# 2015–16 Hibernian F.C. season

The 2015–16 season is Hibernian's (Hibs) second season of play in the second tier of Scottish football the Scottish Championship, since they were relegated at the end of the 2013–14 season. Hibs also competed in the Challenge Cup, the Scottish League Cup and the Scottish Cup.

## Summary
### Season

Hibernian finished third in the Championship. They reached the first round of the Challenge Cup, the final of the League Cup and the final of the Scottish Cup, beating Rangers 3-2, ending a 114-year wait for the trophy.

## Results & fixtures

Win  Draw  Loss  Postponed

### Scottish Cup
## Player statistics

During the 2015–16 season, Hibs have used thirty-three different players in competitive games. The table below shows the number of appearances and goals scored by each player. David Gray was appointed as club captain for the season, replacing Liam Craig.
    As of 21 May 2016 (UTC)
| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Total | Total | Championship | Championship | Other | Other | League Cup | League Cup | Scottish Cup | Scottish Cup |
| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| 1 | GK | ENG | Mark Oxley | 45 | 0 | 33+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | 6+0 | 0 | 5+0 | 0 |
| 2 | DF | SCO | David Gray | 46 | 2 | 29+1 | 0 | 5+0 | 0 | 5+0 | 1 | 6+0 | 1 |
| 3 | MF | SCO | Liam Henderson | 47 | 6 | 26+5 | 5 | 3+1 | 1 | 5+0 | 0 | 5+2 | 0 |
| 4 | DF | SCO | Paul Hanlon | 43 | 2 | 27+1 | 1 | 5+0 | 0 | 5+0 | 0 | 5+0 | 1 |
| 5 | DF | ENG | Liam Fontaine | 39 | 2 | 22+4 | 1 | 2+1 | 0 | 6+0 | 1 | 4+0 | 0 |
| 6 | DF | ENG | Marvin Bartley | 36 | 0 | 20+5 | 0 | 1+2 | 0 | 2+1 | 0 | 5+0 | 0 |
| 7 | FW | CGO | Dominique Malonga | 23 | 6 | 13+6 | 4 | 1+0 | 0 | 1+1 | 1 | 1+0 | 1 |
| 8 | MF | SCO | Fraser Fyvie | 32 | 0 | 20+1 | 0 | 5+0 | 0 | 4+0 | 0 | 2+0 | 0 |
| 9 | FW | FRA | Farid El Alagui | 7 | 2 | 0+5 | 2 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 10 | MF | SCO | Scott Allan | 3 | 1 | 1+0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0+1 | 1 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 10 | MF | SCO | Dylan McGeouch | 30 | 0 | 14+5 | 0 | 3+1 | 0 | 3+0 | 0 | 4+0 | 0 |
| 11 | MF | SCO | Sam Stanton | 6 | 1 | 0+4 | 0 | 1+0 | 1 | 1+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 16 | DF | SCO | Lewis Stevenson | 52 | 1 | 34+0 | 0 | 5+0 | 0 | 6+0 | 1 | 7+0 | 0 |
| 17 | FW | SCO | Martin Boyle | 32 | 5 | 12+12 | 5 | 0+1 | 0 | 2+2 | 0 | 0+3 | 0 |
| 18 | MF | SCO | John McGinn | 51 | 5 | 32+3 | 3 | 4+0 | 1 | 5+0 | 1 | 7+0 | 0 |
| 19 | FW | SCO | James Keatings | 40 | 11 | 18+9 | 8 | 1+3 | 2 | 1+3 | 0 | 3+2 | 1 |
| 20 | FW | SCO | Islam Feruz | 6 | 0 | 0+6 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 21 | DF | SCO | Dan Carmichael | 9 | 1 | 4+2 | 1 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+2 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 22 | FW | EST | Henri Anier | 3 | 0 | 0+3 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 23 | MF | SCO | Jordon Forster | 1 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 24 | DF | SCO | Darren McGregor | 43 | 3 | 23+4 | 0 | 4+0 | 2 | 3+2 | 0 | 6+1 | 1 |
| 25 | GK | IRL | Conrad Logan | 8 | 0 | 2+0 | 0 | 4+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 2+0 | 0 |
| 27 | DF | NOR | Niklas Gunnarsson | 14 | 2 | 8+1 | 2 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 1+4 | 0 |
| 28 | FW | IRL | Anthony Stokes | 24 | 8 | 12+1 | 4 | 4+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | 6+0 | 4 |
| 29 | FW | ENG | Chris Dagnall | 15 | 0 | 3+8 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | 1+2 | 0 |
| 30 | MF | SCO | Kevin Thomson | 8 | 0 | 1+3 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | 2+1 | 0 |
| 32 | GK | FIN | Otso Virtanen | 1 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 33 | MF | SCO | Alex Harris | 1 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 35 | FW | AUS | Jason Cummings | 48 | 25 | 30+2 | 18 | 4+1 | 1 | 6+0 | 4 | 5+0 | 2 |
| 44 | MF | SCO | Jordan Sinclair | 1 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 48 | MF | SCO | Scott Martin | 4 | 1 | 1+1 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 1 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 49 | FW | SCO | Lewis Allan | 1 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 51 | FW | SCO | Oliver Shaw | 1 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
* Source:
    a. ^ Includes other competitive competitions, including the play-offs and the Challenge Cup.

### Disciplinary record

    As of 21 May 2016 (UTC)
| Number | Nation | Position | Name | Championship | Championship | Other | Other | League Cup | League Cup | Scottish Cup | Scottish Cup | Total | Total |
| 1 | | GK | Mark Oxley | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 2 | | DF | David Gray | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 0 |
| 3 | | MF | Liam Henderson | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 0 |
| 4 | | DF | Paul Hanlon | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| 5 | | DF | Liam Fontaine | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 6 | | DF | Marvin Bartley | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 11 | 0 |
| 7 | | FW | Dominique Malonga | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 8 | | MF | Fraser Fyvie | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 0 |
| 10 | | MF | Scott Allan | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 10 | | MF | Dylan McGeouch | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 16 | | DF | Lewis Stevenson | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 |
| 17 | | FW | Martin Boyle | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 18 | | MF | John McGinn | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 |
| 19 | | FW | James Keatings | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 24 | | DF | Darren McGregor | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| 28 | | FW | Anthony Stokes | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| 29 | | FW | Chris Dagnall | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 30 | | MF | Kevin Thomson | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 35 | | FW | Jason Cummings | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 1 |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | 56 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 85 | 1 |

## Club statistics
### League table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Promotion, qualification or relegation |
| 1 | Rangers (C, P) | 36 | 25 | 6 | 5 | 88 | 34 | +54 | 81 | Promotion to the Premiership |
| 2 | Falkirk | 36 | 19 | 13 | 4 | 61 | 34 | +27 | 70 | Qualification for the Premiership play-off semi-finals |
| 3 | Hibernian | 36 | 21 | 7 | 8 | 59 | 34 | +25 | 70 | Qualification for the Europa League second qualifying round and for the Premiership play-off semi-finals |
| 4 | Raith Rovers | 36 | 18 | 8 | 10 | 52 | 46 | +6 | 62 | Qualification for the Premiership play-off quarter-finals |
| 5 | Greenock Morton | 36 | 11 | 10 | 15 | 39 | 42 | −3 | 43 | |
* ↑ Hibernian qualified for the Europa League second qualifying round by winning the 2015–16 Scottish Cup.

### Division summary

| Round | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 | 24 | 25 | 26 | 27 | 28 | 29 | 30 | 31 | 32 | 33 | 34 | 35 |
| Ground | A | H | A | H | H | A | H | A | H | A | A | H | A | H | H | H | H | A | H | A | H | A | A | H | H | A | A | A | A | A | H | H | A | H | H |
| Result | L | W | L | W | W | W | D | W | W | W | W | W | W | W | W | D | W | L | W | D | W | W | D | W | L | L | L | L | D | L | D | W | D | W | W |
| Position | 7 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 |

### Management statistics

| Name | From | To | P | W | D | L | Win% |
| Alan Stubbs | 25 July 2015 | 21 May 2016 | 53 | 31 | 10 | 12 | 058.49 |