# 1976–77 Hibernian F.C. season

During the 1976–77 season Hibernian, a football club based in Edinburgh, came sixth out of 10 clubs in the Scottish Premier Division and reached the fourth round of the Scottish Cup.

## Scottish Premier Division

| Match Day | Date | Opponent | H/A | Score | Hibernian Scorer(s) | Attendance |
| 1 | 4 September | Dundee United | H | 1–2 | Brownlie (pen.) | 7,264 |
| 2 | 11 September | Motherwell | A | 2–2 | Murray, Scott | 6,596 |
| 3 | 18 September | Rangers | H | 1–1 | Smith | 19,606 |
| 4 | 25 September | Aberdeen | H | 0–0 | | 9,278 |
| 5 | 2 October | Celtic | A | 1–1 | Higgins | 28,125 |
| 6 | 16 October | Partick Thistle | H | 0–0 | | 8,469 |
| 7 | 23 October | Ayr United | A | 3–2 | | 4,504 |
| 8 | 26 October | Kilmarnock | A | 1–1 | Bremner | 4,202 |
| 9 | 30 October | Heart of Midlothian | H | 1–1 | Paterson | 23,773 |
| 10 | 6 November | Dundee United | A | 1–2 | Smith | 7,044 |
| 11 | 20 November | Rangers | A | 1–1 | O.G. | 25,072 |
| 12 | 24 November | Motherwell | H | 0–2 | | 6,886 |
| 13 | 27 November | Aberdeen | A | 0–1 | | 15,771 |
| 14 | 18 December | Partick Thistle | A | 1–1 | Fyfe | 4,068 |
| 15 | 24 December | Ayr United | H | 1–0 | O.G. | 3,875 |
| 16 | 5 January | Dundee United | H | 0–0 | | 7,727 |
| 17 | 8 January | Motherwell | A | 1–1 | Brownlie | 7,626 |
| 18 | 22 January | Aberdeen | H | 0–0 | | 11,480 |
| 19 | 26 January | Heart of Midlothian | A | 1–0 | McLeod | 24,068 |
| 20 | 5 February | Celtic | A | 2–4 | McLeod, Smith | 27,426 |
| 21 | 12 February | Kilmarnock | A | 1–0 | McLeod | 3,397 |
| 22 | 16 February | Rangers | H | 0–0 | | 12,452 |
| 23 | 19 February | Partick Thistle | H | 1–1 | Smith | 5,864 |
| 24 | 5 March | Ayr United | A | 2–1 | Higgins, Duncan | 3,993 |
| 25 | 9 March | Kilmarnock | H | 2–0 | McLeod, Smith | 3,158 |
| 26 | 19 March | Dundee United | A | 0–1 | | 6,130 |
| 27 | 23 March | Heart of Midlothian | H | 3–1 | McLeod, Scott, Smith | 13,625 |
| 28 | 26 March | Motherwell | H | 1–2 | McLeod | 6,431 |
| 29 | 30 March | Celtic | H | 1–1 | McLeod | 11,841 |
| 30 | 2 April | Rangers | A | 1–2 | Smith | 12,670 |
| 31 | 9 April | Aberdeen | A | 0–0 | | 8,769 |
| 32 | 13 April | Heart of Midlothian | A | 2–2 | Bremner (2) | 10,686 |
| 33 | 16 April | Celtic | H | 0–1 | | 22,036 |
| 34 | 20 April | Ayr United | H | 2–0 | Bremner, Scott | 2,835 |
| 35 | 23 April | Kilmarnock | H | 0–0 | | 3,457 |
| 36 | 30 April | Partick Thistle | A | 0–1 | | 3,794 |

### Final League table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 4 | Dundee United | 36 | 16 | 9 | 11 | 54 | 45 | +9 | 41 | Qualification for the UEFA Cup first round |
| 5 | Partick Thistle | 36 | 11 | 13 | 12 | 40 | 44 | −4 | 35 | |
| 6 | Hibernian | 36 | 8 | 18 | 10 | 34 | 35 | −1 | 34 | |
| 7 | Motherwell | 36 | 10 | 12 | 14 | 57 | 60 | −3 | 32 | |
| 8 | Ayr United | 36 | 11 | 8 | 17 | 44 | 68 | −24 | 30 | |

### Scottish League Cup
#### Group stage

| Round | Date | Opponent | H/A | Score | Hibernian Scorer(s) | Attendance |
| G4 | 14 August | Montrose | A | 1–0 | Scott | 3,759 |
| G4 | 18 August | Rangers | H | 1–1 | Scott | 25,050 |
| G4 | 21 August | St Johnstone | A | 2–1 | Scott (2) | 3,688 |
| G4 | 25 August | Rangers | A | 0–3 | | 35,463 |
| G4 | 28 August | St Johnstone | H | 9–2 | Brownlie (2 pens.), Bremner, McLeod (2), Scott, Muir (2), Duncan | 5,740 |
| G4 | 1 September | Montrose | H | 0–0 | | 4,469 |

#### Group 4 final table

| P | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| 1 | Rangers | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 17 | 1 | 16 | 11 |
| 2 | Hibernian | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 13 | 7 | 6 | 8 |
| 3 | Montrose | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 9 | –4 | 4 |
| 4 | St Johnstone | 6 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 22 | –18 | 1 |

### UEFA Cup

| Round | Date | Opponent | H/A | Score | Hibernian Scorer(s) | Attendance |
| R1 L1 | 15 September | Sochaux-Montbéliard | H | 1–0 | Brownlie | 9,454 |
| R1 L2 | 29 September | Sochaux-Montbéliard | A | 0–0 | | 10,000 |
| R2 L1 | 20 October | Östers IF | H | 2–0 | Brownlie (pen.), Blackley | 12,000 |
| R2 L2 | 3 November | Östers IF | A | 1–4 | Smith | 1,715 |

### Scottish Cup

| Round | Date | Opponent | H/A | Score | Hibernian Scorer(s) | Attendance |
| R3 | 6 February | Partick Thistle | H | 3–0 | Bremner, McLeod, Smith | 13,779 |
| R4 | 26 February | Arbroath | A | 1–1 | Blackley | 4,256 |
| R4 R | 2 March | Arbroath | H | 1–2 | McLeod | 5,773 |