Park
Premiership6th
Scottish CupRunners-up (lost to Celtic)
League CupSemi-final (lost to Celtic)
Top goalscorerLeague:
Steven Naismith (10)
All:
Steven Naismith (14)
Highest home attendance19,667 (v. Hibernian, Premiership, 6 April 2019)
Lowest home attendance7,486 (v. Cowdenbeath, League Cup, 24 July 2018)
Average home league attendance18,441

The 2018–19 season was the 138th season of competitive football by Heart of Midlothian (Hearts) with the team participating in the Scottish Premiership. Hearts were playing their fourth consecutive season in the top tier of Scottish football, having been promoted from the Scottish Championship at the end of the 2014–15 season.[2] They reached the Semi-final of the Scottish League Cup and reached the Final of the Scottish Cup.

Results and fixtures[edit]

  Win   Draw   Loss   Postponed

Friendlies[edit]

Hearts will return for pre-season training on 21 June,[3] with the first preseason friendly scheduled to take place against Arbroath[4] at the start of July.[4] Further preseason friendlies are scheduled to take place against Dumbarton,[5] Partick Thistle,[6] Queen of the South[7] and Forfar Athletic.[8] A scheduled trip to Germany for a training camp[9] was cancelled.[3]

During the winter break Hearts travelled to Murcia for a five-day training camp.[10] Whilst in Spain they are scheduled to play a bounce game against Lokeren.[11]

3 July 2018[4] Friendly Arbroath 1 – 2 Heart of Midlothian Gayfield Park
19:30 Hester 90' Hearts Report
Evening News Report		 Keena 43'
Callachan 85'		 Attendance: 664
Referee: Newlands
7 July 2018[5] Friendly Dumbarton 0 – 2 Heart of Midlothian Dumbarton Football Stadium
19:45 Hearts Report Ikpeazu 13', 86' Referee: McLean
8 July 2018[6] Friendly Heart of Midlothian 3 – 1 Partick Thistle Central Park[nb 1]
14:00 Garuccio 2'
Lee 55', 76'		 Hearts Report
Evening News Report		 O'Ware 39' Attendance: 811
Referee: Robertson
11 July 2018[7] Friendly Queen of the South 1 – 0 Heart of Midlothian Palmerston Park
19:45 Smith 35' (Own goal) Hearts Report
Evening News Report		 Attendance: 750
Referee: Dallas
14 July 2018[8] Friendly Forfar Athletic 1 – 5 Heart of Midlothian Station Park
15:00 Baird 58' Hearts Report
Evening News Report		 Callachan 13'
Mulraney 16'
Zanatta 49'
Currie 73', 87'		 Attendance: 718
Referee: Anderson
11 January 2019[10][11] Friendly Belgium Sporting Lokeren 1 – 0 Heart of Midlothian Real Club de Golf Campoamor Resort
15:00 Jovanović 13' Hearts Report

Premiership[edit]

Main article: 2018–19 Scottish Premiership

The Scottish Premiership fixture list was announced on 15 June 2018.[13] Hearts began the season[14] with a 4–1 away victory against Hamilton Academical at New Douglas Park.[15]

4 August 2018 Scottish Premiership Hamilton Academical 1 – 4 Heart of Midlothian New Douglas Park
15:00 Miller 17' BBC Report Haring 20', 58'
Naismith 49' (Penalty)
MacLean 62'		 Attendance: 3,764
Referee: Dallas
11 August 2018 Scottish Premiership Heart of Midlothian 1 – 0 Celtic Tynecastle Park
12:30[16] Lafferty 56' BBC Report Attendance: 19,113
Referee: Beaton
25 August 2018 Scottish Premiership Kilmarnock 0 – 1 Heart of Midlothian Rugby Park
15:00 Dicker Red card 68' BBC Report Ikpeazu 81' Attendance: 6,239
Referee: Collum
1 September 2018 Scottish Premiership Heart of Midlothian 4 – 1 St Mirren Tynecastle Park
15:00 Naismith 4' (Penalty), 41', 43'
Lee 30'		 BBC Report Dunne 19' (Own goal) Attendance: 17,714
Referee: Clancy
15 September 2018 Scottish Premiership Motherwell 0 – 1 Heart of Midlothian Fir Park
15:00 BBC Report Naismith 28' Attendance: 7,218
Referee: Madden
22 September 2018 Scottish Premiership Heart of Midlothian 0 – 0 Livingston Tynecastle Park
15:00 BBC Report Attendance: 17,798
Referee: Robertson
29 September 2018 Scottish Premiership Heart of Midlothian 2 – 1 St Johnstone Tynecastle Park
15:00 Haring 25'
Dunne 65'		 BBC Report Callachan 77' Attendance: 17,240
Referee: Walsh
7 October 2018 Scottish Premiership Rangers 3 – 1 Heart of Midlothian Ibrox Stadium
15:00 Kent 3'
Morelos 13'
Worrall Yellow card 24'
Arfield 32', Yellow card 40'		 BBC Report Smith Yellow card 15' Yellow-red card 55'
Dunne Yellow card 27', 67'
Mitchell Yellow card 43'		 Attendance: 49,865
Referee: Beaton
20 October 2018 Scottish Premiership Heart of Midlothian 2 – 1 Aberdeen Tynecastle Park
15:00 Djoum 36'
Naismith 43' (Penalty)		 BBC Report Mackay-Steven 55' (Penalty) Attendance: 18,051
Referee: Clancy
23 October 2018 Scottish Premiership Dundee 0 – 3 Heart of Midlothian Dens Park
19:45 BBC Report Bozanic 2'
Naismith 14'
MacLean 46'		 Attendance: 6,112
Referee: Thomson
31 October 2018 Scottish Premiership Heart of Midlothian 0 – 0 Hibernian Tynecastle Park
19:45 BBC Report Kamberi Yellow card 65' Yellow-red card Attendance: 19,410
Referee: Dallas
3 November 2018 Scottish Premiership Celtic 5 – 0 Heart of Midlothian Celtic Park
15:00 Édouard 18', 39'
Benković 26'
Forrest 65'
Christie 89' (pen.)		 BBC Report Attendance: 58,831
Referee: Beaton
10 November 2018 Scottish Premiership Heart of Midlothian 0 – 1 Kilmarnock Tynecastle Park
15:00 BBC Report Millen 73' Attendance: 17,417
Referee: Robertson
24 November 2018 Scottish Premiership St Mirren 2 – 0 Heart of Midlothian St Mirren Park
15:00 Hammill 46', 55' BBC Report Attendance: 5,177
Referee: Thomson
2 December 2018 Scottish Premiership Heart of Midlothian 1 – 2 Rangers Tynecastle Park
12:00 McAuley 27' (Own goal) BBC Report Goldson 35'
Morelos 41'
Arfield Red card 72'		 Attendance: 19,429
Referee: Madden
5 December 2018 Scottish Premiership St Johnstone 2 – 2 Heart of Midlothian McDiarmid Park
19:45 Alston 20'
Kennedy 69' (pen.)		 BBC Report Djoum 6'
Bozanic 41'		 Attendance: 3,040
Referee: Dallas
8 December 2018 Scottish Premiership Heart of Midlothian 1 – 0 Motherwell Tynecastle Park
15:00 Haring 14' BBC Report Attendance: 15,915
Referee: Collum
14 December 2018 Scottish Premiership Livingston 5 – 0 Heart of Midlothian Almondvale Stadium
19:45 Menga 76'
Halkett 72' (pen.)
Hardie 77', 79'
Byrne 86'		 BBC Report Djoum Yellow card 52' Yellow-red card 74' Attendance: 4,201
Referee: Walsh
22 December 2018 Scottish Premiership Aberdeen 2 – 0 Heart of Midlothian Pittodrie Stadium
15:00 Cosgrove 2', 69' (Penalty) BBC Report Mitchell Yellow card 65' Yellow-red card 86' Attendance: 16,451
Referee: Beaton
26 December 2018 Scottish Premiership Heart of Midlothian 2 – 0 Hamilton Academical Tynecastle Park
15:00 Naismith 18'
Djoum 44'		 BBC Report Want Yellow card 56' Yellow-red card 71' Attendance: 16,475
Referee: Robertson
29 December 2018 Scottish Premiership Hibernian 0 – 1 Heart of Midlothian Easter Road
17:30 BBC Report Lee 28' Attendance: 20,200
Referee: Clancy
23 January 2019 Scottish Premiership Heart of Midlothian 1 – 2 Dundee Tynecastle Park
19:45 Lee 40' BBC Report Kusunga 24'
Nelson 62'		 Attendance: 15,518
Referee: Beaton
26 January 2019 Scottish Premiership Heart of Midlothian 2 – 0 St Johnstone Tynecastle Park
15:00 Godinho 52'
Morrison 90+1'		 BBC Report Attendance: 16,672
Referee: Thomson
1 February 2019 Scottish Premiership Kilmarnock 1 – 2 Heart of Midlothian Rugby Park
19:45 Jones 45+1' (Penalty) BBC Report Clare 38'
Naismith 43'		 Attendance: 5,552
Referee: McLean
6 February 2019 Scottish Premiership Heart of Midlothian 0 – 0 Livingston Tynecastle Park
19:45 BBC Report Attendance: 15,147
Referee: Muir
17 February 2019 Scottish Premiership Motherwell 2 – 1 Heart of Midlothian Fir Park
15:00 GMT (UTC) Hastie 13'
Turnbull 90+3'		 Report Naismith 37'
Garuccio Red card 90+2'		 Attendance: 5,091
Referee: Walsh
23 February 2019 Scottish Premiership Heart of Midlothian 1 – 1 St. Mirren Tynecastle Park
15:00 Dikamona 56' BBC Report Clare 66' (Own goal) Attendance: 16,705
Referee: Robertson
27 February 2019 Scottish Premiership Heart of Midlothian 1 – 2 Celtic Tynecastle Park
19:45 Bozanic 56' (Penalty) BBC Report Forrest 36'
Édouard 90+2'		 Attendance: 18,258
Referee: McLean
9 March 2019 Scottish Premiership Dundee 0 – 1 Heart of Midlothian Dens Park
15:00 BBC Report Clare 15' Attendance: 5,667
Referee: Walsh
16 March 2019 Scottish Premiership Hamilton Academical 1 – 0 Heart of Midlothian New Douglas Park
15:00 McGowan 36' Report Attendance: 2,082
Referee: Collum
30 March 2019 Scottish Premiership Heart of Midlothian 2 – 1 Aberdeen Tynecastle Park
15:00 Clare 59' (Penalty)
Ikpeazu 77'		 BBC News McLennan 16' Attendance: 17,880
Referee: Beaton
3 April 2019 Scottish Premiership Rangers 3 – 0 Heart of Midlothian Ibrox Stadium
19:45 Defoe 16'
Goldson 21'
Arfield 48'		 BBC Report Attendance: 49,702
Referee: Clancy
6 April 2019 Scottish Premiership Heart of Midlothian 1 – 2 Hibernian Tynecastle Park
12:30 Haring 25' BBC Report Horgan 28', 56' Attendance: 19,667
Referee: Collum
20 April 2019 Scottish Premiership Heart of Midlothian 1 – 3 Rangers Tynecastle Park
12:00 MacLean 74' BBC Report Defoe 15'
Jack 36'
Katić 48'		 Attendance: 18,212
Referee: Beaton
28 April 2019 Scottish Premiership Hibernian 1 – 1 Heart of Midlothian Easter Road
12:15 BST Berra 69' (o.g.) BBC Sport Ikpeazu 84' Attendance: 19,395
Referee: Thomson
4 May 2019 Scottish Premiership Heart of Midlothian 0 – 1 Kilmarnock Tynecastle Park
15:00 BBC Report Findlay 86' Attendance: 17,103
Referee: Clancy
10 May 2019 Scottish Premiership Aberdeen 2 – 1 Heart of Midlothian Pittodrie Stadium
19:45 BST Ferguson 54'
Stewart 77'		 BBC Report Burns 65' Attendance: 14,371
Referee: Madden
19 May 2019 Scottish Premiership Celtic 2 – 1 Heart of Midlothian Celtic Park
15:00 BST Johnston 2', 84' BBC Report Mulraney 18' Referee: Thomson
For upcoming Scottish Premiership fixtures, see the official Heart of Midlothian F.C. website

League Cup[edit]

Having not qualified for Europe Hearts entered the League Cup at the group stages.[17] On 25 May, Hearts were drawn in Group C, alongside Cove Rangers, Cowdenbeath, Inverness Caledonian Thistle and Raith Rovers.[18] On 18 July 2018, Hearts played Cove Rangers, which marked the first competitive match at Balmoral Stadium.[19] Olly Lee opened the scoring after 11 minutes, before fellow debutante Steven MacLean doubled the advantage in the second half.[20] Cove pulled one back via Paul McManus with 15 minutes remaining, but were unable to equalise.[21] During the 65th minute of the match Andrew Irving entered the field of play, replacing Olly Lee.[22] Irving's contract extension had not been correctly lodged with the Scottish Football Association, rendering him ineligible to play as his registration expired on 9 June.[23][24] An SPFL disciplinary hearing took place on Monday 23 July,[25] as a result of which Hearts were deducted two points from the group stages and fined £10,000,[26] with £8,000 of the fine suspended until the end of the next season.[27]

Hearts next group match was against Raith Rovers. Kevin Nisbet opened the scoring early in the second half for the home side, before Michael Smith equalised from 25 yards out.[28] In the 90th minute Christophe Berra had a goal disallowed for impeding the keeper, however replays showed the foul was committed by a fellow Raith player.[29] With the sides level at 1–1 penalties were taken, with Hearts taking the bonus point 4–2 on penalties.[30] The group stage was wound up with two 5 – 0 wins at Tynecastle Park against Cowdenbeath[31] and Inverness Caledonian Thistle,[32] with goals from Steven MacLean, Uche Ikpeazu, Peter Haring, Steven Naismith, Michael Smith and Ben Garuccio.[32][33] The result against Inverness meant Hearts qualified to the Second round on goal difference.[34]

Main article: 2018–19 Scottish League Cup
18 July 2018[35] League Cup Group C Cove Rangers 1 – 2 Heart of Midlothian Balmoral Stadium
20:00 McManus 75' BBC Report Lee 11'
MacLean 57'		 Attendance: 1,728
Referee: Walsh
21 July 2018[35] League Cup Group C Raith Rovers 1 – 1
(2 – 4 p)		 Heart of Midlothian Bayview Stadium
15:00 Nisbet 51' SPFL Report Smith 78' Attendance: 1,452
Referee: Robertson
Penalties
24 July 2018[35] League Cup Group C Heart of Midlothian 5 – 0 Cowdenbeath Tynecastle Park
19:45 MacLean 48'
Ikpeazu 64'
Haring 73'
Naismith 75' (Penalty)
Smith 81'		 [33] Scott Red card 32' Attendance: 7,486
Referee: Cook
29 July 2018[35] League Cup Group C Heart of Midlothian 5 – 0 Inverness Caledonian Thistle Tynecastle Park
15:00 Ikpeazu 29', 33'
Garuccio 32'
Naismith 64', 81'		 [32] Attendance: 10,030
Referee: Collum
18 August 2018[36] League Cup Second round Dunfermline Athletic 0– 1 Heart of Midlothian East End Park
15:00 BBC Report Lee 79' Attendance: 8,601
Referee: Madden
26 September 2018[37] League Cup Quarter-final Heart of Midlothian 4 – 2 Motherwell Tynecastle Park
19:45 MacLean 35'
Haring 64'
Lee 88'
Naismith 90+1'		 BBC Report Main 12' (Penalty)
Bowman 80'		 Attendance: 14,377
Referee: Collum
28 October 2018[38] League Cup Semi-final Heart of Midlothian 0 – 3 Celtic Murrayfield Stadium[nb 2]
13:30 BBC Report Sinclair 53' (pen.)
Forrest 66'
Christie 72'		 Attendance: 61,161
Referee: Collum

Scottish Cup[edit]

Heart of Midlothian entered the competition in the fourth round of competition as one of the sixteens teams to enter in this round of the competition.[40] Their first opponent was at Tynecastle Park to Premiership side Livingston where a goal from Sean Clare saw the team win the match 1–0.[41]

In the fifth round they was drawn against Junior club Auchinleck Talbot at home who had knocked out a Championship side in the previous round.[42] The match saw four different goal scorers with Christophe Berra scoring the opener in the tenth minute of play. Two more goals from Demetri Mitchell and Steven MacLean opened the gap to three goals before the break. A goal in the second half from Aidan Keena secured the 4–0 win but not before an injury forced them down to ten men for the final twelve minutes.[43]

The quarter final saw the team travel to Firhill Stadium for the match against Championship side Partick Thistle. After an early goal from Christophe Berra, the team dominated the game with 59% of the possession. The tie though headed into a replay after Christie Elliott scored to level the match in the 72nd minute.[44] The replay at Tyncastle Park saw the away team getting the opening goal in the 17th minute from a Scott McDonald tap to give the championship side the early lead. But a goal from Uche Ikpeazu and the penalty conversation from Sean Clare saw Hearts qualify for the semi-final.[45]

For Hearts, this meant a semi final with another Championship side in Inverness in the first of two matches at Hampden Park. After a lacklustre first half, Uche Ikpeazu broke deadlock for the Hearts in the 49th minute with the shot coming off a deflection. After Jamie McCart goal was deemed offside in the 61st minute, John Souttar doubled the lead only four minutes later. Sean Clarke gave Hearts a 3–0 victory after Ikpeazu was brought down by Mark Ridgers to give a penalty which was converted.[46]

Main article: 2018–19 Scottish Cup
20 January 2019[47] Scottish Cup Fourth round Heart of Midlothian 1 – 0 Livingston Tynecastle Park
14:30 Clare 48' BBC Report Attendance: 11,077
Referee: Collum
10 February 2019 Scottish Cup Fifth round Heart of Midlothian 4 – 0 Auchinleck Talbot Tynecastle Park
15:00 Berra 10'
Mitchell 30'
MacLean 38'
Keena 86'		 BBC Report Attendance: 14,946
Referee: Clancy
4 March 2019 Scottish Cup Quarter final Partick Thistle 1 – 1 Heart of Midlothian Firhill Stadium
19:05 Elliott 72' BBC Report Berra 12' Attendance: 5,171
Referee: Madden
12 March 2019 Scottish Cup Quarter final replay Heart of Midlothian 2 – 1 Partick Thistle Firhill Stadium
19:45 Ikpeazu 24'
Clare 35' (Penalty)		 BBC Report McDonald 17' Attendance: 10,351
Referee: Madden
13 April 2019 Scottish Cup Semi final Heart of Midlothian 3 – 0 Inverness Caledonian Thistle Hampden Park
12:15 Ikpeazu 49'
Souttar 66'
Clare 74' (Penalty)		 BBC Report Attendance: 21,011
Referee: Robertson
25 May 2019 Scottish Cup Final Heart of Midlothian 1 – 2 Celtic Hampden Park
15:00 Edwards 52' BBC Report Edouard 62' (Penalty), 82' Referee: Collum

First team player statistics[edit]

Captains[edit]

Christophe Berra continued as captain for season 2018–19, having been re-appointed as captain the previous season.[48][49] Only six games into the season Berra suffered a torn hamstring at Tynecastle against Celtic, ruling himself out for a period of around 6 months.[50] In his absence three other players were given the opportunity to captain Hearts. Fellow defender John Souttar was initially appointed captain in his absence at the age of 21,[51][52] however whilst on international duty with Scotland Souttar injured the lining of his hip and was ruled out for five months.[53] With Berra and Souttar injured Steven Naismith took the captain's armband for the first time against Aberdeen on 20 October 2018.[54] Naismith's stint as Captain lasted just three games, as he suffered a tear in the cartilage in his knee during the League Cup Semi-final and was ruled out for a period of six to eight weeks.[55] This led to Peter Haring becoming the fourth player of the season to play as captain.[56]

Berra returned as captain earlier than anticipated[57] on 2 December versus Rangers.[58]

No Pos Country Name No of games Notes
6 DF Scotland Berra 35 Captain
4 DF Scotland Souttar 9 Vice Captain
5 DF Austria Haring 4 Vice Captain
14 FW Scotland Naismith 3 Vice Captain

Last updated: 25 May 2019
Source: Competitive match reports.
Competitive matches only
Matches started as captain only
Country: FIFA nationality; No.: Squad number; P: Position; Name: Player name; No. Games: Number of games started as captain.

Squad information[edit]

During the 2018–19 season, Hearts have used thirty-five players in competitive games. The table below shows the number of appearances and goals scored by each player.

Last Updated 25 May 2019[59]
Number Position Nation Name Totals Premiership League Cup Scottish Cup
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
1 GK Czechoslovakia TCH Zdenek Zlamal 40 0 29+0 0 7+0 0 4+0 0
2 DF Northern Ireland NIR Michael Smith 38 2 28+0 0 5+1 2 4+0 0
3 DF Republic of Ireland IRL Conor Shaughnessy 11 0 10+0 0 0+0 0 1+0 0
4 MF Scotland SCO John Souttar 35 1 23+1 0 6+0 0 5+0 1
5 DF Austria AUT Peter Haring 37 7 26+0 5 7+0 2 3+1 0
6 DF Scotland SCO Christophe Berra 35 2 25+0 0 4+0 0 6+0 2
7 MF Australia AUS Oliver Bozanic 34 3 15+10 3 3+2 0 1+3 0
8 MF England ENG Olly Lee 41 6 23+8 3 6+0 3 4+0 0
9 MF England ENG Sean Clare 35 6 23+5 3 0+1 0 5+1 3
10 MF Cameroon CMR Arnaud Djoum 40 3 30+2 3 2+0 0 6+0 0
11 DF England ENG Demetri Mitchell 23 1 14+6 0 2+0 0 1+0 1
13 GK Republic of Ireland IRL Colin Doyle 11 0 9+0 0 0+0 0 2+0 0
14 FW Scotland SCO Steven Naismith 27 14 19+0 10 6+0 4 2+0 0
15 FW Scotland SCO Craig Wighton 19 0 8+9 0 0+0 0 1+1 0
16 DF Northern Ireland NIR Aaron Hughes 7 0 1+4 0 2+0 0 0+0 0
17 DF Australia AUS Ben Garuccio 23 1 13+4 0 3+0 1 3+0 0
18 FW Scotland SCO Steven MacLean 35 7 17+8 3 6+0 3 3+1 1
19 FW England ENG Uche Ikpeazu 25 8 15+2 3 2+1 3 4+1 2
20 MF Scotland SCO Harry Cochrane 8 0 6+2 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
21 FW Scotland SCO Anthony McDonald 6 0 0+3 0 0+3 0 0+0 0
22 MF Australia AUS Ryan Edwards 5 1 2+2 0 0+0 0 1+0 1
23 MF Republic of Ireland IRL Jake Mulraney 30 1 15+6 1 3+1 0 3+2 0
25 MF Scotland SCO Jamie Brandon 7 0 5+2 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
26 DF Canada CAN Marcus Godinho 14 1 11+1 1 0+0 0 2+0 0
28 DF Republic of the Congo CGO Clévid Dikamona 23 1 12+9 1 1+1 0 0+0 0
31 DF Northern Ireland NIR Bobby Burns 9 1 3+2 1 2+1 0 1+0 0
32 FW Czech Republic CZE David Vaněček 7 0 3+2 0 0+0 0 1+1 0
35 FW Republic of Ireland IRL Aidan Keena 8 1 1+4 0 0+1 0 1+1 1
38 MF Scotland SCO Callumn Morrison 35 1 15+10 1 4+3 0 1+2 0
40 MF Scotland SCO Andy Irving 3 0 1+0 0 1+1 0 0+0 0
45 MF Scotland SCO Connor Smith 3 0 2+1 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
51 MF Scotland SCO Aaron Hickey 3 0 1+1 0 0+0 0 1+0 0
Players who left club during the season
3 DF Republic of Ireland IRL Jimmy Dunne 14 2 12+0 2 2+0 0 0+0 0
9 FW Northern Ireland NIR Kyle Lafferty 7 1 1+1 1 3+2 0 0+0 0
12 MF Denmark DEN Danny Amankwaa 4 0 0+2 0 0+2 0 0+0 0

Appearances (starts and substitute appearances) and goals include those in Scottish Premiership, League Cup and the Scottish Cup.

Disciplinary record[edit]

During the 2018–19 season, Hearts players have been issued with ninety-five yellow cards and five red. The table below shows the number of cards and type shown to each player. In addition striker Steven MacLean accepted a retrospective two match ban for violent conduct against Celtic's Eboue Kouassi in the League Cup.[60] Having gone over the SFA disciplinary points threshold, Steven Naismith served a one-match ban.[61]

A yellow card issued for simulation to Uche Ikpeazu during the game versus Aberdeen on 30 March 2019, was rescinded on appeal.[62]

Last updated 25 May 2019
Number Position Nation Name Premiership League Cup Scottish Cup Total
Yellow card Red card Yellow card Red card Yellow card Red card Yellow card Red card
1 GK Czechoslovakia Zdenek Zlamal 3 0 0 0 1 0 4 0
2 DF Northern Ireland Michael Smith 7 1 0 0 0 0 7 1
3 DF Republic of Ireland Jimmy Dunne 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
4 DF Scotland John Souttar 1 0 1 0 1 0 3 0
5 DF Austria Peter Haring 7 0 1 0 0 0 8 0
6 DF Scotland Christophe Berra 3 0 0 0 0 0 3 0
7 MF Australia Oliver Bozanic 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
8 MF England Olly Lee 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
9 FW Northern Ireland Kyle Lafferty 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
9 MF England Sean Clare 7 0 0 0 0 0 7 0
10 MF Cameroon Arnaud Djoum 13 1 1 0 2 0 16 1
11 DF England Demetri Mitchell 3 1 1 0 1 0 5 1
14 FW Scotland Steven Naismith 8 0 0 0 0 0 8 0
15 FW Scotland Craig Wighton 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
17 DF Australia Ben Garuccio 5 1 0 0 0 0 5 1
18 FW Scotland Steven MacLean 4 0 1 0 0 0 5 0
19 FW England Uche Ikpeazu 4 0 1 0 0 0 5 0
22 MF Australia Ryan Edwards 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
23 MF Republic of Ireland Jake Mulraney 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
25 MF Scotland Jamie Brandon 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1
26 DF Canada Marcus Godinho 3 0 0 0 0 0 3 0
28 DF Republic of the Congo Clévid Dikamona 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
31 FW Northern Ireland Bobby Burns 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
32 FW Czech Republic David Vaněček 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
38 MF Scotland Callumn Morrison 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
51 MF Scotland Aaron Hickey 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
Total 84 5 6 0 3 0 95 5

Goal scorers[edit]

Last updated 25 May 2019

Place Position Nation Name Premiership League Cup Scottish Cup Total
1 FW Scotland Steven Naismith 10 4 0 14
2 FW England Uche Ikpeazu 3 3 2 8
3 MF Austria Peter Haring 5 2 0 7
FW Scotland Steven MacLean 3 3 1 7
4 MF England Olly Lee 3 3 0 6
DF England Sean Clare 3 0 3 6
5 MF Cameroon Arnaud Djoum 3 0 0 3
MF Australia Oliver Bozanic 3 0 0 3
6 DF Northern Ireland Michael Smith 0 2 0 2
DF Republic of Ireland Jimmy Dunne 2 0 0 2
DF Scotland Christophe Berra 0 0 2 2
7 FW Northern Ireland Kyle Lafferty 1 0 0 1
DF Australia Ben Garuccio 0 1 0 1
DF Canada Marcus Godinho 1 0 0 1
MF Scotland Callumn Morrison 1 0 0 1
FW Republic of Ireland Aidan Keena 0 0 1 1
DF England Demetri Mitchell 0 0 1 1
DF Republic of the Congo Clévid Dikamona 1 0 0 1
DF Scotland John Souttar 0 0 1 1
DF Northern Ireland Bobby Burns 1 0 0 1
MF Republic of Ireland Jake Mulraney 1 0 0 1
MF Australia Ryan Edwards 0 0 1 1
Total 41 18 12 71

Clean sheets[edit]

Rank Position Nation Name Premiership League Cup Scottish Cup Total
1 GK Czech Republic Zdenek Zlamal 8 3 1 12
2 GK Republic of Ireland Colin Doyle 4 0 2 6
Total 12 3 3 18

Last updated: 25 May 2019
Source: Match reports in Competitive matches

Team statistics[edit]

League table[edit]

Pos Team
 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation[a]
4 Aberdeen 38 20 7 11 57 44 +13 67 Qualification for the Europa League first qualifying round[b]
5 Hibernian 38 14 12 12 51 39 +12 54
6 Heart of Midlothian 38 15 6 17 42 50 −8 51
7 St Johnstone 38 15 7 16 38 48 −10 52
8 Motherwell 38 15 6 17 46 56 −10 51
Source: Soccerway BBC
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored; 4) Play-off (only if deciding champion, UEFA competitions qualification and second stage group allocation).[63]
Notes:
  1. ^ Teams play each other three times (33 matches), before the league is split into two groups (the top six and the bottom six).
  2. ^ Since the winners of the 2018–19 Scottish Cup, Celtic, qualified for European competition based on league position, the spot awarded to the Scottish Cup winners (Europa League first qualifying round) was passed to the fourth-placed team.

League Cup table[edit]

Pos Team
 Pld W PW PL L GF GA GD Pts Qualification HOM INV COW COV RAI
1 Heart of Midlothian[a] (Q) 4 3 1 0 0 13 2 +11 9 Qualification for the Second round — 5–0 5–0 — —
2 Inverness Caledonian Thistle 4 3 0 0 1 9 8 +1 9 — — — 2–0 2–1
3 Cowdenbeath 4 2 0 0 2 5 10 −5 6 — 2–5 — 1–0 —
4 Cove Rangers 4 1 0 0 3 3 5 −2 3 1–2 — — — 2–0
5 Raith Rovers 4 0 0 1 3 2 7 −5 1 1–1p — 0–2 — —
Source: [65]
Rules for classification: 1) goal difference, 2) goals scored, 3) away goals scored, 4) matches won, 5) away matches won, 6) drawing of lots.[66]
(Q) Qualified to the phase indicated
Notes:
  1. ^ Heart of Midlothian were deducted two points for fielding an ineligible player against Cove Rangers on 18 July 2018.[64]

Division summary[edit]

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GroundAHAHAHHAHAHAHAHAHAAHAHHAHAHHAAHAHHAHAA
ResultWWWWWDWLWWDLLLLDWLLWWLWWDLDLWLWLLLDLLL
Position11111111111113444455565555555555666666
Updated to match(es) played on 25 May 2019. Source: [67]
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Management statistics[edit]

Last updated on 25 May 2019
Name From To P W D L Win%[nb 3]
Craig Levein[68] 18 July 2018 25 May 2019 50 23 8 19 046.00
Austin MacPhee 1 September 2018 1 September 2018 1 1 0 0 100.00

Home attendances[edit]

Last updated on 25 May 2019

  Win   Draw   Loss

Comp Date Score Opponent Attendance
League Cup 24 July 2018 5–0 Cowdenbeath 7,486[69]
League Cup 29 July 2018 5–0 Inverness Caledonian Thistle 10,030[70]
Premiership 11 August 2018 1–0 Celtic 19,113[71]
Premiership 1 September 2018 4–1 St Mirren 17,714[72]
Premiership 22 September 2018 0–0 Livingston 17,798[73]
League Cup 26 September 2018 4–2 Motherwell 14,377[74]
Premiership 29 September 2018 2–1 St Johnstone 17,240[75]
Premiership 20 October 2018 2–1 Aberdeen 18,051[76]
Premiership 31 October 2018 0–0 Hibernian 19,410[77]
Premiership 10 November 2018 0–1 Kilmarnock 17,417[78]
Premiership 2 December 2018 1–2 Rangers 19,429[79]
Premiership 8 December 2018 1–0 Motherwell 15,915[80]
Premiership 26 December 2018 2–0 Hamilton Academical 16,475[81]
Scottish Cup 20 January 2019 1–0 Livingston 11,077[82]
Premiership 23 January 2019 1–2 Dundee 15,518[83]
Premiership 26 January 2019 2–0 St. Johnstone 16,672[84]
Premiership 6 February 2019 0–0 Livingston 15,147[85]
Scottish Cup 10 February 2019 4–0 Auchinleck Talbot 14,946[86]
Premiership 23 February 2019 1–1 St. Mirren 16,705[87]
Premiership 27 February 2019 1–2 Celtic 18,258[87]
Scottish Cup 12 March 2019 2–1 Partick Thistle 10,351[88]
Premiership 30 March 2019 2–1 Aberdeen 17,880[89]
Premiership 6 April 2019 1–2 Hibernian 19,667[90]
Premiership 20 April 2019 1–3 Rangers 18,212[91]
Premiership 4 May 2019 0–1 Kilmarnock 17,103[92]
Total attendance: 418,663
Total league attendance: 350,396
Average league attendance: 18,441[93]

Last updated: 25 May 2019
Source: Match reports in Results

Club[edit]

Staff[edit]

Deaths[edit]

The following players and people associated with the club died over the course of the season. Former vice chairman and director Pilmar Smith,[98] 1956 Scottish Cup club captain Freddie Glidden[99][100] and defender Tommy Darling,[101]

International selection[edit]

Over the course of the season a number of the Hearts squad were called up on international duty. John Souttar[102] and Steven Naismith[103] were called up to represent Scotland, Arnaud Djoum to represent Cameroon,[104] Aaron Hughes, Michael Smith[105] and Bobby Burns to represent Northern Ireland,[106] Marcus Godinho to represent Canada,[107] Jimmy Dunne to represent Republic of Ireland[108] and Ben Garuccio to represent Australia.[109]

In addition a number of the Hearts squad were called up to represent Scotland at youth level. Callumn Morrison and Jamie Brandon were called up to the under-21 squad,[110] Morrison was also called up to the under-20 squad,[111] Harry Cochrane[112] and Chris Hamilton to the under-19 squad,[113] Harry Stone, Cammy Logan, Connor Smith[114] and Aaron Hickey to the under-17 squad[115] and Jay Charleston-King and Leo Watson to the under-16 squad.[114] In addition Bobby Burns was called up to represent Northern Ireland at under-21 level.[116]

A War of Two Halves[edit]

The interactive play A War of Two Halves was presented at Tynecastle, dealing with the stories of the original 13 players who joined the 16th (Service) Battalion of the Royal Scots. It was first shown as part of the Edinburgh Festival Fringe on 27 August 2018.[117] It ran again in the run-up to the centenary of the Armistice of 11 November 1918.[118]

Awards[edit]

Craig Levein[119] and the following players received Scottish Professional Football League awards over the course of the season. The club's annual award ceremony took place on 12 May 2019,[120] with Steven Naismith winning both fans and players player of the year award.[121] The full list of awards are included below.

Transfers[edit]

Contract extensions[edit]

The following players extended their contracts with the club over the course of the season.

Date Player Length Previous Expiry Expiry
15 January 2019 Scotland Lewis Moore 1 year May 2019 May 2020[194]
15 January 2019 Canada Dario Zanatta 1 year May 2019 May 2020[194]
18 January 2019 Northern Ireland Michael Smith 2 year May 2019 May 2021[203]
29 January 2019 Scotland Christophe Berra 1 year May 2020 May 2021[204]
29 January 2019 Scotland John Souttar 2 year May 2020 May 2022[205]
7 March 2019 England Uche Ikpeazu 2 year May 2020 May 2022[206]
14 March 2019 Republic of the Congo Clévid Dikamona 1 year 2019 2020[207]
3 May 2019 Austria Peter Haring 1 year 2020 2022[208]

See also[edit]

Notes[edit]

  1. ^ Played at Central Park to allow new pitch at Tynecastle to bed in.[12]
  2. ^ Originally scheduled to take place at Hampden Park[39]
  3. ^ Win% is the percentage of matches won rounded to two decimal places.
  4. ^ Loan deal initially until January 2019,[188] with extension signed until the end of season.[189]
  5. ^ Loan deal initially until January 2019,[190] with Moore returning to Forfar on 25 January.[191]
  6. ^ Loan deal initially until January 2019,[192] with extension signed until the end of season.[189]
  7. ^ Loan deal initially until January 2019,[193] but later extended until end of season.[194]
  8. ^ Loan deal initially until end of season,[196] however was recalled in January transfer window.[197]
  9. ^ Loan deal initially until end of season,[196] however was recalled in January transfer window.[197]

References[edit]

  1. ^