2014–15 Hibernian F.C. season

The 2014–15 season was Hibernian's first season of play in the second tier of Scottish football since 1999 and their first season in the Scottish Championship, having been relegated from the Scottish Premiership at the end of the previous season.[1] Hibernian also competed in the Challenge Cup, League Cup, Scottish Cup and the Scottish Premiership Play-offs.

Hibernian
2014–15 season
ChairmanRod Petrie
ManagerAlan Stubbs
StadiumEaster Road
ChampionshipSecond place
Challenge CupFirst round, lost to Rangers
League CupQuarter-final, lost to Dundee United
Scottish CupSemi-final, lost to Falkirk
Top goalscorerLeague:
Jason Cummings (18)
All:
Jason Cummings (21)

Results & fixtures

  Win   Draw   Loss   Postponed

Scottish Championship
Main article: 2014–15 Scottish Championship
9 August 2014 Championship Hibernian 2 – 1 Livingston Easter Road
15:00 El Alagui  16'
Oxley  19'		 SPFL Report Gallagher  60' Attendance: 9,390
Referee: Madden
17 August 2014[2] Championship Heart of Midlothian 2 – 1 Hibernian Tynecastle Stadium
12:30 Nicholson  76'
Buaben  80' (pen.)
Sow  88'		 BBC Report Robertson  79' 
El Alagui  90+2'		 Attendance: 17,280
Referee: Collum
23 August 2014 Championship Hibernian 0 – 1 Falkirk Easter Road
15:00 BBC Report Loy  13' Attendance: 9,153
Referee: Allan
30 August 2014 Championship Alloa Athletic 2 – 1 Hibernian Recreation Park
15:00 Buchanan  56'
Flannigan  85'		 BBC Report Cummings  15' Attendance: 2,476
Referee: Finnie
13 September 2014 Championship Hibernian 3 – 2 Cowdenbeath Easter Road
15:00 Foster  26'
Malonga  78' (pen.)
Cummings  90+4'		 BBC Report Higgins  50'
Robertson  56'		 Attendance: 11,021
Referee: McKendrick
20 September 2014 Championship Queen of the South 1 – 0 Hibernian Recreation Park
15:00 McShane  29' BBC Report Attendance: 3,083
Referee: Muir
29 September 2014 Championship Rangers 1 – 3 Hibernian Ibrox Stadium
19:45 Law  55' BBC Report Cummings  25', 39'
Gray  31'		 Attendance: 31,619
Referee: Murray
4 October 2014 Championship Hibernian 1 – 1 Raith Rovers Easter Road
15:00 Robertson  44' BBC Report Nade  68' Attendance: 9,954
Referee: Beaton
11 October 2014 Championship Hibernian 0 – 0 Dumbarton Easter Road
15:00 BBC Report Attendance: 7,923
Referee: Cook
18 October 2014 Championship Livingston 0 – 4 Hibernian Almondvale Stadium
17:30 BBC Report Malonga  31'
Handling  53'
McGeouch  70' (pen.)
Heffernan  86'		 Attendance: 2,666
Referee: Aitken
26 October 2014 Championship Hibernian 1 – 1 Heart of Midlothian Easter Road
12:15 Malonga  44' BBC Report Paterson  79'
Öztürk  90+2'		 Attendance: 14,562
Referee: Madden
8 November 2014 Championship Cowdenbeath 1 – 2 Hibernian Central Park
Robertson  63' BBC Report Hanlon  25'
Cummings  41'		 Attendance: 2,563
Referee: Charleston
15 November 2014 Championship Hibernian 0 – 0 Queen of the South Easter Road
15:00 BBC Report Attendance: 10,069
Referee: Salmond
22 November 2014 Championship Dumbarton 3 – 6 Hibernian Dumbarton Football Stadium
Kane  50'
Graham  61'
Fleming  71'		 BBC Report Allan  23'
Malonga  27', 64', 85'
Hanlon  30'
Stanton  83'		 Attendance: 1,409
Referee: Murray
6 December 2014 Championship Falkirk 1 – 0 Hibernian Falkirk Stadium
McCracken  90+1' BBC Report Attendance: 4,983
Referee: Finnie
13 December 2014 Championship Hibernian 2 – 0 Alloa Athletic Easter Road
Handling  28'
Malonga  73'		 BBC Report Attendance: 8,031
Referee: Charleston
20 December 2014 Championship Raith Rovers 1 – 3 Hibernian Stark's Park
15:00 McKay  40' BBC Report Cummings  44'
Fontaine  78'
Malonga  81'		 Attendance: 3,166
Referee: Robertson
27 December 2014 Championship Hibernian 4 – 0 Rangers Easter Road
12:15 Gray  8'
Cummings  12'
Robertson  63'
Craig  70'		 BBC Report Attendance: 15,261
Referee: Madden
3 January 2015 Championship Heart of Midlothian 1 – 1 Hibernian Tynecastle Stadium
12:45 Walker  40' BBC Report Cummings  23' Attendance: 17,279
Referee: McLean
10 January 2015 Championship Hibernian 3 – 3 Falkirk Easter Road
15:00 Cummings  12', 42'
Leahy  39' (o.g.)[3]		 BBC Report Baird  18'
Craig  59' (o.g.)
Grant  65'		 Attendance: 9,498
Referee: Collum
17 January 2015 Championship Hibernian 5 – 0 Cowdenbeath Easter Road
15:00 Hanlon  9'
Cummings  24'
Robertson 74'
Booth  84'
Stevenson  90'		 BBC Report Attendance: 8,240
Referee: Dallas
24 January 2015 Championship Queen of the South 0 – 2 Hibernian Palmerston Park
15:00 BBC Report McGeouch  63' (pen.)
Robertson  75'		 Attendance: 3,677
Referee: Murray
31 January 2015 Championship Hibernian 1 – 1 Raith Rovers Easter Road
15:00 Boyle  46' BBC Report Nadé  90' Attendance: 9,024
Referee: Anderson
13 February 2015 Championship Rangers 0 – 2 Hibernian Ibrox Stadium
19:45 Žaliūkas  76'
Murdoch  90+3'		 BBC Report Robertson  19'
Allan  54'
Stevenson  82'		 Attendance: 29,769
Referee: McLean
21 February 2015 Championship Hibernian 3 – 0 Dumbarton Easter Road
15:00 Djédjé  29'
Malonga  32', 56'		 BBC Report Attendance: 8,370
Referee: Aitken
28 February 2015 Championship Alloa Athletic 0 – 1 Hibernian Recreation Park
15:00 BBC Report Allan  26' Attendance: 2,024
Referee: McKendrick
11 March 2015 Championship Hibernian 2 – 1 Livingston Easter Road
19:45 Cummings  31'
Djédjé  89'		 BBC Report Sekajja  88' Attendance: 7,857
Referee: Finnie
14 March 2015 Championship Cowdenbeath 0 – 2 Hibernian Central Park
15:00 BBC Report Fyvie  32'
Cummings  34'
Allan  84'		 Attendance: 1,822
Referee: Anderson
22 March 2015 Championship Hibernian 0 – 2 Rangers Easter Road
12:45 BBC Report Wallace  44'
Miller  80'		 Attendance: 14,075
Referee: Collum
28 March 2015 Championship Raith Rovers 2 – 1 Hibernian Stark's Park
15:00 Stewart  53'
Vaughan  84'		 BBC Report Fyvie  56' Attendance: 3,183
Referee: Muir
4 April 2015 Championship Hibernian 0 – 1 Queen of the South Easter Road
15:00 BBC Report Durnan  47' Attendance: 8,773
Referee: Murray
8 April 2015 Championship Dumbarton 1 – 2 Hibernian Dumbarton Football Stadium
19:45 Megginson  55'
Turner  57'		 BBC Report Hanlon  42'
Cummings  66'		 Attendance: 1,110
Referee: Charleston
12 April 2015 Championship Hibernian 2 – 0 Heart of Midlothian Easter Road
14:15 Cummings  30'
Hanlon  42'
Forster  45+2'
Boyle  76'
El Alagui  90+1'
El Alagui  90+3'		 BBC Report Gomis  57'
Eckersley  75'
Pallardó  81'		 Attendance: 13,530
Referee: Clancy
22 April 2015 Championship Livingston 1 – 3 Hibernian Almondvale Stadium
19:45 Hippolyte  14'
Cole  44' 		 BBC Report Robertson  8'
Cummings  15'
Malonga  82'		 Attendance: 2,301
Referee: Dallas
25 April 2015 Championship Hibernian 4 – 1 Alloa Athletic Easter Road
15:00 Boyle  31'
Craig  42'
Cummings  61'
Malonga  71'		 BBC Report Flannigan  63' Attendance: 8,328
Referee: McKendrick
2 May 2015 Championship Falkirk 0 – 3 Hibernian Falkirk Stadium
12:15 BBC Report Boyle  5'
Cummings  40'
Malonga  77'		 Attendance: 7,672
Referee: Robertson

Premiership Play-offs
20 May 2015 Play-offs SF R1 Rangers 2 – 0 Hibernian Ibrox Stadium
19:45 Clark  44'
Miller  63'		 BBC Report Attendance: 41,236
Referee: Murray
23 May 2015 Play-offs SF R2 Hibernian 1 – 0
(1–2 agg.)		 Rangers Easter Road
12:00 Cummings  90+4' BBC Report Attendance: 14,742
Referee: Beaton

Challenge Cup
Main article: 2014–15 Scottish Challenge Cup
5 August 2014 First round Rangers 2 – 1 (a.e.t.) Hibernian Ibrox Stadium
19:35 MacLeod  14'
Law  101'		 SPFL Report Handling  59'
Handling  80'		 Attendance: 18,138
Referee: Beaton

League Cup
Main article: 2014–15 Scottish League Cup
26 August 2014 Second round Hibernian 3 – 2 Dumbarton Easter Road
19:45 El Alagui  78', 84'
Stanton  90+1'		 BBC Report Megginson  52'
Gilhaney  59'		 Attendance: 5,066
Referee: Robertson
23 September 2014 Third round Ross County 0 – 2 Hibernian Victoria Park
BBC Report Malonga  22', 36'
McGeouch  83'		 Attendance: 1,819
Referee: Finnie
29 October 2014 Quarter Final Hibernian 3–3 (a.e.t.)
(6–7 p)		 Dundee United Easter Road
19:45 Malonga  17'
Cummings  57'
Kennedy  78'		 BBC Report Erskine  12'
Connolly  19'
Dow  61'		 Attendance: 8,689
Referee: Beaton
Penalties
Allan
Craig
Hanlon
Harris
Malonga
Stanton
Kennedy
Gray 		Erskine
Souttar
Armstrong
Dow
Çiftçi
Spittal
Rankin
Townsend

Scottish Cup
Main article: 2014–15 Scottish Cup
29 November 2014 Fourth round Alloa Athletic 1 – 2 Hibernian Recreation Park
Meggatt  15' BBC Report Craig  28'
Gray  37'
Malonga  87'		 Attendance: 2,138
Referee: Madden
7 February 2015 Fifth round Hibernian 3 – 1 Arbroath Easter Road
15:00 Djédjé  42'
Gordon  60' (o.g.)
McGeouch  68'		 BBC Report Stewart  17' Attendance: 9,065
Referee: Dallas
8 March 2015 Quarter Final Hibernian 4 – 0 Berwick Easter Road
12:45 Cummings  26'
Stevenson  28'
Stanton  66'
Fontaine  82'		 BBC Report Attendance: 11,259
Referee: Madden
18 April 2015 Semi FInal Hibernian 0 – 1 Falkirk Hampden Park
12:15 BBC Report Sibbald  75' Attendance: 21,227
Referee: Beaton

Player statistics

During the 2014–15 season, Hibs have used thirty different players in competitive games. The table below shows the number of appearances and goals scored by each player.

As of 23 May 2015 (UTC)[4]
No. Pos Nat Player TotalChampionshipOther[a]League CupScottish Cup
AppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
1 GK Mark Oxley 45135+013+003+004+00
2 DF David Gray 34323+223+003+003+01
4 DF Paul Hanlon 40431+043+002+004+00
5 DF Michael Nelson 202+000+000+000+00
5 DF Liam Fontaine 38229+012+003+004+01
6 DF Jordon Forster 21113+411+002+001+00
7 MF Alex Harris 1604+801+001+100+10
8 MF Scott Robertson 41632+062+003+004+00
9 FW Farid El Alagui 1357+231+101+021+00
10 MF Liam Craig 32322+223+002+002+11
11 MF Sam Stanton 2838+1411+000+210+31
14 FW Paul Heffernan 1314+710+100+100+00
16 DF Lewis Stevenson 44335+023+002+004+01
17 MF Owain Tudur Jones 100+000+100+000+00
17 FW Martin Boyle 17310+730+000+000+00
18 FW Jake Sinclair 301+200+000+000+00
18 DF Keith Watson 807+100+000+000+00
19 MF Danny Handling 24312+821+012+001+00
20 MF Scott Allan 42229+322+102+104+00
22 DF Callum Booth 1216+510+001+000+00
22 MF Fraser Fyvie 1729+322+000+002+10
23 MF Dylan McGeouch 26317+321+101+002+11
24 FW Dominique Malonga 311620+4132+002+032+10
27 MF Lewis Allan 100+100+000+000+00
29 FW Franck Dja Djédjé 1535+620+100+001+21
30 MF Matthew Kennedy 1615+800+001+110+10
31 GK Kleton Perntreou 201+100+000+000+00
35 FW Jason Cummings 422127+6182+012+114+01
39 MF Scott Martin 300+300+000+000+00
45 FW Conner Duthie 100+100+000+000+00
a. ^ Includes other competitive competitions, including the play-offs and the Challenge Cup.

Disciplinary record
As of 23 May 2015 (UTC)
Position Nation Number Name Championship Other League Cup Scottish Cup Total
1GKMark Oxley1000000010
2DFDavid Gray4010000050
4DFPaul Hanlon3000000030
5DFLiam Fontaine1000000010
6DFJordon Forster2010000020
8MFScott Robertson4120000061
9FWFarid El Alagui0010000010
10MFLiam Craig6020000080
14FWPaul Heffernan1000000010
16DFLewis Stevenson3010100050
18MFKeith Watson1000000010
19MFDanny Handling0001000001
20MFScott Allan6010100080
22DFCallum Booth3000000030
22MFFraser Fyvie0010000010
23MFDylan McGeouch1000010011
24FWDominique Malonga1000000111
29FWFranck Dja Djédjé1000000010
35FWJason Cummings5000000050
Total 4111012101534

Club statistics

League table
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion, qualification or relegation
1 Heart of Midlothian (C, P) 36 29 4 3 96 26 +70 91 Promotion to the Premiership
2 Hibernian 36 21 7 8 70 32 +38 70 Qualification for the Premiership play-off semi-final
3 Rangers 36 19 10 7 69 39 +30 67 Qualification for the Premiership play-off quarter-final
4 Queen of the South 36 17 9 10 58 41 +17 60
5 Falkirk 36 14 11 11 48 48 0 53
Source: Soccerway
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Number of goals scored
(C) Champion; (P) Promoted.

Division summary
Round123456789101112131415161718192021222324252627282930313233343536
GroundHAHAHAAHHAHAHAAHAHAHHAAAHAHAHAHAHAHH
ResultWLLLWLWDDWDWDWLWWWDDWWDWWWWWLLLWWWWW
Position458867555444444433333332222222222322
Updated to match(es) played on 2 May 2015. Source: [5]
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Management statistics
Last updated on 23 May 2015
Name From To P W D L Win%[nb 1]
Alan Stubbs[6] 5 August 2014 23 May 2015 46 27 7 12 058.70

Transfers

See also

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

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