# 2017–18 Hibernian F.C. season

The 2017–18 season was Hibernian's (Hibs) first season of play back in the top league of Scottish football the Scottish Premiership, having been promoted from the Scottish Championship at the end of the 2016–17 season. They last played in the Scottish Premiership during the 2013–14 season. Hibs reached the semi-final of the League Cup, where they lost 4–2 to holders Celtic. In the Scottish Cup, Hibs lost 1–0 to Edinburgh derby rivals Hearts in the fourth round (last 32). Hibs challenged for a second-place finish in the league, but eventually finished in fourth.

## Results and fixtures

Win  Draw  Loss  Postponed

### Scottish Cup
## Player statistics

During the 2017–18 season, Hibs have used twenty-nine different players in competitive games. The table below shows the number of appearances and goals scored by each player. David Gray is club captain for the season.
    As of 31 March (UTC)
| 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 | ISR | Ofir Marciano | 39 | 0 | 34+0 | 0 | 4+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 |
| 2 | DF | SCO | David Gray | 12 | 0 | 7+1 | 0 | 4+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 3 | DF | SCO | Steven Whittaker | 31 | 2 | 19+7 | 2 | 3+2 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 4 | DF | SCO | Paul Hanlon | 40 | 2 | 36+0 | 2 | 2+1 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 |
| 5 | DF | ENG | Liam Fontaine | 2 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 2+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 6 | DF | JAM | Marvin Bartley | 31 | 0 | 20+6 | 0 | 4+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 |
| 7 | MF | SCO | John McGinn | 43 | 6 | 35+0 | 5 | 7+0 | 1 | 1+0 | 0 |
| 8 | MF | LTU | Vykintas Slivka | 27 | 2 | 9+13 | 2 | 2+2 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 |
| 9 | FW | LTU | Deivydas Matulevičius | 14 | 1 | 0+12 | 0 | 0+2 | 1 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 10 | MF | SCO | Dylan McGeouch | 42 | 0 | 30+5 | 0 | 5+1 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 |
| 11 | MF | SCO | Danny Swanson | 22 | 1 | 4+13 | 0 | 4+1 | 1 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 14 | DF | MAR | Faycal Rherras | 1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 15 | FW | SCO | Simon Murray | 28 | 14 | 17+5 | 6 | 5+0 | 8 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 16 | DF | SCO | Lewis Stevenson | 44 | 1 | 36+0 | 1 | 7+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 |
| 17 | FW | SCO | Martin Boyle | 43 | 6 | 34+0 | 5 | 5+3 | 1 | 1+0 | 0 |
| 19 | FW | AUS | Jamie Maclaren | 15 | 8 | 11+4 | 8 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 20 | MF | ENG | Brandon Barker | 30 | 2 | 17+10 | 2 | 1+1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 21 | GK | SCO | Ross Laidlaw | 6 | 0 | 3+0 | 0 | 3+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 22 | FW | SUI | Florian Kamberi | 14 | 9 | 14+0 | 9 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 23 | MF | SCO | Scott Allan | 12 | 3 | 12+0 | 3 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 24 | DF | SCO | Darren McGregor | 29 | 0 | 22+2 | 0 | 4+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 |
| 25 | DF | NGA | Efe Ambrose | 45 | 3 | 37+1 | 2 | 6+0 | 1 | 1+0 | 0 |
| 26 | MF | SCO | Scott Martin | 2 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+2 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 28 | FW | IRL | Anthony Stokes | 21 | 11 | 15+3 | 7 | 3+0 | 4 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 29 | FW | SCO | Brian Graham | 2 | 1 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+2 | 1 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 31 | GK | SCO | Cammy Bell | 2 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 32 | FW | SCO | Oli Shaw | 21 | 5 | 5+11 | 4 | 0+4 | 1 | 1+0 | 0 |
| 33 | MF | SCO | Fraser Murray | 6 | 2 | 0+2 | 0 | 2+2 | 2 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 36 | DF | SCO | Ryan Porteous | 8 | 3 | 2+3 | 1 | 3+0 | 2 | 0+0 | 0 |
* Source:

### Disciplinary record

    As of 31 March 2018
| Number | Position | Nation | Name | Premiership | Premiership | League Cup | League Cup | Scottish Cup | Scottish Cup | Total | Total |
| 1 | GK | | Ofir Marciano | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 3 | DF | | Steven Whittaker | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 4 | DF | | Paul Hanlon | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 6 | MF | | Marvin Bartley | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 |
| 7 | MF | | John McGinn | 12 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 15 | 0 |
| 8 | MF | | Vykintas Slivka | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 10 | MF | | Dylan McGeouch | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 11 | MF | | Danny Swanson | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 15 | DF | | Simon Murray | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 16 | DF | | Lewis Stevenson | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| 17 | FW | | Martin Boyle | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 22 | FW | | Florian Kamberi | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 23 | MF | | Scott Allan | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 24 | DF | | Darren McGregor | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 25 | DF | | Efe Ambrose | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| 28 | FW | | Anthony Stokes | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| 36 | DF | | Ryan Porteous | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | 49 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 56 | 1 |

### Goal Scorers

Last updated 31 March 2018
| Place | Position | Nation | Name | Premiership | League Cup | Scottish Cup | Total |
| 1 | FW | | Simon Murray | 6 | 8 | 0 | 14 |
| 2 | FW | | Anthony Stokes | 7 | 4 | 0 | 11 |
| 3 | FW | | Martin Boyle | 5 | 1 | 0 | 6 |
| 3 | MF | | John McGinn | 5 | 1 | 0 | 6 |
| 5 | FW | | Oli Shaw | 3 | 1 | 0 | 4 |
| 5 | FW | | Florian Kamberi | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| 5 | DF | | Ryan Porteous | 2 | 2 | 0 | 4 |
| 8 | DF | | Efe Ambrose | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
| 8 | FW | | Jamie Maclaren | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 10 | MF | | Fraser Murray | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 10 | DF | | Paul Hanlon | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 12 | MF | | Danny Swanson | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 12 | FW | | Brian Graham | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 12 | DF | | Steven Whittaker | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 12 | FW | | Deivydas Matulevičius | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 12 | MF | | Vykintas Slivka | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 12 | DF | | Lewis Stevenson | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 12 | MF | | Brandon Barker | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 12 | MF | | Scott Allan | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | 44 | 23 | 0 | 67 |

## Club statistics
### League table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 2 | Aberdeen | 38 | 22 | 7 | 9 | 56 | 37 | +19 | 73 | Qualification for the Europa League second qualifying round |
| 3 | Rangers | 38 | 21 | 7 | 10 | 76 | 50 | +26 | 70 | Qualification for the Europa League first qualifying round |
| 4 | Hibernian | 38 | 18 | 13 | 7 | 62 | 46 | +16 | 67 | Qualification for the Europa League first qualifying round |
| 5 | Kilmarnock | 38 | 16 | 11 | 11 | 49 | 47 | +2 | 59 | |
| 6 | Heart of Midlothian | 38 | 12 | 13 | 13 | 39 | 39 | 0 | 49 | |
* ↑ Teams play each other three times (33 matches) before the league is split into two groups (the top six and the bottom six).

### 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 | A | H | A | A | H | H | A | A | H | H | A | A | H | H | A | H | A | H | A | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | H | A | H | H | A | A | H |
| Result | W | W | L | D | D | D | W | D | L | W | W | W | W | L | D | W | D | L | L | W | D | D | W | L | W | W | W | D | W | D | W | W | D | W | W | D | L | D |
| Position | 2 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 4 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 |

### League Cup group table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | PW | PL | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | HIB | ROS | ARB | MON | ALO |
| 1 | Hibernian (Q) | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 13 | 1 | +12 | 10 | Qualification for the Second Round | — | — | 6–1 | 4–0 | — |
| 2 | Ross County (Q) | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0 | +8 | 10 | Qualification for the Second Round | p0–0 | — | — | — | 2–0 |
| 3 | Arbroath | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 7 | −1 | 6 | | — | 0–0p | — | 4–0 | — |
| 4 | Montrose | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 15 | −13 | 3 | | — | 0–6 | — | — | 2–1 |
| 5 | Alloa Athletic | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 8 | −6 | 1 | | 0–3 | — | 1–1p | — | — |

### Management statistics

    As of 18 September 2018
| Name | From | To | P | W | D | L | Win% |
| Neil Lennon | 15 July 2017 | 13 May 2018 | 46 | 23 | 14 | 9 | 050.00 |