# 2023–24 Heart of Midlothian F.C. season

The 2023–24 season was the 143rd season of competitive football by Heart of Midlothian. It was the club's third season of play back in the top tier of Scottish football.
They also competed in the Scottish Cup, Scottish League Cup, and the Europa Conference League.

## Results and fixtures

Win  Draw  Loss  Postponed

### UEFA Europa Conference League
#### Third qualifying round
#### Play-off round
## First team player statistics
### Squad information

During the 2023–24 campaign, Hearts have 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 | Europe | Europe | League Cup | League Cup | Scottish Cup | Scottish Cup |
| Number | Position | Nation | Name | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| 1 | GK | SCO | Craig Gordon | 7 | 0 | 3+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 4+0 | 0 |
| 2 | DF | ENG | Frankie Kent | 44 | 1 | 35+0 | 0 | 4+0 | 0 | 3+0 | 0 | 2+0 | 1 |
| 3 | DF | SCO | Stephen Kingsley | 44 | 0 | 30+3 | 0 | 3+1 | 0 | 2+1 | 0 | 4+0 | 0 |
| 4 | DF | SCO | Craig Halkett | 10 | 0 | 4+4 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 2+0 | 0 |
| 5 | DF | AUT | Peter Haring | 8 | 0 | 5+1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 6 | MF | COD | Beni Baningime | 36 | 0 | 25+4 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 | 4+0 | 0 |
| 7 | MF | ENG | Jorge Grant | 33 | 5 | 15+11 | 4 | 0+1 | 0 | 2+0 | 1 | 4+0 | 0 |
| 8 | MF | AUS | Calem Nieuwenhof | 29 | 2 | 21+4 | 1 | 0+0 | 0 | 3+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 1 |
| 9 | FW | SCO | Lawrence Shankland | 47 | 31 | 36+1 | 24 | 4+0 | 3 | 3+0 | 2 | 3+0 | 2 |
| 10 | FW | NIR | Liam Boyce | 22 | 1 | 7+8 | 1 | 3+1 | 0 | 0+3 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 11 | FW | JPN | Yutaro Oda | 31 | 5 | 11+14 | 5 | 2+1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 |
| 13 | DF | AUS | Nathaniel Atkinson | 26 | 0 | 14+5 | 0 | 4+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 1+2 | 0 |
| 14 | MF | AUS | Cameron Devlin | 31 | 3 | 16+7 | 1 | 4+0 | 2 | 1+1 | 0 | 2+0 | 0 |
| 15 | DF | AUS | Kye Rowles | 42 | 0 | 31+2 | 0 | 3+0 | 0 | 3+0 | 0 | 2+1 | 0 |
| 16 | MF | SCO | Andy Halliday | 6 | 0 | 0+3 | 0 | 0+2 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 17 | MF | SCO | Alan Forrest | 41 | 4 | 20+13 | 4 | 1+1 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 | 4+0 | 0 |
| 18 | MF | SCO | Barrie McKay | 15 | 0 | 4+7 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 19 | DF | ENG | Alex Cochrane | 40 | 0 | 31+0 | 0 | 4+0 | 0 | 2+0 | 0 | 2+1 | 0 |
| 21 | DF | UGA | Toby Sibbick | 28 | 0 | 11+10 | 0 | 1+2 | 0 | 3+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 |
| 22 | MF | SCO | Aidan Denholm | 22 | 0 | 9+6 | 0 | 1+2 | 0 | 0+2 | 0 | 0+2 | 0 |
| 24 | MF | SCO | Finlay Pollock | 1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 25 | MF | SCO | Macaulay Tait | 13 | 0 | 2+9 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+2 | 0 |
| 28 | GK | SCO | Zander Clark | 42 | 0 | 35+0 | 0 | 4+0 | 0 | 3+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 29 | DF | ENG | Odeluga Offiah | 9 | 1 | 3+2 | 0 | 0+2 | 0 | 1+1 | 1 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 29 | MF | SCO | Scott Fraser | 12 | 0 | 4+7 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 30 | FW | JPN | Kyosuke Tagawa | 19 | 3 | 4+8 | 2 | 0+3 | 0 | 0+1 | 1 | 1+2 | 0 |
| 51 | MF | SCO | Alex Lowry | 17 | 1 | 10+2 | 0 | 1+2 | 0 | 1+1 | 1 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 54 | FW | SCO | James Wilson | 3 | 0 | 0+2 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 77 | FW | CRC | Kenneth Vargas | 42 | 9 | 20+13 | 6 | 2+0 | 0 | 3+0 | 0 | 4+0 | 3 |
| 81 | FW | JAM | Dexter Lembikisa | 18 | 2 | 12+2 | 2 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 2+2 | 0 |
* Last updated: 18 May 2024
* Source: Match Reports
* Ordered by Squad Number.
Appearances (starts and substitute appearances) and goals include those in the Scottish Premiership, European Competitions, League Cup and the Scottish Cup.

### Disciplinary record

    Last updated 18 May 2024
| Number | Position | Nation | Name | Premiership | Premiership | League Cup | League Cup | Scottish Cup | Scottish Cup | Europe | Europe | Total | Total |
| 2 | DF | | Frankie Kent | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| 3 | DF | | Stephen Kingsley | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 4 | DF | | Craig Halkett | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 5 | MF | | Peter Haring | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 6 | MF | | Beni Baningime | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 7 | MF | | Jorge Grant | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 8 | MF | | Calem Nieuwenhof | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 |
| 9 | FW | | Lawrence Shankland | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 11 | 0 |
| 10 | FW | | Liam Boyce | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 11 | FW | | Yutaro Oda | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 13 | DF | | Nathaniel Atkinson | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| 14 | MF | | Cameron Devlin | 7 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 13 | 0 |
| 15 | DF | | Kye Rowles | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 |
| 16 | MF | | Andy Halliday | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 17 | MF | | Alan Forrest | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 19 | DF | | Alex Cochrane | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 0 |
| 21 | DF | | Toby Sibbick | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| 22 | MF | | Aidan Denholm | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 25 | MF | | Macaulay Tait | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| 29 | DF | | Odeluga Offiah | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 51 | MF | | Alex Lowry | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 77 | FW | | Kenneth Vargas | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 |
| 81 | FW | | Dexter Lembikisa | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | 70 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 92 | 0 |

### Goal scorers

Last updated 18 May 2024
| Place | Position | Nation | Name | Premiership | League Cup | Scottish Cup | Europe | Total |
| 1 | FW | | Lawrence Shankland | 24 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 31 |
| 2 | FW | | Kenneth Vargas | 6 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 9 |
| 3 | MF | | Jorge Grant | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| 3 | FW | | Yutaro Oda | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| 4 | MF | | Alan Forrest | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| 5 | MF | | Cameron Devlin | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 5 | FW | | Kyosuke Tagawa | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 7 | FW | | Dexter Lembikisa | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 8 | FW | | Liam Boyce | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 8 | DF | | Frankie Kent | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 8 | DF | | Stephen Kingsley | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 8 | MF | | Calem Nieuwenhof | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 8 | MF | | Alex Lowry | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 8 | DF | | Odeluga Offiah | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | 48 | 6 | 7 | 5 | 66 |

### Assists

Last updated 18 May 2024
| Place | Position | Nation | Name | Premiership | League Cup | Scottish Cup | Europe | Total |
| 1 | FW | | Lawrence Shankland | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 7 |
| 2 | DF | | Alex Cochrane | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 6 |
| 2 | MF | | Jorge Grant | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 6 |
| 3 | FW | | Liam Boyce | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| 3 | FW | | Alan Forrest | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| 3 | DF | | Frankie Kent | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| 4 | MF | | Alex Lowry | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 5 | MF | | Scott Fraser | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 5 | MF | | Barrie McKay | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 5 | MF | | Calem Nieuwenhof | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 5 | FW | | Kenneth Vargas | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 7 | DF | | Beni Baningime | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 7 | GK | | Zander Clark | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 7 | DF | | Aidan Denholm | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 7 | MF | | Cameron Devlin | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 7 | DF | | Stephen Kingsley | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 7 | FW | | Yutaro Oda | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 7 | DF | | Macaulay Tait | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | 36 | 4 | 6 | 2 | 48 |

### Clean sheets

| R | Pos | Nat | Name | Premiership | League Cup | Scottish Cup | Europe | Total |
| 1 | GK | | Zander Clark | 16 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 17 |
| 2 | GK | | Craig Gordon | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | 17 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 19 |
Last updated: 27 April 2024 Source: Match reports in Competitive matches

## Club statistics
### League table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 1 | Celtic (C) | 38 | 29 | 6 | 3 | 95 | 30 | +65 | 93 | Qualification for the Champions League league stage |
| 2 | Rangers | 38 | 27 | 4 | 7 | 87 | 32 | +55 | 85 | Qualification for the Champions League third qualifying round |
| 3 | Heart of Midlothian | 38 | 20 | 8 | 10 | 54 | 42 | +12 | 68 | Qualification for the Europa League play-off round |
| 4 | Kilmarnock | 38 | 14 | 14 | 10 | 46 | 44 | +2 | 56 | Qualification for the Europa League second qualifying round |
| 5 | St Mirren | 38 | 13 | 8 | 17 | 46 | 52 | −6 | 47 | Qualification for the 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).
* ↑ As the winners of the 2023–24 Scottish Cup, Celtic, qualified for the Champions League, the berth reserved for the cup winners (Europa League play-off round) passed to the third-placed team. The berths for the Europa League second qualifying round and the Conference League second qualifying round were passed down to the fourth- and fifth-placed teams.

### 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 | A | H | A | H | H | A | A | H | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | A | H | A | H | A | H | H | A | A | H | A | H | H | A | H | A | H | H | A | H | A | H |
| Result | W | D | L | L | W | L | W | D | L | L | W | W | W | W | L | L | W | W | W | D | W | W | W | W | W | W | L | D | W | L | D | W | W | D | L | W | D | D |
| Position | 2 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 5 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 7 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 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 18 May 2024
| Name | From | To | P | W | D | L | Win% |
| Steven Naismith | 20 August 2023 | - | 49 | 26 | 8 | 15 | 053.06 |

## Club
### Management

On 7 June, Steven Naismith was appointed the club's technical director, having been named interim manager the previous season. Naismith's title of technical director was designated due to the fact he had not yet achieved the required licences in order to represent the club in European competition.

### Awards
#### Club awards

| Nation | Name | Award |
| | Lawrence Shankland | Players' Player of the Year |
| | Lawrence Shankland | Fans Player of the Year |
| | Katie Lockwood | Hearts Women Player of the Year |
| | Callum Sandilands | B Team Player of the Year |
| | Liam McFarlane | B Team Players' Player of the Year |
| NA | Comeback Win V Rosenborg 17 August 2023 Tynecastle Stadium | Moment of the season |
| | Jess Husband | Hearts Women Rising Star |
| | Zander Clark | Save of the Season |
| | Alan Forrest | Goal of the Season |
| | J.P Ellis | FOH Award For Outstanding Service To The Club |
| | Graeme Pacitti | Doc Melvin Memorial Cup |