# 2019–20 Heart of Midlothian F.C. season

The 2019–20 season was the 139th season of competitive football by Heart of Midlothian (Hearts) with the team participating in the Scottish Premiership. Hearts played their fifth consecutive season in the top tier of Scottish football, having been promoted from the Scottish Championship at the end of the 2014–15 season. They reached the Semi-final of the Scottish League Cup and reached the Final of the Scottish Cup.
On 13 March 2020 all SPFL leagues were indefinitely suspended due to the COVID-19 pandemic. This led to league games being postponed until at least 30 April, and later the season being ended early, resulting in 12th placed Hearts being relegated to Scottish Championship. Both Semi-finals of the Scottish Cup were postponed until later in the year – Hearts finished as runners up, losing to Celtic in the Final.

## Results and fixtures

Win  Draw  Loss  Postponed

### Scottish Cup
## First team player statistics
### Captains

Christophe Berra continued as captain for season 2019–20, having been re-appointed as captain two seasons earlier. In January 2020, following Daniel Stendel's appointment as manager Berra was advised he was free to find a new club and was dropped from the team, later being loaned out to Dundee. Steven Naismith was then appointed as club captain, with John Souttar named as vice-captain.
| No | Pos | Name | No of games | Notes |
| 6 | DF | Berra | 24 | Captain |
| 14 | FW | Naismith | 11 | Captain |
| 4 | DF | Souttar | 1 | Vice Captain |
| 26 | DF | Halkett | 3 | Vice Captain |
Last updated: 11 March 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

During the 2019–20 season, Hearts have used thirty-six players in competitive games. The table below shows the number of appearances and goals scored by each player. The player statistics for the two delayed 2019–20 Scottish Cup matches have been included in the 2020–21 Heart of Midlothian F.C. season article.
    Last Updated 11 March 2020
| Number | Position | Nation | Name | Totals | Totals | Premiership | Premiership | League Cup | League Cup | Scottish Cup | Scottish Cup |
| Number | Position | Nation | Name | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| 1 | GK | TCH | Zdenek Zlamal | 12 | 0 | 7+0 | 0 | 4+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 |
| 2 | DF | NIR | Michael Smith | 32 | 1 | 22+0 | 0 | 7+0 | 1 | 3+0 | 0 |
| 3 | DF | IRL | Aidy White | 16 | 0 | 12+2 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 4 | DF | SCO | John Souttar | 11 | 0 | 7+0 | 0 | 2+0 | 0 | 2+0 | 0 |
| 6 | DF | SCO | Christophe Berra | 25 | 1 | 18+1 | 1 | 6+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 7 | MF | AUS | Oliver Bozanic | 25 | 4 | 12+5 | 3 | 3+3 | 0 | 1+1 | 1 |
| 8 | MF | ENG | Sean Clare | 35 | 6 | 23+2 | 4 | 6+1 | 0 | 3+0 | 2 |
| 9 | FW | ENG | Conor Washington | 21 | 3 | 6+8 | 2 | 4+0 | 1 | 3+0 | 0 |
| 10 | MF | SCO | Jamie Walker | 22 | 4 | 10+4 | 3 | 4+1 | 1 | 0+3 | 0 |
| 11 | MF | IRL | Jake Mulraney | 22 | 1 | 12+5 | 1 | 4+1 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 12 | MF | IRL | Glenn Whelan | 17 | 0 | 13+2 | 0 | 2+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 13 | GK | IRL | Colin Doyle | 2 | 0 | 2+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 14 | FW | SCO | Steven Naismith | 20 | 5 | 13+3 | 4 | 0+1 | 0 | 3+0 | 1 |
| 15 | FW | SCO | Craig Wighton | 3 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 17 | DF | AUS | Ben Garuccio | 6 | 0 | 2+2 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 |
| 18 | FW | SCO | Steven MacLean | 17 | 2 | 8+3 | 1 | 4+2 | 1 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 19 | FW | ENG | Uche Ikpeazu | 29 | 2 | 15+8 | 2 | 3+3 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 21 | FW | SCO | Anthony McDonald | 5 | 1 | 1+0 | 0 | 2+1 | 1 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 22 | MF | FRA | Loïc Damour | 20 | 0 | 12+5 | 0 | 2+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 |
| 23 | GK | POR | Joel Castro Pereira | 25 | 0 | 20+0 | 0 | 3+0 | 0 | 2+0 | 0 |
| 25 | MF | SCO | Jamie Brandon | 9 | 0 | 6+3 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 26 | DF | SCO | Craig Halkett | 31 | 7 | 23+0 | 2 | 5+0 | 4 | 3+0 | 1 |
| 27 | MF | SCO | Lewis Moore | 8 | 0 | 5+1 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 2+0 | 0 |
| 28 | DF | CGO | Clévid Dikamona | 12 | 0 | 7+3 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 |
| 29 | FW | CAN | Dario Zanatta | 3 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 2+1 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 29 | FW | NIR | Liam Boyce | 9 | 2 | 6+1 | 2 | 0+0 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 |
| 31 | DF | NIR | Bobby Burns | 1 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 32 | MF | GER | Marcel Langer | 3 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 |
| 35 | FW | IRL | Aidan Keena | 9 | 0 | 1+4 | 0 | 0+4 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 35 | DF | ENG | Toby Sibbick | 2 | 0 | 2+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 38 | MF | SCO | Callumn Morrison | 5 | 0 | 2+2 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 40 | MF | SCO | Andy Irving | 25 | 2 | 14+4 | 0 | 3+2 | 1 | 2+0 | 1 |
| 41 | FW | SCO | Euan Henderson | 13 | 1 | 5+6 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 1+1 | 1 |
| 51 | MF | SCO | Aaron Hickey | 29 | 1 | 21+0 | 1 | 6+0 | 0 | 2+0 | 0 |
| 77 | MF | JPN | Ryotaro Meshino | 20 | 3 | 9+9 | 3 | 2+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 99 | FW | KOS | Donis Avdijaj | 3 | 0 | 1+2 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
* Last updated: 11 March 2020
* Source: Wikipedia players' articles, Heart of Midlothian, Sky Sports
* Ordered by Squad Number.
Appearances (starts and substitute appearances) and goals include those in Scottish Premiership, League Cup and the Scottish Cup.

### Disciplinary record

During the 2019–20 season, Hearts players have been issued with seventy-six yellow cards and five reds. The table below shows the number of cards and type shown to each player. The player statistics for the two delayed 2019–20 Scottish Cup matches have been included in the 2020–21 Heart of Midlothian F.C. season article.
    Last updated 11 March 2020
| Number | Position | Nation | Name | Premiership | Premiership | League Cup | League Cup | Scottish Cup | Scottish Cup | Total | Total |
| 2 | DF | | Michael Smith | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 |
| 3 | DF | | Aidy White | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 4 | DF | | John Souttar | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 6 | DF | | Christophe Berra | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 |
| 7 | MF | | Oliver Bozanic | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 8 | MF | | Sean Clare | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 1 |
| 10 | MF | | Jamie Walker | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 11 | MF | | Jake Mulraney | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 |
| 12 | MF | | Glenn Whelan | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 14 | FW | | Steven Naismith | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| 15 | FW | | Craig Wighton | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 18 | FW | | Steven MacLean | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| 19 | FW | | Uche Ikpeazu | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 |
| 22 | MF | | Loïc Damour | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| 25 | MF | | Jamie Brandon | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 26 | DF | | Craig Halkett | 7 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0 |
| 28 | DF | | Clévid Dikamona | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 31 | MF | | Bobby Burns | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 32 | MF | | Marcel Langer | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 40 | MF | | Andy Irving | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 1 |
| 41 | FW | | Euan Henderson | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 51 | MF | | Aaron Hickey | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 |
| 77 | FW | | Ryotaro Meshino | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | 61 | 4 | 11 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 76 | 5 |

### Goal scorers

The player statistics for the two delayed 2019–20 Scottish Cup matches have been included in the 2020–21 Heart of Midlothian F.C. season article.
Last updated 11 March 2020
| Place | Position | Nation | Name | Premiership | League Cup | Scottish Cup | Total |
| 1 | DF | | Craig Halkett | 2 | 4 | 1 | 7 |
| 2 | MF | | Sean Clare | 4 | 0 | 2 | 6 |
| 3 | FW | | Steven Naismith | 4 | 0 | 1 | 5 |
| 4 | MF | | Jamie Walker | 3 | 1 | 0 | 4 |
| 4 | MF | | Oliver Bozanic | 3 | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| 5 | MF | | Ryotaro Meshino | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 5 | MF | | Conor Washington | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
| 6 | FW | | Uche Ikpeazu | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 6 | MF | | Steven MacLean | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 6 | MF | | Andy Irving | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 6 | FW | | Liam Boyce | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 7 | DF | | Michael Smith | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 7 | DF | | Christophe Berra | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 7 | MF | | Jake Mulraney | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 7 | MF | | Aaron Hickey | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 7 | MF | | Anthony McDonald | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 7 | MF | | Euan Henderson | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | 28 | 10 | 7 | 45 |

### Clean sheets

| R | Pos | Nat | Name | Premiership | League Cup | Scottish Cup | Total |
| 1 | GK | | Joel Castro Pereira | 3 | 0 | 2 | 5 |
| 2 | GK | | Zdenek Zlamal | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| 3 | GK | | Colin Doyle | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | 4 | 1 | 3 | 8 |
Last updated: 11 March 2020 Source: Match reports in Competitive matches

## Team statistics
### League table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | PPG | Qualification or relegation |
| 8 | Kilmarnock | 30 | 9 | 6 | 15 | 31 | 41 | −10 | 33 | 1.10 | |
| 9 | St Mirren | 30 | 7 | 8 | 15 | 24 | 41 | −17 | 29 | 0.97 | |
| 10 | Ross County | 30 | 7 | 8 | 15 | 29 | 60 | −31 | 29 | 0.97 | |
| 11 | Hamilton Academical | 30 | 6 | 9 | 15 | 30 | 50 | −20 | 27 | 0.90 | |
| 12 | Heart of Midlothian (R) | 30 | 4 | 11 | 15 | 31 | 52 | −21 | 23 | 0.77 | Relegation to the Championship |
* ↑ All play-off matches were cancelled, as clubs voted to curtail the season due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

### League Cup table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | PW | PL | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | HOM | EFI | DUN | STE | COW |
| 1 | Heart of Midlothian | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 3 | +3 | 9 | Qualification for the Second Round | — | — | p1–1 | 2–1 | — |
| 2 | East Fife | 4 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 3 | +2 | 8 | Qualification for the Second Round | p1–1 | — | — | 2–0 | — |
| 3 | Dundee United | 4 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 4 | +2 | 7 | | — | 0–2 | — | — | 3–0 |
| 4 | Stenhousemuir | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 6 | −2 | 3 | | — | — | 1–2 | — | 2–0 |
| 5 | Cowdenbeath | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 7 | −5 | 3 | | 0–2 | 2–0 | — | — | — |

### 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 |
| Ground | A | H | A | H | H | A | A | H | H | A | A | H | A | A | H | A | H | H | A | H | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | A |
| Result | L | D | L | D | L | W | D | L | D | D | L | W | L | L | D | L | L | L | L | L | D | D | W | D | L | L | D | W | L |
| Position | 8 | 8 | 11 | 11 | 12 | 8 | 9 | 9 | 10 | 9 | 11 | 9 | 9 | 10 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 11 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 11 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 11 | 12 |

### Management statistics

    Last updated on 11 March 2020
| Name | From | To | P | W | D | L | Win% |
| Craig Levein | 12 July 2019 | 31 October 2019 | 17 | 5 | 7 | 5 | 029.41 |
| Austin MacPhee | 31 October 2019 | 7 December 2019 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 020.00 |
| Daniel Stendel | 7 December 2019 | Present | 16 | 5 | 4 | 7 | 031.25 |

## Club
### Staff

Club staff :
| Name | Role |
| Daniel Stendel | Manager |
| Jörg Sievers | Assistant Manager |
| Dale Tonge | First Team Coach |
| Mike Williams | First Team Sports Scientist |
| Austin MacPhee | Assistant Manager |
| Jon Daly and Liam Fox | First Team Coaches |
| Andy Kirk | Reserve Manager |
| John Rankin | Reserve and Youth Coach |
| Paul Gallacher | Goalkeeper Coach |
| Tom Taylor | Head of Fitness |
| Karen Gibson | Club Medic |
Boardroom :
| Name | Role |
| Ann Budge | Executive chairwoman |
| Craig Levein | Manager & Director of Football |
| Jacqui Duncan | Finance Director |
| Stuart Wallace | Foundation of Hearts Chairman |
| Eric Hogg | Non-Executive Director |
| Donald Cumming | Non-Executive Director |
| Kevin Windram | Non-Executive Director |