# 2021–22 Heart of Midlothian F.C. season

The 2021–22 season was the 141st season of competitive football by Heart of Midlothian. It is the club's first season of play back in the top tier of Scottish football, having been promoted from the Scottish Championship at the end of the previous season.
They also competed in that season's Scottish League Cup and Scottish Cup.

## Results and fixtures

Win  Draw  Loss  Postponed

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

Craig Gordon was appointed captain for the 2021–22 season, taking over from Steven Naismith who retired at the end of the previous season. Naismith took on a coaching role at the club.
| No | Pos | Name | No of games |
| 1 | GK | Gordon | 45 |
| 4 | DF | Souttar | 1 |
| 5 | MF | Haring | 1 |
Last updated: 14 May 2022 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 2021–22 campaign, Hearts used thirty players in competitive games. The table below shows the number of appearances and goals scored by each player.
| 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 | SCO | Craig Gordon | 46 | 0 | 36+0 | 0 | 5+0 | 0 | 5+0 | 0 |
| 2 | DF | NIR | Michael Smith | 27 | 2 | 19+1 | 2 | 5+0 | 0 | 2+0 | 0 |
| 3 | DF | SCO | Stephen Kingsley | 41 | 7 | 30+2 | 6 | 5+0 | 0 | 4+0 | 1 |
| 4 | DF | SCO | John Souttar | 33 | 4 | 26+1 | 4 | 4+0 | 0 | 2+0 | 0 |
| 5 | DF | AUT | Peter Haring | 41 | 2 | 20+11 | 0 | 3+2 | 0 | 4+1 | 2 |
| 6 | MF | COD | Beni Baningime | 27 | 2 | 23+1 | 1 | 1+0 | 0 | 2+0 | 1 |
| 7 | MF | SCO | Jamie Walker | 8 | 2 | 0+4 | 1 | 0+4 | 1 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 8 | MF | IRL | Aaron McEneff | 20 | 3 | 7+5 | 1 | 1+3 | 1 | 0+4 | 1 |
| 9 | MF | WAL | Ben Woodburn | 30 | 3 | 16+12 | 3 | 0+0 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 |
| 10 | FW | NIR | Liam Boyce | 40 | 16 | 29+1 | 10 | 5+0 | 4 | 4+1 | 2 |
| 11 | MF | SCO | Gary Mackay-Steven | 40 | 4 | 19+13 | 2 | 5+0 | 2 | 0+3 | 0 |
| 12 | DF | AUS | Nathaniel Atkinson | 20 | 1 | 13+2 | 1 | 0+0 | 0 | 4+1 | 0 |
| 13 | GK | SCO | Ross Stewart | 2 | 0 | 2+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 14 | MF | AUS | Cameron Devlin | 29 | 1 | 23+2 | 1 | 0+0 | 0 | 3+1 | 0 |
| 15 | DF | ENG | Taylor Moore | 22 | 0 | 16+5 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 16 | MF | SCO | Andy Halliday | 36 | 6 | 15+11 | 4 | 4+1 | 1 | 4+1 | 1 |
| 17 | DF | ENG | Alex Cochrane | 40 | 3 | 25+6 | 2 | 5+0 | 0 | 4+0 | 1 |
| 18 | MF | SCO | Barrie McKay | 38 | 2 | 30+3 | 2 | 0+0 | 0 | 5+0 | 0 |
| 19 | DF | SCO | Craig Halkett | 37 | 2 | 27+1 | 2 | 5+0 | 0 | 4+0 | 0 |
| 20 | FW | ENG | Jordan Roberts | 1 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 20 | FW | ENG | Ellis Simms | 21 | 7 | 11+6 | 5 | 0+0 | 0 | 4+0 | 2 |
| 21 | FW | CIV | Armand Gnanduillet | 15 | 1 | 3+10 | 1 | 1+1 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 21 | DF | ENG | Toby Sibbick | 17 | 0 | 11+3 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 2+1 | 0 |
| 22 | FW | SCO | Euan Henderson | 5 | 0 | 0+2 | 0 | 0+3 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 27 | DF | SCO | Connor Smith | 2 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+2 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 30 | MF | ENG | Josh Ginnelly | 38 | 5 | 16+15 | 5 | 4+1 | 0 | 0+2 | 0 |
| 35 | MF | SCO | Aidan Denholm | 1 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 38 | MF | SCO | Finlay Pollock | 4 | 1 | 0+0 | 0 | 2+2 | 1 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 44 | FW | NIR | Makenzie Kirk | 1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 48 | FW | SCO | Murray Thomas | 2 | 0 | 0+2 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
* Last updated: 22 May 2022
* Source: Match Reports
* Ordered by Squad Number.
Appearances (starts and substitute appearances) and goals include those in the Scottish Premiership, League Cup and the Scottish Cup.

### Disciplinary record

During the 2021–22 season, Hearts players have so far been issued eighty three yellow cards and three red cards. The table below shows the number of cards and type shown to each player.
    Last updated 22 May 2022
| Number | Position | Nation | Name | Premiership | Premiership | League Cup | League Cup | Scottish Cup | Scottish Cup | Total | Total |
| 1 | GK | | Craig Gordon | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 2 | DF | | Michael Smith | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 3 | DF | | Stephen Kingsley | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 4 | DF | | John Souttar | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| 5 | DF | | Peter Haring | 9 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 13 | 0 |
| 6 | MF | | Beni Baningime | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| 7 | MF | | Jamie Walker | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 9 | FW | | Ben Woodburn | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| 10 | FW | | Liam Boyce | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 12 | DF | | Nathaniel Atkinson | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 14 | MF | | Cameron Devlin | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 11 | 0 |
| 15 | DF | | Taylor Moore | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 1 |
| 16 | MF | | Andy Halliday | 6 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 1 |
| 17 | MF | | Alex Cochrane | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 19 | DF | | Craig Halkett | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 0 |
| 20 | FW | | Ellis Simms | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 21 | FW | | Armand Gnanduillet | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 21 | DF | | Toby Sibbick | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 30 | MF | | Josh Ginnelly | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 |
| 38 | MF | | Finlay Pollock | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | 67 | 3 | 7 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 83 | 3 |

### Goal scorers

Last updated 14 May 2021
| Place | Position | Nation | Name | Premiership | League Cup | Scottish Cup | Total |
| 1 | FW | | Liam Boyce | 10 | 4 | 2 | 16 |
| 2 | DF | | Stephen Kingsley | 6 | 0 | 1 | 7 |
| 2 | FW | | Ellis Simms | 5 | 0 | 2 | 7 |
| 3 | MF | | Andy Halliday | 4 | 1 | 1 | 6 |
| 4 | MF | | Josh Ginnelly | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| 5 | DF | | John Souttar | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| 5 | MF | | Gary Mackay-Steven | 2 | 2 | 0 | 4 |
| 6 | MF | | Ben Woodburn | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 6 | DF | | Alex Cochrane | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 6 | MF | | Aaron McEneff | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| 6 | MF | | Peter Haring | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 7 | DF | | Michael Smith | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 7 | MF | | Barrie McKay | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 7 | DF | | Craig Halkett | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 7 | MF | | Jamie Walker | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 7 | MF | | Beni Baningime | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 8 | DF | | Armand Gnanduillet | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 8 | DF | | Nathaniel Atkinson | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 8 | MF | | Cameron Devlin | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 8 | MF | | Finlay Pollock | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | 53 | 11 | 11 | 75 |

### Assists

Last updated 14 May 2021
| Place | Position | Nation | Name | Premiership | League Cup | Scottish Cup | Total |
| 1 | MF | | Barrie McKay | 10 | 0 | 2 | 12 |
| 2 | MF | | Gary Mackay-Steven | 4 | 1 | 0 | 5 |
| 2 | FW | | Liam Boyce | 3 | 1 | 1 | 5 |
| 3 | DF | | Alex Cochrane | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
| 3 | MF | | Josh Ginnelly | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
| 4 | MF | | Cameron Devlin | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 4 | MF | | Peter Haring | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 4 | DF | | Michael Smith | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 4 | DF | | Nathaniel Atkinson | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 4 | MF | | Ben Woodburn | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 4 | MF | | Andy Halliday | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 4 | MF | | Aaron McEneff | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 5 | MF | | Beni Baningime | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 5 | DF | | Taylor Moore | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 5 | DF | | Stephen Kingsley | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 5 | FW | | Ellis Simms | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | 32 | 7 | 8 | 47 |

### Clean sheets

| R | Pos | Nat | Name | Premiership | League Cup | Scottish Cup | Total |
| 1 | GK | | Craig Gordon | 14 | 4 | 2 | 20 |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | 14 | 4 | 2 | 20 |
Last updated: 30 April Source: Match reports in Competitive matches

## Team statistics
### League table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 1 | Celtic (C) | 38 | 29 | 6 | 3 | 92 | 22 | +70 | 93 | Qualification for the Champions League group stage |
| 2 | Rangers | 38 | 27 | 8 | 3 | 80 | 31 | +49 | 89 | Qualification for the Champions League third qualifying round |
| 3 | Heart of Midlothian | 38 | 17 | 10 | 11 | 54 | 44 | +10 | 61 | Qualification for the Europa League play-off round |
| 4 | Dundee United | 38 | 12 | 12 | 14 | 37 | 44 | −7 | 48 | Qualification for the Europa Conference League third qualifying round |
| 5 | Motherwell | 38 | 12 | 10 | 16 | 42 | 61 | −19 | 46 | Qualification for the Europa Conference League second qualifying round |
* ↑ Teams play each other three times (33 matches), before the league is split into two groups (the top six and the bottom six).

#### League Cup table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | PW | PL | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | HOM | STI | INV | COV | PET |
| 1 | Heart of Midlothian | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0 | +8 | 12 | Qualification for the second round | — | — | 1–0 | 3–0 | — |
| 2 | Stirling Albion | 4 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 7 | +1 | 8 | | 0–2 | — | — | — | 3–1 |
| 3 | Inverness Caledonian Thistle | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 6 | −1 | 4 | | — | 2–2p | — | — | 2–0 |
| 4 | Cove Rangers | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 10 | −4 | 3 | | — | 2–3 | 3–1 | — | — |
| 5 | Peterhead | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 8 | −4 | 3 | | 0–2 | — | — | 3–1 | — |

### 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 | 36 | 37 | 38 |
| Ground | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | H | A | H | A | A | H | A | H | A | A | H | A | H | H | H | H | A | A | H | A | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | A | H |
| Result | W | W | D | W | D | D | W | W | D | D | D | L | W | L | W | L | W | L | W | W | W | L | W | D | L | L | L | W | W | D | W | D | W | W | D | L | L | L |
| Position | 2 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 |

### Management statistics

    Last updated 22 May 2022
| Name | From | To | P | W | D | L | Win% |
| Robbie Neilson | 10 July 2021 | Present | 48 | 25 | 10 | 13 | 052.08 |

## Club
### International selection

Over the course of the season a number of the Hearts squad were called up on international duty. Craig Gordon, John Souttar and Craig Halkett were called up to represent Scotland, whilst Michael Smith was selected to represent Northern Ireland and Ben Woodburn to represent Wales. Nathaniel Atkinson was later called up to represent Australia.

## Contract extensions

The following players extended their contracts with the club over the course of the season.
| Date | Player | Length | Previous Expiry | Expiry |
| 31 December 2021 | Craig Gordon | 2.5 years | May 2022 | Summer 2024 |
| 11 January 2022 | Craig Halkett | 2.5 years | June 2022 | Summer 2024 |
| 13 January 2022 | Stephen Kingsley | 3.5 years | June 2022 | Summer 2025 |
| 14 January 2022 | Michael Smith | 1 year | June 2022 | Summer 2023 |
| 3 February 2022 | Euan Henderson | 1 year | June 2022 | Summer 2023 |
| 28 February 2022 | Andy Halliday | 2 years | June 2022 | Summer 2024 |
| 1 March 2022 | Scott McGill | 1 year | June 2022 | Summer 2023 |
| 8 April 2022 | Barrie McKay | 3 years | June 2022 | Summer 2025 |
| 26 April 2022 | Arron Darge | 1 year | June 2022 | Summer 2023 |
| 26 April 2022 | Aidan Denholm | 1 year | June 2022 | Summer 2023 |
| 13 May 2022 | Makenzie Kirk | 1 year | June 2022 | Summer 2023 |
| 13 May 2022 | Murray Thomas | 1 year | June 2022 | Summer 2023 |